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Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 18, 1958
SANTA DREW RECORD CROWD
last Saturday Santa found nearly 550 youngsters of all sizes,
shapes and descriptions waiting to visit with him. Here he is
surrounded by so many youngsters that even the fire truck he
used for transportation was completely covered.
I'LL TAKE A SACK This unidentified young lady was as much
interested in the sacks of candy
she was in the old fellow himself. After Santa spent 45 minutes
handing out candy and visiting, all the kids went to the Star
theater for a free Christmas show. (GT Photo)
FALSE ALARM AND
PROVES EXPENSIVE
One Heppner fire truck and,
two firemen made a 20-mile dry
run at 1 a m Tuesday supposed
ly to give mutual aid assistance
to the Lexington fire department
only to find everything dark and
quiet in the neighboring town
and no sign of a fire of any
kind.
The firemen weren't .particu
larly happy about the whole -affair,
and Wednesday a Lexing
ton woman found out that re
porting a false fire alarm can be
expensive.
The story goes about this way.
At 12:55 a m Tuesday Heppner i
police chief Dean Gilman receiv
ed a call from a woman in Lex
ington that a house was on fire
HEPPNER STUDENTS
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Heppner residents will be
treated to a full scale program 1
of Christmas carols next Tues
day evening, Dec 23, at 7 o'clock
presented by a large group of 1
Heppner students. The half hour'orites and traditional carols.
program will be presented
in
downtown Heppner.
The caroling project is being
sponsored by members of the I
DRIVERS REMINDED THAT PARKING
LIGHTS ILLEGAL WHILE DRIVING
State and local police this week , few days, drivers should clean
reminded drivers that the Oregon off win d s hi e 1 d s, side and
law requires that car headlights
must be turned on from one
half hour after sunset to one
half hour before sunrise, and
at any other time when, due to
insufficient light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions persons
and vehicles are not clearly dis
cernable 0 n highways and
streets.
Police pointed out that this
means that lights are required
when driving in foggy condit
ions where visibility is limited,
and emphasized that the law re
quires "head lights," and not
parking lights be used under
such driving conditions. In fact
the law prohibits the driving of
a car with just parking lights
on when conditions call for lights.
State patrolman William Labhart
said, "this means fog, too!"
The officer also said that on
frosty mornings, such as have
been common during the past
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When he arrived in Heppner
(GT Photo)
that Santa had in the box as
"DRY FIRE RUN"
TO WOMAN
ana that help of the Heppner
department was needed to con
trol it. Supposing that the Lex
ington department had some
thing too big for them to han
dle alone, Gilman called the
Heppner department which sent
one truck and two men on the
trip to Lex that proved to be
a dud.
Gilman, however, got the name
of the woman who placed the
spurious call to him and Wed
nesday, Mrs Lillian Griffin of
Lexington pleaded guilty in Jus
tice court to a charge of disorder
ly conduct for turning in a false
fire alarm and was fined $30 and
costs. In addition judge J O
Hager ordered her placed on the
Interdiction list.
TO PRESENT
TUESDAY NIGHT
Methodist Youth Fellowship in
cooperation with the Heppner
jugu siuuui siuueiu council, aim
a big group of students is expec
ted to take part. They will sing
well known Christmastime fav-
Following the caroling all par
ticipating students will be the
'guests of the Methodist church
for refreshments.
rear windows before driving a
car. To drive with windows
wholly . or partially covered with
ice is also contrary to law.
He also urged all drivers to
use extra caution during the
coming holiday period.
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C of C President
Keith Imus, manager of the
Heppner J C Penney's store, Wed
nesday was elected president of
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce. He was
named by the organization's
board and will take office early
in January.
He wili replace Jack Loyd,
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company
manager, who has served during
this year.
Other officers chosen at the
Wednesday meeting of the dir
ectors were Rod Murray, first
vice-president; Robert Abrams,
second vice president; and John
Venard, treasurer. Other officers
will be appointed later by the
new president.
Imus came to Heppner in Feb
ruary, 1957 from Seattle and
during his nearly two years here
has been very active in chamber
work. He was elected to the
board of directors last year and
has served on the merchants
committee during the present
year.
