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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1961)
LIBRARY u or o EUGENE, ORE Santa Claus to A rnve Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 7, 1961 Here Saturday P.M. at I GAZ ETTE IMES Free Candy Awaits Kids That moMt popular rotund and bewhlKkered gentleman, Santa Claus, will he in Heppner Sat urday afternoon with bag of randy (or children who come to fwt him at the corner ol Wil low and Main streets. He sent word this week from hi North Pole residence that he would pay an official visit to Heppner at 1 p. m. and will ar rive on a fire trucK. The truck will stop in front of the Heppner hotel, and there each child may step up and greet htm, and in return, receive a bag of candy. His visit here Is arranged by the F.Iks lodge and the Heppner Morrow county Chamber of Commerce. On the ensuing Saturday, De cember 16, he will return for another visit and will circulate through the business section to greet those who care to take a moment and chat with him. Also on that day, a free motion picture will be shown to the children at the Star Theater be ginning at 1 p. m. under the sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce. All kids within driving dis tance of Heppner are invited to attend on each Saturday. Busl-1 prizes totalling $60 are offered nessmen will form an escort forhn the fourth annual Christmas Santa to keep him from being I lighting contest sponsored by crusnea in tne rusn. ithe Heppner-Morrow county A large crowa is expeaea, ana i chamber of Commerce, Bill Col all youngsters are aavisea toiiins, chairman, announces, come eariy. mis is aiso ucKy Entries are Invited In each of buck aaiuraay in . own, ami " three categories: Outdoor - resi there win be additional atrac dence iighting with prizes of $10 i una iui fucuui " ""I first, 57.50 second and 53 third; tions for parents and all thestore or busineSs windows with 10c Copy 78th Year, Number 40 w 7 F Ml A-A (vr-V ?. f : : , . .... . . tte Cmpleies Imi Purchases toe Checks Paid In Boeing Site Deals 4th Annual Lighting Contest Invites Entries Basketball on Tap For Saturday Night (See Paces 7 and 8 Ion and Heppner High schools bare home basketball games scheduled lor Saturday night The Mustangs will meet Sherman county (Mora) here in a Jayvee a ad varsity double header starting at 6:30. TM same sauuds face each otbtr at Moro Friday want. The Cardinals at lone will be matched against St. Joseph of Pendleton in a layvee-var sity doubleheader, starting at 6:45. This is a schedule change. since St Jo was slated to be host for the first contest be tween the two dubs. Howevar. at the Pendleton school's re quest they will play first at lone, and then meet again at Pendleton January 5. famliy. the same prize list: and resi dentlal windows (Inside decor- School Christmas Programs Listed Christmas activities for schools of south Morrow county have been announced. At Heppner, the fourth, fifth and sixth grade musical program was held Wednesday night. The first, second and third grades will present their program at the school multipurpose room at 1:30 on the afternoon of December 20, under the direction of Mrs. Ola Mae Benson. That night the high school program will be at 8 o'clock in the gym under the direction of Arnold Melby and Mrs. Benson. The seventh and eighth grade chorus will be directed by Mrs. Benson in Christmas music. The grade school honor band and high school bands will be direc ted by Arnold Melby. A highlight of the program will be the Halle lujah Chorus from the Messian with members of the faculty joining the high school chorus. Other vocal numbers by the chorus will fill out the program. Lexington grades will present lhlpSm ,t0S Paul Jones Chosen p.m., December i9. F0r Cemetery Board The lone program will combine ' both grade and high school stu- Paul Jor.es, Heppner, un dents in skits, choral and band opposed, was reelected to the at 8 p. m. on December 21 In Heppner Cemetery Maintenance the multipurpose room. district board of directors at an Other dates of Christmas activ- election Monday. Jones has serv ities at the schools will be the ed on the board for a number Christmas Ball at Heppner high 0f years. sponsored by the Girls League other members of the board December lp and the High scnooi i are jonn pfeiffer, Heppner, chair- Christmas Tree Up Near City Center Hepp net's community Christmas tree, resplendent in silver sheen, was placed near the Willow and Main intersec tion Tuesday to bring decora tive cheer for the holiday seas on. The project was a coopera tive effort the tree being ob tained by Kinzua Corporation, and Nate McBride gave it a spray coat of silver paint Crews of the 'City of Heppner helped men of Columbia Ba sin Electric Co-op. with their new line truck, put it in place In front of the