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Breakdown Hits; Staff, Good Friends Make Repairs Through Night
This was bad luck week for
the Gazette-Times, but good
friends made it possible to got
out the paper on schedule.
A major breakdown on the
big 10-ton Miehle press camj
during a press run about 9
p.m. Wednesday when a
heavy page form slid off the
bed and caught in machinery
below. Gears deep within the
press were smashed, and at
midnight it appeared imposs
ible to pet the paper out here.
But with the aid of Roice
Fulleton, Harold Becket and
Glen Perkins, who worked
through much of the night on
repairs, the "impossible" was
performed.
Roice came to help in the
big job of getting out the
smashed gears, one of which
was badly mangled with seven
teeth broken.
Harold was summoned to
determine whether the damage
could be repaired. He arrived
when things looked blackest
and declared that he thought
he could do the job in two
hours. With Glen helping out,
he rebuilt the gears a diffi
cult and painstaking task
in just a half hour over his
estimate.
While this was being done,
Roice went home for a "few
winks" and was called again
at 2:30 to help put the heavy
machinery together again.
In the meantime, more ill
fortune came. Arnold Raymond,
shop foreman, working uni.p
the end of the press, struck his
head on two small but sharp
protruding bolts and jabbed
deep lacerations in the top of
his head and forehead. With
temporary patches on the in
juries, he continued work.
Later Thursday morning a doc
tor dressed the lacerations and
closed them with stitches. He
stuck at the Linotype ma
chine through the day Thurs
day to help "put the paper
to bed."
After an hour or so making
adjustments, the press was
rolling again about 4:30 and
the first run was completed
about 5 a.m.
After Harold and Glen left in
the wee hours, Roice looked
at the neatly rebuilt gear in
his hand and said, "If Harold
should ever leave this town
it would be the worst thing
that could happen to it."
We concurred, but had sim
ilar feelings of appreciation
for Roice who came and
plunged Into the problem
with only one thing in mind
to get the job done.
(See Chaff and Chatter column,
page 2).
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ARCHIE BALL of Ruggs. student at Blue Mountain Community
College, Pendleton, is shown at work in a chassis class which
he takes as part of his mechanical technology course. Archie,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball, Ruggs, is a Heppner High graduate.
(See pictures, pages 2 and 8) (G-T Photo)
College Making
Forward Strides
By WES SHERMAN
Blue Mountain Communi t y
College, a tender youngster in
the field of education, has al
ready developed something of
the dignity and spirit of an in
stitution of many years stand
ing. This was apparent on an all
day visit to the college, located
on South hill of Pendleton.
Most courses in the division of
business and technical educa
tion are squeezed into the old
Pendleton Technical School
building. Liberal Arts classes and
others share quarters on the sec
ond floor of the adjoining John
Murray Junior High school build
ing where the admissions office
is located. Sevents graders go
to school on the lower floor.
The visitor will find the col
lege area completely surrounded
by the autos of the 273 students
enrolled In the day program, the
29 faculty members, and cars of
those connected with the junior
high.
President Wallace McCrae,
formerly superintendent of Pen
dleton schools, arranged a press
and radio day Friday in the
hope of acquainting the resi
dents of Umatilla and Morrow
counties with the college, its
goals and problems. Turnout
from the news media was not
as good as hoped for, but those
attending left with a much bet
ter idea of Blue Mountain Col
lege and its importance to the
area. This didn't come from
Droraeanda spread by the ad
ministration and faculty but
from visiting the classes and
talking with the students them
selves. Naturally, we sought out Mor
row county students. It wasn't
hard to find them. A young man
was working on a chassis in the
automotive shop. He was Archie
Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Ball of Ruggs. When we inquir
ed, he spoke with enthusiasm of
the course he is taking.
Upstairs, Jim Steagall of Lex
ington was engrossed in a phys
ics class, taught by Willard
Staley, formerly of Heppner High
school's faculty. Staley's loss
from the Heppner faculty was a
distinct gain for the college.
Steagall too, was obviously
happy with the school.
