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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 12, 1963
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Leidngfon Parents
Teachers'
Reception
Scheduled
All parents and patrons of the
Heppner-Lexington area are in
vited to attend the annual PTA
teachers' reception which will be
Wednesday evening, September
18, at 8 p.m. in the new Hepp
ner High school building.
"Housewarming '63" will be
the theme of the reception which
will also feature tours of the
new building following the meet-
. ing, according to Mrs. Fred Gim
bel, hospitality chairman for the
' PTA.
Those attending are asked to
assemble in the multipurpose
I room (cafeteria) at 8 p.m. for
' the reception. Gene Pierce will
. be master of ceremonies, and
introduction of the teachers will
comprise the bulk of the pro
gram. A short Parent-Teacher as
sociation meeting will follow
-with Mrs. Ed Dick, president, in
charge.
Dessert and coffee will be
served as refreshments after
which the tours of the building
will be in order.
School board members will be
special guests of the evening.
The committee in charge is
composed of Mrs. Gimbel, Mrs.
Bob Abrams, PTA vice president
and program chairman; Mrs. El
don Padberg of Ixington; and
room mothers, Mrs. Barney Mal
com, fifth through eighth grades;
Mrs. George Stillman, first
through fourth grades; and Mrs.
Ray Massey, high school.'..
Memberships for the PTA will
be taken during the evening
from those who care to join or
pay dues for the current year.
Extension Fund
Drive Needs
The drive to restore the county
extension budget in order to re
tain all three agents is Just $300
short of Its $3400 goal, Kenneth
Smouse, lone, treasurer, said
Thursday.
He is anxious that the cam
paign be completed this week
; and said that it would be very
helpful if any who have not
contributed, and who are in
terested in assisting, will mail
' checks to him as soon as possi
ble. Checks should be made pay
able to "Extension Emergency
Fund."
Jerry Nibler, state extension
agent, said that In view of the
fact that it appears the drive
will go over the top, the state
service i3 proceeding on the as
sumption that Morrow county
will retain its three agents.
Smouse said that some on the
committee's list of prospects had
not been contacted and others
who pave said that they would
give more if needed. However,
voluntary donations by mail
would expedite the matter.
No School Friday
Due to Round-Up
Morrow county schools
will
have a one-day holiday Friday
because of the Pendleton Round
up. Many students in the county
will participate in some of the
festivities on that day, and oth
ers will have an opportunity to
attend as spectators.
The Round-Up holiday is al
most a traditional thing In
schools here.
FRIDAY
W5
Your Lucky Day !
Heppner Merchants offer bargains that will make
your Friday the 13th your Lucky Day this week. To make
it even luckier, their special prices will prevail on Satur
day, September 14.
Check their advertising in this paper and shop in
Heppner Friday and Saturday for Lucky Days bargains.
FREE PARKING on
hooded on that day!
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DR. FRANCIS B. NICKERSON.
who has been assistant to the
chancellor oi the State System
of Higher Education, has been
named associate dean of stu
dents at the University of Ore
gon. He will assume his new
position September 11.
Nickerson Named
Associate Dean
On U of 0 Staff
Dr. Francis B. Nickerson has
been named associate dean of
students at the University of
Oregon, President Arthur S.
Flemming has announced. The
appointment will be effective
September 11 and is subject to
confirmation by the State Board
of Higher Education. Dr. Nick
erson, a Heppner man, is son
of Mrs. Grace Nickerson.
Dr. Nickerson has been assis
tant to the chancellor of the
State System of Higher Educa
tion and chairman of the High
School -College Relations commit
tee. Before joining the State Sys
tem, he was a social science
teacher at Westfir High school
from 1954 to 1955, and a statis
tical economist for Commodity
Appraisal Service in Chicago
from 1948 to 1952.
He received his bachelor's de
gree from the University of Ore
gon in 1940, and his master's
degree in 1954. In 1959 he re
ceived the degree of doctor of
education from the University.
