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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 16, 1964
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R-1 Budget Unchanged After Hearing
Companies
Complete
Transfer
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany and the Columbia Basin
Electric Co-operative announced
Wednesday they have completed
the exchange of electric service
facilities in parts of Gilliam,
Wheeler and Morrow counties un
der their plan to eliminate dup
lication of lines and interming
ling of their systems.
The exchanges were made
formally Tuesday at a meeting
in Portland of representatives of
the two utilities, and customers
of each are being informed by
letter and by newspaper adver
tisements of the conclusion of
the plan.
The exchange plan was ap
proved earlier by Oregon Public
Utility Commissioner Jonel C
Hill.
Announcement confirming the
transaction had been completed
was made jointly by Walter Jae
ger, Condon, president of the
Co-op, and D. R. McClung, presi
dent of Pacific Power. Also rep
resenting the Co-op at the meet
ing were Harley Young, Hepp
ner, Co-op manager, and other
members of the Co-op board.
Former customers of Pacific
Power will hereafter place all
service requests at their local
Co-op offices, according to the
Co-op manager.
In the Heppner area such calls
will go to the Columbia Basin
office at 471 N. Main Street.
Ia the transaction!, Pacific
Power acquires a section of the
Co-op's territory in the vicinity
of Blalock,' a strip in northern
Gilliam and Morrow . counties
which encompass much of the
Boardman bombing range, and
an adjacent tract knowni as the
Space Age Industrial Park.
Red Cross Drive
At $1038 Mark;
May Reach Goal
A spurt in contributions in the
fund drive of the Morrow County
chapter, American Red Cross,
has brought the total to $1038,
Mrs. Matt Hughes, campaign
chairman announced Tuesday.
This is within $162 of the $1200
goal for the county. ,
It is hoped that enough more
will be received from donors to
boost the total to the needed
amount and help give the finan
cial backing necessary for the
rejuvenated chapter.
Mrs. Hughes asked any solici
tors who have not made reports
to turn in funds collected to date.
Some solicitors reported fine
responses. Mrs. Raymond Lun
dell turned in $96 from her small
area, and Mrs. Hughes com
mended the excellent response
from contributors there.
Another $74.32 came from the
Boardman area to help out.
Papineau Barn
Leveled by Fire
A large horse barn, owned by
Ray Papineau at Lexington,
burned to the ground Tuesday
aftrenoon. It was located just a
block from the schoolhouse on
the highway to Echo.
Origin of the fire is unknown.
Firemen responded in an effort
to save the structure but were
unable to do so. Saddles, equip
ment, hay and grain were lost
in the fire but no animals were
burned.
Ed Gonty Improves
After Major Surgery
Ed Gonty underwent major
surgery Tuesday night at Pion
eer Memorial hospital and seem
ed to be well on the road to
recovery by Wednesday after
noon. He was able to have some vis
itors but could not say how long
it will be necessary for him to
remain in the hospital. Mrs.
Gonty and son Tom are contin
uing to operate their shoe and
appliance store while Ed is ab
sent from work for the first hos
pitalization of his life.
BILL SHERMAN
VALEDICTORIAN
2 Win Senior Honors
In Heppner '64 Class
Bill Sherman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wes Sherman, will be val
edictorian and Jennifer Brindle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Brindle, will be salutatorian for
the Heppner High school class of
1964, Gordon Pratt, principal, an
nounces. Sherman compiled a grade
point average of 3.75 for his
four years of high school while
Miss Brindle achieved a 3.47 av
erage. Both the valedictorian and sa
lutatorian have been very active
in student affairs and in com
munity and church interests.
Sherman is student body pres
ident at the high school for the
year ending and served as pres
ident of the sophomore class and
the" junior class. He was student
body sergeant-at-arms as a jun
ior, . is vice president of the
Science club, and is president of
the Inter-club council.
Bill Sherman
Wins State FBLA
Spelling Contest
Bill Sherman, Heppner High
senior and one of five local stu
dents who attended the Future
Business Leaders convention at
Oregon State University in Cor-
vallis Friday and Saturday, won
the state FBLA spelling contest
at the banquet Friday night.
In winning the state contest,
he qualified to enter the national
spelling contest to be at the nat
ional FBLA convention in Wash
ington, D. C, June 14-16, but the
trip must be financed locally, ex
cept for a small portion from
the state organization.
Competing at Corvallis in the
contest were some 50 entrants
from chapters across the state.
Jean Stockard, Heppner high
junior, also took part in the
spelling event, conducted before
some 300 persons at the ban
quet. Second place went to Shar
on Snider, Woodburn, and third
to Rose Marie Stom, Albany.
Bill received a certificate, a
key and a revolving plaque
which will be displayed at the
high school here until a new
winner is named next year.
