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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1966)
L I BPAftr U OF O i y 4 c :, c , o . r . 07103 82ncJ Year Number 48' THE GAZETTE Hcppncr, Oregon, Thursday, January 27, 1966 10 cents n 1 EDEPPWEK TMES fy - '(.- ' v , 'f k s, i t , . , , , . , . I I ' k i r j i .a I t J xU'i'i iA f A i r h'C'X- s. ' 1 !'1 :u- i rJ' j' . -' i ly CT .r Mothers' March Set For Tuesday Marvh of Dime campaign now In full awing in Morrow county, will further Its drive to combat Mrth defects Turnday evening wlien the Mothers' March will Iks staged In llepp rir, Lexington anil lone, Mr Lcn Kay wan, county chair man (or the National Founda Hon, announce. Some 3A mother who have been enlisted (or the door to door campaign will make con tacts during the evening, and all residents are urged to make a contribution to the cause. Mr. Marion Green and Mr. James lYvxk are co-chairman of tho March In the lleppner and Lex ington area and Mr. Ralph Kinraid I In charge In lone. The March I being conduct' ed under the direction of Mr. Darrrll McLachlan, county cam palgn chairman. Fund will be used to help establish and maintain treat ment center for birth defect, devoted to repairing bodies and aving live of children with auc-h handicap. Friendship club of Cecil will hold a potluck dinner and card party Saturday night at 6 p.m. above the Cecil atore a a March of Dimes benefit, Mr. Schwarz said. The event is designed for families, and games will te provided for children. Twenty five were prcnt for the showing of a motion pic ture Tuesday night In tho mul tipurpose room of the Heppner grade school. The film showed what is being done toward the fight against birth defects. Wal ter Lassen, state representative of the National Foundation, was prcM'nt to discus tho March of Dimes and Its work. Kaseberg Headlines Conservation Meet l.St-e alo pages 6 and 7) I'aulin Kaseberg, Wawo wheat farmer, will headline the program of the annual lleppner Soil and Water loriM-rvutlon meeting at the l-enlngton change hall Tuesday, February 1, starting at 8 p m. KsM-herg will st-esk on the propoM'd Columbia Plateau con servation program. He I a com mittee mrrnlwr. representing (Vegon on this trl-Mate project. A pant Conservation Man of the Year for Oregon, Kaseberg preM-ntly Is a su-rvlsor on the Sherman county soil and water roriM-rvatlon dittrlct. lie Is a past president of the Oregon Wheat Grower League and also served as chairman of the Ore gon Wheat Commission. Mides win be sriown at the meeting by Cordon White another program feature. He will show the extensive conser vatlon practice of the Great Mains area. W. C. Kosewall. who had oprtunlty to observe last winters flooding from the air and damage being done at that time, and Ralph Richards, work unit conservation, will supple merit Whites presentation. Ray French, chairman of the supervisors, will preside at the annual meeting. Flection of two supervisors will be held. Those whose terms are expiring are Kenneth Turner and French. Financial report will also be Mayor Al Lamb Suffers Illness Bank Reports 8fh Consecutive Year of Gains Annual meeting of the stock holders of the Rank of Eastern Oregon was held the evening of January 19, at the new city hall In Arlington. Of tho 1500 shares of stock, outstanding, 12G0 shares were cither present or represented by proxy. Report of the directors to the stockholders Indicated for the eighth consecutive year the Bunk of Eastern Oregon had made substantial gains in do posits, loans and earnings. A $10 a share dividend was dc clared and paid November 15 to the stockholders of record on that date and about $11,000.00 was added to the banks re serves and undivided profits. The present directors, John W. Krebs, Earl Hoag, D. L. Lemon and Dave Chllds, all of Arling ton; Arthur A. Allen of Board man; Gnr Swanson of lone; Howard Bryant. R. B. Ferguson and Gene Pierce, all of llepp ner, were re-elected to serve for the coming year. Allen was elected chairman of tho bourd and Hoag was elected to a new position of vice-chairman. Tierce was re elected president and Bill Slew ert was reelected vice president and cashier. James F. Green and Marlon C. Green were re elected assistant cashiers and managers of the Arlington and lone offices and Larry F. Prock was elected assistant cashier at tho lleppner office. Mayor Al Lamb is confined to his home this week after suf fering an attack of (lines en route home from Portland Sun day. He had returned from an air trip to Washington, D. C' and had spent the week-end with his parents In Salem and at meetings In Salem and Port land. At The Dalles, he was forced to call his family and ask them to come and get him. The attar k seemed to be In the nature of the ailment that struck him last fall and caused him to enter a Portland hos pltal for tre a t m e n t. Lamb thought It was a recurrence of a blood clot that he had suf fered some time previously. His sceeh has tx-en affected somewhat by the most recent attack. He Is under a doctor's care but at last report had not entered the hospital. II -' ' i . FAULEN KASEBERG given at the meeting. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the meet Ing. being furnished by Lexing ton Implement Co. and Central Market. The public is invited to the meeting. R-l Board Defers Action on Hiring Administrators Because Superintendent David R. Potter Mas unable to be pres ent, the Morrow county school Ixmrd Tuesday night deferred action on considering contract of administrator for the com Ing school year. The meetln had been called aa a spec! M-sslon for the purpose of act ng on the contracts, but Supt otter I still convalescing from 21 days of hospitalization and surgery In Portland. The board by unanimous vote passed a motion reaffirming its strong support "f adminlMrat and directed that all teach rs conform strictly to the teach era' handbook. Advisory committees of Board man and Irrlgon resented a lint f committee nominees for a building committee in the north end to consider changes in the plans for Riverside High school. Chairman lrvln Ranch of the school board appointed the fol lowing to the committee: Mich ael Tolar and Ron Daniels, school administrators; Bill Park er. Irrlgon advisory chairman; Earl McQuaw. Boardman advls ory chairman; Mrs. iiazei mc Rae, Chester Wilson, both of Ir rlgon, Delmar Hug and Leonard Bedord. both of Boardman. lav members; and Robert Harwood Boardman. custodian. PUC Order Favors Electric Co-op Columbia Basin Electric Coop erative at lleppner Tuesday was named the sole electric utility for most of Morrow and Gilli am counties and parts of Uma tilla, Sherman and Wheeler counties. Public Utility Commissioner Jonel . C. HiU signed an order '"""' aiiwuuiui uiiuisi j ...in , - ..n,....i i I urnuminiuun win ue rriirrsriii I'uuuc iieaiiiiK our- . ... ,,,, Assembly Meeting To Bring 100 Here Blue Mountain sectional min isters' Institute of the Assem blies of God will bring some 100 persons to lleppner Monday, the Kev. Billie Alsup. pastor of the Assembly of God church here, said Tuesday. ,.. Some 18 local-churches of the Jim Myers Taken To Good Samaritan Jim Myers, owner of Phil's Pharmacy, was taken to Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, Wednesday for observation and treatment of an ailment which has not been fully diagnosed. He was forced to leave work last week and enter the hospit al when he became 111. One of the symptoms was pains in the head. A spinal tap brought pos- Itlve results, indicating that tho specialized treatment was nec essary. His father and mother came from Idaho to go to Portland with him. while his wife, Mary Ellen, remained home to oper ate the store. ng which it was learned that the co-op now serves these areas without competition from other electric utilities. No one appear ed to oppose the co ops appli cation for exclusive rights to these service areas when the PUC held Its hearing In llepp ner on December 21. 1965. The co op nerves about 2.850 customers in the five county rea. It acquired a large part of Its service areas In Gilliam. Morrow and Wheeler counties In 1IKJ1 from Pacific Power and Light co. The allocation of utility ter ritory was made under the term of a 1901 state law designed to prevent unnecessary duplication of utility facilltl.se. by their pastors. wives, and church delegates, he said. The Institute will start at 9 a.m. in the local Assembly and will continue until 7:30 p.m. The Rev. N. D. Davidson, district superintendent, of Salem will be featured speaker, and others on the day's program include the Rev. Bob Padgett, Oregon dis trict youth director, also of Sa lem; and the Rev. Earl Book. Oregon district secretary and pastor of the First Assembly In Albany. The Rev. Davidson will also be guest speaker in the llepp ner Assembly of God church Sunday evening prior to the opening of the institute. ONE OF TRE I rn port ant gam of tb sasoa awadU tb Hppor Kiqh bakUell Imbi rriday nlqht whn Sbannan county plrr ea tb Heppoer floor. Mustangs, cvmntiy running with a 12 win. 2 iou record arc (front row, from Uft) Back row Coach Bob Clough, Managor Jim Bar ron. BussoU Kllkanny. Dick rial. David Clark. Back row Coach Bob dough, Managor. Jim Bar clay. On Keliker, Stovo Wagonblast Donnls CDonnU, Darid Cray end Managor Stan Rauch. , Jim Doborty was unabla to bo protont whoa tho plcturo was takra. (Soo also paqo 5). (Photo by Bill Jobnsoo for tho Casotto-Timo). Mustangs' to Play First Home League Game Against Hot Sherman Huskies (See also page 5) Heppner's Mustangs clash with Sherman County here Fri day night in their fourth league basketball game and first Greater Oregon contest at home. Heppner. following Its wins ov- er Burns and Madras and the loss to Grant Union last week end, takes a tie for second place in the league Into this game. The Mustang's are ranked eighth In state A-2 hoop stand Ings by both the Oregonian and the Associated Press, while the Journal places them more con servatively