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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1964)
1 1 etAiu o or o tuGtur, cr.c. (jUOT wmwiw. wJtW&Mi Codotmiy . romm (Flood dm " . . ! a i" J1 1 P 1 I ff MM I II II I Ml fetaM mt eh Weather Brings Halt To Schools Tr)ln lu I10M arhool In the fare of aever wrsthrr mmilltons of the Mt week haa ! n a ha ratting rierlence fur admlnl trator. faculty, students, bus drivers and many parent. Snow. Ici, rain and flood have played havoc with schedules of whixiw In the county, and the ChrlMmas vacation, which offic ially atarta Thursday, comes at a welcome relief, llitner mhouli have manag ed only a lit T la mure than a ly and a half of classwork aim lat Turnday and were dliunlaard at 2 'Mi Tu-Nday, more than a day ahead of the scheduled va ra! Ion. lone arhmila were not In slon Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday and thus the vaca tion there actually started after Mchmd Friday. Ih-jlnc-r schools were down Ix-cauM of snow and cold from Wednesday through Friday of lat week, but the lone schools (xntnurl during that xTixl. Freezing conditions in th lone area brought treacherous ice on ro4d Monday and school waa ill minted. Some out of town atu dents catnv Tuesday hut were M'tit home again. Mike Matin i-ws, accompanied hv other teach rrs, took a M'hool bus and re turned them to their home. Uy thin time, warming temperatures and heavy rains had ni cited c and caused heavy flooding. lleppner schools were in iws slon Monday and Tuesday morn In if, although buses did not run Monday. Many parent brought their out of town childirn to school Monday, and on Tuesday morning Principal Gordon rratt aald that only 17 Mudenta were atuM'itt from school. However. bccaUM of the bad condition of road In the county, school waa dismissed enrlv In order that all might get homo safely. It waa thought for a time that some might be forced to upend the nlirht at emergency lodging In achool building but this dhl not prove to he the case. The prlncl pal aald that all went home, ex cept perhaps one or two who may have remained with mends in town. In some cases buses went as far as they could on roads where washouts occurred or bridges were gone, and they were met there by parents In 4 wheel drive rigs who took their young sters on home. Boardman and Irrigon schools went through last week without a stop but wore forced to close Monday on account of snow and Ice. School was resumed there Tuesday and was scheduled to continue for a full day Wednes day. Some teachers '"waped" schools when they couldn't get to where they were sup posed to teach. Joe Hausler couldn't get to lleppner High from lone, and Mrs. Annabel Damon couldn't get to lone High from Heppner, and so they traded classes. Jack Lloyd couldn't get to lone from Heppner and so he took the 6th grade class of Clarence Bare who couldn't get in to the Heppner elementary school. Christmas programs for both Heppner and lone were cancel led. The high school In Heppner had planned to stage at least a portion of its program at an as sembly Wednesday, but this went by the board when school was " dismissed for Christmas early. THE GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 24, 1964 10 cents Storm Disrupts Mail None Goes Tuesday Mall acrvlre to atid from Heim ner waa find delayed, then In terruptrd. a a rriult of the flood conditions that ripped road-; in the area. No mall left Heppner Tues day afternoon because there was no way to dlpatch It from Art Ington with railroad and high way closed due t bridge col- lapse and slide. foNtmanter Jim Drutcoll had planned to route the mall truck la the homh range road to Arl ington or lllnkle, but the Arl ington alternative failed v. hen state jMjIice advised him that the bridge at lleppner Junction was closed because of crack that had develojied In It Traffic wa not i-rmltted to cron. Drutcoll called II. M. Byram, Post Office Sets Short Day Saturday By order of the postal de partment. windows at the lleppner post ofli.-e will be open only from 10 a m. until noon on Saturday, Docembcr ii, unless an emegewy sit nation makes it necessary t0 Keep oH'n longer, Postmaster Jim DrlKColl said Tuesday. ine curtailed nours were ordered In anticipation of light business following Christmas and In the hope of saving money for the department to help reimburse for extra help during the holiday rush. However, if the emergency condition because of the storm and flood causes a pi leu p of mall and a rush of business, Drlscoll said that longer hours will be oberved to serve the public. As of Tuesday night, conditions were so chaotic across the state he could not say what might happen by Saturday. Notices at the rost office will keep the public poKiea ne saia. flooded condition of the Willow Creek highway at Jordan. It fin- ally made It through by going over the hill and taking a round about route. The truck normally arrives here about 7 a.m. but