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The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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A New Start for the Red Cross
While the Red Cross is often taken for granted and some
times is target for critical remarks, It is a vital organization
in this nation. It is also a real asset for any community to
have a going chapter of the Red Cross something that many
people may not realize until they lose it.
Morrow county was on the threshold of losing its chapter
until a few citizens became alarmed about it. Now it appears
that action taken at a special meeting held Friday night has
saved the day, and from this session should come a better
county chapter than has ever been in evidence here before.
Many know of some of the most obvious programs of the
Red Cross the blood program, water safety and others. A
person whose life was saved by Red Cross blood, or one whose
son, daughter, brother or sister was saved, would not question
the value of the program and would do all he could to perpetuate
it.
One whose life was spared from drowning because a rescuer
was taught water safety would know the value of the program.
But there are also unheralded services. Part of the Red
Cross works quietly through its home services program, for
example. Even in Morrow county, the home services chairman
has to be available 24 hours per day, or have a substitute
available, to take care of calls that may come on behalf of
seTvicemen, their families and others. Unless one is personally
involved, he seldom hears about these.
If another great flood hit Heppner, like the one in 1903,
the Red Cross would be here. Its San Francisco headquarters
would be one of the first places to be informed, and disaster
teams would be ready to go almost at once.
Among those who might be enmeshed in such a disaster
could be some who might have had some harsh words for the
Red Cross in the past, but they would bless the organization
In such a circumstance. The harsh words would be forgotten.
Red Cross has taken a real beating on some of the stories
that came out of the last war, but even if the stories were all
true, they could not overshadow the real worth of the organi
zation. Many of them, which have caused strong grievances,
were rather petty in nature.
In Morrow county, the Red Cross has apparently had a pretty
loose organization, without benefit of a board of directors, but
there have been some fine volunteers doing excellent work in
their separate fields and they deserve the highest commen
dation. It was another case of a few doing all the work.
It was heartening to see the Interest at the Friday meeting.
It meant that there is a good section of leadership willing to go
to work for the Red Cross here, and with that spirit, it should
make greater accomplishments.
When it was suggested that those present form a board of
directors, Narce Callva, field representative, emphasized that
each one would be expected to work and devote some time
to it. Having been presented with this admonition, any or all
were given a chance to back out. None did.
This means, then, that these people are willing to give the
organization the support It needs here.
This is Red Cross month, and it's time for annual fund drive.
Mrs. Matt Hughes has taken the responsibility of heading the
drive hde with Mrs. Edna Turner assisting.
The goal Is $1200 which should be easy for this county to raise,
recognizing the importance of the job to be done.
Will you, too, lend a hand by giving your share?
One -Shot
Roscoe
As Told By
ORVILLE W. CTJTSFORTH
(Editor's note: This Is an
other in the series of anec
dotes about the late Roscoe
Cox, Morrow county outdoors
man, who died last year).
Roscoe stayed one winter In
the Shillings buildings and fed
cattle from a stack of hay up
uktc on bkinner creek. An old
wild sow with her litter of young
pigs slept in tins stack.
Now Roscoo liked pork best
of all, as all his friends well
know. So with his little .22 pump
he shot a little pig as he needed
it along that winter.
Come spring and the supply
of young hogs was used up, and
as the old sow got more bellig
erent and progesslvely ugly, it
became her turn.
One morning Roscoe put a
shell in the old .32 Winchester
Kver and went down to the stack
to get more pork. He walked
around the stack and didn't find
her. She was burled in the hay.
The sow suddenly came out
fighting and took Roscoe by the
leg. lie fired his oir shell over
his shoulder and didn't get her.
When the boss came up a day
later the old sow was comfort
able in the straw. Roscoe, up on
the stack, wasn't.
Wins Poetry Contest
Drborah Zita, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Zita of Beaver
ton and granddaughter of Orvllle
and Alta C'utsforth, has won first
prize in a poetry contest at St.
Marys of the Valley school, It
is announced. Her poem will be
s nt on to the state contest.
