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Heavy Water Use
Brings Call For
Care in Irrigating
The extreme heat and result
ing heavy use of water for irri
gation forced Heppner city super
intendent Vic Groshens to ask
all city water users to use extra
care not to waste any of the
precious liquid and to limit
sprinkling of lawns and gardens
to the cooler hours of the morn
ing and evening.
Groshens reported that both
city wells are now pumping 500
gallons a minute, (720,000 cal-
Ions per day) which is the maxi
mum that can be brought into
tne reservoirs through the feed
er line down Willow creek. Even
with this heavy pumping, the
water level in the city's big reser
voir on Balm Fork dropped two
ieet during the one 24 hour per
iod early this week.
Groshens asked that residents
do not sprinkle or irrigate be
tween 9 am and 4 pm to give
tne city a chance to refill the
reservoirs during that period. He
also asked that hoses not be
left running all night. The super
intendent pointed out that
sprinkling during the heat of the
day was practically useless, in
asmuch as practically all of the
water evaporates as fast as it
runs.
A substantial level of water
must be kept in the reservoirs at
all times for fire protection, and
if customer use were to continue
to exceed available supply it
would be necessary to limit Irri
gation in order to hold a sub
stanfial reserve, Groshens indi
cated.
Work Starts on
New Addition to
Fair Pavilion
The Morrow county fair board
Tuesday night approved the con
struction of a 30 by 60 foot ad
dition to the fair pavilion and
were given assurance by the
builder that it should be ready
for use by fair time, late in
August.
The building will be of block
construction to match the present
building and will adjoin the west
end of the present structure. It
will house added display space,
provide facilities for demonstrat
ions and contests and will also
be available for general use dur
ing the rest of the year.
The contractor is Louie Case of
Heppner.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
TO MEET MONDAY
'An executive meeting of the
hospital auxiliary has been call
ed for Monday, August 4 at 2:30
pm at the director's room of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon. All
members are urged to attend.
GRANGE TO HOLD PICNIC
The Rhea Creek Grange will
hold its annual picnic at the since 1951 and the family are
Claud White ranch Sunday, Aug ! members of the Assembly of God
3, at 1 pm. All members and fam- church. The first baby they plan
ilies are invited. Bring your own ned to adopt died enroute to the
service. Coffee will be furnished, states.
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GETS GOLD SEAL AWARD Helen Graham, president of the
Heppner high school chapter of the Future Business Leaders
of America, is holding the Gold Seal award recently awarded
the chapter by, the national convention in St Louis, Mo. It
is made to less than 10 percent of the chapters and is given
for outstanding work in school and community relations. Reading
the award is Dr E K Schaffitz, one of the club's sponsors.
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G AZETTE
Boardman Sponsoring
Saturday Night Dana
The third in the series of week
ly Morrow county Fair and Ro
deo dances will be held Sautr
day night at the fair pavilion in
Heppner under the sponsorship
of the Tillicum club of Board
man. Though the Boardman club,
which normally sponsors one
6 More Korean
Orphans Arrive
Six more Korean orphans ar
rived last week to make their
homes with families of this area,
Five of the youngsters, three
girls and two boys were brought
to this country by the Rev Bill
Collier, pastor of the lone Baptist
church and a teacher at Arling
ton. The other was obtained
through Harry Holt, Creswell
farmer who originated the well
known "babylift."
Two families, the Bill B Mar
quardt s and the Carl Mar
quardt's of Lexington, each got
a boy and a girl, and Rev Col
lier and his wife kept one seven-
months old girl. The sixth young
ster will make its home with Mr
and Mrs Hubert Wilson of Hepp
ner, who about three months ago
adopted a Korean boy.
Mr and Mrs Bill Marquardt
adopted a five year old girl Choi-
He-Ryun, who has been renamed
Penny Esther, and a five year
old boy, Kim YunKuel who has
been renamed Bruce Daniel. The
Carl Marquardt family now have
a two year old girl, Grl-Kim
Ack who has been renamed
Joyce Vonita; and a boy, Wyne
Isac who has the new name of
James Dale Marquardt. Both the
Marquardt families are well
known here and the new mo
thers are the former Rena and
Betty Messenger, daughters of
Mr and Mrs T E Messenger of
Mitchell.
