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l i d : a r y u or o e u q e ;j e: , o r. z . Spring Festival Promises Fun Here Saturday 80th Year Number 8 m m m m y . HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 25, 1963 10 Cents Economic Study Completed for Mid-Columbia Area Agriculture and its allied pro cessing industries can be expec ted to remain the major ec- onomic force over the next 20 to &u years in the Mid-Columbia area embracing six coun ties, including Morrow, an 186 page regional development pro gram just completed by Ebasco Services, Inc., for the Mid-Columbia Planning Council states. The extensive report, prepared after a thorough study of the area through the past year, in cludes sections on the Mid Columbia economy, natural and man-made facilities, population and employment, growth prob lems and prospects, approaches to an industrial development program, the preliminary reg ional development plan, and a summary of principal findings, conclusions and recommenda tions. Members of the 6-county coun cil, including Judge Oscar Pet erson of Morrow, met in The Dalles Friday and received the report The judge said that now that this study has been com pleted, it is time to move for ward and act on the recommen dations. He said that he has written to the State Department of Planning and Development, pointing out the need to go ahead and the need for finan cing to accomplish desired re sults. The report goes into consider able detail on the industries ex isting in the six counties, in cluding agriculture, manufac- j vice industries. It analyzes the tax structure, considers climate, land use, transportation and public facilities. It discusses population trends, deals with the labor force and employment. Regional assets and liabilities are pointed out, together with general considerations in attrac ting industry. Single copies of the study have been placed in the hands of the county court (Judge Pet erson), with the Port Commis sion (Dewey West and Garland Swanson), county planning com mission (Clarence Rosewall), Chamber of Commerce (Oliver Creswick), library in Heppner, library in lone, and the Gazette Times. Those who wish to read them are invited to contact any of these sources. Some of the conclusions of the report are these: Increased farm mechanization, together with the growth of corporate and similar large farming operations, can be ex pected to further reduce agri cultural employment opportun ities in the years ahead. The dominance of wheat and other grain crops can be expec ted to continue as new export markets are developed and local commercial livestock feeding op erations become more attractive and profitable. Increases in the amount of freezing operations, and space acreage under irrigation result ing from projects currently un der consideration, and new irri gation projects to be developed over the next two to five dec ades, will increase agricultural diversification. Organizations Asked To Attend Meeting Heads of organization in Morrow county, inclu ding municipalities, industries, farm groups, service organi zations and others are urged by Judge Peterson to be at a meeting in the county court house, Pendleton, Monday at 1 p.m. for the purpose of set ting up an advisory commit tee for the area to start pro cedures for followup on the Mid-Columbia Planning Coun cil's study of the area. He stated that he has con tacted some of the organiza tions but cannot reach them all and urges good participa tion at the meeting. Prospects for im m e d i a t e growth of new manufacturing industries are limited. Near- term manufacturing prospects appear most favorable for in dustries allied to agriculture, such as feed and seed processing and food packing, canning and age developmetns. Based on present information, the Boardman Space Age Indus trial Park and other known in dustrial development plans will not, by themselves, provide suf ficient momentum to achieve sustained regional growth dur ing the 1960's and 1970's. Regional recreational resourc es offer unique opportunities for early development to broaden the economy and provide new employment. Approximately 10.000 new iobs would De required to provide em ployment for young people who will join the Mid-Columbia labor force between 1960 and 1980. The target protection of a dod- ulation of about 125,000 by 1980 will require the net addition of about 8,000 jobs. Anticipated re ductions in agricultural and con struction employment will place the burden of providing new em ployment opportunities on man ufacturing and service indus tries. Creation of a sufficient num ber of new jobs to meet the 1980 employment target will require a vigorous and sustained reg ional development effort. Action plans for economic de velopment aimed at achieving these population and employ ment targets will require coord inated effort on a regional ba sis, rather than purely local ef forts by separate county and port district agencies. Students, Friends Mourn Death of Mrs. Weatherford Dvess Backs Wheat Program; 168 Hear Talks (Text of talk page 3, section 2) "Contrary to what some critics say, this 1964 wheat program can be one of the most flexible farm programs ever devised," Jim Dyess, northwest area di rector of the ASCS and former executive vice president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, told a large audience of ranchers and businessmem in an address at the fair pavilion Monday night. Dyess and Nels Anderson, Mor row county agent, shared the speaker's platform in discussing the program. The former, who is said to be among the best informed in the United States on the wheat proposal, showed slides to