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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1962)
L I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Voters Trend in Thomson (Complete tabulation, page 2) About 52 of Morrow county's registered voters went to the polls in the primary election Fri day, and the votes they cast on state and national levels follow ed state trends. On the local scene, Republi cans gave a more than 2-to-l majority to Rod Thomson in nominating him for assessor over incumbent Oliver Creswick, and tney cnose E. o. (Gene) Fer guson, incumbent, over Berl Akers for the county commis sioner nomination by a margin of 93 votes. Count on the assessor contest was Creswick 207, Thom son 4G9. For commissi oner, received 294 and Ferguson 387. Thomson also received the wntein nomination on the Demo cralic ballot, receiving 89 votes, while Creswick received 31 writeins. This will mean that Thomson's name may appear on the general election ballot in November as Republican-Demo-crat. In the commissioner race, however, Akers received the most writeins on the Democratic bal lot with 32 while Ferguson re ceived 25. Since Akers did not win his own party's nomination, he is not permitted to run as the Democratic candidate in the fall, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, said. Democrats had only one race of local interest, that for state representative of the 28th district (Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman, Morrow and Umatilla counties). Results in the county followed the trend throughout the dis trict as Frank Weatherford of Olex, now serving his second term as representative, lost the nomination to Jack Smith of Condon. In Morrow county, Smith received 286 votes while Weath erford gained 202. Gaylord Mad ison of Echo, running unopposed on the Republican ballot, receiv ed 544 votes and will face Smith on the general election ballot. In every contest on all ballots, the county followed the state trend. For U. S. Senator, Repub licans in the county favored Sig unanuer, wnu receiveu uie jiuiu ination, giving him 380 votes to 150 for his nearest rival, Con gressman Edwin Durno. On the Democratic side, Senator Wayne Morse polled a 4-to-l margin in the county over his lesser known rival, Charles E. Gilbert, the count being 383 to 94. Thus, in the fall Unandcr will run against Morse. Robert Chandler, Bend news paper publisher, captured the Republican nomination for U. S. Congress in the second district, and Morrow county's G.O.P. backed the winner with 312 votes to 221 for Everett J. Thoren of Elgin. Veteran Al Ullman, in cumbent representative from the second district, ran unopposed on the Democratic ballot and re ceived 449 votes in the county. Governor Mark Hatfield re ceived a 3-to-l margin in the county over opponent H. G. Alt vater'in his bid for nomination to a second term as governor, polling 501 Republican votes in the county compared to 157 for Altvater. Robert Y. Thornton, Democrat, present state attorney general, topped his rival, Walter Pearson, by close to a 2-to-l margin in the county, 284 to 154, in the trend that held through out the state. Thus, Thornton will challenge Gov. Hatfield on the general election ballot in November. In the Democratic race for state labor commissioner it was virtually no contest for incum bent Norman 0. Nilsen, who in Morrow county, received 342 votes as against 82 for his chal Looking For African Wilds Searchers Hunt Through Night; Exploring Lads Found Unharmed Two boys who went "explor ing" Tuesday night caused many local residents a sleepless night before the wandering pair was found unharmed in an old trailer house behind Heppner Lumber Co. mill, just north of town, about 4 a. m. Wednesday by Burton Peck and John Ceglia. Willard Staley Jr., 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Staley, and Tommy Sampson, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sampson, were the objectives of the all-night search in which possibly 100 lo cal persons participated. Their objective was somewhat indefinite, one report being that they wanted to "explore the African jungle." Another was that they were searching for craw-dads in Willow creek and became absorbed in the venture without realizing that darkness had slipped up on them. The Sampsons became alarm ed when Tommy failed to come home after school Tuesday. He had been instructed to get a haircut, and thus they did not expect him as early as usual, but when he failed to arrive by suppertime, they became alarmed. The Staley boy's father, science teacher at the high school, had Follow State; Wins lenger, Vic Davis. Nilsen, win ner by a vast majority around the state, will be opposed by Alfred Blair, Republican, in the fall. Blair had no opposition on the Republican ballot. In voting on measures, county residents, like those throughout the state, expressed disfavor at the six per cent limitation measure, voting no by more than (Continued on Page 6) Elementary Grades Combine In Band, Chorus Concert Band and chorus students in grades five through eight will be heard in a special music con cert at the high school gvm