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(H'CHf, tn they Kill I ien Monday. Tuesday and
Wrdnmday if nrM wrek, nUu unlll o'clock.
Thrio will l frw parking downtown on Saturday,
Ivcrmber V), and on Tucday and Wednesday, Dwinbrr
22 and 23.
FREE MOVIE SATURDAY
The mHon picture, "Aldlln and Ilia I-amp," In rol(r,
will Ix1 nhown Saturday afternoon In the KIKt temple, free
In all Kid nf the area. A cartoon will aUu lo on the program.
ritx'r Jaym are In barge of the showing In oiH f atlun
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 17, 1964
10 cents
Mac Griffftii Shot, Killed in Prineville
T
eachers
500
Ask
ncrease
Trarhrra of Morrow county the north end arhoola. The board
have requested a $500 per caf panted motion requeuing him
talary Increa acr the
board" for V.i5 ttV The itNcal
waa made by Mr. Juanlta far
mltharl, lleppner elementary
teacher, who spoke on behalf of
a county teacher committee at
the regular school board inert
Ins Tueaday night.
However, the Increase would
Include normal Increment on
the salary schedule and there
fore In mot Instance would not
amount to IVX) additional for
the teacher.
Mr, f'armlchael said that last
year Morrow county'a salary
scale fur starting teacher was
below thoe of 116 school ays
tern In the state, above 50
school and the same a 33
other. Till year, she said, it
to narrow the Hit to four, and
these will be called to meet with
the hoard on January 5 and 6
for Interviews, after which one
firm will be chocn.
Contract Approved
A contract for Mr. Gladys
(Continued on pa go 8)
Schools Combine
For Christmas
Program Tuesday
Music and drama departments
of lleppner High school and up-
Is below 156 systems, above 29 1 per elementary grade will com-
Joy Rill Weighs 1 lb. 10 oz.
Dramatic Effort
Tiny Premature
r
oaves
Baby
and the same as 17.
The oroioed scale would
start new teacher with a bach
elor degree In the system at
$T1U) per year aa compared with
the present $JGu0
Mrs. Carmlchael said that the
teacher realize that some of
the source of school Income
have been "hit pretty hard this
year." but said that th -county
must take steps to
young new teachers
bine their talent Tuesday even
Ing. December 22, for a public
Christmas program In the old
gymnasium auditorium. The pro.
gram, presented without charge
to the public, will begin at 7:30
p.m.
Christmas Window" Is the
theme chosen by Mr. Ola Mae
Orofthena, . vocal Instructs, for
the music program "by children
encourago In grade 6, 7 and 8. All child
who can ren will participate either In the
only bo obtained with added G0-volcc choir or as characters
Inducement because of the I which will depict settings for
rather remote location here, songs In the Christmas windows.
The Morrow system should be-1 Window scenes, following the
come more nearly the average prologue "I Love to Hear the
of salaries across the state, she Christmas Bells," will Include
said. Also Proposed were ad- "Silent Night;" "The Three
dtttonal stops on the salary Kings;" a motion choir present
schedule as follows: one more nK u me " raimrui;
step for those with a bachelor Angela we Have Heard on
degree, two more for those with l"Jh:" n Indian manger scene
bachelor decree olu 45 hours of the Huron Indian song of
and three for those with a mas- Jesus' birth. "Jesus Athalon-
. - hl." "rnvlind" inJ lh
The teachers' snokesm.n re fining lT,, JHT Th"
The teachers spokesman re-1",., ... . ,.'... hospital, which required a little
quested also that the board take ,"' ""1 Tu" ""u
action to grant eaves of absence ZTm ii'u Z' , V'
t ..m,. ..,- .i I Two high school drama stu
.r.' iT- Vk- n"- .-4.,. M'ents, Mark Brown and Jean
training, this with the thought f i"'.. if X&L?!?
'y.,VXf",.d.,h',Ve. W der direction of Mrs. Janet
Joy Lene Rill, tiny premature
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kill
Is alive In the Doernbeoher ho
pltal, Portland, today because of
the cooperative work of many
persons made In a dramatic ef
fort to save her.
