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Varied Wealher N E
Fare Warns of
Coming Winter
Freezing rain and fog, a little
snow, sleet and just plain rain
took turns falling on most of
Morrow county during the past
several days to serve notice that
winter will officially be here in
less than two weeks.
Temperatures dropped early
this week as a light layer of
snow covered the ground and
Monday saw the high tempera
ture in Heppner stay under the
freezing point at 31 degrees.
Tuesday morning everything was
covered with a layer of ice a
result of a night of light sleet
and snow pellets. Temperatures
moderated slightly Wednesday
and the ice coating in the Hepp
ner area disappeared as a cold
rain started to fall.
The rain was general in near
ly all areas south of Heppner,
even into the mountains, but ice
was still general on roads to the
north of Lexington towards the
Columbia.
The slick roads were blamed
for one car accident Wednesday
morning in which Mrs Bruce
Spencer and Mrs Alex Thompson,
both of Heppner, were injured
when their car went out of con
trol on Ice Just north of Cuts
forth Corner on the Hermiston
highway. Both were treated at
Pioneer Memorial hospital for
multiple bruises and Mrs Spen
cer suffered a broken collar bone.
The car ovreturned twice and
was badly damaged.
Morrow county was missed by
the heavy snows and silver thaw
which struck in northern Wash
ington over the weekend caus
ing power and telephone outages
that lasted for several days in
the Bremerton area. Freezing fog
was common In most of the Hep
pner and Condon areas Monday
and Tuesday however, which
made driving hazardous.
Total snowfall during the week
at Heppner was only one-half
inch.
Boardman Boat
Ramp Completed
Members of the Boardman
chamber of commerce and In
terested boat owners of the area
have recently completed a paved
boat launching ramp at Board
man. The ramp was constructed
of reinforced concrete, Is 16 feet
wide and 110 feet long.
The funds for the material con
tained in the ramp was budgeted
by the county budget board and
all labor was donated by Board
man people.
The nex improvement to the
Morrow county boat basin will
be a project to deepen the basin
so that all pleasure boats will
be able to be launched. Funds
for this part of the Improvement
program were supplied by the
city of Boardman. The basin,
when completed, will be the first
in Morrow county and there will
be no charge for any of Its facil
ities. It is designed as a public
service for all the people of the
area and has been promoted by
the Boardman chamber.
With the Increase In pleasure
boating on the Columbia river
and the fine sturgeon and steel
head fishing available in the
Boardman area, it Is hoped that
many boaters will use the new
public fcilities.
"Big Boom" Laid
To Jet Planes
The big blast that Jarred most
sections of the county a little
over a week ago has pretty def
initely been established as a son
ic boom which results from Jet
airplanes breaking the sound
barrier.
Several persons from various
sections of the county reported
during the past week that they
saw several jet planes pass over
head at terrific speed at the time
of the "biz boom".
The Air Force was under a red
practice alert at the time which
probably accounts for the extra
plane activity.
Weatherford Speaker
At Farm Bureau
Meeting at Lexington
Ejtate Representative, Frank
Weatherford of Olex will meet
with voters of Morrow county
Tuesday evening, Dec 16 at the
Lexington Grange hall. The
meeting is being sponsored by
the Morrow County Farm Bur
eau and is open to the public.
The meeting will start with a
potluck dinner at 6 p m and Mr
Weatherford will speak at 8 o'
clock.
Mr and Mrs James J Farley
were In Portland a few days this
week.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Grlbble re
turned Saturday from a trip to
Portland.
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That's a mighty important
date for all youngsters of this
area, for that's when Santa will
make his first visit to Heppner
and a lot of fun is in store for
all kids for following Santa's
Hereford Bull
Brings $5,000 at
Emert Sale
A top price of $5,000 was paid
Wednesday for a registered Here
ford hull WHB T .nrn Vorn X
at the well-attended dispersion
sale of the Delbert Emert herd
at lone. The bull was purchased
by Donahue Bros of Bickleton,
Washington.
Other animals which brought
good prices were Vern Diamond
I which was purchased by Mc-
Cune Ranches of Baker for $1825
and KB Tiberlous 725 which went
to John Weston of Klamath Falls
for $1300.