Fri clay evening, May 20, at 8 p. m. The evening hour is chosen so that more parents can make ar rangements to attend than dur ing school hours. Under the direction of Ola Mae Benson, the four grades will com bine in an opening number, "One Thirty Six Strong Tones," whose original words, along with "Stars and btripes Forever," set a theme carrying out a historical review of all-American songs. Numbers, from barbershop bal lad days to the "Bicycle Built for Two," will be sung by fifth and sixth graders. Songs of the seventh and eighth grade groups will include familiar Negro spirituals and a Kentucky mountain ballad. The fifth grade band, under the direction of Arnold Melby, will be heard in a variety of eight numbers. They will feature a trombone solo by Terry Peck, cornet solo by Larry Pettyjohn and a brass sextet playing America the Beautiful." The sixth grade band will complete the program with a group of six numbers. One num ber will feature a saxophone solo by Sheila Luciani. The program is open to the public and there will be no ad mission charge. Elks' Fire Said Of Attic Origin Deputy state fire marshals who investigated the Elks' build ing fire in Heppner after It razed the structure on Friday, May 11, have reported to Fire Chief Charles Ruggles that origin of the blaze apparently was in the attic of the building. After searching the ruins and studying all aspects of the sit uation, including a check of elec tric motors, they theorized that it may have ignited from an overheated bearing in a motor on the air conditioning unit. The "hot spot" was determined to be in the neighborhood of the air conditioner. Stan Phillips of John Day and Joe Gault, Corvallis, are the deputies who conducted the investigation. At this time, there has been no further announcement about future plans for the lodge nor for the Star Theater. Club rooms of the lodge will be opened tem porarily soon in the building next to MiLadies Apparel. Insurance adjusters are still at work to compile extent of loss, and contractors have been busy in recent days on estimates of reconstruction costs. a part in the awards night pro-, gram at the school and appeared there, though anxious about his son, before rushing out to join the search. Chief of Police Dean Gilman and Officer Floyd Hutchens were summoned and organized the hunt, and a state patrolman was called in from his fun on High way 30. It was learned that the lads were seen in a restaurant and that Tommy had had his bicycle tire repaired at a service station around G p. m. That was the last seen of them. They had only the one bicycle. Chief Gilman said that he was not particularly alarmed, think ing that the boys would be found in the city. He became appre hensive, however, when the bi cycle was not located. Peck and Ceglia started from Lexington and worked towards Heppner, checking all possible buildings and places where the boys might be. The parents went to the south of the city to check some old vacant houses. Many school teachers and other volun teers combed the city. With the word that the lads had been found, dirty and dis heveled, but unharmed, the par 10 Cents 1 V" v FIRST POPPY to be sold by the American Legion auxiliary here went to Mayor Al Lamo prior to nis departure tor central Africa on a United States Trade Mission. Mrs. Frank (Hazel) Hamlin is the saleswoman. The mayor promised to wear the poppy on his trip. Poppy Days here are May 25 and 26. (G-T Photo) Poppies on Sale Friday, Saturday Buddy Poppies will be on sale in Heppner Friday and Saturday in honor of more than a half- million American war dead and nearly one million wounded dur ing the two World Wars and the Korean conflict. Mrs. Oma Cox is chairman of the campaign sponsored by the American Legion Aux i 1 i a r y. Working with her are Mrs. Frank Hamlin, Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mrs. Matt Hughes, Mrs. Norah Rasmus, Mrs. Don Bennett, Mrs. Sylva Wells, Mrs. Don Munkers, Mrs. Gene Ferguson, Mrs. Harry Tamblyn, Mrs. Jack Flug, and Mrs. Morgan Connor. They will work in shifts throughout Fri day and Saturday. A table will be set up in front of Wilson's Men's Wear and members will also visit the businesses during the day. On Saturday the auxiliary vol unteers will be assisted by mem bers of Order of Rainbow for Girls, including Diane Warren, Barbara Blake, Tanna Valentine, Joan Van Houte, Claudia Nolan, Ginny Lou Turner, Jean Siewert, Jan Hager, and Linda Heath. Gene Cutsforth Hurt n Tractor Mishap Gene Cutsforth, 34, Lexington rancher escaped with a deep puncture on the Inside of his left arm in an accident that happened while working on his farm tractor Monday morning. He was attaching a spray tank onto a wheel tractor while the motor was running and the power take-off mechanism was in gear. He reached for a bolt he had dropped and his coat sleeve caught in the power take off, tearing the coat and the shirt sleeve off. His arm was deeply punctured below the el bow before he was freed. His wife, Lucia, rushed him to a Heppner physician where sev eral stitches were required to close the wound. ents took them home, vastly re lieved, and the searchers