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County Disagrees
On 3 IVleasures
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When it came to measures in
Tuesday's election, Morrow
county voters were in a "Yes1
mood. They gave affirmative
majorities to all nine measures
on tne ballot except for the day
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uii me inree measures con
sidered to be the most import
, ant statewide No. 6, daylight
having; no. y, reapportionment
and No. 10, repeal of school re
organization the vote in Mor
row county was the reverse of
the tinal result around the state,
On daylight saving, the coun
ty voted 608 yes to 1064 no, but
last count statewide was 373,261
yes and 218,577 no. On reapport
ionment, the county voted strong
ly in favor of it, 1033 yes to 366
no, out it was defeated by a
large margin in the state, 197,504
to 312,254. On repeal of school
reorganization, the county voted
nearly 2 to 1 in favor, 1027 to
581, but the state turned it down
t.y more than 100,000 votes, 190
470 yes to 305,069 no.
Morrow voters favored the
other six measures on the ballot
and followed the state trend on
them. On the six per cent limi
tation amendment (No. 7) the
vote in Morrow was 769 yes to
478 no; on reorganizing the
militia (No. 1) the vote was 844
yes, 588 no; on forest debt limit
(No. 2) it was 866 yes to 466
no; on road debt limit (No. 3),
it was 907 yes, 444 no; on power
debt limit (No. 4), it was 823
yes, 464 no; and on creation and
jurisdiction of state courts (No
5), it was 831 yes, 452 no.
The state voted yes on every
measure except those of legis
lative reapportionment and
school law repeal.
Measure No. 10 found a split
in the county with all Heppner
precincts voting against repeal
of school reorganization, al
though two of the four were by
close margins. However, all
other precincts of the county
polled large margins for the re
peal measure. In Southwest
Heppner, the no vote was by only
live, 100 yes to 105 no, and in
Northwest Heppner, it was by
only 11, 109 to 120. In South
east Heppner, however, the no
margin approached 2 to 1, 47
yes to 75 no; and in Northeast
Heppner it was also nearly 2 to
1 in opposition, 57 yes to 100
no.
Elsewhere, though, the affirm
ative was decisive: Boardman,
109 yes to 51 no; Irrigon, 167
yes to 33 no; Lexington, 152 yes
to 51 no; lone, 261 yes to 41 no;
and Hardman, 25 yes to 5 no.
Every precinct voted strongly
in favor of legislative reapport
ionment, which would have
Grain Growers
Bill Allen loin
Allen Tom, The Dalles, presi
dent of the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers league, will speak at the
annual meeting of the Morrow
County Grain Growers on Mon
day, November 19, in the fair
grounds pavilion, Heppner.
The meeting will open with
dinner at 6:30 p.m. Champion
4-H roast beef will provide the
entree.
Also on the program will be
Martha Doherty, state finalist in
the Soil Conservation District
speech contest, who will present
her talk on Water Conservation.
At the business session two
directors will be elected for 3
year terms, and seven associate
directors will be elected for 1
year terms. Annual statement
will be presented by President
Paul Jones and annual report
will be given by Manager Al
Lamb.
Ten door prizes, six of them
consisting of 4-H champion beef,
will be given.
Boeing Speaker
To Highlight Meet
Annual meeting of Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op will be Fri
day, November 9, at Memorial
Hall, Condon, with Dr. Walter
Hiltner, chief of the propulsion
unit of Aero-Space division, Boe
ing Company, principal speaker
at the meeting.
Dr. Hiltner will speak on the
subject, "What is Ahead in the
Conquest of Space?"
Registration for the meeting
will start at 10:30, and two
movies will be shown before the
11:30 lunch. One is entitled
"Fish and Dams," and the other
is "Men, Ice and Steel." Both
are fine movies, according to
Harley Young, manager. The
luncheon, to be served by women
of the Eastern Star, will be for
members and invited guests. The
public is invited to the meeting,
which starts at 1 p.m., and many
local persons will be interested
in hearing Dr. Hiltner.
President's report will be gi
ven by Walter Jaeger, Condon,
Jack ilynd, Jr., Cecil, will give
the secretary's report, and Young
will give his annual manager's
report.
made Morrow a part of a three
county representative district in
stead of the present five-county
district. It failed by 115,000 vote's
around the state, however.
Only one precinct in the coun
ty voted for daylight saving, and
that was Northwest Heppner,
124 to 119.
Baby Suffocates
In Crib at Home
Tracy Lynn Phegley, 3-months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
James Phegley of Heppner, was
round dead in her crib at 7:30
a.m. Thursday morning, the ap
parents victim of accidental suf
focation, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Mor
row county medical examiner,
reported.
