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Number 52
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 28, 1963
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MANY FUTURE FARMER achievements were evident last Wednesday when honors were presented
at the annual Heppner FFA chapter banquet In the Catholic parish hall. Bill Struthers, Chapter
president (fourth from right) is shown handing plaque to James M. Hager of Heppner after Hager
was named honorary member. Bob Hager (left) was one of three cited for outstanding achieve
ment; John Wagenblast (second from left) was chosen Star Farmer and received many other
awards; Harold Gray (second from right) was citea lor outstanaing achievements, as was rresi
dent Struthers; Hollis McDonald of The Dalles, State FFA president, (third from right) was prin
cipal speaker; and Gerald Jonasson (right) presented awards.
Many Honors Given
At FFA Banquet
John Wagenblast of Heppner
High chapter, Future farmers
of America, was named chapter
star farmer and James M. Hager
was initiated as an honorary
member at the chapter s annual
parent and son banquet attend
ed by some 150 members, par
ents and other guests in the
Catholic Parish hall Wednesday
night, February 20.
Wagenblast, a sophomore in
high school, received a number
of other honors for his outstand
ing work, including a $10 prize
for his first year farming pro
gram, speech trophy from the
Rhea Creek grange, scholarship
pin, and a pin from the Morrow
County Livestock Growers for
his work on a beef project. He
also was presented a jacket from
the Pendleton Grain Growers for
winning a contest on his first
year's record book recently.
Dick Flaize was selected out
standing freshman in the FFA
program, and received a knife
donated bv Trvco Equipment Co,
Cited for outstanding achieve
ment in the chapter and award
ed plaques from the Bank of
Eastern Oregon were Bill Struth
ers, Harold Gray and Bob Hager.
Frank Osmin received the first
place soil conservation trophy
from the Heppner Soil Conser
vation district, together with a
Foundation medal, and William
Rill received the second place
conservation trophy, given by
Ralph Richards. Osmin also re
ceived a $5 second prize for his
initial farming program.
Ken Wright received the ro
tating plaque for general live
stock excellence, and he also re
ceived a pin for his sheep pro
ject. Melvin McDaniel received
a pin for his swine project.
Tony Doherty, second to Wag-
Ella's Grill Sold
To Arlington Couple
Mrs. Tom (Ella) Sargent, own
er of Ella's Grill, Wednesday an
nounced sale of the restaurant to
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Petty
john, Arlington. The new owners
will assume management Fri
day, March 1.
Mrs. Sargent will leave to join
her husband at Cutler City. She
has been a resident of Heppner
lor the past seven years. Sargent,
now working with M. and M.
Plumbing at Taft, was formerly
with Gilliam and Bisbee Hard
ware. Mr. and Mrs. Pettyjohn are
both well known here, having
lived in the community for 40
years before moving to Arlington
six years ago. Mrs. Pettyjohn will
remain in Arlington until the
end of the school year so their
daughter, Betty, may complete
her sophomore year. They will
maintain the same employees.
Restaurant hours will be extend
ed to 9:00 p. m. daily.
Sherman
Heppner High's high hopes for
a state tournament basketball
team, sustained through one of
its best seasons on record, died
Tuesday night.
Sherman county's high-geared
team won the playoff game to
decide supremacy of the west
ern division of the Greater Ore
gon league in the neutral Con
don gym, 66-62, before an over
flow crowd estimated at 1100
persons. The teams were tied at
the end of the regular season,
each with a record of seven wins
and one loss.
Balance of the Moro five and
accurate shooting at crucial mo
ments of the game proved to be
the deciding factor of the con
test. Hustle exhibited by the
influenza-ridden Mustangs
brought the battle right down to
the wire, and with only 37 sec
onds left in the game they were
just one point short, 62-63. With
only 13 seconds to go, the Hepp
ner five still had a chance as
they worked the ball under their
own basket. It went out of
errblast in scholarship by a small
margin, was presented a pin for
tins achievement.
khA foundation pins were
awarded as follows: Poultry
farming, Chris Brown; crop
farming, John Wagen blast
farm mechanics, Melvin McDan
iel; farm electrification, Harold
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Music Departments
To Present Concert
The concert band of Heppne.
High school will be heard in i
special program of individual
and group numbers in the high
school auditorium Thursday
evening (tonight) at 8 p. m. Also
on the program is a girls' vocal
quintet, heard in two groups of
numbers.
