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THIS WAS all that was left of a county road bridge in Blackhorse
Canyon, three miles from Lexington, when a truck and trailer
loaded with grain went through it Friday. The truck made it
across but the trailer didn't. (G-T Photo)
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THIS WAS all that was left of the trailer that broke down the
bridge in Blackhorse canyon Friday. Tank is across road at left
Wheels, tires and frame lie in a crumpled heap beside the de
molished bridge. Apparently ihe bridge was broken by weight
of a truck that went over it earlier in the day, but fell through
after second truck, driven by a Mr. Hoffman of Sun Trucking
Co., Pasco, Wn reached it about 8:30 a.m. (G-T Photo)
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THIS SHOWS crew of men salvaging wheat that spewed from
upset trailer. Truck and trailer combined weighed 76,000 pounds,
The driver said they carried 850 bushels of wheat. (G-T Photo)
Big Grain Rig Collapses
County Road Bridge
A truck and trailer outfit, load
ed with wheat and weighing
about 76,000 pounds, crushed a
weakened county iljad bridge in
Blackhorse canyon about 8:30
a.m. Friday.
The bridge was demolished,
the tank trailer emerged in a
pile of twisted wreckage, the
truck sustained consider able
damage, and the driver, a man
identified only as "Hoffman,"
escaped unhurt.
Apparently the bridge had been
weakened by another loaded
truck that crossed it earlier be
cause others reported having
seen it in a sagging condition.
Hoffman did not spot the dam
age as he approached, however.
The truck itself made it across
the bridge, but the span folded
when the trailer hit it. The heavy
hitch was sheered, wheels and
frame of the trailer piled up in
a heap, and the tank rolled over
on its side across the highway,
spewing its load of wheat over
the road and on the shoulders.
When the hitch broke, air con
nections were also broken, and
Hoffman lost his power steering
and brakes. The truck continued
down the road for some 400 feet
out of control, veered into a steep
roadside bank, started to climb
a bank, then came to a stop
in a twisted position. Its heavy
weight probably kept it from rol
ling over.
Spring Vacation
Starts Wednesday
Spring vacation for schools
in Morrow county will begin
at the close of school Tues
day and will continue through
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, the office of Robert Van
Houte, school superintendent,
announces.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
51 25
57 29
52 37
54 35
49 30 .07
46 23
58 30
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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A measurable amount of snow
(.4") fell on Monday.
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Some 850 bushels of wheat
were in the load, and a crew
from Morrow County Grain
Growers came and salvaged that
which was dumped In the acci
dent. The big rig is owned by
Sun Trucking Company, and was
hauling from the place of Mrs.
Amanda Duvall to Patterson
Ferry.
The county said Thursday that
the Blackhorse canyon road is
open while a new bridge is being
built, with traffic being detoured
around it.
Stringers were rotten on the
ends although it was reported
that the bridge had been re
paired within the past two years.
Judge Oscar Peterson said that
steel stringers will be used in
the replacement job.
Press to be
Next Paper
Publishers of the Gazette
Times will greet an old friend
next week.
The big Miehle newspaper
press that was the property of
the Itemizer-Observer, Dallas,
during the 14 years they were
associated with that paper will
be installed at the Gazette-Times
shop late next week, having
been purchased from the Wood
burn Independent where it has
been for the past six or seven
years.
Because installation of the
press will have to bp completed
in time to print the March 2?
paper, the March 21 issue of the
paper will be published a day
early to allow more time. Next
week's paper, then, should be in
the mail late Wednesday after
noon. The Miehle press will give
twice the press capacity of the
present Babcock Optimus press,
printing four pages at a time in
stead of the present two. Thus,
it will cut tedious press time
in half and will also cut folding
time in half.
Equipped with an intricate
Cross feeder, the installation is
expected to eliminate hand feecj.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March-14, 1963
District Board Offers
Contracts to Teachers
Teacher and administra t o r
contracts were offered by direc
tors of Morrow County School
district R-l at their meeting
Monday night. Many of them
were for one-year terms, but
others who have qualified were
offered three-year contracts. The
board rejected one teacher.
