Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, February 24, 1966, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 1 MARY u or rUGIfir. ORE. 87403 Mustangs Meed 2 on Sfoov vdown enes All thi' blue rhlxi In the wl rn divUlon of Hi Greater Ore lion lA-dUMit i on lit U(k UiU week end when t ho llurn III landers unit the Grant Union I'rokHHiitra come to llrin'r for final frame on the regular leneue schedule. With Uii touring tram alio liming Wahtonka on alternate nlghta at Chenowith Grant Un ion on Friday and llurna on Sat unlay-I he three lop apot In the circuit are up (r gratia. Any of a number of combination of fin Uhca are MMtlble, If Ileppner can win again! llurna Iwve Friday rilirlit and defeat John )ay Saturday nlnht, the Muntangs will Imufi In undlpuled flrt pi. ice. Hut If. on the other hand, flit Proa-I prclor lake two while llri.pner kpiiu, r Itoth, Ihe Grant Lnhui (lull will win the title Since tlio fourth ilar team In the league, Sherman County, ha suffered five defeats, three la no chance (or any hut Hcpn nrr, John liny and Wahtonka to get Into the district tournament. It Mmillile, however, for ll'lhn-r to finish In third, which would mean that It would have to play the second place tram of the eautern dlvl Ion for the fourth mh.i In the upcoming dUtrlct tournament. It I also MHnlbie for the Mus tang to lie for wcond which would mean a playoff letwe-n the two deadlocked. Ixter then would have to meet the second place tram from the euM fori STANDINGS Wtitern Division CHEATER OREGON LEAGUE W I. Ileppner John Day 6 VVahtunka 5 Sherman 4 Madraa .1 llurna 1 Coming Game: Friday flurna at Ileppner. John I'ay at W'ahtonka. Sin man at Madraa. .Saturday John buy at lltpp- ru-r, llurna at wahtonka. the fourth d 1st rid spot. So It could le complicated arrant- le Tlie only way the II Men can he aure to avoid thU la lo win both their cnleU. burns, at lha i.lt'.oi of th standing, rould (day the spoil rr role in the merry mliup with nothing to lot. After running through aeven games without a win, the inlander lipped Mad ra laM week end. Ileppner topped Burn on the llllandera' flr January 21. i'J to 45, but lot to Grant Union at John Day on January 22. U to 37. Until the Mustang met defeat at Wahtonka lait Friday, M to 53. the loa to the lro-ix-ctors waa their only setback of the lengue season. Grant Union, a front line club all season, loomed powerful ov er the week-end, smacking Mad raa Friday nlgM, 4H to and stomping on Sherman County Saturday night. .V) to XI. both n the jor-.n Day tlm. IWad Ward and hievt Water man are hltfh wtrer for the lTojectora and the Mustangs will have their hand full to stop thern .Saturday night At thla point the wisdom of Coaifi Bob dough In encourag ing the scheduling of the John Day Burna road trip at the atari of the M-xmn la apparent. It U much better, with the race a iti'hl aa It la. to play the bit- final gamea at home. The two gamea are certain to draw big home rrowda, and Ileppner fana who have been following their fine team ao ar (It-r illy thla yea are aure to be out In fore at the wlndup gamea. Barbara Bloodsworth Chosen as Princess Helicopter Crashes; Pilot Has Back Injury Wreckage of helicopter, looking like a huge crushed mosquito, aprawled on the Un ion Pacific railroad track fol lowing a crash a quarter mile north of the Klnzua mill Thurs- l.i v morning The aircraft, valued at $.V.. ). was a total lot, Ii pilot, Dun Lederho. 38. of Sllvcrlon, emerged from the wreckage with a hack Inlury and waa taken In the ambulance to Ho neer Memoilal hospital for treatment. Ilia attending phva Iclnn. after examining X ray a, aald lc4lerhoa had a mild corn- prewilon faiiure of the nplne but aald hla condition la good lieder hoa, who had taken off from near the UP depot a few mlnutea earlier, plummeted to the ground In the helicopter about 7:15 a m. after the bubble had hooked on a power line that crosuea the tracka. Fully eoriHCioua when he was taken to the hofpltal In the .'tnilnilarxv, I-dcrho until thnt he did not we the wire In the dim light of early day. He told lion Ume of the hospital that it M-emed that the whole bub ble wa a ball of fire when the jHjwcr line parted and ahort- elrcuHctl arouncl the ulriraft Til of the rotor hud knifed Into the ground anl end of railroad ties atHMit 50 feet north of the olnt of contact wlttfij the wire. They were bndlv )llnlered and twlated, and idexoclAna of the bubble wni xhaitereil Into many piece. II. A. rnulin. owner of Kefor ektotlori S-rvleea, Inc.. aald here Thumday that hla firm waa weed uprnying the Union Pa cific rlk'htM of way under con tract and had been engaged on the ob of the UP ayatem ulnce lust fall, lie aald thut the hell- ctpter waa a total loss but that $V).