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Newspaper Page Textl i j a a r u or o tVQtnt, one. Two CocLDDUffffes Mb 82nd Year Number 16 way tote OH High THE T pi lui.r-Mhtilw of M-vi-ral of- im 11 and ilvle agrmli-a of M..r ruw anil Umatilla countlri mH In lh Morrow iiamly nitirthouiM wrMnawiay afternoon ami agrerd Ut taka a unified aland In baihlnif ho Umatilla tirlilr Mute fur the nMM-J federal liitrrMate highway Hi. Thry drew ut a ahort atate. mint lo thai effect ami al the riu time went on record a oppmlng the Van Syrle canyon futt for I Mi lilgfiM y iiri'MiM-tt go via mo in uiii-. County Judge I'aul Jonra rail rd the mi-itlng after County jmige ?am Cook of 1'matlPa iiitmty contacted htm and after a Mfrow county group had met iueuiay to tiii Id.- on of art Ion. frpM-nt beldc ihi tudgi-a, Nwmin S hri.th, Ili-rtuU-tm, rt'in-M'iiflnir the NorthraM-i-rn (hrgon KmhI aMxiatlon; Harney Malcom. Ilrjiphcr. Spt. Ag I Vvrloiim'i)l AuMM-latlun; Randall vl-ron, Herman Win ter. Ilarlry Young and Wm Sher- man, lli ppncr Morrow County GAZET iroixMMd Interstate highway Kj I ami to vigorously oimmm an al It-mate Van .Hyde Canyon route' Copies, of the atalimcnl Mill egallon. lo the li It'll ay cummin- Heppner, Oregon Thursday, June 17, 1965 puma rrini ami n Mimic EDEPPRIEEt FE-TIME a mil nu ll. n and lo mlirft who may have an iniiueiica on riecuion on (Continued on page R Wednesday Night Rain Near Inch 10 cents Scln)! D Off ii!ncday night rain coming Jimt two dava after the fJnd anrilvcrary of the l!l.J lloMlfni;ht have brought me qualm lo old timer who re- mcmlM-rcd. Hut although It hii the heav iest rain In many month. It aloMd In lime and JuM meant another good koaklng for crop coming on. I here were no water Chamber td tommi-rce: Ik-wrv : fM,u' loudhurMs. hut It Wrl. Citv of lloar.tman .n,l ! Wa a llf nozlrr. vrainrr observer iron.iril (ill Ham mi'auns thi rain Sdnr. l ity M'AUA; Clarrm IdtM-wall. AW riw county I'lannlni? Commln Mm; Itiil Hi-It, JlrrmiMon. pii i-Miiinrrn a-MiMiailiin; A latnh. Morrow county J'ort i iimmlkMon; and Bon Wih-IiIit, IVndlriun, and Avon Mclby, i'in rri'rrM-iitinj; iin Kal On--k'")liii. Tin ntAtrmci)t at-rifd umhi mii I. rli l. "At a joint miftlnji hrld at the Morrow Counly CouithouM In HfjU'iii'r. OrpRim, on tin Kiih il-y ol Juiu-, I '.;.. n (iri M-nla-llM'i of the Morrow I'ouriiy Oiurt. tin- UmatilU County Court, tin Morrow County Tort Cirwnllon, ri Morrow lounty I'lamilni; Cominl.Hf.ion, the City of liiMinlinan, lhi I lini-r-Morrow County Chamrwr of Corn mrrir. Space Arp I vclopmi-nt ii-vx i.iuum. mii -t, oiunihKi rian nlnjf Coundl, the .N..ilh. nMi-rn (r-Km Itoudi aiKocUtion and the I'urt of Umatilla have unani mously agreed to supmr1 the CmaltSIa llrldjre rmito of the day nluht In lleppner at M'.t Inch, and total precipitation here for tne we-K wa ja Inches, which topped the entire month of June In I'M. when the total was I XX Official weather reort for the week of June 10 1G I as follows: III Iw Pree. Thursday 1 M Prldav 7fi 47 .12 Saturday f,! .T Sunday 72 4"V .27 Monday 5' 47 .07 Tuesday Kl 41 Wt-dneiul.iy 73 K fiO Forest Service Sets Fire School To Start Monday .. Annual fire m hool for the t'klah, Dale and lleppner ranker dUtrlcts of the Umatilla Nat ional fowl will ho held starting Monday f next week at the Tuppir work renter. W. S. (Sam) Miller, lleppner district ranker, annouticea. Almut MO are expected lo lake part In the training In two units which will continue through Thursday. Jay Hughes, fire staff man of IVrulIcton, will conduct the school. Men are notised In the now dormitory buildings of tht Work (inter, and trainees will be quartered In tenia. Miller said tliat the ramp Is now pretty well rilled with the fire season com ing on. Lookout will man towers fol lowing the fire school, he said. lone Voters Pass Fire Truck Levy Voting on the 5 year aerial levy to obtain funds to purchase a mucn needed fire truck for lone was held on Monday after noon. The yes vote totaled 31 im 12 were against the lew, The city council plana to buy a UM-d truck with a new trucK guarantee at about $12.