Rev Collier made the trip to
Korea on the Holt plane and
made the arrangements for the
youngster's adoption's indepen
dently of Mr Holt. The new Wil
son baby has been named Jua-
nita Joy and more information on
her is contained in a seperate
story.
Hubert Wilsons Adopt
Korean Orphan Girl
Mr and Mrs Hubert Wilson,
who adopted a Korean orphan
boy last March, received a baby
gin through the Harry Holt or
phan airlift in Portland last Fri
day. The new baby is a 10 month
old girl whom they have named
Juanita Joy. Their Korean boy,
now months old, Is named
Clayton Calvin.
The other member of the Wil
son family Is Rogenia Faye, 10
year old. Wilson has been em
ployed at the Heppner post office
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 31, 1958
princess on the royal court, this
year has no member on the
court because the girl of their
choice was forced to withdraw,
they are holding their regular
dance as usual. In place of call
ing it a Princess dance, they
are designating it as a Rodeo
dance and club members have
promised that good music and a
good time will be in store for
everyone.
Music for the affair will be
provided by The Shadows orches
tra of Walla Walla, a band new
to dancers of this area, but one
which provides excellent popular
music. Dancing will be from
to 1 and admission has been set
at $1.50 per person or $2.00 per
couple. Members of the Tillicum
club will be in attendance at
a refreshment stand during the
evening.
The Sad "Tail" of
A Siamese Cat. . .
A Siamese cat belonging
to Mr and Mrs AI Bunch
really got the "hot seat" last
week but apparently will live
to tell the tale. It may be
shy most of its own talL
however.'
The cat was run up a pow
er pole at the neighboring
Paul Brown ranch by a dog
and got tangled up in a
- transformer and lead-in wir
es with the result that it got
well lit up. Fred Gimbel, Pa
cific Power and Light com
pany lineman estimated that
the cat took a 7200 volt Jolt
of electricity before being
knocked to the ground.
At the veterinarians, where
the mouser is now recuperat
ing, the doctor says every
thing is going as well as
could be expected, though it
may be necessary to ampu
tate the animal's tail.
Arlington Cut-off
Road Being Asked
By Local Interests
County judge Oscar Peterson
and Garland Swanson of lone,
along with several interested
persons from Arlington, are In
Salern to attend a hearing Fri
day of the state highway com
mission. The group is there to
request improvement of the pro
posed cut-off road between lone
and Arlington which would leave
the Willow creek highway near
Morgan and go cross-country to
hit the Condon Arlington high
way just south of Arlington.
It will be asked that the state
take over this present county
road and improve it as an alter
nate to the present highway on
down Willow creek to Heppner
junction.
Heppner FBLA Wins
Top Award For
Business Activities
The Heppner chapter of Fu
ture Business leaders of America
last week received notification
that it had been awarded a spec
ial Gold Award for outstanding
work in business. It was issued
at the national convention.
The local chapter took part
in many school and community
affairs during the past year in
cluding work with the county
fair, helped the chamber of com
merce with Christmas activities,
took part in the Easter Seal
drive, did duplicating work for
local organizations, made regu
lar hospital visits and wrote let
ters and cards for those who
were unable to do so themselves.
A member of the Heppner
FBLA chapter, Jim Morris, was
president of the state FBLA last
year, and Janice Martin will be
editor of the state chapter maga
zine for the coming year. Local
officers are Helen Graham, presi
dent; Len Ray Schwarz, vice
president; Janice Martin, secre
tary; Rodger Harris, treasurer;
Cella Boulden, reporter.
Mrs Roy Kirk, school instruct
or, is chapter advisor, and she
is assisted by Dr E K Schaffitz
and Gene Pierce.
