L I MART
u or 0
ORE.
Voters Retain
Present School
Board Members
A liible number uf c-uunly
voter wt-nl to the pull Monday
In the annual mhoul election
la t ho director fr the county
m hool dUtrlct nl they reelected
nil the present board member.
In two fone. Lexington and
lone, there were race for the
petition, but Jn the other two
ionea there mm no competition.
In the Lexington xme lvnld
Turner had filed against the In
cumbent D O Nelaon. but Nelson
kept hU seat with a vote of y.
to 238 for Turner.
A strung wrlteln campaign
waa waged by Berl Aker. lone
for the poMtlon held by Fred
rick Martin of lone, but Martin
won handily by a vole of 3X8
to 241 for Akers. Akera did carry
a majority In two precinct a.
Board man and Hardman. and
won a tie with Martin. 60 to 60
In the lone voting. Turner also
garnered more votes than did
Nelson In Boardman and Hard
man but lagged behind In all
other precincts.
The total vote gave: Harvey
Warner. Irrlgon. 536; Fredrick
Martin. lone. 388. Berl Akers,
lone 241; DO Nelson. Lexington.
396. Don Turner, Lexington 238;
Elaine Ceorge, Heppner 534.
All communities also elected
local committee representatives
at the Monday election, but In
only two communities were
there contests. At Lexington four
persons sought the three seats.
They were Stanley Kemp, Gene
Cutsforth, Elmer E Tadberg and
Gene Majeske. and voters pick
ed Kemp, Majeske and Padberg
In close voting.
In lone five persons sought
the three positions. They were
Helen McCabe, Don McElligott.
Bryce Keene. Milton Morgan and
Iewis Halvorsen. The first three
were elected.
Polling Place Set
Vesr PIr Dictriet
wi . - - - -
The directors of the Heppner
rural fire protection district an- apCordance with the city's by means of a photo-electric con
nounced this week that the pol- t needg the now lighting trol reiay to turn the lights on
ling place for the May 20 spec- - conformlty wlth the Amer
ial levy election will be In the I -
former Central Mamer. duuuhijs
Main street In Heppner.
Only registered voters who
iive, or own property within the
boundary, of the fire district are
eligible to vote on the special
$6,000 one-year levy. Residents
within the city of Heppner can
not vote on the measure. The
election will be held at the same Land ManagCment grazing dis
time as the regular Primary Nq 7
-i u..t oil nllolhlo vntprs .
eieouou, uul . "t.-"
in the fire district will vote atl
the one polling place.
The district was formed last
year, but could not function un-
til a special tax levy could be I
v... ,,1 nnt function un-
x,ntar at this coming election.
When the levy Is approved by
the voters, the district will then
contract with the City of Hep
pner to provide fire protection
for the area. The city this week
OK'd a contract for the purchase
of a new $20,000 fire truck to
serve the district.
At the general election in Nov
ember the district will vote on
a regular tax base.
A public hearing on the dis
trict budget will be held Friday,
May 6 at 8 pm in the IOOF
hall in Heppner.
FARMERS UNION TO MEET
The Morrow county Farmers
Union will meet Tuesday, May
10 at 8 p m at the O W Cuts
forth ranch near Lexington.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET
The American Legion auxil
iary will meet Tuesday evening,
May 10 at the home of Mrs
Loyal Parker. Election of officers
will be held.
WANTED ALL LONG-JUMPING
FROGS FOR COUNTY JUMP-OFF
If you've got a long-jumping
frog that is in good physical
condition and is willing to work
for the glory of Morrow county,
bring him. or her. to Heppner
Friday afternoon at 5 o clock. U
he's jumpy enough he may win
his owner a cash prize and have
the chance to go on to wen
greater things the frog, that is!
The affair will be the Morrow
county frog jumping champion
ships, which will provide its
sponsors, the Heppner-Morrow
Cour.tv Chamber of Commerce
with frogs to enter in the Ore
con State Championship Frog
Hop to be held at a Pendleton
jump-off May 13 and 14. The
th-ee local winning frogs will
be flown in first class accom
odations to th Pendleton
jump-off by OrviM Cutrth.
where they wiU rant by rep-
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PP4L INSTALLS STREET UGHT.wman of Pacific Power, J
Light Company install on gi " -----
iTqhU oa Heppner's Main .treet Old light hangs from pol. a.
th. new Illuminating derlc. hwd. skyward. Final work on tb.
project should b completed by thU wwlt-
COMPLETION OF NEV DOWNTOWN
STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM NEAR
,...,,.n r.f soventeen 21. 1
000 .men mercury vapor street and hlfihway 1 ght ng as pre
ihju jumtn miK-uy i lkyui u ., illumlnatlne Eng
i" . i.. .r,tiD
Light company
av nd should be com
pleted by the end oi mis
uiimi " ... 1
PICK, u vy i - i
reports Fred Gimble, Jr., FT&L's
local manager at iicppncr.
