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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 23, 1959
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PRINCESS JUDY COCHELL
The second member of the 1959
Morrow county Fair and Rodeo
Royal Court to be honored at her
own Princess dance will be Miss
Judy Cochell, the dark haired
representative of the Lexington
Grange.
Princess Judy's dance will be
held Saturday night at the fair
pavilion in Heppner with Wes
Tittle and his Tri-County Boys
of Redmond providing the pop
ular music.
Princess Judy is the daughter
of Air and Mrs Dick Wilkinson
of Heppner and she is a senior
at Heppner high school. She is
17 years of age, 5 ieet, 6 Inches
tall and weighs 118 pounds. She
has dark brown hair and green
eyes.
The pretty princess who is very
much at home on a horse, has
been an active member of her
school class. She is a three-year
SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE MADE
OFFICIAL BY BOARD ACTION
Action by the Morrow county
school board Monday night made
definite several changes in
county grade schools which were
made necessary by defeat re
cently of the supplemental
school budget levy. The changes
were not unexpected, but no def
inite action had been taken be
fore. The Hardman grade school will
be closed next year and students
transported to Heppner; the Lex
ington grade school will operate
as a primary school of four
grades only with students in
grades five through eight to be
transferred to Heppner or lone;
and the seventh and eighth
grades at Boardman and Irrigon
will be combined at Irrigon.
The board again heard objec
tions to the changes from repre
sentative groups of all effected
districts and those from Lexlng-
ton and Boardman told the board
that they had previously been
assured that their grade school
programs would not be effected
by the consolidation when some
of the high schools were com
bined. Superintendent Robert Van
Houte told the board that his
office had contacted almost every
family in Lexington with stu
dents above the fourth grade and
that 36 wanted to attend school
In Heppner. Six waifted to go
t0 lone and nine .others have
not yet been contacted.
The special meeting was plan
ned to set up attendance units
and student attendance assign
ments.
Van Houte also said that it
was his opinion that it will be
necessary to provide additional
h mi sine for the 7th grade at
Hemmer as a result of the addit
ional students coming from
closed schools.
A breakdown of anticipated
classroom loads in the various
schools in the county showed the
following:
Boardman grade school, three
combined classes of two grades
each with three teachers for the
six grades and a total or 58 pu
pils. Irrigon grade school, seven
classrooms and teachers with 148
pupils. The fifth and sixth grades
will be combined in one room.
Lexington, 60 pupils in four
grades with four teachers.
lone grade school, eight grades
and teachers, 146 students.
Heppner grade school, 468 stu
dents and 18 teachers.
Boardman Ownership Cited
Some possible leads for estab
lishing the ownership of the
member of the high school choir
and she sang in the all-state
Acappella choir in April of this
year. She also sings in a girls'
trio called the Melloettes; pan
tomimes with the Offbeats, was
vocalist for the high school dance
band and was art editor of the
school annual for 1959. She also
has served as treasurer of her
junior class.
She enjoys riding for cattle
and helping with the sheep on
the Wilkinson estate, her home.
Her hobbies include riding,
painting in oils, singing and
playing the piano.
Princess Judy has one younger
sister, Pam.
She recently traded her Palo
mino mare Mischief for a sorrel
gelding named Son.
Judy's party will be held at
the fair pavilion with dancing
scheduled from 10 until 2 o'clock.
Admission is $1.50 per person,
land on which the Boardman
school is located were presented
at the meeting. Last week it was
disclosed that there apeared to
be no record that the school dis
trict ever obtained title to the
property from the government,
which could cause difficulties
when It comes time to replace
the school because of the drown
ing out of the town by back
water from the John Day dam.
Henry Gantenbein, Boardman
a member of the board, said that
scrapbook of newspaper clip
pings by E P Doda is on me
at the Hermiston library which
refers to a five acre donation to
the townsite of Boardman from
the government through the ef
forts of H D Newell, project
engineer. The West Extension
Irrigation District apparently had
control of the land when the
school was built.
The date of the clippings is
September 17, 1936 and they are
from the Hermiston Herald. Ac
cording to the story the railroad
and another concern were going
to build the school, but got into
an argument over costs and fin
ally declined to donate the build
ings.
The citizens of Boardman fin
ally built the school on the five
acre site which had been donated
to the town.
The problem arose recently
when it was discovered that all
Boardman school district records
were lost about six years ago
when the school safe was burg
larized and the records destroy
ed. Final Swimming
Classes Start Monday
The final class for beginner
and intermediate swimmers will
start next Monday, July 27 at
the Heppner pool, it was announ
ced today by instructor, Tom
Hughes.
