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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1966)
I f OFAAY u or 0 EUGENE, Council Schedules Hearing on Zoning Formal public hearing on the proponed xonlriK ordinance for the City of lleppner haft been wl fur Tucstlay, September 20, ul the city bull at B p.m. The action wan taken bv tho coun cil nt Hh September mwtlng Tuesday night. MUVOr W. C. ItlMM'WMll said that all ixTHotm who ho desire are Invited tu appear nt thu hearing id speak either for ur iiualtiNt thi ordinance. Richard Ivry, consultant for Cornell, llowliiml, Hayes and Merryfleld, ciiKlnccrs who have been working wllh (ho cllv on zoning, will Ik at the meeting. The zoning ordinance has been In the proce.su of prepar allon for the past two yearn with financing being xhared by the city, state, and federal gov ernments. Oath Administered Oath of office wax adminis tered to Councilman Hill Cox bv Attorney 1'. W. Mahoncy at the tneetliu!. The new council man attended tils first session after being apHinted to fill the vacancy created with the rcslg nation of Haskell Sltarrard. New Lights Approved Harley Young, manager of Columbia Hasln Klectrlc Coop erative, proposed changing nine Mreet lights In the city to new Ivm mercury vapor Huh! and adding two new Ntrcet light. Kor a cost of $1760 tho cltv could have K8.000 lumens of illumination in the moderniza tion step as compared with the I.reiseiit 18,000 by the existing Ili:ht.H, he said. The council approved all but two of thu chances. Most of the new lights will be on Morgan street and on Linden Way. Chanties on the latter must be made before contractor sturU work on the new m retch of high way lending from the city. Alter Discussed John F. Soward, contractor on the proposed new post office to be locuted at the corner of Chase and Willow streets, up-M-areU at the council to ask what progress had been made on the proposed alley to lc lo cated behind the post office site. Mayor Kosewall advised Mm that the city had hired an en gineer from 1'cnilleton to sur vey the alley and thut he was Stockmen Request Disaster Rating Also we story page 2, Sec. 2) Morrow county Live t o c k Growers: association has recom mended that the county be de clared a disaster nrcu because of the critical situation on graz I ni; and feed. In doing so, the county Joins with a number of other coun ties In Kiistern Oregon seeking U. S. Department of Apicul ture program benefits available to eligible stockmen. Because of the dry spring, some growers early this year took their stock directly from teedlots to mountains. Without enrlv rains, pasture on lowland ranches was grazed short and hasn't had a chance to grow back. The problem Is heightened because of a rather short hay crop. W. S. (Sam) Miller, ranger for the lleppner ranger district, I'matilla National Forest, said that plans are underway to al low permltees to graze their stock on district grazing lands until November 1. While agreements with varl ous permit holders vary, usual tune of termlning the grazing Is October 1. The extended per iod will use up some of the grazing reserve but will help alleviate the 'situation for the stockmen, Miller said. There are 20 permltees operating In the lleppner district. Stockmen on the Grant county side particu larly face a critical situation with very little grazing left on the farmlands, he said. Gridders Heppnrv High's football team will open the season Friday night, September 9, at Pilot Hock against the Rockets, starting at K p.m. Forty Mustang candi dates have been working hard since August 22 with dally doubles In practice as the rule. The Henpner football staff Is nil new this- year. Kd Hlemstra, head conel., has as his assis tants Adtlan Cook and Jack Out. Facing a nine-game varsity schedule and a seven-game Jay vee schedule, the total squad of gridders now numbers 60 boys. Several drew their equipment after jchool started September 6. Coach Hlemstra said that the l!Xi6 edition of the Mustangs will run from n basic I forma tion nnd he plans to employ a varied offense with a lot of passing. Jim Doherty, last year's quarterback, will be tho director of this offense. He has been looking very good in pi net lcc and should have a good year, the coach said. Jim is also an excellent klckcir and will handle the punt ing chores. Rounding out the backfleld will be Mike Aisup, all-confer one 07103 making a map of his proposal for n 111 ft. alley except for one "bottleneck" between tho rear of Central Market and ihe tel ephone building, where It nar rows to 13 ft. 2 Inches. So ward said that plana of tho post office