illustrate the points of the proposed program as well as speaking to the audience. Anderson took the case of a typical wheat ranch and follow ed, step by step, the effects on the owner's economy if the wheat program is approved at the May 21 referendum and If it is defeated. The audience was composed of 168 listeners, the largest crowd Anderson said, that has gath ered for a farm meeting during the time he has been in the county with the exception of one countywide planning conference a number of years ago. After an illness of nearly two years, Mrs. W. W. (Lucile) Weatherford, 53, died in the Uni versity of Oregon Medical School hospital last Thursday. Friends, relatives, students and former students filled the Arlington Methodist church to near capacity Monday afternoon for funeral services. Officiating were the Rev. Raymond Kratzer, district superintendent of the Nazarene church, Yakima, Wn and the Rev. Bill Briggs, pastor of the Arlington Methodist church. Interment was in the Weath erford family plot in the Arling ton cemetery. Mrs. Weatherford, who had taught school both prior to and after her marriage, had con tinued active in her work as a Heppner High school teacher until late last fall, when it was necessary for her to be hospit alized. Continued checks failed to diagnose the exact nature of her malady. After initial hospit alization, she later resumed her teaching duties, but was forced to go back for treatment and was unable to return. Mrs. Weatherford's teaching career started in Wisconsin af ter she had gone through high school and college there with honors. She completed a regular four-year course at Reedsburg High school in that state in three years, and also completed the normal 4-year course at Osh kosh Teachers College in three years. She had attained her mas ters degree in mathematics and was on the verge of getting her doctorate in education at the University of Wisconsin when she married Mr. Weatherford on December 26, 1939, at . Reedsburg. It was while she was studying for her doctor's degree at the University of Wisconsin that she taught there, and she also taught at Ball State Teachers College at Muncie, Ind. . Mrs. Weatherford was born December 24, 1910, in Oshkosh, the daughter of Christian and Margaret Madsen. Following their marriage in 1939, the Weatherfords came to his native Oregon to live, first going to Prineville where they lived for one year. For the next two years they were in Arling ton where he worked on the Weatherford home ranch, and then they moved to Portland where he had been hired by the state to teach auto mechanics at Benson Polytechnic but in stead started a vocational and welding school in Portland. In 1946 they bought a ranch at Eightmile, remaining there for two years before buying their present ranch, the instone place, on Butter Creek. Mrs. Weatherford resu m e d teaching in 1953 at Lexington High school and remained there until it was closed, after which she came to Heppner High school and had taught there tour years. Principal Gordon Pratt ex pressed the feelings of the fac ulty and students when he said, "She was a wonderful teacher. She was very proficient and was well liked. Her death is a great loss to the faculty." Among students who had ta ken her instruction were several who ranked very high in nat ional tests, and she had the rep utation of being an outstanding mathematics teacher. The high school was closed here Monday in her memory and many of the students attended the funeral. Fast Time Slated To Start on Sunday Like it or not, daylight saving time, passed through out the state at the last gen eral election, will start Sunday morning in Morrow county as throughout the rest of Oregon. At that time, clocks will be set ahead an hour, and this will continue until late Octob er, provided the state follows the proposal in the legislature to add another month to the fast time to conform to Calif ornia. Originally, dayli g h t time was scheduled to con clude in September. Postmaster Jim': Drlscoll of the Heppner post office states that the post office will con form to daylight time, and Supt. Robert Van: Houte said that schools will ; also go on the fast time schedule, begin ning Monday. Parade, Contests, Free Ice Cream, Breakfast, Carnival Offered Public New Bridges Due To Be Installed; Improvements Set Indications are that Heppner will have three new or remodel ed highway bridges soon, Larry Smitton, Pendleton, maintenance superintendent of this district for the State Highway Depart ment, told members of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce Monday. He said that he has been ask ed to obtain descriptions of lots adjacent to the two Willow Creek bridges (one near the courthouse and one on Main street between Quaid and Church) and the one over Hin ton Creek on the north side of town. Smitton said that indications are that contracts will be let by the Highway Commission soon on the bridge work. The Wil low Creek bridge on Main street particularly, has been pointed out as a hazardous soot and has been pinpointed for widen ing for years. Delav has hwn blamed on the possibility of tne willow Lreek dam project which reportedly may change me cnannei. However, U. S. Army Engineers recently stated that if the dam is built, the channel will not be changed enougn to alter any bridge con struction that might be done. Narrowness of the bridge, to gether with the sharp angle of the highway on the north side, creates tne nazard. At the same time, Smitton told of work being done on the Wil low Creek highway to the north. A paving plant will be brought i n An n..nU.nl.ln i Mrs. Weatherford was a mem-1 on the highway between Hepp- y f ... ' ; -3? y J it f j " ' I f srir L ! i . ; Hi J: T!ysh ... 