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u or o EUGENE. ORE. v Al Lamb Chosen For First Central Africa Trade Mission Al Lamb, mayor of Heppner and manager of Morrow County drain Growers, has been chosen by the United States Department if Commerce as one of six men to be sent on the first trade Mission of this country to Central Africa, the Bureau of Internat ional Business Operations of the department has announced. Five newly independent Cen tral African Republics will be visited by the mission from May 6 to June 20 as they conduct t.usiness-to-business negot i a t ions in the Central African Re public, the Republic of Cam eroon, Chad, the Congo (Brazza ville) and Gabon. Their itin erary includes the following cities: Fort Lamy (Chad); Yaounde, Douala, Beau Victoria, and Garou (Cameroon); Bangui (Central African Rep u b 1 i c) ; Brazzaville and Pointre Noire Republic of Congo); and Libre villex (Republic of Gabon). In its consultations with lo cal businessmen, the Mission will present more than 300 Amer can proposals for development of specific business relations in Central Africa. Separate commercial libraries, each consisting of more than 1000 business directories and trade papers,, will . serve as the Mission's business "rese arch tool." On completion of its visit, the libraries will remain in each of the host countries for perm anent use. The five others who will join with Lamb on the Mission are E. Joseph Bannon, chairman and president, Purdue National Bank, Anglers' Luck Proves Mixed On Trout Season Opening Weather was beautiful but fishing was only mediocre in this area on opening week-end of trout season April 21 and 22, ac cording to scattered reports from the army of anglers who tried their luck with rod and reel. Creeks were high and murky so the fish were hard to catch in local streams, although some of the more experienced fisher men managed to get their limits. Cutsforth park pond proved Kood in the early hours but tapered off. Glen Ward, state game agent, said that "quite a few" limit catches were also checked from Rhea and Willow creeks and from Bull Prairie reservoir. Not as many anglers went to Bull Prairie as were expected, but a sizeable contingent was on hand. Ward said that 20,000 more fingerlings were released in Bull Prairie Wednesday as well as 3,000 legal size trout. Another 1000 were to be placed each in Rock Creek and 30-Mile on Wednesday, he said. Willow Creek, Rhea Creek and Cutsforth pond each had 1000 legal size trout dumped in them last Tuesday. Some persons said that they experienced difficulty getting across a cattle guard on the road llene Wyman Enters Pioneer Memorial As 13,000th Patient Mrs. Ilene Wyman, office manager at Pioneer Memorial hospital, checked her records last Thursday and announced that the next patient to enter would be the 13,000th since the hospital opened. It was a quiet day. There were no admissions during the rest of the day and throughout the night ensuing. But on Friday morning, the hospital had its 13,000th pa tient. It was Mrs. Wyman. She developed a blood clot in her leg and was admitted for treat ment. Her condition was reported as good Wednesday but is ex pected that she must be con fined to bed for about two weeks. The hospital was dedicated in June, 1950. It is thus aver aging more than 1,000 patients per year. Clerk, Foresters Take Lumps In Quest for Trout on Weekend Trout that were prey for hundreds of opening day ang lers came out better than at least three Heppner fishermen who sought them. Recovering from three sep arate accidents from opening week-end are Mrs. Sadie Par rish, Morrow county clerk, who suffered a fractured left wrist; Ray Williamson, assis t a n t ranger, U. S. Forest Service, Heppner district, who sustain ed a knee injury; and Melvin Yakel, forest service employee, who received minor injuries in a car accident. Mrs. Parrish had already caught four fish on Rhea Creek and was heading for another spot to complete her limit. Her heel caught as she was climb ing a fence and she fell on the wrist, causing the fracture. This happened on the old Groshen place, she said. Mrs. Parrish realized the wrist was broken because of its gro tesque angle. She was alone and had some difficulty get ting her car turned around to return home. The facture was set by her doctor at 6:30 Sat i " " i . . , it. AL LAMB of Lafayette, Ind.; Henry J. block, president, Timberline, Inc., Portland; James Del Rio, presi dent and general manager, As sociate Brokers Investment Co., Detroit, Mich.; Harold Greene, president and general manager, Augusta Supply Co., Augusta, Maine; and Hans Warmbrunn, member, board of directors, H. D. Sheldon and Company, Inc., New York City. The Mission will be directed by B. Robert Sarich, deputy di rector of the African division, into Bull Prairie because it had not been graded properly. Ward said that this had been noticed and repairs were being made. Sam Miller, ranger of the Heppner forest district, said that a permanent guard, Reuben Pat zer, Monument, is now stationed at Bull Prairie. Users of the lake were cautioned against dumping debris in the water. Among open week-end fishermen were some "litterbugs" who tossed beer bottles, cans and other trash in the water, he said. If the area is to fill its role as an attractive recreation spot, the public must cooperate by helping to keep it clean. 