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Death Claims Well
Known lone Citizen,
Mrs Echo Palmateer
Saturday Dance for
one's Princess Sharon
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July K 19GQ
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PRINCESS SHARON CRABTREE
The first of a scries of Princess
dances leading up to the final
Queen's dance and the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo will be
held Saturday night, July 16,
at the fair pavilion In Hcppner.
It will be given by lone Grange
for their princess Sharon Crab
tree. Princess Sharon is a 5' 5'i"
brunette with hazel eyes and
brown hair. She is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs Leo Crabtree of
lone and will be a senior at lone
Board Replacement
Still Unnamed
The Morrow county school
board remained one member
short when an apparent differ
ence of opinion among residents
of the Boardman area offered
two recommendations for ap
pointment of a member to re
place Henry Gantenbein, who re
signed. The board had intended to ap
point a replacement for Ganten
bein at its meeting Monday night
and had asked the Boardman ad
visory committee to make a rec
ommendation. The committee
recommended the appointment
of Harold Baker, but another
group from there presented a
petition signed by 55 residents
asking that Bob Sicard be named.
As a result, the board declined
to name either person at that
time and urged the advisory
committee to poll the commun
ity to try to determine who was
the choice of the majority.
Four board members who were
elected to new terms starting
July 1 were sworn in. They were
Mrs Elaine George, D O Nelson,
Harvey Warner and Fredrick
Martin. L E Dick of Heppner was
chosen chairman and D O Nelson
of Lexington is new vice-chairman.
The board's attorney Robert
Abrams reported that the ap
pealed case contesting the con
stitutionality of the school re
organization law which had been
filed against the board would
probably be heard at the October
term of the Supreme Court to
be held at Pendleton.
In other business, the board
accepted two resignations from
the teaching staff, James L Mon
roe, lone high school teacher,
and Diana Wright, who had been
hired to teach the 3rd grade at
lone. Barbara Klotz was rehired
to teach the lone grade school.
Multi-use
A program for multipurpose
development of a tract of more
than 5,000 acres of land in Mor
row county adjacent to the
Boardman Space Age Industrial
Park, was announced yesterday
by Governor Mark O Hatfield.
Recreation, wildlife propagat
ion and industrial development
uses are included in the De
partment of Planning and De
velopment's program for the
large tract, which will have more
than 15 miles of frontage on the
pool to be formed by the John
Day dam. A large bay will be
formed, extending from a poxr.t
high school in the fall. Born in
Salem, she entered lone grade
school in the 5th grade. During
her high school career she has
been very busy with a number of
activities which Include the ex
change editor of the Ionian, a
member of the lone volleyball
team, the trampoline and tumb
ling team, pop band, school band
and chorus. Some of her outside
activities include 4-H horse club,
Willows Grange, and has been
a member of the Wranglers.
Sharon Is no stranger to horses
for she has been riding since
. .
she was 7 vears old. Her nrst
horse was a fine little animal
WOO t jtwa-J - - -
i... n9m nf -Rnhi" u'h oh
U V lilt- muiiv- v
t, ottn hno oinnn 'ith hor new
horse "Joy", a sorrel American
Saddler that has been recently
purchased from last year s yueen
Sharon Cutsforth.
Sharing in her excitement of
heinc a mineess Is her brother
Ronald, a sister Carolyn Crabtree
McCabe who was a princess in
1956, and an aunt, Mrs Archie
Munkers, who was a Queen of
the 1931 show.
Also listed among her various
hobbies for this busy princess
is swimming and dancing
which, along with her riding, Is
among her favorite sports.
Johnnv K's orchestra of Pasco
will provide the music fc: Prin
cess Sharon s dance vnich win
start at 10 P m.
Mrs John H tfarrie
Dies in Seattle;
Services Here Monday
Finnl rites for Mrs John H
Barrie (Patricia Ann Monahan)
were held at St Patrick's Cath
olic church Monday morning.
