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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1961)
LIBRARY U OF 0 c v c t w r . Range Plan As House Approves Dill Th way oi cpparMtly V44rr ,K Slot Or9oa I totala the wtra bolt o the lovdaai bombuif laot for Im te private cntcpaal eta spore "9 IndiutJlal peak. Ths U. I. Itoate of Representative ett rndd iu rules end passed the oot rmio f the trill Ths mxuui has ( mb! to Fretlaeat Ktoaedy. Fair Committee To Hear Reports At Wed. Meeting UVdiutrtlay evening, Scptem lr 27. has been wt for the lime to make suggestions for Improv Ing the i'Mi Morrow county fair, hmrdlng to Mr. Walter Wright, fair committee chairman. Thli annuel meeting of the fair com mitiee, fair board and fair sup erinlcridcnts is to be held at 7:30 i). ni. In the fair annex building Several Items of business will he on the agenda for the even lug. First and most important lUm is to discuss needed Im provements for the 1962 fair. The fair committee and fair board feel that the fair Involves large number of people In the county and welcome their sug gestions for thlncs that might be done to Improve the future of the fairs. The other item of business is to elect a new fair committee member. Each year one mem ber retires from the fair com mittee and a person must be elected to fill this vacancy. Mrs. Wright has asked that all fair committee and fair board members be present at the meet ing as well as all 4-H. FFA and open class superintendents. This year's fair committee con sists of Mrs. Wright, chairman; Bernard Doherty, Bob Jones, Don Greenup, Don Robinson, and Ruth McCabe. If you are unable to attend this Wednesday evening meet ing, you might contact a fair committee member and give them your suggestions before the meeting. . Frank E. Parker Services Held Here Saturday Services for Frank E Parker, 86, were held at the Christian church at 10 a. m. Saturday. The Rev. Charles Knox officiated. Mr. Parker died of a heart at tack on the train Sept. 12 near Centralia, Wn., where he was going to visit relatives. He was born Jan. 29, 1875, near Hillsboro, the son of Curtis P. and Matilda A. Parker. They moved to Morrow county and homesteaded a farm near Lex ington in 1900. He married Tacie Cypert, Lexington, Dec. 21, 1904, at Lexington. They lived on a wheat ranch near Lexington, leaving In 1906 and returning to the county in 1916. He farmed many years near Heppner until his retirement in 1958. At the time of his death, Mr. Parker was a deacon In the Christian church at Heppner, a position he held for many years. He was a 40-year member of Heppner Elks lodge No. 358, was a member of Heppner AF&AM lodge No. 69, Ruth chapter No. 32 of Order of Eastern Star, Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 32 and IOOF Willows lodge No. 66, all of Heppner and the Rhea Creek grange. He is survived by his widow, Tacie, Heppner; a daughter, Marjorie Nelson, Portland; a son, Onez, Tacoma, Wn.; two bro thers, Lester C, Goldhill, and O. C, Santa Rosa, Calif; a sister, Imogene Harris, Pendleton; nieces and nephews. Interment was in Mt. View cemetery, Walla Walla. Active pallbearers were Ger ald Bergstrom, Walter Wright, Millard Nolen, Paul Jones, Bar ton Clark, and Clarence Baker. Honorary pallbearers were Frank S. Parker, Roy Nelll, Charles Jones, John Wlghtman, Raymond Wright, and John Berg strom. Out-of-town guests here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Onez Parker and son David and Mr. and Mrs. A. C Mitchell, Ta coma. Wn; Mrs. Imogene Harris, and Judge and Mrs. W. W. Wells, Pendleton; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker and Noel Kellogg. Salem; Mrs. M. R. Loney, Mrs. Mary Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loney, Walla Walla, Wn, Moves Ahead OlttctoU el the Stat rtaa koiUtllBf the arras eo vet wttli Beeusa Co mdIIm stated that eeastroctlea m th site U especled shortly ef po- 000 f the BM4MIU. The bill mokN it possible lot th Nary I ttse the mi(mb boll ef the (nbI rasa, and lor lb state t UaM le tovtna the MlfB MCtlfttt, Thief Steals Clothes Of College Bound Lydia Van Houte It rou enough to tend daughter off to arhooL Ak any parent of a college girl. But It It worse when one U robbed of everything on the way. Ak Robert Van Houte. who ha just had that exper ience. He and daughter Lydia. a 1901 graduate of Heppner high school, drove to Portland Fri day on the way to register her at the