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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 3, 1963
Three Youths Injured in Auto-Pickup
Postal Rate
Hike Starts
On Monday
Increases in postage rates and
fees, designed to help eliminate
the deficit under which the Post
Office Department is operating,
will be effective as of Monday,
January 7, Postmaster Jim Dris
coll reminds local patrons.
Most noticeable increase will
be those on first class mail.
Sending an ordinary letter to
points in the United States will
require five cents per ounce as
compared with the present four
cents. Drop letters (such as those
in Heppner which are mailed in
the local post office and placed
in post office boxes) will in
crease to 4c per ounce from 3c.
Rate on postal cards will go
from the present 3c to 4c per
card.
Airmail letters will require 8c
postage per ounce instead of the
present 7c, and airmail cards
will increase to 6c per card from
the current 5c.
Newspapers will notice an in
crease in their rates, since the
free-in-county privilege will be
discontinued, and they will pay
in county at the rate of lc per
pound. An increase will also be
effective to copies sent out of the
county, and others publications
"mailing under second class will
experience similar increases.
Third class rates, which in
cludes books, catologs, circulars
and similar matter will also go
up. For instance, circulars that
currently are mailed under bulk
rate at 2 12 cents per piece will
increase to 2 58 cents on Janu
ary 7. Another increase is plan
ned for 1964, to 2 34 cents, and
again in 1965, to 2 78 cents.
However, rate on non-profit
books, catalogs and circulars
will be decreased, non-profit
circulars dropping from 16 cents
per pound to nine cents, and
non-profit books and catalogs
from 10 cents per pound to six
cents.
Postmaster Driscoll states that
he has received many inquiries
about the new rates and empha
sizes that any supplies of stamps
that patrons have on hand are
still useable. The patron may
buy lc stamps to use with 4c
stamps, or 2c stamps to go with
any supplies ot 6c stamps
hand.
on
Heppner, lone
Bill Home Games
All games are at home this
week-end for Heppner and lone
High school basketball teams.
Coach Glenn Biehl's lone Cardin
als have league games Friday
and Saturday night, and Coach
Bob Cantonwine's Mu s t a n g s
have a non-league return fray
against DeSales of Walla Walla
Saturday night in the Heppner
gym.
The Cardinals played Stan
field Friday night and then meet
Helix the following night. In
early action this year they have
scheduled the powers of the
Umatilla-Morrow B league and
sustained three losses in a row
after an earlier non-league win
over Arlington. They hope to hit
the comeback trail this week
end with a pair of wins over
their opponents.
Heppner is riding a 5-1 record
with its lone loss to Pilot Rock.
The Mustangs tripped the De
Sales quintet in their season's
opener at Walla Walla on Dec
ember 7 and will seek to make
a sweep against the visiting five.
All jayvee contests start at
6:30, both for Heppner and lone,
with varsity games following.
Council to Sponsor
Student Body Dance
The student council of the
Heppner High school will spon
nr an informal dance for mem
bers of the student body and
their guests Saturday night, Jan
uary 12, in me scnooi gym.
Among recent requirements
set up by the faculty for school
dances is that each student who
is invitine a guest must obtain
an invitation from the pnnci
nia'a office, and then present it
1o the teacher chaperones at the
Hanpp Those attending are
t the door and are not
permitted to leave until the close
nf th evening. Dances are chap
eroned by at least two teachers
and two or more parents.
County J udge Points Out
Need to Back Project
By OSCAR PETERSON
Morrow County Judge
Pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act approved
August 28, 1937, and subsequent directives, the District Fngineer
of tl-.o U. S. Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla, lias undertaken
a survey of the Willow Creek Basin in Morrow county to de
termine' the need and feasibility for the development, utilization
and control of the water re-
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OSCAR PETERSON southern Morrow county. It
gives us many anxious mom
ents. The same watershed exists and there have been many
minor floods.
As the survey has been completed, it concerns the feasibility
of a multipurpose dam and reservoir project located lust up
stream from the City of Heppner, consisting tentatively of a dam
150 feet high and a reservoir with a total capacity of 11,500 acre
feet. This project would 'afford the City of Heppner and the
Willow Creek valley below the dam with flood protection and
would include storage for irrigation and provide facilities for
wildlife, sports fishing and recreation.
We have members in Congress who are intensely interested
in the project. We have leadership that is interested in this type
of public works. If we are ever to get development of this kind
here, it is up to us to stand united and work together now.
As a member of the county court, I feel that such a multi
purpose development would be of tremendous value, not only
to Heppner but to the entire county.