(XX). The truck will have a pumpln? ca parity of 750 rallons per mm ute. The actual capacity la much more, being about 1200 gallons per minute. The truck will be brought here from Sunnyvale, Calif- where It hail been In service, Mayor Utarics u Connor said. The rna yor said that the city wishes to complete Its preparation of the budget for the comlnir fiscal year before completing arrange, ments for the truck, but It will be brought to lono anon. The election brought only a light vote with only 46 votes cast. A normal election with a good turnout might bring out 150 votes inside the city limit. Christian Church Pastor Coming Al Boshee of Trafalgar. Ind and his family are expected to arrive in lleppner sometime this week preparatory to assum ing his duties as pastor of the ueppner and Lexington Christ inn churches. The new pastor will be guest speaker In the Lexington church on June 27 and will assume du ties as pastor of both churches on July l. The Rev. Earl L. Soward will complete his ud Interim pas torate at the Lexington Christ' lan church June 30. and the Rev, Charles Addleman of Woodburn will also complete his interim work at the lleppner church. He nas Doen coming here on week ends from Woodburn for the in terim ministry. The Rev. Boshee Is a native of Mllton-Freewater and Mrs. Boshee is a native of La Grande. During the past year, since he obtained his bachelor of dlvln ity degree, he has served the Christian church at Trafalgar, near Indianapolis. The Boshees have two child ren, a boy who will Rtart school in tne ian, and a gin, 3 years of age. They will live in the Christian church parsonage in lleppner. CowBelles Plan Father's Picnic X - kmmm& mm aaliaIIIMaHl if m jMaaTl 4 aaaaafcla1aa,i'lai mm.tmLm 7 I' i Red V rinoin To be Principal BROTHERS Strra (Ult) and John Wogenblast hit th Jackpot at tha Oregon Wbaat Crowers Laju Junior Livestock Show. Stara axhlblted tha Grand Champion TFA stear and John tha Reerr urana cnampton r a staar. Troay arc sons ol Mr. and Mrs. Alrln Wagenblout of Lexington. Or. goa. i nay xnumoa as memotn at in neppaor iia cnapier. Morrow Site Offered For Big Atom Smasher Morrow county CowBelles have set the date of Sunday, July 11, for the annual barbecue to honor Dr. L. D. Tibbies as Morrow county's Father of the Year. The Do-It-Yoursclf barbecue will bo at the Morrow county inirgrounus. Dr. Tibbies, nominated by the Hoof and Horn Livestock club, was chosen Father of the Year earlier this year. Additional de tails on the barbecue will bo announced later. Plans for Movie Postponed for Now Plans of the Junior Chamber or Commerce to show a motion picture tonight (Thursday) on a trial basis have had to be post poned, vvayne Lamb or the Jay- cees announces. The movie that had been scheduled was cancelled by the distributing firm, Lamb said. Plans for weekly movies will be postponed until further notice. Lamb and other club leaders will be on vacation for the next two or three weeks, after which they may Implement the plan again. A Morrow county location is among sites submitted by the State of Oregon as possibilities for the location of a proposed $280 million atom smasher, more roKrly Identified as a 200 bil lon electron volt proton accel erator. The Atomic Energy Commls- Rlon has been seeking a suitable site for the accelerator some where In the nation and has submitted a list of requirements to be met In choosing the site. Three Morrow county groups the county court, port commls sion, and planning commission collaborated In filing an ap plication and employed Cornell, uowiana, Hayes and Merry field, engineers, to compile data to te used on the application, This had to be submitted bv June 13 ana cost was paid by tne port commission. Governor Alark Hatfield an nounced June 11 (Friday) that me division or inanninc and de veiopment or the Oregon Depart ment or Commerce had present ea two sites in the state for consideration t h e Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon. me eastern Oregon location included information on three sites: North of Ordnance (the Morrow county site), west of Umatilla and south of Madras. The Willamette Valley report contained data on rour sites: One northwest of Eugene, and one southeast of Albany, one southeast or Rlckreall, and one at French Prairie, south of St. Paul. The Port of Umatilla and com munity agencies of Madras