'Early Bird' Gets Choice Of Good Sale Rummage Those who have been waiting for the annual spring rummage sale sponsored each year by the Heppner Civic League should get out the spare "sheckles" and trip down to the Old Central Market building Friday or Sat urday for some fine bargains. Civic League mothers will be on hand from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. both days to assist customers in selecting needs from the variety of extra-nice clothing for all ages, home furnishings, glass ware, knick knacks, toys, and other items. Among the variety of articles for sale will be a bicycle. Pickup of articles has been slower than usual this time, but according to Mrs. Roy Erick son, league president, they are of much better quality, all cloth ing is clean and pressed, and an especially good variety of baby clothing is on hand. The sales are the main means by which funds are raised to carry on the kindergarten, a pro ject of the league. The committee will work until late Thursday evening and will continue its pickup service until that time. Anyone still having good articles or clothing to con tribute is asked to bring them directly or call Mrs. Erickson, 6-5517,' Mrs. Mike Whitesmith, 6-9254, or Mrs. Lloyd Burken bine, 6-5333. urday night and she remained in Pioneer Memorial hospital Sunday. Facing the heavy work load of an impending election, cir cuit court convening Thursday and a grand jury session also that day, she was back on the job, arm in cast, by mid-week. She was glad however, that it was the left arm instead of the right. Williamson, who is plagued with a "trick" knee, dis located it while fishing at Bull Prairie. The limb has been placed in a cast, and he is expected to be on the recovery list for two or three weeks. He is able to be about on crutches. Yakel was driving an auto owned by C. R. McLean, forest service fire control officer, when it overturned after strik ing loose gravel on a fishing jaunt up Willow Creek. He was taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital for treatment of bruises and other minor injur ies but was released early in the week. McLean's car was badly damaged. Yakel was alone. I. . ; (Si- ' . I ' -j vm ' I j Bureau of International Pro grams. Roger LaRoche of the Commerce Department, Miami, field office, will be deputy Mis sion director. Frank Whittaker, who will accompany the Mission as tranp development onicer, is scheduled to assume as U. Commercial Attache in Dakar upon completion of the Trade Mission s work. Previous U. S. Trade Missions tn thp African continent hav concentrated their activities to East, West and South Africa. The businessmen lust complet ed a week's orientation seminar in Washington. D. C. DreDara tory to making the trip. This was Lamb's second trip to the national capital within tne past month. He expects to depart from Pendleton bv airplane on May z flvinp via Npw York and Lon don tn Paris alone. In Paris on May 4 he will loin the rest of the group and they will leave May o lor Africa. In Washineton. D. C. last week Lamb met the other men who will be on the Mission and was piven a thorough briefing in four full days on what clothing to take, what medicine to take, what things tn avoid, what is expected to be accomplished and similar matters. This is Mavor Lamb's first ex perience abroad and he is look ing forward to it with antici natinn In hpenmine acauainted vuith the other members of the Mission last week he found them to be a congenial and personable group. Visiting Jaycees Slated to Install Seat Belts Here Pendleton Junior Chamber of Commerce members will be In Heppner Saturday, April 28, to offer seat belt installations to the public at a nominal figure per set. They will be at Heppner Auto Sales throughout the day, and will furnish the seat belts and Install them at $12.50 per pair for any auto owners who desire them. The Jaycees are doing this as a public service in line with a state project which has also been endorsed by their national or ganization. Hal Parker, chairman of the project for Pendleton Jaycees, said that the purpose is not to make money for the Jaycees but to make the public safety con scious and to help save lives by putting more seat belts in use. Members of the Chamber of Commerce endorsed the seat belt project here at the regular Mon day meeting. Dr. C. M. Wagner told of the many lives that had been saved and serious injuries averted by using seat belts in autos. Dr. L. D. Tibbies also spoke for the project. On behait ot auto dealers, Jim Farlev said that he was for the Jaycee project and urged public cooperation. He pointed out that local dealers cannot Install seat belts at as nominal a fig ure as the Jaycees because they are using volunteer labor. How ever, in areas where the pro ject has been undertaken, in stallation of seat belts by gar ages has been increased because of the public consciousness created on the benefits. Anyone wishing to have seat belts installed in his car need only to take the car to the Ford garage here Saturday. The Pen dleton group completed their campaign in