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L 1 u r. i ,i t u or o EUGENE, ORE 80th Yea r . THE Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 19, Mustangs, To Open Hurrah! After a period of waiting In anxious anticipation, Heppner high basketball fans will get to see the Mustangs in basketball action in their new gym. The Mustangs will take a rec ord of four wins against no de feats into the contest against the Condon Blue Devils when the teams tangle Friday night. The much awaited arrival of the wayward supports for the baskets in the new plant was announced this week by Bob Cantonwine, Mustang basketball mentor. The new plant, located at the new high school will seat 960 spectators and give the Mus tangs more room to roam than the old gym. Thus far In the season the Mustangs have taken two from the DeSales quint of Walla Walla, Wn., beaten the McEwen Scotties of Athena and trounced Gervais of the Capital Confer ence. Little is known about the Blue Devils' 1964 casaba quint. How ever in the past two years the Condon quint has proved tough. In 1961-62, they represented their district, 6-B, in the state play offs. Last year the Blue Devils finished second in the district. This will be the first meeting between the teams in four years but many Heppner fana can re member the thrilling games the teams have played against each other in years passed. Leading the Mustangs this year is Lee Padberg. The senior letterman has singed the strings for 101 points in four outings for an average of 25 per game. Padberg hit for 33 points Friday night against the Mchwen quin tet to produce the biggest point output by an A-2 player in a single came this season. Another interesting facet of the Friday night game is that after the game pairing for the Condon Holiday Invitati o n a 1 County Bridge Load Limit Draws Group's Protest A 10-ton load limit imposed by a recent county ordinance on many of the Morrow county road bridges has brought strong protest from some quarters, County Judge Oscar Peterson said Tuesday. Truckers and farmers are among those who opposed the action. Loaded grain trucks of ten weigh far beyond the 10-ton limit, which, if observed, would prohibit them from hauling over the bridges. At least 20 bridges in the coun ty have been posted with the weight limits with signs on either end. In view of the protests, the judge said that the county court had given some consideration to a policy of "travel at your own risk." However, in such an in stance, insurance on heavy ve hicles may be found not to be effective in case of accident, and this, then, would not settle the problem. The Judge said that the county is rebuilding bridges needing re placement as fast as it can. Ord ers have been placed for steel for some that are to be replaced, but he declined to say which are to be rebuilt soon. Two bridges in the county went down under heavy loads this year, one in front of the judge's ranch home in the Eight mile district and another in Blackhorse Canyon, south of Lex ington. Next Paper Planned For December 26 Next issue of the Gazette Times will be published on the regular schedule and will come out on Thursday, December 26, after the staff joins everyone else in taking a day off for Christ mas. Some had asked if the paper might be coming out on Tuesday prior to Christmas. This is not feasible in this instance because it would allow the staff only two days to get the paper ready and distributed. j GAZETTE-TIME Condon New Gym Tournament, December 27 and 28, will be announced. Teams competing in the tourney are Heppner, Condon, Sher man ana wneeier county high school of Fossil. A drawing for opponents will be held that evening. The first two games will pit the A-2 represen tatives against the B represen tatives. Sherman and Heppner are the A-2 teams while Con don and Wheeler are in the B bracket. Should Heppner draw Wheeler, they will play their game at 6:30 p.m. If they draw Condon they will play at 8:00 p.m. Saturday night the losers of the Friday games will meet in a run for the consolation prize. The two winners of the first night's action will play at 8:00 p.m. for the championship. Bids Rejected On Music Room At New School Two bids on completion of the music rooms at Heppner High school were received by the board of directors of Morrow County School District R-l Mon day night, but both were re jected as being too high. A sum of $18,000 had been budgeted for the work in the dis trict's 1963-64 budget. Eastern Oregon Construction Co., which built the lone High school, submitted a basic bid of $25,000. Elimination of a first alternative would have brought the total to $23,000, and elim ination of a second alternate would have deducted another $1250 to lower the sum to $21,950 still nearly $4,000 more than funds available. The Timber Company of Herm iston, builders of the new hieh school here, submitted a basic bid of $26,495. Allowing $1800 for elimination of the first alter nate and $1800 for elimination of the second alternate, the total would be lowered to $22,895, nearly $5,000 more than avail able. Supt. Wayne Brubacher said after the bid opening that