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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1963)
LIBRARY U OF 0 iWmfffWimm) I - ) V-sf 1 f V ; r l 4i U r -' & , V w II iiss yjYss p ' r If OLD TIMERS of Heppner Elks nignt. mere are 78 members to the lodge. Senior member years membership. Those present for honors at the meeting were (from left) James Hayes, John Bergstrom, Jack Flug, Walter Beckett, Earl Evans, Walter Hayes of Boardman, Ed Bennett Max Buschke, Jim Cowtns, Turner, Harlan McCurdy Sr., and W. Local Branches Note Growth First National Tops Billion Mark, Report Reveals The Heppner branch of First National Bank of Oregon report ed year-end deposits of $5,833,' 774 and loans totalling $3,681,395, according to J. H. Bedford, branch manager. At the same time he released comparable totals for the branch for December 31, 1961 On that date, deposits were $5, 367,074 and loans were $2,760, 509. Oregon became the tenth state in the union to claim a banking institution with deposits in ex cess of a billion dollars when First National Bank of Oregon reported year-end deposits of ."il,002,158,197. The all-time high deposit fig ure, a new record high in loans outstanding and net earnings of over six million dollars were re ported at the same time by Ralph J. Voss, president. Voss said First National joined 22 other leading banks in the country in the billion dollar de posit category. Total deposits for the 90-office system were up 7.5 percent from 1961 year-end figures of $932, 499,010. Loans of $568,974,500 were reported, which is an in crease of 16 percent from a year ago. Total resources of $1,106, 199,295 compared to $1,029,242, 783 in 1961. Net operating earnings in 1962 were $6,256,946, down $498,637 or 7.4 percent, from the figure re ported a year ago. Earnings per share were $3.46 compared with $3.73 in 1961. The decline in earnings reflected gener ally higher interest expense and op erating costs during the year, Voss said. Furniture Store Opening Slated Grand opening of Case Furni ture store, bought recently by Arnie Hodman and Gil Lujan from Gene Case, will be Satur day, January 26, the new owners announce. A $64.50 dinette set will be given away as a door prize, to gether with other prizes. Re freshments will be served to the public throughout the day. Hedman and Lujan state that they have a complete new stock of furniture on hand and have been rushed during the past week to get it uncrated and on display for the opening. Mrs. Hubert (Fay) Wilson is on their staff as assistant man ager. The opening will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. Store hours are until 5:30 p.m. Cardinals Slate Two Tough Tilts (See story page 4) Coach Glenn Biehl's lone High school basketball team face two crucial games this week-end when they play Riverside at lone Friday night and Weston there Saturday night. These two opponents hold two of the three defeats recorded against the Cardinals to date in the Morrow-Umatilla B league. The Cards lost to Riverside at Boardman earlier in the season and also dropped their opening contest to Weston at lone Athena is the only other team to triumph over the Biehlmen. Should the lone five be able to turn the tables on the clubs this week-end, it will put them in the thick of the conference race with undefeated McEwen at the top. Losses, however, would make it difficult for them to fin ish much above the center of the standings. The games will open at 6:30 with the jayvee contests. Lodge No. 358 were honored at a with 30 years or more membership, totaling service ot i.iii years oresent Thursday was Frank Turner (center, in dark suit) with 54 Claude Graham, Leonard Gilliam, Claude Cox. Boy, Hurt Year Ago, Sad Because Dog Lost Little Danny Akers, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Akers of lone, who was seriously hurt in an accident just a year ago tomorrow (January 25) is a sad little lad these days. His black cocker spaniel dog, "Black Jack," is missing and has been gone since January 16. The pet was given to him as a gift shortly after the accident last year when a car rolled off a hoist in his father's shop and crushed Danny's ab domen. Anyone who may have in formation about the spaniel is asked to call the Akers, 422 7404. Danny still has to go to the doctor for checkups and treat ment periodically as a result of the accident but is pro gressing very well. Planning Council Meets To Discuss County Problems Mrs. Elaine Essolstyn, exec utive secretary of the Mid-Columbia Planning Council, report ed the latest developments of this six-county planning group at a meeting of the Morrow County Planning Council held Thursday evening, January 17. The meeting, sponsored by the Morrow County Extension Ser vice, was an effort to re -activate the Morrow County Planning Council. Nearly 20 Morrow coun