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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
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 6, 1962
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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"
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.