We have a priority now for our project and certainly should
make the most of it. All parties will be afforded full opportunity
to express their views at this January 14 hearing, and it is
my sincere wish that many will do so.
The total benefits of the proposed project will far exceed
total cost. Aside from the irrigation feature, a portion of the cost
of which would be borne by water users who stand to gain from
it, virtually all costs of the project would be paid by the
Federal government. Through taxes our residents have shared
in payment of similar projects of benefit to other areas in the
Northwest and across the nation, and it is only fair, with the
need for flood protection, recreation and irrigation here, that we
have our turn in development and others share the cost with
us.
It is hoped that all our local citizens will fall behind this
worthy project.
Registration Set
For Adult Classes
Registration for adult educa
tion courses offered through the
auspices of Blue Mountain Col
lege, will be Monday night, Jan
ary 14, at 8 o'clock in the audi
torium of the Lexington school.
Enrollment forms on the bottom
of questionnairs recently given
out through the schools, were
to be returned by January 2, but
anyone still wisning to taKe
classes may still do so by at
tending the registration meet
ing.
Classes may be offered in
welding, millinery, hydraulics,
public speaking, business educa
tion (typing or bookkeeping),
basic geology, and others, de
pending upon demands and in
terest. Further information may be
had by calling Mrs. Ed Dick,
Heppner, or Mrs. fcwing nyna,
Cecil.
Program to
Starting off with a Horse
training demonstration at the
livestock corrals at the fair
grounds Friday, January 11, at
10:30, the 14th annual meeting
of the Morrow County Livestock
Growers will offer a wide variety
of events before conclusion of a
busy two-day program Saturday
night, Ron Currin, president, an
nounces. Jim Gorman of Gorman Train
ing stables, Walla Walla. Wn
will conduct the training demon
strations, and it is reported that
it is amazing what he can ac
complish with a horse in a
couple of hours.
Friday's program will continue
throughout the day at the fair
grounds, and the afternoon ses
sion will highlight a panel dis
cussion on taxes, entitled, 'Tax
es Today and Tomorrow." Dr.
79th Year
sources of the basin.
In order that the report
may be fully understood and
will reflect the views of local
interests, a public hearing will
be held in Heppner January 14
at the Heppner Elementary
school at 1 p.m.
All interested parties are
invited to be present, or rep
resented, and present testi
monies at the above time and
place.
At the hearing there will
be presented tentative findings
of the survey as it has been
completed to date, and it is
hoped to obtain suggestions
which have been developed in
order that full consideration
may be given to these views
before the report is submitted
to higher authority.
It is the belief of many of
us that other disastrous floods,
similar to the one of 1903,
where many lives were lost, can
ne-ain come to Heppner and
Two Receive Cuts
In Skating Mishap
Two college students home for
the holidays received cuts in
skating accidents on the same
day, last Wednesday, but on dif
ferent ponds.
Gary Van Blokland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur and a fresh
man this year at California Poly
technic at San Luis Obispo, fell
on ice on the Harold Evans pond
when his skate caught in moss.
He suffered a deep cut over his
right eye and eight stitches were
required.
Lance Tibbies, son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. D. Tibbies and graduate
student at the University of Ore
gon, fell in an accident on the
Don Greenup pond. In the fall
his glasses were broken and he
sustained cuts around the eye.
His father was skating with him
and brought him in for treat
ment. Van Blokland is taking animal
husbandry at California Poly
and says that he likes it very
well.
Offer Variety at Stock Growers'
Grant Blanch, Oregon State Uni
versity; F. H. W. Hoefke of the
State Tax Commission; and Ray
mond French, rancher, will join
representatives of local business,
lumbering and banking on the
panel.
Sessions are open to the public
and all are given a special wel
come to attend any part of the
two-day meeting.
On Saturday, the annual meet
ing will shift to the Elks temple
in Heppner. Several interesting
talks are on the program, includ
ing "Why Calfhood Vaccinate "
by Dr. Henry Heffernan, Federal
veterinarian of Portland, at 2
p. m.; "Dual Grading Good or
Bad?" by Irvin Mann, Umatilla
county livestock grower and
feeder at 2:15; "What I Learned
at Youth Range Camp" by Rol
and Ekstrom, 1962 camp dele
EPPNER
10 Cents
'Sno Use! Classes
Postponed-No Snow
Ski classes planned for the
month of January under the
sponsorship of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce and the Arbuckle
Mountain Ski club have been
postponed indefinitely.
The postponement is for
good reason no snow.
