Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, June 29, 1961
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78fh Year, Number 17
Grass Fires
Hit Friday
West of City
Th flrt era is firvs t the
season came two In on day
rri.uy.
Toe rul fail mm ftvrltrd by
, :ne i-Tai nre ovprtmvnl at p 43
i. m whrn grass vkk burning
the Malt Itui:hca purr at the
i.urthutKt ngf vt town. Fir
rhlff r. A Kueeh-s mM tht
mal) ! smoking near the
rt'tk probably started the
fUrm-v The iL jnrtment qultkly
tipnnciit the (ire under control.
hut not In fore It had burned a
strip about 1M fert long and
15 to IS feet wide along the
(r.w.w
At 2:00 u. m. the volunteera liV . ( ) ;1 j '1
were aealn called out when fire
f.i nned by strong Mind, got away
fnm a railroad maintenance
rew working near the Union Pa
i lflc depot. Starting on the Robert
Currin proiH'tty, the flames
quickly spread over about 40
uews IWore being contained. One
shed burned up. anHher was
j'yo.1. and chief Ruggles said
i-nly foaming water covering
saved the houne. The wind carried
the blaze up the hill and In
one place over the top
It was a difficult Ire to fight
fa-cause it moved no fast In the
dry grass and strong wind. Men
on the lire lopartment lougnt
It for over one and one-half hours
befoie bringing It under control.
Warning Issued
Chief Ruggles again warned I THE 196! queen and court for the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo or shown at their first appearance Juno 10 and 11 at tho Junior
the public to be careful about I Rodeo In John Dor From loft art Princess Sandra Eubank, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Eu banks, lone, sponsored by Willows
grange; Princess Marlon Fetich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, Heppner. sponsored by Lexington grange; Queen Joan Mo,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mo. Heppner. sponsored by th Rodeo association; Princess Ronnie Belsma. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cordon O'Brien, Heppner. sponsored by th Lena community; and Princess Pat Partlow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Part
low. Boar dm an. sponsored by th Tlllicum club. Th girls will make their second appearance July 4 at th Ukiah rodeo In Dklah and
will be presented at th kick-off danc July IS at th fair pavilion In Heppner. They will make their principal appearance at
th Rodeo, Sept 2 and 3.
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Early Completion Seen
For Gas Pipe Line Ditch
Wfik .n the t .ijvlin t 1ie U a ii.it.Ulty that l rt
going f4t.r and fter, amrd-tf ti trtwnl vw will remain
irg to IKnt KeynoM. Hirchailng I hi r Mt jklng tn equipment W.
i-eni f..r WVktrrn ripllne. Inc. I lowing irr.j'Iftlo!i cf the ditch.
Ueyn'Id ald that part it htlllio;g!i r nolds said this had
115 man crew has already fin. I n. t Urn verified
UVd The firt rf the wetk thel H-a1joaitfi f,.r Wcktern ripe
d.t. h U:g:'( were working 8 1 line Mere moed lu-r front dn
n iii n.nih of bne. abiut 13d.n June 11. I.Htlng on the
r-;:. fr.m their p.lnt tf term-1 Morrow County s li. l dUtrkt
r.u.-.t Wish the smaller crew I bu terminal adjacent to the f air-
j i. k' uiMnfiiud to ;ilmt oiiel rrour.lk. When the pi) lrt)lr.g
n ile -r day. lireM- is Moiklng In this area,
Tfce ivluj intend to thelthiy Mill aUi um the same fa-
!.tiiii nv. which Mill Mlowrllitie. Ti ir vntrait mIUi th
tii I'.cop. Tliey are iiom- i.jx-r-1 hoed k:-iuU until Aurut 15.
aung r.esr Madra and are cov-1 The t.Mi i imi pie laying crew
erix;- tl1(. gittund mote quickly I Mill ! follow f.i ly a umaller
tan auticipaUNl. t-nolds said. I ctoiip vh will d the covering
He gae credit to the Hvdap I anl rt'lifilng the Mil to a con
Partly to the terrain cowred and I ditlon vlu re Mill md blow.
p.ittl) to the fact that the men I Tln , iilmh g pirn-Hue will
vn able to Moik together faster
than evpitted.
j Light Plane Crash
,h Injures Pilot Here
takf nrt.iml gas from the ivntral
Albeit n field In Canada t Ihe
San FminiM-o Bay area. It 1
Kin;' built fr Pacific tSan and
Tiausmihi.iii Co. at an Invest
ment tf orot'nd U'O million dol
lar, wlili mote than half this
nmcunt f-ent In Oregon.
