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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.
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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.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 7, 1959
Gazette-Times
Copies 10 Cents
76th Year, Number 9
one oranc
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Bank App
rove
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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
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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.