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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
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Wednesday Night
Rain Near Inch
10 cents
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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
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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!
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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
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