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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.
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