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80th Year
Number 41
LEAGUE CHOOSES OFFICERS
HEPPNER
AZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 12, 1963
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WALTER HAYES of Boardman is shown taking the oath of office as Morrow county commissioner
with Mrs. Sadie Fairish, county clerk, administering the oath. Witnessing the ceremony are
Commissioner E. 0. (Gene) Ferguson (left) and County Judge Oscar Peterson. (G-T Photo)
Free Movie
Saturday;
Santa Back
"Return of Rusty," a full
length motion picture, will be
shown as a free feature for all
kids of the area Saturday after
noon at 2 p.m. in the Heppner
Elks temple under the joint
sponsorship of the Elks and the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce.
Three cartoons, totaling about
30 minutes, will also be shown
on the program, making the full
show about two hours in length.
All the youngsters in the area
are invited.
Santa Claus will return to
Heppner for the day, too, mak
ing his downtown appearances
starting at 11 p.m. and contin
uing through the day. He is ex
pected to have treats for all the
kiddies who contact him.
Plans for this Saturday's pre
Christmas special events were
made by Randall Peterson, chair
man of the merchants commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce.
On the ensuing Saturday, De
cember 21, meters in Heppner
will be hooded for the free park
ing convenience of shoppers.
They will not be covered on this
coming Saturday, however.
Community Chorus
To Practice Sunday
Third practice of the Commun
ity Christmas chorus has been
announced for Sunday afternoon,
December 15, at 4:30 p.m. at All
Saints' Episcopal church.
Under the direction of Gordon
Pratt, the singers will present
a public concert of sacred Christ
mas music in the Episcopal
church Sunday afternoon, De
cember 22, at 3 p.m. Anyone
interested in joining the chorus
is invited to attend the practice
on Sunday.
High School Variety
Program Set Tuesday
Drama, singing, dances and
pantomime are included in
Heppner High school's first var
iety Christmas program that will
be presented Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in the multipurpose room of the
new school.
The school's drama and music
departments are cooperating in
staging "Christmas Fantasies,"
which is presented without
charge to the public. Directors
include Mrs. Janet Groves,
scenes; Gordon Pratt, choir; and
Arnold Melby, band.
Narrators will be Mary John
son and Bill Sherman. Don Ma
jeske will play the role of Santa
Claus.
The high school band will
open the program with the num
ber, "Christmas Fantasy," after
which a street scene will be de
picted with the following cast:
Passersby Sharon Hams, Cheryl
Bellenbrock, Patty Collins, Lisa
Collins, Laurie Barratt, Dean
Robinson, Jim Barclay. Chip
munks Ginny Moore, Pam Co
chell, Judy Jones. The doll Sher
idan Wyman. Toy soldiers Dick
Struckmeier, Gene Heliker. Man
ikinsKaren McCurdy, Diane
Fulleton, Barbara Bloodsworth,
Jean Sicwert.
After the band plays another
number, "Carol of the Drums,"
dragon and cannibals, will be
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Ailing Calf Elk
Finds Sanctuary
At Wilkinson's
Glen Ward, state game
agent, thought he had been
working too hard when he saw
what, for all the world appear
ed to be an elk crossing the
road in front of him within a
mile or two of town as he drove
down the Willow Creek Tues
day evening.
He stopped and got out of
his car. Dick Payne came up.
"I want you to verify this,"
he said to Dick. "Is that an
elk?"
Dick agreed that it was in
deed a calf elk and then told
Glen that it had been staying
in Dick Wilkinson's corral for
at least the past week.
The calf, probably six
months old, has an injury
around its mouth, perhaps a
wound from a hunter's bullet.
Payne caught the calf and
hauled it to Dr. Jim Norene
who examined it and treated
it.
Then he took it back to the
pasture, gave it grain and is
continuing to give it medicine
prescribed by Dr. Norene. The
jaw is deformde so it can't close
its front teeth to graze. They
covered it with a tarpaulin to
protect it from the cold
weather.
With Ward's consent, Payne
plans to continue to doctor the
calf until it gets better and
then will haul it back to the
mountains and release it.
