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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1961)
.4 L I 1 k k I u or o EUGENE, ORE Christmas Tree Goes Up . . . Sanfa Due Bade; i Free Show Set b Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December H, 1961 GA2 MatV Santa Claui arrived on a red I flr irui'k In downtown Heooner promptly at the appointed tlmel Qr CoDV of 1 p. m. last Saturday, llul Ky 78th Year, Number 41 helper report he enjoyed him self m much that he will re turn at the tame made hour next Saturday. All the wonder and Joy of the miracle 01 mristmas snone in the happy faces of the 450 plus youngsters who received a gift of a bag of randy at the hands of the Jolly gentleman last Sat urday. The white frosting on the ground added to the Christmas spirit and even intense cold did not dampen the fun of the oc casion for young and oldsters alike. Santa's second visit will give him an occasion to talk to the youngsters of the area and to visit in various stores, tie saiu he will be on hand to find out what children would like to have for Christmas and will be happy to accept their Christmas lists. To promote the spirit of the day the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce will sjonsor a free show at the Star Theater. Show time will be 1 p. m. with "Abbott and Costello and the Keystone Cops" as the feature. Santa will be around to see vounesters who attend the show after the free matinee, and children are advised to come parlv as a crowd is expected. Merchants of the community report they still have a good stock of Christmas merchandise and parents may visit the stores while children enjoy the show. Boy Scout Fund Drive Lagging; Needs Boost Here J ; . w Board to Check Cost Of School Addition Campaign for funds to sup port the Boy Scout and Cub Scout program in the Heppner area is lagging and needs help of all interested, Bob Abrams, chairman of the drive, said Mon day. Goal has been se'. at $750, and as of this date only $263 has been raised, he reported. At present there are some 40 Cubs enrolled in the several dens of the Heppner pack, and the recently reorganized program is well underway with Darjell Power as the new Cubmaster. In the Boy Scouts there are about 15 at present in troop No. . 86 with Avery Taylor as Scoutmaster. Heppner is a part of the Blue Mountain Council, and funds raised here are used for leader ship training and field service, direct unit services, and camp ing activities. Only a very small proportion is sent to national to share in the necessary ex pense of providing for the nat ional leadership and program. Abrams has been assisted in the local drive by Gene Pierce, Fred Gimbel and Ralph Richards. They urge that anyone who has not been contacted call or see them. They can give complete in formation on the program and answer questions concerning how the money will be used. There has been some miscon ception that funds raised go out of the area, Abrams said. How ever, virtually all of the money is used in developing the pro gram here. Field men from the Blue Mountain council come here to work with the boys and help with leadership training and developing local activities, as was just done in starting the Cub program for this year. Abrams said that his interest stems in Scouting because it of fers such a worthwhile program of activities for boys. In his work as district attorney, he is call ed upon to work with Juvenile cases, and he has expressed the conviction that in many cases if these boys were in Scouting they would not be in trouble. The Scout program is open to all boys, from 8 to 18. The young er lads have a place in Cub Scouts and from age 11, they may join Boy Scouts. Any boys interested who are not now members are welcome and they or their parents may contact Cubmaster Power, Scoutmaster Taylor or other Scout leaders. JAN BEAMER. "Miss Rodeo Oregon." was among rodeo queens from all over the U. S. who competed at Las Vegas in the annual Misa Rodeo America Daaeant conducted bv the Hotel Sahara. jan is shown making the final turn in the barrel race, one of the qualifying events lor the Miss Hoaeo America title, a jerome, Idaho, girl won the national title, Karen Lavens. Tops in horse manship was Cathy O'Brien of Nebraska. In stiff competition the entrants had been chosen from many contests in all the western states and Nebraska. Activities during the three days Included a get-acquainted pa) can a party, publicity pictures on Sahara patio, a Nevada party, presentation at a Rotary Club luncheon, being featured In a parade in downtown Las Vegas, and presen tation at Rodeo of Stars. The girls were Judged on personality, poise, beauty and horsemanship. Jan's trip was sponsored by the Pendleton Bound-Up. where she had earned her title of Miss Rodeo Oregon, 1961. She was accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beamer, Heppner. Cards, Mustangs Bill Hoop Classic At lone Friday Traditional rivals, lone and Heppner, will meet once more on the basketball floor Friday night when the Cardinals will host the traveling Mustangs on the lone court. Jayvees of each school will open the evening s fair at 6:30, and the varsity game is due at s p. m. At this time lone Is undefeat ed, having tripped Maupin and St. Jo of Pendleton, while the Mustangs have dropped four games to two mighty tough foes, a pair each to Madras ana sner man County. The Cardinals' team is paced by Ron Crabtree, who tallied 19 points in the St. Jo game. Strong support is given oy Koine ilk strom, Jim Martin and others, while Ken Nelson, a letterman, has been unable to