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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 27. 1961 Details Reveal 'Another Side' To Player Case (Continued from page 1) circumstances at the motel fixed considerable responsibility for the incident on the operator of the motel. All agreed that any inference that the boys had in itiated, planned or participated in a "drinking party" is erron eous, they declared. Only small quantities of beer were consum ed and this was done, the state ment charged, because the motel operator placed it at their dis posal. Some of the parents who stay ed at the same mold in John Day said they had witnessed the actions of the woman early in the evening. "She was heckling both coaches, playing up to the boys and parading the boys and coaches through the bar to the restaurant." These parenfs said they went bowling after the Grant Union Heppner basketball game. "We were unaware of any further activities until quite late in the evening when the pro prietor informed us that both coaches had rejected her plans for the boys that evening. She advised us that she told the coaches to go to bed and leave the boys alone. . "She made some of the boys a bet of a case of beer that John Day would win the basketball game that night. She paid off! We also found that she called the boys' room and kept them awake until around 2:30 in the morning. All this happened long before 2:30, not after the coaches were in bed as had been prev iously reported. "Living in a community such as ours, these boys have never been exposed to somebody like that. They were amused, fright ened and awed with her," the statement said. Some of the parents said that they were aware that Coaches Cantonwine and Don McClure wore protesting to the proprietor during the early part of the evening. The parents said that they did not attempt to inter vene because they felt the coaches had sole responsibility over the players on such a road trip. Coach Cantonwine said, "We just about packed up and left." lie did not implement this move, however, because he was con cerned over school finances and the cost of engaging another motel. To journey on to Burns would have kept the team up most of the night before its scheduled game with Burns on Saturday, February 15 (Heppner lost this game In a surprise up set). "One's hindsight is always bet ter than his foresight," the coach told the parents ruefully. In answer to questions from parents as to why the team was lodged in this particular motel, Principal Tratt and Cantonwine pointed out that the team had stayed there on road trips dur ing the two previous seasons and had no trouble. "Previously it has been satis factory or more than satisfac tory," the coach said. The mo tel is now under different owner ship than it was on the two prev ious trips. The bar Is located in an ad joining section of the motel where food is also served. In accordance with school policy the team avoids eating in places where liquor is sold and took its meals in another restaurant In town, despite the admonitions of the woman proprietor because the team did not eat there, Can tonwine said. "We do not condone these boys for drinking the beer for tiny knew the rules and the consequences," the Wednesday statement said. "However, we do not believe the boys were en tirely in the wrong." The group agreed that greatest blame for the incident should be placed on the proprietor of the motel. Coaeli Cantonwine said that everything seemed to quiet down after the boys had become settled in their quarters, and it then appeared to be "one of the quietest nights I have experien ced on a road trip." However, the players were bothered in early morning hours with telephone calls to their rooms and with other incidents, unknown to the coaches. "A training rule is a rule to be obeyed, respected and en forced," the statement said. "Every boy should have been punished for knovvlingly break ing the rule." It was added, however, that other circumstances might have been considered as factors in lessening the degree of the play ers' guilt. "This was not a pre-planned beer party," it was pointed out. Evidence shows that only a few bottles of beer were consumed and most of that placed at the disposition of the boys was left untouched. Some of the beer was Heimbigner Hurt Tom Heimbigner, senior on the lone High basketball squad, injured a leg while practicing on the trampoline Tuesday and will not see ac tion with the lone Cardinal basketball squad during the district tourney in Hermiston this week-end, according to Dick Strait, lone basketball mentor. A picture of Heimbigner in the second section of this week's paper, in which the caption said Heimbigner would play, was printed before the story of his injury was report ed to the Gazette-Times. Strait also said that the in jury might keep Heimbigner out of the state trampoline championships, March 7 at the University of Oregon. Youths Involved In Dynamiting Draw Punishment Three high school youths who were involved in a recent theft of dynamite from the county powder house drew work sen tences from Judge Oscar Peter son In juvenile court Wednes day. He ordered the three to clean the county road from the city limits to the city dump once each month until the end of the school year. They will clean up paper and debris along the road and will be expected to do