He was born in California and
his family moved to Heppner in
1926. He is 47 years old, is mar
ried and has four children. His
wife is Margaret and one of the
children, Lisa, 16, entered the
University of Philadelphia this
year as a sophomore in arch
aeology under a full scholarship.
Other children are Alice, 14; Eric,
12; and Patrick, 9.
During World War II he served
with the U. S. Army in Australia,
New Guinea, and the Philip
pines. He is a member of the National
Association of Secondary School
Principals, Phi Delta Kappa edu
cation society, Psi Chi psychol
ogy society, and Phi Alpha Delta
law society.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Weather report for the past
week is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 90 53
Friday 91 60
Saturday 86 65 .05
Sunday 92 59
Monday 95 57 .02
Tuesday 85 49
Wednesday 88 58
SATURDAY. Meters will be
Petition
They Make the Rain Fall
Cloud Seeding Group
Claims Good Results
Reports that grain crops in
Morrow county were especially
good in the areas north of the
city of lone and around the
North Lexington elevator have
brought encouragement to the
Weather Research association of
Morrow county, Ken Kamerer of
Hermiston, who ranches in the
Sandhollow district, said Wed
nesday. These areas are included in the
large strip of land whose owners
for the past eight years have
been cooperating in cloud seed
ing projects through Water Re
sources Development Corporat
ion of Denver, Colo., headed by
Irving P. Krlck.
Thousands of acres of land
are encompassed in the block
which extends roughly 10 miles
north and south and 20 miles
east and west. It follows Willow
Creek from Lexington approxi
mately to Cecil, then goes east
erly to Butter creek and back
south to a point east of Lexing
ton, then over to the place of
beginning.
The association, formed in
1955, has been engaged in cloud
seeding since then and has had
projects each year during the
crop season but desisting during
the summer months when rain
might be damaging to hay,
Kamerer said.
At a meeting Tuesday night
at Lexington, a program calling
for an expenditure of several
thousand dollars for the ensuing
year was approved and officers
were elected. The program will
be started when collections are
made. Harry Proudfoot is chair
man, Kamerer is secretary-treasurer,
and Harold Beach, Nor
man Nelson and Glen Campbell
are directors.
Assessment among the mem
bers is made on the basis of
10c per acre for the ground un
der production.
Contrary to some popular be
lief, cloud seeding is no longer
done by airplane, but by gener
ators located on the ground at
strategic points. In non-technical
language, these generators pre
cipitate silver iodide into the
air in the form of millions of
particles. The particles are
caught by prevailing winds and
accumulate, under proper weath
er conditions, so that moisture
clings to them. When they be
come heavier than air, the mois
ture falls to the ground.
"We do not contend that we
can make it rain," Kamerer said.
"The purpose is to get the clouds
to drop moisture."
This year, Krick, whose de
velopment corporation has blos
somed into a tremendous ven
ture across the country, has in
troduced a new type generator
that may be started instantly.
Formerly, it was necessary to
ignite coke fires in the generators
to get them functioning. The new
type may be activated by a
farmer pushing a button after
he receives a call which may
come any time that conditions
are right for "planting" the sil
ver iodide particles. Particles
emanating from one generator
can cover a large area. It may
be located at a farm place, a
country store, or any other lo
cation. Each is placed strateg
ically so that the prevailing
An unusually busy agenda
faced city councilmen Septem
ber 3 at their regular meeting,
and they ran the gamut of a
number of problems, foremost
perhaps being the matter of
water supply to the new Heppner
High school.
The school at present Is served
off a four-inch main with a two
inch line to the school and only
one fire hydrant is nearby. This
is not considered adequate for
fire protection nor for irrigation
needs at the school.
Among proposals offered was
one that would run a 6-inch
main from two four-inch mains
to the school.
City Superintendent Vic Gro
shens said, "Our mains are far
behind the growth of the town.
Sooner or later we are going to
have to come to a main from
the reservoir to serve the lower
end of town." It was his think
ing that an 8-lnch main should
be laid along the hill on the
west side of town from the res
ervoir to the new school, thereby
also serving residences below.