Santa Claus Due
At Wrangler Party
Santa Claus will be present
at a Christmas party of the
Wranglers club at 8 p.m., Sat
urday night, December 14, at the
club house.
Election of officers will be
held during the business meet
ing that will precede the fes
tivities. Other entertainment planned
for the evening will include a
variety program, exchange of
gifts and treats for all.
All Wrangler memebrs and
their guests are cordially invited.
kept secret. Others in the cast
a second Christmas scene, " 'Twas
the Night Before Christmas," will
be presented with the cast in
cluding Stuart Dick as Pa, Vicki
Barratt as Ma, and David An
derson as Grandpa.
The choir will conduct a candle
lighting service, singing "What
Child is This?" and "O Come,
O Come, Emanuel."
A one-act play, "Grandma and
Mistletoe," will feature a cast as
follows: Pat Van Winkle as
Mollie, Leora Van Winkle as Mrs.
Rodgers, Anita Groves as Grand
ma and David Clark as Jim.
Bill Sherman and Judy Smith
will dance a Christmas polka,
after which a Christmas Island
scene will be shown. Some of
the characters, including the
include Gail Hoskins as Rudolph;
Anna Marie Brindle, Linda Bru
bacher, and Barbara Blake as
Santa's helpers; and the chip
munks for their second appear
ance. A Goodnight scene will include
the entire cast, with choir and
band, and the band will con
clude with "We Wish You a
Merry Christmas."
More than 75 students will
take part in the program.
For the first time also this year,
black lighting will be used in
several of the numbers for a
heightened effect.
Mercury Descends
To Seven Degrees
With 1 -Inch Snow
Temperature plu m m e t i n g
down to a minimum of seven
degrees above zero Wednesday
morning to record the low for
the week and for the winter to
date, Leonard L. Gilliam,
weather observer, reports.
This, however, was just one
degree colder than the previous
night. Temperature never climb
ed over the freezing level during
the first three days of the week
after the downward trend that
came over the week-end with
1.08 iniches of snow falling late
Sunday.
High for the week goes back to
last Thursday' when 51 degrees
was recorded as the maximum.
The snow cover came in just
about right for farmers over
much of the county, thus pro
tecting planted grain from freez
ing. However, County Agent Nels
Anderson said that in some parts
of the county, particularly in
some of the Butter Creek area,
there was not enough snowfall
to give protection.
Icy conditions of roads made
a hazardous condition for those
who had to be on the highway
during the week. Those traveling
said that the worst conditions
were encountered close to Hepp
ner with the roads clear in the
northern part of the county. How
ever, the Willow Creek highway
as far as Cecil was slick at one
time during the week.
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 51 26 .24
Friday 47 27
Saturday 47 28 .06
Sunday 35 28 .23
Monday 32 8 1.08"
snow
Tuesday 27 7
Wednesday 29 12
Two Youths Admit
School Breakins
Two Heppner High school
youths have admitted breaking
into lone High school, Heppner
elementary school and Heppner
High school, the latter on at
least two occasions, Principal
Gordon Pratt said Tuesday.
The boys, one a junior and
the other a senior, also admitted
taking county school vehicles on
three occasions during the night
for rides.
District Attorney Herman Win
ter said that the two will have
a hearing in juvenile court, over
which County Judge Oscar Peter
son presides, on charges yet to
be filed on complaint of the
school district board.
The two are also accused of
taking concessions from Heppner
High school, valued at not more
than $3, the principal said.
Other petty acts of vandalism
were committed during the en
tries, including scattering of
paper in the halls at lone.
Admittance was gained to
Heppner High school by taking
a key from Principal Pratt's desk
while he was out of the office.
Keys were also taken out of
Principal Hillard Brown's closet
in his office at Heppner elemen
tary school.
Identity of the youths was
traced after one of the county
scnools pickups was noticed be
ing driven in Lexington at an
early morning hour recently.
When the two were suspected
of the acts they were questioned
by Principal Pratt but did not
admit participation until one of
their mothers was able to per
suade her son to tell of his part
in the ma'ter. Later th; tw
told full details to the principal
and Chief of Police Dean Gilman.
Club
Morrow county will lose one
of its county agents on January
15, 1964, as a result of cuts ord
ered through the state extension
service, it is announced by N. C.
