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t 1 SKARy U OF o EL'GENE. ORE GIVEN BY HEPPNER STORES li I 1 " Oil U 1 n V n f v Ocr 20 6fts Given aci Week Everyone Has A Chance To Win Every Week Until Christmas tag IFvr Weecss i uvlHL 3 ferWi YOUR HEPPNER LUCKY NUMBER N? 1209 Good November 28 To December 3 Shows Increasing Local Interest Interest In the proposed Willow Creek dam appears to be lncreas Ing greatly, a poll taken Monday night at the Farm-City banquet in Heppner showed. Guests at the banquet were asked by county judge Oscar Pet erson to fill out a questionnaire which asked if they would be in favor of a government-built multi-purpose dam above Hepp ner. The results were overwhelm ingly in favor with 39 answering yes and only four persons voting against the proposed dam. Two of those who took the question naires stated they were unde cided. The questionaire had no offic ial bearing, but did serve to indi cate to the county court that residents were in accord with the court's recent action in request ing that a resurvey of the dam proposal be made by the Army Engineers. About two weeks ago letters were sent to the corps, state senators and representa tives stating that the county court was officially requesting that a resurvey be made to de termine feasibility of the project and its cost. The original survey was included in the Engineer's famous 308 report and that call ed for a concrete dam to cost about 5,000,000. Since then it has been felt that an earth-fill dam could be constructed more reas onably and that it could be built basically as a flood control unit. The proposed resurvey woud determine all factors of the pro ject and if shown feasible and economic, congress would be ask ed to approve the dam and ap propriate funds for its construc tion. The questionna ire asked, "Would you be in favor of a multipurpose flood control, rec reation, and irrigation dam cost ing approximately $5 million above Heppner if the federal gov ernment would assume 99 of the cost and the area benefitted would assume the remaining 1. It would back water up Willow creek about one mile and Balm Fork one-half mile." Those who voted against the plan were asked to check sev eral reasons why they voted no. most indicated the cost was too high, a dam was not necessary, or it would cover too much val uable ground. Judge Peterson said Tuesday that he was gratified at the re sults of the poll, saying that it showed a majority of residents favored the action taken by the court in trying to get the project started. lone High School Lists Honor Students Those on the lone high school honor roll for the first nine weeks period are: Freshmen Dalene McDonald Sophomores Jean Martin, Eve lyn Jepsen and Kenneth Smouse. Juniors Karen Lundell, Linda Heimbigner, Paula Barak, Melvin Martin. On the honorable mention roll were Linda Halvorsen, Leann Padberg, Phil Emert and Wayne Hams. Lex Youth Tells Experiences in Dutch Earlier this year, Donald Cas teel, brother of Mrs Bernard Do herty of Heppner and a student at the University of Oregon, was selected to spend a year studying at an unusual foreign school, 'The Netherlands College for Representation Abroad." He left early last summer and offered to write the Gazette-Times of his experiences in Holland and Eur ope. His first letter arrived this week and it relates many In teresting facts about his life there. Well, they've let me take my finger out of the dike for a few hours, so I thought I would scratch out a few lines about my in loose terminology ex periences. First, let me apologize folks, for my long silence. Al though I have been unable to write to everyone, I have thought about you all. So, Just consider this as one long letter to every body. It all began when, after three days of broiling In the heat of New York's subways, I board ed ship on the morning of Aug b .r Copies 10 Cents New Officers Elected At November Meeting Of Lexington Grange At the November meeting of the Lexington grange, Vernon Munkers was elected master for the coming year. Other officers elected were overseer, Earl Evans; lecturer, Mrs Walter Ruggles; steward, Walter Ruggles; assistant ste ward, Alvin Wagenblast; chap- Iain, Mrs Myles Martin; treas urer, Mrs Norman Nelson; secre tary, Mrs Alfred Nelson, Jr; gate keeper, Karl Miller; ceres, Mrs Sam Turner; pomona, Mrs Bur ton Peck; flora, Mrs Earl Evan; lady assistant steward, Mrs Al vin Wagenblast and executive committee member for three years, Karl Miller. All GOC Units To End Service The secretary of the Air Force announced late last week that by next January 31 the growth and scope of the nation's air defense radar net will permit the inacti vatlon of the United States Ground Observer Corps. The GOC is currently composed of 280,000 active civilian volun teers, manning 16,000 observat ion posts and 50 filter centers throughout the nation. The GOC has served for nine years as an arm of the air defense system. The decision to relieve the vol unteer GOC members from active participation in air defense was based on the fact that the grow ing scope and efficiency of the air defense radar net gives in creasing assurance to air defense authorities that an enemy strike can be