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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Heart Attack Claims One Local Hunter; Another Man Shot One Hepner man died ol a heart attack Sunday while deer hunting near here, and a Port land hunter suffered critical In juries the same day when he was shot in the abdomen by an un known person. Isaac H "Ike" Cole, 44 of Lex ington was the victim of the heart attack which claimed his life while with a hunting party in the vicinity of Scritsmeier's mill in the Blue Mountains. Cole had shot a deer and was stricken while he was walking to where it had fallen. He was carried out by several other hunters but was dead by the time he could be brought into Heppner. Cole had lived in this area for about 10 years, formerly driving a lumber truck between Monu ment and Heppner. Recently he had been employed at Lexing ton Implement Company. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in Heppner. Clarence Ronald Neffendorf, 25, of Portland was injured critically about 6:30 Sunday morning when he was struck in the ab domen by a bullet fired by an unknown hunter. He and a party of seven other men from Port land were hunting in the moun tains southeast of Hardman. The bullet struck Neffendorf on the right side below the ribs and crossed through his body coming out through his belt on the left side. Doctors and police surmise that he was hit with a hard nosed bullet which is illegal for deer hunting use. He was brought to Pioneer Mem orial hospital by members of his party. He was reported Wednes day by physicians to be making a satisfactory recovery. State police and sheriff C J D Bauman, who investigated the shooting, indicated that they though it was doubtful if any member of Neffendorf's party could have shot him because of the angle at which the bullet entered his body. They are con tinuing the investigation. Three other hunters were "cas ualties" of sorts, during the opening days of the deer season and all were treated at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Arthur Young of Tigard was treated for a deep knife wound on his right leg which was self inflicted while he was skinning out his deer, and two other men spent Saturday night and Sun day In the hospital under treat ment for food poisoning. They were Reeves Coats of Salem, and Robert Coats of Astoria. Cole Services Wednesday Isaac Howard Cole was born May 2, 1915 at Joseph, Oregon, the son of Charles and Katie Cole. He died October 4 of a heart attack while hunting. Mr Cole was a member of the Hepp ner Elks lodge, American Legion post no 87 and the 101st Air borne Association. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a m at the Heppner Methodist church under the direction of the Elks lodge with the Rev Austin McGhee as sisting. Interment was in the Summerville cemetery near La Grande. He is survived by his wife Elsie, Lexington; two sisters, Annette " Goebel, Wallowa; Mil dred McDow, Hillsboro; one aunt, Pearl Conrad, Wallowa several nieces and a nephew. 1 County Receives 'In Lieu' Tax Fund The Oregon State Tax Com mission announced today that it has distributed payments tot aling $117,518.52 to thirty-one counties in which electric co operatives operate. The monies are credited to the county gener al fund. The tax is a 20 gross earnings tax based upon sales of energy and Is-in lieu of ad valorem taxes upon the trans mission and distribution lines of the cooperatives for the tax year 1959-60. The amount of $117,518.52 is a 6 increase over last year and a 46.5 increase over the taxes paid 5 years ago. Morrow county received $3,132. 40 from this source. REP AL ULLMAN Ullman to Speak Wednesday at lone Congressman Al Ullman, Ba ker, will address a no-host din ner meeting next Wednesday, Oct 14 at Stefani's Fine Food in one. Dinner will be served at 6 p m, it was announced by members of the Morrow county Democratic central committee, sponsors of this meeting. This will be Ullman's first ap pearance In the county since the adlournment of Congress last month. Heppner : GAZET Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 8y 1959 Copies 10 Cents 76th Year, Number 31 WEATHER Rites Held For John W LaForgey Funeral services were held Fridav. Oct 2 at the Creswick Mortuary chapel for John W Le- Forgey who died Sept 29 at Pio neer Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for many years. He was vs years 01 uge. Mr LeForgey was born Marcn 9, 1881 at Hardman and naa lived In this area most of his life. He is survived by a son Bill of Spokane and a daughter