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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
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reported on a check made of the
man of the atreet committee,
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gravel and grading. The coun
cil decided that the city will do
the blading but property owners
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.