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Blanche Brown ending
17 years as librarian
Local bank loan
exceed deposit
s
For the pas! j: year Mr.
Blanch Brown has presided
over and "mothered" the
Heppner City Library
And. with a twinkle in her
eye and a friendly smile, she
has checked out an estimated
2u.ooi) books (or the pleasure
and information of local
residents
She will be leaving the post
she has grown to love on ikt
31
Mrs Brown began her
library career in when
she was assistant librarian of
the Heppner Community Library-.
This library was located in
the fire meeting room next to
the City Hall !: was owned by
members of the community
who supported the library
with donations of money and
books "Die community li
brary association appointed
Mrs Brown librarian in 157
and paid her $w a year for
her duties
"At that time, most of the
books at the library were gifts,
donations or memorials." she
commented
In April. lo the commun
ity library was moved to the
Heppner Museum building
"Throuch the years the
library grew with increas
ing gifts, books and support
from the community and the
state library association.'
stated the librarian
The city of Heppner took
over the community library in
197U and Mrs Brown and the
library were placed on a
yearly budget
Mrs Brow n s love tor books
didn't start when she became
librarian It started more
than 72 years ago when she
first learned to read Her
family moved to Heppner m
I'M and she continued to read
every boo he could find She
married, and the and her hus
band homesteaded along But
ter tree Illness in the
family forced the Browns to
move to town, where Mr
Brown died in lMO
After her husband death.
Mrs Brown became increas
ingly interested in reading
Her devotion to. and love for
books prompted her to apply
for the librarian job in li5?
The librarian has added
more than 4.rt new books to
the library and has increased
the circulation each year
"In the circulation rate
was more than lO.ooo hooks
and I checked out more than
9v books alone in one month,"
Mrs Brown recalls
The library has also added
new features, such as the
magazine stand, new rcler
enee table, a card file and
several book stands
"An added feature of the
library is the collection of
paperback books," explained
Mrs Brown More than I.imi
of these books have been
donated to the library "
Mrs Brown also established
a book committee to help
secure new books This com
mittee meets throughout the
year and selects books for the
library These members are
Dick Schlichting. Bob Jones.
Lucy Peterson. Florence
Green. Helen Currin and
Marion Abrams.
"These people choose books
for all aee groups and
interests in Heppner." Mrs
Brown said
As of Oct 3! Mrs Blanche
Brown's job will terminate,
but her love for hooks will not
She plans to keep on reading
and to continue encouraging
urhers to read
Last rites Tuesday
for Ethel M. Adams
First National Bank of
ITegon reported increase in
deposits, loans and earnings
lor nine months ending Sept.
i compared with 1973 $ firt
three quarten.
iVposits increased I" per
cent to $2,148 481. WW on Sept.
30 compared with $l.97.m5.
9HI recorded at the end of the
third quarter of 197: Loans at
First National's 135 statewide
offices rose to $l.E5.M7.037.
up 7 7 per cent from the
$1.23o.437. tallied on the
same date in 1972 Resources
were K.58j,l6l,M3. up from
$2,115 483 4.H) last year.
Income before securities
transactions for nine months
amounted to $13,247,156. or
$2 W ier share, up 28 per cent
from $10,351,883 or $1 95 per
share, compared with 1972
Net income was $12.1.407, or
$2 44 per share
Chairman Ralph J. Voss
said the good showing in
earnings was a combination of
several things -heavy loan
New office
opens here
Pete Meyers. John Day real
estate broker, plans to open an
office in Heppner about Oct.
15
He has leased the building
next to Heppner Cleaners and
is remodeling it He is also
looking for a home to buy or
lease.
Meyers plans to deal in
homes, farms, ranches, acre
age and commercial proper
ties "I feel that Heppner is on
the verge of tremendous
growth." he said, "and I want
in on the ground floor."
Meyers has an office in John
Day. the Grant Cnun'v Kealty,
which he has operated for the
pas! five years He is a former
member of the city planning
commission at John Day.
He would also like to employ
two real estate salesmen,
preferably from this area.
5
demand, increased occupancy
of the tenant space in First
National Tower and the ab
sence of the moving corns
which had an adverse effect
on earnings at ihis time last
year
He indicated the First
National Center space it M
per cent taken and occupancy
level is expanding every
month, materially aiding bank
profits
The Heppner branch report
ed deposits of SS.46S.753 and
loans of $8,525,765 as of Sept.
