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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January i. J9C2 Lola May Bennett Dies In Pendleton Death came to the family oi F.d Bennett, Heppner, twice In the Dull week. Hi brother Charles lrvln, died Thursday and fuiiiral services were Sunday. Jus wife. Lola May, died Sunday at a Pendleton hospital where she had been a patient for seven years. Mrs. Bennett waa born Novem ber JS, IH'JJ, at Eugene, the daughter of t'ugena and Sarah MaUt-.son. They moved to a ranch neur Heppner while she waa a baby, biie spent her entire life here until her Illness. She waa married to Ed Bennett at Heppner, December 1919. lie wua a merchant here until he retired four years ago. Mrs. Bennett waa a member of the Christian church at Hepp ner an J of the Neighbors of Woodcraft Besides her husband of Hcpp ner, she Is survived by two sons, Donald, of Arlington, Va., and ltobert, Portland: lour brothers, Loren. Lyle. Delvln and Law rence Matteson, all Heppner, and several nieces and nephews. Services were Wednesday a 10:00 a. m. at the Creewtck Mort uary with the Kev. Charles Knox officiating. Interment was In Heppner Ma sonic cemetery. Heppner Phones Now Total 901 Heppner phones Increased by 14 In 11, raisin? the total num ber now serving the area to 901, according to Pacific Northwest Bell's local Manager, Dale Slush er. The number of phones served by the company in Oregon pass ed the GOO.000 mark in December, Net Increase for the year totaled 29,400. And long distance calling went up about oVi per cent COMMUNITY'S Mode-To-Order PATTERN SALE GROSVENOR BIRD OF PARADISE LADY HAMILTON CO RON ATION MILADY MORNING STAR EVENING STAR WHITE ORCHID IK ONE OK THESE PAT TERNS IS YOURS . . . YOU CAN ADD TO PRESENT SET, REPLACE MISSING PIECES- OFFER ENDS ON FEBRUARY 10. Delivery in June no tax piece price teaspoons 1.10 dessert spoons iM round bowl coup spoons.. 2.20 a. d. coffee spoons 1.10 iced drink spoons 2.20 butter spreaders 2.20 dinner knives 3.30 grille knives 3.30 place knives serrated blades 3.3U dinner forks 2.20 grille forks 2.20 place forks 2.20 salad forks 2.20 eoektall forks 2.20 tablespoons 3.30 cold meat fork 4.95 gravy ladle 4.95 I' 1 -v. 1 M'.. JEWELERS 177 N. MAIN HEFPNER Charles Bennett Services Held Funeral services were held for Charles lrvln Bennett, hi, sun day at Crehwiik Mortuary. Mr. Beimel t, a member of a nioneer family of Gilliam and Morrow counties, died Thursday ut Pioneer Memorial hopitul fal lowing an illness of about four years. His parents were James It. unit Ellen Bennett who came across the plains from Missouri to Ore gon, luiiuwing mo cnu uicgon Trail, about loO years ago. They first homcsteaded in Guahcn in the Willamette Valley, later sell ing out there and coining to Gilliam county where they pur chased a ranch at Lonerock. Mr. Bennett was born at Pen dleton April 5, 1871, grew up in Lonerock and attended there. In 18113 he married Millie Ardell Neel, at Heppner. I hey ranched In Gilliam county until 1914 when they moved to Heppner where he continued in the sheep business. He was a member of the First Christian church of Heppner. Surviving are two daughters, Oma Cox. Heppner, and Leola lrwln, Spokane, Wn; one sister Anna Neel. Casper, VVyo.; one brother. Ed. Heppner. four grand children and live great-grandchildren: and several nieces and nephews. Interment was In Lonerock cemetery. "1 Review Shows 1961 Was Busy and Eventful Here 1 i i) tat' 1 - APPOINTMENT Holmberg of Barbara Gribble Injured In Fall An accident on New Year's dav out Barbara Gribble, 1J- vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gribble, In Pioneer Memorial hospital with a slight concussion, contusions, abrasions and bruises. Barbara was thrown by her 21-month-old gelding, Copper Blaze. She has been training trie animal since last summer but had not previously used a hack- amore on him. Monday she was riding aJone on the barrel ob stacle course the Gribbles have fixed for her in back of their home on E. Campbell Way. sne was bareback and using the hackamore when the horse hit a barrel. She pulled back on the reins, making the raw edges oi the braided gear pinch the