Hit tat GAZETTE TIMES. TWtdor. Octob IK IKS
Seoul leaders
Challenge Condon
In Fund Drive
Sixteen Boy fu-out leaJ.v anJ
enthuMaMs met at the Wagon
Wheel Cafe Tuesday morning to
rntv Hckoff hrcaktaM her
alding the Mart of a campaign
to raie fund far the IUiy Scouts
of America.
Goal of the campaign In thU
part of Morrow county I flutO.
which Hill hp used to support
local Scout actlMilo and ihare
In the area and national e
pensc. La Verne Van Marter. 4r was
toat.tmatcr and kept the meet
Inir Koine at a lively pace.
Mayor Al Lamb U Kcneral
chairman this year with Her
man Winter a chairman In
charce of solicitations. At
mcetinc In Condon earlier May
or Lamb Issued a challenge to
that croup that the Morrow
county campaigner would top
their bekt effort. The Condon
people oromptly accepted the
challenge, he said.
It Is planned to complete th
drive here speedily. Indications
are that solicitations in tne
Heppner area will be virtually
completed this week and that
the response will be favorable.
Donald Wike. Blue Mountain
Timberlands Dry
At Elk Opening
Unless ueather conditions
chance between now and Sat.
urdav, neither elk hunter nor
PTrr'rrs are eel PS to N t
happy about conditions in the
wood. Ilk season opens Satur
day. Loicn Lueore, fire control of
ficcr for the Heppner Kaneer
district. Umatilla .National for
ce!, said this week. "Unless we
cet fain, we may have problems
with the elk hunters. i
There was only one small
man caued fire on the district
through deer season, that com
ing early laet week when an
abandoned camp fire broke
across an Inadequate fire line.
It spread to coer about a quarter-acre
of crassland and un
derbrush. It was about Ui miles
wuth of Heppner off highway
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Lucore said that by making
continuous contacts with the
public throuch the doer season
there hasn't fcecn much trouble
from fire. Personnel of the dis
trict, however, have been on
regular patrol.
Farlv this week smoke was
drilling in from other areas so
that visibilitv has been poor.
Kinzua Corporation was dolns
some burnine on nappy jacK
but was keeping it under close
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area executive lor tne couis.
was present at the meeting and I surveillance through use of Cat
had hlch praise ior tne itenp- crpiuars ana pumpers.
Luare said that there had
been forecasts of rain, but they
have not proved acinrate as yet
With the warm dry weather and
no rain for some time, the haz
ard is rather high In the forest
lands.
ner scout leaaers ana urn
mothers. A color euard of local
Scouts presented the flag and
led the salute.
At the present time there are
two Boy Scout troops in liepp
ner and a Cub Scout pack.
Scoutmasters are Lrncst Chris
tor herson and J. G. i Moose)
Stephens. Arnle Iledman has
been serving as packmaster for
the Cubs which Includes some
30 lively members.
Storm Day Film
Seen on Program
Be A Boosler-
Buy A Button!
Sponsors Urge
A eroup of fie couples, con
sisting of the Gene Halls, tr
nie McCabes. Marion Greens
Kddie Gundersons and Jerry
president of A. C. Houghton PTA.p,neys met at tne cunt mc
nresided over the meeting last Qua me home Tuesday evening
M-onlne at the A. CMo discuss organization of the
Houghton cafetorium. hw Heppner Booster club.
Entertainment for the even- Thev announce the sole pur
Ing was a film entitled "October pose of the organization will be
12, 1962, depicting events' ot to give lull moral support and
Br LoVEIXE
IRRIGON Mrs.
PABTLOW
Ronald Black,
LOOKING LIKE a Rub Goldberg dtvlc Is this automated carrier at Kiniua Corporation mill
hr. ea by member of the Heppnr-Morr County Chamber of Comratrci Monday oa a
tour ef tho mUL Saw of th head iiq Is eutUai th fiual portion of a log In two for delivery to
th liv roil on the right Sawyer U hidden from view in cubicU to right of th carriage.