ty residents representing all areas of the county braved the winter weather to attend the meeting which was held at the fair annex building in Hepp ner. Mrs. Esselstyn stated that the Mid-Columbia Planning Council, through contracts with the Dept. of Planning and Development and EBASCO Services, Inc., had undertaken a study of the six- county region to analyze the ma jor assets and liabilities for at tracting new manufacturing in dustries. "Since last April, when actual work on this study was commenced, we have completed the inventory of physical feat ures of the region, including land use, existing transportation facilities, utilities, and soil class ifications," she said. The com pleted report should be ready by the end of February. Jean Scheel, assistant direc tor extension service, OSU, dis cussed the Rural Area Develop ment program for the group. He indicated that the Rural Area Development process could be a useful tool to the county in planning for over-all economic I development. Oliver Creswick, Heppner, as a part of reorganizing the plan ning council, was elected chair man of the group. Max Jones, Irrigon, was elected vice-chairman and Nels Anderson, county extension agent, was selected as secretary. In discussion from the floor, Oliver Creswick urged the coun ty planning council to submit a written statement to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers favor ing the Willow Creek dam above Heppner. He indicated the hear ing held January 14 at the Heppner grade school is required by law to remain open for 30 days so that written statements can be submitted. Gar Swan son, lone, and Mrs. ndrt-w Skiles, Irrigon, both indicated a need for more planning and development for parks and rec reational areas in the county. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Lo Prec. Thursday 39 25 .08 Friday 28 06 Saturday 33 12 Sunday 34 21 Monday 54 21 Tuesday 44 16 Wednesday 34 17 Rainfall for the week was .08 of an inch. meeting of the lodge last Thursday Fat Mollahan, Dr. A. D. McMurao, (G-T Photo) Bank of Eastern Oregon Reports Gain in Deposits Deposits and earnings of the Bank of Eastern Oregon contin ued to climb during 1962, it was reported by officers and directors to stocknoiders at the annual meeting held in Arlington on Wednesday, January 16. Total deposits of the three offices of the locally-owned bank increased a total of $1,225,000 to $4,900,000. Total assets as of Dec ember 31, 1962, were $5,363,000. Of the gross income, which amounted to over $213,000, some $180,000 was added to the econo my of the area in payment of in terest on savings and time depo sits, dividends to the stock holders, salaries, taxes, rent, do nations, services and supplies. Gene Pierce, who has served as executive officer of the bank since the retirement of L. C. Buchner of Arlington late last year, was officially elected pre sident and cashier. James - F. Green was elected manager of the Arlington office, Marion C Green was elected assistant cashier and William F. Siewert was elected assistant manager. Directors reelected for the year were D. L. Lemon, Earl P. Hoag and John W. Krebs, all of Arling ton; Arthur A. Allen of Board man; Garland Swanson of lone; Howard Bryant and Pierce of Heppner. New directors elected were David Childs and Foster Odom of Arlington, who filled the vacancies created with Buch ner's retirement and the resigna tion of M. L. Brady. Of the 1500 shares outstanding of the bank stock, 1186 12 shares were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. The new president of the bank has been with the Bank of East ern Oregon since 1957 when the Heppner branch was opened. He had previously held a position with the First National Bank for 16 years, but immediately prior to coming to Heppner had been engaged in a grocery and meat business with his brother-in-law in Pendleton. Dean Likes Letters, Cards from Friends Appreciation for the letters and cards that have been re ceived bv Dean Lovgren in Good Samaritan hospital, Portia n d , from his friends has been ex pressed from him via his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lov gren, who spent the week-end in Portland to see him, together with his father, Vic Lovgren. "Ho said to tell all the kids, 'Hello', " Bob reported Monday, "end to keep the cards and letters coming." He no longer has a telephone because he has been transferred to a ward. Although lonesome, the young Heppner High school sophomore keeps cheerful. The Lovgrens said that he seems to be coming along good, end has a little movement in his legs. His mother, Mrs. Vic Lovgren, has been in Portland to be near him since the auto acci dent near Heppner on December 30 that resulted in fracturing vertebrae in his back. Dean is in room 476 and can have visitor.