; li expHted to flow In the
neo line in the early Minter of
1W162.
Chamber Members
, Ask Information
fire. The Met spring and mild
winter have combined to make
an exceptionally heavy growth
of grass this year and now that
it is drying out, fire hazard Is
hlh
Ruggles reminded Heppner
residents that burning of trash
is strictly prohibited. This In
eludes burning In trash burners.
All garbage is to be hauled to
the city dump where proper pre
cautions can be taken to keep
fire from spreading
$25 First Prize
Claimed Saturday
In Lucky Bucks
Twenty five dollars top prize
money was claimed by Leonard
Kummerland, Heppner, In the
Lucky Buck drawing Saturday.
Other winners were Rhoda
Breeding, $10, and JoAnn Temple
ton and Martha Van Scholack,
each $1.00.
Next Lucky Buck drawing will
be July 8.
Free parking Is being provided
by the city for those taking ad
vantage of the special bargains
featured by merchants of the
town at these drawings. All
meters are hooded with sacks
promoting Lucky Bucks.
Anyone who has not registered
is asked to do so. It is only
necessary to register once. The
name Is then keyed with a num
ber and stays on file. LaVerne
Van Marter, Jr., who Is In charge
of the file, reports that 965
names had been listed by Mon
day. Registering can be done at
any of the 61 business estab
llshments participating in the
program.
Drivers Caution
Advised on Holiday
Holiday traffic is expected to
be heavy and all available Ore
gon State Police personnel will
be assigned to tranic patrols,
State Police Superintendent H. G.
Malson states.
Maison said officers will again
use lighted headlamps during
daylight hours to call the atten
ion of the public to the presence
of patrol cars.
The Fourth holiday period will
begin at 6 p. m. Friday and last
until midnight Tuesday, a total
of 102 hours. Last year In the
78-hour holiday period 8 lives
were lost, nearly 200 were Injur
ed in 459 accidents.
Morrow County Sheriff C J. D.
Eauman requested that all area
resident? use extreme caution on
the highways. "Drive safely and
enjoy a good holiday," the Sher
iff advised.
WEATHER
Hi Low
Friday j 56
Saturday 92 w
Sunday 95 56
Monday 95 54
Tuesday 80 41
Wednesday 78 41
Thursday 73 47
Maximum temperature. 95.
Minimum, 41.
No precipitation this week. To
tal for th remains 9 67 Inches.'
State to Consider
Cutsforth Park
The possibility of Cutsforth
Park becoming a state park was
brought up at Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber or commerce
Monday.
Orvllle Cutsforth, who orlg
Inally gave the land to a non
profit park association five years
ago, said there Is more land ad
jacent to the present park which
he would deed to the park If it
Is considered desirable to en
large the area.
The state park bureau is to
have someone Inspect the park
within the next 60 days to make
a report on whether or not It
could become a part of the state
system of public parks.
Bids on Highway
At Boardman Set
The Oregon State Highway
Commission received bids for the
construction of about 11 miles on
the Boardman Junctlon-Irrlgon
Section of the Old Oregon Trail
and Columbia River Highways
Tuesday.
The bids were for grading,
paving and structures.
The plans call for the construc
tion of a new Interchange south
east of the present Junction with
U. S. 730 on the Old Oregon
Trail, and about 9 miles of 2 lane
roadway on the Columbia River
Highway. The road will be on the
new and Improved alignment
above the proposed pool eleva
tlon of the John Day Dam Reser
voir. The roadway will have two
12-foot lanes of asphaltic con
crete flanked with 10-foot paved
shoulders.
This work is scheduled for
completion by the middle of the
summer of 1962.
