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Doctor Honored Upon
Half-Century Service
Only one "horseless carriage"
was in Heppner when Dr. A. D.
McMurdo set up practice here
October 15, 1912, and in those
days he answered calls day and
night to distant points by horse
and buggy, going as far as Mon
ument to help those in need
of medical attention. . .
Forty-four years later, the vet
eran physician and surgeon was
chosen Oregon's Doctor of the
Year in 1956.
DR. A. D. McMURDO
Morrow One of 3
Counties to Show
Tax Reductions
Morrow county is one of
only three counties in the state
to show a decrease in total prop
erty taxes levied for the year
19C2-63, the Oregon Tax Re
search association, Portland, re
ports. Lake and Tillamook counties
were the other two to post de
creases. Gilliam county remain
ed virtually the same as last
year with an increase of less
than one half of one per cent,
George J. Annala, manager of
the association, said. Taxes in
Morrow dropped about 10 per
cent from the previous year.
Across the state, the total
property tax bill climbed to
reach a total of $233,800,762, an
increase of almost $18 million
over the levy for 1961-62.
Property taxes for the current
year are more than double the
entire receipts of the personal
income and corporation taxes
collected last year, Annala said,
and represent an average of
$520 for a family of four. Prop
erty taxes are for local govern
ment only counties, cities,
schools and special districts such
as fire, water, hospital, and cem
etery. Schools will receive 67 of the
the total levy, $154,017,580, an
increase of $21.4 million, making
a total of about $63 million in
state funds distributed to local
schools.
During the last five years Ore
gon property taxes have in
creased 40 Der cent and school
levies have increased 45 per
cent during the five year period,
despite substantial increases in
state aid. School census figures
increased about 10 percent.
"Increase in property taxes
has outstripped the increase in
population and economic
growth," Annala said. "Rejection
at the polls in the recent elec
tion of tax measures was due in
no small part, to the mounting
burden of property taxes. More
state aid or exemptions will only
shift the burden. The control of
spending will have to originate
with the taxpayers.
Chamber to Urge
Range Road Signs
Noting that there are no signs
at the new "cloverleaf" on the
junction of Interstate 80 with
the bomb range road to indi
cate Heppner and other points
to the south, the Heppner-Mor-row
County Chamber of Com
merce Monday voted to write the
State Highway Commission and
urge that directional signs be
set up to point the way to
Heppner, Lexington and lone.
While the interchange was in
construction, it drew criticism
from local sources because of its
type of construction, making it
necessary for some of the traf
fic to cross other lanes. This was
brought out again at the meet
ing. The cloverleaf was com
pleted as originally designed,
and Robert Van Houte, school
superintendent, who had contac
ted the department to point out
potential hazards during its con
struction, said Mondaylhat four
accidents have already occurred
at the junction.
It was also voted to invite
the Highway Commission to
meet in Heppner for its January
meeting. A recent session was
held in Newport and the Decem
ber meeting is to be in southern
Oregon. The Chamber and the
countv would like to bring to the
commission's attention several
important matters relative to
highways here, but the long
trips to southern and far west
ern Oregon make it difficult.
Early this month he complet
ed 50 years of practice in Hepp
ner, and his colleagues of the
Umatilla-Morrow County Med
ical Society honored him by
holding their November meet
ing in Heppner at the Wagon
Wheel Cafe to pay tribute to Dr.
McMurdo's half-century of ser
vice to the community.
A plaque was presented to
him bv Dr. Jack Grondahl of
Pendleton before the group of
25 doctors attending. On it were
inscribed these words: "To A.
D. McMurdo, M. D., from the
Umatilla-Morrow County Med
ical Society, in Recognition of
his 50 Years in Medical Prac
tice and Meritorious Service to
his Community, November 20,
1962."
Among congratulatory mes
sages received by Dr. McMurdo
was a telegram from Mrs. tan
Snell, Salem, widow of Governor
Earl Snell, who wired, "Congrat
ulations on your 50 years of
service in the medical profession
in Morrow county in the state
of Oregon." Her son, Dr. William
Snell, professor of orthopedics at
the University of Oregon Med
ical School, was guest speaker
at the dinner meeting here.
