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Council Approves
Annexation of
Barratt Addition
The Heppner city council Mon
day night approved n ordinance
railing fur th annexation of
Barratt Park addition to the rity
and set the public on the ques
tion (r 4pm Friday, June 24
at the city hall.
Residents In the area on Hin
ton creek road last month petit
ioned the city to be annexed and.
inasmuch a 100 percent of the
properly owner In the addition
signed the petition, no election
was necessary. The petition call
ed for the annexation to become
effective July 1.
In other business, the council
authorized the calling for bids
for materials for the construction
of a new fire hall to be built on
property Immediately acroas
Willows street from the city hall.
Plans call for a one story con
crete block building 31 by 66
feet In size with provisions to
be made for adding an addit
ional story when money can be
found. The city plans to pur
chase the materials and hire the
construction on a dally basis
with members of the city crew
assisting when possible. The
building will house four pieces
of equipment, and will be needed
before It can be completed as a
new truck to serve the Heppner
rural fire district is expected to
be delivered by the middle of
July. The city now has one more
piece of equipment than can be
housed in the present fire hall.
Bids are also being called for
the purchase of a new tractor
and back hoe for the street de
partment The council set the date of a
meeting of the citizen's budget
committee for Monday evening,
June 13 to study the budget for
1960-61.
Approval was given a motion
hiring Clayton Ayers, Heppner,
for pest control work at the city
dump starting July 1.
Building Permits Up
Building permits totaling $22,
600 were issued to Lowell Chally,
$12,000, new residence on N Court
street; Dan el Powers, 435 S
Chase, $5,00) alteration and re
pair; L L Bobbins, $4,000 alter
ations at 733 Shobe street; R B
Rice, 125 Ciase, $1400 alterations
and repair; and Joe Baltrenas,
385 S Gilmore, $200 alterations
and repair.
6 Heppner Students
To Attend WSU High
School Summer Camp
WASHINGTON STATE UNI
VERSITY Amending the 28th
annual High School Summer
Camp at Washington State Uni
versity beginning June 13 will
be 6 students from Heppner.
Among them will be: Mike
Smith, John Cleveland, Elaine C
Laird, Jennifer Brindle, Feme
Albert, and Mike Healy.
This year's camp, which lasts
until July 9, appears to be head
ed for new records, according
to Randall Spicer, director. He
said today that 183 already have
indicated they will attend.
Participating in the program
again this year will be the WSU
department of music, speech,
journalism, and fine arts. Be
sides the regular activities in
these areas of study, a new
"added attraction" is being feat
ured this year.
Special events slated for cam
pus appearance while the high
school students are here include
the Bob Mitchell Boy Singers,
Hollywood; the Joan Shelton
Ballet; and Charles Drury, noted
author and historian.
Students attending the camp
will live in college housing and
participate in college activities
including concerts, plays, de
bates, art exhibits, ana puoii
cation of the campus newspaper.
Two lone Students
Get EOC Degrees
Two lone students w. ' be a
mong the SS graduates who will
receive degrees June 10 at com
mencement exercises at Eastern
Oregon College.
Receiving bachelor of science
degrees in general studies will
be Robert Van Hubbard and
Richard Ekstrom.
GAZ
Cecil Podbcrg Found
Deod At Ritter;
Services Thursday
Funeral services were to be
hrld l hi afternoon I Thursday)
at the Lexington Christian
church fr Cecil A Padbcrg. 54.
who pasfted away June 5 at Rit
ter. He wan found dead In bed
at the Van Hubbard ranch where
he was employed.
Mr Padberg was burn July 16,
1'jtiG near lone and had lived In
thl area must of his life. He U
survived by hi father. Lewis
Padbcrg, lone: one brother. Karl
Padbcrg. La Grande; two sis
tera, Mrs Kuby Nichols. lone; and
Emerald Roundy. Kenncwlck.
Wahhlngton. He also leaves sev
eral nieces and nephew.
The Rev James Riley officiated
at the final rites and Interment
was In the Lexington cemetery.
Creswlck Mortuary was in
charge.
Juvenile Admits
Breakins of Three
Heppner Businesses
A wrles of breakins of Hep-
nnor stores was solved this week
when a 16 year old Heppner
youth admitted the thefts to lo
cal police. The breakins had oc
curred In February. March and
April- ,
The stores which had sunereu
liuscfw were Ford's Tire Service
where about $173 was taken on
April 10. Beer and cigarettes
were stolen on two occasions In
February from Thomson Bros
Grocery; and a small amount
of money, beer and cigarettes
were taken in two breakins of
Central Market in March.