(KiO value on the ahip. Be. cauoe for trie riemand for hell coptera In military aervlce at the preaent time. It will be hard to replace, be aald. Many In the area had Keen the men engaged on the Job Wedncdav and aeveral aaw It take off early Thursday. Includ ing mil Sowell, Plrl Howell, Vic (irohena and others. Claude (jraharn. near whose place the accident oTurred. aald that ho heard the crash. and that It made a loud noise. The helicopter could not have been more than 30 feet above the ground when It atruck the wlrea. (Jroahena aald that when he noticed light of the city ay- tem flicker about 7:45 he aald that the helicopter must have atruck a ixiwer wire. Ledcrho I married and has a family. The doctor aald he will be confined for aome time. 82nd Year THE Number 52 -atll" ray GAZET HEPPNER TE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 24, 1966 10 cents Kathy Mclby to Talk At Chamber Meeting Kathy Mclby. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. mold Mclby. will upeak - the Chamber of Com merce Monday on the aubiect. "Why United Nation Must j lorniniie, acvoroing to ucne Winter, program chairman. Kathy U the local winner in the U'nUcd Nation contest atMiri aored by thr Odd Fellowa bwlge. .-sne win cornxie in a district contest at u later date to determ ine a winner for the annual I United Nations Pilgrimage smii sored by the Odd Fellows. A speaker will bo at the March II meeting of the Cham ber to conalder the subject of hud adoption, 1 1 i 'r . A 7 -v.. f I ... I I I Barbara P.. !$loodworth. dau gbter of Mr. and Mra. Jim Hl'xxlnworth. ha ben thoen by the lii-xlneton Granee No, 72 to represent It at Ita prln- r-s on the royal court for the IW Morrow County Fair and Kodeo. Prlncea Barbara, a lunlor at Ileppner llb'h x botd, at and at a regal 5 ft.. H ln haa dark brown hair and blue eyea. f-he haa ipent her entire life In Morrow county, waa born In Ileppner. haa lived with her family near Leaington, attend ed tha Ietington grade achoo! the fimt five eara before trana ferrlng to Ileppner. . , Barbara haa x-nt eight very active yean In 4 It work, with many honor coming to her In the Ilveatock division. She hag been a member of the Black horse Liveiock club. Ileppner Saddlclte Kldlng club, and 4 II aewlng club. She hag held of fice In all of these club. Award rthbons and trophies given her for 4 II participation have been thoe lor Junior Sheep and Dairy Showmanship, the National Dairy award, an all-around Showmanship trophy, National Agriculture Award. Na tional f iAiii.rkh t rt trr.rthtr turn I - - - - r ........ j , w 'reserve championship awards in I hwsemanAhip and showman I hip. She was on the Morrow ' lounty Horse Judging team that !i competed at state fair. She ha r r v." FBINCESS BARBARA BLOODSWORTH , Mrved as a 4 11 camp counsel lor and has attended aeveral summer camps. Besides her activities In 4-H. the new princess has also been busy In school affairs. Includ ing that of a Jayvee cheer lead er, member of the drill team, pep club. Ckls' Legaue. and at the same time, maintaining high grades in her class. She is a member of the Wrangler's club and has served as banner bearer for three years. She at tends the Lexington Christian church. For her official appearances through the summer. Princess Barbara will ride her five-year-old thorobred mare. Princess Dana, which she recently pur chased. She will add grace and dignity to the court of Queen Erna Winchester and recently elected Princess Verina French of Lena. Besides her parents, she ha. a younger brother, Jimmie, and a sLster, Denl.se. She Is the granddaughter of J. F. McMil lan .of Lexington and of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bloodsworth of Lexington, and recently of tiermiston. Civil Defense to Step Up Emergency Plans Here Winter. said. Thl l.s iM-ine arranged by Lowell It was Insured. Paulln placed a C'hally, w Ware administrator. KEITH NELSON oi the Ion High school athletic deparlament isn't actually taking a bath in the new whirlpool equipment given