She was 47 years of age. Mrs
Barrie passed away July 7 at
her home in Seattle.
Rosary was recited Sunday
evening at Creswick Mortuary
chapel with the Rev Raymond
Beard officiating. Rosary service
was also held in Seattle.
Mrs Barrie was born March
17, 1913 at Heppner and she Is
survived by her husband, John
H Barrie, Seattle; two daughters,
Mary A Durfee and Sue Ellen
Barrie; a son Brian Barrie, all
of Seattle. She also leaves her
mother, Marie Monahan of Hep
pner; a brother, James H Mon
ahan, Heppner; and two sisters,
Mrs Kathleen Hisler, Heppner,
and Mrs Mary Causey of Doug
las, Arizona.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with Creswick
Mortuary in charge.
Development Planned Along River
..... t a 1 -.1 ! 1 Tl I tvincfor
several miles east of the present
town of Boardman southeast
ward to within about a mile of
the town cf Irrigon.
The program for achieving
highest and best use of the area
was developed after conferences
with a number of local, state
and federal government agencies.
It calls for participation by the
Port cf Morrow county, the State
Game Commission, Corps of Eng
ineers. Federal Fish and Wild
life Service and State Parks Div
ision. Under the plan, the port dis
trict will acquire lands on the
Mr Kh. ralmtfr, a
.!r.i th. lone and Morgan
cvmmunltlf for oet 40 years,
ms-! away Monday at Pioneer
Memorial hospital In Heppner.
She had undergone mrgery there
Ukt Mri'k.
Mr Echo Dra Palmateer was
born July 31. m In Highland.
Oregon, the daughter of John
and Laura Gilhen. She wa mar
ried to Albert F Palmateer. Oct
17. 1917 and they lived on
ranch near Morgan until her
husband death In l!M3 when
h moved to lone.
Sim-e that time. In particular.
Mm Palmateer had taken part
In many civic and community
activttie. She was a
memui-r
he Christian church, the Amer
Icon Legion Auxiliary No 95.
I he Willow Grange and Bunch-
irasa r.elxkah lodge. jne na
served a city 1 brarian In Ion
tor a numw; r. .n n
.r ni inn
treasurer ( I me cuy 01 ioe.
nlso had been news correspon
dent for the Heppner Gazette-
Times and the East Oregonlan
for many years.
Funeral services were held thl
morning (Thursday) at 10 a m
at the lone Community church
with the Rev Rod MacKenzle
officiating. Graveside rites will
be hold at 4 o'clock this aner
noon at the Oddfellows cemetery
In Kstacada. Oregon.
She is survived by one son.
Ted of lone; two daughters;
Laurel Cannon of lone; and Doris
Stract of Elk Grove. California;
sister. Mrs Hazel Beers of Eagle
Creek. Oregon.
Harvest Spreading
Across County
Harvostine Is beginning to
spread to all but the higher elev
ations in the county this week
with North Lexington and Lex
Incton elevators still getting the
bulk of the grain, Morrow County
Grain Growers manager,
Lamb reported today
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About 40.000 bushels a day are
i . -
being received at the North Lex
nrton facllitv ana iia.uuu a aay
r
at the Lexington elevators. uotn
lone elevators are operating and
are receiving about a.uuu Dusneis
ailv. McNab is also getting a
round 3,000 bushels.
Phil Emert of lone held the
honors for this area by being
the first to bring a load of wheat
into the Morgan elevator.
Lamb reported that previous
crop estimates of 25 bushels for
wheat and 35 for barley are still
holding true though little of the
heaviest wheat producing land
in the county has yet started to
harvest. He said barley quality
was running a little light.
Operations at the Heppner and
Ruggs elevators are due to start
af least by the first of next week
as several ranchers in those areas
plan to start cutting Monday or
Tuesday.
