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THIS BIG rig of the Inland Navigation Company came to a full stop Monday afternoon when
a bridge in the Eightmile country gave way. Driver Keith Mathias suffered minor injuries.
County Bridge Drops
Under Loaded Truck
Another of Morrow county's
bridges succumbed under the
weight of a big wheat truck
when it gave way and cojlapsed
in a heap of wreckage Monday
afternoon.
The bridge, located in the
Eightmile area near the Oscar
Peterson ranch, went down as
an Inland Navigation Company
truck was crossing. It was haul
ing wheat for Morrow County
Grain Growers from the Louis
Carlson ranch to the Patterson
Ferry elevator.
The incident was the second
bridge mishap of the same type
to occur this year, the first being
in Blackhorse Canyon in March
when the trailer of a Sun Truck
ing Company truck went through
a bridge.
In the Monday accident, the
truck had crossed the bridge, and
the trailer was on the structure
when it gave way, causing the
rig to come to an abrupt stop.
The jolt threw Keith Mathias,
35, The Dalles, driver, against
the steering wheel and wind
shield, and he was taken to
Pioneer Memorial hospital for
treatment. Mathias was released
shortly after.
The trailer remained coupled
to the truck but was twisted
at an angle which caused about
half of the trailer load to spill.
The rig carried about 800 bush
els of wheat, according to Al
lone, Heppner
To Play Home
The Heppner Mustangs and
the lone Cardinals both play the
role of host in this week's grid
action. The Horsemen are slated
to go against the Pilot Rock
Rockets in league action Friday
night at the rodeo field while
the Redbirds are due to tangle
with the Helix Grizzlies Friday
afternoon on the lone turf in
another conference tilt.
The Cards will be gunning for
their fifth win of the season
when they lock horns with Helix.
They hope to use the Grizzlies
as a stepping stone in their bid
for the Umatilla-Morrow league
crown. Cardinal hopes will rest
on their driving offense to get
the job done. The lone line will
be primed for a day's work in
stopping the Helix ground at
tack. The club from Umatilla
county throws very little and
relies on power to get its points.
Against Weston, the Bears prov
ed they can be dangerous by
plaving the game to the wire
and losing by only six points.
Meanwhile, in the Heppner
camp, intensive drills are the
order of the week as the Mus
tang club works on halting the
vaunted Rocket attack. The Pil
ot Rock club operates from a
pro-style offense which features
the "I" formation with a flanker
back. The Rockets throw about
50 of the time and are capable
of heaving the long bomb.
Deep man in the Rocket back
field is Bob Hamilton, a hard
runner who is able to go the
distance from anywhere on the
field and has done just that in
many instances. Another of the
dangerous Pilot Rock backs is
quarterback Bob Wilson who
teams with Hamilton and end
Dick Mikel to give headaches
to the opposition's defensive sec
ondary. Defensively, the Rockets can
be scored on but not very easily.
Only the finest clubs that the
Rockets have played have be in
atl; to cross their goal line.
Jim Sutherland, Heppner
coach, commented on the up
coming game by saying that the
Heppner squad is hitting wed
in practice and seems to be get
ting stronger on defense, espec
ially since its fine game against
Grant Union. Sutherland pointed
out that both clubs have identi
cal 3-2 records and that the
game should be close with the
breaks determining the winner.
One sour note in the Heppner
camp is that Larry Muessig and
Dave Hanna were both injured
in the last outing and are bo'h
taking treatments for their ai
ments. Whether they will be
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Lamb, manager of Morrow
County Grain Growers.
Spilled wheat was later clean
ed up with a portable loader by
men of the Grain Growers, and
together with the balance of the
trailer load, was hauled to its
destination in smaller trucks.
Harold (Doc) Sherer, county
road superintendent, said that
the collapse was caused when
a part of the bridge, known as
a "chord," gave way at one corn
er. He said that he had inspected
the bridge last spring but could
not see the internal dry rot in
this key piece of the A-frame
type structure.
The road superintendent said
that he continuously inspects
bridges as he travels county
roads to prevent this type of oc
curance. For the present traffic is being
detoured around the bridge, and
a new one of concrete and steel
will be erected at a time to be
decided by the county court.
Sherer said that stringers of
the Blackhorse canyon bridge
were rotten when it collapsed
under the truck and trailer in
March but backwalls had rotted.
Ends of the stringers were saved
to show this in insurance in
vestigations after the accident,
he added.
