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Heppner to Get
New Post Office
SCHOOL OF JO'
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llcpplli Will llllVI4 U lll'W pod
office H'Unetltne before Novem
ber :, 1!'.7. lii be located nt the
-rnrr of North CIihm) and Wil
low ulru'ls according to Irifur
Miiillnii received Thurnlay Mioril
t it t liy the laeMe'i'lincs from
ilit' Scuttle regional office of I hi
Pout Off Ui Department.
1'untniaNter ;i'iii'rul l-awrem-e
K. O'llili'M advised I'ohI mauler
Jainc II. IIk'o1I of lleppner
iliul a Mil twit been accepted to
construct tin- new postal facility
Sinif&ifiil bidder are John I",
nnd Cora M Sowurd of M.idrns
The building will In- In the
blnek behind Hut Wagon Wheel
Cafe at the ultc where a house
owned ly Mr. Harry Mutiker
and occupied by Mr. Snoda
Make In now located. This In
diagonally Brrowi h Interwo
l Ion from Klr-dn Ijiiicv
The building will contain 2.
sr) mjuarc feet of Interior floor
upaee un. I will linvc a I 'JO xiuitrt
fool filiitform. There will be
2,1.17 iuiin find of parking unci
innni'iivi'i liit turn.
PoMmanter PriNcnll, who him
the plan for I h building, ld
Hint It will rn of roncrete hi' k K
cunit ruction mid dlmeiiN I o n
will be 50 feet by 57 feet. It will
Include new rounlcrtyH fix
lures, new o!t office boxc nnd
nil new Kiulpmrnl, according lo
hi preKent Information.
The Interior will have over
10() Kipiarr feel of floor npnce
more than the prenent building,
which now In owned hy the
lleppner Inventors Corp. Ins0
on the pte-tent building expires
November ."X). I7, und the
Barley
and Wheat
Harvest Starts
At Lex and McNab
Barley harvest U getting well
underway at lrxlngton. North
I.i'xlngton and MeNah and
wheat 1 starting nl North Lex
Ington. Harlan McCurdy, mana
ger of Morrow County Grain
(rowers, nam Wednesday.
Stan Kemp wax the first to
hrlng In toad of barley to the
isortrt Lexington elevator on
Juno 20. Other eultln now tn
the area are Rov Martin. Lnr
rv Lindsay. Jack Barak and
Mux Barclay.
Barley Marled at Ix'xlngton
on June 21 with some coming
from field of Mrs. Amanda Du
vail. Other In harvest there are
Vernon Munkers. M. V. Nolan
A. (".. Pleper and Boh I-ovgren,
Marlon Palmer was first to
hrlng In barley at the McNab
elevator on Monday, June 27,
McCurdv aald.
First to bring In wheat at
North Ivexlngtnn wore Stan
Kemp. D. (. Nelson and Irvln
Hunch.
Both barley and wheat are of
apparent good quality better
than anticipated. MK'urdy said
However, he Raid that It Is too
c:irlv to make a statement on
the trend In yields.
The barley test weight at
North Lexington Is averaging
about -15 pounds, making It top
grade, the MCGG manager an til.
Prices In Portland are Marling
higher this year than last year
In both wheat nnd barley. Bar
lev Is going nt about S-) per
ton with wheat at $1.69 per
bushel.
McCurdy said that he believes
the county will average better
yields In the harvest than was
expected In view of the lack of
rain during the growing season
The late rain helped consider
nblv nnd ensuing cool weather
kept the fields from "burning
up," he snld.
Hcppncr Fire Loss
$34,076 in 1965
Fire loss In lleppner for the
vear 15 totaled $3-1,070, ac
cordlnir to the statistical report
of C. Walter Stlckney, state fire
marshal. The report has Just
heon released.
The 18 fire losses were In
buildings with a total value of
$16-1.492. the report snows, to
tal Insurance carried was $155,
000. and Insurance paid was
$31,200. Percent of loss to value
Of the 18 losses, It were in
dwelllncs. two were In apart
ments and two were In hotels,
Four losses nre listed In the
Heppner Rural Fire Protection
district, three in dwellings and
nm In wood products. Sound
value of property Involved was
$112,786 and Insured to the full
value. Loss was listed at $3,665
and Insurance paid was also
$3,605. Percent of loss to valuo
In lone, there were three loss
no nil to dwellings, totaling on
iu siiRfl. fullv paid bv Insurance.
