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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1959)
L I 3FARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Saturday Car Wreck Takes Lex Charles W Dugan, 21 of Lex ington died early Saturday morn ing in Pioneer Memorial hos pital from injuries received when the car in which he was a pass enger overturned on the Bunker Hill county road about five miles west of Heppner. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken neck. Dugan was a passenger in a car owned and driven by Earl Lee Papineau, 18, also of Lexing ton, as was Dave Ritchie, 20, Lexington. The car overturned in gravel near the Paul Brown ranch but came back up on its wheels and was driven back to Lexington. After returning to Lexington it was found that Du gan had more serious injuries than was believed at first and a doctor and ambulance were called. The accident occurred a bout lam and Dugan died at 5 am. HEPPNER TEACHER HONORED FOR 33 YEARS OF SERVICE IN COUNTY The Heppner and Morrow county O E A units gave tribute to Mrs Edna Turner at their ban quet last week at the Heppner high school. Mrs Turner is retiring at the close of this year after having taught for 33 years, all of them in county schools. Mrs Arolene Laird, Heppner O E A president, presented Mrs Turner with a Teaching Service pin in apprec iation of her long years of gui dance of the young people of Morrow county. Preceeding the banquet, Joe Stewart was installing officer for the incoming county 0 E A of ficers, Mrs Velva Bechdolt, pres ident; Harold Gauger, first vice president; Joe Hausler, second vice president; Clarence Fried rich, treasurer, and Mrs Inez Ir win, secretary. Robert Van Houte, new county school administrator, was the principal speaker for the even ing. Marion Huggett, entertainment chairmen, presented numbers by the girls trio composed of Fern Albert, Judy Cochell and Janice 1MJiiITi-iiii f-'rtrT l1 h II Alt !.. .' HI4 'Will PARK WORK APPRECIATED Heppner mayor W C Collins, left, receives a Certificate of Recognition for the city's efforts in de veloping the city park, from chamber member Frank Turner at the C of C annual banquet Monday night Collins expressed his thanks to the group and later stated that the council's ap preciation must go to ctiy superintendent Vic Croshens and his new for the many extra hours of work and care that they have put into me planning ana development oi uie parx. Kepi me lire irom reaming 4le (GT Photo) house. I Early Day County History Told Guests at the chamber of com-1 in 1873 and the first mail route average teachers salary then was I merce annual banquet Monday from Pendleton to The Dalles, $41.30 a month. In 1901 the put into the planning and development of the park. night at the Heppner Legion hall heard former county judge Gar net Barratt give one of the most interesting talks on early day Morrow county history ever pre sented here. His theme, in keep ing with the state's Centennial, was "Morrow county before 1900." Judge Barratt told how people crossed the northern end of the county on the Old Oregon Trail starting in 1842 and related that the first settlers in this area came in 1864. Other little known historical dates that relate directly to the county's history included the in troduction of the first sheep in 1867 to 1870; the first cabin was built in Heppner in 1869 at the present location of the Farley Motor company used car lot; that Heppner's first store was estab lished in 1872, the first school b r Copies 10 Cents Youth's Life Neither Papineau or Ritchie was hurt. A coroner's inquest was held Monday morning at Heppner and the jury determined that there was no criminal negligence in volved in the accident. Dugan was the county's first traffic fatality for 1959. Charles William Dugan was born December 14, 1937 in Na chez, Washington and had lived in the Lexington area for several years. At the time of his death he was employed as a ranch hand for William Padberg. He is survived by his father, Ordie Dugan; a half brother, James Dugan; and his grand parents, all living in Nachez. An uncle, Jack Griffin is a resident of Lexington. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the lone Community church with burial following in the lone I O O F cemetery. Martin; the Four Horsemen, Renn Harris, Bob Huffman, and Stew art Gribble; and the grade school girls' chorus directed by Janice Martin. May 22 Set as Date For Election on Heppner Fire Dish The county court Wednesday Set Friday, May 22 as the date for the election on the formation of the Heppner rural fire pro tectlon district and the naming of five directors to operate it. The court held a hearing on the proposal early this month at which time no objections were heard. It has also been announced that there will be a meeting of persons interested in the rural fire district Monday, April 20 at 7:30 at the court house. It is hoped that the names of per spns Interested in running as directors can be obtained at that time. from Pendleton to The Dalles, which came through Heppner, was started in the same year. Barratt said Wells-Fargo Ex press had an office in Heppner in 1877 and told about the Indian scare of 1878 when a fort was built here. Wheat was first In troduced in the county in 1880 and Morrow county was formed in 1883 with Heppner established as the county seat the following year and incorporated on Feb 9, 1887. A big event was the coming of the railroad on Dec 2, 1888 which started one of the areas biggest business booms. A comparison of schools and the number of children showed that in 1888 there were 1760 