As soon as the weather
changes and snow comes if
it does plans will be made
to hold the school. Members
of the club said that quite a
number have evidenced inter
est in the school and several
have registered, but the
weatherman has not cooper
ated. Heppner Merchants
Offer Big Values
In Clearance Sale
Heppner merchants are join
ing this week to offer a city
wide clearance sale with big
bargains in all lines of merch
andise. The sale is held to clear
stock left over from Christmas
business and to make way for
new stock.
To make it easier for shoppers,
parking meters will be hooded
on Saturday and it will not be
necessary to pay the usual park
ing fee.
A full page advertisement and
other ads in this paper tell de
tails of the sale and announce
bargains, The clearance is held
at the same time as J. C. Penney
Company's White Goods sale
which is also announced in a
page advertisement in this pa
per. Firms taking part in the clear
ance are Heppner Auto Sales,
Wilson's Men's Wear, Farley Mo
tor Company, Peterson's Jew
elers, Gonty's, Gilliam and Bis-
bee, MiLadies Apparel, Case
Furniture Co., M&R Floorcaver
ing and Heating, Trl-County
Equipment Co,, Humphreys Rex
all Drug, and L. E. Dick.
Two From Kinzua
Hurt in Accidents
Two from Kinzua are patients
in Pioneer Memorial hospital as
a result of recent accidents, one
at home and one in the woods.
Roy Blevins, 61, was brought
to the hospital in the ambulance
Wednesday after he was struck
by a falling snag or tree. It
hit his left shoulder and chest,
causing a fractured shoulder
blade and several fractured ribs.
His doctor reported Thursday
that he is in good condition at
the hospital.
On December 24, Roger Hollo-
man. 56, also of Kinzua, was
injured in a fall from a ladder
at his home. He later complain
ed of pain In his side. His doc
tor said that he suffered a rup
tured liver in the accident and
surgery was performed to correct
it. Holloman also was reported
Thursday as recovering satis
factorily.
Nymans Visit Here
For Two Weeks Stay
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nyman and
daughters Judy and Robin of
New York City spent the past
two weeks at the home of Mrs.
Nymans parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Evans. They are return
ing to New York by plane by
way of Denver, Colo., where they
will visit Mr. Nyman's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nyman.
Another houseguest at the
Evans home over the holidays
was Mrs. Emma Evans, of Wil
lamette View Manor, Portland.
gate sponsored by the Livestock
Growers association, at 11:20
a. m.; and "The OCA Works for
You" by George Johnson of the
Oregon Cattlemen's association
at 1:30 p. m.
Tom Davidson, superintendent,
will give a progress report of
livestock research at the Hermis
ton station at 11:30 -a. m.
Committees, which will hold
sessions at 3:30 p. m. Friday,
will report during the day Sat
urday. From 10:2O to 11:20 the
following will be heard: Mem
bership and finance, Raymond
French; auditor, Howard Bryant;
beef promoti on, -Bob Van
Schoiack; game theft and brand,
Floyd Jones; public lands and
forestry, Ralph Beamer; and pro
duction and marketing, Don
Greenup.
Reports will continue at 1:45
Number 44
Collision
Lovgren Has
Surgery
In Portland
An auto-nickiiD collision short
ly after midnight near Heppner
on the Willow Creek highway
resulted in injuries to three
young men, all of Heppner.
Two Dean Lovgren, 15, and
John Privett, 17 were seriously
hurt, and the third, Bill Struth
ers, 18, escaped with minor
bruises and shock.
All were in a car driven by
Privett and were headed home
from Pendleton after attending
a movie there. The car collided
with a pickup truck, northbound,
which by coincidence was driven
by Dean's uncle, Bob Lovgren,
also of Heppner, who was not
hurt seriously enough to be hos
pitalized. Dean Lovgren, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Lovgren, suffered a
fracture of the lumbar spine and
one vertebra of the spine was
partially dislocated, his local at
tending physician said. The in
juries caused partial paralysis
in his logs and lie was removed
from Pioneer Memorial hospital
Sunday to the Good Samaritan
hospital, Portland. On Monday
morning he underwent an oper
ation to the spine to relieve pres
sure, and results of the oper
ation were said to be satisfac
tory, Members of the family said
Thursday morning that he was
doing as well as could be ex
pected." The operation caused
some swelling in the spine, but
as it recedes he is apparently
gaining more feeling in his legs.
Indications are that he will be
hospitalized for many weeks.
Privett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Privett, remains in the
Pioneer Memorial hospital. He
has two fractured ribs, four mis
sing teeth in the upper law, a
lacerated right knee, and minor
internal injuries in the abdo
men, according to his physician.