horses nose. Blaze took oil at a full run down the hill to the gate which he usually used to nter the training yaru. xne naie belng closed the horse stopped short, throwing Barbara on hard ground. No one saw the accident and It was not known just how long she may have laid on the ground before she crawled to the back door and alerted her parents. She was rushed to the hospital where she was kept overnight. Dee reported Tuesday that ner daughter was resting at home but that she had "a lump as big . . . i .....i as a lemon on ner roienuuu uuu the blackest eye anyone ever saw. Auaiiionai wounus on nei face led her parents to believe her unbreakable glasses had eround Into her face. The glasses . were found by the gate, all bent nut nt shane. but unbroken. I Dee reported that Blaze is gentle and obedient and Barbara had been getting along fine trainlnor him with Rolce Kulleton as her teacher, until the accident. of Wolloc L. Yakima as dis trict lino superintendent far Pacific Power and Light Com pany In Pendleton was an nounced Wednesday by Homer Beale, Oregon divUion man ager for PP&L. Holmberg was named to succeed Sanfred A. (Piper) KarL Teteran lino sup erintendent, who retired Jan uary 1. Holmberg has been the aslatitnt line superintendent In Pacific Power's Yakima dis trict for 10 years. Weafherford Sets Hearing to Eye Unpublished Laws The Everett Struckmeiers re turned December 27 from a week's trip to Walnut I reen, Calif. They had Christmas dinner with Mrs. Struckmeiers sisters and families, Mr. ana mrs. Robert U'Ren and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cobb. Mrs. Maurice Pettit, mother of Mrs. miuck- meier, returned with them. s LIPPE Li 1M PER PAIR MEN'S WOMEN'S CHILDREN'S WIDE VARIETY OF STYLES f KB "TP Mln 11 "You could he in dally viola tion of any one or several of the countless thousands and of ten unpublished laws made by Oregon's more than 100 boards and commissions," said Repre sentative Frank Weatherford (D, Olex, "and not know anything about it." Weatherford is chair man of the "Ag" Interim sub committee studying whether It s feasible to direct more of the "Ag" department law enforce ment programs by statutory en actment instead of through de partmental decrees. wcatneriorci mauo tins state ment in announcing a subcom mittee hearing on State "Ag" Department laws vs. their regu lations. The hearing is scheduled nt the state "Ag building on January 18, 1902, at 9:30 A. M. He said he expects the meeting to raw interest from legislators md attorneys who oppose the concept of granting broad law making powers to state admin istrative agencies. Proposals rec ommending a master hearing of ficer an? likely to develop, Weatherford said, because under the present program the hearing officer can be both judge and prosecutor. Weatherford said that "some of the objectionable regulatory powers practiced by state ad ministrative agencies, were ac quired because the legislature may have overlooked determin ing whether the agency's law making power was really nece ssary and whether controls to protect the public had been es tablished." Me pointed out that Oregon has a Uniform Procedures Act established in 1957 which pro vides for advance publication and hearings in setting up or chanL'inT state agency adminis trative orders and regulations in certain cases The problem in this regard, ho said, was that the safeguards had not gone far enough and that there were too many state departments who were exempt from the Uniform Procedures Act. He said that the granting of reg ulatory powers appeared nec essary to a degree in many cases so that governmental agencies could cope with their complex technical problems having a lime element and requiring flex ibility. These problems, he said, would not lend' themselves easily to direct legislative solution. Weatherford complimented the Department ot Agriculture, whose rule-making powers will be reviewed by the subcommittee, for initiating a public hearing system ot us own on us proposeu lilies. This was done years be fore enactment of the 1957 state rule -making act, he said. More than 100 boards and commissions in Oregon have lawmaking powers ranging all the way from regulating agriculture to zoos, and virtually every citizen oi Oregon is affected one way or another by their lawmaking powers, Weatherford concluded. 