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HttrtitU QAZtTTZ TlMti. ThtUi. July M, ol , Boardman Has Busy Summer If MAIT LC MAKLOW Mr. and Mr, Bb Thornhiil and daurMer. Aria and Tint have returned hum from vu-t k' trip to Portland and ruakl ml point. They vtuted Thorn hill brothers and sUter In law. Mr. an.l Mr. William Thornhiil and Mr and Mr, One Thorn hilt at Junction City, and hla brother In law and sister. Mr. and Mr. Dean Ryali at Harris hutg. Mr fr-Jlln Whop had rye urgery at th t'i Samaritan houital In Portland lat wk. Phe l rert.verlng satinfeatorlly, Mr. Hillings took her daughter Brenda to Portland, Saturday where she took the plane to Son Joe, Calif., for a month's Mt at the home of her brother-ln law and sister, Mr. and Mr. Jim Sullivan. Mm. Waller Hayes aceompan led her niece. Barbara LeTraee ff Echo, lo Portland over the week -end. Mr. Hayes visited heri Drlfcotti Attend Postmaster's Meet ! At Helix Pork , The Morrow-l'matllU county unit of the Oregon Chafer of National Aitin of Put- mt-i combined me regular Fire lays Wsfe To 30,23 Acres (Continued from 1) uuci'i'ilv nut-tme with a family . ui llnitc at the tliy park In llelu. J Tbo or.ly burn suffered on the Sunday, July 16. j fi-'e w a burned hand while Attending- from Heppner were draining potatoes. Chill! the 1'ral p.imatrr and family. I'l. key. Hefner, sufferrd the Vr nd Mi. Jam.- II iniw.ll' burn while ttVlnn for fir fljcht and n Tim. and guet Gene.eu and was brought to Honeer llellker and Dan McHrlde. Mr. .Memorial hospital for treatment, lrleoiI U currently pioddent of then released. Other Injured the unit, with Lavelle Parllow wn v..'i4'..M.nnac. of Boardman serving a mhw-: who had gashed hi thumb while tJ. ; cutting alah. and John Steven- ,? . . , , ! mm, Portland, who fell In for the iK-rafclon, wa the mI lant field services offl-er. Joseph S. Kerr from Portland, accom panied by Mr. Kerr. In a unique ami interesting Illegal Actions Result In Fires Settlrt of firecracker and burrUr.f trash, both Illegal aet rveo fire In Hppnr thU week, accord inf to fir Chief C. A. Sunday afternoon at 1:5 vol u titer r were called to the hlli one block wet of the city awlm Sandra Harshman Gets Thrill from Trip East Sandra llauhman. aenlor at ua panel dlrulon and burr fert wide and IV) feet long be. with re j part, and many other respond ed. OKeefe said Thursday morn nt log Both were brought to the hoipltal Monday, treated, and returned to the flrellne. All mill In the area were rloa- I - .,,,,.,, . A Tt....4 m t, knit I .k.... l L. k. tfiu i ....... presentation. Mr. Kerr streMied ... 1 ' . ' " the necessity for courteous pub-1 ""P 7n'iTV. .' . .T . , lie aervlce ,nd rontlnued atten- u Ua,1f "j quired on patrol th. rt f the .. -ffiMnni rtff. nrounni in. mx cm were irurura ummer in tne area, u will oe llverv of all cIhh... of mail. Par-1 '" " tnounialn and uaed In ome time before the total dam tleular attention wa f.xmsed clearing the line for ba. k llrlng. aKo can be accurately reined. ).. ,nnM-ilnI li..lwnn : Pincnonu nnp nu nomr cn ncrr w r- iliouth aupplir ran low on aome thlny before Monday dellvetle. firefighter were wll fed. The Foret Srs I. e reported that the coo(erailon of lleppner men-h ant had dorw much lo make their tak eatler. Not only food aupptlera helped out. Mike Vhllemlth opened the J. C. IVnney atore Monday night to aupply fighter with clothing. Kd (onty opi-ned hla Shoe Store Sunday. IVie MrMurtry of lle p- eral time, to utply m.hanlca he wind over the hill. Spotted replacement for broken burne.i piacea coyerea awiui i.e llellnrr high hoo. had thrilling eilrru-e a on of mlng "o where fire had gotten , ,,! iu.l. nt delet.'ate and t away from a trah can. The ffl,iuii i, ri i"Mnl thegoti at wind blowing at the time carried ,ht pulure llomemaker of the fire around the bae of .tnt-tU- national meeting In St hill, burning a atrip about aUjiuj,, Mu- juiv 3 7. Sandra wa driven by ner fore firemen brought It "'(,;,,, Mr. Kvereit llar.hman. conirvl. Tte firecracker fire waa Halt