Court of St. Cecelia, Catholic
Daughters of America, are spon
sors of the contest.
TIMES, Thursday, March 19, 19G4
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
Single Copy 10 Cents. Published
the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
Smallwood Serves
On Rescue Ship
Charles H. Smallwood, elec
trician's mate third class, USN,
son of Mrs. Leona M. Smallwood
of Heppner, Is serving aboard
? rescue and salvage vessel
USS Deliver, operating out of
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Deliver is a unit of Service
Force, Pacific Fleet, currently
celebrating Its 22nd anniversary.
The Service Force presently
utilizes almost 100 ships of 20
different types to provide food,
fuel, ammunition and other es
sential services to Pacific Fleet
units.
Bisbcc Back Home
L. E. Blsbee, who spent the
winter with his daughter, Kath
erine Blsbee, at Waldpoit, re
turned home, Saturday and Miss
Blsbee came with him to spend
spring vacation here. She is a
school teacher at Waldport. Bls
bee said that it was a "very
nice" winter at Waldport with
the weather mild except for oc
casional heavy rains.
Putman Flying, Inc.
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Ph. 676-5515
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
WE GOT through Friday, the
13th, without any trouble but
weren't so fortunate on Tues
day, the 17th. Apparently we are
In better rapport with the black
cat and goblin crowd than we
are with the Irish. The old flu
bug took a little nip and we
spent the day in bed, something
that probably 10 of the pop
ulation was doing in their re
spective homes.
Thought that this might lay
us low so that we would break
a record of some 23 years of
not missing a paper on account
of illness (the exception being
a couple of hitches in the hos
pital on account of eye trouble
not really an Illness). But we
were able to get up Wednesday
and get in harness again, and
we can only hope that all those
who got the "bug" here were
as fortunate. We know that some
have had long rough sieges,
however.
Others on the staff of the G-T
show the symptoms, and it will
be good to get the paper put to
bed before the whole staff has
to go to bed.
UP IN THE courthouse the other
day we noticed quite an In
cline going down from the door
in the tax collector's office. In
checking with Elvira Irby we
learned that the floor slopes to
the center from both sides. She
thinks some day she will sud
denly find her entire office in
the basement.
In one corner of the room is
a big heavy sate. It used to be
that the heavy door would close
tightly when it was given a little
shove. But now, because of the
sagging floor, it remains ajar un
less it is forced into place and
locked.
Apparently, some supp o r t s
were taken out in the basement
below at one time to allow for
some furnace work, and they
were never replaced. Maybe the
situation isn t as bad as it ap
pears, but it would seem that
the county court should do some
thing about getting the floor
supported from underneath.
PROBABLY most everyone in
this area was rooting for Mc
Ewen of Athena in the State B
basketbal tournament. This was
the team that Heppner beat
twice and shows that the Mus
tangs could have been a real
force to be reckoned with in A-2
circles. McEwen, as you know,
lost In the finals to Elkton in
a close game, 56-52. On the basis
of this score, the Mustangs
could have topped the best in
the B circuit when they were
at full strength.
But we got some personal sat
isfaction out of seeing the Elk
ton win. This is the 25th anni
versary year that the editor
coached at Elkton, having start
ed his coaching career there in
the fall of 1938 and completing
it in the spring of 1939, never to
coach again. We had a new con
tract but went to a larger school
and more specialized teaching.
Even 25 years ago Elkton was
a sizzling basketball community
with boys who really loved the
game. Prior to one game that
year the boys were assembled
for a strategy talk. We faced a
big team, and the Elks were
small and fast. We told the kids
we thought they should try to
pile up some points quickly in
the game and get an early ad
vantage In the hope of coming
out with a victory.
A little hotshop forward, "Pill"
said with a wry smile, "About
20 points?"
"Yes, 20 points would be fine,"
we replied.
In the game, the kids swept
the other team (Yoncalla) off
their feet. They not only got their
M point advantage but actually
rolled up a 210 score before their
opponents dented the hoop. If
there are those who challenge
this, we may be able to dig up
one oi tnose old htgn school
annuals from Elkton to verify it
In those days, the Elkton basket
ball team was an outfit that
just wouldn't quit, and it looks
as if they are going in the same
tradition.