the directors are still resolved to continue study in the hope that something may be done to com plete the project. ' "We're not giving up hope," he said. On the other hand, he said that the directors feel that "nothing else can be deleted and still have a worthwhile music room." The large area for th hand and music departments sits be- low ine gymnasium. Its com pletion Was left llnrfnno no nna of the alternates exercised in or der to get the school construc tion project within the amount Provided in a hnnrt iccun by the residents of the district. uireciors win undoubtedly re view the matter at ensuing meet ings. Also on Monday night the board appointed two men to the district's budget committee, El wynne Peck of Lexington and Terry Thompson of Heppner. Bowling Benefit Billed at Lanes A handicap bowling tourna ment at Fiesta Bowl, Heppner, will be held Sunday, December 22, and Sunday, December 29, for benefit of Mrs. Stanley (Shir ley) Cox who will have heart surgery soon, Art Dyck, Fiesta manager, announces. The tournament was arranged by women friends of Mrs. Cox, he said. Entry fee will be $3 per person and each will compete in three games. There will be trophies for the winners. All prize money will be do nated towards the forthcoming hospital expenses of Mrs. Cox. Dyck asks that those planning to enter reserve their spots at once by calling Fiesta Bowl (676-5835). A person may enter as many times as he wishes, and handi caps are to be based on 70 of 200. 1963 ..' .-v.v O x MICHELLE (MIKE) MORRISON Mike Morrison Nominated For Far West Michelle Kav Morrison, a 19 year-old OSU sophomore from lone, has been chosen as Oreeon State's candidate for "Queen of the r ar West Basketball Classic, according to Jim Barratt. man aging-director of the holiday tournament to be held in Port land's Memorial Coliseum De cember 2630. Miss Morrison, better known as "Mike" on the campus, was chosen by the Oregon State Uni versity basketball team to rep resent OSU. Candidates will also come from other participating schools, including Louis i a n a State, Iowa, Colorado State, Brig ham Young, Seattle, Washing ton State and Oregon. Selection of the Queen will be made from photos submitted by the eight schools by the Port land linebackers, a group of Portland businessmen who give active support to intercollegiate athletic events in Portland. Miss Morrison, a brunette majoring in elementary educa tion, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Morrison of lone. She has two sisters, one of which is Tass, an 18 year old freshman Charles Phegley Chosen Cub Master Charles Phegley was elected cub master at a Cub Scout meet ing held Monday evening in the junior high gym. Don Wikes of Pendleton, dis trict counsellor of the Blue Moun tain area, was present to ex plain many aspects of Scouting. Interest in Scouting in Hepp ner seems to be lagging as there were less than 10 persons who attended this special meeting. Due to the poor attendance, little was definitely decided ex cept the necessity of more com munity participation in order to provide an active Cub Scout pro gram here. Those wishing further infor mation may contact Mrs. Elmer Meers, Mrs. Alice McCabe Charles Phegley. or McCurdy Home Harlan McCurdy Jr. is home from Pioneer Memorial hospital after undergoing a siege of ill ness that dated back to October 28. He recovered from an attack of hepatitis and was dismissed but had to return for treatment of phlebitis. Harlan was dismiss ed again last Thursday but is confined to his home. He says that he is feeling very much better although still weak. Classic Queen at OSU. A younger sister Merrie Jo, is a senior at lone high school and plans to enter OSU next fall. Favorite hobbies of the 5 foot 4 inch candidate are modeling and water skiing. She was rec ently honored by the November issue of Sport magazine, as one of 12 nationally-selected Cam pus Queen candidates. Chamber Elects 5 New Directors Five directors for two year terms were elected by the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at its regular meet ing Monday. They are L. E. Dick, Wayne Brubacher, Harley Young, Ralph Richards and Herman Winter. The five will join five holdover directors, Dr. C. M. Wagner, Al Lamb, Oliver Creswick, Randall Peterson and Barney Malcom to form the board for the coming year. Retiring directors are Ed Gon ty, Harry O'Donnell, Gene Pierce, Jim Myers and Gordon Pratt. Both old and new directors will meet for luncheon at the Wagon Wheel Friday noon, December 20, to consider election of of ficers and plans lor the coming year. The board elects the of ficers of the chamber. iHUfli Businesses Insert "Christmas Cards" "Christmas Cards" in the form of greetings ads from businesses of Heppner, lone and Lexington appear through out this paper as the firms take this means of extending greetings and appreciation to all their customers and patrons in the area. In many cases it is not feasible for the firms to send cards to everyone because of the number involved, and they use the paper to convey their messages. In doing so, they ask that readers consider the greetings as sincere as if they