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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1963)
L I BF ARY U OF 0 E U 3 E N F , 0 S . 80th Year Number 20 f f $ges Wearing Full Tilt With warmer and brighter weather coming this week and with only .01 inch of moisture recorded in Heppner during that period, grain harvest was get ting into full stride around the county by Thursday. Report from the Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers Thursday was that "all stations are operating." North Lexington elevator took in about 25,000 bushels of wheat and 15,000 bushels of barley Tuesday, Al Lamb, manager, said. On Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. trucks were lined up at the elevator awaiting their turns to dump loads, and as many as 15 were there at one time. The Lexington elevator is also in full swing, and at Heppner and Kuggs the harvest is get ting started with mostly barley coming in at the present time. Yields seem to be good al though, as usual, they vary in different parts of the county. At the start of the week, ranchers were unable to start harvest daily until about 8:30 or 9 a.m. because of the moisture, but with the warmer weather some have been going at it earl ier. They keep in the fields un til dark, however. Rust hasn't shown up as any serious problem so far, Lamb said, and at this time prospects are for a very good harvest sea son. Quality seems to be good, he said. The Grain Growers are mov ing out much of the new crop as quickly as possible with the threat of a rail strike impending. New Pastor Here To Serve Church Making his first appearance in the pulpit of the Nazarene church here Sunday was the Rev. J. G. Weller, new pastor, who arrived in Heppner from Bethany, Okla., last Thursday evening. The Nazarene church meets in the Seventh -day Adv e n t i s t church building. The Rev. Weller served the Crescent, Okla., church as supply pastor before coming here. He is a graduate of the Bethany Naz arene' college in 1962 and orig inally came from New York state, living at Jamestown, a city of about 45,000 persons. This is the family's first trip to the west, and they are enjoy ing it very much, the Rev. Weller said. Children are two daugh ters, Judith, 9; and Susan, 8. The new pastor replaces the Rev. M. Carleton Sober who re cently resigned to accept a new charge. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Thursday 77 44 Friday 80 50 Saturday 89 52 Sunday 80 51 Monday 75 42 Tuesday 79 56 .01 Wednesday 80 48 Carnival, Added Prizes Due at 1963 Rodeo More local prizes, a carnival with more rides than last year, and added features are sched uled for the 1963 Morrow County Rodeo on August 31 and Sep tember 1, it was revealed at a meeting of the rodeo board Tues day night. The carnival will be the same one that came on a "last minute" call last year when the contracted carnival failed to ap pear, Al Fetsch said, but it will probably have two more rides this year to appeal to older children and youths. Several new prizes for Morrow county events in the rodeo will be offered and complete an nouncements will be made as soon as they are placed with the events for which they will be awarded. Most recent to be offered is a prize of some $40 value to be given by Barney Malcom of Heppner Lumber Company. Hamley & Co. again will give a fine saddle for the Northwest saddle bronc championship and Kinzua Corportaion again will give another valued saddle for the Morrow County calf roping. Herman Green has offered a belt buckle for the Wrangler cow riding, and Farley Motor Com pany will give a trophy, prob ably for the flag race. Severe Bros. Saddlery has offered a pair of chaps which is tentatively scheduled for second in the Northwest saddle bronc, and Del Brown has offered a pair of boots which may go to second place in the calf roping. Queen's coronation ceremony has been scheduled on the same night as the Queen's dance on ugust 17, and Fred Gimbel is handling arrangements for the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce, sponsoring this event. Concessions at the 4-H Snack Shack and in the stands will be handled again this year by THEW W Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 18, 1963 Extension Eclipse Curtails Swim Pool Hours Opening of the Heppner municipal swimming pool will be delayed for IV2 hours Sat ' urday because of the eclipse of the sun. The pool will open at 2:30 p.m. on that day instead of the usual 1 p.m., and the af ternoon swimming period will be extended until 4:30 p.m. This action was taken by the city upon advice of op tometrists and authorities who declare that permanent eye damage can be done to those who look at the eclipse, even with the aid of sunglasses, smoked glass or photographic negatives. Those in the pool normally would not be wearing glasses, and it would be difficult for them to keep from looking at the sun during the eclipse per iod. Since they would be in direct exposure without pro tection of any kind, it was deemed best to delay the pool opening. The eclipse period is set for 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and all are advised to avoid look ing at the enticing natural phenomenon. Dr. E. K. Schaf fit said that the eclipse will be a little more severe in the southern states but does pose possibility of serious eye dam age here, too. Forestry Lands Closed to Entry By