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Harvest Starts
Today in Lower
Part of County
Morrow county' VMH grain
harvest got under way today
ith Harry Proudfuot. Butter
creek rancher, apparently get
ting th honor a th first to
lart cutting. II Marled harvest
ing a field of wheat Juit west
f Butter Creek Junction this
morning.
It U also reported that both
Bill Kilkenny and Bill Doherty
will atart harvesting barley
either today or Friday. Both
ranch In the lower area of Sand
Hollow or Butter Creek.
Morrow County Grain Grower
manager. Al Lamb reported
Wednesday that It appear that
there will be a good crop of both
wheat and barley, though pos
sibly a little smaller than last
year. After a few field are har
vested a better Indication can
be given a to county prospects.
Rites Held Here
Thursday for
Susan Ann Hughes
Susan Ann Hughes, 78, passed
away, June 26 at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital where she had
been a patient for nearly six
years.
Mrs Hughes was born January
18, 1882 at Hardman and had
lived In Heppner for about 40
years.
Services were held this after
noon at the Creswlck Mortuary
chapel with the Rev Austin Mc
Ghee, pastor of the Heppner
Methodist church, officiating.
Burial was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
She Is survived by her hus
band, Jack of Heppner; two
daughters, Ethyl Furlong, Fort
Orchard. .Wash; and Zell Clark
of Portland; two sisters, Mrs
Sam Esteb, lone; and Mrs Ruby
Dickson, The Dalles; one brother,
Dan Brock of Heppner. One son
and one daughter preceeded her
In death.
Musical Group to
Present Program
At Local Church
The Bethanalres from Bethany
Bible College in Santa Cruz, Calif,
will present a special musical
program at the Assembly of God
church at 7:30 p m Friday, July
1, Rev Homer Wolfington, pastor
announces.
Consisting of five college stu
dents, the group presents a var
ied musical program of quartets,
vocal solos, trios and instrumen
tal combinations. With the group
as special speaker is Rev Fred
Greve, director of the Christian
education department of the col
lege. Rev Greve has spent sever
al years in youth work and is
widely known on the west coast
as a youth and conference speak
er. The service here will be part
of a 12,000 mile tour of the group
through 12 states. The public is
invited.
Rodeo Court Visits
Portland Meadows
Queen Susan Partlow and the
court of the Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo princesses Charlene
Jones, Geraldine Swaggart, Shar
on Crabtree and Marjorle Peck,
visited Portland Meadows Mon
day evening, guests of the Port
land Turf Association.
They met Mayor Terry Shrunk
of Portland and the president
of the Turf association. Their
official hostess was Miss Port
land Meadows and Queen Susan
was presented an orchid corsage.
The Heppner court and the
court of the Pendleton Round-Up
presented a bridle to the win
ning jockey of the day.
AT NEA CONVENTION
Three Heppner educators are
among the more than 15.000
teachers and other educators who
are attending the 9Sth annual
invention of the National Edu
cation Association this week in
Los Angeles. The meeting runs
June 26 through July 1.
Attending from here are
Robert Van Houte. county super
intendent; and Mr and Mrs Hil
lard Brown. Heppner elementary
principal and teacher.
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First Forest Fire
Of Season Burns
About 12 Acres
The first forest fire of the sum
mer burned over about 12 acres
of slash and lodgepole pine Mon
day afternoon and Tuesday
around the Keithley Blake saw
mill on Ditch Crcok about 35
miles southeast of Heppner. The
blaze was in the mop up stage
by Tuesday night
The fire started from the mill
sawdust pile during a period of
strong wind but quick action on
the part of Blake's crew and
equipment kept it from running.
The Heppner district of the For
est Service had about 25 men
on the fire in a short time and
they were later relieved by part
of the Kinzua Corporation woods
crew.
About G9 members of the fire
control crew of the Umatilla Nat
ional Forest are spending this
week at Tupper Guard Station
attending the annual Forest
Service fire school. At the com
pletion of the school lookouts
will go on duty this weekend in
the district. The Wheeler Point
lookout has been manned since
last Monday.
With the heavy influx of cam
pers, fishermen and picnicers
expected this weekend in the
mountains, the Forest Service
urged everyone using the woods
or traveling the area to take
every caution with fire.