were able to send individual cards to all. Number 42 10 Cents State Tells Plan to Build New Bridge Oregon State Highway Com mission has announced its plans to construct a new bridge over Willow Creek on North Main street, replacing a structure long considered hazardous to vehic ular traffic and pedestrians. The bridge nearby over Hinton Creek will be widened. The announcement came to the Gazette-Times this week from Floyd Query, secretary of the commission. He said that the proposed project will be ap proximately .02 mile north of the existing Hinton Creek structure and extend southerly to approx imately the northerly side of the Church street intersection. Included in the plan is grad ing and paving of approaches as well as the replacement of the Willow Creek bridge and the wid ening of the Hinton Creek bridge, with minor curve and grade re visions. Total length of the project is approximately .17 mile. Query submitted a legal notice in compliance with federal reg ulations, and it is printed on page seven of this section. It directs those interested in a pub lic hearing on the project to sub mit such a request to the Hepp ner city council before January 3, 1964. No announcement has been made as to when the project will be undertaken. It is presumed that a call for bids must be made and contract awarded before the work can be done. The Willow Creek bridge pre sents a considerable hazard to traffic because of its narrow width and sharp angle to the highway on the north side. The narrow Hinton bridge is consid ered a hazard to pedestrians, and the whole vicinity is dangerous particularly to school children who must use the route to go to the elementary schools. Lighting Contest Entries Lagging Only two entries have been received for Heppner's annual Christmas lighting and decor ation contest, both In the resi dential division. Deadline for entries is Satur day at 5 p.m. Those interested are asked to register by calling or coming In to the Gazette Times office. A total of $60 in prizes, offer ed by an anonymous donor, is offered in the contest, which is sponsored by the Chamber of Commrece. There are divisions for outdoor residential decora tions, inside window decorations and commercial window dis plays. Mrs. Rasmus Hurt Mrs. Norah Rasmus Is In Pio neer Memorial hospital after evening and fracturing her eveninig and fracturing her wrist. Her doctor said that she was in surgery Thursday morn ing and the arm was placed in a cast. She apparently slipped and fell in her kitchen to cause the break. A Church Services To Mark Season Christmas religious services will be brought to a climax this week-end with several specially DreDared Droprnms in rhnrnhps of the area. A combined community chorus made up of singers from several churches will present a sacred public concert of favorite Yule tide carols Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the new high school multi purpose room. The chorus is un der the direction of Gordon Pratt, with Mrs. Fred Gimbel accompanying. With the musical numbers will be the reading of the Christmas story by local ministers and some community singing of favorite carols. The public is invited. Hope Lutheran church ' -will have its annual Sunday School Christmas program on Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m., according Nocturnal Climber Destroys Lighting On Community Tree Heppner's Christmas spirit re ceived a blow early Saturday morning when some young man, whose enthusiasm over powered his judgment decided to climb to the top of the com munity Christmas tree on Main street. After reaching the top of the tree he fell, and in doing so ripped out lights and wiring on the tree. The lights that were destroyed were valued at $25.81. Police Chief Dean Gilman, said that charges will be brought against him but de clined to give his name until the complaint is served. The lights are owned by the Heppne r-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce and are used used every year to decorate the community tree. Vandalism to these decora tions is getting to be a fam iliar story. Last ear someone stole the lights frofn the tree. New lights have replaced those that were destroyed, as the chamber tries once more to keep the community decorated for Christmas. Mrs. Norah Klinger Dies in Accident On Highway 30 Mrs. Nora D. Klinger, 75, of Hermiston, mother of Kenneth Klinger of Lexington, died Fri day evening from injuries sus tained in an accident on High way 30 near Hermiston. Seriously injured was Mrs. Julian (Rene) Rauch. her sister. also of Hermiston. Mrs. Rauch is mother of Irvin Rauch of Lex incton. Now in the Good Shep herd hospital, Hermiston, Mrs. Rauch sustained multiple frac tures. It was understood that she had one leg broken In three places as well as a broken arm and other Injuries. According to a state police re port, Mrs. Rauch was driving the car. Traveling west, the auto came over a hill on the high way in the vicinity of the Stan field Junction and in the even Ins darkness crashed Into a parked logging truck which was about hall way on me pavea surface of the highway and half- way on the shoulder. Charles