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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1961)
L 1 3RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. OUl n7 n ru a mm . VandaU who shot Insulators I ty and Heppner wu plunged Into Hum a lilgn voltage power line I an abnormal blackout with can near the Lexington city durapdli. S lights and flashlight muM'u a nour power outacel weaning tne blackness. over mt uf Morrow county Wed - ti sday afternoon and evening uu treating damage In , 'fi l'-Ue or thousands of dol Ufi SMcms of both Pacific twr and Light Company and Colum- aLle to '"W'y Pwcr ,ne P b.a Basin Electric Co op were af-1 t ra,ln ro"m In case of neces- l.-clctl. rred Glmbe. lineman. agent for Pacific Power here, kH lit The outage occurred at 3:55 p. m.. and Heppner waa totally out of service until 6:50 d. m Lexington was restored at 6 p. m., and lone and Arlington were oat-K in service at 4:30. All rural ivas In the county, with the ex ception of those in the northern extremity were out of service Two insulators were found to have been hit and broken by u high-powered rifle, Clmbel said. This is the second time this has happened In approximately tne same place within a year. j ne oroKen insulators caused a short circuit which resulted In the blackout The vandalism may have oc curred as long ago as a month, Gimbcl said, with no difficulty experienced until the rainstorm hit yesterday. He speculated, However, that appearances Indi cated they were hit about a week ago. One difficulty of restoring ser vice was that the trouble had to be located by sectionalizing the many miles of the power lines to determine the source. Four men from Hermlston, one from Arlington and two from Heppner on Pacific Power crews and five of Columbia Basin Elec tric converged to work on the outage and restore service, Glm bel said. Gimbel said that the public responded very well during the emergency and all were calm and cooperative. However, some 120 calls were received, inquir ing about the trouble. Before the service was restored, darkness descended on the coun- Wranglers Give Awards at Feed Over 100 persons enjoyed the Wrangler's Buckburger feed at the Fair pavilion Thursday night. A highlight of the evening was the annual presentation of awards for points made during the past year In Wrangler events. Bob Steagall won high in the senior division; Sharon Bunch In the Intermediates; and Pat Healy v in tne junior. Pat Dougherty was second and Beverly Steagall third in seniors. In intermediates, 13 to 17 years of age, Diane Fulleton was second and Shan on Ma honey was third. Juniors are those under 13 years of age; Becky Fulleton was second and Ruby Fulleton, third. All were introduced and awarded prizes by the club. Rod Murray showed movies of former rodeos, Bob Steagall showed slides of Wrangler events. Pam Cochell and Virginia Moore sang two numbers and a dance number was performed by Janet Struckmeier, Tanna Valentine, Leora Van Winkle, Annamarie Brindle and Barbara Blake, all members of the high school drill team. Next meeting will be Nov. 7 at the club house. Loirs Join Winners On Gearhart Trip A pleasurable three days were enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Randy Lott of Lott's Electric when the couple were guests on a beach trip to Gearhart last Friday, Sat urday and Sunday. By meeting the required sales quota of RCA Whirlpool applian ces during the summer months, they were able to join other win ners of the company at a 3-day vacation at the Sands Motel, en joying bright, sunny coast weather. Mrs. Lott's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy of WaUa Walla, stayed with the two children while they were away. Accident Injures One A one-car accident eight miles east of Heppner on highway 74 1 ut Gordon O'Brien, 38, in Pio neer Memorial hospital Satur day nicht. O Erien was driving alone hen he lost control of his pick- g which rolled over. He suffered broken ribs, abrasicr.s and bruis- i es. The car was not badly dam- j aged and he was able to drive it to town. Emm Onuioige 1 Lo due mainly to work I stoppage and costs of restoring the! noneer Memorial nos - P"al waa without cooking facll lltles and room Hchts. but an I emergency generator waa avail Delay PlaVS HaVOC With PoDCr Printing I The rosea' who shot tnau la tors from a power lint at Lexington, causing Wednes day's outage, is adrlsed not to make himself known at the office of the Gatettt-Tlmes. Loss of power meant com plete stoppage of the paper production for four hours at the peak work period for the staff. This occurred, too. on an especially heavy work: week. Since power loss means that molten metal "freezes" In the linotype machine, the outage caused more than five hours loss of time at the plant. Virtually the entire staff worked until 2 a. m. Thurs day to try to get back on schedule and was up and at it bright and early again after a few hours sleep. If the fellow who shot those insulators turned up here now. he would find the staff in a mood to hang him by bis thumbs. Lucky Buck 2nd Series Due to Start (See Page 9) A total of $80 will