Police were given a final leaa
on the boy when he was caught
last week while apparently try
ing to break into Court Mreex
Market.
The vmith was taken into Juv
enile court Wednesday and sen
tenced to a term at McLaren
School for Boys.
HeDDner Youth Gets
Science Fair Award
rthnnl wao hnnorpd for his Win-
ning science fair exhibit Satur
day night, May 28, at the science
award dinner given by the Ore
gon Museum of Science and In
dustry at the Portland Maie col
lege Center.
unrHiunii tt'hn received a gold
medal in the junior physical div-
1. -
ision, was awaraeo a &uuawy
tion to a science magazine and
a bronze OMSI trophy, symboll
of outstanding achievement in
a scientific Held.
GIVES KEYS Mrs Harry DuvalL
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building. Is shown as she turns over me Keys it me ouuu.ua
Heppner mayor, W C Collins and county Judge Oscar Peterson
at dedication ceremonies May 29.
ATTENDING DEDICATION Nearly 200 persons attended dedication
nmnn Mar 29 of the new museum-library building in Hep
pner. During the open house that followed and on the loUowing
day Memorial Day. well over 500 persons visited the building
and viewed the many interesting historical items already on
display In the museum.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, June 9, 1900
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w., . mad BUSH when Heppner kids learned lat Sunday that
thVi ?EEfIo5 was 901-9 t. ep. that alt.rnoon. ThU
pWu.Vw taken iVH than live minutes alter the door. were
S r"h.ol onlr about half lull ! youngster but
EStSLt'Zn over, mar. than 200 had been
Uiiom wiU start In another weefc or so. (GT Thoto)
Local FFA Boys
Show Top Stock
TttP DALLES (Special) The
Heppner FFA chapter received a
champion ribbon today ior rne
ht FFA chaDter herd exhibited
at this year's Junior Livestock
Show. The annual show Is spon
sored by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League.
Herdsman for the Heppner
chapter herd was Dennl9 Doher
ty. In the herd were two short
horns owned by the Heppner
ffa ono shorthorn by Cliff
Hereford of Mickey Van
Schoiack, and a Hereford of Don
Hughes.
Th HeDDiier FFA group also
received a top award for their
pen of three steers. Herdsman
of the pen was Cliff Green, and
showing the Shortnorn group
were Bob Hager, Bill Struthers,
and Harold Gray.
Other HeDDner winnersWere
shorthorn champion ribbon won
by Cliff Green; Mickey van
Sfiinlar-lc received the top rib
bon for the light Hereford class
and reserve champion ribbon In
the shorthorn class went to the
Heppner FFA chapter.
Hpnnner chaDter members who
showed stock were Cliff Green,
shorthorn; Mickey Van Schoiack,
light Hereford; Bob Hager, short
horn chapter steer; Billy Struth
ers, chapter steer; Don Hughes
and Harold Gray, Herefords.
Mr and Mrs Herbert McLaugh
lin of Pendleton, spent Sunday
in Heppner visiting friends and
relatives.
donor of the new museum-library 1
vui rnoro.;
77 th Year, Number 14
Holc ln-Onc Contest
Gives Many Prizes,
Shows Nice Profit
Golfers and non golfers took
turns beating the little white
ball Jast week during the Cham
i.ar ,r Cimmcrw'i first hole-In-
....
one contest and sizeable num
ber of them came away wun
valuable prizes. At the same
time, they added over $200 to
the chamber's field lighting
bond fund.
cnnH nrlz. winners In the
finals held Sunday afternoon
were Mrs E K Schaffitz and
Robert Penland. Francis Doherty
took second and H D McCurdy.
Jr won third In the final go-
around.
Dally prizes were won by H D
McCurdy, Jr, W C Collins,
Jerry Daggett, Mrs Schaffitz, Mrs
P W Mahoney and Mrs Lowell
Grlbble. The only winner In the
grade school contest was Gerald
Pyle. Winning the prize for put
ting a ball closest to the pin
was Jerry Daggett, who actually
got a hole-ln-one in daily play.
W C Collins and Mrs Schaffitz
also won prizes for putting the
most balls on the green.
