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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1965)
1 1 OMR Y u or o EU3 EKE . one 0 7 10 3 'No One Knew We Were Gone' ... " ! f f ) Iff ' X4 i Crisp Logging Crew Comes to Aid of Family Stranded Overnight in Potamus Area Woods IF YOUNGSTERS could vet, lb atntUman la tha Mowlns whita hmA muU rrtii t. ik.i. choice lor president of Ibo United States. He has boon MceedUngry popular hare during the pre. Chltl tfnn WOMB (It atttfftl bv tha msvts aJ VAiinn humnnlt tiiifjuiiiilliui klM i.ii a - Heppaer during ( Christmas opening, tanla Clous U engaged la passing out candy. Tou'd never oZfld iCOT w " " inmm w a irmn. Cvmpiviviy enguuva Py ID KKU. CG-T FbOtO) A family (if five tovton Run n"ay went fur an ftrffi(Kn drlvt lii lha mountain, ilannlnir la I I -m uiii thrift tlm Hut thev didn't arrive lumi until .'Hi hours Ulrf and spen night In their car which wit stuck In the mud In the putamut ( reek area.. Included In the croup were Mr. Thrta titration. Heppner; her dauf-Mt and Mn In law, Mr. ami Mm. RoU-rt hxit. anl thrlr two rhtldrrn. 'i and 5. all of Krnnewkk. Alt-r Hnilmu a not iut tin rmfttabUf niM In thr car. llir five Hit! Clvrn aid ty Orl rlp. Utgelng com ran or for Klruua t orpor at Ion, and M mrn. 8itl had walkd utmi 15 milra rarly Monday morning lirfure h rnit llp drlvina on a fofcut road. Ik explained the family's pliKht and ( rip dia patthrd a Erader to the r-rw oixTatid by Mark Wrailirrf d t'rUp'a crw alao n-rd aand wlchci, hot aoup and oh-r lirma of f'ol vharrd from tlulr lunchM. Thin a Ih" fu-t fowl thry had had lnrt leaving at nn Sunday for the ride. Weatfterford urd tha trader i' ihjII the ear from the mud. Xaokad Lika ftaota Clous' "I t'dd Mm he Iwked jut like .Santa Claua." aald Mr. stattm In rerwuntlng the Inci dent. 'lite family shared a Mnflr hlankrt In the car during the rtltfht. Tiny were wearing unlv their "reKular" clothe and thui were not kesed too warmly hut they found that the nUM wa fM.l aeerclv cold where they were, Iwer down In a can yon. IVriodirallv durlne th ncht they Marled the car a moKr for a few minute to keep warm. "Our hreath didn't even freeze on tfie windows until af ter 3 a m ." Mrs. Stratton aald. Kn route to the mountains there was ronklderahle traffic on the Willow Creek road. Many families were out Retting Christ mas tretd as the family trouD rontlnued Into the wocxl. Take Downhill Rood As thev keot divln?. thev dis covered they were in unfamil iar territory hut rame to a road trial went downhi'L about 1:30 Sunday afternoon. "We had always heard that a rad that goes downhill will lead you out. and so we weren I worried." aaid Mrs. Stratton They discovered from tha hoof. l-rlnls on the narrow road that there had been a cattle drive on it recently. However, they came to a ft where the road was badly "chewed" from he cat tie's hoofs, and the car bonce 1 down at this place. The mud was deep and thlrk. Scott ee l out his lai k and started to take steps to extrl cate the car. but the Jack broke, am that left them stranded. He then strut k off down the road to cet help and walked far miles without finding any farm building or meeting any one. Scott reached what he des cribed a a "large stream of water, which Mrs. Stratton sue- mlsed w-as a fork of the John Day River. He turned around and came back, arriving In the darkness at 5 p.m. 'No Ona Knew W War Cone' The croup tlien calmly deter mined t'i make the best of their bad situation and settled down for the nleht In the car. They were careful to avoid talking about their plight In front of tha small children, Mrs. Strat ton aald. They didn't expect help from a search party for no one knew they were gof.e. They had seen evidences of logeing operations In the area and were confident they could find help In the morning. At about 6 a m. Monday Scott started walking back up the road. The first man he saw a few hours later was C'rUp who was taking gasoline to his gra de operator. "Thev were real wonderful to us." Mrs. Stratton aaid. The grader, even with its tandem wheels. was euulpned with chains to gain traction In the mud. The food came when radio contact was made with men at the landing, and they sent por tions of their lunches to th? hungry family group. Thirty hours later about 4 p.m. Monday they arrived home, happy that their "Joy ride" was over. Number 42 Grade School Sets Christmas Program Wednesday Night InrUtmas program of the lleppner elementary school will he In the Junior hik'h school (rymnanlum Wednesday riljjht, ivcember 22. at 7:30 p m. I'rtn rlpal Jack (Jrosontckie announ- e. The iirornm H under the dlr it Ion of Mrs Ola Mae Gronh. ns and Arnold Melby and will have both vocal mulc and numbers by the band of the 6. 