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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 21, 1964
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FIRST OFFICIAL photo of the 1364 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court was taken at the recent
Arlington rodeo, their first appearance of the season. In the court are (from left) Princess Dewena
West of Boardman, Princess Terryl Greenup of Lena, Queen Shannon Mahoney of Heppner, Prin
cess Judy Sherer of lone and Princess Martha Doherty of Lexington. (Lyons Photo)
Red Cross Schedules
Annual Meet Date
Annual meeting of Morrow
county's "rejuvenated" Red Cross
chapter will be on Monday night,
June 22, it was decided at a
meeting of the pro tern board
of directors at the Bank of East
ern Oregon Monday night with
Chairman Jerald Rea presiding.
At the forthcoming meeting a
slate of directors will be elected
to serve for rotating terms. It
was tentatively decided that 15
members would make up the
board, but the Rev. Melvin
Dixon, and Lowell Chally were
named as a committee to review
proposed by-laws which includes
the number of directors, and
they will make recommendation
on the number.
The by-laws are to be pre
sented for adoption at the an
nual meeting.
A nominating committee to
select a slate of directors was
named by Chairman Rea, in
cluding Will O'Harra, chairman,
Mrs. Orville Cutsforth and Mrs.
Edna Turner.
Following the annual meeting
the new directors will meet and
choose officers, including a
chapter chairman, vice chair
man, secretary and treasurer.
The chairman said that he can
not continue to serve since he
will move to Condon on June
1 to enter business there.
Chairman Rea said that a Red
Cross nurse who has been serv
ing in Alaska since the earth
quake is scheduled as guest
speaker and may have motion
pictures to show of the disaster
area. Narce Caliva of Yakima,
Wn field representative, will be
present.
It was reported at the meet
ing that the annual fund drive,
headed by Mrs. Matt Hughes
with Mrs. Edna Turner assist
COACH BOB CLOUGH, formerly
head basketball coach at
Reedsport, will take the helm
for Heppner High school bask
eteers this year. He and his
family, including wife, Barb
ara, and children, Ginny, 12,
and Linda 9, will move to
Heppner soon.
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Heppner High
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ing, has collected $1234.09 to
wards the goal of $1287 and en
velopes from ten workers are
yet to be turned in, leaving only
$43 to go.
Mrs. Cutsforth, blood chair
man, said that plans are under
consideration to bring the Red
Cross mobile unit back in the
fall to finish filling the quota
left unfilled at the last, visit.
A 100-pint goal was sought at
that time, but only some 60
pints were given. On the assent
of the directors, she said that
she would write and suggest a
date between September 15 and
21 for the visit.
Those present at the meeting
were Chairman Rea, Mr. and
Mrs. Chally, Mrs. Bethel Hein
richs, O'Harra, Mrs. Cutsforth,
Mrs. Turner, Mrs. H. J. Stroeber,
Wes Sherman, and the Rev.
Dixon.
Awards Assembly
Set Monday Night
Annual awards assembly at
Heppner High school will be
Monday night at 7:30 in the high
school cafetorium, Mrs. Margaret
Kirk of the faculty announces.
All athletic awards win be
given, as well as those for journ
alism, speech and drama. Cit
izenship award will be given to
the senior who has demonstra
ted outstanding citizenship.
Girl and Bov of the Year will
be announced and girls and
boys chosen for each of the var
ious months of the school year
will be introduced.
Attendance awards will also
be given. The public is invited.
COACH JIM POTTER, currently
mentor at New Plymouth, Ida,
will come to Heppner as head
football coach to start in the
fall. He is married and has
two small children, ages one
and 212 years.
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Harley Soger Named
To Head Jaycees
Morrow County Jaycee com
mittee elected its officers at
a no-host dinner meeting at
the Wagon Wheel Cafe Wed
nesday night. Named to head
the infant organization, as its
president, was Harley Sager.
Assisting Sager in leadership
of the group is Chuck McKin
non, vice president; Doug Gob
ble, secretary treasurer; and
Don McClure and Jim Gordon,
directors. Members of the com
mittee also discussed various
projects for community service
and appointed several commit
tees to look further Into the
matter.
lone Swim Pool
To Open June 2
Swimming pool at lone will
open Tuesday, June 2, it is an
nounced. Regular hours will be
from 2 until 5 p.m. and from
7 until 9 p.m., Tuesdays through
Sundays.
Season tickets will be the
same as last year, $4 for child
ren, $6 for high school, $9 for
adults, and $18 per family ticket.
For daily swims without sea
son tickets prices will be: Child
ren, 15c; high school, 25c; and
adults, 50c.
Beginners lessons will start on
Tuesday, June 16, and will con
tinue in the morning through
June 26, except for Saturdays
and Sundays. Season tickets
will include lessons, but those
without such tickets will be
charged 15c per lesson. Women's
swim lessons will be on Satur
day mornings at 9:30 and will
be 50c or included with a sea
son ticket.
Completion of Band
Room Brings Cheers
At Heppner High
By DOUG ANDERSON
Heppner High school welcomes
a new addition to the building
the long awaited band room.
It's a dream come true for Arn
old Melby and Gordon Pratt, the
music directors.
