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LIBRARY U Of O tUQCf.'i:. o.'.c. 0 7 4 0 3 State to Call for Bids ffl w pr ffl UDOOgJ Ten Wnk rf rebuilding 34 mllrt of the willow I rwk highway from Heppner north la Miw-t rl to Hart soon, ami lhi State Highway Ivpartrncnt will rail for Mda on the project on March H. County Jutft I'aul Jonci told the Heppner-Morrow Courtly Chamber of Commerce Monday In a rrnnrt on county bunlnesn. Iln aald the mail will Ik widened to 2M feet In the 3H mile section with 4 ft. nhould- rra on rarh side. Alignment will te lmiroved and the road will lx lralghtened. Itoad edges will have a painted atr! In accord ance with modern aafrly prac- tier. Judge Jones aald that In had l--ii assured that the Willow Creek highway to th Mehwav w Junction will be atralghten M In a 5 year project. Includ ing Horchoe bend at Morgan. However, work on IhU "grand daddy of all curve" will not tart earlier than thrco years from now. The ktralghtenlng project will le financed from Mehwav maintenance fund. Power Pola to Mora President llaxley Voting also announced that ( nlumhl.i Biiln Electric CMip4ratlve will soon Mart removing a roadalde power line from Heppner to lone and win ai! me line to me nign lino above the highway by add ing rrokaarma lower ikmn on the mainline pole. In some place the present lower line U within a few feet of the highway edge. Some ef fort waa made a few year ago to have the polca removed when the line waa under Pacific Pow. er Co. ownerhlp. but nothing waa done. The Chamber voted to auhmlt a Inter to the Highway Com mlNRlon asking for a frontage road adarent to new construe lion on highway 80 eat of the bomb range road. Judge Jones had told of the rountv court' work to convince the highway department and Bureau of Public Itondt of the need for the road, without which the county would have no ac ciiia to the freeway for a dl lance of aome aeven mllea. Tlie requet for the frontage road also Included an Interchange at the Patterson Kerry road. loung pointed out that th. county would only have three polnta of acccM to the highway without thla Interchange, one being at the Boring alte en trance, another at the new town of Iloardman and the third at the Interchange five miles east of Rnnrdman I bomb range road). The main tmi to the county, however, la In Gilliam county, being the Willow Creek route. Talks on 8LM Lands The Judge reported on the hearing of the state legislature's interim committee on public iana.1 in rcmiicton Friday and Saturday. He pointed out that Harney county U Ti under fed eral ownership and 52 of the lands In Marrow county are fed eral or state lands, lie aald trie rounly recom- mrndi mat l'"" HLM lanl In the north bo entered by desert entry. Among filings rum on reid are a number by local loie, and some local iervn are cross filing on thOM of the so-railed "l"ortland group." lie aald that the main pur- Nte of the I day hearing In lrndleiun was to determine 'whether anything crooked" was done on giving advance In formation on the rclea of the public lands by the state. The Bureau of Land Manage ment mukt act to classify the l.i ml Ix-fore any tie of drwl- opment may proceed, he aald. Judge Jones also touched on the remit hearing In itoardman on the proponed county zoning trdlnance and announce I the lublic meeting on the Willow reek project for Tuesday at I .HI p m. In the grade school, mu!t!purMe room In Heppner. School Issues To Be Discussed By Board Panel Program for the February meeting of the Heppner lllch school ITA on Wednesday, Feb ruary 9. will feature a panel dlM-usslon by members of the dlnlflrt school board. It Is an nounced by Mrs. Marshall Lov- gren. ogram chairman. The panel will present "The Voice of the School Board." dls cussing Important Issues related to the present school avstem and presenting arr in which there may be misunderstand Ings relative to the coming sciiool budget. It will provide an opportunity for eommunlca lion between members of the school board, parents and teach era on questions that have come up during the year. A good attendance is urged in support of the ITA officer and Its program committee. The meeting will be held In the high school multipurpose room. Mothers' March Sets New Mark 82nd Yeor (GAZETTE EEEPFBIER TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 3, 1966 Number 49 nS;f ! To Answer Questions (Also see page 61 Public Informational meeting ID rntlon lh Willow Creek project U - "3 set for Tuesedav