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1 1 SRAAY U OF 0 t U G F- N E , or.E 0 7403 City Election With Hi- filing deadline past, Mute of candidates for tho City of Heppner In oik (-oumilmiin short of huvliitf enough to no untunil, li-t It iixin were fllt'd this wii'k for Curl .Hpuuldlng, lliirliin Mc Curdv nml W. I.. (Bill) Cox. nil of whom are now serving on the council. Spuuldlng and Mc Curdy signed ii('('i'il.(iiri.H, l)u t Cox did not, mid Nidd Wedneii dny night that lit! did Mot )lnn 83rd Year the m mm m GAZ Hcppncr, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October ' ax ' ' ' r ' . I f. i Vk - 1 f- i - ,.iiii'"wt.--v .'I ' I .. i , '. i; ' ,,- iNt ' 1 M S f' .' .... f."- ' , . ."f rf ! 1 il II : ; l l 1 1 v.. 1 -; Mki i r?-. Ji i, r' , ' ' . b ': il till r r if : 1 1 p niiiiir I b j J I I I ! I tj jj tllli . DEDICATED at ceremonies Sunday at Blue Mountain Community vocational. technical building. This angle shot at the front ot ine stniang aesign el tne building that match the first structure on the campus. Spacious shops and classrooms are Included in the new building 800 Persons View New BMC Building An estimated 800 persons irom various parts of Morrow Mori and Umatilla counties were at Blue Mountain College Sunday afternoon to attend a dedica tion ceremony for the new vocational-technical building on the campus nnd to inspect Its facilities. The $550,000 structure, built with the assistance of state and federal funds and a tax levy In tho Blue Mountain area ed ucation district, is complete ex cept for some lower level class rooms nnd now Is being put to good use by students enrolled there. Dedication ceremony was In the heavy equipment laboratory of the building, which was con structed by The Timber Com pany, llermlston, under contract to the district. President Wallace McCrae presided at the ceremony, intro duced the board of directors and others particularly associated wllh the development. Russell Dorran of llermlston, chairman of the directors, gave a short talk, explaining tho fi nancing1 of the project and giv ing background information. He told of the Importance of the technical training at the col lege. James Hinds, In charge of mechanical technology, told how the building was "a dream come true" for students nnd In structors. He explained tho var ious parts of the building and outlined plans for the ensuing tour. Kllsworth Mayer, faculty rep resentative, also spoke briefly. A ribbon across the entrance to tho heavy equipment lab, was cut by Dorran in tho for mal ceremony while President McCrae and the school's student body president, assisted. The hundreds present then went through the building on a tour, noted Us spaciousness and arrangement. Most of them continued down to the class room building that was the first unit constructed on tho grow ing campus. Faculty represen tatives were on hand to explain work bolnfj done. Filings One to run for tho office. Oilier city ffic-lulM who hnd filed previously Incluiled W. C. Koxewull ami Hill Collins, both eiiwiK eicciitin iih mayor; Joe, Unite fur council; Mm. Klnlm tJeuritii for recorder; and Mm. MnicM (Miirv Jeitn) Mi-Cabe for clly treumirer. Lcltoy Gardner, a present couuriliuun, said that he would not lie a candidate for reelec tion. Collins In presently a councllmun, but friends clrculat- 2TTE-TIME " 1 1 . I I I I U ; -if h I : Refreshments were served by the faculty wives In the student center. The voc tech building, design ed by Culler. Gale, Murtell and Krlckson, architects, Includes 10,000 square feet. Laboratories Include those for heavy equip ment, power prnnt (Internal combustion engines), power transmission nnd fluid mechan ics, machine processes (metal lurgy), welding shop and body shop. There Is also a physics laboratory and a number of classroms In the building. The new police science course is (Continued on page 8) Scholarship Need Told to Chamber Blue Mountain College came In for some spontaneous at tention nt the Monday meet ing of the Chamber of Com merce when Hob Abrams, a director on the college, report ed on the dedication of tho new voc-tech building and op en house there Sunday. He reviewed progress of the college and how It is filling Its purpose. Abrams also pointed out some of the fu ture plans for Blue Mountain. Uene Pierce then told of tin! Scholarship Foundation for Blue Mountain and stressed the need for scholarships. "There are a lot of needy kids who are reallv doing things there," he said. Pierce suggested that local business es consider giving scholarships or part of scholarships to tho college, stating thut $210 will cover a year's t nil ion nnd fees for a student. President Harley Yo u n g commended Abrams for his work on the college board, saying, "We owe a debt to Abrams for his time and ef fort." Also at the meeting Bar ney Mnlcom was appointed as chamber representative on the rodeo committee to succeed Elmer Schmidt who has serv ed for a number of years. Short as Deadline Passes ed IiIh petition for mayor. The only content to ho on the ellv ballot Is thut for mayor. McC'urdy, Spuuldlng and Baifc nil will bo uncontested lor lour year term on the council, but the 2 year position, that for which Cox will not be a can didate, will be filled by wrlteln vote. Petitions must be filled out, li;ned and accepted at least 20 dnyN prior to the election. Thus, Wednesday was the deadline, 20, 1966 t t5 " i College. Pendleton, was the new the building shows something of (G-T Photo). Gunshot Wound Fatal to Hunter At Divide Wells Hit In the upper left thigh by a bullet from a high cal iber rifle, George Albert Buck ley, Sr., 55. of i026 N. Saint Louis St., Portland, died late Saturday afternoon before com nanious could get him to Pioneer Memorial hospital for treat ment. He was dead on arrival at the hospital. An attending physician said that the bullet hit high on the thigh and shattered the bone. It did not allow much room for a tourniquet above. The com panions tried to administer first aid by applying a bandage around the wound, but were unsuccessful in stemming the flow of blood. A state police officer who In vestigated said that Buckley was one of a party of five hunt ers. Others were Ernest B. Wed die, Norman Sather, Mrs. Hazel Father, nnd their son, Eric Sather, U. The officer said that Weddle and Buckley had started a drive through brush in the Divide Wells country, probably more than 30 miles east of Heppner. l no tnree in the sather tarn llv circled around in a four wheel drive rig to await their approach. Norman Sather saw a deer, got out of the vehicle, and shot at it, the officer said. Buckley also hud taken one shot. The two men were about 100 yards apart at the time, but high brush made it nearly im possible for Sather to see the approaching man, the officer reported. The bullet severed a large blood vessel in the thigh. The body was taken to Port land for services Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Batcman Funeral Chapel. Vault Interment was in Willamette National Cemetery, Survivors Include the widow, Mrs. Margaret Buckley; two sons, George A. Buckley, Jr., and John C, Buckley; a dau ghter, Mrs. Charlenc Fairfield; and five grandchildren. Buckley worked for a baree and marine repair company. and no mora petitions may be accepted. Cox cirily recently became a member of the council, agree ing to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Haskell Shar riud. In such case, the position goes on the ballot at the next election. Cox said that when he accepted the appointment, he told Mayor Rose wall that he would serve only until It could be filled by an tlected candidate. Number 34 5PPNER 10 cents Nayy Announces Bomb Range Lands Jo Go Off Lease A total of 14,231 acres on tho south end of the Navy Bomb ing Range in Morrow county, currently used for grazing, will not be subject to lease after October 31. 1906. Mervin (Red) Leonard and Fred West, pres ent lessees, have been notified. The area Is south of the tar get area on the bomb range. Leonard and West currently hold a 5-year lease on !the acreage that expires October 31 of this year. They had been advised In late September that the lease would be oiM-ned for bid again at the time of expiration but have Just been notified that the irevioun order has been cancel- ed and that fences, corrals, and i other property of the lessees must be off the land by No vember 15. It Is understood that this means getting off some 30 miles hi fonclnry hv mi1.Nnvimrwr Concern Is felt among ranch ers and others here that the Navy would Impose this condit ion at a time when drought has put a premium on grazing areas. ; - John Venard, manager of the First National Bank, Heppner branch, said that & number of ranchers had ecprted -interest 1n bidding for the land' under a lease that would have start ed November 1. . County Judge Paul Jones con tacted a Navy spokesman Wed nesday and was informed that the Navy plans to move its tar get area 1V miles south of the present target area. He was ad vised that while some land may yet be available for lease on the south end, it would be simp ler to wait until they could de termine results of bombing at the new location. The present target area is composed of 28,862 acres. To the north is 7,956 acres which is also under lease to Leonard and West. This lease does not expire un til May 31, 1968. WEATHER HI Low Thursday 51 31 Friday 60 30 Saturday 58 36 Sunday 70 30 Monday 51) 39 Tuesday 63 29 Wednesday 76 36 Prec. .16 Tf; k I . If 7 .1W er "HOW DO WE GET 'ES THE REST OF THE WAY ?' This is the point that the trio Is pondering at Arbuckle Mountain ski course. From left are Randall Peterson. Jim Sherman and Bob Henry. They were working to get the truck up the hi 11 in order to use its motor for operating the rope. They got the rig about half way, using block and tackle. Henry reports that many volunteers have gone to Arbuckle to help with work in preparing the run for the season ahead. First light snow was on the course over the week-end. as the photo shows, indicating that the season may not be far off. G-T Photo by Spike Pardee) MRS. CLARENCE ROSEWALL receives congratulations from Robert Sbaub, Democratic candidate for governor, on her work as Democratic central CJmmittee chairman for Morrow county. Straub was accompanied by his wife. Pat (right), at a dinner meeting here Monday evening. Clarence Rosewall (left) was master ot ceremonies at tii meeting. (G-T Photo). TV on Microwave Starting Today Television viewing for mem bers of the Heppner TV. Int. cable system was scheduled to take on new brightness and clarity today with the switch ing to the new microwave sys tem. Carl Spaulding, manager. said the switchover was to be accomplished Thursday alter i noon (today). Testing of the new system. which comes via Oregon Tele communications, Inc. has re vealed that it is operating ex cellently and is ready to be fed into the system. Under microwave, Heppner