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I I 3 " A R Y U OF 0 e y : c :j r. , ore. 'Other Side' Told on Team Suspension - 'i 1 if r'HV ' v"'U 7 W. "WRITE the vision; make it plain. . . .". These words were part last Thursday as he spoke to the huge crowd who turned out construction by the Boeing Company of their space-age park. depicts one of the proposed developments on th 3 site. i in THRONGS of people turned out to observe the official ground breaking ceremonies at the Board man space age park. This picture captures a small portion of the crowd, estimated at over 2500, as they listened to an address by Governor Mark Hatfield. (G-T Photo) Big On By JIM MORRIS Sunny weather and a crowd of about 2,500 greeted Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield and Lysle Wood, vice president of the Boeing company, at the of ficial ground-breaking ceremon ies at the Boeing Space Age Park near Boardman Thursday morning. Ted Riedinger, master of cere monies for the event, opened the affair by commenting to the citi zens assembled that the Boeing representatives were "Over whelmed by the turnout here to day." Speaking from an open-air platform, Riedinger spoke in be half of Boeing by saying, "We (Boeing) have been around for a number of years and we are now coming to be your neighbor." The Boeing representative then read a message to the people from Oregon Senator Wayne Morse in which the solon praised the bi-partisan cooperation which made the Boeing Park a reality. His message pointed to the future impact that the Boe ing development could have on the economy of Oregon. Morse was especially high in his praise for Oregon Congress man Al Ullman and Walter Nor blad for the part they played in bringing the Boeing Company to Boardman. Following the read i n g of Morse's message, Riedinger in troduced Gov. Hatfield by refer ring to the governor as the per son largely responsible for the Boardman space park. In referring to the Boeing Park, Gov. Hatfield said, "We look for jobs to be developed, not only in the primary sense but in those supplementing supporting activ ities of construction, retail sales, and other services amounting to a complete range of economic activity. "But just as what has gone before in trials and tribulations, so, too, we cannot expect an overnight blossoming of build ings and payrolls. The Presi dent has said that peace is a journey of a thousand miles and we must take one step at a time. And so it has been, and so it j-hiimm'iip'"' . . - Crowd; Sun S oemg ceremony will be, as we look to the future of this development. Today we take another step forward. "Other steps will come through the development of new capacity to bid on other government con tracts, as Boeings' own great re search effort provides a magnet for laboratories and businesses which can offer mutual advan tages. Such endeavors will re quire continued teamwork and diligence and alertness to the Local Residents Complain of Slight At Ground Breaking Members of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday directed their secretary to write a let ter t0 Governor Mark Hatfield calling attention to lack of any recognition given to local fo ficials at the Boeing ground breaking ceremony last Thurs day. Orville Cutsforth of Lexing ton brought up the matter, pointing out that while state officials and those of neigh boring counties were acknow ledged, none from Morrow county was included, although a goodly number of people from the home county of the space age industrial park were on hand, including Judge Os car Peterson, Mayor Al Lamb and others. Only Senator Wayne Morse mentioned Morrow county, Cutsforth said. "Neither the governor nor any others taking part mentioned the county once," he declared. The motion to send the let ter was seconded by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, who said that he felt an objection is in order. Some of the local officials have been instrumental in de velopment of the project since its inception, and Judge Peter son's work to free the land from navy bomb range to return to private use long pre dates the planning for the space age park. vv - J 1 Nv - 4 of an address by Gov. Mark Hatfield at Boardman to signal the start of The sketch on the left of the picture (G-T Photo) I? 'i ffitiiWimti''- ""ri1 ?4- mne opportunities which will develop. "There has been no magic in the hard-earned fruits of our ef forts thus far and no amount of wishful wand-waving will in sure the future. To those we be queath this beginning will go the responsibility for furthering what we have here begun. "We welcome the added in fusion of brainpower which will be brought within our borders. We welcome the skilled labor force with its artisans of many talents who will be building for Boeing but who will also be building for Oregon. "We know not the full po tential that succeeding scientists, engineers, technicians and econ omists may envision for this site. We do venture the prediction that if this nation stays true to its founding concepts of com petitive enterprise, Oregon can (Continued on page 8; Spirited Five Heppner travels to Bend Fri day night to see if it can pull another basketball game out of the fire an'i win the title of champion of the western half cf the Greater Orepon league. The Bend game will also help in determining who the Mustangs meet in the first game of the district playoff in La Grande, March 6 and 7. . After Burns, Heppner ard Sherman each finished the sea son with identical 7-3 league records for the season, a playolf schedule was arrayed to de termine the winner of the west ern crown. The names of the three schools were put in a hat and one was drawn. The team which had its name drawn, Burns, drew a bye for the first game of the tie breaker and was committed to play the winnsr of the Heppner-Sherman game to decide the winner of the league. Tuesday night the Mustangs pulled one of the biggest upsets of the current season when they Statement Given; Legal Action Eyed Details brought to lieht hv tinr. ents and school authorities in thf nast week reveal "annthpr side" to the incident that result ed in the suspension of six Heppner High school players for drinkinp heer while at a mntul in John Day on a basketball trip on the night of February 14. As a result of the additional information, legal action is be ing considered against the mo tel operator, Attorney Bob Ab rams said Wednesday afternoon. Also as a result of the infor mation that was divulged in the wake of the suspensions which took virtually the entire start ing team of Heppner's highly ranked basketball team, Oregon State Liquor Commission inspec tors were in town Wednesday to interview players involved to de termine whether some action should be taken through the commission. Two inspectors and a state policeman visited the high school Wednesday after noon to talk to the players. The officials came in response to a request by N. C. Anderson, one of the parents. Eight parents met Wednesday with High school principal Gor don Pratt, Coach Bob Canton wine and two school directors, Irvln Rauch and Kenneth Batty, to concur on a statement to be issued in an effort to give the public a true account to the in cident. It did not exonerate the boys but purported to show that they were not fully responsible and that circumstances had placed them In a compromising position. The group agreed that the boys had violated training rules and that suspension must stand. However, there was also unani mous agreement that alleged (Continued on page 8) lone to Battle Riverside Quint In Tourney Tilt lone High's basketball squad puts all its eggs in one basket tonight as it travels to Hermiston to play in the sub-district 7-B basketball tourney. The Cards will enter the tourney along with seven other Umatilla-Morrow league teams to determine the team which will go against the winner of the southern half of the league at a later date for a berth in the state B basket ball tournament in Pendleton, March 12-14. lone, seventh place finisher in the league, has little to lose and much to gain when it plays second place Riverside Pirates at 8:30 p.m. tonight. Other pairings for the first day's action: 2:45, McEwen vs. Stanfield; 4:15, Umatilla vs. Helix; 7:00, Weston vs. Echo. McEwen, the first place fin isher in the league with a 16-0 league mark, is favored to take the tourney and go on to the state tournament. However, it is very possible for any team in the tourney to win the right to play the southern represen tative for the state tourney berth. This fact was brought out last Saturday evening when the fifth place Helix club made the Scots go the limit to gain a slim 64-63 verdict. Faces Burns met the Sherman club on Con don's floor and took the measure of the Huskies, 28-24. As a re sult they won the right to meet the Hilanders in Bend and Sher man will play the second place finisher in the eastern half of the league, Enterprise, to decide the fourth team to enter the La Grande tourney along with Hepp ner, Burns, and Vale, the win ner of the eastern title. A lot will be at stake during the Friday game. If the Mus tangs can turn the trick against the Burns five, then Heppner will meet the winner of the Sherman-Enterprise game in the first round of the tourney. If they lose the Friday scrap, then they will have to play the power ful Vale club in the tourney opener. The Vikings are cur rently rated as the fifth team among the state's A-2 elevents and must be considered the team to beat in the tourney. The win ner of the La Grande affair wtl'. represent the district in the state A-2 tournament in Coos Bay, March 16-18. 80th Year the -mm1 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 27, 1964 1 J "ft THREE HAPPY recipients of awards at the annual father-son banquet of the local chapter of FFA Wednesday night February 19, at Heppner High school multipurpose room display their prizes. From left to right: John Wagenblast. winner of the plaque for general livestock excellence and the FFA scholarship award; Harold Wright who was initiated into the chapter as an honorary member; and Ken Wright named as the Star Fanner of the local chapter. Several other boys were awarded other honors at the dinner. (G-T Photo) 200 Attend Annual FFA Banquet With Mayor Al Lamb as Keynoter About 200 people turned out for the annual father-son ban quet of the Meppner High school chapter, Future Farmers of America, Wednesday night, Feb ruary 19, in the multipurpose room at the high school. Girls of the Future Homemakers of America chapter prepared and served the dinner for the affair. Heppner Mayor Al Lamb gave the keynote speech of the even ing, "Farming and the Future." The manager of Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers, Inc., said, "Un less things change from the present trend most farmers will be hired hands in a few short years." He said that he dislikes this situation but that market de mands and trends are making it hard for the small farmer to exist. He said that farm costs of operation presently are almost as high as the market value of the crops produced. Present farm Elks Mark 67th Birthday At Annual Events Here By LOY HARSIN Commemorating sixty-s even years in Heppner, some 400 members of Elks lodge No. 358, visiting dignitaries and special guests met for the annual ob servance of the lodge anniversary Saturday. Bob Flatt, exalted ruler, pre sided at the afternoon business session of the lodge where special recognition was given to visiting dignitaries including G. B. Urlie of Arlington, grand es teemed lecturing knight; Ben Harlow of Portland, member of Oregon State ritualistic commit tee; Ed Nelson of Portland, mem ber of the grand lodge ritualis tic committee; George Stadel man of The Dalles, district dep uty to the grand exalted ruler; Harold Kirk, Gene Harover, Bill Brown, all of Pendleton; Louis May, Hermiston and Lee Stewart of The Dalles. The lodge session saw a class of 17 new members initiated into the organization with officers of the Condon Lodge No. 1869 pre siding over the initiatory cere