7 and 8 grades. Hand numbers will otx-n the program after which an orig inal skit, written and produced by the fifth rrade ceneral mu slc clans will be reented. It Is milled, "riannlng the Christ mas Program." Tills Is a schoolroom scene and mont of the children play themselves, except for Teacher, Principal. Music Teacher. Secre tary and Cualodian, plus some Greeting Edition Sloted Next Week Next week's Caette Times I the one In which merrh ants and huMm-is houses will express their Christmas greet Inirs to customers and friends and extend their winhes to them. The ucr will le out on the usual clay, Thursday. Those who are not contacted bv the pax staff but who wih to in-x-rt messages In keeping with the season are asked to call the paper office IC7C t2'H. O'Connor Resinns As Mayor of lone Mothers. Following on the program will be a presentation. "Pence on Karth and All the Other Planets." by the general music clans of the 6. 7 and 8 grades. Narrators will give a short his tory of songs, familiar Christ mas carols. Art department children of Mrs. Patricia Bush way have drawn pictures to de pict the nongs being aung. The pictures will be fluxhed from a projector on to a screen as the songs are sung. Girls of Mrs. Najar's physical education de partment, 6, 7 and 8 grades. will xrform In a motion choir with the motions depleting the words of the song. Singer in the program will have a processional and reces slonal, and ensembles and so lost will be Included. All children In these grades are participating and the chor us numbers 101 children, and all teachers In the school are working on the program. Charles O'Connor, who has served a Mayor of lone for a umber of years, submitted his resignation to the city council t the regular meeting Tuesday. December 7. The resignation Is to be ef fective at the end of the cur rent calendar year. He was not at home when an attempt was made to contact him Wednesday evening, but Mrs. O'Connor said that he took the sIod for iht- sonal reasons. She said that he wishes to devote more time to his busi ness and other Interests. The council Is checking on legal procedures necessary to fill the vacancy, High School Sets Holiday Program Here Friday Night On December 17, at 7:30 p.m., lleppner High school will pre sent Its Christmas program In the cafctorium. the m mmr m sssssss asssssi an ssw it"i r ;. r GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 16, 1965 10 cents The high school band, led '' a fj H ff ! fTl fa. Coiusity Fen Income Shows 10 Chorus." "Carol of the Drums." (km and "An- are some are program- WEATHER Official weather report for the week of Decern ber 9-15 Is as fol lows: III Low Prec. Thursday 40 35 Friday 41 24 Saturday 37 30 Sunday 36 24 .05 Monti ay 41 26 Tuesday 30 15 Wednesday 35 13 Judging of Homo Lighting Contest Set for Wednesday Closing date and time for Judging of entries In this year's Christmas home lighting contest have been adva need from Thursday to Wednesday of next week, uccording to Mrs. Avon Melby, chairman of the commit tee. All entries must be registered at the Gazette-Tlmes office by next Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.. when the committee of Jude3 will Mart Its tour to choose nrize winners. The earlier Judging will make possible the present ing of prize moneys before Christmas. Only a few entries have been registered to claim a part of the $60 In prize awards. Those put ting up special window or out door displays this week end are urged to enter them In the con test. 'Christmas March." gels Heard on High of the songs that med. The newly-formed If IIS chor- us will also participate In the rogram by singing "Silver BoIIr." 'White Christmas." and What Child is This? The drama and girls' P.E. de partmcnts will present a black Ight variety show including aiiet. modern dance, Hawaiian ance. polka, tumbling, and novelty numbers. The show takes place bv San- as workshop the night before hrlstmas. Bob Dobbs will olav ania .iaus. ins tnree elves will be Sara Miller, Nancy Camp bell, and Linda Orwlck. The cast will also Include Sheridan Wyman, Peggy Snyder, Kathy Melby, Sue Greenup, Barbara Crisp. Ruby Fulleton. Sherrl O Brlen. Sabra Gabbert. Marguer ite Moroe. and Gene Najar. Mark Brown will be the narrator of the show. Board Eyes Budget; Ho I stein Resigns Directors of Morrow County School DlstrW H-l, holding their regular monthly meeting at A. C. Houghton school. Irri gon, Tuesday nighf, started working towards the 1966-67 school budget, considered mat ters of transportation and cur riculum and took other actions of Interest to school patrons. A budget committee meeting preceded the regular meeting and El 1 wynne Peck of Lexington was elected chairman. C. fc- (Clint) McQuarrle of Heppner was elected vice chairman and Frank Anderson was chosen sec retary. The budget committee is com posed of seven lay members and Settings were prepared by the the school directors. Other clti high school speech class. The public