turn out be cause of a football injury. Coach Glenn Biehl had expec ted his boys would be slow starting this year because of their extended football season, but this has not seemed to bo ther them to date. In the Heppner camp, the Mustangs are led by Veterans Bruce Moyer and Sonny Biddle. Needed strength has developed from Sophomores Lee Padberg, the team's leading scorer so far this season, and Doug Dubuque. Shan Applgeate, Dick Springer, LeRoy Gardner have been per forming well, and Kit George, late in turning out, is seeing considerable action. Law Limits Issuance Of Chauffeur Licenses Dr. Wolff Heads Hospital Staff New rulings on the issuance and renewal of chauffeur's dri vers licenses is announced this week by the state license exam iner, through the Morrow Coun ty Sheriff's offices. Licenses will not be renewed by mail or from the field office from now on, but must go di rectly through the examiner or through the state office. The ruling also applies to applica tion forms for chauffeur's licen- Officers were chosen for 1962 at the Pioneer Memorial hospital ces. staff meeting Tuesday. The next visit of the examiner Dr. Wallace Wolff will be the to this area will be January 9. new president, replacing D, C I Applicants can see him at that M. Wagner. D. L. D. Tibbies was tjme for new or renewal licenses. named vice president, ana ui. H. S. Huber was retained as secretary-treasurer. Virus On Wane In Schools Here The flu virus which struck Heppner schools this week seems to be on the wane. Thursday (today), for the first time this week, less than one-fourth of the enrollment was absent in both the elementary and high school. School administrators have been operating the schools on a day-to-day basis with a "wait and see" attitude. "All children have already been exposed," County Health Officer D. L. D. Tibbies said Wed nesday. He indicated that unless the picture became suddenly i wrose there was no reason to close the schols. "More students are returning to class than are dropping out now," he added. The health officer warned that though the virus itself is not overly serious, after-effects may be. All those atlected should take extreme care. Many children returned to school too soon, only to become 111 again and have to go home, the doctor said. Today s absent list was 43 in the high school and 102 in the grades. Monday was the peak for absentees in the high school with 65 of the 204 students ab sent. Tuesday was high for the grade school with 117 of the 440 absent. Directors of Morrow County School district R 1 oted unanl moubly Monday nlcht to negot late with architects to present estimates of costs of adding the proposed wing on the new Unit A building In Heppner that would complete the building for use at a high school. The action followed presen tation of petitions bearing 155 names by Robert Hopper, presi dent of the Heppner PTA, a.sklng that the board put to a vote the mutter of a bond Usue for the construction to complete the school. Frank Anderson was present at the meeting and declared that he would like to see the board "get started on a building pro gram. Orvllle Cutsforth also ap ncared and stated that property owners are under a severe tax burden. However, he suggested that the rountv mieht be nor suaded to take off a serial levy now used for roads and use It for needed schools. "Right now it looks like we can't operate with the school, but we can without the road tax," he said. Cutsforth said that the ser ial levy on roads had produced more revenue than was intended lone Garden Club Gets Federation Award From Sears Judge Suffers Fall County Judge Oscar Peterson suffered a broken rib in an early morning fall on north Court street Wednesday. The Judge fell on a slippery sidewalk on his way to the courthouse, striking his side on a fence. X-rays show ed the upper right rib to be bro ken. Notification of an award of $210 was received this week by the lone Garden club for a com munity Improvement project un dertaken during the past sum mer. A letter of congratulations was received from Mrs. Ldna M. Rowley, state chairman of community improvement pro jects of the Oregon State Fed eration of Garden Clubs, Inc., in affiliation with the Sears, Roe buck and Company. The Street Tree Planting pro- ect was the only one qualify ing in the Blue Mountain District No. 10, State Federation, of which the lone Garden Club is member," according to judges Ject will make more impact in beautifying the community than any other project I know this is the best project recommended date. I strongly recommend this one and wish to encourage other clubs to do projects like this. Do hope a lot of consider ation will be given in selection of trees, remembering it's not necessary to stay with the us ual insofar as climatic condit ions will permit. Recommend maximum amount. Best wishes to you in your venture to Bring Beauty to your uommunuy." A manager of the Sears, Roe buck and Company store in this area will contact the club in January, 1962, to present the al location. B-r-r-r-r-r- (Leonard Gilliam, Observer) Hi Low Prec. 36 23 .29 34 22 .04 30 0 14 -2 24 11 24 16 .02 24 18 .02 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 2.4 inches of snow lor ween when It was Initiated and ald that road funds from other tources would suffice for the county for a number of years. Director L. E. Dick pointed out that "it U not rttht" lor the board to ask the county to drop Its levy but that any such feel Inn to that effect should come from the people. Cutsforth said that It la his feeling that the new school ad dition can be built if