A county crew is now rebuild
ing a bridge in Clarks canyon
which was felt to be yielding
to age.
Grid Teams
League Tilts
ready to go Friday is not known.
An added feature to the
Heppner-Pilot Rock game is that
the fathers of the Heppner play
ers will be honored at the game
and will be admitted free.
Benches will be set up immed
iately behind the players and
the fathers will be invited to
sit there.
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MARK HALVORSEN, lone back,
who scored two touchdowns
and passed for two more
against Umapine last week.,
will be hopina to do the same
Friday when the Cards meet
Helix.
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400 Attend
Fiesta Lanes
Opening
Approximately 400 pers o n s
showed up at the Fiesta Lanes
for its grand opening Wednes
day evening. Heppner mayor, Al
Lamb rolled the first ball down
the lanes and dropped eight pins
to open the Kegler's paradise.
Free Pepsi and coffee were
sampled by many ,as the even
ing's festivities preceded. Lapel
pins and key chains were given
away to those who attended the
opening. Also, in the course of
the event, stuffed animals were
given to various bowlers and
small-fry for accomplishments on
the lanes. High game for the
evening was rolled by John Led
better, Lexington, who scored a
253.
Throughout the night, the
desk was kept busy serving the
bowlers and taking orders for
equipment. Art Dyck, owner of
the Lanes commented that he
filled more than one order book
during the opening. Dyck also
statprt that thpre were several
I locker rentals but there are some
locker still available to those
wishing to rent.
Commenting on the opening,
Dyck said, "I was well pleased
with it. We had a real good
turnout."
When asked about the lessons
offered by the lanes, Dyck ack
nowledged that there would b
a class for beginners at 9:30
a.m., Monday through Thursday;
a class for business men and
women at noon, Monday through
Thursday; instructions for begin
ners following league, Monday
through Wednesday and a jun
ior clinic to be held on Saturday
morning starting October 26.
Dyck announced that some
league openings are still avail
able to those interested. He said
there is room for men's teams
Thursday and Friday nights, an
open spot for women on Thurs
dav evenings and openings for
teams in the Sunday evening
mixed doubles league.
Funeral Services
For Harold Evans
Held Here Monday
Funeral services for Harold
Evans, 54, prominent Heppner
rancher who had lived in Mor
row county all of his life, were
held Monday at 10 a.m. in All
Saints' Episcopal church with
Father C. Bruce Spencer offic
iating. All seats were taken and many
were standing for the services.
Death was apparently from a
heart attack Thursday afternoon
near his home in Clarks Can
von. The body was found beside
his truck on a county road. Doyle
Key had stopped and talked
with him just a short time before
the body was found by another
party and noticed nothing amiss.
Evans only had said that it
"seemed awfully warm."
He was born January 8, 1903,
in Heppner and had lived here
ail of his life. He was a member
of Morrow County Livestock
Growers, Oregon Farmers Union,
Morrow County Gem and Min
eral Society, Heppner Elks lodge,
the Heppner Wranglers and All
Saints' Episcopal church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Ora Evans; a daughter, Mrs.
Evone Nyman, New York City;
two granddaughters; his mother,
Mrs. Emma Evans, Portland;
two uncles, Earl and Walter
Evans of Heppner; and several
nieces and nephews.
Interment was in Heppner
Masonic cemetery with the
Heppner Elks lodge participating
in the committal service.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
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Prec.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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75
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Tuesday
Wednesday
School District to Buy North
Directors of Morrow county
school district R-l Monday night
approved purchase of a 28.2 acre
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townsite ana tne acquiring oi
additional property north of the
A. C. Houghton elementary
school, Irrigon.
The Boardman property is to
be purchased from the Northern
Pacific Railway Co. at a cost of
$100 per acre. A sum of $100
earnest money had been placed
on the property some time ago,
leaving a balance of $2720. At
Irrigon, the board will use
$1500 budgeted for the purpose
to buy an adjoining tract be
tween the school building and
the river. Exact acreage in this
tract has not been determined.
