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;
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See your authorized Pontiac dealer for a wide choice of
Wide -Tracks and good used cars, too.
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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 !