some physical labor on the road dur ing spring vacation, the judge said. The three were remanded back to their parents. The youths admitted setting off two charges, one on a county road and one near a cattle guard. In taking three boxes of dynamite from the powder house, they also took what they thought was fuse but which was primer cord. When they could not get the cord to work as fuse, they detonated the dyna mite by firing into it with a .22 rifle. The judge said they appar ently did not realize the power of the dynamite because in one instance they detonated it at very close range with the rifle and broke a window in a car that was nearby. He told them that they might have killed themselves. Judge Peterson ordered them to make restitution of damage, amounting to $3.88 each, for broken locks on the powder house and some damage to the cattle guard. The three also attempted to detonate charges near the foot bridge over Willow Creek, lead ing to the junior high school. They said they only wanted to make a noise" and had no in tention of blowing up the bridge. Some of the dynamite was found later by smaller youngsters who had nothing to do with the theft or succeeding incidents. The parents and youths were all very cooperative with the three freely admitting their par ticipation but apparently not re alizing the seriousness of it. In the court session Juvenile Counselor Charles Knox explain ed the danger with which they had flirted. The three apparently used about 10 sticks of dyna mite out of the three boxes that they took. The rest was recovered. K . . 'ir' - . . - 4 - - - :-'J - i -- - s ." ' C" SEVERAL award winners are shown after the annual banquet of the local FFA chapter last Wed nesday night. From left to right (front row) are Steve Wagenblast, Bill Weatherford, Chris Brown, and Ron Beckct. Back row, Paul Swaggart, Melvin McDaniel, Frank Osmin, Richard Blake, and WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Hi Low Proc. Thursday 55 28 Friday CI 23 Saturday 54' 27 Sunday 65 25 .25 Monday 44 20 Tuesday 49 30 Wednesday 48 22 2 V snow on Monday. poured out in bathrooms of the units, according to the boys' statements. The statement con eluded, "Something good must come out of all things. This incident will teach the athletes to respect their training rules and show the coaches they must assume more responsibility on out-of-town trips." While there remained some areas of disagreement between parents and school officials as to the method of handling the matter, there seemed to be gen eral concurrence on the facts of the case. It was agreed that no useful purpose would be served by argument over differences. Presented with a question as to whether the school might have acted too hastily, Principal Pratt replied, "1 can only tell you that it was the considered opinion of the five persons who sat there." (This included the school's four coaches and the principal). The Gazette-Times came in for a share of the criticism, too, j on the grounds that the story ', gave the wrong impression that ; the boys were "partying" al- i though it did not state this, and 1 that the names of those involved should not have been used. Dick Struckmeler, Lamb Keynotes Annual Banquet (Continued lrom page 1) initial farming program; Paul Hisler, second, initial farming program; and Dick Struckmeier, Bill Weatherford, Don Van Winkle, and Ken Wright, all for outstanding achievement. Project awards went to Ken Wright, beef; Ken Wright, sheep; and Melvin McDaniel, swine. John Wagenblast received the rotating plaque for general live stock excellence and the FFA scholarship award. John Wagenblast received the crop farming award and Chris Brown, the poultry project. Paul Swaggart won the farm safety medal, and farm mechanics award went to Frank Osmin, and Melvin McDaniel. Frank Osmin received the soil and water man agement award and Ron Becket the dairy farming award. Ken Wright walked off with perhaps the biggest award of the evening when he was presented with a trophy tor being named the Chapter Star farmer. Harold Wright, Ken's father, was honored by the local chapter, at the meeting when he was made an honorary member of the organization. With his son as in stalling officer, Wright was cited for his help to the organization and to his son and was accepted into the chapter. Entertainment, for the function was provided by Lyle Hopper, Dave Kilgore and Bob Massey. The three boys played a number of tunes on their electric guitars for the audience. Ken Wright adjourned the meeting by thanking those who helped the chapter in the past! year. j (G-T Photo) Cutsforths to Build Home Near Heppner Mr. and Mrs. Orville W. Cuts forth Sr. are buying the 21-acre place of Bert Corbin near the golf course north of Heppner and expect to build a new home for their own use on the property, Cutsforth said Tuesday. The home will be located on the west side of Willow Creek. Construction is expected to start "in a week or so," he said. Pat Cutsforth, who has been operating the home place at Lexington, will move into the big house when Mr. and Mrs. Cutsforth Sr. move to Heppner. Cutsforth said that he built the home place in 1943, pattern ing it after a house that he saw in New York State on a visit to the World's Fair. Only plans used were those sketched on an envelope from the design of the New York place. Drum, Bugle Corps