it Imposes no additional tax burden on the people. It seemed to be the consensus of the board that an election on a bond issue will be called if, after architects' estimates ore determined, It appears feasible to present the plan. Arnold Melby and Clarence Johnson, representing a faculty committee, presented a plan for a new county salary schedule based on an index system. They said that It had been worked out after sending a questionnaire to all teachers in the county. The schedule was presented in an 18-page mimeographed bro chure and shows a minimum starting salary of $1207.50 Max imum salary in the system, which would be for a teacher with an M.A. degree plus 45 hours additional training and 13 years experience, would be $8347.50. Some features of the merit system are incorporated in the plan. Because of the rather com plex nature of the proposal, the board set a meeting for Tues day evening to consider the sal ary schedule after each had tlmt to study it over. Supt. Robert Van lloute said that he had checked costs of moving the county office to the Lexington school. Most of the ex pense would be involved in re modeling the second floor for the office use. One contractor estimated that the work would cost $5108, but the superinten dent said that he felt half that would do the Job by using staff labor. The board passed a motion asking that the budget commit tee include $3000 lor the work, However, the board did not act ually approve the move andi ui rector Fred Martin, particularly, said that he has some objec tions about moving. He express ed the feeling that the county oiiice In the school Duuuing might impair the educational program for the pupils there, in other actions tne Doara sei policies on sick leave for part time regular employes, aiiow ing them 5 days per year. Those working on an hourly rate on a part time basis will not be allowed sick leave but may have an opportunity to make up lost work at the discretion of the administration. Resignation of Mildred Baker from the faculty at Boardman to be effective January 20 was accepted and approval was given to contract to Mrs. Lyla Elliott In Heppner to fill a va cancy. The board considered the mat ter of absences in schools be cause of illness, and Supt. Van Houte reported that the absentee rate is running about zt7o in Heppner. The board decided that it is a matter for each admin istrator to determine when rate of illness makes it necessary to close schools. Report on attendance of board members at the Oregon School Board association meeting in Eugene recently was made by Chairman D. O. Nelson. He re ported that Director Martin was appointed to the association's important legislative committee and is also a member ol its executive committee. OS -V''U " 3 . . . and So Does Parcel Pile . 1 i i.u , l ; ,: .f ''.'. z " IN THE UPPER photo men of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op and. the City ol Heppner are shown Hoisting the community tnrui mas tree in place near the corner of Main and Willow. President Mike Whitesmith of the Chamber of Commerce announced Tues day that lights will be added to the tree from funds made avail able when the cooperative returned money offered it for labor on the decoration Job. In the lower photo. Postmaster Jim Driscoll (right) and Senior Clerk Hubert Wilson (left) check the mounting pile of Christmas packages In the post office. Run of Christina business has been heavy and steady, they report. (G-T Photo) Public Response Makes Festival Success Outing Set Saturday Christmas Programs Scheduled Wednesday Another unusual program will Tho annual vnuth outine for I be presented Wednesday alter ereen eatherinz for All baints noon wnen primary cnnaren vi EDsicoDal church is planned for first, second and third grades Saturday, DecemDer it. au ooys, appear m ,"''!""" fv6'""1 girls and friends of the fcpis- copal youth group win leave from the church at 9:00 a. m. Refreshments will be served at their destination, Black Mountain. The title is "The Chnsmtas Cards," carrying out the idea of one boy narrating selling of cards, which are pantomimed by others. A chorus of children will sing appropriate songs. IONE The Fall Festival and Community Bazaar, held at the lone Willows Grange hall Sun day was a huge success. The re sponse was wonderful for which each group represented is grateful. Thirteen different groups put together the fine booths, games and dinner. The affair ran from 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 d. m. with the last door prize being called at 4:45. The following is a list of the door prizes given and those re ceiving them also a short sketch of each organization's contri bution to the festival. Door prize No. 1 was given by the Lions club, whose booth consisted of the ribbons, rugs, brooms and mats made by the Oregon Blind and they also had a turkey raffle with a wheel for drawing each amount 14 tur keys were sold. Wayne Hams re ceived their door prize. Prize No. 2 was given by the 3-Links club, with Donald . Bristow receiving it Their booth consisted of ap rons of all descriptions and homemade candy. Door prize No. 3 went to Mrs. Robert Hoskins and was given by the lone American Legion Post Their booth was a hat check station and contributions were accepted. Prize No. 4 was given by the Grange. The grange ladies cooked the turkey dinner, which was their booth. Over 300 people were served, making their din ner a big success. Mrs. Mable Cotter received door prize No. 5, given by the Legion auxiliary. Thtlr booth was holiday foods which was adorned by lovely holiday foods for sale. The