HEPPNER GAZETTE
ORDNANCE DEPOT CONDON BASE SET
ARMED FORCES DAY OPEN HOUSE
The most powerful peacetime ment items. Movies will be run
force in U S history its men,
ships, planes and missiles stra
tpficallv located around the
D
world in combat readiness a
gainst any emergency w 1 1 1
spearhead the observance of the
tenth armed forces day, batur
day, May 16.
In observance of this day, Col
onel Cam Longley, Jr, comman
ding officer of the Umatilla Ord
nance Depot, Ordnance cwdially
extends his invitation to the pub
lip tn attend "ooen house" at the
depot.
"We will do everything possi
ble within security regulations
to enable our citizens to see tne
mighty forces that have been
created as a "Power For Peace"
against the threat of Commu
nist aggression," Longley said.
"This will be no small celebra
tion. Secretary of State Howell
Appling will be the principal
speaker. The program at the de
pot will include, as a major dis
play, a full size actual model
of our satellite,, "Explorer I",
complete with antenna and cut
away to show inside working de
tails." The depot will include in its
program a variety of other dis
plays to Include Nike Hercules,
missiles, anti-aircraft weapons,
small arms such as machine
guns, mortars, etc. . There will
be tours of the explosive areas
bv trains and busses. Visitors
will see large displays of live
ammunition of many types and
ammunition operating equip
ment of many varieties. The ad
ministrative area will be alive
with "county fair" type displays
of various Armed Forces equip-
Farmers Union Hears
Convention Report
A report on his trip to the
national convention was given
by Al Lamb at the monthly meet
ing of the Farmers Union held
Tuesday evening at the Fred
Mankin home In Heppner. Twe-ty-two
members and guests at
tended. Present at the meeting were
Mrs Inez Moore, from the state
Farmers Union office in Salem,
and George Keep, Union Insur
ance adjuster.
A movie on the 1VA was
shown by Paul Brown and the
regular meeting date has been
changed to the second Tuesday
of the month. The next meeting
will be June 9 at the O W Cuts
forth home.
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there will be a color slide "tour"
of the Hanford Atomic Works.
The depot cafeteria will be open
to serve ham and turkey din
ners at nominal cost. There will
be soft drinks and hot dogs.
"Come prepared to have the
time of your lives," the Colonel
adds, "we are doing all within
our power to make this Armed
Forces Day the most memorable
yet."
The "Day" will also be obser
ved at the Condon Air Force
radar station with an open
house and special program which
will be open to the public.
NEW 4-H CLUB ORGANIZED
"Sassy Sew and Sews" Is the
name selected for a new girl's
clothing 4-H club organized in
Lexington the pat week accord
ing to Esther Kirmis, Morrow
county extension agent. Mrs R
H Davidson, Lexington, is the
leader with her daughter, Bever
ly Davidson, acting as junior
leader
The girls will be taking the
first year clothing project, "Just
So Girls" with the exception of
j'.eora Van Winkle who is a
third year member with "Charm
ingly YourV and Beverly Davld-
son, a sixth year member, taking
"Fun and Sun .
Leora Van Winkle was chosen
president, with Jeanette Led
better, vice president; Maureen
Doherty, secretary; Linda Thorn
burg, song leader, and Beverly
Davidson, news reporter.
Other girls enrolled in the club
include: Joyce and Kay Peck,
Gunda and Barbara McCorkle,
Terry Munkers, Phyllis Thorn
burg, and Barbara Nichols.
With the organization of this
club the count Is now 29 4-H
clubs in the county with an en
rollment of 287 members.
Clubs may be organized for
tl.is 1959 year up until June 1.
1959.
Justice and
Municipal Courts
Robert Harold Klggins, dump
ing rubbish on public highway,
$10 fine, suspended
Jimmy Prock, excessive over
hang, $10 fine
SPECIAL SPEAKER DUE
The Lexington Christian church
will have the Rev Walter R Smith
of Bellingham, Wash as Speaker
Sunday, May 17 at the 11 a m
service.
BARGAIN
EACH ITEM
women's shoes
women's
items. Hurry I Save I
style . . . tops in value.
and nylon gabardine. Fine
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Heppner Teacher
Wins News Fellowship
Mrs Margaret Kirk, a teacher
at Heppner high school, has been
awarded a summer fellowship
for journalism study by The
Newspaper Fund.
