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Newspaper Page TextHtttHtn GAZETTE-TIMES. Ex-lone Man Aids In Development Of Rocket Motor Significance of the recent uc ceikful tcM firing of 2V)U liu 11 t pr..el!ant rocket motor bv the 1'nlled Technology Corp il'TO in Sunnvale, Calif., has l-cn brought to I1 attention here this -rck. It i with this comjwiny, a art active re-arrh engineer, that Duane Raker, mn of Mr. and Mr. K. Mrkham Maker of lone, has leen associated fr the p"t year unci a half. Following hla rraduatiort with a masters de gree from Stanford 1'nlvers.ity, he was placed on the staff of LTC and ha had an active part in the protean vt the powerful rocket. This accomplishment. It Is re K.rtel. Is said l have removed major roadblocks In production of a single rocket which could produce a possible thrust up to three million pounds, almost four times the thrust which carried the Soviet Astronaut Tltov Into otbit. Mr. Bukcr graduated from lone high school with the class of l'J.YI. then attended college at Pacific University and Stanford. He Is married, has two small daughters, and makes his home In Sunnyvale. Ills parents are expecting him and his family to visit them at their home In lone sometime this fall. Municipal and Justice Court Preston Maine Medlock, driv ing wrong side of highway, fined $15 00. Jerry Wayne Bowman, axle overload, fined S36.00. Harley Everett Wright, defec tive equipment, fined $10.00. Betty Maxine Haustcr, failure to stop at stop sign, fined $15.00. Olcta Muriel Wardwell, per mitting unlicensed person toop erate motor vehicle, fined $5.00. John Howard Cleveland, ex cessive motor noise, fined $10.00. Daniel Klrby Brosnan, exces sive motor noise, fined $10.00. Richard Elmer Ruhl, violation of the basic rule, fined $50.00. , Oakley F. Ott, double parking, ball forfeited, $5.00. Dr. and Mrs. Ed SchafMs and family spent Sunday and Mon day in Portland visiting her mo ther, Mrs. Mary Carter. Mr. and Mrs. John PfeHfer re turned Saturday night after a two weeks fishing trip at Dee Lake In Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Cray and family left the first of the week for a ten-day fishing trip va cation at Postell Lake in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dowen and family, I'lacervllle, Calif., were week -end guests of the Jack Loyds, visiting many friends here. LATE CLASSIFIEDS LOST Wednesday at city park a Tlmex wrist watch with black band. Sharon Greenup, Box 1C(5, Heppner. 26-C MOTHER TIRED? WHOLE FAMILY TIRED? COME ANYTIME FOR WAFFLES PLAIN OR FRUIT ALSO ADDED TO OUR MENU DELICIOUS BARBECUED BEEF SANDWICHES HOTEL GRILL ELLA SARGENT ICOME RIGHT IN AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Whether You're Coming To The Rodeo, Visiting Friends Here, or Just Trareling, You'll Like Our HOMEY, MODERN ROOMS EXCELLENT BEDS LOW RATES QUIET COMFORT HOTEL HEPPNER PHONE 6-5S1S Tnuisder August ' Mrs. Ada 1. Cason Dies In Portland i.- I.rf Ada Templeton Ci.w,n. tel. were hel l All Saints Kplfipal church at 1 30 P- m Tuesday, the Rev. Bruce Spencer officiating, Mrs, Ca.n died In Portland Augut U She wan bom at IlarUvlH. m J.iiv X lsTT. th- dautrhtet ,'.f Anna and Henry Templ.t'.n. She came to Oregon wlih her mother and five brothers i..ii.m ing the death of her father In I fed They honictcaded a farm near Sprav. She was married .... iy m-ii to John Benton Ca.n at Spray. They tp-''j a hotel flrM at Monument and then Sprav until W when they moved t0 Heppner. Mr. i 'n r. - ..iu..rv- ,iiHini-ui here until his retirement In ItCS. He died In Mr. Cason liven nere ....hi ifiM when she moved to Portland to live with her daugh- ter, Patricia .Scritsmeler. vh uu a member of Ruth Chapter No. 32. Order of Eastern Star at Heppner ana Ail :aim Episcopal church. She Is survived by 6 daughter-, Mrs. Vivian Elder and Mrs. Gladys Prock. both Heppner, Mrs. Patricia Scrltsmler, and Mrs. Alyce Bender, both of Portland, Mrs. Bertha Kirk, Bclllngham. Wn.. and Mrs. Muriel I'carce. Los