Cow Belles Present
Special Gift
A beef roast, donated by Mr
and Mrs Herb Hynd of Cecil,
to the Morrow County cow Belies,
for presentation to he parents
of the rirst DaDy Dorn on or aner
Father's Day, was given last
. w 1 , t Tt..U
erty, whose daughter Cynthia
Marie won the gift for her par
ents. The gift was presented by Mrs
George Rugg, president of the
Morrow County Cow Belles.
PARENTS OF GIRL
nr. nA Kvc Car TUnmc flrp
ivil auv i'li -j . . . t- - - -
the parents of a baby girl, born
July 12 at St Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton. She weighed 6 lbs,
14 ounces and has been named
Cirla Jean.
Mrs Letha Archer spent the
.mnVnnn rf tha dth nf Jlllv tn
Pnrtianrt with her son and fam-
ily, Austin Smith, who has been
vpi-v ill in a Portland hospital,
lower, or westerly, end of the
large bay for development Into
industrial sites, chiefly lor sup
porting industries for the large
space technology industry the
department expects to locate as
the principal tenant of the 1000,
000-acre Space Age Industrial
Park.
Another section on the bay
would be reserved for recreation,
with picnic, swimming and boat
ing facilities. The shallow upper
end of the bay and adjacent
area would become a wildlife
refuge for migratory waterfowl
and other birds. Development of
10 Cents
Hot Weather
Causes Several
: Fires in County
Another wi-k of hot weather
huh mw mavlmum tempera
tor... at the Heppner weather
I station vary only from K7 to I
. I ... i ik.
na cum"u -
county during the past aevrn I
dav. ' I
The most M-rlou occurred last '
on RhM Cfwk
destroyed
about
. . . h,.. . ,nd
Morage ahed and came clow to
hnrnlnir the houae. SparVa at
one time early In the fire caught
the roof of th two iory house,
but quick action on the part of
neighbors saved the bulldinc A
itotmniT rural truck and the Mor
row County Grain Grower, fire , f
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trutk rponotHi to uw vu nu
alJeil neljjhboni in controlling
the fire which burned high In
several nplar trees around the
building.
Harold Peck, who farms the
imi il the fin? started near
the hav stacks and buildings
from an irricatlon pump. It burn
ed only a small amount of grass
but was concentrated in tne
midst of the stacked hay and
buildings.
Another fire Friday blackened
80 to 90 acres of range land
on the George Griffith ranch at
Morgan. It started along tne
highway. !
A third fire burned over sev
eral hundred acres of grass and
sagebrush Tuesday west or
Rnnrdman. That fire also ap
parently started along Highway
30.
The forest service reported no
new fires during the past week
in the Heppner district, but
cautioned all persons traveling
in the woods to exexclse every
caution as the mountains are
extremely dry.
HIt?h temoeratures have been
the order of the day, in fact all
days for nearly two weeks, in
nearlv all sections or eastern
i
Oregon. Boardman reported
nigns 01 iui on iwu uajrj
week, and Heppner had official
highs of 97 and 98 on three of
the last seven days.
Oregon Pioneer,
Daniel W Brock
Dies Here Thursday
Daniel W Brock, a long time
resident of Heppner, passed
away July 7 at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital where he had been
a patient for several years.
Mr Brock was born Nov 4, 1877
at Weston, Oregon. He is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs Ida
Flsteb of lone and Mrs Ruby
Dickson of Hood River.
ViaIH TiiPSfiav.
tJCl "vn. .. - J ' .
July 12, at the Creswick Mort-;
juiy 14 ai me "w,
uary with the Rev Charles Knox,
pasxor 01 uie ncniu ioion..
church officiating. Interment was
1 .1.. UAnnnar 'VTacrmin TPTYl .
etery.
Deqree of Honor
Schedules Picnic
The Desree of Honor lodge met
Tuesday at the lodge hall and
plans were completed lor tne
A
nnual picnic to be held Sunday,
.