Chamber members in charge
of the contest today expressed
their appreciation for the sup
port given and to the following
merchants who donated the
prizes: J C Penney Co, Wilson's
Men's Wear, Peterson's Jewelers,
Phil's Pharmacy, Heppner Var
iety, Central Market, Jack's
Chevron Station, Case Furniture,
Elma's Apparel, Humphreys
Drug Co, Western Auto, Gonty's
Turner, Van Marter & Bryant,
Harold Erwin, Mahoney & Ab
rams, Heppner Cleaners and
Jerry Daggett, Shell Oil Distrlb
utor. Departing Teachers
Honored At Dinner
Mr and Mrs Joe Stewart, Mr
and Mrs James Mallon and John
Copeland, teachers in the Hep
pner school system who will not
be returning next year; were
honored with a potluck dinner
held in the school cafeteria last
week by the faculty of the
schools.
Stewart has been superinten
dent of the Heppner schools for
several years and he and his
family will move to Halfway
where he has taken a position
as superintendent. Mr and Mrs
Mallon have both taught in the
Heppner schools and will move
to Vale where he will be super
visor.
rnaianH will return to nls
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home in Silverton, where his wife
..1 A. t A.
has lived wnne ne laugru ncic
this past year.
Many ol tne omer leacneis aic
planning on taking advanced
work or attending summer
school, while others are plan
ning vacation trips or visiting
relatives ana menus anu uuc
are staving in the community
during the summer.
Miss Sheridan Wyman atten
ded the graduation exercises of
her cousin, Miss Patricia Cato at
Prineville on Friday evening.
WEATHER
Hi Low
87 50
91 50
87 48
90 50
74 36
73 38
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Rainfall for the week, none;
for June, none; for the year 8.05
Inches.
Boardman Range
Transfer Gets
Ikes Signature
Tfc military tontiurtlHl
bUL which include tK
autbotUattoa lor lbs trans
let ot th Boat dm an Bomb
In? Manas I torn ths dln
depattmnt ta ths stats si
Oian. was slqnsd WsdnM
day by President EUn
hwf. Th ttnnouncmnt
was mad by Cow no Mark
Hatiuld's ttic.
Th 9&000 an tana will
b traded for stoU-own!
land in nafthvtn Loks
county.
Ths apptovat of th bill
opons th way lor tho stats
to devslop th ranao and
adjacsnt lands In Morrow
county Into a spoco ags In
duttrial paik.
Ssvsral Industitos havs In
dicatod an Intoiost In locat
ing ntw plants In th wa.
County Budget
To Reflect Only
Small Tax Increase
Morrow county this week
Marled publication of Its budget
fur the IfX'iO 61 fiscal year which
will cost property taxpayers only
slightly more than last year.
The total budget for all ser
vices shows an Increase of ap
proximately S32.000 up to SI 10.
506 but because of increased re
ceipts In several departments, the
lumn In taxes for the coming
year will amount to only $7,027
over the present year. The total
tax to be collected next year,
aside from the special $130.0X)
road levy, will be $143,646. The
Increase Is well within the 6
percent budget law limitation.
The largest increases in re
ceipts for the coming year were
credited to the road department.
They came from a $15,000 Jump
In forest rentals from $10,100
last year to $25,000 for next year;
and "a refund of $10,000 in FAS
road funds. This came from over
navment last vear on the oiling
of a section of the Boardman
Bombing Range road. There were
other Increases In receipts, nut
all minor.
The largest Increases on ex
in the coming budget
will come In the road depart
ment, due to the extra money
that will be available here. Other
budget items which are either
Increases or new this year, are
$1,500 for a county planning
commission, $2,925 for stream
gauging stations on Rhea and
lower Willow creeks, and $2,400
for a deputy sheriff at Board
man. ,
The public hearing on the
hiKtuct will be held at 10 a m
Thursday. June 30 at the court
house. It Is published in its en
tirety elsewhere in today's
paper.
Casteel Wins Top
ROTC Award at U of 0
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Donald D Casteel, political
science major from Heppner was
ono of thp toD award winners
in the University of Oregon
ROTC graduation review held
nere recenuy.
Casteel was presented th. ; As-
sociation of the U S Army Meaai
for contributing the most inrougn
leadership to advancing the
standing of the kuiu umi "o
rlermrtment. He was
also the recipient of a superior
cadet ribbon presented to rne
iictanriin(T radt in each Army
ROTC class who has consistently
emonstrated the potential qual
h irnf an o icer as well as
j,nnctr9iv the noipniiai uuai-
other achievement awards.
tner ac ,"7"Mr. n
uasieei is a uiumci -
J Doherty of Heppner.
