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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1961)
L 1 BHARY u or o c v : 5 rj z . o a c . Court Appoinls -Oliver Creswick County Assessor (!.t-r l"r Uii mm appointed ;.,rri county awr Wednes day in ain by the county nuit. The appointment take cf--it immediately. ( rrui. k U irtner and Oprr f CrrkMkU'k Mortuary, cum- ij tivit) 1 2 year sko fnm Ba V r whrfe hp had worked In iiiu.it.ar. It ii the county croner tt S rar. 1W2 to 190U !!c 1 wn;hl((ul manter of l!fCnf l!ge N". K. AT. I A M and rtlj-h priet uf the II. -ppnef Chaptrr No. 26 f the !..! Arvh Man. He Ju fin liii.d a year a worthy patron f Ruth Chapter No. 32 of the Ord. r of F.aMern Star while hU v ife wan wrthy matron. Mr. and Mr. frcuwUk are also active In ii ? Methodist church. They have r ri Mm at home and a mar n.i! daughter In Milton Free- a'r. ;iM'KMr, he replace Harry l. nces. who U ill. Creswlck will r-niiH'e to oK-rate the mortuary. Part-Time Juvenile Counsellor Planned Morrow county will not ahare the services of a Juvenile coun wllor with another county but will have Its own part-time counsellor, it wa announced at th public hearing on the county budget Friday. No one appeared to question any expenditure at the public hearing on the budget and i the curt approved the $153,182.00 fr 1961-62 oeratlon of the county. The budget U within the 6 per cent limitation and la Increased $7,536.00 over last year. Other counties were not In terested in cooperating In the Juvenile program so the local r.ert will hire the services of M,moone within the county who "has had training In guiding youth. The work will be on a part-time basis only. The coun ;,.t.0r will work with county of ficials, youths in trouble, and tixlr families. The sum of $750 was included In the budget for 1961-62 to pro vide this service which is deem el necessary because of lncreas ..oniiii nrohlems in tne lOft J C ( county. Forty Men Battle Slash Fire July 1 Approximately 20 acres of re cently cut-over slash burned ' July 1 in another man-caused fire in the Heppner Ranger Dis trict, the U. S. Forest Service reports. . The lire was spotted in tne Bear creek area, about four mi es mst of the Tupper Guard Sta tion, at 2 p. m. Rangers and lookouts undergoing training In the area were thrown into ac tion lighting it. aided by Kin zua Corp. firefighters and equip ment. About 40 men in all fought K blaze until 6:30 before it was contained. Rav Williamson, of the u. a. forest Service, again Issued a warning to all going nto the woods to be careful of fire. Both the forests and grassy areas are much drier than usual he said without extreme caution bad fires will result. Lutheran Pastor Arrives Friday The Rev. Kenneth Robinson; new 'pastor cf Hope and Valby Lutheran churches, arrived In Heppner with his family Friday. They were greeted at a church picnic at Cutsforth park Sunday and the Rev. Robinson conducted his first services in the outdoors ' Originally of Long Beach, Calif the Rev. Robinson com pleted training for the ministry at Lutheran Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. His wife. Sandra, is from West Seattle, Wn. They have one daughter. Shannon, 2. The family is living In the parsonage near Hope Lutheran church. Sandra Eubanks 4th In Molalla Event Sandra Eubanks. lone came out fourth on the four-day av erage in barrel racing events and von the one-nan roue at the Molalla Buckeroo rodeo this week. Sandra, a princess in this year's Mo. row county fair and rodeo queen's court is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks. lone. She has entered competition in many rodeo events this year and ia winning quite a name as an excellent horsewoman. HEPPNEIrVz 10c Copy Mm Stall After Early Stool An early morning rain which j was general throughout aouth . w m a n A a v brought a quick halt to harvest . I .. M,w.rMt.. rw ing oprraiii-i"i"t"j. landing on how hot It get and how qutcKiy uie ii-iu aorne may be cutting again to day tThursday). The rain waa re ported here at men C. C. Carmlchael brought the . .. i i.... MArimv rnuntv I nea n-rr m