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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1960)
I I 8KAKY U Of 0 c u a c u t , o" r . Awards of Recognition Are Presented at Chamber Banquet trt;ftr!- t Krifn:tin f tHiUUnding luiii- develop went or ru arulan and rlU mlnilclnrv wcftf ptrwfited I Mr and Mr C E Musrrle. and Mr Amanda luv:i m the an nuJ banquet uf h lleppn-r XJunuw County Chamber ef Con. mere Monday m;nt The vnl i rrM-nlcJ by chamber president timer Schmidt la the MoQuarrles fot their cpnlun tf Central Mar ket Into a modern up-r market and to Mr Duvall for her dona tli n to the city and county . he new museum-library build Ire. now nearlnu comiiletin Both were complimented fur their fore!ght and faith In the community, and Mr Duvall lw received compliment for her gift from guest peaker John Sell. A high point of the program was the drawing of 10 name uf private ho Idem of rodeo field lighting bond which will be paid off by the chamber. An additional S500 was paid to the Heppner Elk Mne which put up nearly one half of the total cost vt the lighting. The name drawn for bond redemption were k B Ferguson. L E Ruhl. Fred Mankln. Oliver Creswick, Elva Ruhl, Claude Cox. Heppner Odd fellow lodge. Ralph Thompson. James L Davis, and V C Collins. ;uest speaker was John Sell of Portland, vice president In charge of business development for Northeast Oregon for the First National Bank of Oregon. He told how "You can't stop progress" and took banquet guests on a verbal tour of the state, pointing out the develop ment during recent years of many sections of Oregon. Sell told of excellent apple crops In the Hood River valley; the Harvey Aluminum develop ment at The Dalles; cattle feed ing plans in the Pendleton area; How Ontario and Nyssa have grown and prospered In recent years; cattle expansion In John Day and Burns; the Hudspeth developments In the Prlneville area; changes In lumbering op erations at Bend; and the growth of uranium mining near Lake view. He called Klamath Falls one of the hot spots of Oregon because of major air force de.- Census County Starts Friday The 1960 census will start Fri day, April 1 and crew leaders said today that they hope to complete the county within two weeks. All citizens are urged to co operate with the census takers, and they stressed that all Infor mation is strictly confidential and can be used only for statis tical purposes. Census takers for Morrow county are Conley Lanham, Ed na Turner and Glen McMurtry, Heppner; Robert Whybrew, lone and Norma Gerberding of Irrl gon. Gladys Jones of Heppner Is also working with the census bureau. Former County Judge, Bert E Johnson Dies in Portland Funeral services were held Tuesday In Portland for Albert E (Bert) Johnson, who died March 26 in Portland. Burial was in the Riverview cemetery, Portland. Mr Johnson made his home in lone for many years and served as Morrow county judge from 1937 until 1949. He moved to Portland shortly after the com pletion oi his final term. He is survived by one sister, Olga M Johnson of Portland. Science Fair To Cen Here Frid day The Heppner high school, in ronlunction with the Heppner grade school, will present the annual Science l-air on jutrcu 31, April 1 and 2 at the elemen-tAi-v school multipurpose room. Projcts from every branch of science will be shown; pnoiog' rnnhv. bacteriology, chemistry hvs.. etc. There will be live volcanoes, ways of better soil conservation, articles, essays and many other interesting facts. The fair is open to the general public starting tomorrow (Fri day) at 9:00 a m. Kr toed Kxa Harry Bensess, so Harrv and Carla Rulker.s were -in The Dalles visiting friends over the weekend. Mr and Mr Tom StewaSl of P.oseburf: were weekend visitors at the horr.e of her sister, Mrs Virgil Gillette. fri.M? Mutki lJ John .MaliUlle Company eiar:iin Into the atra whuh utilize formerly watt jarkpine timber for new ptuduct. lie told t4 tnrUU de rUpmei.t at Albany and named other point In the atate. The ieker told if the major expanins In the PurtUnd area and stated that In the Lloyd Center development, the Urge! Ions term Insurance loan ever made w UmhI to build the cen ter, lie explained that uch RECOGNIZED