The fellowship is one of 140
granted teachers from 42 states
who teach Journalism or advise
high school publications.. It was
given under terms of a gift of
$75,000 by The Wall Street Jour
nal.
Don Carter, executive director
of the Fund, said the teachers
were selected from a group of
476 formal applicants and they
will attend 37 different colleges
and universities this summer.
Bernard Kilgore, president of
The Wall Street Journal and also
president of The Newspaper
Fund, Inc. said: "We had reason
to believe, on the basis of a spec
ial study last year, that high
and school newspaper advisers
would appreciate some encour-
agement in this area, but we
really did not expect to be almost
swamped with inquiries and ap
plications I'm sorry we couldn't
do something for every teacher
who is seriously interested In
better training to teach Journ
alism."
Mr Carter added the directors
of The Newspaper Fund believe
the training will enhance the
teachers' professional knowledge
of journalism so they may better
inform young people on the broad
range of career opportunities
available in newspaper work.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr and Mrs
Gerald Gasner, Condon, an 8 lb
1 oz boy born May 8, named
Donald Edward. To Mr and Mrs
James Bradley, Condon, a 6 lb
10 oz boy born May 8, named
Bruce Allan.
Patients Martin Murray, Hep
pner, dismissed; Roy Shoun,
Spray; James Randall, Condon,
dismissed; Kenneth Jones, Con
don, dismissed; Monroe Greer,
lone, dismissed; Fred Dunn, Con
don, dismissed; James Gregory,
Kinzua, dismissed; Tommy
Gates, Condon, dismissed; Ilah
Bird, Kinzua; Betty Bird, Kin
zua; Robert Kllnger, Lexington;
E'a. DeMeritt, Kinzua; Agnes
Flug, Heppner; Janice Adams,
Kinzua, dismissed; Carma Koe
nig, Heppner; Marion Young, Ce
cil; Inez Meador, Heppner; Na-
dine Worlein, Kinzua; Cheryl
White, Heppner, dismissed; Ra
chel Dick, Heppner.
Elks Entertain For
Upper Grade Students
The seventh- and eighth grade
students were entertained Fri
day night at a party given by
the Heppner Elks lodge. Games
and dancing were enjoyed with
Gordon Pratt, high school prin
cipal, chairman of the affair.
Members of the Soroptmist
Club of Heppner prepared and
served the food under the chair
manship of Mrs Frank Connor.
She was assisted by Mrs Joe
Wright, Mrs John Ffeiffer, Mrs
E E Gonty, Mrs Grace Nickerson,
Mrs Pearl Devine, Mrs Rolce
Fulleton, Miss Leta Humphreys,
Mrs William Collins and Mrs
Floyd Adams.
County Bond Sales
Seen on Increase
April was a good month In
Oregon for E and H Savings
Bonds sales, according to figures
released today by county chair-
'man Jack Bedford.
"With 23 of Oregon's 36 coun
ties showing gains in sales com
pared to last year, the state to
tal for the month jumped from
$2,684,492 in April, 1958 to $2,821,
713 last month," said chairman
Bedford.
"In Multnomah county, April
sales of $1,283,115 compared well
with last year's total of $1,122,242.
Our own county sales In April
were $12,201 as against sales a
year ago amounting to $11,274,"
according to Mr Bedford.
THE WHOLE FAMILY will en-
Joy the delightful music, the
baseball games, the fun in
DAMN YANKEES, Star
Theater, Sunday-Monday-Tuesday.
County Fire
Control Plans Laid
A group of sixteen people laid
the ground work last Monday
evening for the proposed rural
fire control organization discuss
ed during the past several weeks.
The group all enthusiastic over
the possibilities of a good fire
control program for 1959, re
viewed and found that equip
ment listed by 125 farmers would
provide much of the means for
an effective program if Its use
could be coordinated. They pro
posed coordinating centers in the
south lone, North Lexington,
Eightmile and Heppner areas
agreeing that farm owned equip
ment could be made much more
effective if truck mounted pump
ers were stationed at these points.
Earlier a group had requested
investigation by county civil de-
'ense director, Norman Nelson of
jBoardman for such equipment,
1 PumPs suitable for fire fighting
' mounted on farm owned tanks
have also been requested through
the civil defense organization.