11 Dressup parade. Frog jumping contest. Mayors' straw hat toss. Cltywide bargains. Free parking. Free breakfast. Free ice cream. Band carnival. These are just a few of the attractions listed for Heppner's Spring Festival which loom as a gala event for the area this week-end. Queen Laura Lee Sumner and her court, Princess es Carol Tholberg and Shirley Carlson, will rule over the fes tive events, most of which will occur Saturday. Randall Peterson, chairman, states that the parade is sched uled to start at 2 p.m. with assembling point at Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company. Kids of the area are Invited to dress in com ical costumes, and the one jud ged funniest will receive a $5 prize. Second will get $3 and third, $2. Morrow County's fair and ro deo Queen, Sandra Eubanks, and her court rae scheduled to make their first official appearance of the year in the parade and will share limelight with the Festival court. REFLECTING the spring season are these Heppner High school students, ell seniors, who comprise Spring Festival court for the big event this week-end. Queen (seated) is Laura Lee Sumner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Sumner; and princesses are Carol Tholberg (left), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tholberg, and Shirley Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hartle. Hounds Abandon Ship as Hunter Takes Unscheduled Wild Ride ber of the Order of Eastern Star, and was a member of Phi Lamb da Theta, national honorary sor ority, at the University of Wis consin. She had served as pres ident of the Morrow County Tu berculosis and Health associat ion for several years, was a member of the Rhea Creek Grange and a member of the Presbyterian church in Reeds burg, Wise. She had written sev eral articles for national edu cational publications. Survivors include the hus band, Mr. Weatherford; son Billy, 16, student at Heppner High school; daughter, Karla Kristin, 10; and two cousins, Mrs. Walter (Kitty) Peavy, McMinn ville; and Martin Nelson, Fond du Lac, Wise. Joan Healy Named Queen for Game Joan Healy, 8-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Healy of Butter Creek, has been selec ted by a Shrine committee as queen for the Shrine All-Star football game which will be in Pendleton August 24, according to Larry Cook of Heppner, rajah for the Wheeler-Gilliam county Shrine club. Joan will be crowned as queen at ceremonies in the Masonic hall, Heppner, Saturday night, May 4, Cook said. Pictures and publicity will follow in the pro motion of the annual big game. ner and Lexington, a protect that will take about 10 days. The corner near the Halvorsen place, about two miles north of lone, scene of a number of fatal accidents, one of which claimed four lives early this year, will be widened and improved, Smit ton said. Because of the fact that a telephone line runs at the top of the bluff above and the rail road track is near the other side, the project will pose con siderable problem, the superin tendent said. However the rocky cliff will be cut down to widen the curve. Delegations from the county, led by Judge Oscar rtetersoh, have appeared at meetings of the highway commission to urge im provement of the highway. Carl McDaniel, government hunter, had an unexpected wild ride down a hillside over rough terrain in his Jeep Wed nesday after a bar that holds the clutch and brakes broke. He suffered bruises and skin ned hands in the process but after treatment by a doctor, came back to spend the rest of the day looking for his two hounds who "abandoned ship" during the rough going. McDaniel was hunting coy otes in the area of McElil gott's place and was in the process of turning the Jeep around at the top of the steep hillside when the failure came. Figuring that he was going too fast to turn, he headed straight down the hill, boun cing and jouncing at a high rate of speed and out of con trol except for steering. He rode 'er out across two creek banks but one of the hounds in the pickup bed of the rig came hurtling . through the back window, and bounded on top of McDaniel beforo crashing into the windshield then he hied himself out the door and across country on foot. The other followed. McDaniel's rig crashed into a hillside on the other side, and for a few minutes he nursed his Injuries, which con sisted of a bruised head, bruis es on both legs and skinned hands. He was treated by a doctor but refused to go to the hospital and was back afield Thursday. One of the fugitive hounds appeared at the Don McEUl gott place and the other one was recovered at the Ilershal Townsends. The coyotes, at last report, were still living happily but perhaps not ever after. ' "The reason that I didn't get hurt worse," said Carl, "was because the main bump was on my hard head." Cleaning Up? You May Win $10 Prize If you are among the those who have been doing or are planning to do considerable work in your yard and garden this week, you might as well register with the possibility of winning a $10 prize. This amount is offered by the Chamber of Commerce to the one showing the best job of Improving on his place dur ing this Cleanup Week, which has been proclaimed as such by Mayor Al Lamb. Participants must register with Randall Peterson at Pet erson's Jewelers by tomorrow (Friday) to be eligible for judging. Band Carnival Set For Saturday Night Committees are working in high gear to put the finishing touches on details of the Band Carnival to be Saturday night at the fair pavilion. The evening will lead off with supper served at 5:30 with band