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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Technicality Voids fadtay Vove on b (i i Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 16, 1958 Gazette-Tim 4m Bosh! Issue Copies 10 Cents 75th Year, Number 32 EPPNER The voters of Heppner school district voted two to one approval Monday of a special bond Issue of $20,000 for the purchase of adjacent school property, but, be cause of a technicality, they're going to have to do the whole thing over in about two weeks. That was the unpleasant word Tuesday from Robert Abrams, district attorney, who in check ing the results following the special election discovered that Circling Plane Finally Lands At Condon Field An apparently lost airplane which circled over Heppner for nearly 45 minutes late Tuesday evening caused considerable ex citement and many efforts to guide it, to a landing. It was Wednesday afternoon before the plane was fully identified and found to be safe on the ground at the Condon airport. In the meantime half the pop ulation of Morrow county was trying to figure out what happen ed to it. The plane, a twin motor beech craft Bonanza started circling over Heppner at about 10:15 and finally made one approach over the private airstrip near the home of Dr C M Wagner on Hin ton creek just east of town but was waved off because it is a short, tricky field. Thinking the plane was in trouble, at least 100 cars converged on the Hepp ner Pine Mills airstrip below the mill to light the field with head lights. A Heppner fire truck with spot lights aimed high in the air also attempted to lead the plane toward either that strip or the Lexington airport which also had been alerted and was lighted by car headlights. The plane came in over the Lexington field for one pass then climbed rapidly and headed off northwest. The Lexington airport operator Gar Leyva contacted the Pendle ton office of the Civil Aeronau tics Administration who finally contacted the plane by radio and got the report that it was reading for Condon and was in no trouble. Finally Wednesday it was dis covered that the plane actually was at the Condon field and had reported in to The Dalles airport by phone. This report apparently was never relayed to any other location. - Through the efforts of the Port land office of the CAA and the Portland Bureau of the Associa ted Press, it was eventually de termined that the plane was flown by W E Roberts, an official of Lipman & Wolff Company, of Portland and that he and a party of friends had left Portland Sat urday for Ontario on a hunting trip and was not expected back in Portland until Wednesday night. What the plane was doing in Condon and why it spent nearly 45 minutes circling Heppner is still unknown, though it is sur mised that in the flight from Ontario the pilot confused Hepp ner with Condon and finally de termined where he was before leaving this area. AT CONFERENCE Mrs Richard Wells of Heppner was in Pendleton Monday to at tend the district conference of the American Legion Auxiliary. Status of Oregon's ON OCTOBER 1. 27 COUNTIES in i :-'' iM TSTto")?5:i oft under m r ' A . Indian reservation had completed brucellosis (Bang's) testing and received the coveted modified certified disease-free rating. Only one herd remained untested in Wheeler county. Map gives progress of testing. State Department of Agriculture officials say the state should reach certification by June 30, 1959 the goal set when the stepped-up one minor point in the special election and bond law was over looked, thereby nullifying the entire election. Abrams said Tuesday that the law requires the posting of notices, in addit ion to the publication of a notice of the special election, and that this requirement was not com plied with. The result being that the bonds could not be sold. The vote on the question of issuing $20,000 In bonds for the purchase of the Elaine George property which adjoins the grade school grounds was 121 yes to 63 no. Following the disclosure that the election was void, the school board met in special session Tuesday night and set Saturday, November 1 as the date for the new vote. This election will be for exactly the same thing as was Monday's and will be held in the multipurpose room at the grade school from 2 until 8 o'clock. The legal notice of the new election date is published else where in today's paper. Either-Sex Deer Hunt Not General There will be no general either-sex deer hunt