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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Turtle Race Said One of Top Events At Umatilla Fair A mayor's turtle race, plan ned as one of the main sporting events at the Umatilla county fair at Hermiston this weekend, promises to cause plenty of ex citement for the crowds that Is, if all the turtles don't Ret sab otaged or outlawed before the starting gun sounds. It is reported that the mayor of Echo was planning to enter a fur bearing turtle in the race, but when the mayor of Herm iston heard about it, he did some snooping and found out that the Echo mayor's entry was a bad ger. It was immediately elimi nated from competition. The mayors of several Uma tilla county towns are reportedly training their entries by various means. The fair will be held Thurs day, Friday and Saturday at the Hermiston grounds and a full three-day program of popular events Is slated. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr and Mrs Steven E Perrigan, Heppner, a 6 lb 12'3 oz girl born Aug 6, named June Mary. To Mr and Mrs Pete Cannon, lone, a 6 lb 11 oz girl born Aug 7, named Arlene Marie. To Mr and Mrs Elmer Leroy Berry, Heppner, a 7 lb 1 oz girl born Aug 8, named Tana Sue. To Mr and Mrs Leland Orvllle McKinney, lone, an 8 lb 3 oz boy born Aug 11, named Kurt Leland. To Mr and Mrs Dennis J Jones, Kinzua, an 8 lb 4 oz boy born Aug 11, named Steven Lynn. Patients Terry Lynn Petty John, Heppner, dismissed; Marg aret Hamm, Heppner, dismissed; Marion Olson, Heppner, dismiss ed; Leta Ledbetter, Heppner, dis missed; Patricia Best, Kinzua, dismissed; Ray Stoddard, Con don, dismissed; Adele Wright, Heppner, dismissed; Goldle Ash er, Kinzua, dismissed; William Claude Cox, Heppner; Audrey Edmondson, Heppner; John Wil son, Heppner; Jack Flug, Board man. THORPES VACATION Mr and Mrs Eddie Thorpe have returned from a week's vacation spent visiting his brother Wil liam Thorpe at Everett, Wash ington, his niece and nephew, Mr and Mrs Milton Vander Yacht at Linden. They then went to Vancouver, B C and returned home by way of Grand Coulee dam. Phone Your News Items to 6-9228 VACATION SPECIALS 670x15 V120 Nylon tube type .... $19.95 710x15 V120 Nylon tube type .... $21.86 760x15 V120 Nylon tubeless $26.49 750x14 Pacific Nyl. tbls. blk $27.95 800x14 Pacific Nyl. tbls., blk $30.95 Also Whitewall in most sizes ALL GENERAL P assenger I ires 40 RECAPS ON YOUR CASINGS 8.95 up Sec Us For A SAFER Vacation Ford's Tire La Grande Pendleton Thursday. August 11 1959 Former Heppner Man Saves River Victim Scott McMurdo, Corvallis, son of Dr and Mrs A D McMurdo of Heppner, has been credited with possibly saving the life of a Lebanon youth recently when he successfully gave artificial respiration after the victim had nearly drowned In the South Santlam river near Lebanon. The boy, Robert Goergen, 14 was swimming under water us ing a snorkel tube for breathing when he apparently stepped in a hole and went out of sight. Three Albany boys swimming nearby pulled the boy from the water and McMurdo, who was close by, had the youngster con scious by the time Lebanon fire men arrived with a resuscitator. 4 Heppner Students Accepted at W U WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY Four Heppner students have been accepted for admission to Willamette University this fall, according to director of admis sions Charles Paeth. They are Douglas Cribble, 'Joan Spencer, Renn Harris and Celia Boulden. All four will begin orientation week on the Salem campus Sept 13 with the class of 19G4, many of whom were born the year Willamette celebrated its centen nial as the oldest university west of the Rockies. Justice and Municipal Courts Wayne E Prock, overload, $54 fine. Earl Lee Papineau, axle over load, $87 fine. Ernest Reuben Snow, Jr, ex cessive motor noise, $10 fine. Carrol Frederick Farmer, vio lation of basic rule, $25 fine. R Darrell Powers, no PUC per mit, $10 fine. Leonard E Cook, overwldth load, $10 fine suspended. Harry Bongers, failure to stop at stop sign, $5 fine. Joe Taylor, violation of basic rule, $10 fine. ON SHORT VACATION Dr and Mrs R W Tfeiffer and daughter will leave August 19 to visit relatives in Portland and Eugene. His office will be closed from August 19 through the 22nd. The Heppner Civic League was Invited to attend a potluck din ner given at Boardman last week honoring the Wagon Train. Many