However, the question of fin-
City Council
ancing the mains came up, and I
for Activity Bus
winds will carry the particles
to the desired location.
Leaders of the association in
Morrow county definitely believe
that the program has helped
them and point to increases in
yields since the start in 1955.
One effect, Kamerer declares, is
that the rains that come, when
cloud seeding is done, are those
of the more gradual and steady
type, as contrasted with the sud
den or cloudburst variety.
"We have actually seen the
good results," Kamerer said and
told of good crops that have
been taken from soli that is
of marginal quality.
As a part of the benefits of the
association, the members enjoy a
weather forecasting service that
they find invaluable to them.
They are advised what temper
atures to expect, when freezes
will hit and other pertinent in
formation. Kamerer said that he held off
planting barley in a recent sea
son on the basis of the pre
diction that a freeze would come
on a certain date. Some of his
farm neighbors had gone ahead
with their planting. The freeze
came exactly on the predicted
date. Others lost their plantings,
but he didn't.
While leaders of the associa
tion recognize that there is a
tendency by some to scoff at
cloud seeding as a "phoney idea,"
they have become believers by
watching the results and ex
pect to continue for even greater
results in the future.
'Full House Out
For Rink Opening
"We couldn't have held any
more."
This was the statement of
Glen Ward following the open
ing of the Morrow County Roller
Rink at the fair pavilion over
the week-end.
On Friday night, the floor was
jammed with skaters. On Satur
day night, the crowd tapered
down some, but on the- very
warm Sunday afternoon it was
back to "standing room only"
status, despite the heat.
Ward, who operates the rink
with D. E. (Shorty) Hudson, said
that they were highly pleased
with the response and said that
everyone seemed to enjoy the
new recreational facility.
Close supervision was main
tained on the floor with a floor
man on the job to prevent any
rowdyism or stunting that might
cause accidents. Mike White
smith, who formerly operated a
skating rink for a number of
years, offered assistance in help
ing the management get started
and Ward said that he gave
them appreciated advice and
tips.
It was found that some sizes
of shoe skates were in short sup
ply and it is expected that this
situation will be rectified by ord
ering perhaps 75 more pairs of
skates, Ward said.
The rink will maintain its
schedule of skating from 7 to
10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday
nights and from 2 to 5 p.m. on
Sundays.
Works si Schoo
councilmen agreed that they
could find little place in the
budget from which to get the
funds.
Mayor Al Lamb requested the
water committee to study the
matter, come up with plans and
costs, after which the council
will ask for a joint meeting
with the school board in the
hope of working out a financial
agreement that would provide
for the needed water service.
School Superintendent Wayne
Brubacher was present through
out the meeting. He expressed
appreciation to the council for
its cooperation on the water
problem and for other help with
the schools. He especially com
mended Superintendent Grosh
ens and the city work crew.
Attorneys Named
Because of the fact that Jos.
Nys, city attorney, has been un
fble to work for several months,
the city agreed to a contract
with Mahoney and Abrams to act
as city attornfys while Nys Is
convalescing. He has served the
city for many years In this capacity.
Directors
Accept Bids
On Gas, Oil
To run or not to run activity
buses a familiar but difficult
problem was confronted by di
rectors of the Morrow county
school district once again at their
meeting Monday night.
The matter came to their at
tention in the form of a petition,
presented by Mrs. Bob (Vesta)
Kilkenny of Lexington, asking
that an activity bus be run from
Heppner to Lexington to carry
those of the Lexington area par
ticipating in football at Heppner
High school.
Twenty-one names (counting
husbands and wives in the same
family in some cases) were on
the petition. Each of the signers
had at least one son participa
ting in the sport, Mrs. Kilkenny
said.
Milton Morgan, chairman of
the board, pointed out that to
allow the bus would once again
open up the whole matter lor
the rest of the county, and u
one is iurntsned tor Lexington,
it would be necessary to furnish
another for those going to lone
High and taking part in the foot
ball program there.
