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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1962)
I I 3 R A R y U OF 0 E 'J - " . 0 A f . J y - -vV - W. L. (Billy) COX (left) has purchased Morrow County Creamery from his father, W. C. (Claude) Cox after the latter operated the business here for 46 years. Father and son are shown with some of their creamery products. , (G-T Photo) W. L. 'Billy' Cox Buys Creamery From Father After 4G years of operation un der the ownership of W. C. (Claude) Cox, the Morrow Coun ty Creamery has changed hands but remains in the same family. W. L. (Billy) Cox, who has work, ed with his father in the busi ness for more than 25 years, bought the creamery as of Oc tober 1 but the deal was fully culminated only this week. The creamery is the only re maining independent creamery in eastern Oregon and produces Kinzua to Give 2nd Scholarship In lieu of giving Christmas gifts to business affiliations, Kinzua Corporation will award a scholarship to a deserving sen ior at Wheeler county high school, Fossil, it has been an nounced by the company. This will be a companion scholarship to the one given an nually to a graduate of Hepp ner High school. Each is for $500 to the college of the student's choice, but excludes beauty col leges and trade schools except for Oregon Technical Institute. Business associates are being advised in the corporation's Christmas greeting this year that funds ordinarily used for the gilt will go to the scholarship. Selection of the winner will be made in the spring on the basis of several points: Financial need, a deure to further edu cation, citizenship, and scholas tic ability. To qualify, the stu dent must have attended the school for at least two years in cluding the graduating year. On the committee to choose the winner will be the chairman of the school board, the county superintendent, and the high school principal or administra tor. The Heppner scholarship was established a number of years ago, and it has proved to be such a worthy thing that it was de cided to institute the second scholarship at Fossil, it was pointed out. Closeout Sale Set At Case Furniture Entire $30,000 stock of Case Furniture Company will be sold at auction beginning Friday at 1:30 p. m. and continuing until all merchandise and fixtures are sold. Mrs. Gene Case, who has oper ated the store since death of her husband last year, said that she is unable to continue in busi ness. She and her husband had the furniture business here for 17 years. E. L. Deskins of Silverton will be auctioneer and sales will be daily at 1:30 and 7:30 until the job is completed. He said that he expected the sale would continue through most of next week. There will be free gifts at each session of the auction, he said. Additional details are in a full page ad on page 6, section 2. Loss of the furniture store will be a blow to the community, and businessmen and residents alike hope that a furniture store will be opened here by someone else. lone Postal Hours Extended Saturdays For the convenience of lone residents in their Christmas mailing, the lone post office will extend its Saturday hours during the next two weeks, ac cording to Mrs. Ruby Roberts, postmistress. Windows will remain open all day Saturday, December 15, and Saturday, December 22, and on Monday, December 24. up fe Ask Hin)dl Pride of Oregon products. Billy has made runs on routes on a regular basis to adjacent coun ties and towns and now will be assisted in this work by Charles McKinnon. D. R. Tash remains as butter maker and ice cream maker for the creamery. Claude, who built the business continuously from a modest op eration years ago and remained in business through good times and bad, plans to devote his spare time to hunting and fish ing hobbies. He and Mrs. Cox enjoy going to their mountain cabin. The new owner said that he plans to continue providing the same quality products to the public as the creamery has al ways done in the past. Lexington Grange To Serve Annual Farm-City Banquet Annual Farm-City banquet, sponsored jointly by the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and the Heppner Soil Conservation district, will be Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Lexington Grange hall. Women of the grange will nrepare and serve the dinner. Bill Barratt will be toastmaster for the banquet and J. W. South worth, assistant director of live stock industries, State Depart ment of Agriculture, will be principal speaker. . Supervisors of the Soil Con servation district will make an award to Elmer Palmer and son, Roger Palmer, chosen as Soil Conservation Men of the Year. Heads of farm and city organi zations will be introduced. There will also be musical en tertainment on the program. Tickets are on sale at $2 each and may be obtained from the First National Bank; Bank of Eastern Oregon; Turner, Van Marter and Bryant or from a supervisor of the Soil Conser vation district. Prospects are that a good crowd will be on hand for the affair. Chamber to Sponsor January Ski School Heppner - Morr ow County Chamber of Commerce will spon sor a ski school in the month of January. Members voted un animously to do so recently af ter the request had been made on behalf of the Arbuckle Mt. Ski club by Randall Peterson. An instructor will come from Pendleton to conduct weekly classes, and those taking the course will pay a small fee. At the same time, Herman Winter was asked to check on the Chamber's liability as a sponsor in the event of accident