The baby slept in the crib be
side her mother's bed. When Mrs.
Phegley attended her about mid
night, nothing was noticed to be
amiss.
When the mother arose at
7:30, she discovered the tragedy.
sne caned a doctor, who came to
the home and in turn called Dr.
Tibbies. The medical examiner
said that death apparently oc
curred about 3:30. having suf
focated from blankets in the crib.
lracy Lynn is one of five
daughters of the Phegleys. She
was born August 2, 1962. The
iatner, who is working awav
from home, was not here when
the accident occurred.
hristmas Event
Plans Go Ahead
Plans are moviner ahead for
Heppner's Christmas Opening
event on Saturday, November 24,
Mike Whitesmith, chairman, an
nounces. It is expected that the
city will be decorated for the
holiday season by that time with
a Christmas tree to be in Dlace.
Merchants will have Chrsitmas
merchandise ready, and it is
hoped to have a visit from Santa
Claus on the day.
une ot the teatures of Christ
mas Opening will be a window
guessing contest, similar to that
held last year. The public will
be invited to participate and to
guess retail value of merchan
dise in store windows. The one
coming closest to the actual
amount will win that stores
prize. At the present time, somp
20 stores and businesses have
signed up to offer prizes, each
of value of $10 or more, and
others will be in on the fun soon.
Complete details on Christmas
Opening, which will be two days
after Thanksgiving, will be in
the next two issues of the Gazette-Times.
Bank President Retires;
Pierce New
L. C. Buchner. president and
cashier of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon and its founder as Gil
liam County Bank in Arlington,
has announced his retirement
as of October 1, 1962 Buchner,
or "Buck" as he is known in
the banking fraternity, came
from the Commercial Bank in
Hillsboro to establish the Gil
liam County Bank in Arlington
which opened for business on
March 3, 1945. Growth of the
bank has been steady through
the years, from the initial cap
italization of $25,000 and $10,000
in a guaranty fund to total cap
ital accounts of over $350,000 as
of September 29, 1962. Buchner
has been the executive officer
of the bank since it was founded.
Gene Pierce, vice president
and managing officer of the
Heppner and lone branches, will
replace Buchner as executive
officer of the bank. Jim Green,
assistant cashier at Arlington,
will act as manager of that of
fice. Other officers are Marion
Green and Bill Siewert at Hepp
ner and lone. D. L. Lemon of
Arlington, is chairman of the
board of directors, Earl P. Hoag
is vice president, and John Krebs
of Arlington, Art Allen of Board
man, Gar Swanson of lone and
Howard. Bryant and Pierce of
Heppner are other members of
the board.
Graduating from Oregon State
University in 1921 with a teach
ing certificate, Buchner taught
school in Pendleton High school
for three years. He began his
banking career in June of 1925
in the Bank of Amity, Amity,
Ore. In November of that year,
he went to Vancouver, Wn.,
where he was employed in a
bank there for two years. Return
ing to Oregon, he worked for a
time in the Bank of Madras, and
then joined the Fisrt National
Bank of Portland and worked
in their Estacada, Woodburn and
Albany branches before resign
ing to join the staff of the Com
mercial Bank in Hillsboro.
Upon the suggestion of the
late A. A. Rogers, then state
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 8, 1962
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HEADY FOR their quarter-final state playoff game with Crane at lone Friday afternoon at 1:30
are these members of the Cardinals. Front row (from loft) Robert Emert, manager; Mike Palmer
(33), Jay Ball (42), Tim Tullis (40), Mark Halvorsen (29). Bob Cmm mm. Tnhn r tj
Joe Herusler (27). Second row
v; " nn.cis ouu wcopaui uuu oucn vnenn Diem, bock row Tom Helmbig
ner (35), Joe Halvorsen (26). Ron Crabtree (43). Steve Lindstrom (32), Mary Padberg (39), Jim
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lone to
In Playoff Game Friday
Undefeated lone faces an un
known football quantity Friday
anernoon when Crane comes to
play the Cardinals in a state
quarter-final 8-man B grid game
at r.aj on the iciiG field.
After zipping through all op
position, both non-conference
and in the Umatilla-Morrow 8
man league, the Cards will meet
a team about which thev know
very little.
Coach Glenn Biehl reports that
John potter, who formerly coach
ed Mt. Vernon, is now mentor
ot the Crane team. The star
quarterback that he had at Mt
Vernon is also now at Crane.
The visitors lost only one game
tnis year, that an early season
affair to Prairie Citv. 32-0, but
improved enough to down the
same team later in the year by
a close margin.