Value of buildings Involved was
n via nnd insurance was the
s.'imn amount. Percent of loss
to value was 5.70.
in i Winston there was one
i,,ou umnnntinir to $120 in
fntlu nnld bv lnsur
ance. Value of property involved
was $5000, tuny coverea Dy in
surance. mcemage oi
value was 2.40.
liullillni; will he vacated hy that
time, the poMmiiNtcr mild.
Tulk of a new punt olflce 1ms
been In the ulr lor Homo lime,
hut the linnouncetuent lUine ait
Hoini thing of a kiirpd.se here.
I'oKtinnstcr Dilwoll nald Thurn
liny Hint he had licen advised
from the regional office that
plant are to "get rolling limned
lately" once the contract wan
lei.
Jobless Rating
May Bring Public
Projects to Area
For th second lime In four
years the lleppner area has been
(InHHlflcd by the State Employ
ment Service a an "Area of sub-
antlal unemployment," County
Judge Pnul Jones told members
oi tlie lleppner M(row County
hiimber ot Commerce Monday.
The Judge ald that the an
nouncement came through the
fflce of Coventor Mark Hat
field.
Bivauso of the classification,
he area is eligible In apply tat
funds h public works and tic-
elopment under Title 1 of the
Public Vu,k and Economic iv-
elopment A l of r.H15,
The Judge said that the coun
tv court will check on the txis-
ihlllty ol implementing a pro-i-ct
on water Impoundments
through the Act He said that the
federal mi-iiey might be used for
uch projis ts, for park develop
ment, to,- sewer systems, for
water a) stem construction, for
road construction, or other uses.
Judge Jones said that he hn
onferred with Sam Mallleoat.
dmlnl.strutor of the Division of
Manning and Development. Port
land, and has written Eugene
oley, Economic Development
Act administrator In Washing-
in, D C. stating that the cuon-
ty will pit-Kent plans for public
works projis-ts soon.
When the area wan declared
tie of sunstanuai unemploy
ment in 11'63, the county did not
apply fix public works funds.
However, the U. s. fori'M fer
vice did apply and obtained $73,-
(XKJ with which It develoiK-d the
Tupper work center, . adding
dormitory buildings and other
tacllltlts.
The Juuge said that a meet
ing of county and cltv officials
will he held soon to seek the
greatest needs. Tom Current,
state coordinator of the Eeon
mlc Devi lopment Act. w ill he
asked to attend.
Meanwhile, some Heppner
businessmen declared their Irri
tation at the classification
Many bel'ive that it stems from
winter niuldowns in the woods
when cu'd weather brings log
King operations and other activ
lies to a halt temporarily.
In l'.HWi. It was reported that
when unemployment reaches
more than six per cent of the la
bor force, the area qualities as
one or suDstantiai unemploy
ment," putting It in a preferent-
al position for procuring the
federal all,.
First Grass Fire
Covers 30 Acres
First grnss fire of the season
covered about ;) acres on the
I'rank Ta.-kex place about a mile
west .if Iicppncr Monday morn
ing
Alarm was sounded at 10:.) a.
m. and one lire truck and a Jeep
of the lleppner department were
taken to the scene, Ktre Chief
Charles Ruggles said.
lhe grass, apparently damp,
burned s'owly and the fire was
not hard to hiring under control,
the chief reported.
Origin of the blaze was from
a lire set ny two ooys wno naa
Intended to cook their lunch In
the open.
Fireworks Displays Due
At lone, Irriqon, Condon
There will be fireworks dis
plays in towns all around
Heppner during the July 4'
week-end, but there is no
public celebration planned
here.
lone will have its annual
fireworks display on the lone
Memorial Field at dusk Sat
urday evening, July 2, under
sponsorship of the American
Legion, and the public Is in
vited. There is no admission
but a collection will be tak
en for those who enre to con
tribute to the cast of the dis
play. The swimming pool will
bo open from 7 until 9 p.m.