Five new directors were chosen
Monday noon at the chamber's
annual election. They were John
Hartman, Al Mattoon, Rod Mur
ray, Elmer Schmidt and Robert
Penland. Holdover directors who
complete the 10 member board
are Vic Kreimeyer, Harley Young,
Robert Abrams, Joe Stewart and
Jack Loyd.
Board, Engineers
Discuss Joining
North End Schools
By MARY LEE MARLOW
The Morrow county unit school
board met with Col Walter J
Hutchin of the U S Army Corps
of Engineers, and five of his ad
visors, at Boardman last Thurs
day evening to discuss the possi
ble consolidation of part of the
school systems of Irrigon and
Boardman, which is being stud
ied by the reorganization com
mittee of the board. The board
informed Col Hutchin that the
corps would be doing business
with them, since they had taken
over the county's schools, Dec
6, in accordance with a vote of
the people Nov 4.
Col Hutchin assured the group
of 50 people at the meeting of
the board and Boardman Plan
ning Commission, together with
the now inactive Boardman and
Irrieon school boards, that they
would have replacement of the
present school as closely as possi
ble. He and his advisers were
questioned as to the basis for
replacement, whether It would
be facilities to accommodate the
present enrollment of 100 stu
dents, whether it would be
square footage per student, etc.
Hutchin called on his advisers
for detailed answers, and inter
rupted the discugsion to say,
"You're not going to be beaten
out of anything."
George Wiese, chairman of the
Boardman Planning Commission,
showed the architect's drawing of
the new town, to be located one
half mile south of the present
site, with access roads on and
off the federal freeway clearly
drawn. He said the town will be
as good as the present one, if
not better. Included In the plan
for the town is a site for the
school.
Spokesmen for the reorganiza
tion commitee Indicated that they
were considering consolidating 50
students who compose Irrigon
high school with Boardman high
school. They pointed out that the
relocation of the Boardman
school was nit connected in any
way with the possibility of con
solidating. RAPE CHARGE DISMISSED
A charge of rape which had
been made against Philip Blan
chard, Fort Lewis, Wash, was
dismissed this week by J O
Hager, Justice of the peace, be
cause the prosecuting witness
was physically and mentally un
able to testify.
Blanchard has been released
from the county jail where he
had been held awaiting hearing.
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KEITH IMUS, Heppner Penney's
manager, who will head cham
ber of commerce for 1959.
W F Barratt Named
To District Farm
Credit Board
- William F Barratt, Heppner
rancher, early this week was
named a member of the 12th
district Farm Credit Board. The
appointment, announced in Spo
kane, was made by" Robert B
Tootell, governor of the Farm
Credit Administration.
Barratt will take office at the
January 19 meeting of the board
in Spokane. As a district director
he automatically becomes a dir
ector of all three farm credit
banks in Spokane, the Federal
Land Bank, Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank for Cooperatives. He
will serve for three years and
he replaces Halscy W Burgess
of Lowden, Wash.
Barratt is a native of Hepp
ner and graduated from Oregon
State College in 1943 with a B S
degree in agricultural economics.
He owns and operates a 2700
acre ranch on Hinton creek and
runs 260 head of commercial beef
cattle. He also operates another
ranch owned by his father, Gar
net Barratt and feeds 2500 lambs
and 400 head of cattle.
The new director is a member
of the Northwest Livestock PCA,
the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers, and is a director of the Nat
ional Farm Loan Association. He
is president of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers and a past
president of the Morrow County
Farm Bureau.
Other members of the District
Farm Credit Board are from Ida
ho, Montana, Washington and
Oregon.
Fire Does Minor
Damage to Cabin
An early morning fire at one
of the Ayers' Cabins on North
Gale street Wednesday morning
caused damage estimated at less
than $100. It was occupied by
Mike Hartin who was not in
Jured.
The blaze started from over
heated or defective stovepipe and
burned a section of wall around
the flue before being controlled
by the fire department and
neighbors.
The alarm was turned in short
ly before 6 am.