University of Oregon where she will take up mer chandlidng. They registered at a Portland hotel, and found In the morning that their car had been broken Into during the night and all of Lydla's carefully selected college clothes stolen. Included were skirts, sweaters, electric blan ket and miscellaneous ar ticles. Portland police stated that the robbery "was the work of professionals," Van Houte re ported. They do not hold much hope of finding the stolen ar ticles. Lydia and her father went on to the University after making some purchases to tide her over for awhile. One Day Drive For Funds Set For Boy Scouts A one dav drive to raise funds for the Boy Scouts will be staged here Monday, according to Ro bert Abrams, drive chairman. Funds raised are to support the Blue Mountain council of Boy Scouts of America, which helps both the local troop and the Cub Scouts. A kick-off breakfast will be sponsored by the local troop rommlrtee at 7 a. m. at the Catholic parish hall with Willard Crawford, Walla waua, nnance chairman of the Blue Mountain council, as featured speaker. Vntnnlnnra uHll mil nil hlisl- nesses and residents during the one-day drive to raise lunas ior the project. The Holv Name Society or st. Patrick's Catholic church spon sors the local Scout program. Avery Taylor Is Scoutmaster and Gene Hall is Cub master. Ap proximately 60 boys participated in Scouting here last year. County Booth Will Be Exhibited At PI The Pacific International Live stock Exposition, Oct. 14-22 in Portland, will feature more than $140,000 in cash awards making it one of the year's biggest money shows in the nation. A huge parade with livestock, floats and marching bands will take over the Portland business district Friday, Oct. 13. Booth entries will be bigger than ever this year with Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce sponsoring one from Morrow county for the first time. Members of the local committee have been working on this pro ject for some time and Wes Sher man, co-chairman of the com mittee, reported at the chamber meeting Monday that equipment for the booth would be taken to Portland Sept. 25 to set up the booth exhibit Jim Farley is the other co-chairman of the committee. A special program Oct 22 will be a quarterhorse matinee, com bined with the rodeo and ap pearance of Hugh O'Brian, TV's "Wyatt Earp." P.T.A. to Sponsor Magic Show Oct. 7 HeDDner Parent-Teachers as- sociatlon will sponsor the show ing of "An Evening of Enchant ment," at the Heppner high school Oct. 7. Virgil and Julie, lauded as "Supreme Masters of the Super natural." who perform the show, recently completed a 5 year trip taking their show around the world. Tickets are available through members of the Ways and Means committee, or from Mrs. Ed Gonty or Bill Blake. 10c Copy ' y i, . y ' - . , r ... - - ' " t; :. , ; f , ' ' - J i 4 . , . . ; -- , , .' , ' "VENEZUELA IS THE LAND OT out Edgar Uicatequl U. Ti xenango. -t sen. Heppner. who actvd ts Interpreter wnea tn Vensntelaa appeared before the Soteptlmltt club. Edgar has bm spending three weeks with the Keith ftea family of Ion. Venezuelan's Talk Proves Language No Great Barrier Fdpar A. Uzcatecul U.. Inter national Farm Youth Exchangee from Veneruela, In speaking be fore members of the Soroptimlst club last Thursday noon, showed that language Is not too serious a barrier between people or an fomnt nations His exDression and gestures .as he spoke In Spanish and referred to his home country on a map, virtually ex plained themselves. Canablv Interpreting for Ed gar was Mrs. Ray Williamson, foreign language Instructor at Hennner hieh school. Edgar un derstood almost Immediately the questions asked of him in tng llsh, but he has difficulty ex rjrossine himself in the English laneuaee. He has had some class es in English in his own school in Venezuela, and has picked up considerably more under standing through his travels this summer in Florida, Washington, D. C, and with farm families in Indiana and Oregon. Edgar was Introduced to the group by Miss Esther Kirmis, home extension agent, and was accompanied by Keith Rea, in whose home he Is now staying In lone. The main product of Venez uela Is that of petroleum, known to thorn as "black gold." It is the third largest producing source of petroleum In the world, according to the speaker. Other major industries are farming, growing of coffee and sugar cane, cattle and fruits. Communistic