Admission for the Friday after
noon game will be $1 for adults,
50c for students, and 25c for
grade schoolers.
Executive
L, C BUCHNER
Retires from bank post
superintendent of banks, he
went to Arlington and, together
with several business men and
farmers in the area, established
the Gilliam County Bank. On
July 1, 1957, the name of the
bank changed to the Bank of
Eastern Oregon in anticipation
of adding a branch at Heppner.
This branch was opened on Aug
ust 12, 1957, in the lobby of Em
pire Machinery Company and
moved to its new building on
December 29, 1957. A second
branch at lone was established
on June 15, 1959.
Upon retiring, Buchner stated
that he has had many rich and
rewarding experiences in the
banking business and he has al
ways felt that banking present
ed more opportunities to do
more for people than any other
occupation. The Buchners have
sold their residence in Arling
ton and are now living in Mesa,
Ariz., wher they plan to make
their home.
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Meet Crane
Coach Biehl announced that
his starting lineup probably will
be Jim Martin and Rollie Ek
strom, ends; Co-captain Marvin
Padberg and Joe Halvorsen,
guards; Gary Morgan, center; Co
captain Ron Crabtree, quarter
back; Ken Klinger, halfback;
and either Les Madden or Tom
Heimbigner at the other half
back spot.
In reaching the quarter-finals
Navy Plane Bomb
Hits Cecil Ranch
One of the navy's bombs
missed its bullseye by a wide
margin sometime last week
but came within a quarter
mile of scoring a hit on the
home of Robert Bafus on Fair
view Ranch, about four miles
west of Cecil, Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman said Wednesday.
The bomb, which does not
carry explosives, dug a crater
12 feet long, eight feet wide
and three feet deep, the sher
iff said. Sizable steel chunks
were scattered about the area.
None of those on the ranch
heard or saw the drop, but
the crater was discovered
later. Sheriff Bauman took
fragments to the ground crew
chief at the Boardman Naval
station Wednesday afternoon,
and the chief said that there
was no doubt that they were
portions of one of their prac
tice bombs. He said that ap
parently one of the planes,
probably coming from the
south, had dropped the bomb
prematurely.
No previous report had been
made of the incident, and the
chief did not kno - about it.
He said that he would trans
mit the information to superior
officers.
The bombs dropped by the
navy's planes on their prac
tice runs are of substantial
size, 20 inches in diameter and
eight feet in length. They are
made of rather light gauge
metal, but still weigh 2000
pounds each, the sheriff was
told.
"We're Just thankful it did
n't hit someone and that no
one was killed," Sheriff Bau
man said.
Target of the practice range
is several miles east of where
the bomb landed.
Ski Club Booster
Meeting Slated
Booster Night meeting of the
Arbuckle Mountain Ski club will
be at the Legion hall in Heppner,
rather than at the fair pavilion
as previously announced. There
is a conflicting meeting at the
pavilion.
The meeting, which will open
with a potluck dinner at 6:30,
will be Tuesday night, Novem
ber 13.
Highlight of the evening will
be the showing of a movie of
the 1960 Winter Olympics at
Squaw Valley, Calif., with Miles
Lodmel of Walla Walla, Wn
narrating in person. He took the
film at the Olympics.
There will be a prize drawing
for a Polaroid camera.
79th Year
HEPPNER
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the Cards won four league games,
Riverside, Umapine, Helix and
Echo, most of them by large
scores. They also downed Culver
and Wishram, Wn., in non
league games.
If lone is successful in win
ning over Crane, the team will
probably be matched with Here
ford, a perennial opponent in
playoffs, irrthe semi-finals.
From all indications, though,
Crane will be a mighty tough op
ponent and Coach Biehl says the
Cardinal squad will have its
hands full to come out on top.
The lone team in three years
of 8-man football has won one
state championship (1960), was
once runnerup (1961), and this
year faces its third state test.
Date of the semi-final game,
which hinges on outcome of play
this year, is yet to be decided.
It could be next week or the
week following, Coach Biehl
said. If lone wins over Crane, it
would be in this part of the state,
since the Cards did all the trav
eling last year.
The Crane game was orig
inally announced for November
16 or 17, but It was found nec
essary to play this week. The
Friday date was chosen because
Crane wanted to make the trip
while school was out for teach-
ers
institute in their area.
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'Ghost Goes West'
Set for Staging Here
Colorful Western drama, with
characters to match, will be pre
sented on the stage of the Hep
pner High school gym Friday
and Saturday evenings, Novem
ber 9 and 10, in the production
of the student body play, "The
Ghost Goes West." Curtain time
is 8:00 p. m.