proclamation of the govern or, the Central Oregon fire patrol district, including state and pri vate lands is now closed to entry except by permit, Harold Wilk inson, assistant district ranger for the State Board of Forestry, said Thursday morning. Not included are U. S. Forest lands. Chuck McLean of the Heppner district, U. S. Forest Service, said that he has been receiving calls as to whether Bull Prairie and other spots are closed. This is not the case be cause the ones mentioned are in the national forests. Wilkinson said that the closed areas have been posted. County roads are open but the public may not go into the woods off these1 roads in closed areas. Permits may be obtained from the Chapin Creek guard station or from the Fossil office of the state forestry department. the American Legion auxiliary on an agreement reached at the Tuesday night meeting with Mrs. Hazel Hamlin, president, acting for the auxiliary. Gimbel, in charge of parking at the rodeo, announced a new plan whereby the main gate will be closed to virtually all cars (except those of a few officials). This traffic will be routed to upper gates and will come direc tly into the grounds, thus avoid ing congestion on the highway. Ticket sellers will contact spec tators after the latter have left their cars and are en route to the stands. In this manner, it is expected to expedite handling of the crowds and eliminate traffic congestion. Other ticket takers will be at the stands for those who walk to the grounds. Printing of advance programs for the fair and rodeo will be done next week and they will be ready for distribution at that time. They may be obtained from Bert Huff, secretary. Events listed on the rodeo pro gram together with entry fees and purses are as follows: Bare back riding, $20 entry fee, $100 purse; bulldog'ging, $20 fee, $100 purse; bull riding, $20 fee, $100 purse; calf roping, $20 fee, $100 purse; calgary roping, $10 fee, jackpot; cow milking, $20 fee, $100 purse; Morrow County am ateur roping, $20 fee, jackpot; Morrow County registered quart er horse race, $20 fee, $100 purse; Morrow County derby, -mile, $25 fee, $100 purse; Northwest saddle bronc, $25 fee, $300 purse; OBRA racing, $10 fee, $100 purse; -mile open race, $10 fee, $50 purse; wild horse race, $10 fee, $100 purse; team roping, $10 fee, $100 purse; flag race, $25 fee, $100 purse. The board asked the secretary to issue an invitation to Ferg Comrie of Comrie Motors, Pen dleton, to bring his 1909 Cad illac for participation in rodeo events. Budget Status Still ;.-.' -; ' j , t ' . . . I . - tv 'i v -v WITH OLD buildings gone and trees and stumps removed, site of " the new bowling lanes presented this picture late last week as work started on excavation and foundation. Wallace Green of Hermiston, contractor, had footings poured early this week for the 50x140 ft. building that will house the eight lanes. ; (G-T Photo) County Gets Classified 'Area of Unemployment' Heppner and Morrow County have been classified by the Bur eau of Employment Security, U. S. Department of Labor, as an area of "Substantial unem ployment," Nathan E. Swan, manager of the Pendleton office, State of Oregon Employment Service, announced at a meeting of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday. He read a telegram that he had received from the bureau in Washington, D. C, which said, "Heppner and Morrow County, Oregon, has substantial unem ployment now qualified PWAA." Swan explained that the area, because of its classification, is eligible to apply for 50 match ing funds for projects under the Public Works Acceleration Ad ministration. Some examples of projects include those of mun icipal nature, such as sewage treatment, or some undertaking in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service, he said. The classification also makes it possible for those qualifying for loans under the Small Bus iness Administration to receive them at a preferred interest rate of 4'2 percent. A third benefit that the area may receive is that employers have a preference for bidding on government procurements. Swan said that the classifi cation comes when an area ex ceeds 6 unemployment of the total labor force over a period of time. Statistics show, he said, that this area topped the 6 unemployment in the first five months of this year, hitting as high as 11.8 in January when 180 were unemployed and 1340 were listed as being employed. Some of the members, in a question and answer period, dis counted the figures and said that they had not seen substantial unemployment here. One mem ber said that part of the un employment figure comes from expected seasonal layoffs dur ing the inclement winter weath er. Nels Anderson, county agent, said that his office had received several calls for farmers for har vest help that it could not sup ply, but Al Lamb, manager of the Morrow County Grain Grow ers, said that quite a number of men looking for harvest work had stopped at his office. The group discussed the poss ibility of applying for aid to complete the road from the Lou Gilliam Hurt In Fall Sunday Lou Gilliam of Condon suffer ed a serious injury Sunday when he fell while playing tennis in Condon. He was brought to the Pioneer Memorial hospital and remained in a semi-comatose condition Thursday from what his doctor diagnosed as a basal skull fracture. His father, Leonard L. Gilliam of