The band room, completed on
this year's budget at the cost of
$18,045, is unique in many ways.
The room is entirely soundproof
with 250 pound doors separating
the office, two practice rooms,
and a storage room. Its walls
zig-zag, a form of soundproof
ing. A soundproof picture window
installed in the office provides
observation of the whole room.
The windows are built at the
'op of the wall, providing ample
light and discouraging distrac
tion. Two rooms next to this are
still incompleted and the ad
ministration hopes these will be
on next year's budget at the cost
of approximately $8,000-$9,000.
These two rooms are the con
ference room and the student
lounge.
Visitors are urged to be the
guests of Heppner High school
and view the new rooms, pride
of the students and faculty.
HEPPNER
Exe
rcises
53 to Get Diplomas;
Baccalaureates Sunday
(Pictures on pages 4, 5)
Thirty-nine students of the
class of 1964 at Heppner High
school and 14' In the senior class
at lone High will graduate at
commencement exercises sched
uled next week.
Baccalaureate exercises for
each school will be held Sunday
night, May z wun the services
to be in the cafetoriums of the
respective sclv.51s, each at 8
p. m.
The Rev. Father Raymond
Beard of St. Patrick's Catholic
church will deliver the sermon
at the Heppner service, and the
Rev. Father Bruce Spencer of
All Saints' Episcopal church will
give the invocation and benedic
tion. Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens
will play the processional and
recessional.
In the lone service, the Rev.
Charles Knox, pastor of the
Heppner Christian church, will
give the baccaiaureate sermon,
and the Rev. Walter B. Crowell,
pastor of the lone United Church
of Christ, will participate with
the invoctaion and scripture
reading. Teresa Tucker will be
soloist and Gene Rietmann will
play the processional and re
cessional.
Commencement at
iieppner
will also be in the high school
cafetorium, on Wednesday, May
27, at 8 p.m. I here will be no
outside speaker but members of
the class will give the addresses.
Bill Sherman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wes Sherman, will give the
valedictory and Jennifer Brindle
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Brindle, will present the salut
atory address.
Heppner School
Needs 4 Teachers
Heppner Elementary school
will need four teachers to re
place faculty members who are
leaving the system, Wayne Bru
bacher, superintendent, announ
ces.
Teachers resigning are Mrs.
Lois Kirk, 5th grade; Mrs. Betty
Cacek, first grade; Don Cole, 7th
and 8th grade science; and Mrs.
Janet Agee, girls physical edu
cation. Cleo Robinson of Lexington
will replace Mrs. Cacek but the
other postions are yet to be filled.
An additional sixth grade teach
er for another 6th grade room
is needed.
In addition to other changes
in the county announced last
week, Dick Strait has resigned as
coach and industrial arts teacher
at lone High in order to resume
college study.
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WORK OF REBUILDING Main Street bridges in Heppner is underway under contract of State High
way Commission to Schroder Construction Co., Inc. Here workmen of the company are shown
wrecking a portion of the Hinton Creek bridge while men of Columbia Basin Electric are en
gaged in removing power wires to the line on tie opposite side of the bridge. Contract fof rebuild
ing the Hinton bridge and erecting a new Willow Creek bridge was let for $100,910 by the com
mission. (G-T Photo)
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Slated
Lee Padberg, senior class
president and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elden Padberg of Lexing
ton, will give the opening ad
dress. Presentation of awards will be
by Principal Gordon Pratt, and
James Sutherland, class advisor,
will present the class. Milton
Morgan, chairman of the school
district board of directors, will
present diplomas. The Rev. Mel
vin Dixon, pastor of the Hepp
ner Methodist church, will de
liver the invocation and pro
nounce the benediction. Process
ional and recessional will be by
the high school band.
Ewald Turner, Pendleton, vice
principal of Helen McCure junior
high and past president of the
National Education Association,
will give the address at Ione's
commencement to be Thursday
night, May 28, at 8 pm.. in the
high school gymnasium. Arleta
McCabe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl McCahe, will give' the
valedictory address and Tom
Heimbigner, son of Mr. and Airs.
Ray Heimbigner, will present
the salutatory address. Teresa
Tucker will be soloist and a trio,
composed of Sue Townsend,
. ert) a memDers of the graduat
ing class, will sing a number.
Principal Gene Harryman will
present awards and Chairman
Morgan will present, diplomas.
Invocation will be by the Rev.
Kenneth Robinson, pastor of
Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches, and the Rev. Crowell
will pronounce the benediction
Gene Rietmann again will play
the processional and recessional.
In the class at Heppner High
are Alvln Avers, MeJodye Berry,
Jennifer Brindle, Shcrron Bunch
Brenner, Richard Clark, Pamela
Cochell, John Cole, Donald Cres
wick, Daryl Dick, Martha Dixon
Douglas Dubuque, Edward
French, Diana Kulleton, David
George, Jerry Greenup, Glenda
Hills, Lyle Hopper, Kathryn Hos
kins, Mary Johnson, Donald Ma-
jeske, Robert Kindle, Virginia
Moore, Lawrence Muessig, Phyl
lis Nelson, Raymond Nichols,
Elden Padberg, Stephen Peek,
Martha Peterson, Marcia Rands,
Dewey Schiller, Roger Schoon
over, William Sherman, Aaron
Smilh, Kenneth Smith, Richard
Struckmeier, Dale Vance, Don
ald Van Winkle, William Weath
erford III and Kenneth Wright.
