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Cardinals Thump y CJOUL5 SBOCXLCT The I"ne Ilii-h School Cardl tul roovej Into the finals of the Oregon Clas 8 8 man football playoff by edging the strong Hereford tiulU In an ecltlng. coronary provoking cam in lone on Veterans Day, The final 33 33 xrc Indicate the cloenen of the ronlet that wat marked by lrtg runt by both teams. lone took the opening kick and wir.t the last nine yard on a quarterback "keeper." Hereford gave notice oi a thrilling afternoon by setting their flint touchdown In jut cieht play. Holland Duby. their shifty halfback, scored from two yard out. lone scored once more in tne drat half when Tom Martin ran over from the three and Here ford acored twice on a five yard run bv John Lembercer and a ten-vard pass from Duby to Lar ry Moore. The score at the half was IS to 12. In the second half. lone tied the score on Jack Crum's 70 yard punt return but Hereford came back to go ahead 23 to 13 on Duby'a three-yard drive. Wayne llama sprinted 77 yards to score for lone and Francis Rea's pass to John Swanson tied the score nt 25 23. As the pressure mounted, Hereford scored again on a pass from Duby to Moore. They were successful on the extra point try and went ahead 32 to 25, On this day, the cardinals were not to be deniea. mey iook the gickoif ana went o yaras in sotii urc - Un lie A IR.l'OM pas trom Jiams xo r.wanson. Rea's pass to Swanson was good for the extra point and the score was uea again. lone kicked to the Pulls as tne clock showed a little more than four minutes. Hereford could not move the ball and lone took over on downs at the Hereford 17. Crum smashed for 4, Martin gained 10 on two tries and Hamsat u;3o, plunged into tne ena zone wwi the co-ahead touchdown ana also made the extra point. Hereford made a gallant ef fort to tie the score, but time ran out before they could dent the lone goal. lone meets the Triangle Lake Lakers at lone on Saturday, No- vember 19, at i:w to aeciae me state championship.. GUN CLUB SHOOT The Morrow County Gun Club will hold its first shoot 01 tne season on Sunday, Nov. 20. The shoot will start at 11:00 a.m. and ...nt w uiA of tvia r:nn 1 inn V"l LIT ci W.v. south of Heppner, according to o QMr mm. v.i--ui6c United Nations Contest Topic Is Announced Sonhomore and junior students at the high schools of the coun ty are getting to work on essays to enter in the eleventh annual Un'ted Nations Pilgrimage for Youth contest. Announcement of the topic was made this week. The essays will be on what the United Na tions has done for the underpriv ileged peoples of the world. All entries are to be 750 to 1000 words in length and are to be given in a speech contest cov ering seven to ten minutes. En trants must be 16 or 17 years old but not over 18 years before! Aug. 1, 1961. Each school will choose its representative, who w'll enter the final contest for Morrow and Umatilla counties at Pendleton early in March. Essays for this contest must be turned in by Feb. 1. Winners of the Pendleton con test will be sent to New York via Canada to study United Na tions at work on a four-week all-expenses-paid trip. The week in New York City will include tour ing and sightseeing. Student delegates from Ore gon, Washington, and British Co lumbia will be taken by charter ed bus through the United States and Canada. At the United Nations the win ners will enter another contest. Oregon delegates have won three out of ten of these national con tests. Winners there give their talks at the sovereign Grand Lodge of the Oddfellows and Rebekahs. Mi. and Mrs. John Venard ere here visiting the Jim Lovgren family for a week. They were former residents here and are now living in Merrill, Oregon, where he is with the bank there. Also visiting the Lovgrens is Cliff Coleman, former resident and now residing in Hood River where he is affiliated with the bank. While here they are enjoy ing some elk hunting. WW u n3 PJk ikv h Ic Cy i ; 6A2 1 (V- Conv Lli-Jl:. AL LAMB Heppners New Motor Hurd Addresses Columbia Basin Co-op Annual Mee The Columbia Basin Electric cooperative. Inc.. will hold its . . m . annual meeting saturoay ai we m0rial hall in Condon. Rcgistra lfnn hp.na at 10-30 a.m. with th puiar meetlne called for 1 n m 0n the al?enda i. a movie. "Co Iumbla, River of Planned Des tiny," at 11:00. Shown will be the complete development of the power, navigation and recrea tion facilities of the Columbia, A free luncheon will be served Qwen VV. Hurd, Kennewlck, Wash., will be the guest speak er. He will discuss plans for building the Nez Perce dam on the Snake river. A treasurer's report will show the co-od has total assets of mit 972.78 with a net mareln for the year of $12,470 as of June 30 19G0 The two million plus was invested in umny piani, consisting of transmission and distribution lines and other fa cilities. Three members of the board of directors will be elected at this annual meeting. Guy Arbogast, Condon, is retiring from the board and the three year terms . . T 1 01 ennem .. Henry Baker, lone, have expired. ,x: !4t V, I LIG IlUIIllIiaLlii VUJXllliltl.CC JIM placed the names of Smouse and Baker up for re election. Others nominated are Roy Martin, Lex ington; Ralph Eakin, Condon; Grant Wade, Condon; and Dick Wilkinson, Heppner. All elec tions are for throe year terms, Conference Reports Given Decision to continue the Mor row County Committee on Chil dren and Youth was made last night at a meeting of the group at the courthouse. Originally formed at the re quest of Governor Hatfield, the Committee was first made up of those connected, with county of ficials and the extension office, who deal with children. Later it was expanded to include others interested in the welfare of chil dren. It was brought out at last night's meeting that appoint ment by the court of a juvenile advisory council did not replace the original committee. The ad visory council Is to work more directly with the court and law enforcement agencies in making recommendations as to physical facilities necessary for care of youth In trouble in the county. The committee is to study the problems of youth as they affect the young people and to coordi nate programs of those organiza tions and agencies working di rectly with minors. Promotion of legislation which will make the lot of children easier Is also part of the work of the committee. Reports on recommendations coming out of the Governor's conference held recently in Sa lem were given by four of the Morrow county committee mem bers who attended the three-day meeting. CHILI FEED The Beta Omega chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Is spon soring a chili feed at the lone school cafetorium on Nov. 19. Following the dinner there will be a state championship foot ball game between Triangle Lake and lone. Bulls - Triangle Lake fJext MCGG Annual Dinner North Morrow Celebrates 4-H Achievement Day "We re for 4 II Club Work" was the theme of the annual 411 Achievement party held for North Morrow County 411 young sters at the Irrlgon school on Saturday evening, Nov. 12, ac cording to Esther Klrmls and Joe Hay. Over 100 4 II members and 23 leaders received pins and cer tificates for the work acompllsh- ed during the year. The First Na tlonal Banks of Oregon furnish first, third, fifth, and ten year pins to 411 Club members. The Ittnartment of Public instruc tion recognizes the Intervening club years with a certificate. 41 1 members, parents, and friends sat down to a bounteous 4-H supper at 6:30 that evening In the Irrigon school cafeteria. The room was appropriately dec orated In 4 II theme. The recog nition program which followed was held In the gymnasium. The following 4-H leaders ap peared with their club members before the group and presented the pins and certificates. Boardman: Mrs. Nat nan Thorpe, Mrs. Earl McQuaw, Mrs. Delbert Carpenter, Mrs. l u Daniels, Gunnar Skoubo, Roy Partlow, and Bob Slcard. Irrigon: Mrs. Larry Schaad, Mrs. Charles Early, Mrs. Roy Da vis, Mrs. M. E. Hadwick, Mrs. Fred Murtishaw, Mrs. Perry Pum mel, Mrs. Ward Honey, Mrs. Lloyd Franke, Mr. and Mrs. El mer Zehner,,Mr. and Mrs. Wll lard Lepper, Buford" Wither- spoon, Max Jones, Bob Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snyder, William Parker, and Mrs. Andrew Sklles. Thirteon outstanding boys and girls were presented with coun ty medals of achievement, in various phases of 4-H work. Certificates of community ser ice were presented to the 4-H leaders. Mrs. Charles Early, Irrigon, served as chairman for the par ty. She was assisted by Mrs. Del bert Carpenter, Mrs. Fred Mur tishaw, Mrs. Earl McQuaw, and Mrs. Llovd Franke, and other -H parents and junior leaders. Grade School Honor Band On Tour The 40-piece Heppner Grade School Honor Band will play two concerts on a tour tomorrow. The young musicians will leave by school bus at 7:00 a.m. from the grade school and pre sent a concert at the Fossil high school at 9. A trip to the fossil beds has been arranged for 10 to 11:30, hen lurch at the school cafe teria. At 1 p.m. they will play a con cert at Kinzua, followed by a conducted tour through the Kin zua Corporation mill. Arnold Melby, director, said the tour was arranged to give the children experience perform ing before audiences and as a special treat for the hard work they have been doing. Lasi spring the Honor Band played concerts at the high schols of the county. Thanksgiving Services Planned A special Community Thanks service will be held at the Meth odist church Thanksgiving eve, at 7:30. The program Is spon sored by the Heppner Ministerial Association. The Rev. Rod MacKenzie of the lone Community church will be guest speaker, Gordon Pratt will be soloist and Mrs. Victor Kreimeyer will be organist The public is invited to attend this special worship. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sumner were visiting last weekend with his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lovgren. The men went elk hunting and Mr. Sumner ex pects to be here this week end to take in some more hunting. . Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, Farm-City Week la Nov. 18 24. Soonaored by Klwanla In ternatlonal. Farm City Week la celebrated throughout the United States as a means of creating better understanding of each group problem, op portunities and kind of liv ing. Locally Farm City Week will be observed at an annual hinouet. for the past five years co-sponsored by the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and the Heppner Soli Conservation District. It wilt be held at St. Patrick'! Darlsh hall. Nov. 23, beginning at 6:00. An Interest- Ins oroeram has been plan ned. Tickets are now on sale. Charles O'Connor Re-elected Mayor Of lone Charles O'Connor was re-elected mayor In the recent election with 134 votes and Mrs. How ard Crowell was also re-elected recorder with 131 votes. Mrs. Cleo Drake, who has been filling the vacancy created by the death of Echo Palmateer, was elected city treasurer with 134 votes. Three councllmen were elect ed: Fred Martin with 108 votes, Roy Llndstrom with 133, and Omar Rletmann with 128. Bill Rletmann, James Barnett and Mrs. Aloha DeSpain are hold overs on the city council. GAZETTE TIMES OUT EARLT NEXT WEEK The Gazette-Times will be out on Wednesday next week due to Thanksgiving coming on the regular publication day. Anyone wishing to put articles or advertising In the paper should have the copy In one day earlier them usual Correspondents are also re quested to observe the earlier publication date. Tax Collection Slower This Year Tax collection In the county Is running behind previous years, according to Sheriff C- J. D. Bau man. Less of the county taxpay ers met the Nov. 15 deadline for their 1960-61 payments than in previous years. Changes in assessed valua tion and other factors have made a change in the top taxpayer for the county. Kinzua Enter prises, operators of the mills at Heppner and Kinzua, became the ble-eest taxpayer with a total property tax in the county of $76,405.15. The tax on stanaing timber holdings in the county for the company showed an Increase of 43 per cent over last year, a company spokesman said. In 1959-60, Heppner Pine Mills paid a tax of $15,422.30 and Kinzua, who bought them out, paid a to tal of $35,210.17. Union Pacific, previously first, became the second largest tax- ... a . a payer witn a propeny tax oi $64,885. Company officials said Morrow county ranks seventh among the 19 Oregon counties to whom the Union Pacific will pay a total tax of $1,338,996 this year. The railroad said it also paid $343,000 In miscellaneous state taxes. Morrow County Grain Growers was the third largest tax payer with a 1960-61 tax of $25,07750. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. Thursday 54 35 .01 Friday 54 36 .19 Saturday 54 34 .02 Sunday 55 38 .03 Monday 30 Tuesday 44 33 .07 Wednesday 55 41 .05 Maximum temperatures, 62 Minimum. 33 Rainfall for the week for J37 of an inch. Total for the year is 11.43 inches. November 17, I960 U M ES "7"7U Vnif Mumkar 37 (fill I v-vii, i iuihuu Monday Expect 275 To Hear Speaker and Report Morrow County Grain Grower will hold their thirtieth annual meeting Monday at the fair pa vlllon at Heppner, according to Al Lamb, manager. Dr. Harold Holland, agrlcul tural economics department. Oregon State College, will ad dress the growers on agrlcul tural adjustments. The annual report will show a net profit for the closing year of approximately $146,000. Wlthl a membership of over 400, the accvmulated earnings since 19531 are In excess of one million dol lars, Lamb said. Three directors will be elected to three-year terms and seven associate directors will be nam ed for terms of one year. Dlrec tors whose terms have expired and who have not chosen to run again are Lloyd Howton, Herm Iston, and Vernon Munkers, Lex Ington. The term of Elmer Palm er, Heppner, has also expired. To fill the vacancies the nominat ing committee has named El mer Falmer for re-election; E. Harvey Miller Jr., Lexington, and Walter Jacobs, lone. About 275 people are expected to attend the 6 p.m. dinner meet ing. Women of the