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Three Air Force
Men Injured in
Saturday Accident
Three Air Force men stationed
at the Condon Air Base were in
jured, one seriously, Saturday
night when the car in which they
were riding left the road, ap
parently at high speed, and over
turned. The accident occured just
before midnight about a mile
east of Heppner on the Hinton
creek highway.
Most seriously hurt with se
vere cerebral concussion was
Staff Sergeant Carl Terwilliger,
22, of Parker, Pennsylvania. He
was reported as driver and own
er of the late model Oldsmobile
sedan which was completely de
molished. He has not regained
consciousness since the crash.
Others in the car were A2c
Clarence Grant Lee, 20, whose
home is in San Francisco. He
sufferel a broken jaw. Attending
physicians reported Tuesday that
he is much improved and will
be transferred to a Spokane
hospital by plane today.
The least seriously injured of
the three was A2c Joseph Flor
ian Bordynoski, 20, of Berkley,
Michigan who suffered an injur
ed hand and a sprained right
knee. He will probably be re
leased from the hospital today.
According to information from
investigating Air Force officers
and state police, the car was
traveling toward Heppner at the
time of the accident. It left the
road on the upper side striking
a big boulder which upset the
vehicle which continued sliding
on its top and side across the
highway and overturning in a
field below the road. The car
traveled a total of 620 feet eith
er in the ditch or on its top be
fore coming to a stop. After it
struck the boulder, police report
ed it leaped through the air near
ly 40 feet.
All three men were thrown
from the vehicle which caught
fire, but was extinguished quick
ly by passing motorists.
Another car arrived on the
scene within minutes of the acci
dent, and occupants immediately
summoned DrCM Wagner, who
lives nearby. After emergency
treatment, all were taken to Pio
neer Memorial hospital by am
bulance. State police and Air Force offi
cers placed no blame for the
wreck, stating that it was still
under investigation.
Terwilliger was the only mar
ried man of the injured trio. His
wife and one child live in Condon.
Sole of Lexington
Wheat Ranch Told
One of the largest ranch sales
to be completed recently in Mor
row county was the purchase of
a 1700 acre wheat operation near
Lexington by Mr and Mrs C W
Rosewall of Heppner. The proper
ty was purchased from Grace
Peters Maxwell of Los Angeles.
It was operated by Mrs Harry
Duvall and farmed by Bergen
Ledbetter and had been under
the management of Leonard
Floan of Portland.
Mrs Duvall will continue to op
erate the ranch, it was reported.
The ranch was purchased by
the Rosewalls for $115,000 cash
it was reported by H C "Hap"
Wood, Portland broker who han
dled the transaction. He stated it
is the third large Eastern Oregon
ranch to be sold for cash in the
past six months.
WEATHER
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Rainfall
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COURT STREET PAVEMENT goes down in a hurry early this
week when trucks started hauling hot asphalt mix from Hermis
ton plant for the Russell Olson Construction company, contract
ors for the Heppner street improvement project The curbing
and pavement job will probably be completed by Wednesday
giving the city another three blocks of modern street. Here the
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TOTALLY DEMOLISHED CAR in which three Condon Air Base
men were riding Saturday night when it left the highway about
a mile east of Heppner on the Hinton creek highway and over
turned. All three occupants were hurt one seriously. The car
slid nearly 200 feet on its top or side before going into a field.
(GT Photo)
Three-Day Closing
Planned by Stores
Practically all Heppner, Lex
ington and lone stores, offices
and business houses will close
Thursday night, July 3 and re
main closed until Monday morn
ing, in the first observance lo
cally of a three-day holiday.
A few business, such as ser
vice stations ana restaurants,
and garages plan to remain open
either all three days or reopen
on Saturday to handle necessary
trade.
First National Shows
Deposit Hike; Local
Figures Take Dip
Deposit totals of $794,390,100
a gain of more than $42,000,000
over a year ago, were reported
by First National bank of Port
land in response to the call by
the comptroller of the currency
for statements of conditions as
of June 23, according to C B
Stephenson, president of the
statewide banking system.
Figures released by the Hepp
ner branch of First National re
veal that on June 23 deposits
at the branch were $5,156,237
and loans were $3,629,026, ac
cording to J H Bedford, manager.