Lance Tibbies to
Receive UO Honors
.LLClT W W aw-
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The University of Oregon's top
scholars will be recognized at
the 83rd annual commencement
exercises on Sunday, June u.
One of a group of seniors win- otlcaliy inspired and in
ning honors in their respective . . ' . t0 old Glory
department, will be W Ince
Tihhio of HeDDner. To do this
he had to maintain a J.".u graae j
point average and pass an honors
examination in his major field
of ecrnomics.
Tiob!es is the son nt Dr and
Mrs L D Tibbies.
MEETING CALLED
The last meeting of the Farm
ers Union until fall will be held
at the Harold Evans ranch at
8pm Tuesday, June 14. Two
Farmers Union movies will be
shown and a door prize given.
All members are urged to attend.
C of C Inaugurates
Plan to Ease Local
Housing Shortage
A iirly termed drvrli piiteut
tiMnmlMr f the chamln-r
it.mmen mri Ut Friday W
formulate Man deii;ied !. ra
the huWf shortage which ha
b--ri plagui-lna Heppner tr a
rtumU-r -t car.
Plan were made to contact
rmitit-iou lending agemles an
tor. in the state i Mvw
them of the nee.1 for houtn In
Ih i'i'iwr and to attempt tt In
lrrrt one w more f them In
trting a housing project here.
riti.-r lrj:e or small. It a
iilnt.Hl out that een at the
prewnt time, with no influx of
rodent, there Is a heavy ae
mand for reasonably priced
houe that cannot be met and
should future development In
the county come In th near
future, the housing situation
here would become critical.
Mavor W C Collins told the
committee that the city's water
and seucr facilities were ample
to supply city of nearly twice
I!emner's present mzo wnicn
places the city in a much more
favorable p-wltlon to absorb new
residents than moxt other towns
in this area.
The croup made tentative
nlans to survey the entire com
munity with an eye toward de
termining Just how many duiui-
tnu lots are available for pos
sible subdivision development
nnft how thev can be served
with nubile facilities. A complete
list of these sites with descrip
tions and pictures was proposed
which can be used to show In
terested contractors or lending
agencies.
Th committee emph a s 1 z e d
hut the need was for houses In
the $10,000 to $13,000 price range
And It was felt that If a group
of them could be built at one
time, such a price could be ob
tained. Pacific University
To Graduate Two
From Morrow County
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest
Grove, Or? Ernest Drake, son of
Mr and Mrs Cleo Drake, lone,
ic f-nndiilnte for a Bachelor ot
Science degree In physical edu
ration to be conierreu June .
At a recent awards assembly
hi was awarded the "Voice of
Experience" trophy for a grad
iiAtlncr senior who has worked
under unusual hardships.
Fmpst was active In baseball,
basketball and football. He Is a
graduate of lone high school.
Robert Keith uonnor, son oi
Albert R Connor of Heppner, la
also a candidate for nacneior
f Knionre decree In business
administration. He is a member
of Alpha Zeta fraternity.
lone Swim Pool
Sets Daily Hours
Tho lone swimming pool Is
now open to the public daily
except Monday from 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 o'clock, It has been an-
. i i -im iinlawi la In
charge of the pool and lessons
Liiaiht-- " r
will be given later
Individual swim prices are 50
cents for adults, 25 cents for
10
high school stuaenis arm
cents for elementary youngsters.
cents for elementary younKsicio.
Sea ucIart, . $15 or fam-
lly $9 for adults, b
scnool and $4 ior raw
There ls n0 charge for pre school
children
Elks Announced
Flag Day Observance
Th Hpnnner Elks lodge will
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hold a public observance ox r ag
Jnnp 9 at 7:ju, exaueu
ruler. Everett O Kelthley an
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nounced today.
The Heppner lodge will be one
of more than 1900 Elks lodges
r-nm mast to coast saluting the
183rd anniversary of the flag's
iau.v. -
adoption by the Continental Con
gress on June i n-
KeUh, ,nvlted the pubiic to
Heppner lodge's 0b-
gervance t0 be held ln the lodge
. community-wide,
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vntthim- has named LeRoy
Gardner chairman of a commit
tee to plan the observance.