at I:.K p m. In 0 It 5gt. Larry Cook Killed Tuesday In Anfn krrAfr III MUIU MUIUCIII f J Science Teachers Attend Workshop Of Phone Company Workshop for science teach ers of Junior and senior high schools In Morrow county was presented In Heppner Wedncs day evening, January 2(5, by J It Tompkins or Tactile North west Bell Telephone Company. He discussed and demon strated crystallography, which leads to an understanding of the structure of materials; wave behavior, the atudy of sound waves and their Importance to people: and solar energy and Its work In the transmission of sounds, as well as other types or energy used for transistors, solar cells, transformers and capacitors. Tompkins told of the prob lems encountered In the trans missions of sounds, discussed the speech chain and the abil lty to use computers to program spcecn. One of th most Interesting features of the presentation was the tape recorded production of tne song, "Daisy," sung by a computer, with another compu ter producing the music. This climaxed a film shown on the voice and the problems of de veloping mechanical talk. Machine talking, Tompkins said, Is an electronic production of vowel sounds at various fre quencies and volume to pro duce almost human sounding speech. ' The visitor told of his com pany's desire to help the school in the training of students in the fields of science. Those attending felt that the presentation was worthwhile and Informative In broadening science understandings. Present were Everett Holsteln, James Marvin, Gene Dockter, all of lone schools; Lester Leroux of Riverside; Michael Tolar, A. C. Houghton School; Clayton Nor ton, Robert Haux, Kirk Horn, all of Heppner High; Mrs. Inez Meader and Jack Grossnickle of Heppner Junior High. Tompkins also appeared at Heppner junior high the follow ing morning to discuss science projects with the seventh grade students. Women who participated In the Mothers March for the Na tional Foundation, which Is de- voting attention to birth defects, were thoroughly era t t ed w th the response given by the pub lic when they made contacts for contributions Tuesday night. The $o32.G4 raised throughout the county was nearly three times the amount received at the last Mothers March In a previous campaign. At the ear- Her date, $223.19 was contribu ted. Some $50 was raised at a card party conducted at Cecil. Con tributions made to the mothers brought the following totals from the respective communi ties: lone, $168.11; Lexington J4.4u; and Heppner. $30.13 Mrs. Dnrrel McLachlan. coun tv chairman for the March, said mat the public had read of the march In the paper and the women were met with a gencr ous response wherever thev . went. Mrs. McLachlan cxte n d o d manks to the various commu nlty chairmen, including Mrs James Prock. Mrs. Marlon fireon Mrs. italph Kincald, Mrs. Lynn rearson and Mrs. 1 nr ev Snirer. as well as to the other moth ers who assisted. She said that the chairmen had their work very well organized and this helped make the March a sue cess. The county chairman extend ed special appreciation to the Bank of Eastern Oregon for sponsoring an advertisement tnat gave the public advance notice or the March. V ; it' -. .v : mm. . LJL . t. ' vi in i. . . . -- W m in,, n. i'l.t t.k i i, ...in ii in- i m -in IP THIS PICTURE war in color, on could a th trua blue tmorMslon ths IatoI Heoonar . . . . . - mr - iit in i niqn acnooi rp ciud guj wn making at ID snnn an -Heppner baskaUxxXl gam. Tbry wr " f " clad la their new blue outfits and wer Mp dally happy whan Mrs. Rachel Dick, journalism ivacner. iook in picture mcoum in Mustangs wr winning their gam. Mustangs Face Big Test With Eagles Due Friday By BILL SNTDER Myers Improving After Surgery Jim Myers is making contin ue Improvement following urain surgery iMriormed Fr dav nlRht at Good Samaritan hos pital, Portland, according to a report Wednesday. He came through the delicate operation lecly and responded well after coming out of the anesthetic. It is expected that he will re main in the hospital another two weeks. His wife. Mary Ellen, went to Portland to be with him at the time of the operation and re- turned here early this week to devote attention to operating their Phil's Pharmacy. She plans. io go nacK 10 roruana tnis week- end. Myers' parents, who live in Idaho, are also staying near him. Myers became ill about two weeks ag) and was hospitalized here before It became apparent that specialized treatment would be