detected and identified before it reaches the U S, and that the GOC system of receiv ing, processing and transmitting air defense information is becom ing unable to keep pace with the increasing speeds of enemy man ned bombers and weapons sys tems now being used in air de fense. ' The Heppner GOC unit has been in operation for about three years and Mrs Ray Smith has been head of the local corps since it was activated. The last meeting of the group has been called for next Mon day, Dec 1, at 2 p m at the home of Mrs N C Anderson, and all members are urged to be present. It will be a special awards meet ing. NAME OMITTED The name of one Heppner high school sophomore, Sheryl Harris, was omitted from last week's story about the high school honor roll for the first nine-week's per iod. ust 9th to set out upon this to me great adventure, fraught with unknown perils and dan gers. After an uneventful and smooth crossing, I landed In Bremerhaven, Germany; still suf fering just a bit from the effects of a rousing farewell party aboard ship. To be on European soil at last! the fulfillment of a long time ambition. Then I look ed around me. The dominant feature of the pier was a huge sign; "Welcome tp Germany U S Army." Well, thought I, you can't get away from it. This was the keynote to one of the most interesting facets of modern-day Europe its Americanization. The first words I heard in a foreign language must have meant "watch out," because when I turned to ask if the speaker could repeat it in English, a mon strous baggage carrier was fast bearing down on me. Keith Gray some of you prob ably know him is stationed In Heidelberg Germany, and asked &f4L Farm Production Still Important Jackman Relates Farmers are still as Important as ever to the economy of the United States, E R Jackman, farm crops specialist from Oregon State College, said Monday night at the annual Farm-City Week banquet at the Heppner Legion hall. Jackman told the group that even though the number of per sons actually living and working on farms is declining, there are still one-half of all workers In the country employed in process ing or handling agricultural goods. He explained that farms are growing larger because of the necessity of haying sufficient ground to make possible a profi table operation expensive farm machinery must be used econom ically. The efficiency of the American farmer is the greatest of any i1, place in the world, and because of this efficiency, Jackman said, the overall standard of living in the U S is higher than any where else. He continued that in some countries nearly all avail able manpower is needed just to feed its people, leaving no effort available for making the luxury items of life. Harold Beach of Lexington was master of ceremonies for the ban quet which was sponsored by the Heppner Soil Conservation district and the chamber of com merce. A plaque was presented to Oscar Peterson and sons, Don ald and Gerald as the county Grassmen of the year, and a desk pen set was presented to Jack Sumner for being chosen Conservation Man. Sumner was not present to receive the award as he is now attending Oregon State College. The invocation was given by the Rev C Bruce Spen cer. Nearly 125 persons attended the banquet which was prepared and served by members of the Lexington P-TA. WEATHER HI Low Prec. Thursday 61 35 .36 Friday 67 41 Saturday -62 37 Sunday 63 45 T Monday 56 42 T Tuesday 47 19 Wednesday 37 16 Rainfall for the week, .36; for November, 2.48; for the year, 13.64 inches. Mrs Harley Anderson left last week for Apache Junction, Ari zona, after spending the summer here. me to drop by. He had promised me that I could sleep In the bar racks and eat GI food at no ex pense to myself. Upon arriving in Heidelberg at one o'clock in the morning, the first thing I learned was that the Military Police had no intention of lett ing me come on base after mid night. Have you ever tried to climb one of the fences which our Army erects around its bases? If not, I have one word of advice for you Don't! After three attempts, I stayed at a tourist trap hotel much to the dismay of my pocketbook. The next day I was able to explain that I had no intentions of carrying any deep, dark mili tary secrets away, and so was allowed to sleep in the barracks. The company commander need ed a bit of soothing when he found me in bed during his In spection the next morning, how ever. After having seen all the sights Heidelberg affords, and listened to drinking songs sung by what I thought real students, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, re OREGON CENTENNIAL oik help of persons who have pic tures of Jesse Applegate, Ore gon Pioneer. Applegate Picture Wanted by State The history committee of the Oregon centennial issued an SOS this week asking anybody who has a photograph of Jesse Apple gate, an Oregon pioneer to re port the. fact to the committee. Malcolm Clark, chairman of the history committee, explained that the committee f .having a series of cartoons and biographi cal sketches made ready for use in Oregon newspapers in the centennial year, 1959. Clark said: "We have found a photograph of each subject to be discussed in the series ex cept