Down the hall in the electron
ics lab, just around the corner
from where a practical nursing
elass was busily in session, we
found Eddie Howard of Heppner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Howard. In his second year of
an electronics course, he spoKe
highly of the department and of
Charles Caulkins and Robert
Christianson, instructors in elec
tronics. Everywhere the students were
Intent and interested. In a
course on business machines,
lone to Battle Bears
In Quarter-Final Battle
(Picture on page 1, Sec. 2)
Ione's Cardinal fooiball team
will start its quest for the state
8-man football champions h i p
Friday when it travels to Mt.
Vernon to meet the Bears in d
game which will decide the dis
trict title. The winner of the
game will then enter the state
semi-finals against Richland on
November 15.
The Bears are a big rugged
team which, although not having
exceptional speed, has the power
of a freight train. It is on thu
power that the Bear eight will
rest its hopes when the two
teams battle for the semi-finji
berth.
taught by Shirley Larson, the
students didn't look up from
their work when several of us
entered. They were working
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Mike Whitesmith
To Leave Heppner
For New Position
D. M. (Mike) Whitesmith,
manager of the J. C. Penney
store in Heppner for 4V4 years,
has been appointed as manager
of the Hood River store of the
Penney Company and will offic
ially take over the new position
the first of next week.
To succeed him here will be
L. R. (Bob) Henry who comes
from the Oregon City Penney
store. This will be his first
managership. He is married and
has two children, a boy and a
girl. Henry will officially begin
his duties here Wednesday of
next week.
The transfer to Hood River is
in the nature of a fine promotion
for Whitesmith. The local store
has made good gains under his
management. He and his famiiy
have been seeking a residence in
their new location but may have
to wait for some time before a
place is vacant. Whitesmith wiil
succeed Kirk Hiaason as man
ager in Hood River, and Hiaason
is being transferred to Pendle
ton to succeed Bob Steele as
manager. Steele, in turn, is going
to San Francisco where he wni
continue to be associated wtih
the company.
. The Whitesmith's may live in
the house to be vacated by tiie
Hiaason family but will have to
wait until the Hiaasons find a
place to live in Pendleton.
Whitesmith said that he will
check in at the Hood River store
Monday morning but will return
here Wednesday to check Henry
in at the Heppner store.
While expressing regrets at
leaving Heppner and many
friends here, Whitesmith said
that he and his family at the
same time "feel real thrilled"
at the prospects and challenge
of the new store which handles
a considerably larger volume
than the Heppner store.
The Whitesmiths came here
from Nampa, Idaho, where he
was also with the Penney stor.
He has been active in local af
fairs, being president of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce two years ago,
a member of the development
committee, and active in merch
ants' promotions.
The Mt. Vernon club out
weighs the lone crew about 35
pounds for man. Their offense
is built around a pair of 200
pound backs who are capabie
of grinding the oponents line to
shreds. The Bears have an 8 0
season record and have clobber
ed some rivals by as high as
50 points this year.
lone will go with a team
which averages around the 150
pound mark and which pos
sesses the speed to go the d s
tance from any point on the
gridiron. Leading the Cardinal
attack will be Ken Klinger, a
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GAZETTE
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, 'November 7, 1963
Nazarenes
Plan New
Building
Church of the Nazarene plans
to start construction on a new
church building in Heppner as
of December 1, the Rev. J. G.
Weller, pastor, said Wednesday.
A meeting with the church
board was scheduled for Wed
nesday night to consider the con
tract on the building.
To be located at 335 N. Gil
more, the church structure will
face east directly towards Pio
neer Memorial hospital. It will
be of block construction and
30x60 ft. in dimension on two
lots totaling 210 ft. frontage.
The main floor would open on
to Gilmore and will include the
sanctuary with a capacity of per
haps 120 persons. A nursery will
be included on this floor. On tho
basement level which will be
of the daylight type to the west
will be Sunday School rooms, a
large open hall, and provision
for a small kitchen which will
be "roughed in" for later com
pletion. Building permit for the struc
ture sets cost at $21,000. It is
expected that construction would
take approximately 120 days.
The .Nazarene. congregation
here has been meeting in the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
At the present time member
ship is 18 with other affiliated
with the church.
Three Get Prizes
In Paint Contest
(Picture on page 4, Sec. 2)
Approximately 75 youngsters
participated in the Heppner
merchants' window paint i n g
contest Halloween evening.
