County Wealher
Observer Group
Organized
The Morrow County Weather
Observers was orfantied last
wn-k. reports N. C Anderson.
county estemlon acent.
The newly ortanued rroup
will Invltt all farmera thruout
the cognty to participate In
weather observation p roe rim.
Order will be pooled for an In
expensive rain sut which will
be used by the weather observ-
era ao that uniform preclplta
tlon measures can be taken.
Records will consist of a log
on th kind of cloud while it la
raining, the amounta and timet
of showers recorded aa thry fall
time of beginning and ending of (overnight.
IThree Locol Youths
Injured In Cor Wreck
Three lural )UthS auffrrrd
minor Inlunrt early Sunday
.n XttU car was lrvlvH l
a one car accident,
Kay Corbln. home on 30 dy
leave from the V. 8. Air Force,
was driving hia car when it hit
loose gravel aa he paislng
another motorM. Trie tar Mt
the roadway and hit a tank.
causing both doom to fly open.
Three boya were aiitlng In the
front aeat and both on the out
tide were thrown from the car
Corbln waa hpl!lled over
night at Pioneer Memorial In.
pltal with multiple brule. leg
laceraiiona and a mild concus-
tlon.
Dirk Robinson rece ved a lart-e
forehead laceration, contusion
to left elbow and left knee. He
alao wat kept in the hospital
each atorm. kind of clouda that
preceded the rain, and direction
of the wind.
A report on the progreta of the
program, number of recorders.
network of rain gaugea and
weather obaervera will be made
to Oregon State College In hopes
that thia interest might draw Justice ond Municipal
Kill! IUIVII IIVIII Ptlivir. .
as the National Science Founda-1 Court PrOCCCdingS
tion wnicn are apenaing iunat
Bob Br'nt ' treated for
brulaea and contusions to left
shoulder and chest and released
from the hospital.
The JM7 two-door aedan they
were In waa Judged a total loss
on programs of experimental
weather research thruout the
U. SL. Anderson aald.
Officers and directors elected
at the meeting were Frank An
deraon, lleppner, president; Clar
enc Rosewall. lleppner, vice pres
ident; N. C Anderson, lleppner.
secretary; directors. Louis Carl
ton. lone. Earl McCabe, lone,
Don Hellker, lone, Harry Proud
foot, Echo. Kenneth Peck, Lex
ington, and Kenneth Turner,
lleppner.
The group requests that farm-
Jamea Elvis Sullivan, over
width load, $15.00 ball forfeited
Clyde Raymond Cole, no motor
vehicle license, fined $3.00.
Floyd J. Brenda. defective muf
fler, fined $10.00.
Dean Hess, no operators li
cense, lined .uw
Robert Vernon Flatt, failure to
drive right half of highway, fined
$15.00.
Donald James Mills, no motor
vehicle license, fined $a.00.
C E. Lynch, failure to stop on
meeting school bus. $30.00 fine
i . - . .
era Interested In inv or the u"curu.
chases of weather observation Patricia L. Sawyer,
contact them for further details.
violation
excessive speed,
HOSPITAL NEWS
Virginia Stillman, Heppner;
Stanley Cox, Klnzua, dismissed;
Dick Roblson, Heppner; Kay Cor
bln, Heppner, dismissed; Marga
ret Hamm, Heppner, dismissed;
Ella Chapman, Spray; Clarence
Leonard, Drain, dismissed; Louis
St Onge, Mlkkalo; Rozena Cole,
Heppner; Juanlta Llllie, Condon;
Beth Lynch, Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford
were in Portland last week.
of basic rule,
fined $50.00.
Kathlene Lynch, overtime
parking, fined $1.00.
Vernon Blall, overtime parking.
fined $1.00.
Morrow County Grain Growers,
overtime parking, fined $1.00.
Snow Pack
Low - Irrigation
Water Shortage
Farmers who lm spring run
t tt from the stream of Morrow
county to Irrigate should be ttor
iiijr water now, reports N. C An
oYfwifi. county agent. This Is to
compensate fr the lack of anow
i.a.h in Arbuckle mountain and
. carry Hie crops through the
dry was.n.
Water roni-t from the Ar
burkle mountain anow pack are
at an all time low, according to
Ralph Richards, conservationist
who measured 23 3 inches last
wk, Water content of this pack
h only 7.75 Inches, an all time
low. Last year It was 9 Inches;
the average is 11.7 Inches. The
highest water content was In
10'j3 when It was 17.1 Inches.
Anderson sold that prospects
for an excellent crop now exist.