BT CHAMBER commerce preaident hand Mr Marry . and Mr and Mr C E McOuatrle their certificate of Recognition for civic or business development Mr Duvall wa pralsod for her donation to the city end county of the new memorial museum library building, and the McQuarries received their award for their expansion of their Central Market Into a uper-market (GT Fnoto) SOURCE OF MONDAY NIGHT FLARES REMAINS MYSTERY Several persons In Heppner and Lexington sighted what were thought to be distress flares Monday night In the area south west of both towns, but sub sequent Investigation has failed to determine the source or xne reason. it was thought at first that a plane was down, possibly In the Eightmile area, but to date no lost plane has been reported and flights over the area failed to bring out any clues. The flares were ilrst seen a- bout 9pm Monday by Mr and Mrs Alex Thompson who were drlvlne down Willow creek a few miles east of Heppner. They immediately notified shenir c i D Bauman. Two youths, Gregory Leyva and Billy Doherty also aw the three nares irom tne r.pvini?ton airport and several other persons In both Heppner and Lexineton saw one or more of the flares. Reports conflicted somewhat as to the timing and EASTERN TRIP 14 INDUSTRY PROSPECTS Governor Mark Hatfield an nounced Monday that the "Sales Trip" he and 19 Oregon busi nessmen took to New YorK, cm- cago and Washington, D C last week resulted in 14 very warm possibilities for new payrolls for Oregon. The trip was made in an ef fort to sell the state to Eastern industrialists as a place to ex pand plants to supply the grow in western market. They also promoted the Boardman Bom bing Range as tne location tor a space age industrial park. The Governor said that many Easterners had no idea of what Oregon was like. "They are most interested in establishing plants where the work force is a happy one. They asked about our schools, climate, recreation, la bor market, electric power ana Services Held For Annie Louise Scott Funeral services were held at the Creswick Mortuary chapel Monday for Annie Louise Scott, 67, of Monument, who died March 24 at St Anthony's hos pital in Pendleton. Mrs Scott was born Feb 9, 1S93 at Arthur, Ontario. Canada and came to this area more than 40 years apo. She was married Dec 2S, 1920 to Roy Scott at Butterby Flat on lower Willow creek and was a former post mistress at Top, in Grant county, until the office was closed. i She is survived by two daugh ters. Cora Stubblefield and Ruth Peterson both of Monument; three brothers, five sisters and hor mother, all of whom live in Canada. She also leaves 7 grand- 'children and several nieces and nephews. One son Robert, died !:n 1054. The Rev Paul Kirr.rr.e! of Tr-yjt-dale officiated at the services a.-.d ir.terrr.er.t was In the Hep- .pr.er Masonic cemetery- ! thine Hiw that many he ureal faith in me iuiu of Oregon. John llartman ered as mas iff t.t ceremonies for the ban uhlih ii held at the new Catholic pariah hall. The women uf the church serveu to r" -. f .1 inner tu about 100 pron .n,i !.- eream for the meal wa ! donated by Claude Cox of the Morrow County ireamery. urn j eral chairman for the affair wa I Harry Hunger. Elmer Schmidt left chamber of direction of the flares, some say ing they came only a few min utes apart and from the same general direction; while other persons reported the three were spaced over about 45 minutes and traced a pattern from North west to southwest In a semi circle. The sheriff reported that a farmer doing night plowing on top of Heppner hill saw some thing similar a little earlier than when the other sightings were reported. .. . Lexington airport operator Gar Leyva searched the area Mon day noon by air but could find no evidence of any downed plane. Strong winds kept him on the ground earlier In the day. The Condon radar station re ported no unknown planes In the area. Officers surmised that possibly someone may have purchased a flare pistol and was trying It out. BRINGS STATE transDortatlon. Taxes seemed only secondary to them," he con tinued. Hatfield said the group was primarily interested in getting plants in the electronics and chemical fields. Last week Gov Hatfield made the