ed about 10.30 p. m. Tuesday morning when two amall boya set off cracker In the bottom of a canyon near the highway north of town. Flame quirk!)' ajiread aon ln law and daughter. Mr. " ' '"" ' " Merrhant of lleppner did their. ' uatinl. Although much timber I llr. RolrllfUl nf Minn' " '-'""- --' .. ft,.... .....r . II...I 1 I. ..... vKlted Mr. Rollln Blahnp at the ntJ ,rt wuitl he madn l'" ",,' S"r.la.v night and In drawi and lnaecrlble place Co Samaritan hospital. " " ' ", L,hJu ..r fill truik with foinl for the fight- which would not have been har- Mrs. Florence Root apent three, ', ' ers. ReMaurants of the town vested In the foreseeable future day last week at the home of her aon and daughter in law. Mr. ond Mrs. Vernon Root, In Wasco. Sunday visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe were Mrs. Thorpe' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith of Union, and her brother and slster-ln-law, Mr. nnd Mrs. Bob Smith and children Linda. Roper and Chris ty of Hiilncs. Boh Miller has been a patient supply. The next meeting will he held In llermlnton on September 21. Mrs. Bcrgstrom Dies In Portland July 13 Servleea were held Monday at the Chapel of the Chime In Port land for Elvlda Victoria Berg stmm, SO, Portland. Mrs. Bergstrom died July 13 In The Danes nospiiai since at convalescent home In Port Thursday of last week. He was jand f0jjowinfir an illness of sev expected to return home Monday.) , yvaTn of muitjtude sclerosis. wnna laione, ii.-ugiSh. .. hr ram v had 1 ved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe To tone, received a bad cut on her knee Saturday In a fall from her bicycle. Taken to a physician It required ten stitches to close the wound. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Houston In the Eight Mile district here until about 12 years ago. She Is survived by her hus band. Alfred. Portland; one daugher. Anna Lynn. Portland; one sister. Mrs. Elsa Nelson, Sea side; one brother. Walter Nel made sandwiches In the hun dreds. When vhey ran out of vested In the foreseeable future, and the main fire was success fully kept from prime forest food, store opened for them and land by hard working crew. Three Links Club Plans Doll Clothes Style Revue By DELPHA JONES ; Mr. and Mrs. Clell Rea of lone The Three Links club of the . over the week-end, to Arlington to Pendleton July 1, where site wa Hned by representative fiom La C.rande and Milton-Fte water. From there the three girl went by prhate car lo Portland where they met the klx other delegate ami the two adult rep reM-ntatiic. Sunday morning ihev left Portland International to lx acre before firefighter Ain-irt hv ulane for Kan City. nrougni ii unaercomroi one nnu , where they changed to a Jei i hour later. the trio to St. Louis. Fire Chief C. A. Ruggle again j -j, r,v ,1M,k us M minute wurnen me punnc inai nurning fn,m Kansn City to our deotl iran is againsi me law at mia (rli" Sandru report. time oi year, even in a uan , n,.. Oregon delegates were burner. He said citation would be luid to the offenders. The boy were taken to the police station, warned, and re leased to their parents. Carol Ann Anderson attend ed the wedding of Cella Boulden and Courtland Marpe In Lake vie w last week. Carole Anne was maid of honor. County Agent If. C Anderson nnd son Dave (trove to Pullman, Wn., Saturday to plk up the students who had been attend Ing a four week summer school at the W.S.U. campus. The stu dents were Chris Brown, Bruce Thomson, Doug Anderson, and Kathy Rae. Mr. and Mr. Robert Walkr and sons Bill and Jim of Eugene and son Leo of La Grande wcreon( portland; and her father weeK-enn visuors ai uie "o"' j Fredrick Kelson, Portland. of Mrs. Huston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Potts. Mrs. Harold Smith of Seattle Wash, visited at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Nathan Thorpe three days last week. Grog Knopp of Portland is vis King at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ta tone. Mr. anl Mrs. Robert Strutz