Royal Court Visits
Heppner Chamber
Morrow county Fair and Rodeo
queen Susan Partlow and her
court were guests of the Hep-pner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce at their Monday,
noon luncheon meeting. Also
present was Miss Janice Beamer
of Heppner who was recently
named Miss Northwest Cowgirl.
The girls told the group of
their recent trips to make ap
nparances at other shows to ad
vertise the Morrow county fair
and Miss Beamer told of riding
in the Rose Festival parade and
other appearances in the North
west. The eirls were accompanied by
Mrs Cecil Jones, assistant chap
erone for the court.
Mr and Mrs R M Abrams of
Hawaii left Wednesday after a
visit here with their son and
auCTMer. in-law. Mr and Mrs
Robert Abrams and family
Mr and Mr Dick Liske of
Walla Walla visited with the
Harry Bongers on Wednesday of
last week.
Mr and Mr George Leahman
of Seattle were recent visitors of
cictor and familv. Mr and
Mrs Philip Elakney.
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Nash. Rose
Marie, and Shirley and Monty
Rf.bi.son returned Sunday from
a two weeks trip visiting rel
atives in North Dakota, Roches
ter. Minnesota. Car.ada. and Nat-
iior.al Glacier Park.
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ALL POLICE AGENCIES SLATE
HOLIDAY SAFETY PROGRAM
An Immediate 30-day driver
license suspension may face any
driver involved In a Fourth of
July holiday accident which re
sults in death. Injury or serious
property damage, Governor Mark
Hatfield announced Thursday.
The 73-hour holiday period be
gins Friday at 6:00 p m and
concludes Monday at midnight.
Hatfield said he has requested
the Department of Motor Vehic
les to consider such action when
careful investigation, gives it
reason to believe a person has
by incompetent, reckless or un
lawful operation "caused or con
tributed to an accident resulting
in death or injury to any person
or serious property damage."
The governor said the key
words In determining whether
or not a suspension will be or
dered are "incompetent, reckless
or unlawful."
A law that has been on the
books for some time but which
has never been rigidly enforced
"with conserted action" permits
this action by the department
without hearing and without re
ceiving a record of convicltlon of
the individual. (ORS 482.450)
A suspension will be ordered
only on the basis of police in
vestigations which clearly indi
cate the circumstances of hol
iday accidents. To implement the
program, state, city and county
law enforcement agencies have
been requested by the governor
to submit copies of investigation
reports of injury or property
damage accidents which they be
lieve the department should ex
amine. Normally, police agencies
forward fatal accident investi
gation reports to the department
Thp governor said the unusual
measure is warranted due to the
critical hazards present during
the holiday period. Last year,
eight persons died and 139 were
injured in Oregon traffic during
the celebration period.
Hatfield said he has requesxea
total mobilization of all law en-
Three NRA Rodeos
Set For Weekend
Thp Northwest Rodeo Assoc
iation announces three approved
rodeos that are scheduled for the
July 4th weekend.
The closest will be the Con
don rodeo on July 3 and which
is a fast moving show with all
local stock.
A four day rodeo 13 slated July
1 throueh 4 at Vale, and a three
day show, July 2, 3 and 4 Is the
Old Oregon Trail Stampede held
at Baker.
WEATHER
Hi
Low
Thursday
FrMav
81
89
85
77
82
84
90
none;
49
53
42
41
, Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Rainfall for week,
46
43
54
for
June .2S; for the year 8.33 Inches.
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their otticlal porttoit imT
Iron, th.
left Ceraldln Swaggart
(-ted) 'o-C:5''"d,'"y otmon the Jumping
recent public appcaonr, u-
virbnif done on lulT at tn
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forcement agenciesstate, city
and county to patrol streets and
highways. State police will again
have officers approximately
every 15 miles apari on me
state's major hignways a was
done over Memorial Day week
end.
The two-pronged holiday en
forcement program, the Governor
said, was planned in cooperation
with representatives or enrorce
ment officials and citizen sup
port groups for traff.c safety.
Morrow county sheriff C J D
Bauman and Heppner city police
are joining with the state police
in extra patrols over the holiday
weekend. Sheriff Bauman ex
pressed the hope that Morrow
county could again get over the
extended holiday without any
major traffic accident. Not one
accident of any type occurred in
the county during the long Mem
orial Day weekend.