Anderson, chairman of the Mor
row county extension staff.
To be terminated here will
be the services of the agent in
4-H and agriculture, a position
that has been held by Joe Hay
for the past 4& years.
This is one of 18 county ex
tension agent positions across
the state that is being term
inated at this time, according to
Gene M. Lear, associate director,
Oregon State University exten
sion service. Elimination of these
positions results from budget
cuts necessitated following the
October 15 state tax referendum,
which was defeated.
The 4-H and adult programs
that were the responsibility of
Hay will be carried by Agents
Anderson and Esther Kirmis.
Miss Kirmis, home extension
agent who has shared in the 4-H
club work, will have added 4-H
program administration, and An
derson will share in both the
4-H and adult agriculture respon
sibilities. Since Anderson has had no
4-H responsibilities for the past
three years, this will mean some
curtailment in other services by
the local extension staff. A def
inite decision of program curtail
ment will be made soon, Ander
son said.
Elimination of the position
here will mean that Hay will
no longer be associated with the
extension service. His plans at
this time are not definite, but
he is considering some positions
which may be open to him in
other ventures.
Loss of one of the three county
agents comes as an ironic de
velopment to the many in the
county, who j'rDtesi.ed after the
county budget committee cut the
local extension budget at the
final budget hearing earlier this
year.
As a result of protest meet
ings an organization was formed
to raise a fund of $3400 from
Farm Reappraisal
To Get Underway
Actual reappraisal work of
farms and lands outside of cities
in Morrow county will get under
way by January 1, Bob Fielder
and Bill Johnson, appraisers, said
Tuesday.
Johnson will start on lands
in the northern part of the coun
ty and Fielder will begin work
valuing wheat lands, they said.
In recent weeks they have
been valuing buildings and
classifying lands which have
been involved in sales during
the past few years. These rep
resent about 10 of the property
in the county outside of cities,
they said.
In appraising the farms, they
will use the ratio of 25 to true
cash value. The assessments will
not go on the property tax roll
until the 1965-66 tax year.
The two are the only ones who
will be engaged ini the work,
and they will carry identifica
tion cards.
Johnson said that new con
struction in urban areas will
also be appraised before the first
of the year.
County Appoints
Trade Commission
At the request of the Assoc
iation of Oregon Counties, the
Morrow county court has appoint
ed a Trade Commission, com
posed of three members, whose
duty will be to assist In im
proving interstate sales and ex
porting of Oregon products.
Named to the county commis
sion are Nels Anderson, county
extension agent; Harold Wright
of Ruggs; and D. O. Nelson of
Lexington. County Judge Oscar
Peterson said that Wright was
appointed to promote livestock
and Nelson to promote wheat.
Such commissions throughout
the state will join to assist with
a trade mission to Hawaii on
February 12 to 16 at the time
of the meeting of the National
Association of County Officials
there. An exhibit of items mark
ted in Hawaii from the main
land will be shown at that time.
Those from Morrow county are
livestock and wheat.
The Association of Oregon
Counties sponsors the trade com
mission plan in cooperation with
he State of Oregon's Depart
ment of Planning and Development.
4-H
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private subscriptions to assure
that all three county agent pos
itions would remain. The fund
was raised, and the group felt
its work was successfully com
pleted until the budget cut de
veloped at the state level.
Since Hay shall have worked
for just over six months of the
current budget year, it is prob
able that money raised for the
third agent will be pro rated and
that for the part of the year that
he will not serve may be le
turned. It was expected that the
county court would take suffic
ient funds from its emergency
fund, when the allowed bud
get was exhausted, to reimburse
for the third agent. Whether this
will still be done is not known
at this time. If it is done, all the
money collected on the volun
tary drive would be returned to
the donors.
A county extension advisory
committee is in the process of
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Entry Deadline
In Light Contest
Set December 21
Those who wish to enter Hepp
ner's annual home and commer
cial Christmas lighting and dec
oration contest have just nine
more days left to register, Mrs.
Avon Melby, chairman for the
sponsoring Chamber of Com
merce, announces.
