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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1962)
I L I 3RARY U Or 0 E U Q E fi E , ORE. lids 1 " ""I " 'TiTi 1 II im 'Mil inn i mi 1 1 iiiin n n i imiwinii iiiiu nil :'-; I. 1' :. I f ?! i V , . t - . - J " V '"' "' '' "J"' s: ' '' ; ' -'".v.Nw ' - ' ' ' ' t ttVW, ofTr 2'T; W PRINCESS DIANA FULLETON Dance Features Princess Diana Princess Diana Fulleton, who has won ribbons and awards as a rider since she was knee-high to a colt, will be honored Satur day night at the final princess dance of the season. It will be at the fair pavilion, Heppner, starting at 10 p.m. and Leon nig's orchestra will play. Next week, "Queen Marlene Fetsch will be feted at a dance following coronation ceremonies earlier in the evening in down town Heppner. Diana, who will be a junior at Heppner High school this fall, won her first blue ribbon riding a Shetland pony named "Fairy." More recent awards were re serve champion for horseman- Two Suffer Hurts In Auto Accident On Gravel Road Jean Collins, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins of Heppner, suffered serious injur ies to her back when an auto driven by Don Stroeber, 24, Heppner, went out of control on the Sandhollow road near the Hinton highway junction early Sunday morning. Stroeber sustained a cut ten don on his right hand and abrasions on his back, together with other minor injuries. Miss Collins was taken to the Pioneer Memorial hospital for treatment but was removed to the Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, Wednesday. Three vert ebrae were damaged in the acci dent, it was reported, and her doctor said that she will be in the hospital for three weeks and may be confined to bed for four months. Mrs. Herman Stroeber, mother of the driver, said Monday that the two were alone in the car and had been to the rodeo dance at the fair pavilion, before leav ing in Stroeber's car. They had decided to return to the dance about 1:30 a.m. and were en route there when the accident happened as they were coming down the S curves towards the Hintnn rrppk hiehwav. A tire apparently blew out on the right front, the car went out oi con trni anH rnllpd nvpr before stoD nincr nnrisht an estimated 40 feet from the point of leaving the highway. Apparently both occupants wprp thrown from the auto. Stroeber, whose shoes were pulled off as he was tnrown nut hlistprpd his feet as he ran barefoot to the Howard Cleveland place. The ambulance was summoned from there and Cleveland went to the scene of the wreck to help give aid to the girl. The auto was Daaiy aam Miss Collins, who is a junior at the University of Oregon, has been working with her parents this summer in Heppner clean rrs. Her mother went to Portland with her Wednesday, and Col lins said that the resulting lack of help at the cleaners will slow rlnurn cprvifp tn customers for a time and asked them to bear with him until Mrs. Collins re turns and more help is found. ship at the 4-H fair in Salem in 1959, junior calf roping at the Morrow county rodeo in 1961, all-around cowgirl at Halfway in 1961, calf roping at Vale in 1960, and Wrangler barrel racing champ in Morrow county in 1960 and 1961. Princess Diana will be mount ed on her quarterhorse, "Joe," at events of the fair and rodeo this year. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton of Heppner, Diana is sponsored by the Wranglers club. She has had a busy career in high school dur ing her first two years. She was president of the sophomore class last year and is a mem ber of Future Business Leaders of America. Other activities in cluded the Pep club, the drill team, and Girls Athletic assoc iation. Outside of school, she con tinues her busy schedule in 4-H club work, and as a member of Ruth assembly, Order of Rain bow for Girls. She is a member of the Oregon Girls' Barrel Rac ing association and of the Ore gon Washington Idaho Junior Rodeo association. Diana, first princess to rep resent the Wranglers in the ro deo, has been a member of the club for 10 years. Her interests after horseback riding, of course are swimming, sewing, cooking and she also helps with work as bookkeeper at her parents' Fulleton Chevro let Co. Dances continue to attract good crowds this season with fine attendance reported at the dance Saturday night for Prin cess Jacquie Brindle. Horse Show Adds 115 Prize Money Seventy-five dollars in addit ional prize money, beyond prem iums listed In the fair book, will be distributed to winners at the Wranglers