Heppner HoteL Auger of the truck bored a hole some six feet through the Main street paving, and a sec tion of pipe was inserted. Butt of the tree was dropped into the pipe and it was secured with sand tamped around it The tree is some 25 feet tall not the biggest but one of the prettiest A gallon of silver paint-was used to give it the wintery appearance. prizes o $7j5a 55 Ambulance, Fire Fighting Talked At Chamber Meet at ions) with and $2.50. Entrants are asked to register at the Gazette-Times office. Last day to enter will be December 18. and a committee or unoiasea Judges will make the rounds to select prize winners on the even ing of Tuesday, December la The contest is sponsored in an effort to encourage residents to Nominated for board of dlrec decorate for the holiday and I tor offices for th" coming year beautify the town. Entries are Monday at Heppner-Morrow limited to homes or businesses I County Chamber of Commerce within the city limits. To be were Orville Cutsforth, James eligible for Judging the entrant Mvers, Gene Pierce, Pete Mc must register. I Murtry, Gordon Pratt, Harry Prize money lor tne contest is O Donnell, and Ed Gonty. Norn given by an anonymous donor. I inations will remain open until Communism Film 5et Opposition to the recently Fc j c. . passed law requiring additional rX jUndOy ihOWing license fees for ambulances was ... I expressed Dy members, unver MorrOW COUntV residents Will rrosuirk whn fnrmorlv nnpratoH have a final opportunity to View th nmhnlanc. hpre in rnnncc the film, "Communism on the tion with hls m0rtuary said that Map,' Sunday, December 10, at thn nrtriitinnni kywhw nf th the Star Theater. The showing fecs made u impossible for his win ueKni m v. in. wiiii business to continue the arabu admission charge. . iance operation, tte also stated T i .1 I . . . . .1.1.. m I " 11 Wits me knowing ui una liiiu i ,hnf If hail rmiuxi Kin7iijt fYirn 10 u.o. uuny uuus in uirii.iuiij- tQ drop use of lts nrst ald car wiui. a, hi jiaii, icu lu Wo. CShorman rhiitihtr dismissal of General Edwin Walker by the State Department, according to Don Turner of the local Farm Bureau. Showing of the film has met with violent opposition from some quarters in this country, he said, despite the fact that it merely tells the story or the communist world con spiracy. The film is sponsored by the Morrow County Farm Bureau, and the public is cordially In vited. Christmas dance at lone, spon sored by the band on December 22. man, and Elaine George, Hepp ner, secretary-treasurer. Pvt. So ward at Ord , Army Private Wayne L. Sow- uiu is lest'iiuy unueiguui iia- sic infantry training at Fort Ord, Calif. The eight week program consists of such vital military subjects as rifle marksmanship, infantry tactics, first aid mili tary justice and the conservation and maximum utilization of mil itary supplies. Private Soward, is a 1961 graduate of Eastern Ore gon College, La Grande. Roberta, his wile, resides in Nyssa. 50 Lucky Bucks First Prize Due First prize of $50 and special prices on Christmas mercnan dise will be features of Satur- 1 T 1 T" 1 Tt... ciays uiay Dua vy. - council meeting Monday night Names will also be called for " v" ,v,of m ' dmPh0in$dVveP$l walks" b placed" across Main of $5.00 each and five of $1.00 ..- Thev also asked the dossI each when the siren sounds at 2 I an fifi The three, Mrs. Bob Bergstrom Women Request More Crosswalks, Jaywalk Ban Three women representing a number of organizations and schools appeared at the city 2:30 p. m. To collect winnings those whose names are called must be within the business es Mrs. Richard Meador, and Mrs. tablishment of a part cipating William Bergstrom, cited spots ihmt Participating that tney consider particularly Holiday merchandise is on dis plav throughout the business sec tion of Heppner and early shop- daneerous, especially to school children. The one receiving most attention was that referred to as the "K" street crossing north fiSyL& BR XS Willow Creerdgron yUp,L y P LucKy buck Ma.n street The tnree said that Forest Service Sets Christmas Tree Policy this is particularly dangerous be cause of the limited walkway on the Hinton creek bridge and the fact that the crossing is "blind for on-comine traffic. Thns. nnle HpslHnir to secure Jaywamii.K uy auuiu, . - r f o - i M wt nhiiH r-- n itrnn o ra their own Christmas tree may "an.c y " DaleMorornheroyHffifclS Sffi cles thY women' contended UmatniaP7aTna11StSst the' They 2$ U S Forest Service announces, of installing crosswalks in mid- The Walta Wana dS and blocks on Ma in street one run- Pendleton district do not have nmg aPPraly betw een areas accessible for tree cutting Central Market and Case Fur- due to the recent heavy snows, niture and another in the vicin- One tree per family will be "y of the post office on the next permitted. Permits for