Other students attending from
here were Bruce Thomson and
Kitty O'Harra, both juniors, and
Joan Stockard, sophomore. Mrs.
Everett (Bernice) Struckmeier,
advisor and high school busi
ness teacher, took the students
to the convention.
Joan Forrette of Stayton High
school and Daniel Hornsby of
Bend were named Oregon's out
standing high school business
students at the convention.
Linda Wise of Bend was elec
ted president of the state FBLA
for the coming year, succeed
ing Terry Schandel of Oregon
City. Ruth Sackett, Grants Pass,
was elected vice president; Linda
Brock, Hermiston, secretary;
George Dyer, The Dalles, treas
urer; and Judy Trent, Centen
nial High, Gresham, reporter.
Judy Miller of Grants Pass
was chosen winner of the $100
Walter Hyatt scholarship, given
each year to an outstanding sen
ior. Sharon Fountain of Bend
was first in the public speaking
contest, and Grants Pass chap
ter was first in parliamentary
procedure.
JENNIFER BRINDLE
SALUTATORIAN
At the Future Business Lead
ers convention at Corvallis on
April 11 and 12 of this year he
won first place in the FBLA state
spelling contest and qualified
for a trip to Washington, D. C,
to enter the national contest at
the FBLA convention there June
14-16.
The valedictorian has been a
member of the Heppner High
chapter of the National Honor
Society for three years. He has
been active in school plays, on
the student council in Stayton
high one year and here three
years, in the school band as a
freshman and sophomore, and in
the dance band as a sophomore
and senior. He won third place
in the local Soil Conservation
Speech contest during the cur
rent school year.
He played basketball for three
years, starting at Stayton High
from where he transferred to en
ter as sophomore here, and won
his varsity letter here as a jun
ior.. Bill was announced as win
ner of the local Elks' scholar
ship for boys.
In church work, he is president
of the Heppner Methodist Youth
Fellowship, is an officer in the
MYF sub-district, and is repre
sentative from his church on the
Christian Youth council.
With classmate Steve Peck,
Sherman represented Heppner at
the American Legion Boys' State
in Corvallis last summer and al
so represented the school at the
Oregon Leadership workshop at
Eugene as a senior.
Bill expects to enter the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene in
the fall and is considering a
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Boeing Talk,
A graphic verbal picture of
the vast operations of the Boe
ing Company, together with plans
for its use of the Boardmara in
dustrial site, was given an aud
ience of about 90 persons at the
annual Chamber of Commerce
banquet last Thursday by John
Arthur Olmer, Seattle commun
ity relations manager of the
company.
Presentation of Certificates of
Recognition to Arthur Dyke,
owner of Fiesta Bowl, and to
Randall Peterson, chairman of
the Heppner merchants commit
tee last year, also highlighted
the banquet. Dyke was cited for
his part in bringing the lanes
here and contributing to the rec
reational development of the
community. Peterson was com
mended for his outstanding work
on community promotional pro
grams and spurring business ac
tivity. Presentations were made
by Dr. C. M. Wagner, chairman
of the awards committee.
Past presidents plaques, each
bearing models of gavels and
with appropriate inscripti o n s,
were presented to Dr. Wagner,
president in 1963, and Fred Gim
bel, president in 1962, by Al
Lamb, this year's president of the
Chamber, who was also toast
master for the evening.
Dr. Wagner, as past president,
also gave a review of the many
activities of the Chamber last
year.
Exceptional musical entertain
ment was provided at the meet
ing by Heppner's seventh and
eighth grade school chorus, di
rected by Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens.
Several groups of songs, both
old and new, were climaxed by
an original composition, written
Vote Slated
In District
On May 4
Questions on the budget of
Morrow County School District
R-1 for 1964-65 Were discussed
at the public hearings in the
county courthouse Monday night,
but it remained unchanged and
will be presented for vote on
May 4 as it was published in
recent issues of the Gazette
Times. It calls for total expenditures
of $971,738, and total budget re
sources are listed at $253,256.
With an estimated $21,554 that
will not be collected in taxes,
$740,036 is necessary to balance
the budget. Of thi$ amount, $231,
669 is inside the 6 limitation
and $508,367 is outside the lim
itation. Voters will cast ballots
on the matter of whether to ex
ceed the limitation by this sum
when they go to the polls May
4.
Harvey Warner, Irrigon, vice
chairman of the budget commit
tee, presided at the hearing in
the absence of Frank Anderson,
chairman, who has been ill. Only
eighteen were present in the aud
ience, including some advisory
board members and school ad
ministrators, a considerable con
trast from the number attending
a. public hearing last year at a
hearing on the 1963-64 budget.