A clarinet duet number will be
played by Annamarie Brindle
ana Kathy Ray; alto saxaphone
solo, banuy McDonald; bass solo,
Steve Warren; French horn solo,
barah btrait, and baritone solo
Richard Clark.
Appearing in the girls' quintet
are Pam Cochell. faherron Bunch.
Shirley Carlson and Judi Hamil
ton, accompanied by Lorraine
Leonnig.
Joining in popular trumpet trio
numbers are John Cleveland,
Uins Brown and Dick Struck
meier. Other instrumental solos will
be heard on the flute, by Janis
Baker; trumpet, Dick Struck -meier
and tenor saxaphone,
Laura Sumner.
Accompanists are Marti Dixon
and Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens. Di
recting band numbers ' will be
Arnold Melby, and vocal num-
beis by Mrs. Uroshens.
Cardinals to Face
Monument in Meet
Ione's resurging Cardinals will
face Monument tonight (Thurs
day) at 7 p.m. in the district
7-B basketball tournament at the
Pendleton armory. If they win,
they will play the winner of the
Athena-Mt. Vernon game at 8:30
p.m. Friday, and visitors of the
contest will be in the finals
Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Winner of the tournament goes
to the state B tournament. Should
lone lose tonight, the Cards will
play at 3 p.m., Friday in con
solation. Coach Glenn Biehl's team fin
ished third in the Umatilla
Morrow B league, and the first
four teams qualify for the dis
trict meet, together with four
from the south.
An added feature of the tourn
ament will be the performance
of the three Halvorsen boys and
Tom Heimbigner of lone on the
trampoline at halftime of the
second game tonight, (Thursday).
Wins, Mustangs' Hopes
bounds, and the Heppner part
isans felt that a Sherman lad
touched it last, but the offic
ials ruled a jump ball. Sherman
got the tip, and that did the
trick.
Three more points were added
to the winners' total on a single
free throw by Bill Rayon and
two by Bill Doolin as time ran
out.
Heppner had the lead eight
times during the ball game, but
never by more than one point.
They were ahead, 6 to 5, in the
first quarter; 25-24 and 27-26
in the second quarter; and five
times in the blazing third quart
er that kept the crowd in a
frenzy, 42-41, 44-43, 46-45, 48-47,
and 50-49. Only once was the
game tied, that at 12-12 in the
first quarter.
The Huskies were ahead of the
Mustangs five points at half
time, 37-32, and in the fourth
quarter built up the margin to
eight points at one time, 52-60,
after Ken Blagg had fired one
through the hoop with only 3:32
(G-T Photo)
REMEMBER
National 4-H
Club Week Set
For March 2-9
Morrow county 4-H clubs are
making plans to celebrate Nat
ional 4-H Club Week, March 2-9
announced Joe Hay, Morrow
county extension agent. Forty
four clubs with close to 350 Mor
row county 4-H members will
join 2,250,000 other 4-H members
of the nation to publicize this
well-known youth program
sponsored by the Extension Ser
vice.
Club members will again be
putting up window displays in
stores throughout the county de
picting some ot tne projects and
activities the club has carried
out through the year.
In addition to the window dis
plays, the National 4-H Club
Week committee, consisting of
Mrs. Leo Ashbeck, Pine City,
chairman; Mrs. Roger Campbell,
Lexington; Mrs. Roland Berg-
strom, lone and Everett Struck-
meier, Heppner, have planned
other activities to be carried out
through the week. Club mem
bers will present programs at
the Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce on Mon
day, March 4; the Heppner Sor-
optimist club Thursday noon,
March 7, and at the Rhea Creek
and Lexington Granges, March
8 and 9. Other activities include
the sending of "thank-you-
grams from the county agent s
office on behalf of all 4-H mem
bers and leaders to "Friends of
4-H" for their fine support
throughout the year. They will
be wearing 4-H tags on their
shirts and dresses to school to
let other boys and girls know
they are 4-H club members.
Restaurants throughout the
county will be supplied with
placards for their tables con
taining the 4-H pledge on one
side and a table grace on the
other side.
