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80th Year
Number 38
Holiday Opening
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 21, 1963
iVICGG Reviews
11 Years' Progress
Something of a spirit of
thanksgiving pervaded the an
nual meeting of Morrow County
Grain Growers held Monday
night in the fair pavilion with
some 300 persons attending. The
dinner, although featuring cham
pion 4-H roast beef instead of
turkey, was bountiful enough to
be a Thanksgiving dinner. It was
served and prepared by the Rhea
Creek Grange.
President Paul Jones noted the
spirit of thanksgiving when he
recounted in his report the pro
gress that had been made by the
cooperative in the past 11 vears.
"We were broke in the fall of
1953. We had no credit and our
license was suspended. It looked
as if we would have to close
the doors," he said.
"We are now free of debt for
the first time since we were
organized, and it is a wonderful
record."
The president gave much of
the credit to the progress of the
cooperative to Manager Al Lamb
who came 11 years ago.
"It couldn't have been done
without a manager with a coop
erative background," he said.
President Jones also declared
that several of the directors can
take a great deal of credit for the
healthy condition of the Grain
Growers. He told how, in the
.darker days, a number of direc
tors had signed notes in the
amount of $50,000 to keep the
operation going.. -
He pointed to construction of
the Hoag-Warner storage facil
ities, and to expanded storage
facilities at Heppner and lone
in recent years. The president
commended employees of the co
operative, stating, "Lots of credit
must be given to the outside
crew." He had words of praise
for Assistant Manager Harlan
McCurdy who is ill and could
not attend the jneeting, and in
troduced other employees who
were present at the meeting. A
bonus plan contributes to keen
interest on the part of employees,
the president declared.
Jones emphasized the almost
phenomenal change in the coop
erative's financial structure by
citing the fact that it has dis
tributed $505,400 to its farmer
members in the past 10 years.
In addition it has cashed pre
ferred stock and ownership cer
tificates in the amount of $100,
000. Operating report for the fis
cal year ended May 31, 1963,
shows net earnings of $114,417.94
and assets of $1,480,745.
In the year ended the Grain
Growers received 2 million
bushels of grain into the ele
vators, but there is nothing to
indicate that there will be a
greater volume in future years.
- President Jones said that the
cooperative expects a reasonable
profit for 1963-64 but not as
much as in some bumper years
of the past.
Manager Lamb called atten
tion to reports in the annual
program and also said that next
year's profit may be expected to
be down.
"At 4c per bushel handling,
we are not going to get rich,"
he said, "while everything else
has gone up."
He pointed out that at least
13 of this year's crop was sold
at harvest time because growers
felt the price would not hold. By
selling early, however, they lost
at least 20c per bushel, he said.
Storage in the Morrow County
Grain Growers' elevators at the
present time is as low as it has
ever been, Lamb said. For this
reason, he does not look for
much more income for the co-op
this year.
One problem developed in
handling this year's crop when
much of it came in too moist,
inviting it to become "buggy,"
Lamb declared. This may have
been due to accepting the grain
Local Role
Dale E. Price of Eugene, direc
tor of the Oregon State System
of Higher Education's Civil De
fense program, told about 70 per
sons from Umatilla and Morrow
counties attending a one-day
conference in Pendleton Wednes
day, November 13, that there
can be no civil defense without
local government action.
Price chose the topic "Civil
Defense at the Local Level" and
emphasized the need for federal
guidance.
"There must be some determ
ination, nationally, as to our
needs; however, nothing can
happen unless local officials
and community leaders take the
initiative to develop programs
w'thin this broad guidance," he
said.
"Many people feel that in a
disaster, some outside force, or
government agency, will come
in and save the local people. We
have to realize that if anything
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too early in the day at harvest
time before dew and moisture
had been dried by the sun. In
the future, it is contemplated
that the elevators will not start
receiving grain so early in the
day.