necessary. Mrs. Myers requests that no flowers be sent to him because of an allergy and visitors are not permitted, but he would welcome hearing from friends. The Hcppnor Mustangs will face the Dace-setting Wahtonka Eagles at Heppner Friday night at 8 o'clock In a Greater Ore gon league basketball game. the Kagles have a league roc ord of 4-0 while the Mustangs are rlcht behind with 3 wins and 1 loss. This means with a win over the visitors, the Mus angs would move Into a tie for tlrst place. If they lose, they possibly would drop into a tie with Grant Union. The two schools have olaved he same competition, wiih the dirrerence In standing resulting irom neppners loss to Grant Union whom Wahtonka defeat ed. The starting five for the Wah tonka hall club is composed of all seniors. Thev are Bill Ham mel. 6'2 ". Terry Way. 5'11", Jer ry Harmon. 61", Lucky Proctor, 5". and Gary Rlcketts, 510". The game between the Mus tangs and the Eagles will be a battle of the guns. The game should be one of good defense and hard running, with the hottest- handed team emerging on top. The Mustangs will have to play a d'tlerent brand of ball Workers Named For Heart Fund against Wahtonka than they did rriday. or they will come out In the second best position, in stead of on top as they did against Sherman. They will not be able to have as many turn overs a in the Husky game be cause the Eagles will take ad vantage of this kind of a break and shut the Mustangs off short Greater Oregon League stand Ings as of last week-end show Wahtonka and Heppner first and second, with John Day third at 2 and 1. Sherman fourth with 1 win and 2 loss es, and Madras and Burns trail Ing with 3 defeats each. Harlcy Sagor, Morrow countv Heart Fund campaign chairman, announced cany tnis week the names of those donating their services as campaign heads throughout the county durins me montn or Kebruarv for the Oregon Heart Association. February 1 through 11 is the period set aside for a personal appeal to all businessmen in the communities to help in the fight against diseases of the heart and blood vessels, bv making a contribution to the Heart Fund. Mrsr Frank Hamlin is in charge of solicitations in the Heppner business district The door-to-door residential campaign in Heppner will bo nanaiea dv members of Ruth Assembly No. 50, Order of Rain- dow lor Girls, under the dkrec. tlon of their mother advisor, Mrs. Tom Hushes. Other campaign chairmen fo the county are Mrs. John Led- better, Lexington; Mrs. Wayne Ball and Miss Rita Kerr, co chairmen for the lone area; Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt, Hardman; Mrs. Ewald Ritzer, Irrigon, and Mrs. John M. Phillips, Board man. Especially from the rural areas contributions may be mailed, payable to the Oregon Heart association, to Harley Sa ger, in care of the First Nation al Bank of Oregon, Heppner. Snow Reported Just Over Average Snowfall at trie Arouckle Mountain course this year is Just slightly over the 13-year average, Ralph Richards said Wednesday in making his re port. The snow depth was measured at 27.5 inches as compared with the 26.5 average. High was in 1956 when it was 45.8 inches and low was in 19G3 at 8.2 inches. In 11X15 it was 33.8 inch- s and in 1964. 34.3 inches. Water content Is figured this ear at 7.8 Inches as compared with the average of 6.2 Inches. High was 12.8 Inches In 1958 and low, 1.2 inches in 1963. In 1965 it was 10.0 Inches and in 1964. 8.4 inches. Density is placed at 28.2, as compared with the 25.6 ave rage. High was 31 in 1959 and low was 14 in 1963. The year 1965 showed density at 29.5 and in 1964 it was 24.7. the Heppner Uementary multi purpose room. All tho Inter- eid In getting more Inform, tlon about the project and hav ing questions answered urged to be present. County Judge raul Jones states. To be present at the meeting are crucial who will be pre pared to answer Questions on any phase of the project. Among mem w 11 be Joel (;r rr th. How. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cook. Sr.. lard Hoean and Howard Preston or Heppner lert early Wednes-lof th U. S. Army Corps of En- oay morning ror Albuquerque, glneers; Carl Hutsh of the Bur- r. arter learning of the eau or fu-ciamation; Uuentln death or their son. MSgL Larry Bowman of the State Water Re- A. Cook. Jr. in an auto acci- sources Board: and Jerry Haines. neni j-uesrtav near tie fcJum. district watermaster. Wn. MSgt. Cook and his fam- The Judge emphasized that lly made their home In Albu- this will not be a formal hear- querque. ling but an Informational meet- or the past two years the in? only. son. who had been in army W hlle recent Interest has fo- service for aome 18 years, wai cused rvv on the irrigation stationed at Fairchlld Air Force aspectj of the project, those In Base near Yakima. He was an terested in any phase of the instructor in demolition and matter are asked to come and electronics and only had about pose their questions. 