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1 1 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. 07403 . . chool District to Join in City Swimming Pool Study . . : r I 11 II uoara muus High Schools' Athletic Costs Two File for Mayor, Joe Balfe for Council Petition for two candidate for mayor of the City of Hepp ni'r have bwn completed and returnrd to Mrs. F.lalnn George, city recorder. The candidate, Incumbent W. C. (Clarence) Koitewall and W. C. (Hill) Col linn, hnvo both nlgnrd their uc coptaiiecii. ThtTpforp, there will b a race between them for the post at the general election No vember 8. Petitions a tun hnvp been com pleted and filed for Joe Bnlfo for city councilman, for Mm. George for reelection an record er, and for Mrs. Krncut (Mary r - 83rd Year Number 33 THE sm IF 2 v v. ROBERT STRAUB Straub to Speak On Monday Night Jenn) MeCalH? for reelection an treasurer. I.cHoy Gardner, who U now serving an councilman, hna In dicated that ho will not he a candidate for rpplectlon. Thrpe other councllmen, Harlan Mc- Curdy, Jr., W. L. (Bill) Cox, and Carl Spnuldlng, have not an nounced whether they will eek reelertloll. but IM'tltionH llUVC Bonn out for each of them. In all, lour council position are up for plenum. Ueauunu for filing IM'tltionH W nearlng, being net at Wednesday. October 19. Anvone lntcrsctcri In ft 1112 may obtain petition blank from Mr. George at the city Hull. Mayor Rosewall. who waa up IMilnted mayor from bin council position at the time of the death of Al Lamb, hud Indicated at the time of bin uppolntment that be would serve only until the end of the year. However, he nii Id last week that be wan In terested In continuing In the IHi.Hltlon In order to we fulfill ment of several major project now underway, Including the Willow Creek dam, the propp ed new city swimming pool. uiwl ii new or remodeled lull. a etuinl v.elt v committee I currently worklnu on proposals lor tin1 lull prooiem, anu a ran mlttee 1 also worklnu on the .wlmmlng pool. lolltns, also a veteran In city government. I currently a councllmnn ami previously served as mayor of Ileppner. He Is one of two councilmen whose terms do not expire this year. Dave M I.smI Is the other. Soil Conservation Speech Contest HEPPNER -TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 13, 1966 10 cents 111 , ; l I i 5" 1 i in i in tl" J""" GENE PIERCE Independent Banks Name Gene Pierce As New President John R Kenny, Heppner Native, Dies Here Monday John Francis Kenny, 81, na tive son if pioneer parents and lifetime rencher of the Ileppner area, died at Ills home here Monday, October 10, after being In failing neattn lor me pasi month. , I His father, Michael Kenny, cumc here In 1875 and home steaded a ranch at the head of SundhoJlow, northeast of Ilepp ner. The Mm nt his eritiie.jr . life within a law miles of the',, crlelna! homestead, ena.;ln(; injj, .. t ttn.l -lft.. ruiifhint' ltf . imu aim .... ... Iff' also raised sheep for a time but ; ault durinii World War II. li- -a .r ; - . t ,t 1 . ' - A I ; f " " . " , M" " t -.'. ..- w - .jf t. .."..- ' ."... Kenny was 13 years of ai;e at k k y " ' V jf i ' the time of the Heppner HooJ ; ' ' " " in June, 1903. He was sent to ,-, , ,. town from the ranch to assist i -' . -.f ' . - ; ' . 'l In the cUnnup work, and acted . - j , , '. . t, us a messenger between llepp- a . f J i ncr and U xinRton during the ' - ? . ' -0 . t . emerBency, riding horseback. , , .,' . . k. h "., Hnbert l Hob) Straub, Demo- I T iii i I . ratio cnndldate for governor, I f Kq WDnl10Clil be In Heppner Mondavi IU UC lYCUIICjUaY niicht for u dinner meeting and a public address following, wr ville Cutsforth, hl Morrow county campaign chairman, an nounces. Arrival by plane In Lexington is expected about 4 p.m.. com ing from Pasco where the can didate is muklng an appear ance. Mrs. Straub Is cxccted to be with him. Dinner Is planned at the Wag on Wheel buiuiuet room here at ti p.m. Members of the Demo cratic Central committee will be In attendance, and others are invited to the dinner as long as room Is available. Those In terested In attending are re quested to Inform Mrs. Clarence Kasewatl well In advance In or der that the committee will know how many to prepare for. The public Is Invited to the meeting at 8 p.m. to hear his address. Following his visit here, Straub will go to Pendleton in Hie Interests of his campaign. He Is due to be there at U:30 p.m. Mrs. Kosewall, Democrat 1c Central committee chairman for Morrow county, will preside ut the dinner and meeting here, Cutsforth said. An exceptional group of high school speakers will compete for district honors Wednesday night, (Mober 1!), at the Hepp ner High school multipurpose room starting at 8 p.m. Tills Is the annual Soil and Water Conservation sieech con test with the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district as local sponsor. Winner of the contest will ad vance