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Lanes Contract
Construction to
Wallace Green. Hermiston con
tractor, said Tuesday that he
naa signed a contract with Joy,
mggins ana Henderson of Spo
kane for construction of an 8
lane bowling alley building in
neppner.
Work will start this week-end
on property purchased by the
apokane firm from W. L. Kum
merland. It Is located between
the Heppner Hotel and Willow
creek.
Green said that it is planned
to tear down old buildings now
on the property beginning July
4, and it is hoped that some
concrete will be poured on Mon
day. Construction of the bowling
lanes is expected to take about
two months, and it should be in
operation soon thereafter.
Green said that he signed the
contract with Hank Higgins of
the Spokane firm. Higgins is the
man who has been in Heppner
off and on for the past two or
three months planning for the
lanes here.
Mrs. Bob (Vesta) Kilkenny of
Lexington, one of the leaders in
the movement to obtain a bow
ling alley in the area, said that
about $9300 in advance ticket
sales for play in the lanes hau
been subscribed by local people.
As soon as ground is broken on
the building, it is planned to
go ahead with a drive that
would put the amount over
$10,000.
The Spokane firm had asked
that local persons subscribe
$10,000 in advance play tickets
as an assurance that the lanes
would be supported. Although
the drive did not reach the full
amount by the end of the period
stipulated, i Higgins said that
they were well satisfied with the
community spirit and the recep
tion received and would go
ahead with plans for opening
the lanes. Any money collected
on the advance ticket sales is to
be held in escrow until the lanes
are in operation.
Opening of the alley will
culminate a long-felt need for
the recreational outlet here.
Many have pressed for a bowl
ing lanes for sometime. A plan
to construct a municipal build
ing for this purpose, to be op
erated by a private party, was
No One Appears
At City Budget
Hearing Monday
Heppner's city budget for 1963
64 was adopted by action of the
city council Monday night after
no one appeared to remonstrate
against the budget nor to speak
on its behalf at the hearing that
had been set for 8 p.m. that
night.
It had been prepared by the
city budget committee, com
posed of both council and cit
izen members, and was pub
lished in the Gazette-Times
recently. It was well within the
6 limitation and therefore re
quires no vote by the public
for adoption.
Remainder of the regular
council meeting was equally
tranquil.
Mayor Al Lamb mentioned, in
reply to a query that he had
received, that the city has no
ordinance against negroes, as
has been circulated in the form
of a rumor.
One version has it that there
is an ordinance that nff negro
can be in Heppner after dark,
he said.
"Such an ordinance would be
illegal and unconstitutional," he
said.
After the meeting he also de
clared that a report that Officer
Floyd Hutchins had ordered a
negro out of town was also false.
The officer also denied in person
that such an incident had ever
occurred.
The mayor, during the coun
cil meeting, commended the
press for handling of an inci
dent of a racial nature that oc
curred recently and threatened
to be magnified out of proportion.
Five building permits for al
terations and repairs were ap
proved, totalling $18,000.
They were as follows: Leon
ard L. Toll, 360 Aikens Street,
add two bedrooms and base
ment, $5000; W. L. Sowell, 464
Morgan Street, add two bed
rooms and basement, $2500;
Eddie Gunderson, 810 Heppner
Highway, alterations and repairs,
$5000; Harry O'Donnell, 335 Gil
more, family room, bathroom,
one bedroom and basement,
$5000; C. J. D. Bauman, 535 South
Court, repairs, $500.
Girl Wearing Cast
After Taking Fall
Marguerite Moore, 13, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie (Tim)
Moore, will be wearing a cast
on her left arm for about four
weeks as a result of a fall from
a horse suffered Sunday even
ing. She was riding bareback
when she slipped and dislocated
her left elbow. Marguerite was
treated at Pioneer Memorial hos
pital but was dismissed the fol
lowing day.