A free fireworks display
will be at the A. C. Hough
ton school grounds, Irrlgon,
Monday evening, July 4, at
dark under sponsorship of the
Irrlgon Llorjs club. There will
be concessions stands and en
tertainment preceding the dis
play, including a variety of
games. This portion of the
program starts at 7:30. The
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HERE'S THE CROUP who repteunbxl Morrow county at H summer achool In w. Lynda Early. Christine Munkers, Kancy Doherty, Larry Fenyonn. ueon , wn-
CoralU Iun 13 to 18. Top row (from left) Alfred Drake, Chuck Nelson. Mel- son. Bottom row Marge Shade. Irrlgon 4-H leader; Jweea Harshman, Kath-
tIb Aihbck. Kay Huson, SheUa LucianL Merrllee Jacob. Cherilyn S mouse. leen Sweeney, Maureen McElllgott Mary K. Campbell. Julie Ayres. Kerry
Dare Hall. Keith NtUort, Mike Smith. S Mark TuUis. Middle row Leonard Peterson and Gail McCarty, county extension agent
Munkers. bus driver; Pattl Healy. Sberri O'Brien, Sandra Carlson, Linda Coop-
83rd Year
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 30,
Fun, Bargains Due
At Bazaar July 8-9
lleppner' sidewalks will be
come a fun-filled market place
on Friday and Saturday, July
8 and 9. when the third an
nual Sidewalk Bazaar returns
with Its summer festival atmos
phere. An -early report from LeRoy
Gardner, a member of the com
mittee, shows that 21 merch
ants and organizations have
indicated that they will partic
lpate, and more will be added
during the week.
At the bazaar, a erson will
be able to buy anylthlng from
candy cotton and tacky tape to
furniture and appliances all
at ridiculously low prices.
There will be grab bags and
giveaways; there will be food
served from sidewalk booths;
and there will be all kinds of
soft drinks. The public is ad
vised that western attire is the
dress for the occasion. This
event will be used to stimulate
klekoff interest In the Morrow
county Kalr and Kodeo, and the
klekoff dance will be Saturday
night, July 9, at 9:30 in the fair
pavilion with the Taynes of
i'endleton furnishing the mus
ic.
Free parking will prevail
throughout the Sidewalk Bazaar
with meters to be hooded for
the two days.
Among organizations which
have indicated that they will
have booths at the Bazaar are
these: Triple Links club of the
Sans Soucl Rebekah lodge, dip
py dogs; Triple Links club of
the Holly Kebekah lodge, Lex
ington, home baked cakes, pies,
pastries; Women's Society of
the Methodist church, grab
hags, baked foods, Marlon-Kay
spices, boxed note paper; Moth
er's club, Sno-cones; lone Gar
den club, plants and bulbs and
tacky tape; Lexington Grange
Home Kc club, cookie bar; the
Latter Day Saints church, Pron
to Pups, bake sale; and the Ju
club also will have fireworks
for sale at a stand in Irrigon.
Condon's big Fourth of July
Celebration will be Monday,
July 4, with many events on
the all day program. It will
be highlighted by a big pa
rade, starting at 11:30 a.m.,
a jet flyover at 2:05 p.m., por
cupine race at 3 p.m., para
chute jumps at 12:30 and 3:00
p.m., and the concluding fire
works display at 10 p.m.
Breakfast will be served
from 7 until 10 a.m., and a
drum and bugle corps will
perform at 9 a.m. Flag rais
ing will be at the morning
program at 10. Rodeo is sched
uled from 1 to 3 p.m., and a
barbecue is planned from 4 to
6 p.m. Baseball game will al
so be at 4 o'clock, tennis and
horseshoe matches will be
from 5 to 7 p.m., and child
ren's games and races will
be at 6 p.m. Evening program
will be at 7 p.m. and a swim
ming program will follow at
9 o'clock.
i
THrTs mm
GAZETTE-TIM
nior Chamber of Commerce,
which will operate from its Lit
tle League shack brought to
the main sidewalk for the oc
casion. Among merchants who will
be doing bargain business from i
the fcidet ijr - wtu be these;
Central Market, Sears Catalog
store, Van's Variety. Gray's Sad
dlery, MILadles Apparel, Gon
ty's. Thomson Grocery, J. C. Pen
ney Company, Peterson's Jewel
ers, Gardner's Men's Wear,
Western Auto Store, Murrays
Rexall Drug, Elma's Apparel,
and Case Furniture Store. Oth
ers probably will Join the list
during the week.