that city, where they installed 300 sets. All-Number Calling to Two major changes will be i found in the new telephone di- rectory scneduled to be in the hands of all Heppner, lone and I r , r . U '. ' - r - , " ' Up! ' i r 9-. ' 'to- I IS J LEONORE LEONNIG of Pacific Northwest Bell holds up four fingers to show that the new phone directory has Just four sections this year. Listings for Heppner, lone and Lexington are now combined into one alphabetical sequence. The map shows the other groupings to be found in the 1962 edition. Miss Leonnlg. a Heppner High graduate and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Leon nig, works in the FNB directory department in Portland where she helps compile more than - 40 phone books needed by the company in Oregon and Washington. r 10 Cents Democrats Show Gain In Re mm JkV ACTION such as this will be seen Ank.vinrt niHmn Wmva1 O' """'"w u"" u-iuy uuu can lupuiq. rnoio snows Mrs. ttaipn (mary) Beamer in the cutting event at the Wranglers' horse show last year. A colt will be given away at this year's event which is attracting top horses and riders from around the northwest. (G-T Photo) Wranglers Host Weekend Event At least 30 top cutting horses of the Northwest and an equal number ot skilltul riders will be seen in action in the cow cutting event at the Heppner Wranglers' annual spring meet at the fairgrounds Saturday af ternoon and Sunday, i With visitors coming from dis tant points and the weather out look good, all evidence indicates an outstanding attraction. In ad dition to cutting events for both men and women, the program lists calf roping and barrel racing. First event opens at 1 p. m., Friday with men participating in the cow cutting events, listed for $500 novice, $1000 novice and open class. These will continue bunday morning and finals will be bunday afternoon. Also on the afternoon program will be wo- mens cow cutting event, Gene Pierce, secretary, said. Admission tickets of $1 per person will admit the holder to the grounds and may win for him a quartcrhorse colt that will be given away. A dance is also scheduled for Saturday night, and a supper and cake auction will be held. Roy Quackenbush will furnish music for the dance. Three decorated horse blankets will be given away to winners in the cutting events. Other tro phies will be provided. Rocky Goodhue of Emmett, Idaho, will be judge. Entries will be accep Lexington customers by Satur-1 day, April 28, according to Dale Slusher, Pacific iNortnwest Bell ' manager. J ; f ituj , i , a , - - feM 8 m Gazette-Tim 3. yW at the Heppner Wranglers spring meet Saturday and Sunday. : 1 IX : i . , . . . . ted until post time at 1 p. m., Pierce said. The cutting events are approv ed by the national, Pacific coast and northwest associa 1 1 o n s. Points earned here can contrib ute towards totals in each of these associations. The public is urged to attend and is assured ot a good and interesting show. Mahony Stricken With Heart Ailment Condition of P. W. (Phil) Ma honey was listed by his doctor as satisfactory Wednesday after the Heppner attorney had suffer ed a heart attack early Monday morning at his home. The at tack occurred about 3 a. m. while he was in bed. However, he did not enter Pioneer Mem orial hospital until Tuesday morning and was reported rest ing well there by midweek. His doctor said that Mahoney is suffering from a coronary con dition and can be expected to be hospitalized two weeks or more. This was the first time that he had experienced such trouble. A heart specialist is coming Friday to work in consultation with the local physician, the doctor said. Start Saturday Night The first noticeable change is that phone numbers for the three communities are in tront of the I book. Other towns follow the yel- rf J' , i 1 I '4 "Zf A Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 26, 1962 - r;.t W Justice J. O. Hager Senior Man on Ballot An article in the Portland Reporter of a recent Issue points out that Justice J. O. Hager of Heppner, justice of the peace here, is the oldest person running for office in the state. Justice Hager, whose looks and actions belie his age, Is proud of the fact that he Is 84 years. He was born Feb ruary 6, 1878, as he said, "In a sheep camp 2 Mi miles from Adams," and he has been in Heppner since August, 1879. He was first appointed as jus tice of the peace by Governor Charles Martin in 1937 and is now in his 26th year in office. Oddly, however, though he is the oldest one running for office, his name is not on the primary ballot. Since he is running for a nonpartisan of fice without opposition, his name will not be on the ballot until the general election in November. This is also true of Circuit Judge William Wells. Heppner High School Smorgasbord Slated Student body of HePDncr High school, seeking to overcome a deficit in the treasury, will spon sor a smorgasbord at the high school cafeteria Saturday, start ing at 5 p. m. All manner of good foods will be on hand. Admission is $1.00 for adults, 75c for students and 50C for children. The public is urged to attend. low pages. The second improvement for the 19G2 edition is the inter spersing or mixing of the names for Heppner, lone and Lexing ton customers. Instead