(G-T Photo)
Touring Chamber Views Automated Kinzua Operation
the Columbus Day storm.
Following the meeting, cook
ies and punch were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Curley
drove to Raddu for a week-end
of deer hunting, and Joined Mr.
and Mrs. Jay Berry, Dr. and Mrs,
Wayne Rosencrants, all of Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gray
beal, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Aid.
rich and Lloyd Peterson. The
hunting party filled all their
tags, and returned to their
homes over Sunday and Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Berg
and Ronald of Vancouver, Wash.,
spent the week-end in Inrigon
with Mrs. Berg's mother, Mrs.
Myrtle Markham and Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Partlow and Sher
yL They were joined Saturday
. by Mr. and Mrs. James Mills,
Ricky, Randy and Steve of
Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hobbs of
Keno, Nevada, spent the week
end with his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Christian
sen and family.
Mr .and Mrs. Burrell Cooley
and sons, formerly of Lompoc,
Calif., have moved to Irrigon.
Army PFC Lee A. Towers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Towers,
Irrigon, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Fanshier, Pendleton,
who was stationed at An Khe
in Viet Nam, is now in the Army
hospital in Okinawa, recovering
from malaria. He is a paratroop
er with the 101st Airborne Div
ision. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kenney,
Jr., of Pilot Rock, spent the
week-end with his folks, Rev.
and Mrs. John H. Kenney Sr.
some financial aid to both grade
and high school activities, in
cluding science, music, athlet
ics, drama and speech, the drill
team, and any other areas in
which parents can give their
support.
Membership In the booster
club is $2 per person each year.
with each member receiving a
6-inch diameter button with
"HEPPNER BOOSTER 1965
66" in large letters on the front.
The buttons are made so they
can be hung around the neck,
pinned to clothing, or used as
a picture by using the easel on
the back.
The "1965-66" is an adhesive
sticker and may be replaced
each season with the current
year, the member retaining the
same button and changing only
the year date. A "1966-67" stick
er will denote membership next
year and that the wearer is sup
porting the schools, ve are
sure they will be worn with
pride to any school activity
showing you are a HEPPNER
BOOSTER," the committee re
ports.
Buttons are expected to ar
rive this week so they may be
worn to tne Heppner grade
school and high school Home
coming games on Friday. They
will go on sale as soon as they
are received. Memberships will
be sold on the streets Friday
morning and in Central Market
all day Friday, or may be pur
chased at the grade school or
high school games. In the case
of delay, ribbons will be given
to denote membership, to be ex
changed at a later time for a
button.
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chips, made from waste portions
of the lug.
Trimmings and pieces of the
loo which are unfit for lumber
go to the chipper which chops
up the scraps into the small
chunks. These are blown
through pipes overhead and
across the miiiyard to rauroaci
cars on tne sunng. tven me
railroad cars are automated
moving slowly back and forth
fcy means of an electric motor
to rrovlde for even loading.
Currently the imps are being
sold to Boise-Cascade and the
now being shipped to the St.
Helens paper plant. Some of the
local production goes to Wallu
la.
Logs Cold Decked
Logs coming to the Kinzui
plant, with logging now all
done under contract bv Oris
Crisp, are stacked in cold decks.
and there currently Is a supply
Mustangs Battle
Sherman County
At Homecoming
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which the plant handles its
queen will be made by the foot
ball squad and the choice will
be announced at halftime when
a coronation ceremony will be
held. The band and drill team
are also preparing special half
time entertainment.
From the assembly at the ro
deo grounds at 4:15 a parade
will go through town with
floats and noisemakers from
the classes and organizations.
It will go back to the bonfire
and rally near the bus shops
where the city fire department
will stand by to see that things
don t get too hot.
Following this demonstration
the group will disband until
time for pre-game activities Just
belore 8 p.m.