Auto Climbs Guy Wires
As Driver Dodges Doggie
On lucky dog bad his day
Monday night and thanks to
tho compassion of a woman
driver, ho Is living to enjoy
other days. However, the wo
man's car wound up in a pre
carious position on telephone
pole guy wires.
Mrs. Joe Yocum. Lexington,
swerved to avoid the animal
coming down her side of the
road on the northwest side of
town Monday night then won
dered what had happened to
her No road remained. It was
n't until men from nearby
houses opened the car doors
and started helping the occu
pants that they realized they
had climbed two guy wires
of a telephone pole.
Only the rear bumper was
left on the ground.
And worst of alL Mrs. Yo
com reports, the dog stood by
and wagged his tail while she
wondered what to do.
A wrecker was called and
by Jacking up the rear of the
car, was able to tilde it back
down the cables.
Mrs. Yocom, who says she
did not feel like driving by
then, called her husband at
th Xlnzua mill shop wher
he is employed, to driv on
home. A bent rear bumper was
the only sign of the accident
on the sedan.
Others in the car, who
thought when they left home
that the only excitement that
evening would be a trip to the
show, were the three Yocom
children. Jack, 2, Millie, 5, and
Debbie, 6; Mrs. Fred Paplneau
and Keith, 3. all of Lexing
ton. The accident occurred as the
group was returning to Lex
ington. Mrs. Yocom says she still
likes dogs but hopes in the
future they stay out of her
way.
Most Stores To Be
Open on July 3
4th Holiday Means
Early Copy Needed;
Lucky Buck Day Set
Because next week will be
interrupted by the July 4 holi
day, the Gazette-Times staff
will need news matter and
advertising copy early. Cooper
ation of the public will be ap
preciated. Complicating the newspaper
problem is the fact that next
week is also a Lucky Buck
week. Merchants who can turn
in advertising on Friday, June
30. for Lucky Buck day, will
receive hearty appreciation
from the paper stafL A tele
phone call to the paper (6
9228) will bring a representa
tive to pick up copy. Mon
day will b deadline for dis
play advertising.
Correspondents and others
are advised of the need for
early copy. too. in order that
the staff may also enjoy th
holiday.
Business as usual will be the
keynote In Heppner on Monday,
July 3, the day before the Fourth
of July. Most business houses
will be open the same hours
as any other Monday. However,
some have announced plans to
close Monday as well as for the
holiday, July 4, when all will
be closed.
At a Chamber of Commerce
meeting several months ago, it
was the majority decision that
local businesses will close only
on legal holidays.
KINZUA CORPORATION
DOWN FOR 10 DAYS
Employees of Kinrua Corp.
will start vacation when the
mill closes down for 10 days.
Last operation will be at close
of the night shift Friday, with
work to be resumed Monday
morning, July 10.
Maintenance and repair
crews will be working during
the closure.
Lowell Cribble
Wins Golf Contest
A lulit plane clashed In a
fi.-M next to the Klnua Corp.
landing field InM Thursday after
noun. The pilot escaped with no
I roketi fames but may have nus
tained Internal Injuries.
Waller Wolfington, 55, Van
couver. Wn.. was returning to
hi home after upending a day .Members or iieppner-Morrow
with hi.H sun and dauehter ln- iuruy inamiw or lommerce
law. the Rev. and Mrs. II. A. nave requests speaker from
Wolfineton. when the sincle- the U. S. Army corps or tngin
engine conked out. Tire p!ne wrs to PPar at a meeting In
was at about 75 feet, and the M"c near imure. tnamDer mem
pilot was unable to return to the bers 8,a,od thpy wished to know
field me pians ine torps nas ior re
Ills son, who had driven him location of the road on the lower
to the Diane, saw the crash. " ow creen wiin me compiei
The nlane hit on one wlntr. then Ion t the John Day dam,
nosed over I iiequesiea aiso was mior
Wolflneton was broueht to a matlon about plans for recreation
local doctor for x ravs. He had and Industry In the same area
suffered no broken bones so Rev. decision grew our. or a ro
and Mrs. Wolfinpton drove him quest from the Arlington cham
to his Vancouver home. The lo cooperate w.wi mai Kroup
next morninir he was admitted"1 sKlnB "ie mgnway commis
' -1 . . 1 1. T I ...... ,t
to a hnsnltal there. It la reported
Lowell Grible, Heppner, won he may have internal injuries. n(w road t0 Arlington;
the final play off in the Cham- The plane was considered re-
i.nr snnnsnrPft Unio.in.fino Ton. palrable, but at such a prohlbl
test last Sunday afternoon. His Uve ost that U ,s JudRcd a total
winning deii ieu one iooi mree
inches from the cup, bringing
Second place with a 510 prize damage or UWU
went to Clinton McQuarrie who When gasoline spewed from
Truck Firo Costs
Swim Pool Hours
Set For July 4
The Heppner swimming pool
will be open July 4 from 1 until
5:00 p. m. and closed In the
evening.