department allowed only for a 13 ft. alley, and that to make It wider would put It I in "In the bite of tho lino" with post office officials. Councilman Dill Collins sug gested that the post office de partment submit Its plans and blueprints to the council so that the counellmen could Under stand the proposal. Howard re plied that blueprints are now in the prrevss of being changed attain and that he has two pri or sets that will not be used. "I lust do what I'm told to do," be said, "but It puts me In the bile of the line.' Hi said thut Italph Robertson of the post office department was due In town today (Thurs day) and the council agreed to try to meet wllh him. Final Letters Bent A letter from the chief of) police to a number of proerty (Continued on page 8) Two Men Injured In Auto Mishap Joe Palmer, 21, of La Grande and Lloyd Rlggs, 35, also of La Grande, sustained serious Injur ies Wednesday afternoon In a one-car accident ubout seven miles north of lleppner on high way 71. Uoth were taken to Tioneer Memorial hospital where their doctor said that Palmer la suf fering from a cerebral concus sion, multiple lacerations and abrasions and Rlggs hus a cere hral concussion. The doctor said that he expected Riggs to be hospitalized about three days anil 1 'aimer to be confined there for about a week. Palmer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth rulmer, lone. He Is a graduate of lone High school with the class of 1962, where he was a star player on I he bail l)ii II team. Although not confirmed, one reHrt was to the effect that the accident occurred when a tic rod on the car broke and caus ed It to go out of control. It happened near the Ellis Petty John place. Watch Traffic Light, Principal Advises There Is only one three-way traffic signal light In Morrow county and that is the port able un.t used lo regulate traf fic at th crosswalk on the street between lleppner Mo mentary and lleppner Junior High schools, Apparently some motorists aren't used to heeding the green, 'ed and amber signals, 1'rincipai Alan Martin obser ved after the first day of school. Although the signal is of a smaller size than those In use In cities, It carries as much authority Violators are sub ject to pt'llce citations. More important however, Is the fad that children at the schools me taught to cross the street when the green light favors them. One is apt to come darting across on the green signal when an Impat ient motorist, halted by the red, Is prone to continue since he has not observed any child ren. Martin timed the light, and although It sometimes seem slow to motorists. Its Intervals are 30 seconds, the same as many lights in cities. This, then, doesn't mean a long wait and might prevent injury to a chi'd crossing the street. He requests public cooperat ion in observing the signal. Open at Pilot Rock ence transfer from Sherman nt wlngback; Jim Jacobs at full back; nnd Dave Hall at tall back. This unit will be backed up by some very good boys, In cluding Jell Turner, Roger Britt, Randy Sliilman, Bill McLeod, and Denn Kindle. In the line, Al Drake will anchur It at the center posit ion with Terry Corbln and Rick Johnston at the guard spots, Coach Hlemstra announced. At tackles will be Stan Rauch and cither Frank Lovgren or Bob Dobbs, tho latter a 230 pounder. The light end will be Russell Kilkenny, and Dennis O'Donnell will be split end. Steve Petty John will back up the ends on offense and play defensive end. Other linemen who are com inn along and should see early game action are John Rawlins, guard; Steve Munkers, tackle; and Nnlbro Cox, tackle. Another prospect who will play if his eligibility can bo es tablished Is Jerry Stefanl at guard. Several good freshmen pros pects are out and the coaches are trying to line up a good number of sophomores. ounfy School Enrollment Shows Slight Decline 83rd Year theW GklET Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September 8, 1966 r :4 i . - ' . - - i , . "... I PACIFIC CAS TRANSMISSION CO.. which recently announced plana to build a compressor station near lone, has released this photo showing the planned location of the station. It will be situa ated beside the lone-Gooseberry road, l'j mile southwest of the edge of lone. The starred spot (upper left) marks the location, and the dotted line shows route of the gas pipeline that was installed In 1U61. The picture was taken during one cf the regular bi-weekly patrols of the line. NEW GAS COMPRESSOR station, to be built near lone in 1967 by Pacific Gas Transmission Cc will look somethlnq like this. The turbine-centrifugal station shown was built