to area contests with a chance to compete In the state finals. Local speakers have done well al the slate level, having won It In lWk'l and placed high r nthor ru-ras(ons. Jack Fielder, speech Instruct or, is enthused about students who will participate. Ken Turner, contest cnairman, states. "We think we have sev eral entries good enough to go to state again. The Morrow County Grain Crowers have given three nice ir,,i,hi..w In ho nresenled first. second and third pluce winners. The public is encouraged to attend to bear the students gooil talks on this subject of importance. Smorgasbord to Serve Communities Sunday At St. Patrick's Hall Final plans are underway this week for the serving of the an nual Harvest Smorgasbord at St Patrick's parish hall, Hepp ner, on Sunday afternoon, Oc tober Hi. A wide variety of de licious foods, Including turkey, h-.u.wt tulmon varieties of sal ads, vegetables, desserts, rolls and beverages are on the menu. Serving will be from 3:00 to 7:(M) p.m., with Altar Societies from Heppner. lone and Lexing ton sharing in the responsible Itles of the buffet-stylo dinner. Hunters and others visiting In the area are extended a spe cial invitation to "come as you are." Tickets will be on sale at the door. A nursery will be pro vided for small children. Heart Failure Takes Ray Drake Raymond K. (Ray) Drake, 75, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening at his home from heart failure. He had been a resident of the Ileppner area since 1911, coming here to engage in ranch nit He had been troubled with a heart ailment for vears. but his son. Douglas Drake, had lunch .eiih htu father and mother In their home and had visited with them In the afternoon. The eld er Mr. Drake was feeling fine at thai time, ne saiu. Funeral services will be Sat it t-H n r n 9 n rn nt tht Meth odist church here. Complete obituary will be printed next week. Independent Banks of Oregon Saturday elected Gene Pierce, Heppner. president of the or ganization at their annual meeting In Portland, l'leroe is president of the Bank of East ern Oregon, a position he has held since l!MiU. He succeeds Henry Shelton, of the Forest Grove National Bank, as head of tne organization. Other new officers are Charles Treshlder, executive vice presi dent of the Western Bank of Coos Bav. vlct; president; H. W. I Bcrger, executive vice president of the Clackamas County Bank, Sandy, secretary-treasurer; ana John Steclhammor, a Salem at torney, reelected as executive secretary. Plereo served us vice president of the IndeiH-ndent Bankers dur ing the past year. lie started work in banking 31 years ago, but was in the armed forces for -Hi months dur ing World War 11 and was in a private grocery business with his brother in Pendleton lor about five years after the war. Iliu -M veins in himkini' include work Iii banks In Pendleton and La Grande bctoro he came to Ileppner as manager of the iieoimer hr.iiu h nf the Bank of Eastern Oregon when It was op ened here in August, 1957. His promotion to president of the uank came five years later. Pier.-., was in the infantrv in World War II. entering as a pri vate and going overseas with the list division. He was com- mi-iimed while overseas and advanced to the rank of major. His service included that at Aus tralia. New Guinea and the Philippines. His wife, Fav, was a nurse rlnrim the war and also served in the South Pacific. They were married in Sydney, Australia Free Breakfast Set At Central Sale T't-,e nnnrnko hrenkfnst is of fered by Central Market Satur day from 9 a.m. until noon in its annual October Standby Har vest Sale. The breakfast fea tures pancakes, sausage, coffee and iulces. Special buys are offered In the sale, which includes both FrMnv nnd slntnrHjiv Foil Infor matlon may be found on page 6 oi mis section. A horse trainer In his young J days, Kenny was among those w ho started the Morrow county .f- , Rodeo. He served as a field J -judge of the event for about 2 years. jf"' This year, be was chosen to be u.' grand maisbal of the 19W Ro- f deo Parade but was unable to serve when he became ill. He had won a prize, some thiee z years ago as the oldest mounted cowboy in the parade. Kenny was born October 'J. 1SS5, In Heppner, son of Mich ael and Mary Doherty Kenny. I There wa no Catholic church I here at tin time, and his par i cuts too him to St. Andrew's I Mission on the other side i f Pendleton to be baptized. His wile, cringei. uieo ,Mr i 20. lii. They had observed their "0ih wedding anniversary! In 19Ik1. Kennv's death came just one dav following his 81st birthday. Recitation of the rosary was Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in St Patrick's Catholic church and requiem mass was Thursday fto- davi. October 13. at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick's church with Father Raymond Beard celebrant Inter ment wa: in Heppner Masonic cemetery. Survivin.' are two daughters. Mrs. Eileen