Motion to complete purchase
80th Year
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 17, 1963
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CHAMPIONS of the Morrow county Punt, Pass and Kick competition are shown wearing their Nat
ional Football League-type Jackets which they won in the competition conducted Saturday
at the rodeo grounds, Heppner. Dave Bamett, left, sales manager of Heppner Auto Sales, local
sponsor, hands certificate to Dale Hedman. 8-year-old winner, and Gene Rietmann, right, of
the assisting lone Lions club, gives certificates to John McCabe. 11 -year-old champ. Tops in 9-year-old
division was Tom Stockard. third from left, and 10-year-old winner was Dean Wright,
third from right. (G-T Photo)
Boys Awarded
Prizes in Pass,
Kick Contest
Four mighty happy boys were
honored at a Lion's club ban
quet Monday night for their
achievements in the Morrow
County Punt, Pass and Kick con
test. The lads were accompan
ied by their proud parents. Be
sides the dinner and ample at
tention, the boys were presented
with NFL wram-up jackets by
Dave Bamett of Heppner Auto
Sales and the Lion's club.
Bamett, filling in for Don Lin
nell, chairman of the event, said
that the four youngsters who
won first places in their respec
tive divisions, will be entered
in state competition. He staled
that the scores that the four
gained will be forwarded to the
state headquarters where they
will be compared to those of
other first place winners from
around the state. Those boys
having the highest scores will
be declared the state winners
and will enter regional compe
tition where the winners will
be selected via the same method
and will receive a free trip to
San Francisco to view a pro
fessional football game.
The winners and their accom
panying parents were: Dale
Hedman, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arnie Hedman of Heppner; Tom
Stockard, 9, son of Mrs. Anita
Stockard of Heppner; Dean
Wright, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Wright of Heppner and
John McCabe, 11, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest McCabe of
Heppner.
Sixty-three boys showed up for
the competition at the rodeo
field last Saturday afternoon.
The boys were judged on the
accuracy and distance of their
punt, kick and pass. The boys
were given only one try at each
phase of the competition.
Second and third prizes were
also awarded in each age group.
In the eight-year-old bracket
sceond place went to Dick Snider,
lone, and third to Allen Mc
Cabe, Heppner. In the nine-year-old
group, second went to Bobby
Templeton of Heppner and third
to Loren Hopper of Heppner. For
ten-year-olds, Gary Watkins,
Heppner, garnered second while
Dallas Harsin, Heppner, was cap
turing third. Eleven -year -old
Bruce Marquardt, Lexing t o n,
copped second in his division
and Rory Stillman, Heppner, got
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of these properties was made by
Director Andy Van Schoiack.
At the same meeting Director
Van Schoiack moved that the
board postpone until September,
1964, its decision on where to
locate Riverside High school,
which must be moved with the
rising of the waters of the John
Day Dam reservoir.
Incorporated in the motion,
however, was a clause "unless
patrons of the north end of the
county request action sooner."
Director Van Schoiack said that
he hoped the people of the
north could "get together and
decide on the site."
"I don't think they want us
south-enders to make their de
cision for them," he said.
Director Roy Partiow of Board-
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MOVING IN for his placekick try In the Punt, Pass and Kick,
competition here Saturday is Doug Gonty, 8, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Gonty. Wayne Ball, an official of the competition,
supervises while younq contestants watch in the background.
Doug gave it the "old college try" but failed to place.
(G-T Photo)
County Entries Win at PI
Many awards came to Morrow
county on the opening day of
the 53rd annual Pacific Inter
national Livestock Exposition,
which is in operation this wcok.
Saturday, the first day, our team
of 4-H livestock judges, consist
ing of Sue Greenup, Terryl Ann
Greenup, and Nancy Doherty
took a blue award in the con
test, competing with 4-H judg
ing teams from several western
states. A white ribbon was earn
id by the dairy Judging team
consisting of Kit and Doug'as
Anderson, and S eve .JottyjoI:.i.
In the Land Products show,
new this year, Morrow county
was in the limelight. Champion
of the hay division was John
Graves, Hardman, with his alfalfa-grass
exhibit. In the small
grain division, there were 15
Morrow county exhibitors. They
took all of the top awards. Don
Robinson exhibited the winning
oats with his Cherokee oat ex
hibit. William Rawlins, Ioi.e,
took second place with his Bar
nett variety exhibit.
man voted against the motion.
The "old" board had previous
ly started to negotiate a con
tract with the Army Engineers
to locate the school in the
"Boardman area" but this has
been held in abeyance by the
"new" board.
Magazines Cost Eyed
Magazines and reimbursement
for mileage received special
scrutiny at the meeting while
directors reviewed months' bills.
Total paid for magazines and
periodicals in the district
amounts to well over $1000. Most
subscriptions were for one year
but some were for longer per
iods. Many of the publications
were those purchased for each
student for classwork in some
particular field, such as the
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B. J. Doherty, Lexington, had
the champion barley exnibit
with his Flynn variety exhibit.
