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Watch For Your Lucky Number-It Can Win You A Prize
Post Office Plans
Extra Hours
During Christmas
The efforts of local merchants
to stimulate early Christmas
shopping are bearing some fruit,
as the flow of Santa Claus par
cels Is already being noted In
the Heppner post office, post
master James H Driscoll reveal
ed this week. Each Christmas for
the past 20 years has seen a
greater volume of mail pass
through the local postoffice, and
it is expected that this year will
be no exception.
Patrons are urged to shop
early and mail early.
From December 8 through Dec
ember 24 the local post office
window service will be, Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a m to 6:00
p m an extra hour of window
service in the evening. On Sat
urdays, December 13 and 20,
there will also be window ser
vice from 8:30 to 6. The lone
post office also announced that it
will be open all day on those
days. On Sunday, December 21,
mail will be received for deliv
ery and patrons are urged to
visit the office on that date to
remove mail from their boxes
and call for parcels. There will
also be limited financial window
service available.
The postmaster also reminded
residents that the new postage
rates call for not less than 3
cents on a Christmas card. A
card not sealed and containing
no writing except signature will
be delivered anywhere In the
U S or elsewhere for 3 cents.
Sealed cards take the regular
first class rate of 4 cents per
ounce when addressed to any
other town or city, or if intended
for delivery by a star route car
rier (country mail), when ad
dressed In Heppner.
Patrons are urged to carefully
pack all parcels , against break
age and to wrap and tie securely.
Parcels are not handled individ
ually, but In sacks and a car
load, or a truck full of mail
can subject the bottom sack to
a lnt nf nressure.
Th Postal DeDartment has set
December 15 as the deadline for
mailing in order to guarantee
Christmas delivery. Driscoll urg
es patrons to remember that date,
for parcels must nave exira ua
el time during December.
1
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 4, 1958
6 AZETTE-Tl M
Copies 10 Cents
75th Year, Number 39
Joint County-
City Museum
Commission Named
The first meeting of the new
ly formed Morrow county mu
seum commission was held Tues
day night at HeDDner. The ctoud
organized and named .officers.
Mrs Harrv Duvall. HeDDner.
was chosen chairman of the com
mission; O W Cutsforth, Lexing
ton, vice chairman; Mrs Ralph
Thompson, Heppner, secretary,
and J O Turner, Heppner is
treasurer.
The 1oint citv-countv commis
sion is composed of seven mem
bers with four being appointed
by the county court and tnree
bv the Citv of HeDDner. The court
appointed Mrs Thompson, Mrs
Omar Rletmann of lone; Herb
Hynd, Cecil; and Cutsforth. The
city of Heppner members are:
Mrs Duvall, Turner and Mrs Ted
Smith.
The commission was formed
for the purpose of working out
the plans and details connected
with the construction of a county
museum which is to be built in
Heppner by a local resident.
No other action was taken by
the commission at its first meet
ing, but another meeting has
been set for early in January.
ri i - 'Mi
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Response From
Christmas Seal
Sale Said Good
CROUND OBSERVER CORPS MEMBERS received theii certificates
and bars Monday for many hours of volunteer work at the
Heppner unit. The awards were presented by MSgt Ralph A
Bragg, and MSgt R F Bruminitt of the Bend Filter Center. The
nation-wide warning service will be deactlviated - early next
year. Shown are, front row, from left Sgt Bragg. Mrs Walter
Jacobs, Mrs Gene Ferguson, Mrs Ray Smith unit supervisor.
Back row, Mrs William Heath, Mrs Art Warren, Mrs Cecil Hicks,
Mrs Nels Anderson. Sgt Brummltt Is nearly hidden In the rear.
(GT Photo)
Maybe It's Just
A Late Summer!
Heppner firemen thought their
1958 grass fire season was over
until Tuesday, that is, when
they had to fight one that cov
ered several acres of grass and
stubble before being controlled.
And, to add insult to injury,
it was raining while the fire
was burning.
The fire apparently started
from some kind of an explosion
at the city dump on Balm Fork
which blew burning paper and
sparks into a neighboring field.