Ex-Morrow Resident
Dies at Medford
Word has been received of the
death of Elbert Ray Young, 63,
a former resident or Morrow
county. He passed away June
28 at Medford
Mr Youne was born at Eight-
mile and spent his boyhood days
on the farm. He was married to
Lena Cox and moved to Med
ford where he has made nis
home for many years.
He is survived by three sons,
Wallace of Hawaii; jac 01
Seattle; and Fred of Fresno,
Calif; one daugnter, uoromy
Freisen of Chehalis, wasn; two
sisters, Genia Huston of Heppner,
and Faye George ot pomana,
one brother, Harvey of Eugene,
and five grandchildren.
Services were held today
(Thursday) at Medford.
Death Takes Brother
Of Heppner Man
Earl L Smith, 50, of Kinzua
died Tuesday at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital. Services will be
held Friday at 2 p m from the
Daniels Funeral Home in ia-
Grande.
Survivors include a Drotner,
Glenn Smith of Heppner.
HEALTH NURSE
ON COMMITTEE
fr Velma Glass, Morrow
nntv health nurse, was ap
pointed to the Economic Security
rrr,mittw of the Oregon Nurses.
Wednesday evening of last
week Mr and Mrs Paul Koenig
and Mr and Mrs Harry O'Donnell
wei" in Pendleton to honor Mrs
John Williams with a birthday
dinner at her home.
Mr and Mr Paul Koenig and
family drove to Hat Rock Sun-
day
where they met mrs
Mathison and sister and brother-in-law
Mr and Mrs Douglas
Taylor from Walla Walla and
had a family plcr.ic.
run riarenis
Mr and Mrs A i
Judy Morgan on
Royal Court of
McNary Capers
Ju.U M.'ltfatl, lUujft.Irr -f Ml
and Mii IJi'd Moigan f l'"1
ha hern tlwartt rMrfttbef of
the f.Nl c.utl t M'Nry Atjua
Ojt t held at 111 !! !"'
July 3 and A Mt 1 a cheerful
blue e)r. l-hmde who will be
-iiUr at lw hifc-h hool r.evt
fall.
Ju.K ha active In 4 H
milk f'r M-rn jrars and i a
tfn-til.ailrr ami maloiHir ie
liVr tun-.tlSi'. an.I doing a
haiun t the trmji-ne and U
ja nn-mtier -f the M.lhnball team,
chorus, student council and the
paH-r and annual staff. She Is
vice president f the (Iirls"
U'j;ue and sergeant at arm
!if the Prp club. She was chosen
prlncrs of the sweetheart ball
and of the carnival.
I For rt she goe for riding.
u!mmlng. dancing and water
skiing. After graduation he
plan to attend the Phagen
Beauty School In Portland.
Local Pulormet Du
St'Vcral other penwns from the
lone community will also take
part In the McNary show during
the weekend.
A featured performer will be
Tommy Heimhlgner. son of Mr
and Mr Ray Helmblgner. He will
jH-rform the difficult and danger
ous fete of water skiing on hi
bare feet, and he I the youngest
skier in the Northwest to have
accomplished this stunt.
Another first for Tommy will
tw -n ac in whlch he success-
ramp on 8ll0e sku. e is saia io
uier In tho North-
WP8( wno can ,j0 this.
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Several other acts will be
shown by other lone persons.
The Aqua Capers program In
cludes the coronation ball and
banquet at Hermlston Saturday,
a boat parade and motorcycle
races Sunday and a pageant
Monday. A variety of water ski
ing events will be held both
days.
FNB Loans Gain
In Oregon; Local
Branch Figures Down
l.nnns have reached an all-
time high mark at First Nat
lonal Bank of Orecon. it was
revealed when the bank submit
ted its June 15, 1960 statement
of condition figures In response
to a call by the comptroller of
the currency.
Loans and discounts of $507,
107,519 were reported, which top
ped the previous mark of $188,
958,106 set on December 31, 1959.
The current figure represents an
increase of $14,172,102 over the
June 10, 1959 bank call and It
is up $26,790,626 since the early
spring call, which reflects a con
tinuing heavy demand for bank
credit.
