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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1965)
t I ORARY u or o v : n ?: r , c ;. 0 740 3 82nd Year Number 23 71. ' -UK HEPFWEH GAZETTE-TIME Hcppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 5, 1965 10 cents District Slmv off Mew Riverside School CosJ Ctmif 1 " -m m i V , ! -- i - a Dam Construction Could Start in 3 Years at Best, Engineer Tells Chamber FRINCTSS SUSAN McCOT Da Feb nee to Princess Susan Honor for thla week's prlnct-M f the M-rrk In the royal fair and rodeo rourl move to North Morrow county, represented by mniTM sunan jmioy. ilu? ill tractive, vivacious ml In the daughter of Mr. and Mri War ren McCoy of Irrlgon, and she la gracioualy at home on the regal court Prince, Susan, chosen" 1v thd Tllllcum elub ait It representa tive, will It honored at the fourth f the aeries of weekly ttanrea for the crmrt at the Hcpp. ner fair pavilion Saturday night. "Die u.ual Rood crowd la expect ed to be on hand, with another good bond. "The Avonlea," of Pendleton, scheduled to furnish the mu.ilc. Suaan Lorraine McCoy wa born In Pendleton, but has lived In Irrlgon all her life. Her fath er Is employed by the U. S. Army Corjw of Knglnecrs. Her family Includes a twin brother, Larry, who Just completed his fresh man year at Kastcrn Oregon College, and a younger slater at home. The princess possesses an en viable scholastic and academic record, graduating aa valcdlctor. Ian of the class of 1964 at Klv erslde High school. Last year she waa enrolled at Oregon State University and participat ed In many activities of the school. Aa a member of tho Col lege pep band, she made the trip to the Roso Bowl football as a game, and was chown frrohman pep rally girl. She plans to return to OSU this year, where her Interests are in tho field of homo economics. Activities kept Susan busy during tier nign school days, excelling in nana for tour years and chosen for all state band She was a majorette and stu dent band director, taught bo ton leswtns. Mrved on the school paper and annual staff, was Mu dent body secretary, and active In. Girls' Athletic Association competition. . Ah outstanding event In her senior year came when she was chosen as Betty Crocker a Home maker of Tomorrow In her school. The achievement . also spoke well for her 10 years of training in 411 cooking and sewing clubs, once taking state blue ribbon In cooking for rolls which she had naked, rrineess Susan Is fond of out door sports, especially horseback riding. Her favorite mount In sorrel . horse, "Cinnamon," and she also has a colt named "lep With Queen Judy and the other princesses, she attended the Chief Joseph Days cclchra Hon the past week-end. The court's next official appearance win he In llermlston at tho Umatilla County Fair parade on August 20. The queens corona tion will follow the next day, August 21, at the fairgrounds, with hoc dance following. On the tnot optlmUtlc hauls, construction of the Willow Creek ,dam could be underway three ar from now, Nle Meadow croft, chief of the survey ami re w.rt section of the Walla Walla MMrlct, V. 8. Army Corps of Kn Klriccrs. told members of the I Icppncr Morrow County Chain-lH-r of Commerce Monday. He emphasized, however, that tills would bo a "cloe and op limlMIe" schedule. Although reluctant to theorize cn the future, in response to a queMlon he said that he would estimate that It would take about 2' years to build the rock fill dam and that several hun dred men would be required to do the Job. Meadow croft said that the Roaring Flames Engulf Four Buildings Tuesday Four old buildings were de stroyed at the west end of Water street by roaring flames Tues day evening, punctuated by ex plosion of an empty propane gas tank that could bo heard over much of town. Two buildings used ns store houses by Howard Kelthley, building contractor, and two old garages owned by Mrs. Katie Currln were leveled In the fire. Kelthley was also using the garages for storage. I A small house to the east of the fire was damaged. It Is own ed by Kelthley and occupied by Mrs. Jane Mattalr. her mother. and two children. Mrs. Mattalr I was not home at the tlmo of the fire, since she Is taking nurse's training in Pendleton. Window frames were burned out of this small house, and water and smoke damage was incurred to the building and its contents. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Moore and family occupy another house owned . by Kelthley in front of the structures destroyed. This house did not sustain severe damage, although some damage may have been done to the roof and exterior paint was blistered. Mr. and Mrs. Moore, on vacation, were not at home at the time of the fire, but their daughter, Glnny, was home. Kelthley said that he lost a considerable number of tools In the fire, as well as a large quan tity of building materials. How ever, he had moved many of his more expensive tools and equipment to a new shop near his present residence on Court Street Included in the loss was much mahogany and birch ply wood, considerable quantity of paint, electric motors, gas motor, (Continued on page 8) . . v. t . A CLAYTON NORTON Principal Norton Now at Work Here Clayton Norton, new DrinciDal of Hcppner High school, has started work at the school and moved here last Thursday with his family. They are occupying the new home owned by Earl Ayres on Skyline Blvd. Mrs. Norton is well acquaint d with this area, having been reared in Echo. Her maiden name was Clara Correa. Child ren are Bill. 11, and Shirley, 16. The family came from Red- mond where Norton was associa ted with the school system for 19 years, starting there as a classroom teacher in social stud- es, world history and geogra- hy. He becamo