What caused the blow up isn't
known, for no fire had been
burning there because of high
winds during the day. The field
that burned was wet and soft
enough that one fire truck had to
be helped up the hillside by a
jeep to get close enough to the
rapidly moving fire to put water
on it yet the blaze burned
merrily along.
tMhnr amss fire was report
ed to have burned over a small
area early this week on the
Jerry Brosnan rancn on cuuei
Firemen answered anot her
call Sunday morning to tne Jim-
mv Prock residence on webi ou
Death Claims
Lulu Ann Hanna;
Services Wednesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, December 3 at the
Heppner Methodist church for
Mrs Lulu Ann Hanna, 73, who
passed ' away December 1 at
Pioneer Memorial hospital after
an extended illness.
Mrs Hanna was born June 1,
1885 at Smithport, Pennsylvania,
and was married to John Hanna
August 19, 1904 in Puxsutawney,
Pennsylvania. She had lived
most of her life In the Heppner
area.
She is survived bv her hus
band. John: two sons, Wilfred
of Kings Valley, Oregon; and
John of Heppner; three daugh
ters, Mildred Bergstrom, Gene
vieve Corbin and Jean Bennett,
all of HeDDner: 12 grandchild
ren and five great-grandchild-
rpn. She also leaves two brotners,
Alfred and Will Brickie; and
three sisters. Ollie Stahl, Mary
White; and Edna Rising, all of
Pennsylvania.
The Rev Lester Boulden offic
iated at the final rites and In
terment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery. Creswick Mor
tuary was in charge of arrange
ments.
GOC Units Near
End of Service;
Receive Awards
Members of the Heppner
r.rnund Observer Corps unit Mon
day received certificates and pins
for their work as ground piane
spotters. All GOC units in the
country are to be deactivated in
the near future because new
SAGE and radar units are now
well integrated into the nation's
defense pattern and can act fast
er than the GOC system.
MSgt R F Brummitt of the
Bend Filter Center explained why
the GOC will no longer be need
ed and with MSgt Ralph A
Bragg Dresented the awards to
members of the local unit.
Receiving certificates and 250
hour bars were Mrs Ray Smith,
unit supervisor; Mrs Gene Fer
guson, Mrs L h KooDins ano
Mrs William Heath. 100 hour
bars were given to Mrs Nels An
derson, Mrs Kenneth Keeling,
Mrs Walter Jacobs, Mrs Art War-
rpn. Mrs Cecil Hicks, Mrs Riley
Munkers and Mrs Alex Green.
Visit From Santa,
Show Due Dec 13
Farm Bureau Plans
Membership Drive
An area organization meeting
of the Farm Bureau federation
was held recently at the Ven
dome hotel in Arlington to make
plans for the coming member
ship drive. Representatives were
nrocpnt from Morrow. Gilliam
mv rrucri icawcm-t i" --.
timore street. A controlled trash: and Umatilla county farm Bur
fire greeted nremen ai me
of the run, and it is surmised
that a neighbor saw the blaze
and thought the back of the
house was on fire, as did fire
men until they got right to the
scene.
Mr and Mn Norman Peters and
family of Quincy, Wash visited
over the Thanksgiving weekend
at the Via Kreimeyer home.
paus.
Organization director -f or Mor
row county is Herman Blettel of
lone and team captains for the
county are David uaKer, 10m
Huston. Gene Cutsforth, Harold
Beach, O W Cutsforth, and John
Farmers Elect
ASC Committees
Results of the recent Morrow
county ASC election to name the
ASC community committees was
announced today by the local
office. The election was held on
November 28 and the ballots
were counted Monday.
Community committee mem
bers were named In the nine dis
tricts in the county and the
county convention will beheld
December 15 at the ASC office
in Heppner. The winners in each
district, in the order named are
chairman, vice chairman, regular
member, first and second alternate:
AlDine: Harold Campbell, K D
Nelson, Charles Daly, Robert Kil
kenny, Jack Barak.
Lexington : Millard Nolan,
John Ledbetter. Gene Maleske,
W H Padberg, Dean Hunt.
Morgan: Albert Lindstrom,
David Baker, Herb Hynd, Fred
rick Martin, Charles Doherty.