The sale was attended by over
300 persons and was acclaimed
as one of the best dispersion
sales held In this area in some
time. Buyers from Oregon, Wash
ington, California and Idaho
were represented. A total of 325
animals were sold.
Local buyers included George
Currin, Claud White, John GravesJ
Alex Lindsay, Harvey Smith, El
mer Palmer, Kenneth Palmer,
George Eugg, Jerry Brosnan, Herb
Ekstrom and others.
Cattle Prices Likely
To Hold Up in 1959;
Pork Prices to Slump
Beef cattle and hog prices
both on the increase for the past
two years appear headed in dif
ferent directions for 1959.
Cattle prices are likely to hold
up well next year, but hog prices
are expected to decline consid
erably, reports W Y Fowler, Ore
gon State College livestock
marketing specialist.
Present large feed supplies at
low cost are paving the way for
continued increases in livestock
production. Expected hog slaugh
ter for 1959 is five percent above
1956 when prices early that year
dropped to $12 a hundredweight
at Portland, Fowler states.
Market analysts believe pork
prices next fall will be at their
lowest point since the winter on
1955-56. How far prices drop is
still keyed to next spring farrow-
ings.
Hog producers tnrougnout tne ease control section, Dr Lieu
nation have been warned of poss- aiien's initial assignment will be
ible overexpanslon in 1959 and wjth the brucellosis control pro-
the following few years. Fowler
advises Oregon growers to gear
breeding programs to expected
price drops in the near future and
get set for a return of better Cascades to be declared a modi
prices later, 'fiod, certified brucellosis free
Cattlemen face a different
area, Morrow county, which met
situation. Abundant low-cost for-; certification standards in mid
age and grain is giving a boost January, 1956, requested a corn
to herd expansion, longer feed-' pete re-testing to meet the 1959
ing periods, and heavier weights re-certification deadline. .
in 1959. Feeder cattle prices have (
now climbed to the level of f LI:- rL,:tiM.e
choice finished steer prices, the GaihOllC Christmas
specialist points out. Party Date Changed
Cattle numbers on farms now i
at an all-time high are expec-1 The annual Christmas party of
ted to increase through 1960, set- St Patrick's Catholic church
ting the stage for beef price de- which had been scheduled for
clines sometime in the early Saturday, December 13 has been
1960's, Fowler says. He adds that changed to Sunday the 14th at
a herd expansion boom such as 4:00 p m In the church basement
1950-52 would likely lead to an-! There will be a potluck dinner
other market collapse, such as and every family is asked to
in 1953. bring two dishes.
Lamb prices, like beef, are'
likely to stay near 1958 levels' WEATHER
for the coming year, uooa range
conditions in the southwest, plus
guaranteed minimum return for
wool through continuation of the
government Wool Act, are also
bolstering confidence among
sheepmen, Fowler says.
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Portland have been visiting here
.with his sisters. Mrs R A Thomp-
'6on and Mrs Lennle Louden.
They were called here because
I of the Illness of Mrs Louden.
Visit
visit there will be a free show
for all youngsters at the Star
Theater starting at 2 o'clock.
Santa sent word to the mer
chants committee of the cham
ber of commerce that he plans
to arrive in town at 1 o'clock
and asked that a fire truck meet
him and bring him downtown
(he likes to ride on 'em as well
as any kid) where he'll greet
all his friends in front of the
Heppner Hotel. After he has had
a chance to talk to all comers,
then the youngsters are invited
to go to the Star Theater where
they will be guests of the cham
ber and the Elks club who are
providing plenty of free candy,
to see the show KIM and a swell
cartoon while their parents have
a chance to do some Christmas
, snoPPlnS
The show is a dandy for young
sters for it's in color and is all
about colorful India in the days
of Britain's glory in the Jewel
of the East. Kim is played by
Dean Stockwell, and he is the
orphan boy who suffers many
hardships. Others are Errol Flynn
and FaulLukas. The show lasts
for two hours and the theater
asks that parents not send child
ren too tiny unless they have an
older brother or sister along to
help keep track of them.
