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I I BRARY U OF 0 I EUGENE , ORE. 97403 Sen. Morse Wire Spurs Hope on Final Sen. Wiiyne Mow Tuesday wired the ilimncr Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Hint ultcmptN are Mill bring made In Colore lo Kemre tho appropriation for tho pro-con-m run inn survey of tho Willow Creek project this year. lb- ultio fiiilil Unit lin antici pated approval nf tho budget request in (hi Senate for tho Bureau of Reclamation, which includes nn Item of $111000 for tho llnwillllii HiiKln Project In vitlKitlnn and consequently, ihn Willow Creek Irrigation 83rd Year THE st gaz: Heppner Oregon 97836, 33 'S,f,w an! THIRD ANNUAL SIDEWALK BAZAAR, held Friday and Saturday, prored highly successiul from all angles. At upper left Mrs. Ernest Chrlstopherson, with straw hat and dark glasses (seat ed, left). Is well protected 1rom bright sun as she sells food at the Latter Day Saints church stand. Some of the good from Murray Rexali attract shoppers on the sidewalk. At upper right Jaycees sell "Joy Juice" at their stand. The members under the Two Are Injured In Auto Accident Ginny Lou Turner, 10, and her cousin, Charles Hay Griffin, 13, of Oxnard, Calif., sustained In juries Wednesday afternoon when the auto in which they were riding went out of con trol and overturned near the Bob Lovgren place on the Turn er road to Sandhollow off High way 207 northeast of Lexing ton. Tena Griffin, 15, sister of Charles, and only other occu pant, escaped without Injuries. The attending physician said that Glnny Lou suffered a frac tured leg and Charles sustain ed a broken pelvis. Don Turner, father of Glnny Lou, said that the car met another at the crest of a hill on the rural road. He said his daughter told him that they swerved to avoid a collision and J he car went out of control, rolling over several times Into a wheat field. The Turner car was demolished. The Griffin youngsters are visiting the Turners whllo their parents, the Kov. Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Griffin, continued on to Victoria, B. C, on a vacation trip. Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Turn er are cousins, The three In tho car had been playing golf and wore return ing home when the accident happened. The car was pretty well demolished. Turner said three sets of golf clubs In the trunk were undamaged, except for his favorite putter, which wa.s broken In two in the acci dent. The two Injured were taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital In the new ambulance, arriving there, about 5 p.m. Two young men ot Hormis Ion, whose names were not re ported, were In the other car. They stopped after seeing the Turner car leave the highway. feasibility program. Tho telegram wan In response lo ti'li'itriitn Kent from hern by Coimly Judge Paul Jones, Jerry Sweeney, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, and Herman Winter. Judge Jones said that he bad Kent telegram to Sen atom Morse mid Maurlno Neu herder and Congressmen Wen dell Wyatt, Kdlth Green and Hobert Duncan, The Judge hum that he had telephoned till) office of Al Ull man and received assurance that eontliiued effort were W T ETTE Thursday, July 14, 1 Hood River Man Offered Contract as Principal Board of Directors of Morrow County School District K-l at its meeting Monday night au thorized offering a contract to Alan R. Martin, 31, as principal of Heppner Elementary school, Martin, who has received his master's degree from Portland State Collgee, has taught at Hood River, Milwaukie and re turned to Hood River for spe cial work. He Is married and has two daughters. On visits here, Martin had talked with members of the school board on two occasions, Supt. David Potter reported. Seven openings still exist on the teaching staffs in the coun ty system, Potter told the board. Two are for positions In lone, two in Heppner high school and three in Heppner elemen tary school. There may be two more openings in Heppner Ele mentary although two teachers have verbally indicated that they are Interested In the po sitions. All leaching positions are filled at Riverside High school, Boardman, and A. C. Houghton Elementary school in Irrigon. Principal Harold Beggs of lone returned Sunday from a vacation trip to Minnesota and Interviewed teachers without success on the trip. Principal Ron Daniels of Riverside High took a vacation trip to Idaho and also interviewed teachers but could find no Interested ap plicants, Supt. Potter said. "The teacher situation is crit ical over the entire nation," he said. "I know of no districts which have all positions filled. There are 20 vacancies in Hood River at tho present time." Laundry Nears Completion Laundry equipment has ar rived for the new laundry being prepared at Heppner Element being made to secure the ap propriation thin year. Ken. Morse's telegram to Sweeney wan aw follow: "Although budget request for fiscal year l!)(i7 on Willow Creek Dam I'roject wan zero, I request ed Senate appropriations com mittee to approve $160,000 for coming fiscal year, full amount usable by Corp. Shull continue to urge approval of this amount la-cause I regard the project an completely meritorious. "I'letiHeil to advise that budg et request for Bureau Rt-clama- -TIM 1966 it M V ii a. .'' i".- : -t .