Bob Tanke, president of North
Pacific Grain Growers, urged
members of the cooperatives to
(Continued on page 8)
Marcia Wins Third
In State Contest;
District Honored
Marcia Rands, who carried
Heppner's banner all the way
to the state finals in the Soil
Conservation speech contest, won
third place in the state last
Thursday afternoon at Grants
Pass. The contest was conducted
as a feature of the 3-day meet
ing of the Oregon Association
of Soil Conservation districts.
Another honor came to Hepp
ner when Raymond French, dis
trict supervisor, received a
plaque as state winner of the
Goodyear award, topping all
other conservation districts in
Oregon.
Attending the meeting were
Ralph Richards, conservationist
of the Heppner district, Mr. and
Mrs. French, Mrs. Maurice
Groves, mother of Miss Rands,
together with the speech con
testant and her brother and sis
ter. State champion of the speech
contest is Lois Hobbs of Klam
ath Falls and second was Dave
Albright of Silver Creek. Irt all,
five competed In the finals.
Speaking of the Heppner ent
rant, Richards said, "We're real
proud of her and her showing."
He confessed to disagreeing with
the judges and confided that he
felt Marcia's talk to be the best
of the five.
In reaching the state finals,
Marcia won the local compe
tition against five other contes
tants, the area against three
others, and the semi-finals
against three others.
This showing makes a re
markable record for Heppner
during a 3-year period. Beverly
Davidson was third in the state
in 1961, Martha Doherty was
state champion in 1962, and now
Miss Rands sustains the state
record with the third this year.
Civil Defense Seeks
Department Leaders
For County Work
Seeking to renew interest in
Civil Defense in Morrow county,
a more closely knit organization
is sought by local leaders. Pre
paredness for natural disasters,
as well as nuclear attack, is of
importance.
Additional help is needed to
head the following departments
of civil defense in Morrow coun
ty: Public relations, health and
welfare, medical, transportation
and communications in all areas
of the county. Individuals or or
ganizations interested in helping
in any of these departments are
asked to contact Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman, director, or Mrs. Jane
Mattair, who has an unlisted
phone number, 676-5567.
"Medical Self-Help" class is
expected to start in the near
future, which studies emergen
cy medical care as well as simple
first aid training.
Civil Defense leaders from this
area will attend a state meeting
in Salem on Friday.
of Civil Defense Discussed at
is going to be done to save the
local people, it will have to
be done locally, using local re
sources," he said.
The kind of civil defense pro
gram a community has, Price
added, depends upon the needs
of the community as defined
within the federal guidelines
and on the human and material
resources available to meet these
needs.
There is legislation being con
sidered in Congress that will
broaden the present federal law
to include planning and assis
tance in natural disasters as well
as war-caused disasters. Price
said, if approved in its present
form, the legislation would pro
vide Federal financing to com
munities which are contemplat
ing construction of public build
ings in which fallout shrl'ers
can be provided on a dual-use
basis.
Price said action on Civil De
11 JJ
JONEL HILL. State Public Util
ity Commissioner, will be the
principal speaker at the an
nual meeting of Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative at
the fair pavilion. Heppner.
Friday.
Columbia Basin
Annual Meeting
Set for Friday
Jonel C. Hill, Public Utility
Commissioner of Oregon, will
speak at the annual meeting of
the members of Columhia T?asin
Electric Cooperative Friday, Har-
ley xoung, manager, announces.
The talk will highlight the
annual session which begins at
10:30 a.m. The address by Hill
will be at 1 p.m. with the public
invited. The morning's program
is for members only, but the
public is welcome to the after
noon meeting.
Adding special significance to
this annual .neetin? is thp iwpnt
announcement of .the proposed
excnange or service between Pa
cific Power and Light Company
and Columbia Basin through
which the cooperative will ac
quire systems of the private com
pany in several cities of Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
Registration for members is
scheduled at 10:30 a.m.. to hp
followed by the showing of a
motion picture. Dinner will be
served at 11:30 a.m. hv wnmpn
of the Rhea Creek Grange Home
economics club. Entertainment
will follow at 12:30 after which
the regular meeting will ensue.