helped with the Eastern Oreeon report. "All of the sites." Governor Hatfield said, "meet the criteria established by the Atomic En ergy commission, especially so In the areas or avallabllitv of low-cost power and abundant water supplies." He said that the eastern Ore-1 gon sites are especially strong in oiiering low-cost land and bedrock foundations for the huge accelerator. The governor pledged Oregon's rullest cooper ation with the A EC in the acqu sltlon and development of the site. The giant accelerator will be 10 times more powerful than the largest existing accelerator. It will enable scientists to ex plore into the broad field of! (Continued on page 8) Champion Steer Of" Wagenblasf's Brings 55c Pound Clayton Norton of Redmond was chosen as lleppner High nrhool principal by the board of directors of Morrow County school district Rl Monday night In another action, the directors voted unanimously to move me aisirict oiuce rrom the courthouse to the Lexington school building. Other signirirant actions tak- en In a meeting packed with important business were these: 1. Acceptance or the resl?na. tions of Leonard Herrlck. lone elementary administrator; Bev erly Gunderson. district clerk: and s-ven teachers. 2. Abolition of senior sneak days throughout the district 3. Hiring of five teachers. 4. Selection of Mrs. Alice Vanre as district clerk. 5. Setting aside a fund of $3000 to establish a district-wide textbook rental system. 6. Authorizing canine for bids ror two new school busses, one of which will be equipped with nign oack seats lor travel on long trips. 7. Decision to call for bids on 10 bus runs that have student load of eight or less. Anderson Given Chamber Award Nels C. Anderson, who left his office this week as Morrow coun ty agent, to prepare for a new position in Niger, Africa, was presented a Certificate of Rec ognltlon by the Heppner-Mor- row County Chamber of Com merce at the Alonday meeting President Randall Peterson made the presentation and cited all the work done bv Anderson in and for the Chamber durinjr his 19 years here. Anderson responded by ex pressing appreciation that he had received from the organiza tion for his work in agriculture and said that he expected his successor, Lugcne Winters, to re ceive the same fine treatment. Bob Abrams presented the program at the meeting, show ing colored slides taken of mountain peaks on his trips climbing mountains in Oregon and Washington. He told of some of the characteristics of some of the peaks and said that he felt Alt. Jefferson presented the hardest climb of any in the State of Oregon. Steve Wagenblast's champion FFA steer, a S05 pound Hereford exhibited at the 19th annual Oregon Wheat Growers League junior Livestock Show in The Dalles last week, brought 55 cents a pound at the auction sale there last Wednesday night ine Lexington youth s steer went to Tenneson Engineers. I The Dalles, at that price. Harvey j Aluminum of The Dalles bid 50 cents a pound for the grand champion 4-H steer, a 1025 pound Hereford owned by Bruce Davis fllnv In all. the young livestock ex- SH'n hihitnr miwiArt 197 719 m Vom 2 P-m- until 6 p.m., rather 248 head or eraln ' fan.n tnan rom u"l 5 as previously steers, hogs and more honor o f dtal. Mfarta may.be arranged or the show. Steve Wagenblast nlr Swim Lessons Due To Start Tuesday Swimming lessons under Ron Gray, certified Red Cross swim ming instructor, will begin at the Heppner municipal pool luesoay, June All persons in terested In taking beginners, in termediate, or swimmers in structions should be at the pool at iu a.m. tuesday morn ine. At that time the lifeguard will classify all students, determine the number for each class and set up a schedule of lessons. A basket fee of $1 will be charged for each person taking me lessons. Junior lifesaving will also be given ir the demand justifies such a class. A slight change in swimming hours has also been announced. Swimming in the evenings has been changed to 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. from 6:30 until 8 o.m. hall. of grain fattened ir"" InmUo I ailUVUIIVITU, th fi-i M" oe nrrangeo ior WaeenbTa'st ."nday evening with thepool of Heppner placed first and his V iJ' r brother. John, placed