- t, 'a .... straw hats are Tom Wilson, Wayne Lamb and John Pankey. Judy Jones (not pictured) kalked off with the rifle given Sat urday evening. At bottom left are shopper in the area of Mi Ladies and Gonty'i, and at bottom right the merchandise from J. C Penney Co, it shown spread across the sidewalk. (G-T Photos). ary School, the superintendent reported. Concrete floor was (Continued on page 8) Dr. Robert Todd lakes Army Post Dr. Robert Todd, dentist, has signed with tho U. S. Army Re serve and has been ordered to report to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., on August 1, he announced this week. Ho will enter service as a captain and will work in the dental clinic at the post, an electronic proving grounds near the Mexican border. Mrs. Todd and their three children will ac company him and expect to live on the base. The chllden are Keith, 10; Bobby, 9; and Wen dy, 6. Dr. Todd, who received his or ders Tuesday, was surprised at the shortage of time given him to report and he expected to ask for an extension in order to allow time to close his den tal practice here and get affairs in order. Tho Todds came to Heppner two years ago when he began dental practice here after com pleting service in the Navy. During his service he spent five months in the orient. While in Heppner, ho has been particularly active in the Junior Chamber of Commerce and in working with the Little League. Mrs. Todd has been ac tive with Cub Scouts. Dr. Todd attended Oregon State University, taking pro dental training, then transfer red to the University of Oregon Dental School to complete work for his degree. Project Surveys This Year tlon contain Item of $114,000 for Umatilla Basin I'roject Inves tigation, including study of rec lamation feature of Willow Creek dam. Anticipate no prob lem In obtaining senate approv al of this Item. Only $10,000 will be required to complete the study In fascal 18." Hon Ahem, administrative as sistant to Cong. Ullman, told Judge Jones by telephone that a final decision on whether an appropriation would be received this year should be forthcoming this week. Number 20 HEPPNER ES 10 cents li Hi tl-t-h in State Seeks Bids On Highway Job Bids on the grading and pav ing of the Bunker Hill Road Heppner section of the Heppner highway will be received by the Oregon State Highway Com mission at its meeting in Sa lem on inursctay, July 2S, a news released from the high way department states. Plans for the 2.84-mile proj ect call for widening and im proving the grades on the ex isting route to two 12-foot lanes Completion time is SO calendar days. The City of Heppner was no tified last week that bids would be sought on the project in July and requested that the highway department be notified of any city facilities that must be moved as a result of the proj ect. It is understood that the work will extend north from the highway bridges in Hepp ner for the near three mile stretch towards Lexington. NEARING COMPLETION at the dry kiln at the plant (left). ors of Eugene. Total cost of drying department u about 1 hi r i 1 ') . s i The local telegrams were sent as a result of discussion Mon day at the Chamber of Com merce meeting when Winter pointed out that the Irrigation district organization had been completed, and he felt that there might still be time to get funds for at least the feasibil ity study of the Bureau of Rec lamation on the Irrigation fea ture of the project A letter writing campaign to Congress was urged, but In view of the replies from Senator Morse and the telephone con versation with Cong. Ullman's office, It is now felt that let ters at this time could do lit tle good. Judge Jones said that he had received a reply only from Sen. Morse In response to the tele grams he sent. All-Star Team Chosen to Play In Area Tourney Sixteen Morrow county boys will make up an all-star dele gation to the area tournament In The Dalles next week, July 21, 22 and 23. Commissioner Harley Sager announces 14 all Mars anda three alternates have been selected from the four teams of the Willow Creek Lit tle LcaKuers. The all-star team members are Herb Ekstrom, Indians; Dave Gunderson, Dodgers; Dal las Harsin, Braves; Jon Hedman, Dodgers; David Hughes, Braves; Mike Hughes, Giants; Terry Hughes, Dodgers; Bill Norton, Giants; Jim Schaffitz, Dodgers; Ron Sherman, Dodgers; Tom Stockard, Giants', Gary Watkins, Braves; David Winters, Braves; Jim Van Winkle, Dodgers. Alter nates for the trip are Doug and Don Papineau, Indians, and Bobby Worden. First game for the Willow Ctmc Ipam will hn Frift.iv niphl at 8 p.m. against the winner I or the Thursday night game. Winners of the two games Fri day night will play in the championship game Saturday and the losers will play for the consolation award. The games will be played at the American Little League Field on The Dalles Junior High school grounds at E 16th and H Streets. Accompanying the boys to The Dalles "will be Dr.. Robert Todd and Dave McLcod, coach es, and Harley Sager, commis sioner. Tom Hughes will help with coaching during the prac tices before the game. Commissioner Sager Is arrang ing motel accommodations for the boys who are not staying with their parents in The Dal les and he would like to have those who would like to be in cluded contact him immediate ly. Every' all-star must take a certified birth certificate to Mr. Sager before the trip as the rules of the tournament are that any all-star who does not have a birth certmcate suDmit ted cannot play. An all-star practice game with a Condon team Is sched uled for tonight (Thursday) at 6:30. Power Vandalism Reward Offered Board of directors of Colum bia Basin Electric Cooperative has authorized offering a re ward of S250 for information leading to the arrest and con viction of anvone found shoot ing or breaking