Applegate. The only like ness we have been able to find of him is a sketch drawn by a nephew 20 years after his death." Centennial headquarters are at Jackson tower, Portland. Jesse Applegate was one of three brothers who moved to Ore gon in 1843, and he was a leader of a column of 900 settlers who crossed the plains that year. He established a farm in what is now western Polk county, built a mill, worked as a surveyor and surveyed the site of Oregon City, and in 1846 had a share in open ing the Applegate trail to south ern Oregon. He was a member of the legislative committee of the provisional government in 1845 and influential in shaping the development of Oregon as a territory in 1849. He also was a member of the state constitution al convention in 1857. Applegate died in 1888 at the age of 77. SUFFERS ATTACK J R "Rosy" Huffman, Heppner manager for Pacific Power and Light, was taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital Tuesday morning suffering from' a heart attack. His condition was said to be serious. School I moved on. On second thought, I suppose they could very well have been hired Just to be pictur esque for the tourists. And so I set out on a night train to Brussels and the World's fair. If you have never tried sleeping on a second class coach in a European train, you really must. I had Just managed to pass off into something resemb ling sleep when the Belgian cus toms officials woke me. My right arm had gone completely to sleep ,and hung limp at my side. Red eyed and one armed, I must have looked the picture of de pravity and criminal Intent. At any rate, my baggage was searched here for the first and only time. Enough has been written twice over already about the exposition, so suffice on my part to say that if Belgium doesn't emerge after this year as one of the richest countries In Eur ope, it will be beyond my com prehension. I certainly did my (Continued on Pag 6) 1 November 27, 1958 Milieu 75th Year, Number 38 James Farley Sr Killed Friday When Hit by Car James Farley, Sr, 79, died at Pioneer Memorial hospital Fri day night after having been struck by a car at the intersec tion of Gale and Baltimore streets in Heppner. He was the city's first pedestrian fatality in near ly six years. Mr Farley was only a half block from his home when he was struck by a car driven by George V Hermann,' 20 of Lex ington. The accident occurred at 5:55 p m. He suffered a broken leg and shoulder and a fractured skull when he was thrown against the windshield by the impact. He was taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead short ly afterwards. A coroner's inquest was held Saturday and Its findings absolv ed Mr Hermann from blame in the death, the report stating that no criminal negligence was found. Mr Farley was born in County Longford, Ireland, September 9, 1879, and came to this country at the age of 18. He had lived in the Heppner area since that time. Rosary was recited Sunday at 8 p m at St Patrick's Catholic church and requiem mass was celebrated at 10 o'clock Monday with the Rev Patrick J Gaire officiating. Interment was in Heppner Masonic cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Sarah, Heppner; three sons, John, John Day; James Jr, Pendleton; Jo seph, Hood River; three daugh ters, Mary Clark, Hood River, Rosanna Applegate, Hood River; Margaret Monahan, Condon; nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. He also leaves three sisters, Bridget Killeese, Ireland; Mar garet Farley, New York City; Marie Monahan, Heppner; two brothers, John Farley, Ireland; and Peter Farley of Arlington. Mr Farley was a member of St Patrick's church, a life mem ber of the Heppner Elks lodge, and the Woodmen of the World. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of funeral arrangements. 4-H Officers Meet In Training Session Thirty 4-H officers met for a county officers workshop on Sat urday, November 22 at the fair pavilion, in Heppner, to learn the duties of their office. N C An derson and Esther Kirmls, Mor row county extension agents were in charge. The meeting opened at 1:00 with registration and a "Let's get Acquainted" mixer. A filmstrip on "parliamentary procedure" was shown and then the officers broke up into dif ferent "Buzz" groups for each of their official club positions. Pres idents and vice-presidents met with Miss Esther Klrmis, secre taries and treasures met with N C Anderson; news reporters met with Robert Penland, editor of the Heppner Gazette Times; and song leaders met with Jan ice Martin, junior leader. After the buzz sessions were completed, the group met again for a practice 4-H business meet ing. Robert Fetsch was the acting president, with Sherry Corley, secretary; Kenneth Wright as news reporter, and Marillee Lea thers and Pam McCabe as song i leaders. J 4-H calendars, printed for each iclub member through the cour ' tesy of the Morrow County Grain 'Growers, were distributed. 