horse show Friday, August 31, Fred Mankin, super intendent, states. In the senior grand champion ship, the high point horse in halter and performance will re ceive $15, with points coming from Class A; Class C lots 2c, 3a or 3c, and 4. Reserve champion, se c o n d high point horse in halter and performance, will receive $10 prize money, points coming from the same as above. In the junior grand champion ship, the high point horse in halter and performance will re ceive $15, points coming from Class A; Class C lots 2a or 2b, 3a or 3b or 3c, and lot 4. Junior reserve champion, second high horse, will receive $10. Grand champion performance horse will receive $15 on points as stated in Class C. lot 5, and reserve champion will win $10. Prizes for the new open class of barrel racing, which offers no fair premiums, will include a jackpot from the $5 entrance fee, a fancy belt buckle donated by Mankin for first, a $20 gift certificate from Elma's Apparel for second, and a $15 gift cer tificate from Wilson's Men's Wear for third. 10 Cents Near-Record Rainfall Halts Little Hurt Noticed On Crop Yet Rainfall. rPDortod at 1.18 inches in Heppner for the week, has come close to setting a new Anmist rpcord here and brought grain harvest to an abrupt halt around the county. Starting last Thursday, the rain intensified Friday, reach ing near-cloudburst proportions in some areas, ana every uay hut Simdav (24 hours from 9 a.m. Snndav to 9 a.m. Monday) brought more rain. Leonard Gilliam, weather ob server, searched through his rec- nrrla an H rpnnrtpd that onlv three Augusts for which he has data exceeded the past ween s rain, it pmild hp that the 1.18 inches comprise a record for a one week's period in August, but he does not nave nis toiais com piled by weeks and cannot say for sure, In 1941, the year that farmers found their grain sprouted on rhp stalks, was the record-setter in August with 2.18 inches. August ot 1918 totaled i.txa anu 1920 had 1.46. Last year's figures show .84 inch for August. Deluges approaching cloud bursts hit in several places last Friday afternoon and some hail was reported. Al Bunch said hail hit at his place, and he at first estimated damage to standing grain at 10, although he said latpr that it mav not reach this amount. Dean Hunt also reported a hau storm. One deluge came from around Al FotQph'c nlacp. across Social Ridge to the Al Bunch place, and another strucK norm oi lone in thp nplphhorhood of Dave Baker, Sam Crawford and Charles Do herty. A third was in Blackhorse canyon, and another was in the Eightmile district. There were no reports of rain flattening the grain but washes were reported in some places, fnnntv Appnt Nels Anderson said that he figures the wheat harvest was aDout bo xo ruvo completed when the storm came. Most nf thp northern Dart of the county had finished, al- tnougn some sun nave a uay or two to go. In the southern nart nf thp cnnntv. virtually all of the barley was' harvested and most of the growers naa maae a good start on wheat. Andprsnn said that he was deluged with inquiries about the rain and the possiDiiuy oi snrnntincr hpfore harvdSt With many recalling that this happen ed in 1941. However, to mis point he does not believe that any great damage has been done, and he does not think that the sprouting will occur unless more rain comes. With all harvest halted and ground well soaked, it will take five or six days of good dry weather before operations can be resumed. Hi Low Prec. Thursday 87 57 .07 Fridav 75 45 .14 Saturday 74 45 .01 Sunday 75 51 Monday 75 ti Tuesday 63 50 .20 Wednesday 67 52 .24 Final Rites Held For Give Huston Funeral services for Clive Hus ton, 82, retired farmer, were held from the First Christian church Monday, August 6, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Charles Knox offi ciating. Mr. Huston died Friday, August 3, at the Pioneer Memori al hospital. The son of Luther and Dana Boggs Huston, he was born at Shedd September 13, 1879. He came to this area when four years old, residing with his par ents on a farm in the Eightmile district. He married Eugenia Young December 16, 1908, at Portland, and continued farming in Eightmile until retirement. Mr. Huston was a member of the First Christian church, Rhea Creek Grange and BPOE No. 353, Heppner, who conducted the graveside commital services. Survivors include his widow, Eugenia, Heppner; a daughter, Mrs. Velma H. Parker, Pasco, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews in this area. dM Building Gazette-Tim