dis banded to claim a few winks of sleep in the nearly-spent night. The two wore only light cloth ing but apparently kept warm enough. They were sound asleep ...U 1 wnen umnu. Mr. Sampson, who has a heart ailment suffered from the strain, and his condition gave cause for concern during the night. He was better Wednesday, however, and was able to converse about the incident. Both the Staleys and the Sampsons were extremely grate ful to those who helped in the search. Mr. Staley asked that their thanks be expressed to all who helped to the officers, school teachers, and others who volunteered. He said that Peck and Ceglia were covered with mud "from head to foot" after making the search through the countryside from Lexington. Mr. Sampson, in obvious grati tude, said, "We have a fine group of men in this town." He added his family's appreciation for the help given. The Staley boy is in the second grade of public school but Tommy attends the Adventist school where he is in the fourth grade. Gazette Heppner, Oregon, County to Press State Commission For Improvements Towns and organizations of Morrow county will join those of Gilliam county at a meeting of the State Highway Commis sion in Salem Friday to again ask for improvement of the high way from Heppner to Highway 30. A delegation, bearing resolut ions and letters from towns and organizations, will ask for widen ing of the highway and removal of curves from Heppner to Mor gan and will request a new shortcut route from Morgan over the hill to Arlington, which would cut distance for west bound traffic about 13 miles. Sam Mallicoat, director of the State Department of Planning and Development, told the de velopment committee of the Ileppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce that he or a representative from his depart ment will be present at the 11:30 a. m. appointment with the com mission to support Morrow and Gilliam counties in their request. He said in a recent appearance in Heppner that the department is on record as favoring the short cut route. Gene Pierce, manager of the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Hepp ner, was scheduled to be spokes man for the group, but he was ill Thursday, and it did not ap pear that he will be able to attend. County Judge Oscar Pet erson, who has led the fight for better highways here, may again assume the role of spokesman. A number of others will go with him, including representatives from lone, Condon, Arlington and Heppner. Resolutions will be presented from the Chamber of Commerce, farm organizations, City of Heppner, lone Lions club, Gil liam county groups, and others. The development committee of the Chamber of Commerce, meet ing Monday night in the court house, laid plans to attend every meeting of the commission untu there is assurance that the high way will be improved. Serial Road Vote Slated on July 2 Morrow County Court Wednes day authorized a special election for Monday, July 2, on a serial tax levy for county roads. The proposal will ask voters for $115,000 for each of the next three years, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, ... . ,, DoiH ' v V , The election was called after the county's former serial road levy was declared illegal be cause it calls for a specific levy (of 10 mills) rather than seek ing a definite sum of money as now required by Oregon law. A proposed road tax base measure that was on the pri mary election ballot, calling for a base of $115,000, also was de clared illegal by the Mate Tax Commission on the grounds that the county could not have a tax base for its general fund and also the road fund. County Judge Oscar Peterson has pointed out that unless a levy is approved for roads, the county will only have the rel atively small income that comes from outside sources, such as state road apportionment, for Its roads. If supplementary tax funds are not approved, the county road program would have to be reduced to a bare maint enance minimum. i 79th Year, Number 12 - times Thursday, May 24, 1962 Holiday, Vacations Mean Early Copy Cooperation of the public is asked by the Gazette-Times for the next several weeks in submitting news and adver tising copy as early in the week as possible because of a combination of circum stances. The staff loses a day next week because of the Memorial Day holiday and would ap preciate receiving as much ma terial as possible from corres pondents, churches, other news sources and advertisers on Monday. Plan is to publish the paper at the regular time. On the ensuing week. Printer Joe Hartle must re enter the Veterans' hospital at Boise for a two-day checkup and this will leave the staff short at the height of the week. Vacations are due to start in mid-June entailing addit ional burden on the remaining staff. Cooperation of the pub lic in getting material into the hands of the paper as promp tly as possible each week will help a great deal and will be very, much appreciated. Picnic Set For Holiday; Closure Due Pioneer reunion picnic, an an nual event here, will be held on Memorial Day in the fair pavil ion, and another large crowd is expected. This will be the local feature