and daughters Patty, Kathy and Becky have returned home from a week's trip to Portland and Tillamook. They visited at the home of Mrs. Strutz's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bighouse, in Portland, and also went to Ver nonla to visit Strutz's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Strutz. Visitors at the home of Mrs. Claud Worden recently were Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Shurtz of Klickitat, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. VI nee Watson and throe sons of Hcrmiston were recent visitors at the home of Mrs. Russell Miller. W. W. Hartle Is visiting several weeks at the home of his son In-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Smith In Welser, Ida He will also go to Rigglns, Ida to visit another son-in-law and daughter, Mr. nnd Mrs. Clarence Thomas Mrs. Charles Anderegg and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe were hon ored on the occasion of their birthdays last week when group of friends surprised them with n noon luncheon at the An doregg home. Present were Mrs. Claude Coats. Mrs. Zearl Gill esple, Mrs. Glen Carpenter, Mrs, Florence Root, Mrs. Lowell Shat tuck, Mrs. Cecil Hamilton, Mrs, Louise Earwood and Mrs. Frank Marlow. LeRoy Hicks of lone Is spend Ing the summer at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clvde Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Saltzer of Tualatin were overnight vis ltors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderegg last week. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Mix of Terrebonne visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs from Thursday till Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Algy Taylor went to Portland last week on busi ness. Their great-granddaughter, Pamela Morgan, returned home with them for a visit. Holly Rebekah lodge met at the Cecil Jones home with June Da vldson as hostess. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, and reports of com mittees were given. Mrs. Delpha Jones, chairman of the bazaar and money-making project for fall, reported that plans are be ing made for a doll clothes style review, and dinner to be given Attending the funeral from ' he flt Sunday In November. here were brothers of Mr. Berg strom. John Bergstrom and wife and family and Ed Bergstrom and wife; sisters of Mr. Berg Dolls will be shown, modeling doll clothes demonstrated by children and also separate out fits will be shown and sold. Get Strom, Mrs. Laurence Beckett ' J"" caCd,s eTe n t0, and husband, Esther Bergstrom. Mrs. Ben Bergstrom and hus band; his cousin, Mrs. Bill Berg strom and his nephew, Frank Anderson and wife. Tillicum Club Meets Mrs. Ralph Skoubo was hostess for the Tillicum cluD last week at her home. The dance for Princess Pat Part low of the Morrow County Fair court sponsored by the club will be held at Heppner Aug. 5. Due to the heat it was voted to past pone the rummage sale until fall. The cooked food sale was held at Hayes Grocery Sat urday. A Dutch auction brought $U0, which will be put in the benev- olence fund. Falling Tree Just Misses Gonty Auto A large ash tree fell In the lot back of the First National bank about 1:30 p. m. Sunday. The 35 foot section of the tree had apparently been split from the main trunk some time ago. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, owner of the property, said that he could not see what had been holding it up, yet heavy leaves were growing on the branches. Fungus, with worm-like appearance, ta ken from the inside of the main trunk showed that It has been split off a long time ago and the wood was rotten inside, the doctor said. Avery Taylor, who lives close by, and Dr. McMurdo sawed the tree trunk Monday evening. Taylor will use It for firewood. Kd Gonty, who lives directly across the street, said he had Vonne Bloodsworth who Is 111 with the mumps, and Audrey Mounts who is suffering With a broken foot. After the rest of the business, refreshments were serv ed to the following: Dimple Munkers, Catie Padberg, Cora Warner, Freda Majeske, Bernice Wihlon; Delpha Jones, Florence McMillan, Annie Keene, La- Verne Henderson, Linda Cooper, Valda Irvin, and Betty Hender son. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Wodell of Yakima, Wash., were week end visitors at the home of their daughter and family. Rev. and Mrs. Walter Smith. Marleen and Ramona Smith returned home with them from a two-weekls vacation in Yakima. Gives Program For Patients A group from the Lexington Christian church accompanied Rev. Smith to the nursing home at the Tioneer Memorial hos pital Sunday to entertain the patients with singing. Those going were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Messenger, Carroll Messenger and Delmar Wodell. The new phone number of the to catch the bus. Miss Cavin re- are visiting at the home of her malned for a two weeks visit. motner. Mrs. vnaries oariow, in rwii t. .n if.nm.ih Heppner this week. i c.. .. ..,, k... I.. I Mr. Dlmr Feller and oa I! 17,. r"n V h.v i Wh Kugene visited last week . . ' . ' with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jones and Audrey Mounts is connnetl to famiv. Pettlni aeoualnted with her bed. suffering from a broken I her new grandson. Mrs. Fellers iooi receivea recently in a tan. ( mother 0f Mrs. jonM and Whlt Mr. and Mrs. Emery Burnslde ' returned home last Friday, of Spray, Mrs. Wilbur Steagall, Mr .and Mr. John Bergstrom Lola Smith, Scottle and Steve 1 and familv. Mr. and Mrs. Lau- Gentry, were dinner guests at rence and Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. the O. G. Breeding home on Frank Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Burnslde, Ed Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. also visited at the George Stea- Robert Bergstrom. Mr. and Mrs. gall home. Ben Anderson, Mrs. Bill' Berg- reirlstered at the Chase Park Plara hotel In St. Louis. One of the highlights Sandra rejx'rts I the election of Mary Virginia Seckhart. La Grande, !i secretary of the national or L'anlalion. Miss SiM-ekhart Is Mate president of the Oregon asMM-iatlon. The theme for the meeting wa "Youth. Measure Your Values Several prominent speakers ad Mrs. M. C. (Emma) Breshears . strom. and Miss Esther Berg- returned Tuesday night from a strom attended the funeral of three weeks trip to Kentland, Mrs. ai ttiviciai Bergstrom in Indiana. She was accompanied Portland on Monday, home by a friend, Mrs. Ella Gag-! Mr. and Mr. N. C. Anderson non of Kentland, who plans to attended the wedding of County remain for a visit. .Agent Joe Hay and Miss ninnur h.m at siMoalt .Lorraine lautiest in baiem on Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall Sunday, entertained with a steak dinner Jack Van Winkle and son John at their home on Sunday. Those met former Heppnerrites, Mr. and present were Deanna Steagall,! Mrs. Bud Collins and family, at of Portland, Cheryle Hartman, Lt Lake for some fishing Sat Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dougherty . urday and Sunday. and daughter Cynthia of Hepp- Sunday guests at the Frank ner, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crow ell and children Gene and Karen of lone, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Richelderfer, Jerry Benson, Misses Georgia and Sally Gibson, Mich Hamlin mountain cabin were Mr, and Mrs. Wilbur Gourley, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby and Kathy and Susie.. milord Brown, principal of ael and Paul Gibson. Marlon Heppner elementary school re and Martin Richelderfer of The turned Sunday from a two-week Dalles, Mrs. Bob Steagall and workshop at La Grande on The David. Jim Sreaeall. Mr. and Gifted Child. been using the shade of the treel for his car and had just moved I Lexington Christian church par the auto five minutes before thelsonage is 3-8495. tree fell. Mrs. Greg Leyva, Mrs. Emma Breshears and house guest, Mrs. Gagnon, all of Lexington, and Waconda Steagall of Pendleton. Waconda Steagall of Pendle ton has been staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steagall, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Hout and family are spending two weeks fishing and camping at Paulina Lake and Crane Prairie reservoir. Pamela Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes, is visiting her great aunt, Mrs. Bob whil her narents. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Steagall of Pendleton have Smith, In Newberg for two weeks, been in Reedsport. I Visiting the Tom Hughes fam- Mrs. Florence McMillan and y r three weeks, is Chuck Mc Miss Janet Cavin visited at the Daniel of Gales Creek, son of Mr anH Mrs O w riitsfnrth ' Pat Sawver home in Pendleton Alr- an(l rs- Marion McDaniel flow to Quincy, Wash, on Thurs-1 on Sunday, taking Valda Irvin Irs- McDaniel and Mrs. Hughes day whore they left their two. there for a few days visit. i '"S" nsmnea. daughters, Lisa and Donna, with ' Mrs. Bertha Hunt has had as Mrs. Cutsforth's sister. They re- house guests the last few days, . .. . , tiirn,'I wv if Qrwilr a rf u'horA Mr nH Mr Tnrl Gnstnfson of Recent visitors at the Joe Yo Sarah Frock, Heppner, is at 1 thev attended to some business ' Bakersfield, Calif. They and Mrs. rom home were Mr. and Mrs. . ... . I I n KFI , I 1,, ,1 ..I .tlr -1 . . 1 nome recuperating rrom a ran Mr. and Mrs. Oner McCaleb of Portland were week-end guests at the home of her bro ther and family, Mr. and Mrs Herman Green. Also calling at the Green home during the week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Vlv Ian White, vacationing from California. While In Heppner. the Whites were houseguests of Mrs. Amanda Duvall. Mrs. Bob Brlndl 1 In Good Samaritan hospital In Portland following surgery on her back. She will remain there for two to three weeks. Mrs. Phil Blak ney was with her and returned home on Tuesday. The mumps, which bar plag ued local vacationers, beset the Marion Green family on their vacation to the coast. They left for the benches last week but stopped with Mrs. Green's sister In Lebanon for four or five days when their older son, Howard, came down with the mumps. La ter they continued on to Honey man park near Florence and re turned Tuesday. Marlon will go back to work at the Eastern Ore gon Bank in lone Monday. Mr. and Mr. Clint McQucnrU and son Danny left Sunday for Missoula, Mont., on a week's va cation trip and are visiting rel atives on both sides of the fam ily there. Daughter Susan re mained home to work in her parents' Central Market . while they are gone. Phil Mahoney and son. Bob, and Archie Ball spent a week fishing in Canada, returning home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Vic Kxelmeyer and family visited in Heppner Thursday through Saturday. Vic held a class at the 4-H camp while here. Their daughter, Vickie, will remain for a longer stay. Gordon Pratt and children. Kevan, Judy, and Terry, return ed Monday after a few days va cationing In Portland. gruup were organized. The pur- poM of the ma ting was to gain an understanding of how and where the girl receive their l tit, and to determine what al ut are Important to teen tger- Tli delegate took alue tet. whlih were Interpirted for them hy Dr. Glenn R lUwkes. head tl the department of child de vehement at low a Slate L'nl-vt-rnity. The delegates rated al urn a follows: 1 education, 2 family life, 3 pleasure, 4 ef ficiency, 5 conevrn for other. C economy. 7 health, 8 t-taiu. and 9 friendship. Dr. Ilawkc said thee rating would not be typ ical for all teenager, but show ed good Interpretation for the choM-n group, made up of lead er who have the Improvement of honest family living a their Hated goals. The dx general m-ssIoii were attended by 115(1 delegate from the L'. S., including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rlc0 and the Vir gin Island. The ev.ions were held July 3 through b. Sandra reported the biggest event and most thrilling to her was the formal banquet at which the national president sjioke on values. The group left St. Louis July 7 by plane, changing at Kansas