Walter Jaeger of Condon will
give the president's report, Jack
Hynd Jr., will give the secretary
treasurer's report and Young will
give the manager's report, all
after the talk by Commissioner
Hill.
Election of directors for a three
year term will be held. Nom
inees include Kenneth Smouse,
Lewis Halvorsen, Henry Baker
and Raymond Lundell, all of
lone; Dick Wilkinson and Ron
Currin, both of Heppner. On the
nominating committee are Louis
Carlson, lone; Orva E. Dyer,
Mayville; O. E. Wright, Al Bunch,
Paul Hisler and C. N. Jones, all
of Heppner.
Present directors include Jaeg
er; Hynd, Richard Krebs of Cecil;
Smouse and Baker of lone; Wal
ter Wright of Hardman; Elmer
Palmer and Wilkinson, both of
Heppner; and Virgil West, Bla
lock. A pranrl dnnr nrtrp nf $100 a'ift
certificate towards purchase of
any electrical appliance of the
winner's choice will be given.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 49 31 .33
Friday 53 35
Saturday 49 43
Sunday 51 34
Monday 52 39 .01
Tuesday 55 31
Wednesday 40 23
fense might be compared to ac
tion on military defense, in that
it depends upon strong leader
ship. The extent to which these
government functions are carried
out in a community will prob
ably depend upon the attitude
of key officials toward these re
sponsibilities. He noted it is important to
have some system for evaluat
ing the program. Many commun
ities have a tendency to evaluate
the program on the basis of cost,
rather than on the basis of re
quirement, after which budgets
and staffing can be determined.
He suggested using existing
departments of local government
to the maximum extent possible
as opposed to setting up large
indepond'nt Civil Defense staffs.
Coordination by county and
municipal civil defense special
ists is necessary, he added.
A county organization and pro
gram should provide the struc
11 11AT1L.
Joint Thanksgiving
Service Scheduled
Protestant churches of south
ern Morrow county will com
bine for a special Thanksgiv
ing service, Thursday, Novem
ber 28, at All Saints' Episcopal
church, the Rev. Bill Alsup,
chairman, announces. The ser
vice is scheduled for 10:30
a.m.
A special Thanksgiving mes
sage will be given by the Rev.
Charles Knox, pastor of the
First Christian church in Hep
pner. Other ministers of the
South Morrow Ministerial as
sociation will participate, Rev.
Alsup states.
The public is urged to sup
port this annual service, and
the association asks that mem
bers and friends of their den
ominations set aside this time
to loin in a devotional period
of family thanksgiving.
Lexington House
Complete Loss
Following Blaze
Lexington ' citizens responded
to an alarm and 'doused a fire
which gutted a house in the
community Tuesday morning
around 10 a.m. The house, lo
cated across from the old Hen
derson garage building on main
street, is owned by Denny Mc
Millan and was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Bothwell. In
terior was completely gutted. No
one was in the house at the time
of the fire.
Cause of the fire was not de
termined. It was speculated,
however, that it started from
either spontaneous combustion or
a faulty chimney.
Gene Orwick, who was work
ing at his station at the time
the fire started said that at first
he thought the smoke he saw
up the street was coming from
some trash in the area that the
telephone company was burning.
The phone company was trim
ming some trees in the commun
ity. Orwick's attention was drawn
to the house when a gas tank
on a lawn mower which was
sitting on the porch exploded
and sent a sheet of flame belch
ing from the front. Orwick then
gave the alarm.
A high wind in the area hamp
ered fire fighters when they first
arrived and made their efforts
to bring the fire under control
more difficult.
The men speculated that the
house may have burned to the
ground if it had not been for
insulation in the ceiling. The
insulation acted as control on
the fire until firemen were able
to extinguish the blaze.
McMillan said that the house
was a total loss but that it was
insured. At the time of the fire
neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bothwell
was available for comment and
it was not known whether or
not their belongings, which were
also a total loss, were insured.