'Communism On Map' To Be Shown By PTA The film "Communism on the Map" will be shown at Heppner Parent Teachers ass o c I a 1 1 o n meeting Wednesday night, Jan ; uarv 10. The much talked about film strip follows the advance of Communism since its incep- l tion. Th- picture has been pur chased by the Farm Bureau and will be shown by Don Turner, who will also narrate. Reports will be given hy the ways and means committee on anticipated finance raising pro tects, including a talent snow in March. Adult study courses will be discussed hy members of that committee during the short busi ness meeting preceding the pic ture, according to PTA President Robert Hopper. Fifth grade room mothers will be in charge of refreshments. iCuiitlmi. J Irom l'rtr.e 1J rredrh k Martin. lone. va vale duiorian at lone, with Kenneth Lynn Smuuw, un oi Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth SniuUkc salut atorian. At Heppner. Larry Tib bleu, nuti of Dr and Mrs. L. D libbles and iJennu rert'esoii of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Feree tonans. Lydla Van iiuute. daugh ter of Mr. and Air Rutert Vai lloute, was aalututurlan. Riverside high In Boardman. Lin da Warren, duughter oi Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warren, lirigon. w valedictorian and Sandi Davis, daughter ot Mr. and Mr. Roy uais, irrigon, was saluuturian Fire Covers 30.000 Acres I he Ditch Creek lire. In the middle of July, laid waste to approximately 30.1KW acres of forest and grassland In both U.S. Forest Service land and state protected private lands. Kesi dents ot the area prepared sand wlches and food, some working all night, to feed the lOou fire fighters who responded to put out the fires in the area. Two other stubborn blazes were burn ing at the same time, one at Sunflower Flatt and one at I horn Spring. Len Gilman, a native of Hepp ner, won national fame In Texas when he subdued two gunmen wno hi jacked a continental Air lines Boeing "07. Gilman shun ned publicity and turned down TV appearances on the Jack Paar and Art Linklettcr shows and refused a family spread which Life Magazine wanted to do. Hottest nay or the year was August 5 with a reading of 107. A lightning storm, worse than anything on record for the area, struck around Heppner August 14, bringing reports of between 30 and 40 fires to the city fire chief. Chief C. A. Ruggles was too busy to keep any accurate record of calls but the whole area would have burned up, he said, if rain had not arrived, bringing .64 inch in a 1015 minute period. It settled the dense smoke which had made breathing difficult in the town of Heppner, surr o u n d e d by flames on the south, west and east sides. Flood Hits lone The next night people of lone suffered from weather violence when a flash flood caused water to swirl hubcap deep down the center of the business district.! The town was cut off fium out-1 vuth temperature In the low 50" tor.tatt lof a wl.l when n. ingi 4o. Lowet record ot main roads Were cloied and tele phone lines wt-re down. People of Hie community mopp-d up and county road crew gut busy re placing a bridge and Uamage to county roads In the lUiea Creek area. jne .Morrow county alr and building permits Unued totalling the IbMleo were divided lor the ' s'2ti nmi indu-m m,r iri the eur was December 10 when the low was a cold minus two and the days high waa 14. Def.pl. e the variety In the hcvt, lite went on as usual for inukt residents. la Heppner bui ihsh went on as usual with 33 Iirtd time In lyoi. the fair held one K earlier than the Rodeo. Outstanding exhibit In boih livestock and other divisions were shown at the fair. Fun and excitement predominated at the rodi-o. Joan Moe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Klmer Moe. Heno- ner, reigned with her court, made up of l rlncesi Sandra Fubanks. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fubanks. lone: Princess Mariene iwh. dauchter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, Heppner; Princess Ronnie Weisma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O Urien. Hepp ner and Princess Pat Partlow. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Partlow. Boardman. Jan lieamer was chosen Miss Rodeo Oregon at the Pendleton Round Up, Joining Sandra Fubanks who had been "putting south Morrow county on the man" all season In the rodeo world. Sandra was named all around senior cowgirl at he Junior Podeo at Redmond. She placed in many other rodeo vents of the year, winning tops n most oi mem. Cardinals Enter State The lone Cardinals went to the state playoffs In both basketball nd H-man football in 11. placing second in the state In ach sport and continuing their remarkable record in athletics. A one-car accident near Rock Creek on highway 207 brought he first traffic fatality of 1961 on October 13. Two days later tragic accident took the lives of two Forest Service men when heir car failed to make a turn ust three miles from the same pot. A fourth traffic fatality was isted December 27 when a two car accident occurred within the ity limits of Irrigon. A Portland hunter was lost uring elk season, but walked out while a posse was being formed. No serious accidents ere reported in the area dur ng hunting season despite the Tnany people in the woods. The first snow fell creating a hilo Thanksgiving but resi ents had no white Christmas. Instead balmv weather prevailed fairly prosperous year. Buslneisea Change Hands Several busihcaM-a changed hands In Heppner during the year, bringing new faces to the bu&iness district. Karl Ayres, manager of Heppner Auto Sales, Inc., announced March 30 that he had purchased the business from Griffith KnterprUes Corp oration. Hotel Heppner was pur chased by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Struckmeler from Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Schei In April Announce ment of the purchase of the Heppner Gazette-Times from Mr. and Mrs. bill Wildman by Mr. and Mrs. We Sherman was aU made In April. The Sherman started operation of the paj-er on June 1. In July. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Blaknev announced the sale of Phils Pharmacy to Mr. and Mrs. James Mvers and Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Barratt sold Barratt Sales Co. to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hamlin. Ron's Flowers opened for business under Ron Held, owner rranager, In late October. Dr. Rov Lleuallen brought more recognition to south Morrow county when he was named chancellor of the state's higher education system late In the year. Ll"uallen attended a ne room school near lone and is a graduate of lone high school. He had been president of Ore gon College at Monmouth since 1955 and had been an outstand ing administrator. He is remem bered with respect and affection by many county resident who wish him well In his new hs-ition. HOSPITAL NEWS Mike Campbell. Lonerock Barbara Lrickson, Heppner; dis missed; Julian Gilliam, Condon, dismissed; Klrr.a Harshman Heppner, dismissed; Orvlll Lane, Heppner: Cassl Shaw, Heppner; Harbara Gribble, Hepp ner. dismissed; FJdna Struthers, Heppner; Lynn Liebe, Pilot Rock dismissed; James McNamee, Heppner; Larry Hull. Fossil Verna Hull, Fossil; Joseph Stone, Heppner; Ola Ruggles, Heppner, To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buschke, Heppner, a 7 pound 12 ounce son. Robert Bryon, born December 30. To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth How ard, Heppner, a 11 pound 134 ounce son, Craig Stephen, born December 31, 10:45 p. m. Winners Claim 36 Lucky Bucks In Final Drawing Cubs Sell Cakes, Have Christmas Parties in Dens C'ubmaster Darrel Power re ports that the Cub Scout annual fruit cake sale was very suc cessful. The money is used to further the Cubs' year's activ ities. For several weeks the boys had spent their den meetings making Christmas gifts for their parents. Some of the dens had Christmas parties given by the den mothers. Mrs. Klmer Berry's Den 1 made decorated' card boxes for their mothers. Den 2, with Mrs. Clar ence Johnson as uen moiner, had a Christmas party on De cember 21. They played games and had group pictures taken for a gift to their parents. Mrs