mm. i t,rJ, hriov to Morrow County i- : t Pmuvn on June 22. lie cut it on the Karl Miller rancn cui ii on iop J. V. i... ouf ist ivinvton. wnicn I he rent. The Hint neia averagru j""' - : . , i Barratts Sell Business Here; Plan Move Soon Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Barratt Wednesday announced the sale of their business, Barratt Sales Co., effective July 1, 196L to Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Hamlin. The Barratts also are offering their home and other properties here for sale and are building a home at Phoenix. Ariz., where they plan to spend their winters in the future. They said that health reasons made the step ad visable, but they will return to Oregon for the summers accord ing to their plans. The Barratts have operated the sales company since 1948, start ing it as an outgrowth of Hepp ner Motors as an order business and entering the retail field about four years ago. "tt.mii.. hft heen associated ' in the business for the past four . in ..... ..... i ITonnnor years and nas nveu m for about 12 years. The Barratts, whose roots are deep In Morrow county, have made many friends during their many years here. He served as county Judge prior to the term of the present Judge, Oscar Peterson, and both Mr. and Mrs. Barratt have been associated r ovnrpQpfi ineir uiohio to all their customers and com mended the new owners io public. Still Some Copies Of Special Paper Brisk -ale of extra copies of the Welcome Edition of th Gazette-Times was experien ced by the staff after publi cation last Thursday. Cus tomers bought as many 20 copies, and quite a number took 10 or 12 each. The paper still has perhaps 200 copies that are available for sale, and anyone interested may purchase them at the Gasette-Times " per copy. Copies mailed by the paper will be 25c to cover mailing. Younq Swimmers Make 6ood Showing in 'All - 1 training Lessons " 1 , . .-..! to hovs and girls in Heppner began paying off in competition, according to results of an " All-Comers" swim meet in Hermiston Frway. Thp eroup of local boys and girls of ages 8 through 16 who were Instructed by Tom Hughes, competed with swimmers from Hermiston and placed very well for their first time in compe- ''pUcings by Heppner entrants in the free style division were as follows: Boys fieht years and under. Tommy Hughes, first. 12.1. Bovs nine and 10: Kent Pratt, second; Kevin Pratt, third. Girls nine and 10; Pam Hughes, second. . Boys 11 and 12: Jimmy herty, first. 25.1. Girls 11 and 12: Linda Heath. lUUlilt. Boys 13 and 14: Dean Lovgren. second; Don CreswiCK. iniru, n Rrue Soencer, lounn. nice Spencer, wunii. Boyi 15- and 16: Greg Pierce. G AZE s Irtairvesfl aUut one ton to the acre. Thl waa considered heavy, however. an4 others do not expect as ...l. An at'raff (or rat OI It-Id In the county had not been ? figured this week. Ti. rirf uhxii ua dt-livered July 1 when both Jack Barak and Stanley Kemp brought one load eacn 10 " ' w. e,.Vator. wuihiir ixrmlttlne. barley . kn,iH h in full swine the end of this weeK or ot-gui . ...i.u . nine 01 next. - - nine of next, with wheat a week to 10 days later. The season began earlier tnan .1 thl vear. bv about one week. Extreme heat In late June and drlng winds have taxen some crop toll but It Is too early to Judge tne actual imuum damage. Contrary to conditions In some ...n.n,imiin counties, black rust has not been reported In local barley. On July 4. 100 loads or baney and wheat were received at the North Lexington elevator, oui u elevators were shut down Wed nesday. ai i.mK man a cor of Morrow County Grain Growers, reports that 'most oi me nj- ...nt crrain has been vu niiiit. n shipped. The nine elevators op erated by the co op are expected to provide ample room for stor- Ire this year wun kiu.u only on sale. Loan on barley Is now $J9i oisvator. Lamb per ion in - , a Wheat Is $1.74 per bushel in the elevator. ""he eraln harvest Is big bust- nos. in the county with a nor- mal crop of wheat DnnguiK lor me uuenmK w. .