4-H articles and catalogs were also displayed. Many Gifts Due Xmas Shoppers Dei tapper Stores HEPPNER MERCHANTS "FEEL LIKE SANTA" AS THEY OFFER PRIZES Heppner stores Friday open the Christmas shopping season with a second special holiday promo tion that proved so popular last year that it Is being repeated for the 1958 season. Starting this week, and con tinuing for four weeks, 21 Hepp ner stores will each offer a worth while free gift to lucky winners who visit the stores. Every resi dent of this area can partici pate and each has an equal chance to win one or more of the prizes being offered to those who make Heppner their Christ mas shopping headquarters. The complete rules of this con test are to be found elsewhere on this page, but briefly, here is the idea of this game that is lots of fun and can be very worthwhile: In the upper right hand corner of this page of ' the Gazette- Times is a number. Every par ticipating store, whose ads read ers will find throughout today's paper telling of this week's free gift, and other mighty timely and interesting merchandising news, will display a placard in their store with a number drawn at random from the circulation list of this week's Gazette-Times. If the paper number you have coin cides with the number in any store, the prize is yours. There will be a new contest each week for four weeks with new prizes each week, and new numbers on each copy of the paper each week. If the prizes in some stores are not claimed during the week, then those stores will have two prizes (and two numbers) the following week, or if not claim ed that week, then there will be three prizes and numbers the third week, and so on. New num bers will be drawn for all prizes each week (none will carry over) HERE ARE THE RULES OF THIS CHRISTMAS FUN GAME! 1. Check the front page of your Heppner Gazette Times for the special number which appears in the upper right hand corner of the page. Each copy of the Gazette Times will bear a special number like this each week from now to December 18. 2 Compare the number on your copy of the Gazette Times with the number on the poster in the stores of each of the 21 participating Heppner merchants. The numbers on these posters are the lucky numbers which will be different each week. Only 21 winning numbers will be picked at random this week and each of the par ticipating stores will display one number on the poster in the store. If the prizes offered by some stores are not won the first week, two prizes will be offered by those stores the next week, or if not won that week, then three prizes the third week, and so on. How ever, each week new num bers will be drawin for all prizes and none of the Lucky Numbers on your Gazette Times will be good except during the week for which they are marked. You must present the entire box in which your number appears in the paper to claim your prize. 3 NO INFORMATION on THIS NUMBER IZ TOR FREE GIFTS! and the number you use to find your prize must be the one on the current week's paper. The whole thing is a lot of fun and can be very worthwhile, too, for every reader has at least 21 chances each week to win a big gift. Remember, no store will give you their lucky number over the phone, you must stop in person ally to see if you win. Merchants just can't take the time to an swer hundreds of phone calls they would receive if this were allowed. This unusual contest is spon sored by the merchants commit tee of the chamber of commerce in conjunction with the Heppner merchants and the Gazette Times as a means of proving to the residents of Morrow county that local stores are now showing one of the finest and most com plete selections of Christmas gift merchandise to be found any where in Oregon. The chamber of commerce urg es every reader of this paper to read the rules (below) and to start out Friday to see if his or her lucky number is one of the 21 lucky ones this week. Prizes in this week's contest must be claimed between Friday and next Wednesday. Starting next Thursday there will be new priz es with a whole new set of num bers. Don't miss an ad In to day's paper, either, for they all tell of the prizes being given this week, and a lot of mighty useful shopping information, too! ATTENDS CONVENTION Dr and Mrs Robert Pfeiffer were in Portland over the week end to attend the Oregon Chiro practic convention held there. any store's number will be given by phone. You must check the numbers In person. 4 If the number on your copy of the Gazette-Times corresponds with any 1 of the numbers which appear on the posters in the stores you are the winner of the FREE GIFT which will be presen ted to you by the store which has your number Just show your number to someone in the store. 5 Remember absolutely no purchase is necessary to win the FREE GIFTS and anyone Is eligible to win re gardless of age or residence. One person may win more than one time, of course. 6 The lucky wi n n I n g number will be displayed in the stores each Thursday afternoon and winners will have until store closing time Wednesday of the following week to claim their gifts, at which time new numbers will appear in your Heppner Gazette-Times and will be effective for the next week's gifts. 7 Extra numbered copies of the Gazette-Times will be available at the Gazette Times office at no charge. Gifts will be given for 4 weeks so be sure to check your copy of the Gazette Times each week for the numbers and check each store each week to see If you are a winner.