Ho was able to sit up by Thurs
day, and his condition was pro
nounced "very good."
Struthers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Maynard Struthers, remained in
the hospital only through the
night and was discharged.
Bob Lovgren was thrown from
his pickup from the Impact but
apparently suffered no injuries
worse than bruises. The force
of (he collision knocked him
across the cab and was power
ful enough for his body to
spring open the heavy door on
the right side to throw him out.
Dean Lovgren was riding be
side Privett, the driver, in the
auto and apparently was asleep
when the accident happened.
Struthers was said to be lying
on the back seat asleep. Privett
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Two lone Youths
Get Minor Hurts
Hank Pointer, 21, and Bob
Rice, both of the Lexington-lone
area, escaped with minor in
iuries when a car owned and
driven by Pointer rolled over
near lone on a road north of the
high school just after midnight
Saturday.
Both young men are students
at Columbia Basin Junior col
lege. Their injuries were con
fined to bruises. Pointer said that
he failed to make a curve at
the top of a hill when it was
sharper than he had anticipa
ted. They were treated at Pio
neer Memorial hospital and were
released.
The car, a late model Corvair,
was rather badly damaged. Both
Rice and Pointer have now re
turned to college.
with the following: Insects, pre
dators and rodents, Jerry Bros
nan; pasture and range improve
ment, Frank Anderson; disease
control, Harold Wright.
The taxation and legislation
committee will hold sway at 3
p. m. with O. W. Cutsforth, chair
man, reporting.
At the opening of the session
at 10 a. m. Saturday, President
Currin will make his annual re
port, followed by those of Secre
tary N. C. Anderson and Treasur
er Gerald Swaggart.
Other business will include
the election of four directors to
fill vacancies to be left by expir
ing terms of Frank Anderson,
Bob Van Schoiack, Ron Currin
and Jerry Brosnan.
Besides the business, study
and information aspects of the
program, the annual meeting
Tracey Lee Pettyjohn Born
New Years Day; Wins Prizes
Little Tracey Lee Pettyjohn
didn't get a very big start when
she was born at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital on New
Years day, weighing only 5 lb.
14 oz., but that was big
enough to claim some 33
prizes offered by local merch
ants and businesses in the
1963 baby derby.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Pettyjohn of
Heppner and has two sisters,
Terry Lynn, 9, and Pami Kay.
16 months. Paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Pettyjohn of lone, and ma
ternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Keithley of
Heppner.
Tracey Lee arrived on the
scene at 6:45 p.m. on New
Years day. Because she is the
first baby of the new year in
Heppner she will receive the
bonanza of gifts, which will be
shared by the parents. A num
ber of the gifts are for the
parents.
Officers to Start
New Terms Monday
County and city officers elect
ed in November general election
will begin their new terms Mon-.
day, January 7, but there will be
very few new faces in the public
oltlces.
Rod Thomson, who was elect
ed county assessor without oppo
sition in the general election
after defeating Oliver Creswick
J i
ROD THOMSON
Morrow County Assessor
Chamber Officers
Installed Monday
The Rev. Kenneth Robinson,
pastor of Hope and Valby Luth
eran churches, installed offi
cers of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
for 19(53 at the regular meeting
Monday.
It was necessary to install
the new president, Dr. C. M. Wag
ner, in absentia for he was on
a holiday trip with his family.
Other officers are Al Lamb, first
vice president; and Oliver Cres
wick, second vice president.
Wes Sherman, secretary, and
Bert Huff, treasurer, serve by
president's appointment and
will continue in office through
the year.
The Rev. Robinson spoke of
the men's concern in his instal
lation talk, pointing out their
concerns in their relationships
with others, their concerns for
the work that each is doing,
and their concerns for their com
munity. Directors installed included
Wagner, Lamb, Creswick, Ran
dall Peterson and Barney Mal
colm. Holdover directors are
Gordon Pratt, Ed Gonty, Harry
O'Donnell, Gene Pierce and Jim
Myers.
Retiring president Fred Glm
hel spoke of the enjoyment he
had experienced working as
president during 19G2 and thank
ed all members for their help
and cooperation. He extended
special thanks to his committee
chairmen, to Randall Peterson
for work on Spring Opening and
other projects, to Ralph Richards
for work on banquets, to Cres
wick for his help on special pro
jects, to Huff for his work as
treasurer and to Sherman for
his work as secretary.
Meeting
will have its social and enter
tainment side. A climax of the
affair will be the annual ban
quet at 6:30 p. m. Saturday in
the fair pavilion with James Hill
of Pendleton as banquet speaker.
