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EUGENE, ORE.
Whert
Heppner, lone
Graduations Set
(See pictures, pages 2 and 3
section 2)
Classes of 1963 will bid fare
well to their high school days
at lone and Heppner High
schools' commencement exer
cises to be held next week, fol
lowing baccaleaureate exercises
at each school on Sunday even
ing, May 26.
Heppner High's class of 1963,
which had planned to graduate
in the new high school build
ing on the hill, received the dis
appointing news this week that
the new gymnasium will not be
completed in time for the event
to be held there. It is all fin
ished except for the hardwood
flooring which was to come from
Wisconsin but has not arrived
as yet. Even if it should appear,
it would hardly be possible to
get it laid, sanded and sealed
prior to the time of commence
ment. So, the Heppner commence
ment will be held Wednesday
night, May 29, at 8 p.m. in the
old high school gymnasium.
About half the seating in the
gym will be reserved for par
ents and near relatives of the
graduating iseniore. There are
only about 500 seats in the gym,
and the graduates will need ap
proximately half of this amount
for their relatives. Thus, seating
for the general public will be
limited, and those who wish to
attend are advised to come early.
Commencement at lone will
be in the school gym there on
Tuesday night, May 28, at 8 p.m
Baccalaureate exercises will
be held simultaneously, that at
lone Sunday night at 8 p.m. in
the lone gym and that at Hepp
ner at 8 p.m. in the Heppner
Rym.
Ann Jones, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Jones, Jr., is
valedictorian of the class of 1963
at Heppner high and Martha
Doherty, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Doherty, is salut
atorian. Commencement address will
be by Dr. Henry Tetz, professor,
Oregon College of Education.
Gordon Pratt, principal, will pre
sent the awards, Mrs. Violet
Lanham will present the class
and L. E. Dick, school director,
will present diplomas. Invoca
tion and benediction will be by
the Rev. Kenneth Robinson.
Principal Pratt will sing a solo,
and the high school band will
play the processional and re
cessional. At lone high valedictorian is
Louise Pointer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexing
ton, and salutatorian is William
Akers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berl
Akers of lone. Dallas Shockley,
director of Urban services, Ore
gon Education association, and
former lone school superinten
dent, will give the commence
ment address. Principal Gene
Harryman will present awards,
and Harvey Warner of Irrigon,
school director, will present dip
lomas. Invocation will be by
' Father Raymond Beard and ben
ediction will be by the Rev.
Charles Knox.
Mrs. Glenn Biehl will sing the
class song, "Climb Every Moun
tain," and a second selection,
"The Lord's Prayer." Procession
al and recessional will be played
by Gene Rietmann.
At Heppner High baccalaur
eate, the sermon will be by the
Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor of the
Methodist church; and the Rev.
Charles Knox will also partici
pate in the service. Mrs. Marion
Jonasson will be vocal soloist
and processional and recessional
will be by Mrs. Ola Mae Gro
shens, vocal music instructor.
Sermon at the lone baccalaur
eate will be by The Rev. Walter
B. Crowell, pastor of lone Com
munity church, and Father C.
Bruce Spencer of All-Saints'
Episcopal church will partici
pate. Mrs. Glenn Biehl will sing
two selections, and Gene Riet
mann will play the processional
and recessional.
lone will graduate 13 seniors:
William Edward Akers, Ronald
Leroy Crabtree, Roland Keith
Ekstrom, Sandra Lea Eubanks,
Leslie Duane Madden, Evelyn
Katherine Marick, James Leroy
Martin, Ralph Alfred Martin,
Gary Allen Morgan, Cheryl Anne
Morrison, Marvin Robert Pad
berg, Mary Louise Pointer, and
Katherine Anne Rea.
Director Candidates File;
In the wake of the turmoil
that has beset Morrow County
School District R-l, resulting in
the recalling of Director Fred
rick Martin, resignation of four
directors and of Supt. Robert
Van Houte, the district during
the week started the job of fit
ting the pieces together and to
prepare for a new administra
tion. Names of six candidates for
director positions were filed with
Beverly Gunderson, clerk, by the
deadline date, Tuesday, for the
special election to be June 22.
Those to be on the ballot are
as follows: Boardman (one to
be elected), Roy Partlow and
Ralph Skoubo; Heppner (inside
city limits one to be elected),
Kenneth Batty and Elmer Heath;
Heppner (outside city limits
Program L
Heppner High's class of '63 in
cludes 32 students: Daniel An
derson, Shan Applegate, Rodney
Ayers, Jacquelyn Brindle, Shir
ley Carlson, John Cleveland, Bill
Cox, Martha Doherty, Marlene
Fetsch, LeRoy Gardner, Tom
Gonty, Harold Gray, Bob Hager,
Judy Hamilton, Fred Harnden,
Frances Heath, Cecilia Ann
Jones.