To Ploy to Legion Special entertainment is in store for members of Heppner cost. American Leeion. and aux iliary Monday night when the American Legion junior drum and buele corns of Pendkton will appear at the local meeting. The post and auxiliary will hold a joint potluck supper at 7 p.m. with the post furnishini? the meat course, after which the drum and bugle corps will make its appearance. A good crowd is expected for the meeting. Mrs. Emma Hacrer returned to her home last Thursday after staying the past three weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hager in Hermiston. Mrs. Hager is still convalescing from a re cent illness, but feels that she is gaining strength slowly. State Income Aid Offered March 3 Assistance in preparing Ore gon state income tax returns will be given by State Tax Commis sion personnel at the Morrow county courthouse in Heppner on Monday, March 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Taxpayers wishing help in filing their returns are asked to bring earnings slips and other information needed to determine the correct tax, including, if poss ible, a copy of their federal re turn filed for the year 1963. The Tax Commission points out that in order to be eligible for a refund a taxpayer must file a return. Refunds are issued on a "first come, first served" basis. It is also emphasized that if a joint return is filed, both spouses must sign it. Deadline for filing is April 15. Boeing Ceremony Starts Project Death Takes Former Mill Employee Word of the death of Arthur (Buck) Hansen, about 58, and a former Heppner resident, reach ed friends here this week. Han sen died Saturday, February 15, in Portland where he had resided the past three years. Burial ser vices were in Spokane, Wn., last week. Before leaving Heppner in 1953, Hansen was employed in the lumber mill here in con struction work. When Orville Smith, former mill superinten dent, bought the mill in Elgin, Hansen was transferred to Elgin where he lived until moving to Portland. His wife preceded him in death several years ago. Only surviving relative is Mrs. Gene Buff, a sister of Spokane. PORTLAND ROSE BACON 1 Lb. Sliced 49c CHECK YOUR NUMBER IN THIS PAPER IF IT MATCHES THE NUMBER POSTED IN OUR STORE. You Will Win Participate any day of the week. No obligation. No purchase required. Bring this section in, check your number with the one post ed on display board by checking stand. 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"To our successors we will transmit a legacy of value, the ultimate of which lies beyond our years. May it be that our heirs will call us blessed for having given them a foundation on which to continue to build a greater state, a greater econ omy, and greater satisfactions in the lives of all who benefit from what is here begun." Second speaker for the affair was Lysle A. Wood, Boeing vies president and general manager of Boeing's Aero-Space Division. Wood said that Boeing looked at potential sites in Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Southern California, Arizona, New Mex ico, Texas, Georgia, South Car olina and Florida before finally leasing the Boardman property. He said that Boeing settled on the Boardman ground because the land has a good topography, predictable winds, is a large re mote area, has good meteor ological conditions, and has good rail, water and highway access ibility. He said that Boeing plans to build a test stand capable of handling rocket engines of 50,- 000 pounds of thrust. The engine would be tied down in a vertical position during the static tests. Boeing's initial investment in the test stand and its support ing facilities will be $1.5 mil lion. Over the next six months construction crews, Boeing en gineers and shop personnel at the site will reach a peak of about 50 people. No housing fa cilities are presently contem plated at the site and the Boeing work force, traveling from Seattle as needed for test work, will be housed locally. The Boeing vice president went on to say that Boeing hopes to be using the testing facility yet this year. Wood said that Boeing is look ing at the Boardman facility with a long-range view. He said that time will tell as to what extent the 100,000 acre site will be used. He said that Boeing en visions no immediate big boom for the site but that the future for the development could be un limited. After the addresses, Riedinger presented Gov. Hatfield and Wood with construction hats to wear during the groundbreaking ceremonies. He referred pokingly to the groundbreaking as being hazardous, thus the hats. Gov. Hatfield and Wood pro ceeded to the area where the construction of the road to the proposed site is slated to start. Here, the governor and Wood shared in ground-breaking du ties. Then two huge scrapers and a bulldozer rumbled across the terrain, working no the road bed, and signaled the start of construction on the site. Their efforts were the beginning scratch in what could be a big future for the state of Oregon. Dunbars Move Here Newcomers to Morrow county are Mr. and Mrs. Al Dunbar who have moved to Lexington. Form erly a cook at The Tapadera in Pendleton, he is now a cook at Cal's Tavern. The Dunbars are ex-residents of Washington, and he is a brother of Jim Dunbar of the U. S. Foiest Service, Heppner Ranger district. 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