The Heppner Gazette-Times
will be carrying a special sec
tion for 4-H news in their March
7 edition.
left to go. Seemingly hopelessly
outdistanced, the M u st a n g s
came roaring back. John Porter
hit a free throw, and Dick Spring
er made good on one of two
gift shots. At 2:41 Lee Padberg,
who played a courageous game
with a temperature of 102 as
he battled both the flu and Sher
man county, whipped in a buck
et, then jumped in another at
2:02, bringing the count to 58-61.
Rayon connected to make it 58
63, but with 54 seconds left,
Shan Applegate desperately ap
plied the steam for the Mus
tangs, driving in for two points
and quickly following with two
more at 37 seconds to go, making
it one point short, 62-63.
Concluding personal fouls
were committed in desperation
and the Moro five made good on
them to capture the game.
There was no denying the fin
esse displayed by the winners.
Official record shows their shoot
ing average at 37 on 25 of
68 attempts, but most Heppner
observers would swear it was
Golf Club Plans Biggest
Year; Work Days Set
Willow Creek Golf club antici- been lined up to assist, includ
pates its biggest year, both in ing four trucks, two caterpillars,
improvements on. the Heppner two other tractors and a grader,
course and in interest, Clint Mc- "It isn't often that we get this
Quarrie, president, said Thurs- much equipment assembled at
day morning. Many plans have the same time, and we need
been made, initiation lee ior
membership has been lowered,
several maior projects are sched
uled, and a special rate is offer
ed for students who wish to play.
Of immediate importance are
the work days scheduled for this
Saturday and Sunday, and the
club is calling upon all of its
members to respond to help out.
A fleet of heavy equipment has
Justice of Peace
James 0. Hager
Claimed by Death
Justice James O! Hager, 85, the
"grand old man" of the Morrow
County courthouse, died Satur
day, February 23, after being
in poor health for a number of
months.
He had served as justice of the
peace for the sixth district, Hepp
ner, for 25 years, and when he
ran for re-election last year, he
was the oldest man running for
election for any position in the
state. Justice Hager ran. without
opposition and his re-election
was a foregone conclusion be
cause of the respect and esteem
with which he was held.
Funeral services were Wednes
day at 2 p.m. at the Methodist
church here with the Rev. Melvin
Dixon officiating. Interment was
in the Heppner Masonic ceme
tery. Born at a sheep camp at Cay
use Station near Athena in Uma
tilla county, February 6, 1878,
Hager's life was a colorful one
that stretched back through a
colorful era. He was the only
son in a family that included
eight sisters.- .... . .
The family moved to Heppner
when he was a tot, and his par
ents were engaged in the sheep
business here. Hager attended
Heppner High school and grad
uated from it in 1894, then at
tended the University of Oregon
before returning to the tamily
ranch. He has lived here ever
since.
On September 29, 1909, he was
married to Emma M. Baird m
HeDDner. They continued ranch
ing until he was 35 years of
age, and then they went into
the dravage business.
On February 2i, 1937, he was
appointed justice of the peace
bv Governor Charles Martin and
served continuously until he was
forced to resign after suffering
a stroke. Larry Cook, Sr., was
appointed pro tern justice of the
oeace during his illness, and
Oliver Creswick was appointed
by Governor Mark Hatfield to
the post after Mr. Hager's re
cent resignation. When he was
elected last fall, it was the fifth
time that he had won the pos
ition at the polls.
A longtime member of the
Heppner Methodist church, Jus
tice Hager also was a member
of Neighbors of Woodcraft and
formerly had been active in the
Heppner Elks lodge.
Besides the widow, Mrs. Emma
M. Hager, he is survived by two
sons, Homer E. Hager of Herm
iston and James M. Hager of
Heppner; a daughter, Mrs. Har
riet E. Shaw of Washington, D.
C; five sisters, Mrs. Grace Storey
of Chilliwack, B. C, Canada, Mrs.
Edith Leach of Pendleton, Mrs.
Sybil Bran and Mrs. Ruth Mc
Murdo, both of Heppner, and Mrs.
Marie Sims of Pendleton; and
four grandchildren.
better than that. Heppner made
23 on 68 attempts for about 33.
From one point of view, the
game was lost on the free throw
line for the Mustangs because
they hit only 16 of 33 attempts
in that department while Sher
man made good on 16 of 26
tries.