Twenty windows were painted
in tne contest and prizes were
awarded to the three paintings
judged Dest.
First place in the painting con
test went to Marsha Lovgren,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh
all Lovgren. Second prize was
awarded to Terry Peck, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Peck. A tie
resulted in the run for third
place with Mark Lovgren, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lovgren,
dividing the orize with Jennifer
Blake and Chris Brubacher. Jen
nifer is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Blake and Chris is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Brubacher.
Five dollars were awarded to
first, $3 to second and $2 to the
third place winners.
Randall Peterson, chairman for
the event, said that the merch
ants were well pleased with tne
turnout and are looking forward
to sponsoring the event next
year.
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ROYALTY for Heppner High school's 1963 Honi'j coming beam from their places of honor in the
official convertible at the Sherman county game Friday night. From left to right: Queen Ginny
M30re, Barbara Elake, Pat Van Winkle. Karen McCurdy and Diana Fulleton. (G-T Photo)
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MARCIA RANDS. Heppner High
- both the local and area Soil Conservation Speecn contests ana
is scheduled to enter the state semi-finals at Hermiston tonight
(Thursday). Elmer Palmer, representing Morrow County Grain
Growers, is shown presenting the first place local trophy to
Marcia here following the contest October 28. (G-T Photo)
Viet Nam Letter
Frightens Family
Of Michael Benge
When a registered letter from
Viet Nam arrived the other day
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Terrel Benge, it gave them quite
a scare. They feared for the sale
ty of their son, Michael Benge,
who is serving at Ban Me Thuot,
Viet Nam, with the International
Volunteer Service.
Because of the recent revo
lution in the country, they fear
ed that he might have become
involved.
However, when they opened
the letter they found that he
was safe and unharmed. He did
point out, though, that he had
taught a Buddhist monk in his
English class of some 25 stu
dents one clay only to learn the
following day that he had bee.i
killed.
Benge said that the people
with whom he is working stem
very primitive. His mother has
been sending vegetable seed to
him for distribution among the
natives to help them raise food
for themselves.
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Bchool senior, has won first place
(Picture also on page 3, Sec. 2)
Contest Winner
In Semi-Finals
Marcia Rands, winner of the
Soil Conservation speech contest
in Heppner on October 28, ad
vanced another step towards the
state finals last Thursday night
when she won the area contest
at Hermiston.
She will compete in the state
semi-finals tonight (Thursday),
also in Hermiston. If she should
win again, she will enter the
state finals at a later date to
compete with other semi-final
winners throughout the state.
The state contest is sponsored
by the Association of Soil Con
servation districts.
Art Work Displayed
In observance of National Art
Week, several paintings have
been put on display by Mrs.
Nellie Anderson in the Case
Furniture store. The public is
invited to view this exhibit of
outstanding work done by one
of our local talents. Some ara
priced and may be purchased
but are put on display by Mrs.
Anderson primarily as partici
pation in the national observance.
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Board Recommends
Land Val ue Increase
A blanket increase on the
assessed valuation of Morrow
county farm properties was rec
ommended by the Morrow coun
ty board of equalization at a
meeting Monday.
The recommendation to As
sessor Rod Thomson was that
lands outside city limits be in
creased across the board by 50
to be effective in the spring of
next year for inclusion on the
1064-65 property tax roll.
The purpose of the move
limber Appraisal
Tops $4 Million,
Estimate Shows
Timber in Morrow county is
valued roughly at $4.5 million,
James O'Donnell, state apprais
er, said Wednesday after com
pleting appraisal work here.
Figures are yet to be com
pletely compiled for Rod Thom
son, county assessor, but it ap
pears that the $4.5 million will
be approximately correct, O'Don
nell said. Before the appraisal,
the value of the timber was on
the rolls at something over $1.5
million.
Paul Lorenz. another appraiser
who has been working with
O'Donnell, is remaining here to
nnish paper work before leav
lng Heppner about November 15.
Both the O'Donnell and Lorenz
families have been here through
the 9-months project. The O'Don
nells will move to Hillsboro Fri
day and he will work in Clatsop,
toiumoia and Washington coun
ties from there. They have four
children, one of whom is in thu
first grade, one in kindergarten,
and the other two of pre school
age.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz have two
children.