14 more years to serve before It Is planned to have ensu- retiremenL Ing meetings on the Irrigation He served In the navy prior feature alone in order to work to his army enlistment MSet out details Dreparatorv to form- cook nad never lived in Hepp- ing an organization ror imple- ner put witn Ms wire and dau- rnenting this part or the proj- gnier. catnv. visited his oarents ect. here occasionally. Over a period of several 0 details of the accident I months. Jud?e Jones com Dl led were learned. The parents were questions that had been asked notiiled of his death by tele- him by the public. He has sub- gram and Immediately prepared I mined these quetlons to the to go to Albuquerque to assist public agencies involved for with funeral arrangements. No their answers, and the replies imormation has been received have been compiled for the ben- as to the time and place of the efit of the public. In order that tnese may be disseminated as . . m ... I widely as possible they are printed In this issue of the Ga zette-Times on page six. Congressman Al Ullman re cently explained the necessity I of moving, fast In formlnz the irrigation plan for the Willow Project, which has been author ized by Coneress. It will be Contracts for the 19G6 Morrow Important to have the oreaniza- Appearing for the first time rodeo were awarded at a meet- tlon for irrigation arranged to in tneir new ouuas. tne hhs mg or tne roaeo committee Wed- iraciiitate construction a Doroori- rep ciud memDers cneerea tneinesaay nignt in me irst rua-iation. Mustangs on to victory last Fti- tional Bank. John Venard. sec-1 Proponents hope that informa- dav night retary. said. tlon that potential irrigators The attractive uniforms con- Stock contract was given to will receive from the comlnsr sist or Diue A line SKirts top- tiowara jonnson or Condon, who meeting and others planned ped on with couariess blazers, iurnisned tne stocK ror the 1965 will expedite this organization. White "nothing" blouses com- rodeo. Joe Dalev of Pendleton The ludse states that from plete the outfits. Emblems for will be announcer again and interest apparent to him In the the blazers will be ordered la- Wayne Lund of Rose City Sound, time prior to the Tuesday meet- Portland., will rurnish the sound ing a near-capacity crowd Is ex- system on contract pected In the multipurpose Daley was announcer for the room. 1965 event, and Rose City Sound has supplied the sound system tor a number or years. HeoDner Pen Club Rodeo Committee ri - r . I a i n Gets New Outfits Faras Lontracts ter. The members of Pep club are required to wear their unl forms to school on the day of games as well as to the games. Pat Sweeney Wins Free Throw Contest, Advances to State Pat Sweeney, Heppner eighth grader, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sweeney, has been an nounced the winner or this year's Elks' free throw contest. Pat's winning score was 38 of 50 free throws. Second high in the contest was LaVern VanMarter III, son of Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Van Marter. Jr., Heppner, and a 7th grader. He hit 35 out of the 50. Clint Agee was in charge of the contest, which also includ ed grade school students in lone. It Is sponsored locally by Elks Lodge 358. Pat will represent this district at the state contest on Saturday, February 12, at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, sponsored by the Oregon State Elks Asosciation. It will be an expense-paid trip for him and his parents. They will be guests at a noon lunch eon and at the Oregon State Stanford game that evening. The four finalists from the af ternoon contest will compete at half-time of the game for the state championship. Relative Goes Down With Fishing Boat A fishing boat accident has taken the life of the husband of a niece of Mrs. Archie Pad berg. Bud Short and his father, Hilward Short of Coos Bay, were aboard the fishing boat Sea Fox which sank off the Umpqua River last Friday, and have not yet been recovered, according to word