attraction for the sea son's first holiday. Miss Leta Humphreys is gen eral chairman, and Mrs. Gene Ferguson is secretary of the com mittee in charge. The event will start at 11 a, m. on Wednesday, and members of the Soroptimist club will be In charge of regis tration. Members of Assembly No. 50, Order of Rainbow for Girls, will assist with serving of the buffet picnic dinner, and women of the Rhea Creek Home Economics club will be in charge of the kitchen. Everyone, including local resi dents and out-of-town guests, are invited to the picnic. Most retail businesses will be closed in Heppner for the holi day. Each of the banks will bo closed, as win tne couruiouso and post office. Flower Show Open For Public Display Saturday The promoters of Ileppner's first public flower show, an am bitious group of 4-H girls, the Sew-Alongs and the leader, Mrs. William Rawlins, are busy making contacts this week for what they hope will be a success ful show on Saturday at me HeDnner Auto Sales showroom. With good public cooperation in bringing of entries the show can do much in creating interest in appreciation of floral beauty In the community. The girls hope that gardeners will share many of the pretty flowers in bloom now with others oi me cum munity. . Entries will be received from 8 to 10 a. m. Saturday, at the show room. All classes of horticulture blooms grown by amateur gard eners will be judged as well as varieties of decorative arrange ments. There will also be a jun ior section for exhibitors 12 years of age or under. Ribbons will be awarded winners in each di vision, and a sweepstake ribbon to the exhibitor winning the rr,ct rlhhnns. The show will be judged by an accredited flower show judge. Rtuffin the hours of 1 ana 5 p m. a silver tea will be served, with money received above the cost of the show going to the International farm xouui Fvfhnnfjp Droeram in Oregon. The public is invited to stop in and view the show during the afternoon on Saturday. State Policeman Due September 1 James A. Gordon, state police man i fine to ne iraiisicucu to Heppner from Baker as of September 1, according to a letter to the Gazette-limes irum mis, Hnrrlnn this Week. The family Is seeking a home to rent here and would like to have a three or four-bedroom place. The Gordons have three daughters, ages 5, 3 and 1. The eldest girl will start to school in the fall. The new officer will replace Patrolman Jim McPherson who left several months ago after succeeding Officer Bill Labhart here. 64 Seniors Due For Graduation In CI asses o Morrow county's three high schools will graduate a total of m in tne classes of 1962 in com mencement exercises scheduled tnroughout the week. Riverside ingn at Boardman will be first with its combined baccalaureate and commencement on Friday night at 8 o'clock with 13 in the class, principal Ron Daniels an nounces. Heppner High school com mencement will be Tuesday night, May 29. at 8 p. m. in the gymnasium with 41 on the class role, Principal Gordon Pratt Paper to Print Photos Next Week Pictures of seniors of lone and Heppner High schools, ex pected to be printed in the Gazette-Times this week, were delayed and could not be In cluded In this issue. It is now planned to print the pictures of the classes of 11X52 in next week's paper, again assuming that they ar rive from the photographers in time. 'Early Thirties' Classes Planning Reunion Sunday Classmates and faculty mem bers associated with Heppner High school classes of '31, '32, '33 and '34 will meet for a class reunion at the county fair pa vilion building Sunday, May 27. . Class groups have been alter nating for reunions during re cent years and this is the year for those in school during the "early thirties" to return and re new acquaintances. The commit tee, of which Herman Green is chairman and Mrs. J. J. Hayes is secretary-treasurer, has been making contacts with all mem bers of these classes for which they have been able to find ad dresses. Friends or relatives knowing of class members dur ing the above years are asked to contact them and remind them of the reunion. A potluck dinner is planned for 12:30, with the hot dish, rolls and coffee furnished by the local committee, For those unable to be present for the dinner, public reunion meetings will be held from 3 to 5 p. m. Royal Court to Appear Saturday At Spray Queen Mailene and her Mor row county rodeo court will ride in the parade Saturday which will open the annual Spray Rodeo. The Rodeo, a nationally ap proved contest featuring well- known riders, will provide a good program on Saturday and Sun day afternoons. Queen Marlone. and Princess Diane Fulleton will be among those entered in the OBRA girls barrel racing events. lhe court will be accompanied by their chaperone, Mrs. Roice tulleton. They will make their first appearance in their new riding outfits. They also appear ed earlier this year in the Arling ton rodeo parade. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Lo Prec. Thursday 70 45 Friday 03 40 Saturday 47 35 .73 Sunday 59 39 Monday 69 40 Tuesday 71 44 .47 Wednesday 54 44 ' .53 Total rain for the year Is 6.76 Inches. This week so far brought a total of 1.73 inches and was still raining at press time. Three-Man Gang Hits Mustang Trio Snares 5 Firsts in District Three Heppner trackmen, Archie Ball, Eddie Howard, and Lee Padberg, performed a feat in the A -2 district track meet at Burns Saturday that should be the talk of the huge Eastern Oregon district for years to come. The three, among 7 entrants from Heppner, entered six events and won five first places and one second. They qualified for the state meet in each event that they entered, and in doing so they racked up 58 points for Heppner, good for fourth place in the A-2. Performing in cold, miserable weather, Padberg took the mile in a time of 4:50.1 and the half mile in 2:08. Howard won the 100 yard dash in 10.2 and the 220 in 24.1. Ball copped the high hurdles in 16.0 and was second in the low hurdles at u., so close to the winner that their times were Identical. Howard and Padberg thus f'62 ' announces, and lone High school exercises will be Thursday night, May 31, at 8 p. m. in the gym nasium with 11 to receive dip lomas. Both Heppner and lone High schools will hold bacca laureate exercises on Sunday, May 27, with Ione's to be at 6:30 p. m. in the gymnasium and Heppner's to be at 8 p. m. in the gymnasium here. Jack Flug of Heppner will give the commencement address at Riverside, and Robert Sicard, Boardman, member of the Mor row county school board, will present diplomas. Valedietorv will be by Howard Leon Keith and salutatory bv Sandra L. Creamer. The Rev. Herman Burg, pastor or the Boardman Com munity church, will deliver the invocation and pronounce the benediction. PrinciDal Daniels will present the class and intro duce the speaker of the evening. Soloist will be Elizabeth Kuhn, accompanied by Verona Shattuck. Mrs. Albert Partlow will play the processional and recessional. Father C. Bruce Spencer. Das- tor of All Saints' Eniseonal church will give the baccalaur eate sermon at lone, and the Rev. Rod MacKenzie. Dastor of the lone Community church, will puiucipate in tne service. Mrs. Glenn Biehl will be soloist, and Gene Rietmann will play the processional and recessional. Heppner's baccalaureate will hear Pastor Kenneth Robinson of the Valby and Hone Lutheran churches deliver the sermon. Taking part in the service also will be the Rev. Charles Knox, pastor of the First Christian church, and Father Raymond Beard of St. Patrick's Catholic church. Soloists will be Mrs. Ger ald Jonasson and PrinciDal Gordon Pratt. Ola Mae Benson will play the processional and recessional. . Speaker for commencement at Heppner will be Hester Turner. dean of women at Lewis and Clark college, Portland. Delwin O. Nelson, chairman of the Mor row County School board, will present diplomas. Valedictory will be given by Sandra Harsh- man, and salutatory will be bv Judy Anne Schmidt. Principal Pratt will present awards, and Mrs. Margaret Kirk will present the class. Mrs. Sam Miller will be soloist. Invocation and bene diction will be by Father Spen cer, and processional and reces sional will be by the high school band. Dr. Frank Bennett, president of Eastern Oregon College will give the commencement address at lone High. Principal Darrel Reisch will present awards and Chairman Nelson will present diplomas. Valedictory addresses will bo given by Linda Halvor- sen and Michelle Morrison, salut atory will be by Wayne Hams. Mrs. Biehl will be soloist. Father Beard will deliver the invocation and the Rev. MacKenzie will pro nounce the benediction. Proces sional will be by the lone High school band and recessional will be by Arleta McCabe. In the classes of 19C2 are the following: Riverside Leonard Robert Bentley, Albert Edward Booth man III, Sandra L. Creamer, Steven Charles Delts, Keith Ray mond Gronqulst, Howard Loon Keith, Chloe Kay McQuaw, Robert James Obermeier, Ann Catherine Sehmeder, Larry M. Stitzel, Hazel Jean Stitzel, Don ald Wayne Taylor, Richard Allen Watts. Heppner Archie C. Ball, Ron nie Belsma, Marion Otis Blddle, Beverly Lucille Blake, Sandra Helen Campbell, James L. Cason, John Dominic Ceglia Jr., Donald Lynn Clark, Ronald Lee Cres wick, Cheryl Wynn Crist, Ken neth Allen Daggett, Beverly Jean Ann Davidson, Ladd Edwin Dick, James Allen Farra, Norma Marie Fergeson, Robert Lloyd Fetsch, Christopher Sigsbee George, Laurence Herman Green, Sandra Janet Harshman, Michael James Healy, Edward Duane Howard, (Continued on Page 6) Meet each scored 20 points and ball had 18. Of the 13 first places in the meet, Heppner got five. The threesome couldn't have done much better than It did. Howard and Padberg tied witli Cowper of Madras for high point honors. The White Buffalo rep resentative won the shotput and discus. The fearsome threesome will be In the state meet Friday and Saturday, and their coach, Don McClure, figures that they will be right "up among 'em" in this competition. Madras took the district meet with 120 points, followed by Nyssa with 72, Sherman with 71, Heppner with 58, Burns with 45 and Mac-Hi with 33. Trailing were Vale, Enterprise and John Day. Also going to Burns but failing to place were Dean Robinson, Bruce Moyer, Shan Applegate, and John Wagenblast.