senior class of lone High school sponsored a base ball throw which was popular with young and old alike. Their door prize which was No. 6, was won by Susan Llndstrom. Earl McCabe received door prize No. 7, sponsored by the Junior class of IHS. This class had a fish pond and also showed movies. The Rainbow Girls had a "Look See" surprise booth and their door prize No. 8 was re ceived by Bonnie Akers. Mrs. El don Tucker received prize No. 9, given by the sorority, which sponsored the bingo booth which was a real success. The mem bers made their prizes and they certainly are to be commended for their lovely articles. Mem bers of the lone Band sponsored a dart throw for their booth and their door prize No. 10, was won by Mike Hedman. A penny toss booth was sponsored by the Ex tension Unit and their prize No. 11 was won by Debbie Warren. A gift booth sponsored by the Eastern Star gave prize No. 12 and Mrs. Jim McCabe received it Door prize No. 13 was given by the Topic club and Frank Wiley received it The Topic club sponsored the cake walk and book sale. Over 300 guests were served dinner and it is impossible to know how many did attend the affair. Mrs. David Rietmann. who was in charge of the door prizes, reported that 320 tickets were given for the drawing. Ullman Steadily Improves From Accident Injuries Rep. Al Ullman is making con- j The door hinged on the back tinued steady improvement fol-1 edge, waa Jerked open by the lowing a serious auto accident wind, Rep. Ullman lost control in Virginia Friday that resulted in amputation of his left leg, according to latest reports re ceived here. Mrs. Ullman, who was with him at the time of the accident near Stephens City, Va., suffered a bacK injury ana annougn ner condition was not,considered serious, remained irfThe hospital at Winchester, va., at last re port. The representative In Congress from the second Oregon district and his wife were traveling In their small compact car between their home and Winchester witn the husband driving. He re marked that he thought the left front door was partly open, and he attempted to close It. Funds Earmarked For Improving Spray Highway Representative Frank Weather ford' reported from Salem Friday that the State hignway commis sion has appropriated $5U,uuu for construction on state high way 207 between Spray and Heppner. He was in Salem attending a hearing of the highway depart ment together with Morrow County Judge Oscar Peterson, Commissioner Milton Blegel and Dick Wilkinson. The group appeared to urge improvement of lower Willow Creek highway. No decision was made by the commission on that portion of highway 207 at the hearing Friday, though Rep. Weatherford reported "they gave A group from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce was also present at the meeting. Judge Peterson says that he is hope ful that within a reasonable time the Commission will al locate funds for the Willow Creek highway improvement The funds for the Spray high way will pave an additional 2.8 miles, he said. Election of Officers On Rock Club Agenda Election of officers Is planned for the meeting of the Morrow County Gem and Mineral soc iety In the old Library bunding Saturday at 8 p. m., President Randall Peterson announces. An auction sale of rocks and minerals may be held as a pro gram feature, he said. All mem bers and others interested are invited to attend. and was thrown out of the ve hicle. Mrs. Uiliuan remained in side the car as it proceeded drlverless and finally crashed to a stop. Fast action by Mrs. Ullman in applying an improvised tourni quet above the leg injury may have saved her husband's life, according to a report received by Al Lamb, Morrow County Dem ocratic Central Committee chair man, who was in contact with Rep. Ullman's Baker office after the accident The leg was nearly severed below the knee. She used a fountain pen to twist the tour niquet and apply pressure to stem the profuse bleeding un til further help arrived1. When the congressman arrived at the Winchester hospital he was in extreme shock. His con dition was first listed as critical, but he improved rapidly and at last report was in excellent spirits. Mrs. Ullman was placed In traction for the back injury. The accident happened only a short time after the congress man appeared in Heppner on a visit He made a speecn at a banquet here on November 24 and then took an elk hunting trip with Lamb and Orville Cutsforth the following day. His wife had not accompanied him on the trip west, and he had returned to their home in the east on the Monday pre ceding the accident. Hospital Staff Urges Public Cooperation On Gifts For Elderly Manv clubs, groups and in dividuals have an annual policy of remembering at Christmas time the patients who make their home in the Nursing ' Home of Pioneer Memorial hospital. Of course they are always grateful for being remembered at tnis time of year with gifts, home made goodies and treats. In order that there mignt De little closer control over the time, amounts and quantity of sweet foods, especially, the hos pital staff is asking the public to check with the nurse on duty before delivering them to the Nursing Home rooms. Some of the large quantities of sweets may be conveniently stored and spread out over several weeks, thereby extending the pleasures of their gifts and permits closer checking of some who are on re stricted diets. The staff does not wish to dis courage the sharing of Christ mas remembrances, but is mere ly hoping to control their dis tribution, urging individuals and groups to first check with the nurse on duty. 9