Is Invited to attend the function. Kinzua Employees To Get Turkevs zen members are Bob Sicard of Boardman and Charles Carlson of lone. Two more are to be chosen, one from Heppner and one from Lrrlg;on The committee has set the budget election date for April 12, 1SH6, and has started pro ceedings for making the budg et and setting salaries. One action taken at the ensu Jng directors mcctine was to Employees of Kinzua Corpor- approve procedures implement atlon at the 'Heppner plant have Ing a new state law that pro completed a full year without a viiics for establishment of a loss of time accident, thereby committee of certified person compiling an exceptionally good nel within a school district for record. the purpose of discussing with All those who are employed lhe board meters of salaries and at the mill will receive a Christ- related economic policies affect- mas turkey as the company's 1"C professional services, means of showing appreciation A committee composed of two for their services and the safety principals and five classroom record. teacher members is to be elect- $2,369000 lone Gas Pipeline Station,, Planned for I9&7, Awaits FPC Approval Plans for construction of a gas pumping station at lone, one of a number designed to in crease capacity of the Alberta. California pipeline of the Pacify Ic Gas Transmission company, were described by Roger Thomp son, public Information cepre sentative of the company, at a meeting of the lone Lions club Monday nleht. He was accompa nled by Chet Bond who Is In charge of the pipeline from the Snake River to John Day. Thompson said that the sta tion, which will be constructed If the Federal Power Commis sion grants approval following hearings which have been con ducted In Washington, D. C will cost an estimated $2,369, 000. Work will be contracted, and Bond estimated that a work force of 15 men will be all that will be required to do the Job. The station will be a turbine driven centrifugal compressor and with others located on the line will Increase capacity from the present 400 million public feet per day In the pipeline to COO million cubic feet Additional capacity Is needed, Thompson said, because of tho Increase In population in Call fornla. With 18 million persons there at the present time, by 1970 the number is expected to reach 22 million with the pro portionate Increase In demand for gas. The 1400-mile long pipeline, constructed In 1961, taps 22 gas fields in Alberta, Canada, where a vast supply of natural gas has been found. It requires six days far gas to travel through the line from Alberta to San Francisco, Thompson said, but with the Increase In installa tions of pressure stations, this would be cut to four days. Some opposition came from Texas at the FPC hearings, he said, fcrom independent produc ers who submitted that the gas should be purchased from that state. Decision on the hearing awaits study of lengthy briefs and exhibits presented, after which materials in the nature of rebuttals may be filed with the commission. 1967 Construction Set If the proposal Is approved. the stations are scheduled for construction in 1967. The lone station would be 10,000 horse power, and one between Mad ras and Pxlnevllle would be 18, 000 horsepower. The latter sta tion would cost $414 million. The pressure stations would be operated by remote control, using a computer, and no per sonnel would be required at lone for the operation of the station there. However, the company has budgeted for an additional maintenance station, and no de cision has been made as to where it will be located. Thomp son said it could be located In Condon, Heppner or lone, or It may be decided to use the crew out of Wallula, Wash, for this purpose. The PGT representative said that the stations would give the 50 more capacity for 10 more expenditure by the company. Tax Impact Told One of the Important bene fits to Morrow county of the lone station would be the tax impact. The company this year paid $60,660 to Morrow county and a total of $728,800 in the state of Oregon, he said: He could only conjecture how much more would be paid here with the added installation. He showed a color film to the group showing the construction of the pipeline and how the 36 inch pipes were welded togeth er and laid across river beds and over rough terrain with crews working in all kinds of weather conditions. Also on tne program were movies of Pacific Coast football for 1964 and films on Viet Nam, presented by Jim Barnett and Horman Winter. Gar Swanson announced that the club's ladles night event set for December 18 has been post poned and that the Lions will Join with other lone groups for a New Year's eve party. Next regular meeting, which would have been December 27, was cancelled because of the holidays. Skip Emert will pre sent a program on the state School for the Blind at the