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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1965)
XCrrNEI GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. August M. IMS New Lots Made Available In New Boardman Site If MABT UC MAtLOW BOARDMAN The Oregon Slate Board of the Bureau of Url i:anafir.r r.t has wanted and lamed patent to the city of Boardman (or that portion of the residential area tying rM In the pew townslte. conahrttne. of apnronlmately CO lot. This completes three rr program (or land acquisition for the neve town of Boardman, which has to he moved due to the building of the John Dy Dam. Ttiee lots will be turned over to the I'rban Renewal Aeency ao they can be told. At a meet In? of the aeencv Thursday night of last week fcearl Gil lea pie, tirrnUient. appointed a com mlttee to work on recommenda tions for residential lot pric ing procram. and to recommend a development plan which could In program were dererrea until te accomplished with the money later ao that more time could meetlnc of the city council recently to ak the council atwuit the potiiNllty of run nine city wait to the ivuw-rty. kincaid stated that It would take a separate writ for each five arret, if no city water was available, since he expect to develop a houslna unit on the property, A committee was appointed to look into the cost of furnishing the water wtucn Included Wally llcndrix. Vernon Russell. Burt Anderson and May. or Dewey West In other action Mayor West appointed Ronald Black. Dale Kadet and Arthur Allen to be on a Board of Appeals which will act as a decision board for any problems to come up with the building Inspector on the building code. The city park and tree plant Farms Hit Hard By Flood Waters Sunday Evening (Continued from par 1) from the lot sales, On this com mlttee Is Mayor Dewey West from the city council. Mrs. Ar thur Allen from the City Plan ninr Commission. Vernon Bus sell from the Urban Renewal Agency and Leonard Bcdard. Construction on utilities on these lots are rearing com plot ion by the John M. Keltch Con struction Company from Pasco. Wash. They include streets In the town, which are now paved, sanitary sewers, storm sowers and the water distribution sys tern. The construction of these utilities was allowed by the Bureau of Land Management In Portland by a right of entry pri or to Issuing the patent Mayor Dewey West conveyed his thank to the BLM office for their cooperation in this matter. The patent was signed by Doug las E. Henriques. In other action the Agency sold four more commercial lots, making the total of lots sold to date to twenty. Water Problem Discussed " " Louis Kincald and Richard Campbell, who each owns 120 acres of property within the city limits of the new towns! te of Boardman, were present at the be spent on the water controls. municipal building and streets. Councilman Joe Tatone report ed that he had contacted an ex terminator to get rid of the rats at the city dump, and he would be available In about ten days. Pfre chief Zcarl Gillespie was authorized to purchase needed equipment for the Volunteer Fire Department, consisting of a first aid kit axe handle and shovels. Alcoholics Meet Set at The Dalles Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous of the State of Ore gon will hold Its annual state conference at The Dalles on September 4 and 5. Main speak ers will deliver their addresses at 8 pm. on Saturday and 1 pm. on Sunday at the junior high school. The public is cordially invit ed. Anyone interested in the subject of alcoholism and how AA works will benefit by at tending these meetings. There will be no registration. Need scratch pads? Get them at the Gazette-Times. For Weed Spraying CALL oir MEL COYER Owner Gar Aviation Spraying-Dusting-Fertilizing Seeding DBT OB LIQUID FEHTXLIZEH APPLICATION. STANDARD OB HIGH DENSITY SPBAT APPLICATION. A GOOD JOB AT A FAIR PRICE You Can Find Us All Year Around AT THE LEXINGTON AIRPORT Phone 989-8422 ; of Mr. and Mr. Jodie Morrison were their son in law and dau enter. Mr. and Mrs. Pick IV Ittsschon and son. who have been spending the summer at San Franctro. Mr. and Mrs Pe RlM-hon left their baby here. when they relumed to Portland on Sunday to move Into a new home, lie will teach In Port land again this winter. Guv Canon, a former resident of lone, was renewing old ac quaintances In town this week end from his home In lrtland. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Brown and four children of lgene were Monday guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Jepsen. They were on va cation and arrived Sunday eve- ning. but had to stay in lieppner since the grounds at the Jep sens was flooded. Clarence Roberts and son Don of Chehalls arrived in lone last Thursday to visit his brother and sister in law. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts. On Friday they all left for Chehalls via the Umatilla Bridge and White Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rletmann and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rletmann and family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rletmann and fam ily. John and his father were celebrating their birthdays. Mrs. Donald tubanks return ed Monday evening from Port land, where she had spent sev eral days with her baby son, who Is a patient at Doernbccker hoso taL Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McGill and daughter are home from a vacation spent on Mt Hood. lone Post Office Bids Solicited Bids are solicited until Sep tember H for construction of a new post office building in lone, Saturday on business. MONUMENT Br MAITRA MATTtSON tlleld over from last week) MONl'MKNT Mr. and Mr. Mead I'.llman returned from a 10 day vacation