SIGNUP DEADLINE
NEAR FOR
XMAS LIGHTING
The deadline is near for sign
ing up for entry in the special
Christmas lighting contest which
is being sponsored by the cham
ber of commerce. Judging will
be done Friday night, Dec 19
and all entries must be in by
next Monday, Dec 15. Persons
may register at either the First
National Bank or the Gazette
Times. There are three divisions, resi
dential (outside decorations) resl
dential window, and business
house windows. Three cash prizes
are offered in each division.
Entries will not be Judged un
less registered.
New Veterinarian ,
Assigned to County
The appointment of Dr Frank
Lieuallen as assistant state vet
erinarian was announced this
week by director, Robert J
Steward of the state department
of agriculture.
A graduate of Colorado State
University, and ' former Pendle
ton area resident, Dr Lieuallen
replaces Dr Delbert Holloway,
who has returned to private prac
tice. (
Assigned to the livestock dis-
gram in Morrow county. He will
De reassigned upon completion
0f the Morrow county coverage.
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ROGER W BABSON
Babson Forecast
Again Scheduled
In Gaxette-Times
The Gazette-Times will publish
Babson's Business arid Financial
Forecast for 1959 In its issue of
January 1. This paper has carried
the well-known economist's fore
cast for many years. '
A careful checking of the Bab
son predictions made in the Busi
ness and Financial Forecast for
1958 upholds the remarkable av
erage of the past years by being
86 percent correct. It holds the
best and highest record for an
nual forcasts on U S future busi
ness and during the past sev
eral years the average has var
ied only from 84 to 88 percent
Watch for the forecast In the
GT issue appearing Just before
New Years.
Ford Dealership
Sale Announced
Mr and Mrs W C Rosewall,
owners of Rosewall Motor Com
pany, Heppner Ford and Mercury
dealer, this week announced the
sale of dealership to Mr and
Mrs John Proudfoot of lone, and
Mr and Mrs Jim Bruce of Pendle
ton. The agency will be known
as Bruce Motors, Inc.
Mr Bruce, who is vice presi
dent of the purchasing corpora
tion, will also be general man
ager. He has been In Heppner
for over a month aiding in the
management of the business
pending completion of arrange
ments for its purchase. The
Bruces came here from Pendle
ton whore he spent the last nine
years with Eastern Oregon Mo
tors, Ford Dealer for tnat area.
The other stockholders in the
corporation, Mr and Mrs Proud-
foot, ranchers In tne lone area,
do not plan to take an active
part in the operation of the busi
ness. Mr and Mrs Rosewall came to
Heppner In 1939 to establish the
Ford agency in partnership with
Emory Gentry. They bought out
his interest within a short time
and later bought the building
and added the large addition
which now houses much of the
shop. Under their management,
the dealership became one of the
top Ford outlets in the area. They
won 10 consecutive Ford 4 -Letter
Award plaques, a top dealer
award, and earlier this year were
named one of the top 75 tora
dealers in the United States. On
ly Rosewall's and a Spokane
dealer received the citation this
year in the Northwest district.
Many of their crew has been
with them for a number of years,
and one man, Ray Taylor, start
ed work there when the dealer
ship was opened over 19 years
ago.
The Rosewalls plan to remain
in Heppner and will devote their
time to farming.
Mr Bruce said he plans no
change in personnel or policy.
He and Mrs Bruce have three
children, one girl 9, and two boys
7 and 5 years old. They will
move here from Pendleton in a
short time.
CONTYS HAVE GUESTS
Thanksgiving weekend guests
at the home of Mr and Mrs E E
Gonty were their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Raymond
Gonty of Renton, Washington and
Ed's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr and Mrs. Thomas Gonty and
four children of Seattle. On
Thanksgiving day the Gonty's
daughter and son-in-law, Mr and
Mrs Terry Blevins and Al Par
ent visited with them. On Sun
day the Gonty family visited his
mother near Spokane.
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overnight guests Friday night at
'the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver
I Creswick.
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75th Year, Number 40
"Label" Mailing
Of Cards Asked
By Postmaster
Postal patrons were urged this
week by Heppner postmaster,
James H Drlscoll to make use of
labels to mark bundles of Christ
mas cards and letters "out of
town" or "local deliver." Such
labels have been placed in each
post office box and are also
available from local merchants
who sell Christmas cards and
are assisting in the distribution
of the labels.