third in JTl rr A beer showmanship. lfrthX. iX7f r ii. . The Orecon Hereford assoc. ur.t.her Information at the city lation award was presented to Steve Wagenblast as J-FA mem ber and to Bruce Davis of Olex as 4-H member, and also received the Orego Hereford association award for the top exhibit of an FFA mem ber. Patti Healy won a second place in 4-H with her heavy tiereiord, and Dale Van Blok land won a second with his ivis oi uiex 1 ft f Ss Annual TV Co-op Meeting June 22 III, of lone, won second in 4-H junior beer showmanship. Annual meeting of the HeDD ner TV co-op will be Tuesday. light Hereford. Herb Ekstrom, un,e 22. " the Amer ican Le gion iian ui o p.m., v.an apauiaing, secretary-treasurer, announces. One directors term will be filled for the next fiscal year, and the financial report will be given. Present directors are Has- koll ShnrraPfl PVI C.nntv Hlrru 24. at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. Lanham A" ihof ZisJlR .JS J115"! One important project of the y.. me "inu anif" i corporation which is under con- nai ume ine complete ouagei sideration is conversion of the Budget Meet Set Hearing on the Morrow county is published in this paper. 200 Gather to Bid 'Farewell' to Andersons system to transmission by mic rowave. AU members are invited to at tend the meeting. lone Lions to Sell Legal Fireworks lone Lions club will sell legal fireworks in Heppner and lone prior to July 4 as a dub project, it was decided by the club at Its meetlnpr Monday night "Legal fireworks" include such Items as sparklers. Stands will be set up in Hepp ner and lone at places to be designated. Selling will be on June 26 and the three days prior to the fourth. Further announce ment will be made later. More than 200 persons from all over the county came to say farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson and family Sunday at a potluck picnic held in their honor at the county fair pavil ion. While the family will re main in Heppner through the summer before Anderson takes his new position in Niger, Africa, as extension advisor, he left his familiar office as county exten sion agent here this week an office he has held ror 19 years. At the conclusion or the af fair Sunday, the family found itself well laden with gifts which came from a number of sources. They had listened to some recollections of their years In Morrow county that brought I laughs and also some which came close to bringing tears. Mrs. John Graves provided one of the program highlights with her "This Is Your Life" review of the Andersons. In this, she traced the work of the Morrow county agent and his family since they came here in 1946, included accomplishments in agriculture as well as work with other groups, positions held, and activities of Mrs. Anderson and the children. Humorous inci dents she recalled brought laughter from the large crowd, particularly from those who had shared the incidents at the time of their occurrence. Ronnie Baker of Hermiston was the master of ceremonies, and he Introduced those who wished to make presentations. Among them were the following: Maxwell Jones, represen ting the Boardman Soil Conservation District, a large brief case; Herb Lkstrom, Jr., ror the 4-H council, a hand-tooled leather belt and billfold ror Nels and a leather handbag ror Mrs. Anderson; Don Kenney, ror the extension ad visory council, a slide projector; Raymond French, ror the Hepp ner Soil and Water Conserva tion district, a barometer-thermometer; Dick Wilkinson, for the Morrow County Livestock Growers, a leather brief case; and Leroy Wright, extension agent of Baker county, a travel clock. Rev. Mel Dixon Reassigned Here worked as Morrow county agent, -ssiened Rev. Mel nivon for t .1 II ii'ith A ndaronn 1 ' - n.i.i .. least one more year at Hepp- Anderson responded on behalf ' , Moti,irt ,.u v of the family, extending words , The appointment was an or appreciation and telling of nounced at the annual confer. Among those introduced as guests for the picnic were W. G. (Jerry) Nibler, state extension agent, and Mrs. Nibler1 Judge and Mrs. Paul Jones; and Mr- and Mrs. Joe Hay. Hay formerly the challenge expected in their future work. Members of the family present included sons David and Doug, the twins; Kit and Rick. At the conclusion of the pro gram, Mrs. Norman Nelson led the group in singing "Auld Lang Syne." The picnic was sponsored by the extension advisory council. ence of Oregon Methodists at Willamette University, Salem, June 8-11. Each Methodist min ister is assigned for a year at a time, and the appointment may be renewed. Some ministers have stayed more than ten years in one church. Or the 161 Methodist churches in the Oregon Conference, 40 will have new ministers June 20. R. Authorizing the tuperinten dent to rail for bids on supplies, fuel and equipment. 