cutting on block up. national forest land and other The three also said that cross- information relative to tree cut- walks are needed on Court ting mav be obtained from the street near the Willow Creek district ranger's offices at Ukiah, bridge there. Heppner or Dale. Persons are Councilmen offered very 1 ttle cautioned that when transport- encouragement oir the mid block ing trees they must have a per- crosswalks nd seemed to agree mit to show proof of ownership that it would be a h g hl d'Mi- of the tree. cuIt b t0 enlorce 8 Jaywalking ordinance in Heppner. City Superintendent Vic Gro shens said that a new bridge has been engineered by the state highway department for Willow Creek on Main but nothing has been done pending the possibil ity of installation of the Willow Creek dam above Heppner now being studied by Army Engin eers. He said, however, that the state might be urged to take action now if the hazards of the present bridge could be pointed out to tnem. Councilmen also felt that they would have some difficulty in stalling crosswalks on Main be cause of objections that might be raised by the state highway department, since it is a state highway. The matter was referred to the police protection committee, with John Pfeiffer as chairman. Con- ley Lanham and Ed Gonty are other members. Discussion on this matter and routine business occupied the short session of the council. Ap plications for liquor license re newals were submitted by seven firms and approved by the coun cil as follows: Central Market and Grocery, package store class B; Court Street Market, package store class A; The Wagon Wheel, class B dispensers; Thomson Bros., package store class B; Cal"s Tavern, class A dispensers; Ernest L. Lister, retail malt bev erage class A; and Economy Market, package store class B. , retary, read correspondence with the Yachats chamber requesting that action be taken to consider standards and regulations for ambulances that will be consid ered at a hearing soon. The chamber decided to advise it of the effect on small operators. Main objection was that the law does not exempt ambulances operated by non-profit organiza tions such as the local one run by Pioneer Memorial hospital, a county-owned institution. Frank Weatherford, state rep resentative of the district who was a guest of the chamber, sta ted he would appear at the meet ing and state the objections of the group. A discussion of lack of coop eration between the state and federal government In fighting forest files was brought out by I Orville Cutsforth, who charged that in several instances U.S. Forest Service personnel refused to put out fires which were on state land, and state fire fighters refused to work on gov ernment land. He declared that the taxpayers are the ones who suffer and insisted some way should be worked out whereby the two government agencies could cooperate to save prop erty. Weatherford explained that each was restricted in the area in which they could operate. He said this was tne law and ad mitted that it was not a happy situation. Adding that he did not know the solution, he said "as long as the federal government owns the land there is not much we can do about it." He promised that a "fire-by-fire" report of state fought fires would be pub lished on a cost basis in the 22nd district in the future. To help the public understand restrictions placed on the state In fire fighting Weatherford said he had arranged for State Forester Dwight Phipps, Salem, to hold hearings in the coun ties of the 22nd district and to thoroughly explain the fire pro gram from the state angle. "He will tell why they do some things and why they can't do others," Weatherford added. Judge Oscar Peterson announ ced that an appointment wl h the State Highway Commission has been made for 2:15 p. m. Friday to request improvement on the lower Willow Creek road construction and improvement of the highway to Spray. He stated that a carioaa oi representa tives of the Arlington chamber will attend the meeting and re quested that any members who can make the trip should do so. President Mike Whitesmith de clared the Christmas Opening was a success and said, "We had lots of fun with the guessing contest at my store." Mail Rush Starting; Longer Hours Set Evidence that Christmas teas on is already in swing is ap parent from the flow of Christ mas parcels now being received and dispatched at the Heppne post office. This yeir should provide record volume of mail If the amount processed the first few days of December is Indicative of final results, Jim Drlscoll, post master, said. The Heppner post office and rural stations of Lexington and llardman will remain open in the afternoons on Saturday, De com (xt lb and 23. It is tenta lively planned to extend window service at Heppner from the 5:00 p. m. closing to 6:00 p. m. be