All former students and grad
uates are invited to the Home
coming Dance which will be at
the high school following the
game with live music furnish
ed. Admission will be $1 per
person or $1.50 per couple.
million feet
Need scratch pads? Get them
at the Gazette-Times.
of some 3'
hand, getting ready for winter
ahead when logcing will be
shutdown bv now in the
mountains.
The gargantuan Lumberjack.
a huge rig that handle the Mg
logs like matchstlcks. piles
them Into the cold ri-ck and
also delivers logs to the pond.
Logs are not dumped directly
into the pond from trucKS rn-
caue ot the necesMiv oi son
Inj? them according to species
and source of supply the sour
cos betmr U. 5. rrest umoer
and rrivatelv-owned stands.
Tlie Lumberjack, looking like
a monster steel cran. eraos sev
eral logs at a time in its huge,
vicious claws, trundles them to
the tond and drops them Int3
the stagnant water with a
splash.
Floated to the mill, tne
sticks" go up the loe haul one
at a time, carried by chains on
the slip. The workman here has
far more exalted position than
the "pond monkey" of yestcr-
vear. He operates a system oi
controls with the skill befitting
the pilot of a Jet airplane. He
activates the chain to bring the
log to position where it can be
sawed into a desired length.
By pressing a button or pulling
lever, he drops a chain saw
down, and In a few seconds it
has the log bucked cleanly In
two.
Barker Denude Log
Proceeding on at his automat
ed direction, the log goes
throuch a barker, one of the re
cent additions at the mill. This
is compose of three tremen
dous rollers with a profusion of
steel knurls protruding from
concave surfaces. The rollers are
set in triangular position around
the log, and when it is forced
through them, it comes out as
naked as a young lad taking
summer dip in his secluded
swimmin' hole.
Marshall, dry kiln foreman at
the plant, told the visitors that
the mill cuts from 50M to 55M
board feet per shift, thus 100M
to 110M feet per day.
Mrs. Bill (Nona) Sowell. of
fice manager at the Heppner
plant who made arrangements
for the tour, says that payroll
for the some 60 men employed
runs approximately $-450,000 per
year. This, of course, is exclus
ive of those employed In log
ging operations, handled by
Crisp, who came here from John
Day. Size of the payroll graph
ically points up , Kinzua s im
portance to the economy of the
Heppner area,
on Mo Is Superintendent
Elmer Moe. veteran of many
years In the sawmill business,
is superintendent of the Hepp
ner plant, and Milo I'rlndle is
logging superintendent for the
entire Kinzua operation.
All production of the local
mill Is lumber, but the plant at
Kiruua also maruitactures null
work. On the day the Chamber
Merit through here, the cut was
ail pine, but a good iercentaj;e
of fir is also sawn at the mill.
Businessmen have long heard
and realized that the Kinua
plant here is beautifully orga
nized. After their tour Monday.
they know for a certainty that
this Is true.
In its setting between rolling
hills of wheat and range lands.
with not a standing conifer in
sight, the Kinua mill here is
as unlikely as the hill billy's
thought on first seeing a gir
affe. There ain't no such animal!"
But there ar substantial saw
mills in Heppner, and residents
of the community are happy
that they are here, as well as
grateful to their neighbors who
rrovlde the skill work force to
keep the plants going.
John Day Basin
Hearings Attract
Lively Interest
Hearing on the John Day
H.tOn altra1od lively Interest.
b-h t J"ln IMy lt Thur-drty
and In Condon Friday, aewrd-
Ing to report received here
.some were said to hao t
tended the John p.iy hearing
and about loo were til the sen
iklnit al Condon.
All thok giving testimony at
Condon were in favor of a study
to develop water of the tmsln
for multllurHlM use, accordion
lo llarley Vung. manager of
lolumll.t Ili-m Ftcctrlc Co op,
who presented Ulh oral and
written testimony.