Her mother said Tuesday even
ing that she is "coming along
fine." This is the most recent
in a series of falls from horses
by youngsters in this area.
thwarted when a League of Ore
gon Cities attorney said that it
would be illegal to construct a
building from taxes that would
be operated by a private individ
ual. The bowling lanes building ?s
to be of concrete block construc
tion, and the promoters have
said that it will be so construc
ted that it will be a matter of
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A SWARM OF BEES in June is Worth a Silver Spoon." runs the
old rhyme, but even so, the big buzzing bunch of the little,
stingers weren't welcome when they settled on the hood of the
Wilbur Gourley auto In front of the First National Bank in
downtown Heppner last Wednesday. Mrs. Avery Taylor was
called upon to capture the swarm and she appeared with hood
and long gloves to do the Job. She is shown in action above. She
got them with 'nary a "bite." (G-T Photo)
Pellet Machine Offers
New Feed Service
Inland Chemical-Service, after
several months working with
its new portable pellet machine,
has pronounced that the "bugs"
are now out of the machine, and
it is ready to go into full scale
production of the feed pellets as
a new service to iarmers in the
area.
The machine forms the feed
pellets from ground and mixed
feeds and can be custom mixed
to fit the requirements of the
farmer's particular feeding prob
lem. The pellets are made under
pressure, heated and "cooked"
by steam. Supplements, addi
tives and antibiotics can be
mixed in as desired to form a
complete feed, according to Low
ell Gribble of Inland Chemical.
The portable outfit, which to
the average person looks like
a real "Rube Goldberg" machine
but actually is an ingenious and
intricate machine, is the first
portable pelleter in the county,
and at present the only pellet
maker in Morrow. At one time
Bill Kilkenny had a stationary
plant at the Butter Creek junc-
Blue Mountain Sets
Placement Exams
Dr. Walter Palmberg, director
of admissions at Blue Mountain
Community College, calls to at
tention of students that place
ment examinations for Group I
are scheduled for July 9 and
10. Examinations will start
promptly at 7 p.m. in the tech
nical and business education
building at 700 Southeast Third
Street.
Any student who has submit
ted an application for enrollment
and has not received notification
by mail as to his grouping
should call the admissions office
prior to July 8. Dr. Palmberg also
stated that students who have
not submitted applications for
enrollment but are considering
enrolling at Blue Mountain Com
munity College and would like
to be tested with this first group
must contact his office prior to
July 8. There is no fee connected
with taking the placement tests.
Afternoon Swim Only
On Fourth of July
Heppner swimming pool will
be open only during afternoon
hours, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Thurs
day, July 4, according to Tom
Hughes, pool supervisor.
Registration was underway
Tuesday for Red Cross swimming
instruction in beginning, inter
mediate and advanced classes
for the next two weeks period.
Others still interested are asked
to contact Mr. Hughes at the
pool.
Shriners to Ride
All Shriners are invited to ride
in the July 4 parade (in cars
not on horses!) in Condon with
Queen Joan I of the Shrine East
West football game, Larry Cook
announces. They are invited to
loin in breakfast at the park
from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and then
to participate in the parade
which starts at 11 a.m. Each
Shriner is asked to wear his fez.
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pride to the community.
Art Dyke of Chelan, Wash
ington, will come here with his
family to operate the lanes
when it is ready to accommO'
date the public.
The building will be air con
ditioned, will be equipped with
acoustical tile and carpeted
foyer. It will be about 50x140
ft. in dimension.
tion. He operated it a year be
fore it burned down, and lie
never rebuilt it.
Inland Chem 1 c a 1 ' s truck
mounted rig was developed by
Mill Process and Engineers of
Portland and uses diesel for
power. It has taken considerable
work to iron out some of the
"kinks" but Gribble and his
crew have made adjustments so
that it is now ready for contin
uous and steady operation. They
have done some big jobs of
pelleting in the process.
One of the particular advan
tages of pellets, he states, is that
the feed can be completely util
ized. Any foxtail or cheatgrass
in the hay, normally virtually in
edible for stock because of its
burrs, is ground up so that it
becomes a part of the feed, and
its food value is said to be good.
Nels Anderson, county agent,
points out several other advan
tages of pelleted feed. Among
them is the ease of handling the
pellets, thereby cutting down la
bor and expense. Pellets can be
self-fed through a feeder, elim
inating necessity of tossing out
hay to the stock as they feed,
he said.
The pellets can be custom
mixed for different purposes for
particular feeding problems.
