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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1964)
Public Utilities Discussed at Boardman By MARY LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN The Boardman City Council and the City Plan ning Commission met Tuesday of last week with Walter Kar nopp, Dennis Karnopp and T. Ryan of the Eastern Oregon Tele phone company, and R. L. Wool ley and Russell Dorran of the Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association to discuss utilities for the new town. Underground and aerial service were both con sidered, and no decision was made, although undergro u n d was favored for the commercial area, and aerial for the residen tial sections. Advantages of each were pointed out. The next meeting of the coun cil and planning commission will be April 21. A special committee was ap pointed last Thursday night at a special meeting of the Board man City Council to investigate further a sewage system for the new town. Included were Joe Ta tone, Vernon Russell, Arthur Al len and Dewey. A special meeting is being called April 21 for the council, the city planning commission and all others interested. A rep resentative of the Small Busi ness Administration will be present to discuss the financing of small businesses. The Mothers club of Board man Grade school met Thurs day afternoon of last week at the school with Mrs. Gene Hiigel and Mrs. Bob Sicard as hostesses. Mrs. Zoe Billings, first grade teacher, spoke to mothers of pre schoolers who will start to school next September. The club will again take groups of children to Hermiston for swimming lessons this sum mer. Children who were in grades 1-6 this year are eligible. Price will be $4.00 per child which included lessons and transportation for two weeks, the last week in July, and the first week of August. Mothers wish ing their children to take these lessons are asked to have them registered with Mrs. Harold Baker by May 29. The date set for the May Day program and picnic will be May 15. The program Included an Easter poem presented by the first grade. The Home Economics club of Greenfield Grange met at the home of Mrs. Earl Briggs Wed nesday of last week, starting with luncheon at 12:30. Mrs. W. G. Seehafer was co-hostess. Vis itors were Mrs. Gene Risley of Anchorage, Alaska, Mrs. A. R. Fortner and Mrs. Rollin Bishop. Mrs. Briggs was elected treas urer to replace Mrs. Frank Mar low, who resigned. The club voted to send a do nation to CARE. A pink and blue shower was held last Friday night at the Boardman Community church in honor of Mrs. Bernardo Hernan dez. There were 28 present. Out of town guests were the hon oree's mother and sister, Mrs. Esther Guerra and Rosa of Sunnyside, Wn. Committee in charge was Mrs. Claude Coats, Mrs. Zearl Gilles pie, Mrs. Jim Stonehocker, Mrs. Sid Ferguson and Mrs. Delmer Hug. In games played prizes were won by Mrs. Albert Barlow, Mrs. Otto Munger, Mrs. Willard Baker, Mrs. Rollin Bishop and Shirley Earwood. Mrs. Gene Risley and daugh ters LaDean, Melody and Tarn mie, and son Bobbie are here from Anchorage, Alaska, to visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Worden. Week end visitors at the Worden home Putman Flying, Inc. WEED SPRAYING CALL HOTEL HEPPNER Ph, 676-9623 were their son-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Forthman and daughter Cathy Loop of Payette, Ida., and Mrs. Lyle Williams and children Glenda, Ronnie and Gary of Wallowa. Ernest Obermeier was called to Hillsboro recently for the fun eral of his brother, Joe Ober meier, 73, who died April 1. Mrs. Obermeier's brothe r i n -1 a w, Chris Christensen of Hillsboro, returned home with him to visit. Mrs. Robert Hilder of San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. Esther Knight and daughter Ed na of Portland have been here for the past week due to the ill ness of their father, Charles Nickerson. Mrs. Cecil Hamilton, who has been in the Good Shepherd hos pital in Hermiston for a week with flu and pneumonia, return ed to her home Sunday. She is still confined to bed. Several more residents of Boardman have been ill with the flu, the latest one reported be ing Mrs. Leonard Bedord. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Marlow of Pendleton were Sunday vis itors at the home of Marlow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow. They also visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Gerking. Honor Roll Announced The honor roll for Riverside High school for the past nine weeks has been released as fol lows: A-roll, with grade point average 3.5-4., Terry McCoy, jun ior, 4, Sharon Donovan 3.8, sen iors; Lyle Hobbs 3.8, Roy Ober meier 3.6, juniors; Mike Smith 3.6, sophomore. B-Roll, with grade average of 3. to 3.5, sen iors Allyn Hobbs 3, Susan Mc Coy 3.2; juniors Edmona Jones 3.1, John Lathrop 3.4, Barbara McCorkle 3.3, Jeniece McElroy 3.2, Anna Mae McQuaw 3.4; sophomores Chuck Jackson 3.2, Sandra Gabrielson 3.4, Penny Fossey 3; freshmen Chester Phillips 3, Carol Ann Harper 3, Mike Partlow 3, Linda Senn 3.2, Franell Walker 3. Wednesday Hot beef sandwich es, tossed salad, buttered peas, ice cream and cookies; Thurs day Hot dogs and potato chips, pickle relish, spinach and fruit; Friday Fish sticks with tartar sauce, baked potatoes, buttered carrots and fruit Jell-O. Bread, butter and milk are served with all meals. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Allen and children Cammie and Bob bie of Granger, Wn., were recent visitors at the home of Allen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen. Mrs. Sigvald Aase and child ren Lynae, Sigurd and Eric of Touchet, Wn., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Part low last Friday. Mrs. Claud Coats, postmaster, announces the coming sale of two new 5-cent commemorative stamps. The first one is the New York World's Fair stamp and will be on sale through the World's Fair, New York post of fice April 22. Featured in the design is the main mall of the fair with the Unisphere to the! left. Green in color, it will, go i on sale here April 23. The second one is a stamp in honor of the outstanding nat uralist, John Muir, and will be issued through the . Martinez, Calif, post office April 29, and will be on sale here April 30. Menus for Riverside High school and Boardman Grade school for the week of April 20 24 are as follows: Monday Barbecued meat, mashed pota toes, green beans and fruit; Tuesday Chili burgers, cheese sticks, cole slaw and pudding; tr4 Mggaat ullif MM M MMat HHtr wes 3rd blggaat liar 1e Use Important thing about being popular is staying that way. Wide -Track Pontiac V 1 3rd biggest seller ' 3rd biggest seller ' by more than ever See your authorized Pontiac dealer for a wide choice of Wide -Tracks and good used cars, too. Mery and Chase Heppner. Ore. JEZm- gj -s? msvts (.w-s 4 j, fc.,.. NtMTWNMH Wheat League Chooses White Cake for Contest With the summer season and Oregon's county fairs just around the corner, scores of housewives will soon be turning to their ovens to compete in the Oregon Wheat Growers League 1964 Cake Baking Contest. In Morrow county, Mrs. Doug las (Grace) Drake of Heppner re cently announced the recipes to be followed in the contest, and reviewed the eligibility require ments and rules governing the annual tourney. Mrs. Drake is the Morrow county representa tive of the Wheat League's Do mestic Wheat Utilization com mittee. This year's contest will feature only one cake, a Silver White layer cake with a creamy nut icing. Recipes for the cake and icing will be printed in the premium books issued at the nine county fairs where the Wheat League cake bake will be entered as an event. The counties are Baker, Gilliam, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Um atilla, Union, Wallowa and Was- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. April 16, 1964 co. County winners will compete for the state honors at the state "bake-offs" to be held this year in La Grande, where the Wheat League will hold its annual meeting in early December. A cash prize of $100 will be award ed to the state winner, with awards of $5, $3 and $2 going to county winners and runners up. Any non-professional baker who is over 21 or married, either man or woman, will be eligible to enter the nine-county com petition. Entrants should check their county fair premium books for the time and place of the event. Mrs. Myrn Pace of Enterprise, chairman of the League's Do mestic Wheat Utilization com mittee, announced that all cakes will be judged on outside nad inside appearance, flavor and frosting. RANCH AERO AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. Owned and Operated By PAUL N. HANSEN Available for weed spraying and liquid fertilizing. John Lane Apartments No. 2, Heppner. Phone 676-9460 or 676-9294 To Our Customers and Friends in the Heppner, Condon and Fossil Areas You have no doubt learned that the Federal Power Commission ' and the Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon recently ap proved a transfer of designated properties between Pacific Power & Light Company and Columbia Basin Electric Coop- ' erative in the interest of bringing about a desirable consolida tion of service facilities in those areas, with resulting long-term benefits to all concerned. As a part of this exchange, the dis tribution lines serving you have been acquired by the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative and your electric service is now being supplied by them. All service requests in the future should be directed to Colum bia Basin Electric Cooperative. Their present office is at 471 North Main Street in Heppner and their telephone number is 676-9461. To facilitate service in and around Condon and Fossil, . Columbia Basin plans in the near future to establish a local office in Condon in the building formerly occupied by Pacific Power & Light Company, and they will continue the pay sta tions and service contacts at Butler's Bookkeeping Service in Condon and at the Fossil Telephone Exchange office in Fossil. The telephone number at Condon is 384-2023 and the number at Fossil is 763-4355. We greatly appreciate the patronage and support we have re ceived from you during the many years we have supplied electric service in your area, and we do hope that you will continue to feel free to call on us at any time for any service we may bo able to render you in the extensive areas of the Pacific North west in which we operate. Sincerely yours, PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY !
