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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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