-.v. S oOOOOO and barley, $1,000,000. ,lsting the names of each winner $4,ouo,"uu ' ht hothhr.,eo .hnA names are called r hTrle"v' crops this year :m:.:r:nd USKneeSs of the grain F.!.r" r.!,X" the ppner , U exoec ed to be in op- elevator Is expectea to oe h eration by the end of the weeK or first of next, and lone lm- 4-H to Dedicate Memorial Flag A ceremony dedicating the Bernard Doherty memorial flag pole at 4-H Summer Camp on Herron Creek will be Sunday at 12:00 noon, N. C. Anderson, coun ty agent announces. The newly-erected flag pole with plaque was erected through donations from friends of former 4-H member Bernard Doherty who was killed in an auto acci dent in February, 1960, as a memorial to his active 4-H career. The Morrow County 4-H Council is sponsoring the mem orial service at the conclusion of the annual 4-H Summer Camp. Friends of 4-H and the Do hertys are welcome to attend the service. Comers meet In breast stroke division: Girls 11 and 12: Linda Heath, second. Boys 13 and 14: Don Creswick, second; Dean Lovgren, third; Mark Murray, fifth. Boys 15 and 16: Greg Pierce, first. 155.7. In the back stroke were: Boys nine and 10: Keven Pratt, first; Kent Pratt, second. Boys 11 and 12: Jimmy Do herty. second. Girls 11 and 12: Linda Heath. Boys 13 and 14: Dean Lovgren, second, and Bruce Spencer, fourth. Accompanying the entrants were Mrs. Vic Lovgren. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. William Heath, Father and Mrs. Bruce Spencer and Kathy. and Tom Hughes. Hughes announced that a "lifeline" was Installed Wednes av in the swimming pool. mark in t? a division for easier ...-.- - . I supervision in th pool Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 6. 1961 4 ' r, . i ' THE BEV M. Carlton Sober is new pastor of Tbe Church ol the Naiarene here. He arrlved to conduct first services June Lucky Persons Will Win Bucks Here Saturday Heppner merchants are again preparing for Lucky Buck Day Saturday, July 8. Special bar gains are available at the 61 participating business establish ments, and the public is encour aged to shop early to get the best bargains. A total of $55 will be offered in prizes. First prize will be $25. A $10.00, three $5.00 and five $1.00 prizes will also be announ ced. Rules require the persons named must be present in one of the 61 businesses at the 2:30 t In order to I u. ill. caniiuwi. - wln. The city lr - sou noea m'ube present and must Men- s which -e - s.ren .aln the stores Is required, but after a person has once enterea m i , k Buck event. he need not register for ensuing events. Special free parking Is pro vided by the city for Lucky Buck Days with all meters hooded. City Hall Gets New Paint Job fcoll Interior is much improved by a new paint Job and redecorating. Light green was chosen ior me The work was nunc ia.-. ..v. I,y city workmen. A new floor covering Is ex w.td to be installed when funds are available Plans For Vacation Backfire For Nona Nona Sowell. office girl at Kiniua Corp.. deserves another vacation. At least the one she took didn't turn out the way It was planned. On June 20 at 4 a. m her husband BilL and daughter Marcia left on a long-planned trip. By 8 p. m. they were en loving themselves in a nice JJtaurant with friend. In Portland when 12-year-old Marcia announced her Jaws hurt To help matters along, neither the child nor the hus band of the friends with them had had the mumps. Sine the damage was al ready done. th. Sowell, re turned to their motel and .pent the night driving back home the next morning. Marcia had a light case and was not very ill- Be.t of alL .he had her mother and father home with her. Nona said at least .he got some thing. don that she wanted to do on her vacation. There wasn't anything planned m the house got some new paint th deck and patio wers finished and yard work done, Nona U looking forward to a long week-end somotU no 7Sth Year, Number 18 Fair, Rodeo Court Due al Chamber; Activities Many Quvn Jn Mn' f the Mor row County Fair anil Rodeo and h.-r rlncr will make tneir lnl t.in.ll apearnce kM-ally aii,n iti. v aro HueM of the Heppner Morrow County lit am-lu-r U Commerce Monday at the ciinmlH-r" retul.tr meeting. The traillllonal apfx-aranrr 01 tt.a fir arid rmliHi aueen at the ch.imtH-r mark the beginning of . . i ...itl wet-kly acttvltie- wnicn win con tinue until the rodeo on Sept. 2. Quen Joan will be attended by IYIi)s Marlene Fetach. .'