students in the county (now there are 1200) and in that year there were 50 schools in the county which operated an aver age of 4.3 months a year. The Gaze Heppner High Names Its Top Honor Students Top honor students of the 1959 Heppner high school graduating class are Miss Janice Martin, valedictorian, daughter of Mr and Mrs Randall Martin; and Renn Harris, salutatorian, son of Mr and Mrs Mike Sallng. ( Miss Martin, who has received a 3.9 grade point average for four years, has received many honors both in and out of school. This year she was the recipient of the Elks local and district scholarships and the Elks lead ership award. Last year she won the Carl Raymond Gray scholar ship. She was recently named a princess for the 1959 fair and rodeo and was elected December senior citizen of the month by students. Last month she was named Blue Mountain chapter of DeMolay 1959 Sweetheart. She is a past worthy advisor of the Rainbow for Girls and Is five year member of that organiza tion. She has also been chosen both princess and queen of Rain bow dances. Her 4-H ciub work includes a 10 year membership and she has held many offices from song leader to the president. The valedictorian is present editor of the high school paper, the Hehisch, which has recently received several top awards, and other high school activities in clude work in the Future Home makers of America, secretary and state reporter for the Future Bus iness Leaders of America, mem bership in the National Honor Society, the Quill and Scroll and the Pep Club. Miss Martin plans to enter Oregon State College this fall where she will major In educa tion and home economics. Renn Harris had a 3.82 grade point during his four years in Heppner high school. He atten ded Heppner schools for 12 years and has received the 1959 Elks most valuable student scholar ship and leadership awards. His high school awards and activities have included mem bership in the National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll. He received an award from the American Chemical Society for the most outstanding student of the year; he has been assistant conductor of the concert band and was chosen senior citizen of the month for September. Renn was elected class presi dent for two semesters, class sec retary for one semester, has serv ed as president of the Science club and photo editor and editor of the yearbook. He is also 1959 student body president, and con ductor of the pep band. Blaze Destroys Garage and Car A fire of undetermined origin Tuesday afternoon destroyed a garage, late model station wag on and a couple of small sheds on the Walter Jacobs ranch about seven and one-half miles south of lone. It was discovered by Donald Ball, a member of the county road crew who summoned neigh bors and the lone fire depart ment and through their efforts kept the fire from reaching the school census was 1298 and the total cost of operating the schools that year was $21,000. Barratt told of 2,325,000 pounds of wool being stored in one ware house in Heppner In 1891 when there were 65,000 sheep sold here that year. The 1891 valuation of the county showed $325,000 in merchandise; $2,000,000 in live stock which included 350,000 sheep and 7546 horses and mules. In that same year Heppner had eight churches and a like num ber of saloons. Barratt pointed out how Hepp ner had suffered repeatedly from floods and fires, but that the people always had had the spirit to come back from any trouble. He said that the county always has had, and still does have un limited resources which still need developing. Barratt was Introduced by the Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 16, 1959 fTE-Tl M 1 t I ' 1 --in i .nmnii Vill.i 111- JANICE MARTIN ft .-"'; ' i fi 1 RENN HARRIS Wheat Growers Set Spring Meet Plans were laid last Thursday evening by the executive com mittee of the Xioirow County wheat Growers for their annual spring meeting which will be held at the Lexington Grange hall on April 28. An interesting program has been arranged for with chairman of the six stand ing committees to bring Morrow county wheat growers up to date on activities of the state commit tees with special emphasis on recommendations made by our wheat growers, reports N C An derson, secretary, Morrow Coun ty Wheat Growers Association. Floyd Root, president, National Association of Wheat Growers, has been asked to speak at this annual meeting. His topic will be national legislation for the wheat farmer. Wheat growers will be brought up to date on the program of the National As sociation as well as activities of the Oregon Wheat Growers; League. j Chairman of the various com mittees who will give reports at the spring meeting are Louis Carlson, Federal agrlcul t u r a 1 programs ; Fredrick Martin, lone, taxation and legislation; Mrs Max Barclay, Heppner, do mestic wheat utilization; Bernard Doherty, Heppner, youth activ ities; Kenneth Turner, Heppner, production and land use; and Donald Peterson, lone, market ing and transportation, Max Bar clay, Heppner is chairman. Wal ter Jacobs, vice chairman is in charge of arranging for door prizes which will be given out during the evening. The Lexing luil iiume cwunuuiua uuu win serve refreshments. by Judge Rev Bruce Spencer, rector of All Salnts' church, who served as mastof nf rnrpmnnloa Frank ton home economics club will master of ceremonies. Frank Turner presented Heppner mayor W C Collins with the chamber's Certificate of Recognition for the city's development of the city park. A drawing was held by treas urer Bruce Lindsay for the re payment of 20 $50 bonds sold to provide funds for the lighting of the Heppner rodeo field. These drawn were Heppner Elks lodge 10 bonds (the lodge put up half of the total cost), James L Davis, Ed Thorpe, Marcel Jones, Mrs L E Ruhl, H L Duvall, Lance Tibbies, the First National Bank 3 bonds; and the J C Penney Company. Holders of these bonds may re deem them by presenting them to the treasurer. About 80 persons attended the banquet which was prepared by members of the St Patrick's altar society. 