HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES.
Johan Troedson,
Native of lone,
Dies of Illness
Funeral services for Johan
Francis Troedson. 51. were held
at the United Church of Christ
on Friday afternoon. April 14.
Pastor Don Pederson of Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches
officiated. Organist was Mrs.
Paul Tews, who also accompa
nied Harley Sager and Carl
Marquardt, who sang a special
number.
Francis, son of the late Johan
and Thilda Troedson, early pio
neer settlers of the Ella Com
munity near lone, was born in
lone on September 11, 1915, and
passed away in the Veterans
Hospital in Portland on April
11. 1967. He grew up in this com
munity and completed high
school In lone. He graduated
from Oregon State University at
Corvallis, where he was a mem
ber of the Phi Delta Theta Fra
ternity. Upon graduation Francis was
high school principal and ath
letics coach at Airlie. Oregon. In
1943 he was inducted Into the
United States Army and after
completion of his services was
high school principal and ath
letics coach for four years at
Spray, Oregon.
Later he resided in Hermis
ton. and was employed by the
Atkinson Construction Company
until the completion of McNary
Dam and then was a bookkeep
er for a number of years in the
Hermiston Lives 1 6 c k Sales
Yards. He coached the Hermis
ton Merchants Basketball Team.
Qualifying them to compete in
the state tournament. After
leaving Hermiston, he was em
ployed in Eugene by the Alkan
Pacific Construction Company;
Francis maae his home in
Portland when he became ill
and entered the Veterans Hos
pital where he passed away. He
is survived by two brothers, Carl
and Verner of lone and a sis
ter, Mrs. Howard (Linea) Not
tage of Portland, Oregon, and
relatives in California and Swe
den. Final interment was in High
View Cemetery at lone with
Sweeney Mortuary in charge of
arrangements. Casket bearers
were Dorr Mason, Charles Do
herty, Milton Morgan, Roy W.
Lindstrom, Kenneth Smouse,
and Franklin Lindstrom.
Natural Resource
Program Started
More long range natural re
source planning, involving peo
ple of the area, is being sought,
according- to representatives of
the Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation district . who at-"
tended a meeting in Pendleton
recently.
At the meeting, groundwork
was laid to establish a resource,
conservation and development
program for Morrow, Gilliam
and .Umatilla.; counties. : Spons
ors are the Soil and Water Con
servation 'Districts of the' three
counties.
Those attending the ' organi
zational meeting from the Hepp
ner district were Vernon ,Munk-
ers. Ralph Richards, Orville
Cutsforth and Ken Turner.
,The r area-wide coordinating
program Is to be patterned 'af
ter a highly organized and suc
cessful RCD program in Lane
county where many watershed
developments are being design
ed and completed for irrigation
and industrial water, flood con
trol, land treatment and recre
ation. "'
It is hoped that a resource,
conservation and development
combine for the area might ac
celerate the irrigation develop
ment of Eastern Oregon's south
bank lands along the Columbia
Eiver, the Heppner district rep
resentatives said.
Other considered proj e c t s
awaiting surveys are irrigation,
flood control and recreation pro
jects on Rock Creek, Rhea Creek
and Big and Little Butter
Creeks.
Gail McClintocks
Welcome Baby Son
Mr. and Mrs. Gale A. MeClin
tock, Pendleton, are the parents
of a son, Andrew Wayne, born
at Pendleton Community hospi
tal Wednesday, April 12, weigh
ing 7 lb., 8 oz. He has a sis
ter Kelly Lee, who was just six
years old the day before her
little brother was born. Grand
parents are Mr, and Mrs.'- Ray
Ayers, Heppner, and Mr. and
Mrs. Tress McClintock, Mon
mouth; great-grandparents are
Mr and Mrs.-. Raymond Petty
john, Arlington, Bertha Ayers,
Hermiston, and CJayton Ayers,
Heppner. ..
Chamber Schedules
President McCrae
President Wallace McCrae of
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege will be the speaker at the
Monday luncheon meeting of
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of - Commerce, . -Mrs:
Avon. Melby, program chairman,
announces.
He will discuss developments
at the school during the -past
year, talk on the budget and
needs for the future.
TYPING PAPER, Mimeograph
paper and other office sup
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Times office.
Thursday. April 20. 1967
Girl, 2, Recovers
After Swallowing
Aspirin Tablets
Donna Devln, 2 4 -year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ol
iver Devln of Heppner, was
dismissed from Pioneer Mem
orial hospital Tuesday after
being in serious condition
from swallowing a consider
able quantity of children's
aspirin tablets at her home
Saturday.