-; during visiting hours. John Privett Has Surgery Saturday John Privett, injured in a 2-car accident December 30, had surg ery January 12 at Pioneer Mem orial hospital to remove a bowl obstruction. The attending physi cian reports he is in "fair" condi tion. John was released from the ho: pital January 7 and re-admitted January 11 for observation. He will be confined to the hospi tal for several weeks recupera ting from the surgery. 79th Year THE m IP GAZETTE-T Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 24, 1963 High-Flying Cagers Face Rocket Five (See story page 5) GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Western Division W L Pet Heppner 3 0 1.000 Sherman 2 1 .667 Pilot Rock 1 1 .500 Burns 12 .333 Grant Union 0 3 .000 With the hope of keeping their Greater Oregon victory string in tact, Heppner High's basketball team will face Pilot Rock here Friday night in the second meet ing between the teams. The Rockets are the only team which has been successful in de feating Heppner this year, hav ing haltered the Mustangs at Pilot Rock In a non-league game on December 15, 65 to 52. The four teams play four games through this season, two each at home, and two of the four are league games. Coach Mas Watanabe's Rock ets split a pair of road games to Burns and Grant Union over the week-end while Heppner took both teams on the alternate nights. The Rockets edged the John Day five, 42 to 41, but lost to Burns, 50 to 38. In the December 15 meeting, Pilot Rock's Buzz Quempts fired 20 points for his team to pace the victory. Shan Applegate led the Mustangs with 15. Heppner has been steadily improving during the season since this loss in 10 contests. Should the Mustangs win, it will give them a first half sweep over league opponents. After this week-end, three of the four re maining league games are at heme, the only trip being a re turn game at Pilot Rock. A full house is expected in the Mustang gym Friday night, and those who expect to get good seats will have to come early. Jayvees open the bill with a con test at 6:30. Coach Dick Strait's Heppner jayvees will seek to get back on the victory trail after losing their only games or tne season to John Day ana uurns jayvees over the week-end. Carlson Ranch House Destroyed By Fire Saturday A vacant house on the lower ranch owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson, located 15 miles southwest of lone, was destroyed by fire baturday morning with loss estimated by the owners at about $10,000. The house was partially fur nished. A heat coil had been placed under the house during cold weather to keep pipes from freezing, and it is surmised that this may have caused the fire. Richard Kinzer, a tenant who lives in a trailer house on the place, discovered the blaze about 7 a. m. but the place was engulf ed by fire by that time. Many neighbors and friends from around the countryside respond ed to help, but their efforts could only keep the fire from spread ing to other property. No fire de partments were on the scene. Most of the loss was insured, Mrs. Carlson said. They live about 15 miles from the scene of the fire. The Carlsons expressed appre ciation to all those who came to help and said that they were glad that some family with little children was not living in the house. Ex-High, College Basketball Stars Bill March of Dimes Benefit Jan. 31 lone and Heppner town bas ketball teams, boasting ex-high school and college stars, will play the first of benefit games for the March of Dimes in the Heppner High gym on Thursday, January 31, Pete Glennie, special services director for the March of Dimes in the county, an nounces. The public will see some bang up action in the contest and at the same time will help the worthwhile cause. Playing for lone will be such former high school stars as Dallas Rea, 5-11, Wayne Ball, 5-7. Keith Rea, 5-8, Dave Bar nett, 5-5, Larry Rietmann, 6-3, Kenny Brenner, 5-7, Eddie Gro shens, 5-9, and Omar Huston, 6-1. All are former Cardinals except Groshens, just back from Ger many, and Huston, both of whom played for the Mustangs in their high school days. 'A JACK SMITH, a "freshman" representative in the state legislature from the 28th district (Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla and Wheeler counties) is shown at his desk with his secretary, Carole Rankin of Hermiston. Rep. Smith To Three Committees Representative Jack Smith of Condon, who has started his first legislative session after being elected to the state legis lature from the 28th district in November, has heen armointed tn three important committees in tne House of Representatives. Hp is sprvincr ne viep rhairman of the agriculture committee, Local Youth Rally To Feature Free Teen-age Movie A special film for young peo ple in this area, "Teenage Rock," will be shown at the Heppner Grade school multi-purpose room Saturday night, January 26. at 