lone Grange will serve the Morrow County 4-H reserve champion steer. Spe cial prizes have been donated to add to the evening. PPfirL Tax Payment More Than $15,000 In Morrow County Pacific Power & Light Com pany reported Wednesday Its net payment of property taxes In Morrow County for the current 19G0-61 fiscal year will be $15, 812.36, an increase of 20.9 per cent over the property tax pay ment of a year ago. Local Agent Fred Glmble said the increase also is reflected in the grand total of $2,964,000 of net property taxes to be paid 27 Oregon counties before the November 15 deadline. He said the Oregon total represents a 13 percent Increase over the total of $2,626,153 paid Oregon coun ties a year ago. The PP&L manager said the increase in the local property tax payment reflects additions of new electric installations to the local system to assure a high stan(jard of services to customers Jn the distrlct. wm mm PUBLISHES RESEARCH REPORT W. James Popham, second ary teacher at Heppner in 1954-56, has completed a year long research on the associa tion of out-of-school activities of teachers and teacher class room effectiveness. The report Is published in the November issue of The Nation's Schools, a national magazine. Lloyd Scott Standlee 13 co-author and worked with Popham In the survey. James Popham is now assis tant professor, department of education and psychology, Kansas State College, Pitts- ; burg. Standlee Is associate pro fessor, University of Florida. Wheat Growers Adopt Resolutions Tad Miller, Lexington, was elected president of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Assoc iation for 1961 at the annual meeting here last week. Paul Tews, lone, was elected vice president, and N. C Anderson, Heppner, was re-elected secre tary. Fifty area farmers attended the meeting and drafted pro grams for work and recommen dations for the association, the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the National Association of Wheat Growers. These recom mendations will be presented at the annual Wheat Growers New School Board Member Pick wtlkiruwa llfi'inrr. wat I .ln!nd to th M trr -w Coun iy $4 haul Pltrlct .No. 1 board Monday night fallowing the res U'natlon of AI Bunth. Heppner. Wllklnkon mi sworn In and took part In action t.f the U ard at their regular meeting Bunch resigned due lo prrur of hutlnrss and Illness In the family. For hla long service on I trr loua school boards aa well ' I' . , , mm it iv I'lnrm iH'ajiii, mirr appreciation wat formally dl rected to be n-nt the resigning member. Wilkinson will serve on the aeven-man board until the next regular school election In May. s I na nch was on a three year term. lection next May will be for a one-year term to flit the unex h?jr: portion. Schmidt, Heppner. wat hired by the board to teach home I economics In Heppner High School for the balance of the! year. Recommendations on board policy at presented to the board by advisory boards of the dis trict and at presented by the ad ministration were studied. Fol- - 1 lowing a lengthy discussion they Iwere tabled to be taken up at a special meeting which will be I called to consider them. In further action, the board gave Its approval for the pur chase of a strip of property In eluding a house In lone known as the Klncaid property, for Tfinn n.. 1 . .a it... . I . V'v. ... r me iooiuau iiciu ana win dci used as additional school site. Officers of th Morrow Co. Farm Bureau have announced that a meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22. at th Bill Baxratt home tn Heppner. Th meeting will begin at 8 pan. Tatone Re-elected Boardman Mayor Joe Tatone, Incumbent mayor of Boardman, was re-elected un I opposed In last week's election There wore several write-In votes casi. Bixiy-eigm ai me n "g- Istered voters In the city cast their votes. Kesuits or lour year terms on the city council, witn tnree to De eiectea, were uewey wesi, j; setn Kusseu. i; i.iuchb, 49; W. C Hendrix, 34. In the con- test ror city recoracr-ireasurer Ernaoei Mitteisaori receivea oo votes, ana msdci Alien, ai, ior the post vacated by Bernice Kuhn. Successful Year For Morrow County Rodeo The 1960 Morrow County Rodeo association naa one or us mosi . .a ii i successful years, according to of- flcials of the event, iteceipis ior this year totaled ,d.oj. nua ... i tn m a rtr rrtLl. I is several nunarea aonars on- ter than it has been for many years. In commenting on the success- ful shows members or me ttoaeo Committee said they would like to thank the Kinzua Corp., Hep- pner, for the saddle donated for the Morrow county amateur can ropers; Hamley & Co., Pendle- ton, for the Northwest Bucking Championship saddle; the B.P.