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NEW YEAR STARTS COLD-
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 8, 1959
Winter Grip Dips
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Winter welcomed the new year
with a real wallop when the first
really cold spell of the winter
descended on the northwest the
night of January 1. The cold grip
was not relaxed until Tuesday
morning in Heppner, and at least
late Wednesday in Lexington,
lone and communities closer to
the Columbia.
The coldest night to be record
ed here in nearly two years came
early Saturday when the official
government thermometer at the
Heppner weather station dropped
to 5 below zero. Sunday morn
ing it got down to -4 tfnd on
Monday the maximum was only
12 degrees. Several nearby ther
mometers recorded -11 and -12
Saturday morning. It was not un
common to find a 10 degree
variance within a few miles.
About an inch of snow accom
panied the first drop in tempera
ture Thursday night and Friday
morning and another inch fell In
Heppner Sunday night. lone re
ported as much as four inches
total during the past week and
even more fell in places along
Accident Kills
Rev George Little
Word was received Wednes
day in Heppner of the death of
the Rev George R S Little, former
rector of All Saints' Episcopal
church. He was killed Tuesday in
an automobile accident near Tro
na, California. No additional de
tails were immediately available.
Rev Little had only recently
taken over as rector of the Epis
copal parish at Trona, which is
near San Diego.
He is survived by his wife Ann;
a son George, who is with the
armed forces at San Diego; and
a daughter Grace.
A special service is scheduled
for 10 a m Friday at All Saints'
church here.
It has been asked that in lieu
of flowers that donations be
made for a memorial at All
Saints' church.
the Columbia.
The snow which auickly
packed on streets and highways
made driving hazardous in an
directions and caused one serious
car accident and several other
minor ones. Mrs Frank Ander
son, Ruggs, was taken to Pio
neer Memorial hospital Monday
suffering' from a collar bone and
other injuries when her car and
a state highway snow plow col
lided a short distance west of
Ruees. Damaee to her new 1959
station waeon was considerable.
The snow plow was driven by
Harry Moses, Heppner.
Several other minor accidents
were reported during the week,
but there were no injuries.
The first break in the cold snap
was reported from the Hardman
area late Monday when warm
south winds brought tempera
turps un sharnlv. The Chinook
didn't reach Hepnper until Tues
day morning, and Wednesday
afternoon the area from lone
west was still in the grip of
sub-freezing temperatures.
Strong, warm south winds buf
feted HerjDner from mid-morn
ing Wednesday rapidly clearing
the remaining snow, out tnese
had not effected the lone area
even by Wednesday afternoon.
The sub-zero cold was the
pause of at lesat three major
rural fires over the weekend, but
the layer of snow was sufficient
to give ample protection to iau
seeded wheat.
Further word was received
Wednesday nieht that Rev
Little's death was caused by a
heart attack according to a pny
sician's report. He apparently
was unable to bring his car to
a complete stop alter Deing
stricken.
Cassius C Mallory,
Native of Heppner,
Dies in Florida
Cassius Chester Mallory, 68,
former president of Grace Steam
ship Lines, died last week at
Lake Wales, Fla.
Mr Mallorv was born in Hepp
ner and was the grandson of A
Mallorv. the first county judge
of Morrow county. His father was
William L Mallory, a pioneer
stockgrower and operator of a
sawmill south of Hardman. Later
the family moved to lone and
Mr Mallory graduated irom lone
hitrh school in 1907.
Mr Mallory and his brother
visited Heppner last summer 101
the first time in many years.
lone Girl Wins
Baby "Jackpot"
Morrow county's first 1959 baby
was a nice bin eirl. Robin Mar
tina Hausler, 9 pounds and 7
ounces, who arrived at z.ai p m
nn Januarv 2 to claim "First
Baby" honors for herself and her
parents, Mr and Mrs Joe Hausier
of lone.
Rohin will eet plenty of at
tention at home for she has three
sisters and a brother to take care
of her. Thev are Carol Leilani,
4tt; Betty, 8; Cathy, 9; end Joe
Jr. 11.
Rv timing her arrival as she
did, Robin won for herself and
her folks a host of prizes and
(rifts offered bv Heppner stores
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and business. Her Dad is princi-
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pal of the lone grade scnooi ana
teaches hieh school mathematics.
They have lived in lone for five
years.
Two other voune ladies tried
awfull hard to get in on the
"loot" hut thev lust coudn't wait
quite long enough. They are Kim
Marie, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Del Jordan of Heppner who was
born at 11 a m Decern oer u;
and Carol Ann, daughter of Mr
nnH Mrs DeWavne HiEbee of
Spray. She arrived about four
hours too soon, coming into me
world at 7:52 p m December 31.