be paid out in Lucky Bucks Saturday if all those whose names are drawn are present. First prize of $25 was not claimed last drawing and has been added to this week's amount, making a top prize of $50 available to some lucky person. Regular additional prizes of one $10, three $5 and five $1 win ners will be named. The Lucky Buck program was originally started as a six month Drolect. However, Interest has proved so high In the drawings that most merchants of Heppner have wished to extend the pro gram until at least the end of the year. Only three are reported to have dropped out from the original 61 signing up for the sponsorship of the drawings. Since It is necessary in order to win to be in one of the par ticipating merchant's stores, the public should check with mer chants to see If they are still displaying the Lucky Buck par ticipation cards. Rummage Sale . Nets $450 Total The rummage sale sponsored by the Heppner Civic League cleared $450 according to Jo Ann Hughes, treasurer. "This com pares very favorably with past sales," Mrs. Hughes stated. The wide assortment of mer chandise provided a variety of choice for those attending this fall sale. Though a great many articles of clothing were sold, some was left over and this too will be put to good use. The Methodist church is taking it over to sort and ship to-the Good Will in Portland. Mrs. Roy Erickson and Mrs. . Ralph Richmond, co-chairmen of this year's sale, said they wished to extend thanks to the Bank of Eastern Oregon for advertise ment and for the use of money counting trays; to the Elks lodge and the American Legion for the use of tables; to Van Winkle service station in Heppner and Peck's Grocery in Lexington for receiving rummage, and to Cen tral Market for the use of the building. The funds raised will be used to sponsor the kindergarten in Heppner. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Prec. Thursday r r Jay Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday .05 .7 Hi Low 61 32 54 25 51 33 54 SS 57 31 59 37 62 40 1 0c Copy ITT s 1 1 I 7 A ROMANCE that began 65 years ago finally blossomed for Dwlght Misner of Spangle, Wn., and resident of lone for years, and Mrs. Laura B. Budde of Bay City, Mitch., who were married In Spokane October 19. Misner is well known in Morrow county and has many friends here. Elderly Pair Weds After 65-Year Delay A romance which began 65 years ago and a half-continent away was culminated Thursday In the wedding In Spangle, Wn., of Laura Budde, Bay City, Mich., and Dwlght Misner of Spangle. The same engagement ring he gave her 63 years ago was placed on the finger of the bride by the groom at the 6:00 p. m. cere mony in the Christian church at Spangle. The couple grew up as child hood sweethearts in Bay City. Following a quarrel In 1898, each married someone else. Misner came to Oregon in 1904, settled in the Willamette Valley where he became one of the country's first automobile dealers. In fact, he received the first carload ship ment in Salem of Dodge autos ever sent West of the Rockies in the early 1900's. He and his family moved to the lone area in 1917 "where we went from horses to tractors," he says. He used "the biggest team on record," 36 horses on three drills also on two 38-foot harrows, on the large wheat ranch he operated. In 1934 the family moved to the Paloose country where he continued wheat farming until his retire ment in 1942 when he moved to Spangle. I Since that time he has raised Shetland ponies for a number I of years and has also traveled to fairs all over Eastern Oregon showing a trick mule. Misner appeared at two county fairs in Heppner. His wife died a little over a year ago and Misner returned to Bay City for a family reunion last September. It was then that he again met his old sweetheart, who had been widowed 15 years. She still had the ring he gave her when she was 16 and he was 20. iv 1 1 s i lei Bd3 lie uuca uui nine i much, and his courtship consisted of telephone calls and telegrams j Misner says he does not write phone calls and teleg which finally ended when she arrived in Spangle Oct 19 via Jet plane. The bride had less than an hour to prepare for her wedding. The newlyweds arrived here Peter Gunnar Talk Scheduled Monday Peter Gunnar, Salem, will speak on the Oregon Tax Court at the American Legion hall Monday evening at 8:00 p. m. His appearance is sponsored by the Morrow County Farm Bureau. Gunnar is judge of the newly Ci"caed court. He will tell how It can be used by individuals and groups concerning tax prob lems. Norman Nelson, Farm Bureau president urges everyone to at tend this Informative meeting. GA2 f vV. ft Saturday to introduce the bride to her new family. . They were honored at a dinner party at the home of his daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Man kin. His other daughter, Mrs. Holmes Gabbert, lone, and hus band were also guests. Sunday they visited at the home of his granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bunch, where th new bride was introduced to the three Bunch children, her new great-grandchildren. Asked how It felt to re-new relationships