Her mother estimated that
the little-Rlrl had swallowed
40 of the aspirins. Mrs. Devin
said that she blamed herself
for not realizing the girl had
taken the tablets because Don
na had told her she took
them. She showed no evidence
of ill effects Saturday so the
mother discounted the child's
story.
However, Saturday night
Donna became seriously 111
and she was taken to the hos
pital Sunday. For a time her
situation neared the critical
stage, but under a doctor's
care she made steady im
provement. Mrs. Devln said that the
doctor told her that another
few hours delav in getting the
girl to the hospital might
have resulted In her lapsing
into a coma from which it
may have been difficult for
her to recover.
The mother said that she
had been concerned about Ill
ness of her other two children
Friday and Saturday and thus
had not given enough atten
tion to Donna's story of tak
ing the aspirin.
With the little girl back
home Tuesday and showing
no ill effects, the parents were
greatly relieved and grateful
that she received attention in
time.
760 Persons Get
X-Rays in County
A total of 760 persons in Mor
row county received free chest
X-ravs last week while the mo
bile 'unit of the Oregon State
Board of Health was in the
county, according to Mrs. Carl
McDaniel, president of the Mor
row County Council of the Ore
gon Tuberculosis and Health
association.
In Boardman on April 11, 110
pictures were taken, and at Ir
rigon on the same day, 54 were
taken. At lone on Wednesday,
April 12, 129 responded for the
X-ravs. and in HeDDner on
Thursday and Friday, April 13
and 14, a total or 4b7 were tax
en. Those working as hostesses
at the unit in Heppner during
the two days were: Anna Mae
Steagall, Delpha Jones, Marie
Steagall, Faye Munkers,' Mary
Ann Barclay, all of Lexington;
Gwen Healy, Dee Jones, Sharon
Harrison, Beth Bryant, Edna
Chally, Betty Brown and Dee
Gribble, all of Heppner.
Those who assisted with tele
phoning to remind residents of
the visit of the mobile unit
were: Mrs. Orlan Wright, Mrs.
Annie Healy, Mrs. Archie Munk
ers, Mrs. Herman Stroeber and
Mrs. Charles Stout.
Mrs. McDaniel thanked all
committee members and others
who worked throughout the
county where the unit stopped.
She said there was a suDstan
tial increase in the number of
chest X-rays taken in every
town thatr the unit visited over
those taken by the unit last
year.
Pettyjohn's Event
Attracts Big Crowd
Grand opening of Pettyjohn's
Farm and Building Supply in
the new building on Linden
Way proved to be a fine success
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Pettyjohn, owners, said after the
event.
A total of 120 registered for
prizes during the day, and oth
ers came who did not register.
The store was well crowded
from opening time until clos
ing, and the owners expressed
pleasure at the response from
the public.
Elden Padberg won the grand
prize, a char broiler. Other win
ners included Jim Wishart,
Arnold Raymond, Mrs. Lee
Scrivner, Mrs. John Hanna, Mrs.
Spike Pardee, Mrs. Ray Drake,
Dick Borman. Mrs. Ken Batty,
Mrs. Merritt Gray, Mrs. Jack
Sumner, Emlle Groshens and
Doyle Key.
The Pettyjohns expressed their
thanks to those who contributed
to the success of the day and
especially thanked those who
sent plants and flowers for the
event.
Come, Bring the Family
SUNDAY. APRIL 23
To the Lexington Grange Hall
GRANGE BUFFET DINNER
Varieties of Meat, Vegetables, Salads,
Desserts,, Drinks, Rolls
Served From 1 :30-4:00 P.M.
Tickets, $1.50, 75c, $5 for Family
AUCTION of Antique and Modern Items at 4:00 P.M.
Benefit for Refinishing Basement Rooms.
Grange Observes
National Week,
Centennial Year
National Grange Week Is
being observed between April
16 and 22, midway In the cen
tennial year of the country's
oldest farm organization. It was
in 1S67 that Oliver II. Kelley
conceived of the Grange as a
means for aggrieved farmers to
collectively strive for a remed
ial action and form a community-service
organization.
After some frustrating begin
nings, the Grange has become
a mammoth organization, now
numbering more than 620,000
members from 7.000 local
Granges. It is swift Iv moving
Into its second century with
new legislative goals for rural
America and the entire country.