75th Year, Number 6 Civil Defense Test to Start Friday Morning A full scale test of nearly all elements of the Morrow county Civil Defense organizations will be held Friday and Saturday In nearly all communities in the county. The local test will be a part of the state-and nation wide "Operation Alert" sched uled for April 17 and 18. The county participation In the test alert is under the direction of Norman Nelson, Boardman, county Civil Defense director. Participating in the test will be most local warning devices and organizations; police and fire departments, erne r g e n c y medical and care centers and organizations; radio and other communications groups. The Full Raid Alarm To Be Sounded It will be mighty noisy around Heppner, and prob ably other county towns, Fri day morning when word of the start of "Operation Alert" is received here. Upon receipt of the official word, Heppner's air raid sir en will sound the Alert sig nal which is a 3 to 5 minute steady blast of the siren, which will be repeated again after two minutes of silence. The "take cover" signal, which probably will not be used, is a 3 minute warb ling siren blast. Shortly after the raid a larm, the Heppner fire de partment will expect a gen eral alarm call to test its turnout and facilities in a simulated emergency run. All in alL its going to be pretty noisy around town for a while Friday about 8:30 a m. CONELRAD radio communica tions plan will be tested from 8-30 until 9am Friday and at that time all radio and TV sta tions will go off the air and roNF.T.RAD instructions will be broadcast on the specified fre- niipnnlns nf 640 and 1240 kilo- cycles. Instructions relayed dur ing this period will be lor Dom the nublic and CD purposes. A special test Alert headquarters will be set up in tne court nouse in TTonnnpr and snecial short wave radio communications will be established with state t-D headquarters in Salem. The Operation Alert test will start with simulated bombings of Portland and Klamath Falls at about 8:30 a m Friday and as quickly as the alarm Is flash ed to county CD headquarters, the general alarm will be sound ed and local CD units will go into action. The entire test is being made to determine the ex tent of preparation that has been made for emergency and to test all facilities. A large advertisement appears elsewhere in today's Gazette Times which tells In detail what the plan Is and what the general public can expect" Storm Brings Snow To Higher Points Spring went back around the corner Tuesday and early Wed nesday when a storm moved in over Morrow county and dropped considerable snow on the higher elevations. The white stuff started to fall in Heppner about 6 p m Tuesday and kept up intermittently dur ing the night. By Wednesday morning over four Inches had fallen on Jones hill, east of Heppner and drifts closed the Heppner-Pllot Rock road for a time until state highway snow plows got into action. Up to one-quarter inch of moisture was reported. No farmers were reported to be complaining. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. Thursday 57 26 Friday 64 32 Saturday 66 32 Sunday 62 35 Monday 59 37 Tuesday 57 29 Wednesday 61 33 .18 Rainfall for the week .18; for April .18; for the year 5.45 inches. Flu Causes Off Again Heppner school kids literally didn't know whether they were coming or going this week as continued prevalence of the flu bug brought an "on again, off again ' school schedule. Last Monday morning the county health officer ordered both the Heppner high and grade schools closed for three days when well over 80 students were reported missing from flu and re lated illnesses. The youngsters were told to report back this morning (Thursday). They re ported, all right, but not for long, as a count of noses at the open ing of classes showed an even 100 were missing. So, they were all shooed home again at noon and told to stay there until next Monday. Whether they will get to stay in school next week, only time will tell. Last week an increasing num ber of students were reported sick but it had been hoped that the weekend might see a drop in the number. Up until Monday Welfare Cutback To Effect Morrow County Recipients Morrow county welfare funds will be administered on a month to month budgeted basis through April, May and June according to Oscar Peterson, county Judge and chairman of the Morrow county public welfare commis sion. A curtailment of expendi tures has been made necessary due to a deficiency appropria tion considered by the legislature that will effect all counties in the state. No supplemental allo cations are to be available and each county must live within the allocations made month by month. It is anticipated, effective with the May 1, payment, for old age assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the perma nently and totally disabled, will be reduced by approximately 5. Food standards for general as sistance cases will be reduced by about 10. Effective April 1, a 10 dis count Is to be taken on all nurs ing home rates. No new hospital rates are to be recognized. All hospital bills on services render ed on and after April 1, 1959 are to be