Doctors from Pilot Rock, Herm-
iston, Milton-Freewater, Pendle
ton and Heppner were present,
Dr. McMurdo is a past president
of the organization, having serv
ed in that capacity 12 or 15 years
ago when it was known as the
Umatilla Medical Society.
When Dr. McMurdo first came
to Heppner in 1912 after grad
uating from the University of
Virginia Medical School in 1910,
he was in partnership with Dr.
N. E. Winnard. Eighteen months
later he moved into Quarters be
hind Patterson's Drug store (now
the location of Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant) and remain
ed there until a fire destroyed
the building, perhaps 10 years
later.
He moved to his present office
on Willow street after the fire.
It was the former law office
of Woodson and Sweek. Cal
Sweek of the firm later was ap
pointed circuit court judge.
Dr. McMurdo married Ruth
Helen Hager on October 15, 1913,
a year after he came to Heppner.
She was born and raised here.
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Death Claims
Mrs Frank Turner
Suddenly Sunday
Death came to Mrs. Grace
Elizabeth Turner, 69, at Pioneer
Memorial hospital Sunday, No
vember 25, about eight hours af
ter she was stricken with a cer
ebral thrombosis attack at her
home here about 4:30 that morn
ing. She had, on occasion, been
troubled by mild illnesses, but
the fatal attack came suddenly.
Services were Wednesday, No
vember 28, at 10:00 a.m. at All
Saints' Episcopal church, Hepp
ner, with Father C. Bruce Spen
cer officiating. Interment follow
ed in the Heppner Masonic cem
etery. Mrs. Turner was born uctober
13, 1893, in San Francisco, Calif.,,
the daughter of Annie Mcin
tosh and Joseph A. Kuhn. With
her first husband, Wendell How
ard Cleveland, she came to the
Heppner area where she has
made her home for the past 42
years. A daughter preceded her
in death at age 17 in ivsj.
A few years after Mrs. Cleve
land's death, she married Frank
W. Turner on March 27, 1950.
Mrs. Turner had always been
active in civic affairs, was a
member of Ruth Chapter 32,
Order of Eastern Star, Heppner,
and of All Saints Episcopal
church.
Surviving are the widower,
Frank W. Turner; one son, How
ard Cleveland, Heppner; one sis
ter, Mrs. Sophie Barr, Portland,
and three grandchildren, Hepp
ner. Teacher Breaks
Hip at School
Marguerite Glavey, fifth grade
teacher in Heppner elementary
school, fractured her hip in a
fall in the Heppner High school
basement Tuesday. Her class is
in the high school building be
cause of lack of room in the
other buildings.
Miss Glavey had just return
ed from supervising children at
play outside when she slipped
on the concrete floor. She was
brought to a doctor's office and
X-rays revealed the bone to be
fractured.
She was removed to Provi
dence hospital, Portland, later
in the day, going by ambulance
driven by Bob Lowe. He reported
that she'made the trip very well.
A pin will be placed in the break.
She will be hospitalized for an
indefinite period.
Hillard Brown, elemen t a r y
principal, said that a doctor at
the hospital told him that Miss
Glavey would probably be able
to resume teaching in about
three months.
Mrs. Lena Kelly, former ele
mentary teacher who is now re
tired, will substitute for Miss
Glavey.