Three names on the team,
Levenhagen, Adams and Bullock
are familiar to us. We wonder
if Adams and Bullock are sons
of boys that we had in school?
WHEN A HOMING pigeon can't
una his way home. It is some
thing of a tragedy. Bill Gentry
came across such a pigeon down
by the mill the other day. Ap
parently the bird was exhausted,
sick or maybe hurt a little bit.
Bill captured It and then set
about to try and figure out who
the pigeon belonged to.
Haskell Sharrard got on his
short wave radio and called Port
land, finally running down
hobbyists who reported that the
band on the pigeon's leg iden
tified it as one belonging to
someone on the Cherry City
Racing club. The Cherry City, of
course, is Salem.
At this writing the identity of
the owner has not been learned,
but Haskell is still working on
it via short wave and probably
win una out soon, and the hom
ing pigeon mav be able to find
his way home. It would seem
that he is quite a ways off course
over here.
Clara May Boyer
Dies in John Day
Clara May Boyer, 77, of John
Day and a former resident of
Heppner, died in John Day Tues
day, according to information re
ceived here.
She was a former school
teacher in Heppner and was in
terested in the rodeo and other
community affairs.
Mrs. Boyer had been in ill
health for some time.
Graveside services were today
(Thursday), March 19, at Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery.
Fred L. Danielson
Dies Here Tuesday
Fred L. Danielson. 71. of Lex
ington, died in Pioneer Memorial
hospital Tuesday. He was taken
to the hospital Sunday after suf
fering an aDDarent heart attack.
Military committal will be held .
at graveside services which will
be Saturday, March 21, at 2 p.m.
at the Lexington cemetery with
the Rev. Earl Soward officiating.
He was a veteran of both
World War I and World War II.
Mr. Danielson never married.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Mabel Dews of Linden, Wn., and
nieces and nephews.
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District School Budget
Meet Held
By LaVELLE PARTLOW
IRRIGON A Morrow County
scnooi Duaget meeting was held
at the A. C. Houghton cafetorium
Thursday evening, March 12.
Budget committee members pre
sent were: Frank Anderson,
chairman, Clinton McQuarrie of
Heppner; Donna Bergstrom, sec
retary, lone; Elwynne Peck, Lex
ington; Ralph Skoubo, Board
man, and Warren McCoy. Mor
row county school board mem
bers present were: Kenneth Bat
ty, Howard Cleveland, Andy Van
Schoiack, Heppner; Irvln Rauch,
Lexington, and Harvey Warner.
The school board members are
also members of the budget com
mittee. Also present were Wayne
Brubacher, county administrator;
Gordon Pratt, administra 1 1 v e
principal of Heppner High school;
Hillard Brown, administrative
principal of Heppner-Lexington
Elementary; Leonard Herrick,
principal of lone Elementary;
Michael Tolar, administrative
principal at A. C. Houghton.
Coffee and homemade donuts
prepared by school cooks, Mrs.
Earl Isom and Mrs. Lloyd Cooley,
were served to the group at the
close or. tne evenin?.
Tho nffiMnl KiiHorot pnmTniftua
is comprised of seven lay people
duly chosen by the school board
and the seven members of the
district school board, making a
14 man committee.
Unit Sees Color Slides;
Plans for May Festival
The Irrigon Home Extension
unit held its monthly meeting
March li, with vice chairman
Marge Acock presiding in the
absence of Mary Adams, who
has been ill. A guest for the day
was Mrs. Ulive Boggs of Herm
iston.
The project for March, "Color
in the Home," was presented by
Alda draybeal and Lucille Cole
man. Slides were shown showing
tne uses or color and methods
of brightening dark places.
Booklets were distributed show
ing color combinations. Noon
luncheon was served by Frances
McCoy, Minnie Skiles and Eva
Anderson.
it was announced that a
"Better Dress Workshop" will be
held at Lexington on Monday,
March 23, 9:30 a.m. Anyone
wishing to attend should con
tact Mary Adams before that
date.