music during the dinner hour to be furnished by the Honor Band. The "Gay-Way" will open at 6:30 with fish ponds, guessing games, fish bowl game, Country Store, Dunk-Tank, bingo, dart throw, cork guns and others de signed to please all ages. Drawings for the door nrizes will be made throughout the evening and winners must be present to win. Drawings for the Marlin Lever-Matic .22 rifle and chaise lounge wlil be made late in the evening and the winners need not be present to win. Menu for the supper Is chicken and noodles, chili, salad, sand wiches, pie or cake and coffee. The meal will be served cafe teria style. All proceeds from the carnival are used to purchase band uni forms and to send deserving band students to a 4-weeks sum mer school at WSU. Public is Invited To lone High Prom I he public is invited to the lone High school Drom to be held in the old gymnasium at lone Saturday nieht. Judv Shpr- er of the junior class announces. it will start at 9 p.m., giving those wishing to attend the band carnival in Heppner a chance to do so. 'No' Vote Swamps Budget Morrow County School district R-l's 1963-64 budget, calling for more than $1 million in general fund expenditures, bowed to de cisive defeat in the countywide election Monday, 274 yes to 697 no. The affirmative vote was onlv 11 less than the successful 282 of last year when the budget was approved on the first try by a slim margin, but the neg ative vote was nearly three times as great as the 263 voting no last year. Thus, some 400 more voted this year than at the election last year. Only one area Boardman voted in favor of the budget. It lost by a whisker in Heppner, 145 to 148. lone snowed It under 30 to 191, as did Irrigon, 20 to 179. In Lexington the count was 14 yes, 78 no; Hardman-Ruggs, 11 yes, 49 no; and Pine City, 7 yes, 12 no. The budget election was on the matter of approving the $554,410 over the 6 percent limi tation. At a special school board meeting Monday night, a motion was approved to call the budget committee together again to consider possible adjustments that could he made prior to resubmission of the budget to the voters. No date was specified for the meeting and no date has been considered for a second vote. Board members said that they would like to have the public express to them where they would like to have cuts made. Defeat of the budget was nothing new in Morrow county. Since the formation of the ad ministrative district, it has gen erally had a stormy time. In 19C1 It required three votes be fore it was approved by the people, and ft took two votes in 1959. Last year's election gave it the slim 22-vote margin. At the meeting Monday night, the board also voted to author ize a contract with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Riverside High school relocation, provided certain amendments were made In the contract doc ument. The board asked to elim inate two exhibits in the con tract, one of which locates the school in the townsite of Board man and the other which shows a general floor plan of the building. The board also authorized purchase of 31 acres of land from the Northern Pacific Rail road for a school site In the Boardman townsite at $100 per acre, although residents of Irri gon had appeared to request that the board not take any action until after July 1. The motion did not specify what the site would be used for whether it would be for the Riverside High school or for an elementary school location. Miss Spring and her princess es will ride in a convertible, and new cars will be a part of the parade lineup. Heppner High's drill team will take part. Others who wish to enter boats, trucks or anything that contributes to the spring theme are Invited to do so. A city fire truck will also be in the parade. Boy Scouts will act as flag bearers at the head of the parade. Following the parade, will come the competition between Mayors Mervln (Red) Leonard of Lexington, Charles O'Connor of lone and Al Lamb of Heppner. The three will engage In a straw hat tossing contest to see who can come closest to a bullseye in the center of a circle. Each will get two practice tosses, and the third throw will be the counting pitch. Winner will re ceive a new hat to start the Straw Hat Season. It Is understood that several In the younger generation have been working with frogs for the past few days to take part In the frog jumping contest that will come immediately after the straw hat contest. Winner will be the owner of the frog who goes the longest distance In three jumps, and cash prizes are offered. Free ice cream will bo given to all kids dressed up for the parade, courtesy of Hager's Dairy and Morrow County Creamery, Peterson said. There will be free parking throughout the day Saturday, and free breakfast Saturday Is offered at Central Market In a promotion by the store there. Other stores have sales starting, and still others have special bar gain buys for the week-end. Completing the busy day of fun will be the band carnival at the fair pavilion which starts with supper at 5:30. Gayway opens at 6:30. April Sets Mark In Moisture Here With six days yet to go In the month, a record amount of moisture already has been meas ured for April, according to Leon ard Gilliam, weather observer. Through Wednesday, April 24, the total stood at 3.29 Inches, topping the former record of 3.08 inches set in 1920. Heavy wet snow and consis tent rainfall during the week of April 13 to 20 accounted for most of the month's total. Temperatures and precipita tion during the past week were: HI Low Prec. Thursday 52 37 .06 Friday 49 32 .24 Saturday 46 32 .69 Sunday 49 36 Monday 58 34 Tueday 59 32 Wednesday 59 37
