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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Lanhams Describe French Holiday Time Mr. and Mrs. Conley Lanham of Heppner, now spending sev eral months at Luynes, France, have written to describe how it felt to be in a foreign land at the holiday season and tell how the French people observed the holidays. The letler, wrtten January 1, to their friends here, is as fol lows: "Perhaps there is no better way to start the year than to get in touch with friends at home and wish thrm more of everything good in '64. "Spending Christmas in a for eign land has been quite an interesting experience. Many things are very much as they are in the states. I may bo some what prejudiced, but it seems to me that people in the States give more thought and spend more time on making everything look like Christmas. Yes, stores were decorated but not as lav ishly as many of the. city stores in the States. One thing wo def initely missed was seeing homes decorated. I'm sure that homes were decorated because we saw Christmas trees being trans ported home not only on cars but also on the evorpresent bicycles. Since most of the homes are con cealed behind walls, one doesn't get an opportunity to see what happens to the trees. "From all that we have been able to learn, it seems that Christmas is the' time of gifts for the little folks only, with adults exchanging gifts on New Year's Day. Madame I'oitou at the grocery store gave us some facts on the French Christmas. Pere Noel makes his round while people' go to midnight mass. She said that, last year there were very few people at that mass because it was so terribly cold. (Incidentally, not yet have wo found a church In the various countries we have traveled that had any heat and sometimes they can be fright fully cold.) She asked us to go with her and her mother to mass, saying that that way there would be at least four. "After church the children re ceive what Pere Noel has left for them and then the Christmas feast begins. This must be one of the big ones because' they go on and on, Madame told us, with various wines, champagne, and liquor very much in evidence. This, however, we don't know from first hand experience at Christmas. But we can vouch for it because of a dinner to which we were invited early in November. "Our Christmas dinner was a combination French - American dinner. Mrs. Helen S. Evans and her daughter, Kathleen, added their dinner to ours at our apart ment. (Incidentally, in the letter I wrote after the Kennedy assass ination, I used the wrong name. It was Mrs. Kvans, not Davis, who placed the wreath at the American Memorial here. Per haps you may have seen in the Oregonian a letler which Kath leen had written on their im pressions of the reaction of the French people to the tragedy.) The French part of our dinner was different, to express it mildly. The fish course consis ted of snails and a special wine that our grocery ladv Insisted that we have. When she started on down the wine list it was Council Views New Budget Law, Names Officer (Continued from page 1) ens said that it is his under standing that the highway de partment plans to start work on the project in February. City Recorder Ted Smith has notified the commission that there were no requests for a hear ing on the matter. Water Project Progresses Croshens told the council that work of extending water mains to the new high school is about completed and tests show that a good volume of water will be available there through the new mains. Permits for alterations were granted to Ned Sweek for remod eling a kitchen at 120 North Court St. at a cost of $2500 and to K. O. McMurtry for remodel ing offiee space at 289 North Main at a cost of $1000. Merer Hooding Okayed At the request of the merch ants committee of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce, the council agreed to hooding meters for free parking Saturday for the January Clear ance event. However, some feeling was ex pressed that some limit should be placed on free parking days, and it was decided to adopt a policy of limiting the free park ing to one day per month in the futur.'. Miss Carol K. Anderson, dauqh- tir of Mr. and Mrs. F.rvin An derson, relumed to Oregon State College in Corvallis last week end after spending the holidays at the home of her parents. Miss And', rson is in her junior year at OSU. majoring in the field of social sciences. Thursday, January 9, 1364 i very easy to draw the line. We didn't care to go too all out French. Then, as one dessert, we had to have cheese. That is an ever-present item when the dessert course arrives. The other dessert was Buche de Noel, a cake roll with delicious filling and beautifully decorated with a tasty icing and all sorts of things to make it not only good but pretty, and coffee, of course. "I mentioned that New Year's is the adult time. It probably is quite enough to mention just a couple of things. Across the street was a big party which started sometime after midnight and didn't break up until after 7:30 this morning. It was held in one of the caves back of the little house where we park our car. The other thing was a little serenading this morning around 5:00 a.m. Apparently some fel lows were