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75th Year, Number 21
Mercury Hits 100
Here Monday;
Entire Month Hot
It is "probably no news to any
body, but it has been mighty
hot for the past several days
even by weather bureau stan
dards. The mercury in the official
government thermometer at the
Heppner weather station climb
ed to the 100 mark Monday for
the first time in over two years,
and even with that record, Hepp
ner was one of the coolest places
in the state. On the same day
Pendleton temperatures climbed
to 108 and at Boardman a scorch
ing 115 was recorded. The tem
perature in downtown Heppner
was reported to be 105 or 106
with some residents willing to
swear that it hit 120.
The month of July has been
one of the hottest in many years
in almost all sections of Oregon,
and even Portland, which norm
ally brags about its rain is be
hind Heppner for the month. If
none falls Thursday in Portland,
that city will have received ab
solutely none during July, and
even Heppner has done better
than that for .06 inch fell here.
The last, however was .05 which
fell on July 6 and hardly settled
the dust.
Temperatures here have been
abnormally high all through
July. A check of Heppner wea
ther records shows that the mer
cury hit 100 on one day; the
90's on 10 days; the 80's on 12
days; and the high 70's on five
days. The "coldest" minimum
during the entire month came on
the first day of July when a
low of 43 was recorded. The high
est minimum came last Monday
night when it only cooled off
to a warm 71 degrees on other
days the minimums were in the
50's and 60's. The coolest day
of the month also came on July
1 when the temperature got only
to 71 degrees, the same temper
ature as Monday night's high
minimum. During the past seven
days the coolest day was last
Thursday with an 87, during the
rest of the time 90 or better has
been the order of the day.
Pool Gets Workout;
New Lessons Due
New beginners, Intermediate
and swimmers classes will begin
Friday, Aug 1 at the Heppner
pool, instructor Tom Hughes an
nounced today. The two previous
series of classes have been well
attended and will provide oppor-
unior and senior lifesavlng and
to learn toswim, or for advanced
lessons.
Hughes also announced that
unior and senior difesaving and
advanced swimming classes will
start on August 14. The junior
lifesavlng classes are open to
anyone 12 through 15 years of
age or those in the 8th through
the 10th grades. Persons above
that age must enter the senior
classes.
The instruction classes are
held in the morning.
Hughes reported that the ex
tremely hot weather of the past
week has brought the heaviest
use of the pool of any time dur
ing the summer. Last week 1505
persons were checked in with an
average of 250 per day. On sev
eral occasions the afternoon
swim load of youngsters has
nearly reached the saturation1
point of the pool, but It has not
been necessary yet to limit the
time allowed in the pool.
Hughes also reminded local
residents that the pool is availa
ble on Mondays and evenings
for private parties and that such
arrangements can be made at
the pool office.
FREE CHEST X-RAYS SLATED
Free chest X-rays will be given
Wednesday, Aug 6, between the
hours of 7 and 8:30 at the Pio
neer Memorial hospital for resi
dents of Morrow county.
School employees are reminded
that this is the last X-ray date
before school opens.
400 Acre Fire
On Potamus Creek
Biggest in Area
The Forest Service report
ed Thursday noon that The
Potamus fire was under con
trol and in the mop up stage.
The size of the fire was also
, scaled down to about 300
acres.
It is expected that all of
the Heppner Pine Mills crew
which has been on the fire
lines for two days will be
out by this evening.
The Service also said the
Black Mountain fire Is out
and that only one other
small spot fire has shown
up during the past 24 hours.
A continuation of the extrem
ely hot weather, fairly brisk
winds, and a Monday evening
lightning storm combined to
cause forest service, state forest
ry and private ' timber owners
considerable trouble Tuesday
and Wednesday. Fourteen forest
fires were reported in the Uma
tilla National Forest with sev
eral others on state and private
lands.
The biggest blaze was report
ed to have covered about 400
acres by Wednesday afternoon
and was located in the Potamus
creek -Mallory creek section of
the Blue Mountains near the
North Fork of the John Day ri
ver. It started sometime Monday
night during the heavy electrical
storm which went over this sect
ion of the state starting many
fires in the timber.