to participants. Peterson showed colored slides of the Arbuckle course and ski ers using the slopes. They were taken by Chuck McLean of the U. S. Forest Service. Larry Cook Named Pro Tern Justice Larry Cook has been appointed by the Morrow county court as pro tern justice of the peace for district 6, southern Morrow county, during the illness of Justice of the Peace J. D. Hager. Cook w-as sworn in by Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, Thursday morning. Under the law, he may serve as pro tem justice for 60 days. Cook, now re tired, was formerly bookkeeper for Kinzua Corporation. Justice Hager recently suffered a stroke. His doctor said Thurs day that he is improving slowly. His blood pressure is down more nearly to normal and he is tak ing food, but he is still bedfast at home. Show Set For Kids Saturday All kids of the area are in vited to the free show sponsored by the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and the Elks lodge Saturday at 2 p.m. in the American Legion hall. A full-length color motion pic ture, "All Mine to Give," a spec ial Christmas movie, will be shown. It is the story of a 12-year-old boy who was suddenly orphaned but finds homes for himself and four younger child ren on Christmas day. Cartoons on the bill will be "Woody Woodpecker Plays San ta," and "A Visit to Santa's Workshop." The motion picture, a traditional treat for the kids of the area here during the holi day season, was made possible through the cooperation of the American Legion this year after the Star Theater burned in May. The regular movie of the Legion will be shown Friday evening, and this week's bill is "Stagecoach War," featu ring Hopalong Cassidy (Wi 1 1 i a m Boyd). Santa Claus will return to Heppner as another phase of the Christmas observance on Decem ber 15 under sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce. He will be on the streets from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and will have treats for the youngsters. Time to Register For Light Contest, Chairman Advises Residences and busin esses which are to take part in the 1962 Heppner lighting and decor ation contest should register at the Gazette-Times, Mrs. Arnold Melby, this year's contest chair man, advises. Businesses must be registered by December 15 and residences must be registered by December 22. Winners of the business con test will be determined by out-of-town judges during the week of December 15-22. and jesident ial judging will be done after 4:30 p. m. on December 23. Categories open for prize money are as follows: Outdoor residential $10 first prize, $7.50 second and $5 third. Residential windows (inside decorations) $7.50 first, $5 second, $2.50 third. Business decorations $10 first, $7.50 second and $5 third. Although the contest is spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce, prize money is given anonymously by a resident of the community. Those participating must be within the city limits. Lexington Cafe Changes Owners Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Laumorie, Heppner, have purchased the Lexington Cafe, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cornelison, with ownership changing hands as of December 1. Following the death of her husband and because of her fail ing health, Mrs. Corneli son found it difficult to continue op eration of the business which they had owned for the past 12 years. She will continue making her home in Lexington, but is looking forward to "just taking it easy." The restaurant will continue to stay open seven days a week, and assisting the Laumories will be their daughter and M r . Laumorie's mother. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 49 34 Friday 57 29 .10 Saturday 51 34 .37 Sunday 44 33 .19 Monday 42 32 .01 Tuesday 49 29 Wednesday 57 30 .05 Rainfall for the week was .72 of an inch. Post Office Gears for With the expected rush of hol iday mail approaching, the Heppner post office is preparing for the heavy season. Jim Dris coll, postmaster, lists sugges tions to the public to facilitate their holiday mailing and which, at the same time, will help the post office with the extra work. Driscoll said, "The following you can do this Christmas season: You may mail an un sealed Christmas card for three cents and it will go anywhere in the United States at this rate, provided you write no message other than 'Merry Christmas,' 'Season's Greetings,' or similar greeting and sign your name. Isspj feir temsioilfoifli 79th Year -m GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 6, 1962 Ail fit : wf HERE'S A basket-eye view of the 1S62-63 edition of the Heppner High school basketball varsity, each of whom hopes to swish a good many shots this year. They are (from left) Fred Harnden, 5-8 guard (12); Ken Wright, 5-11, guard (32); Richard Clark, 5-11, forward (30); Lee Fadberg, 6-0, forward (24); Dick Springer, 6-1, center (44); John Porter, 6-2, forward (40); Bill Sherman, 6-2, center (22); Doug Dubuque, 6-2, center (42); LeRoy Gardner, 6-0, forward (34); Shan Applegate, 5-11, guard (14); Ken Smith, 5-9, guard (20); and Ray Nichols, 5-8, guard (10). Coach Bob Can tonwine kneels in front. (G-T Photo) Mustangs Open Season Play Friday; Meet Umatilla Here Tuesday Night Heppner High's baske t b a 1 1 team will plunge headlong into the 1962-63 season this week with three games".in five days, opening away from home Friday night against DeSales of Walla Walla, a parochial school. The Mustangs will come home late Friday night for a few