The next two weeks of Red
drove to three feet three-fourths filled tanks on an International Cross swimming classes will not
SPECIAL MEETING
Attention Little League
coaches and board members;
a meeting is set for tonight
(Thursday) in the Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant' office im
mediately following the Indian-Braves
game.
inch. Harlan McCurdy Jr. was
third with a ball measuring six
feet from the cup. He won $5.00.
Daily prize money of $5.00
went to Bill Collins on Friday
and Sunday and McCurdy on
Saturday.
Because of conflicts which
took many golfers out of town
during the contest the commit
tee said there was not as many
entered as last year. The con
test did pay it's own way and
raised about $70.00 which the
chamber will use to retire bonds
for lighting the rodeo grounds.
No one made a hole In one In
the four Inch center cup, though
many came close. The golden
trophy will be retained by the
chamber for the contest next
year.
Blakneys Purchase
Prosser Drug Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blakney,
owners of Phil's Pharmacy, Hepp
ner, announce the purchase of
Tower's Drug Co. at Prosser, Wn.
The sale contract calls for
Blakney's to take possession July
1.
Mr. and Mrs. Blakney plan to
sell their business here and have
listed their home for sale.
aotnt triple owned bv Dr. John begin until Wednesday, July 5,
Gulss In Basey canyon Saturday, with registration at that time.
a fire resulted that caused $2000 ine nrsi iwwcem swimming
damage to the truck. Fire Chief lessons will end Friday with the
Ruggles said that the truck was youngsters ihruik uier u.-is.
hotnr driven un a hill when the Adults Interested in lessons are
gasoline spilled. The motor back
fired and set the gasoline ablaze.
Heavy equipment being hauled
on the truck was saved and
damage was confined to the
area of the cab and motor.
Men of the Heppner fire de
partment responded to a call to
the scene, five miles from Hepp
ner. The alarm was sounded at
12:30 p. m. Saturday, the chief
said.
to call Mrs. Tom Hughes after
5:00 p. m. New classes will be
gin on July 5.
Mrs. Bill Labhart will be In
charge of the swim team begin
ning next week. The team mem
bers will enter competition In
Hermiston Friday at 0:30 p. m.
Clinic Scheduled
At Hospital July 5
Another in the series of county
TB and health clinics will be
held at Pioneer Memorial hos
Dital Wednesday. July 5, free for
county residents of 16 years of
a ge and over. Hours win De irom
7 td 8:30 p. m.
Regular TB checkups are urged
since one can be In contact witn
a case of active tuberculosis
without knowing it. Those who
have never before come In con
tact with TB germs are partic
ularlv vulnerable and frequent
tests or chest x-rays are aesir
able. One case of infectious tu
berculosls In a community Is a
great hazard.
Soroptimists Install, Hear Talk on Schweitzer
By HELEN SHERMAN
"The world's most dedicated
humanitarian and philanthro
pist, with a resolve to use his
life in atonement for the dark
man's sufferings," was the de
scription given Dr. Albert
Schweitzer by the guest speaker,
Mrs. Carl Staver of Portland, at
the 14th annual installation ser
vices of the Soroptimist club
Saturday evening at the Epis
copal parish hall.