after so many years, 83-year-old Misner said of his 79 year-old bride, "I've got one of the sweetest girls that ever lived." The newlyweds left Monday for a honeymoon which they said would take them into Cal ifornia, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico. "We've got all the time in the world; we're just going' to travel," Misner said. T yt 1 ft " " v ; . I JZl BON REID stands beside some of the plants and arrangements in his new shop, Hon's Flowers, that is scheduled for grand opening Saturday. The shop Is located next to the office of Heppner TV. (G-T Photo) Floral Shop Opening Set Grand opening of Ron's Flow ers, located at N. Main, will be Saturday, and a welcome is ex tended to the public to call at the shop, P.on Reid, owner, states. To mark the grand opening and to t'irr.mtmorate National Flower week, everyone calling at the shop during the day will receive a free gift. In addition, coffee and doughnuts will be "on the house," Reid said. Bon's Flowers opened for busi Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 26, 1961 ETTE r THigh Homecoming (Slated Here Friday Ktlmll program, p.ige 14) Homtvomlng festivities will fulil tMlur and excitement to the .'.mlliall game between Heppner and Sherman countv at the fair grounds Friday night. The high stho.d band will provide special entertainment, 21 trained girls will perform In a drill team, five Mfh M'tuxil beauties will be In trihlueed and one will be crown- Heen; all this besides the exiitement of a regular football iTnrne. i'iaflnl oetlitle will begin at p. m. with the drill team es coning the football men to the f.eid. Kach team member will be inlrojiued by the girls. A special act to "help the team captains on the toss-up has been plann ed. At half time the five prin cesses, Janet Struckmeier, Lib by Van Scholaek, Diane McCurdy, Shirley Carlson and Cherl Hart man, will be driven onto the field in automobiles. One of them will be crowned queen by the eo-captains of the football team, who will then be awarded with kisses from her royal highness. Selection of the queen will have previously been made by secret vote of the H Club, the boy's Trick Or Treat Night Tuesday I Prowling ghosts and goblins 'along with other characters will ring doorbells in Heppner Tues day evening. It Is time for the annual "holdup" of their amused elders by small fry who will, mainly, have no Idea what their "trick" would be. ... . In other words, it Is Hallow een. Formal entertainment pro vided for the school children will be class parties in the rooms of all Heppner children from first through sixth grades. At Lexington an all-school party Is planned Halloween evening at the school for the primary child ren and pre-schoolers. Heppner Soroptimlsts will hold their an nual party for 7th, 8th, and high school students. It Is In the form of a masquerade dance at the fair pavilion, rather than a hay ride this year. But with the falling of dark ness, the small ones of the town will be out with their sacks re questing treats from the well stocked larders (they hope) of their neighbors. .i 4'. " ' 1 1 Wi 1 11 .... I .J "r! , ness some time ago, but the grand opening was delayed un til the shop was finished and the gift stock was complete, Reid said. The shop is next door to the office of Heppner TV. Reid returned Wednesday from a Christmas School and show In San Francisco, making the trip with R. A. Hungerford, Portland wholesaler, and several other Oregon florists. They left Saturday. Reid reported a vary fine show. O M ES 78th Year, Number 34 leltermar n club which sponsors lecomlng activities. I he Homecoming During the Intermission the sixvlal show of the hlizh school band and the drill team will jleru tmmiliitMiv rniinu,in Came the new queen and hcrl ; ,F , T . ,-inr i. Ill . A-.l ln the high school gym, Students from Sherman County High at Moro, will be guests at the dance. Famous '5' Billed Here For Benefit (Picture on page 8) The hilarious Harlem Clowns are coming to town. Advertised as the funniest basketball team In America, the years and had recently re-enlist-Harlem Clowns are a combine Pri of hoop stars who tour the coun- ry making people laugh. J " 1 They will appear in the high hool gymnasium Thursday night, November 2 when they ,.,,. ,,, ... 0, play the Morrow All-Stars, com - posed of f i-ffi!!- J5rSi coaches and teachers. Proceeds will go to the Heppner "II" club to buy a projector to use In the ports training program. When the name "Harlem lowns" Is mentioned, hoop fans get ready for an evening of en tertainment The fans come out to see a fancy exhibition, razzle- dazzle ball handling, intricate routines, both planned and lm promptu comedy and all sorts of shenanigans. The Harlem Clowns are unique in the fact they never try to run up a huge score against oppon ents It has been their policy to keep the game even, devoting much of the time to comedy stuff and ball handling routines. Topic Club Party To Aid Library Seeking to gain further sup port In stocking and maintain ing the lone library, the lone Topic club is encouraging a good attendance at the semi-annual card