Increased volume oi vemtuw
... ..!.. ! th
a nrfiviuate street light
i uocanf r:imnip saiu. uk
aiiu iijwh- a
de illumination In
BLM to Hold Meet
On Boundary Change
A nic'eting will " be 'held at
lpm Thursday. May 12 at the
court house in Heppner to dis-
cuss tne moauicauon
v,,iarioa nf the Bureau oi
It is proposed to administer
" s prop
tlon 15 of the
dmci un
r.razina; Act by direct
p licenseei un.
" P ,t wag stated.
jyji. t i f
The meeting win De open iu
all licensees and other inter
ested parties who desire to pre
sent their views on the subject
Bureau of Land Management
representatives will be present
to explain the boundary modifi
cations and discuss other pert
inent matters.
Soroptimists Giving
Dinner-Card Party
Dner is having a tasting dinner
and cara pariy ai iuc auiwu.
. r I
parish house, Monday evening
May 9 at 6:30 p m.
Tickets for the dinner are on
IOr lilt? UlHIICi nc on
sale by members of the ciud
and those just wishing to play
cards may purchase tickets at
ho amr hpfore 8 d m. Those at
tending may attend either the
dinner or card party or both.
Mrs Earl Blake is visiting in
Portland this week.
will be treated with the proper
respect due a great jumper.
Should Morrow county's top hop
pers do well in the Pendleton
test, they might go clear to the
national (or maybe its the
world) championship jump held
later at Angel's Lamp, camur-
nia.
and pedestrian iraiui. wuoii -dountown
area has made better provide a greater uniformity of
aowmowji o nu. ;. t.un hPtwpen units.
The Friday contest at Heppner
is open to all comers and the
frogs can be either boy or girl
type. Cash prizes of $2.50, $1-50
and $1.00 will be paid the own
ers of the three top hoppers and
the frogs will then become the
property of the special Morrow
Countv' Frog Jumping Commit
tee "of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce.
O W Cutsforth. chairman.
There are no restrictions on
u. age. coI .t. sex or anything
elk-'. Just have your frogs ready
to uir.p at 5 p m Friday in
i: -"t , th HH
Tally Sto'
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lean standard practice for street
nwr pxnlalned.
. . 115aH,
consist of a lamp horizontally
mounted In
a modern, eincient
i Hv - r
rrcentacle Installed on an up
sweeo mast arm mounted on
i t ltrhta or tnis ivpe
Gimble said.
.. . m .UA llhto tirlll hA
trol relay to turn the lights on
and off automatically hi Re
determined levels of natural
light intensity, the local man
ager report ecL
The lights will be owned and
operated by Pacific, Gimble said,
with the city of Heppner paying
a predetermined flat rate for
electricity used by each unit.
The new lights are being in
stalled on Main street, between
May street and Quald street.
Homcmakers Install
Unit Officers at
Recent Festival
New unit officers and county
committee members for the I960
61 year were Installed In a color
ful candle lighting ceremony as
part of the annual homemakers
festival held at the Catholic rec
reation hall in Heppner, April
29.
Mrs Warren McCoy, Irrlgon,
county committee vice-chairman,
presided with Miss Murle Scales,
state extension agent of Corval
lis doing the installing.
Installed were: Tine City: Mrs
man; Mrs George Luclanl, Echo,
via- uiouio",
...... i a. Pu onnrotorv.trP.1S.
Vitherrite, Echo, secretary-treasurer.
. ,
lllJliLU jiii - '
Irrigon : Mrs F H Johnson, irri-
gon, chairman; ivirs w v.
SOn, Irrlgon, vice chairman; Mrs
Sylvia Morgan, Irrlgon, secre-
oMr.troa ciirpr
Heppner: Mrs Riley Munkers,
Heppner, chairman; Mrs Howard
Pettyjohn, Heppner, vice chair
man; Mrs Joe wrignr, weppner,
secretary -treasurer.