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Five County Men
Are Appointed To
Port Commission
Governor Robert D Holmes
Wednesday morning adv i s e d
county judge Oscar Peterson that
he was appointing five Morrow
county men as commissioners 01
the Morrow county port district.
Formation of the port district was
approved by voters at the Novem
ber general election.
The five named to direct the
operations of the district are,
Dewey West, Jr and George
Weiss, both of Boardman; War
ren McCoy of Irrigon; Al Lamb,
Heppner; and Garland Swanson
of lone. They will serve a term
to be determined by lot at their
first meeting which must be held
fivp davs from the date of their
appointment which was made ef
fective January 7, according 10
the word from the governor.
The commission will have the
power and duty to aid in the
industrial and other development
of th cnuntv. Transportation by
water is expected to be one phase
of development that the commis
sion will study after it gets or
ganized.
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ROARING FLAMES were completely destroying this rural home of
Guy Hastings last Saturday aiternoon wnen mis pnoio was
taken by Heppner fire chief C A Ruggles. The fire was dis
covered in time to allow removal of most furnishings, but
nothing could be done to save the house.
WEATHER
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Sunday
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Tuesday
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Prpcinitation for the week .17
inches, all in snow; for Decem
ber, 1.63; for 1958, 15.27 inches;
for January 1959 .17 incnes
Local Dogs Reported
As Sheep Killers
Sheriff C J D Bauman said this
week that he has received re
ports that several dogs have been
chasing stock near Heppner and
that some sheep were killed by
dogs over a week ago.
In making the announcement
he reminded dog owners that un
der the law farmers can kill
dogs caught killing stock. The
invading dogs are thought to be
from Heppner and the Sheriff
urged dog owners in town to
keep a closer eye on their canines
or run the risk of having them
shot.
Mrs D A Wilson of Corvallls
is here to spend the holidays with
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr
and Mrs Willard Blake.
1958 Fire Loss
Takes Big Jump
Loss bv fire in Heppner during
1958 took a big jump over the
previous year and only about
one-third of the total was cover
ed by insurance, a tally of fire
department records revealed.
The 1958 loss was $12,207.15
which was nearlv 10 times the
unusually low 1957 loss of only
$1,244.59. Of the total damage
$5,478.85 was to buildings and
$6,728.30 was to contents. The
value of buildings and contents
at risk in the year's blazes
amounted to $153,425.
The most damaeine fire to oc
cur durlner the vear occurred In
December when the Paul Doherty
living quarters in the Heppner
Laundry building was ournea.
i.nss here was estimated at
$8,000. The loss figures compiled
hv the department did not in
clude any estimate of loss from
the several grass fires during the
summer.
The Heooner department an
swered a total of 25 alarms dur
ing the year, five more than in
1957. Two of these were mutual
aid calls, one of which was a
false alarm which resulted in an
arrest and conviction. One other
false alarm was answered.
Durin? the vear the depart
ment completed installation of
its new air horn alarm system,
added two powerful portable
lights to its equipment and a
small amount of fire hose, mere
are 15 volunteers on the depart
ment who operate two pieces of
regular fire equipment.
Last vear's fire loss nearly
reached the loss in 1956 of
$14,062 which was the highest in
several years.
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Mill Offers Fire
Truck Temporarily
For Rural Use
Heppner Pine Mills Monday
offered the Heppner fire depart
ment the temporary use of Its
own fire truck for fighting rural
fires near town if the city would
provide a place to store it where
it could be kept from freezing
and in operating condition.
The cltv Immediately accepted
the offer and is currently trying
to find some suitable place to
house It. The city fire hall has
no additional room and the re
mainder of the city hall Is un
heated. The truck must be kept
above freezing to keep water in
its tank and pumps from freez
ing and making the equipment
useless.
The mill made the offer follow
ing last weekend's three rural
fires which destroyed or dam
aired homes. The Heppner city
equipment is not allowed to an
swer calls outside the city limits
because of regulations.
In makinz the offer, the mill
management said it would be
purely on a temporary basis as it
would need the eauipment again
within a few months, but that
they understood that efforts are
nnw heinc made to form a rural
fire district around Heppner. The
truck could serve some value In
the meantime while such a dis
trict was beine organized.
The mill has no heated storage
for the truck so consequently
pvorvthlne but its big pump is
inoperable during the winter. It
Is canable of carrvine sufficient
water to be of some help in case
of rural fires.
The Heppner department will
man the equipment if a place
can be found to keep it, which
it has not yet been able to do.
NOTHING WAS LEFT of this Rhea Creek home of Jack Davis
following an early morning lire Tuesday, uavis was asieep m
a nearby trailer when the blaze broke out and was unable to
save any belongings from the building. Cause of the fire is
unknown. (Pht by C A. Ruggles)
Arrangements Near
Completion for
Livestock Meeting
Arrangements are nearing
completion this week for the an
nual Morrow County Livestock
Growers meeting to be held In
Heppner Friday and Saturday,
January 16 and 17.