Released at the same time
were comparable totals for the
branch for the June call for
statements one year ago. On that
date, deposits were $5,819,409
and loans totaled $3,728,582.
The 77 offices of First National
reported loans of $361,588,628 in
the June 23 call, Stephenson said.
This is a decline of $35,001,790
over the total reported one year
ago, and $598,102 less than the
March 4 call by the comptroller.
Deposits have increased $17,951,
792 throughout the system since
that date, Stephenson added.
RECOVERING FROM SURGERY
Rev Willis Geyer, who recent
ly underwent surgery at the Sil
verton hospital, was released Fri-
i day ana is witn relatives in
Woodburn. He and Mrs Geyer
1 hope to be home in Heppner on
Monday.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Creswick
and family and Mr and Mrs
Frank Creswick and son of Los
Angeles visited Sunday at the
home of Mr and Mrs Duane Gen
try in Milton-Freewater.
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Gazette-Time
Lutheran Churches
Install New Pastor;
Picnic Slated
The Rev and Mrs John Ryd
gren and daughter, Janel arriv
ed in Heppner June 28 and was
installed the following day at
Valby Lutheran church at 9:15
and at Hope Lutheran in Hepp
ner at the 11 o'clock service.
Next Sunday Hope Lutheran
will receive the Lord's Supper
and Rev Rydgren's sermon will
consider "The Minister's Plat
form." During the service the
Sunday school attendance
awards will be given under the
direction of Mrs Orval Matheny,
Sunday school superintendent.
Valby Lutheran will hold its
25th annual picnic Sunday, July
6 at Cutsforth Park starting at
1 pm with members of Hope Lu
theran and other interested per
sons invited.
Services will be held at Valby
July 13 at 9:30 when the Lord's
Supper will be received.
Ex-County Resident
Dies at Hermiston
Funeral services for Oliver D
Forbes, 74, who died June 14
were held June 16 at Hermiston.
Mr Forbes was born March 30,
1884 at Adrian, Missouri and had
resided in Morrow county for 50
years.
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs Thelma Osteen, Oakdale,
California; a brother, R E Forbes
of Hermiston; one sister, Mrs
Florence M Bragg, Butler, Miss
ouri, and one grandson.
Local Highway Crews
Get Safety Awards
Thirty State Highway Depart
ment maintenance crews locat
ed throughout the state are re
ceiving awards of merit for
achieving spotless safety records
in 1957, state highway engineer
W C Williams has announced.
Each of the maintenance crews
operated for the entire year with
no personal injuries and with
no vehicle accidents for which
they were responsible.
"The crews winning these
awards deserve a great deal of
credit" Williams said. "Because
of the type of equipment operat
ed and the hazardous conditions
under which these men work it
takes a determined effort to
achieve a perfect safety record."
The awards program has been
in effect for two years. Main
tenance crews winning their
second award are located at Jew
ell, Prineville, Post, Paisley, Sun
tex, Redmond, Madras, Pilot
Rock, South Pendleton, Heppner,
Enterprise, Burns, Jordan Valley,
Arlington, Richland and Hermis
ton. First year awards have been
won by crews located at Esta
cada, Dallas, Waldport, Veneta,
Prospect, Drain, Lincoln, Fort
Klamath Odell Lake, John Day,
Long Creek, Fossil, Ukiah and
LaGrande.
Miss Sally Cohn, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Harold Cohn, left
Sunday for Eastern Oregon col
lege at LaGrande where she will
attend the summer session.
Mr and Mrs James Barratt and
family and Mrs David Wilson
returned to their homes in Cor
vallis the first of the week after
a visit here with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Carl Spauldlng
and Mr and Mrs Charles Carl
son of lone spent last weekend
flt Taft
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 3, 1958
SHADES OF THE OLD DAYS
'Look Out Pardner,
ts A Runaway . .
While other Eastern Oregon
towns have recently come
up with some of the drama
of the old west in the form
of family feuds, shootings
etc.. Heppner this week
claimed the distinction of
being the first town in Ore
gon in quite , a number of
years to have a runaway
Heavy Winds
Topple Trees in
Boardman Area
By MARY LEE MARLOW
Melon growers suffered more
damage and losses in another
hard wind storm here last Thurs
day. Trees toppled on houses and
dust was so thick that visibility
was very poor all over the area.