after the regular buck season in Ore gon this year. The State game commission yesterday said that those with gen eral deer tags may hunt only through Oct 26, the end of the regular season. Those possessing unused deer tags and valid doe per mits will be allowed to hunt for a deer of either sex dur ing the open season Oct 18 through Oct 26. Both deer tag and permit must be attached to any antlerless deer taken. Sp fecial Services Se by Naxarenes Special services are planned at the lone Church of the Nazarene during next week, it was an nounced today by the Rev Charles Wilkes, pastor. - Tuesday evening at 8 o clock, Rev Clvle Golliher, returned Nazarene missionery to Peru will speak at a special service. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights Oct 24, 25 and 26 at 8 o'clock there will be special re vival services at the church which now meets at the lone Grange hall. The speakers will be young people irom northwest Nazarene college at Nampa, Idaho. Lex Student Gets U of Portland Post Larry Lindsay, Lexington has been appointed to serve as chief justice of the student court for the Associated Students of the University of Portland. Lindsay is a senior in the college of busi ness administration of the Uni versity. Last year, Lindsay held the position of president of the In ternational Relations club. He al so belongs to- Arnold Air So ciety and St Vincent de Paul society on campus. During his last two years, he has been on the Dean's honor roll with a per fect average of 4.00. At St Joseph's high school in Pendleton, Oregon, Lindsay was chosen valedictorian of the class of 1955, while serving as student body president. Brucellosis Program Oregon and the Warm Springs program got under way last year, THE REV C BRUCE SPENCER, new rector of All Saints' Epis copal church. Rev Spencer and his family came here from Myrtle Point. (GT Photo) Civic League Still In Need of Rummage Customers at the Civic League rummage sale October 24 and 25 will find a wide variety of articles arrayed in the Empire showroom. Mrs Jack Healy, chairman of collection of donated articles, lists lamps, lampshades, books, funny books, records, drapes, bedspreads, rugs, tablecloths (all clean), toys, nursery furnitures, suitcases, a bedstead, small tab les, baby clothes, a tuxedo, a steam iron, a baby buggy, dishes, and considerable fall and winter clothing in good condition as among the many things already received for the sale. Although the deadline for hav ing articles cleaned free by the Heppner Cleaners is now past, the Civic League is still, inter ested in receiving all donations. The committees appreciate re ceiving it as early as possible as much prelimnary preparation is necessary to allow the women to be able to set up the store in one evening. Clothing which is not sold dur ing the two day sale is given to church groups for further dis tribution. The twice - a year rummage sales held by the Civic League finance the operation of the Kin dergarten together with the tu ition fees paid for the kiddies. State Farm Prices Show Slight Gain During September Prices received by Oregon farmers went up during the month ending September 15, ac cording to Mrs Elvera Horrell, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State college. U S department of agriculture reports showed farm prices in Oregon advanced one percent during this time, farm prices in the rest of the nation averaged a 3 percent rise. Livestock prices had the big gest hand in raising Oregon farm prices. Higher prices on most classes of meat animals, milk cows, eggs, and wholesale milk more than offset lower prices on hogs, chickens, and turkeys, Mrs Horrell said. Oregon's crop index remained the same. As a result of the price rise, Oregon farm prices at mid-Sep tember averaged 4 percent higher than year earlier, with national farm prices up 5 percent. Prices of things farmers buy also went up in September, Mrs Horrell reported, but at a much slower rate. Most of the advance, which came to only one-third of one percent, came in production items. Feeder livestock led the upward trend in costs, followed by higher prices on seed, farm machinery, building materials, and motor vehicles. Feed and farm supplies 'showed a slight downturn. Prices paid for farm-family living items averaged about the same as in August, Mrs Horrell noted. USDA reports showed de clining food prices offset by a more-or-less general advance in prices of other items used for living. With