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1 V 0F eoqene, ore. Cattle. Drive, Heppner Style 07 tm - v - ' ' i ' . 1 COWS COMING Part of the more than 300 head of cattle belonging ro u j ones and Sons are on their way into Heppner and on south to other range land. This picture was taken near the fair grounds last Wednesday morning as the herd headed for town. i f r, r. -9s ' ' . 0J r F i - ' - COWS GOING Here they go around the corner of Main and May streets heading out the Condon highway. Cowboys experience some difficulty keeping the critters off yards along North Court street, but once the animals got "lined out they were through town within about 15 minutes. (GT Photos) Conservation Week Observed Throughout County The value of Morrow county's topsoil and what many farmers are doing to conserve it, was the theme of Monday's Conservation Week program at the chamber of commerce. It was under the dir ection of Newt O'Harra, county Conservation Week chairman. Don Peterson, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Heppner Soil Conservation dis trict, spoke briefly on what con servation is doing and the aims of the district. Kenneth Peck, a former county and state Conser vation Farmer reported that al ready one-third of the nation's topsoil has been wasted away and that it was everyone's re sponsibility to save the soil for the future. Raymond Lundell, Mo r r o w county's 1959 Conservation Man of the Year, told of the conser vation program on his ranch and of the numerous projects that are required to adequately safe guard the soil for the future generations. A display of pictures of many conservation practices now be ing carried out on county farms had been prepared by Tom Wil son, Heppner district conserva tionist. He and county agent N C Anderson explained how the economy of all residents of the county depended upon continued production of farming lands. The program was only a part of the Conservation Week obser vance in the county. Many churches observed soil steward ship Sunday, May 3 with special sermons and all school children have been made aware of the week through special programs and advertising. A series of field trips have been held during this week which were designed to show many of the best conser vation practices of area farmers. A special advertising message on conservation also appears elsewhere in today's paper. Joseph A Mahon, 86, Taken by Death, Services Friday Joseph Andrew Mahon, 86, died Tuesday at Pioneer Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for about six months. Services will be held Friday at lO a m at St Patrick's Catholic church with the Rev Patrick J Gaire officiating, Rosary will be recited tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at St Patrick's. Mr Mahon was born Sept 29, 1S72 in Cottonwood, Colorado and he had lived in this area for 46 years. He is survived by his wife Nellie; two sons Joe of Elgin and Jack of La Grande; four daugh ters, Celia Matteson, Heppner; Colleen Helget, Lebanon; Hanna Osborne, Mitchell and Nellie Blodgett of Philomath; 19 grand children and 10 great-grand children. He also leaves one sis ter, Loretta Morrison who lives in Colorado. One . son, Hubert, passed away in 1950. Interment will be in the Hepp ner Masonic cemetery with Cres- wid Mortuary in charge. Little League Start To Be Planned There will be a meeting of Little League parents and work ers Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30 p m in the high school lunch room. Final plans and arrangements will be made to begin the Little League season. A good attendance at the meet ing will be a big help in getting the league underway, officers emphasized. Shrine All-Star Gridders Named Coaches, players and alter nates were named this week for the 8th annual East-West All Star Shrine football game which will be played August 22 at the Round-Up stadium In Pendle ton. Two players from Morrow county schools have been chosen on the East team and three others were named on the alternate squad. On the first team ate Dick Ruhl, Heppner, a back; and Laddie Henderson, Lexington, a guard. The alternates on the East squad are Vern Simmons, Irrigon; Lee Cornelison, Lexing ton; and John Howton, lone, all backfield men. The East team will be coached by Al Keck, Merrill, head coach; Milt Durand, Umatilla and Ray Kerfoot, Culver, assistant coach es. Overseeing the efforts of the West squad will be Ron Ander son, Yoncalla, head coach; Fa ther Matthew Butsch and Don Schmidt, both of Alsea, assistant coaches. b i, u u a IK Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 7, 1959 Gazette-Times Copies 10 Cents 76th Year, Number 9 one oranc h Bank App rove d