The west end of the project was
hit the hardest. Three large trees
fell on the house occupied by
Ira Hinkley, owned by Claud
Worden. No one was in the house
at the time. A caterpillar and
car owned by John Partlow park
ed in the yard were damaged, as
well as Hinkley's pickup. A
whole row of trees fell in the
yard at the Bob Coder home on
Ed Kunze road, some of them
striking the house, but did not
do much damage. More large
trees fell in the yard at the Char
He Dillon farm adjoining the
Coder place. There were few
farms in the west end that didn't
have at least one tree down and
several in the east end. Tele
phone and electric lines were
down the power was disrupted
for most of the night. The storm
struck about 4 pm and brought
thick dust at first, but this was
followed by hard rain, and four
tenths of an inch fell in less
than an hour.
Friday more tragedy struck
when a haystack burned on the
farm of Arnold Hoffman in the
west end. There were reportedly
about 85 tons of baled hay
which burned. The fire was of
unknown origin, and although
the Boardman fire truck went to
the scene, could not save the
hay. The barn nearby was
threatened for a while, but the
fire fighters kept it from burning.
Hoffman stated the hay was not
covered by insurance.
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PACIFIC POWER and Ught company is now working on a major
power voltage improvement In the lone area which will greatly
improve and strengthen the area's electric service. Shown above,
as they make ready to convert a section of residential line, are
nnir ll..min VraA CmAar Inn riaht. foreman, and Walter
Bryant while Scotty Walters
the area are being increased
75th Year, Number 17
horse and buggy take off
down its Main street.
The excitement took place
Sunday afternoon when Har
old Johnston, owner of the
Heppner Slaughter House
stopped his horse-drawn rig
in front of Bucknum's Ta
vern to visit. Playfully,
a bystander unhitched the
lines from the horse which
shortly got frightened and
started down the street.
Johnston rode the buggy
nearly a block before bail
ing off and landing in a
sitting position in the middle
of Main street
The horse ran nearly four
blocks before the buggy
crashed into the rear fender
of a car belonging to Ernie
Winchester which was park
ed in front of his home at
Main and Church streets.
There the horse broke the
rigging and calmly walked
across the intersection to en
joy the lush grass in the
yard around Dr Wallace
Wolff's office.
Total casualties added up
to one well dented car fen
der, two broken buggy
wheels, a sad-looking set of
rigging and one sore poster
ior belonging to Johnston.
Fireworks, Dance
Slated at lone
The only formal observance of
the Fourth of July in this area
will be held in lone Thursday
night, July 3 under the sponsor
ship of the lone American Legion
post
A special Fourth of July dance
will be held at the Legion hall
and will be preceeded by a free
fireworks display at the lone
Memorial field.
No special observance is slated
in Heppner, and most stores in
Heppner, Lexington and lone
will be closed for the three-day
holiday.
MEET PLACE CHANGED
Location of the July 8 meet
ing of the Morrow County Re
publican Central committee has
been changed from the Metho
dist church basement to the Hep
pner city hall, it was announced
today. It is scheduled for 8 pm.
assists from below. Voltages in
irom z,4uu to hmw voiu.
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MARDINE BAKER of lone is a member of the royal court of the
McNary Acqua Capers to be presented over the Fourth.
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lone Girl Chosen
On Royal Court of
McNary Aqua Capers
Mardine Baker, lovely 18 year
old daughter of Mr and Mrs E
Markham Baker, is Ione's repre
sentative in McNary Aqua Ca
pers royal court.
She graduated from lone high
school this spring as valedict
orian of her class. She received
the citizenship and Journalism
awards and served as editor of
the school annual. She played
in the high school band and
the dance band and was selected
from the band to attend Music
in May at Forest Grove for the
past two years.
Mardine is a 10 year 411 mem
ber and served as junior lead
er for four years. She plans to
enroll at the University of Ore-
gqn in prenursing this fall as
an honor student.