Richard of Areata. Calif., and Mrs. Patricia Erwin of Pendleton; five sons, Edward M. Kennv of Spokane, YYn., Mathew J. Kenny of Portland, F.mmett F. Kennv of Pendleton. James P. Kennv of Lake Oswego, and Willii.m J. Kenny of Hepp ner: three sisters, Mrs. Anni" Healv. Mrs. Sara Farley and Mrs. Bill (Cecilia! Bucknum; 27 grandchildien and three great grandchildren. Sweeney Mortuary was mi charge of arrangements. ': STEVE PETTYJOHN, Junior end for the Heppner High football team, will be In action Friday night when the Mustangs play the Sherman County Huskies at Mora Steve is 6-1 and weighs 175 pounds. The Mustangs, fresh from a 31-13 win over Bums here Friday, hope to continue their wlnninq streak at Moro. (See Sports, Page 6) (G-T Photo by Spike Pardee). "?r .1 1 1 i km u -7 A' Pi v i . ? I r I tU. 1 m'T-Ai .stiwi'twBfeaitejtw TOP PERFORMERS in the annual Punt Pass ani Kick contest held at the rodeo grounds Satur day are the boys above. From left are Joe Rietmann, lone, winner of the 8-year-old division with 108 points; Dick Snyder, lone. 11-year-old, 180 points; Jerry Gentry. Heppner, 9-year-old. 159 points; Mike Hughes. Heppner, 12-year-old. 236 points; Mike Stephens. Heppner. 10-year-olds, 186 points; and Tom Hughes, Heppner, 13-year-old, 203 points. (G-T Photo by Spike Pardee). Registration Total 2092 in County Registration in the county for the general election November 8 totals 2002. according to Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk. Democrats now total 1061 as compared with 992 Republicans. Registered as independents or in other parties are 36. They are scattered in various pre cincts throughout the county. By precincts, registration is as follows: Boardman Irrlgon Hardman lone Lexington E. Heppner E. Heppner W. Heppner W. Heppner Registration ir this year s general election. No School Friday, Professional Day There will be no school Fri day in Morrow county as teachers and administrators participate in "Professional Day." , , t Mast teachers throughout the state will take part in meetings and activities on the day that is the modern vers ion of what used to be call led "teachers institute." While the teachers further their professional train i n g, children throughout the coun ty will take a holiday. (See School Bells column elsewhere in this paper for details). Crazy Days Coming Here Next Week; Prizes are Offered Sams odd thinas Drobablv will be happening in Heppner on Friday and Saturday, Oc tober 21 andl 22. for these will be "Crary Days" in the downtown district But shoppers will find that bargains they will receive will make real good sense. One example of the sort of thing to expect: One business firm will oiler a $10 priie to the first person coming to the business dressed in a barrel and a S5 priie for the one with the closest guess ei the combined weight of the staff. Bob Henry, chairman of the merchants committee, said that a priie will be given to the craziest-dressed man and one to the craziest-dressed i woman among business peo ple and clerks. They wiu De S5 each. There will be all sorts of "crazy" and "out of this world" bargains, many of which will be advertised in next week's Gazette-Times. Those who wish to advertise Crazy Days bargains are ask ed to have their advertising ready earlier because of the large paper expected. Spike Pardee ol the Gazette-Times staff will be making contacts Friday. I V f Vl t ' SADIE PARRISH Demo. Rep. 132 85 207 85 10 21 145 203 125 103 105 116 69 104 155 143 116 132 1064 992 closed Saturday I Two Are Injured j In Auto Accident I In Pioneer Memorial hospital with imunes sustained in a one-ear auto accident at Spray vnnrisu nitrht nrp Terrv Grind- staff. 21. of Spray, on leave from the navy, and Mrs. Kooen mar shal Nichols, 17, Lexington. Grindstaff suffered lacerations and loss of his right thumb in the accident, and Mrs. mcnois, who was the driver, has a con cussion and multiple bruises. Grindstaff had been visiting in Heppner. and Mrs. Nichols was driving him home when the accident occurred at the out skirts of Spray. She said the accelerator stuck to cause the mishap. Grindstaffs brother. Jerry, 16, also was injured in a bad auto accident near John Day last week and underwent an oper ation in Bend Tuesday. Clerks Choose Sadie Parrish Oregon association of County Clerks and Recorders have elect ed Mrs. Sadie Parrish. Morrow county clerk, as secretary of the state association. The election took place at the organizations meeting in Port land September 14-16. but Mrs. Parrish didn't realize she had been chosen for the position un til she was notified by mail this week. She attended the meeting but was gone on a field trip to see demonstrations of voting machines at the time of the election. Used Ski Auction Set October 25 WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi 77 73 68 67 71 59 57 Low 45 51 45 31 34 41 32 Prec. .01 .06 A used ski equipment