Angeles. Calif; 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Interment was In Heppner Masonic cemetery. Among those coming from out of town for the services were Mil ton Spurlock, Pendleton; Claire Templeton and Billie Randolph and daughter Kristlne. all of Redmond; Mrs. Noel McCulIoch. Prlnevllle; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mc Cullough. Burns; Mr. and Mrs. John Vaughn and Guy Cason, of Portland; Louis Cason, Beaver ton; Willis Cason and Mrs. Mna Knlghten of Condon, and Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Templeton of Spray. Dallas Shockley Takes OEA Job Dallas Shockley, assistant ad ii.i,.t,,r r.r Morrow County lining" w - chnni .ilutrlet reslened his po sition last week to work as spec ial field service rfiu-"!"""-of the Oregon Education Assoc- latlon wltli tne teacners in un land and Multnomah county. Shockley had been head ad ministrator at lone for four years, coming from Athena. He is ex pected to move with his family iwtinnH ntift assume his new duties there at the end of the week. L'i...i,i.. in havp three ma- Olltl IW-J ..... - - jor responsibilities in this newly created position, according io ell Posey, executive secretary of ... f A. a. l "... O E.A. He will assist uie i up land Division O.E.A. with Its pro fessional program; direct n three-year urban association pro ject that Is sponsored by the Port land Division O.E.A., the Oregon Education association and the National Education association, HOSPITAL NEWS Stella Warren, Heppner, dls missed; Putsy Babb. lone, dis missed; Jack Osborne, Mayvllle, dismissed; Winn Crist, Heppner, dismissed; John Reeder, Pilot u,-t dismissed: Lillie Reeder, Pilot Rock; Clarence Leonard1, Lexington, deceased ; Homer Schell, Kinzua, dismissed; Doug las Gonty, Heppner, dismissed; Don Turner, Lexington, dismiss ed. To Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Ley va, Lexington, a 7 pound 9 ounce daughter, Melinda Kne. born August 17. Tn Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mess- onr Lovlnetnil. a 6 DOUIld 13 ounce" son, Gerald F.rwln II, born August 18. To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Petty john, Heppner, a 5 pound 13 ounce daughter, Tami Kay, born August 21. Luxembourg Still Feels Ravages aaBBL - Of War, IF W.n very like Lun- i . kMt it U rV 10 f"! t home hrie," Mrie von IUjcs e,n aid In a talk at ll.ppner-Mnrn-'W County Chamber of 'in mene Anc"! H Mi i:'-fcn. J It n Inter nnilnnl Farm Youth Fchanee ....i..f.i h- U vl-mnfi at the Fredrick Mftin h-.me In lne from AufiuM C to W Attliel In her national o. lume of bright red V i-lup-.! cd r on a white Uu worn with a rirtg-K"'' Kin. iie .... .n,i- and eave sucn an Interest Ini? talk about her coun- lr that the audieme kept ner answering rpJo.tb.ns for wme lime afier the regular program ended. Luxembourg Is a country to mile wide and M miles Ion, lying between France and Ger many, with only a river hiiiihk the country from t.asi .crmn.i They are 2.") miles trom rwr- lin. It was here lli.it tne uaiue of the Bulge was fought and her home 'Mill needs repairs." ho said. The Americans took over the l.V) year old stone house of II rooms, and u.-d It ss a fort from which to fight the Ger mans. "Die Germans shot back and that Is why we need to make repairs.- the IFYE student Kit id. people of Luxemburg have their own language, but the of ficial language Is French and German. So students must study all three. English is used a great deal, too. "In order to get along in my country you must be able to sieak "four languages," she said. Schooling Is compulsory, state operated and free to students until college level. Boys and girls go to segregated schools. Main Industries In Luxem bourg are Iron and steel, then tourists, and next agriculture. Wheat Is the main agricultural crop which is exported. There are 200 old castles in the tiny coun try, which draw many tourists who ''leave much money and this benefits our economy," she said. Young people continue to live