Helen Davies of Elks City, Oregon. The Rev Austin McGhee of ficiated at the rites and inter ment was in Heppner Masonic cemetery. Dedication Sunday At lone Church HI Low Prec Thursday 56 29 Friday 59 34 Saturday 64 41 Sunday 74 43 Monday 79 46 Tuesday 65 40 Tr Wednesday 57 37 Rainfall for the week, trace; for October, trace, 9.21 inches. for the year A special dedication service of the new pulpit and railing at the lone Community church will be held Sunday, Oct 11 at 11 a m. They were- given in memory of Mrs Evelyn Dobyns and purch ased with money donated as a memorial fund for her. The altar and railing . were made by Clarence Royer of Pen dleton and finished by Ernie Winchester, Heppner. Navy, Ordnance Depot Claim Bomb Range is Needed By MARY LEE MARLOW Residents of Morrow county heard representatives of the Navy, Army Engineers, Inland Empire Waterways Assn and Umatilla Ordnance Depot ex press Interest In the Boardman bombing range at a meeting In Boardman Thursday night of last week. James R Hughes, real estate specialist for the Seattle office of the Army Engineers, noted the Air 'Force declared the land excess Aug 12, 1958, and the Navy acquired use of At Dec 12, 1958, on a permit for five years. Cmdr. L Blaine LIbby, Naval Air Station, Whidby Island, Wash said the range was es sential for training pilots In the ABC's of live bombing. The range is 30 minutes from Whidby, or 200 miles away. No other site is available for a range east of the mountains and within this distance. Weather cond It I o n s make bombing practice impractical on the west side of the mountains. The Boardman range Is also out of approved flight paths. Clear weather most of the year makes the range useful on short notice. Llbby pointed out that In these days of the limited war, carrier based aircraft play a vital role. Planes using the range are swept-back Jets from four carrier based squadrons. He pictured the training pilots receive over the range as essen tial to their effectiveness and the force of this branch of the armed services. Col Cam Longley, command lng officer of Umatilla Ordnance Depot explained the range was necessary for destruction of ob solete ammunition of certain types. The depot Is a tenant at the range, he said. He said an area with a five-mile radius might serve the depot's purposes just as well as. the present tract which is much larger. He stated he had an Idea that if more rangeland was needed arrangements could be worked out for ranchers to fence part of the UOD tract. Libby responded to a question from the audience concerning the Navy's plans for using about one-half the range which has been let out for grazing. He said he saw no reason for changing that arrangement. Judge Oscar Peterson, repre- sentlne interests of Morrow county In the 96,000 acre range, said the land along the future John Day pool, which is the northern boundary of Morrow county, offers excellent sites for industry. Judge Peterson oilers other arguments for release of the range from government own ership in a guest editorial on page 2 of today's paper. in - ii n "- i II 1 "" 1 1 I , ) . if ?'-- ! I . ' " - i i " J M art v VI ;fV v , ' . r x- vV ' Nixon Due For Dam Dedication OREGON HOMEMAKERS make plans for national convention Mrs Armas Jakku, state homemakers president Hood River, and Mrs E E Kilpatrick, convention chairman, Salem, go over hom ing plans for the 1000 visitors expected at the National Home Demonstration Council meeting in Portland Oct 11-14. Several from Morrow county will attend. Homemakers To Hold National Convention in State Eight Morrow county home- makers will take a few days off next week from household duties to attend the National Home Demonstration Council meeting, October 11-14 in Portland, accord ing to Esther Kirmls, Morrow county extension agent. Those attending Include, Mrs E M Baker, Mrs Omar Rietmann, lone; Mrs Norman Nelson, Lex ington; Mrs Ronald Black and Mrs Dewey West, Boardman; Mrs Paul Slaughter, Irrigon; and Mrs John Bergstrom and Mrs Walter Wright, Heppner, This will be the first time In 23 years that homemakers from all over the United States will gather for their national conven tion west of the Rockies. They'll listen and learn from some fa mous speakers, among them C M. Ferguson, administrator, fed eral extension office, Washing ton, D. C, Dr Fred Kern, director of religious affairs in civil de fense, Battle Creek, Michigan, Governor Mark Hatfield, Cong 3 COUNTY SOLDIERS TAKE PART IN GERMAN TRAINING EXERCISE Three Army privates first class from Morrow county recently participated in a lengthy field training exercise with the 4th Armored Division in Grafenwohr, Germany. They were Stacey R Lovgren, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred L Lovgren, Route 1, Heppner; Rudolph W Bergstrom. 24, son of Mr and Mrs E William Berg strom, lone; and Jay D Hudson, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Darl Hudson, Heppner. The tests, culminating many months of intensified training, were designed t0 determine the r-nmhat readiness ana taciicai capabilities of the various units nt the 4th Armored Division, a m,w olpment of the NATO shield of defense in Europe. Hudson, an intelligence spec' ialist with Headquarters Com pany of the division's 35th Armor in Erlang, entered the Army last October and arrived In Europe in April. He is a 1957 graduate of Hepp ner high school. Bergstrom, who arrived over seas last April, is a jeep driver in Headquarters Company of the division's Combat Command C Crailsheim. He completed basic training at Ft Hood Texas. A former student at Oregon State College. Bergstrom was engaged in farming before en tering the Army in October 1958. He was graduated from lone high school in 1953. Lovgren, who also arrived overseas last April, is a military policeman in the division's 404th Military Police Company. He completed basic training at Ft Hood. A 1954 graduate of Heppner high school, Lovgren worked for Eastern Oregon Logging. Co, Kinzua. before entering the Army in October 1958, School Bus Driver Training Program To Be Held Here The second full month of school bus driver training sess ions for the 1959-60 school year will begin October 2 with a train ing program for drivers in Lane county. The training programs, spon sored by the Department of Ed ucation and Department of Motor Vehicles, cover all laws and reg ulations pertaining to school bus operation. Through the training, the state hopes to improve the safety of pupil transportation, provide more economical transportation and coordinate all interested agencies in a uniform effort to Improve school bus transporter ion efficiency. Other meetings sch e d u 1 e d through October include Morrow county, Oct 19 at Heppner. Vice President and Mrs Rich ard M Nixon will spend two days In Oregon during his trip here to dedicate The Dalles dam on the Columbia River it was an nounced Wednesday by Govern or Mark Hatfield.' The Nixon's plane will arrive in Portland In time for breakfast Saturday morning, October 10 and will take off Immediately afterward for The Dalles. The Vice President will Inspect the dam with the Corps of Engineers after participating in the dedi catory exercises at 10:30 a m. At noon he will be the guest of Thp Dalles dam dedication committee at the Junior high school for a distinguished guest luncheon. Meanwhile, the gen eral public will be accommoda ted at the high school gymnas ium at a box lunch. The Vice President will return to Portland in late afternoon for an editorial background confer ence on international affairs. He will stay overnight at the Sher aton Hotel. The Nixon party will leave Portland Sunday. It will be the third occasion in 53 weeks that the Vice President has been In Oregon. He was here October 3 last year in behalf of the Gov ernor's candidacy and on Feb ruary 14 he opened the state hood Centennial year activities with a ceremony in the state capitol before a joint session of the legislature. He also visited Astoria and Portland for talks that same day. He was In Cor vallis in 1954 and 1956 in Eugene and Medford. The Nixons are coming to Ore gon from Texas via chartered aircraft. Governor Hatfield will accompany the Vice President from Portland to The Dalles. In the ceremony at the dam which occurs on the Washington side of the river, the Vice President will be met and Introduced to Governor Rosellinl. Rummage Donations Still Wanted by Civic League The Civic League is still In need of rummage for Its sale Oct 16 and 17 to be held at Bruce Motors. Co-chairman, Mrs Robert Ab rams and Mrs Del Jordan point out that Monday, Oct 13 Is the deadline for receiving clothing, draperies and similar articles that should be dry cleaned. Cleaning Increases the sale val ue of these items and anyone having such articles to donate should call a member of the pickup committee by Monday, Oct 13 to insure cleaning of their donations. However, other dona tions will be accepted after that date. Pickup commltte members to call are Mrs L L Robbins, 6-973; Mrs Matt Hughes, 6-9419; Mrs David Eckman, 6-9101; Mrs Del Jordan, 6-9180; Mrs Robert Ab- rams, 6-9789; or Mrs