In the class at lone High are
Cherolyn Benson, Barbara Bishop,
Eulenna Corley, Dallas Dalzcll,
Delores Emert, Tom Heimbigner,
Richard Hynd, Kenneth Klinger,
Jr., Stephen Lindstrom, Arleta
McCabe, Meredith Morrison,
John Rea, Judith Sherer and Sue
Townsend.
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Win Judge loces;
Vote Kits 80
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(Vote tabulation on page six, section 1 ) ,
County Judge Oscar Peterson, running as a
writein, topped three Republican opponents
on the ticket for county judge in the primary
election Friday and will face Paul Jones of
Heppner, who won the Democratic nom
ination, in the general election in November.
Jones defeated three other candidates in
his party to become the choice.
The contests for judge highlighted the in
teresting election which brought out an 80
per cent vote in Morrow county, a respectable
turnout for a primary election.
Judge Nominees
JUDGE OSCAR PETERSON
Republican Nominee
PAUL W.
Democratic
JONES
Nominee
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Thursday (if 30
Friday 73 39
Saturday 78 37
Sunday 74 40
Monday 76 4(i
Tuesday 78 45
Wednesday 70 38
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Jones
In the only other local con
test the Rev. Earl Soward topped
three avowed candidates for
Heppner justice of the peace on
the nonpartisan ballot, just fall
ing short of a majority that
would have made it unnecessary
for him to enter a runoff with
second-place finisher, W. J. (Jirh)
Devine of Heppner in the fall.
Elections Director
Rules Writein Legal
The question of whether
County Judge Oscar Peterson
could accept the Republican
nomination for judge as a
writein candidate after having
withdrawn from the race was
answered Thursday by Jack
Thompson, Oregon's director
of elections.
In a telephone conversation
with County Clerk Sadie Par
rish he ruled that the election
was legal and that Judge Pet
erson is the Republican nom
inee, pointing out that the
vote given to the judge Indi
cates that it Is the will of the
voters.
Some had felt that when the
judge signed a statement of
withdrawal, indicating that he
was not a candidate, it would
invalidate his nomination.
Morrow counly piled up a
good margin for State Measure
No. 1, the $30 million college
building bond proposal, 1046 yes
to 646 no. Only two of the coun
ty's nine precincts entered neg
ative votes on the measure, lone
and Hardman, lone went against
it by 10 votes, 147 yes to 157
no, while Hardman disapproved
by five, 14 yes to 19 no. Most
other precincts gave it resound
ing approval, the greatest being
Northwest Heppner's 194 yes to
64 no.
Victory on the measure was in
terpreted here as not only recog
nition of the needs for the state's
Institutions of higher education
but also of the building plight
of Blue Mountain Community
College and the work that is
being done by the new college.
While Nelson Rockefeller was
gaining his important victory in
Oregon on the Republican pref
erential ballot for president,
Morrow county G.O.P. members
proved to bo mavericks. They
voted for Henry Cabot Lodge
with 295 with Rockefeller in
second at 198 and Richard Nixon
third with 174. Barry Goldwater
received 134. Rockefeller won
only in the lone precinct, while
Lodge captured seven precincts,
and Irrigon gave an edge to
Nixon.
Running unopposed on the
Democratic ticket, President Lyn
don Johnson received 757 votes
in the county.
Everett Thoren of Elgin sur
prised many pre election dopest-
ers when he topped Willard
Cromwell of Hermiston for the
Republican nomination for Cong
ress, second district, not only
throughout the Congressional
district but in Morrow county
as well. In Morrow county, Crom
well polled only 251 votes to 471
for Thoren, and the Elgin man
captured every precinct.
Thoren will oppose Al Ullman,
Democratic incumbent, in No
vember. Ullman tallied 726 votes
a? the lone candidate for his
office on his ticket.
As he did throughout the state,
Torn McCall swept over Dan
Mosee for secretary of state on
the Republican ballot. McCall
polled 623 votes to 171 for Mos
ee, better than a 3-to-l margin.
However, his fellow Portlander
topped McCall in two precincts
here, Irrigon, 30 to 26, and Hard
man, 10 to 5.
Alfred Corbett of Protland won
the Democratic secretary of
state nomination almost as
handily, defeating Harold P.
Sleubs and M. A. (Cap) Yegge.
Vote in Morrow county was 429
for Corbett, 192 for Steubs and
30 for Yegge.
For state treasurer, incumbent
Howard Belton, unopposed on
the Republican ballot, polled
736, while Robert Straub, Demo
crat, won the right to oppose
him in November. Straub had
329 in Morrow county to 247 for
Vic Davis and 69 for Thomas
Baggs.
Robert Y. Thornton, incumbent
atorneygeneral, recei v e d 698
votes without opposition on the
Democratic ballot, and Merlin
Eytep, Republican, also unop-
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