LaVerne Van Marter entertained Den 3 with a party Tuesday after noon. Dec. 19. She gave each boy a plaster of paris..wlf head and1 served pop and popcorn balls. Den 5 met December 19 to finish the candle holders and knife boards they made as gifts for their parents. Mrs. Darrel McLachlan is the den mother, Mrs. Don Munkers met with her Den 6 Cubs to finish the candy wreath gifts for their parents. Den 7 was enter tained with a Christmas party December 19. During the past weeks they made candles as gilts to take home. Mrs. Robert Hopper is the den mother. Mrs. Wayne Harsin. den mother for Den 8, met fith the Cubs to finish their gift project of wooden picture frames for their mothers. Cubs will meet in their dens again in January with a pack meeting the last Tuesday of the month. Tree Sale Nets Boy Scouts $126 Bov Scout troon 86 made $126.25 from its Christmas tree sale, Scoutmaster Avery Taylor reports. Statins that this was consid ered a "big success." Taylor add ed. "The boys wish to thank all who made it a success, and as the scoutmaster I wish to take this opportunity to thank the boys for their cooperation." The troop enjoyed a New Year's party Wednesday night with 19 persons present. Eksfroms Enter National Show Herbert hKfdrom & Sons, reg isterctl llereiorcl breeders near lone, has five head of cattle entered in the "Ray Sprengle Memorial Hereford show" at the 15)62 National Western Stock show at Denver. There are a total of 534 head from 21 states entered in the Register of Merit show. This Den ver show is traditionally tne argest Hereford show in the world ;md brings forth show lords from across the nation. The "Rav Sprengle Memorial Hereford Show" will be held on Monday, January 15, and Wed nesday, January 17. The National Western Hereford Sales will be held as follows Polled Herefords on Monday evening, January 15, and the horned Herefords will sell on Tuesday, January 16, starting at 9 A. M. Many of the cattle en tered in the show will be sold on these dates. Thirty six Lucky Bucks were awarded In the final drawing Dec. 23. Placing first and re ceiv ing 25 sheepskins was Esther Bergstrom. Mary Johnston Lov- gren won second and ten Bucks, and Mrs. Ray Massey received a special prize of one. Names called, but not present to claim winnings, were Rusty Anderson, third prize of $5: Grac? Schmidt, fourth prize of $5; Nellie Doney, fifth prize of $5; and special $1 prizes to Mrs. Lee Palmer, Maxine Gray, Mrs. Rhaton and Jean K. Muessig. This is the final drawing in this series of the Lucky Buck contest which started in the spring, was renewed in the fall, and has been a popular bi weekly shopping feature. No de cision has been reached by mer chants of the community as to the possibility of continuing the drawings. McEwen Rallies In Second Half To Defeat lone McEwen of Athena split its Varsity squad last Thursday night to take on two visiting teams and won both games, downing Ione'3 Cardinals in the first game. 39 to 35, and topping Mt. Vernon In the second, 52 to 38. However, the winners had to come from behind to down lone. At one time In the first half the Cardinals were ahead by 12 points and held a 22-lb margin at halftime. In the third quarter, however, McEwen scored 14 points while the Cardinals made only seven, and they held a nar row margin the rest of the route. Coach Glenn Blent saia mat his team was unable to handle press thrown at them by tne home club They only made three field goals in the second half and were also cold on the free throw line, getting only 11 of 25 attempts. Center Ron Crabtree topped the Cards with 14, a figure matched by Ashcroft of Athena. When McEwen comes to lone Saturday night the Cards have high hopes of evening the score, although at this meeting they will be playing the Athena var sity at full strength. lone jayvees lost a preliminary to the McEwen jayvees, 52-32. Score: lone 12 10 7 635 McEwen 7 9 14 939 lone F: Martin 2, Pointer 6. Crabree 14. G: Ekstrom 4, Martin 2. Reserve scoring: Mor gan 1. McEwen Alderman 7, Rush ing 6, Ashcroft 14, Blackwell 4, Coppock 8. Umatilla Co-op Seeks Allocation Mr. and Mrs. Terry Blevlns traveled to Superior. Mont., to spend fh' New Year's holiday -.siting h' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fra'ik Plexirs. and brother. Philip. w'i was home on leave freiu th," N.uv The hnal couple left Saturday and returned Tues i dav. Youth is Jailed On Check Charges John Jay Stratum, 18, Heppner. is being held in the county jail at Pendleton on a charge of at tempting to obtain money by false pretenses. His bail has been set at S500. District Attorney Robert Ab rams said Strattoii attempted to pass bad checks in several local establishments. The youth was taken to the t'matilU county jail bv Sheriff C J. D. Bauman last Saturday to wait preliminary hearing, I Umatilla Electric Co-op, Assn., uermiston, has filed an appli cation with the state public util ity commissioner asking tor an allocation of the territory it serves exclusively and adiacent unserved territory in Morrow and Umatilla counties, it was revealed today. LTrnatilla thus becomes the sec ond electric utility to file such an application with the PUC. Columbia Basin Co-op at Hepp ner filed for an allocation of about one fourth of the territory it serves in Morrow and Gil liam counties last September, and received the first grant on October 30, under the terms of Senate Bill 487 passed by the 1961 Legislature, after a hearing had been held on the case. Umatilla has asked for a grant to exclusively serve the territory surrounding but not including the communities of Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo. Pacific Power and Light Co. serves the Consumers within the three towns as well as parts of the territory to the south and j east of that applied for by the Umatilla. The territory to the i west is served by Columbia Basin . Co-op. Commissioner Jonel C. Hill I said the application was now be- ! ing studied. No date has yet ' been set for a hearing, he said. ! King, Queen Crowned At Christmas Dance Friday, December 22, at 8:30 p. m. was the time of the an nual Christmas dance at lone High school. It was sponsored by the band, as In the past, and the music was supplied by the dance band. This year, for the first time, a snow King and yueen were elected by band members. Coronated as King was Wayne Hams, who was crowned by band president, Ron Crabtree. Geral- dine Morgan was elected Queen and was crowned by Tass Morri son, publicity manager. Another new attraction this year was the dance contest' The music for the contest was sup plied by a series of three records so as to give dance band mem bers a chance to enter. After much consideration, with faculty members as judges, Merrie Jo Morrison and Marvin Padberg were announced the winners. Municipal and Justice Court David Hollis Ritchie, defective equipment, fined $10. Ernest L. Lister, possession, displaying and operating a game of chance, bail of $50 for feited. Ralph J Davis, same case, possession, displaying and oper ating a game of chance, bail of $50 forfeited. Electronic gaming device ordered destroyed by the court. Thomas P. Dodge, violation of basic rule, excessive speed, fined $10. Joel O. Yackley, violation of basic rule, obtsructing traffic, fined $5.00. Overtime parking, fined $1.00 each, Jenina Johnson, Bruce Moyer, Stanley Kemp, Morrie Elder, Rufus Piper, - Charles Phegley, Riley Munkers, Oregon Insurance Co., J. O. Hager, Art Ferguson, Clara Schunk, Mrs. Leon Matteson, Ronald Arnold Raymond. Gray, Pleads Not Guilty J. F. Neeley, Payette, Idaho, was arraigned before Judge W. W. Wells December 22 at the courthouse on a charge of larceny by bailee. He pleaded not guilty and was returned to jail at Pen dleton to wait trial. George Barkley of Tracy. Calif., friend of Wes Sherman since bov- hoo1 days spent the New Year's holiday with the Sherman family here. Sir. and Mrs. Sherman met him in Portland Saturday and he returned with them Sunday. On Tuesday he returned to Portland and Mrs. Harry Sherman Sr. of Forest Grow, mother of Wes Sherman, who has be-en visit ing here for two weeks, accom panied him. YOUR II ulptndent Insurance JJ AGENT Fhcne 6 9625 There arc some things best left to the professionals! INSURANCE IS ANOTHER! C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY Heppner. Oregon Box Ell O