Heppner, said that the injured man seems to be showing im provement but still does not re alize what happened or where he is. Gilliam was running back wards on the court when he tripped and fell, striking his head and causing the fracture. He is in charge of the Condon Soil Conservation office and is a brother of Don Gilliam, post office clerk here. Shaw Creek grade to the Uma tilla county line, and a motion made by Oliver Creswick, chair man of the development com mittee, proposed that the Cham ber back up the findings of the Department of Labor and inves tigate monies that might be available for projects of benefit here. Swan said that there is some possibility that PWAA assistance might be tied in with the Wil low Creek dam project, although he could not say how long the area would remain classified as one of "substantial unemploy ment." . The manager was accom panied by Gordon Grady of Hermiston, assistant manager of the Pendleton office, who assis ted with answering questions. Picnic Postponed Due to Snake Bite While cleaning up around her summer cabin in the Parkers Mill area, Mrs. Vida Heliker sustained what ap peared to be a snake bite on her leg Monday and was treated at Pioneer Memorial hospital. A doctor gave her anti-venom serum, and she responded rapidly, leaving the hospital Tuesday. Mrs. Heliker said that she did not see a snake' and she did not hear any rattles. How ever, she told her doctor that she believed that it must have been a snake bite, and he said that the marks on the leg were "consistent with those of fang marks of a small snake." Willows Grange Home ec onomics club picnic was scheduled at the Heliker cabin for Sunday, and she was pre paring for it when the incident occurred. It has now been post poned and will be rescheduled for a later date. Mrs. Heliker said that al though rattlesnakes have often been observed at . lower ele vations in the Rock Creek area she had never seen one as high up as her cabin. Dr. C. M. Wagner, who at tended her, said that this is the second case of snake bite he has treated in 10 years. A man was bitten by a rattler near the rodeo grounds about 10 years ago he said. ,11 ir-.i:?J t-r rVa WILLOW CREEK All-Star Little League players slated to see action Friday, 8 p.m.. when they meet The Dalles Westerns In The Dalles are (front row, from left), Mark Pointer, Terry Prock, Larry Bellenbrock, Bill Baker, Mark Lovgren, and Jon O'Donnell; (middle row). Kit Anderson, Kent Pratt, Kevan Pratt, John Mc Cabe, and Larry Pettyjohn; (back row), Iiill McLeod, Jim Swan son, Keith Nelson. Gary Kemp, and La Verne Van Marter. HEPPNER 10 Cents in Doubt 70 Protest Cut at Meet With Court Status of the 1963-64 budget of the Morrow County extension service remained in doubt today although 70 persons assembled in the courthouse Wednesday af ternoon to voice protests on the county budget committee's ac tion in cutting $3400 from the budget. Bob Jepsen presented petitions bearing 119 names asking for the sum to be restored in order that the county would not lose one of its three extension agents. A standing vote showed all the persons present, coming from most parts of the county, in fa vor of having the sum restored in some manner. But District Attorney Herman Winter, who reviewed budget procedure, said that he doubted that it would be possible from a strictly legal standpoint to take the $3400 from the county's emergency fund. He said that he could ask for an attorney-general's opinion and later said that he planned to do this. However, he felt that the official opinion would be that it is not an emer gency because the cut was made in full knowledge of what the extension services were. Mrs. E. Markham Baker of lone presided at the meeting and, at the request of Judge Oscar Peterson, called for tes timony on both sides of the mat ter. Many spoke in favor of the extension service and for the res toration of the budget as it had been accepted by the county budget committee in May, but none spoke in favor of the cut, although the chairman called for such comment several times. Henry Baker, chairman of the county budget committee, said that the committee had yielded to the pressure of the five men appearing at the hearing on June 28 and said that perhaps it should not have done so. At that time no one was present to support the extension service. "What could we do?" he asked. He said that he had taken a trip after the hearing but was startled upon his return to see the amount of mail that had ac cumulated and learned of the reaction from around the county. Several in the audience Wed nesday took the positiu.i that the cut did create an emergency. E. Markham Baker said, "I feel we have an emergency right now." He stressed the impor tance of weed control programs to the farmer at the present time, of the development of new var ieties of wheat, and the economic bearing of the extension pro grams on the farmers' future. In response to the budget com mittee chairman's reaction to the five appearing at the hearing, E. Markham Baker said, "If 1 bring two or three people up here to a hearing and say, 'We don't need a sheriff,' will he be cut?" The resolutions presented by Jepsen said that the budget com mittee action "does not repre sent the wishes of the majority of the people in the county." They, too, cited the "economic plight of the farmer" and the continuing need for research. As was