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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE , ORE 07403 83rd Year Number 37 Election Features Close Contests ThS" $i HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November Council Acts On Details Of Business Monday nluht's meeting of tin Heppner city council was de voted largely to finishing de tails nnd acting on mutter that hnd tM-cn Htiirtrd at the regular meeting In October, but some new ruutlnv Items were also covered. 'Die telephone company ad vised tht? council that It would move the phone booth located near the Northwestern Motel to a ltt one block south as soon a the work could be done. The move had been requested at the October meeting. City Attorney Uobert Abrama reported that the easement to ctom property of the I'arker Cor poration with water main on the west aide of town haa been aliened. Other property owners are alio cooperating on signing the neersnary enirmenta. Advise Agaitut Aaphalt Walks The City of RU-hland, Wash., wnt a letter advising the coun cil that axphaltlc concrete aide walk are not satisfactory and recommended that Heppner not permit them here. The check wm made at the request of the council at the October meeting with the knowledge that Rich land haa the aiiphaltlc aide walk In parts of the city. The reply was to the effect that these were Installed by the Fed eral government and do not hold up. No Parking signs, ordered for Bnrrntt Boulevard as a result of action at the October meet ing, have arrived and will be InMalled soon, City Superinten dent Vic Groahena aald. No park ing will be permitted for the full extent of the street Councilman Bill Collins, chair U.J ALT JrVrV .w- reported on a check made of the man of the atreet committee, r i,::.J .w" : rr:Y. gravel and grading. The coun cil decided that the city will do the blading but property owners (Continued on page 5) Rosewall Elected Heppner Mayor W. C. (Clarence) Rosewall, who has been serving as Hepp ner mayor by choice of the council following the death of former mayor Al Lamb early this year, was elected to the po sition in Tuesday's city election. He received 305 votes as com pared with 2G2 for BUI Collins. Both men were entered In the election by petitions circulated by friends. Collins, who is serv ing as a councilman, won in two precincts, Southeast Hepp ner, 50 to 49, and Northeast Heppner, 68 to 65, while Rose wall won In two, with some what wider margins, Southwest Heppner. 73 to 50, and North west Heppner, 118 to 9-1. J. F. (Jerry) Sweeney was elected to the council by write in vote, polling a total of 67 In the four precincts. No candi date had filed to run for this position. Joe Balfc was elected to the council, running uncontested, and will succeed LeRoy Gard ner, present councilman, who did not seek reelection. Reelect ed without opposition were Carl Spauldlng and Harlan McCur dy, Jr. , Mrs. Elaine George, recorder, and Mrs. Mary Jean McCabe, treasurer, were reelected with out opposition. Holdover counctlmen arc Col lins and David McLeod,. , lone Voters Elect City Officials ' Three were elected to posit ions on the lone city council from a field of six candidates on the ballot for the city elec tion Tuesday. Bill Rietmann, an Incumbent, was reelected; Ray Hoyce. who was appointed to the council when Jim Barnett was elevated to mayor, was elect ed;, and Bob Drake was elected as n new councilman. Other candidates were Hugh Salter, Howard Crowell and Herb Ekstrom, Jr. Three other city officials, In cluding Mayor Jlt Barnett, were elected without opposition. Mrs; Howard (June) Crowell was1 returned as recorder, and Mrsv Ray (Lillian) Boyce was reelected as city treasurer. Bar nett was appointed mayor when Charles O'Connor resigned prior to the expiration of his term, and the election Tuesday was Barnett's first to that position. i! THESE THREE MEN contributed niqht, November 2. At right Is the homespun and witty talk president of the first Notional In?!,S!r-.s-U',.U Introduced the guest speaker Author Speaks Of Conservation Research Needs "A comblnntlon of good neigh bors, good food, good speakers and a $100 prize is now found to be the Ingredients for a good crowd." Larry Lindsay com- rnented last Wednesday evening h. inlrotiu.d th. m,,J iquet, Heub QUft, Heub Long, famed Ore gon desert philosopher. The speaker was well receiv ed by hi audience of 225 ban