The appraisal work, completed
!in the nine months, took consid
erably less time than the year
that had been the original esti
mate. Open type of country and
relatively flat land made it fas
ter than anticipated, O'Donnell
said.
Veteran's Day
Holiday Coming
Monday is Veteran's Day, a
legal holiday.
Schools in Morrow county will
be closed, as well as post offices,
the county courthouse, banks
and other public agencies.
However, some of the local
stores will remain open for the
day. The Chamber of Commerce
merchants' committee has madj
no recommendation on the mat
ter, and so it is left to the dis
cretion of the individual merch
ant. Some have said that they
will keep their businesses open
but a few may be closed.
Morrow Men Receive
Awards at Banquet
Gar Swanson and Jerry and
Ed Brosnan, Morrow County Con
servation Man and Cattlemen of
the Year respectively, were pre
sented with their titles and
awards at a combined banquet
Saturday night in the high
school multipurpose room.
Approximately 200 persons at
tended the fete which was a
combined affair of the Livestock
Growers' association, the Soil
Conservation Service and the
Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce. The first award of the even
ing was the Premier Beef Ex
hibitor award which went to Don
Robinson. The award is present
ed annually by the county live
stock growers to the person who
is the top beef fxhibitor at the
Morrow county fair. The award
was presented by Ron Currin,
10 Cents
would be to restore the county's
property tax ratio to 25 of true
cash value. Posted ratio for the
19G3-64 tax year was 25 but
the State Tax Commission ruled
that the ratio was 19 in view
of the low farm property assess,
ments. This resulted in public
utilities being assessed on the
19 basis.
One effect of the blanket in
crease on farm valuations would
be to restore the public util
ities assessments to the 25
ratio.
Urban property in the county
has been placed on the rolls at
new assessed values as a result
of the reappraisal program just
completed. Farm property re
appraisal is now in progress in
the county and none of the re
appraised values have been
placed on the rolls.
Should the blanket Increase
be made, it Is expected that it
would remain in effect for one
year.
Members of the board of equal
ization are Raymond French,
Paul Slaughter and Judge Os
car Peterson.
Assessor Thomson explained
that the blanket increase of 50
would not mean an increase in
taxes to the farmers by that
amount since the tax load would
tend to be eqjiallzed proport
ionately among them, and it
would be expected that the pub
lic untility ratio would return
to the 257o ratio. ,
Late Fire Rash
Hits in Forests;
Season Now Over
Governor Mark Hatfield ended
the fire season in the State of
Oregon at midnight Monday by
proclamation, and state and fed
eral lands in this area are now
open so fire permits are no long
er required. Chuck McLean, fire
control officer of the Heppner
Ranger district, said Wednesday.
The end of the fire season fol
lowed a late rash of fires on
the district, McLean said. Sev
eral warming fires of hunters
broke away, one attaining a size
of 8.2 acres before it was con
trolled and a second growing to
6.8 acres, both along the breaks
of the John Day river.
Entire fire fighting comple
ment of the Heppner district was
called out to fight the blaze3.
Several others also broke away
but did not attain dimensions
this large, McLean said.
Because of the dampness, the
fires did not spread rapidly but
"crept" into larger fires as they
were pressed by high winds. In
creasing carel e s s n e s s with
warming fires was noticed on
the part of hunters as the season
progressed, some appard n 1 1 v
thinking that danger was over.
Rains that came this week on
the district were welcomed with
gratitude by the forestry person
nel. McLean said Wednesday
that a half-inch of rain had
fallen at Tupper Guard station
In a 24 hour period and that a
light snow had fallen there.
of the association, and consist
ed of a silver belt buckle.
Following this, Nels Anderson,
county agent, presented Jerry
and Ed Brosnan as Morrow
County Livestockmen of the
year. Anderson gave an account
of the work the Brosnans did to
earn the award and introduced
the Brosnan family to the
throng. The Brosnans received
a Grange trophy for their ef
forts. Next on the agenda was the
presentation of the Conservation
Man of the Year. Gar Swanson
was presented by Raymond
French, chairman of the Morrow
County Soil Conservation district.
Swanson received an engraved
desk pen set from the district
and was presented with the
Tryco award by Del Smith of
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