Doug Bish, Ron Johnson and
Doolin were the big guns in the
Sherman attack and they pro
vided a one-two-three punch
that was mighty tough to han
dle. Since Bish and Johnson are
only juniors it doesn't bode well
for the future of other western
division teams next year. Doolin
and big Jack Kellogg graduate
but most of the other Huskies
will be back, and Heppner can
nave a go at the same club
again.
Bish connected for 23 points
and everyone of them hurt the
Mustang cause, Doolin pumped
in 15 and Johnson made 14.
On the Heppner side, Padberg
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Die
every person to come and help
use it, McQuarrie said.
Those who can . come and
spend all day, either Saturday
or Sunday or both, and those
who can come only for an hour
are asked to turn out. They will
haul dirt, fill ditches, level land,
pick up rocks, and do all manner
of other projects.
No member will be permitted
to play on the course while the
work crew Is on hand.
One of the major projects
planned for the future is the
finishing of the large house re
cently donated to the club by
Frank Turner into a clubhouse,
notty pine has been donated for
the inside finish, a large gas
range of restaurant size has been
given the club, and a refriger
ator has also been donated. Two
houses formerly owned by the
railroad were purchased bv
Turner for $300 and he gave
them to the club. The club then
moved them to their present lo
cation near No. 1 tee.
Another project scheduled is
that of piping water from the
well lo the house. Planting of a
lawn is also Jiated.
Work is also underway on con
verting greens from sand to
grass, No. 9 green is completed,
No, 7 is started to grass, No.
1 needs fertilizer, top soil, and
rocks must be removed, and No.
6 awaits solution of a vater
problem.
A ditch has been dug alor.
the property line on No. 3 hole
to take care of the water prob
lem there.
Work days will be called per
iodically tbuughout the year,
most likely to be on Sundays.
Initiation fee will be reduced
from $30 to $10 until July 1,
but membership will remain at
$30 per year. This includes a
couple and their unmarried stu
dent children. It is expected that
many here will want to take
advantage of the low Initiation
fee and will join. Those intjr
ested should see or call Clint
McQuarrie or Mrs. Harlan (Don
na) McCurdy, Jr., secretary.,
Students whose parents are not
members may pay $10 for a
half year or $20 for a full year's
play for 25c for nine holes un
til the end of the school year.
At the club's recent annual
meeting, all officers were re
elected for another year, includ
ing McQuarrie as president;
Maurice Groves, vice president;
Conley Lanham, treasurer; and
Mrs. McCurdy, secretary.
Activities committee, which
will plan for Sunday play, set
up rules for the course and also
handicap rules, consi s t s ot
Brown, chairman, Phil Mahoney,
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., Lowell
Gribble, Bob Cantonwine and
Darrel Reisch.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam, observer)
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 52 31
Friday 59 33
Saturday 63 32
Sunday 63 38
Monday 67 43 .11
Tuesday 56 29
Wednesday 54 3b
Total rainfall for February
was an even I inches.
'Big Bad Bomb Cause ofjFuss, Furore,
Turns Out to
FLASH BULLETIN I Sheriif
Bauman repor ted today
(Thursday) that an enlisted
man of the Navy came and
claimed the "Big Bad Bomb"
this morning.
If all the energy created by
the fuss and furore over dis
covery of a small size smoke
bomb here Saturday were con
tained in a tight place, it
would be 100 times that which
could ever be generated by the
bomb itself.
Daily papers and wire ser
vices made a big thing out of
"the bomb" after it was found
behind the Anne Smouse house
on Hager Street (Willow
Creek highway) Saturday by
four girls. Radio and television
picked it up. The Navy and
Army Ordnance got into the
act, and late Wednesday af
ternoon sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
received a call from Lieuten
ant Commander D. K. Dagel
of the 13th Naval District,
Whidbey Island, Washington.
The story was published
Wednesday that the sheriff
had buried the bomb on ord
ers of the Navy when they de
cided that it was a live bomb.
However, when the story ap
peared, "the bomb" was not
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MRS BEVERLY DOHERTY, chairman of the ways and means com
mittee of Beta Omega, lone, hands check to Mrs. Ruth Casebeer,
director of nurses at Pioneer Memorial hospital, in payment for
two Baumanometers for use in taking blood pressure (shown in
foreground). Mrs. Darlene Hoskins, president of Beta Omega,
looks on. The lone organization sponsors a similar project each
year. (G-T Photo)
Beta Omega Boosts
Hospital with Gifts
If you've been a patient In
Pioneer Memorial hospital, chan
ces are that some of the equip
ment used in your care was do
nated to the hospital by one of
a number of organizations and
Individuals.