July 17 at the John Bergstrom
ranch
Anyone needing transportation
is asked to call Mrs E E Gonty
or Mrs Earl sowara.
The next meeting will be Aug
ust 9.
Mr and Mrs Ted Smith were
in Redmond last week to attend
la lunerai.
ih area in the vicinity of Irri
gon for residential purposes also
is envisioned.
The Industrial Parks Commit
tee, an Oregon non-profit corp
oration formed by a group of
public-spirited citizens under de
partment aegis to assit In land
acquisition for the Boardman
site, holds options on some 2500
acres of land in the area. Some
2,500 acres of public domain
lands being acquired by the
state also are involved.
The Industrial Parks Commit
tee is meeting this week to dis
cuss procedures for acquisition
Cmdm Man is Killed iei
Smhy Morning Accident
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ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE Oiiicera
Norman R Lofton, partially niaaen in mo IOB;J'u
it was found nearly six hours after th car in which he had
been a passenger left the road near Ruggs and overturned . Tn.
drlrer, Sidney Parman. of Condon, was taken on to hU horn,
la a daxed condition by a passing motorist They had tught
Lofton had caught a rido back to Heppner when they couldn t
fmdhlm. (Photo by C J D Bauman)
7-Year Old Heppner
Boy Dies Thursday
Funeral services were held
ttnn,u.. at thP llonnner Chrlst-
aiLllliluj -
, (.nurch for George Edward
Munkers, tne seven year oiu boo
. Mr and Mrs Donald Munkers
of Heppner, wno aiea jury "
Pioneer Memorial hospital after
an illness of several months.
The boy was born Oct 31, 1952
at Astoria and had lived most
of his life here. He is survived
by his parents; two brothers,
Stephen L and Dale A; one sis
ter, Katherine, all of Heppner;
grandparents, Ernest Teague,
Roseburg; Mrs Ollie Montee of
Birch Tree, Mo; Mr and Mrs
Harry Munkers of Heppner. He
also leaves three uncles and
nine great-uncles.
Rev Charles Knox officiated
at the rites and burial was in
ho Hennner Masonic cemetery.
rvnKUli-k Mortuarv was in
'rharee of arrangements,
charge or arrangemtm
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505 Fails TO VJOin
'
Petition Signatures
For Law Repeal Vote
Serve Our State, Inc, an or
ganization which had circulated
petitions throughout the state re
cently calling for a vote on the
November ballot to repeal the
school reorganization law, early
this week admitted defeat for
its project.
Following a weekend wrangle
with the state elections director
over the date of the filing dead
line, Kenneth Landgraver, Port
land, an SOS member, Monday
admitted that the organization
was unable to get the 33,712 sig
natures required to place the re
peal measure on the ballot.
r-.ncfpr nf the land to the
appropriate agencies concerned
in the development pian.
Governor Mark liaineia i.as
requested the Department of
Planning and Development to co
ordinate with the six-county re
gional planning authority now
being organized in undertaking
studies to plan for sound devel
opment of the Oregon Columbia
basin area, to include fulfill
ment of the potential for agricul
tural, residential, industrial and
recreational uses, and full re
gard for conservation of natural
resources.
are investigating the body of
Rye Control Law
Sought by Group
Rye and how to prevent wide
spread Infestations in Morrow
county was the subject of dis
cussion at a meeting of the Mor
row county weed committee neia
last week at the county agent's
office. The group at a request
of several organizations and in
dividuals met to see what might
be agreed upon to prevent fur
ther economic losses from this
fast spreading grain turned
pest. At the conclusion of their
meeting they went on record
favoring a resolution drafted last
month by the Lexington Orange
which reads as follows:
Whereas, mixtures of rye in
wheat and barley crops have
increased materially in the last
several years,
Whereas, such mixtures have
brought economic loss to far
mers through dockage and
riTdAn nonnlfles.
whowns. anv foreiirn material
ri 1 ' ' . . I
or Kppd such as rve that lower
th rmalitv of our grains
makes it harder for our grains
to compete for domestic ana
foreign markets.
whoreas. it is becoming increas
ingly difficult for farmers to
control volunteer rye in ineir
fields because of rye growing f
in the road right-or-ways ana
on scab land,
and Whereas, there is little
economic justification for the
growing of rye on dry land
nrain farms.