7:30 p. m- No admission will be charged to see the full-length picture, and added entertain ment will be featured after the film by a group of young people from Pendleton, as well as a re freshment and social hour. The widely-screened teen-age motion picture, "Teenage Rock," was produced in close collabora tion with young people from all over the United States, who par ticipated in brainstorming ses sions In such cities as Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Grand Rapids. It takes a bold look at the problems confronting today's young people, and clearly de fines the answer to be found in the Christian faith. Centered around the experi ences of a high school basket ball star, the story traces his frustrations as he tries to find meaning in life apart from spiritual motivation. Across the young athlete's path comes a Japanese exchange student, who tactfully voices his disappoint ment over complacency of Amer ican young people regarding crucial issues in our world. This triggers a chain of events which bring into focus many issues confronting today's educat o r s and youth leaders. "Teenage Rock" is a companion release to such films as "Goal To Go," "Highest Mountain," "Going Steady," and "Seventeen." These are part of the Youth t Urns pro gram which supplys motion pic tures with a spiritual impact for free showing in high schools throughout the world. This film is being shown here in conjunction with a youth rally under the auspices of the Bible Baptist church and all teen-age young people are extended a cor dial invitation to attend. On the Heppner Townies are a number of coaches and teachers, as well as others. While they have more in the way of college records in the casaba sport, they are older on the average than the lone players and may have lost some of their agility. How ever, those who played against the Harlem Clowns in a bene fit here last year showed sparkle that brought favorable com ments from fans. On their roster are Darrel Reisch, 6-4, and Bob Cantonwine, 6-2, both ex-four year lettermen at Northwest Nazarene college, Nampa, Idaho; Dick Strait, 6-3, ex-Oregon State University; Clint Agee, 6-7, ex-Pacific University 4 year lettermen; Ted Talbott, 5-8, of Riverside, ex-College of Idaho star; Glenn Beihl, 5-9, for merly of University of Montana Larry O'Rourke, 5-8, formerly of St. Joseph's, Pendleton; Harley Sager, 5-11, wlio played for the Number 47 HEPPNER 10 Cents Appointed and is a member of the taxation and education committees. Rep. Smith announced the ap pointment of Miss Carole Rankin of Hermiston as his secretary for the 52nd legislative assembly. She is a native of Hermiston, having attended grade and high school there and she attended Pacific Business College in Port land. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Rankin, are long-time residents of Hermiston and her grandfather, Harold Rankin, is president of the Uma tilla county fair board. "I am pleased to have a young lady of Carole's poise and ability to assist me In the coming months," Rep. Smith said. "Al though we are both 'freshmen', we are doing our homework and learning the ropes to better serve you." Rop. Smith, Democrat, defeated Frank Weatherford, incumbent, in the primary election last May and then won over Gaylord Mad ison, Republican, of Echo for the 28th district seat in the House. The new representative is the first to serve this district under the apportionment plan that went into effect with this ses sion with the district now em bracing the rambling territory of five counties, Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler. Fire Burns Shed At Hughes Home Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a storage shed behind the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes, 360 South Gilmore, last Thursday evening. Lost in the fire were two power mowers, some new tires, toys of the Hughes children, fruit jars, gard en tools and other items. Mrs Hughes said that she was preparing dinner when daughter, Pamela, noticed flames shooting from the building in the rear and started screaming. The fire department was call ed sometime between 6:30 and 7 p.m. and remained on the scene until about 8:30, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are un certain as to whether their in surance policy covers the loss but are hopeful that it does. IOOF Party Slated Odd Fellows card party will be Wednesday night, January 30, in the Odd Fellows hall with Rebekahs, Odd Fellows and friends invited. Lunch will be served. Nyssa town team before coming to Heppner; and Pete Glennie, 5-8, former varsity guard of Western Montana for two years. Another feature of the March of Dimes benefit, which is fig ured to be the first of at least two games to be played, will be contests between Heppner grade school children. Two fifth grade teams