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L I SRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, t) Copies 10 Cents LEXINGTON WINS Jd;ra!)bivs Cosilionue T Jump Pby Here Saturday In Semi-Finds fi;. ' f 4 JL I 1 i r a it LEXINGTON'S HIGH JUMPING JACKRABBITS who Saturday will meet Culver at Heppner in the state 6-man semi-finals. Last weekend the Lex team beat Crane here 42 to 28. Team members are, front row, from the left, Dennis Doherty, Lee Cornelison, Win Over Crane Brings Lex Closer To State Title The Lexington high school Jackrabbits kept their 6-man football record unblemished Fri day afternoon when they romp ed to a 47 to 28 win over a Crane high school squad in the district playoff held on the Hepp ner rodeo field. The win gave the Lexington squad the district 3 champion ship and the right to meet Cul ver in the state semi-finals. The game, also, Is to be played on the Heppner field Saturday start ing at 1:30 p m. Lexington's touchdowns were scored by. four of the six men on the squad. Laddie Hender son accounted for three of them,. Lee Cornelison was credited with two, and Keith Peck and Bill Parsons each went over for one tally. Conversions by passes were made by Palmer, Peck and Poin ter. Defenbaugh scored two touch downs for Crane and added an other two points to his record by kicking one conversion. Skinner scored the other Crane touch down and passed to two point after conversions for an addit ional two points. Crane had fought its way in to the district playoff by beating Hereford the week before at Burns. Culver earned its right to meet Lex in the state semi-finals by coming out on top of a three way tie playoff game last Sat urday at Dufur when they met Arlington and Sisters. They will represent district 4 in their Sat urday game here. Culver wound up its regular season with a 3-1 win-loss record. Whoever comes out on top of this game will meet the winner of a scrap next Saturday between "Alsea and Westflr which is to be played on the Westfir field. Should Lexington continue to rack up victories by winning over Culver next Saturday there is hope that the game for the state championship might also be played in Heppner. This, of course, depends on the outcome of this game, and the ideas of state high school athletic offic ials who have charge of the state playoffs. Lexington coach Bob Matthews said Wednesday that he expects to field his regular starting team Saturday and that the. boys are going out with the idea of getting clear to the top. There are 13 regular members of the squad, plus one manager, who represent 70 percent of the entire high school enrollment of 20 students. Counting the two sub-district and district playoff games, the Jackrabbits have a perfect record of 9 wins and no losses. ORE Gazette-Tim ANOTHER ONE TVC 'U --r -"V Funeral Services Held Monday For Walter L Gilman Funeral services were, held Monday at 2 o'clock at the Hepp ner Christian church for Walter Louis 'Gilman, 70, who passed away at his home November 7 following an illness of several months. Mr Gilman was born Septem ber 22, 1888 at Moscow, Idaho. He was married to Viola Din widdle, April 25, 1912 at Monu ment and they made their home there until 1918 when they mov ed to California. He returned to Heppner in 1923 and had made his home here since. He was employed by the Morrow County Grain Growers for many years. He is survived by his wife Viola; two sons, Dean of Hepp ner and Leonard W of Lake- wood, Calif; one daughter, Laura Stotts, Heppner; one brother, Miles Gilman of Mt Vernon; a half-brother, Vernon Gilman of Heppner, th r e e grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The Rev Charles Knox and El der C L Vories officiated at the final rites and interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Creswick Mortuary was in charge. Jury Returns Verdict Of Not Guilty; One Case is Dismissed In two circuit court cases heard Monday and Wednesday in Heppner by judge William W Wells, one man was found not guilty and another case was dis missed. A jury returned a not guilty verdict for George Steagall of Lexington who was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Wednesday judge Wells dismissed the case of the state versus Roy Ball Jr who had been charged with rape. The dismissal was ordered because of the In competency of the prosecuting witness. Judge Wells also granted three divorces Monday to Jim A Bowls by from Juanita Bowlsby; to Ver non Rogers from Olga Rogers; and to Etha R Williamson from Gerald Williamson. Remember, Taxes Due by Saturday! Deadline for the payment of first quarter 1958-59 real and personal property taxes is next Saturday, November 15, the sher iff's office reminded county resi dents this week. The tax office in the court house is usually closed on Sat urdays, but because it Is the last day before the deadline, the of fice will remain open until 5 p m. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 13, 1958 ff Bob Davidson, Steve Klinger, Tom Pointer, Jim Steagall, Laddie Henderscn. Back row, Roger Doherty, manager, Bill Parsons, Earl Papineau, Joe Palmer Stan Schoonovoer, Keith Peck. Hank Pointer, and Bob Matthews, coach. Vest to Speak At MCGG Annual Meeting Monday Herbert G West, Walla Walla, executive vice president of In land Empire Waterways Assoc iation, will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of Mor row County Grain Growers to be held Monday evening, November 17 at the fair pavilion in Hepp ner. West is well known in Heppner and Morrow county and spoke at the chamber of commerce annual meeting here about a year ago. He has been very active In pro moting development of water transportation and other facili ties in the Columbia basin. Two new directors will be elec ted at the meeting, as will seven associate directors. Nominated for reelection as directors are Lewis Halvorsen and Paul Brown. The nominating committee also named David Baker, Max Bar clay, Al Bunch, Barton Clark, Alonzo Henderson, Walter Jacobs and L H Rill as associates. The meeting will open with a barbecued beef dinner at 6 o' clock and will be opened by the report of officers, a business re port, action on a proposed by law amendment and Mr West's talk. The beef to be served at the dinner will be half of the grand champion 4-H beef at the fair which was purchased by the MCGG. The other half will be given away as door prizes. Kinzua Makes Bid Tax Payment Here The importance of the timber industry to Oregon, and to this area, was emphasized this week as Kinzua Corporation began mailing out their tax payments. Property taxes paid by the KInzua enterprises Included: Wheeler county, $68,108.63; Mor row county, $37,605.74; Gilliam county, $4,568.91; Grant county, $1,175.53 for a total of $111,458.81, In addition the company re ported its employment reached 418 employees for the month of September and its annual pay roll was In excess of $2 million dollars. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. 62 41 .06 68 34 .04 62 49 .02 56 40 .04 50 32 .06 53 35 61 37 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week -22: for November .50; for the year 11.66 inches. 75th year, Number 36 o t a Training Session Slated for 4-H Leaders November 22 A training school- for new 4-H club officers is slated for Sat urday, November 22, at 1:00 p m at the 4-H annex building at the Morrow fair grounds at Heppner, according to county extension agents, N C Anderson and Esther Kirmis. This schooling will help ac quaint the new officers with the functions and duties of their jobs. All presidents, vice-presidents, secretary-treasurers, news report ers, and song leaders are asked to attend. The gathering will begin with a joint meeting of all officers after which they will separate into their respective offices and be given special instructions by extnslon agents, 4-H leaders, and newspaper editor. Officers are urged to bring along any material they have received pertaining to the office they hold. Brothers Complete Army Training Course FORT GORDON, GA. (AHTNC) Two brothers from Heppner, Privates Nelson and Dean Con ner, sons of Mr and Mrs Albert R Conner, recently completed the ten-week power equipment maintenance and repair course at the Army's Southeastern Sig nal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. The men entered the Army last May and completed basic train ing at Fort Ord, Calif. Nelson, 23, is a 1956 graduate of Hepp,ner high school and Dean 18, is a 1957 graduate. V V SEE HOSPITAL WORKINGS This group of Heppner high school girls is one of several groups from all area high schools who recently have visited Pioneer Memorial hospital to see how it is operated and learn of the duties of nurses and aides. They have been conducted through the hospital by Mrs Gena Leonard, second from left, rear, a member of the hospital board, and Mrs Kathleen Ledford, right rear, supervisor of nurses. In this group are Marlene Griffin. Judv Brlnda, Carol Nichols, Sandra Jones. Bonnie Hannon, Diane Geyer, Barbara Siewert Lanona Hopper, Judy Cochell, Florence Morris, Wllma Bothwell and Roseann Avert. Council Approves Asking Voters For Water Bonds The Heppner city council at a special meeting Monday night ordered the start of preliminary proceedings necessary to ask the opinion of voters on a $160,000 bond issue to complete installa tion of about six miles of new water line from the city's wells on upper Willow creek. The council met Monday with Oiibert Groff of the Salem engl neering firm of Clark & Groff who had prepared estimates of the cost of the project, to dis cuss the figures and determine the feasibility of seeking appro val of a bond Issue from the voters. Groff's estimate for re placing slightly more than six miles of the present leaky con crete pipe which Is causing much trouble and also giving the city bad water tests which