at 12th. With mid season pressure on every team in the league, this week's clash NRA Expresses Thanks to City Through their secretary, Mrs. Joann Griffith of Spray, the members of the Northwest Ro deo association have expressed their appreciation to business people and residents of Hepp iter for the hospitality extend ed during the NRA convention here January 15 and 16. "I think lleppner did more than its share in rolling out the red carpet." Mrs. Griffith said. "Everyone had a real good time." Among those mentioned spe clfically for their help were the Morrow county Fair Board, the Wranglers, the girls who served at the banquet, Fred Mankin for making coffee each day, Lois Winchester for the decorating, Roice Fulleton for taking charge of local arrangements, the Gazette-Times for furnishing name badges and providing publicity. She asked that thanks be ex tended to all others who had a share in the welcome and in the success of the convention. Kinzua Sawmill Gets Safety Award Kinzua Corporation's lleppner sawmill, received an award from Employers Insurance of Wausau for "exceptional achievement In accident preven tlon" at a presentation Wednes day, January 19. The company had no dlsab line Injuries between Novcnv her 23, 1964, and November 23, 1905. Its employees worked a total of 137,764 man-hours dur ing this period. The award was presented to Elmer Moe, plant superintend ent, by Tom McMahon of Port land, a safety consultant for the insurance company. McMahon att r 1 b u t e d the firm's outstanding safety record to the fine attitude of the com pany's employees, who work as a team to produce a good prod uct without unnecessary accidents. .!-'!&' It. Ml I i tr- vl; v ll: . ! , mmjLi Li i.i Republicans Pick Mrs. Winter Head Of County Group Br AVON MELBT Morrow County Republican Central Committee elected Mrs, Merman winter, Heppner, as halrman at an organizational meeting here this week. Plans ere laid to contact all regis tered Republicans In the countj tn a grass-roots fund raising cf fort for the I960 campaign. Mrs. Winter is the wife of Morrow county district attorney, wno is also senior partner in the law firm of Winter & Balfe. They have resided her:.- three years, with both active in Re publican party affairs. She re places Don Turner, Lexington, who resigned due to being elect ed state central committee treas urer recently. "Emphasis Oregon," a maga zine published by the Republi can party in the state, will be the main fund raising project for the year, according to de cision reached at the meeting. Robert Abrarns, Heppner, was appointed chairman and the subscription campaign is al ready underway. Cost of the puDiicatton is $12 per year. Mrs. Mervin Leonard, Lexing ton. was named alternate coun ty chairman. Joe Balfe. Hepp ner, was elected vice chairman with Terry Thompson. Heppner, as alternate. Mrs. James Myers, lleppner, was elected secretary, and Mrs. Terry Thompson, Heppner, treasurer. Abrarns was elected congressional district committeeman and Mrs. Verner Troedson. lone, congressional committcewoman. Offices filled by appointment included those of precinct or ganization chairman with Lar ry Lindsay. Lexington, named. and publicity, with Avon Mel by, Heppner, named. Executive board was author. ized to fill vacancies of precinct committeemen and committee- women by appointment. Boosters to Feed Players after Game The newly-formed Heppner Booster club is sponsoring a party after the Heppner-Sher-man game Friday night. Refreshments of hot chocolate and sandwiches will be provid ed for the teams. Schools Purchase New Activity Bus Heppner's basketball team is ridinp to its out-of-town games in nign style in a new urev nouna rype dus the school dis trirt recently purchased. The "new" bus is a '-J9 model, silver with white and blue trim Inside, the comfortable seats are upholstered in brown. Some of the special features include window shades, an Intercom system, luggage racks, and a radio. The bus is powered bv a CMC aiesei engine with a blower. This makes traveling much fas ter and th. team made the trip 10 Burns in lour hours instead of the six hours the old "pusher" dus required. Some of the boys have com mented that the bus "has a lot more leg room than the other bus." The bus was purchased for the use of the county's three high schools, with the school making the longest trip getting use of the bus. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of January 20-26 is as follows: will be Important also for Sher man aince a win over the highly-ranked Mustangs would boost them Into a tie with Heppner. Sherman will travel to Hepp ner with plenty of power to put ud a good scrap. Ray Eakln has been hot for the past few games and will be a real threat to the Mustang defense. Dave Jacob- sen, at 5'ir. Gene Lanthorn at 60". Terry Stark at 61", and Kent Thomas at 60" will also represent threats when the two teams face off. Although Sherman started the season poorly. It has recently caught fire. Last week-end they trounced the Madras White Buf faloes by 20 points. 