Leanne Joynes, Lorraine Leon
nig, Michael Lesser, Patricia
Malion, Shannon M a h o n e y,
Larry Monagle, John Porter,
John Privett, Mike Smith, Rich
ard Springer, Virginia Springer,
Bill Struthers, Laura Sumner,
Carol Tholberg, Gene Wallace.
Two to Support
Dam in Capital;
Fund Drive Set
Oliver Creswick, chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce de
velopment committee, and Judge
Oscar Peterson will leave next
week for the Rivers and Harbors
Congress in Washington, D. C, to
support the Willow Creek Dam
project and enlist support from
Congressmen and governmental
agencies.
Creswick is scheduled to leave
Tuesday, May 28, and Judge
Peterson will depart on Satur-
day, June 1. Both will travel
by plane, going from Pendleton,
Voluntary contributions from
the community are solicited to
help pay for Creswtck's trip,
while the judge will represent
the county.
r As of this writing the needed
$400 is far short, and Dr. C. M.
Wagner, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, has appointed
a committee composed of R. G.
(Pete) McMurtry, Orville Cuts
forth and Randall Peterson to
collect funds to help make the
trip possible. Anyone interested
in sharing may give the dona
tion to any of these or to Bert
Huff. Chamber treasurer, at the
First National Bank.
The two'men visited with Herb
West, executive vice president
of Inland Empire Waterways as
sociation, and W. E. Sively of
the U. S. Army Corps of Engin
eers early this week on plans
and strategy for their appear
ance in Washington, D. C. The
Engineers provided a pictorial
brochure to be used in making
presentations. It shows pictures
of Heppner before and after the
1903 flood and as it is today.
" They expect to appear before
innumerable committees and to
contact many governmental of
ficials and agencies on the trip.
Creswick expects to go by way
of Salt Lake City, New York
City and Providence, R. 1., where
he will spend a few days visit
ing relatives before continuing
to Washington.
Judge Peterson will go via
Omaha, where he hopes to see a
sister, and then on to the nation's
capital.
Rummage Sale Due
To Open Friday
Civic League members sorted
rummage at the Old Bakery
building Monday night and re
port a good assortment of items
and all are in excellent con
dition. The doors will open Friday
and Saturday mornings at 8:00
a.m. and wiil close at 4:00 p.m.
Some of the things available
are: upholstered club chair,
glassware-bud vases, relish dish
es, and figurines, new and good
used dresses, bathinet and bas
sinet, shoes, pictures, stainless
steel cookware, childrens cloth
ing, records and books, just to
name a few. Anyone still having
items they wish to donate may
bring them to the sale Friday or
Saturday.
The members will sort and
price the rummage Thursday
evening in preparation for the
opening day, Friday.
one to be elected), Howard
Cleveland; and Lexington (one
to be elected), Irvin Rauch.
A director to replace Martin
must be appointed by the school
board, and petitions have been
filed with the clerk recommend
ing Milton Morgan of lone for
the position.
Resigning directors include D.
O. Nelson, Lexington; Mrs.
Esther Anderson, Heppner; Bob
Sicard. Boardman; and Dick
Wilkinson, Heppner, (outside
city limits).
Mrs. Gunderson reported that
there had been "two or three"
inquiries about the county ad
ministrator's position but only
one formal application, that
from Idaho. No further resig
nations have been received from
teachers or administrators. Sev
eral vacancies that were expec
80th Year
THEW mm1 HEPPNER
GAZ.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 23, 1963
Campaign Started
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FIRST POPPY to be sold in Heppner for the 1963 Poppy Days, conducted by the American Legion
auxiliary, was to Roy Stamps, a veteran, who is undergoing treatment in Pioneer Memorial hos
pital. Making the sale are (left) Mrs. Richard Wells, poppy chairman of the local auxiliary, and
Mrs. Frank Hamlin, president of the group. Srle to the public will be Friday and Saturday.
Big Crowd Expected
At Memorial Picnic
Morrow county's annual Mem
orial Day picnic, to be held at
the fair pavilion on Thursday,
May 30, with potluck dinner at
noon, Is expected to draw a
bumper crowd this year.