PFC Ronald Reid Is spending
a 30 day furlough from the U S
Army at the home of his mother,
Mrs Ruth Reid. He has been sta
tioned at Fort Eustis, Virginia,
with tours of duty to Newfound
land and Labrador.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 37 31 .49
Friday 51 32 .28
Saturday 32 ' 26
Sunday 32 26 TRS
Monday 29 26
Tuesday 42 27
Wednesday 40 26
Rainfall for the week -77; for
December 1.24; for the year 14.88
Inches.
Heppner school district (which
isn't in existence any more since
voters appoved a county unit
school plan) won't be able to
issue to sell the $20,000 in bonds
approved twice by voters for the
purchase of the' Elaine George
property for school use, the at
torney general ruled last week
The ruling states that bonds of
the former school districts, which
have been authorized but not
issued and sold, can't become
the obligation of the county unit
system.
Some time ago voters approved
the bond issue, but because of
a technical difficulty, the elec
tion was ruled Invalid. Another
election was held in early Nov
ember at which time the issue
was again OK'd, but at the gen
eral election the county approv
ed the establishment of a coun
ty unit school system with the
effect that all individual school
districts were eliminated. This
occurred before the bonds could
be sold and the ruling now pre
vents their sale, even though the
voters twice approved them.
A solution to the dilemma
came out of a meeting early this
week of the new county school
board when it authorized the
taking of a seven-months option
on the property for $4,000 and
then the balance of the purchase
price of $16,000 will be included
in the regular school budget for
next year. This would eliminate
the necessity of having to issue
bonds.
Attorney general Robert Y
Thornton also ruled that the
county school district succeeded
to the budgets of the districts
and that the assets of those dis
tricts become the property of the
county school district. He also
held that the county school dis
trict can appoint the school clerk
and such deputy clerks as are
necessary. Members of the sup
planted school district boards
will serve as members of the
subsdistricts of the unit school
system until the next annual
election when subdistrict boards
will be elected.
Expanded March of
Dimes Plan Explained
Mrs Velma Glass, Morrow
county health nurse, Monday ex
plained the expanded March of
Dimes program which In the fu
ture include research into ar
thritis and birth defects as well
as polio. The talk, and accom
panying film was given at the
chamber of commerce meeting.
Mrs Glass said that though
polio isn't yet completely licked
and that money is still needed for
care and further research, that
the National Foundation recently
decided to enlarge the scope of
activities along similar lines.
Savings Bond Sales
Climb in County
During November
Countv Savings Bonds sales for
November totaled $12,235 as com
pared to $5,295 for November of
last year, county chairman, Jack
Bedford announced here today.
Sales in the state for the month
amounted to $2,974,403. A year
ago they totaled $2,285,129, the
county chairman continued.
Sales of E and H Savings
Bonds for the first 11 months of
1958 were $171,810 in the county
as compared with $253,181 for the
first 11 months of 1957.
"Each citizen who saves
through the purchase of United
States Savings Bonds adds , to
his city's 'good business insur
ance , "the county chairman said.
"He is helping to keep his coun
try strong and at the same time
is providing for his own future
security."
Local Stores Plan
Late Shopping Hours
As a convenience to last min
ute shoppers quite a number of
Heppner stores have announced
plans to remain open until 8:30
p m Friday night.
A complete list of the stores
is not available, but most lines
of merchandise will be represented.
Another tree Kids' Show Saturday
All county youngsters are In
vited to a second free Christmas
show next Saturday afternoon at
the Star Theater In Heppner
while their parents have a chance
to do some of their last minute
Christmas shopping in local
stores.
The additional show is being
sponsored by the merchants com
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Good Dec.
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FINAL WEEK OF
'NUMBERS' GAME
STARTS TODAY
The fourth and final week of
the popular "numbers" game
sponsored by 21 Heppner stores
got underway today with the
distribution of this issue of the
Gazette-Times and a new set of
lucky numbers on the papers
and in the stores.
Many of the stores gave away
one or more of their gifts dur
ing the past week, but several
will have possibly two or three
Three Days of
Free Parking to
Be Gift From City
The city of Heppner, through
its mayor W C Collins and the
members of the council will ex
tend Christmas greetings to lo
cal residents and visiting shop
pers in the form of three days
of free parking. All the city's
parking meters will be hooded
Monday morning and remain in
operative through Christmas day.
The "no money" parking Is
somewhat traditional with the
city, as it has been giving away
its usual nickel parking meter
spots in the last few days be
fore Christmas for several years.