North HeDDner: Paul Brown,
William Kenny, Bill Healy, Don
Pointer, Kenneth Turner.
South Heppner: Raymond
NORTH POLE. (Special) "I
will be in Heppner to visit all
my young friends Saturday, Dec
ember 13 at 1 o'clock. Do I get
to rido on a fire truck aeain?
Thanks for Inviting me."
s uaus
That message was received
this week by.the merchants com
mittee of the chamber of Com
merce In answer to a letter sent
to the popular old gent to find
out if he was planning to make
his annual pre-Christmas eve
visit to Heppner.
Now that it is certain that he
is coming, chamber members and
the Elks club are presently mak
ing arrangements to give mm a
hig welcome when he gets to
town and invites all the county
youngsters to come to Heppner
Saturday, December 13, to visit
with Santa, net a bag of free
candy and enjoy a free show at
the Star Theater.
Plans call for Santa to arrive
in downtown Heppner at about
1 o'clock in the afternoon and
he will sDend an hour visiting
with all youngsters who want
to have words wan mm anu
give him their "want" list. The
free children's Christmas show
will start .at 2 o'clock and all
comers are guaranteed all the
candy they can eat (and prob
ably more than they should).
The chamber and the Elks
want n ii kids to have a chance
to visit with Santa, and urges
them to remind their Moms and
Dads that they've got a mighty
important date that Saturday.
Returns from the 1300 Christ
mas Seal letters mailed to Mor
row county residents in mid
November are coming in wtih the
s;me generous response shown
In previous years, reports Mrs
L E Dick. Jr. county chairman
of the Tuberculosis and Health
Association which sponsors the
sale of the seals to promote the
right against tuberculosis.
Because the seals are mailed
early, sometimes they are for
gotten in the Thansktrlvine and
Christmas rush. Reminders will
be mailed to Heppner area people
who have not yet made their
contribution by December 10.
That tuberculosis is still one
of the most dreaded infectious
diseases has been emDhasized re
cently by its striking down of the
great baseball Dlaver. Red
Schoendinst. Fortunately, great
strides have been made in cur
ing TB, so that high hopes are
held for a quick recovery for
Schmoedinst and a possible re
turn to his baseball career.
Most of the money raised in
Morrow countv bv the annual
sale of the cheery seals has been
used to finance X-ray equipment,
free chest X-rays, and other
health services in this county.
Part of each dollar is spent for
research in ways of preventing
and curing TB.
Several banks have been plac
ed in the various communities
for those who may have been
missed in the mailing of the
seals or for those who have lost
their return envelopes.
Commun tv chairman include:
Mrs Gary Tullis, lone; Mrs Randy
Lott, Lexington; Margaret Kuhn,
Boardman; and Mrs Kutti Loy,
Irrigon.
HERE'S
THIS WEEK'S
HEPPNER
Lucky Number
N? 853
Good Only December 4 To 10
C A ir TH,S NUMBER
bAVfc FOR FREE GIFTS!
More Free Gifts Are
Offered in 2nd Week
Of "Give-Away'
J9
Heppner stores today open the "give away" started last week
second week of their special
"Christmas Lucky Number"
game and are offering another
big group of worthwhile free
gifts to holders of the lucky num
bers to be found on copies of
the Gazette-Times.
Each of the 21 Heppner stores
that are participating have put
up another fine prize which GT
readers will have a chance to
claim between now and next
Wednesday if they hold the
lucky number and will visit tne
stores displaying the numbers
and gifts.
The special four-weeK gut
P-TA Slates Muscle
Building Program
For Wednesday
City Urges Speed
In Bridge Work
In one of Its shortest meetings
In many months, the Hepner city
council Monday night appointed
three members on the city-coun
tv museum commission, approv
ed one building permit, voted
to ask the highway department
to speed up its rebuilding of the
Main street bridge across willow
creek, and paid its current bills.
Within an hour the group
named J O Turner, Mrs Harry
Duvall and Mrs Ted Smith on
the joint museum council, and
... .. Jarmrovol a building permit from
There will be a " Dick's Flower Shop for a $1500
Vimioo viovt Wpflnpunav pvenlng . . . ....
u t, n v. Tim 7f. .,7ui i t, " alteration job. me council aiso
when Dr Robert Pfeiffer will pre- , tructed Jtne clty reC0rder to
eont the Hennner P-TA program 1 . .. .....