She was born In the Pioneer
Memorial hospital December
weighing only 2 lb., 2 or., and
remained there until Saturday,
On Friday It had become appar
ent tnat the tiny Infant was
having difficulty breathing and
the family physician felt It was
necessary to take her to the
Portland hospital for adequate
care
But to get her there required
elaborate preparations and the
help and services of many, ac
cording to Will O'llarra. Pioneer
Honpital administrator. It was
necessary to set up an air lock
In the ambulance, and to op
erate it a trailer had to be rig
ged with generators and attach
ed to the ambulance.
Dee Jone prepared oxygen
hoses, Harold Beckct fixed the
trailer hitch for the ambulance;
Archie Tadberg furnished a trail
er; the county shops furnished
a generator and Don Wise furn
ished another; Father Bruce
Spencer offered a trailer
but the hitch wouldn't fit; and
Boh Lowe and Frank Connor
made preparations at the hos
pital. O'Harra. Incidentally, worked
40 hours out of 48 Friday and
Saturday on the preparations.
The ambulance and trailer left
Saturday, driven by Lowe, with
Grace Josl, registered nurse, and
the baby's father, Myron Rill,
also making the trip.
At the Multnomah county line,
the ambulance was met by a
sheriff's escort which accompan
ied It to the hospital. The only
real trouble encountered was the
difficulty that the escort had in
save her life.
A telephone call from Doern
bechcr hospital Tuesday night
reported that she Is doing fine.
O'llarra said that he believes
Joy Is the smallest baby to be
born In IMoneer Memorial hos
pltal, although one other weigh
ed 2 lb., 4 oz.. Just two ounces
heavier and Is still living. Joy
was about three months pre
mature.
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Six Below
Recorded
In Meppner
Blizzard like weather closed
s(hools In lleppner and Ioru
Wednesday as mme three Inches
of snow covered the landscape
and temrerature dropped to six
degrees below icro In the early
morning hour Wednesday.
The frigid weather brought
shiver to the populace, stalled
autos, froze water pipes and did
other assorted damage.
Leonard L. Gilliam, weather
observer, couldn't say Immed
iately Wednesday how long It
has been since weather this cold
was recorded here but thought
this was the coldest for several
year. Even colder weather was
in prospect however.
Game, Feed Arc Off;
ic Griffith. 26. nationally- NO School Thursday
.n rodeo performer and son
at . a j
MAC GRIFFITH
Churches Schedule Family
Programs for Christmas
Churches of the area will ob- and at 8:00 p.m. at Hope Luth-
return to." No salaries would be
paid during the leave, accord
Ing to the proposed plan, al
though consideration should be
given to allowing credit for a
year's Increment on the salary
schedule. . . . . .
A meeting of the board, bud
get committee and teachers was
scheduled for Wednesday night
to discuss the prop6sals. Director
Andy Van Scholack asked that
an ensuing meeting be (called
to discuss the matter with the
public, and It was agreed that
this could be done.
Potter Gets Contract
Supt. David Potter received a
new two-year contract by unan
imous vote of the board. The
salary for the first year of the
contract will be $12,000 and sal
ary for the second year will be
set at a later date.
Pins City Property Sold
Spirited bidding between W.
F. Hoskins and E. B. Watten
bergcr marked the auction at
7 p.m. Tuesday for the Pine City
school property. Hoskins was
high bidder finally at $1000.
Prior to the auction he exercised
a family option, written in xne
deed, providing that the heirs
of the donor, of which he Is one,
could buy back their portion of
the property for $50 if It were
no longer used for school pur
noses. Thus he paid the $50 in
addition to the $1000 for the
other 1.63 acres in the school
tract.
Budget Members Named
Bob SIcard of Boardman and
Charles Carlson of lone were
elected to the school budget
committee by the board of di
rectors. This now completes the
committee.
Architects Considered
Supt Potter submitted a list
of 12 architects whom he had
Interviewed to the board as poss
ible architects to draw plans for
Groves, speech Instructor.
Over 100 band students will be
heard in numbers under the di
rection of Arnold Molby, band
instructor.
Sixth grade band will play
four Christmas numbers, "Christ
mas Tidings," "Toyland," "Away
In a Manger." with flute solo by
Debra McBath. and "Santa Claus
Is Coming to Town."
Seventh and eighth grade
band will be heard In "White
Christmas," "Christmas Chimes,"
with trombone solo by Terry
Peck, and 'The Christmas Suite,"
made up of a medley of fav
orlte Christmas songs.