will vie in a preliminary to start at 7:15, and two sixth giade teams will compete at half-time of the All-Star game. Tom Hughes and Don Cole, Pendleton association officials, have donated their officiating services to the cause. Junior high school students are planning to undertake the ticket sale, and a basketball is being donated by Central Market as a prize for the student who sells the most tickets. Admission will be 75c for adults, 25e for students and 10c for children. IMI S Recreation Petitions Circulated More than 200 registered vot ers of Heppner have signed pet itions asking the city council to propose a city bond issue to voters for construction of a rec reation building, Earl Avres, chairman of a citizens' building committee for the project, said Thursday morning. me recreation committee was formed late last year with rep resentation from local organi zations and Ayres was named to head the building committee. Other members of the building committee are Clint McQuarrie, bred Gimbel and Clarence Rose- wall. Since that time thev have been in consultation with Wesley V. Korman, Pendleton archlte c t, who has prepared preliminary sketches, worked out some ten tative cost estimates and pre pared a plan lor the building that would house a motion pic ture theater and a bowling al ley. In the meantime the commit tee has secured options on prop erty owned by Leonard Kummer land that extends to the creek from Chase street behind Hotel Heppner and for an additional lot owned by the Elks lodge. Ayres said that the figures and plan will be placed before the city council, possibly at a special meeting, for its consid eration. He said that the com mittee is of the opinion that the structure could be built at a reasonable cost to taxpayers to answer the need for recreational facilities here. It is proposed that the structure, alter completion, would be leased to a private operator and the rent would be applied against the payments on the bonds. Ayres and McQuarrie, who have been circulating the pet itions, said they have met with an excellent response from the public. They estimated that ap proximately W7o oi tnose ap proached have indicated that they were In favor of such a project. Before the matter is presented to the council, complete esti mates will be worked out, in cluding expected costs of con struction, costs of equipping the portion to be carried by the bona issue, amount of tax levy that would be required, expected ren tal from the operator, and other details. The bond issue cannot be culminated without a vote of the people and all details will be presented prior to the date of any selection that the council may call. Those who have not naa op portunity to sign the petitions but who wish to do so will find them at Central Market and Heppner Auto Sales. The building committee has held several sessions. It had been intended to report back to the general committee, but when others were contacted they indicated that they did not feel this would be necessary, Ayres said, since there was unanimous agreement at the organization meeting that a plan should be worked out for presentation to the council and the building committee was asked to do the Job. New Police Auto In 2-Car Mishap The new city police car was damaged to the extent of an es timated $350 and a late model car driven by Marvin Padberg, 18, of lone sustained damage estimated at $375 in a collision at the junction of Riverside ave nue and highway 207 at 5 p.m. Sunday. Tanna Valentine, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Valentine of Heppner, a passenger in the Pad berg auto, suffered a dislocated shoulder In the accident and was the only one injured. She was in the Pioneer Memorial hospital until Monday night and remain ed home from school thereafter through the week. She also sus tained a bump on the head. Officer Pat Mollahan was driv ing the prowl car north and had stopped on Riverside to enter the highway. Padberg, also traveling north, was on the highway, with other cars following him. As Mollahan entered the highway, the Padberg car hit the police car on the right rear fender. The lone youth said that he applied the brakes but could not avoid hitting the city car. The Padberg auto came to rest in the ditch. Uninjured passen gers in the car were Linda Sue Valentine, 17, and Kathy Rea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clell Rea of lone. Section Reserved For Season Tickets A section of seats In the rear of the first floor of the Heppner High gym will be reserved Fri day night at the Pilot Rock game for season ticket holders, Gordon Pratt, principal, states. Eighty seats will be set aside, which include the last five rows for eight seats in on either side of the center aisle. However, those who wish to use the seats must be present by 8 p.m., the principal said.