"Research work that has been
done has shown far more util
ization of the feed," Anderson
said. "Stock have shown greater
gains with pellets. They seem to
add something, and we just
don't know exactly why." Some
research has indicated that some
change in enzymes takes place
under the pressure of the steam
to contribute to the value of the
feed.
Relatively new, pelleted feed
has been gaining in popularity
by leaps and bounds even
though it is somewhat more ex
pensive than other feed.
A particular advantage of the
portable outfit is that it goes
right to the farmer's haystack
or field and makes the pellets
on the spot, thus saving truck
ing and handling. Several farm
ers in Morrow county already
swear by it.
Grinding and mixing of the
hay is done by the company's
Daffin Feedmobile, and the
mixed feed is routed to the
pelleter by flexible tubing. After
being "cooked" with the steam
and mixed with any ingredients
desired, such as molasses, the
pellets come off hot and go via
means of a conveyor into a truck
or bin, as is desired. The size of
the pellets can be adjusted by
dies, coming out Vi-inch, 38
inch, or -inch.
The operation is intriguing to
watch in the field, and it may
well offer a new advance in feed
ing that will be of great impor
tance to stock growers.
Picture and other information
may be found in the company's
announcement on page 3.
WEATHER
By Leonard Gilliam
Weather report for the past
week is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Friday 74 49 .02
Saturday 60 45 .03
Sunday 70 42 .01
Monday 73 42
Tuesday 82 46
Wednesday 81 46
Sieieig Signs wish State
80th Year
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 4, 1963
Hearing Cuts Extension Fund
North Lex
Gets First
Beating the Fourth of July
almost traditional as the start
of harvest by three days, the
first loads of wheat arrived at
North Lexington elevator of the
Morrow County Grain Growers
on Monday.
The requa wheat, a soft white
variety, arrived from the ranch
of D. O. Nelson where harvest
had started on that day. It was
said to be of good quality and
production will run unusually
high for the northern part of the
county.
Nelson's wheat is the first to
be harvested in the county this
season and is coming in ahead
of the first barley. He expected
to continue the harvest through
out the week if the weather con
tinued warm. Harvest of Omar
wheat will come later. It, too,
promises a good yield.
Harvest in the northern end
of the county generally begins
earliest because it matures
more quickly there than in the
higher altitudes.
Al Lamb, manager of Morrow
County Grain Growers, said that
he expects others to be in har
vest by the first of next week,
and all elevators of the cooper
ative will be in operation there
after. Weather at this time looks
good for the harvest season, and
the late rain proved beneficial.
To this time no hot weather has
come to hinder the grain's late
development, but should it come
within the next couple of weeks
it could -do considerable harm
to later grain.
Nelson said that he had ex
perienced some rust in his crop,
but the damage does not seem to
be appreciable. He said that he
expects to be in harvest for
about 20 days.
Lamb said that indications
Quiet Fourth Set
For Heppner Area
Those who remain at home
in the Heppner area are virt
ually assured a "safe and
sane" Fourth of July since no
celebrations are planned here
and prospects predict a quiet
day at home.
All stores will be closed, as
will the post office, city hall,
banks and courthouse. The
Gazette-Times office, too, will
be closed.
Some residents will travel to
Condon for the Fourth of July
celebration there, details of
which were announced in last
week's Gazette-Times.
Ione's annual fireworks dis
play, sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion, will be tonight
(Wednesday) at 9:30 on the
lone Memorial field. It will be
followed by a dance in the
Legion hall.
Another attraction that is
due to draw interest is the
Jaycee talent show in Herm
iston, at the Umatilla county
fairgrounds, Thursday night.
The Umatilla county fair
queen and her court will make
an appearance at that time.
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RECEIVING LIFE MEMBERSHIP into the Heppner chapter of the
Soroptimist International Association from Mrs. Jim Hager, pres
ident, are Mrs. Grace Nickerson and Mrs. Etta Parker. Recog
nition was given these charter members Saturday evening at
the annual installation dinner at the Hager home. (Story on paqe
4). (G-T Photo)
Elevator
Wheat
are that the harvest season will
extend over quite a long period
this year, although it is hoped
that it will not be interrupted
by heavy rains as it was last
year when those in the southern
portion of the county had some
trouble getting the crop in.