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WORK at the new Heppner-Lexington high school is moving along at a brisk pace with The Timber
Co. of Hermiston as contractor. Difficult to photograph because of its sprawling nature, the build
ing in progress looked this way from a distance Monday. An idea of the perspective may be
gained by comparison with Unit-A, the existing building, at right. At left, a section of the wall
of the upper wing has Just been put in place, and ' center shows the concrete wall of the lower
side of the upper wing. In the background is structure of the gym rising. Floor of the upper wing
will be about on the same plane as roof of Unit-A. (G-T Photo)
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THIS PHOTO shows work in progress at the gym of the new high
school. Floor of the gym will be on the laminated beams sup
ported by the forest of steel columns visible in the picture. A
large doorway will be left in the side of the concrete wall at
ground level to allow entrance by pickup truck to store materials
under the gym. (G-T Photo)
lone Community
lo Stage Dinner,
Festival Sunday
With 13 different organiza
tions cooperating, the lone com
munity will have its second an
nual Fall Festival and turkey
dinner Sunday at Willows
Grange hall, Mrs. Hershal Town-
send, chairman, states.
The turkey dinner will be
from 12:30 until 2:30, the start
being one-half hour later than
was originally announced last
week.
Booths at the festival will be
open from 12:30 until 5 p.m.
Each of the participating organ
izations will have a booth, mak
ing 13 in all.
Each organization will furnish
a door prize and drawings are
scheduled each hour. Games of
all kinds will be provided for the
entertainment of those attend
ing. Kindergarten mothers will
also sponsor a drawing for a
transistor radio.
Christmas foods and decora
tions will be on sale at the event.
Last year's festival proved
very successful and enjoyable to
the large crowd attending.
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HAVING PROMINENT roles in the recent Morrow County Grain Growers annual meeting at the fair
pavilion were Manager Al Lamb (left), Allen Tom, The Dalles, president of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League (center), and Paul Jones, MCGG president (right). Lamb and Jones gave annual
reports and conducted business part of the meeting. Tom was principal speaker. Tom this week
has presided at the state wheat league meeting in Portland and Lamb and Jones were among
those attending. (G-T Photo)
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Broom Sale Set
For Area Towns
Members of the lone Lions
club will call at homes in Hepp
ner, lone and Lexington this
week in their annual broom sale,
according to Marion Green, gen
eral chairman.
Proceeds, as last year, go to
civic projects, and it is hoped
by the committee that homes
will respond with the same fine
reception experienced last year.
Two hundred dollars of last
year's profits were used in giv
ing scholarships to four deserv
ing graduating students in Hepp
ner and lone High schools to
help in their first year in college.
Members will call at homes in
Heppner Monday evening, De
cember 3, starting at 6 p.m., and
will be in Lexington and lone
on Tuesday evening, December
4. House brooms will be sold for
$2 and whisk brooms at $1 each.
They will not have the rugs,
door mats and Christmas gift
bows that were sold last year.
The brooms are made by Oregon
Industries for the Blind, , Port
land, which gives aid to the
blind and handicapped work
ers, and are of very fine quality.
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Entries Invited
In Light Contest;
Mrs. Melby Head
Prizes are offered in three cat
egories for the fifth annual
Christmas lighting contest in
Heppner with $60 to be awarded
winners in this holiday season's
effort.
Mrs. Arnold (Avon) Melby was
appointed Monday by President
Fred Gimbel of the Chamber of
Commerce as chairman of the
contest this year. She will secure
judges and make other arrange
ments of the contest.
Entries are invited as follows:
Outdoor residence lighting with
prizes of $10 first, $7.50 second
and $5 third; store or business
windows, $10 first, $7.50 second,
$5 third; and residential win
dows (inside decorations), $7.50
urst, $5 second and $2.50 third.
Entrants will be asked to regis
ter and the chairman will set a
deadline date.
The contest is sponsored in an
effort to encourage residents to
decorate for the holiday and
beautify the town. Prize money
comes to the Chamber of Com
merce from a donor w'ho prefers
to remain anonymous.
Entries are limited to homes
or businesses within the city
limits.
Farm-City Dinner
Tickets Available
Tickets to the Farm-City
banquet, sponsored by Ihe
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce and the
Heppner Soil Conserva t i o n
district, are now on sale at the
Bank of Eastern Oregon, First
National Bank, Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant, and
through Ralph Richards, chair
man, at the Soil Conservation
office.
The banquet will bo at the
Lexington Grange hall on
Tuesday, December 11, start
ing at 6:30 with women of the
grange preparing and serving
the dinner.