on their way home from another party down the street. I guess there had to be some noise heralding the New Year because the church bells are not rung here in Luynes as they are in Heppner. "January 6 we start another session of study. We're going to limit this session to two months or a little less because wo have a little more traveling to do before leaving for the States. So we'll be leaving here sometime during the last week of February to begin wending our way home where we expect to be June 1. "Again, a good 1964 to you all. As ever, Conley and Vi" Department Calls For Highway Bids One project on Interstate 80N in Morrow county Is among 12 projects upon which tho State Highway Commission will call for bids at its January 29 meet ing, a report from the highway department states. The project for Morrow county includes grading, paving and structure work on the Airport Road-Irrigon Junction section of the Columbia River Highway. Plans call for 9.04 miles of grad ing and paving work on both new and existing alignment to provide four lanes of divided highway with interchanges at Airport Road and for the relo cated city of Boardman and a rest area about three miles west of Boardman. A 1.48-mile extension of Wil son county road from Root Lane to the bomb range road will be completed under this project. Tho work involves grading and oiling work and a precast, pro gressed slab span structure to be constructed over the U. S. R. S. canal. Completion of the section Is scheduled for July 1, 1905. School Water Job Nears Completion Froject of extending water mains to the new Heppner High school to bolster supply of water there for fire protection and other uses is about completed, Vic Groshons, city superinten dent, states. One of the final steps in tho project was blasting and drilling through 120 feet of solid rock to form a trench for a 6-inch pipe line. On completion, the project will see two hydrants adjacent to the school, one on either end, to bolster the fire protection. These are located on a circula tory system. Cost of the project was borne on a cooperative basis between the city and the school district. Boyce in Hospital After Heart Attack Ray Boyce of lone is in Tioneer Memorial hospital here follow ing a heart attack Wednesday while working for Paul Petty john at lone. He had made his morning trip as bus driver for the lone schools and then started to work for Pettyjohn when he was stricken with severe pains. His doctor said Thursday that Boyce is showing good improve ment but probably will be con fined to tlie hospital for some time. Mrs. A. G. Pieper returned Wednesday from Portland, hav ing gone down on New Year's Day to return her grandsons, Gary, Dick and Larry Holliday, and her granddaughter, Diane Dick, to their homes. They had visited at the Piepor home since coming Christmas with Mrs. La velle Dick of Corvallis. Mrs. Pieper was at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hall, and with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Piepor and family in Portland, and with rel atives in Corvallis and Eugene during the past week. f' y JUDGE RALPH HOLMAN Judge Holman Files For Supreme Court Circuit Judge Ralph M. Hol man Knninr iiulep of Oregon's Fifth Judicial' District, is a can- d date for Justice ot the Uregon Supreme Court. Tho nrriminnnt Clark a m a S county jurist filed Wednesday in Salem for a non-partisan Sup reme Court position on Oregon's Mav IS iiirliriarv ballot. This is the' position from which Justice George Rossman is retiring. Judge Holman, 49, has served 14 years on the Circuit Court. He was appointed to the bench in 1950 by Oregon Governor Doug las McKay, who selected Hol man to succeed veteran circuit jud.e Earl C. Latourette. During his service on the cir cuit bench, Judge Holman has served by appointment of the Supreme Court, as protempore Supreme Court Justice. In 1957, he was appointed by the Chief T,,cfira nf thp Kiinreme Court to the Legislative Interim Commit tee on Judicial Administration which reported to the 1959 legis lature. iiiHtro Tinimnn has lone been considered one of the state's fore- ronct nut hnritipci nn the handling of juvenile and domestic cases. He ' served as chairman of the Subcommittee on Juvenile Prob lems which drew the new juven ile code adopted by the 1959 leg islature, and under which the courts are now working. He is a member of the National coun cil of Juvenile Court Judges and the Oregon Juvenile Judges As sociation. Altar Society Names Officers for Year New officers of the Altar Soc iety of St. Patrick's Catholic church presided at a meeting Tuesday evening, January 7, at the parish hall. Mrs. K. K. uomy, presiuem, wn In rharce of the meeting. Other officers are Mrs. Dick Rob- isnn vice resident: Mrs. Butch T.auphlin. secretary; and Mrs. Robert Fielder, treasurer. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Robison and Mrs. Laughlin. 