is mm i aim T 4 I: TREES FRAME the addition to the Houghton elementary school, Irrigon, now under construction. Existing building is to the right, out of the picture. In foreground of the picture is space for offices and auxiliary rooms, beyond which will be two class rooms and a library. The multipurpose room is visible at the left (rear) of picture. Irrigon School Completion Scheduled For October Pupils at A. C. Houghton school, Irrigon, won't walk into their big new addition at the school on opening day in the fall, but it shouldn't be long after that when they will en joy the new facilities, a check on progress of the structure Fri day revealed. Completion date has been set for sometime in October for the addition that includes a spacious multipurpose room with kitchen and stage; a library; two class rooms; and smaller auxiliary rooms, Bechtel Bros., who won the Adjustments Show Added Tax Drop Adjustments made to the 1962 63 Morrow county property tax roll, since last week's announce ment of the 107c decrease in taxes below 1961-62, result in an additional small millage de crease around most parts of the county, Assessor Oliver Creswick said this week. State Tax Commission repre sentatives who were here last week pointed out changes in timber severance tax computa tions that contribute to the small added decrease, and additional school tax offset money accounts for the balance. Some $6000 in school offset money was discovered in com piling the roll, Creswick said. In Heppner, which has the highest millage levy in the county, the levy will be 80.7 for 1962-63. This is an aacieu drop of .7 mill below the 81.4 figure released last week. Levies in other towns of the county will similarly be down, the new figures being as follows: Irrigon, 64.0 mills; Lexington, 69.5 mills; Boardman, 74.4 mills; lone, 76.7 mills. The assessor's office now has levies computed for all of the county's code areas. With work well ahead of schedule in the office, tax statements may be out earlier this year. Agent 'Hooks' One; (Salmon, That Is) Esther Kirmis returned the past week-end from a three week combination study and pleasure vacation from her duties as county extension agent. She can now tell her own "fish stories" along with the best of them. She was the proud "hooker" of an SVa lb. salmon (her first) while deep sea fishing 'also a first) with other agent friends out of Win chester Eay. It is now being processed in a coast cannery in shiny cans to put on her shelf and remind her of her thrills. The more serious part of her vacation was ; spent at workshops at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Then she found a few days, too, to make the annual trip to Lisbon, N. D., for a visit with relatives, but found unusually wet condit ions, with some nearby areas so flooded they were declared disaster areas. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, -: contract on the job at $135,800, is moving right ahead on the project, and pouring of concrete floors was underway this week. Roofing was just completed ahead of the rain Friday, and an electrician was on hand "roughing in" conduit in the structure. Large lami n a t e d beams support the roof of the frame structure that adjoins the former school on the west side. Completion of the project will remove the cafeteria and some classes from the old high school building, which has been in use to supplement the facilities at the A. C. Houghton school. The Irrigon project is the first of three embraced by the $870, 000 bond issue passed in the district early this year. Still to be undertaken are construction of a new Riverside High school on a site to be selected and con struction of a Heppner-Lcxington High school building at Heppner, adjoining existing Unlt-A. The district R-l school board is expected to take up the matter of the Riverside site selection at a meeting scheduled for Wed nesday night, August 15, in the circuit courtroom of the county courthouse, Heppner, starting at 8 p.m. City Dads Eye Bridge Hazard Hazard presented to school children at the Main street bridge was called to the atten tion of the city council Monday by Gene Pierce, spokesman for the PTA council. Citv Superintendent Vic Gro- shens said that tne state nign way department has engineering plans for a new bridge but must wait to see whether the Willow Creek dam project is undertaken before a new structure may be considered. The councilmen talked of in stalling warning signs or paint ing a school crossing on tne pavement, but