quet guests, as he spun his home style yarns and witti cisms. He displayed a deep love and respect for the Oregon land and philosophized to a great extent on Its beauties. In a serious vein, Long spoke of the Importance of agricul tural conservation research, our need to keep agriculture eco nomically healthy by maintain ing good soils. "Eveyone depends on what grows out of the ground," he .stated, "and conservation and research are two things that we cannot pay too much for and still get our money's worth. Money spent for research will eventually pay off, because that is where we get the knowledge of how to make the best possi ble use of our lands. We will profit nothing if we win all 'isms' In the world, and yet lose our own top-soil." Long, too, Is a firm support er in finding new ways of hand ling public lands, opening them to further recreation, wildlife and grazing. He spoke of the importance of the Multiple Use Land Act, urging its support and hearings, making their wants known. The annual banquet honored sveeral county citizens for out standing service and achieve ments. As Livestock Men of the Year, Barton an dson Ned Clark were presented an award by Dick Wilkinson; Bill McCllntock was recognized as Conservation Man of the Year with an award presented by Raymond French. Special certificates of recognit ion were presented Fire Chief Charles Ruggles for his years of service; Mrs. Amanda Duvall lor the gift of a new county ambulance, and Bob Abrams, for work as director of Blue Mountain Community College. The room full of zanquet guests were anxious partici pants in the "find the diamond" game sponsored by Randall Pe terson. The happy recipient was Bernard Doherty, who gracious ly presented it to his wife, Jer ry, and Is having it mounted for their 27th wedding anniver sary. . Stewart Patty of Eugene moved the program along In humorous styl eas master of cer emonies. The dinner was pre pared and served by the Lex ington Grange. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of November 3-9 is as follows: HI L,ow Free. 61. ' 31 59 30 60 36 .01 J9 . . 32v , 47 33 M 43 30 .05 49 29 .13 Thursday; Friday Saturday Sunday, Monday' v Tuesday Wednesday Rain and snow 10, 1966 ( f III I ' I vf 'j 111 " . .,,-, I-- T . ' o the fin auceesa ol the Form -City banquet here Wednesday! Reub Long, the "desert philosopher" of Harney county, who gave ol the evening. In the center is Stewart Patty c Eugene, a vice Bank ol Oreaon. who lived .m . Uxu P"M,idenl o th and whose organ tatlon was one Hill Tells Wheatgrowers Farmer Must be Informed Farmers must face the fact that they are becoming an in creasingly small minority, and If they are to have a chance, they must be Informed political ly and must be organized, Jim Hill, manager of Pendleton Grain Growers and vice presi dent of the Oregon Agri-business Council, told members of the Morrow county Wheatgrow ers association and their busi nessmen guests Tuesday. Hill spoke at a luncheon meeting during the all-day ses sion of the wheatgrowers at their annual fall session In the parish hall of St. Patrick's church. Some 80 persons were present and Louis Carlson, pres ident of the county association, was In charge. The speaker pointed out that the place of farmers In Amer ica has changed. Years ago, farmers were dominant, but now they are In the minority, he said. "It's an awful shock," he said. "We're on longer God's gifted chosen people. Agriculture has done a tre mendous Job in increasing ef ficiency and productivity, Hill declared, but the farmer isn't getting the benefit from It. The gains made are not kept by the Pettyjohn Buys Shell Oil Plant, Service Station Paul Pettyjohn, Shell Oil Job ber at lone, has purchased the Shell distributorship in Heppner from A. L. (Jerry) Daggett and the Shell service station here from Jim Farley of Farley Mo tor company. He Is leasing the service sta tion to Daggett, who Is now op erating the business. Marion (Sonny) Blddle, who was born and reared in Hepp ner, will represent the Shell Oil Co. for Pettyjohn in the Hepp ner area. He is married and makes his home in Heppner. Pettyjohn has handled Shell products in lone for 20 years as of next May. Daggett pur Chased the distributorship here a number of years ago from John Pfeiffer and has been driving for 13 years In announcing the deals, Pet tyjohn said, "In combining the two areas we can offer our cus tomers