- r" write me state nignway uuou-
for December. ..,amiiJment in regard to its plan to re-
He has prescribed a family, or ,ace wUh a larger
fun night" and children are In-1 ..,. tl' Nnpth Main strpt
vited if accompanied by their, . ,d ' wilk)W crepk, Neady
parents. Motners are aoylheu io - h highway de-
be prepared for an atnietic even-, announced plans for
a.iu o u rr "3i" 'rebuilding the bridge to allow
pedal pushers or slacks and low-, additlonal road width, but to
vfiftffiSS.-ate nothing has been done on
some much usaee
Featured will be muscle-stretchers
such as relay games,
volleyball and tug-of-war. Other a VednesdaV
.rames of skill are planned if.Area weanesaay
time permits and every degree of
the project.
Big Blast Jars
Wiehtman.
.., . to ).,! French. Flovd Jones, Dick Wilk
W1U auenu oia ,ua. t,'u Raomo, Arrhip
meeting to be held in Redmond i"3U''j "'f
January 10.
PRIZE MONEY OFFERED IN CHRISTMAS
DECORATING CONTEST, RULES GIVEN
Rules were announced this ness windows, with the same
prize list; and resioenuai win
dows (inside decorations) with
prizes of $7.50, $5 and $2.50.
All entries must be signed ud
by December 15 to qualify for
the contest and judging win take
place Friday night, December 19.
Residents and businesses may
register for the contest, stating
the classification they plan to
enter, at either the Heppner Ga
zette-Times or the First National
Bank of Oregon. Entries are
limited to homes or businesses
within the city limits of Hepp
ner, and no decorations will be
judged unless officially entered
for the contest
fnr the HeDDner Christ
mas decorating contest which is
being sponsored by the chamber
of commerce and which will of
fer prizes for three catagories of
entries. The $60 prize money for
the contest was offered by a Hep
pner resident who was desirous
of seeing homes and businesses
brightened up during the Christ
mas season.
There are three divisions in the
contest with three prizes offer
ed in each division: Residences,
which will comprise yards and
outdoor decorations, with prizes
of $10 first, $7.50 second and
$5 for third place; store or busi-
Bechdolt.
Boardman: Arnold Hoffman,
Charles Anderegg, Harold Rash,
Henry Zivney, Henry Ganten-hein.
Irrieon: Robert Smith, Paul
Slaughter, Buford S Witherspoon,
Tan Acock. John voile.
Eightmile: Gerald Bergstrom,
Lewis Carlson, A C Warren, Ko
bert Peterson. Roger Palmer.
lone: Lewis Halvorsen, Don
McElligott, Marion Palmer, Garry
Tullis, Garland bwanson.
Accident Injures
Miss Esther Kirmis
Miss Esther Kirmis, Morrow
county extension agent, suffered
a broken jaw and numerous
bruises Wednesday, November 26
when she was involved in an
auto accident in Portland. She
was on her way to the valley
for the Thanksgiving nonaays
and to attend annual county
aeent's conference at Lorvains.
?hP was confined In Providence
hospital until Saturday when
she was taken to corvains. sne
returned to Portland Wednesday
for further treatment but will go
back to Corvallls to recuperate.
Her further plans will depend on
her recovery.
Word ws received Thursday
that Miss Kirmis will leave Sat
niHav fnr Lisbon. North Dakota
where she will remain until after
the hodidays. ,
GUESTS FOR THANKSGIVING
Mr and Mrs Darrell Padberg
of lone entertained with Thanks
giving dinner for Mr and Mrs
Archie Hill and lamny oi fort
land. Mr and Mrs Don Town
send of Elgin, Mr and Mrs James
Peck, Mrs A L Casebeer, Mr and
Mrs Marvin Casebeer of Heppner
and Gerald Rea of lone.
. J!l 1 ...Ml Ui In. I
muscular conuiuumiig wui uc in
dulged from jellyfish to super
human. Children will compete
against parents In some events.