A full two day program is
scheduled that will be of interest
to all cattlemen, and a popular
event, tried last year for the first
time, a "bull day" will again be
held on Friday. Local cattlemen
are urged to bring their animals
to the fair grounds for trading.
An auction is set for that after
noon to handle animals that
aren't traded.
Well known speakers are be
ing programmed and the annual
banquet will be held at the fair
pavilion Saturday evening.
March of Dimes
Adult Mathematics
Class Starts Monday
A general mathematics class
snnnsnred bv the Heppner P-TA
will start Monday, Jan 12 at 7:30
p m at the high school with M C
Huggett as instructor.
Twentv-four adult students
have already signed up for the
course, and anyone who is ln
tprpsted can call Mrs Vic Krei-
meyer, 6-5322 for information.
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A MASS REMOVAL of tonsils was performed recently at Pioneer
. . , i ;i nn thocA aiv members of the same family.
Memorial huswim - -
The six are children of Mr and Mrs Archie Esteb of lone andt
thev are, from left Konaia ii. ineiesa 4q, eiuT
ludv 7 and Undo 4. One other youngster, Barbara, 2 yean old.
was a little too young o 4 "
Christian Church
Sets Doctrine Class
The First Christian church is
conducting a pastor's class on
Christian doctrine begin n i n g
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, and
will continue each Sunday until
Easter. The class will be taugnt
by the Rev Charles Knox, min
ister, and Is for anyone Interested
in the subject
Also on February 22 to March
fi the Rev Harrv Baird. pastor of
the Central Christian church of
uroiia Wnlln will hp the enest
minister for a preaching mission. ' their full support
Rev Rydgren to Head
County Heart Drive
Rev John Rydgren, pastor of
Hone Lutheran church of Hepp-
nor and Valbv Lutheran of lone
has accepted appointment as
Morrow rountv chairman ior me
1QM) Heart Fund campaign of
the Oregon Heart Association, ac
cording to Eddie Mays, roruanu
restaurant owner and state chair
man. The campaign begins with the
opening of Heart Month, Feb
ruary 1, and continues through
February 28 when the nation
wide drive is climaxed as thous
ands of volunteers stage a door-to-door
Heart Sunday campaign.
Rev Rydgren and other county
rhairmen from throughout the
state will attend a pre-campaign
meeting January 17 at the uni
versity of Oregon medical school,
whpre thev will learn first-hand
how Heart Fund money Is spent
for research and education.
"We are gratified that Rev
Rydgren has agreed to direct the
Heart Fund campaign in Morrow
county," Mays said, "and are
ponfirlpnt the people of Morrow
county will give the campaign
lkAt, full aiinnort."
Support Needed
Effective aid to children crip
pled by polio, arthritis and birth
defects will require major sup
port from the 1959 March of
Dimes, Cene Pierce, Morrow
county campaign director, said
today.
"Patient aid has always been
the largest single program of the
National Foundation, which
sponsors the March of Dimes,"
the director said. "Over the years
325,000 polio patients have bene
fited by it. Now that program
will be extended to cover patients
through age 18 suffering from
arthritis and certain birth de
fects, or congenital malforma
tions. And funds are still need
ed for at least 50,000 polio pa
tients on our chapter rolls."
Thp Mnrmw chanter of the Nat
ional Foundation in 1958 paid
out $500.00 for hospital, medical
and other expenses incurred by
two polio patients in Morrow
county.
Nationally, March of Dimes
funds nrovided $18,900,000 in pa
tient aid for about 50,000 patients
in 1958.
tinder the new program, March
of Dimes assistance will be offer
or tn arthritis sufferers through
aao is the director explained,
adding: "At least 11,000,000
people in the USA suffer with
some form of rheumatic disease.
Of 16,000 children likely t0 seek
treatment In a year, some 5,000
to 6,000 may need treatment as
extensive as that required for
paralytic polio."
Patient aid also will be exten
ded to victims of birth defects
(congenital malformations) in
volving the central nervous sys
tem, through age 18. An estima
ted 8,000 such patients seek med
ical care each year.
County and City
Officials Start
Terms in Office
Several county and city offic
ials were sworn in this week,
either as new officers or at the
start of new terms.
A new county commissioner,
r.ene Fpreuson of Heppner, was
sworn In Tuesday to start his
term of office. He replaces Kaipn
i Thnmnsnn who had served for
three terms. County judge Oscar
Peterson also started a run term
of office.
Pour Tfpnnner cltv officials,
mayor W C Collins and council
men Phil Blakney, Lowell Grib-
hiP. and Allen Case also started
new terms in office. They were
sworn in Monday night.