Other statement In favor ot
the Armv Fngtneor proponed
siudv ot the tut I n were submit
ted In written form bv Morrow
County Juile Paul June and
bv C larence Itutewall on Ix-half
of the Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation district
Col. Frank McKlwoe of Walla
Walla, district engineer for the
Armv Knglncom, Mild that It
would U I'.HW before a prelim
inary study ot tho bakln could
be completed.
Young said that In 111 ktate
ment he proposed that develop
ment of the tributaries lo the
jonn Day river be considered
first because this might give the
Kreatest ticncftt In flood con
trol and Irrigation to the mosl
people in the shortcut lime. This
would be supplementary to any
multlpuriK?te protects on the
forks of the John Day Klver.
'.Much of the damage In tho
winter floods was done on these
tributaries," Young said.
Young said that the Enelneer
has some tentative proposal
for d.unsltes on part of the
John Pay.
The hearing were set to de
termine public Interest In the
river basin development. At the
present time there Is virtually
no development on the John
Day Klver system. The river, fed
through It three forks North,
Middle and South ran ramp
ant in the winter's fliMHling
with tremendous damage done,
the most dramatic Ix-ing the
washing out of the new high
way bridge at the river's con
fluence with the Columbia.
Some 3D presented oral testi
mony at the Condon hearing In
a session from 2 p.m. until 4:30
ii m.. Youol' said. Included were
representatives of governmental
agencies, corporations and civic
groups, as well as Individuals.
A transcript of the hearing
Is to Im prepared, and copies of
it will be available, at least in
limited supply, from the Lngt-neers.
Shirley Cox 'Fine'
Following Surgery
Mr. SUnlry (Shirley I Co
was reported Tliurnilav be Im
proving nicely follow lug
rather delicate heart i-mt!oii
at the I'nlvt-riilly of Pn-g.ni
Medical Mio hospital, I'oit
land, Tuenday.
She came thrown the o'r
at Ion floe', ae-oriling to the re-
ort from im-niiH'ra of Ik r fain
ly. One of the VaKe on the
heart had to Im repUced.
F the net live In M-en
days she munt remain In the i.
covery room and I not iM-mot-
led lo talk an t an have n vi-
ttor.
Adding machine tape, 25c roll,
Gazette-Times.
Eligibility Rules
Given to Qualify
For Surplus Foods
Eligibility riulicmcnt for
thoKc who may ns-eive surplus
food have bii-rt listed again by
Mr. Nancy lon of the Mor
row County Surplu Food Store,
117 W. Center, Heppner.
Store hour are front 1 pin. to
p.m. the first two Thursdays
of each month, but because No
vember II Is a holiday, the store
wl bo oxn Novemlter 4 and
NovemU-r 1H.
Those whose combined famliy
sle and liuome fall Into one of
the brackets listed below are el
igible to receive government
surplu commodities. In addit
ion, one person may have In re
sources tbank account, rperv
fund, or other), mtu h as STrfK).
Families w ith two or more r
son may have on hand a much
a $IUK and still be eligible.
The figure are hused on the
atiKKint of actual Income receiv
ed for the past .TO day, which
must be declared in order to be
certified as eligible to rcvlv
the food.
Maximum family I tin noes,
combined with the number In
the family, follow (anything
les than the maximum qualifies
when the numt-r of person In
the family Is a listed): one
IHTson, l-,v two ix'rson. jr.tj;
three eron,, SZ!l; four icroii,
&.VS; five persons, S-'K-S; nix tx-r-son.
$X5s; seven persons. $.'137;
eight persons, Vi; nine per
sons, $111; 10 M-rsons, Jli'fi.
Tho following food to help
supplement the family's ru-inls
are usually avalluble; Dried
h a or Ix-an. margarine, corn
meal, flour, lard, dried milk,
peanut butler, canned meat, rlcv,
wheat nnd bulgur.
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birthdays, anniversaries or
any occasion; $1.50 anywhere.
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