The fire was burning on state
owned land but was within
about one-quarter mile of the
Umatilla National Forest boun
dary and Heppner ranger Vic
Kreimeyer was aiding the crews
fighting the fire. As close as
could be determined there was
approximately 50 men fighting
the fire which is in heavy tim
ber on rough ground near the
breaks of the John Day. Tuesday
afternoon 18 men from the Hepp
ner Pine Mills woods crew were
sent into the lines and Wednes
day afternoon another 10 from
the planer crew at the mill In
Heppner was sent out to help.
The mill's planer had to be Shut
down, and the mill will probably
go down shortly because no logs
are coming in from the woods
operation.
In addition it was reported by
the state forestry office In Kin
zua that 14 men were fighting
the fire from the Monument sta
tion and that another 25 had
been sent from Pilot Rock.
Little information was avail
able from the fire area, but it
was thought late wecinesaay
that the fire had been surroun
ded and probably could be con
trolled unless winds get too
strong. The Forest Service'called
into action a B-25 plane from La-
Grande Tuesday afternoon to
dump 1000 gallons of slurry (wet
water) on the flames in an ef
fort to slow down the spread.
Food and equipment was air
dropped to the fire fighters Wed
nesday morning and evening by
the Forest Service.
Many Fires Started
The lightning storm which lol-
lowed a day of over 100 degree will added to the occupant's wa
temDeratures. started at least 14,ter bill, probably on the Septem
fires in the Heppner ranger dis
trict of the Umatilla National
Forest. All but two were spot
fires which were quickly con
trolled or were drowned by the
heavy rains which fell in some
sections of the maintains. One
other fire which caused concern
for a while was a three acre
blaze on the north side of Black
Mountain near the head of Shaw
creek. It was under control Wed
nesday. The state office at Kinzua re
ported that a 50 acre fire on Wil
son creek in Kinzua Corporation
timber and slash was put out
by the Kinzua crew but six others
had been set Monday night in
that same general area; three in
the Monument district and an
other eight in the John Day dis
trict. All these were on state or
private lands. Several other
large fires were reported in the
LaGrande district of the Nation
al Forest, one was said to cover
about 300 to 350 acres.
Storm "Dry" Here
Heppner received only the tail
end of the Monday night storm
which put on a bright display
of lightning but dropped no
measurable rain. Condon was re
ported to have received a heavy
downpour and two or three grain
or stubble fires was said to have
been started in the area near
the Morrow-Gilliam county line.
No report of damage was avail
able. Only one grain fire was re
ported during the past week In
this area. This occurred on the
Delbert Emert ranch near lone
where between 40 and 50 acres
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AWAITING INSTALLATION at Pacific Power & Light company's
Heppner substation is this big 3,000-kva power transformer,
which will play a key part in the company's 1958 electric sys
tem improvement program for the Heppner area. The trans
former will boost the power output of the substation to meet
the area's use of electricity vhlch has Increased sharply during
the past several years. Inspecting the big power unit is Fred
Gimbel, PP&L serviceman.
NEW HOUSE NUMBERS SOON TO BE
INSTALLED ON ALL CITY BUILDINGS
Work was started this week on
preliminary planning for the
complete renumbering of all
houses and business buildings
in Heppner and it Is hoped that
actual installation of the num
bers can start within a short
time.
M C Huggett, Heppner high
school instructor, is now map
ping the city and assigning num
bers to all buildings and lots
which may in the future hold
buildings. As soon as the new
black and aluminum numbers
arrive, he will start installing
them on every building In town.
In very few cases will the new
numbers coincide with present
house numbers which are In evi
dence on less than half the hous
es and stores In town. Under the
new system the town, will be
divided into four sections; north,
south, east, and west. The north
south dividing line will be May
street and Main street will divide
the town east and west. A north
west designation will be used
in that section of town along
Riverside Ave and Linden Way
and a southeast designation will
be used for the area along Race
track street and the county road
leading to Balm Fork. One hun
dred numbers will be used for
each city block with the first
blocks from the dividing lines to
begin with 100. Though in some
areas streets may angle, houses
there will'be numbered accord
ing to their distance east or west
from Main street or Its extension.