announcement from Wash ington, D C that the Department of Defense had agreed to release the Bombing Range in trade for other state owned land. " 78 Temperature Sets New Record When the mercury in the of ficial government thermometer at Heppner hit 78 degrees last Friday, it set an all-time heat record for March. Prior to that time, the warmest March day ever recorded here was a 77 way back on March 31, 1911. The record setting day appar ently was too much for the weatherman, though, for ever since, the days have been much cooler, wetter and windier. Heavy rains here Sunday and Tuesrlav niehts added more than a half inch of welcome moisture and started grass growing on hills that a week ago were near ly bare. Strong winds blew most of the day Tuesday making the weather for the week typical for March a little of everything. WEATHER Hi Low . Prec. 74 38 75 40 73 43 65 40 65 38 -22 55 43 Tr GO 39 .29 or the week. .51; for Thursday Friday i Saturday ; Sunday ' Monday i Tuesday : Wednesday : Mar.h. l-7; for the year 3.93 i inches. 10 Cents Bombing Range Still Restricted Area, Officer Worn Sheriff C i D Bauman and v.w officer thl week warned reatdents of thl area that the Boardman bombing rang U tlll rotriftd territory and that only authorized personnel I allowed to enter the range. Officer report that following iat uerk'a announcement that the government had agreed to trantifer the bomblne range to the tate for development as an Industrial park, many person started raiding the Installation nt anvthlnir that wan't nailed down. Special patrol were et up last weekend and alt poss Ihle roads were closed and block ed to keep unauthorized person off. Until th official transfer 1 made, the Navy will remain in control of the range which I still being ised for bombing practice. Two More Rodeo Princesses Named Two more I960 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo princesses were named this week to the royal court of Queen Susan Partlow. The executive committee of the Lexington Grange Tuesday night named Charlene Jones as their representative on the court; and Geraldlne Swaggart was selec ted by residents of the Lena district. Miss Jones 1 the daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones of Lex ington and Is a senior at lone high school. Miss Swaggart is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Swaggart of Butter Creek and she is a sophomore at Hep pner high school. Last week tne lone urange named Sharon"? Crabtree to the court. One more princess, from Rhea Creek Grange, remains to be named. Engineers Start Dam Survey Work County judge Oscar Peterson has received word that $17,900 In Federal funds have been al located to the Corps of Engin eers for the resurvey of the Wil low Creek dam project and has been advised that some of the studies are now being made. A recent letter from Lt Col Walter J Hutchin. denutv dis trict engineer at Walla Walla, stated that the engineers are nnw hrlneini? ud to date the ba sic hydrologlcal studies and should be completed shortly. Flood damage and field surveys will be started shortly there after. He said that the Corps nlans on completing the Willow Creek report by fall, and when Investigations have reached the stage that realistic plans and costs are developed, a public hearing will De neia in Heppner tn nhtain the views and desires of local Interests. These hear ings will probably be held in July or August. Members of the Corps have been in Heppner several times during recent weeks on some phases of the survey. Civil Defense Nurse To Speak at Hospital Auxiliary Meeting Mrs Nova Young, consultant nurse for the state civil defense agency, will be the speaker at the quarterly meeting of the Pioneer Memorial hospital Aux iliary meeting to be held Tues day evening, April 5 at 7:3n at the court house. Also on the program will be a short film on disaster nursing and sheriff C J D Bauman, county CD director, will give a resume of the county civil ae- fense plan. All members are urged to at tend the meeting. NEW SAFETY ENGINEER AT KINZUA MILL Roy Hescock has recently join ed the staff at the Heppner Kin zua Corporation mill as safety engineer and is currently organ izing a safety committee