Early Copy Needed
For Next Poper
Because of the July 4 holi
day and the Sidewalk Bazaar
coming up. early copy in
both advertising and news is
requested for next week for
the Gazette-Times.
In all possible cases, the
paper should have advertis
ing for the Sidewalk Bazaar
on Friday, July 1, and coop
eration of the merchants is
requested so that the paper
can have time to do justice
to the coming event. The of
fice will be open Saturday.
July 2.
The paper will be out at
the regular time, and sample
copies of the July 7 issue will
go to boxholders in Monu
ment, Spray and Kinzua. The
Gazette-Times office, like most
businesses in town, will be
closed Monday, Ouly 4.
Swim Classes
Begin July 12;
Signup July 11
Swimming classes at the
Heppner municipal pool will be
gin Tuesday, July 12, it is an
nounced by Ron Gray, lifeguard
and instructor. They are timed
to start after the 4th of July
vacation period.
The basket fee, which in
cludes the instruction wiH be
$1.50. Sign-up for classes will
be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on
Monday. July 11, with payment
of basket fee. No one is signed
up until fee is (paid: Classes
will be assigned after the num
ber of students is determined.
Anyone wishing to assist with
the classes will be welcomed
bv Lifeguard Gray, and urged
to contact him before the time
for classes to begin.
Ron has just returned from
two weeks of intensive Red
Cross Water Safety instruction
at Jantzen Beach in Portland.
For public swimming, the
pool is open during the follow
ing hours: Tuesdays through
Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. and from
7 to 8:30 p.m.; Sundays 1 to
5:00 p.m. It is closed on Mon
days for cleaning.
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1966
PASTOR DON PEDERSON
New Pastor Here
lo Serve Hope,
Valby Lutheran
Pastor and Mrs. Donald R.
Pederson arrived in Heppner
with their one-year-old daugh
ter. Krisli Ann. Monday to serve
Hone and Valby Lutheran
churches and will begin their
ministry Sunday at outdoor ser
vices in Cutsforth Park.
The two churches are combin
ing for the services at Cutsforth
at 11 a.m. Sunday. Picnic din
ner will follow at noon.
The Rex-. Pederson was ordain
ed in sci vices at the Trinity
Lutheran church, Westbrook,
Minn., on Sunday, June 12, 16.
after his graduation from Luther
Theological Seminary on May 29
with a bachelor of divinity de
gree.
Pastor Pederson's . elementary
and secondary education was in
the Westbrook Public Schools.
Following his graduation from
Westbrook High school on June
3, 1954, ho enlisted in the United
States Air Force where he served
(or five years.
After being released from mil
itary service he enrolled at Man
kato State College, Mankato,
Minn., and graduated on June
4, 1903, with a bachelor of sci
ence degree.
Pastor Pederson succeeds Pas
hr Kenneth Robinson who re
cently accepted appointment to
Luther Memorial church in
northeast Portland.
Counties to Share
Services of Agent
A home extension agent, Miss
Tammy Young, will be helping
put during the summer raumus
in Ivlnrrow and Gilliam coun
ties. Dividing her time between
the two counties, she plans to
heln here with 4-H camp, 4-H
Demonstration Day and the
Morrow County Fair.
Miss Young is from Lake Os
weeo and Prinevllle. She com
nleted her course of work at
Oregon State University and
will return in the fall for her
student teaching. Her home
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HEPPNER
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Opinions Vary
On BLM Lands
No clear cut trend of opinion
on the classification of Bureau
of Land Management lands in
North Morrow county resulted
from the hearing conducted by
the Bureau here Tuesday after
noon. It was the first of two hear-
Pioneer Memorial
Set for Medicare
Pioneer Memor i a 1 hospital
has been approved for the Med
icare program and is prepared
to handle patients under the
program when it goes into ef
fect after midnight June 30 (to
night), Will O'Harra, adminis
trator, announces.