J. W. Southworth, assistant
director of livestock industries,
State Department of Agricul
ture, Salem, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
Tickets are $2 each.
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$5,250,060
Uo S. Government
Would Bear Brunt
As now envisioned, the Willow
Creek multipurpose dam project
would cost approximately $5,250,
000, W. E. Sivley, chief of the
flood control section of the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla
Walla, told the project coordina
ting committee at the court
house Monday night.
Except for water bought for
irrigation purposes and for some
incidental costs in improving the
creek's channel through Hepp
ner, all the cost would be borne
by the Federal government, he
said.
Arrangements would have to
be made for expense to be borne
on the local level of acquiring
rights-of-way for improving the
Opening Event
Brings Crowds;
Winners Listed
Despite a windy day, Christ
mas Opening brought a large
number to downtown Heppner
Saturday, and Mike Whitesmith,
chairman, estimates that be
tween 400 and 500 children
greeted Santa Claus in the after
noon.
Free Show Billed
For December 8
More Christmas season
events for the public are plan
ned in ensuing weeks through
the cooperation of the Elks
lodge, Chamber of Commerce
and American Legion.
A free show will be present
ed for kids of the area on
Saturday, December 8. it is an
nounced. It will be in the
Legion hall. More details will
be given next week.
On Saturday, December 15,
Santa Claus will return for
a second visit and will be in
the downtown area from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m.
The committee had 500 sacks
of candy to give to the children
around the Christmas tree when
Santa came, and most of them
were gone when the last child
received his sack.
Hundreds took part in the
window guessing contest, going
from door to door of the 28 stores
participating. It took a very close
guess to win in most cases, some
merchants reporting the winner
to be only one cent off. In sev
eral cases, ties were reported.
Rules said that ties could be
broken by the flip of a coin, and
in most cases this was done, but
in others, the parties decided to
share the prize.
Winners as announced by trie
firms are as follows: Anderson
Builders Supply, Kit Anderson
(no relation); Barratt Sales Co.,
Delores Wilson, Lexington; Case
Furniture Co., Bobbie Angell;
Central Market, Mrs. Howard
Pettyjohn; Helen Cox Flowers,
Mike Sweek; L. E. Dick, Mrs.
Bill Heath; Economy Market,
Mrs. Vern Evans; Elmas Apparel,
Alice McCabe; Gazette-Times,
Blanche Brown; Gilliam and Bis
bee, Mrs. Don Bellenbrock.
Gonty's, Ray Heimblgner, lone;
Heppner Auto Parts, K. winsiow;
Hotel Grill, Doug Drake; Hum
phreys Drug, Barbara Cribble;
Lairds', Mrs. Calvin Sherman;
M&S, Gary Munkcrs and Jerry
Ilealy (split $5 cash prize); Mi
Ladies, Diana Fulleton; Pecks'
Ski Shop, Helen Anderson; J. C.
Penney Co., Mrs. Elmer Schmidt;
Peterson's Jewelers, Delia Mur
ray, Union; Phil's Pharmacy,
Jack Loyd.
Red and White Grocery, Rita
Pettyjohn; Ron's Flowers, Bill
Edwards; C. A. Ruggles Agency,
Kelley Green; Wagon Wheel
Cafe. Sue Townsend, lone; Wee-
TV, Ray Smith; Western Auto,
Chris Burkenbino; Wilson's
Men s Wear, Barbara Sherman.
The Christmas Opening pro
gram was sponsored by the
Merchants committee of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce, and Mrs. Elma
Harshman is chairman of the
committee. Whitesmith was gen
eral chairman of the event and
was assisted by Randall Peter
son, who arranged for Santa
Claus; Jim Farley, who helped
with the candy; Wes Sherman,
guessing contest; Jeff Walker
and Harley Young on the Christ
mas tree; Harley Sager, who as
sisted at the tree; Fred Gimbel,
Bob Flatt and Chief of Police
Dean Gilman, all of whom
helped direct traffic.