here. Hescock came here from John Day where he was with the State Industrial Accident commission. GAZ Second National Award Won By High School Paper The Heppner Men school pa per. The HehUeh. hlch Jut Ut week received the Columbia Scholattlc PrM Awm MedallM ward for "publication of dis tinction." this week added an other honor to Its crowing list. Tuesday the staff received no tice that It had been classified -All-American" by the National Scholastic Pros Asn of the Uni versity of Missouri. All American- U NSPA's top ward. In the latest award, the He- htsch was Judged with all week ly mlmeocratthed school patters. whether the school was large or small. In this classification there were seven papers over the na tion which rated first class, and only two of these were given All American. In the classification for schools under 200 students, there was no special classifica tion for schools having weekly DaDers. as most of them publish every two weeks. There were only three mimeographed pa pers In the nation which pub lish bl weekly that received the All-Amerlcan award. Entered In the contest were 1061 school Dapers which were rated from 1st to 4th class by Judges who were either profes sional newspapermen or college Journalism professors. The Hehisch was given espec ially hleh credit for lively make up and good variety, well ar ranged masthead and good cov erage. Its stenciling was rated superior. One Judge commented, "A fine school publication, a real credit to the school. These students are dolntr fine work." ThA Hehiseh is edited this year by Carol K Anderson, and is published weekly under the dir ection of Mrs Margaret Kirk, pa per advisor and Journalism in structor. Other staff members in clude: Connie Anderson, busi ness manager; Neal Penland, and Barbara Slewert, assistant editors: Bernlce Thomson, ex change editor; Franclne Moyer, distribution manager; Tom Glass, news editor; Don Craber, promotion manager. Members of the Journalism class serve as reporters. Cancer Crusade Opens Friday The Morrow county L-ancer . ., ti.t -i,ni Crusade will start April 1, .ML?K StSt Mrs Harlan McCurdy, Jr, cmve chairman, urged county resi- dents to make their donations as soon as possible to aid the drive to combat tne dread ,, For the past several years, Morrow county has been among the first in Oregon to reach its quota, and this year's drive of ficials are hoping to continue the record. The drive slogan will again be, "Join the fight against cancer with a check and a checkup," and officials estimate that dur ing the 1960's 3,000,000 Ameri cans will die of the disease. The entire campaign will be conducted by mail and checks are to be sent to Mrs Jim Val entine, treasurer, Heppner. Lex P-TA To Fill Office Vacancies The executive board of the Lexington P-TA met March 22 at the home of president Em Peck for the purpose of accep ting the resignation of president elect, Millie Falrcloth and the secretary elect, Gladys Van Winkle. Flection of officers to fill these vacancies will be held at the next P-TA meeting, April 18 ln the school auditorium. Among those from Heppner boating on the Columbia Sun day were Mr and Mrs Clyde Nutting. Robert Lowe, Allen Case and Dr L D Tibbies. Mr and Mrs Eroi Winchester and Mr and Mrs Ambrose Chap in were in Hermiston Sunday. Mr and Mrs BUI Turner. Ted and Darlene and Mrs Jennie All good were in Pendleton last week for the day to visit relatives. Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, Morch 31 , 1960 ETTE-Tl M ES - MABKHAM BAKER Count? rather ol Tear tMelby riu.to) Donors Give 62 Pints of Blood At Drawing SiKtv-two donors gave their blood Monday during the Red Cross blood drawing at tne itonnnor Flks lodee. and while this did not meet the hoped-for quota, local Red Cross officials expressed pleasure with the re sponse. A quota of 90 pints had been apt 11 n for the drawing. Last year the county had a quota of 100 pints and only 49 pints were obtained. Rlood drive chairman, Mrs Orvllle Cutsforth of Lexington, today named many of the per nns who aided In the drawing and expressed the local chapter's thanks to all wno parucipaiea and to the Elks lodge for the .a nf tt facilities. Members of the hospital auxiliary