members and their families at- tended. OFF PRESENT LIST Service Heppner 5 Ji ' A i 'If'- -' THE WHEATLANDS of Oregon's mid-Columbia region are featured on a pictorial panel viewed daily by hundreds of visitors to the Pacific Power & Light Company's Electric Garden exhibit at the Ore gon Centennial Exposition. Above, a PP4L attendant explains to a visitor (right) that the com pany provides electric services to Oregon counties that produce hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain for the nation's breadbaskets. Schools To Open (Continued from Page 1) principal and 8th grade. Riverside high school, Board- man, three new teachers and as sistant superintendent: Nancy Lerous, Portland, math; 'Muriel Ley, Portland, home economics and physical education; Wolf gang Edelmann, Park Rose, music; Jack Flug, Heppner, for mer county superintendent, as sistant superintendent. The Boardman grade school will have no new teachers. Irrigon grade school, four new: Elsie Gugle, Harper, 2nd grade; Margaret Lewis, Eugene, 3rd; Helen Stitzel, Mt Vernon, 4th grade; Jess Young, Cannon Beach, principal and 8th grade. Local News In Brief Mir and Mrs Frank Anderson and sons Eric, Steve and Charles were in Ukiah Sunday and vis ited at the home of Mr and Mrs Ebb Hughes. The Rev and Mrs Bruce Spen cer and family were at the coast for a ten day vacation "and re turned the first of the week. Harold Laird and Tommy and Elaine were in La Grande last weekend to visit Mrs Laird who is attending EOCE, summer school. Mrs W H Anderson (Marie Scrivner) of Bakersfleld, Califor nia was visiting last week at the home of her mother, Mrs Elbert Cox. Cheryl Hunt, Mrs Anderson's niece, returned to California with her for a visit. Mr and Mrs Harry O'Donnell spent the weekend in Portland ' and attended the Centennial Ex position while there. Mrs Les Wyman and daughter Sheridan accompanied them. 1 Mr and Mrs Claude Buschke left Thursday for Seattle where they will meet their son Robert who has just returned from Korea. Mr and Mrs Joe Farley of Hood River were in Heppner for the weekend and stayed at the home of his mother, Mrs Sarah Farley. Mr and Mrs Terrel Benge and Brent Bengtson left for Portland Tuesday where they met Brent's mother, Mrs Luola Bengtson. Mr and Mrs Elmer Strewler of Den ver, Colorado will return home with the Benges for a visit. Mrs Strewler is the sister of Mrs. Benge. Mrs Phil Blakney and children and Mrs Bob Brindle and child ren were in Paulsbo, Wash visit ing Mrs Blakney's mother, Mrs Doris Lehman and expect to re turn the first of next week. Houseguests over the weekend at the Alex Thompson home were Mr and Mrs Jack Marshall and daughters Nancy, Carol and Trina of Pasco, Wash. Mr and Mrs Marshall are formerly of Heppner. Mrs John Williams, her sister, Mrs Richard Knowland and Mrs Paul Koenig were In Pendleton Monday for the afternoon. TWO HEPPNER FAMILIES VACATION AT COAST Mr and Mrs LeRoy Gardner and son and Mr and Mrs Jack Van Winkle and family attend ed the Centennial Exposition last weekend and then drove to Longbeach, Wash where they va cationed for several days. In Portland they were met by Lenny and Lane Smith, sons of Mr and Mrs Marvin Smith of Coos Bay, formerly of Heppner, who returned home with the Van Winkles for a two weeks visit. Shirley Van Winkle remained in Portland at the home of Mrs Anne McNabb, where the Van Winkle family visited, for a visit. Mr and Mrs Gardner plan to return to Heppner the end of ,this week. Mr and Mrs Robert Dobbs, Shir lee and Bobby returned last week from Portland where they stayed with relatives and attended the family reunion. Mr and Mrs Richard Knowland and Caroline and Ricky of Med ford are houseguests at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs John Williams this week. Mr and Mrs Don Hamilton and children of Forest Grove were visiting last week for several days at the home of his father, Mr and Mrs Herb Hamilton. Bruce, Linda and Cynthia Glen nie returned to Heppner Sunday from The Dalles after a ten day visit at the home of their grand parents, Mr and Mrs S E Glen nie. Mr and Mrs Marion Hayden have been vacationing for sev eral weeks In Michigan. Mr and Mrs C E McQuarrie and son Dan spent the weekend in Portland and attended the Centennial. Mrs Elaine S George and sons David and Kit left Monday for Portland whore they will attend a theater convention and the Centennial