In addition, there are many
serving on current 3-year con
tracts who were not up for con
sideration. Tryco to Sponsor
John Deere Day
Here March 21
Farmers of the area will gath
er Thursday, March 21, to take
part in the annual John Deere
Day which will be sponsored by
Tri-County Equipment Co. at the
Heppner Tryco plant starting at
10 a.m.
Gerald Rea, host for the show,
describes this year's John Deere
Day as one of the most interest
ing he has ever offered. The
day is to be devoted entirely
to farmers, their wives, and
children. Free lunch will be serv
ed at noon, and there will be
door prizes as well as favors
for children.
"This is the one day in the
year," says Rea, "that v.e set
aside for the farm famines of
this vicinity. It is an attempt on
our part to acknowledge the
great contribution of the farmer
to the whole idea of American
enterprise."
The full day's program Is to
be highlighted by a film pre
sentation featuring the latest in
farm equipment shown under ac
tual working conditions. In ad
dition, farmer-guests will be
treated to some new films dem
onstrating the advances of chem
istry in farming, new work meth
ods, and recent innovations
which keep agriculture in pace
with world progress.
These films, according to Rea,
are interlaced with entertain
ment which features some of
Hollywood's and TV's most pop
ular personalities. Among them
is Cliff Arquette better known
to adults and children alike as
Charlie Weaver. The supporting
cast includes such perennial fa
vorites as Andy Devine, Allen
Jenkins, Donna Douglas, and the
"Titus Moody" of Fibber-McGee-and-Molly
fame.
"This invitation is extended
to every farmer, no matter what
type of equipment he has pref
erence for. In fact, we think that
this is the kind of program that
will interest ajyone who finds
his livelihood closely linked with
the soil," Rea said.
Admission to the program is
free, and no tickets are required.
Tryco plans to hold an open
house in conjunction with John
Deere Day and to put on display
late models of tractors and
equipment. Farmers will be in
vited to see the machinery, to
look it over and to make ar
rangements for demonstrations
on their own farms.
Installed;
Due Early
ing as it feeds itself automat
ically, although still requiring
an operator.
George Bent of Bent and Gyn
ther Machine Shop, Portland, a
veteran of 27 years of press in
stallations, will be here to In
stall the press. The Miehle itself
weights 16,900 pounds, and with
feeder and other equipment will
approximate a total of ten tons.
Front of the shop will be re
moved to get the press in with
out dismantling it, and Howard
Keithley will do this work. The
Babcock press has been sold to
Jack Jewell of the Wallow
Record, and he will be here
Wednesday and Thursday to
move it out.
Although the installation will
require extensive adjustment in
the newspaper shop, plans are
being made to handle com
mercial printing through the In
stallation period as usual, and
the paper office will be open for
business.
There will be plenty of activity
around the paper plant on Thurs
day, March 21, and sidewalk
superintendents are invited to
come and supervise at a safe
distance without charge.
Reports of progress on con
struction were given by Supt
Robert Van Houte, who said
that the Heppner-Lexington high
school will be 98 completed by
the end of May. Dick Meador
has been hired to level parking
area and physical education
field to start about April 1 and
will do as much work as he can
for the $2500 budgeted for the
purpose.
Some adjustments to the fur
nace operation and other mat
ters are yet to be done at the
A. C. Houghton addition, lrrigon
before the contractor receives
final payment. j
Supt. Van Houte suggested to
the board that it start consiu-
erins possible sites for the Rivei
side school in the Boardman
area and asked that preliminary
negotiations be started to find
a suitable site, particularly witn
the Northern Pacific Railway
company. This is matter to which
Director Harvey Warner has is
sued strong objections on the
basis that the board has not yet
voted to choose a site at Board
man but merely adopted the re
port of a special committee that
had recommended ','a site in the
Boardman area." Van Houte said
that negotiations would be only
preliminary and that nothing
could be culminated without
board action.