require chlorination for purification, was slightly over $159,000. The fig ures als0 included a small amount of additional pipe line necessary to tie the present res ervoirs into the new line. As proposed, the new line would run the entire distance from the upper wells along the edge of the Willow creek road to connect with the good pipe line at the lower well on the Wilkinson property about three miles above town. Two miles of the upper end of the pipe line was replaced with new pipe a year ago, but further Improve ment of the system was impos sible without a bond issue be cause of the size of the job. No definite time for a special election was established due to the necessity of preparing many necessary papers and making ar rangements. A tentative sched ule of repayment was also dis cussed by the council which would require part of the money to come from an Increase in water rates and part from a tax millage. The bonds would be is sued for either 20 or 25 years. When the entire water line Is finally renewed with steel pipe, the supply . 'of water from the upper wells will be Increased by about 25 to 30 percent and the line will be able to handle, If needed, nearly twice the amount of water that it is now possible to get down the present line. Leakage from the Joints in the present cone rete pipeline amounts to nearly 75 gallons a minute, or over 25 percent of the total water pumped from the up per wells. In addition, seepage into the system because of the leaks is thought to be causing the poor water tests which is requiring the chlorination. Jockman to Speak At Farm-City Week Banquet November 24 Arrangements are under way by the chamber of commerce and the directors of the Heppner Soil Conservation District for the an nual Farm-City Week banquet which will be held at the Hepp ner Legion hall Monday even ing, November 24. It Is sponsored Jointly by the two groups. The banquet Is held as a part of the annual Farm-City Week observance In the county and this year will feature a talk by E R Jackman from the Oregon State college agriculture extension ser vice. The banquet Is open to the public and tickets are now on sale at $1.50 per person. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET The Heppner Civic League will meet Monday evening at 8:00 p m at the home of Mrs Matt Hughes. GRANGE TQ MEET The regular meeting of the Rhea Creek Grange will be held Friday night starting with a pot luck dinner at 6:30. TV - t QT rnoto) 7 High School Bands Coming Friday For Clinic and Concert Seven bands will appear in a parade down the Main street of Heppner at 4:15 Friday In con nection with the music festival sponsored by the Heppner high school music department. A trophy will be. given by the Chamber of Commerce to the best marching band. Competitors for the hoola hoop prizes will also be in the parade. Arnold Melby, local music dir ector, announces that Russel Lar sen, music supervisor of the Walla Walla public schools and instructor of woodwinds and per cussion at the Whitman college Conservatory has been obtalned4 as guest conductor. Mr Larsen is well qualified, having had a highly successful music depart ment in Walla Walla for the past nine years. His background in dudes study at Washington State college, Eastern Washington col ege of Education, University of Southern California and East man School of Music. Mr Larsen will direct the 185 students in massed band concert at the Hula-Hoopsters To Show Skills An added attraction during the Friday afternoon parade of vis iting high school bands, that are to be in Heppner for an all-day band clinic and concert, will be a hula-hoop contest for all area youngsters who are proficient In the art of "hooping". It is being sponsored by the chamber of commerce. There will be three divisions in the contest and two prizes of $3.00 and $2.00 in cash will be given in each division. Entrants will be classified bv ages. 5 ears or under, 6 to 10 years, nd 10 and over. The contest will be held on Main street. County Gets Big Tax Payment From PP&L Pacific Power & Light Com pany's tax payments this week to Morrow county sheriff C J D Bawman for levies on the com pany's properties in the county will total $14,372.85, it was re porter by J R Huffman, PP&L local manager. Huffman reported the tax In crease reflects the large capital investments made by the com pany for improvements and ex pansion of customer service fa cilities during the recent years of record construction programs. Pacific Power's property tax payments to 27 Oregon counties this year will total $2,637,634.55, Huffman said, the largest pro perty tax ever paid in the state by PP&L. Heppner Flower Shop Sold to Mrs Dick Maryette Wright this week an nounced the sale of Heppner Flower Shop to LaVelle Dick, owner of Dick's Greenhouse and Flower Shop. The transfer of the property will take place on Nov ember 15. Mrs Dick plans to combine the two florist