Mrs. Staver wis one of 14
scholars' and professional people
chosen to travel to Africa last
year to live in Dr. Schweitzer's
hospital in Lambarene, French
Africa, for 11 days to study his
work there and return to help
prepare a digest report of his
basic philosophy of life in his
service to man. In an Interest
ing series of "Verbal snapshots"
u. w ' .J AW.
ifiiie itnauicu u.c uip auu Uic l
challenging experiences of living j
and working as one of Dr.
Schweitzer's hospital staff, study
ing first hand his reverence and
philosophy and concern for all
men, devoting himself to every
problem concerning life that has
reached his life, and especially
to working with the tropical
diseases of the African people.
The speech was very much in
keeping with one of the club's
goals of better international un
derstanding and good will. Mrs.
Staver Is secretary to the dean
of the humanities department
at Lewis and Clark college, and
a devoted scholar in the field
of philosophy and education. She
was accompanied at the meet
ing by her husband.
Mrs. Jim Hager served as
toastmlstress for the evening, In
troducing Ed Conry, who ex
tended greetings on behalf of
Mayor Al Lamb who was un
able to be present Mike White
smith, president of the Chamber I
of Commerce responded in be
half of that organization. In
troduction of members and
guests followed and dinner was
served by girls of the Rainbow
Assembly prepared by ladies of
the Episcopal parish.
Each member was called upon
to tell how she had earned
$5 as a contribution to the schol
arship fund. Winning in compe
tition was Mrs. Gonty who had
earned hers "plnch-hlttlng" In
restaurant work.
Gordon Pratt entertained with
a piano solo, "Fantasy," by Mo
zart, and Miss Karen Lundell
delighted the group with the
piano number, "Second Waltz,"
by Chopin.
Installing officer was Mrs. Be
atrice Canfield of Hood River,
making a challenge to the club
to be active in its work during
the coming 40th anniversary
year of the organization in Ore
now 1350 clubs in "orbit" around
the world, making great ac
pnmDiishments in the past 39
years of service.
Officers installed, some in ab
sentia, were Mrs. Ed Gonty, pres
ident; Mrs. Effle Gunderson, vice
president; Mrs. Rod Murray, re
cording secretary; Mrs. Loyal
Parker, treasurer, Mrs. Jim
Thomson, corresponding secre
tary; and Miss Leta Humphreys,
board member. Each was pre
sented a corsage. Past presidents
pins were presented Mrs. Rolce
Fulleton and Mrs. C, E. McQuar
rle, retiring presidents. As a to
ken of appreciation to Mrs. Fulle
ton for her work In completing
the past year, a spray of yellow
rosebuds was presented to her.
Mrs. Gonty closed the meeting,
expressing appreciation to Mrs.
Hager for presiding over the pro
Cram, and to others who had
taken part, as well to members
con, and stating that there are I and guests attending.
Church of Nazorene
Pastor Arrives Here
The Rev. M. Carlton Sober, for
merly of Arcadia, Calif., arrived
In Heppner with his family Fri
day to assume his duties as pas
tor of the Church of the Naz
arene here. With Mrs. Sober and
son, Robert Ward, 1, the new
pastor is living in the parsonage
at 190 E. Quald.
The Rev. Sober has completed
graduate work at Pasadena Naz
arene college and he served as
associate minister for three years
in three churches In the area,
Including Panorama City.
First services with the new
pastor In the pulpit were con
ducted Sunday in the Seventh
Day Adventist church, where the
Nazarene church meets.
The Rev. Sober succeeds the
Rev. Robert Whybrew who has
moved to St Maries, Idaho.
Limited Number
Of Special Papers
Available for Sale
A limited number of copies
of this special edition of the
Gazette-Times are available
for sale to the public at the
regular price of 10c per copy,
and they will be sold while
they lost
The paper staff will wrap
and mail copies of the paper
for those wishing them to be
sent to friends or relatives.
Charge for each copy mailed,
including postage, will be 25c
paid in advance. Phone orders
cannot be accepted.
Two thousand copies of the
special sections of the paper
were printed for the Chamber
of Commerce to be given to
newcomers to the county. In
addition, the paper has printed
500 beyond its regular circ
ulation for those who may
want extras. When this supply
Is gone, no more will be avail
able.