Deadline for entries is Satur
day, December 21, at 5 p.m. and
judging will be Sunday, Decem
ber 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. It is
requested that lighting and dec
orations remain on disp 1 a y
through Sunday, December 29,
so that all may have a chance
to see them.
A total of $60 in cash is offer
ed to winners of first, second
and third in three categories, as
follows:
Store windows: First, $10; sec
ond, $7.50; third, $5.
Residential outdoor light and
displays: First, $10; second,
$7.50; and third, $5.
Residential windows (inside
decorations and lighting visible
from the street): First, $7.50;
second, $5; and third, $2.50.
All that an entrant need to do
to register is to leave the name
or telephone it to the Gazette
Times prior to the deadline on
December 21, together with the
location so that judges may find
it.
Firemen Practice
As Historic House
Goes Up in Flame
Flames consumed a historic
home in Heppner Sunday but
the destruction was accom
plish under the supervision of
the fire department which was
helping to complete the razing
of the structure.
Located near Gale on Water
street, the house was built by
Henry Johnson, then a local
carpenter, many years ago. He
was living in it at the time of
the flood in 1903.
E. W. Moyer owned the place
for many years, and John Wood
of Enterprise, brother-in-law of
Mrs. Lucille Owens, a daugh
ter of Moyer, had started to
tear the house down when he
called upon the fire depart
ment to finish the job.
The house srrved as a hos
pital in the 1930's.
Its departure from the local
scene made a nice warm fire
on a cold day.
Fire Chief Charles Ruggles
said that seven men of the de
partment were out for the burn
ing and it made a good prac
tice session for them. The roof
almost literally ''blew up"
when cold water poured in
underneath it hit the hot
flames, the chief said.
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NEW SLATE OF OFFICERS was elected Saturday. December 7, by
the Oregon Wheat Growers League before adjourning its annual
state meeting in Portland. In the center is the new president.
Milton Morgan of lone. Surrounding him are (from left) L. E.
Kaseberg, Wasco, outgoing president; Melvin Pace. Enterprise.
1st vice president; Don Woodward, Pendleton, 2nd vice president;
and John H. Welbes, Pendelton, executive vice president.
Milt Morgan Elected
Growers' President
In the closing session of its
36lh annual state meeting in
Portland on Saturday, the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League
passed several important resolut
ions and elected its 1964 officers.
L. E. Kaseberg, outgoing presi
dent, was chairman of the meet
ing. Milton Morgan, lone, and this
year's first vice president, was
elected as the organization's
president. Melvin Pace of La
Lower Grades
Ready to Stage
Yule Program
A happy Yuletide spirit will
prevail at the elementary grade
school program Wednesday night,
December 18, at 7:30 p.m. on the
stage of the old high school gym.
Grades 1 through 4 will combine!
to entertain parents and friends
in a varied musical program
around the theme, "Christmas
Means So Many Things," under
the direction of Mrs. Ola Mae
Groshens, vocal instructor.
Opening the program will be
a few songs and rhythm band
numbers by the kindergarten
class, under the supervision of
Mrs. Gerald Jonasson, teacher.
First graders will set the holi
day scene with a Christmas pa
rade marching before spectators
on bleachers in the, "Heppner
Coliseum," portrayed by second
graders. They express their gift
wishes, through song, to Santa
Claus and Mrs. Claus, and in
turn present eifts to them.
Third grade students are pre
paring a choral reading of the
story, "The Shoemaker and the
Elves," combined with other
Christmas songs.
Fourth and fifth grade child
ren will close the evening with
special chorus numbers, solos
and ensembles of favorite Christ
mas and sacred music.
Lexington grades 1 through 4,
also under direction of Mrs.
Groshens, will be seen in a spec
ial Christmas program Thurs
day evening, December 19, in
the Lexington auditorium, at
7:30 p.m. Teachers are assisting
Mrs. Groshens to help prepare
a full evening of singing and
speaking numbers, including
solos and novelty numbers.
The program presented by
band and vocal students in 6th,
71 h and 8th grades Tuesday
night was well received by a
near-capacity audience at the old
high school gym.