auction is planned in Heppner for Tues day. October 25, Bob Henry an nounces. "Here is your chance to con vert all those extra or outgrown skis, poles, boots, pants, or what-have-you into cash," he said. "It is also your chance to buy what you may neea. He asks that those submitting items for the auction tag each thing with name of the owner and the minimum bid price that will be acceptable. It is also planned to show ski movies and discuss plans for the ski bus during the coming season to Arbuckle Mountain. Location for the auction will be announced later. "If you know of any new skiers starting and needing equipment, be sure to bring them," Henry said. 1nrrmv rmi ntv's school dis trict directors agreed at their regular meeting Monday night to participate with the City of Heppner and a citizens com mittee in a study towards a new swimming pool for Hepp ner. Principal Dick Carpenter of Heppner High was appointed to represent the schools on the Joint study committee. Mrs. Clyde Alstott elementary PTA president and a member of the committee appointed by Mayor Clarence Rosewall. ask a thai tUa Kshnol bp renresent- ed in order to determine if it would be feasible to plan for a pool that could De usea in connection with the schools. Un Marshall livpren. presi dent of the Heppner High PTA, also discussed tne proposal hHoflv Thpv said that it is hoped that a pool of Olympic "ize, approximately lo it. oy ivt ft. can be constructed. There Is ihitltv of obtaining gov ernment aid, but plans must be submitted by June 30. I9b7. Inclusion of the schools might make it possible to provide a pool that could he used the vear-around rather than for on ly three months, thev said. This would mean that the structure would be covered. Bob Rietmann said that thera has been considerable interest. rinu thp lone DOOl. which is a part of the lone High school plant, but little had been done because of costs involved. Supt. David Potter concurred that a year-around pool could be used to advantage in the schools' physical education and activity programs. Hnn r-AKts Eved The matter of covering costs of scouting football games at other schools came up for dis cussion when two mils ior scouting by Heppner High coaches appeared in the list of district bills submitted for con sideration of the board. Several on the board expres sed the opinion that such costs should . be borne through stu dent body funds. This led to a review of the financial difficul ties of high school student bod ies, - i Principal Carpenter told the board that Heppner High could 'expect total revenue of about $2000 from its athletic program S1200 from football ana mimi from basketball. Overnight trips cost the student body approx imately $100. Some $600 is pro vided by the district for cost of officiating games, but this does i.or thp nwris. he said. When all costs are paid, only about $1000 will remain ior purchase of athletic equipment, and this is far less than is needed, he said. The scouting bills were not allowed for payment. The con sensus seemed to be that stu dent bodies should pay such v.:n dian if it is deter- mined that they are insolvent at the end of tne year, me u trict might subsidize the defic iency, Ed Dick, from the audience said that under present-day standards, scouting is an es sential need for schools partic gating in A-2 athletics, Corps Holds Op Plans Supt. Potter reported on troub le being experienced with the U. S. Array Corps of Engineers office in Walla Walla on re ceiving approval of various items in the plans and specifi cations for the new Riverside High school. n The officials mere uuUU number of items which were in u 4icirrn mpmo and WhlCn were approved in Washington, D. C, he saia. u'ajv is the clay tue roomi. of the items are considered as "betterment" rather than as "standard" by the Engineers, despite the Washington, D. C, approval, he said. The superintendent said that he is working with the office of Sen. Wayne Morse in the hope of getting the matters worked out. Field Trip Good Attorney Bob Abrams reported to the board that he went on a biology field trip with the class of Kirk Horn of Heppner High school recently, and said that it was "well worth the time and effort." He said that it proved to be a fine learning experience. 'The students got a great deal from it, and so did I," he reported. Water Bill Problem Annthor knottv little nroblem came to the board's attention in the form of an $108 bill for watering the playground across the highway from the Lexing ton school office. It was reported that a mens church group had leased the playground for $1 per year with the plan of maintaining it for community use and expecting the city to contribute the wa ter. The church group has kept it mowed and maintained, but the city has not accepted responsi bility for furnishing the water. It was agreed by the board that the district should not con- U ; ' (Continued on page 8)