Federal Approval Granted Monday To Bank of E 0 The Bank of Eastern Oregon Monday received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D C, for the establishment of a branch bank at lone. Officers hope to have the new branch open for business by June 20. Gene Pierce, manager of the Heppner branch of the bank, which has head offices at Ar lington and who will manage the lone operation for the present time, said today that a contract has been granted to Melena Con struction Co, lone for the remod ellng of the Swanson building, recently vacated by Swanson and Hamlett Insurance, and that work will start immediately. Plans call for the installation of complete banking facilities at the new branch which will give lone its first local bank in many years. At one time a bank operated in the same build ing which will house the new Bank of Eastern Oregon branch. Pierce said the building will be completely remodeled Inside and that fixtures will approxi mate those in the Heppner branch which was opened in a new building less than two years ago. The Heppner manager will operate the lone branch, at least for the present time, and it Is planned that two full time em ployees will be needed to open the new facility. State of Oregon approval for the expansion was received a bout three weeks ago, but the federal OK came only Monday. A meeting of stockholders of the Bank of Eastern Oregon has been called for Monday, May 18 at 8 o'clock at the Veteran's hall in Arlington and it is expected that it will be necessary to in crease the bank's capital and surplus to meet the needs of the new lone branch. Bank of EO officers are Marlon Weatherford, Arlington, presi dent; L C Buchner, Arlington, vice president and cashier; Earl Hoag, vice president; and board members: Dave Lemons, John Krebs, Mel Brady, Arlington; Art Allen, Boardman; Garland Swanson, lone; Howard Bryant and R B Ferguson, Heppner. New Faces Due On School Board; Race In Lexington Zone Close OES TO MEET Ruth chapter no 32, OES will meet Friday evening, May 8 and all Past Matrons and Past Pat rons will be honored. All Eastern Star members are invited to attend. Ed La Trace was in Walla Walla Sunday to visit Mrs La Trace who is in the hospital re covering from surgery. Open House Planned For Hospital Week The executive committee of the Pioneer Memorial hospital aux iliary met Monday afternoon at the Bank of Eastern Oregon and plans were made for the obser vance of National Hospital Week, May 11-18. . . There will be an open house and tea at the hospital on Sun day, May 17 from 2 to 4 p m and anyone who wishes will be taken on a guided tour of the hospital. Harry Bongers and Mrs Velma Glass were appointed as a com mittee to buy the 16 mm movie projector for the hospital. Rais ing the funds to buy this pro jector has been one of the main projects of the auxiliary. Winners Announced In 4-H Club State Livestock Program A 16-year-old Columbia coun ty 4-H club member, Myrna Ran tala, has been named winner of a $100 college scholarship In a statewide livestock breed ing program, and 36 other young sters have won scholarships to 4-H Summer School, June 2rj to 27 at Oregon State College. Miss Rantala is in her sixth year of 4-H dairying, and has built up her herd to seven dairy animals. In 1957, she was chos en outstanding 4-H member showing Holsteins at the Oregon State Fair. Her home address is Clatskanie. Keith Cyrus, Sisters, was na med first alternate for the schol arship and Larry Jackson, Tan gent, second alternate. All entrants In the contest de veloped their 4-H livestock pro ject from one or two animals, according to judges. As divided herds increased, they developed their own small herd of breed ing stock. Best 4-H records show ed allied projects of pasture and forage production were also car ried with complete records of feed costs and sales of products and animals. ' The Morrow county winner of the expense paid trip to 4-H summer school is Kenneth Wright of Heppner. An unusually heavy turnout of voters for a school election went to the polls Monday to name a brand new 7-member school board which will take of fice July 1. The board will be the first to operate under the county administrative district plan which will go Into effect at the same time. Chosen on the board were Hen ry Gantenbein, Boardman, a member of the present board; James Henderson, Irrigon, a for mer member of the old rural school board; Fredrick Martin, lone who was chairman of the county school reorganization board; Delwin O Nelson, Lex ington, a new member; Alvln Bunch, Heppner rural, a mem ber of the present board; L E Dick Jr, a former member of the Heppner school board; and Lowell