Closing the program will be
five Christmas numbers by the
high school band. These will in
elude "Christmas Greetings,"
"Christmas Fantasy," "Christmas
Party," "Carol of the Drums,"
and 'The Hallelujah Chorus.'
The schools music programs
are being combined into one
evening this year for the con
venience of parents.
hospital, which required
extra time.
Upon arrival, Joy's weight had
dropped down to 1 lb., 10 oz.,
which Is normal In premature
babies, but the precious little
girl arrived In good condition
because of the helpful persons
who had worked so ardently to
Early Paper Slated
Again Next Week
To allow time for distribut
ion of the Gazette-Times next
week prior to Christmas day,
the paper will be out on Wed
nesday once more. This also
will give the staff a chance to
make plans for the holiday.
The coming Issue of the
paper will be the annual
greeting edition, including
messages from businesses of
the area to their customers.
Some of those who preferred
to have greetings printed
early have their messages In
this week's paper. .
Again cooperation is asked
of advertisers and news
sources In getting material In
early for the next paper.
Joan Dyson House
Damaged by Fire
Five lleppner firemen answer
ed an alarm in the bitter cold
at 1 a.m. Wednesday to the
home of Mrs. Joan Dyson and
family, near the Wishing Well.
An overheated stove Ignited
wall, and the fire burned
through the partition and up
Into the ceiling and attic.
Answering the alarm were
Chief Charles Ruggles, Bill
Farra, Clyde Alstott, Chuck Mc
Klnn, and Forrest Burkenbine.
Temperature was four degrees
at the time of the fire, and It
was snowing. Mrs. Dyson had
attempted to extinguish the fire
by dousing it with water and
this helped check it, the chief
said.
House was filled with smoke
and firemen had to use masks
to enter the building.
Damage did not appear to be
very severe, Chief Ruggles said,
and he thought that the family
could continue living in the
building.
Beef Certificates
Are Good Anywhere
Beef certificates, on sale In
Morrow county by the CowBelles
and available at the First Nat
ional Bank, Heppner branch,
may be used at food stores any
where In the world, according to
Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom, Sr., chair
man of the local committee.
There has been some confus
ion on this point and she has
been receiving calls asking if
they are good in states other
than Oregon.
serve Christmas with special
religious services during the
coming week. Several family de
votional programs have been
announced for Sunday evening,
December 20, as well as Christ
mas eve observances.
Families and friends of the
First Christian church will loin
for a dinner at 5:30 in the church
dining rooms, .followed by
Christmas fellowship program.
nd caroling b the young
people. Supply pastors have been
filling In sine the recent illness
of Rev. Len Fish back.
The Sunday school of the
Church of the Nazarene will pre-
sent Its annual Christmas pro
gram Sunday evening, starting
7:00 p.m. It will consist of
children's recitations, a play en
titled 'The First Christmas." and
the music of Christmas directed
by Mrs. Wayne Wilson assisted
by Mrs. Douglas Steen. At the
close of the program friends and
parents are invited to a time
school social room, and. treats
will be provided for the child
ren.
At Valby Lutheran church, the
Sunday school program is plan
ned for Friday evening, Decern
ber 18, starting at 6:30 p.m., with
a family fellowship hour follow
ing. -;
Christmas will be observed at
Hope Lutheran church Sunday
evening with a youth program
at 6:00 p.m., followed by con
gregational family Christmas
caroling In the community and
social refreshment hour. The
of refreshment in the Sunday
special festival Christmas wor
ship will be on Christmas eve
with a service of "Candlelight
and Carol" at 6:00 p.m. at Valby
eran
Observance of Christmas will
be a part of the regular Sunday
morning worship hour at the
First Methodist church with
special organ and choir numbers
and the pastor speaking on the
sermon theme, "Who Follows the
Star?" Youth and adults will
Join In a special evening pro
gram Sunday of Christmas music
and scriptural tableau under the
direction of Rev. Melvin Dixon.
Treats will be given the children
at the close of the service.
Youth of the Assembly of God
wm . nave . a special - program
Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m.
when Sunday school classes will
present recitations of the Christ
mas story and two playlets,
'The Substitute Shepherd" and
"Christmas Stranger" will be
presented by teenage and Junior
youth. Children will be remem
bered with treats.