prices received outpacing prices paid, the squeeze was loosened on the buying power of farm products. The parity ratio the government s yardstick for measuring the relationship between prices received and prices paid by farmers stood at 85 on September 15. This was 2 points above a month and a year earlier, but still 15 points below the level set by Congress as a "fair" exchange rate, Mrs Horrell pointed out. HOME FOR WEEKEND Among the students home for the weekend were Bob Bryant. Len Ray Schwarz, Tom Currin and Gary Jones from Klamath Falls where thev attend OTI and Jim Morris from Eastern Oregon College at LaGrande. Accidents Claim Two Lives This jWeek at lone, Heppner Registration in County Seen Up Since Primary Final compilation of voter reg istration was completed this week by the county clerk's of fice and the figures show an in crease in registration since the May primaries, but a consider able drop since the last general election in 1956. Republicans still hold a size able lead in the county with 1210 registered in that party. The Democrats now have 987, and there are 13 in the county who are classified as "other" parties. The total voter count Is 2210, up slightly from the 2167 who were registered for the primary elec tion. Every precinct In - the county but one, Irrlgon, has a plurality of Republican voters and in the Irrigon precinct the Democrats outnumber the Republicans 201 to 115. In the 1956 general election the total, registration was 2385 per sons, 175 more than this year. According to the clerk's records the registration by precincts shows: Boardman 107 D, 112 R, 2 other. Total 221. Hardman 14 D, 23 R, total 37. lone 150 D, 238 R, 2 other. Total 390. Irrigon 201 D, 115 R. Total 316. Lexington 126 D 143 R, 3 other. Total 272. Northeast Heppner 74 D, 125 R, total 199. Northwest Heppner 125 D, 184 R, 4 other. Total 313. Southeast Heppner 64 D, 111 R, total 175. Southwest Heppner 126 D, 159 R, 2 other. Total 287. Polio Vaccination Need Still High The current polio epidemic in Detroit, Michigan, is a vivid re minder that paralytic polio will remain a threat t0 every com munity in the nation as long as millions of Americans neglect vaccination, Mrs Jack Loyd, chairman of the Morrow county chapter of the national founda tion declared today. "What is happening in Detroit could happen here." Mrs Loyd said. "There are far too many unvaccinated individuals in our pnnntv and many others who ,have had only one or two shots. I While expanding our program to take in arthritis and birth de fects, we must not lose sight of 'the third face of crippling polio. It is still with us." By the end of September more than 650 persons had been strick en with polio in Wayne county 'Detroit), half of them paralytic, and more cases were being re ported each day, the chapter chairman revealed. "We have been fortunate in our county recently in that the nniir. rate has been very light," Mrs Loyd said. "However, with many oi our i-imuicu uu ;u"6 adults unvaccinated, we are as susceptible to an outbreak as De troit." The Wayne county chapter of the National Foundation is now spending almost $50,000 per week n care of the victims of the epidemic, and the chapter esti mates that it will need more than $1,000,000 for aid to patients by the end of the year. CHAMBER HEARS TALK ON BALLOT MEASURES An explanation of several mea sures appearing on the general election ballot was given by P W Mahoney, Heppner attorney, at the Monday chamber of com merce meeting. He discussed the measure to allow temporary ap pointment of judges, the state ! power bill and others. Renn Harris, Heppner high .(school student body president, lOlu OI SCJIUU1 atuyiura mm vited the chamber to be luncheon guests at the cafeteria on Oct ober 27. Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Paul O'Meara Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at St Wil liam's Catholic church in lone for Jeremiah Paul O'Meara,' 83, who passed away October 12 at his home in lone. He had been failing in health for some time. Mr O'Meara was born April 28, 1875 at Oakdale, California and had lived in the lone area for the past 33 years. He was a member of St Williams church, Willows grange and the Heppner Elks lodge. Surviving are his wife, Stella E O'Meara, lone; two brothers, Patrick G, Wasco; and Michael B of Madera, Calif; two sisters, Katherine Jacobson, Fresno, Cal ifornia and Margaret O'Meara of Santa Rosa, Calif. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening and Requiem Mass Wed nesday by The Rev Gerald Con don. Interment was in the lone cemetery. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Area Students At Press Meet Attending the two day Oregon School Press Conference on the University of Oregon campus at Eugene from Heppner were Wil ma Bothwell, assistant editor of Uh 1959 MHstang,. Connie Ander son, Carole Anne Anderson and Bernice Thomson from the He- hisch staff. Wilma Bothwell was a member of a student panel on Saturday morning. The panel discussed "Our Advertising Policies". Con nie Anderson was a member of a newspaper panel discussing the topic "Making the most of the Mimeograph". Hehjsch ad viser, Margaret Kirk, was in charge of a two hour session for advisers of mimeographed and duplicated papers. Other advis ers were especially interested in the process used by the Heppner high paper In reproducing photo graphs. The students were accompan ied by their adviser, Mrs Kirk, and by Mrs Jim Thomson. The delegates from Lexington, Doris Sue Davidson and Keith Peck and also the lone delegates, Da- lene MacDonald, JoAnn Turner, Tommy Martin and Gregg Ley va also went with the Heppner group. The Hehisch received the Rose- burg News-Review plaque for ex cellence in feature writing. This award was won last spring by members of the 4957-58 Stan but was not presented until this con ference. All Heppner students attended classes throughout Friday after noon and Saturday morning. At the luncheon meetings and other special large group gatherings the students had the opportunity tn hear outstandine journalists and educators. At the Friday ev ening banquet they neara an aa dress by Stewart Holbrook, well known Oregon author and speak er. Dr Castell of the U O gave an especially interesting lecture on "You can't argue that way" pontine out the lauacies in many types of arguments pre sented both in papers and in speeches today. lone City Officers Are Nominated Nominations were held at the lone city council meeting Oct ober 6. Chosen for city officers were, mayor, Ed Brlstow and Charles O'Connor; recorder, June Crowell; treasurer, Echo Palma- teer. Six persons were nominated for the three open positions on the city council. They were Bill Riet mann, James Barnett, Elmer Holtz, Hugh Salter, Aloha De Spain and Omar Rietmann. The outgoing councllmen will be Paul Pettyjohn, Charles O'Connor and Noel Dobyns. They will be elected at the general election, November 4. Matthew R Ball and J E Craber are Victims Two separate accidents within 24 hours this week claimed the lives of two men, Matthew R Ball, 74 of lone, and J E "Ed" Craber of Heppner. Mr Matthews' death was the direct result of a heart attack, and Mr Craber died when his tractor overturned pinning him beneath it. A subsequent fire was said to be primary cause of his death. About 6 pm Tues a car driven by Mr Ball crashed head-on into another vehicle driven by Berl Akers, also of lone, about one and one-half miles south of lone on the Gooseberry road. Accord ing to Eldon Tucker, lone city marshall, and state patrolman William Labhart who investiga ted, Mr Ball apparently had suf fered a heart attack while driv ing toward lone down the grade. He was alone in the car. It struck the Akers car almost head-on causing considerable damage to both. Coroner Oliver Creswick re ported tnat Mr Ball had suffered a heart attack though it is not known definitely whether he was dead when the two cars hit or died shortly afterwards. Mr Craber met death shortly after 10 a m Wednesday when his tractor rolled over while he was trying to plow a fire strip around a small grass fire near his barn at his ranch three miles east of Heppner on Hinton creek. Savings Bond Sales Slump in County County Savings Bond sales for September were $5,616 and state sales were $2,740,090, county chairman, Jack Bedford said here today. Sales in this county for the first nine months of the year totaled $133,230 as compared with $188,784 for the first nine months of last year. The U S Treasury's bond di vision is putting greater empha sis on its school savings stamp program, the county chairman said. "I know of no better way to establish sound habits of thrift among children than through such plans as the school savings stamp program. The sound practice of thrift Is an all American responsibility for both the young and the old. "The school savings program gives youngsters an opportunity to learn the principles ot pat riotism and to invest