School Attorney Bob Abrams
reported regarding legal aspects
of the lrrigon petition to join
with Umatilla and said that con
flicting opinions have been re
ceived as to whether the matter
is the responsibility of the dis
trict boundary board or the Mor
row county school board. The
State Department ..of Education
has asked the attorney-general
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Lamb Undergoes
Nose Operation
Mayor Al Lamb is recuper
ating in the Portland Sanitarium
and hospital from an operation
to his nose that he underwent
Tuesday after entering the hos
pital Monday.
The operation was to clear an
obstruction and help to relieve
a sinus condition. Report on his
condition Thursday morning was
that his nose is sore and swol
len, but he expected to come
home either Thursday or Friday.
50-Mile Hikers Halt
About Halfway Point
After Chilly Going
Four venturesome hikers,
who found themselves en
meshed in the current 50-mile
walk-and-trot craze, covered
about half that distance early
Sunday morning, en route from
Heppner to highway 30, before
giving up.
Bill Blake, who had made
a wager with a friend and then
stuck to his guns in making
the attempt, went 22 miles be
fore yielding to the muscle
cramps in his legs, aggravated
by the cold, windy night.
Wade Bothwell had dropped
out at the 20-mile point. Alvin
McCabe made about 26 miles
and Ken Klinger topped the
field with 27 miles. Jim Dunbar
also was with the party, but
had a wager to cover a shorter
distance in a certain time, and
finished his route earlier in
the evening.
The contingent started at
midnight from Heppner, going
down Willow creek with their
destination being Hep p n e r
junction on Highway 30, plus
the three additional miles to
the west to make it 50.
Wind was whipping up a
fury, however, and this helped
them not a bit.
Bill Sowell drove the escort
car and was well equipped
with whatever might bring aid
and comfort to them short of
giving them a ride.
Despite the late hour of the
start, the hikers had plenty
of company from the nocturnal
set. Blake estimated that 150
cars came out to watch pro
ceedings at various times dur
ing the hike, but their presence
did not prove to lift morale
of the hikers because it forced
them to walk on the shoulder
much of the time.
Timewlse, they did very
well. By 6:30 Blake had cov
ered 22 miles an average walk
ing speed of about four miles
per hour. If he had been able
to maintain the speed through
the 50-mile distance, he would
have made it in just over 12
hours.
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THIS IS the old Homestead at High Butterby, Durham, England,
where the Hynd family came from. The Hynd place at Cecil Is
named "Butterby Flats" after the English homestead. Photo was
sent by J. Alan Klnston who now farms at High Butterby.
High Butterby Farmer Tells
Of Hynds Homestead
J. Alan Kingston, chairman of
the National Farmers Union in
England, has written a very in
teresting letter to the editor of
the Gazette-Times from High
Butterby Farm, Croxdale, Durham
county, England, after reading
the recent article in the paper
about the Hynd Bros, operations
and history in Morrow county.
"I read with great interest in
your paper of January 10, 1963,
the account of the Hynd Bros.,"
he states.
"It may be of interest for you
to know I farm at High Butterby
and the home of the Hynd fam
ily, where they were born. I have
lived there the past 10 years,
though others have farmed there
not connected with the family.
"I am a great nephew of Jen
nie Lowe, nee Hynd.-1 -have fully
mechanized and modernized the
200 acres holding, milking 60
cows and producing 200 gallons
of milk daily. The cows are in
a yard and parlour system with
self feed. There are 100 breeding
ewes, Suffolk and Masham breed,
50 acres wheat. The rest is in
Italian rye grass, which gives
an all year-round very gooa
grass for milk production.
"I am 34 years of age and am
the youngest chairman of the
National Farmers Union and
Royal Court
Completed Now
Selection of princesses for the
1963 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court were completed the
past week with the selection of
princesses from Boardman and
Lena District.