At this time there is nothing
to indicate that the county as
a whole will not have an ex
cellent crop this year.
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UMATILLA COUNTY Fair Queen
Gloria Last is one of five
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
James Last of Pilot Rock. The
16-Year-old beauty dances the
hula like a native Hawaiian,
according to publicity reports
from the Umatilla County or
ganization. She likes riding
and volleyball as hobbies, as
well as cheer leading.
Umatilla Court Sets
First Appearance
The Jaycee talent show on the
evening of the Fourth of July
at the Umatilla county fair
grounds, Hermiston, will be the
first time the Umatilla county
fair queen and court will have
appeared in public. Last Satur
day evening, Mrs. Ferdie Hude
mann, chaperone entertained
them with a get-acquainted din
ner at her Stanfield home.
Their gala season continues
with a dinner at the home of
Representative Stafford Hansell,
Ordnance, Saturday.
The girls' travel outfits, con
sisting of turquoise denim blous
es, shorts and wrap-around
skirts, were finished Monday at
their dressmaker's. Now on or
der are their official fair cos
tumes which include sleeveless
flowered dresses with bell-shaped
skirts for Princesses Carol Hol
den, Pattl Hudemann and Eileen
Bott, and a white sleeveless
summer cotton dress, also with
bell-shaped skirt for Queen
Gloria Last. All will have white
mohair sweaters for evening
wear.
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HEPPNER
10 Cents
Loss of $3400
May Eliminate
1 County Agent
A sum of $3400 was deleted
from the Morrow county budget
for the county extension service
at the hearing on the 1903-64
budget in the courthouse Friday.
The cut was made out of the
published budget which was
well within the 6 limitation.
It came about as a result of a
delegation of five men appear
ing at the hearing, including
Orville Cutsforth, Gene Majeski,
Alvin Wagenblast, O. E. Wright
and Ken Batty.
County Agent Nels Anderson,
who has been gone on a Dow
Study Tour through five south
western states with other county
agents of the west, said that the
action came as a surprise to
him.
He said that the curtailed bud
get will mean "that one of our
three county agents will have to
go," and added. "I have made
up my mind that if one goes,
it will be me."
Anderson has been in the
county for 17 years. He adver
tised his home for sale this week.
However, a meeting of the
county extension advisory com
mittee has been called for Wed
nesday night at 8 p.m. in the
fair annex to consider the mat
ter. Anderson said that the exten
sion service had asked for a
$250 increase in the budget. This
was not granted. The budcet
committee had approved and
published a budget of $11,650 for
the extension office, the same
as last year, but the surprise
cut was made at the hearing
Friday.
The extension agent said that
he was unaware that any such
action would be taken and con
sequently no one was here to
speak on behalf of the program.
Besides Anderson, extension
agents on the staff are Joe Hay,
who is in charge of the 4-H
program and has been here
three years prior to the current
year, and Esther Kirmis, home
demonstration agent. Both have
done excellent work, Anderson
said, and he said that the 4-H
program had made good gains
since Hay was added to the
staff.
"The cut will really cripple
our program," Anderson said.
"There is a story out that there
is a $2000 discrepancy in our
funds, but there is no way in
the whole world that any money
could be gone unaccounted for."
Two of the three citizen mem
bers of the budget committee,
Paul Slaughter and Henry Baker,
and the two county commission
ers, Milton Biegel and Gene
Ferguson, were present at the
hearing. All four voted for the
cut. Absent were Judge Peter
son and Gene Pierce, the latter
a citizen member of the com
mittee. Except for the cut in the ex
tension budget, the county bud
get was approved as published.
Anderson Back
From Study Tour
County Agent Nels Anderson
returned Saturday night from a
Dow Study Tour through five
southwestern states in company
with other county agents of the
west. He was chosen to go on the
tour as a scholarship grant, and
his annual vacation time was
used as part of the time.
On his return, he said the trip
was excellent and that he was
enthused with the type of agri
culture he saw on the trip. Ths
sponsors kept the county agents
very busy, getting them up at
5 a.m. each day. They were well
photographed by newspaper ed
itors and virtually every city In
which they stopped had some
special program and dinner for
them.