Mrs. Farra Returns Back From Conclave Mr. and Mrs. Bill Farra and Mrs Clara Gertson. all of Hepp ner, attended the 27th National convention of the Degree of Hon ,,r Protective association at r. Paul, Minn., August 810. A highlight of the 3-day pro crrm whs the crowning of a uegree 01 inniui ii .. or going to the woman who sold the most Insurance In a national r 9 !lnHn. r.iii.nil t lid luiucai. ...... r - among the top 20 in the national selling contest, was one of the attendants at the coronation cer emony for Eileen Shea, Butte, Mont., contest winner. A cornerstone laying ceremony for the 4 million dollar new De gree of Honor building at St. Paul was also part of the pro gram. Mrs. Gertson reported on her committee of courtesy and thanks. She Is national chair man of that committee. The trip was made by special railway car. Mrs. Gertson board ed the train in rortland and the Farra's at Pasco. On the return trip, Mr. and Mrs. Farra left the train to visit her relatives in both North and South Dakota. She had not seen them since she moved west in 1930 and she and her husband were honored at family reunions in both states. They returned to Heppner last Thursday. Area Girl Will Teach Children in France Shirley McGreer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson, lone, left Portland by plane for Chateaurou.x, France, where she will teach U. S. Air Force child ren next school year. She had been home on a six weeks visit with her parents. Miss McGreer just completed n .-,r toai-hiniT nt Ankara. Tur- I key, also for the U. S. Air Force. vhil. In Turkev she traveled extensively. She spent Easter va cation in Jerusalem and just before coming home made a trip by auto from Ankara to Chat eauroux to view her new station. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hall and ! family returned the first of the ! week after spending ten days in southern California. Dr. and Mrs. Lee H. Mathews of Milwaukee, Wis., left Friday after spending several days with the W. W. Weatherfords. Dr. Mathews is the Director of Place ment at the I'niversity of Wis consin in Milwaukee, a school of lO.tXH) enrollment. He is re- i spor.vible for placing some 900 Recent visitors at tne n" unUcisitv graduates each year MeCudy. Jr- home ,were- . into business and professional mother. Mrs. Palma Nelson. as posiu. ns. Mrs. Mathews is an eca. Minn., and her sister -Mrs. nisuuctor at the University Eunice Gedatus, Chula Uta, Country Day school in Mllwau-, Calif. Both left Tuesday evening 1,. i fr Minnesota- YE Girl Reports with their P-rr,. ted. f.uall) Kif r h ' her husband'! parents and oe romcs a daughter to Iher. helping nh her work. Sh tab! one of the mot un things to her was the your. IM k , 7 thrm.elve. whrii married In America." , op.atiiir if r "y tm'm Jf her father nd mother, her 27 year old brother and rls and Mls von Itoeu'-n. Qulttlnf m-IimiI when she was 15. stie haa help.nl out In the II-Mom houM- at home for 10 ars. and has driven the butter route. Thla. she explained, was because they M-parate th cream and churn butter to m-II ttom their 30 head herd of milk cows. When she re turns home she will enter nursea training because I cn now that my brother has a wife to help (TIM I I '"" . m School Doors Will Open Sepl. 5; Staff Roster Completed (Continued from tag I) L, will register with Cantonwlne i.. ,.m 91 I-ast nams begin- r,ln with M throuL'ti L. Will register with Staley In room 21. Juniors, last names beginning with A through H. will register In rK.m 26 with Mrs. Weather ford. Last names beginning with f thrm.crh Z. will register with Glennle in room 23. Seniors, last names beginning with A through G, will be registered In room 28 by Mrs. Kirk. Last names De ginning with II through Z, will be registered by Kirk In room 27. The student body treasurer, Judy Schmidt, and Mrs. Struck mcler, faculty advisor, will go to the rooms after the registra tion and collect fees. The fees are as. follows and are payable at that time: Book. $8.00; P .E. and athletics, $5.00; P. E. only, $3.50; athletics only (no P. E.), $1.50; typing, $1.50; shop, (for agriculture stu dents) $5.00; student body. r no At 9:40, when registration Is completed, second period classes will begin. Tne scnooi any win continue as scheduled. The cafe t..riu win he serving lunch at 25c per students, and buses will run on schedule. jnere win lmj avi.w. j September 5. The school day will b(lgjn at 8:40 and school is out There will be school an aay o;oi. invi- nw Kiitdents and all first graders will register Thurs day, August 31st, between 9:00 a. m. and 12:00 noon. First gra ders should bring with them their birth certificates (not hos pital certificates) and a record of a complete physical check up. , . Buses will run on their assign ed times Tuesday, September fifth. School will be In session all day. Boardman School New stu dents and all first graders will register Thursday, August 31, be tween 9:00 a. m. and 12:00 noon. First graders should bring wun them their birth certificates ( not First graders should bring wnn uonitoi nortif icates) and record of a complete physical check-up. Freshmen also need a record of a physical examination. Buses will run on their assign ed times Tuesday, September fifth. School will be In session all day. . v i A. C. Houghton school, Irrl- gon: Wednesday, August 23, League meeting at lone. 5:00 p. m. Wednesday, August 30, Teach ers' workshop at Heppner, 9:30 Thursday. August 31. Registra tion for new students (9:00 a. m. to 3:30 ix m.L Kindergarten stu dents from last year need not register. Picnic for Morrow coun ty teachers at Cutsforth's park (south of Heppner), 5:30 p. m. Friday. September 1. Irrigon teachers' meeting in A. C. Houghton building, 9:30 a. m. Audio-visual workshop at Hepp ner at 1:30 to 3:30 p. m. Sundav, September 3. year or 56 reunion, 10:00 a. m. in cafe teria. , . . . Monday. September 4. Labor Dav, no school. Tuesday, September 5. school starts (buses will run at regular timet. Advisory board meeting at 8:00 p. m. In Boardman. The kindergarten meeting usually scheduled for the first Tuesday of the mcnth will be postponed until Tuesday. September 12. 1SKJI. out at the home." The farm U w w m in the country, ronsUt- i..- ..t -v-n ,-re Most farms are io M aere Her fs'her ps 3u0UtK) francs tases eich year. alKiut fl.utft Thry make brandy and he pays anoiner '"," a.i.i. The ismiiy rai- Ihelr own vegetables, meat, datrv pnxlutis. Extensive wt" the farm so they burn wood to heat the home and to cook. V Ith ik. k.iu onlv a ronaule ra dio, electric miner, and vacuum cleaner are appliances onn., but outside In the farm work they ue three electric milking m. I etiJ machines, a raaio in barn, electric churn and electric "I""" . . mf It la "w " i. w... imi nave i. not that we can i anora u that my psrents lo noi iirc u. ....... tki.i it ruts down on our 111 rj .lit"" . reading, makes us go to bed too late, and cuts dow n on our work, she said, not realizing how many parents here feel the same way e . .. . . it,, i ll. Her lamer is mjui - luge of Colmar-Berg. a settle n....,t t nm located three mllea from the farm. Her mother was a teacher, and receives a month ly pension from the state as a retired teacher. The von Roesgen family Is not typical of her country, be'" the more wealthy, but "there are no poor people In Luxembourg." she said. They continue to live In the big old stone nouses ir Vw,r arA ton manv for the farms there are always the steel and Iron mills to go io worn m. ci,. ., i.i hr ruwmle think high ly of Americans and stated that there waa really no need of the IFYE program to promote friend- ship "because u """-"" there." Miss Roesgen appcarea ai l international Farm Youth Exchange program Tues- ... - (Vt a, Ill day night. Augusi tt. i pavilion, showing her slides and telling of her country to the gen eral public. She Is also scheduled to address the Heppner Sorop timlst club August 24. Clarence Leonard Dies at Hospital Tnnni 7G. died at Pioneer Memorial hospital Aug Mr. Leonard was born Dec. 31, 1884, at Odessa, Mo. He has been living with his son Mervln Leo nard at Lexington for the past several months. He Is survived by his wife, Kathcrine, Lexington: two sons. Mervln, Lexington, Joe, Mollala. Services will be at Poole-Lar-sen Funeral Home at Eugene at 11 a. m., Friday, August 25. In terment will be in the Lane Memorial Garden, Eugene. Mother's Club Holds Annual Picnic Sunday The Mother's club members and their families gathered at the courthouse lawn Sunday afternoon for the annual pot luck picnic. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hutchens, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins, Dr. and Mrs. w u Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. Ray veiiiiamvnn. Mr. and Mrs. bod F e. ZnTL Mrs. Ed Gonty. accompanied by her sons Tom and Doug, Jeft early last Wednesday for a combined business ana pleasure trip to Portland. They enjoyed the circus in Portland Wednes day evening and spent last Thursday visiting her mother, Mrs. Stella Hemrich, in Beaver ton. They returned home on Friday. They traveled over some slick and muddy highway through the lone area on their way over, but did not find roads impassable. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burken bine and family enpoyed a week's vacation, returning Mon day. They went to Portland, took the family to the zoo and other points of interest, and then spent some time in the mountains. He is back at work this week at the meat department in Central Mar ket. John Wallace, sen of Herman Wallace of Pasco, and Mrs. Bus ter Padberg of Lexington, is now stationed at the Laakland Air base in Texas, where he has started his training in the U. S. Air Force. John was a member of the graduating class from Heppner high school last spring. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Murray of Union spent a week visiting their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Hollo man. Pasco, Wn., and daughter, Mrs. Lucy Belt and two girls, Hemet. Calif., visited overnight with Mrs. J. R. Huffman. The Riley Munkers and Georae Stillman families picked huckle berries at Mt Hood over the week-end. i Mrs. Green Receives Word Of Family Death Nrws of the de.lh of Wt Cteen In Cre.ham eariy i,rly imnlng tame ai .a i hU mother in lw. Mr. Nettie C.,-r. a ILTP"-" f an apparent hear, Tuewlay as cau 4 n death. He had lren pUl rh,' am hp'l "mr Mr. and Mrs. fJrern ana " tun ami aauumn and Mrs. Klchard Onvn Angeles. Calif.. hJ Ial week at the h.me of Mrs. rttie Grren while on atlun. t,. K.,t t,.intd other members a 3 ww j - . of the family In a picnic Thurs- day evening when s rri-n attended. Services, at the time or tl.e n had nut vet been set. c.mL'Ins are hi Wile, unv tJuehter now living In Jspan. pi.hant a cKlllan em- ..i....- iik ttn. Air orce. ana y iy - - - one grandchild. Mr. Green was employed as a Mleaman for the lfrtland Pipe and Waterworks Co.. and In his work had traveled through this area on an average of once each month. Prisoner Wrecks Interior of Jail vtrri,u rountv tail was wreck ed by an Inmate early Tuesday morning with extensive carnage to windows, walls and fixtures and furnishings resulting . rv.tioA rhif Dean Gllman and night officer Floyd Hutchlns took Vernon John rape, w. oi S. E. 65th Ave.. Portland, to the .nniif tall about 1:45 a. m. Tuesday on a charge oi anving while Intoxicated. He was ar rested In the business district r linnnnpr Pane was first " ... I I--- , hUfii in lustlce court and placed In Jail when he could not ClnO Kail When county workers arrived at the courthouse at 8 a. m. iney found windows broken, the china II. t t iho tniiot tank thrown and broken, the door to an electric cookstove In the "bull pen lor ri mun so it would not shut, the chimney torn off the wood cook stove and soot spread rnnnH tables overturned, chairs broken and thrown, dishes and bottles and containers broken, food splashed on walls and wood work. piw u.