to the school by the Parent-Teacher association there, but he is demonstrating how it is to ba used. Coaches Eugene Dockter (left) and Cordon Meyers (right) accepted the equipment on behalf of the school. Officers of the PTA who led in the project on tha equipment are (from left) Mrs. George Griffith, vice president; Mrs. Ernest Christopherson. secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Bob Davidson, president (Bill Johnson Photo) i n:;... U:i 1 1 I ; Whirlpool Bath Given to lone High MARK BROWN MARGARET GREEN Two Students Win Leadership Awards Two active high school sen iors. Margaret Green and Mark Brown, were announced as win ners of this year's annual Elks' leadership awards by Heppner Lodge No. 358 at Its 69th an nual celebration Saturday after uoon. Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green, has attend ed all of hfvr 12 years of school In Ileppner. She has neia sev eral class and student body of flees, Including that of school treasurer. She has developed much interest in student gov ernment through her work as representative on the student council. Other offices include GAA president, science club sec retary and speech, club presi dent. As delegate from the Legion Auxiliary, she attended Oregon Girls' State last summer. She has been chosen a citizenship girl of the month and, schol nstlcally, has been a member for some time of the National Honor Society. She has been ac tive in the Methodist Youth Fel lowship as president, secretary and pianist, and participated In 4-11 as a member and junior leader. She expects to enroll at the University of Oregon next fall but Is not yet definite on her major field. Among recent honors for Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taul Bo-own, was his nomination to Ihe U. S. Naval Academy. He Is competing with 12 boys from the 2nd District, and Is to re port March 11 at Seattle. Wn., for tests. Two will receive ap pointment from this district. If ho does not receive the appoint ment, he expects to enroll at the University of Oregon for a major field in speech or pre law. Mark has displayed leader ship abilities, as president of the senior class the first semes ter, vice president of the Honor Society and the "H" Club, and sergeant-at-arms of the student body, as well as several other class offices and representative on the student council for four years. Well known for his'speaklng ability, he was winner In the district and close runner-up In the regional Pilgrimage for Youth contest last year. He gain ed state finalist honors In this years Soil and Water Conser vation speech contest, placing fourth. The Heppner senior has been active in all major sports, and this year was given honorable mention as an all-conference end in football. He was a mem ber last year of the varsity bas ketball team, and a letterman in track, in which he ran the two-mile. A Whirlpool Vlbra-bath was i given to the lone High school 'I athletic department by the lone i i a ai a recem meeting, us purpose is to provide therapy for sore muscles, sprains and bruis es sustained by participants in athletic events. The equipment was acquired through the leadership of PTA officers, Including Mrs. Bob Da vidson, president; Mrs. George Griffith, vice president; and Mrs. Krnest Christopherson, secretary-treasurer. Gordon Meyers, high school football conch, demonstrated the whirlpool bath's use at the PTA meeting. Coach Meyers stated that an lone boy twisted his knee while playing football last fall. It was six weeks before the knee was well again. The same type of injury can be healed in two weeks with the therapy. This Is the same principle used for po Ho victims. Since its acquisition, the whirlpool bath . has been used on three separate Injuries with highly satisfactory results.. !ri km, Rmes Several specific steps will be taken on civil defense prepared ness in Morrow county as a re sult of a meeting that was held In the courthouse here last Tues day, Sheriff C J. D. Bauman, civil defense coordinator, said. A RADEF reading class will be started soon, probably with iour 4 hour sessions, he said. RADEF is the abbreviation for equipment used in checking ra dioactive fallout. A survey of fallout shelters will be undertaken, checking private homes and private buildings as well as public buildings lor possible use as shelters. Standard for minimum number that a