by United Gas Pipeline Company at OUa. La late In 1964 or early 1965. The 6.700 horsepower turbine in the Installation above Is essentially the same as the one to be in the lone station but certain re finements at the lone station will upgrade it to 9,000 horsepower, a company spokseman said. Grazing Assets Go to Loan Fund Remaining assets of the now Inactive Morrow County Grazing association have been assigned to Blue Mountain Community College for the purpose of set ting up a revolving student loan fund, President Wallace McCrae of the college states. The sum totals $1,332.90, and it will be administered through the Blue Mountain Scholarship and Development association of which Gene Pierce is area repre sentative here. President McCrae was notified of the action bv Gene Winters, secretary of the association. Other members include John Krebs, Jack Hvnd, Gaylord Mad ison and Dick Wilkinson. Defensively, the Musta n g s will start off the I960 season with the forward wall of Petty John, Lovgren, Rauch, Corbin and Kilkenny, with linebackers being Johnston and Alsup. At the cornerback spots will be O'Donnell and Jacobs, and safe ties will be Doherty and Hall. "Right now the Mustangs are not deep enough, but with new personnel turning out this week, it is hoped that by the first league game, the Mustangs will have four or five complete units ready to go," Coach Hlemstra said. The coach, who has had little chance to size up the Mustangs' opponents this year, has not had an opportunity to find out about the Rockets strengths and weaknesses for the Friday night opener. However, the boys from the neighboring town are al ways formidable competition for tho Heppner High team. A large number of local fans will undoubtedly make the trip to Pilot Rock for the opener. First home game will be against Condon on the rodeo grounds field at 8 p.m. Friday, Septem ber 16. rr -V i' Plans Announced For Gas Pumping Station at lone Additional details on plans for construction of a $2,369,000 gas compressor station near lone have been announced by a spokesman for Pacific Gas Transmission Company. The compressor station will be located l's miles southwest of lone near the lone-Gooseberry road. Construction will be in the coming year 1967 .is a part of the company's project to speed up gas delivery through the pipeline that was constructed in 1961. The present 400 million cubic feet capacity will be in creased to 600 million cubic feet through the 1400-mile pipeline. The line taps gas fields in Alberta. Canada, and delivers it to California. The company spokesman said that the station here will be similar in type to that built by United Gas Pipeline Company at Olla, La. Its General Elec tric gas turbine will operate on gas from the pipeline and is rated at 9000 horsepower. He said that the turbine can be contained in a rather "small package" because of advance ments made in the field. This helps cut construction costs. It was announced last year that only a small labor force will be required to build the compressor station, perhaps 15 men. However, the utility devel opment is expected to help with the property tax load in Morrow county. Power Service Here To be Off Two Hours Electric power service in Heppner will be off for a per iod of from one to two hours starting at 6 aun. Saturday, Harley Young, manager of the system, announces. The outage is necessary to make changeovers on power lines on the north side of town because of contemplated work on highway relocation there. r . - . ... t . l$pr IE-TIME J WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of September 1-7 is as follows: Hi Low Prec. Thursday 80 45 Friday 84 49 Saturday 89 49 Sunday 92 53 Monday 97 54 Tuesday 87 58 Wednesday 84 48 1 - i 4 Ni v. - xit,fr . . - ' - -.'- " r - v ' 1 v ' Jit ' 4 A tsi -i :- Y"zzr 1 I I ft J t i ; V, ( iV- llv JV", vy v ,vr -.' u " r - m , .'-. i - I 'FROSTY," grand champion all-around performance horse at the open horse show August 26, stands humbly by while owner Art Vance accepts the Jerry Daggett revolving trophy and grand champion ribbon from Fred Mankin, superintendent of the show. "Frosty" took a first place in the Western Pleasure class and in the reining class. (G-T Photo) Number 28 HEPPNER 10 cents j: Lightning Starts Five Woods Fires; Area Tinder Dry A lightning storm that came Labor Day night started five fires on the Heppner Ranger district of the Umatilla Nation al Forest. W. S. (Sam) Miller, ranger in charge, reported Wed nesday. Two of the fires were located that night and three showed up later. Largest was 2'4 acres In the Mallorv Creek area. Four of ! the