Members, of the chamber of
commerce merchants committee
will hood the sidewalk slot ma
chines Monday morning.
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Equipment Arrives
For County Use
Morrow county Civil Defense
chairman, Norman Nelson of
Boardman, announced that the
county recently received several
pieces of vital equipment from
the state surplus property divis
ion. Now available In case of emer
gency are chemical detection
kits which can be used for de
tecting war gases and biological
warfare gases which might be
used against humans, animals
and crops. These items were sup
plied through state and federal
governments.
The sheriff's office also receiv
ed three shotguns which can be
used for CD and police work.
IONE CHURCH PROGRAM
The Baptist church at lone will
hold a Christmas program on
Christmas Eve at 7:40 p m at
the church. Everyone Is welcome.
Mrs Carl Spauldlng was a
weekend visitor In Pendleton
where she visited at the home
of Dr and Mrs Gordon McGowan.
GT SLATES EARLY
DURING COMING
The next two issues of the
Gazette-Times will be pub
lished two days early each
week to allow for distribu
tion ahead of the Christmas
and New Year's holidays
which both fall on Thurs
days, the formal publica
tion day. Both papers will
go to press on Tuesday for
delivery in Heppner that
afternoon and in all other
areas on Wednesday morn
mittee of the chamber of com
merce. Last Saturday 441 kids troup
ed to the first show put on by
the chamber which followed a
special visit to Heppner by Santa.
The old fellow found practically
all of his small friends waiting
for him and within a half hour
had given out 550 bags of free
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18 To Dec. 24
TH,S number
FOR FREE GIFTS!
gifts and numbers for the last
week. Readers can claim these
gifts if the, number In the box
at the top of this page corres
ponds with the numbers In any
of the stores. All gifts must be
claimed by Christmas eve, the
final day of the game, and only
the numbers on this week's pa
per are valid those from pre
vious weeks are now no good.
For the benefit of readers who
might not be acquainted with
the rules of the game: each of
the 21 stores is displaying a num
ber, or numbers, on a placard In
the store which corresponds with
numbers printed on the front
page of today's Gazette-Times.
If your paper number is one of
the lucky ones in any of the
stores, just tear off the front page
box and present it to a clerk and
the prize is yours. Only the num
ber on this week's papers are
valid and the box is dated so
there will be no confusion. No
purchase is necessary and so that
non-subscribers may have an
equal chance to win, additional
numbered copies of this week's
Gazette-Times are available at
the GT office at no charge.
Again readers are reminded
that Just because they may have
won gifts in previous week's con
tests, it doesn't mean that they
can't win again this week for
a complete new set of lucky num
bers is drawn each week.
The interesting and profitable
"give-away game" is being spon
sored by the many stores and
the chamber of commerce and
this week's collection of gifts
is offered somewhat as a "Thank
You" to the hundreds of per
sons who have made Heppner
stores their Christmas shopping
headquarters.
Hospital Given
X-Ray Equipment
Pioneer Memorial hospital now
has in use a special X-ray cone
which was the gift of the Mor
row County TB and Health as
sociation. The cone, which Is used on the
hospital's chest and regular X
ray equipment, is designed to
limit the extent that X-rays may
spread and possibly cause harm
ful results to a patient. Hospit
al administrator Harry Bongers
stated that the cone confines the
X-ray beam to the exact spot
required and does not subject
Iherest of the body to the ef
fects. The county TB and Health as
sociation is the sponsor of the
monthly free chest X-rays which
are given at the hospital.
PUBLICATION DAYS
HOLIDAY WEKS
ing.
News correspondents and
advertisers are asked by the
publishers to get all avail
able news and advertising
copy to .the paper as far
ahead of publication days as
possible. The advertising
deadline will be Monday
morning both weeks, but
anything that can be pre
pared by Friday or Saturday
will be appreciated.
treats provided for him by the
! TTfinnnnr Flka lnrrA
Next Saturday's free show will
start at 1:30 (a half hour earlier
than last week) and will feature
"Ma and Pa Kettle In the
Ozarks." There will also be a
cartoon designed to keep the
youngsters out of their parents'
way for about l'a hours.