The lick of snow In the county
was offset by the heavy recent
rains and unless rain should
skip the county in May and June
the crops will be good. o reason
to expect Hl condition exists.
as normally enough rain falls In
those two months to finish ma
turing the crops.
Irrigation farmers may have a
different picture If they do not
start conserving their surplus
now by Impounding. With the
low water content on Arbuckle
the normal late spring run-off
Just will not occur, but they can
puarantec enough water If they
make provision for It at this
time.
Farmers Union
Meeting Held
Te regular monthly meeting of
ne rarmers t'nlon was held
Tw-Hy- tvrr.ir.g st the Ffd
Mankln home In lleppner.
At Lamb made a report on hit
recem trip to the .National Farm
ers Union convention In Wash-
Ington, D. C. The convention
heard an ad J rets by th Secre
tary of Agriculture OrvIHe Free-
man.
Mr. Freeman told the conven
tion that the Agriculture Depart
merit and th admtnUtrttlon
was dedicated to raiting the par
ity of Income and standard of
living of rural America and at
the same time assuring the con-
Methodist Church
Elects Leaders
Lew ftobblns, Heppner. waa re
elected lay leader of the Meth
odiM church at the fourth quart
erly district conference held
Monday night
CommUklon chairmen elected
were Edna Turner, membership
and evangelism; Lucille Owens,
education; Mrs. Lew Robblna,
missions; Ray Williamson,
tewardhlp and finance.
Three new trustees were elec
ted: Fred Glmbel, J. W. Farra
and Ralph Richmond.
Mrs. Douglas Drake waa nam
turners of America an deqiMt H rhurfh "ho01 uertntendenl
jor ine ensuing jr. i-u
Smith was elected treasurer and
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Creswlck,
Matron and Patron of the Hepp
ner O.E.S. chapter, Mrs. Dick
Wilkinson, Mrs. J. R. Huffman,
and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael at
tended the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the Hermls-
ton O.E.S. chapter on Saturday
night
Unsightly Spot
On Sidewalk Repoired
A needed Improvement to the
own was made by the city crew
his week when the gutter at
E. Willow street and .Main Street
by the Hotel Heppner building
was repairca.
Due to a low spot water did
not drain Into the sewer properly.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the city crew at last
week's city council meeting. A
week later work was completed
of Installing a new sidewalk
over pass and raising the low
spot with cement.
supply of food at reasonable
price.
re!a Anderson gave a report
on the newly organized Morrow
county weather observers organ
Ization and asked fur the coop
eratlon of the farmers In keep
Ing weather records.
On 111 Cutsforth. legislative
chairman, made report on his
recent trip to Salem to testify
before the agriculture commit
tee In opposition to H. B. 1391
Tills bill was designed to control
and prohibit the us of 2.1 D In
the state of Oregon and was very
detrimental to the wheat grow
ers of Morrow county.
The meeting adopted a resolu
tlon endorsing the new Omnibus school
farm bill to be Introduced in con
gresa this week and urged all
farmers In the county to write to
their congressman soliciting his
support for the bill.
Mrs. Howard Bryant, financial
secretary.
Communion stewards are Mrs
Lincoln Nash and Shirley Nash
Seven stewards of the church
were named: Mrs. Harry Duvall,
Darl Hudson. Mrs. Fred Mankln,
Lincoln Nash, Douglas Drake,
Emma Hager and Cornett Green
Ernest Wilson, district super
Intendent from Portland, presid
ed at the meeting.
High School
Class Reunion Set
Ski Club Elects
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb and
family visited his mother, Mrs,
Minta Webb In Walla Walla on
Sunday.
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Kenneth Peck, Lexington, was
re-elected president of Baldy
Butte Ski Club at a meeting at
the fair annex Sunday evening.
Other officers chosen were Don
ald Peterson, lone, vice president
and Alice Vance, Heppner, secretary-treasurer.
Jim Miller,
Heppner. was elected to
board of directors.
The agenda for the coming
year was discussed. It Is pro
posed to supply bus service from
Heppner to the ski area next
winter. Plans were made for a
spring carnival for 19G2. It was
decided that a first aid program
would be given the ski patrol
before the beginning of the ski
season.
Kenneth Peck gave a report
on work to get a use permit
from the U. S. Forest Service for
a new ski run on Arbuckle
mountain.
An arm patch contest to pick
an official emblem for the club
will be held at the next meeting
with a prize awarded the person
presenting the winning emblem.
Dob Rietmann, lone, showed
the members motion pictures he
took of the Olympics last year
at Squaw Valley, California.
Refreshments were served and
special ski prizes were given.
Another meeting will be called
by the president In May to plan
a summer work program In im
proving the ski area, and In
building the new ski trail on
Arbuckle mountain If a use per
mlt Is granted.