Registration will be held Mon
day morning and a registration
fee of $1.00 is charged for the
lessons.
Little League Sets
Special Meeting
A special "get ready" meeting
of parents and others interested
in Little League baseball will
be held Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30
at the high school cafeteria.
Election of officers for next
year will be held and plans will
be made for turfing and install
ing a water system on the Little
League field.
MCGG Is Receiving
120,000 Bushels
Of Grain Daily
Wheat and barley is pouring
into elevators of the Morrow
County Grain Growers at the
rate of 120,000 bushels a day
giving proof to the belief that
the county is going to have one
of its biggest crop years in his
tory. Al Lamb, MCGG manager, said
Wednesday that the present har
vesting level is practically the
same as last year, which was
one of the best years the county
has ever experienced. Early
spring guesses placed the pres
ent crop well down, but since
harvesting has started the esti
mate has gone up rapidly.
The hot weather of the past
week has undoubtedly hurt some
grain in the higher elevations,
Lamb said, but he still expects
the county average to run be
tween 30 and 35 bushels for
wheat and about a ton to the
acre for barley. By Wednesday
the Morrow County Grain Grow-
ers had received 1,200,000 bushels
of this year's crop, which is com
ing in at a rate equal to the
1958 season.
Lamh said the co-op is mov
ing about 35,000 bushels a day
by truck over the bombing range
road to the Hogue-Warner ele
vator for shipment down the riv
er and that daily train service
is taking an additional large
amount of the crop to terminal
storage.
Harvesting Is now general in
all sections of the county except
for the Hardman area and some
of the other fields close to the
mountains.
Meet to Study
Bombing. Range
A meeting to develop a master',.
plan of development of the
federal government will be held
next Monday night, July 27 at
p m at the court house.
The meeting is open to the
public and an attempt will be
made to set up a master plan
of utilization for the range if
and when it is turned back to
the county or private ownership.
Forrest E Cooper, attorney for
the Association of Oregon Coun
ties, will be here to assist with
the planning.
Connor's Dress Shop
Has New Owners
Mr and Mrs Frank F Connor,
owners or Connors Dress tnop
in Heppner for the past two
years, this week announce tne
sale of the business to Mrs Alice
Hastings and Mrs Grace Buschke,
both of Heppner.
They plan to continue to carry
a complete line of women s ap
parel and will operate the shop
under the name Milady s Ap
parel.
Harvey Harshman,
Taken by Death
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2 p m at the Heppner
Christian church for Harvey
Harshman, 74, who passed away
at his home, July 17.
Mr Harshman was born Sept
7, 1885 at Morgan and had lived
in Morrow county all his life.
For a number of years he dwned
a small farm Just below Heppner.
He was a member of the Christ
ian church. .
He is survived by his wife
Anna; three sons, Everett of
Heppner; Loyd and Buel, both
of Dayton, Wash; two daugh
ters, Irene Averill, Waitsburg,
Wash, and Delsie Mae Lake, Ti
gard; one brother, Oliver of Pen
dleton; 13 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
The Rev Charles Knox offlC'
iated at the services and inter
ment was in the Heppner Mason
ic cemetery with Creswick Mor
tuary in charge.
INFANT SON DIES
Graveside services were held
this afternoon at the Heppner
Masonic cemetery for George
Allen Worlein, infant son of Mr
and Mrs Joseph D Worlein of
Kinzua. The Rev Derrick of Kin
zua officiated.
Citizens
Who Wants Heated
Water, Anyway!
In case you had reason
to doubt that it has been hot
the past few days, here's
proof I
It got so hot in the boiler
room of the Heppner swim
ming pool that two trans
formers on the oil burner
melted down and burned out
For a while the kids will
have to swim in cold water.
Power and Pipe
Troubles Cause
Water Shortage
Heppner has not yet been
forced to start a general water
rationing plan, though power
curtailments and other difficul
ties during the past couple of
weeks has caused a complete re
striction of all sprinkling and
irrigating for short periods.
Last weekend the city was
forced to contact all residents
by phone for the second time
and ask a complete stoppage
of irrigating for a day when
an unknown power outage on
Willow creek stopped pumps at
the city wells and heavy use
dropped the total water storage
in bothcity reservoirs to a dang
erously low level of 60,000 gal
Ions. Normal storage is over
1,000,000 gallons. A week earlier
an REA transformer blowup shut
the city pumps down for nearly
two days and required the stop
ping of all irrigating.