Pendleton Man New
Tum-A-Lum Manager
Tim Mnore took over duties
January 1 as new manager or
thp Hennner retail yard of the
Tum-A-Lum Lumoer company
no renlnees Jack Loya wno re
signed from the company after
serving as manager nere ior
nearly 10 years.
Moore, a native of Pendleton,
came here from that city, but
he previously had been manager
of Tum-A Lums roruana ymu.
Prior to that time he had his
own construction company in
Pendleton. Mr and Mrs Moore
and their four children moved
here about Christmas time.
Crists Take Over
Heppner Restaurant
Mr and Mrs Win Crist have
announced the purchase of Kay's
Fountain, Main and Center
streets, from Mrs Kay Sayers wno
has operated it for several years.
ThP Crists have been in Hepp
ner for four years, and plan to
run the restaurant as a family
nnoration.
Mrs Sayers plans to move iu
Portland.
Miss Esther Kirmls, Morrow
county home demonstration
agent, returned to Heppner Sun
day from Lisbon, North Dakota
where she had been recuperating
from an accident and spending
the holidays with relatives.
Hospital Auxiliary
To Elect Officers
The Pioneer Memorial hospital
Auxiliary will meet Monday, Jan
12 at 8 p m at the court house,
It was announced today. Elec
tion of officers will be held in
addition, the program will be
planned for the coming year and
a summary of the first year's
work will be given.
Two Completely
Destroyed, Third
Suffers Damage
Two rural homes were complet
ely destroyed by fire and another
suffered considerable damage
over the weekend, In a series of
disastrous blazes that were
charged to the sub zero cold
which held this entire area in
Its grip for several days.
The two homes completely de
stroyed were owned by Guy Hast
ings, Just south of Heppner on
the Condon highway, and by
Jack Davis, Upper Rhea creek.
The third house, which was only
damaged, belonged to Marcel
Jones, south of Heppner.
The first of the fires leveled
the Hastings home about one
half mile south of Heppner at
about 4:30 Saturday afternoon.
The cause was thought to be de
fective wiring. The fire was dis- ,
covered in its early stages and
a call was placed to the Heppner
fire department which could not
respond with equipment because
the house was located outside oi
the citv limits. Fire chief C A
Ruggles and several firemen and
neighbors aided in getting most
personal beloncings out of the
house before it went up in flames.
Hastings estimated that nearly
75 percent of his household and
personal effects were saved. No
definite figure was placed on the
loss, but it was estimated at an
excess of $4,000. There wa9 some
Insurance on the building.
The temperature was about 10
above zero when the fire broke
out, and the lack of wind prob
ably saved adjoining houses ano
buildings. The heavy smoke drif
ted into town and brought dozens
of calls to the Heppner fire de
partment. Sunday Morning Blaze
Shortly before 10 a m Sunday
a smouldering fire was discov
ered at the Marcel Jones home,
about one-half mile south of the
Hastings house which had been
destroyed the night before. It
started from a defective fireplace
and burned through paneling
and studding before being dis
covered. A considerable amount
of one living room wall had to
be torn away before it could De
extinguished. Heppner firemen
again aided personally, but as In
the previous blaze couia not oner
equipment.
Damage was estimated roughly
at about $1,000.
Thp second home to be com
pletely destroyed with all con
tents was the Jack Davis nome
on Rhea creek. Davis, who was
living In a trailer house near his
home, was awakened at 1 a m
Tuesday by the flames. No cause
was determined and ne was un
able to save any furniture or
personal belongings. . Loss was
placed above $8,00O, and there
was some insurance on both
house and contents.
ThP HeDoner fire department
answered two calls within the
city during the same period,
neither of which did any great
namairp. A silent call was an
swered at 2:30 Sunday morning
when a resident thought smone
was coming from a home near
the high school. This proved to
be erroneous. Later Sunday
morning a flooded oil lurnace
at thp Lester Wvman home on
Green street called firemen. It
was quickly controlled with only
minor damage.
Considerable complaint was
received by fire department
members following the two near
by rural fires, because equip
ment was not sent to aid. sev
eral years ago the city council
publicly announced mat cuy
equipment could not answer
alarms outside tne cuy iimus
except under mutual aid agree
ments. The council again reiter
ated this stand at its Monday
night meeting, explaining that
it had no other choice under the
law. A more complete explana
tion of this reasoning and regu
lation can be found In an edi
torial on page 2 of today's paper.
nw Year'g auests at the home
of Mr and Mrs Archie Padberg
were her two sons and their iam
illes, Mr and Mrs Edwin Tucker,
Salem and Mr and Mrs Eldon
Tucker, lone; and Mr and Mrs
Bill Nichols, Lexington.
home.