true at the citizens' meeting last week, a number from Boardman and Irrigon ex pressed strong feelings in sup port of the extension service, the home demonstration program, and the 4-H program. Andrew Skiles of Irrigon represented the Greenfield Grange and said he felt the public was "95 percent in favor of the extension ser- (Continued on page 8) I V PRINCESS NANCY CLEVELAND Princess Nancy To Be Honored Saturday Night Princess Nancy Cleve land, youngest member of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court, will be honored -at the first of the princesses' dances Saturday night in the fair pavilion. The dance will start at 10 p.m. and Leonnig's orchestra will play. Not yet 16, Nancy will be a junior in high school in the com ing school year. She' is daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W Howard Cleveland whose new home is on Hinton Creek near Dallas. Brothers are John, 18, a graduate Work Underway On New Building For County Fair There will be a marked im provement in facilities offered at the Morrow County fair this year. This became even more appar ent this week with the an nouncement by Al Fetsch, chair man of the fair board, that con tract had been let for the con struction of a $12,000 arena building on the grounds. Howard Keithley received the contract and said that work will be un derway on the building next week. It will be completed in time for the fair, he said. The 120x60 ft. structure will be constructed of corrugated metal siding and roofing. There will be no posts to block view inside the building, and steel trusses will be used to support the roof. Three rows of fluorescent lights will illuminate the inter ior. The structure will be located north of fair pavilion next to Hinton creek. While it will have expanded use at later fairs, it is expected that this year it will be used for housing open class cattle. Previously the board added hardwood flooring in the fair pavilion and put In new lighting. In addition, the grounds have been improved greatly by black topping in the area around the pavilion. The fair is scheduled for August 19-23. Sidewalk Riders Face Police Action Children who have Ignored recent warnings of the city police department to stop riding bicycles on Main street side walks will have bicycles im pounded for violations of this kind in the future,, Chief of Police Dean Gilman said Wed nesday. He said that he regrets taking this step but the city ordinance on the matter is so frequently disregarded that the youngsters endanger the safety of pedes trians. Serious injury could re sult if an elderly person were struck by one of the bicycles. First offenders will have bi cycles impounded for 24 or 48 hours, he said. Additional vio lations will bring more serious penalties. Parents are asked to adv.se their children and coun sel with them on the matter. In 1 m this year of Heppner High school, and Tommy, 10. Riding comes naturally for this young lady, as it does with other princesses. She has enjoyed riding since she was three or four years of age and will appear through the rodeo season on "Sugar Joe," her 8-ycar-old geld ing. Princess Nancy has lived in Heppner nearly all of her life, although she was born in Pen dleton. After horseback riding, her in terests are In swimming and cooking. She does her share of work on the Cleveland ranch. The young lady, who repre sents the Lena Community on the court, is a 5-year mem ber of the 4-H Saddleites club and is a member of Ruth As sembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls. In high school she is a member of the pep club and has a special interest in drama. Nancy has appeared in some of the school plays, although she has two years ahead of her yet to take part in more plays and other activities. Princess Nancy is also a mem ber of the Wranglers but does not often enter the competitive events. The fact that she "just loves to ride" makes her participation on the royal court all the more thrilling to her. The first dance, the Klckoff event Saturday night proved to be highly successful with a crowd of more than 400 on hand. The new hardwood floor in the pavilion contributed to the en joyment of the affair. Danoes continue each Satur day night, except for August 24, until the final Rodeo dance on August 31. 'Songs' Chosen As Parade Theme "Songs Old and New" has been chosen as the theme for the 1963 Morrow County Rodeo parade to be held August 31, a Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce committee headed by Fred Gimbel has an nounced. The theme was submitted by Ada R. Rogers of Irrigon in a contest sponsored by the Cham ber. A total of 10 suggestions was offered in the contest. It was announced in newspapers last week and closing time for entries was noon Wednesday. Organizations had asked if there was to be a theme for the parade this year. Some plan to get started on their floats in the near future. Those who expect to have en tries in the parade are encour aged to develop them around the theme selected. Queen and Court To Visit Chamber Queen Sandra Eubanks of the 1963 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo and her princesses will be guests of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday on the annual visit of the court to the lunch eon. Mrs. John Eubanks, chaperone for the court, will also be a guest. The luncheon will be in the Wagon Wheel Cafe.