Deposits at the bank's 82 of
fices throughout the state were
reported at $833,014,742 down
sliehtlv from last June's $840,
oa,1dr.
The current rigure is
dovn $3,493,802 from the March
call figure.
The Heppner branch or rirst
National reported June 15 ae
posits of $4,955,663 and loans to
tailing $4,060,304, according to J
H Bedford, manager.
At the same time he released
comparable totals for the branch
for the June 10, 1959 banK can,
On that date deposits were
$5,758,098 and loans amounted
to $4,233,766.
Mrs Gertson Leaves
For European Tour
Mrs C W Anhorn and two
children of Central Point were
here to visit her mother, Mrs
Clara B Gertson before Mrs Gert-
son's departure for Europe on
Saturday.
She will meet Miss Leta Hum
phreys in Denmark and they will
take a Scandinavian tour and
then attend the International
Soroptimist convention In Lon
don and from there go to Edin
burgh. Scotland for the Internat
ional convention of Christian
rhurehes. Thev will see the Pas
sinn Plav in Germany and will
on to Rome, from where Mrs
r.prtson will leave for home.
On her return trip she will
stoo In St Paul to attend a state
directors meeting of the Degree
nf Honor Protective Association
on August 23-24.
Just before her departure, Mrs
Gertson received an invitation to
attend the Queen's tea in the
Buckingham Palace gardens on
July 21.
Mr and Mrs Paul Brown and
family returned last weekend
from a week's fishing trip at
Paulina and East Lake. They
were Joined by sheriff and Mrs
Ray Johnson of Pendleton and
Mr and Mrs Duane Johnson and
son of Madras.
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JODY MORGAN. !. McNarr
Aqua Capi pilar.
(Lyon rhoto)
Temperatures
Climb in Week
We.it her In Morn-w county
during lite mM wk proved that
i.unmier hd finally come,
thoueh 110 oppreile heat ha
et Nfii recorded In any ec
lion. Ileppher retxilded a hlj;h of SK)
Tuesday for the rmci.t .' 01
the "'r and all tcmieriiture
during the past even day have
been In the high 70 or
N!j;htime minimum have also
remained warm with the result
that real growing weather has
begun to ripen grain especially
in the lower part of the county.
Fairly dtrong wind kicked up
a few small grass fire early this
week, but damage was minor in
all cases.
Bids Received
By City Council
The Heppner city council open
ed two sets of bids Monday night,
one for the purchase of a new
tractor and back-hoe loader, and
for materials for the construc
tion of a new fire hall. Four bids
were received for the equipment,
and two for building materials.
Apparent low bidder for the
tractor and back-hoc was
Vnuphn Co of Pendleton with a
l.ld of S3C00 for a Case Industrial
tractor and equipment. EMCO,
Inc of Heppner bid $1600 for John
Deere equipment; Lexington Im
plement Co $4,496.75 on Internat
ional; and Western States Ren
tals Co of Portland bid $3900 on
International equipment. All
bids were on used or demonstrator
models.
Barratt Sales Company and
Tum A Lum Lumber Co were the
two materials bidders for the
fire hall. Tum-A-Lum's bid was
$2,568.20 nnd Barratt Sales
$.3,827 but were for widely vary
ing amounts of materials.
Neither bid was awarded pen
ding study of all bids, but they
will be approved at the regular
council meeting next Tuesday
night.
Clark Named lone
Grade Principal
Don Clark, former 5th grade
teacher at lone, has been named
grade school principal for the
lone schools, It was revealed this
week.
riark will replace Don uim-
schcld who has been named as
sistant superintendent at Irrlgon.
The county school superinien-
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dent's office reports inai uu
lenrhintj nosltlons In the county
except three are now filled. One
opening remains in the lone
schools, one at Heppner high
school and one at Riverside high.
Valby Church To
Hold Annual Picnic
The annual picnic for Valby
Lutheran church win De ncm
Sunday, July 3 at Cutsforth park,
fnilnwlne church services held
in hA nnen at 11:00 a m ai uie
i iu
nark.
Vn hv also extenas an uiviw-
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tlon to Hope Lutheran church
nmhora tn attend the service
and picnic. There will be no Sun
day school service that day.