-n released after post Ing $300 bail on the charge In Justice court of driving wnne in toxicated. He must answer to the charge by Sept. 5. He also faces a felony charge for maliciously, wantonly, and ,.nia..rfniiv ininrlnff and destroy- in i,rr,.rtv He nosted $500 ball on this charge, which will come before the grand jury. Fredricksons Buy Livestock Interest TUr nnrt Mrs. Clarence C. Fred rickson and two sons, Vernon oni r.errv are now residents of Heppner. They recently purch ased an interest m the iivesiocK firm nt Rarratt Ranches, Inc., fmm J. G. Barratt, and are pres ontiv residing In the Barratt Park Apts., on Hlnton Creek. Mr Frpdrlckson was the for mor distributor of Shell Oil Company at Hermlston, selling hla interest tnere IO ueiniei Crawford, recently of lone. FEEL LIKE A TEXAS MILLIONAIRE Oil wells aren't the only things that "work while you sleep!" Your money In a savings account here keeps on earning FXTRA money for you month In, month out. If you have the will, we have the way to accomplish almost any aim that requires money. Your consistent sav ings plus our liberal interest will add up last! OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY! RST IFIED SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION BOX 793 School Directors Work on Problems At Lengthy Meet (Continued from a II were coricd by mud from the M,.r,.n atiret rtenW.n traded to the rx-w high whool here. He aid that the U'at.l bJ aerenj to provide for runoff water front the road and had not doue o t this time. TtiU led to some dlM-ul"n a ti w hether Improvement t4 pur tlom of the atreet wrre aclwol district or city renibiUiy. It .-a thought out that the board had had good cwpr'XUm from both county and rtty on the pro ).vt. and Board Chairman. D. O. .Nc1m.ii assured Andemon that the matter would be -taken care of right away." iw.n MrKllleott. member of the ,ii i,.rv committee, brought up another problem, that of the hazard presented oy ouses stop ..in. in areas hidden by blind corners on the highway. Child ren loading and unioaaing in these place are In danger, he pointed out. Van liouie saia mat the highway department had re. fused permission to erect warn ing Signs lor mis purine in.. the highway, but the county has clven every cooperation along county roads. A problem connctieti wun lin tels over doors at the Houghton t,ei,no, Irrigon, was brought up by Bill Parker of Irrigon. He said that the lintels were Improperly constructed when the school was ...iii niiouinir them to sag. uuim, These are being replaced and re inforced, and cost to mis time has been $35. in v,Ma nn standard model auto for the superintendent'! of fice use were rejected when all exceeded the budgeted estimate. Low bidder was Kuiieton tnev rolet with $2,061 for a 4-door, standard model with convention al gearshift. The board decided to call for bids once more and to offer that bidders furnish two alternates, one for a 2-door as alternate to the 4-door, and the second for a guaranteed demonstrator. Hillard Brown reported on plans for the teachers' work shop to be held prior to school here August 30, 31 and Sept 1. During the course of the even ing, the board acted on teacher contracts, reported In another story, reviewed bus routes, and heard reports on progress on the schools under construction at Heppner and lone. Mrs. N. C. Anderson drora to Pasco Monday to ; meet her daughters, Carol Ann and Connie. Susan McQuarrie accompanied them while they visited In Seat- Mr. and Mrs. Orvtlle Cutsforth. Gene Hellker, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Weatherford and Bill returned Monday from a few days of an telope hunting in Harney county. They returned with all hunting tags filled, but experienced heavy rainstorms each day. Livestock Market Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 NOON On U. S. Highway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. Res. Hermlston JO 7-3111 jCTTTWa Hermlston. Oregon Frank Wink 4 Sons Owners Don Wink. Mgr. PENDLETON ERAS.