better and faster serv ice at less cost to everyone." An advertisement announcing the transaction is elsewhere In this paper. Assigned to Viet Nam PFC Slicrrill McDonald, son of Mr nnrl Mrs. T.mvla MoTVmol,! Is home on 14-day leave from ! Fort Riley, Kansas; he arrived I in Pendleton Friday, November d..;. mr u Riley since August. He will leave witn his division on No vember 28 for service In . Vif t Nam. The division will travel by train and ship, and should ar rive in Viet Nam by' late December 10 cents j - t -,e - JM- r . a. ifi hi. M'ln 7, - " . County Livestock CrowerTwh of the sponsors of the banquet, km-i room), farmer but are passed on to others. As a result rural com munities haven't been as pros perous as they should have keen. He stressed the need for farmers to be Joined by bust ness people to discuss problems and work together because of their InterdeneryVnce. "Things a?e not ainad,tut we must change our thinking," he asserted. "We can't afford the luxury of doing as we damn please any more." Steps that might be taken In clude working with national or ganizations which are working for farmers, making commodity groups stronger and stronger, and developing cooperative or ganizations. Speaking of cooperatives, he said, "Some are getting so big that they have some economic power of their own for creating (Continued on page 5) I'M 1-7 ' 5 . III -'.' , . ... . r& and the 1 r'S - . V - I h - ' jf ' by 3:30 p. II 1 r '' ,--'. r . 1 be Owen II - 'WLf'JaT.ti-y I director of 111 - r i ,.'..Jt6t U- it Power 'T "'V' 1 1 5 t . ' i S 7 NONDA CLARK (center), daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark of Heppner. has won her way to the finals df the Oregon Soil Conservation speech contest by taking first place at the semi finals In Arlington Friday. She is shown here with Marda Harper of Helix, who also spoke at Arlington as an area win ner, and with Martin Buchanan, chairman of the contest at Athena. Miss Harper tied with Miss Clark at Athena, but Nonda took first place over the Helix entrant at Arlington. (Cut courtesy Valley-Herald, Milton-Freewater). Nonda Clark Reaches Finals Nonda Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark, has kept up the remarkable record of Heppner speakers In the annual speech contest of the Oregon Association of Conservation dis tricts. She won the semi-final con test at Arlington Friday, and now goes to Seaside this Friday ? comPete 'n the state finals at J5"nti?"trt l00 n; aJ ?hPr it Wl" speak there at 1:30 cm. elimination contests to gain the nnais. sne won tne local con test at Heppner High, tied for first at an ensuing area com petition at Athena, and again emerged on top at Arlington Friday. In the Friday contest was Duncan, McCall, Ullman Carry County; Mann, VanWinkle Win (County vote tabulation on pnge 6) Close contests, comm only known as "cliffhangers," were the rule rather than the excep tion in Morrow county, as well as In the district and state. In Tuesday's Reneral election. Mark Hatfield, Republican, won a narrow victory over Rob ert Duncan, Democrat, for a U. S. Senate seat from Oregon, al though It was by more margin than had been predicted. In Morrow county, Gov. Hatfield Columbia Basin Annual Meeting Slated Thursday Annual meeting of the mem bers of Columbia Basin Elec tric Cooperative will be at the American Legion Hall In Fossil on Thursday. November 17. Har- Ipv VnliniT mannnur nnnntinn. es. Registration will be at 11 a.m. meeting will conclude m. Guest speaker will W. Hurd. managing Washington Public bUDDiv svstem. tne buna fri nnH rtnorntnr nf tha Han. i ford Nuclear Power Plant. j Four directors will be elected wun Dauois ueing cast oy mem bers prior to the meeting. These I l!"y" .lo..; '- I ps. '"The completed balloU may be mailed to the coopei- atlve or may be brought to the annual meeting where counting will be completed. A self-addressed " envelope Is Included with the ballot and annual re port. There are two candidates for each directorship in the four zones to be filled this year. They are as follows: Heppner city director C W. Rosewall and Randall Peterson; rural director, zone 3 Kenneth Smouse and Earl McCabe; rural director, zone 4 Paul Tews and Ray- mnnH T unHoll pupal 1lMu-tn. U U. .... ... , U . U . V.