'Wright' Not Right Second baby of the New Year born in Heppner on January 1 was r.arv John Wient, son oi Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wight of Spray. The name was lncorroc tlv rennrted in the Gazette-Times last week as "Wright," which was not right. Gary Jonn missea winning the Heppner first baby nr ye honanza bv tnree nours, since he arrived that much later than the first baby, Mark Let ward Booth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Booth of Heppner. Too Late To Classify HELP WANTED Permanent of fice position open immediately, Duties will include typing, op eration of posting and address ing equipment, clerical and general office wrok. The skill should include typing, short hand and use of dictating equipment. Previous office ex perience required. Apply at Columbia Basin Electric Co, Heppner, Fh. 676-9-161. 45-c 1 Ms m HAP Vc4(aty and aak jfj Also: Personalized Wedding and Guest Books, Match Books Monogrammed Playing Cards THE GAZETTE -TIMES lone Takes Road For Two Contests lone High's basketball team, buffeted in league action so far this season, will seek to hit the win column this week-end when it travels to Stanfield Friday night and to Helix Saturday night. Both lone and Stanfield have 0-3 records in league play, and so one is bound to make the victory column. The Cardinals are determined that it will be them. On Saturday night they take on the Grizzlies at Helix who in their most recent outing lost to Riverside, 57 to 47, a 10-point spread. On the previous night, Riverside defeated lone, 44 to 35, an eight point difference. So on the basis of comparative scores, the Saturday tilt should be a close one. Preliminary action will find ayvees opening the double bills both nights. Stout Has Serious Injuries from Wound Jerry Stout, a 26-year-old cook at the Condon Cafe, was brought to Pioneer Memorial hospital last Thursday night in serious condition from what appeared to be a self-inflicted guns hot wound. Stout was a passenger in an Air Force pickup driven by Mor ris Curtis of Condon Air Force Base. Curtis stopped at the Ruggs grocery store south of Heppner, went inside to make a purchase, leaving his gun in the pickup. A shot was heard and upon in vestigation, Stout was found out side on the ground. He was rushed to Pioneer Memorial hospital with serious internal injuries and was th?n transferred to St. Anthony hos pital. Pendleton. His condition is still reported as serious. Stout, at one time, resided in Heppner. HOSPITAL Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital for medical care during the past week were: Ida Slocum. Cecil; Boyd Jonn- son, Kinzua; Ray Boyce, lone, and Leta Ledbetter, Heppner. Those dismissed during mis same period were: Betty Hausler, lone: Jerrv Stout. Condon; David Ritch, Heppner; Mike Jensen, Heppner, Helen Cohn, Heppner, and Oscar Lundell, lone. SURGERY POSTPONED Mrs. Stanley Cox arrived home late Tuesday from Portland. Heart surgery had been planned for her this month but was sched uled for late in March. Complete Fight Sfo rams Bl OF DIMEpeeif PERSONALIZED ANNIVERSARIES, COFFEE TIME. WELCOME, 0THER5 FOR ANY OCCASION School Board, Advisory Groups Meet on Policy By WAYNE BRUBACHER Morrow County Supt. of Schools Morrow County School District R-l Council of Advisory Boards, members of the county school board, and county school admin istrators met in the lone High school multipurpose room, Jan uary 2, for the purpoes of be coming acquainted socially, to learn something about mutual desires for the benefit of the schools within the county, and to agree upon the degree and manner in which the advisory committees could work harmon iously and effectively with their colleagues. There were approximately 40 people present for the meeting. Milt Morgan, chairman of the county school board, was chair man of the meeting. He re viewed the written district-advisory board policies and proced ures now accepted to be offic ial for the district. School attorney Robert Abrams discussed the specific policies that seemed to him to need clar ification from a legal stand point, and stressed the import ance of following certain pol icies literally. He warned that Johnson Improving After Car Accident Boyd Johnson, 41, Kinzua, was reported today (Thursday) ::n good condition at Pioneer Mem orial hospital after receiving in juries in an auto accident near Kinzua Sunday evening. His pickup went out of con trol when avoiding to hit another car and rolled over several times. Johnson is employed by Kinzua Corp. at the Kinzua mill. Smith Helps Out Ray E. Smith is back in har ness as a printer this week, help ing out at the Gazette-Times while Joe Hartle, regular printer, is recovering from another siege of back trouble. Hartle suffered muscle spasms early Friday morning and went immediately to the Veterans' hospital, Port land, for treatment. He returned home Sunday and was feeling better through the week but does not plan to return to work until Monday. Smith, who is right at home at the G-T after putting in years of service here and other printing plants, left his regular position with the U. S. Forest Service to help out. By the time a man can afford to iose a golf ball he can't hit it that far. Line of for difficulties could emerge from deviating too far from the literal definitions. His contentions emphasized the fact that advisory commit tees are rightfully organized for the strict purpose of offering ad vice andor counsel to the school board and administrators, and that the advisory mem b e r s should not feel thwarted or re buffed when their counsel might be seemingly ignored or unac