Jan uary 10 meeting. President Ron Bishop presided at the Monday meeting. ed for this purpose. Rules for the election of the committee by the certified personnel of the district were adopted by the board, and the date of January 4 was set for the election. Mrs. Alice Vance, clerk, was Instruct ed to arrange for the election Holsteia Resigns Everett Holstein, principal of the lone schools, submitted his resignation to be effective at the end of the current school year. The board accepted it with reluctance and instructed the clerk to write a letter commend ing him for his work and to put It in his file. Holstein is presently in his second year at lone. Stores Stay Open For Late Shopping A number of Heppner stores have announced that they will be open until 9 p.m. Friday and to the same time on Mon day through Thursday of next week for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. Included In the group are Gonty's, Murrays Rexall Drug, J. C. Penney Co.. Elma's Ap parel. Gardner's Men's Wear, MiLadies Apparel. Phil s Phar macy. Van's Variety, Case Fur niture Company and Peter son's Jewelers. Bank of EO Votes Cash Dividends Of $10 Per Share Bus Reports Given Principal Clayton Norton of Heppner presented a district transportation report that he and Leonard Toll, bus supervis or, had worked out for the months of October and Novem ber. The report gave total cost of operating the county school district vehicles and itemized each cost. A similar report will be giv en regularly for each preceding month at each ensuing board meeting. The transportation committee, which met December 9, recom mended that the 54 passenger (Continued on page 8) Engineers' Letter Tells Land Plan Procedure that the Army En gineers would use in acquir ing land for the Willow Creek project Is described in this is sue in an open letter to land owners from Col. Frank McEl- wee. district engineer, Walla Walla. The letter is printed In full on page 2, section 2. Directors of the Bank of East ern Oregon have voted $10 cash dividends to their stockholders, going to stockholders of record December 1 for payment on De cember 15, Gene Pierce, presi dent of the bank, announces. About 120 stockholders of the bank in Morrow and Gilliam counties hold 1500 shares, he said. ' Dividends during the past two years were curtailed due to the expense of relocation of the bank s branch in Arlington, but in the five-year period of l9o through 1962. each share receiv ed $49 in dividends. Annual div idends of $10 per share were paid with the exception of one year when a $9 dividend was declared. Stock has gained in value from $200 in 1957 to $265 at the present time, Pierce said. The current dividend repre sents 5 of the original invest ment on each share, the presi dent pointed out. John Krebs of Arlington is chairman of the directors. Other directors are Earl Hoag, Dave Lemon and Dave Childs, all of Arlington; Arthur Allen, Board man; Gar Swanson, lone; and Howard Bryant, Ray Ferguson and Pierce, all of Heppner. Better Price On Stock Gives Boost By GENE WINTERS Morrow County Extension Agent Income from cash farm mar keting In Morrow county for 1965 is estimated to be $10,268,- 000, Gene Winters, Morrow coun ty extension agent announced today. The estimate is up 10 from 1964, primarily due to better livestock prices. Livestock and animal prod ucts accounts for $2,620,000 or nearly 26 per cent of the total. Wheat accounted for about 73 of all crops, bringing grow ers $5,612,000. Total production was estimated at 3,120,000 bush els with 180,000 held back for seed or feed on farms where pro duced. The county wide aver age pec acre yield was esti mated at 26 bushels. Barley followed wheat in croD importance with growers receiv ing nearly 1.5 million dollars for the 96 per cent of the 1965 bar ley crop sold. Receipts of $2,044,000 from farm marketings of cattle and calves appear to be the highest reported for a number of years and represents 20 per cent of the gross income. The sales of hay, vegetables, melons, and tree fruits was es timated t0 be 450,000 dollars. The value of hay production was nearly 1.2 million dollars with about 23 of the crop kept on the farm. Assisting in the preparation of the estimates were farmers, extension agent Gail McCarty. OSU-USDA county statistician specialist Robert Ganger and others. 3 ' - ' --.' - . . : ' . ' 1 ' ' -' ' ' - ' ' ' ' .v' . ' 4 I i'TI1 01 r i I I FAR CRT from the "borrowed' quarters used until this veai by Blue Mountain Community Col lege is this new building that now houses many of the departments of the young college. This picture shows fust a portion of tho modern and functional new structure located on the new college campus. It is the first of the buildings that eventually will form a complete college unit Photo was taken by Director Bob Abrams at the time of open house recently.