Benefit Food Sale
Planned for Tabors
Heppner Civic League will
sponsor a benefit food sale Sat
urday, November 23, at Central
Market, with proceeds to be sent
to the Roy Tabor family in
Rochester, Minn., to help with
medical expenses. Mr. Tabor has
been hospitalized in Rochester
for several weeks, and the fam
ily has made the trip east to be
near him.
Mrs. Tabor was kindergarten
teacher for the Civic League be
fore they moved to Hermiston
early in the summer. Mr. Tabor
will be remembered as the genial
"old Santa" of previous years.
Donations of either food or
cash will be gratefully accepted
by the organization. The sale
will be between the hours of 10
a.m. and 2 p.m.
ture to which municipalities and
other communities may relate
their programs. He stressed the
importance of establishing prior
ities for efforts and uses of re
sources in the communities.
Price said a written annual
program should be prepared by
communities for use in directing
their Civl Defense activities. This
will insure continuity of effort
and will assist in scheduling ac
tivities in order of importance.
Price's talk was the highlight
of the program. In the morning
session were talks by Gordon
Newton on 'The Moaning and
Importance of Civil Defense To
day" and "Oregon State Civil
Defense;" bv Louis Farnsworth
on "Nuclear Weapons" and "Fed
eral Civil Defense Program;" and
by Price and James McAllister
on "Civil Defense at Local
Levels."
No-host luncheon was at Gun
thcr's Fireside restaurant. In the
10 Cents
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R. L. (BOB) HENRY has arrived
to assume his duties as new
manager of the J. C Penney
store in Heppner.
Bob Henry Starts
As Store Manager
L. R, (Bob Henry, who has
started as new manager of the
Heppner Penney store, has been
with the company for nine years.
This is his first managerial pos
ition with the company and his
first exposure to living in east
ern Oregon. Bob replaced Mike
Whitesmith who was transferred
to the Hood River store.
Henry, who spent AVt years
with the company in Moses Lake,
Wn., and 4y years in the Oregon
City store, said that Moses Lake
was the closest he had come to
living in eastern Oregon until
this time. - ..: -
Henry is married and he and
his wife, Peggy, have two child
ren, Jay, 5 and Mary, 6.
He said that his family hasn't
joined him here yet but will be
'coming to Heppner ns "soon as
they sell their house in Glad
stone. Henry said that they will
live in the house Whitesmith
rented until they can find an
other place.
Most of Henry's time is de
voted to his job, but any spare
time might find him skiing, a
sport he enjoys.
Henry is a native of Montana
and graduated from Montana
University in 1951. His wife is
a native of Spokane, Wn.
Henry commented that the
most pleasant feature of Hepp
ner Is its people. He said that
he is impressed by the casual
atmosphere the people create.
Methodists Win
Foundation Award
Heppner's Methodist church
has won a $150 cash award from
the Sears-Roebuck foundation for
church improvement, and the
Rev. Mel Dixon and Oliver Cres
wick, representing the church,
received the award at a banquet
Tuesday night in Eugene.
The Heppner chu r c h was
judged second in its class, one
of three divisions based on the
size of the church. Winning first
prize in this class was the North
Bend Methodist church, and it
received $200.
The presentations were made
as a part of the annual assembly
of the Oregon Council of Church
es by Miss Jean Lovejoy, rep
resenting the foundation.
Awards were based on church
improvements made during the
year, including construct i o n,
community service and program.
Improvements at the local church
included construction of a new
carport and storage building that
figured in the award.
Meeting
afternoon, several workshop sess
ions met on various subjects con
nected with civil defense and
Oliver Creswick of Heppner was
chairman of one group that dis
cussed shelters in Morrow coun
ty. The conference wound up Wed
nesday afternoon with workshops
on shelters, radiological defense,
a film "About Fallout" and other
discussions.
Among those attending from
Morrow county were: Judge Os
car Peterson, Oliver Creswick, Dr.