Gribble, Heppner, anoth er new face on the board. The length of term for each member was determined by the number of total votes received with the result that Gantenbein won a five year term, Dick four years, Gribble and Bunch three year, Hendersoa' two years and Martin and Nelson both one year terms. One Race Close . The race between Delwin Nel son and Elwynne Peck in the Lexington zone," was extremely close with only lour votes separ ating the two. Nelson apparently has won the post with 300 votes to Peck's 296. The first tally showed the two even closer, 299 to 298, but a recount of the votes in the Heppner precincts showed an error which raised Nelson's margin to the present four votes. The school board must certify the vote at its next meeting and it Is expected that It will prob ably call for another recount on this race before it is definitely settled. Two members of the present board who were seeking reelect ion but were defeated were Don McElligott, lone who was beaten by Martin; and Warren McCoy, Irrigon, present board chairman, who was edged out by Hender son. In the Heppner rural zone the defeated candidate was W W Weatherford, and in the Hepner city zone where there were two members to be named and three Special Film Here For P-TA Showing The last Heppner P-TA meet ing of the year will be held Wednesday in the multipurpose room of the grade school. Mrs Orvllle Cutsforth, county Red Cross chairman, has arranged to-show the film "Teaching John ny to Swim" to both the lone and Heppner P-TA meetings by showing it at the start of the lone meeting and then bringing it to Heppner. Robert Van Houte, new county school superintendent, will at tend this meeting, it was stated. The science fair exhibits will be ready for viewing and reports from the adult education classes and the state P-TA convention will be made. Members will be asked to fill out an evaluation sheet com menting on the favorable or un favorable aspects of the P-TA programs during the past year. It will seek opinions and in terests that can aid in formula ting next year's program. Fire Control Organization Meet Slated Monday A county wide fire control or ganization meeting has been called for Monday evening, May 11, reports N C Anderson, county extension agent. This general meeting is a follow-up of a de mand for a rural fire control program which was outlined by a group of interested , persons several weeks ago. Response to a survey of all farm families was great. The meeting which will be held at the county court room in Heppner beginning at 8 p m will give everyone a chance to express their ideas and views on the actual organization for most efficient protection. It is expec ted that those present will agree on the division of the county into districts or areas and de termine the need of additional fire fighting equipment necessary over that which is available on farms. Plans will be made for the exact type and amount of county assistance necessary. The original survey made on February 23 from cards mailed to approximately 350 farm peo ple indicate a great source of various equipment which is well adapted for fire fighting. A sum mary has been made of tanks, sprayers, back-packed and por table pumps, cats and dozers, road graders, plows, discs and other materials. Water sources are being located for most ef fective fire control. Everyone Is Invited to attend the Monday evening meeting. running, Phil Blakney received the smallest vote. A total of 619 votes were cast In the county, an unusually high number, but the percentage of turnout varied greatly among precincts. Boardman cast 109 votes and Hardman 15 to lead all others in percentage while Lexington was close behind with 115. Heppner cast the poorest percentage with only 219 turn ing out, and lone was about the same with only 81 going to the polls. Eighty Irrigon voters turn ed out which was not a partic ularly large number. Figures Given The actual vote was: Gantenbein 461 Dewey West (write-In) 15 Henderson 302 McCoy 256 Martin 298 McElligott 268 D O Nelson 300 Peck 296 Bunch 384 Weatherford 216 Dick - 431 Gribble 322 Blakney 263 Many school districts in Ore gon voted on their budget at the same time, but the Morrow county school budget election will be on Monday, May 18. The delay was necessary because the board withdrew its first budget for revision following a hearing. High School Students To Present Plays Members of the Heppner high school chapter of Future Busl ness Leaders of America and the staffs of the school paper, the Hehisch and the annual, the Mustang will give three one act plays on Monday and Tuesday evenings, May 11-12. In the multipurpose room of the grade school, at 8:00 