Members of the Heppner high
graduating classes of
1025. 26. '27. 78. "29 and '30
will hold a Joint class reunion at
the Terril Benge ranch on Rhea
Creek May 28.
Harold Erwln. Heppner, is
chairman and Irma Keithley,
Heppner, Is secretary-treasurer
of the group.
Invitations are being mailed to
a complete rosier or an gradu
ates of those years. Mrs. Keith
ley states, and a large attend
ance is anticipated.
Mrs, Frank Opp of KalispelL
Mont., has been visiting recently
with her dauehter. Mrs. Dave
,ne Townsend and family.
LEXINGTON
Appointments
Given Episcopalians
The Rev. Bruce Spencer, rector
of All Saints Episcopal church
at lleppner, was appointed at
delegate to the Synod of tfca Sin
Province of the Episcopal Church
it the Convocation of the Mua
hmary of Pattern Oregon Friday
through Sunday at !it River.
The hth Pruviiwe takes In all of
the North American continent
and acme Pacific Islands. The
Synod will be held In San Jose,
California, May 2.
Other appointments of local
people made at the convocation
were Hubert Abrams to the dla
trlct executive committee; Father
Spencer waa appointed to thia
committee for the second year;
and Clarence Rosewall was ap
Dolnted to the financial board
of equalization.
Delegates to the Convocation
from here were Father Spencer.
Rosewall. Jack Loyd. Gerald
O'Mtlley and James Drlscoll.
Representatives to the Youth
convocation were Gerald Bunch.
Alvln Ayres. David McBath and
Johnnie Pfelffer.
Dr. Wagner Attends
Special Heart Study
Dr. C. M. Wagner. Heppner
physician and surgeon, attended
an Invitational closed heart res-
rucitation session at the health
and science building of the med
ical school at the University of
Washington at Seattle last week.
The demonstration of heart
surgery at the meeting was put
on bv two doctors from Johns
Hopkins. Attending physicians
were to carry on similar demon
strations In their areas so all
doctors could benefit from the
new procedures.
Dr. Wagner said that films are
being madt to be used at these
demonstrations and as soon as
they are available he will con
duct a demonstration here.
Dr. Wagner flew to Seattle to
attend the one-day meeting
Music Students
Participate In Baker
Band Festival
Students of lleppner tthoolt
participated ul:h mere than
2,000 othr student from 2a
whoolt at the Fatern Oiegon
Music Festival hell in Baker last
Stturday.
The hlch school band, the high
. L ... . - .. t ll..
ttnooi tnorus nun n
hool honor band each received
"2" ratings.
Arnold Mclby. Instructor, re
ported that both band were
Judged "l" rating by one Judge.
-2 id us" by another, and "2" by
the third, making a rating of "2."
Ninety nine students entered
jhe festival from Heppner.
The long trip tjk a ton on
students who arrived tired and
did not perform as well as they
mlcht have under other circum
stances, Melby stated.
Evaluation by the Judges will
be presented band parents at a
Band Parents t-iuo meeunis
when they have been receiveu.
Evan J. Evans, 92,
Dies In Portland
Word has been received of the
death at a rortiana ".
home of Evan J. Evans. 92
Services were held at Pat
man's Chapel of the Dnwn. Port
land. April 10. . n.
Mr. Evans was orn in v
Hill. Ohio. July 2. iwj. lie h
In Morrow county for 40 years,
coming here In 1312. He"1
north of Lexington, and retired
and moved to Portland In 19j2.
He Is survived by one daugh
ter Mrs. Stephen Thompson.
Pendleton; a son. Llewellyn.
Portland; a sister. Mrs. Earl
Gray. Spokane. Wash.; a brother.
Thomas Oak Hill. Ohio; nine
grandchildren and on great
grandchild.
Interment was In Rose City
cemetery. I'oniana.
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Magazine Sales
For Sickroom Benefit
American Legion Post No. 87,
Heppner, will again sponsor the
sale of magazines for sickroom
equipment
The equipment is stored at the
local Legion hall and is avail
able for use in private homes to
the general public on request.
There Is no charge for Its use as
the program is financed through
the annual sale of magazines by
the Legion.
Canvassing of the county will
be started April 17. Those carry
ing on the sale will carry let
ters of introduction signed by
the sponsoring local post offi
cials. Alva Jones is chairman of
local equipment committee.
Other officials of the Legion
. t
nere wnose names will appear
i on the letters of introduction are
Kemp Dick, commander; Marcel
Jones, vice commander; William
Labhart. adjutant, and William
j Heath, finance officer.
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