School Directors Cover
Wide Range at Meet
Directors of Morrow County
School District R-l at their reg
ular meeting Monday night cov
ered a range of matters, includ
ing the following:
1. Reaffirmed a resolution of
the "old" board that the district
would not pay tuition to Echo
for Morrow county students at
tending there.
2. Talked again of the puzzling
matter of disposing of Pine City
school property and tabled the
matter again.
3. Passed a motion to open the
bids on completion of the Hepp
ner High school music rooms on
Monday night, December 16, at
7:30 p.m. in the courthouse, as
advertised.
4. Confirmed appointments of
the Heppner advisory committee
choices of Mrs. Paul Brown and
Clarence Baker to fill vacancies
on the advisory board.
5. Rescheduled a meeting of
the directors with all of the
county's advisory boards at lone
on Thursday, January 2, at 7:30
p.m.
6. Considered further the pur
chase of additional property ad
jacent to the Irrigon school.
7. Discussed filling vacancies
on the budget committee that
will occur with expiring terms
of two members.
8. Decided to pay advisors of
school annuals a flat $100 for
their extra work outside of class
Grande was elected first vice
president, Don Woodward, Pen
dleton, was named to the post
of second vice presdient, and
John H. Welbes, also of Pendle
ton, was re-elected executive vice
president.
At an earlier meeting of the
League's executive committee, it
was determined that 12 mem
bers will represent the Oregon
body at the annual national con
vention in Amarillo, Texas, in
January. Included will be the
new president and his wife, out
going president Kaseberg; Allen
Tom, The Dalles; Robert Jcpsen,
lone; Thomas Vaughn, Jr., Pen
dleton; Walt Jacobs, lone; Glen
Brogoitti, Helix; Larry Kaseberg,
Wasco, and the three vice presi
dents. The wheat producer members
voted overwhelmingly to support
the sale of wheat "to any foreign
country recognized b.v the United
States and willing and able to
buy wheat for dollars under
normal credit terms." The word
ing was obviously aimed at ex
cluding Red China, not recog
nized by the U. S., from any
grain sale.
Qualifying its support of the
Iron Curtain trade proposal, the
league resolution specified that
"shipping restrictions be elim
inated and that any such re
quirement relative to wheat be
similar to other commodities sold
to dollar market countries."
A second resolution submitted
by the league's marketing and
transportation committee was al
so adopted by the full member
ship. This vote backed the Pa
cific Northwest Grain Associat
ion, the Oregon Wheat Commis
sion and several railroads in
their efforts to block a proposed
rail rate increase on grain com
modities. The resolution condemned A
recent Interstate Commerce Com
mission report which declared
the Northwest rate scale In ef
fect since 1960 to be unjust, un
fair and unreasonable, and
which recommended higher tar-
ills on regional grain products.
A third major proposal adop
ted by the farm body was a res
olution calling for a voluntary
wheat certificate program of fed
eral subsidy legislation.
Amendments to the resolution
provide for the retention of a
feed grain substitution clause
in future wheat measures, and
the continued enforcement of
acreage allotments through 1964.
After next year, the League rec
ommended that wheat farmers
should not lose or increase wheat
history for future allotments as
a result of over planting.
The farm group also voted to
support the enactment of a sales
tax in Oregon.
time on the annuals, Instead of
an hourly rate for the extra
work.
9. Heard a presentation on re
medial reading program at lone
elementary school and Heppner
elementary school by Principals
Leonard Herrick and Hillard
Brown and discussed possibility
of expanding the programs.
As to the matter of paying
tuition to the Echo students, the.
board expressed the feeling that
there is no reason that the stu
dents cannot come to Morrow
county schools if they would
choose to do so. The county sys
tem runs a bus near their homes
on Butter Creek and would drive
to them If they decided to come
to this county. About eight stu
dents are involved. In view of
the resolution adopted by the
district board on May 26, 1960,
denying the payment of tuition
to Echo, the present board reaf
firmed this decision.
On the Pine City property, it
has been determined that the
deed reads that the property
must be used for school purposes.
If it is not so used, heirs of the
donors have the right to purchase
the property for $50. The board
would like to dispose of the
property because expense of
maintenance exceeds rental re
ceived. Attorney Bob Abrams
discussed the problems involved.
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