WINS MAZAMA AWARD
Residents of this entire section
of Morrow county were shaken
ud shortly before 1U o ciock wed
nesday morning by a blast that
shook buildings and rattled win
dows and dishes In Heppner,
Lexington and lone
The source of the blast, and
TjKpt u Toncpn nf Tnnp has
received his Guardian Peaks some smaller ones which follow
flre-'od Rhortlv afterwards, is not de
gon mountain-climbing organ!- finitely known, but It is surmised
zatlon. The award was given to that an unusually heavy charge
Tr,or. tnr Viavtntr rlimhed Mt nf nowder was set off on the
Hood, 11, 245 feet; Mt Adams 'Boardman bombing range by
12,307 feet; and Mt si neiens, umauna ui u nance us,
9697 feet. no damage nas uueu ieyuncu
and will continue for three more
weeks with a completely new set
of gifts, lucky numbers and pa
per numbers each week. Readers
are reminded that in looking for
this week's gifts they must use
only the number at the top of
the front page of today's Gazette
Times last week's number is no
longer any good as the prizes
to correspond with those num
bers had to be claimed by Wed
nesday evening, Dec 3. The num
bers on today s paper will be
good for one week, or until Wed
nesday evening. December 10.
The box at the top corner of this
page containing the number is
dated so there will be no con
fusion.
Extra Prizes Due
Merchants particlDatlnB In the
gift give-away reported that not
all prizes offerel were claimed
and as a result, those stores
where last week's prize was not
won, will have two prizes tana
two new. numbers) this week,
so pach reader mav have from
25 to 30 chances to win this week.
If last week's prize was not won,
a new number from this week's
group will be assigned to It, so
none of last week s numbers are
now any good.
Numbers Listed
To let holders of last week's
numbers know what they missed
bv not checking the stores, the
Gazette-Times here publishes the
complete list of numbers which
should have won gifts last week
(somp of which were claimed).
These numbers are now no good,
but the same number can, oi
course, be drawn again so read
ers this week will have to find
out for themselves by checking
the stores (and looking over the
Christmas values while they are
there.)
Here were last week's lucky
numbers: 891, 405, 1019, 589, 415,
780, 587, 700, 938, 950, 824, 394,
745, 450, 876, 952, 248, 284, 301,
388, 80. If you held one of the
above numbers and didn t claim
your gift, you missed a good
chance but, try again, your
number may be good again this
week!
Remember, no information on
the numbers will be given out by
phone. Each person must cneck
the store or window for the plac
ard bearing the number.
The complete rules on how to
plav the game will be found
elsewhere in today's paper.
Heppner Youth Shot
Gy Own Revolver
Doug Gribble, 18, son of Mr
and Mrs Lowell Gribble, was
treated at Pioneer Memorial hos
pital Saturday when he was acci
dentally shot in the leg with a
.22 revolver which he was carry
ing. Gribble was duck hunting with
Bob Mahoney in Clark's Canyon
and was shot when the gun he
was carrying in a holster dis
charged while he was climbing
over a fence. The bullet lodged
near his knee.
First Aid Class
To Meet Monday
The Heppner P-TA sponsored
first aid class will meet Mon
day, Dec 8 at 7:30 p m in the
multipurpose room at tne grade
Kchnnl. it was announced this
week. This will be the third class,
and the final meeting will be
held at the same location on
Monday, Dec 15.
There will be two more P-TA
sponsored study groups, a mathe
matics class in January, and a
photography class set for Feb
ruary, and there are still open
ings In both classes, it was stat
ed. Persons wishing information
on the coming classes are asked
to call 6-5322.
BEST BUCK SHOOTERS Winners of the Lexington VFW big buck
contest recently received their prizes for bagging the biggest
and the smallest deer during the recent season. Shown are,
from left Bill Nichols, vice commander; Jack Van Winkle, who
won a stove for the smallest buck (63Vi lb)." George Irvln who
won an umbrella tent for checking In the largest deer, a 200
pounder; and Jim Angell, post commander.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
28 10
31 14 -
32 17
45 23 T
50 - 32 .04
61 38
65 48 .06
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Rainfall for the week .10; for
December .10; for the year 13,74
Inches.