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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. January 23, 196411 6 Enter Protests On Exchange Plan At Power Hearing (Continued from page 1) sil, Condon and Heppner. Welty told of benefits that would accrue from the exchange from an engineering point of view and pointed out what might be expected in the future. Hayes reported on a nnanciai , h - Heppner church feasibility study that his firm;1" m PJ ' . v had made witn a iu-year pro jection for Columbia Basin. The cooperative would maintain a cash reserve of $400,000 at all times, and the reserve would reach $827,000 at the end of the 10-year period. The surplus would be available for capital Improvements or rate reductions. Manager Young told of service and maintenance plans and said that the cooperative would in stall a service crew in Condon, relieving the Heppner crew of the noed of going to Gilliam county. He said that the ex change would mean economies on wholesale power cost and econ omics on service costs; that crews would be available in cen tral areas for immediate dis patch; and that administrative economies would be made by billing through one office. Additional consumers to be added as a result of the ex change would Include some 98 services summer homes, recre ational areas and mountain ranches, Young said. Kell said that the down pay ment of $750,000 that Colum bia Basin would make to Pa cific Power on the $1,492,000 pur chase price would come from an REA loan of $150,000 and from current resources of the co-op of $300,000. Present indebtedness of Col umbia Basin is listed at $1,800, 000 at 2, and the $450,000 to be borrowed would also be at 2. Attorney Howe asked Jaeger, "What is the present member ship of Columbia Basin?" The reply was that the firm has 800 services and 592 members, of whom 358 are in Morrow county, 211 in Gilliam, 15 in Umatilla, six In Wheeler and two in Sher man. , ; J Mahoney requested the priv ilege of filing a written state ment to be entered as testimony and Examiner Welch allowed five days for the filing and an other five days for others to submit replies to this written testimony. About 20 persons, other than officials of the hearing, attended the session in Heppner. The Con don hearing brought a full house.. Carnegie Course To Start Tuesday First regular session of the 14 weeks Dale Carnegie course, sponsored here by the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in the multipur pose room of the Heppner Ele mentary room, Bob Marsn oi Parkdale, associate sponsor, an nounces. Some 15 persons signed for the course nt a demonstration meet ing Tuesday night at the ele mentary school. The 39 present saw memory demonstrations by Mrs. Blanche I'ettit, associate sponsor, of Portland and by Marsh. Although Mrs. Pettlt had only seen three In the audience be fore, during the meeting she called everyone by his or her full name alter meeting them once at the door as they entered. The audience was also given a quick lesson on memory work that moved highly effective and Mrs. Harold Erwin turned out to be the star pupil. Marsh seeks to have 25 to make up the class and has been working in Heppner Wednesday and Thursday to contact others who may be Interested. He invites everyone is the community to be guests at the first Session Tuesday night with out obligation. Al Lamb, Chamber of Com merce president, instrodu c e d Marsh to start the Tuesday night meeting. Jim Morris on Job Jim Morris, who worked on the Gazette-Times staff for the three months at the end of last year, has returned to the staff after joining the National Guard. He will leave in March for six months training in Fort Ord, Calif. Jim had planned to return to EOC, La Grande, In January to finish his college work for a degree, but was called for army physical examination and apparent Impending induction. He chose to Join the Guard and temporarily return to his job at the Gazette-Times. Bishop Remington Dies in California The Rt. Rev. William Proctor Remington, retired suffrag a n bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania and formerly bishop of the missionary district of Eastern Oregon, died Decem ber 19 in La Jolla Hospital for Convalescents, La Jolla, Calif., following a lingering illness. The bishop was very well known by many in All Saints' Episcopal church here. When he served the eastern Oregon dis trict more than 10 years ago he baptized and confirmed many Rkhon Romineton was born March 13, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Joseph Price and Elizabeth Bailey (Collins) Rem ington. He attended DeLancy School, the University of Penn sylvania, where he obtained his B. S. in 1900 and his S. T. D. in 1940 and Virginia Theologi cal Seminary, earning a B. D. in 1905 and a D. D. in 1942. He was ordained deacon in 1905 and priest in 190G. He was consecrated suffragan bishop of the missionary district of South Dakota in 1918 and later bishop of the missionary district of Eastern Oregon in 1922. He be came suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1945. Bishop Remington retired in 1951 at the age of 72 and moved to Rancho Santa Fe in the Dio poles. In 1953 he answered a unique request and became vicar of bt. Amoroso Mission. Claremont, where he served until 1956. Funeral service was held do- fpmher 22 in St. James' Epis copal church, La Jolla, with Hie Rt. Rev. Francis Eric tsioy, dish pp of Los Angeles, officiating. Benefit Hoop lilt