Rhea Creek: Mrs uaua wmic,
Heppner, chairman; Mrs KODen
Bergstrom. Heppner, vice chair
man; Mrs Albert Wright, Hep-
nnpr. secretary; Mrs umn
Wright, Heppner, treasurer.
lone: Mrs Elmer hoiiz, ione,
chairman; Mrs Herbert Peterson,
lone, vice chairman; Mrs How
ard Crowell, lone, secretary
treasurer. Boardman: Mrs E C Daniels,
Boardman, chairman; Mrs Na
than Thorpe, Boardman, vice
chairman; Mrs Glen Deitz.
Boardman. secretary-treasurer.
Lena: Mrs Delbert Vinson,
Heppner. chairman; Mrs Robert
Riddle, Heppner, vice chairman;
Mrs Jerry Brosnan, Heppner,
secretary-1 reasures.
County committee: lone: Mrs
Ed Baker. lone (for a three year
term); Boardman, Mrs Earl
Rriccrc (for a two year term);
pmaininr- members of tne
county committee include: Rhea
Mrs John Bercstrom. Hep
pner; Irri-Ton, Mrs Warren Mc
Coy, Pine City, Mrs Wiliard
French. Echo; Lena, Mrs Ran
4a'. I Martin. Heppner; Heppner,
Mrs Paul Wanen, fceprr.eT.
10 Cents
Heppner Council
Awards Bid For
New Fire Truck
The Heppner city council Mon
day nl:ht awarded a contract
.. u'rKirn State Fire Apparatut
of Cornellua. Orecon fr the pur
t hae of a new 7.V) Cl'M pumixt
and tank truck which will nerve
the Heppner rural fire district
and the city. Tne cost oi me
truck, completely equipped will
be $20,212 W.
The new cUm A pumper will
be mountetl on a 4 wheel drive
tntomntinnal truck chassis and
will carry 1000 gallon of water.
The truck Is to be pun-naseu
Lexlncton Implement
Co. It U hoped that delivery can
be made by about tne middle
of July so it Mill be available
during the wurst part of the
summer fire season.
The truck will be ultimately
nald for bv the rural district
which will contract with the city
for fire protection. The district
will vote on a tax levy at the
May 20 Primary, but the city
rushed the order on the truck
in the hope it can be available
during at least part of the sum
mer.
Annexation 8MB Near
The council received a petition
Monday night signed by 100 per
cent of the residents of Barratt's
Addition on Hinton Creek ask
ing that they be annexed to the
city effective July 1 of this year.
The council took no action on
the petition, Inasmuch as It can
not be effective for another two
months, but ordered the city at
torney to prepare the necessary
ordinance to make possible the
annexation at that time.
Residents of the area had pre
viously met with the council to
toll nvpr the possibility of an-
nvainn And the petition was
the result of 'that meeting. No
vote will be necessary as an at
fected residents agreed to the
proposal. The need for sewer to
the area brought tne question iu
a head.
At the earlier meeting the
council explained how sewer
service could be obtained If the
addition came Into the city and
an estimate of about $12,000 was
set as the cost. At Monday
night's meeting, the council
learned that possibly a pumping
station can be Installed to lift
sewage to present city sewer
mains at a smaller cost. If a
lift station were Installed, It
would save nearly 2000 feet of
line and reduce the cost to some
thing around $8,000. The plan
will be given further study by
the council.
The council approved the re
appointment of Albert Connor
and C E McQuarrle on the clt
hnriiret committee which
will meet soon to work on the
ritv budget for next year.
Building Permits Approved
Ti..Anrr norm its totaling $11.
700 were granted for alteration
and repairs to, Mrs inez nu;
man 240 W Church, $6,850,
Archie Alderman, 785 Shobe,
ivav and Loyd Burkenblne,
545 S Court, $3000.
P-TA Workshop
Set Here May 10
A school of Instruction for
P-
TA officers and committee
chai
rmen, and other wowers
who
desire to attend, win ae
Mav 10 from 10
held
m to 3 p m at the Heppner
a
Christ!
The state office of the Oregon
Congress of Parents ana lead
ers is expected to send workers
to lead in the workshop, it was
stated.
rr-u ..,rU;hnr is being con-
1 lit: nwit""-r "
ducted
ted by the Midland council
the P-TA which consists of
rrow, Gilliam and Wheeler
mties. Officers of the council
of
Morrow
cou
are
Rev Earl Soward. Heppner.
president; Lila Lee Osborne,
Arlington, vice president; and
Mrs Roice Fulleton, Heppner,
secretary.
