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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
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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.