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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1964)
L I OH AR Y u or o , i, r- f t- . Number 18 l?iresflry 8 1st Year s Fire n THE mm o t rn Mi km Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 2, 1961 Many to In Citywide Bazaar Here on July IO, II Heppner' f lrt annual Side talk limir u'lieriulrd for Frl iv ami Saturday. July 10 ami 11. Mill I the rrralfM pmmot lonal event eer undrrtken here. -nrdinK lo all Indira f Win as. At the present time, some 25 buMneiura are planning in ine part wlih entra -tal bargain In addition, a of thla writing, Ihont are 10 on-anlatlou that will participate wllh ale ami aperUI feature f their own. And there will te more Joining In a the date arrive In the event, mrrrhanta will !! tablea and OUplats oi oar Early Paper Slated At Bazaar Edition DUtributlnn of the Gazette TIito'h U acheduled for day earlv rent week In order that drtalla of the Sidewalk Ba raar may reach all point In the rtrrulatlon area prior to the opening of the bazaar. Butnee and organizations which wUh to advertise In the paper should plan lo aubmlt ropy early. A telephone rail to the office I Ph. 676 will bring a representative of the paiT f'T assistance on Ideas and layouts. All correspond n t s and other submitting news are aked to take note of the earl ler publication date and pet their material In a day earlier than usual. eln irrxxl on the walks, and organization will find space for their booths ana saies oi var Inila kind. Bob Henry, chairman of the Sidewalk Bazaar, said that the American LeRlon will have free movies for children Friday ana Saturday afternoon In the Leg ion hall with ahows starting at 2 o'clock each day. J. c. Penney company will ii free iu'lm tickets to out of town children, entitling them to enjoy swimming in tne mun i-inai twit either afternoon. Klckoff dance of the rodeo will be In the fair pavilion on aaxur day night. July 11, starting at IO n'clrw-k Buck Lleuallen's authentic stagecoach will bo on hand with Jayrees In charge, and for a mall sum youngsters of all ages 1 to 100 can ride on the stagecoach that uaed to make the run from Umatilla to Gib bon In days of yore. Some of the organizations which have announced plans for the Sidewalk Bazaar are these: Soroptlmlsta, Sno-cone sale; Lex ington Altar Society, auction of Saturday is 4th; Stores to Close For the benefit of any who have not thought of It. Saturday Is July 4, Independence Day, and most businesses and public offices In Heppner and other Morrow county towns will be closed. . ,. . , Some service establishments will remain open in order that others may enjoy the holiday. This is the second Saturday holiday of the year, since Memorial Day also fell on Satur day, giving merchants a two- rinv reunite. Jim Drlscoll. Heppner post master, announces that the post office will be closed and there will be no mall service. Gimbel Transferred To Cottage Grove Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gimbel were In Cottage Grove this week to arrange housing for the fam ily when they make the move to that city the first part of next Gimbel, who has been local manager here for the past six years, has been transferred by Pacific Power and Light Co. to the Cottage Grove office, where he will serve as a line crew fore man. He Is slowly recovering from a back sprain incurred while working in Hermlston last week. He is to report on his new job Monday, July 6. Wins Rock Bid Umatilla National Forest Sup ervisor Wright T. Mallery an nounced today that Milton i L. Morgan was the successful bid der on two areas of pit run building materials located on the Heppner Ranger District Morgan paid $60 per ton for the tufted rhyolite material. Participate Item M-nt lv mll; Methodic WSCH. fie and d"UKhnut a'; HrN kh ludtfe. Ptonto t.up sale: ii.iy.khi ami Three Link i i in.-inn ara mrl rn and .lrorn wile; rhrUtlan church wumm, Mdewalk fat In front of IMel Grill In roo-raiion wi n t.