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Ekstrom's Steer
Reserve Champion
A 950 lb. steer of Herb Ek
strom, lone, was chosen reserve
champion in the open class at
the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition Tuesday.
The polled Hereford was one
that Ekstrom and his son,
Rollie, had fed out jointly this
year. Grand champion in the
open class was another polled
Hereford steer, this one from
Wolfe Hereford Ranch, Wal
lowa. It later won grand
championship of the show.
The Ekstroms, who have
won many prizes and awards
with their stock, were said to
have an "awfully nice string
of polled Herefords" at the
show.
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Weekly Reader.
The bills for the magazines
were allowed, but Supt. Bru
bacher said, "This is the sort of
thing that probably will have to
be cut if things really get tight."
Discussion on the mileage
came up when a small item was
noticed by one of the directors
for travel of Ted Talbott be
tween Boardman and Irrigon. He
and his wife live in Boardman.
She teaches in Boardman and
he teaches in Irrigon. Last year,
his day was split between
schools of the two cities and
mileage was allowed. When
basketball season comes, he will
coach at Riverside High and
therefore will divide his day be
tween the two cities once more.
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Number 33
HEPPNER
10 Cents
State Tax
Plan Bows
In County
Morrow county voters followed
the rest of the state in defeating
Tax Measure No. 1 in the special
state election Tuesday. Final
tally in the county was 302 yes
to 860 no.
While the county vote was not
quite so overwhelming as the
state average, it was decisive.
The state, with only a few scat
tered precincts yet to report,
voted 101,000 yes to 345,000 no,
about 3Wi to 1. Morrow county's
vote was between 2Vi-to-l and
3-to-l against.
Every precinct in the county
tallied a majority of no votes,
but the one coming closest to
registering a favorable vote was
northeast Heppner with 45 yes to
67 no. Most decisive against the
legislature's tax program was
Lexington, which polled 20 yes
to lia no, about a 6-to-l ma
jority, lone was not far behind
with 34 yes and 188 no, whicn
is better than 5-to l.
Other precincts voted as fol
lows: Hardman, 5 yes, 20 no;
Northeast Heppner, 60 yes, 124
no; Southwest Heppner, 23 yes,
58 no; Southeast Heppner, 38
yes, 77 no; Boardman, 30 yes,
78 no; Irrigon, 47 yes, 129 no.
Turnout at the polls was com
paratively light, but It did ex
ceed some pre-election predic
tions. A check of several pre
cincts showed that the vote ran
about 62 of the registration as
against a prediction oi a 50
vote.
None of the state's counties
voted in favor of the program,
and one, Josephine county, turn
ed it down by a margin of 11-to-1.
Although some voted against
Measure 1 on the basis that the
legislature would offer a sales
tax, it was apparent after the
defeat that there is considerable
controversy and difference of op
pinion among legislators on that
point.
Hermiston Hunter
Bags Deer, Dies
Of Heart Attack
Daniel Regis Alexander, 52,
Hermiston, died in the Johnson
Creek area above Little Butter
Creek Tuesday of a heart attack
after he had shot and killed
a deer.
Alexander then shouted to his
hunting companion, whose iden
tity was not learned, to say that
he had spotted another buck.
The partner heard no more from
him, and went to investigate.
He found Alexander dead.
The man then went to sum
mon aid but found that tele
phones were out at the first
three farm houses he reached.
He finally arrived at the Don
Greenup place and Greenup
took a 4-wheel JeeD to the scene
after Dr. L. D. Tibbies, medical
examiner, and Oliver Creswick
arrived to accompany them. The
officials received the call about
6:30 p.m. and did not arrive
home until after 9 p.m.
The body was brought to the
Creswick Mortuary and was then
taken to Burns Mortuary, Herm
iston, where funeral services
are pending.
Alexander had been a Herm
iston resident since 1945. He was
born in Coraopolis, Pa.
He was a member of the Pres
byterian church; Hermiston Ma
sonic lodge, AF and AM, No.
38; and the Scottish Rite in Ba
ker. Surviving are the widow, Pearl
Laurine Alexander; a daughter,
Judith Schmidt, Stanfield; a
brother, N. D. Alexander, Reeds
port; and two sisters, Mrs. O. A.
Rufner, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and Mrs. George Van Cleave,
Oregon City.