Therefore, be it resolved by Lex
ington Grange No. 720 meeting
in ' regular session this elev
enth day of June, I960, that
the county court be requested
to declare rye to be a noxious
weed in the dry land farming
areas of Morrow county and
to prohibit it from being seed
ed and raised as a crop in
such area.
In addition they are asking
that farmers with rye infested
grain be careful this year in
hauling it from field to market
by covering loads.
Those attending the meeting
were Norman Nelson, Lexington;
John Graves, Hardman; Dick
Wilkinson, and Andy Van
Schoiack, Heppner.
WILLOWS HXC POSTPONED
The July meeting of the Wil
lows eranpe HEC has been post
poned and the next meeting will
be in August.
77th Year, Number 19
.tl.Mt. 21. ' killi-d early Sun
lay morning when thi car In
t!i-h h riding left Ihr
-iltfhway Jut north f IMr and
vllt-d rml owr end Into a field
Vlow thi roii'l.
Although lnv.'ti:iiiing officer
set the lime of th accident t
J:.1o n m. Lofton's body wa not
found until about 8 o't Kh k Sun-
lay morning by Harold Wright,
'nto whose Held the tar had gone,
flu boilv wan discovered In a
W.fd covered iltlch Cxi feet from
(he joint where the car came to
rcfi. Death wan cau-od by
broken notk. Lofton apparently
had been thrown that distance
when the door on the passen
ger's Hide of the car was torn
off in the crash.
The driver of the car was Sid-
ni.v I'jirman. 23. a fertilizer sales
man from Maupln, who told pol
ice he went to sleep. He was
nicked un In a dazed condition
by a passing motorist, and ac-
rordlni? to police the two wenr
back to the scene of the wreck
to try to locate Lofton. When he
could not be found, it was sur
mized that he had obtained a
rid,, back to Heppner.
Parman was taken on to Con
don to the home of his motner
and stepfather. Mr and Mrs
Walter Boyer. He had recently
been released from a hospital
with a back Injury, and was
flown to Portland for meuicai
examination. He returned to Con
don later Sunday.
Lofton was a . carpenter who
worked for contractors in Con
don. He is survived by his wife
and three small children, Con
don; his mother, Alia Lofton,
Condon; sisters, Mrs A II Marlck,
lone; Mrs Bill Jaeger, Condon,
and three not living in this area.
A coroner's Inquest was held
here Tuesday morning.
Lofton's body was brought to
Creswick Mortuary and later
ur. irt rnndon where funeral
services were to be held today.
r r.ftnn' Heath was the thim
traffic fatality in Morrow county
this year and all were caused
from one-car acciuenis. uw
county had only one fatality
last year, and one in ivoo.
AT KANSAS CITY
nr nnrt Mrs L D Tibbies left
today for Kansas City, Mo where
he will attend a convention ui
the American Osteopathic Assoc
iation and Mrs Tibbies will vis t
her mother and sisters. They will
be gone about two weeks.
WEATHER
HI Low
98 59
98 53
89 50
87 44
87 47
91 54
97 59
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
No rainfall for the week or
July, for the year incnes.
S4c LARRY D FETSCH is spend
ing a 30 day furlougn wun
his parents. Mr and Mrs AI
Fetsch. He is stationed at Ft
Leavenworth, Kansas and pre
viously bad special airplane
mechanic's schooling at Ft
Eustis. Va. Now h is a crew
member on twin engine Beech
craft planes. Larry graduated
from Heppner high school in
1958 and enlisted In th Armr
for three years.
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