The new house numbers will
all be uniform and will be in
stalled for the property owner
by the city and a charge of $1.00
will be assessed against the pro
perty for each set of numbers In
stalled. Where a business or
house requires two actual desig
nations, $1.00 will be charged for
each set of numbers. The cost
ber 1 billing.
The city council authorized the
new numbering system several
months ago and the overall plan
was developed so that proper
designations could be determin
ed. The new system is expected
to be a great aid to the fire de
partment in determining the lo-
Lexington Youth to
Leave as Exchange
Student to Holland
Donald Casteel, a sophomore
at the University of Oregon and
a brother of Mrs B J Doherty of
Lexington, will leave Sunday for
New York on the first leg of a
trip to The Netherlands where
he will spend the next 12 months
as an exchange student.
Casteel was chosen for the ex
change scholarship by the Inter
fraternity council at the Univer
sity, the sponsors of the pro
gram. One Dutch student will at
tend classes for the coming year
at the U of O.
The Lexington youth who is
majoring In political science, will
go by boat to Bremerhaven, Ger
many, then to the Brussells
World's Fair and to Brukelen,
Netherlands where he will attend
classes at The Netherlands In
s t i t u t e for Representation
Abroad, a foreign trade school.
He will return to America late
next summer.
Michael Williams is spending
a two weeks vacation with his
uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs
Dick Knoll at Medford.
cation of fires. At the present
time most alarms come in as the
name of the resident which is
n't always clear and can cause
delays. It will also make it much
easier for strangers to be direct
ed to a certain location.
It is also planned to Install
new street signs as money be
comes available and after the
council takes action in renaming
several streets which now either
have duplicate names or no nam
es at all.
Teaching Staff
Completed For
Heppner Schools
With the hiring of Mrs Bever
ly Olesen as a sixth grade teach-
er this week, the teaching staff
of the Heppner schools is com
plete for the coming year, school
officials have announced.
Mrs Olesen has taught in Sher
wood and Norma, North Dakota
and attended State Teachers col
lege In Mlnot, N D. Mrs Oleson
has two children and her hus
band will arrive in the fall to
reside and work here.
Members of the high school
staff Include Joe H Stewart, sup
erintendent ; Gordon Pratt,
principal, English; Mrs Madelyn
Duke, librarian; Clinton Agee,
basketball, boys' physical educa
tion and history; Mrs Janet Agee,
girls' P E and health; Mrs Kath
erine Hager, home economics,
lunch room supervisor; Stanley
Holm, history and math;Iarion
Huggett, science and math; Mar-
garet Kirk, commercial; Roy
Kirk, social studies; Arnold Mel
by, band and chorus and L L
Robbins, vocational ag.
The elementary staff Include
Clarence Johnson, principal; Mrs
Edna Turner and Mrs Louise
Clark, first grades; Mrs Arolene
Laird, Mrs Kathryn Hosklns, Mrs
Anita Stockard, second; Mrs Mil
dred Hanna, Mrs Velva Bechdolt,
third; Mrs Lena Kelly and Mrs
Albert, fourth.
Miss Marguerite Glavey, Ver
non Flowers, fifth; Inez Erwin,
Mrs Olesen, sixth; Mrs Blanche
Boulden, seventh; Tom Hughes,
James Mallon, eighth.
Extensive remodeling, painting
and cleaning are underway at
the high school In preparation
for the opening of school Sept
ember 8. Work is well along on
the remodeling of the library,
science and commercial rooms
and repainting of two classrooms
on the first floor Is started.
A contract for tiling the ceil
ings in the lunchroom and base
ment hallways has been award
ed to Johnson Accoustical Ser
vice of Portland and work on the
project has been started. A bid
for tiling the floors In the office
and in rooms 9 and 10 has been
accepted from the J A Wiley
company In the high school
building, It was reported.
WEATHER
HI Low
87 52
91 58
91 58
90 60
96 65
100 71
94 56
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Rainfall for the week, none; for
July .06; for the year 10.57 Inches.