-iii,.rmi hv levlncton crange; Princess Sandra Eubanks. pin ,.r...i iv u'lilnui crane: Irln. cis Ronnie Itelsma. onBorel by the Uni communiij, lrt rtu.A vt Part low. sponsored by the Boardman Tlllicum club. Tt.e queen la sponsored by the ro.leo association. H!rs. John EubanKa. lone, oi tibial hiuran for the court. Z will also be a guesi oi ine i-nm ler. her court n I III J V V . Ksn tiiiwV nromotlnz the fair " ' .. j a n.t r.wt..n at various places around the country last month. June 3 they were ai tne oymy n,Kleo at Spray. June 10 and 11 , V .i.- p.wi,n nev rooe n mt? un.". "- n John Day; the Fourth of July t the tvergreen iiiutis iuuw at Uklah. Plans are now in v- cress for an appearance at Chief t . t'.i.. o-r wnh meori uuyi juiv , tL Ki. k.off Dance will be ., i i..iw is t ii the fairgrounds. Ditching For Pipe Nears Completion . i i Ahnut 22 men are left working --- r..- n'ncirn P no Line Inc. In the area according to Don Reyn olds, company purchasing agent. Most of the original 115-man crew have finished their work and returned to their homes or gone on to other Jobs on the big line. - At present the men are work Ins on the station site at lone. A triple valve is to be put on the line at that point, necessU - UmlA than tatlng a rmxn larger nic " just the ditch for the rest of the 3G-inch pipe. The uitcn is now uuB - point 10 miles souin oi sian- field where tne western .- .. rant Ml r!. exceut for puny iwuiini - . about 2000 teet. This is planted to wheat and cannot be dug un til the crop has been harvested. Reynolds said ne aia noi l..,.f Irwtitr Intl'J th Dresent smaller juai nw , crew would be operating in the area. He predicted inai me ff laving cre-v will be here by the middle of August or to the fast rate of progress be ing made to date. Ex-Resident Dies Mrs. Blaine Chapel has re-...-a r.f fti Heath of Mrs. cciveu wwiu v.. ... Earl Utter in Portland after a long illness. Mrs. Utier was me fromer Clara Bates and a former resident of Haruman. ror h.t past several years she has own ed the Utter Insurance Agency located in tne American Building. Fiffcv 4-H Members Attending Summer Camp r., -omnPN are attending VJVCI KT-J the 4-H summer camp at Cuts forth park in the Blue Moun tains 20 miles southeast of Hepp ner July 6-9, according to Joe Hay and Esther Klrmis, Morrow county agents. Ten older 4-H members, acting as camp counsellors, went up with Hay and Miss Kirmls on Wednesday evening, July 5. to make final preparations and be on hand to welcome the 9-1J year-old campers. Parents and 411 leaders de voted two work days, June 6 and July 2. to ready the camp for this annual event. Youngsters met at the fair grounds at 1 p. m. on Thursday md were taken, via truck, to the park. Parents will get young sters on Sunday, the closing day of this annual 4-H event, and as Z.fJ I 0;, i J RUSSELL BELSHEE (tight). Sherman county rancher, describes .racially constructed cab en no of Uactors used en his ranch to William R. MorrUh ol FoiUand (lelt) and Boo Bew of FendU ton. president of the Oregon Wheat Growers Loague, Cab has special surge tank lor motor and blower system to help deans air In tho cab. Occasion was Oregon Wheat Growers League' recent Contervatlon Man ol the Year rield day on the Hall and BeUhe ranch east ol Mora. Belt bee and his brother-in-law and (arming partner. Mae Hall, wers co-winners ol tho Wheat League's 1960 Conservation trophy. (Stories. Page 4 and ) Phil Blakney Resigns; City Awards Seal Job City council members awarded :ids. accepted a resignation, and hniMlno ermlti In a inrl. meeting Wednesday night. 1 Th hM of Russell Olson Con- i ... ... structlon Co.. Portland, was ac- n- .im - mai-iy """" Vo wm city streets. The bid was $2,8S0. ti, invu hid of Johns Manvllle, ... ..... -- Seattle, of $1,833.69 was accepted fur i2ti feet of 6-lnch water Tragic Auto Wreck Claims 9 Relatives Of Mrs. Duvall ""shor-klni? hews was received ' here Monaay dv rai mnj' nilf "' '. fu ju -i,.