- :rin- :ikv IjiiIU-s. sidewalk afe ct,ffe. Coke. doUKhnut. etc.; i:plcopl women. loih In front of Ictimer m-ppiw-r ware. inn Cnmmnv iilan to have a diaplay of old coin, and an old laiiirm and similar rear will on display In front of taw rurniture. who have an nr.,.nwi turtirlnatton to date re these: Mll-adle. lnty', n,mon Bro,. Penney. Peter w.n' Jrwi-lrr. Farley Motor Co.. vvn.n-a Men' Wear. WeMrrn Auto. Humphrey BeKll Drug, I Jed and White. Phil Pharmacy, Uma1. Anoarcl. iTtHvohnf i.rm and Builder Supply. MA It Company. Central Market. ii....rm..r iv,rd tae Furntturr and the Gaelte-Tlmes. Some of thie who have puiinease uj ..t ih Main atreet district Will "move" to the main block for at leant part of the Bazaar. fwikor anmninceme n t of olan and detail will be In next week a t.azriie-1 nm-. MCGG Year Good, Grain Sales High, Auditors Report Marketing vear closing May 31 was highly successful from vniiimn and earnincs aianu- polnt for Morrow County Grain Growers. Inc.. according to a re port aubmltted by their auditors. were iu.uyo.io, very good for a county of this size, while storage and handling Income came to $337,534-29. Af tr rt of eraln purchased and all other expenses, the net earn ings for the year were .ui four cents per bushel or $131,- 328.71. Approximately S33.000 or these profits will be distributed to the patrons In cash around Novem i.. i uomainrW will be re tained for a time as usual by the cooperative as a part of Its revolving capital policy t. than 5il000 bushels or wheat and about iUViC -" - nrxrt, bushels or baricy were nimmu for its patrons by the assoc iation from the 1963 harvest. is-i. nonerallv increased dur ing the year with the low point being at harvest and the high oolnt in Februray. The cooper- atlve enters the 11 harvest u,ifh nn erain carry-over for the first time in 12 years. Al Lamb, manager, predicts a fairly good crop this year with stable prices. Entries Needed On Parade Theme More ideas are needed on a theme for the 1964' Morrow coun ty rodeo parade. Only one en nna heen received to date in the contest announced by the Chamber of Commerce last week. Deadline for entries is Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m. Winning entry will receive two tickets to each afternoon per formance of the rodeo. Entries should be submitted on the entry blank printed in last week's paper or on a separate sheet of paper, together with name and address. They should be turned in at the Gazette Times office. Randall Peterson is chairman of the parade, which will be August 29. lone Fireworks, Dance Friday Eve The whole family can enjoy the Fourth of July celebration at lone Friday night Fireworks are scheduled on the Memorial field there at dark under sponsorship of the Amer ican Legion, and the Legion dance will follow at 10 p.m. Admission to the dance will be $1-50 per person. Supper will be served. Everyone Is invited to come for a good time at this area celebration. ETTE Brothers Reunited After Many Years !inM vUlbtf t the home of Mr and Mr Bert Wining and Mr. and Mr. Martn OI wn, were Mr. and Mr. lhrlr Winter of I- Molrte. uwa. Hie two Winter mm ai tinrfhrf and Md t ""n r(h other In l '. Tie hadr Winter family had l-en railed to Oregon Mr the Ulnr c.f Bert, who !rnt a rtMitlderable time In I'Jonrrf Memorial htltL A thourh It were n pie ant enough to a brother he hadn't seen In 'JO er. Charles received anothrf ur ttrlae hen another lrther. Jack Winter and family came from I'aaro to vUlt Jack and thrl- had not seen ail other In 31 year! The rharle Winter remain ed In llrppner for a week, un til tho condition of hi brother lettered and then returned home. Area Riverfront Land-Use Study Grant Authorized A tudv of "hlcheM and bt uie" of land alone the Colum bia River from llool River coun ty on the west to Umatilla coun ty on the east will be started oon with the help of a S16A0 grant from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, ac cording to Hupert Kennedy, ex ecutive secretary of the Alio Columbia Planning CounciL He said the grant was announced by the finance agency Monuay, Crant are made on a two for- one basis, which means the toul valuation of the study ts ha said. Mid Columbia Planning Coun cil, the organization of counties. Port districts and other agencies In the areas bordering tho river, had allocated 13.0U0 tor me study. The balance of runds needed will be made up In var ious vriy, Kennedy Indicated. The State Department of Plannlnar and Development has coordinated plans for participa tion of several agencies, includ ing the State Marine Board, the Oregon Came Commission, Ore gon Water Resources Boar a, ana the Bureau of Municipal Re search at the University of Ore- gon, the executive secretary said. Expected to start in the near future, the study will be aimed at the Fathering of Information of value as a pattern for land use In the following; categories: 1. Industrial sites. 