Mrs Rita Thorp and Mr
Eloise Smith drove to Hermiston
Sunday for the day and had
dinner there.
Mr and Mrs Don Hatfield and
familv of Madras, former Lex
ington residents. viMted the Roy
Martins over tne weeKenu.
j Mt and Ma Cad Spaulding
' and Janice spent the weekend
at The Dalies.
Gazette-Times
Sunday Accident Kills Youth
ACCIDENT VICTIMS wei tldlna in thU conerttbl when It rolled
down thl. steep bank Sunday abotr. Heppner. Eugen. Leaser.
18. Heppner. was killed and two other teenagers injured, Stat,
patrolman Ralph Pope is shown measuring the distance the
car rolled before coming to a stop upside down. (GT Photo)
Museum
Nearly
Completed; Exhibit
Donations Needed
The Morrow County Museum
commission announced today
that it hopes to have the official
cpening of the new museum
lihmrv huildinir the end of May
and that there Is a need for an
tiques and other historical pieces
to place on display by opening
time.
n ia pvnixted that there will
be many out of town people here
for the opening and the commis
sion hopes to have a sizeable
display in place by tnai ume.
Pnrsona in the county who
hou nnvthlns of this nature
tiou li-iii loan to the com
mission are asked to call any
mmhpr: Mrs Harry uuvan,
phone 6-9624; Mrs Ted Smith,
6-97rV'- Mrs Ralph Thompson, 6
976; J O Turner, 6-9213; O W
eton 3 8473; Mrs
,Ul,iiui ' - -ct
Omar Rietmann, lone, 8-7279, or
Herbert Hynd, Cecil.
The items collected for the
museum are just on loan for a
year, or some set period of time,
and are not given to the museum
unless the donor so desires.
There is also still a need for
cash donations for furnishing
the building. All donors will be
listed, and those who give $o00
or more will be listed on a
plaque In the building. Money
for construction of the building
itself was donated by Mrs Harry
Duvall.
CD Alert Goes
Smoothly in County
Within seven minutes after
Morrow county's first warning
- m,, ninnpq. aII commun-
ities and Civil Defense organi
zations In the county naa ueen
advised of the ""j
test came at 10.04 a m luesaay
t thA nationwide test
alert under the supervision of
the CD organization, county CD
director, sheriff C J D Bauman
reports.
Aiding In handling communl
hotwppn the local CD
headquarters in the court house
and state headquarters in saiem:
were several f'0
teurs who set up emergency,
communications In the 'ed that 'one of the stations
room and kept in constant con- ge stea in abQut
tact for two and half days Hams j be Sanford Cany0Ili
who took turns operating the 1.3 mil
equipment were Earl 1 a short distance above the
Ralph Taylor. Mr and Mrs i Loyal .
Parker and Mickey Van Schoiack eYce wafer flow records
As part of the erclse it was Complete
C.i--r. Pining and develop-
iorcing me cvni"
. . v. ..n mnf inn nr Haaru-
man and Irrlgon in the county.
An actual alert alarm was not
sounded In Heppner this year,
but all CD units were readied.
WEATHER
Hi Low Tree.
C3 44 .01
64 40
C9 36
71 41
64 42 -13
62 36
58 39 01
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
i Wednesday
ednesday 58 39 01
ifainfallr the week .15; fo
April 112; for May .14
year 5.25 Inches.
Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, May 5, I960
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POPULATION OF
HEPPNER UP,
THOUGH LITTLE
The apparently complete,
but unofficial census shows
Heppner gained population
since 1950 but not terf
much. The total now is 1659.
ust II more persona than
were here 10 years ago.
Conley Lanham. one of the
federal enumerators for this
area, released the figure this
week, but stated that th
official count would not be
completed until early lalL
It is probable that the final
figure could be slightly
higher as late reports are
received at the district office
in Bend.
Like most other towns, it
is thought th area immed
iately surrounding the dry
limits will show the greatest
Increase.
Rummage Sale Due
This Weekend
The annual Heppner Civic
League spring rummage sale
u,m ho held this Friday and
Saturday at Heppner Auto Sales
with proceeds to go ior v. - nn
ancing of the League's k.nder
garten program.
A good supply of wanted mer
chandise has already been col
lected and prepared for the sale,
but League officers ask that
anyone who has a last minute
rummage that they wouia ime
tn havp nicked ud may call Hep
pner 6-9101, 6-9916 or 6-9679.