Sharon Donovan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Donovan,
was recently announced as first
choice from Boardman.
Chosen to represent Lena Dis
trict is Nancy Cleveland, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Cleveland.
Pictures and complete stories
of each princess will appear la
ter. The girls will go to Pendle
ton this week-end to choose their
official outfits and will start ap
pearing in a busy summer schedule.
Talent Show Promises
Tops in Entertainment
"You'll get your money's worth
of entertainment Friday night
at the PTA Talent Show," prom
ises Gordon Hutchens, chairman.
The show will start at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 15, in the Hepp
ner high school gym. Grade
school students have been com
peting for prizes In the advance
ticket sale, and tickets will also
be sold at the door.
A special attraction during
one of the Intermissions will be
folk dancing by fourth graders,
whose teachers are Mrs. Sam
Miller and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael,
These youngsters have been
working on their dances for sev
eral weeks.
Dancing, pantomimes, accord
Ion and trombone solos, novelty
singing acts, and instrumental
groups are included in the pro
gram. Winners will be decided by
audience applause, and those at
the rehearsal comment that It
will be hard indeed to select
from the contestants.
Divisions have been changed
to fit the entries, so that the
prizes are now offered In three
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leader of the Young Farmers
club (your 4-H).
"My mother visited Oregon
two years ago, staying with her
cousins, Mrs. Henry Krebs, Sr.,
at Arlington and Bob and Bill
Lowe at Heppner, visiting David
Hynd at his home and meeting
Nellie Doney. David died a few
months after her visit.
"I enclose a picture of the old
Homestead of High Butterby. I
am sure if you are to reproduce
it in your paper tne family and
friends will be greatly interested.
1 lie farm is still owned by
the Salvin family, which they
have done since the Norman
Conquest in 1066.
"Thanking you In anticipation
of your interest. Yours sincerely,
J. Alan Kingston."
The Hynd Bros, story appeared
in this paper after they were
chosen as Livestockmen of the
Year In Morrow County. County
Agent Nels Anderson and Wes
Sherman, editor of the paper,
spent a day visiting the ranches
at Cecil and collaborated on
writing their story.
Spring Opening
Billed Next Week
Gala spring opening, sec
ond in this year's promotions
by Heppner merchants, will be
Friday and Saturday, March
22 and 23, Randall Peterson,
chairman of the merchants'
committee, announces.
Heppner stores will have
new spring merchandise to of
fer, and many .will have bar
gain buys for the public. Some
stores have announced plans
for other special events to tie
in with the spring opening.
The Gazette-Times will be
printed a day earlier than us
ual next week because a new
press will be installed later in
the week. Thus, those adver
tising for the spring opening
are asked to cooperate by get
ting their material ready early.
Members of the staff will bo
working Friday (tomorrow) on
the Opening and will contact
merchants for their advertis
ing. Spring Opening will be fol
lowed in April by another pro
motion, the Spring Festival, at
which time a parade and other
features are scheduled.
groupings: lower grades, upper
grades, and high school. The
prizes have also been changed
so that there will be four win
ners In each group. First place
winners will receive $5, second
$3.50, third $2.00, and fourth
$1.00. The grand prize winner
will receive an additional $5.
Winners will be selected by the
"applause-o-meter" built by Ed
Gonty for last year's show.
Judges will scrutinize the meter
carefully as it determines the
winners.
Concessions will be sold dur
ing intermission by fourth grade
room mothers, Mrs. Jim Healy
and Mrs. Mike Whitesmith, as
sisted by Mrs. Harry Proudfoot
and Mrs. Gene Hall.
Working with Gordon Hutch
ens on the show are Mrs. Emll
Groshens, Mrs. Lowell Grlbble,
Mrs. Fred Gimbel and Gene
Pierce, who will be master of
ceremonies.
Proceeds of the show will go
into the PTA scholarship fund.