30 Comparable totals for the
branch a year ago were
S7.8uo.203 in deposits and
$6,283,170 in loans
Heards off
to Russia
Mr and Mrs Charles Heard
are in Montreal, Canada,
today on the first leg of a flight
to Moscow and Leningrad
The former Carette Timet
owners left Heppner Satur
day. They will leave Kennedy
International Airport. New
York, Sunday for Moscow,
where they will remain until
Oct. 17. They will spend Oct.
17 23 in Leningrad, return to
New York on Oct 23. after
which they w ill visit their son,
Don Heard, in Huntsville.
Ala., before returning to
Heppner. Oct. 31.
They are on a tour spon
sored by the National Federa
tion of Press Women
r:mP ?r . fe lt:
Hearing on nuclear
site at Boardman
On Oct 20 the Atomic
Energy Commission's Advi
sory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards will conduct a
preliminary site review of the
proposed Boardman nuclear
plant in Boardman.
Portland General Electric
Co proposes construction of
the plant near Carty Reser
voir, adjacent to the Board
man Bombing Range.
The session will be held at
Riverside High School. 1 30 to
4 3D p.m.. and is open to the
public. The committee will
hear presentations by PGE
and the AEC's regulatory
staff.
Persons may submit either
written statements or indicate
they wish to make oral ones
However, they are required to
submit 25 copies of their
written statement to the AEC
in Washington no later than
Oct. 12 Oral statements
maybe made, but such re
quests must hecompany the
written statement. Any com
ments must be based upon the
document entitled "The Eval
uation of Aircraft Hazards at
the Boardman Nuclear Plant
Sue." No questions unrelated
to the aircraft aspects of the
proposed nuclear plant will be
considered.
Questions at the session w ill
be asked by members of the
committee and its consultants
onlv
New law says gun,
lights do not mix
Cry your rye out. deer hunters! This plrtMre, taken In US,
khnws a dozen deer uken around Hunter's Camp in the
Heppner area, t- ach weighed more than UNI pound. The t
lui grot weighed and 22 piHinriv The hunters, left to right,
are: Harley Maiieoun. I vie Matirkon. Lawrence Mattcion.
t liion ( ave. l.ren Matlrson. Fd Bennett and Austin Irw
vinik. -Picture rourlrM Mr. I vie Malle.on.
Oregon State Police are
jrging all hunters to make a
special effort to acquaint
hemselves with changes and
additions to the Fish and
Game Code enacted by the
1973 Legislature
One change of special inter
est in Morrow Countv is House
Bill 2359. This new law makes
it unlawful to cast an artificial
light either from a motor
vehicle or from within 5iki feet
ol a motor vehicle umhi any
game, mammal or livestock
when a person has in his
possession a weapon capable
of killing the animal
Harel Hamlin returned lo
Heppner Oct 3 after under
going surgery at Pendleton
Community Hospital. She was
hospitalized for 10 days Mrs.
I! S Herlinger, Bend, stayed
with her mother -inlaw for
several days to aid Mrs.
IKiiiiIin during her convales
cence. Jake. Dave, and John
Haynes of Molalla were week
end hunting guests of Mr and
Mrs Rod Murray.
Japan exchange
open to 4-H
Funeral services were held
here Tuesday for Mrs Floyd
N Adams. 7:J. of Lake
Oswego, who died Oct. 7 in
Portland.
Mrs Adams once taught
school in Hardrr.an. until her
marriaoe to Flovd N Adams.
Sept 6. 1921. in Portland
They operated a 5.000-acre
ranch, an original homestead
filed by Mr. Adams' father at
what was then the town of
Yellow Dog Rock Creek ran
through the center of the
ranch, and in early days the
ranch bam was used both as a
livery stable and a stagecoach
stop. Mr. Adams died April
15. li43 in Hardman. and Mrs
Adams taught elementary
school in Heppr.er for two
years before moving to Lake
Oswego in 1959. She lived
several years on Baltimore
Street in Heppner.
Mrs. Adams w as a member
of the Heppner Soroptimist
Club. American Legion Auxil
iary and an active member oi
the Episcopal Church.
She was born Ethel May
Clark in Duluth. Minn., in
May. 1900. the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Robert M. Clark Sr..
SO B()R TO THE
MK H UX HOUEI.LS
Mr. and Mrs. Michael How
ell of Heppner are the parents
of a son. Shawn Michael, born
Oct. 1 at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital.
He joins a sister. Kristin
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs Ed Howell. Fruitland.
Ida., and Mr and Mrs Buel
Clement. New Plymouth. Ida
Great-grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs John Howell. Cald
well. Ida., and Mr and Mrs.