The cast of 27 characters is
coached by Mrs. Janet Groves,
head of the drama and speech
departments.
Action of the story takes place
In Boot Hill Cemetery and the
nearby ranch house of Big Joe
Jude, a few miles from Tomb
stone, Arizona.
Sixteen characters are present
ed in the prologue of the play.
They are, for the most part, the
colorful outlaws and badmen
who once lived in Tombstone in
the 1880's and around whom
many stories have been written.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Tombstone sent the cast authen
tic information about these peo
ple and the story told in the pro
logue reveals some of the color
ful historic events of the 1880's
in Tombstone.
Portraying the part of Doreen
Delaney, a venturesome, spirited
girl who is proud of her herit
age, is Ginny Moore; Caleb
Jones, a shrewd, weather-beaten
old cowboy-miner and a spry 80
Smith Gets Nod;
Ullman Re-elected
Democrats won four of five
national, state and district con
tests in Morrow county voters'
preferences in Tuesday's gen
eral election, and in each case
the local vote was the same as
the statewide or district victor,
The county went for Wavne
Morse, Democrat Incumbent, for
u. b. senator; for Al Ullman,
Democrat incumbent, for Con
gressman; for Governor Mark
Hattield, Republican, for a sec
ond term in his office; for Nor
man O. Nilsen. Democrat ineum
bent, for second term as labor
commissioner; and for Jack
Smith, Condon, Democrat, for
Morrow Cities
Elect Officers
City elections around Morrow
county Tuesday found most In
cumbents Peine returned to of.
fice, although a few new fn CPS
will be seen on city councils
when the next term starts in
January.
In Heppner, all ran without
opposition, and only a few write
m votes were tallied. Returned
to office are the following (vote
totals in parenthesis): Mayor Al
Lamb (529); La Verne Van
Marter, treasurer (557); Ted
Smith, recorder (543); council
men (4 years) Conley Lanham
(509), Carl Spaulding (477), Le
Roy Gardner (507); councilman
(2 years), Earl Ayres (524).
In lone, Charles O'Connor was
reelected mayor without oppo
sition. Hugh Salter was elected
to the council, defeating Arnie
Hodman and Edith Mathews. In
cumbents reelected were Gladys
Drake, treasurer; June Crowell,
recorder; councilmen (4 years),
Jim Barnett and Bill Rietmann.
In Irrigon, Margaret Jorgen-
son won a 2-year city council
term by edging Marge blade, 76
to 74, with Don Adams trailing
with 56 votes for the post. Ches
ter Wilson was elected for a
4-year postion on the council
with 57 votes to 52 for LaVelle
Partlow and 43 for Warren Mc
Coy.
In Boardman, Dewey West, un
opposed, was elected mayor. He
gained 48 votes and will suc
ceed Joe Tatone who polled eight
votes on writeins. Ernabel Mit
telsdorf, unopposed, was re
elected recorder-treasurer with
61. Councilmen elected were Ver
non Russell (51), Ed Kuhn (49)
and Arthur Allen (47). Unsuc
cessful candidate was Wally C.
Hendrix, who polled 34.
Hunter Breakfast
Billed Saturday
All hunters, their guests, and
other early birds are invited to
attend the breakfast Saturday
morning at the Legion hall.
Heppner Post 87, American Leg
ion, will bo host for the break
fast which starts at 4:30 a.m.
and runs until 11:30 a.m.
The menu includes ham, eggs,
hotcakes, and coffee and the
prices are $1.25 for adults and
$.50 for children under 12.
Riley Munkers and Don Bennett
are heading the committee work
ing on the second annual feed.
The idea was started last fall
during elk hunting season and
plans were made to hold the
event again.
years old, Larry Musslg; Lorna
Farnsworth, a talented and im
aginative writer of Western scen
arios, Mary Johnson; Gary
Sampson, Doreen's fiance, is also
a tenderfoot with some occasion
al delusions of grandeur, Lee
Padberg; Johnny Sutton, a rug
gedly handsome actor, Doug
Dubuque; Ma Clanton, a work
worn woman who is emotionally
allied with the past, Pam Coch
ell; Elizabeth Mason, Ma's niece,
Anita Groves, and Hallie Halla
han, owner of a riding stables,
Marcia Rands.
Other leading characters are
Bert Folger, played by Bill
Weatherford; Kitty Sampson,
portrayed by Nancy Cleveland,
and Frank Snell, played by Don
Majeske.
Taking parts of the' prologue
characters are Rodney Ayers,
David Clark, David Anderson,
LeRoy Gardner, Chris Spence,
Judv Hamilton, David George,
Tanna ValentI ne, Anthony
Crooke, Terry Hutehens, Aaron
Smith, Dean Robinson. Richard
Clark, Glenda Hills, Spencer
bampson, and Hester Delaney.