influences are steadily creeping into the country, and because of the growing unrest, many of his people feel that if a third world war was started, it possibly will begin in the south American countries. Other discussion ques tions centered around his home, family, schools, geography and government After his return to Venezuela, he will continue his last year of high school and will then work on his father's 1250-acre farm located in the Andes. He will spend a short time on the Red Hat Meet to Talk of Game One of Oregon's outstanding game experts will demonstrate some of the tricks of his trade to both men and women at the Morrow County Red Hat meeting set for Tuesday evening, Sep tember 26, 8:00 p. m. at the fair annex building in Heppner. Andy Landforee, Oregon State University extension wildlife specialist, will discuss and dem onstrate skinning and handling of the deer carcass in the woods, proper facilities for packing out the kill and the effect "running" has on the meat. Films and film strips produced by the Oregon Game Commission and OSU on wild game care will also be shown. Landforce's know-how on care of game comes from exper ience gained through hunting, as well as his profession. He was born in Seattle, and was graduated from OSU. After serving four years in the Army, Landforee was appointed Wal lowa county 4-H extension agent a position he held for seven years. During the years he was in Wallowa county he developed a passion for the outdoors. He GAZETTE t v ; 'BLACK COLD (Petroleum), points A. A. Hurlburt farm in Burns after completing his stay here. Mrs. Ed Gonty presided over opening and closing ceremonies and announced that the club Is sponsoring a fall card party Monday evening, September 25, at the Episcopal parish hall. Now on sale by members are tickets which can also be purchased at the door and for drawings on a food basket. Mrs. John Pfelffer presented the day's program. Central to Serve Free Breakfast In connection with the store's "Best of Fall" sale, Central Market will serve free breakfast to all comers at the store from 9 a. m. until noon Saturday, Clint McQuarrle, owner, announ ces. If weather Is good, the break fast with hot cakes, sausage and coffee, will be served on the sidewalk. In the case of Inclement weather, it will be staged in the large back room of the store. This Is one of a number of features of the sale, which is announced In a full page ad on page 3. The event falls on Lucky Buck day and will be an added attraction for this promotion. Portland Doctor Buys Rice Ranch Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rice announce the sale of their ranch south of Heppner to Dr. John Guiss, a Portland surgeon. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Valentine who had been renting and op erating the ranch have moved to the Howard Keithlv home on Court street. Valentine has gone Into business operating a catue feed lot In lone. ANDREW LAND FORCE has taught hundreds both men and women fishing and hunt ing procedures. Assisting the wildlife spec ialist will be Ralph Taylor, Mor row County Red Hat Days chair v i :.:(, ) ' III ? ' r ' t vr i lA I Uppncr, Oregon, Thursdoy, Teachers Reception Features Space Theme Officers and committees of Heppner and Lexington PTA or ganizations went "out of this world" to welcome both new and returning faculty members of the public schools at a reception Wetlnesday evening at the Cath olic Tarish hall. A timely and clever "space age" theme was used throughout the program and decorations for the enjoy ment of the approximately 323 people attending. Music is Added To Lucky Buck; $50 Top Prize Music will be In the air Satur day In HeDDner. As a special feature of Lucky Buck day a public address system will be set up at the south end of Main street by the Wee TV Shop with recorded music broadcast by speakers so that it can be heard the length of the street "We feel the addition of mu sic to our free parking and spec ial prices will make this one oi iVi best Luckv Buck days yet" Tete McMurtry, committee chair man, said of the entertainment Top money Saturday will be $50 In Lucky Bucks. A second prize of $10. three 3.uu prizes and five $1.00 prizes will be named. Winners must be 21 years of age or over, registered for the drawing and present in any oi the 61 participating business es tablishments at 2;30 when the siren sounds. Parkin? meters are hooded for thA dav In HeDDner