hours, then will turn around and go back to Athena for a Satur day night contest with McEwen .high, there. After two days rest they will entertain Umatilla at home Tues day night, the first game of the season here. All games will be doubleheaders with the jayvee contests starting at 6:30 and varsity tilts slated for 8:15. Coach Bob Cantonwine has been having difficulty choosing a starting five from his traveling squad of 12. Four almost certain starters are Lee Padberg, last year's high scorer, and John Porter, biggest man on the squad, at forwards; Doug Dubu que at center, barring recurrence of a knee injury; and Shan Applegate, who appears vastly improved over his good season last year, at guard. Dick Spring er, letterman last year, and Ken Wright, who alternated between jayvees and varsity last season, are vieing for the other starting guard ppst. Wright has been hit ting the hoop excellently in practice, while Springer has the edge over him on defense. Of the above, only Applegate and Wright are less than six feet, and each of them is just an inch off at 5-11. Dubuque and Porter are 6-2- The coach will have a strong bench to draw from with some lettermen waiting their turn, to gether with several up from the jayvees and one transfer. Fred Harnden, who came from Mitchell, is the transfer, a guard and is in strong contention for a starting assignment. At 5-8 Harnden is one of the smaller men on the squad. Another six-footer is veteran LeRoy Gardner, forward. Bill Sherman, jayvee last year, goes to 6-2 and works at center. Ken Smith, who picked up varsity ex perience last year, is 5-9 and a guard, and Ray Nichols is listed "This card cannot be forward ed or returned. You may, if you prefer, seal your Christmas cards, place a four-cent stamp for each ounce or fraction of an ounce of weight on the envelope, and your greeting will travel 'First Class' to point of destination. This card will be forwarded if addressee has moved within the past two years, or returned to you if you place your return address on the outside. "All postal rates increase af ter January 1, 1963, but the above rates you may use this Christmas season." The postmaster asked that patrons again use the "Local" 4 J r at 5-8 and a guard. Richard Clark, another of last year's jay vees, is 5-11 and a forward. Coach Dick Strait has not as yet announced his starting five for the jayvees in the opener but has a bumper crop of candidates to pick from this year. N DeSales had an 8-11 record last year but they play in a tough Washington league, in cluding Dayton, Colfax, Pomeroy, Pullman and Clarkston. They have all five starters back from last year's team, and so this opener will be tough competi tion for the Mustangs. One of the leading players on the DeSales five is Steve Gwinn, 5-11 lefthander, who averaged 19.5 points per game last year. On the squad is an ex-Heppner- Season Hoop Tickets On Sale at Sayings Those who intend to watch the Heppner High basketball team throughout the season have an opportunity to save money by buying season tickets at $6.50 each, Coach Bob Cantonwine said. The ticket will be good for nine home games, saving the holder $2.50. They are on sale at the school or through mem bers of the team. Kinzua Schedules Holiday Closing Mill workers at Kinzua Corp oration in Heppner will go on a two weeks vacation period be ginning with the end of the night shift on December 21, the company announces. Work will resume at 7 a.m. on January 7. Logging operations will not be included. During the mill's shutdown, repairs will be made to the plant, none of them of major nature. Regular vacation period wgs not taken in July, and this period is taken to provide for the full two week's period, it was pointed out. Big Christmas Rush and "Out of Town" labels which have been placed in their post office boxes and made other wise available. "This is the greatest assistance that the public can give to help eliminate congestion during the peak rush season," he said. Mail will be received and dis tributed in the local post office and all post office facilities be tween Heppner and Arlington on Sunday, December 16 and Sunday, December 23. Patrons are urged to come to the post office on these Sundays and pick up their mail. Limited window service will be available at Heppner between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on these Sun Number 40 HEPPNER 10 Cents 43 ite, Mike Koenig, now a senior, who is 6-2 and plays center. He attended high school here as a freshman. In McEwen Saturday night the Mustangs again will have a battle. Their team was runner- ups last year In the district B-3 tournament and they have three starters back. Mike Shields 6-1, is a star for the team and is said to "jump like a gazelle." Terry Smith, another outstand ing performer, is also back. In the home opener Tuesday, Umatilla does not loom quite so tough, having lost most of its senior ball team last year. Bill West, formerly of Eastern Oreg on College, is coach, however, and undoubtedly will come up with a fine ball club. Five Nominated To Chamber Board Five members were nominated for 2-year terms to the board of directors of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at the regular meeting Monday. Five terms expire at the end of the current year. Those nominated are Dr. C. M. Wagner and Al Lamb, both presently directors, Randall Pet erson, Oliver Creswick and Bar ney Malcom. Report of the nom inating committee was brought in by Mike Whitesmith. Holdover directors who will serve until the end of 1963 are Gordon Pratt, Ed Gonty, Harry O'Donnell, Gene Pierce and Jim Myers. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the December 10 meeting and election will be on December 17. The group discussed the matter of obtaining a bus for use of those interested in going to Ar buckle Mountain to ski through the season, but the matter was left for the consideration ot tne board of directors. It was pro posed that a bus be rented on week-ends. days. Driscoll said. On Satur day, December 15, and Saturday, December 22, window service will be available until 6 p.m. Beginning December 10, win dow service for the receipt of parcel post will be extended from 5 to 6 p.m. for the duration of the Christmas season. The post office will be open on Monday, December 24, and mail will be received and dis tributed, although Presi dent John F. Kennedy has announced that the day before Christmas will be a holiday for Federal employes. Some of those in the local post office will have the day off, but the office will be open, the postmaster said. ; J Need Felt For Theater, Bowl Alley Preliminary planning of a pro posal that might result in an election on a city bond issue for recreation building was enthus iastic and unanimous last Thurs day night at a meeting of a committee called together to study recreation needs. While the meeting was called to survey the full local recrea tion problem, it quickly chan neled towards the idea of the need for a bowling alley and a motion picture theater. The 18 nrpsont swmral In rnn. cur that the idea of checking into ine possmuity oi proposing n pltv hnnH isn tn rnnstriii'l a building for housing the lanes and theater was a good one, and a committee composed of C. E. McQuarrie, Clarence Rosewall, Fred Gimbel and Earl Ayres was appointed to do the investigat ing. MpOnnrrip. nnrl Avros h.iil nl- - - - rnnrlv Hmui pnnyirlprnhlp vvnrk to wards that end and submitted their findings to the committee. Thn tnntntivn nrnnnnl i hnMPil on the thought that a private operator wouiu ne secured 10 op erate me ineaier anu uowung nll(v nn lnnr frnm Ihn pitv nf- ter the building is constructed. The committeemen seemea to be in agreement that the oper- ntnr Klinnlrl ho rfilli! unnn to invest at least part of the needed capital and should furnish part of the equipment for the recrea tion building. The subcommittee, termed "the building committee," was instructed to check on costs and procedure and report to an en suing meeting to be called when the sub-committee nas (lone its preliminary work. It is expected that after plans hnvp heen made, the committee will nnnrnaeh the citv council with a request to calf the bond election. The council, oi course, is the only body tnat couia can fnr tho mirnirinal election. Be fore the bond issue could be ap proved, it would nave to win a majority oi votes in me munici pal election. The committee discussed poss ible locations for the proposed structure, and one seeming to receive most favor would be be hind the Heppner Hotel building. The committee was to check into the matter to see if the prop erty may be obtained, together with some adjoining lots and to determine price. Different phases of the pro posal were discussed including size of the proposed bowling alley, seating capacity of tho proposed theater, parking area, type of construction, possioiu in clusion of a room for public meetings and other ideas. n waa rnnnrtpf that a SUl'VeV taken some time ago for a bow ling alley here showed that the ta were pood for the fin ancial success of ihe venture. Ayres said that he leit tne lease ta mlo-ht underwrite the cost of the building to the city in time. Also discussed briefly were the for a skating rink and Clarence Baker and Father C. Bruce Spencer were named to a committee to approacn me iair board on the possibility of using the fair pavilion for such a pur pose, perhaps laying a wood floor over the present concrete floor. At least 10 local organizations were represented at the meeting, the exact numner uemg nam iu ,iirminn hrpnime of the over- lapping of memberships by sev eral oi tnose present. Earl Ayres was electee, cnau man of the recreation committee f. TPImnr nhmi(lt. of the Chamber of Commerce develop ment committee nau caneu im meeting together, explained the purpose and called ior iueas. nr,r,ra1 ntlnlfn seemed to fa vor moving as quickly as poss ible on the project and to do needed groundwork as soon as It could be accompusneu Af iha mintinp were W. L. Cox, Maurice Groves, Oliver Creswick, Fred Gimoei, Hiuam Brown, Gordon Pratt, h mer Heath, Bill Heath, Glen Ward, D E. Hudson, Mrs. Koice rune ton Wes Sherman, Father Spen cer, Schmidt, Ayres, Kosewall, McQuarrie and Mrs. Arnold Mel bv They represented Chamber of Commerce 1TA, American i t., Mnunns. Soroutimists, South Morrowi Ministerial assoc iation, and other groups. Group to be Seen On TV Saturday Martha Doherty, winner of the state Soil Conservation dis tricts' speech championship, and Elmer Palmer, Conserva tion Man of the Year, will be among local persons to be featured on a television pro gram over station KGW-TV Saturday morning at 7 o'clock. With Ralph Richards of the Heppner Soil Conservation dis trict who is also on the pro gram, the local residents went to Portland Tuesday for the interview with Ivan Jones of the station's staff. Miss Do herty gave her 7-minute speech as a part of the program for the early Saturday release. The appearance Is on the Farm-City program and is 30 minutes In length.