will receive four Portland sta tions. Three will be full time and the ether two will share one channel. To be seen on Heppner channel 2 will be KATU-TV (channel 2. Portland); on Heppner's channel 3. - music only. wiU be KPFM. Portland; 'on the system's channel 4 will be KCW-TV (channel 8. Port land); on the local channel S will be KOAP (channel 10. educational. Portland) and KPTV (channel 12, Portland); and on Heppner channel 6 will be KOIN-TV (channel 6. Portland). When KOAP is off the air, KPTV will be seen on the Heppner cable system. Pfc. Pierce Arrives For Vietnam Duty Pfc. Greg Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce, has ar rived in Vietnam and is now at Long Bend, 25 miles north of Saigon, according to informa tion received by his parents. He is servine with an airborne div- ision and is a paratrooper. Pfc. Pierce, who was home on leave recently, made the trip by air from "Travis Air Force base in California, going via Anchorage, Alaska, then to Tokyo, Japan, from where he left on the last leg to Vietnam. jUMWini -w.S'l3!Ji w- .. ,.rrs: v . ... 1 1 1 1 1 ii i v v- j i , ... f I lJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 If i I W jV' - . . . . , -f Straub Pledges to Work Twice as Hard9 as GOP "You show me a Democrat in office, and I'll show you a per son who is working twice as hard as the Republican he re placed. This is my pledge to you and why I ask your sup port." - So said Robert Straub, state Nonda Clark Wins Speech Contest On Conservation Nonda Clark, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark, won first place in the annual Con servation Speech contest Wed nesday night at Heppner High school. i "" Merrt" Lee "Jacobs, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. Walter Jacobs, was second, and Kathy Melby, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby, was third. Also compet ing was Vicki Robinson, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Creston Kobinson. All of those competing are students of Jack Fielder, Hepp ner High school speech instruc tor. Kenneth Turner, supervisor of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district, was chair man of the meeting. Judges were Lynn Pearson, Mrs. Wal lace Wolff and Alan Martin. Each of the three winners re ceived a trophy from Morrow County Grain Growers. The four spoke on the same assigned subject, "Soil Conservation in an Oregon Conservation Dis trict." Nonda will now compete in an area contest, which is sched uled to be held in Hermiston sometime next week. If she is successful there, she will con tinue on with the possibility advancing to the state fi nals. Tsjw 1 r4 A i?.0 Mil II 1 1 II III Hi I, I x- v i treasurer and Democratic candi date for governor at a dinner meeting here Monday night with orr,e 30 per o;is attending. Accompanied by Mrs. Straub (Pat), the vigorous campaigner appeared fresh and alert al though he had made previous appearances in Beaverton and in Pasco, Wn., early in the day. They made the trip here by air plane, arriving at the Lexing ton airport about 6 p.m.. some two hours later than expected. "The greatest threat to East ern Oregon Is the threat of wa ter diversion," he said. "This is a point which I will not com promise. We must keep the wa ter for. Eastern Oregon." -Hits Boeing Lease In regard to the state's leas ing of Morrow county lands to The Boeing Company, Straub said, "As time goes on, it is get ting to be .more and more evi dent that - the Boeing lease is very poorly drawn." He emphasized that he want ed to "make it perfectly clear" that this was no criticism of the Boeing company which he said was honest and forthright in its dealings with the State of Oregon. But he was critical of the State Land Board and Gov ernor Mark Hatfield for their part In negotiating the lease. Straub said that although the lease comes up in a few years for reviiw, it makes no stip ulations for improvements, ex cept to say that some improve ment must have been made. "This could be anything," he said, adding, "I feel that it strikes a deep blow to the econ omy of Morrow county." Also, he said he had been Informed that the company wanted V to -mile of water front on the Columbia. But the state, in a move of exaggerated (Continued on page 8) it's Crazy Days! Bargains, Prices, Fun to Hold Sway If you see a merchant going down the street in an eld fashioned dress or some other outlandish costume in the next two days, don't be alarm ed. It's Crazy Days, and just anything can happen. Much of the second section of this paper is filled with bargains and offers for Crazy Days and attention is called to them. Others are in the first section cl the paper. If you are the first to go to the Bank of Eastern Oregon wearing a barreL you will win a free savings account. If you come closest to guess ing the total weight of em ployees there, you will win another prize. Chamber of Commerce will give a S5 prize each to the man airf woman clerk or merchant who dresses in the craziest costume for the two days. Van's Variety will have a drawing for free prizes, Mur rays Rexall offers free coffee to all those dressed in cos tume, and other offers will be noted around town. Free parking will be effect ive throughout Crazy Days. If it Isn't raining, the parking meters will be hooded with paper sacks. Bob Henry, mer chants chairman, states. If It is raining, sacks will be left off, but the free parking will be In effect anyway. t mS M HEPPNER, FRIDAY & SAT URDAV