vice principal then assistant principal, and last year was appointed interim superin tendent for a year. The new principal said he Is busy making some changes at the school and preparing for the year ahead. He said he is im pressed with the school and is ooklng forward to serving as its administrator. planning for the dam haa oro ceded so well to this Dolnt I hat It "aeema almost as if U has rx-en given priority." He theorlz r! that thUjmay be partly due to attention railed to need lor tht protection of life, In view of the J'K)3 flood dWaxtcr. in addit ion to the L2 to 1 bcm-rU-cot ratio on the proposed multiple use project. ; "We have ha. I the leant qun Hons on this projm of any of the pat two or three years." he Mid. In anwer lo another question, the engineer said that if the Irrigation feature were removed from the project. It would be very difficult to "m-U" to Cong ress because the anticipated cost a then would be greater than the anticipated benefits. Irrigation benefit Nedd Average annual benefits from the dam are figured at $279nw and average annual cost are i figured at $233,100. Of the bene fits. $X.V.N) are 1 turd as !ho from Irrigation. If this were re moved, the annual benefits would be well below the costs. "All benefits are necessary and desirable to JuMify the pro ject." he said. Meadow-croft iafd that while original estimates on construc tion of the dam figured cost at about W.TOOjDOO. this has al ready risen, because of Increas ing eots, to, an estimated "!, K).0()0. Of the multiple uses, the flood control feature would be non reimbursable,- with the federal 7f, t Board Agrees To $108,000 As Local Part Cott of construction of th Riverside High school has in creased considerably in the past two years, but under a plan pro posed by the U. S. Armv Cnro of Engineers after negotiating with the Morrow County School District, cost to the district will be down by some $13.0). David Potter, superintendent of schools, said Wednesday night At a special meeting Wed nesday night the directors sign ed a letter agreeing to pay 8 of the total cost of construction. Potter said. At the time of an initial agree ment in 193, the cost was fig. ured at $305,000 of which the district would pay $123,000 and the U. S, Army Corps would pay $782,000. Under the new plan arrived at when representatives of the district met with the Corps at Walla Walla Monday, the dis trict will pay only 8 of the construction cost, now figured at $1.3r0.000. Thus, the district cost will be about $108,000 and the Corps will pay $1,240,000. Because of a change In state standards, the school will in clude an area of 50.000 square feet as compared with the in itial plan for 40.000 square feet. The original $123,000 to be paid Dy tne district was to be lor betterments above "replacement In kind." Under the new plan the Corps will absorb cost of some of the httermenta but MRS. DALE (JOAN) CEET has beta chosen nursing supervisor asks the district to pay the per- or rionver Memorial noapucu, lureiwung aars. Marrm laaeDest l cent age as a share of Increase A ii I I : t f j ij A t " v who sanrad in tbert capcKlrr lor Ut years. (CT- Photo). Joan Grey Heads Hospital Nurses ; Mrs. Dale (Joan) Grey has been appointed nursing super visor at Pioneer Memorial Hos- ion Is scheduled for Saturday, liD,.)hi c August 21. at the Hcppner high J to Bates wh(re hpr husband is (Contlnoed on page 8) Heppner School Reunion Dated A big Hcppner School Reun- Hospital Engaged In Improvements; TV Sets Coming school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Marlene Bergstrom, secretary announces. It is for all students, teachers and graduates and their fam Hies. Registration will start at 9 a.m. and roll call of classes and graduates will be at 11. A family picnic will be held at noon. La Verne Van Marter. Jr.. will give an address of welcome at 2:30 as master of ceremonies. Gifts will be presented and short talks will be given by a few of the graduates. A track meet will be at 3:30 prior to the conclusion of the program at 5 p.m A Heppner school reunion book will be printed after the reunion with pictures of de ceased classmates and teachers; group pictures of each class at tending; group pictures of teach ers, students, relatives and friends attending; highlights of the reunion; and names and addresses of all students, teach ers and graduates who can be located. Imnrovpmpnts at Plnnnor nor nusDand is l I reservoir. employed. Will O'Harra. hospital . ""'X ?nn aK. ",1 in costs' accruing during the time the board held its decision on the school in abeyance. - This arrangement must be ap proved by the Pacific Division of the Corps in Portland after which it will go to the Chief of Engineers in Washington, D. C, for final decision. The new school is to be lo cated at the new Boardman townsite, now under construc tion to be ready prior to the rising of the John Day Dam administrator, announces. Mrs. Case beer had been nurs ing supervisor for the past five years and was employed at the hospital for four years prior to that. : - Five full time nurses and 16 nurse's aides are on the hospital staff. Mrs. Grey has been employed as a nurse at the hospital for three years as of October, 1965. She is a graduate of Heppner High school with the class of 1955 and is a graduate of Dea coness Hospital, bpokane, in I960. Mrs. Grey is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright of Hcppner. O'Harra said that patient load at the hospital has been heav ier this summer than the aver age for this season of the year with about 11 patients per day as compared to five or six for a normal summer. In addition there are 18 in the nursing home section of the hospital on the lower level. O'Harra said Monday. Major improvement Is that to the kitchen which had to be re paired when floor sank because of settling of the soil below. The floor had dropped some three inches and disrupted plumbing- connections, the result of a fill beneath at the time of construction 15 years ago, O' Harra said. Back-lo-School Event Next Week Would you believe it? School is only a month away, starting in Morrow county on Tuesday, ,a k un.n..j n a . M I fay- had to be removed and a small utility room had been in use as Heppner merchants realize this fact and offer parents and fJ",AS?n2!ie "J0! students the opportunity of get- A ) ill ' V'i- - s " -f ' ) t' "' M ! ' f ' if . 