Most of the questions on the
budget were posed by L. E. Dick,
a former school director, who
was concerned primarily with
teachers' salaries. He asked
what changes had been made in
the salary schedule and was ad
vised that no charges .had been
made from the J963-64 sched
ule. Dick said that he had the im
pression from reading the bud
get that more teachers were in
lower brackets than the previous
year. He asked what provisions
would be made for replacement
of teachers next year if the dis
trict were not in a competitive
position with other districts on
salaries.
Fred Martin, also an ex-director,
said that Pendleton's bud
get shows 23 teachers receiving
higher salaries than Morrow
county's top salary. He said that
60 of the salaries in Pendle
ton schools are above $7200 as
compared with only 20 of those
in Morrow county above that
figure.
Martin said that the new form
of summary budget, with a
breakdown of salary range, give
a good basis for comparison with
other districts of the state and
urged that the board study these
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Awards Mark Banquet
by Mrs. Groshens, which approp
riately and humorously worked
in the Boeing development and
Chamber of Commerce activity.
In his address, Olmer said that
Boeing is now preparing to build
Test Complex No. 1 on its Board
man site for rocket engines cap
able of developing 50,000 pounds
of thrust.
After checking with his firm
the same evening, he said that
advertisement for bids on the
construction will be about April
17 with construction set to start
in late May. Previously it has
been announced that bids would
be called April 10 but some de
lay was encountered. Testing is
due to start in the fall, and the
company expects to have about
$1 million invested on the site
by the end of the year, he said.
"If the company gets involved
in big boostei cases, it might
require docking facilities on the
Columbia River," he said.
He gave several "for instances"
as possibilities at Boardman, but
said, "We have found that we are
extremely poor prophets."
The Boeing Company, name of
which has been changed several
times but now is simply "The
Boeing Company," was founded
by Bill Boeing in 1916, Olmer
said. He opened a shop with 21
employees and built two air
planes. Since that time the com
pany has made significant
achievements continuously with
its B-17s, B-29 Superfortresses,
Pan-Am Clippers, B-50 which
made the first non-stop flight
around the world, the B-47, the
Bomarc missile and other con
tributions. "But our successes of the past
are simply trophies they don't
even entitle you to a time at
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RALPH BEAMER stands beside the huge trophy that his horse, "The Maestro," won as cutting cham
pion of the Pacific Northwest at Yakima last year. "The Maestio," 6-year-old quarterhorse, will be
in action at the 5th annual Wranglers spring meet Saturday and Sunday at the fairgrounds. The
horss was also named as Horse of the Year and thereby won a saddle for its owner.
Merchants Offer
'Spring Thing'
For Bargain Buys
Tliis is the week of the
"Spring Thing" in Heppner, the
monthly promotion at which
merchants offer special values
and outstanding bargain buys.
It follows the Spring Opening
conducted in March and precedes
a planned Spring Festival which
has been postponed until early
May, when it is hoped that
weather will be warmer for the
outside activities planned. Ran
dall Peterson is chairman of the
Spring Festival. v
Advertisements of merchants
with special offers are contain
ed in this paper and a special
page of "Spring Thing" values
is on page four of this section.
Parking meters will be hood
ed Saturday and all shoppers
may park free throughout the
day.
Copies of this issue are being
sent to boxholders in the Spray,
Monument and Kinzua areas in
order that these neighbors to the
south may profit by the bar
gains, too.
Other special promotions are
planned throughout the year by
the merchants committee of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce. L. E. Dick is
chairman of the committee.
Bob Henry, chairman of an
event for July, states that he is
hoping to arrange a gigantic
sidewalk sale here for the pro
motion in that month and will
be enlisting support of other
merchants to stage it.
bat," he said.
In seeking to orient his aud
ience the present operations of
the company, Olmer pointed out
that it is nc-i' separated into four
main divisions.
1. Industrial products division,
the smallest, which manufac
tures gas turbine engines for ma
rine, industrial and vehicular
use. One use is in the U. S.
Navy's drone anti-submarine
helicopter.
2. The Vertol division which
produces helicopters, such as the
"Chinook" used by the Army as
a standard medium transport,
and the "Sea Knight" used by
the U. S. Marines for amphib
ious assault from aircraft car
riers. 3. The airplane division, which
is now engaged in modifying
of B-52 global jet bombers to
prolong their service life into
the 1970's, production of the KC-C-135
in-flight refueling plane,
and manufacture of 707, 720 and
727 jet airliners.
4 Aero-space division, with
headquarters in Seattle. Major
program at this time is produc
tion of the Minuteman inter
continental ballistic miss i 1 e,
which is 60 feet long, three feet
in diameter and travels at 15,000
miles per hour. The Minuteman
weighs from 60,000 to 70,000
pounds. Also of major proport
ions is the company's part on the
Saturn V project. Primary pur
pose of Saturn V is to project the
Apollo spacecraft on its proposed
flight to the moon. It is com
posed of three stages, topped by
the-space vehicle. Boeing's job
is to produce the basement stage.