9. Receiving petitions from an Irrlgon delegation railing for annexation of the north end of the district to UmatilU county. Norton Coomb The board had difficulty choosing between two candi date for Heppm-r High princl pal after the field had been narrowed rrom aome 20 appli cants. Norton, who has been act Ing superintendent or Redmond Union High school, and W. A. Brumbaugh, principal of Ver nonia High school, came for in terviews with the board In executive session prior to the regular meeting. When the mat ter of the election came ud on the agenda, the directors could n't decide between the two and went back Into executive ses sion, after which a motion was made to offer Norton the con tract and this passed unani mously. The new principal Is 45 years of age and has been teaching since 1943, serving the year 1943 44 at Echo. He has been In Red mond since 1945 and during the past school year was chosen acting superintendent of the union high schooL He and Mrs. Norton have two children. Supt. David Potter said that he telephoned Norton Thursday to tell him of his selection, and the principal said that he would come to sign the contract Offic ta Mori Unanimous decision to move the district office to Lex ington was made after the board discussed the pros and cons of the matter. The abundance of space in the school building, which will provide ample stor age room, implement a plan for central purchasing and allow for administrators' meetings, as well as other meetings, was a major factor in the choice. It was pointed out that the build ing is in good repair, that it is more the "hub" of the county, and that other county oHices need the space in the court house. Supt. Potter said that the county court had indicated that it would help pay costs of main taining the office there, since by law, counties are obliged to fur nish space for the county school orfice. No time has been set for the move. Nine Resign Nine resignations were accept ed at the meeting. Administra tor Leonard Herrick of lone Ele mentary school has accepted a position as principal of the War den. Wash., elementary school, which has some 500 students. His wife, Esther Herrick, a teach- er at lone, also resigned. Resig nation of Mrs. Gunderson as clerk, had been announced earli er. Other teachers who have re signed include William Spohn, Gilbert Lujan and Carol Miller, all or lone; Ellen Caudle, Irri- gon; and Ted Talbot and Al Reeves, both of Boardman. Contracts Offered Contracts were offered to five teachers: , Edward J. Roley, Roseburg, with a B.S. degree from Oregon College, Monmouth, and two years experience, as teacher and coach at lone Elementary. John Snyder, Estacada, with B.S. degree from New Mexico University and M.A. degree from Eastern New Mexico Uni versity, 12 years experience, to be in charge of music at Board man and Irrigon. Arnie Hedman, Heppner, with B.A. plus 45 hours from North Michigan College of Education, 10 years experience, to be in charge of music at lone. Hed man taught at lone lor a num ber of years before entering the furniture business in Heppner. Allred L. Lovd. Dallas, B.S. degree from Oregon College of Education, one year teaching ex perience, to teach at Heppner High. Mrs. Jim (Madge) Thomson, Heppner, B.A. degree plus 45 hours, 4 years teaching experi ence in addition to substitute work, to be Heppner High librar lan. Supt. Potter said that positions remaining to be filled include the following teachers: Chemis try and physics, Heppner High; one upper elementary position, Heppner Elementary; commer cial and Spanish, lone High; one intermediate and one primary (Continued on page 8)