Choral Eucharist mass will be
sung Christmas eve at 11:30 al
All Saints' Episcopal church un
der the direction of Father C
Bruce Spencer. Eucharist mass
will also be observed at 10:00
a.m. on Christmas Day.
lone United Church of Christ
will bring to a close Its Christ
mas observances Sunday with
young people conducting a ser-
vice at 5:00 p.m., followed by
a church family supper, and
Christmas Caroline under the
leadership of the choir.
The Rev. Father Raymond
Beard will officiate at midnight
high mass at St Patrick's Cath
olic church Christmas eve, Join
ed by parish members of St.
William's church in lone. Low
Mac
know
of Mr. Eva Griffith of Heppner.
died shortly after arrival at a
PYIneville hospital at an early
hour Wednesday after being shot
rrom a bullet from a 32 caliber
derringer In Prlneville about
1:30 am.
Police arrested Duane Harvey,
33. mechanic, at his home In
Prineville about 5:30 a.m. and
charged him with first degree
murder. according to Gene
Dilkes. editor of the Central
Oregonlan, Prineville, who tele
phoned the Gazette-Times with
the information
It was reported that the shoot
Ing was apparently the out
growth of an altercation between
three RCA cowboys, including
Griffith, and Larry Irwin, an
Oregon State policeman, who
was off duty at the time. How
Harvey became involved was not
made clear in the early report
The other cowboys involved were
Jim Bothum and Ronnie Ray
mono.
ine snooting occurred on a
parking lot at the rear of a hotel
in Prineville.
Harvey was to be arraigned
before a Justice of the peace In
Prineville Wednesday morning.
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ly.i. lives at their home in Pilot Temperature during the nights
srtifrduled basketball game
between loo end Heppner
High schools at Heppnr Wad
nedo7 night baa ben called
off bcaus of the snow and
cold wathr. Principal Gor
don Pratt announced Wednes
day morning. It Is tentatively
planned to reschedule It at a
later date.
The PTA chill feed, which
was planned to precede the
game In the high school cafe
tori am. has also been cancel
led for the present Forrest
Burkenbine, PTA president
said.
There will be no school on
Thursday In Heppner. Supt
David Potter announced. Pros
pects an that the temperature
may drop to 20 degrees below
zero Wednesday night and
early Thursday.
As of noon Wednesday, how
ever.' no decision had been
reached on a closure of lone
school for Thursday. Everett
Holstein. principal, said that
he had not decided as af that
time.
Supt Potter said that Indi
cations are that school will re
sume in Heppner on Friday.
Rock, attained fame as a rodeo
had ranged around the freezing
mass will be celebrated at 7:30 widow, he Is survived by a
Christmas day at the Heppner brother. Don. of Spray and other
church and at 9:15 at the lone relatives. A complete obituarv
cnurcn. will be Minted next week.
performer, winning many titles during the weeka aegIee
cowboy at the Pendleton Round- below-but the si below e-rlv
up In 1963 and won the IHA hvcHnooiiv W9( w iimM mM.
world championship brone rid- cr an the 33 above minimum
ing title In 1961 He was cham- the previous night
plon Northwest Amateur saddle Gilllam sald he
bronc rider In the Morrow coun- tr evartiv hrw muz-h nm fu
ij .vvicu . nu iwi .iu because wind blew It off his
won the all-around cowboy title gaugei A11 he measure of-
n the Northwest Rodeo assoc. fidaiiy was 1 inches, but It
lation. WM estimated that the average
Mac graduated from Heppner ln Heppner might be around
High school in 1956. He started ir inches,
his rodeoing as a boy of 12 or schools were closed in Hepp
13 when he entered Junior rodeos ner and j.one because of the dif
and soon became a top hand. ncuity of buses in making their
The body will be brought to rounds. However, schools con
Heppner where funeral arrange- tInued open in Boardman and
ments are now pending. irrigon where snow was reported
,.r Jiy wct:y if" in mia-aay as three inches deep and "cold."
Wednesday for Prineville after Snow started falling Tuesday
the Crook county medical ex- morning while a brisk wind was
aminer advised him that he blowing, assuming the charac
would release the body. An terlstics of a blizzard for a time,
autopsy was performed the same it piied up quickly and, driven
mo,rm"g: t , . by the winds, piled up in drifts
Griffith was born May 26, spots.
1938, son of J. J. and Eva Grif- rnmniis woathor reMrt t n
fith. Besides his mother and fniinw,.
Lions, Chamber Gird for Hoop Baffle
HI " Low Prec.