Compounding last weekend's
water troubles was some unex
pected difficulty in connecting in
section of new pipeline oe-
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The use of water in Heppner
on Monday came close to setting
an all time record, it was dis
closed this week. Nearly 1,050,000
gallons was used during the 24
hour period which is over .juu,
000 gallons more than tne city
is able to pump from its wells
at the present time. The heavy
use completely drained one res
ervoir and caused low pressure
in some parts of town. Some of
the largest water users have
since been asked to use care in
an effort to keep supply and de
mand nearly even and forestall
eventual rationing to everyone.
Monday night the council a
warded the R M Wade Company
of Portland a' contract to supply
a new deep well pump which
will be installed in one of the
upper wells which does not now
have a pump. It is of 500 gallon
per minute capacity and, along
with completion of tne new
water line, will give the city
ample water supply. Its install
ation is expectea ty aDout rne
middle of August.
The city today expressed its
thanks to residents for their co
operation and understanding
during the past several days
when restrictions on water use
was necessary. It is hoped that
no further restrictions win be
necessary, but with hot weather
causing unusually heavy drain
on supplies, the city won t De
"out of the woods" until the
new pipeline project is complet
ed. Hospital Personnel
Sees New Films
Two films on "disaster" and
"evacuation of hospital patients"
was shown this week to regis
tered nurses and other person
nel at Pioneer Memorial hospit
al. The films were shown on the
new projector recently donated
for educational and entertain
ment purposes.
The disaster plan film ties in
closely with Civil Defense plan
ning and programs. Refresh
ments were served following the
showing.
Mrs Carey Hastings, Mm Joe
Wrieht. and Mrs Delmer Buschke
SDent the weekend in Portland
and Gresham visiting friends
and relatives.
Sizzle Under Summer Sun
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PIPELINE PROGRESSING Crews of the Everett Den Herder Com
pany are rapidly laying the six miles of the new City of Heppner
water line along the shoulder of the Willow creek road. As
much as 2000 feet of pipe has been laid in one day and Den
Herder told the council Monday that if pipe Is received on time
the manufacturer, the Job will be completed by early August
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mil. einht.inch steel nioe
. creek ready to be placed in trench for new city water line. The
laying of th8 six miles of pipe Is now nearly 60 percent com
pleted and when placed in use will help greatly to alleviate
the dry's water shortage. The new line win replace a nice ais
tance of old leaky concrete pipe, (GT Photo)
WEED KILLER CAUSE OF FRIDAY
GRASS FIRE NEAR HEPPNER
Here's a farm safety hint just
in time for National Farm Safe
ty Week being observed this
week says N C Anderson, county
extension agent. Don't use sod
ium Chlorate weed killer in areas
where there is danger from fire.
And Steve Thompson, Heppner
rancher adds "this recommen
dation is a good one I can
vouch for it."
Circumstances of last Friday's
School Medical
Exams Required
The ink is barely dry on last
year's report cards, but it's al
ready time to schedule medical
and dental work for children who
will be attending Morrow county
schools this fall, according to
Mrs Velma Glass, county health
nurse.
Regulations" of the state de
partment of education and the
state board of health require evi
dence of recent physical and den
tal examination for all children
entering the first and ninth
pradps for the first time, and
periodic examinations are rec
ommended thereafter. Immuni
zation against common diseases
is recommended, but not requlr
ed.
Examinations should be sched
uled as soon as possible because
out-of-town vacations might lim
it to only a few days the time
uiYiPn pxam nations can De ar
ranged and, more important,
early exams will allow a maxi
mum of time lor treatment oi
any defects found by the phy
sician and dentist, it was stress
ed. The health department sug
gests that it might be well for
the entire family to have" a sum
mer checkup before starting a
trip as it is easy to forget that
vacations can be spoiled cy
toothaches or infected tonsils.
The physical examination
forms (or goldenrod form as it
Is commonly known) were dis
tributed in May to students and
prospective students. Forms can
be obtained at pnysicians oi
fices and at the health depart
ment office in the court house
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A part of the nearly one-half
that is laid out along Willow
fire near the city reservoir on
the Thompson ranch was a new
experience for Steve. The story
behind it might help someone
else avoid this same situation
which could have been much
more costly, ueres xne story.
About 10 days ago Steve treated
some noxious weeds in the small
pasture surrounding the reservoir
with sodium chlorate. It was ap
plied dry then wetted afterward
to fix it in the soil.