Ham, rolls, coffee and punch
will be furnished by the picnic
organization, and those attend
ing are asked to bring vegetable
dishes, desserts, salads, or cas
seroles. There will be prizes for those
coming the farthest distance and
for the eldest person attending,
Don Turner, general chairman,
announces. He and members of
his committee have been work
ing for weeks making arrange
ments for the picnic.
Pictures of Morrow county pio
neers will be displayed by Mrs.
Jim Hager.
Among organizations assisting
to make this event a success
are Soroptimists club, helping
at the registration table; Three
Links club members and Rhea
Creek Grange, both helping in
the kitchen; Odd Fellows lodge
and American Legion post, as
sisting with tables and chairs;
Rainbow Girls, who will serve
punch and coffee and assist
about the dining room.
Early Paper Slated
For Memorial Week
Because of the fact that
Memorial Day falls on Thurs
day, the Gazette-Times will be
published a day early next
week in order that subscribers
may receive it on or prior
to the usual time, and also
to give. the staff a holiday.
Those wishing to submit
news or place advertising are
kindly asked to bear the earl
ier publication date in mind.
It would be appreciated if ma
terial is received in the office
not later than Monday in all
possible cases.
Budget Meeting Called
ted for different reasons came
about on the teaching staff prior
to the administrative turmoil.
It has been learned that the
resigning school board is re
quired by law to serve until
their successors are elected. A
meeting will be called in early
June to take care of routine bus
iness. Van Houte said, includ
ing payment of bills, acting on
any resignations and similar
matters. Controversial matters
will not be discussed, he said.
The retiring administrator said
that he plans to remain on the
job until June 15 when he will
take a two week's vacation. His
resignation is effective July 1.
Frank Anderson, chairman of
the district budget committee,
said that he has called a meet
ing of the committee for Mon
day night at 7:30 in the new
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Registration will start at 10:30
and the potluck will be at noon.
Donation jars will be placed
around the dining room to help
pay for food at coming picnics.
Helping Turner with advance
plans has been Mrs. E. E. Gonty,
secretary-treasurer.
Visiting and reminiscing will
be highlights of the afternoon
as old friends from far and near
meet again at the picnic.
Lions Club Offers
Auto Seat Belts
To Public at Cost
lone Lions club will install
seat belts on autos on a near
cost basis at Jack Van Winkle's
Chevron Service Station here all
day Saturday, May 25, Ray
Boyce and Bert Huff, chairmen,
announce.
Seat belts for one person will
be sold and installed for $6,
making a total of $12 for the two
in the front seat.
Legislation passed by the Ore
gon legislature will require seat
belts on all new cars sold in
the state beginning next year.
Those without them on their
present cars, while not required
to install them, may wish to
do so because of the safety fac
tor. Statistics have shown that
many lives could have been
saved and many serious injur
ies could have been averted if
occupants of autos involved in
accidents had been using seat
belts.
Anyone wishing to take ad
vantage of the Lions' low cost
offer may bring his car to the
station any time during the day
Saturday.
Recently the Lions staged a
seat belt day in lone, and the
response was excellent.
Heppner High school building.
He said that he is anxious for
everyone who has an interest in
the budget to attend.
Anderson said that he hopes
to have a budget prepared so
that it may be voted upon at
the time of the special election
June 22.
Two meetings were held last
week under sponsorship of the
development committee of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce to discuss the
school situation.
At the second meeting repre
sentatives from several parts of
the county were present. Two
motions were passed, one thank
ing the board members who had
served, and the other recom
mending that the budget com
mittee work to get a budget to
gether as soon as possible.
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for Bowling Lanes
(G-T Photo)
Poppy Days Sale
Due on May 24-25
Poppies will bloom again on
Heppner streets Friday and Sat
urday, May 24 and 25, as thelta Kilkenny. An additional $925
American Legion auxiliary con
ducts its annual sale for bene
fit of hospitalized and disabled
veterans and for needy children
of veterans.
Mrs. Richard (Sib) Wells Is
chairman of the local poppy
committee, and those on assis
ting committees are Mrs. Gene
Ferguson, Mrs. Harry Tarnblyn,
Mrs. Clarence Bauman, Mrs.
Jack Flug, Mrs. Earl Gilliam,
Mrs. J. O. Rasmus, Mrs. Riley
Munkers and Mrs. Frank Ham
lin, chapter president.
Junior members who will help
with the sale are Jennifer Blake,
Karen Blake, Kathy Blake, Lynn
Sawyer, Kathy Melby, Sue Mel-
by, Janet MeCurdy, Karen Mc-
Curdy and Linda Heath.