shelter must ac commodate has been reduced to 25. Since there are only three Smmmj Service Saturday For N. D. Bailey, 86 Nelson Douglas Bailey, 86, died nt his home here early this morning (Thursday). He had been in failing health for sev eral months. A 37-year resident of the Heppner community, he loiiowed the trade or a carpen ter and cabinet maker. Services are Saturday. Febru ary 26, at 2 p.m. at the Meth- odist church. Rev. Melvin Dixon will officiate and interment will follow at the Ileppner Masonic cemetery. Six racing events will feature the Ski Fair to be held Sunday at the Arbuckle Mountain course. Bob Henry announces. Races are to start at 2 p.m. with the women opening the program with their race at that time. Olhors will have the fol lowing starting times: Girls un der 13, 2:20; boys under 13. 2:43; girls 13 to 18. 3 p.m.; boys 13 to 18, 3:15; and men, 18 and over. 3:30. The women's race will start halfway up the hill, and girls and boys under 13 will start from the top of the tow. Girls 13 to 18 will begin from 100 feet above the tow top. boys 13 to 18 from 300 feet above the tow top, and men will start about three-fourths of the way up the mountain, 500 feet above the tow top, Henry said. Six trophies will be awarded, and there will be treats for all who participate. "We expect a very good race due to the much greater skiing ability and activity this year," Henry said. It was reported early In the week that there was nearly five feet of snow at the course. The county crew cleared the road to the mountain last week, and those going to the course were able to make It through Satur day without chains. However, some used chains on Sunday. It is recommended that those planning to go up to the Ski Fair carry chains in their cars. The bus which brings skiers to the course carried a full load Saturday and has been running full each week, Henry said. Spectators are welcome to come and enjoy the events. Friday Scheduled As Day of Prayer Friday is designated as World Day of Prayer, and em phasis locally will be center ed at the Methodist church, according to Elder Elwood Boyd of the South Morrow county Ministerial association. The Methodist church will be open throughout the day for those who wish to come and pray. There will be no specific service, but a spontaneous re sponse to serious conditions existing in the world and the responsibilities of citizens to wards them are being empha sized. The Day of Prayer is open to all denominations, Elder Boyd said, and some of the subjects that may be consid ered in prayer will be posted in the foyer and near the altar of the church. approved shelters in the coun ty, all in Heppner, there is far insufficient 1 accomomda t i o n s than would be required in case of emergency. Federal funds are available for stockpiling the shelters but no cost may be borne at government expense for providing the. shelters. Sheriff Bauman said that civ il defense will work with ama teur (ham) radio operators for emergency communications, and said that he will work with each community in the county In es tablishing an emergency warn ing signal to be used in case of disaster. This would be done in most cases through the ex isting fire sirens, he said. The county courthouse will be used as civil defense headquar ters and will be equipped as a communications system. The sheriff said that the new emer gency, power plant at Pioneer Memorial hospital is of suffic ient size to carry the additional small load needed -for emergen cy power at the communications headquarters, and a wire from the hospital will be run to the courthouse soon to offer this service. Some 30 persons were at the meeting including three civil defense officials from elsewhere. Tom Campbell, Umatilla coun ty's runtime civil defense dir ector; Joe Vogt. Salem, state civil defense communications officer; and Dan Sequeira. Sa lem, field representative for this area. Campbell told how a local civ il defense program may be set up and operated wtih matching assistance from the federal gov ernment Sequeira discussed the matter of a survey on fallout shelters and said that he will present request for the survey (Continued on page 8) Honors Presented at FFA Banquet Girl-Boy Ratio 12-1 Girl babies have outnum bered the boys 12 to 1 during the past 10 weeks at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Birth of little Joseph Patrick to a Con don couple. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Carroll, on Wednesday, February 23, was the first boy entered on the hospital rec ords sinej December 19, when Shawn Biian was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Blazek of Fossil. There have been 12 girls born at the hospital since that date. lone PTA Slates Fun Night Sunday It will be Fun Night in lone Sunday when the PTA sponsors the event at the high school gymnasium from 5 until 8 p.m. There will be events of inter est for all ages, including vol leyball, basketball, first grade rhythm band, and other activi ties. All are urged to come pre pared to participate. At the conclusion of the even ing a cafeteria-style lunch will be served with admission set at 15c for grade school children, 25c for high school students and 50c for adults. Maximum will be $2.50 per family. Proceeds of the Fun Night will go towards helping defray cost of the whirlpool bath re cently purchased for the high school athletic department. Members of Heppner High chapter, Future Fanners of America, observed National FFA Week, entertained their parents and guests, presented awards to outstanding members, heard fit ting talks arrd enjoyed a good dinner in one evening Tuesday at the high school. The occasion was the annual parent and son banquet with approximately 60 present. Bob Harris, vice president, conducted the meeting and act ed as toastmaster when Paul Hisler, president, was unable to attend. Awards were presented by jerry jonasson. advisor, witn Steve Wagenblast being chosen as chapter Star Farmer with an award from the First National Bank. He also received the Mor row County Livestock Growers rotating plaque for the livestock farming award, and FFA Foun- dation awards for livestock and for scholarship in the chapter. Harris won three Foundation awards for safety, public speaking and for crop farming. David Hall received the award for farm mechanics. Dick Flalz was given a plaque as an achievement award from the Bank of Eastern Oregon, and David Hall was honored as Star Greenhand with a $10 prize from Safeway Stores. Hall also re ceived the Foundation award for ctod farming. Alfred Drake was given the second award for Star Green hand and received S5 and a Foundation medal. Montie Evans, who was not present, was chosen to receive an FFA knife from Mervin (Red) Leonard. Kathy Melby was introduced as the first girl member of the FFA chapter, heralded as a real achievement in itself. She is enrolled in the agriculture pro gram. Frank Millar of Milton-Free- water, state secretary of FFA, said, as principal speaker, "FFA has attained its high position because of those leaders who preceded us and believed in its and purposes. He said that the Heppner chapter members are among the 3500 engaged in the work throughout the state of Oregon. "Civilization begins and ends with agriculture," he said. "Our American agriculture is the greatest agriculture in the en tire world." Millar said only 8 of the nation's population now lives on farms, but added, "Efficien cy in farming has reached such heights that we are the best fed nation in the world." In a charge to the local mem bers, he said, "We as Future Farmers are looking forward to the challenges of farming of tomorrow. Agriculture of the fu ture can be as great as we wish to make it" Honorary chapter members who were present were intro duced by the toastmaster, to gether wtih other guests. Diane Schaffitz, FHA president, was introduced, and she responded with a gracious talk, compli menting Harris on his good Job in conducting the meeting. The dinner, featuring rolled turkey, was prepared and served by the Future Homemakers with Miss Virginia Buch, advisor, assisting. Officers Darticipatin? in open ing and closing ceremonies in cluded Harris as acting presi dent : riaiz, secretary: Hall. treasurer; Wagenblast, reporter; Drake, sentinel; and Jonasson. Invocation was by Stan Rauch. Wagenblast, as reporter, sum marized annual chapter activi ties, telling of the state conven tion In Ontario, participation in the Fat Stock Show at The Dal les, and attendance at the na tional convention by Harris and Wagenblast. The chapter won many awards at the fairs and shows in which it participated. A vocal duet by Judy Jones and Janis Baker of the FHA, accompanied by Kathy Melby was enjoyed by the crowd.