Irrigon was assigned Program
Covers and Registration for the
May Festival to be held in lone
this year. Chairmen will be:
Covers, Lucille Coleman and
Beth Stephens; registration,
Frances McCoy and Eva Ander
son. Frances McCoy has been
selected as District 7 Director for
extension. Minnie Skiles, Ida
makes all types
CHEVROLET
at Irrigon
Slaughter and Norma Hanschar
gave a demonstration for the
PGG Auxiliary on "Mosaics." A
vote was passed to send only
one delegate to the State Fes
tival, with the incoming officers
to have first opportunity. They
announced that Esther Kirmis,
county agent, will be present to
present the April project.
The Boardman Commu n 1 1 y
church joined the Irrigon Bap
tist church In a Smgspiration f oi
lowing their Sunday evening
services. Special music was pro
vided by the Hermiston Adven
tist church band, and also a spec
ial number was rendered by Lu
ann and Carolyn Burg of Board -
man.
Richard Gilpin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gilpin, Sr., was sworn
into the Naval Reserve at Pen
dleton Monday. He will go to
San Francisco for two months of
training this summer.
John H. Johnson and Mrs. Hal
Riley of Vancouver, Wn were
week-end guests of Johnson s son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gilpin, Sr. Mrs. Riley
is Gilpin s niece.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swearing
en lft
for Portland Friday
morning, to meet their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Pittock and Patty, who
flew to Portland from Newark,
N. J. Accompanying the Gary
Pittocks were his folks, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pittock of Sheffield,
Penn. They will visit with the
Swearingens, and also with rel
atives In Richland. The Pittock
families plan to be here for 10
days.
Lee Towers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Towers, has received
his PFC stripes. He is stationed
at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neimela
and Mrs. Madge Bunce of Clat
skanie spent Thursday and Fri
day visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Hill.
Mrs. Sedalia Dexter is visiting
her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Vallas Dexter and
family in La Grande.
Rhea Unit Plans Sale
Rhea Creek Extension Unit
will sponsor a cooked foods sale
on Good Friday. March 27. at
the Red and White Grocery. The
sale will start at 11:00 a.m.,
and promises to offer tasty foods
for the Lenten season. Money
received will be used in carry
ing out important projects of the
unit throughout the year.
Looking for mimeograph sten
cils? The Gazette-Times has
them for sale, including special
church bulletin style.
of quality trucks
Scouts Hold First
Overnight of Season
Fourteen Boy Scouts of Troop
No. 600 and two adults journey
ed to Reed's mill last week-end
for an overnight campout at the
cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Hed
man. The Scouts prepared their
meals over an open fire, took a
five mile hike carrying their
camping gear and worked on
other scout crafts.
Those attending were Frank
Lovgren, Cobra parol leader;
Neal Christopherson, Eagle pat
rol leader; Matt Warren, Ron
Christopherson, Ivan Carlson,
Jim Sherman, Billy Wolff, Brian
Hughes, Joe Wilhelm, Mike and
Steve Hedman, Kelly Green
Steve Munkers, Joe Kirby of Pen
dleton and learers Ernest Chris
topherson and Joe Hartle.
COMMUNITY V
) BILLBOARD K
Coming Events
RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE
Blood bank drawing Monday,
March 23, 1 to 5 p.m. Elks'
rempie.
Make an appointment now!
COOKED FOODS SALE
Saturday, March 21
Sponsored by Carnation Club
Red and White Grocery.
SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES
First Christian church, week
of March 22-29.
Dr. Guy J. Wright speaker.
Color movies and outstand
ing collection of Bibles, 7:30
p.m.
BETTER DRESS WORKSHOP
Begins March 23, 9:30 a.m.
Lexington School (upstairs).
Mrs. Beulah Hynd, instructor.
BAKED FOODS SALE
Friday, March 27, 11:00 a.m.
Sponsored by Rhea Creek
Extension Unit.
Red and White Grocery.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-905
Heppner
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