At that time the new Livestock
man of the Year will be present
ed, an award which was won
last year by Harold Wright of
Rugg.
Tickets to the banquet are
$2.50 each, and it will follow the
social get-together at 5:30 n. m.
in the Elks club rooms which is
sponsored bv the He p p n e r
branch. First National Bank of
Oregon.
Bank of Eastern Oregon will
serve coffee and doughnuts at
the sessions at the fairgrounds
Friday morning, and the Cow
Belles will serve luncheon at
noon on that day.
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Besides many baby Items,
baby food and clothing, Tracey
Lee will receive several cash
prizes and savings accounts
to give her a good start. Not
the least of the prizes is 25
off on her hospital bill, a gift
from the Pioneer Memorial
hospital.
Last year Danny Joe Alder
man, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Duane Alderman, was the re
cipient of the prizes, and it was
only fitting that they go to a
girl this year. Danny was a
little later arriving, being born
on January 4 but he tipped
the scales at a heavier weight,
being 8 lb. 2 oz.
It can be said, though that
New Years baby honors are
kept in "the same family."
Mrs. Pettyjohn is a first cous
in of Duane Alderman.
The mother and new "Miss
Heppner 1963" are doing very
well and they expect to go
home later this week.
in the primary, will be sworn in
by Sadie Parrish, county clerk,
as assessor. Creswick served by
appointment, replacing the late
Harry Dinges.
Thomson has been in the as
sessor's office for many years as
a deputy and as of January 7
will step up to serve as assessor.
E. O. (Gene) Ferguson, who
was reelected county commis
sioner at the general election
after defeating another Repub
lican, Berl Akers of lone, in the
primary, will be sworn in for a
second 4-year term. County
Judge Oscar Peterson and Com
missioner Milton Biegel of Irri
gon were not up for election and
are noiaover members of tne
county court.
Justice of the Peace J. O.
Ilager was reelected as justice
of the peace for the sixth dis
trict (Heppner) but has been ill
and is not expected to be able to
take the oath of office Monday.
Larry Cook Sr. has been serving
as justice of the peace pro tern.
At Boardman Ernest Jorgenson
will start as justice of the peace
replacing R. B. Rands who did
not seek another term.
Garland Swanson of lone and
George Wiese of Boardman were
reelected to terms on the county
port commission. However, Wiese
has moved to Portland and will
leave a vacancy on the commis
sion, No one has been appointed
for the post as yet.
Seven Heppner city officers
will start new terms, all having
been reelected to their positions.
They include Mayor Al Lamb;
Laverne Van Marter, treasurer;
Ted Smith, recorder; and Con
ley Lanham, Carl Spaulding, Le
Roy Gardner and Earl Ayres,
councilmen. Ayres was elected
to a -year term and other coun
cilmen are for four years.
At lone, Charles O'Connor will
start another term as mayor, and
uugn baiter will be new on the
council. Jim Barnett and Bill
Rletmann will start new terms
as councilmen, having been re
elected. Other officers to take
the oath for new terms will be
Gladys Drake, treasurer, and
June Crowell, recorder, both re
elected in November.
Boardman will have a new
mayor beginning January 7. He
Is Dewey West, succeding Joe
Tatone who was not a candldale
for reelection. Councilmen to
take seats Monday include Ver
non Russell, Ed Kuhn and
Arthur Allen. Beginning another
term as recorder-treasurer is
Ernabel Mittelsdorf.
Councilmen starting terms at
Irrigon Include Margaret Jorgen
son for two years and Chester
Wilson for lour years.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam, observer)
Hi
49
49
56
52
56
57
53
Low
31
28
41
37
33
Prec.
Thursday
Priuay
Saturday
Sunday
.09
Monday
Tuesday
43 .04
41 .18
for December
; total for the
inches.
Wednesday
Total rainfall
was l.bJ Inches
year was 14.54
Alaska Moose Meat
Arrives Unthawed
A moose roast and steaks
sent by son, J. W. Bedford in
Alaska, to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Bedford of Heppner,
for Christmas dinner made the
trip all the way from Alaska
in fast enough time to arrive
unthawed.
The meat was sent from
Anchorage by air and picked
up in Portland by Mrs. Bea
trice Bedford, Jack's mother.
In company with a sister, she
brought it to Heppner via auto,
and it was still frozen upon
arrival. It left Anchorage at
11 p.m. Friday before Christ
mas and arrived in Portland
at 5 a.m. Saturday,
The son is a geologist for the
Texas Company and shot the
moose recently on a hunting
trip. Jack's mother spent the
holidays with them and will
remain for about another
week.