discounted 10 on 1 to 5 days Inclusive (same as In effect currently); 6 to 15 days inclusive a 20 discount; and all days In excess of 15 days at 25 discount. Strictly essential medical care only will be pro vided. Dental needs are limited to a relief of pain and control of acute infection. No glasses, prosthetic aids, hearing aids, or orthopedic appliances will be purchased. Thp state public welfare com mission has allocated to Mor row county a total of $6,575.40 for April expenditures. Kindergarten to Benefit From 2-Day Rummage Sale One of Heppner's most popu lar semi-annual events, the Civ ic League rummage sale will be held Friday and Saturday at Bruce Motors. It is held for the benefit of the Civic League spon sored kindergarten program. Sale hours are from 8 a m to 6pm both days. A great many members of the organization will serve as clerks during the two day sale. Includ ed are Mesdames C W Johnson, Bud Collins, Bill Labhart, Matt Hughes, Howard Petty j o h n, Kemp Dick, Bob Flatt, Paul Koe nig, E K Schaffltz, Tad Miller; M C Huggett, David Eckman, Harry Bongers, Eddie Gunderson, Harlan McCurdy, Jr, Max Bar clay, Bob Bergstrom, Bob Abrams, R G Watklns, Tom Hughes, Jack Healy, Douglas Drake, Calvin Sherman and Phil Blakney. The League has sponsored the kindergarten for several years, and each year faces a larger en rollment and Increasing costs. lone High Names Honor Students Students on the honor roll at lone high school for the past nine weeks are: Freshman Linda Halvo r s e n and Dalene McDonald. Sopho mores Evelyn Jepsen and Jean Martin. Juniors Paula Barak, Linda Helmbigner, Karen Lun dell and Melvin Martin. Sen iors Lean n Padberg. All on the honor roll received a 3.25 grade point or better. On the honorable mention roll were freshmen, Michelle Morri son; sophomores, John Swanson and Kenneth Smouse and sen iors, John Howton and Kenneth Jones. On Again, School most of the illness was reported in high school, but by Monday it had begun to take its toll in the lower grades. No other schools in the county reported any unusual amount of absences and all continued class es. As a result of today's shut down, Heppner has cancelled its Friday baseball game with Uma tilla and will not take part in the Pilot Rock track meet Sat urday. Several Heppner students will, however, attend the FBLA state convention this weekend at Corvallis. School Board Posts Attracting Many New Faces Considerable Interest has been shown during the past week by county residents in the seven pos itions which will be open on the new county school board. The election for these directors will be held Monday, May 4. By Wednesday at least seven persons from just three of the seven zones in the county have either filed petitions for posts or are now having them circulated and several other persons have requested petitions, though they did not indicate for whom they were to be circulated. Those who have Indicated they will run for the board are Philip Blakney, L E Dick Jr, and Lowell Gribble, all of Heppner (There are two directors to be elected from the Heppner city zone); D O Nelson, Gene Cutsforth and Ellwynne Peck, all of Lexington where one man Is to be chosen; and Don McElligott of lone. No definite committments have been received from any one in Boardman, Irrlgon or the Heppner rural zone, though It is understood that several per sons might be Interested. The seven member board will replace the present 5 member board which has served since the formation of the county unit school district in November and will go out of existence on June 30. The new board will assume its duties on July 1. The seven member board will be made up of one member from each of the Boardman, Irrlgon, lone, Lexington and Heppner rural zones and two from the Heppner city zone. Candidates for any of the pos itions have until April 27 to file petitions. Board to Meet The present county school board, which has been facing budget trouble, will hold a spec ial meeting Friday night, April 17 at the court house. At its last meeting which fol lowed the public hearing on the proposed school budget for next ( year, the board withdrew the budget for further study before presenting it for publication. The revised budget is expected to be developed for discussion at Fri day's meeting. Following Its pub lication, probably starting next week, another hearing will be held. SPECIAL G-T CENTENNIAL EDITION COMING A special 16 page Centen nial supplement to the Gazette-Times will be a part of next week's paper and it has been planned to give readers a better understand ing of the entire state's great 100th birthday story. Historical items of particu lar local Interest have been, and will continue to be. In cluded in each week's paper throughout much of the year. The special section inclu des many interesting stories and pictures of Oregon, its history and its everyday life and advantages, and it is ex pected to create considerable interest among readers. Lex Grange Favors State Hydro Bill The Lexington Grange went on record Saturday in favor of HB 528 which deals with hydroelec tric development and following considerable discussion ordered the secretary to advise legislat ors of Its members stand. The grange also reaffirmed its resolution of last month favor ing the securing of another county extension agent In other business, Mr and Mrs William Smethurst and Mrs O W Cutsforth were appointed on a rodeo dance committee for the grange's princess Judy Cochell, and a $25 4 II scholarship was ordered paid. It was announced that the home ec meeting will be held Thursday at the home of Mrs Kenneth Smouse.