played an Important part in recruinnj? no nnrs and Mrs Garland Swan- son, a representative of the aux iliary aided in reception oi me donors. Amnnir others who helped were Bernlee Thomson, Judy Rrinrin and Beverly Davidson, who registered donors; Mrs Dick McElllgott, Mrs Delbert Emert, Mrs Mervln Leonard ana Airs r. Nauel who took hemoglobin and blood pressure tests; Mrs A 1 C I Harvey Ring, Mrs Arnoia ger, Mrs Norman Case and Miss cKirinu Pork, volunteer nurse's aides; Mrs Verner Troedson and Mrs C J D Bauman, wno served Juice to donors. Also helping were Mrs Pearl Devlne, Mrs Mabel Chaffee and Mrs Lee Scrlvner, who served Lot mils, douehnuts and coffee -r"uYpment ln and out c?",n? f?" A,,nHin7 of e gilding. . V.tlon t0 the 62 do- , -r. . . nurs who wcc o.nr- several other persons who for various reasons were unable to donate to the blood fund. JUDGE PETERSON IK PORTLAND HOSPITAL Morrow county Judge Oscar E D.xnnn onferod a Portland hos pital Wednesday for medical treatment. He is expected to be out of his office ror sdoui two weeks. ml. Sallv Cohn was noma ..icItlr.T Kior nnrents. Mr and Mrs viaiiiug It . Harold Cohn, for the weekend. She returned to Portland sun day. ft a . - riitnvEEB-OiM of the 62 persons who donated blood at Moo d Bri Rawing was Jo. H Stewart Heppner school srinttndemd with th. pint h. is shown giving, bs jolnl SrSEa-K Preparing him for th. drawing to Amelia Tembr. Yakima. Red Cross nurs (GT Photo) 77th Year, Number 4 Markham Baker, lone, is Named Father of Year Markham Baker. lone rancher and father of three children, thl ivk was named Morrow coun- ! Father of the Year by the ' Morrow County Cow Belles. He f ; will be the county's nominee for S the state Father of the Year title. J Mr Baker and his wife Mar I Jorle have rained three children. two boys and a girl, on their I ranch near lone, and he has I taken an active part In a great many . i-ilvltles and organizations. He graduated from Kahlotu. Wash high achool and attenuea wasn Incton State University for four years. He was engaged In farm ing at Kahlotus for eigni years hofor movlnff to lone to con tinue In the same field of en deavor. ii U a member of the lone rviinmiinitv church, has been a deacon and member of the board for 12 years, and chairman for b memher oi the Morrow County Farm Bureau and presl- dent for three years. lie nas oe longed to the lone Masonic irH.T fnr 22 vears. serving as master; a 20 year member of the Pendleton Commandery ro r K-ntPht Temolar. and the lone OES of which he is a past pa tron; a member of the P-lA. a 30 year member of Kahlotus and Willows Granges and is past master of both. Other activities Include membership or tne ure- rnttiemen's Assn: McNary Yacht Club; and a life member of the Oregon Wheat League. He is a four year memner oi me League's county youth commit tee, chairman lor two years. c has also served as a director oi the Lexington Oil Co-op; was on the lone school board for three years and the rural school board for four. Mr Baker received his degree in engineering at WSC then be . a fiiieeessful farming ven ture at Kahlotus before coming to lone. He and his sons nave always done most of their own mechanical and field labor While the children were In 4-H work both parents served as io onri onrh child complet- ed at least 10 years of 4-H work. All three have been outstanding club members and many times represented the county in 4-H work. The two boys; Ronald, the older Is a graduate of WSU and now operates a xeeaioi ema npr iter ml st on: and niiono is a graduate of Stanford University where he is now tak' lng post graduate wont in en gineering. Their daughter, Mar dine, Is now in her second year of college at EOC. Besides -n and sports, the children have been active In school and com munity affairs and all mree wer valedictorians of their high school graduating classes. The Pilgrim Youth Feliowsnip group of the lone Community hiirch selected Mr Baker as their Father of the Year nom inee. Mr and Mrs James Farley and daughters Shanny and Trlsha, were in Portland last week for a few days. While there, Mr Farley attended a business meet ing. Visiting relatives for wveral days In Portland last week was Emlle Groshens.