L. D. Tibbies, Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman. Paul Jones, Dave Mc
Lcod, Wayne A. Brubacher, Gor
don Pratt, W. S. (Sam) Miller,
Ray Williamson, Lowell Chally,
Charles Rugglcs, and the Rfv.
Charles Knox, all of Heppner;
Leonard Herrick and Ralph
"rum, both of lone; Michael
Tolar, Irrigon; and Ron Daniels,
Boardman.
Christmas Opening in Hepp
ner is just nine days away, and
a number of merchants have al
ready announced prizes that
they will give in the window
guessing contest to be held Sat
urday, November 30.
Little has been heard from
genial old Santa Claus, accord
ing to Randall Peterson, chair
man of the merchants committee
of the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce, but indi
cations are that he will be on
hand to hear what youngsters
of the area want for Christmas
and will have candy treats for
all who are on hand at the
Opening.
Peterson said that Fred Gim-
Early Paper Slated;
Public's Aid Asked
Because of Thanksgiving
and to give advance notice of
the Christmas Opening cele
bration, the Gazette-Times will
be printed early next week and
will be placed in the post of
fices of Heppner, Lexington
and lone late Wednesday af
ternoon. Cooperation of the public is
asked in submitting all news
matter and advertising early.
It is particularly requested
that those who will have dis
play ads for Christmas Open
ing have material ready so
that the staff may have it as
soon as possible. Many ad
vertising contacts will be made
tomorrow (Friday) and coop
eration will expedite the big
job to be done,
Sample copies of the paper
will go to all boxholders in
the Kinzua, Spray and Monu
ment area as a means of in
viting them to come to Hepp
ner for Christmas Opening.
Record Hop Set
Friday; Radio
Disc Jockey Due
Ken Hickson, disc jockey of
Radio Station KUBE. Pendleton,
will be master of ceremonies at
a Record Hop scheduled for Fri
day night in the American Leg
ion hall under the sponsorship
M Boy scout Explorer Post 600,
Heppner.
The "Hop" is open to the pub
lic and is staged to raise funds
for the rejuvenated Boy Scout
program here as well as to aid
impetus to Scout movement In
Heppner.
Admission will be by donation,
and anyone over 14 is invited.
There will be no ticket sales for
the event.
Hickson will spin latest dance
records, according to Paul War
ren, master of the post.
Scouts and leaders promise
everyone who attends a good
time.
League to Sponsor
Harvest Moon Ball
Heppner High school Girl's
League will entertain students,
faculty and alumni at an an
nual semi-formal dance Satur
day evening, November 23, in
the high school multi-purpose
room. Theme for this year's
dance is "Harvest Moon Ball,"
with Pam Cochell serving as
general chairman.
Dancing will be from 8 p.m.
to 11 p.m., with special enter
tainment and decorations plan
ned for the evening. A special
invitation has been extended to
all Heppner High alumni.
Power Manager Tells
Details of Exchange
Exchange of farllitlps hptwppn
racuic rower ana Light Com
pany and Columhia RaKin Klnr.
trie Cooperative, which was an
nounced last week as proposed to
become effective January 1, 1964,
was the result of two years of
study for means of providing best
electric servicp tn thu rnnvnmor
Harley Young, manager of Col
umbia Basin Electric, said Wed
nesday. At the same time the exchange
Is designed for elimination of
costly duplication of facilities,
he said.
"Studies determined that Pa
cific Power could better serve
the area along the Columbia
River," Young said. "They also
determined that Columbia Basin,
with its present service in the
rural area, could consolidate Pa
cific's outlying service areas in
to one compact operating unit.
This will enable Columbia Ba
sin to improve Its services to the
rural consumers in Gilliam and
Wheeler counties and at the
same time provide improved and
additional services to the new
consumers."