Beginning December 15, the
small letter drop in the Heppner
post office will be closed off and
a special bundle drop used for
receipt of mail. Labels and rub
ber bands will be available in
the post office lobby. Widespread
use of the bundle drop has pro
ven to be the greatest assistance
the public can give to help re
lieve congestion in the distribu
tion of the mail, and to make
sure Christmas greetings arrive
on time, Driscoll said.
Patrons are urged to take ad
vantage of the Saturday after
noon service at the Heppner post
office, December 13 and are ask
ed to mail as many parcels by
that Saturday evening as possi
ble. The office will be open un
til 6 p m that day.
Much of the parcel post des
tined for eastern states has al
ready been received and post of
fice crews congratulates those
early mailers. As to the rest,
Driscoll suggests, "Do not delay,
mail today. And, remember," he
continued, "the new rates for
Christmas cards. Cards not sealed
can go anyplace in the U S for
3 cents, and local delivery Is
also 3 cents. Out of town cards
when sealed, or with written
messages enclosed cost 4 cents.
Lexington end lone
Players Guests at
Athletic Banquet
The high school athletic ban
quet for lone and Lexington
schools was held at the lone
Masonic hall Monday evening
with members of the Masons as
hosts.
Leo Crabtree, master, welcom
ed the boys and turned the pro
gram over to Adon Hamlett, mas
ter of ceremonies. Walter Jaeger,
Condon, who is the district
deputy grand master of Oregon,
gave a talk. Dallas Shockley,
superintendent of the lone schools
introduced the teachers present
from the two schools, Charles
Hudson and Bob Matthews,
coaches, and grade school coach
es Don Brostrom and Clarence
Friedrich. All spoke briefly. The
Rev Floyd Bailey gave the bene
diction. Sport films were shown
following the banquet.
Members of the Eastern Star
Social Club served the turkey
banquet to 60 persons.
Adult Welding Class
Meeting Slated
The advisory committee of the
vocational agricultural depart
ment at Heppner high school re
vealed plans this week to hold
another adult welding class this
winter at the high school Ag
shop. Dee Jones will be the In
structor. There appears to be interest
in both a beginners and an ad
vanced class so interested per
sons are asked to meet at 8 p m
December 29, to organize. .It will
be determined then If there is
sufficient interest to conduct both
classes.
Pendleton Guards
Trip Ions 72 to 62
ThA ppndleton unit of the Ore
gon National Guard posted a 72
to 62 win over the lone Townles
basketball team at lone Sunday
afternoon. The score was tied sev
eral times during the game but
the Guard put on an 11 point
surge in the closing minutes to
win by the final margin. Half
time score was 29 to 29.
High point men for lone were,
Rea, 17; White, 14; and Doherty
with 11. Others dropping in coun
ters were Eubanks 7; L Kincald,
3; Peterson 3; Ball 3; Warren 2;
Brenner 2. Pettyjohn, R Kincaid
and McCabe played but failed
to score.
Top scorer for the Guards was
D Johnson with 25. He was fol
lowed by Enbysk with 22; Hutch
Ins 9; Hunter 8; Jepeson 6; and
William Johnson with 2 points.
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Many Gifts Claimed
AsJhird Week of
'Give-Away Starts
The third week of the popular
"Heppner Lucky Number" game
sponsored by 21 Heppner stores
gets underway today with the
distribution of this week's Gazette-Times
and - a -whole new
set of lucky numbers, both on
the papers and in the stores.
Each of the 21 stores which
are listed elsewhere in today's
paper, have put up another fine
free gift for the coming week,
and all that readers have to do
is compare the lucky number In
FFA, Boy Scouts
Now Selling Trees
. The Heppner FFA chapter now
has its Christmas trees for sale
orwthe lot next to Heppner Auto
Parts and remind Heppner resi.
dents that It Is a serve-yourself
program. They have a wide price
range.
Each year the FFA chapter has
several community projects and
puts on Its annual banquet with
money from the tree sale.
One of the community service
projects planned for this year,
and to continue for possibly two
years, Is that of labeling all
county roads with the names of
residents and the distances to
the ranches.