it did not arrive until 11 . a.m. Tuesday. Randall Peterson To Head Chamber, Directors Named Car, Truck Hit; Art Rowell Hurt Art Rowell of lone was serious ly Injured Monday morning when the car he was drlvln, collided with an oil tank trucl of the Paul Pettyjohn Co. about nine miles north of Cecil on the Willow Creek hlchwav. Rowell, who was brought to Pioneer Memorial hospital In the ambulance, suffered a fracture of the left leg, a large scalp wound, and laceration of his right ankle, according to his physician. Ills condition was list ed as good Tuesday. The southbound auto collided headon with the northbound truck In a foer, according to Sher iff C. J. D. Bauman, who Inves tigated. The impact knocked off a front wheel of the truck. Driver of the truck, Howard Crowell of lone, was not Injured, the sheriff said. There was heavy snow on the highway and only part of the road surface was cleared for traffic. Seattle, Wn regional manager or the post office transportation debarment to propose that he send the mall to Pendleton, either via Pilot Rock or the bomb range road. Byram told Drlscoll not to dispatch the mall Tuesday night but to hold Iuntll Wed-, nesday since there was no way to move it out or Pendleton. No Incoming mall was expec ted In the post offices of Mor row county Wednesday because of the road and mall closures. hti of Tuesday night, the post master said, "By tomorrow night we may have an emergency plan set up to move the mail.' He said that he would dis patch It to Pendleton If it Is im possible to get It to Arlington or lllnkle. Drlscoll reasoned that there might be some possibility that air service might be used if no other means of transpor taton could be used for several day.. ; the mall truck was four hours late getting to Heppner Tues day morning because of the Randall IVlrson. who has served as first vice president of the HeppnerMorrow county Chamber of Commerce during the past few months, was elected president lor r.to hi a Doara ot directors meeting Monday. He will succeed Al Lamb who has been president for the past year. Hurley Young, who served as second vice president, waa elevat ed to first vice president, and Herman Winter was elected Bee ond vice president for the com Ine year. The new president will appoint the secretary and the treasurer to complete the roster of officers. Ves Sherman Is now servlnz as secretary and Jack Locke is treasurer. Directors elected by the gener al membership Monday for two year terms included Randall Peterson and Hillard Brown, both of whom were re-elected: and Wes Sherman, Ed Gonty and Bob Henry. Retiring directors are Dr. C. M. Wagner. Al Lamb and Barney Malcom. Holdover direc tors, whose terms will expire At the end of 1965. are Mrs. Nona Sowell, Harley Young, Ralph Richards, Ed Dick and Herman Winter. The new president, owner of Peterson's Jewelers, has been very active in Chamber of Com merce affairs for a number ot years. He is past chairman of the merchants committee and has served In many other capacities. ' i 'a .' " I 1 If' X ' V ! t rjf ' i 1; P- - Heppner lucky'; tad Smmom Bui Morrow county waa reeling Wednesday from iU share of damage from floods that ravaged the state in what Governor Mark Hatfield called the worst general disaster ever to hit Oregon. Rampaging waters that surged down creeks and canyons, after warm rains melted heavy coatings of ice and snow, ripped out roads, carried away bridges, flooded the city of lone, surrounded farm home., washed away tons of topsoil from farmlands and deposited heavy layers of silt, muck and debris in in many places. Heppner, though it suffered some rather minor damage, must have emerged a3 one of the most for- FIVE GENERATIONS of o prominent Morrow county family an represented in the aber gathering. Mrs. Al Bunch holds her little 3 -month -old granddaughter. Sberideen K. Brenner, while . tb baby's 87-Tear-old great-graat-grandmotner. Mrs. Crac Wood; bar great grandmother. Mrs. Fred Mankln. and ber mother. Mrs. . Kannatn Brenner, stand behind than. Baby Sberideen. her mother ana nar granomotner war au born in Morrow county. The great- grandparents settled In this area in 1917. after corning to Oregon iram Midiigan in 1912 and living five Tears in SilTerton. BotH areat-gTanaiatners ana granatatnar of Mrs. Brenner are also JUrlng. Tom Hughes Home Wins First in Contest Spectator Buses Going to Condon student sectator buses are expected to make the trio to Condon for . the Invitational basketball tournament there on Tuesday and Wednesday, lnj? to Athletic Director Pete Glennie of Heppner High school. Those who wish to make the trip on the buses are asked to contact Hillard Brown at the grade school or at his res idence. The buses will leave the grade school each day at 4:1. p.m. Because of the early dis missal of school Tuesday, no announcement concerning the buses to the games was made at school, Glennie said. The gaily decorated