Discussed during the evening
was the possibility of stand by
airplane protection for fires suit
able to this type of control. The
group also agreed that radio
equipped planes could be Instru
mental In a reconnaisance flight
to determine the type and need
of various equipment for each
individual fire. Contacts will be
made to determine the economic
feasibility of this type of con
trol. With the organization well a
long those present were concern
ed with getting the full cooper
ation of every rancher in the
county for the greatest good to
everyone. A number interested
in this organization will appear
before the budget committee on
May 18 to determine If funds
will be available from the coun
ty for equipment to supplement
what Is not available from farm
people.
District Commander
Makes Visitation
The American Legion Post no
87 met Monday evening at the
American Legion hall.
District Com m a n d e r Herb
White of Pendleton was here for
his official visitation, and also
gave a short talk on the state
convention which will be in July
at Salem.
The next meeting, Monday,
May 18, will be nominations of
local officers and delegates for
the state convention.
A Dutch lunch was served fol
lowing the meeting.
Big Rainbow
Enticed by Worm
Who says there aren't any
fish In Willow Creek?
Last week Vic Groshens of
Heppner came up with the
granddaddy of a lot of the
creek's fish population when he
landed a 4 pound, 25 Inch Rain
bow. It was taken from a hole
below Heppner.
It Is the largest catch ever
reported to this paper.
CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET
A Heppner Civic League meet
ing will be held Monday, May
18 at the home of Mrs Matt
Hughes. A film, "Children from
to 9" will be shown by Mrs
Velma Glass.
SCIENCE FAIR FOR PUBLIC
The Science Fair now being
held In the multipurpose room
of the grade school is open to
the general public tonight
(Thursday) from 7 to 10 p m.
Work of both the high school
and grade school students will
be on display.
Weekend guests at the home
of Mr and Mrs Oliver Creswick
were her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Duane Gentry
and two children of Milton-Free-water.
Mrs Raymond Ferguson left
Tuesday by plane for Seattle to
visit with her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Robert Kelly.
Mr and Mrs Randy Lott were
in Portland over the weekend.
While they were away Mrs Zetta j
Brosnan tended their store lor
them.
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C. A. RUGGLES
INSURANCE AGENCY
State Police Sgt
Receives Promotion
State Police Sgt Davii rizen
dine of Arlington will leave June
1 for La Grande where he has
been assigned as supervisor of
the state police In Union and
Wallowa counties. He will re
place Sgt D J Casciato who Is
being transferred to West Slope,
near Portland.
Sgt Brizendine joined the state
police In 1942 with an assign
ment as patrolman in Malheur
county at Ontario. In 1955 he
was promoted to sergeant for
Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler
counties and his recent promo
tion is a big step in the depart
ment.
Sgt Verlin Combs will replace
Brizendine, coming to this area
from Ontario where he has been
patrol sergeant for two years.
Brizendine stated, "I regret
leaving the people of Morrow
county as I have gained many
friends and received the full co
operation of everyone here.
Single Vote Decides
School Board Race
A recount of votes in last
week's county school board
election didn't change any.
thing but it narrowed the
margin,, by which D O Nel
son, Lexington, won his post.
And, he only had a four vote
lead after the first count
The first count gave Nel
son a 300 to 296 lead over
Elwynne Peck. The recount
reduced it to one vote 299
to 298.
Mr and Mrs Tom Wilson left
Wednesday for Sandpolnt, Idaho,
returning to Heppner on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs -E D Davidson and
son Danny of Forest Grove were
weekend guests at the home of
Mr and Mrs Clint Agee.
J L Rosewall of Enterprise has
been visiting for a few days at
the home of his brother, W C
Rosewall.
Mrs Loyd Burkenbine and son
Jay are in Portland this week.
Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson
of St Louis, Missouri were in
Heppner last week visiting his
relatives, Mr and Mrs Ben An
derson, Mr and Mrs Frank Ander
son and Mr and Mrs James Far-'
ley.
Mr and Mrs Harold Spilde and
two children were wee k e n d
guests at the home of her sister,
Mr and Mrs Philip Blakney.
Del Jordan was in Walla Walla
Tuesday on a fall buying trip.
Mr and Mrs James Farley and
daughters Shanny and Trisha
left for Portland last Wednesday
afternoon and expected to re
turn the end of the weekend.