City and continuing lo Portland, where Sandra took a plane to Pendleton. She was met there by her mother and father. Sandra Is the past president of the local chapter and new . parliamentarian of the uture Homemakers of America, Oregon association. She had taken a lot of kidding as to how she would find It In the mid-West in the hot summer months. She reports that though the weather was as hot as she had been told it would be "and our feet kept swelling," it was a thrill she would never forget. Sarah Prock Suffers Injuries In Fall on Main street Thursday morn Ing. Mrs. PriH-k had started across the street in front of the Hotel Heppner when her foot caught in a circle of wire in the street. She fell about 10 feet from the orbing and was at first thought badly Injured. i r .. . I r .....!.. 1 . .1 i .i 1 matters. Hunt were traveling companions "'""vo" u uduBn- Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers on the European trip last year, j 'CT.MalJa" .Stanley of Newell, enjoyed a day of boating at Hat Group Meets at Humphrey ' alif- Pjblfu oc?m returned Rock on Sunday. Mrs. Bertha Hunt and Mr. and nome with them for a couple Mr. and Mrs. Niel Jones and j Mrs. Gustofson attended a patio of weeks, and Marian Stanley family of Carlton, visited with buffet dinner on Monday night remained in Lexington for an her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. at the home of Leta Humphreys extended stay. Breeding, several days last week. In Heppner. Other guests were The Eugene McCorkle family Nora Turner, Edna Turner, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hughes are movinc to Stanfield to maki i Clara Gertsen. These neoole were aa a new granuaaugnter to Police Chief Dean Gilman took, their hnm Thw hnv rnntiv'nart of tho nmnn who enloved their grandchildren. She is the .......... ... . . . j . I"- r ----- - ( ,l,,l,.. j ,. .. , . i. the European trip last summer, i ' - muu Mrs. Mervin Leonard was a Marshall of Sweet Home, weigh Spokane visitor one day last! ed 8 lbs- ad 3 ' oz. and was week where she attended thejb0 Jul' 15- Tne young miss a skinned nose and skinned el bows. She was allowed to go home following treatment. Enjoy Boat Trip her to a local doctor. She had sold their home in Lexington, a deep gash under the left eye, Dedication services were held requiring eight stitches to close, Sunday at the Lexington Christ ian church for Geraldine Mess enger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Messenger. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth nnd Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weather ford of Heppner are spending some time in Alaska. They made the trip with the Flying Farmers. Don Campbell and Jerry Mess enger have recently been con ducting the Sunday services at the church here, in the absence of the minister. On Sunday, Rev. Smith presented each of them with copies of the new English Testament as 'Thank Yous" for their assistance. Portland Girls Visit Mrs. C. C. Jones and Mrs. Gor don White of lone motored to Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell enjoyed an ideal vacation dur ing the past two weeks spent on waterways around Orcas Island, San Juan Islands and the In land Passage. They were guests of former Heppner residents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith of Seattle, on their 38 ft. Chris Craft. Two other boats joined the cruising party. Although they hit some rough water occasionally and got a few thrills, weather was fine 25th wedding anniversary of her brother and wife. Florence McMillan were In Covei on Tuesday. Mrs. Dean Hunt and daughter Jeannine. Mrs. Donald Hunt, Mrs. Bertha Hunt and Mr. and Mrs. Gustofsen were Pendleton vis itors on Monday. Sandra Richards of Heppner is employed at the Dean Hunt home during harvest. Mrs. Ethel Vanderpool of Kel logg, Ida. has been a recent call er at the Earl Warner and Bertha Hunt homes. Jim and Ray Ritchie of Salem were visitors in Lexington last was named Barbara Luree and Joins one sister and two