To Boost Drive; Skate Party Set (Continued from page 1) rnr vuM-r is nn the team, to gether with Jerry Delaney, 6-4, also of Condon and lormer uas ketball luminary in the east. Norm Wiseman, who towers 6-7 and is coach of Echo, will be on the MCGG outfit. He formerly played for Idaho State. Another ex-EUU piayer is na i t?,. r,.i nf lone. Ted Tal in i . - in- RiwrslHfl coach, cot nls experience at the College of Ida ho. Other more familiar names on the club locally are Bob Can tonwine, 6-2, Heppner High coach who gained his college experience at Northwest Naz- arene Nampa, loano; ciini another 6-7 skyscraper, who starred at Pacific University; I Dick Strait, 6-4, lone High coach and formerly ot uregon amw University; Harley Sager, 6-1, former Nyssa High hoopster; Ed Groshens, 510, who had his prep career at Heppner high; and Glennie, 5-8, smallest on the squad, former letterman at Western Montana. Don Cole and Tom Hughes will be referees. Stars of tomorrow will be seen in a preliminary and at half time. Fifth and six graders will at those times. IIUI J-i " Inn nrll-PS will bl' 75C UK adults, 25c for students and 10c for children. t ..... - Dotnrann of Uklah, O candidate for Umatilla county ..nmmiciiinnrr. was In HepptKr luimiiio"ti-p -- Thursday, visiting with friends and county officials ai me cuu.i house. ) r.olnr hooks In dup licate and triplicate are on sale at the Gazeue-nines. tuts GAZETTE-TIMES I Vcirjr4c LULU I UIJIIIUJ To Feel Fund Cut, Sen. Musa States fPnnHniipd lrom Daee 1) pass them on to anyone else; that a reasonable income tax irt need to be retained, par ticularly for those in higher in come brackets; that encroacn ment of Dronertv taxes must be stopped so that a "floor" is. es tablished and property owners are not burdened with taxes too high for their property to bear. Norris nointed out that prop erty taxes of the farmers in Ore gon are higher than those in any other states except for Mon tana and New Jersey. 'lhe farm Rurpau is not attempting to write a sales tax bill but is recommendinc a constitutional amendment which would act us a guide to the legislature in making a bill. This amendment would f-et thp rate at 3 with perhaps more on tobacco, liquor and gas and oil for sports car racing. Sale and use of the following would be exempt: food sold for home consumption, medicine by pre scription, any item that becomes a part of a finished product. Of the net revenue 15 would go for reduction of income taxes, and a percentage of the property tax equal to 7U7o or tne expen fiitiirr nf the Dast two years would be returned for use in the counties. A millage limitation expressed in terms of percentage of true cash value would be established for each school dis trict. The talks followed a potluck supper at 6 p.m. Guests from out of the county, besides tne speaK ers, were Mrs. Katherina Musa, wife of Sen. Musa and repre sentative in the legislature from Hood River and Wasco counues; Arnolrl Hoeft. president of Uma tilla Farm Bureau, and his son, Robert Hoeft; Tom Sumner, pres ident of Gilliam county arm Bureau; C. O. Burdick, vice pres ident; Mrs. Donald Potter, sec retary: and Donald Potter, Bill Jaeger, John A. Weimar, Ryan Steinke, Lester Harrison, an uu liam county directors; Otto Stein Up. J z. Weimar. Harold Hart- field, Mrs. Lester Harrison and Howard Eubanks, all of the urn atilla county group. Adult Reading I Classes to Start Would you like to improve your reading speed or compre hension, or both? Starting next Monday night, January 27, the materials and equipment used in the Heppner i. l 1 1 JmiAlnnmantal TO.lH. lng program will be available to aduits under the supervision of Mrs. L. E. Dick, Jr., read'hg instructor. The nroeram will be scheduled in 90 minute time blocks, to en able each student to spend minutes on one of the three pacing machines, 30 minutes on a reading for comprehen sion exercise, and to watch the reading films. Six persons may nnmp nt 7:30. with three more coming at 8:00 and another three at 8:30. The reacdng rums win be shown at 8:30. If more than 12 adults are interested in the reading, Mrs. Dick will show the films '.wice during the evening and start the instruction at 7:00. Prospective students are re quested to contact Mrs. Dick be fore next Monday night so that the schedule can be arranged in advance to suit the Individ-n.-ils t:ikinc the class. All instruction Is Geared to the needs of each person. A small fee will be charged to cover tne cost of the materials. y.WAWX,W, i v" '.WJIk - - - Fifth Member Urged for Board Appointment of a fifth mem ber to the Morrow county fair board was urged by a delegation that appeared before the county court Wednesday. About 12 were in the group, and Bernard Do herty and Al Fetsch of the fair board were present. Maxwell Jones of Irrigon was appointed recently as a fourth member of the board, but the group asked that a woman be named as a fifth member be cause of the fact that much of the fair is of interest to women. No definite decision was made, but Judge Oscar Peterson said that if the present members of the board favor the fifth appoint ment, it probably will be made. Doherty expressed himself def initely in favor of the fifth member, and Fetsch indicated that he would not oppose it. Commissioners planned to con tact Jones for his reaction. Two women who would be considered for the position are Mrs. William Rawlins of Hepp ner and Mrs. Joe Tatone cf Boardman. JUSTICE COURT January 17 Kenneth