2. Recrea- Hon. parks, small boating, mar- na sites. 3. uame natmat sites. 1. Historical, geological and archeoliglcal site. 5. Transpor uivuvuiifto-ui -- " . . tatlon potentials and lactliUes. 6. Agricultural Irrigation poten tlals. 7. Commercial ana resi dential development. The council applied for the grant earlier this year. When the study Is completed, a report will be issued containing rec ommendation on the various "best" uses to which the area can be put The council has taken the pos ition that such a report would firovide a plan that could be fol owed, if desired. In achieving orderly, appropriate develop- findings of the study would bet Heppner's swimming: pool will in the nature of recommenda- be open only on the afternoon tions only and the ways in from 1 to 4 oclock on July 4, which the land actually will be Tom Hughes, lifeguard, announ used are dependent on desires ces. . , nn t. of the people In the areas af The pool will be, fjosed on the fected evening of the holiday. He's Gone To Get Ready For HEPPNER'S SIDEWALK BAZAAR July 10 and 11 11 , . r ImmsmJ p- ' D r - I If ' ' - v.m . - K . ' ATTRACTING lntrt at th Ca- bulldina I m"nU ht snapdrcgo. crewta? out of th aid- I tha buUdlag. IU root 5Stig m rnitor b.ta brick. Wbjr. th. ptat 9rt waUaZl uttoanc lor Its lush orowth U th BTSterr. CrtT la sbrman stands biU tba plant with oa band balnl oa oi la bio-om. Th plants root or btwn brick aboat tour Incb abor a eoncwU footing, which Is about a foo Wgh. TB Association Shows Good Year in Report Annual rerjort of the Morrow county Tuberculosis ana iieann association, submitted mis ween by Mrs. Jack Barak, retiring, president, shows that a total of in in to was received from the sale of Christmas seals. The association voted to pur chase a new duplicating ma chine at a cost of $250 to be used by the county health office and the association. A loan-grant of $500 was awarded Sharon Dixon, a Junior In the nre-med school at Asbury College In Kentucky. She Is an honor student and daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Mel Dixon. "The association will maintain inner! interest in both the young people it has assisted and in finding deserving boys and girls in need of future monetary assistance." Mrs. Barak said. a fin clinic was sponsored in cooperation with the Mothers' club or irrigon ana coaraman, Pool Open on 4th Afternoon Only I :1 , --d m r" j The association contributed $60 to the project A total of 159 small X-rays and nine large ones were made bv the Pioneer Memorial hos pital for the association, which i continuing its program of Tine testing In the schools. The tests are paid for by the assoc iation and given by the health office. Letters were sent to teachers and coaches of the county re eardlncr scholarships available for a graduate course on smok ing and health and $25 was contributed by the association for a scholarship. The clinic was held last summer at OSU and probably will be offered again this summer under sponsorship of the Oregon association. At the annual meeting April 1 at the enurthouse new officers were elected: Mrs. Marcel Jones, president; Mrs. Bruce :pencer, V-VTZ-Tltotoumo and smoke damage Green, secretary; Mrs. Howaru . housp. Bryant, treasurer; Mrs. spencer. representative delegate. Board of directors, in addition to the of ficers above, are Mrs. Robert Abrams, Mrs. Carl McDaniel, Mrs. Barak. Mrs. Ed Dick, Mrs. William Cox. Mrs. Gene Pierce, Dr. L. D. Tibbies. Mrs. Wes Sher man and Mrs. Uene Wyman. Max Melhaff, staff worker for Oregon TB and Health Associa tion, explained the state reor ganization structure wnicn na with the exception of Grant and Mnrrow The loTftl GTOUD VOted hum aftnntM nv ail cuuuun to consider the matter at a later date. , , Financial report shows bal ance on hand as of April 13 at $2037.60, and bonds valued at $965.80 on May 23. Budget of $1185 adopted is slightly less than last year's budget of $1205. The group voted $10 to con tribute toward the television program carried on by the state association to educate and in form concerning tuberculosis and respiratory diseases. Plans for the coming year will be centered first around health aspect oi smoking by youth with programs to be initiated at both Junior and senior high levels. Films, talks by physicians and others, and literature will be used. , . , The association plans to in crease the chest X-ray program to maximum usage ana reacn those in the county who have not yet had free chest X-rays. The association will help sponsor a flu clinic in the north end of the county if it is re Quested to do so, and it will be ... . ; a. nnir ! avaiiaDie 10 assisi wim aj predicted or special health prob lems which might arise in the county, Mrs. Barak said. The Christmas seal sale will be conducted again under the chairmanship of Mrs. Herman Stroeber. tady for Sesoo Annual fir arh.l U lh Itrpprw !Uner dlttrlrt W Ut wet-M at Tuporr Guard ttaiiun with 33 Uftlnir the In trution a tudrtU. lrrn Lu rore. new fu ror.lrol offuer fur the dUtrlfl. ald. prrmanrnt prnonnrl of th diotrtrt acted tntrurtor. and thi w th flrt time that thf Khl wn held or.ly for m- Frank Lovgren To Attend Scout Jamboree in East A full and escltlne three week 1 ahead for Frank Lov- Lrrn. son of Mr. and Mr. Jim ovgren, who leave Friday, July 3. from Paeo, Wn, for the National BiV Scout Jamboree, Mheduled for July 15 23 in Valley Forge. Pa. Frank Is a member of Scout Troop Na 600, Heppner. Sxuts In the Blue Mountain Council will board a special train at Paaco for a leisure trip eait. with atons scheduled at manv placea of historical In terest en route. Only other boy coins from ,nl arr Jmmy Kucker of Arlington. A full itinerary Is planned, starting, with the attending of church services Sunday In Will l.ston. N. D- arrival In Chicago on Monday and a Cray Line tour of South Chicago area on Tues day. Including the Museum of Science and Industry. Contln ulng on to Detroit there will be a tour of the Henry Ford Plant and Museum and of Greenfield Villatre; three days will be spent in Washington, D. C. visiting many places of national history; three days in New York City, wuh one day at the Worlds Fair, then on to Philadelphia and to the Jamboree site at Valley Forge for a week of scouting activities. It Is expected that registra tion at the Jamboree will reach around 50.000 Scouts, coming from all over the world. Return trip by train will take four days, with arrival back In Spokane, on Sunday, July 26. Firemen Called To Two Ranches Firemen responded to two rail, in rural areas Monday at ternoon, one a grass fire and the other a house fire. First ol the fires, about 2:25 p.m., was to samora canyon ai a ranch formerly operated by Jim Valentine and now oper ated by Paul Maley. The fire KtarteH in the bathroom of the house and left about $1,000 worth of damage in its wake, aeeordln to Fire Chief U A. RncraleQ- Apparently the fire started from an electric neaier in uie bathroom. Chief Ruggles said. Firemen hurried to the ranch but by the time they arrived, the occupants of the house had the blaze almost under control. Kuggles said that all that re mained for the firemen to do when thev reached the scene was to mop up. Direct damage was done to the kitchen and hit the entire house. After the firemen's return to town, the second alarm was sounded, this one at 4 p.m. The call was from the Bill Kenny place northeast of town. The fire was oenina ine .enny nouse in grass and apparently started from a barrel where trash was being burned. Rugffles said that by the time the fire fighting equipment ar rived on the scene, the fire was out The fire burned about four acres of grass. The fire chief said that when the blaze first started, Mrs. Kenny thought she could control it with a garden hose but that the water pressure wasn't high enough to supply the needed water. The phone was out so Mrs. Kenny went to the Don Robinson place to call for help. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Douglas Drake returned to the Kenny place witn Mrs. jvenny and they extinguished the fire. Father-Son Golf Tourney Sioted Willow Creek Golf club will hold its annual father-son best ball golf tournament Sunday, July 5. Entrants may sign for play any time between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and any "father may select any "son" for play. However, there must be an age difference of at least 20 years. There will be many good prizes. Guests are invited. On July 12. 