Bud Col lins, 6-9679. Committees of Civic League members and mothers of kinder garten children are being organ ized te- sort and price all do nations. Articles in need of wash ing and ironing will be process ed by committee members. Clerk ing will be done by kindergarten mothers and those who have not been contacted for their working hours may call Mrs Abrams or Mrs Jordan. The League expresses It ap preclatlon for the generous re. sponse of the public for donat Ions for the sale. 4-H Achievement Party is Dated November 7 Is the day set for the Morrow county 4-H members to receive their 411 pins and awards they have earned dur lnff the past club year, accord lne to Esther Kirmls, Morrow county extension agent. The a wards party will begin with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p m at the Heppner fair pavilion after which awards will be made. The 4-H achievement party committee composed of Mrs E governor mam u- M Baker, chairman, lone; Mrs resswoman Edith Green, and Dr, . ... M r ,,orcnn Paul Wright, pastor of the Jlrst Presbyterian church, Portland. immm!L Echo: The conierence is nut umiieu EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, Oct 20 at the court house from 9:30 a m to 3:30 p m. Mr and Mn Roice Fulleton had as their guests for a week his mother, Mrs Edith Fulleton of Vale and his aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs J W Roberts of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Hearings Slated On Train Speeds Four hearings have teen set bv the public utility commission er involving speed of trains or the placement of safety devices at rail crossings in li uregon cities. The PUC will hear a proceed ines at Condon at 9:00 a m, Oct 20, involving the speed of trains over the Grass Valley, JJonaon and Heppner branches of the Union Pacific railroad through the cities of Wasco, Moro, Grass Valley, Condon, Arlington, lone, Lexington and Heppner. On Oct 27, the regulatory body has scheduled a hearing at Sal em at 10 a m, on the application of the Southern Pacific Com. pany to establish automatic sig nals in Independence. Two days later, at 1:30 p m ot Madras, the PUC will hear the applications of the Oregon Trunk Railway Company to op erate automatic signals at Cul ver. A fourth hearing has been set for Tuesday, Nov 3 at 1:30 p p, Springfield, on an application of the SP for protective devices in Springfield. to extension officers or members, says Miss Kirmis. Any woman in the county who would like to attend is lnvitea, oui mubi paj , the $2 registration fee. Total at tendance Is estimated to reach 2500, with homemakers coming all the way from Alaska, Maine, and the far south, reports Mrs E Kilpatrick, Salem, general chairman. "Oregon Night", October 14, will probably highlight tne meeting for the local delegation. The Bohemians, a group of 13 Portland businessmen, will en tertain with favorite folk songs. This summer the Bohemians toured Europe at the Invitation of the state department and USO. One of the group spent three years as a teacher in the Tyro lean Alps and many oi tne group's songs reflect his yodel- ing skill, the Morrow county agent reports. Most of the program will De divided into special work ses sions built around projects that Morrow county homemakers use in local unit programs. These in rlude sessions In citizenship, In ternational relations, safety and civil defense and publicity. Persons wishing more informa tion on the program are asked to call the Morrow county ex tension office, at Heppner, phone 6-9642. met on Saturday, October 3 to appoint the following commit tees to make this achievement party a success. Committees appointed were as Three More 1960 Model Cars Make Debut This Weekend Three more 1960 model cars will have their initial pumic showing this weekend at Hepp ner dealers' showrooms, iney are the Ford, the new Ford Fal con, a small car introduced for the first time by the Ford Motor ComDanv. and the Buick. The Ford and the fraicon win hp shown at Bruce Motors, Inc, and Farley Motor Company will disnlav the Buick. The Falcon is a completely new car of smaller size and both the Ford and the Buick are an nouncing many changes in the new models. follows: Program committee: Mrs George LuclanI, chairman; Mrs Carl Rhea, Mrs Roy Martin, Mrs Garry Tullls, Mrs Milton Mor ean. Mrs B J Doherty. Decoraton committee: Mrs Andy Van Scholack, chairman; Mrs Merritt Gray, Mrs Robert Davidson, Mrs O W Cutsforth, Mrs L A McCabe, Mrs Jim Val entine, Mrs Robert Brlndle, Mrs Phil Mahoney, Mrs Herbert Case, Mrs Fredrick Martin. Hostessing