tween December 11 and 22. Final approval of this has not as yet been received but Is expected within a few days. Mail will be received on Sun day, December 17, and patrons are urged to come to the pest office on that day to remove mail from the post ofrice boxes to make room for the next day's load. Christmas cards may be sent for 3c If left unsealed, and If they contain no handwritten or typewritten messages. Messages by hand or typewriter are con sidered personalized and are therefore subject to the first class letter rate of 4 cents per ounce, sealed or not. The department strongly urges that patrons re member to place their return address on all cards sent at the first class rate in order that they may be returned in the event of non-delivery. Within tho next few days pat rons will be furnished with t supply of labels, "Local" and Out-oi-Town." As in the past few years the assistance ol mail ers Is solicited in tne separation of their mailings as to local or otherwise. For purposes of sep aration, Hardman is considered local as well as patrons of route 1 and route i served by our star route carriers. Bazaar at lone Offers Food, Fun Combining a carnival of fun and a turkey dinner, organiza tions of the town of lone will also offer the public an oppor tunity to purchase Christmas gifts at a festive occasion Sun day. The occasion is the annual ba zaar where all organizations of the community cooperate. Decor ated booths of clubs, lodges and other groups will feature novelty eifts. house plants, holiday foods, needlework, decorations, and many pieces of merchandise which make the Yule season complete. The dinner, prepared and serv ed by women of Willows Grang, will be served from one to five. Prices are $1.25 for adults, 50c for grade school students and pre school youngster's meals are free- Many door prizes are offered to add to the excitement of the occasion. , , The bazaar will be at the Wil lows grange hall, with all mem bers of the public welcome. After separation a label should be placed on top of the bundle, a rubber band slipped around, or string tied, and the bundle can then be handed to the window clerk, or dropped in the special window for letter bundles. Not only is the mail greatly expe dlted, but considerable man iiour savings are effected. Heppner Ex-Resident Returns to Heppner On Theater Screen An ex-roaident of Heppner will come back to town Friday and Saturday in a dillerent role on the screen at the Stax Theater as he plays a role In The Purple Hills. feature pic ture for the two days. He U Archie Murchison, who was active in the Wranglers club and other riding groups tome tlx years ago. Thus. "The Purple Hills" it a natural mo vie for him. The coming movie includet tuch start at Gene Nelson, Kent Taylor and Joanne Bar net. It it a colorful outdoor drama of the west with Floyd Crosby directing the photography. He also did the photo work in the Oscar winner. "High Moon." Murchison hat been doing very well in television and moviet, ono tuccett being a major role In the "Palladia' TV series. Murchison wot employed pri or to leaving Heppner at a talesman lor Empue Machin ery company, now Tryco Equipment Company. He was the amateur call-roping cham pion in 1951 in the Morrow county rodeo, winning one of the prixed toddles. The Murchison family hat made its home in recent years in Phoenix, Aril from where he bat done fiee lance movie and TV parte for major com panies. 'The Purple Hill" premier ed November 8 in Phoenix, and attention was brought to the activities of Murchison by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bugglet who noticed the review in the Arizona Republic. Museum Commission Elects Bob Abrams Robert Abrams was elected to serve as the new treasurer of the Morrow County Museum Com mission at its Monday evening meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Duvall. He will take the place of the late J. O. Turner, who had served In that office since 1959 when work on the building of the library-museum first started. At the meeting, routine busi ness was transacted and bills were approved for payment. On the commission are Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Ted Smith, Or ville Cutsforth, Herb Hynd, Ab rams and Mrs. Duvall. Guests at the meeting were Rachel Harnett, museum curator, Mrs. Herb Hynd, Judge Oscar Peterson and Ralph Thompson. Two pieces of property total ling l'2.2r0 acres were purchased by the State of Oregon here Fri day to start a space age indus trial park at Boardman. Taking part in checking titles and deeds before the sale were Hubert G. Danlelson, assistant at torney general; Fred C Deck ebach, assistant clerk of the Land Board; and Douglas Decew, supervisor of state audits, all of Salem; and Mahoney and Ab rams, attorneys for the tellers. Deeds were recorded at Morrow county