and special prices prevail at stores tnrougn out the town. Plantings Talked At Chamber Meet Trees alone highway entran ces to Heppner and In newly- formed rest areas were discussea at Heppner-Morrow C oil n t y Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday. Mrs. Nellie Anderson told chamber members that there is a need for tree Diamines. She offered to work with a committee appointed by the chamber to pro mote such a project. "We can make Morrow county a thing of beauty," she said. The subject had been discuss ed at a previous meeting and Mrs. Anderson had been asked to address the group regarding the program. President Mike Whitesmith said that there Is apparently no chamber committee which could work on this project but sug gested that any volunteers from the community who might be interested In helping to improve the area should get in contact with Mrs. Anderson. The cham ber will cooperate In putting the program Into operation. man, Mrs. Dick Borman, and Esther Kirmis and N. C. Ander son, Morrow county extension agents, Heppner. Miss Kirmis will discuss the aging, freezer storage, what cuts to expect from the meat cutter and different uses of venison and drying of wild game. A tasting bee will follow at the close of the meet ing, v "The major objectives of the Red Hat Days program are to promote better relations between landowners and hunters and to provide safer, saner, and more productive hunting opportun ities,, both today and In the future," explains Taylor, newly appointed Morrow County Red Hat Days chairman. "The ex tension department of OSU is cooperating with us to stress better field care of wild game which means better venison and elk on the table." ' Mrs. Landforee, who Is touring eastern Oregon on behalf of better game care, will also ap pear at Hermlston Civic and Recreation center on Wednes day, September 27. 7:30 p. m. September 21, 1961 nil' 78th Year, Number 29 Hubert Hopper, Hepprter PTA president, welcomed faculty and filend and Introduced Mrs. Ro bert Kilkenny. Lexington PTA president, setting Into movement "Education Space Shot," presided over by chief launching officer and master of ceremonies. Father Bruce Spencer. New teachers to the communi ty were called to the "launching pad" around the PTA "rocket" on stage by county administra tor, Robert Van Houte, Introduc ing them and giving background statistics of each, and officially "launching them Into orbit" for the year. School board members respon ded to roll call by their "con firming officer." D. O. Nelson, and principals Gordon Pratt and Hillard Brown (the evening's "electronic control officers"). In troduced their returning staff of teachers. "Out of this world" music by the high school dance band pro vided entertainment before the meetln? was ooenod. and a girl's sextet of "space spr'tes," harmonized on "Purple rcopie eatcr" and Tom Doolcy." These heavenly creatures were Glnny Lou Turner, Lorraine Leonnlg, Marie Pettyjohn, Linda Valen tine, Judy Hamilton and Caro lyn Slocum. Insignia name cards in shapes of sputniks and satellites, In dif ferent colors, helped in getting acquainted and distinguished guests as being new, present re tired teachers, rcsiaents oi one vear or less than one year. Floral sputniks with glass spires dec orated the tables where guests were seated for refreshments or apple "pie In the sky" and "moon mud" (coffee). On behalf of the program com mittee. Mrs. Arnold Memy in vited continued support oi the pta in each community and urged regular attendance and membership. Freshmen room mothers pro vided decorations; high school room mothers, refreshments; pro gram committee, printed pro grams and 1961-62 handbooks under the direction of Mrs. Roy Kirk, and grade teachers, name card Inslgnlas. Father Raymond ceara, as "sky pilot" gave the opening invocation. High School Students Elect Class Officers Students of Heppner high school have elected class officers for the winter term. The seniors chose Mike Healy as president, Archie Ball as vice president, Sandra Richards sec retary and Janet Struckmeler treasurer. Mike Smith will be junior class president and Shan Apple gate will be vice president Ann Jones will be secretary and Le Roy Gardner treasurer. Other officers are: Mike Lesser, Ser-geant-at-arms; Shirley Carlson, historian; Martha Doherty, rep resentatlve; Ann Jones, concess ion chairman. Bill Sherman will head the sophomores as