James Hayes is
OSC Graduate
James H Hayes of Heppner re
ceived his bachelor of science
in agriculture. June 6 at
the 91st annual commencement
at Oregon State Collepe. He is
the sen of Mr and Mrs James
Hayes.
Hayes was one of approx
imatplv 1800 student who re
ceived degrees this year at OSC
Mcmttt-i t he rmmittt-e
llmrr K hnil.lt. chamber prel-
ueiii; r-n rtjr--. ir..,
panted member it the chamber
ttoartl Ml otmut; jtmr "''
mlth; Jamrs i Kailey; and Ru
Urt Penland.
T.w erouu al aked that any
j I property owner in or adjacent to
m, h
fur nv lvn, tJf
inmsinff de'rlonment. either
large or small, gc-t In touch with
any member of the committee.
Such Information as he might
give will aslt the committee
with Its work.
Braves, Indians
Tied For Top in
Little League
By JO FETTTJOHN
June 1M nrwved to be a bad
day for the Braves as the Ind
iana scalocd them 13 to 8 for
their first loss. The Braves started
off with 3 runs in the 1st and
3 In the 2nd. then were held
scoreless In the remaining 4 In
nings. The Indians came rignt
hack In the 1st to score 3 runs.
5 In the 2nd. 4 In the 4th and
1 In the 5th for their 13 runs on
in hits. Pitching for the Braves
was Doherty rnd for the Indians
was Hellker jnd Williams.
On Thursday the Braves stag
ed quite a comeback against
the Giants winning a 23 to 2
vame. The Braves opened the
1st inning with 5 runs and went
on to score In the next 3 Innings
but were held scoreless in the
5th. The Giants scored 1 run In
the 1st and 1 run In the 2nd
to complete their scoring for the
eame. Thev used pitchers Mun-
kers, Gray, and Drlscoll. For the
Braves Labhart went the dis
tance.
Th Indians continued their
winning ways by trouncing the
Dodgers on Friday 16 to me
Dodgers got 2 runs In the 1st
and 3 runs In the 4th for tneir
5 runs. They used Robinson and
Matheny who allowed 16 runs
on 14 hits, struck out 7 and
walked 6. The Indians scored In
every Inning and used Wallace
and Hellker who allowed 3 runs
on 3 hits, 5 walks, and struck
out 9.
The Giants and Braves met in
another game on Monday with
the Braves outlasting the Giants
14 to 9. The game was called
In the 5th Inning. Since that
inninj? was not completed the
score reverts back to the 4th.
The Giants were up first but
failed to score. They scored 3
In the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd and
5 runs in the 4th on 10 hits.
The Braves 2 runs in the 1st, 11
in the 2nd, and 1 in the 4th
on 6 hits. The Braves pitched
Doherty and the Giants used
Leonnig, Munkers, and O'Don
nell. rin Tmwiav the Indians and
Dodgers tangled In a well-played
game with the Indians winning
,n . TnfUanK worn on and
10 to 6. The Indians were up and
down in order in the 1st, got
1 run In 2nd, 5 in the 3rd, 1
in the 4th. and 2 runs In the
- Dodeers scored 2 runs
6th The Dodgers scored
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flnd RobnSon who allowed
- g ,k and
JrU"8gBThe 'flelders had 9
put-outs. For the Indians they
pitched Turner, Stefan!, ana
Davidson who allowed 6 runs on
8 hits, 8 walks, and 9 strike-outs.
The fielders had 9 put-outs.
Games coming up:
June 9 Dodgers vs Braves.
June 13 Giants vs Dodgers.
June 14 Braves vs Indians.
June 15 Eraves vs Giants.
League Standings:
Loss Won
Braves 1 5
Indians 1 5
Giants 5 2
Dodgers 5 0
The Farm Team is to be at
the rodeo grounds Saturday
afternoon, June 11 to get the
boys organized and ready to
start playing. Also meeting at
that time will be the Babe Ruth
boys. All boys between the age
rf 9 and 15 are eligible for the
two groups and are urged to
attend.
The Pee-Wees are now prac
ticing on Tuesdays and Thurs
days at 2:00 P M at the Little
League field. Also practicing on
the field on Mondays and Wed
nesdays at 2:00 P M ls the girls
softball team.
There has been some interest
in a Women's softball team so
a meeting has been called for
Thursday morning, June 16 at
:00 p m to organize and get
things going.. Those Interested
are asked to attend.