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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I supervision in th pool
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 6. 1961
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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structlon Co.. Portland, was ac-
n- .im -
mai-iy """" Vo wm
city streets. The bid was $2,8S0.
ti, invu hid of Johns Manvllle,
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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.