brothers. HOSPITAL NEWS Dawn Weisenfluh, Dale, dis missed; Edith Crist, Heppner, dismissed; Georgann Hull, Fos sil; Raymond Medlock, Heppner, dismissed; Joyce Hudson, Kin zua; Opal Olson, Lexington; Al len Case, Heppner; Steven Shaw, Spray, dismissed; Barbara Mis ener, Fossil; Catherine Thome, lone, dismissed; David Hynds, Heppner. To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tier ney, Condon, an 8 pound 12 1 ounce daughter, Jennifer Marie, born July 17. To Mr. and Mrs. William Tay man, Condon, a 7 pound four ounce son Dennis William, born July 20. Freight Rate Charges Cause Investigation Freight rates to the Heppner area, wrucn some Businessmen state are higher than those being charged other communities, were discussed at the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce Monday at its regular meeting. Chamber President Mike Whitesmith said that Represen tative Frank Weatherford had reported receiving communica tions from local businessmen In regard to freight rates. Weather ford had suggested that a com mittee from the chamber be ap pointed to study the matter. In an ensuing discussion some members said that they had to pay charges on merchandise to Hermiston, then pay an addit ional charge from there to Hepp ner. Whitesmith appointed Roice Fulleton, Ed Gonty and Robert abrams to a committee to study the rates and to report back at a later meeting. Combine Fire Ignites Field; Damage Light Saturday morning the combine being run by Irving Rousch on his ranch near North Lexington caught fire from a hot bearing. Because of the direction of the strong wind blowing, he did not know about the overheated bear ing until he reached the end of the . field and turned. Rousch was able to put the fire out in the combine with dirt, and was stamping the patch of burning grass about one acre in size when the Morrow County Grain Growers truck arrived. Justice and Municipal Court Danny Thomas Woolery, no operator's license, fined $5.00. Glen Arthur Holden, passing another automobile in an inter section, bail forfeited, $30.00. Harbor Expansion Program Approved for Portland! The next meeting will be July and they enjoyed barbecues on Arlington on Sundav where thev; week. 25, place to be announced later, (land In the evenings. Not until i met Miss Charlene Jones, Miss' Cecile Jackson of Hermiston they startea nack dui they hearj Janet lav in and Miss Mananna vvss a Lexington caller on sun of the forest fire here which con-j Hoffman of Portland who spent ! day. sumed ltk Hcres of timberlands ' the weekend in Lexington. On: Mr. and Mrs. Gene Orwiek and still owned by their host. Mr. ' Sunday Miss Cav in and Mrs. children of Heppner are moving t- 1 . U TV, V T i. . ,1 1 .. I. , .1 . t T ... . . . . . 1 . V. . 1.1. . J L' V. . . ' I n . . V. . K.IIMl.n KtmA I Tuesday evening. , Rae. w ho visited her fwents. ' w hlch they recently purchased. Mrs. J. O. Peterson returned to her home last week after spending a short while visiting her sister, Mrs. l-red ivimnie in Pomeroy, Wn. v Watch For The OREGON DOLLAR MAN at your grocery store WhN ya buy Mfhtt Satin im wiwir tfc DUar Man's ausii -Jt tifmammy. Recent passage of a 9i million dollar bond issue in Portland assures con tinued development of the Portland Public Docks. This increases to 22j million dollars the total in vestment Portland is mak ing in its terminal and cargo handling facilities. Some of these funds have been used for construction of a giant new bulk un loader which will cut im porting costs of ores, ore concentrates and other drv bulk cargoes. Portland, rallied bv its leadership of all Pacific Coast ports in the more ment of dry cargo tonnage for the past four years, is moving to further increase cargoes and reduce ship ping costs by pro tiding the most modern, time-saying facilities and cargo han dling methods. For information about how Portland Public Docks can serre shipping needs im this area write or call: a!es-Traffic Depart ment, 3070 N. W. Front Avre.,CA 8-8231, Portland, Oregon. (A4trru icataO