of three lists of names from A to Z, there is just one for these commun ities. The listings for several other exchanges have been combined also. Pendleton and Athena Weston listings are now in one section. Phone numbers for Hcrmiston, Bicho, Stanfield and Umatilla make one section in stead of four. The net result Is just four sections for the entire 19G2 edition. The groupings are: (1) Heppner-Ione-Lex 1 n g t o n, (2) Pendleton-Athena-West o n, (3) Hermiston-Echo-Stanfield-U ma tilla, and (4) Milton-Freewater. SI usher asked that the new directory and the seven digit phone numbers not be used un til midnight Saturday (April 28) since wrong numbers and in complete calls will result. Number stickers for the center of each phone dial are also ar riving this week via the mail man. These are designed to fas ten right over the celluloid now protecting the old phone num ber, Slusher said. The new seven-digit phone numbers will make it possible for operators and customers all over the U. S. to dial directly to phones in Heppner, lone and Lexington after midnight Satur day (April 28). Then a week later, on May 6, the phones in all three of these Morrow county exchanges will be equipped for DDD (direct distance dialing) to 75 million other phones all over the country and millions more In Canada. 79th Year, Number 8 gisii aiion "i rrr i I -i j 11 Mr nninc VVI I I WlM A ClmUt I 1 Ballots Set Democratic registration in Morrow county has climbed to within 3G of the Republican to tal, a tabulation of registration compiled by Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, shows. Registration tor the May 18 primary election ended April 17. The count shows a total of 1110 Republicans in the county and 1074 Democrats. Thirty-three are registered as Independent or "other." For the general election of the presidential year 19G0, the Republicans had a lead ot 127, totalling 1214 as compared witli liw Democrats. Heppner remains well In the Republican camp with a total of 560 G.O.P. voters against 441 Democrats. lone, too, has a size able Republican majority, 221 to 154. However, Lexington, Board man, Hardman and Irrigon all show Democratic majorities with tne registration at Irrigon more than 2 to 1 for the Democrats. Registration in the nine pre cincts is as follows: Boardman, 101) (K), 127 (D), 3 others: Hard- man, 23 (R), 26 (D); lone, 221 IK), 154 ID), 6 other: Irrigon, 90 (R), 192 (D), 2 other; Lex ington lio tK), 134 (D), 10 other; N. E. Heppner, 130 (R), 87 (D); N. W. Heppner, 183 (R). 136 (D). 4 others; S. E. Heppner, 101 (R), 75 (D), 1 other; S. W. Heppner, 146 IK), 143 (D), 7 other. Total registration in the coun ty, including all parties and in dependents is 2217. This is a de crease of about 125 from that of the general election In 1960, partly reflecting the decreased Interest in voting in a non presidential year. Printing of the ballots for the primary was completed early this week by the Gazette-Times. In all, four ballots were printed one for Republicans, one for Derrwcrats, one for measures and one nonpartisan (judiciary). Thus, each voter of either party will receive three ballots, one for his party candidates and the others for measures and non partisan. Indepen dents and those of other parties will re ceive just the nonpartisan and measures ballots at the election. An ample supply of sample ballots was printed, and they are now available at the county clerk's office for those who wish to have them. (Continued on Page 6) Chamber Offers $10 Cash Prize For Best Cleanup If vou're thinking about clean ing up your place or yard in Heppner, now is a dandy time to do it. The one who does the best job of cleanup to May 12 will re ceive a $10 cash prize, offered by the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Both business and residential areas are included. Cooperating In the cleanup campaign is the Heppner Sorop timist club, headed by Mrs. Ed (Eleanor) Gonty. Two of the judges for the best cleanup job will come from the Chamber of Commerce and the third will come from the Soroptimists. The campaign officially start ed April 15, but committee or ganization has been a little late in getting going. However, the contest will run until Saturday, May 12, according to Chamber President Fred Gimbcl. Remodeling or alterations to homes or buildings are not in cluded in this contest, although the improvements, together with painting, are highly encouraged. They cannot be included in the contest because of the compli cations that it brings about in judging, Gimbel said. Certificates of recognition may be presented to those who do outstanding work of improving buildings to brighten up the city, he said. Anyone interested In entering the cleanup contest is asked to enter his name by calling Gim bel at 6-9932. The call isn't es sential for formal entry but the judges must know who to con tact in making their decision. "We hope that everyone makes an effort to brighten up and clean up during this time," Gimbel said. "Such cooperation will make a more attractive town and give us a spic and span appearance for spring and the coming of summer." Judges' names will be kept secret until after the contest, the chamber president said. it..: i - r 1 1 . .