On the production cast are Bill
Strutters, stage manager; John
Privett, assistant stage manager,
Glenda Hills and Kitty O'Hara,
prompters, David And e r s o n ,
sound effects, and Dean Robin
son, lighting.
state representative from the
28th district. All of these won
election.
A rather amazingly high turn
out of voters cast ballots here
with approximately 77 of the
registered voters going to the
polls.
It had been predicted that the
county's turnout would run high
er than the state average, but
it was hardly expected that the
off-year election would hit a
mark as high as 77.
Hardest gained victory in the
election was that by Smith as
he barely edged Gavlord Mad
ison, Echo, Republican, Final
unofficial tabulation in the dis
trict showed Smith with a 215
vote edge, 8636 to 8851. Morrow
county's vote was 983 for Smith
and 739 for Madison, a differ-
ence of 244 votes and enough
lor me viciors election. All but
two precincts in the count v re
corded majorities for Smith.' lone
lavored Madison, 102 to 152. and
Hardman voted 18 to 11 for
Madison.
Oddly enough, throughout the
district, the four counties with
small population topped a Uma-
una county majority in swing
ing the election to Smith. Mor
row, Gilliam. Sherman and
Wheeler all voted for the Con
don Democrat while Umatilla
alone the county with the large
population had an edge for
Madison. By counties, the vote
was as follows: Umatilla Mad
ison, 6742, Smith 6282: Wheeler.
Madison, 257, Smith, 413; Sher
man, Madison, 393, Smith, 522:
and Morrow, Madison 739 Smith.
983.
In Morrow county, Senator
Morse polled 915 votes to 822
for challenger Sig Unander, Port
land, Republican. However, five
of the nine precincts favored
Unander. They were Southeast
Heppner, Northeast Hep pner,
Northwest Heppner, lone and
Hardman.
In the race for Congress. Ull
man had nearly a 2 to 1 ma-
only here over Bob Chandler,
Bend, Republican, 1117 to 627.
Ullman won all precincts but
Hardman. Governor Mark Hat
field topped Attorney General
Robert Thornton for governor,
1000 to 702. and In doing so won
six of the nine precincts. Irrigon,
Lexington and Hardman voted
for Thornton by smull margins.
Labor Commissioner Nilsen
polled 983 votes in the county to
633 for Blair.
There were no county contests
here, but several- ran without
opposition and polled large
votes. Writeins were very scat
tered. Rod Thomson, uncontested
for assessor, received 1531 votes;
E. O. (Gene) Ferguson, without
a contest for commissioner, poll
ed 1408; for port commission
(two to be elected), Gar Swan
son of lone polled 1160 and
George Wlese 801. E. F. Hiigel,
an announced writein candidate,
picked up scattering votes
around the county.
Herman Win t e r, newly-appointed
district attorney, whose
name was not on the ballot, re
ceived a suprisingly large num
ber of writein votes and was
elected handily to the position to
which the governor had appoint
ed him for the unexpired term
of Robert Abrams, who resigned.
Winter tallied 584 votes around
the county.
Justice of the Peace J. V. Ha-
ger of Heppner, oldest candidate
for olfice in the slate, swept
back into his position with a
high total. For justice of the
peace district No. 5 (Irrigon and
Boardman, there were no can
didates on the ballot. Writein
winner was Ernest Jorgenson of
Irrigon, who polled 149 votes
in the Irrigon precinct. Zearl
Gillespie tallied 107 in Board
man, and R. B. Rands, in
cumbent justice of the peace
who was not on the ballot, had
57.
lone Lions Seek
'Mystery Caller'
Wanted: A young lady with
a nice voice to act as "mystery
caller" for the lone Lions club.
This was the plea sent out
early this week by Jim Bar
nett, club president, in an ef
fort to find someone willing
to cooperate in the club's plans
to increase attendance at
meetings.
The president pointed out
that weekly calls by club
members have done pretty
well in keeping attendance up.
but the Lions still would like
to make their attendance near
ly 100 at each meeting.
Their thinking is that a fem
inine "mystery caller" might
attract some Interest. Identity
of the young lady will be kept
secret, except to the president,
and club members will be in
vited to guess who she is. This
is expected to stimulate con
siderable interest
Later in the year, she will
be invited to a club dinner as
a guest and will receive a gift
for her efforts.
All who would like to help
the Lions' cause and would
be willing to participate in
the stunt as "mystery callers"
are invited to call Barnett,
phone 422-9595.