Stone, Heppner, charged with obtaining property by false pretenses, sen tenced to six months in jail and was taken to the Umatilla coun ty jail. Complaint was filed Jan uary 15 alter he purchased gooas lrom a Heppner Dusiness unu charged them to another per son's account without authorl zation. January 20 Creston C. Black, charged with vagrancy, paid fine of $150. Previously charged with breaking the door of a build ing not his own, Black failed to appear January 17 for hear ing on this charge and forfeited $250 bail. He allegedly broke the door of an apartment in lone and used abusive and profane language to others. January 15 Larry Dean Fetsch, charged with depositing rubbish within 100 yards of a stream, fined $25 and costs, but fine was suspended after he re moved rubbish. January 6 George W. Knapp, The Dalles, charged with hunt intr without a non-resident hunt ing license, fined $25 and $4.50 costs, both suspended. Original violation was December 11, but officer failed to get citation to the justice of the peace by time of the scheduled hearing Decem ber 13. Januarv 8 Alvin August Gos- den, Hood River, using a shot gun capable of holding more than three shells, fined $25 and $4.50 costs. January 8 RobCrta D. Evans, Condon, failure to drive to the right side of the highway, lined $15- . ... January 16 Daryl uick, no vehicle license, fined $5. Rogers, Walker Trials Started Trial of John Patrick Rogers of Ukiah, who has pleaded in nocent to a charge oi inning a calf elk in a closed area, be gan in Morrow county justice court Thursday morning with Oliver Creswick, justice of the peace, presiding. A six-man jury was chosen in the morning and trial was scheduled to get under way in the afternoon. Jeff Walker of Heppner, who is charged with aiding in a game violation, will also be tried fol lowing the Rogers trial, Justice Creswick said. The two charges involved the same incident. The two were arrested November 3, 1963. Bank of Eastern Oregon Reports Gains for Year For the seventh consecutive year the Bank of Eastern Oregon has made substantial gains in deposits, loans and earnings, it was reported at the regular an nual meeting of the stockhold ers last Wednesday night at the new city hall in Arlington. Of the 1500 shares of stock outstanding, 1199 shares were either present or represented by proxy. About $40,000 was added to the bank's reserves and undivided profits in contemplation of re placing the present building in Arlington this year. Present directors were all re elected to serve for the coming year. They are Earl P. Hoag, John W. Krebs, D. L. Lemon, Dave Childs and Foster Odom of Arlington, Arthur A. Allen of Boardman, Gar Swanson of lone and Howard Bryant and Gene Pierce, both of Heppner. Krebs was elected as chair man of the board of directors for 1964. Pierce was reelected presi dent and cashier; James F. Green, assistant cashier and manager of the Arlington office; Marion C. Green, assistant cash ier and manager of the lone of fice; and Wm. F. Siewert, assist tant manager of the Heppner office. Doherty Transferred To Portland Hospital Paul Doherty was transported by plane from the Lexington airport to Portland this morn ing (Thursday) where he will enter the Veteran's hospital for further medical care. Mr. Doherty had been in Pio neer Memorial hospital since he and his wife were seriously in jured in a car accident on De cember 1 when their car went out of control on a return trip from Pendleton. Mrs. Doherty will remain in the hospital here, and is making steady progress from her injuries. It is expected that Doherty will reman in the Portland hos pital until his recovery. Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hershal Luverne Townsend, Administrator of the Estate of Mancell Luvern Townsend, De ceased, has filed his Final Ac count and Report in the admin istration of the estate; that the County Judge has appointed Fri day, the 21st day of February, 1964, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. as the time, an'd the County Court Room in the County Court House in Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon, as the place where" all objections and excep tions to said Final Account and Report will be heard and the settlement of the estate made. HERSHAL LUVERNE TOWNSEND Administrator of the Es tate of Mancell Luvern Townsend, Deceased. Paul A. Thalhofer Attorney at Law 245 S. E. 4th Street Pendleton, Oregon January 23, 30, 1964; February e, 13, 2U, 19W. CONTINUES THROUGH 249 N. 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GIRLS' BARGAINS Winter Coats, 8 only 5.88 Sport Tops, 18 only 77 Skirts or Sweaters, dyed to match 2.88 Flannel Sleepwear (Christmas) 1.44 LAST WEEK Pillow Sheets Cases Nationwide 2 for .76 72x108 J46 81x108 64 Penco 2 for .99 72x108 J76 81x108 Pencale 2 for .99 72x108 J76 81x108 196 MENS' AND BOYS' BARGAINS Super Tapered Jeans 1 .44 Tapered Colored Jeans 3.44 Boys' Jackets, . 4-10 6.88 12 and up 7.88 Boys' Sport Shirts, lge. selection 1.22 Boys' Flannel Shirts, broken sizes 88 Boys' Stripe Top Socks, 4 pr. for .88 Men's Sport Shirts, 90 only 1.99 CASE FURNITURE SALE 1 "A to Vs OFF Linoleum Dinette Sets Rugs, Wunda Weave and Braided throw rugs also 3-9x12 rugs Table Lamps and Pole Lamps Bedroom Sets Occasional Chairs Sectionals Couches Exterior Oil and Latex Paints Terrific Bargain on WALLPAPER 9 Patterns in Stock (16-24 rolls each) Reg. Price $1.50 At Unbelievable Price of 69' A ROLL OF WHITE SALE SATURDAY PH. 676-S432