party this Saturday even ing at the lone Masonic hall. Tickets are available now from any of the 22-members of the club, or at Bristow's or Hick's stores In lone. The library, founded In 1935, is maintained through the efforts of the club. Any contributions by interested persons are very much appreciated, as well as at tendance at the benefit card party. Olmscheids Have Son Mr. and Mrs. Donald Olm scheid, Irrlgon, are the parents of a boy, born at a Pendleton hospital early Wednesday morn ing. This is the second boy and fifth child for the Olmscheids. The baby's father is principal of the A. C. Houghton elemen tary school at Irrigon and was formerly with the lone school. Sandra Eubanks' Gelding Grand Champion at P. I. "Sonny," a horse exhibited byj Sandra Eubanks, lone, was named grand champion gelding of the Pacific International Live stock Exposition Friday, bring ing another top honor from the show to Morrow county. The horse's registered name is Eeed Matlock. Sandra received a trophy award and between $400 and $500 prize money. She won in her class, getting a ribbon and trophy, before the horse was named Grand Champion. Sandra has had her horse for one year, and raced him at the Morrow County rodeo this year. The horse won the championship roping contest at Boise last year, when he was owned by sylvan Williamson, and ridden by Doug- las Williamson of Vale. He waa Mavy Plane Crash Kills Al Schunlc Disappearance of a Navy plane out of Onaa Base, Japan, resulted In the death of Albert George S hunk, Jr., 37, who waa a piM'nger on the plane, accord ing to word received Wednesday by hi parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Sehunk, Heppner. The official notification to the parents came Wednesday after plane wreckage had Iwn found and the body Identified as one I t,f ,,ie l lt their Uvea I'11 ,ne accident. Two aurvlvora were round near the wreckage. Hie report had come to the bel:nuK ucsuay or uie pianea idisapHaranee. ine twin-engine umpmoean plane crashed near .uv.wnjr UUIIIIK evailll iui '7 (Mime inui crasncu itiun- day. Schunk was born In Oregon City, July 1, 1924. His parents, natives of Morrow county, re turned to the county in 1928. I hey now reside at 410 Water meet In Heppner. The father is a carpenter. Schunk entered the first grade in Heppner and received school- Ing here until ho left when 17 and a junior in high school to enlist In the Navy Air Corps. He married Lois Marie Howard of San Francisco, Oct 5, 1946. He had served in the Pacific theater most of hla 20 veara In the Navv. i(, D,Aost ain RfMinpv wa, drowned in Hawaii when the chnd was two vears old. Schunk tta, KtAtlonert in Jannn for four , ,,,. H Klu ,,. , , V A ' r, ' Una rvT 'jrin flea cj a Mow Kaca ' io r-.rS.- ift .74 "'"' u' ,t? t? Kurt rredrick, 6, all with their 1 . . kmlh Herbert, Lake Grove, and Ken- neth, San Diego, Calif; one sis ter, Mrs. Jean Louise Brltt, Spray; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Schunk, Sr., Heppner; and aunts and uncles. Funeral arrangements had not been made when the call came to his parents Wednesday. Mis. Schunk and family plan to re turn to the states. Subscription Drive Is Local Project For Junior Class The Junior class of Heppner high school will undertake a pro gram to solicit magazine sub scriptions and renewals In the community. The money received by the Juniors will be used to sponsor the annual Junior-Senior banquet and prom. The junior class Is anxious that the public understands that It is not asking people to buy magazines just as a donation, but rather, the class hopes to se cure the renewals or new sub scriptions to any magazine in which the public Is Interested. There are about 125 different magazines on the list, and in asmuch as the public can buy its magazines just as cheaply from the juniors as from the publishers it is hoped that mem bers of the community will sup port the program, and the profit made from the sale will stay in the community. Renewals can be accepted to any magazines that will be ex piring within the year. Special offers can also be accepted if the special offer can be enclosed with the order to the company. The Junior class will undertake this project immediately, and is hoping that It will obtain the support of the community. If suc cessful, it will become an annual project for the Junior class, and will go a long way to defray the substantial expense of Its prom and banquet. also declared champion working horse and grand champion geld ing at Boise. Additional honors were San dra's at the P. I. when she was presented a trophy as rating third in the state in barrel rac ing for the past year. In the bar rel racing event at the recent show she finished fifth, Ralph Beamer placed first in junior registered cutting horse event Sunday at the P. I. on his three-year-old stallion 'The Maestro." The horse has been cutting only about three months. Beamer received a nice trophy. Other local winners at P. L were Herbert Ekstrom k Sons of lone. They exhibited a string of three Herefords and rated first second and fourth places with their animals in the Here- ford division.
