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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.
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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
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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.
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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.