Many of the major laws pass
ed in this country that affect
farmers and rural Americans
were either sponsored or sup
ported by the Grange, as were
many broader social and eco
nomic measures. Perhaps the
greatest contribution of the
Grange to the legislative back
bone of this country was the
drafting of the Granger Laws,
which have formed the basis of
our concept of the relationship
between business and govern
ment. In honor of the National
Grange and the celebration of
Its centennial year, a new 5c
commemorative stamp was of
ficially issued this week by the
U. S. Postal Department. The
stamp design shows a Grange
poster used in the 19th century
to recruit members.
New members are urged to
join Granges in the lone, Lex
ington, Boardm a n, Irrigon,
Heppner and Rhea Creek com
munities. Master of the Morrow
County Pomona Grange is Berl
Akers, who has set added mem
bership as a goal for this cen
tennial year in the county.
Masters of the county Granges
will be happy to talk to any
one who may desire to become
a member.
League Executives
To Meet Monday
Quarterly meeting of the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League ex
ecutive committee will be at the
Recreation Cafe in The Dalles
Monday, April 24, commencing
at 10:00 a.m. it is announced
by Bob Jepsen, president. Dur
ing the afternoon session mem
bers of the Oregon Wheat Com
mission will join the League's
meeting and then stay over for
their quarterly meeting the next
day. Attendance is not limited
to these two ' groups, as all
wheat producers are welcome to
attend.
One item of Importance to all
producers will be a discussion
and slide presentation of the
Oregon Workmen's Compensa
tion law which will affect pro
ducers January 1, 1968. The
League legislative counsel in
Salem, George Dewey, is also ex
pected to be on the program to
discuss legislative issues that
are important to producers.
There has been preliminary
work done in an attempt to
unite the National Association
of Wheat Growers, Western
Wheat and Great Plains Wheat
into one group for a single voice
for wheat interests. Ron Rew re
cently attended a meeting on
this in Denver and will bring
the group up to date on the
present status of the movement.
Other items of business will
be freight rates, the status of
the program to develop a new
feed grain, Wheat and Wheat
Foods Foundation, and a gen
eral discussion on allotments
for 1968, present supplies, pro
duction estimates and pending
wheat legislation.
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8th Grade Tour
Due April 28-29
Some 110 city youngsters from
the Portland schools and the
Schixl of The Mind In Salem
will converge Into the counties
of Wasco, Sherman, Gllllnm,
and Morrow during the week
end of April 28. 2i and 30. These
youngsters, all Sth graders, are
considered outstanding students
In their respective schools. This
is a very tnipular annual event
sponsored by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League. Soil Consorva
tlon Service, Oregon State Kx
tension Service, livestock asso
ciations and other farm groups.
Each , student from Portland
will be housed and hosted by
eighth graders In the four East
ern Oregon counties. While In
the area, they will see rural life
in the home, school, and church
to gain a better understanding
between urban and rural areas.
While in the area, they will
observe and participate in cat
tle operations, horse raising, Ir
rigation and seeding operations,
pest control, harvesting equip
ment, or to make it simple, Just
plain farm living.
Students to each county will
be chaperoned by two teachers
from the Portland school sys
tem, who will also stay with
farm families. Each county will
furnish busses for transporting
the students to the host coun
ties and return them to Port
land. Upon returning to their
schools, they will report their
experiences to fellow class
mates, civic clubs and other organizations.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital during the
past week, and still receiving
medical care, are the following:
Mary L. Swanson. lone; Joseph
Kalaradeau, Heppn e r, Larry
Gentry, Heppner; Joe Boyer,
Condon; Elaine Umphrey, Con
don, and Mortie Montgomery.
Condon.
Dismissed, after receiv 1 n R
medical care, was Donna Devln,
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McDan
iel, Heppner, became parents of
a second daughter, Vieki Linn,
on Thursday, April 13. She
weighed 8 lb., 104 oz. She Joins
a brother, Melvin, and a sister,
IvaLou. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Kinard McDaniel,
Heppner.