fires were in this area, and the fifth was a "loner" under Tamarack lookout. Crews of the district soon contained the blazes. The woods remained tinder dry following the storm, and Miller said that the fire haz ard Is still considered critical. He is keeping an anxious eye on the opening date of deer sea son on October 1 while hoping for a break in the weather that will bring rain and end the drouth. Public cooperation in the dis trict has made it possible to compile an exceptionally good record during a very hazardous season. Ranger Miller expressed grateful appreciation tot this exceptional cooperat 1 o n, and said that the public is to be highly commended for its care of the forests. Vigilance on the part of dis trict personnel continues. Look outs continue to be manned, al though one post at Madison Butte will be reassigned be cause the lookout there went oack to college. Burning Index remains in the woods. Miller said, high lone Grid Team To Open at Home lone High's Cardinals will open their 1966 football season at home Friday afternoon, Sep tember 9, against Dufur, the game starting at 2:30 p.m. Gordon Meyers is again coach ing the 8-man team for the Cardinals and has 17 boys out for the sport. Roster of the play ers and rundown of prospects for the year was not available by press time. Following the Dufur game, the Cardinals will be host to Arling ton on Friday, . September 16, this game also tentatively being set to start at 2:30. The Cards this year have four games at home and three away. Remainder of the schedule Is is as follows: Sept 23r-Ione at Mt. Vernon: Sept. 30 lone at Rvierside; Oct. 7 Echo at lone; Oct. 14 lone at Weston; Oct. 21 Umapine at lone. Administrators Report Good Opening Day Enrollment In Morrow county schools Tuesday was 43 less than last year on opening day, compilation of figures around the county shows. Last year's opening day total was 1173, and this year's total is 1130. In 1964, 1210 were reg istered on the first day. Two schools showed enroll ment gains, the most substan tial being that at Heppner Ele mentary school where this year's total was 460 as com pared to 437 last year. River side High school registered 88 on opening day this year as compared with 86 last year. lone High school had an iden tical enrollment to last year 58 students. Four other schools were down. Heppner High de creased to 184 from last year's first day total of 1; A. C. Houghton Elementary, Irrigon, started with 161 this year as compared with 185 last year; lone Elementary showed a first day total of 125 Tuesday as com pared with 144 last year; and Boardman Primary dropped to 54 from last year's 67. All administrators reported a good opening day, but a "mighty busy" one. Richard Carpenter, Heppner High prin cipal, said that only trouble en countered at the school was a difficulty with the bell system that had some classes of the day getting out 10 minutes ahead oi schedule. Alan Martin, Heppner Ele mentary principal, said that sev eral adjustments in registration were necessary in order to place all pupils satisfactorily, but all went well on the busy first day. Throughout the system, pupils had a full day of classes and plunged right Into their aca demic work. Number of first graders in the county system is down from last year, dropping to 95 from last year's 113. Number of high school sen iors in the system showed a drop, going down to 80 from last year's 85. lone High's grad uating class is double the size of last year's opening class, 16 this year as compared with eight last year. Riverside High's seniors this year number 17 as compared with 21 last year. Heppners Class of 196T is list ed at 47 as compared with 56 in the senior class on the first day last year. Total enrollment in the two Heppner schools this year on the first day was 644 as com pared with 633 last year. It was 675 in 1964. By schools, registration Tues day was as follows: Heppner Elementary grade one, 59; two, 65; three, 53; four, 54; five, 53; six, 61; seven, 54; and eight, 61. Total 460.. Heppner High School Fresh men, 45; sophomores, 48; Juni ors, 44; seniors, 47. Total 184. lone Elementary School grade one, 14; two, 11; three, 20; four, 20; five, 20; six, 13; seven. 14; eight, 13. Total, 125. lone High School freshmen, 16; sophomores, 17; juniors, 11; seniors, 12. Total, 58. Riverside High School fresh men, 25; sophomores, 18; jun iors, 28; seniors, 17. Total, 88. A. C Houghton Elementary grade one, 12; two, 16; three, 12; four, 12; five, 28: six, 35; seven, 24; eight, 22. Total, 161. Boardman Primary grade one, 10; two, 13; three, 15; four, 16. Total, 54.