The Heppner Boy Scouts also
started their annual Christmas
tree sale this week from the lot
next to Farra's Shoe Shop on
North Main street. The money
derived from this sale goes to
support the local troop activi
ties. Ekstrom Cattle
Slated for Big
Columbia Empire Sale
Herbert Ekstrom and Sons,
lone, are 'among early entrants
in the February 28 thru March
3, 1959, Columbia Empire Polled
Hereford Association show and
sale. The activity will be staged
at Walla Walla.
The Ekstroms have entered
Prince Husker I in the opemto-the-world
halter show.
Largest Polled Hereford con
signment sale ever staged In
America and probably the larg
est all Polled Hereford show to
be held anywhere In 1959, the
Columbia Empire event Is spon
sored by Idaho, Oregon and
Washington breeders.
More than 50 breeder-exhlbl
tors from the CEPHA member
ship region are expected to par
tlclpate with entries, as well as
numerous Polled Hereford ranch
ers from outside the three-state
territory.
The event will feature an open
halter show; a "classic sale" with
35 select replacement females
and 15 herd sire prospects; a
pen bull show; and a pen bull
sale. Over 150 bulls will be sold
in the pen bull sale, combining
numbers and quality with the
commercial rangeman buyer In
mind.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrival To Mr and Mrs
Robert Peterson, lone, a 6 lb
14 oz girl born, Dec 4, named
Dawn Denise.
PATIENTS Mabel French,
Heppner, dismissed; Mary Lou
Fisher, Heppner; Carl Gilliam,
Kinzua; Dave Hughes, Heppner,
dismissed; Mike Hughes, Hepp
ner, dismissed; Roy Orwick, Con
don, dismissed; Fannie Schinkle,
Stanfield; Harry Coghill, Con
don. Mrs Grace Nlckerson spent the
Thanksgiving weekend in Eu
gene and the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs
Francis Nlckerson.
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THIS NUMBER
FOR FREE GIFTS!
the box on the upper right hand
corner of this page with the num
bers in the many stores. If the
paper number la the same as the
number In any store, the prize
goes to the holder of the num
ber. This third week's lucky num- '
ber will be good from today
(Thursday) until next Wednes
day evening, December 17. Read
ers are reminded that only the
lucky numbers on this week's
papers are any good during this
week's give-away numbers on
older copies of the Gazette-Times
are not useable during the pres
ent week, and the box contain
ing the lucky numbers is dated
so that there will be no confus
ion. Interest in the lucky number
gifts should be even greater this
week, for several stores, who
have not given away their prizes
during the past two weeks, can
have either two or three prizes
(and as many numbers) this
week. There could be as many
as 45 or 50 fine free gifts await
ing those who check their num
bers.
Readers are also reminded that
just because they have won dur
ing one of the previous , weeks,
it doesn't mean that they can't
win again for every week there
Is a new set of lucky numbers
drawn for the stores and It is
possible that the same number
can be drawn more than once
during the four weeks.
Many of the gifts were claim
ed during the past week, and
just so readers who didn't check
the stores can find out (to their
sorrow, now), these are the num
bers that would have won prizes
last week: 108, 220, 1238, 99, 583,
885, 471, 789, 333, 663, 110, 702,
199, 413, 1001, 632, 824, 922, 435,
878, 510, 1016, 1221, 1222, 765,
27, 266, 008, 812, 291, 1303, 398,
302, 1112, 660, and 904.
Any of the above numbers
could again be drawn this week,
for each week brings a brand
new list.
Each store participating in the
give-away is displaying its lucky
number, or numbers, on a Dig
placard somewhere In the store.
Charles Daly New
Wrangler President
The December meeting of the
Wranglers riding club was held
Tuesday evening at the club
house.
The business meeting was held
with the following officers being
elected; Charles Daly, president;
Bob Brindle, vice president;
Bruce Lindsay, secretary; Mar
Ion Green, treasurer; Rolce Fulle
ton and Al Fetsch, new directors.
Following the meeting, the en
tertainment committee headed by
Mrs Leo Crabtree, presented a
musical program given by a
number of girls from the lone
school.
Santa Claus arrived to pre
sent bags of candy and nuts for
all and an exchange of Christ
mas gifts was held.
Refreshments were served by
Mr and Mrs Bob Steagall and Mr
and Mrs Ed Baker.
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