Surplus Food Store
Announces Schedule
Morrow county welfare's food
store, located at 117 W. Center
Street, Heppner, will be closed
Thursday, July 4, but will be
onen Thursday, July 11, and
Thursday, July 18, from 1 to 5
p.m., Mrs. Melvin Dixon, store
manager, states.
Beginning with the month of
ugust, the store will be open
the first two Thursdays of each
month, also from 1 to 5 p.m. un
til further notice, she said.
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Company Gets
Immediate
Right of Entry
Lease on the Boardman nrnlpct
was signed Wednesday morning
Dy ine Boeing company and the
State of Oregon, culminating two
years of negotiations in the de
velopment of the industrial park
in nortnern Morrow county, Sam
Mallicoat, director of the State
DeDartment of Plnnninu nnrl Do.
velopment, told the Gazette
Times by telephone Wednesday
anernoon.
Boeing has immediate right of
entry to the property, Mallicoat
said. However, he could not say
what the company's plans for
use of the property will be in
the near future.
Signing of the lease does
mean, though, that the area will
be included in the company's
plans for the future, eliminating
some rumored conjecture that it
was no longer interested in
Boardman.
Mallicoat said that the lease
agreement calls for further ac
complete an agreement with the
Corps of Engineers on use of
tion on the part of the state to
Columbia River waterfront. He
said that the state has reached
agreement with the Corps and
with the Navy but some for
malities need to be taken care
of before the agreement can be
executed. Otherwise, there are no
other "loose ends' to be com
pleted In the long negotiations
between Boeing and the state.
The state planning director
said, "This is just one of the
major hurdles in a continuing
series of challenges offered bv
the Boardman project." He said
that the stale would continue its
efforts for development of ihe
area in addition to the Boeing
project.
Mallicoat said that delays of
the past two years have been
discouraging but added, "Boe
ing showed as much patience
as anyone. We have never given
up the idea that it would reach
a successful conclusion."
Mallicoat said that the De
partment of Planning and De
velopment may have been a
"little too optimistic" at the in
ception of the Boardman pro
ject in hoping for a speedy con
clusion to the lease with Boeing.
Unforeseen delays were occas
ioned in dealing with the various
agencies of the Federal govern
ment involved and others, he
said.
Two Girls Chosen
For FTA Conclave
Gail Hoskins, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr., and
Mary Johnson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, have
been chosen by the Heppner
Lexington unit of the Oregon
Education association to go to
the youth conference of the
Future Teachers of America in
Monmouth from July 7 through
12.
The conference will be on the
campus of Oregon College of Ed
ucation. Both of the girls will
be seniors In Heppner High
school next year and they plan
to pursue teaching as a career.
Oregon Education association s
Teacher's Educational Profess
ional Standards comml s s I o n
sponsors the conference, and the
local OEA unit pays expenses ot
$35 for each girl. A full schedule
is planned for each day of the
conference. Parents will arrange
for their transportation.
Nazarenes Await
Pastor's Coming
Rev. J. G. Weller, Bethany,
Okla., Is expected to arrive next
week to fill the position as pas
tor of the Church of the Naz
arene, vacant since the resig
nation of Rev. M. Carlton Sober
in May. His first service here
will be Sunday, July 14. The
church meets regularly in the
Seventh-Day Adventist church,
with Sunday School classes at
10 a.m., and morning worship
service at 11 a.m.
The family consists of Mrs.
Weller and two daughters, ages
7 and 9.
Kinzua Lumber Co.
Down for Vacation
Kinzua Corporation's sawmill
In Heppner is shut down this
week for annual vacations and
operation is scheduled to resume
Monday, July 8, on the regular
schedule.
Logging operations continued
through the period, however, and
some road work is in progress.
Only minor overhauls and re
pairs are being made at the mill
during the vacation time.
Courthouse Display
Shows Collections
A display case in the county
courthouse has been set up to
show exhibits from the Morrow
County Gem and Mineral Soc
iety with members rotating on
the displays from their collec
tions. Currently on display are semi
precious stones from the collec
tion of L. R. Babb. Each dis
play will be on view for a month
or six weeks before another
member takes a turn.