'm Kk ' vc MAJOR WINNERS in the Gazette-Times subscription campaign, concluded Saturday, were these five lively young salesmen. From left they are Frank Halvorsen, lone, who won the grand prise; Alvln Vinson, Lexington, who won the district two cap ital prize; Kelly Green, Heppner. who won the district one capital prize; Tricla Prock, Heppner. who won fourth prize; and Janet Gantry, Heppner, who won iifth prize. Frank Halvorsen Wins Grand Prize in Campaign Frank Halvorsen of lone won the grand prize In the subscrip tion campaign of the Gazette Times, which concluded Satur day, as he earned 1,594,750 points under the terms of the campaign. Capital prize winner in district one (Heppner) was Kelly Green, Heppner, with 754,500 points. and Alvln Vinson of Lexington won the capital prize in district two (outside of Heppner) with 583,250 points. Tricla Prock In the Heppner j district followed Green with 626,250 points, and Janet Gen try was fifth In the -campaign with 375,000 points. The winners had the choice of taking bicycles as part of their prize awards, but all elected to take the cash. Fifteen other salesmen in the campaign received commissions on the subscriptions they sold. Halvorsen and Charlotte Hat ter of Klnzua tied for a first ex tra prize of $10 in cash civen for securing the most points on new subscriDtions during the third and fourth report periods, and duplicate cash prizes were given. Halvorsen won a second extra prize of $10 in cash for securing the most points dur ing the fifth, sixth and seventh report periods. Many new subscribers were added to the list of Gazette Times readers as a result of the campaign, and hundreds re newed their subscriptions, so that the paper stands at what is probably a record high in readers during its 82-year his The paper staff extends thanks to all the young salesmen who did such an excellent Job, and to all those who responded witn new subscriptions or renewals in the campaign. Bud Weik of Sandy was campaign manager for Burton L. Denton Subscrip tion Campaigns and the recep tion by the public in the area is appreciated. Thanks also go to Randall Peterson who acted as judge of the campaign. Complete statement of the judge is on page two of this pap er. ! poured in the kitchen and a new type of floor covering was trow eled on. leaving an unbroken surface without seams. The re sistant permanent surface re quires no waxing. The large electric range has been completely gone over bv Bob Lowe, hospital custodian. One sink will be rebuilt, a new refrigerator will be install ed and a steam table will be among the improvements. Move back into the kitchen started this week as paintere completed their work. Shelving and cupboards will be replaced with open metal shelving to re place old covered shelving: in the adjoining store room. About 120 meals per day are served at the hospital, O'Harra said. - Meanwhile, work Is in prog ress on installing a large emer gency generator that would sup ply electricity to the hospital during anv prolonged power out age. The generator will be placed on a concrete slab out side the building. It was pur chased as surplus at very low cost. Television sets will be install ed in each room of the hospital sometime in the fall, made dos- sible by a bequest from the late Alfred Troedson. These will be equipped with pillow speakers and remote controls for the con venience of the patients. There are now only two television sets in the hospital, O'Harra said. ting ready for the school year. They will stage their Back-to-School and Friday, the 13th, promotion on the week-end of Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14. Back to School stocks are ready, and some extra good val ues will be offered for the pro motional event There will be free parking on Friday, August 13, this time. Us ually the free parking is on Sat urday during the promotional events, tout it was moved up a day in keeping with the Friday 13th theme. Good Shrine Tickets Are Still Available A few excellent seats are still available to those who have not yet purchased their tickets to the iiast-West Shrine football game in Pendleton on August 21, according to Larry Cook, lo cal chairman. The tickers are available in the office of Dr. L. D. Tibbies. The next order of tickets is ex pected to be in second-rate seat ing areas. WEATHER :BT LEONABD GILLIAM Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday HI 95 98 93 100 86 83 86 Low 59 59 60 67 55 52 50 Prec .02 Total precipitation for month of July was .76". same as that recorded for July of last year. Paper Asks Help On Early Copy, Ads Cooperation of advertisers and the public is needed by the paper in submitting adver tising and news copy early for the next few weeks. One of the backshop staff will be on vacation next week, and this is also the edition for the Back to School and Friday 13th promotion with a heavier Workload than usual antici pated. . . - Cooperation on the early copy will be appreciated. Any advertiser who needs help on layouts or other assistance for the Back to School event is in vited to contact the paper.