She is interested in all sports
and loves water ski. She and
her family spend almost every
Sunday during the summer at
the river where they enjoy boat
ing and swimming. This sum
mer she will be driving a truck
during wheat harvest as she has
done each summer since she was
ten. She is 5 feet 8 inches tall
and weighs 137.
"GO MAC" is the slogan of
"McNary Aqua Capers" Beginn
ing Saturday, June 28 with a
dance and coronation of a queen
selected from a dozen princess
es and King Neptune picked
from several prospects, a bang
up 4th and 5th of July is plann
ed. A water show of professional
skiers and jumpers, a light plane
air show, parades and fireworks
over the Columbia River near
Hat Rock state park above Mc
Nary Dam are Included in the
plans.
Hospital Auxiliary
To Meet In lone
Dr A D McMurdo is to be the
speaker at the quarterly meet
ing of the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital auxiliary to be held Mon
day evening, July 7 at the lone
Legion hall.
It is hoped that all members
and everyone interested in the
auxiliary will attend this meet
ing as reports will be given on
what the organization has ac
complished so far and what it
hopes to do in the future.
Correction Noted
In Budget Story
An incorrect interpretation of
fund totals and budget figures
in a Gazette-Times story of June
5, resulted in the story stating
that the county budget for the
coming year showed a decrease
of $3,339. The story should have
stated that the budget was In
creased by that amount.
The total of all budgeted funds
for the 1958-59 year is $400,894,
up from $397,855 for 1957-58.
Due to a reduction of estimat
ed receipts other than taxes, the
amount to be raised by taxes
for the coming year will be $133,
539 compared with $117,905 this
year.
LEAVES FOR CONVENTION
Miss Leta Humphreys, Mrs
Pearl Devlne and Mrs Clara B
Gertson left last Wednesday for
Huston, Texas where they will
attend the convention of the
American Federation of Soroptl
mlst clubs.
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Rites Held Monday
For Mrs Heath
Funeral services were held
Monday at the Heppner Christian
church for Harriett Ethel Heath,
72 years of age, who passed away
June 27 at Heppner. The Rev
Charles Knox officiated at the
rites and burial was in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery.
Mrs Heath was born June 15,
1886 in Casey, 111, the daughter
of Samuel and Emeline Sheeks.
She was married to William
Heath December 19, 1906 and
had jived in Heppner for 13
years. She was a member of the
Baptist church and the Rhea
Creek Grange.
Mrs Heath is survived by her
husband; seven sons, Forrest E,
William C, Pearl A, Sam and El
mer, all of Heppner; Alton, Kla
math Falls; and Ralph, address
unknown; one daughter, Jessie
Abbott of Portland; two brothers,
Winfield Sheeks and Orval
Sheeks; one sister, Elizabeth
Hayderi and seven grandchild
ren. Creswick Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Swimming Lessons
Started at Pool
Swimming classes for beginn
ers, intermediates and swimmers
started Wednesday morning at
the Heppner pool under the dir
ection of Tom Hughes, instruct
or. The beginners class will start
at 9 am, the intermediate at
about 10 o'clock and the swim
mers immediately following.
They will be held six days a
week, Monday through Saturday
for two weeks. A second complete
series will be given following the
completion of the present class
es. Hughes announced that there
will be no classes on Friday or
Saturday, July 4 or 5 because of
the holiday.
Registration for each series of
classes is $1.00 per person.
Selective Service
Board Has New Hours
Local Selective Service board
number 31 which serves Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties,
has announced new office hours
for the summer. The office,
which is in the Condon court
house, will be open from 8 am
to 4 pm Tuesday and Thursday
and from 12 to 4 pm on triday.
The new hours will be In ef
fect until September 1, it was
announced.
Two new members have also
been added to the boa'd. They
are Earl P Hoag of Arlington
and John Farris, lone, other
members are Robert B Eaton,
Condon, chairman: William F
Barratt, Heppner and Jack P
Stelwer, Fossil.
AT ELKS CONVENTION
La Verne Van Marter and Dana
Saunders of John Day left Sun
day to drive to the National Elks
convention in New York City.
They will go the northern route
and return by the southern route.
John Hartman, exalted ruler of
the Heppner Elks lodge, and Mrs
Hartman will leave by plane Fri
day to attend the convention.