Columbia Basin Electric in
tends to establish a branch of
fice in the Condon-Fossil area
with a complele line and service
crew capable of performing all
construction and emergency
maintenance required in the
area, Young said.
bel and Harley Young of Pacific
Power and Columbia Basin
Electric have assured him that
colored lights will be in place
on the streets for the occasion,
and the town will begin to as
sume a holiday atmosphere.
Another large crowd is expec
ted to be on hand for the guess
ing contest, which will be open
from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on
Saturday, November 30.
Among prizes that have been
announced by stores to this time
are the following: Electric
blanket from J. C. Penney Co.,
$12.98 lady's robe from Elma's
Apparel; $10 cash from C. A.
Rugglcs Insurance Agency; elec
tric wall clock from Western
Auto; set of table lamps from
Case Furniture Co.; $17.75 Casco
fire extinguisher from Heppner
Auto Parts; Bams Knit sweater
from MiLadies Apparel; transis
tor radio from Gonty's; pair of
ice skates from Peck's Ski Shop;
and $10 cash from the Gazette
Times. Complete list of prizes will be
announced In next week's paper,
together with other details of
Christmas Opening and announ
cements of special events plan
ned for the occasion by individ
ual stores.
Merchants are advised to re
port their prizes to the Gazette
Times no later than Monday to
be included in the list to be
prepared.
In the contest, all are eligible
to participate. The contestant
merely views the display set up
by the merchant of holiday
merchandise, goes into the store
to obtain an entry blank and
on it writes his guess as to the
retail value of the merchandise,
The one who comes closest to
the actual value wins that store's
prize, and the winner's name
will be placed on a placard in
the window after 4:30 p.m.
Merchants will have displays
of gift items ready for holiday
shopping, but no purchase is re
quired to participate in the con
test. A major purpose or the con
test is to show the public what a
variety of gift items may be ob
tained locally and to show how
low the prices are.
Some stores will have var
iations of the contest to adapt
to their particular type of bus
iness.,, ' Displays are to be kept con
cealed until starting time, 9 a.m.,
November 30.
Santa Claus will be on hand
that Saturday afternoon to greet
children and hand out treats.
Lighting Contest
Offers $60 Prizes
Sixty dollars In cash prizes ar6
to be offered again this year in
Heppner's annual Chris t m a s
lighting contest, Randall Peter
son, chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce merchants commit
tee, announces.
The prize money is given by
an anonymous donor via the
Chamber of Commerce and is
used to encourage residents and
businesses to decorate their
homes and stores in order to
make a more beautiful city for
the Christmas season.
Prizes are offered as follows:
Out door residence lighting and
display, $10, rirst; $7.50, second;
$5, third. Store windows, $10,
first; $7.50, second; and $5, third.
Residential window lighting
(and inside decorations visible
in window), $7.50, first; $5, sec
ond; anu third.
To be eligible the home or
business decroated must be in
side the Heppner city limits. Con
testants will be asked to reg
ister and a deadline for regis
tering will be set at a later time.
Those who wish to enter now
may sign up at the Gazette-
Times office.
"Rate schedules to all consum
ers will not be disturbed in any
manner whatsoever," Young said.
"All commitments presently ex
isting between Pacific Power and
the city and county governments
will be assumed by the Colum
bia Basin Copoerative."
The power cooperative man
ager pointed out that another
matter of concern is the tax rev
enue to the counties involved.
"Columbia Basin has included
in all its studies of the exchange
of facilities, maintaining the
same level of tax revenue to the
counties," he said. "There are
other benefits to the local com
munities, such as the increase
of employees and additional pay
rolls." At the annual meeting Friday
the cooperative will act on an
amendment to the by-laws
which would give incorporated
cities representation on the
board of directors Immediately.
As announced last week bv the
two concerns, Columbia Basin
will purchase systems now own
ed by Pacific Power in Olex, Con
don, Fossil, lone, Lexington and
Heppner and neighboring rural
areas at a net amount of $1,492,
00. Pacfiic Power will serve the
area along the Columbia River
and will serve the Boardman in
dustrial park, including some
territory previously granted to
Columbia Basin.