in our country." County Hunters Bag 167 Predators Carl McDanlel and Joseph Bal- trenas, federal-state hunters in Morrow county, killed 167 preda tory animals here during a twelve-weeks period, June 1 to August 23. This figure includes 86 coyotes, 29 bobcats, 19 badgers, 26 por cupines and seven raccoons. The men also reported 4J sheep killed by foxes and bobcats dur ing April, May ana June. These livestock losses are only those discovered by McDaniel and Raltrenas in their routine operations; they do not fully pic ture total losses surrerea Dy stockmen through predators in Morrow county. These figures come from a joint report issued by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and the state department of agricul ture. EXAMINER COMING Drivers license examiner will be on duty In Heppner Tuesday, Oct 21 at the court house be tween 9:30 a m and 3:30 p m. WEATHER Hi Low Thursday 62 35 Friday 60 50 Saturday 72 38 Sunday 67 38 Monday 74 43 Tuesday 76 39 Wednesday 82 42 I Rainfall for the week, none; for October, .07, for the year 11.01 I Inches. He was pinned under the tractor which caught fire from the other blaze and it was this fire which caused his death. He was badly crushed and burned before he could be removed. Mrs Craber tried to keep the fire from him but was forced to go to the house to call-for help. She called the Bill Barratt ranch about a mile and half west and Barratt brought a lift and spray rig which was able to lift the tractor off the body. He was pro nounced dead by a physician who accompanied the ambulance to the scene of the accident. Mr Craber was 68 years of age and only last Weekend he and Mrs Craber had returned here from Ashland where they had spent several months because of his health. Mr Ball's car struck a car driven by Berl Akers of lone and occupied by Mr and Mrs Akers and their three children William Robert and Bonnie who suffered only minor hurts. Matthew R Ball Funeral services for Matthew R Ball will be held Friday. Oct ober 17 at 2 p m at the Baptist church in , lone with the Rev William Collier officiating. Mr Ball was born February 2, 1884 at Gooseberry and had lived In that area all his life. He was 71 years of age. lie is survived by his wife, Anna M Ball of lone; two daugh ters, Mrs Cecile Geniece, Escon dido, California; and Helen Ball of lone; six brothers, Archie, Hepper; Roy, Boardman; Glenn, Yakima; Edgar. Forest Grove and Elmer and Louis of lone. He also leaves four sisters, Evelyn Far rens, Heppner; Ellen Chapln, Portland; Pearl Urlacker, Ta- coma, Wash; and Gladys Long of Eugene; two granddaughters and five great-grandchildren. Interment will be In the lone cemetery. John Edwin Craber J Edwin Craber was born May 9, 1890 at Homer, Nebraska and died near Heppner Wednesday, October 15. He had lived in the Heppner area for about 60 years and was married to Maude Rice at Hardman in 1910. He was a member of the Christian church. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p m at the Heppner Christian church with the Rev Charles Knox officiating. Interment will be in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. H6 is survived by his wife Maude, Heppner; three sons, Harold of The Dalles; Gordon of Portland; Dallas of Heppner; one daughter, Mrs Creth Harris of Heppner; two sisters, Mrs Bessie Cook, Independence; and Mrs Ada Cannon of Heppner; two brothers, David of Salem and Jesse of Independence. He also leaves seven grandchildren. Creswick Mortuary is in charge of both services. Lutherans Open Confirmation Series a crniin of seven have started meeting this week for a new Val- by-Hope Lutheran church coniir- matlon class, the Rev Rydgren announced this week. The seven are Roland Ekstrom, Steve Lind strom, Tom Heimbigner, Don Ma loske. Sue Townsend. Mansel Townsend and Cheryle Lundell. The group meets every Saturday until April 26, 1959. -During the first year they will study the Bible, 10 Command ments and the Apostle's creed. The second year begins Sept 12, 1959 and they will be confirm ed, or made members of the church, on Palm Sunday, 1960. During each year the study will be augmented with time devoted to the worship service, Luther and the symbols of the church. The special training lor young people developed just alter tne Reformation in an effort to give each member a better under standing of Bible teachings, it was stated. Mrs L D Tibblea will leave, from Pendleton, Friday for a month's visit with her family in Kansas City, Missouri.