p m on both evenings, they will present three comedies, "The Old Skin flint", "Cracked Ice" and "Every thing Nice." Careful Men, It's Conservation Week! This Is Wildlife and Con servation Week and It can mean more to anglers in the Morrow county area than many persons might think. In observance of the "Week" 3000 legal size or larger trout were planted in Willow and Rhea creeks ear ly this week by the state game commission. Now, all that Is needed is for fishermen to find out where they were planted. WEATHER Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week .21; for April .61; for May .19; for the year 6.07 inches. HI Low Prec. 70 49 .02 65 37 52 33 .02 53 29 .06 56 36 58 39 .11 58 31 . i ,t.:-'"'' 'J jl V:. ,p MA M V i n j City Area Seeks Additional Water Supply, Pressure The problem of water again occupied much of the Heppner city council's time Monday night when It received a request from Bert Kane who lives on the Con don highway in a recently an nexed section of the city, for additional water supply to his property. The council has been spending much time In recent months preparing for the renew al of the city's main water feeder line. Kane told the council that he has persons Interested In buying some of his lots with the Idea of building homes if water can be supplied to the area. At the present time Kane's is the last house on the water main and his elevation is almost equal to that of the city reservoir which makes it Impossible to supply water from the city gravity sys tem to any lots further out and higher. The council discussed the poss ibility of installing a pressure booster pump which might serve that section of town as well as boosting the supply for cemetery hill where there are also several good building lots which now cannot be served because they are higher than the reservoir. The council ordered engineering work to be done to see M a solution can be found. In other business the council ordered the cancellation of a per mit to keep a horse within the city limits held by Joann Tay lor because there had been com plaints from neighbors around the lot where the horse has been kept on Chase street. Building permits were Issued to Wilbur Worden, $750, remodel ing of residence; Carl Thorpe, $400 remodeling; and Ray Mas sey, $500 remodeling. NATIVE DAUGHTERS HONORED Morrow county's native daughters were honored last Thursday at the Homemaker's FestivaL All were daughters who were born within the boundaries of Mor row county of parents who had come here before 1870. Three of persons in the picture are granddaughters. Shown are, from the left standing, Mrs Norma Rea, Mrs Mary Ashbeck, Mrs Arvilla Swanson, Mrs Josie Jones, Mrs Norah Rasmus, Mrs Edith Nichosen; Mrs Mabel Cotter; Mrs Clara Eincald, Debby Kincaid; Miss Ona Gilliam; Bonnie Klncaid, Tracy Kincaid, Mrs Ruby Nichols. Seated are Mrs Olive Engleman and Mrs Zoe Billings. A complete story on the festival can be found on the society page. (C A Ruggles Photo) lone Girl Competing For Queen of Collegiate Rodeo Miss Kay Sherer, lone, will be. one of five Eastern Oregon Col lege coeds who will be compet ing during the next two weeks for queen of the Eastern Oregon Intercollegiate Rodeo to be held May 16 and 17 at the Pendleton Round-up grounds. Kay Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Sherer. The other candidates are Bun ny Moyer, Hermlston; Joanne Berryman, La Grande, Lynda Ferris, Pendleton; and Judy Beg ley, Joesph. The rodeo Is being held In conjunction with the Oregon Cen tennial and Is sponsored by the EOC rodeo club and the Pendle ton Mustangers. Colleges from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Cal ifornia and Colorado will be com peting for NIRA points and a- wards during the two day show. Princess Kay is a member of the Heppner Wranglers and has been a pennant bearer at the rodeo here. She has been compet ing in rodeos since the fifth grade and she will be riding her quarterhorse, Rocket. The queen will be chosen by an all school election, May 11. P-TA Program to Feature Photography The program for the next Heppner P-TA meeting Wednes day, May 13 will feature the work and members of the pho tography class, which was one of the study groups offered this year through the P-TA. Tom Wil son, instructor of the class, will be in charge of the program and displays of pictures developed and printed by the class will be exhibited. All P-TA members are urged to attend this last meeting of the year. LILIAN TURNER DANCE SLATED SATURDAY The annual Lilian Turner foundation benefit dance and potluck dinner will be held Sat urday night at the Lexington I OOF hall. The dinner will start at 6:30 and the dance at 9:30.