Exposition. Jay Sumner was home from Corvallis visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs J C Sumner last weekend. Jay accompanied Mer win Howell of Lebanon, who was a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Randall Martin. Mr and Mrs Ed Wilson of Stan field were guests Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs J C Sumner and accompanied them to Ar lington to get Laura Lee Sumner and Judy Hamilton and to return Craig Sumner to the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Tom Sum ner in Arlington. Mr and Mrs Gus Nikander of Vancouver, B C were In Heppner this week for a few days and stayed at the home of her bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs Allen Case. Miss Leta Humphreys returned Wednesday from a trip to Ash land and Crater Lake. She was accompanied by Mrs Lucy Rod gers of Milwaukie, former Hepp ner resident. Mrs Omar McCaleb and her three daughters of Portland vis ited over the weekend at the home of her mother, Mrs Alex Green. They brought her father- in-law, William McCaleb, who had been visiting them, back to Heppner. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS t$ta I.T wl.NHAHB COMMIT J : i IJI N ' V I ilUtJvj v In nPi nr-- ci DELINQUENCY APPROACH A cooperative exchange of findings and correctives relating to juvenile delinquency will be proposed to committees and groups In other Oregon cities by a Salem group of social workers who met for the first time at a Salem hotel Friday. Much of the trouble attributed to teen-agers, said Judge Joseph Felton, Is actually caused by young adults, ranging from 19 to 25 years old, who are old enough to know better. They are not only a menace to themselves, but in fluence juveniles to be hood lums. He said that most of the 49 youths who were rounded-up when Salem officials learned they were assembling to stage gang warfare near Dallas two weeks ago, were not juveniles. Salem's Chief of Police Clyde Warren told the group that en forcement of the curfew ordi nance Is not a complete answer to delinquency problems be cause many of the offenders are above curfew age. Carl Nelson, director of the Marion County Juvenile Depart ment, advised that more atten tion be given to unsupervised groups and the part automobiles play in youth problems. Delin quency of parents and teachers in relation to the problem was discussed. Later meetings of the group were arranged and the meeting was adjourned when someone suggested the delin quency of social workers and officials be added to the objec tives of the organization. CONSTRUCTION GAINS Oregon's unannounced and al most unnoticed building boom should take the moaning out of tax-paying time for 1959 at least, and longer If voters refrain from voting more bonds and de mand that their legislators cut appropriations. Oregon led all but two western states Irr percentage of construc tion last year, according to Wes tern Building magazine. Of the 13 western states in-! eluding Alaska and Hawaii, Ore-1 gon's construction gain over 1957 was third highest with 46 per cent in dwelling units and the The beer with a past IS Si 103 YEARS OF QUALITY same In value of new dwellings. Oregon was fourth with an 8 percent gain in total number of permits issued. Leading Oregon in gains In the first three categories were New Mexico and Wyoming. A head in the gain In total number of permits were Montana, Ari zona and New Mexico. POPULATION QUIZ The nations leading authori ties on population Increase will be consulted by the U S Bureau of Census In Its August popula tion survey now under way. The authorities? Married wo men of course. They will be ask ed special questions to aid in estimating future population, a vital concern to government, business and school planners. The routine questions on employ ment and unemployment will be asked of men and women, mar ried or single. NEW STATE BUILDING The largest building of a $700, 000 construction project at Mac Laren School for Boys has just been completed and named after Oregon Governor T T Geer (1899 1903). The quadrangle building will house living quarters, audi torium seating 530, dental in firmary, clinical departments, field service and parole depart Penney's BACK-TO SCHOOL SHOP PENNEY'S! r 1 mm Lush WW i airs sessnpsT FromlaniousrCoiie"Mills5 fi'M iiifiBrs.Ka ALL FIRST QUALITY FULL PIECES! 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