If you enter any time from
now on, it is quite likely that
one of the new Baumanometers,
donated by Beta Omega, of
lone, will be used on you. But
don't be alarmed don't let the
name frighten you. It is merely
a device used in taking blood
pressure and will supplement
the smaller units used by the
staff.
This week Beta O rn e ? a,
through its president, Mrs. k.)b
ert (Darlene) Hoskins, Mis.
Charles (Beverly) Doherty, chair-
Foreclosure List
Publication Due
Real property foreclosure list
for Morrow county will be pub
lished probably next week,
the office of Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman reports.
Anyone who has two year
taxes three or more years de
linquent will appear on the list.
Those who pay prior to the pub
lication of the list will have
their names removed.
After the list is published, the
delinquent taxpayer is charged
a 2 penalty plus interest. Pub
lication of the delinquent per
sonal property list was published
recently.
be Gentle Little Smoker
buried but peacefully reclin
ing in the basement of the
courthouse, awaiting someone
from the Navy to come and
pick it up. A major from the
Umatilla Army Depot had ar
rived earlier with a bomb ex
pert, examined it and took the
serial numbers, However, he
refused to take custody of the
bomb because It was property
of the Navy.
The expert said that he was
of the opinion that a 12 gauge
cartridge, used inside to dis
charge smoke when it was
triggered by the nose of the
bomb hitting the earth, had
not been exploded. This, he
told the sheriff, was common,
since many of the smoke
bombs failed to go off. The
cartridge, however, far from
being a devastating device, is
equal to that of a 12-gauge
shotgun shell explosive.
The "bomb" is less than
three feet In length and about
six Inches in diameter at the
widest portion, tapering back
to a fin at the end. It weighs
about 25 pounds. It is much
smaller than the practice
bomb of the type that dug a
crater near a Cecil home a few
months ago after it was acci
dentally released prematurely
on a bomb run.
man of the ways and means
committee, and Mrs. Sam (Alkt)
Crawford, a member of the same
committee, presented a check for
$100 to Mrs. Marvin (Ruth) Case
beer, director of nurses, to pay
for thn Baumanometers.
The devices are floor models
for taking blood pressure and
will be used in the delivery
room and in the recovery room.
Beta Omega, which plans on
at least one such project eacli
year, is dedicated to such work.
A few years ago they gave a
dozen bathrobes to the hospital.
On another occasion they gave
monetary assistance to a nurs.i
who was severely burned in an
apartment fire, helping with her
personal expenses and buying
new clothing.
Probably their largest public
service project was piping water
to the cemetery at lone, which
cost in the neighborhood of $800.
The organization is also con
cerned with the Society for
Crippled Children and Adults
and has agreed to conduct the
Easter Seal campaign here.
Their aid, in this connection, ex
tends to the Crippled Children s
Hospital in Eugene.
Money for the Baumanomcter
was raised through a benefit
movie and other undertakings.
Beta Omega isn't a large or
ganization, consisting of only
about 20 members. But the work
they have done to help others
In their 10 years' existence has
been significant here.
Mrs. Casebeer put it inlo
words. "We certainly do apprec
iate these gifts. They mean a
great deal to us."
There is no indication that
the little smoke bomb, painted
orange, was dropped from an
airplane to land near Heppner.
Current theory Is that some
one working on the removal of
naval facilities from their old
installation at the bomb range
recently may have found it
and brought it home as a
souvenir. Children play 1 n g
with it may have taken It to
where it was found, the sher
iff said.
Meanwhile, the sheriff is
getting a little provoked about
all the fuss caused by "the
bomb." If it is as lethal as
the exaggerated stories have
indicated, the courthouse has
been In dire jeopardy for sev
eral days.
Nevertheless, the telephone
company has profited from it.
It has caused unnumerable
long distance calls among the
branches of service, to the
sheriff, and between news
papers and wire services.
Lieutenant Commander Da
gel has advised Sheriff Bau
man that he would like to
have it publicized that here
after when bombs of any na
ture are found in Morrow
county, they be reported to the
sheriff. The Navy, then, will
come and pick them up.