control of such signs is held by the highway de partment. Mayor Al LamD asKea Recorder Ted Smith to write to the department and ask permis sion to install signs. Groshens suggested that par ents teach their children to a void the bridge and walk with them over routes that they should take In walking to school. (See editorial comment). Police committee composed of Councilmen Gardner, Lanh a m and Earl Ayers were asked to check on a citizen's request for children's traffic warning signs to be placed at the foot of the cemetery hill and at the inter section of Matlock and Court streets. Gilliam and Bisbee was low bidder on a welder, for which the citv had called for bids, and the offer was accepted at $540 plus $25 for accessories. City Superin tendent Groshen also was in structed to call for bids on a used pickup truck as provided In the budget. A report from the State Sani tary Authority said that a check at the sewage disposal plant found it to be operating satis factorily but recommended some new apparatus be installed and urged that the city send Wayne Harsin to a short course on sew age plant operation at OSU. August 9, 1962 79th Year, Number 23 Harvest Willow Irrigation Meet Set Discussion of the possible irri gation features of the proposed multipurpose Willow Creek dam is scheduled at a meeting to be held Thursday, August 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the county court room of the courthouse, Judge Oscar Peterson said Wednesday, Engineers from the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau oi Reclamation will be on hand to explain to all Interested water users the possible benefits and uses of water from the multipurpose dam. All persons interested in the irrigation feat ure of the dam are urged to be in attendance. Judge Peterson and Assessor Oliver Creswick visited with members of the Corps at Walla Walla Wednesday pertaining to the dam, which would be lo cated just above Heppner, and they reported that they were favorably impressed by progress to date. They talked with Glenn Von Gunteii, chief of planning and reports branch, and W. E. Sivley, chief of flood control pro jects division. Plans for the design of the multipurpose dam and reser voir project are underway, Siv ley said. Consideration Is being given to the following mum purpose features: flood control, irrigation, sports fishing, wild life, recreation, and pollution abatement. Location of the pro posed dam would be just below the confluence of Balm Fork and Willow creek. Studies are also underway to determine the feas ibility of improving the Willow Creek channel through the City of Heppner and in a number of downstream locations. At sometime in the fall a meeting for all interested parties will he held concerning the dam, possibly in October, Judge Peter son reported. At this meeting a complete description ot the Corps of Engineers' study of the Willow Creek basin will be pre sented and public views of the study will be solicited. Judge Peterson stressed the importance of the meeting on Irrigation for all those whose property Is so located that they might be affected. He asks that all such persons make a real effort, to be at the meeting next Thursday night. State May Pave Street to School There is a good possibility that the State of Oregon may pave Morgan street extension to the new Heppner-Lexington high school site, City Superintendent Vic urosnens told the city coun 11 Monday night. The city had applied for a share of funds allocated by the state to cities to pave streets where population gains or other conditions have created lncreas ed traffic. Groshens said that Harold Ay ers, a state highway engineer, had been here Monday to look over the site and said that there is a good chance of the work be lng approved for 1963 provided there is a project nearby that will make it easier to bring need ed equipment here. However, out of 85 applications to the fund, only about 25 can be approved, he said. The paving would be of 6-inch depth and 20 feet wide. It Is also understood that curbs would be installed up the hill, and provi sion woud be made for walkway on the bank side, but the state would not install the walk. One condition expressed by the engineer is that water that Is wearing away the grade must be channeled away from the road. This matter was brought up to the school board at the Tuesday night meeting by Hlllard Brown, and the opinion was voiced that the matter could be accomplish ed by digging a ditch about three feet deep to