businesses which will be operated from the Dick Green house location near the Heppner grade school. The downtown lo cation of Heppner Flower Shop will be closed. A new display shop is now under construction at Dicks and will be ready for occupancy in the near future. The name of the business will also be changed to Dick's Flower Shop and Green house, Mrs Dick stated. Mrs Wright has operated the Heppner Flower Shop for about two and one-half years. Former Heppner Man Named Head of Idaho Hospital Association John B Eriisdorff, business manager of St Joseph's hospital at Lewlston, Idaho, was recently named president of the Idaho Hospital association at a meet ing of the state group in Boise. Ernsdorff is well known in Heppner and was administrator of Pioneer Memorial hospital here for several years before moving to Lewlston nearly four years ago. He was very active in civic affairs In Morrow county and is currently heading the Lewlston Red Cross Red Feather drive. RECRUITER COMING Staff Sergeant Thomas O Mc Gehee, Marine Corps recruiter for this area will be at the post office in Heppner Saturday, Nov 15 from noon until 5 pm. Any one desiring information about the Marine Corps may contact him here. high school Friday evening at 8 pm. Guest soloist at the evening will be Wilbur Jensen, a music student at Lewis and Clark col lege in Portland. Mr Jensen has already, had a varied music career; he was guest soloist with the Chicago Symphony in 1953 and again in 1957; has been sev eral times soloist with Portland summer concert band under the direction of Dr John K Richards; solo trumpet with Lewis & Clark symphonic band; director and member of college brass ensem ble; has had two Informal ap pearances with Louis Armstrong and has appeared on the Horace Heidt show. Accompanist for Mr Jensen will be Janice Martin of Heppner. Bands to be here for the in struction sessions and concert in clude those from Irrlgon, Fossil, Condon, Boardman, Echo, lone and Heppner. The program will include: 9 a m, bands meet at auditorium: 9:15 to 10:30, brass, woodwind. and percussion clinics; 10:45 to 12, and 1 to 3:45, massed band rehearsal in school auditorium; 4:15 parade of bands through city streets for trophy; 6:00, ban quet for directors; 8:Oo massed band concert at auditorium. Interested persons are Invited to audit any of the practice ses sions. The program for the massed band program in the evening, which is open to the public, In cludes: Festival band Star Spangled Banner, arranged by John Philip Sousa; Storm King, Walter Finlayson; If Thou Be Near, Johann Sebastian Bach. Cornet solo, Czardas, by Rafael Mendez, .featuring Wilbur Jen sen. Festival band Asherbroedel March by Victor Herbert; Morn ing, from Peer Gynt Suite, by Grieg. Condon clarinet quar tet, Liza, by George Gershwin featuring Connie Massey, Rita Ratray, Louise Doris and , Rita Vaughn. Festival band Blue Tango by Leriy Anderson; Student Prince by Slgmund Romberg. Cornet solo, Body and Soul, by Johnny Green and Charles Hufflne fea turing Wilbur Jensen. Festival band Southern Cross by Paul Yoder; and El Capital!," by John Philip Sousa. This Is the first time such a clinic and massed band concert has been held In Heppner and it is expected to attract a large crowd. Christmas Seal Drive Opens The annual Christmas Seal sale sponsored by the Morrow county Tuberculosis and Health Association got underway this week with the mailing of sheets of the seals to all residents in the county, Mrs L E Dick, Jr sale chairman announced today. The chairman emphasized that 71 cents of each dollar of Christ mas Seal money is used within Morrow county to buy equip ment, provide free chest X-rays and improving general health conditions. All solicitation for the drive is done by mail. Community chairmen for the 1958 drive are Mrs Gary Tullis, lone; Mrs Randy Lott, Lexing ton; Mrs Ruth Coy, Irrigon; Mrs Margaret Kuhn, Boardman; and Mrs Dick In Heppner. Irrigon Couple Injured in Crash Two Morrow county residents, Mr and Mrs Paul Slaughter of Irrigon, were reported in fair con dition at a Hood River hospital as the result of a head-on col lision of two cars west of Hood River Tuesday night. The occu pants of the other car, Mr and Mrs D H Sorter of White Salmon, Wash were killed in the crash. Heppner Student In OSC Band OREGON STATE COLLEQE Jim Hayes, Heppner, Is a mem ber of the football band at Ore gon State college this year. Ninety top campus musicians were picked for the all-male marching band this fall. The band ' presents special half-time entertainment at all home foot ball games, travels with the team on certain occasions, and plays for various campus and commun ity events. The OSC band is rated one of the top bands in the West. Hayes Is a senior at OSC. He Is majoring in agriculture. Mrs Joe Hughes returned re cently from Sweet Home where she had been with her daugh ter, Mrs Keith Marshall, who had undergone surgery.