- , . 1U.M, T.l. van ceiJinu ui uiv ui am v?" b. , , of her relatives In a single auto truck collision near 2an oernur dino, Calif. Two In the truck were also killed In the headon collision, It was reported. ti, Ana include a first ..,,i r,i tra Duvall. Civile Gib son of San Bernardino, his wife, two of their sons, a daughter-in-law and four of the Gibsons' grandchildren. The family had just started on a vacation trip to Canada, and they may have planned to stop at Heppner Mrs. Duvall said. north of San Bernaramo im i lie " v . ' 1 o life rinnt naDneneu jum ,aiur-1 day night, and the nine were t a ui jii ion waeron. An nnrt sb id that the trucK swerved across the highway In to the wrong lane, directly In the path of the station wagon. Clyde Gibson was a brother of Oness Gibson, Yakima, Wn., and formerly of Lexington. n,..,oii i.ft hv nlane Tuesday for San Bernardino to attend funeral services, one ex pected to return to Heppner Fri day. WEATHER HI Low Prec. 78 29 78 47 88 50 85 60 89 52 86 50 .20 71 49 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Session at Park sist in taking down of the camp. A Sunday camp service is scueu uled for 9:00 a. m. Serving on the camp staff, be u in., virmig and Hav. are: Slues mia ......" - in irriomwpr. Portland, forest inetniptntv Mrs. C A. Ruggles, Heppner, wUd flower in- structor; miss veuua ,.u Heppner, Morrow county health nurse; David Bauer, nw"- Sunday service speaker; Miss Karen Lundell, lone, aau in structor; and Mrs. N. C. Anderson and Mrs. Martha Van Schoiack, Heppner, camp cooks. Camp counsellors include Ron-nu- Belsma, Martha Doherty, and Lihhy Van Schoiack, Heppner; Jean Martin, Kenneth Nelson Bob Rice. Kenneth Smouse, and Karen Lundell. lone; Howard Callff. Irrlgon, and Linda Dan iels. Boardman. ' i ywi wi l' 1 1 l'a pipe and miscellaneous fittings. rhll Blakney. wno nas m-iveu vr,,in.l far nhnllt six vearS. resigned because he Is moving to Trosser. Wn. Ills resignation was accepted. Building permits were Issued to Taclflc Telephone Northwest for an all steel garage and stor age room wun cemeni uuoi, fireproof building, to tie con structed at 255 N. Chase street at a cost of $7,000. Permits for alterations and re pairs were approved for Helen fox nt 535 Elder street ior a flower storage room and work shop to be added to her present residence-at a cost of $5,700; to J. E. LaTrace at 690 Sperry street for alterations, cost $500; to Fay Prock at 505 Elder Street, alterations, $100; LeRoy Gardner. 210 Glimore Street, construction of a retaining wall, $750; and Frank Connor. 290 Gilmore Street, repairs, $250. Firemen Act Fast; Control 2 Fires ti,. Mtu flro deoartment was called out at about 10:15 today (Thursday) to a repeat ure v . . r,r,v,rt nirrln property on north edge of lown. Flre hicf Charles Ruggles saia ne ikn,mh ihp flr started from burning underground since the June 23 fire. The same shed was aflame. Chlof Ruggles and his volun i .innirimpnt had the fire out and were back at the station In about 20 minutes. He gave creu it for the quick control to the fact that all grass In the area had heen burned out In the prev- lous fire, so it was 1111" for It to spread. The first fire in the location spread to about 40 acres. Monday the department an swered a call to the Steve Thompson ranch south of town on Willow creek. Chief Ruggles took the rural truck, with about siv men. A grass nre, Parted by smoker's carelessness, " . . 1 in n 10 o rroa consumed bdoui iu iu i Including some fence posts. I was controlled In less than an hour. Quiet 4th Enjoyed By Local People a Fourth of July W8S enjoyed by most residents of the city. Many took advantage of the holiday time 10 k mountains or hold family get-to-pethers and picnics. Others Just Traffic was light In most areas, cx ept in the mountains, w-here W1ne reported driving to CuU forth Park aiea was Just MKe going on Highway 30." No accidents were reported in the area In the total four-day period. , City crews to .k advantage of the lack of traff.c to clean the Main street and side streets in the downtown area.