Candy was furnished by the
Elks lodge.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam, observer)
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 51 31 .41
Thursday 46 28 .13
Fiiday 51 27
Saturday 56 49
Sunday 60 39 .11
Monday 55 33
Tuesday 47 25 .04
Wednesday 42 20
Rainfall for the week was .69
of an inch. Total for the month
Is 1.73 inches.
channel, and cost of moving
utilities that would have to be
changed because of the channel
would also have to be borne
locally.
The creek banks would be
sloped considerably more than
at present and this would neces
sitate purchase of some creek
side land for rights-of-way, he
said. However, a check shows
that few buildings are located
near the creek where this would
have to be done.
Another important revelation
came at the meeting, attended
by some 40 members of the com
mittee and interested persons,
when Sivley said that it now ap
pears economically feasible to
provide for 8300 acre feet of stor
age for irrigation purposes when
it was originally figured that
only between 3000 to 4000 acre
feet of storage could be pro
vided for this purpose.
The dam would have to lie
located below the confluence of
Balm Fork and Willow Creek to
be of practical value on flood
control, Sivley said. The bottom
MOO acre feet would be reserved
to catch sediment, another 4000-
odd acre feet would be provided
for flood control storage, and
8300 acre feet could be preserv
ed for irrigation. In addition, the
dam would incorporate wildlife,
recreation and pollution abate
ment features. There is some
possibility, too, that additional
space might be reserved for in
dustrial water or for later mun
icipal use, although the city has
once Indicated that it did not
wish to reserve such water at.
this time.
The dam would be an esti
mated 150 feet high and would
be of earth and rock fill con
struction. A spillway would be
cut in the right side at about
the present location of the city
water reservoir, which would
have to be relocated. The spill
way would be a large facilitity,
about 300 feet wide, over open
rock and would lead back to the
creek.
The spillway would bo able
to handle a flow of 00,000 sec
ond feet of water, which is about
three times the volume of the
1903 flood, Sivley said. The dam
would be built extremely strong,
but the spillway would provide
an additional safety feature, he
said. With modifications to be
made to the stream channel be
low the dam, 1500 second feet
of water would scarecely fill the
channel.
The larger storage for irriga
tion now deemed feasible would
mean less water in the creek
during winter, spring and fall,
but would provide considerably
more for summer, the engineer
said.
This matter will be presented
to those interested in the Irri
gation feature, If they do not
favor that much storage, the
component can be reduced, Siv
ley said.
The reservoir's static pool sur
face area (the minimum pool)
would be 90 acres. Maximum
pool would be 250 acres. Total
drawdown from maximum to
minimum would be about 50 feet,
Sivley said.
Even at low level, however,
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lonesome Lake'
Movie Scheduled
"The Story of Lonesome Lake"
Is the title of a color motion
picture film that will be pre
sented Tuesday night in lone
and Wednesday night in Hepp
ner by Beta Omega sorority of
lone.
The picture, which tells of the
life of Ralph Edwards, the
"Crusoe of Lonesome Lake," will
be at the lone Legion hall start
ing at 7:15 Tuesday and at the
fair pavilion, Heppner, starting
at 7:15 Wednesday.
John E. Edwards, father of
Ralph Edwards, will be present
to give live narration. The pic
ture will include shots of the
famous Trumpeter swans, deer,
bear, moose and many other
birds and animals.
Admission is $1 for adults and
50c for students. Proceeds will go
to hospital work and other civic
purposes.
Farm Reappraisal
Meeting Called
All interested farm owners
and operators are asked to at
tend a meeting on Wednesday,
December 5, at 8 p.m. in the
circuit court room of the Morrow
county courthouse to discuss the
forthcoming farm reappraisal
program,- Assessor Oliver Cres
wick announces.
Members of the assessor's staff
and the State Tax Commission
will be present to outline the
procedures involved and to an
swer questions.
The program is being conduc
ted to comply with Oregon law
requiring that all properties be
reappraised every six years,
Creswick said.