- O.E., Heppner; the I.O.O.F. lodge, Heppner; Agri-Chem and Dave Hynds, whose substantial do- nations helped maKe tne roaeo a money-maker this year. Others mentioned were Hep-pner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce for their outstanding Job of ticket taking. The fine co-operation of the Fair Board has been especially appreciated, the committee said. They announced that new cor rals and chutes for the stock are now being built to insure an even better rodeo next year. at Meet League meeting In Portland Dec. It o. Eighteen recommend a t i o n s were made by the taxation and legislation committee, headed by Fredrick Martin, lone. One of these deal with basic school ap portionment where they asked consideration for operating costs of Individual districts unless It be simplified with 80 percent being distributed on flat grants and not more than 20 percent for equalization. Other recommendations of the group Included uniform and up to date assessment practices be adopted throughout the Elate; (Continued on Page Four) I Stale Park Being Promoled For County The ptMiMllty of a Mat pk In south Mrrw county was out llnrd by Alvlrt Wag-nblat at Ihe Monday Chamber tf Com-mm- mertlng. WagenbUnt had attmded a merting in Salem lat wtt k of the State I'aikt Commis sion. t aid thai cuunty Judgra and ... MnimUunwi from mail of the i - - - -- - - - counties In Oregn were preaent and that thry reported atat owned parka had greatly In- created tourltd buatnets tn their counties. Governor Hatfield addreael the group and said that during the past year the tourtit bual- - lneiu In the state had been 1170 I million dollars; an Increase of 1 24 per cent over the previous I year. The Governor also alu I that hit office wat promoting recreational areas In connection with the proposed Space Age Park at Boardman. Some of the counties had many state parks, Wagenblast said; one at high as 20, Morrow coun ty has none at present He told t hose attending the Salem meet ng that both the granges and the chamber of commerce had petitioned the Morrow court to take action to promote a state park on Chapln creek at th Pine Mill location. He Indicated that the State Parks Commission was Impress- ed with the location and the need of a park In south Morrow and said that a meeting with commission personnel was ex pected to be arranged here In the near future. Judge Oscar Peterson reported on a neanng at saiem oi me State Highway Commission which he attended to promote improvement of the Spray road. He said the request was taken under consideration by the com mission. Attending this meeting with the Judge last week were Dick Wilkinson and Milton Ble- gel. In other actions, the chamber voted to Invite the winning lone Cardinal football team as spe cial niinct nf tho chamber at ,he Town and Country banquet wh,.h wll, h hld at tne Cath. Uc parish hall Nov. 28. Robert vm Houte was aooolnted to aka th- arrangements. na-ley Young, chairman of the ert iWrtrntlrur rnmm ttee. re- ...-j that Christmas decora- j (jons wouid be put Up on the streeta of Heppner the weekend .ftr Thankstrlvlntr. Heppner Music Department Presents Fall Concert A good audience attended the fall concert of the Heppner school music deDartment at the hIh school auditorium Tuesday . . . nipht. Under the direction or AT- noj(j jfelby four bands and the hiph school chorus presented an " ... evening of musical entertain- men Special soloist was Miss Joyce Messier, who accompanied her- RPt on the piano and sang sev- erai numbers. The nrocrram opened with three numbers by the beginner's hand, whose members had had ony sjx Weeks of music instruc- tjori( an(j progressed through the intermediate band, the grade ohool Honor Band and the high schooj band. Mrs. Fred GImbel was accompanist for the num- bers sunfir hv the high school cnorus. Boy Scout Fund Drive Occurs Monday A kick-off breakfast will be held Nov. 21 at 7:00 at the Meth odist church for the annual Boy Scout fund drive. The Methodist Men's group will serve. Main speaker will be a member of the Blue Mountain Council execu tive board. The one-day collection cam paign will be under the direc tion of four captains Ralph Richmond, Gene Pierce, Victor Kreimeyer and Earl Ayres. Sixty-nine boys benefit from the scouting program locally In one troop of 15 headed by Avery Taylor, scoutmaster; and one pack of 54 headed by Gene Hall, cubmaster. OMISSION FROM 4-H ACHIEVEMENT STOHT The county agent's office neg lected to announce in last week's story of the 4-H achievement party that the first, third, fifth and tenth year pins are fur nished to all 4-K members by the First National Banks of Ore gon. Certificates for the Interven ing years are given by the De partment of Public Instruction-
