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GAZETTE
Hcppncr, Oregon, Thursday, January 27, 1966
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.