carry water away, Administrator Robert Van Houte said that Judge Oscar Peterson had Indicated the county would cooperate on doing this part of the work. Ifa(otf $609,000 By! Bechtel Low Offer Low bidder on the proposed construction of the Heppner- Lexington High school adjoin ing Unit-A at Heppner was Bech tel Bros, of La Grande at $609,- 780, it was discovered when bids were opened at 8 p.m. Tuesday night in the courthouse. This bid is some $64,000 above the architects' estimates and thus also is well beyond the amount available from proceeds of the bond issue voted In Feb ruary by residents of Morrow county school district R-l. Bids from five other firms were submitted, but the second low was nearly $43,000 above the Bechtel Bros. bid. E. Chuck Mar tis of Walla Walla, Wn., sub mitted the bid of $652,541. Others were as follows: Mills Construc tion Co., Salem, $669,690; Ras mussen Beck, Sunnyslde, Wn., $670,995; McCormack Construc tion Co., Pendleton, $674,000; and Lorentz Bruun Co., Portland, $705,485. Each bidder also submitted separate unit price bids for science equipment, physical ed ucation equipment, kitchen equipment, stage and multi purpose equipment, and con crete. Bechtel Bros, bid on these items, exclusive of concrete to taled $38,521.73, also low of the group. After Clerk Beverly Gunderson had opened the bids and Archi tect Stuart Tuft had read them, Tuesday night, Dick Wilkinson, chairman of the board, called the directors to an executive ses sion to consider the proposals. After about an hour's discussion, the board returned to the circuit courtroom and passed a motion to take the matter under ad visement, at the same time ask ing Bechtel Bros, to submit a figure on the construction after removing the separate shop and vocational agriculture building from the bid. The architects. Havslio and Tuft, had set the figure of $545, 000 to cover the construction cost, and this amount was voted In the issue, together with another $60,000 for furnishings, contin gencies and architect's fees. Al so included In the $870,000 Issue were amounts of $130,000 each for construction of the Houghton school addition, Irrigon, and re construction of Riverside High school. It is possible that removal of the shop building would bring the bid within the funds avail able, but there Is a legal ques tion on whether this may be done without calling for new bids. The board instructed At torney Robert Abrams to check on the matter and give an opin ion. Bechtel Bros. Indicated that a figure would be ready for pre sentation to the board on the construction, without the shop builfllne. hv WpdnpsHnu Aumiut 15, the night set for the next Doara meeting. Board mpmhprs nnd Rnhprt Van Houte, county school ad ministrator, were disappointed in xne Dias. Arcnitect Tutt said that climbing labor costs in the past iew montns unaouotediy fnfluencpd thp nrnnncnlu Hp said that he felt that he had allowed sufficiently for higher costs that normally would be expected In this part of the state as contrasted with the Wil lamette Valley and other areas. Three other recent school con struction jobs "tame in" well within the funds figured, he said. Unless Knmp wnv nf rpenlvlncr the matter is found to be feas ible by next board meeting, the possiDiiuy is that start of con struction of thp schnnl will ho delayed while the board re- aaveruses ior mas and goes tnrougn necessary legal steps. Bechtel Bron. ronstniptprl iTnlt. A here last vpar nnrl nan umn the contract for the A. C. Hough- ion addition earner this year on a bid of $135,800. One unidentified bidder arriv ed some 20 minutes late, ajid the board could not accept his proposal. He said that he had gone to the wrong building, causlntr thp dplav. Turn nthpr contractors who had submitted mas witndrew them before the scheduled time for opening, 8 p. m. Sample Copies Go To North Morrow In response to a number of requests from persons living in the Irrigon area, the Gazette-Times has added a cor respondent to Its staff to write news from that area. Mrs. Albert Partlow is doing the work. It has been suggested from residents of the Boardman and Irrigon areas, too, that the paper conduct a subscription campaign there. As a result of this, sample copies of this issue are being sent to Board man and Irrigon boxholders. Those Interested In subscrib ing may use the form on page 4 of section 2 or contact the correspondents, Mrs. Partlow In Irrigon or Mrs. Mary Lee Marlow, Boardman. Papers are now also on sale at Irrigon stores, r. !V ' 1 v f r
