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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.