Mrs. Kilkenny replied that the
Lexington people believe they
are entitled to the bus in view
of the fact that the Lexington
high school was closed and the
district should have the respon
sibility of bringing them to the
point where they would other
wise be attending school.
Principal Gordon Pratt of
Heppner High school also said
that he felt the district should
be resnonsible for taking the
students to Lexington in view of
the fact that the high school
there had been closed.
The petitioners, Mrs. Kilkenny
said, understand that the stu
dents would not be delivered to
the rural areas.
Allowance for activity buses
generally had been cut from the
1963-64 budget, although one
operates between Boardman and
Irrigon. Principal Ron Daniels of
Riverside remarked at the meet
ing that the football program
at that school could not be un
dertaken without the activity
bus.
However, in view of the Impli
cations involved the board tabled
the matter for further study.
Oil Bids Received
Fuel oil and gasoline bids for
the district and lubrication and
tire repair bids for district ve
hicles were received at the meet
ing. Awards were made as fol
lows: Oil, lubrication and tire
repair for vehicles at lone, In
dependent Garage; for the bus
at Lexington, Lexington Imple
ment Co.; and for vehicles at
Irrigon, Don Adams.
Gasoline: Standard Oil Com
pany, .2127 per gallon at lone,
.2127 at Heppner, .2097 at Board
man, and .2097 at Irrigon.
Fuel Oil: Guy Jeppe, Hermis
ton, 3.68 per 42 gal. barrel, F.O.B.
Umatilla.
Contracts Aproved
Teacher contracts which had
not been approved at a previous
board meeting were approved at
this meeting. The teachers had
been hired late in the summer
and are now teaching but there
was no previous opportunity for
board confirmation. Some ad
justments were made in the sal
aries for coaches at lone to con
form to their work loads as auth-
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Odors Bring Complaint
Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) McDaniel
appeared to point out thit odors
from the sewage treatment plant
are so offensive that they are al
most intolerable to residents liv
ing near the plant. She is con
cerned because she has rental
properties near the plant, and
she asked the city to consider
purchasing her properties if they
are unable to quell the odors.
Councilmen were at a loss to
nropose a solution, but Recorder
Ted Smith was Instructed to
write the League of Oregon
Cities for a possible answer,
drawing on similar experiences
by other cities in the state.
Petition Presented
A petition for formation of an
imnrovement district, growing
out of action taken at the August
council meeting in connection
with damage done by flood
waters, was presented on behalf
of William M. Mahon, Verle
Green and Iva Booker. The wall
would prevent flooding across
other places. The matter was
'urnrd over to the city attorneys
for advice.
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NOTHING COULD please a Morrow county cowboy more than
winning the handmade saddle presented by Kinxua Corporation
to the champion Morrow county call roper each year. This is
evident by the smile on Bill Healy'i face as he receives con
gratulations from Queen Sandra Eubanks September 1. Bill
wasted no time getting the new saddle on his horse and is shown
mounted on it immediately after the presentation. Bill topped
the field this year in a close and exciting contest (G-T Photo)
Mustangs Face First
Test at Enterprise
Coach Jim Sutherland's 1963
football team will take to the
field against Enterprise High
school there Friday night In the
season's debut for the Heppner
High Mustangs.
After a full scale scrimmage
Saturday night under the lights
on the rodeo grounds here, the
coach commented, "We appear
to be behind last year in our
progress."
However, he was able to find
some reasons lor optimism as
he pointed for the upcoming
season.
The game at Enterprise will
start at 8 P.m. under the lights,
and a good-sized contingent of
Heppner fans is expected to loi
low the team on the long trek
to the Wallowa county school.
After drilling for the past two
weeks, the team had its first
stroke of ill fortune when Lee
Padberg. senior, suffered a pulled
muscle In practice. Padberg, who
has been an athletic star for
Heppner High in his first three
years, shows great strength tills
Special Election
Signup Deadline Set
September 14 will be the final
date to register for the special
election on the income tax re
ferral, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county
clerk, advises.