ceptable. Abrams explained that the ul timate responsibility in all school activities lies with the district school board, and the board can not delegate this authority to lo cal committees or groups with out being ultimately responsible for the local committee actions. The attorney's elaboration and the viewpoints from the various members of the school board, advisory committees and the ad ministrators did much to leave all with a clearer understand ing of how the advisory com mittees can more effectively as sist in the betterment of our county school system. One idea that emerged from the joint meeting and seemed to warrant further study was one initiated by Don McEIli gott, lone advisory committee man. The idea was to have (in addition to other established functions) three major areas of endeavor in which the advisory committees could work effec tively for the welfare of the school system. The areas are: Transportation ; mainten a n c e, buildings and grounds; and education-curriculum. There would be one member from each ad visory committee in the county on each of the three committees, as well as district superinten dent and one or more school board members to work in one of the three areas. In essence, there would be three different committees to work in the three areas of influence. These DroDosed committees would schedule visitations and inspections at the respective schools within the district and come up with recommendations to the district school board. (The advisory committeemen would have no voting powers). There was considerable inter est and sympathy with this plan. Not only was it felt that tne method was efficient, but that it would end to develop the view point and philosophy that the nain concern is the welfare of our schools on a district-wide basis, instead of the more narrow nractice of being only concern ed with the school in one's im mediate vicinity. The school board accepted tne nlan for further consideration. If it is deemed feasible by the hoard at a future regular meet- ine the rjlan will ultimately be added to the official list of ac cepted policies and procedures of advisory committees tor Mor row county schools. The entire meeting was con ducted in an atmosphere of mut ual interest and good fellowship. Although the meeting adjourned after about three hours, tnere were smaller groups who re mained until later. Mrs. Helen McCabe, of the lone advisory committee, served the entire gathering with hot coffee and cinnamon rolls for late refreshments. It was the general consensus that the meet ing was very much worthwhile and that it would be well to gather as a council as often as every year or two. The Heppner Chamber of Commerce Invites You To Reserve Your Place Now In The INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS Dale Carnegie Course In Effective Speaking Human Relations Memory Training Approved For Korean Veterans Contact Any Member of the Chamber of Commerce Sponsoring Committee: WAYNE BRUBACHER HARLEY YOUNG ED DICK PRESENTED BY BLANCH PETTIT and Associates, Portland, Ore. Cardinals Battle Friday, Saturday But Drop Games Coach Dick Strait's game but win-hungry lone High basket ball team dropped two Umatilla Morrow league contests over the week-end, losing to Riverside, 44 to 35, and to the classy Scotties of McEwen High of Athena, 71 to 49. The Cards gave the Pirates a tough battle but a bad second quarter proved their undoing. Going into the stanza just three points short at 7-4, the lone five connected for six in the second frame while Riverside, led by Dennis Gronquist, netted 16. Thus, halftime found the Pirates in front, 23 to 10. lone came back strong in the second half to score 25 while Riverside made 21 but the Card inals couldn't overcome the halftime deficit. Gronquist had 13 for the win ners and Tom Heimbigner led lone with 12. Riverside made it a sweep by also taking the jayvee game, 56 to 24. Against McEwen, the Cardinals found themselves facing one of the hottest B-techool teams in eastern Oregon, but they held in contention until a disastrous third quarter. They trailed 20-14 at the end of the first period and were down by eleven points at halftime, 37 to 25. But in the third quarter, the Scotties, who blistered the net with a .507 shooting mark for the night, racked up 17 points while lone went ice cold with three. Coming back in the final frame, the Cards bagged 20 points against 17 for McEwen, but the victory had been won for the visitors. The win placed the Scots at the top of the heap in the Umatilla-Morrow league with four straight victories. McEwen also won the jayvee game. Mike Shields and Jim Whitney topped varsity scoring with 22 each for Athena, while Mark Halvorsen led lone with 16, fol lowed by Tom Heimbigner with 12. Scores: TONE 35 Ball 11. Klinger 6, !Joe Halvorsen 2, Mark Halvor sen 2, Heimbigner 12, Ortez 2. RIVERSIDE 44 Gronquist 13, Skoubo 8, Laythrop 3, Hobbs 9, Anderson 5, McCoy 2, Fartlow 4. McEWEN 71 Shields 22. Han- sell 6, J. Whitney 22, McMillan 1, D. Whitney 8, Keliar rz. IONE 49 Ball 4, Klinger 5, Joe Halvorsen 7. Mark Halvor sen 16, Heimbigner 12, Ortez 3, Hausler 2. Money receipt books in dup licate and triplicate are on sale at the Gazette-Times. RALPH RICHARDS WES SHERMAN HERMAN WINTER