home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes has won first prize la the Chamber of Commerce's annual Christmas lighting and decoration contest. Judges announced Tues day night. Colored lights go over the gable of the roof of the home at 3i0 S. Gilmore and around the front of the house. Front door is also outlined in lights with a wreath and garlands add- inj to me oecoraiions. un me righl side of the front yard is a is candle with the words. "HoeW and the family's decor ated Christmas tree appears In one front window, while two snowmen appear in another with the words "Merry Christ mas above them. First prize in the commercial division was awarded to Hepp ner GrllL operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bud Hebert. Mrs. Hebert and her husband decorated the window with a village scene in white silhouette to resemble snow. A large bright star hangs over the scene and snowf lakes are suspended above the village. First place for residential win dow display goes to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. (Ed) Dick, 260 N. Gil more. Only one prize was award ed in this category under the committee's new rules this year. Second, place in the residen tial division went to Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Winchester, 124 W. Church, for their beautifully dec orated yard and windows. The Winchesters always have ex ceptional decorations for the season. Tie for third in the residential competition was between Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cribble, 275 Can non Street. First Dlace for th outdoor residential receives 25. second $15 and third $10, The residen tial window gets $10, and there is no monetary prize for the commercial division. Judges were Mrs. Roice Fulle- ton and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall. 80-N Traffic May Come Via Heppner There is some possibilit-r that traffic of Interstate High, way BON mar be routed via Wasco. Condon and Heppaet to Pendleton as soon as thi route can be opened. It was reported e-wlT - afternoon Wednesday. A telerlsien newscast from Portland said that the state highway department wa considering- this route in order to bypass bridges eat along the Columbia Hirer. A report from the Condon Air Force station as of 2 pun. Wednesday was to the effect that the Heppner -Coodoa highway is now open, al though Publisher Clay Brownhill said an hour or two earlier that it was stlU closed as were the highways to Wasco, Fossil and At ling, ton from Condon. Condon is experiencing a serious water' problem, and Brownhill said the supply of milk in the city was exhausted. Ski Plans Snagged By Road Washout Dia f ,t .,, ner was vla "lot Rock to Pen- Plans to operate theArbuckle rilotnn -r rwi, tunate cities in the state. On the other hand. lone took a terrific one-two punch, first getting an onslaught of heavy runoff down Rietmann canyon that flooded business buildings and made a river out of the main street Then surging Willow creek, rag ing with a torrent from Rhea Creek, overflowed Its banks and threatened homes and surround ed the schools with water 18 inches deep. . Roads were out and blocked over most parts of the county with water at one time estimated at 10 feet deep over the Willow Creek, highway at the lone sub station. The highway to Pen dleton via Butter Creek was ;ut off with a culvert out. and the Willow Creek highway wks re ported closed from washouts In the Cecil area. At one time water was reported six feet deep at McNab. - The Willow Creek from Hepp ner towards Cutsforth Park was out with a washout above the Florence place, the highway to Condon was out with a bridge apparently out at Rock Creek. County Judge Oscar Peterson Wednesday was unable to give a full account of damage to county roads. Pilot Rock Route Open As of noon Wednesday the only apparent way out of Hepp- Mountaln ski run on five days durinz the holiday season seem ed to have hit a snag when Wil low Creek road was washed out 10 miles from Heppner, Ken Peck, president of the Arbuckle Corporation, said. The new rope tow, 1200 feet dleton. The Butter Creek bridge near the Randall Martin Place was reported awash, but State Police Officer Jim Gordon said that state crews had made re pairs to the bridge and that it was holding. Judge Peterson said that a new Rink to be Closed On Two Holidays Condon Invitational Tournament Calls Mustangs Condon's holiday Invitational basketball tournev will be the setting for another outstanding series or basketball games Tues day and Wednesday, December 29 and 30. The same sparkling teams that provided top notch entertainment during the last holiday season will see action in the Condon High School gym. In the first game December 29, Heppner High Mustangs, with seven returning lettermen, will match baskets with the Wheeler High School Falcons starting at 6:30 P.m. The Falcons scored 38 points on the Condon floor Dec ember 12 during three quarters of Jamboree