The organization has contrib
uted $710 to loan and scholar
ship awards this year.
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(Budget printed on pages 2
and 3, Sec. 2).
Expenses for operation of Mor
row county schools for the year
1963-64 are estimated at more
than $1 million in the general
fund for the first time in the
budget approved by the budget
committee on March 4 and adop
ted by the school board Monday
night.
Total expenditures In the gen
eral fund are set at $1,028,452 as
compared with the $895,238 for
1962-63. Amount to be raised
by taxes In the general fund
Is set at $772,966 as compared
With $690,345 for the current
school year, an Increase of $82,
621, which would be an addit
ional levy of approximately four
mills for school purposes.
Of this, $554,410 is outside the
6 limitation and will be sub
ject to a vote at an election to
be held April 22. Inside the 6
limitation Is $218,556. Bond In
terest and redemption fund,
placed at $98,416 for the year,
is not subject to the vote, since
It was approved by voters be
fore the expenditures were auth
orized. While the expenditures in the
general fund are up by $133,214,
the total of all funds, Including
bond Interest and redemption,
school lunch fund, construction
fund and building fund, as well
as general fund, is less than
last year. The grand total Is
placed at $1,588,852 for the year
1963-64 as compared with $1,
952,316 last year. The latter fig
ure included the total of $870,000
authorized by the bond Issue
that was approved by voters of
the district. Included In this
year's total Is the unexpended
balance estimated to be $390,000
at the start of the 1963-64 fiscal
year.
Increase In the budgeted ex
penditures can be attributed al
most entirely to two factors: 1.
Increase in Instructional serv
ices, including teacher and ad
ministrator salary increases. 2.
The building program and costs
incidental to the new buildings.
Of the $82,621 increase to be
raised by taxes, some $55,000 is
additional In the division of In
struction. About $33,000 Is for
teacher salary Increases and for
added staff. A considerable port
Ion of the salary increases is
accounted for by the normal in
crements that accrue under the
salary schedule, and the balance
is due to the increases granted
in setting up a new salary sched
ule that was recently approved
by the school board. The county
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Dick to Retire
From School Board
L. E. (Ed) Dick, a veteran
of nearly 16 years as a school
board director, announced Mon
day night that he will not seek
reelection to Morrow Countv
School district board R-l when
his current term expires at the
end of the fiscal year June 30.
Dick first became a school di
rector for the Heppner school
board In 1946. He was off for one
year when he was president of
the Parent-Teacher association
and resigned at another time,
but because he was reelected
at the school election just a
few months later, was off service
for only a short time on that
occasion.
Since the formation of the
county school board, he has serv
ed for one full term.
School election will be on May
6, and petitions for director must
be filed by April 5. At this time
no candidacies haye been an
nounced. A candidate for the board must
reside in the zone that he will
represent. Dick represented Hepp
ner. within the city limits. How
ever, anyone in the district may
sign a candidates petition or
initiate such a petition, and
every registered voter in the
county may ballot on the can
didate. Yocom Girl 1,
Rescues Sister
Fast action by Debbie Yocom,
7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Yocom of Lexington, is credited
with saving the life of her 2-
year-old sister from drowning in
Pendleton Ssunday.
The Yocoms had gone to Pen
dleton to visit the Leonard Hal
seys there. The three Yocom
daughters, Debbie, Nellie, 6 and
Marie, 2, went out to play in a
dry creek bed. However, Marie
wandered over to a small pond
and fell in. Debbie saw her
floating In the pond and pulled
her out while Nellie ran to call
her mother.
Mrs. Yocom said that artificial
respiration was not necessary to
revive Marie, but she seemed
rather dazed. When the mother
"shook her a little" she resumed
normalcy.
The Incident gave the entire
family quite a scare. They were
rather shaken by the experience
but are grateful that it didn't
turn Into tragedy.
"I'm Rlad the girls used their
heads," Mrs. Yocom said.