A stand will be set up on
Main street, and everyone is ask
ed to stop and buy a crepe paper
poppy.
Mrs. Wells said that poppy
making gives beneficial em
ployment to hundreds of veter
ans unable to do other work.
IOamings of the poppy makers in
Oregon last year amounted to
$8,596.00.
In addition to the earnings of
the disabled veterans, the pop
pits brought $24,546 into the
Rehabilitation and Child Wel
fare funds of the auxiliary last
year, helping make possible the
auxiliary's vast program of ac
tivities for the disabled veterans
and needy children of veterans.
The poppies are a replica of
the wild European poppies
which grew in such profusion
on the World War I battlefield
and cemeteries in France and
Belgium.
Poppy Days traditionally are
observed nationally on the Fri
day and Saturday before Mem
orial Day.
Governor Closes
Forested Areas
State of Oregon's fire season
has been proclaimed by Gov
ernor Mark Hatfield to become
effective May 23 under the new
state law (HB 1112) and ORS
477.152, the Heppner Ranger dis
trict office announces.
The closure will cover all land
within the protective boundary
of the Heppner Ranger district.
Fire permits will be required on
all land within this area.
Harold E. Williamson, assis
tant district warden at Fossil,
adds that permits are in order
for debris burning and other
open fires outside established
camp sites but in organized pro
tective units and districts. All
woods operations must have fire
tools and equipment as required
by the fire laws of Oregon.
Areas affected by the closure
include the Central Oregon fire
district, and Umatilla, Malheur,
Ochoco and Deschutes National
Forests, Williamson said.
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10 Cents
Advance Sale
Of Tickets
Underway
With the possibility of bowling
lanes for Heppner coming closer
to realization, a campaign to
subscribe $10,000 in advance
ticket sales for play was init
iated tins week.
This development followed af
ter Joy, Higgins and Henderson,
a Spokane firm specializing in
the building of bowling alleys,
reported that it was ready to
come to Heppner and construct
a building for bowling lanes as
soon as the community showed
sufficient interest to support it.
An indication of this support,
they said, would be the sub
scription of $10,000 in advance
ticket sales. However, no money
would be turned over to the
firm for these sales, but it would
bo held in escrow in a local
bank, until, as Hank Higgins of
the firm put it, "the balls start
to roll down the alleys.
An informational meet i n g
Tuesday night at St. Patrick's
parish hall brought out about
40 interested persons who heard
details of the company s pro
posal from Higgins. Art Dyke, op
erator of one of their alleys in
Cheney, Wn was introduced as
the man who would come to
Heppner to operate the lanes,
and he spoke on his plans.
As of early Wednesday, $2450
had been subscribed for the
tickets, of which $1525 had come
In from the Lexington-lone area,
sparked by the interest of ardent
hritvloi-K find hp.lrlprl hv Mrs. Ves.
came out of the Tuesday meet
ing.
Joy, Higgins and Henderson,
whose relerences have been
checked by local banks and
have been found to be excellent,
have been instrumen t a 1 in
bringing into existence, more
than 20 bowling establishments
in the last five years, Higgins
said.
As proposed for Heppner, the
alleys would be a modern eight
lane establishment, with the
building including air condit
ioning, acoustical tile, carpeted
foyer, and a modern block build
ing of approximately 50 ft. by
140 ft.
They would seek a downtown
location for the structure, poss
ibly the site behind the Hotel
Heppner which was the choice
of the community committee
that had planned to ask for a
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Town Team Baseball
To Organize Sunday
A call goes out to all men and
boys interested In playing base
ball for the Town Team of
Heppner. The first practice is
scheduled for Sunday, May 26,
at the Rodeo field starting at
2:00 p.m.
High school boys may partici
pate following the completion of
the school year. They are in
vited to take part in the base
ball program. Games will be
scheduled with teams in the sur
rounding areas and enter league
competition.
Russell O'Donnell, Mother
Die Suddenly 2 Days Apart
Death came twice In the
O'Donnell family here this week
to sadden surviving relatives,
friends and the entire commun
ity. First was the unexpected
death of Russell O'Donnell, 38,
in his sleep early Monday
morning. This was followed by
the death of his hospitalized
mother, Mrs. Claire E. O'Donnell,
71, who passed away in Pioneer
Memorial hospital Wednesday
within minutes after the fun
eral services for her son were
held at St. Patrick's Catholic
church.