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Electric Rate
Increase Claimed
Necessary by PP&L
Salem Officials of Pacific
Power & Light Company stated
here this week that rising costs
of construction and operation
compel the company to seek rate
relief by asking the Public Util
ities Commissioner for approval
of the first general increases In
electric rates in the 49-year his
tory of the company.
"Costs of materials and wages
have more than doubled since
the end of World War II, and
finally have reached the point
where the company no longer
is able to offset these inflation
ary forces by increasing its sales
Local News In Brief
Mrs Jerry Daggett Mrs Bill
Scrivner, Mrs Bill Blake, Mrs Bill
Glennie,' Mrs Howard Cleveland,
and Mrs Harlan McCurdy, Jr en
joyed a trip to Portland Thurs
day. They returned that evening.
Mrs Robert Abrams was in
Portland Tuesday and Wednes
day of last week to attend the
annual meeting of the Oregon
State TB and Health Association,
Robert Abrams was in Eugene
Thursday through Saturday to
attend the meeting of the Ore
gon State Bar Association con
tinuing legal education.
Mrs Roy Elkins and children
Scott and Stacey of Torrance,
California are here for a weeks
visit at the home of her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs
Fred Gimbel.
Mr and Mrs John Hartman and
Mr and Mrs Bob Flatt were in
Pendleton Tuesday afternoon and
evening. Mr Hartman was there
on business.
Mrs Al Matoon met Mr Matoon
in Portland and then were at
the coast for a weeks vacation,
Mr and Mrs Clyde Nutting
were in Portland Thursday on
a business trip.
Mr and Mrs Don Turner and
children Ginny Lou and Jeffrey
were In Portland Thursday and
Friday.
Mrs Pearl Steers was in Her-
miston Saturday to visit with her
brother and his wife, Mr and
Mrs Kinard McDaniel.
Joseph Hughes Jr of San Fran
cisco arrived Friday evening on
a surprise visit with his parents,
Mr and Mrs Joseph Hughes Sr,
for the weekend. Mr Hughes is
credit manager of Dohrman
Commercial, Inc in San Fran
cisco. Mr and Mrs Harold Buchanan
and three children of Hermis
ton were in Heppner Sunday to
visit Mrs Buchanan's mother, Mrs
Ed La Trace.
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(power", Don R McLung, PP&L
president, told a board of PUC
examiners at public hearings
opened Monday on the proposed
rate adjustments.
The PP&L president said the
average price received per kilowatt-hour
by the company from
Oregon residential customers has
dropped 84 percent since 1945.
"Even with the 15 percent av
erage Increase requested, elec
tricity would still remain one of
the greatest bargains for the
consuming public," McClung em
phasized. The new schedules filed with
the PUC will make an "all-electric
rate" available to all resi
dential customers having elec
tric ranges and water heater.
A majority of PP&L customers
in the higher use brackets are
expected to qualify.
For homes using approximat
ely 700 kilowatt-hours of elec
tricity a month, about average,
the increase would be 13 per
cent, or about four to five cents
a day.
McClung said the requested In
crease in revenues would help
the company pay the higher
costs of operation and local tax
es, and also would assure con
tinued high-standard electric
service for customers. He told
the PUC examiners the company
also must obtain adequate earn-
ings on the investments in its
business in order to continue to
attract at reasonable cost the
capital funds necessary to build
new power projects and lines for
Oregon's growing electric loads.
"In the past year alone the
company has added $72,594,000
of new electric facilities to serve
customers In Oregon and Wash
ington," McClung reported In
reference to the record construc
tion programs of the past few
years.
Mr and Mrs Fred Mankin and
granddaughter, Sharon Bunch at
tended the Pea Festival parade
at Milton-Freewater on Satur
day. Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson
spent Mothers Day in Walla
Walla with their neice and her
family, Mr and Mrs Gail Grone
wald. Mr and Mrs Keith Marshall
and three children, Julia Lee,
Keith Lynn and Tony of Sweet
Home arrived in Heppner Satur
day, accompanied by Bill Hughes
of Pacific University and were
all weekend guests at the home
of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hughes
Sr.
All the joy in the world for all
the world to enjoy. That's
AUNTIE MAME. Star Theater,
Thursday-Friday-Sajurday.
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