Hoi den Clement. Council Ida
IM Sl At. MOVIE VT
( HKIST1W ( HI KCII
"Maranatha." hailed as an
outstanding Christian film,
will be show n Sunday evening.
Oct 14. 7:30 o'clock, at the
Heppner Christian Church
The production is billed as
"A film about Jesus people
produced by Jesus people " It
includes the testimony of a
former drug addict as to now
God had touched his soul
The public is mv ited to see this
motion picture.
Weekend guests of Mr and
Mrs Reo J Russell Sr.
Lexington, were his son.
Wendell Ruseli, and Johnnie
Triplet!, both of Portia-id
They did some hunting, with
out success
who lived in this area for
many years and is buried
here
Mrs Adams got her teach
ing credentials at Monmouth
Teachers College. Monmouth.
Ore., now Oregon College of
Education.
She is survived by three
children. Clara Roscoe. Tuc
son. Ariz ; Betty Schai'teld.
Ontario. Ore : and Nancy
Malone. Santa Barbara. Ca .
and 10 living grandchildren
Rev David Blackaller offi
ciated at graveside services at
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
LIFE PI.AWIV;
WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN
STVHTS MONO V
A tvi o-day workshop for
women seeking new directions
in their lives is being ottered
a' Blue Mountain Community
College between 9 am. and 3
p.m on Mondays. Oct. 15 and
Nov 5
Professional guidance and
testing will be available
Realistic alternatives will be
explored in terms of careers,
and education, voiunteerism
and personal creativity
Oregon Division of Con
tinuing Educations Ardis
Hitchcock will be the work
shop instructor. Tuition is S:i5.
Women inieressed in enrolling
should write to Larry O -Rourke.
Director. Adult Edu
cation and Community Ser
vice. Blue Mountain Com
munity College. Pendleton.
97801
Elk-oriented
goat visits
students
Heppner Elementary
youngsters had an extra
attraction at noon recess on
Friday, courtesy of the local
Elks lodge.
Staked out on their play
ground was a friendly and
unflappable black and tan
goat. The goat, at the Heppner
Lodge as a fund-raising gim
mick for Meadow oiid Springs
Speech Camp, was loaned to
Principal Don Cole by Glen
Ward, its temporary keeper.
Even though mobbed bv 50
or so interested students at a
time, the goat calmly accep
ted petting, feeding and push
ing w ith good humor and only
complained when the children
had to leave the playground.
All 4-H members ages 12 18
are eligible to apply to
participate in the cultural
exchange coordination by the
La bo Foundation of Japan and
the Oregon Extension Service,
according to Birdine Tulhs.
Extension program assistant.
The exchange next summer
is approximately four weeks
long begining the latter part of
July. It will include three
weeks stay with a Japanese
host family, plus about 10 days
group activities in Japan
All expenses must be paid
by exchangee. The approxi
mate cost of the trip will be
$72.1. w hich includes round trip
air fare.
There will be one respon
sible adult for each 10 exchan
gees. Morrow County families
hosted Japanese teenagers
this summer. Several 4-H
members have indicated in
terest in traveling to Japan to
complete the exchange.
Applications are available
at the Extension Office. Hepp
ner. Box 397. or be calling 67H
9W2 Applications are due in the
Extension Office bv Oct. 26
Golden anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Ball.
Heppner. were honored on
their 50th wedding anniver
sary at a luncheon Sept. 29 at
the home of LaVerne Van
Marter. Heppner.
The afternoon luncheon was
given by the couple's children.
Mrs Laurel Van Marter. Mrs.
Harriet Hall. Mrs. Eileen
Steiger. Beth an Arsdale.
Mrs. Nancy
Archie Ball.
Ekstrom and
Sixteen grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, along with
150 relatives and friends,
attended the anniversary.
Out-of-town guests included a
sister from Santa Barbara.
Ca . and relatives from Washington.
F KM OPERATORS GET
PIP1.IVE EASEMENT
BOA RDM A N--Oregon Farm
ing and Sabre Farms, two
large farming operations,
have been given a permanent
easement for a pipline across
Port of Morrow land to
irrigate 20.000 acres of land,
according to Rupert L. Ken
nedy. Port of Morrow man
ager. The land to be irrigated lies
south of Interstate 80 North.
The pumping station will be
located near Desert Magic
pumping station on the Co
lumbia River.
; LAST CHANCE ;
1 1 To buy a Mustang Booster Jacket. 1 1
j Orders will be taken until Oct. 13. $10.50 J
1 1 per jacket. 1 1
I Jl'DY HEALY. Telephone 676-!)2 or Heppner High I I
j ' School. 676-913 I
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