--tX-.V4. zone 5 Dick Wilkinson and Howard Cleveland. Rosewall, Smouse and Wilkinson are pres ently serving as directors. - Annual re parts at the meet ing will be given by Walter J. Jaeger of Condon, president; jack Hyna. jr.. or cecti, secre tary-treasurer; and Manager ioung. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 by the Fossil WSCS, and a free movie will be shown. Also on the business agenda will be discussion on changes in the by-laws. These proposals are included with the mailing to members this week. Many door prizes will be awarded throughout the day with the grand door prize being an electric clothes dryer. .X f mm. ? I f Marcia Harper of Helix, who piacea secona. sne naa tied Nonda for first at Athena. Third at Arlington was Bill Bellamy of Sherman County High school at Moro and fourth was John Bennett of Condon. in tne past several years. Heppner winners have gone to state several times, and in one or two cases have brought back state conservation speech titles. Representing the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district at the state convention, which runs Thursday and Friday, will be Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richards, Mr, and Mrs. Vernon Munkers and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Turner. Nonda will give the prize-winning talk , at the Morrow County Grain Growers annual meeting Monday night at the fair pavilion. 7A lost the county by 17 votes, the outcome determined by the heavy balloting against him In strongly Democratic precincts. Duncan carried Lexl n g t o n, Board man, Southeast Heppner, Northwest Heppner and Irrigon, while Hatfield won In Northeast Heppner, Southwest Heppner, lone and Hardman. Tom McCall, Secretary of State and Republican, topped Robert Straub, State Treasurer - and Democrat, by a sizable margin around the state for covernnr In Morrow county, the differ- JOHN SAtJZR Bauer to Speak At Annual Meet Of Grain Growers John Bauer, general manaeer of North Pacific Grain Growers, inc., will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting oi me Morrow counry urain Growers Monday night, Novem ber 14, at 6:30 in the Morrow county fair pavilion, Harlan Mc Curdy, . Jr., treasurer-manager, announces. Also speaking on the program will be Nonda Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark, who will present her prize win ning talk on conservation. She has won three rounds In the elimination competition spon sored by Oregon conservation districts and will compete in the state finals Friday at Sea side. The annual meeting will op en with dinner at 6:30 with grand champion 4-H steer beef being served as part of the menu. The Willows Grange of lone will prepare and serve the dinner. Walter Jacobs, president, will be in charge of the business session with McCurdy assisting. On the agenda will be the elec tion of three directors and sev en associate directors. The dir ectors, in turn, will elect offi cers for the coming year. Door prizes will consist of packages of meat from another; prize steer. Reports of the manager and president will be heard, and discussion of association policies and future plans will be includ ed in the order o business. Satellite Center Planned at Spray Western Union Teleg r a p h Company plans to build a sat ellite communication center at Corncob Ranch near Spray, ac cording to stories carried dur ing the week by national press services. This will be one in a $19.5 million network of earth sta tions as the first step toward setting up Western Union's own domestic communications satel lite system by mid-1969, the story said. Son's Safety Reported "Came through without a scratch," was the happy note re ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ball Tuesday from their son. Pvt. Jay Ball, who just finish ed heavy combat flghing in Viet Nam with the Fourth Infantry Division. The men were pinned down by Viet Cong fighters in a surprise battle along the Cambodian border and suffered heavy casualties. Ball is a ra dio telegraphic operator for his lieutenant and his division is now being moved to the Mekong River area. Veterans Day Set As Legal Holiday Veterans Day is Friday, No vember 11, and will be ob served as a legal holiday by public office, banks, the post office and some other offices and businesses. School will be dismissed across the county for the day. Bob Henry, chairman of the merchants committee in Hepp-' ner, , said that the committee was making no recommenda tion either for closure or for staying open. Some stores