A second son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Lawson, Heppner,
on April 15, weighing 7 lb., 7 Mi
oz. He has been named Ivan
Ray and Joins a brother, Wil
liam Timothy. Maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Saxton, Ava, Mo.; paternal
grandmother Is Mrs. Nona Law
son, Ava, Mo., and great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Lum
Walker of Exeter, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tippetts of
Condon became parents of their
first child, a daughter, on April
11. Her birth weight was 6 lb.,
15 oz., and she was named Mon
ica Jo. Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. C. Alfred
Frost of Montlcello, Utah, and
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Improved Highway
Larry Smitton, district main
tenance superintendent for the
Oregon Highway IVpnrtment.
spoke to the Heppner Chamber
ol Commerce April 3 on the
possibilities, for a roadside
beautlflcatlon project here.
But his most welcome com
ments came after the conclus
ion of his talk when he was
asked about prtvspects for con
tinuing Improvements on the
Willow Creek Highway.
"Everyone In our department
would like to continue the Im
provement started last year,"
lie said. "Wt had It In our
plans to go ahead with two or
three more miles, but so much
depends on the legislature."
Public Response
Is Appreciated
For Spring Sale
Co-chairmen Mrs. Roy Davis
and Mrs. Lvle Jensen were
"really happv with the results
of the Civic League spring rum
mage sale held last week-end
at the Gilliam and Blsbce build
ing. Kindergarten funds grew by
SKiO as a result of the
project which Included the sale
of old and used Items donated
by individuals and businesses
of the area. An Innovation this
year was the sale of foods pre
pared bv Civic League mothers
and displayed temptingly to the
crowd gathered at the rummage
sale. Mrs, Wes Marlatt was
chairman of the food sale.
Especially helpful to Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Jensen was the
good turnout of kindergarten
mothers during the week-end
before the rummage sale and
for the Saturday night clean-up
after the sale.
Other Civic League activity
this past week was a regular
meeting held Monday, April 17.
at the kindergarten room, to
hear the rummage sale report
and to make plans for the kin
dergarten end-of-the-year pic
nic. Plan is for the picnic to be
Thursday, June 1, which will be
the day before the end of this
year's school term. Kindergart
en room mothers will organize
the picnic. Room mothers In
clude Mrs. Oliver Devln, Mrs.
Randy Lott, Mrs. Vic Groshens,
Jr. and Mrs. Wes Marlatt for
the morning session and Mrs.
Glen Ward. Mrs. Len Kay
Schwarz and Mrs. Delhert Piper
for the afternoon class.
paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Perry M. Tippetts of
Napa. Calif.
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May be Extended,
Smitton was referring to ex
tending the Improved Mreteh
from Heppner towards Lexing
ton. The highway was widened
and rebuilt from Inside the city
limits to beyond Ktnzua Lum
ber Company last year. He ex
plained thai what the highway
department may do depends on
whether gasoline tax Is Increas
ed and other ciwllng legisla
tion before the i:u7 session.
He said that Improvements
are scheduled on the highway
at Jordan this year past the
power company substation to
wards lone. This was also wel
come news to his Chamber of
Commerce audience.
Smitton supervises highway
maintenance work in an area
that Includes all of Morrow
county, parts of Grant, Gilliam,
and Wheeler counties and most
of Umatilla county. President
Herman Winter said In Intro
ducing the speaker. Along the
Columbia River highway, his
territory extends from the
Grande Rondo River on the east
to KlnliK'k on the west. Ho has
is.r0 lineal tulles of highway to
maintain and must do this on
an annual budget of $1,000,000.
The speaker said that the
highway department la In fa
vor of beautifying the highway
approaches to every town in the
state, but he added that lanes
of trees no longer lend them-
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Smitton States
delves to demands of Hut trans
portation Kvstem,
lie told of the highway from
Maine to Raker which wan
flanked by yellow barked wil
lows for mile.
"Thev were very pretty, but
very dangerous," he nuld. "An
average of one to two people
were killed there every year."
Wet leaves falling on the
highway make It Mimicry, and
the tree make nollil oliMncie
when a ear runs off the road
and hits them. Smllton ituld the
department took out every other
tree one year and walled for
complaints. None came. So tho
next year, they again took out
every other tree and Mill heard
little complaint.
He pointed out that transpor
tation tonditlolns today are eon
Mdcruhly different from when
Sam Hcmrtlman carried water
out of the Columbia to nurture
locust trees along the hlghwoy.
Smitton expressed a fondues
for flowering crab apple for
highway beauliflcntlon bocauxo
they are colorful ami present
little of the hazard of larger
trees. He also suggested yellow
ruses of the variety the plnm-cr
brought because thev do not at
tract bugs nor bllglit. If a cur
hits them, thev might scratch
the occupant und mow the car
down but thev won't kill any
one, he said.
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