monies. Initiated were Francis Rea, Warren Miller, Lloyd Henry, Bill Scott, Manuel Albisu, Art Dyck, Wayne Harsin, John How ton, Leonard Herrick, Omer Hus ton, Jerry McAulif, William Pettyjohn, Wayne Rietmann, Bob Salter, Bob Fielder and George Campbell. Recipients of special leader ship awards for youth were Bill Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, and Virginia Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Moore, both seniors at Heppner high school. The pre sentation was made by G. B. Urlie, grand esteemed lecturing knight. Wives of members enjoyed a social afternoon of cards at the Catholic Parish hall while their husbands were occupied with lodge duties. Roast beef dinner was served al the high school multipurpose room by members of Willows grange, lone, prior to an even ing of dancing and entertain met at the Elks' Temple. The "Miller Sound" provided the music for dancing and lis ETTE-TIMES x.. ers are in a poor position when it comes to setting market trends, he stated. The mayor said that cooper ation among farmers gives them more "say" in the market. He commented that through the for mation of cooperatives, the farm er helps both himself and his neighbors. Morrow County Grain Growers is interested in FFA for "selfish reasons," Lamb said, because the FFA boys will be the leaders in the farming community of the future, and it is from these boys that the leaders and mem bers of the MCGG and similar organizations will come. Chris Brown, a member of the national band at the notional FFA convention and a member on the theme of FFA. In his pre o the theme ol FFA. In his pre sentation, Brown pointed out the relationship between agricul ture and dally life. He also tening amid decorations carrying out the theme, "Winter Wonder land." Lodge officers' wives were in charge of the decorating. Ad ditional entertainment was pro vided by a comedy group known as "The Cooper Mountain Boys." Darrell Padberg served as en tertainment chairman. Elks Awards Given Seniors For Leadership Two Heppner High school sen iors, Virginia (Ginny) Moore and Bill Sherman, were awarded $50 U. S. Savings Bonds at the Elks annual meeting Saturday afternoon. The contest, sponsored by Elks Lodge No 358, is open to high school seniors who live within jurisdictional boundaries of the local Elks lodge. The awards are given in recognition of outstand ing leadership during their years of high school. Making the presentation was Grand Esteemed Lec t u r I n g Knight G. B. Urlie of Arlington. Ginny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Moore has been a popular leader in her class and school activities. She has displayed leadership in developing pep and good sportsmanship among her fellow students as cheer leader, songleader and and pep club member, as well as active in student council work. This year she reigned as Homecoming Queen and last year as princess in the court. Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, transferred from Stay ton High school in the soph omore year. As student body president this year, he has shown leadership in promoting student activities, served as class president in sophomore and jun ior years, was Legion delegate to Boys' State last summer, has participated in drama, band and athletics and was an award win ner in this year's Soil Conser vation Speech contest. j " ' s'S 7 M , if!. IcMMKi If Number 52 HEPPNER 10c copy , 5 . 7 . V thanked those persons who help ed him towards his trip to the convention. He gave special thanks to Arnold Melby, band in structor at the high school, and to Gerald Jonasson, FFA advis or and agriculture instructor at the high school. Tony Doherty, one of the other delegates to the national con vention and treasurer of the lo cal chapter, gave the chapter re port. The other dslegate from the local chapter who attended the national convention was Frank Osmin. Ken Wright, local chapter pres ident and master of ceremonies for the evening, thanked Bert Huff, First National Bank of Oregon vice president, and May or Lamb for their cooperation and presented the two men with plaques of appreciation from the chapter. Jonasson presented awards to many members in recognition of outstanding achievement dur ing the past year. Those winning awards were: Steve Wagenblast, outstanding freshman; Richard Blake, first 'Continued on page 8) Barratt Named To Bank Position; To Leave Heppner William (Bill) Barratt of Hepp ner, has been appointed assis tant to the president of the Fed eral Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane, Paul F. Matson, presi dent, announced today. Barratt, 42, will take up his new position in September. He Is a director of the Farm Credit Banks of Spokane which in cludes the FICB of Spokane, the Federal Land Bank of Spokane and the Spokane Bank for Co operatives. With his family he will move to Spokane at a later date. Principal owner and manager of Barratt Ranches, Inc., a sheep and cattle enterprise here, Bar ratt also owns an insurance busi ness and irrigation supply com pany. Barratt is vice president of the Space Age Industrial Park De velopment association, a former director of the Federal Land Bank Association of Pendleton, member of the Northwest Live stock Production Credit assoc iation at Portland, member and past president of the Morrow County Farm Bureau and Mor row County Livestock Growers, a member and former director of the Morrow County Grain Growers and a member of the Pendleton Grain Growers. A 1943 graduate of Oregon State University in agricultural economics, Barratt was a tank unit commander during World War II. The new FICB post being filled by Barratt is another step in the bank's program to provide "more effective service to Production Credit Associations doing busi ness with the FICB and lending to northwest farmers and ranch ers," Matson said. The FICB of Spokane extended about $315,000,000 to PCA's and other financing institutions dur ing 1963. Its loan funds are ob tained through monthly sales of short-term bonds to the in vesting public. I 1LJ