Olmer described Saturn V as the
"largest moveable manm a d e
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Big Turnout Due
At Spring Meet
Heppner Wranglers fifth an
nual spring meet, to be held Sat
urday night and Sunday in the
new covered arena at the Mor
row county fairgrounds, is at
tracting a sizeable entry list
from Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, according to a late report
Thursday.
For the first time, the event
this year will start on a Satur
day night in the new fair arena,
Corbin Seeking
Justice Wrifein
Bert Corbin of Heppner said
Tuesday that he is Initiating a
campaign for a wrltein vote for
justice of the peace, sixth dis
trict (Heppner), oni the non
partisan ballot in the primary
election.
Three candidates are on the
ballot for the position the Rev.
Earl Soward, Jim Devine and
Mrs. Avon Melby, all of Heppner.
"I won't make a lot of prom
ises and say I will do a lot of
things, hoping it would get me
elected," Corbm said, "because
who knows what he could do
until the problem is presented.
I promise to be fair and con
siderate to one and all."
Corbin has lived in the Hepp
ner area since 1931. He is em
ployed by the Morrow County
Grain Growers but said that he
would leave this position if elec
ted. He also has some farming
interests that take a portion of
his time, he said. Corbin came
here from Hartsville, Mo., and is
a member of the directers of the
Heppner Rural Fire Protection
district. In recent years he has
been active in managing and
coaching semi-pro baseball here.
Ayres to Depart
For Europe Soon
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ayres ex
pect to fly to Europe by jet plane
on April 23 from New York City.
They expect to leave Heppner
Friday, April 17, and spend some
time in the east before depart
ing for Europe.
Ayres, owner of Heppner Auto
Sales, Inc., was awarded a 10
day European vacation trip for
his outstanding sales perfor
mance, J. II. Shoemaker, Lincoln
Mercury division, Seattle district
sales manager, announced.
The Mercury dealer and his
wife will spend five days in
Rome and five days in Paris as
guests of Lincoln Mercury.
Among the events planned for
the trip are receptions in both
Italy and France with the Ford
companies there as hosts.
Some 200 Mercury dealers in
the country were honored with
the trip following the announce
ment that combined January
and February sales exceeded the
same period of 1963 by 30 per
cent and were the highest in the
division's history for that period.
(G-T Photo)
beginning at 7:30. First go-'
rounds in all cutting events will
be at that time.
Program will continue Sunday,
morning with junior novice, no
vice and registered cow cutting.
Starting the afternoon program
will be open cutting, followed by
women's cutting, first go-round
of team roping, first go-round
of barrel racing, second go
round of team roping, and con
cluding with second go-round of
barrel racing.
The meet is approved by the1
Northwest Quarterhorse associat
ion, the Pacific Coast Quarter
horse association, and the Nat
ional Quarterhorse association.
Wranglers only are permitted
to enter team roping.
Report was Thursday that ent
ries had come in from Redmond,
Pendleton, Walla Walla, and
several Idaho points as well as
from the local area. Because of
the late deadline allowed, many
entries will not be received un
til almost starting time.
Top horses as well as top rid
ers will be seen in action at this
event, including "The Maestro,"
6-year-old northwest champion
cow cutting quarterhorse owned
by Ralph Beamer.
There is no admission charge,
and spectators are invited to
come and enjoy the show.
Heppner To Host
Saturday Meet
Track fans in the area will be
in for a special treat this week
end as Heppner High school
stages the annual Heppner Invi
tational track meet Saturday fa
ternoon at the Heppner field. The
meet will start at 1 p.m. and
will feature both A-2 and B
school competition.
First-place trophies will be
awarded In both division of the
meet. Umatilla, the first place
winner from the B division a
year ago, is favored to repeat
the honor this outing and Burns
the A-2 ruler last season, is also
favored to repeat in its respec
tive division.
More than 25 schools have re
ceived Invitations to the event
and it is expected that at least
20 and maybe more will show
for the Saturday meet Schools
from as far away as Corbett and
Portland have been asked to
compete.
Burns could well receive com
petition for first place honors in
the A-2 from the local cinder
squad. Although the inlanders
are considered as the rulers of
the western division of the
Greater Oregon league, the Mus
tangs have shown muscle of
their own in recent meets.
Umatilla is almost a sure-shot
to repeat B honors but is not
invulnerable to upset.
Regardless of who the winners
are, keen competition is in order
this Saturday.
Preceding the Saturday meet,
Heppner will compete in the
Hayward relays in Eugene.
Coach Don McClure will take
eight men to the Friday meet
and return on Friday evening.