will be closed and some will be open, he said. 1 I'M ' j ence was 116 votes 918 for Mc Call and 802 for Straub. The real "cliffhanger" In the 28th legislative district was the contest between Irvin Mann of Stanfield, Republican incum bent in the legislature, and Martin Buchanan of Milton Freewater, Democrat. Rep. Mann won, but by the slim difference of 338 votes around the five county district, 9,034 to 8.696 for Buchanan. - -' The Incumbent carried Mor row county, 909 to 787; won In Umatilla by only 54 votes, 6,678 to 6.624; took Wheeler county, 396 to 288; and Gilliam coun ty. 546 to 456. Buchanan won (Sherman county, 541 to 505. The 338 vote difference in the live county total was less than the 475 difference between the same two in the 1964 general election. VanWinkle Margin Slim But Morrow county had some local thrillers, too. Jack Van Winkle. Democrat, won the post of county commissioner over Gene Ferguson. Republican in cumbent, but by only 77 votes, 882 to 805. VanWinkle received narrow margins in six precincts. while Ferguson led in three. Bob (Butch) Laughlin, Dem ocrat, who challenged Rod Thomson, Republican Incum bent, for county assessor, also made a good race, winning three precincts but losing the county, 771 to 902. Another close one was that for the position of Morrow coun ty port commissioner, two year term. Oscar Peterson, Republi can and former county judge, won over Harry ODonnelL Dem ocratic incumbent, 849 to 812. The only two contests on the ballot which were not at least fairly close here were those for representatives in Cong r e s s, first district, and the two four year positions for Morrow coun ty port commission. Ullman Wins Easily Rep. Al Ullman posted the most lopsided victory in the county over Everett Thoren, Re publican, of Elgin. The Demo cratic incumbent ran up 1294 votes, highest of any contested candidate on the county ballot, while Thoren received only 476 votes from the county's nine precincts. Ullman's easy victory held true throughout the second Congressional district. J. B. (Barney) Malcom, Hepp ner, totaled 1089 votes for port commissioner, giving him one of . the two positions for four year terras, and Garland Swan son, lone, incumbent, received 1048 votes, returning him to the other spot Loser in the 3-way contest was Joe Tatone of Board man, an incumbent. Among those who were on the ballot without opposition, Her man Winter of Heppner rang up the highest total of votes with 1560 for reelection as dis trict attorney. He had received both Republican and Democrat ic nominations in the primary election. Second high was Judge Wll- (Continued on page 5) Chamber to Ask For Speed Limit A controlled speed limit of 45 or 50 miles per hour from the Heppner city limits north through the location of Kinzua Corporation will be requested by the Heppner-Morrow Coun ty Chamber of Commerce as a result of action taken by the organization Monday. The group passed a motion asking the state highway de partment to investigate and consider establishing a speed lower than the basic speed and suggesting the speed of 45 miles per hour. This will be on the new stretch of highway now being completed. Such limits are established by the state de partment In other business, Gene Wint ers, program chairman, an nounced that Loren McKinley of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry will be in the county . soon to organize an OMSI committee here. Dick Carpenter, high school principal, called attention to the fact that this is National Edu cation Week and announced plans for the elementary schools' open house Wednesday night He said a similar event, planned for the high school, will be postponed until about a month later because of con flicts. He also gave a report on the Vale-Heppner game and said that he felt the Mustangs play ed a good game, represented the school very well, and received compliments on their conduct on the trip. The loss was to a fine team and was no disgrace he said. Chamber members also dis cussed closure on Veterans Day (Friday) but no set policy has been recommended by the mer chants committee, according to Bob Henry, chairman. He said that businessmen feel this is an individual matter of decision and that some will be open and some will close. Herman Winter, first vice president, was in charge of the meeting in the absence of Har ley Young, president, who was ill with the flu.