play. They will pre sent a well-balanced scoring machine. In the second game of the eve- ning the Sherman County High school Huskies win go ail out to protect the championship spot they won a year ago. The host Blue Devils will pull all the stops in an attempt to unseat the Black and Orange Huskies in their bid for another champion ship. The losers of the two games on Tuesday will meet at 6:30 on Wednesday. The winners of the first night's games will play for the championship Wednesday night. Coach Ordie Hoye of Sherman County High had a successful season in 1963-64 with 14 wins. The Huskies are working hard to eliminate some of the early sea son problems and will be look- in? for a couple of wins as a present for the coach during the holiday season. The Mustangs have a squad of , veterans plus some very capable recruits from last years junior varsity squad. Coach Bob Clough nas rive men between 6-0 and 6-2. During the 1963-64 season the Blue and Gold from Heppner won 18 frames. Jerry Mitchell of Wheeler coun ty is a newcomer to the coaching arena and matching wits with these other coaches will present a real challenge. He received his Indoctrination this fall in foot ball and had a very successful season. From all indications he has some very fine talent and rood size to develop his strategy. The Falcons appear to have a well balanred squad with, five players at S-l or taller. : Coach Ted Schadewltz has one veteran -on his Condon sqnad over ii-O. Tne Condon "Blue Devils" have eight returning lettermen, each with one year of experience. In their first two appearances the most obvious as set is the coach's ability to subs titute at the proper time. During the 1963-64 season Coach Schade wltz directed his squad to 17 wins without a tournament championship. This year the team and coach are determined to have another successful sea son and add at least one champ ionship. In order to provide seatinz for an additional 200 spectators this season, a new section of bleach ers has been added to the upper deck. Last years "standing room only" crowd should find the facilities somewhat better dur ing the Condon holiday invita tional tournament next week. long, has been installed, and it bridge on the Brennar canyon was hoped that many would road, near his ranch, was out have a chance to ski during the because water had washed out holiday's. However, there can be abutments- This was a bridge no skiing until road repairs are that had been reDlaced when a made. Those Interested are ad- truck went throueh it. He said vised to watch the bulletin board a bridge on the Rock Creek road y .theP?sLofflce or cneck a was out; a culvert was out near Pecks Ski Shop. . . the Paul Hisler place at the upper end of Butter Creek, leav ing the Hlslers stranded. An other washout was near the Gere Cutsforth and Don Turner at the fair pavilion, Heppner, on e u i V MS rSV AV Vi( ill." I Years Day, ward and son, announce. Regular skating hours will be resumed on the Saturdays and Sundays after the holidays, be ing open December 26 and 27 and January 2 and 3- Regular sKating hours are 7 to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and rrom 2 to 5 pm. on Sunday ar temoons. fhy "uat" AtJ: was in bad condition and barely 'n ?Snte Sn Passable, and road by Van Hub D. E. (Shorty) Hud-bar(rs partly gone and way traffic is possible with ex treme care lone Access Given Mayor Charles O'Connor of lone said that the best access to lone was by way of the, road via Van Hubbards and ' Berl Akers to the Condon highway, then to Ruggs. He did not ad vise going northeast over . the hill to Ralph Crums because the road is so soft. "If you get off the center of the road, you get sucked rignt in," he said. The bridge near Alvin Wagen blasts on the Clarks Canyon road was seriously threatened Tuesday with a jam of debris, but it held and water had -e-ceded by Wednesday. Mr. Wag enblast said that Willow creek looked "like the Columbia River" at their place just north of Lex ington, stretching from the rail road track across the valley. Silt and debris scattered across the Wagenblast alfalfa fields, as it did In many places in the county, after water went down. The Marvin Way place near them was particularly hard hit with silt - Road Crew Faces Job County road crews, racing a tremendous Job, were getting (Continued n- rT' S Local Businesses Extend Greetings Readers of this issue of the Gazette-Times may well con sider it as a big Christmas card from business firms of Heppner, Lexington and lone. It contains their annual Christmas greetings to the public and words of apprec iaion for patronage given them during the year. Those reading the messages may re alize that they are offered as sincerely as if the firms were able to deliver them in per son. Next issue of the Gazette Times will go back to the normal schedule after being published early for two weeks. It -will be printed and distrib uted on .Thursday, December 31.