Last Friday Steve prepared to
move a small Duncn oi cauie
from the pasture while round
ing them up they ran down the
hill and through the treated area.
"Thp catches were small, said
Steve, but the cattle ran right
through them both. They no
sooner hit them then they just
blew up I wouldn't have be
lieved it if I hadn t seen it my
self. The way those spots burn
ed it was only the fine cooper
ation of fire fighters in the area
that prevented more damage. We
were lucky no one was burnea.
This is an example of what
frequently happens with sodium
chlorate, Anderson adds. . When
used for weed control Its use
when rains begin. Caution must
be taken, especially when used
as a spray, to wash clothes to
prevent fire from friction. Stay
out of treated areas as fires have
been known to occur from the
slightest thing as a shoe nail
striking against a rock. Follow
directions on the can.
Mr Thompson would like to
thank everyone who helped with
this fire and reports that he nas
used sodium chlorate on his up
ner ranee. He adds "I hope every
one will avoid this area as it
could be dangerous."
PICNIC PLANNED
Relatives and friends are in
vited to a potluck picnic at the
Jasper Myers ranch on Butter
creek at 1:30 Sunday, August 2
honoring Phebe Bartholomew on
her 85th birthday. It Is asked that
no gifts be brought but that vis
itors bring their own taDie ser
vice.
Mr and Mrs Marlon Green were
In Portland for the weekend to
attend the Centennial Exposlt
ion.
Sunday High of
101 Degrees is
Hoitest of Year
Wednesday night's unus
ually hot "minimum" tem
perature of 76 degrees in
Heppner not only made
sleeping nearly impossible,
but is thought to have set a
record for warm nights. Time
did not permit a complete
check of local weather rec
ords, but if there was any
warmer night in Heppner
history, it was a good many
years ago.
The mercury climbed to a
high of 101 degrees Wednes
day afternoon before a layer
of clouds floated in from the
south to seal in most of the
heat and make Wednesday
night and Thursday morn
ing one of the most uncom
fortable ever experienced
here.
At 6 o'clock this morning
the temperature had risen
to 82 but by about 10 o'clock
a cooling breeze began to
drop the temperature slight
ly from a high oi 92 record
ed at 9 a m. Whether the
cooling trend will continue,
only time will tell.
Lightning was reported
over the mountains Wednes
day night, but this morning
the Heppner office of the
Forest Service had had no
fires reported.
Wednesday's 101 degrees
equalled this year's record
high set last Sunday.
Summer may have been a
little slow getting started, but
when Old Sol went to work In
earnest last Thursday he has
since hardly given any part of
Morrow county a breather with
the result that fire danger in
all sections has climbed to a
critical point. Luckily, though no
major blazes have been started
during the past week in this
section.
The coolest day during the past
seven was last Thursday when
the thermometer climbed only
to 92 degrees. Since then the
weather has been really hot.
The hottest day so far this
year, as recorded at the Heppner
weather station, was Sunday
when the mercury hit 101 de
grees and, even at that, Heppner
was one of the coolest towns
in this section of the state. On
the same day Arlington recorded
scorching 112, Boardman 115
and an unofficial report from
Echo said that the thermometer
got clear up to 121 degrees. Mon
day wasn't much cooler here, 99
degrees.
The continued hot weather has
raised fire danger to its great
est point of the season, but so
far no major fires have been re
ported either in this section of
the Umatilla National Forest or
in range or wheat land. One
small grass fire occurred Friday
near Heppner but It was con
trolled by the fire department
and volunteers before it had done
any great amount of damage.
The forest service fire weather
report Wednesday called for
possible thunderstorms over the
mountains by Thursday after
noon which could fortell some
trouble from this source should
the storms be "dry" ones. Further
south in Wheeler, Crook and
Lake counties, a series of storms
during the past week set nearly
100 forest and range fires.
Fire department and forest ser
vice officials continued to urge
all residents to use extreme care
with fire in hopes of preventing
any major blazes.
George Little HM 3 USK was
visiting friends in Heppner. He
is enroute from Camp Pendle
ton to Norfolk, Va. where he will
be stationed from 4 to 6 months.
He left for Portland Tuesday
where he enplaned for the East
WEATHER
Hi Low
Thursday 88 50
Friday 92 59
Saturday 95 59
Sunday 99 61
Monday 101 60
Tuesday 99 59
Wednesday 96 60
Rainfall for the week, none;
for July .11; for the year 7.62
Inches.