insulators on the company s power lines, Har ley Young, manager, said this week. The reward also applies to any other willlul damage to the power lines which might cause an interruption in serv ice, he said. Young said that in one area, insulators had been shot off five poles. Without the insulators, the lines sometimes short-circuit, cause fires with consequent power outages and possibly ser ious damage. The reward offer applies to any of the company's lines in Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow or Umatilla counties, Young said Information should be reported to him to qualify for the reward. Kinzua Corporation plant here The Moore dry kiln is being built ' ; -JLiiT'Tv , -.U-S'!l the project, which will give needed extra capacity in the lumber $100,000. '' ' t. PRINCESS MARDEE CHILDERS Da nee P nncess First of the rodeo princess dances for the season i will hon or princess Mardee Childers, at tractive 5 ft., 6 in. brunette dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Childers of Boardman, who is representing the Boardman Til- Kinzua to Honor i Six Tree Farmers On Anniversary Richard L. Graham, Kinzua Corporation forester, will present a "Tree oi the Future tnis weeK to Raymond French, Heppner; Sidney and Mary Zinter, lone; Gustav E. Peterson, Monument; Kenneth Keeling, La Grande; and William H. Steiwer, Fossil. All are area tree farmers and the presentation is in honor of the 1966 Silver Anniversary of the lumber and timber industry- sponsored Tree Farm program. The trees were received from Fred Matzner, district forester of the Western Wood Products as sociation, Bend. They are all special hybrid pine seedlings which have been produced by the WWPA with the assistance of forest researchers and gene ticists. The root system of each of the hybrids is encased in a perforated polyethylene, soil filled tube enabling them to be "shocklessly" planted even at this time of year still in their tubes. It is believed the hybrid vigor of the special trees should make a great show ing in comparison to the na tive pines now growing on lo cal tree farms. The association hopes that each Tree Farmer will make an annual report on the perform ance of the fast-growing young trees, which are expected to al so have exceptional resistance to drought, disease, and forest pests. Kinzua Corporation is taking a special interest in observing the Silver Anniversary ot the tree farm program because it was one of the originators of the movement and Its 166,092 acre tree farm bears Certificate No. 7. Since that time, 2,320 tree farms have been certified in the Western States. Any local farmers interested in the pro gram are urged to contact Mr. Graham for more infomation. V Tif; Am is the 34x104 ft. addition to the by Schmidt and Smith, contract . io-t. raaio. Y I t to Honor A A I vvara ee licum Club on this year's fair and rodeo court. Music for the dance which will be at the fair pavilion, Heppner, Saturday, July 16, will be furnished by the popular combo, The Taynes of Pendle ton, with dancing from 9:30 to 1:00. Ensuing dances for other rhembers- of the court will fol low -on successive week-ends. - The public had an opportun ity to become well acquainted with the new court at the Kick off dance last Saturday night, which proved to be a big- suc cess with a large crowd attend-, ing. Princess Mardee will be a senior this next year at River side High school. Prior to her transferring to the Boardman school at the beginning of her junior year, she had attended school in Bend, where her fath er had been employed in con struction work. Alter graduation next year, sne hopes to enroll in a state university and ma jor in medicine. Acclaimed by others on the court as having a most likeable and pleasant personality, the princess is truly enjoying her experience with them in rodeo and riding events this summer. Many of her summer hours are spent in practice on riding the quarter horse, "Pepsi", which she has borrowed from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Benthine of Board man for her official appearanc es. Princess Mardee Is the young est of five children in her fam ily. She has three sisters, Mrs. John W. Stenkamp of Pendle ton; Mrs. Ronald Evans and Mrs. C. E. Mershon, both of Troutdale; and one brother, R. L. Childers, who lives in Port land. With others on the court, and with their chaperone, Mrs. Ar chie Munkers, they have been well received in several parades this summer, including Arling ton, Spray, Condon and Uma tilla. Others will include Jos eph, the Umatilla County Fair and the Pendleton Round-Up, as well as several appearances within the county. Following her dance Satur day, Princess Susan Lindstrom, chosen by the Willows Grange of lone, will be next to be hon ored. Her dance will be on Sat urday night, July 23, at the pavilion. Combine Crashes On Hill Near lone When Its brakes failed to hold while its young driver was at tempting to shift gears going up a hill near lone, a combine, headed for Condon, rolled back, tipped over and dropped some 40 feet over a grade Monday afternoon. Driver was Jimmy Graben hurst, a Condon High school student. He managed to get free of the errant combine and emerged only with a "shaking up." Highland Machinery Compa ny had just taken the combine and a second one from Linds trom Bros, on a trade for new machines, and they were en route back to Condon with the used machines when the acci dent happened. It was on the hill that leads from the high school and occurred three or four miles from town, it was reported.