courthouse to the state for 11,450 acres from Hynd Proa., Cecil, and an 800 acre tract from Frederick Martin, lone. Cheeks in the amount of $228,780 to Hynd Bros, and $59, 9iK) to Martin were paid by the Land Board out of a $900,000 appropriation made by the 1961 legislature for the Boardman pur chase. The land purchased from Hynd Bros, lies west of the Boardman bombing range, and will be used as part of the 150,000 acre in dustrial park which the Boe.ng Co. is leasing from the state. The Martin land will be used along with $16,000 to trade for 480 acres owned by George Miller. The Miller-owned land is also located in the proposed space age park. Options on land In Morrow county were first taken up by the state over a year ago to put to gether the proposed Industrial park. Half the present bombing range will be used by the state for the park and with the ad ditional land under option will be leased to Boeing. The transaction Friday was the first consumated sale on these options. Other major pieces left to be purchased are 19,966 acres owned by the Frank Wilk inson Estate and now being used as a sheep spread by George Rugg, and 960 acres from Ira Barnett. Both lie within the west ern boundary of the proposed park. Snowfall Returns Thursday Morning When residents awakened Thursday (today) they saw snow on the ground again. Snow early in the morning was heavy with rain. By mid-morning it turned into a steady heavy fall of wet flakes. Temperatures re mained mild, hovering around 40 degrees. No wind was blowing to pile the flakes and' it was measuring up on surrounding fields, bring ing more much needed molstu.e to area farmers. (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Pi-ec. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 52 56 50 47 54 46 43 40 36 35 35 35 29 26 .06 .02 trace .21 Snow 1.3 at 9 a. m. and still falling. Direct Distance Dialing Due in Spring Pacific Northwest Bell started the second major step last wee on the $750,000 project to bring Direct Distance Dialing to Mor row county towns and a dozen other northeastern Oregon towns oy next spring. Slated tn poin the DDD net work are Pendleton, Arlington, Athena, Echo, Heppner, Hermis ton, lone, Lexington, Milton Freewater, Stanfield, Umatilla and Weston, all served by PNB, according to Manager, Dale Slusher. Independent phone companies in Hplix. Condon. Fossil and Kin zua will also make DDD avail able for their customers, Slusher said. , . . A crew of 12 Western Electric technicians has been moved in to Pendleton to install the dozsns of tons of electro-mecnanicai equipment that will matte u ihlc m dial directly to rome 67 million phones in the VS. and Canada from tnose com munities. E. J. Luna, Western Electric foreman, said that his men will put some 200 man weeks of work in the new wing of the Pendle ton central office building at 237 S. W. 1. McCormack Construction Co. recently finished the 2400 square-foot addition for the phone company. Target date for the start of DDD in Pendleton is late March, Slusher said. In other towns served by PNB, DDD will arrive approximately the first week in May. Condon, Fossil and Kin zua will offer this service about the middle of June. Helix will follow later in 1962. There will be additions and modifications of equipment in the local phone office of each community as well as the major installation in Pendleton which will serve as the DDD center. These Jobs will be done by a second crew of Western Electric installers, starting about January 15. The basic difference between DDD and the present long dis tance service Is the speed of com pleting a call. The first opening on the phone dial, number "1," is the key to DDD. When a customer dials this digit, his phone is connected with the long distance equipment. Then a call to another phone in Oregon is made Dy simply dialing that number. For calls to phones outside of Oregon, a three-digit code is needed to di rect the call to the area (there are more than 100 of them in the U.S.) where the distant phone is located. This area code, plus the dis tant phone number, will con nect the calling party to any dialable phone in the nation or Canada, whether Walla Walla or Winnepeg. On each customer dialed long distance call, billing information such as the number called, the time and date is automatically recorded by a machine. The phone number of the person placing the call is also recorded on the machine, either by an operator or automatically. Introduction of DDD will not mean layoff of regular operators. The phone company has found in other areas that the need for operators has continued to grow alter the change to DDD. Ferson- to-person, collect and credit card calls will still be placed with the operator. And operators are need ed to relay the calling phone number to the billing machine for many DDD calls.