Robert Mounce of Winston was operator of the truck whicn is owned by Joseph M. Heidlck of Roseburg. Funeral services for Mrs. Klinger were Tuesday at 2 p.m. In Trinity Lutheran church, Hermiston, with the Rev. Robert Drewes officiating. Vault en tombment was In Hermiston. She is survived by her hus band. Rudolnh of Hermiston; the son, Kenneth of Lexington; the sister, Mrs. Rauch; and six grandchildren. The accident, on Friday, De cember 13, was the 13th fatality in auto accidents in Umatilla county in 1963. Park Free Saturday Saturday will be a free park ing day In Heppner, Randall Peterson, chairman of the merch ants committee of the Chamber of Commerce announces. The city council agreed ot hooding the meters for this day as a convenience to those coming to the city for their late Christmas shopping. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. Thursday 28 15 Friday 31 19 - Saturday 44 24 Sunday 37 27 Monday 37 29 Tuesday 3.3 29 Wednesday 35 27 .03 to the Rev. Kenneth Robinson. The children will portray the message of Christmas through song, verse and tableau. A fes tival Christmas worship will be conducted on Christmas eve at 6:00 p.m. at Valby and at 8:00 p.m. at Hope. The service will include the singing of carols with a candlelight ceremony at the closing. Kindergarten and primary Sunday school students of the First Christian church will pre sent a brief program Sunday evening, followed by a family candlelight service, with both Junior and adult choirs partici pating. A coffee hour in the church basement will close the evening and treats will be dis tributed to the children. The annual Christmas eve family worship will be in the Methodist church sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Included in the musical vesper hour will, be numbers by a children's chor us, youth choir, sanctuary choir, solos and group numbers. The Rev. Melvin Dixon will narrate the scriptural background. Christmas will be observed In the Lexington Christian church with a special evening service Sunday, according to the Rev. Earl Soward, pastor. Children of grade school ages will present a Christmas pageant at 7 p.m. This will be followed by a special play by high school and upper grade students, under direction of Carl Marquardt. The Rev. Sow ard will speak on the topic, "When the Christ Child Came," at the regular Sunday morning worship hour. Choral Eucharist mass will be sung Christmas Eve at 11:30 at All Saints' Episcopal church un der the direction of Father Bruce Spencer. Eucharist mass will be at 10 a.m. on Christmas Day. Youth of the Assembly of God will have a special program Sun day evening at 7 P.m. when Sun day school classes will present recitations of the Christmas story, a youth choir will sing and treats will be given to the children. The Rev. Bill Alsup, pastor, will bring a special mes sage at the morning hour with Christmas muscial numbers plan ned. The Rev. Father Raymond Beard will officiate at midnight high mass at St. Patrick's Cath olic church Christmas eve, join ed by parish members of St. William's church in lone. Low Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 Christmas day at the Heppner church and at 9:15 at the lone church. Youth of the Church of the Nazarene had their Sunday school program last Sunday even ing, presenting a Christmas skit, recitations and musical numbers for the enjoyment of family and friends, under supervision of Rev. J. G. Weller, pastor. Special church services are planned for the morning worship hour this week. ' lone United Church of Christ will bring to a close its Christ mas observances Sunday with young people conducting a ser vice at 5 p.m. Sunday. A church fellowship is planned for : 5:30 and at 6:30 the choir will spon sor caroling In the community. lax Ratio Change Brings 12 Appeals Twelve appeals, involving 21 pieces of property of Morrow county taxpayers, were heard here Monday and Tuesday bv Jack Burke, hearings officer of the State Tax Commission, on tax Increases that came about because 01 tne states changing the Morrow county tax ratio for the year 1963-64. Those appealing were urban owners whose property had been reappraised recently at true cash value and placed on the rolls at the 25 ratio. In October the state commission announced that it had changed the county ratio to 19, but assessments on the urban property remained at 25. Utilities assessents were reduced to 19. The announced change of ratio to 19- was made by the commis sion on the grounds that farm properties were actually on the rolls at approximately 18 of true cash value. As a result, many urban prop erty owners found their taxes considerably higher this year and the 12 resorted to the ap peal offered by the state. The hearings in most instan ces were brief. Burke asked each property owner, as he appeared, whether he would be willing to accept the true cash value figure at the ratio of 19. In virtually all instances, this was the only relief they sought. Burke said that outcome of the hearings would not become known to those appearing for several months. Transcripts go to the State Tax Commission for consideration. to