president, Larry Muesslg was chosen vice presi dent; Gall Hosklns secretary, Sharon Ayers treasurer, Spencer Sampson, sergeant-at-arms, Don Van Winkle and Jennifer Brln die, representatives. Carl Bauman will be freshman president, Stuart Dick Is vice president, Vlckl Barratt secretary, Karen McCurdy, treasurer and Tony Doherty, representative. Teachers named as class ad visors to work with the classes on their programs are: Seniors, Violet Lanham and Gordon Pratt: Juniors. Lucille Weather- ford, Donald McClure and Arnold Melby; Sophomores, Clarence Johnson and Pete Glennle; Fresh man, Grace Schmidt and Jim Sutherland. Rock Club Slates Meeting Saturday First fall meeting of the Mor row county Gem and Mineral Society will be Saturday nignt In the old library at 8 p. m.. Randy Peterson, president an nounces. L. R. Babb of Heppner will pro vide entertainment of the even- speaking on his trip to Arizona. Members and friends are In-' vlted to attend. Last Darley Of '60 Crop ToMoveOut Shipment has been ordered on the balance of the carryover bar ley from the ltU) Marrow county cruD. Al Lamb, manaeer of Mor row County Grain Glowers, il Wednesday. This will clean out the some COOAW bushels of that crop that remains In the aeven elevators of the Grain Crowrrm. Lamb said that It will be the flrt "complete cleanout" dur ing the time he has been here since 1952. Wheat of the 1900 crop has been gone for some time, disposed of prior to the 1!MU harvest It Is expected that the barley will actually be shlrped during October. It Is now stored In all if the Growers elevators located around the county. Sine the 1900 grain will b cleaned out and the 1961 crop la light, "we will b as empty as we have ever been, Lamo Id. Cards at Home, Mustangs Travel In Week's Games (See sports page, 10) inr'a htch.flvinff 8 man foot ball team, still with an unblem ished record, Is host to Its third straight home game rriaay when the Cardinals tackle Uma pine In a Morrow-Umatllla 8- man league game. Klckoa is set for 2:30. Fans will be able to see this game and then travel to Pilot Rock In the evening to see the ITonnner Mustanrs. Still looking for their first win. battle the Pilot Rock high team. This win be under the lights at 7:30 p. m. nd U a non -conference clash. This is a time change from the 8 p. m. previously announced. Both home teams are In good shape, although three Heppner gridders were out of practice on Monday and Tuesday due to bad colds. Interest ts building up for the Tllot Rock clash. Athletic Di rector, Bob Cantonwlne said. At least one student bus will go to the game. Coach Glenn Blehl'a Cardinals havn an onen date coming up September 29. but Heppner re turns home that Friday to start Its conference season against Grant Union at 8 p. m. on the rodeo grounds. Officer McPherson Replaces Labhart Orecon State Policeman Jim McPherson has arrived here to succeed William Labhart In the Morrow-Gllllam county area. McPherson came here from Oakrldge where he was station ed one year. He Is originally from La Grande. Officer McPherson. his wife and two sons moved here last week. The children are Danny, 13, in the 7th grade, and Monte, 6, in the 2nd. , Officer Labhart is working with his replacement for two weeks before leaving for his new assignment as corporal In charge at the John Day orfice. During their 14 year stay here both officer and Mrs. Labhart have been active in community affairs. He is oast exalted ruler of Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358 and is presently serving as treas urer. He is past commander of HeDDner Post No. 87. American Legion, and present adjutant He Is on the executive committee of Cub Scouts and is First Aid chairman of Morrow County Red Cross. Mrs. Labhart has served as den mother for Cub Scouts for three vcars. la Dast president of the Legion auxiliary, Is present ly president of the Willow Creek Country club women, a past pres ident of All Saint's Episcopal church women, has served as committee chairman for PTA two years, and is active In Little League In many capacities. The three Labhart children were born here and started school at Heppner elementary school. They are Christopher, 11; Mark, 10; and Laurie. 7 years. The family will move to their new home before the end of the month. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. Thursday 72 45 Friday 78 47 Saturday 74 49 Sunday 73 31 Monday 73 41 Tuesday 77 47 Wednesday 62 43