Thursday 44 29 2S
Friday 39 27 .01
Saturday 46 33
Sunday 47 32 .05
Monday 47 33 .26
Tuesday 40 -6 .13
1H" snow
Basketball from the ridic
ulous to the sublime will be
in play Friday night at lone
when the Heppner Jaycees and
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce teams ac
cept the challenge of the lone
Lions. (See "Chaff and Chatter,'
page 2).
While the out-of-shape busl-
nessmen may come off the floor
bruised and sore, the lone school
band uniform fund will benefit
Proceeds will go for this purpose,
First game of the evening's
program, whlcn starts at o -
clock, will match the young
Lions, aided by some lone
Townlcs, with the Jaycee outfit
from Heppper. This will be a
full-fledged game, according to
Lindsay KIncaid, chairman of
the event for the lone Lions.
The second contest will feat
ure "old men" over 35 from the
Lions and the Chamber of Com
merce. Lions say tne quarters
will be four minutes, but Cham
ber members announced they
would be two minutes. This may
involve the opposing contestants
in a rhubarb right at the start
Admission will be $1 for adults,
50c for high school students, 25c
for grade school and p re-school
youngsters will be admitted free.
The lone band will be on hand
to whoop It up, and they will
also conduct a cake auction dur
ing the course of the evening,
The Lions club Honda, to be
given away in February, will be
on display.
Judge Oscar Peterson - and
Peck Leathers have been an
nounced as officials for the sec
ond contest.
Coaches for the various squads
are Ray Boyce for the Lions old
sters, Don Eubanks for the Lions
youngsters, Jim Farley and La
verne Van Marter for the Cham
ber of Commerce, and Harley
Sager for the Jaycees.
Just before press time, Coach
Sager announced the members
of his high-powered club. They
are Dr. Bob Todd, who once
played football for OSU, Wayne
Lamb, High school coach Don
McClure, Lyle Jensen, Wayne
Ball, Chuck McKinnon, Doug
Gribble, Tom Hughes, State
Policeman Jim Gordon (how can
you win over him?), Dave Had
dock, Ken Cutsforth and Sager.
Coach Farley was a little un
sure of his playing squad but
said he had a tremendous squad
of bench warmers. He did, how
ever, announce a starting line
up composed of Bob Abrams,
Rod Murray, both forwards; John Wind Breaks Pane,
venaru, cemer; rtoice ruueion
and P. W. Mahoney, guards.
Coach Farley said he would re
quire Mahoney to shoot left
handed in order to give the Lions
a chance.
Farley said, however, that his
starting five is subject to change
without notice. Trainer for his
formidable outfit will be Dr. A.
D. McMurdo, who undoubtedly
win be the busiest man In the
gym that night
Coach Boyce will start Ted
Palmateer at center for the
Lions oldsters, Charlie O'Connor
and Gar Swanson at forwards,
Paul Pettyjohn Sr. and Leonard
Herrick at guards,
On the Lions youngster club
will be Carol Miller, John Jep-
sen, Roy and Art Lmdstrom,
Herb Ekstrom Jr., Lindsay Kin-
caid, Francis Rea, Leland Mc
Kinney, Gordon Meyers and
Gene Dockter.
The doubleheader will un-
doubtedly produce quite a show
for the enjoyment of the public
with antics both planned and
impromptu. Arrangements may
be made to keep an open tele
phone line to the Pioneer Mem
orial hospital in case Dr. Mc
Murdo gets too much business
to handle.
Teacher Suffers
Gash Above Eye
A heavy gust of wind that
hit lone during a storm Tues
day morning shattered a big
window pane at lone elemen
tary school about 10 f.m. and
glass struck Gene Dockter,
teacher at the school. He suf
fered a gash on his right eye
brow that required 10 stitches
to close.
Dockter had started to close
the window just as the gust
hit The additional pressure
caused the pane to shatter, re
sulting in the injury. No child
ren in the room were close
enough to be hurt
Principal Leonard Herrick
brought Dockter to Heppner
where a doctor sutured the in
Jury. The teacher wanted to
go right back to work and
spent the rest of the day on the
job.
. Herrick estimated that winds
hit 40 to 50 m p.h. in gusts at
lone. There were only traces
of snow there, but the wind
was accompanied by a driving
rain while Heppner was hav
ing a brief blizzard with heavy
snow falling for a time.