He said that he has been
asked "dozens of questions" as
to whether the hospital has
qualified and others concerning
the program.
Bookkeeping system at the
hospital has been changed to
accommodate the new program
and all is in readiness, O'Harra
said.
Barbers to Raise
Prices on July 5
Prices on haircuts, shaves and
shampoos will be increased by
Heppner barbers as of July 5,
thev announced this week.
Haircuts will go to $2 from
$1.75 and children's haircuts
(grade school age or under)
will go to $1.75 on weekdays.
Shaves will be $1.50 and sham
poos will be $1.50.
The tnree Darners, wno com
prise the Morrow uounry Bar
bers' association, said that this
is the first increase in more
than five vears. The prices have
been in effect since March 21,
1961. The new scale has been
in effect in many other areas
for some time, and in some lo
cations it is even higher.
Increases in the costs oi liv
ing and supplies make the step
necessary, they pointed out In
cluded are the Heppner Barber
Shop, operated by Lyle Jensen;
Dick's Barber Shop, operated by
Dick Robison; and Jerry's Bar
ber Shop, operated by Jerry
Hollomon.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
past two weeks, June 16-29 Is
as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 91 47
Friday 82 50 .
Saturday 84 57
Sunday .73 49 ,
Monday 74 46
Tuesday 74 4u
Wednesday 77 57
Thursday 68 39 .12
Friday 67 39 .05
Saturday 81 46
Sunday 87 49
Monday 91 54
Tuesday 73 41
Wednesday 75 41
Number 18
10 cents
Ings scheduled on consecutive
days, the second to be at Board- K
man Wednesdav afternoon.
Among the few who spoke
from the audience of 75. some
favored that the land be class
ified for Desert Entry, some
favored outright sale, and some
urged formation of a Bureau of
Reclamation project.
Most of those in the auaience
merely sat and listened through '
the session of nearly two hours.
Chester E. Conard, BLM dis
trict manager for the Baker dis
trict, explained that purpose or
the informal meetings was to
hear the opinions of the public
on how the land should be
classified.
With him to assist in the
meetings were Dennis Erickson
and Leo Simmons, realty spe
cialists from the Baker district
office.
'Highest and Best Use'
"Classification is to determine
the highest and best use of the
lands," Conard said.
When the BLM decides on a
classification for the Morrow
lands, it will be published in
the Federal Register, after which
the matter will be open for 30
days. Then if there is enough
interest in holding a hearing, it
will be held, after which anoth
er 60 days will be allowed be
fore final classification of the
land, he said.
The BLM has the power to
retain or release the lands, Con
ard pointed out. Objectives un
der the Multiple Use Act for
which they may be used under
Federal ownership include the
following: 1. Domestic livestock
grazing. 2. Fish and wildlife de
velopment and utilization. 3.
Industrial development. 4. Min
eral production. 5. Occupancy.
6. Outdoor recreation. 7. Timber
production. 8. Watershed pro
tection. 9. Wilderness preserva
tion. 10. Preservation of public
values.
If the lands are released, they
may be placed in the hands of
county or state governments, to
private individuals or corpora
tions. Simmons outlined proceaures
in Dublic sale or Desert Land
entry. In the case of public sale,
the land couia be soia unaer
(Continued on page 8)
Circus Nets $180
For Jaycee Work
Morrow county Jaycees receiv
ed $180 net as proceeds from the
Birnam Bros, circus which was
hexe for two shows last Wednes
day night, John Pankey, Jaycee
president, said.
The Jaycees received $210 as
their share of advance ticket
sales. They paid three policemen
for their assistance in nunanng
the crowd, and this brought the
net to $180 which will be used
for civic projects.
Good-sized crowds attended
both performances of the circus.
Two elephants proved to be the
most popular attraction at the
event.