trip that took Ihem Into southern Oregon. Ida tut, Montana, small corner of Canada and Washington. Mr. and Mr, pare Delaney have ittuiiHsl lot the tvmUnj school year after spending the summer In Missouri. Mr. and Mr. Fred Price and family of Pendleton and Mr. ln Schmidt and children of Salem wefe guents of their umie and aunt, Mr. and Mr. Mead Gllman. Mr. and Mr. Dennis Lacey who taught school lat year at Pawllle. visited with the Page pclanev before leaving for California to teach the coming year. Mr. and Mr. Frnie jonnson. Mr Francis NoUnd and four children, drove to Lehman Springs lat Thursday to meet Mrs. Ann Cwwdcn and they were to ramp out for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Fd Clark are back from summer school In Portland, and will teach school again this fall. Johnny Stubblefleld am! his son and daughter of Los Ange lea. Calif, cam for a visit with hi mother. Mr, Lllen Stubble field, and brother, Norrla, and family. Last Friday they drove to Clackamas to visit another brother. Delhert and family. Mr. and Mr. Stanley Boyer drove to Portland on business, then picked up their son, Jim my and Emery Moore at a bas ketball school In Vernonla, be- fore returning home. Mr. and Mrs. II W. Scott and sons, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Matte son and two children, drove to Lehman Spring Sunday for a picnic dinner and swim with friends camping there. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Campbell and children of Klmberly spent a week in Washington on vaca tion and television business. Mrs. Ann Chapman and Mother Chapman took care of the store and post office while they were gone. Mr. and Mrs. Flmer Matteson drove to Pilot Rock. Heppner. and on to the Percy Cecil ranch Lightning Storms Give Slate Crews Rough Struggle Postmaster General John. A. Gronouskl has advised Mrs. Ed na J. O'Connor, postmaster at lone. Construction will be on prop erty comprising about 5000 square feet at the southeast cor ner of the Main and Cherry Streets Intersection. Property is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rletmann of lone and the gov em men t has an assignable op tlon on the site. The new building will con tain 900 square feet of interior floor space with an 80-square foot platform. Adjacent to the facility will be 2,430 square feet of parking and maneuver Ing area. Basic lease term will be for five years with three 5 year renewal options. Interested parties may contact Real Estate Officer, George W. fciden, Koom hjh. Main P. O, Building. P. O. Box 3866, Port land, Oregon 97208. Mrs. Eva Vaughan attended As the lightning slot ma swept in from the southwest over Wheeler, Morrow, and Gilliam counties recently. Mother Nature Proved she Is still master of this rnlverne. Knot piokln. Unit For. eter of the State Forestry De partment said. The State Forestry Department nt mwtt, whlfh pmtrcts f.ircktcd Unds In the above three roun ties, had It hands full over the recent weeks with some 3.1 fire recorded. No one panUked and no ltt time accidents occurred. due to the methodology of fir fighting. The men on the fire line still work a hard as In the pat. but one thing that has changed 1 the method of detec tlon. Today no fire ran burn for dava without being detected cither by the lookouts posted In remote area, the pasting pub lie, or aerial surveillance. Kinrua Corporation which file this area twice dally dur ing fire season, has turned In hundreds of fire over the past year and moot all of them were kept small due to early detec tion and quick action on the part of fire fighting crews. A the hot sun and winds dry the forests, fire fighting becomes more difficult due to spotting and blow up condition, such as one in Dutch Flat area recently. This fire was held small until the time when the winds car. ried the hot sparks over and out of controlled fire lines. Before It was brought under control, the Slate Fvrestry Department tf PomiII had on It line all men and equipment available. Men of Kinrua tpoiallon were railed to the fire line of the Dutch Flat flrv. They added lart-'e bulUlorcr, several water lankrr. and at one time more than TO men wore engaged on tb fli tlite, It tailing m rend ing farmer and several high school bo). "We of the Oregon State For. entry Department wUh to estend our gratitude to all the men and I women h ient many long and hot hours In helping to ar tvt l he fire of the past weeks." pipkin said. And knowing the fine public cooperation you nave thown the pant wceka, we are destined to meet again, "A fire seaaon rolls on Into Its critical part of the year, a wutd 4 caution to all. No one mi-fit from a forest fire and we certainly do have everything to low. Remember, fire preven IUn la everyone's Job, ao only ou ran prevent Forest Flree." A BRIGHT FUTURE . . . the services of her brother. Dell Zormes. on August 6. lie was crushed to death In the cab of logging truck he was driving when It rolled down the hill. lie leaves his wife and six children, besides other relatives. lie was 43 years old. Rev. and Mr. Verne Welse and children David and Deb orah are back from a year In Europe, and are now moved In to the Mt. Vernon manse. They serve the Mt. Vernon. Dayville and Monument churches. ii ,., ... . WD When you Patronize Gazette- Times advertisers, you help make a better paper Tell them you saw It In the Gazette-Times. Sm ! 1 1 -! a "iirvfl Ills folks are planning for his future. his education. Protection, enjoyment of life. They know the importance of say. Ing. of learning to save at an early age. That's why they started his savings account at our savings and loan asso ciation. This young man has a tidy sum already. 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