committee: Mrs E M Baker, chairman; Mrs Max Barclay, Mrs William Doherty, Mrs N C Anderson. Physical plant & clean up: Marcel Jones, co-chairman; Joe David Hay, co-chairman; Jim Valentine, Albert Fetsch, How ard Cleveland, Harold Wright, Role Fulleton. Paul Webb, Frank Anderson, W J Brtnda, Ed gar Albert, Jack Van Winkle. Dinner committee: Mrs Marcei Jones, chairman; Mrs William Rawlins, Mrs Louis Carlson, Mrs Paul Webb, Mrs Joseph Stewart, Mr Mike Mathews. Mrs N C Anderson. Committee chairmen will meet with their committees soon to make plans relative to their re sponslblllties. Start Made To Get Water To South Heppner The first step in solving the water shortage in the recently annexed section of Heppner a long the Condon highway was taken by the city council Mon day night when It went over plans prepared by engineers lor an improved water system and authorized purchase of pipe for a part of the project As planned by the council, city crews will lay a complete new six and four inch main south from the comer of May and Can non streets to the city limits of town which Is south of the Bert Kane property on the highway. This line will make water avail able to residents who have been served by a small private line, and to a new home which was recently moved onto a lot there and which Is above present mains The new main Is only the first part of the complete project which when completed will pro vide ample water and pressure not only to the South Main street section, but also to all lots on cemetery hill and the cemetery Itself. Only the first step can be taken this year by the city due to lack of funds, but It will at least make water available in the area, though the pressure will be low until the whole Installation Is complete. The second step in the plan is the purchase or acquiring of the steel reservoir tank at the upper end of the cemetery which was put In by the cemetery dis trict This will be connected by mains to the new Main street line and all lines on cemetery hill. Water will be pumped into the cemetery reservoir from the city's large storage reservoir on Balm Fork. At the present time the upper lots on cemetery hill and those south on the highway are above tne city's reservoirs but when the new tank is in corporated in the system water will be available to all lota on cemetery hill and as far south as the Flying A Motel. It is thought by the council that it will take at least two, and possibly three yars to find budget money to complete the project In other business the council received a complaint signed by several residents of the North west section of town about bark ing dogs and city police were in structed to Investigate If they could be classified as a nuisance. City superintendent Vic Gro shens was authorized to purch ase necessary equipment to re build the city's present street flusher so that it could do an adequate job of washing streets. Numerous complaints have been received by the council concern ing dirty streets. Building permits were Issued to James Hager for a $15,000 new residence on Chase street; T L Dubuaue. $300 remodeling; and LEXINGTON GRANGE TO MEET SATURDAY The first fall meeting of the Lexington Grange will be held Saturday, Oct 10 starting witn a Dotluck supper at 6:15. ne ceedlng the business meeting a DroEram on, "A look at our new state of Hawaii" will be pre sented In films and displays. Dr and Mrs Wallace Wolff left Friday for Sand Point, Idaho to visit the Tom Wkions for the weekend. Mr and Mrs LeRoy Gardner and son LeRoy Jr were in The Dalles Sunday to attend the wed dine of Mr Gardner's brother, Lewis Gardner. M L Case estate for 51500 re modeling at 323 N Main street in the Case building. Auxiliary Hears Report on Hospital Fund Drive Start Letters have been sent out to organizations and individuals asking for money or pledges tor the air conditioning system at Pioneer Memorial hospital, it was reported at a recent meeting of the hospital auxiliary by Mrs Garland Swanson, chairman or the fund raising committee. The auxiliary meeting was held at the Lexington city hall with Mrs C C Jones presiding. Dr C M Wagner of Heppner spoke on "Mental lllnesses," their causes and how to recog nize them. Refreshments were served to 18 members present by Mrs Dollie Smith, Mrs June David son and Mrs Leila Palmer. RHEA CREEK HEC TO MEET THURSDAY The Rhea Creek HEC will meet at the grange hall Thursday. October 15 for a potluck dinner and clean up day. Mr and Mrs Jack Pelton and son of Portland were weekend guests for hunting at the Jack Van Winkle cabin.