County Working to
Obtain Water Flow
Records for Area
The Morrow county court re-
vealed this week that it Is work
gtateg qc0
incr uith the United States Geo
logical Survey to obtain two ad
ditional water gauging stations
on Willow and Rhea creeks. The
only one on the watershed Is
located at Heppner.
In a recent letter from the dis
trict engineer, the cost of build
ing and operating the two sia-
. . one hM
i mv.v
JAY D HUDSON WINS
ARMY PROMOTION
ERLANCEN. GERMANY Jay
D Hudson. 20, son of Mr and
Mrs Darl Hudson of Heppner,
recently was promoted to spec
ialist four in Germany, where
is n member of the 4th Armor
ed Division. He also recently
qualified as an expert In firing
the M l rifle.
:!!. tlmlcAn a teT driV-
... in Hftnuartcrs Company of
the division s join rm -
i,v, ivitir.n'e iitn Armor in
.. ... , -
I sic training at Fort Hood. Texas.
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77th Year, Number 9
ITin, Mthnrr Aro
IWUUIIICU MIC
Injured When
Car Overturns
Euuene I)inaM Lesser, IS.
lt...,t.nor u kllUM snd two
high st'htMil seniors were Injured
Sunday afternoon, when Letiwr's
r-.r sxnt tiff the nJ and over
turned about nine miles east of
Heppner on the Willow crecK
road.
Injured In the accident were
Kutherlne MrW Swart. 18, La
Grande high school senior; and
Norman Howell, 17. Heppner
senior. Miss Swart suffered a
broken opine, but physicians re
ported no paralysl and that she
Is progressing satisfactorily.
Howell had minor contusions
and bruises and was treated at
Pioneer Memorial hospital and
released.
The accident occured about
3:15 Sunday afternoon at the
ind of the Ralph Thomp
son ranch on Willow creek. The
car left the road at a slow speed
and was nearly Hopped when
It slid sideways in loose gravel
and overturned down a steep
40 foot embankment. Lesser was
pinned beneath the car. Wit
nesses to the accident, who were
In cars immediately behind the
Lesser vehicle, could report no
apparent cause for the wreck as
the car had been traveling only
3o to 33 miles an hour.
T victim-Is the son of Mrs
Harold Wilson of Heppner, and
Conrad Lesser of Walla Walla.
Eugene Lessor was born Nov
11, 1941 at Stanlieia ana nuu
lived In Heppner for several
years. He Is survived Dy nis
mother and step -father. Mr and
Mrs Harold Wilson of Heppner;
his father, Conrad Lesser, Walla
Walla, two brothers, Conrad Jr
and Michael, Heppner; grand
mothers, Mrs Austin Wilson,
Heppner, and Mrs Petra waa-
hold of Caliiornia.
Pi moral services were held
Wednesday at 2 p m at the Hep
pner Christian churcn wun .-v
H A Wolfington, pastor of the
Assembly of God church, offlc
lofincr interment was in me
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Creswick Mortuary was in
charge.
Last HcDDner P-TA
Meeting To Be May 11
n. lout p.TA meeting of the
year will be held in the multi-
purpose room oi me wVY"
elementary school, Wednesaay
evening, May 11 at ;w v
Highlight of the program will
be a style show by the home
economics department of Hep
pner high school, under the dir
ection of Mrs Homer nag, in
structor. Installation of officers for the
coming year will be held. Dr
Robert Pfelffer, program cnu
man, also said there will be
t..A ttrmin rpivirts on the adult
aiuujr wwf - - l -
study program carried out dur
ing the year, ana wnveimun
reports by delegates to the state
convention.
TB Control Officer
At Two Meetings Here
Dr Ambrose Churchill, tuber-
.,ieia control officer ior rne
state board of health, met for
a luncheon meeting ar vne
Wagon Wheel on Tuesday, April
26.
That evening he was speaKer
o th. anmiAi dinner meeting
of the Morrow County TB and
Health Association at bteiams
In lone.
Dr Churchill's topic was "Tu
berculosis Forecast in Oregon
1960 1965". He stated that "if
Morrow county's population re
mained static, it Is estimated
that there will be about three
cases of active tuberculosis dur-
I
ng that period."
Mr and Mrs Mlks TuUeton of
Vale stopped to visit with Mr
and Mrs Roice Fulleton and Mr
and Mrs William Heath for the
weekend, on their return trip
from California
-t. i
Mrs Otto Eggers
oi Walla
- -- Tuesday
Mr .nd Mrs
1 Claude Graham.