19 and 26 there will be mixed 2-ball foursomes, a string handicap, and a hus- w J M.;fH siirnarrtfint- riii tnm here for a the local ' club will return there on Sep- Saturday tember 13. Before that time the Sunday Willow Creek club will go to Monday Echo for play, but no date to1? been set for that meeting: Wednesday pv within the dSatrtct. Prev l.aiiv. rrfher dltrki hve Join ed fr the school, but thla ear tho Koret &ervK schools art up on a dutrtrt bai. Th school rmpbaled In ttrudlon for rtew employee and tiro fshtr. Threo main phase were ctnldeted: 1. General dutte. including flro prevention, maintenance vt station. 2. .Hmtk rhalng hnw t find fire, detection, lntrucilon to lookout. X Vt sut'preion. Ail etation aro now manned for the summer eawn, Lucore ld Lookouts are a follow: Madlton Butte, Terry toln; Wheeler Joint. Jim Llndqult; and Tamarack. Loul Laron. Dolan la from Arizona, and Llnd oulrt la a colleEe Mudent tnm "ortland. Laron Is from Pull man. Wn, and 1 aUo a college student. At the guard station. Kit George of Heppner U at Ditch Creek. Don Cole. Heppner learn er. Is at Bull Prairie, and Bill Crooks, aaaistant to Lucore, U at Tupper. . . In all. 60 are now employed In the Heppner Ranger district New buildings being construe ted at Tupper are rapidly taking hape and will be completed in the near future. . Lucore said that the district had Its third fire of the year Friday when lightning set a 3V acre blaze on lower Skookum creek. It was extinguished by a Forest Service Crew within a short time. Barley Harvest Gets Under Way First barley arrived at the Lex ington elevator Monday to start the 1964 harvest season in Mor T,ur muntv. Al Lamb, manager of Morrow County Grain Grow ers, said. First load was oenver ed by R. A. Campbell with that of C. G. (Ken) Peck following shortly after. The Lexington elevator was about 30 minutes ahead of the opening: of the North Lex ele vator where D. O. Nelson brought In one or two loads on the first day. Max Barclay start ed to get underway Tuesday. The .growers are delivering ir.iHnn harlev. the early variety. Other barley Is not ready as yet, Lamb said. . ... Other MCGG elevators will start to receive grain after the Fourth. Wheat harvest Is not ex pected to get underway until about the 10th or 15th. Queen and Court Chamber Guests Queen Shannon Mahoney and princesses of the 1964 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court were guests of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of rnmmerp at their luncneon meeting Monday, together with Mrs. Archie Munkers, chaperon. Princesses are Judy Sherer of lone, Martha Doherty of Lexing ton. Terryl Greenup of Lena and Dewena West of Boardman. Mrs. Munkers said mat mis was the first official appearance of the court in their new out fits locally. They have made outside appearances at the Arl ington Rodeo and In the Port land Rose Parade. , Each of the girls spoKe oneiiy at the meetiner. ana wueen Shannon said smilingly that the green-colored costumes were chosen as a result of the Irish influence on the court Democrats Elect Slate of Officers Morrow county Democrats re elected Al Lamb chairman when they met Saturday night in the old city library. Mrs. Clarence Rosewall was elected vice chair man and Mrs. Paul Brown was reelected secretary-treasurer. Paul Jones and Mrs. Gordon Pratt were elected congressional committeeman and committee woman, and Ken Cutsforth was elected delegate to the state meeting, which will oe Juiy a, 4', and 5. The chairman and vice chairman are ex officio dele gates. . . Among candidates present at the meeting were Paul Jones, for county judge; Maxwell Jones of Irrigon, for commissioner; Joe Tatone of Boardman, for port commissioner: and Lamb, for port commissioner. . . tr,a About 25 persons attended the meeting. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Weather for the week of June 25 through July 1 was as fol- Intire iun-ji HI Low Prec. Low 58 41 36 42 50 55 50 Thursday 89 76 69 76 82 Friday 91 50 -08