Russell O'Donnell's death was
attributed to a cerebral hem
orrhage.. He had come home
Sunday evening and said that
he did not feel well. A doctor was
summoned later in the evening
and medication was given, but
he died early the following
morning.
Mrs. ODonnell had been in
the hospital about Vk weeks
after suffering a heart attack.
Her death followed another at
tack Wednesday. Mrs. O'Donnell
apparently had been rallying
County Polls
91 Yes
To Top State
Morrow county ranchers ap
proved the 1964 Wheat Program
by the largest margin of any
county In the state Tuesday, but
despite the affirmative votes by
principal wheat-producing coun
ties, the referendum bowed to
defeat.
Neither on the state or nation
al levels did the referendum
carry. Nationally, the affirmative
vote was only 47.9',"e and in the
state it was 47.5, both less
than a majority and far less
than the two-thirds required for
passage.
Morrow county's early unof
ficial tabulation showed 437 in
favor and 39 opposed, giving the
county a 91 affirmative vote,
highest in the state and prob
ably among the highest in the
nation.
This does not include absentee
ballots which had not been
counted by Wednesday after
noon. David McLeod of the ASCS
office said that there were about
30 absentee ballots to be tab
ulated. Of the 39 "no" votes, 26 were
tallied In the Alpine and lone
districts, McLeod said. Lexing
ton recorded four in the negative,
Heppner area eight and Board
man one.
Other Columbia Basin and
Eastern Oregon counties voted
as follows: Wasco, 307 yes, 131
no; Sherman, 384 yes, 95 no;
Gilliam 207 yes, 110 no; Uma
tilla 685 yes, 216 no; Baker 92
yes, 119 no; Grant 10 yes, 7 no;
Harney 10 yes, 26 no; Malheur
133 yes, 660 no; Union 282 yes,
276 no; Wallowa, 164 yes, 104
no; Crook 25 yes, 49 no; De
schutes, 24 yes, 25 no; Jefferson
101 yes, 188 no.
Indications were that small
acreage growers in the state
sounded the death knell of the
wheat program with their no
votes. This can be seen in the
count in counties of the Willam
ette Valley and elsew here
around the state where large
wheat randies are non-existent:
Polk, 198 yes, 477 no; Washing
ton, 211 yes, 374 no; Yamhill, 225
yes, 494 no; Benton, 51 yes, 163
no; Douglas 17 yes, 38 no.
Klamath county voted 24 yes
and 190 no; Douglas 17 yes, 38
no: Jackson 25 ves, 9 no; Jos
ephine, 3 yes, none no;Lane,
50 yes and 74 no. Total early
unofficial vote In the state was
5,032 yes and 4,637 no.
Defeat of the referendum was
a crushing blow to many ranch
ers in Morrow county, most of
whom had strongly supported
the administration's proposal.
While results will not be re
flected until next year, one of
the principal effects this year
will be a decline in available
money to borrow for purchases
and operations, McLeod said.
Speaking of the Morrow coun
ty vote, McLeod said, "The re
sult reflects that they knew
what they were voting on. Ap
parently in the rest of the coun
try they didn't."
He said that if the county has
a bumper crop this year it
would "help a lot" by giving
ranchers an opportunity to
"clear up" and get on a sounder
basis for next year's financing
when the price of wheat is
scheduled to drop because of the
defeat of the program.
Now that the defeat has come,
another point will be determ
ined. The Farm Bureau, oppon
ents of the 1964 program, have
contended that Congress would
develop a new and better pro
gram if the referendum met de
feat. On the other hand, pro
ponents f the administration's
plan have contended that there
is little liklihood of another pro
gram being submitted In Con
gress. Sen. Allen Ellender of
Louisiana,, chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Committee
said Wednesday that there def
initely would be no "bail-out"
legislation.
Wednesday, following the re
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and seemed to be making pro
gress towards recovery when the
fatal attack came.
An overflow crowd attended
requiem mass for Russell O'Don
nell at St. Patrick's church Wed
nesday morning. Father Ray
mond Beard officiated and inter
ment was in Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Recitation of the ros
ary was Tuesday night at 8
o'clock in the church.
Recitation of the rosary for
Mrs. O'Donnell will be tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock in St.
Patrick's church and requiem
mass will be Friday, May 24,
at 10 a.m. In the church with
Father Beard officiating. Inter
ment will be in Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Members of a well-known
family that had engaged In the
restaurant business here for
many years, both Mrs. O'Donnell
and Russell were active and
popular in the community.
Mrs. O'Donnell was born in
Lone Pine, Calif., December 12,
1891, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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