68-48. prov ing that the Huskies have the ability to stand off strong opponents. Guards Gene Hellker and Jim Doherty of Heppner will no doubt harass the Sherman de fense from the field, and Mac Hoskins wtll be under the boards to pull down rebounds. Sherman and Heppner are both hot and both badly need a win this week-end. This hoop contest could prove to be one of the closest of the season for the Mustangs, who could be underrating the visiting team on the basis of their poor show ing in the Christmas tourna ment at Condon. The JVs, undefeated until last week's disastrous tour south, will endeavor to get back on the winning siae in tneir 6:30 preliminary game. League standings to date: Wahtonka S Heppner 2 Grant Union 1 Sherman County 1 Madras 0 Burns 0 D 1 1 1 2 2 Lexington Co-op Sets Annual Meet Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday snow Hi Low Prec. 36 21 38 24 .08 36 25 41 27 .06 32 21 .05 27 22 40 22 Annual meeting of the Lex ington Oil Co-op will be in the Lexington Grange hall Tuseday, February 8, starting at 10:30 m., Joel Engelman, manager, announces. Terms of two directors will ex pire, those of M. V. Nolan and Roger Campbell. The positions will be filled by election. Officers of the cooperative will be elected by directors at a meeting following the regular session. Members of the Lexington Grange Home Economics club will serve lunch, and door priz es will be given at the meeting. Chamber Opposes TV Regulation By what appeared IN RECOGNITION of the safety record ol the Kinxua sawmill in Heppner Employers Insurance of Wausau presented a plaque to the firm last week. Tom McMahon (right) of the company nan da the award to Elmer Moe (second irom left), superintendent. Ned Sweek. shipping cleric and Mrs. Nona Sowell. oHflce manager of the Heppner plant also represented the company. (G-T Photo). to he a I . unanimous vote, the Heppner t v Morrow county Chamber of 1 -viiiiii.i.v, Ativiivtci v auuiuvcu J motion to send letters to Con gressmen opposing the proposed reaerai communications Com mission regulation that would protect local TV channels by re striding programming from more distant stations. Haskell Sharrard, president of Heppner TV, Inc., was present at the meeting and explained mat tne regulation would "com pletely put microwave out of the picture" for local TV cable sys tern. It was also emphasized that any consideration of bringing eaueauonai rv to the Heppner area, which could be possible inrougn tne use of microwave, would have to be abandoned. Sharrard said that Congress i twice a similar regulation. Hear ing on the proposed action by the FCC, originally set for Jan uary 7, was advanced to Feb ruary 10 when the commission granted a 3-day extension. "This affects thousands throughout the United States," Sharrard said. 'They are going to tell us just what stations we can view and cannot view." He said that there would be no chance that Heppner could view Portland stations under the proposed regulation which gives priority to channels closer to the system. In Heppner's case, Washington channels from the Tri-Cities are closer. L. E. Dick, also a director of Heppner TV, said that he felt one reasonable compromise on the situation would be for the cable system to guarantee that it would show the local chan nels as well as those from more distant points. The discussion of the Drooosed regulation occupied most of the meeting with some 40 persons present. Sharrard later reported that the cable system officials here have been very gratified with response to their appeal last week for all those interested to write and express their feelings on the matter. Reaction has been great, he said. Mayor Al Lamb, who was in Washington, D. C, at the time this broke, was contacted bv tel ephone and visited with Con gressman Al Ullman about the matter. Since he has been ill since his return to Heppner. Lamb has not been contacted as to the results of this confer ence. However, wire reports early this week reported Cong. Ull man as saying that he had ask ed the FCC to postpone indef initely the order to restrict the programming and said that the commission may be faced with congressional action if the con troversy is not satisfactorily re solved. "Any policy that ignores or interferes with the rights and dominant wishes of the viewing public is basically unsound." Ullman wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman E. William Henry. Sharrard said that, while this support is encouraging to the cable system cause, the "bat tle is not yet won." He asked all those who have not yet ex pressed themselves to congress men to do so at once. Any who need further information may contact him for details. Shar rard said that the congressmen will need this show of support from the citizenry in gaining the point with the FCC The cable system president expressed appreciation to all those who have taken the time to express themselves on the matter.