Mr and Mr Ted Palmateer
.nn ehiidrpn and Mr and Mrs
itarrv O'Donnell were in Pen
dleton Sunday golfing with Mr
and Mrs John Williams.
Mr and Mr Victor Krelmeyr
hart her sister. Mrs Dewett urn
ton and two boys of Wallowa
county, visiting with them over
th weekend.
Robert Dobb dror Bobby
Dobbs, Jennifer, Karen, and
icothu Rinke. David Hall and
Chris Labhart up to Cove Tues
day where they will be attend
ing the Episcopal bum me
school camo for a week.
Lowell Gribbla wo In Walla
Walla Monday.
Area Committee
To Study Problems
Of Development
S-trta ft-j if-M-i.l JtUr ft?m
IH i tur. lw M r-fdmn t
tended an ' l-Unnlng tnl W
vrh'pment meeting Tuetday
nifht t lUimi.t.n whn urt
Ma mle in f.rm n otjanl
jtUn . tuJy re problem
Uh will be f.rtr.o'ir.irf w"h
ih-wU pment t t the BvrJmn
tkjtmbini: Pant Into a p. C
ittdut'rUl pk
Sker pointed out that the
majt.r problem are ttrcilng
In.lu-trv la the range, and taking
cii t.f the people who will feme
al..i,g with tueh Industry.
A amaller group, probably one
pern from each community it
organization will be named by
Charle Kendall, president of the
HormUton Chamber of Com
merce, nnd thl group will begin
a atudy of the overall problem
faring all adjacent communities
Two peken. Owen Tanner.
Bend, a member of the goxernor"
advisory committee on planning
and development, and J W For
rester. Jr. editor of the East Or
gonlan. pointed out that regard
le of whether Aerojet General
Corp which ha been looking
oer the site for a missile plant)
move In or not, that other firm
In lmllar or related businesses
will eventually come to the area.
SjH-aker stated that Aerojet la
lust one of several concern In
the field, and that such an Ideal
location will not long remain
unused.
It wa also stressed that the
area must now get on the Job
and follow up the work that ha
already been done by Governor
Hatfield and others in "selling
Boardman and Oregon." It was
for this purpose that the meet
ing was called. Hermlston mayor
Bill Belt stated he was aorry the
Morrow county Judge Oscar Pet
erson could not have been pres
ent at the meeting, because he
felt Judge Peterson had had more
to do with getting the whole
program started than anyone
else.
After appointment of the smal
ler committee, another meeting
of the whole group Is planned
and at that tlmo Gerald FranK.
chairman of the governor ad
visory committee will speak.
Attending the meeting from
this area were Elmer Schmidt
nd Phil Blakney. representing
lho 1 fennnpr. Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce; Garland
Swanson, lone, Dewey West and
Joe Tatone of Boardman.
Quiet Holiday
Expected Locally
Most Heppner stores and busi
ness offices will observe the July
4th holiday and will remain
closed next Monday. The only
places of business that plan to
remain open are some restaur
ants, service stations and tav
erns. No observance is planned in
Heppner, but in lone me Amer
ican Legion post will have a fire
works display Saturday evening
at 9 o'clock at the Memorial field
to be followed by a dance at
the Legion hall.
Two Offices Move
To New Building
Two offices which have been
located on the second noor 01
the First National Bank build-
Ins? will move to new quarters
on the second floor of the Gil
liam and Bisbee Hardware build
ing over the weekend and will
be open again next Tuesday.
Making the move are the
county agents oince ana xne
Morrow county ASC office. They
will occupy larger quarters in
the recently remodeled Gilliam
and Bisbee building.
The HeDDner office of the For
est Service, which also occupies
offices in the bank building,
plans to take new offices In the
Gilliam and Bisoee Duuaing m
the near future.
DIVORCE GRANTED
Circuit judge William W Wells
this week granted a divorce to
LaVerne Partlow from John Part-
low with a property settlement;
and an annulment to Naomi P
Judd from Virgill A Judd. In the
latter case there was no children
or property Involved.
SUIT DISMISSED
Circuit Judge William W Wells
Wednesday dismissed a suit
filed by Lavern Henderson con
testing the will of Claud White.
Mr and Mr Lincoln Nah w
in lone Monday visiting their
daughter and son-in-law. Mr and
Mrs Lee Falmer.