The special election Is sched
uled for October 15. All those
who have changed addresses or
did not vote here in recent elec
tions should check their voting
status at the county clerk's
office.
To accommodate late regis
trants, the clerk's office in the
courthouse will be open until
8 p.m. on the deadline day, Sep
tember 14.
Firemen Called
Heppner firemen received a
call just before 8 a.m. Wednes
day to the Charles Phegley home
where grease had ignited on the
kitchen range. A general alarm
was sounded, but the Phegleys
succeeded In putting out the
blaze within a minute or two,
before the firemen reached the
home.
I Wafer Supply
Building Said Hazard
The council passed a resolu
tion declaring the old metal
building behind the Heppner Ho
tel to be a hazard and a nuis
ance. This was done on advice of
the attorneys as the first step
towards removal of the structure.
The council also acted on side
wains ieit to be in need of re
pair. Maintenance of the side
walks is the responsibility of
property owners. When walks
are lound to ce in a sta e ot rl m
repair, the owners have 10 days
after being notified by the chief
of police to start repairs. If this
Is not done, the city may pro
ceed with the work and cost is
entered in the lien docket
against the property. A motion
was passed that Jack W. Cox
e notified to repair curbs in
front of the City Center Motel
building.
Library Report Given
Marion Green, president of the
library association, presented the
annual library report to the city
an c tnanked the council for Its
nf'ii eiipnort nf the
library. He pointed out that li
year as a linebacker. It is hoped
that he will be ready to go Fri
day night.
On the optimistic side, Coach
Sutherland points out that he
has a good-sized turnout of 43
men, Including freshmen. How
ever, many lack experience.
He said that Richard Clark.
senior, has been showing up well
as a defensive and offensive
end, and Greg Pierce appears to
be a hard tackier.
At the quarterback position,
the coach states that Don Munk
era seems to be adapting to the
job and is passing well. ,
Other backs show promise.
Larry Muesslg, a veteran grid
der, is running hard this year,
as Is Stuart Dick and Padberg.
Tim Drlscoll is showing well as
a defensive halfback and Is also
doing a good job running.
Bruce Spencer, one of the
squad's big boys, has been
sttitted from end to tackle to
help solve the manpower prob
lem there.
Paul Swaggart has been ham-
Kered by a cut knee that he
urt before the season started
but should be ready for the first
game at his guard position.
The coach could not announce
a starting lineup for the opener
against Enterprise, saying that
he expects to "look at them all"
in the game to determine their
qualifications under fire.
Second game on the schedule
is another non-league contest,
that against Condon there at 2
p.m. on Friday, September 20.
Leonnigs to Play
Again at Round-Up
When the Ron Leonnig fam
ily goes to the Pendleton
Round-Up to play for street
shows Friday and Saturday
nights, it will be the 10th year
in succession that they have
been Invited and played.
They will perform as a part
of the shows staged by the
Main Street Cowboys and will
be heard from 7 to 8 and from
9 until 10 each of the nights.
The six Leonnig children
and their father form the or
chestra that is so popular here
and has gained attention over
a wide area.
brary users are gaining in num
ber and some problems are
looming In the future.
At the present time the library
lists 1179 borrowers as compar
ed with 1137 at the start of the
year. Total circulation for the
year was 9327 books borrowed.
Volumes In the library now to
tal 5063 as compared with 4,845
at the start of the year. Receipts
totaled $1235, ot which $800 was
contributed by the city.
Firemen Covered
Councilmen acted to put vol
unteer firemen under State In
dustrial Accident coverage on a
monthly basis, which will cover
them both at fires and on drills.
Fire Chief Ruggles recommend
ed that with this step the present
Insurance carried by the cuy on
the firemen be cancelled upon
its expiration. The council agreed
to this action.
Permits Approved
Building permits were approved
as follows: R. J. Flaiz, 310 Union
Ave., storage room on house,
$200; J. G. Barratt, 990 Fairview
Way, utility and storage room,
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