received by Mrs. Padberg Mrs. Bud snort is the daugh ter of Mrs. Alfred Caldera, ol Coos Bay, sister to Mrs. Pad berg. Efforts of the Coast Guard boats and helicopter have failed to locate the bodies of either of the two men. Primary Filing Deadline Set WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi 48 56 51 50 48 41 43 Low 35 32 28 25 20 28 27 Prec. Total precipitation for the month of January was 1.43". Conservation Speaker Boosts Columbia Plateau Council Plan Br GENE WINTERS Morrow County Extension Agent "Critical problems in develop ment, use, management, and conservation of land and water In the Columbia Plateau must be solved soon," said Paulen Kaseberg at the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District annual meeting Tuesday even ing in the Lexington Grange hall. Kaseberg, Sherman coun t y wheat farmer and conservation district supervisor, pointed out the causes of soil and water problems In the plateau to 60 farmers and persons interested In conservation. The cause of depletion is both natural and manmade with climate and soil conditions different from other parts of the country. Solutions when known have been hampered by lack of long range planning, and conflict of purpose in farm programs. Kaseberg proposed that con sideration be given to the for mation of a Columbia Plateau Resource Council. This group would plan and conduct long range programs of land and water conservation and use for all purposes including agricul ture, industry, transportation, domestic, wildlife and recrea tion. All lands regardless of ownership would receive consid eration. Council management would be kept in the hands of citizens of the area. An advisory group would be available to the coun cil from government agencies. The results of such a council could be a Columbia Plateau program along the lines of the Great Plains program, he said, j Kaseberg suggested a number of Morrow county residents, in eluding farm and civic organ! zatlons' members, officials and others, attend the council orga nization meeting in Spokane February 25 and 26. Also on the program were Gordon White and Clarence Rosewall. White described the extensive conservation practices underway in Kansas. District Supervisor Rosewall reviewed the flood damage of 1964-65 and reported on the progress this year by local farm ers in adopting conservation practices to protect against fu ture flooding conditions. Supervisors Ken Turner and Raymond French were elected to succeed themselves. Other mem bers of the district board of su- perviors are Vernon Munkers, Roger Palmer and Clarence Rosewall. March 15 is the deadline for filing candidacy for the primary election, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, reminds possible office-seekers. The election will be held the fourth Tuesday in May this year. May 24. Previously the primary elec tion has been held on the third Friday In May every even-numbered year, but the legislature at its last session changed it to the Tuesday date. Filing for county positions is done at the office of the county clerk. Indications are that it will be a quiet election year here. Up for election are the positions of county assessor, one countv commissioner and two port com missioners. Rod Thomson will conclude his first term as as sessor at the end of the current calendar year, and the position now held by Gene Ferguson Is the commissioner post to be on the ballot. Term of District Attorney Her man Winter also expires this year. This is considered a state position, and flung is done for it in Salem. The two port commissioner terms that will conclude at the end of the year are those of Garland Swanson of lone and Joe Tatone of Boardman. Swan son is completing a 4-year term and Tatone Is finishing a two- year term, having been elected n 1964 alter George Wlese for mer commissioner, moved from the county. Al Lamb Showing Some Improvement Mayor Al Lamb is "a little better," hli son, Wayne, said Wednesday. However, he Is not able to speak at the present and has lost the use of his right arm and leg temporarily. He suffer ed what now has been diagnos ed as a stroke wmie he was re turning to Heppner from Port land some 10 days ago following a trip to Washington, D. C. ine son said that the doctor has prescribed a course of exer cise ror regaining use of his arm and leg, and he may be taken to Portland for physical therapy to help speed his recovery. Lamb has not been hospital ized and is recovering at home.
