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Morrow Grain Growers
1'iwxllilc plans for expansion
lulu related fields by Morrow
County Grain Growers, Inc.,
wore outlined by president Wal
ter Jacobs at tin' annual MCGG
meeting In the fair pavilion
Monday night.
Wllh the dcvcIopmcnlH iippar
fitly forthcoming In the north
I'tul of thu county through Ir
rigation mut oilier forward
step, ho mild, directors hiivo
been looking at tlui possibility
of securing n alto lit u strategic
location to servo farmers mid
the area through a cooperative
hllHlnrBH.
Hi fiuld Unit the firm Ih chock
ing wllh farmer and residents
In llw area to determine If they
would h Interested In having
Much n venture started then!.
Jacobs also told thu members
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GAZETTE
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November
Rain Brings Smiles
For County Ranchers
You can easily spot the ranch
er this week. They are tho ones
with broad smile on their faces.
The week's general rains came
at a time when they were bad
ly needed to provide moisture
for seeding fall grains, and It
was enough to do some real
good.
Don C.llltnm, weather obser
ver In Heppner, reported tho
week's total at 1.53 Inches, but
reports Indicate that It was
heavier In the northern part of
the county.
The rain started Friday, and
precipitation continued every
day, In varying amounts,
through Wednesday. Wllh the
Sfl Inch of last week, the total
for November In Heppner al
ready stands at 2.11 Inches,
which exceeds tho average for
the month of November hy .07
Inch. The 50-year average for
November Is 1.44 Inches. The
first 17 days of the month also
tops the full month of Novem
ber. 19G3, which recurdwd 1M
Inches.
However, rainfall for the year
to date remains 1.72 Inches be
low average. The annual 50-year
average is 13.11 Inches and I lie
total through mid-November
stands at KM? Inches. The 12
months of 15 brought a total
of 12.13 Inches.
Totals for each month of l'.XMJ,
with 50-your average In paren
theses, are reported hy Gilliam
as follows: January, 1.43 (1.33);
February. .51 (1.1!)); March. 1.03
(1.17); April. .08 (1.31); May,
.21 (1.29); June, .77 (1.32); July.
1.12 (.33); August, .23 (.39);
September. 1.45 (.HO); October,
1.09 (1.22); November (1.44);
December (1.36).
Thus, It can be seen that the
"drouth" months this year were
February, April, May, and June,
when rain was needed to boast
the crops. This had followed a
dry fall and early winter of
19(13, when only .53 Inch came
In September, .20 In October.
1.8-1 In November and .34 in
December. Only the month of
November In that year equalled
or exceeded the average.
Indications that winter Is set
ting In for sure cnme with low
ering temperatures. Three nights
30 Mustangs Answer
Call for Basketball
Thirty hoys reported Monday
when Coach Boh dough at
Heppner High held first basket
ball practice for tho coming
season. Some will be cut soon
to Javvee status to get tho var
sity down to Its squad limit, the
coach said.
On the basis of the coach's
predictions, basketball season
in the Greater Oregon league
could possibly wind up similar
to the football season. Heppner
High will have one of the bet
ter teams in the western divis
ion, hut Vale looms as a very
powerful squad In the east.
It may be recalled that the
Vikings lost in the district tour
nament to Wahtonka lust year
by only one point. The Eagles
then smacked Heppner by a de
cisive score.
Conch Clough figures that
Sherman county may ho the
team to beat In tho western
division for the Mustangs with
Grant Union and Madras loom
ing as strong contenders.
First pre-season games for
the Heppner High boys will be
recember 3 at Pilot Rock and
December 6 on the Mustangs'
Jfloor against lone High. These
'will be non -league games, of
courne.
Four lottermen are back from
last year's team, and three of
them were regulars. They are
thnt the Ml CG should consider
ii n Increase In grain huntllln(
charge, whlrh have not been
raised for yearn. This brought
ii million fmm tho floor hy Plill
Mohoney, recommending that
the director Increase, handling
charges by l,ic per bushel. Tho
moilon passed without any dis
senting Villi'.
New Dock Tolkad
Another Important Item of
buslnc cnme to the uttcntlon
of the membership from Jacobs.
Rising of the reservoir from tho
John buy tlum will eliminate
present docking facilities at thu
llogue-Warner terminal on the
Columbia, Knglnccr were en
gaged to see what other possl
hie effect tho reservoir would
have on the terminal, and tho
report is that a sump pump rnuy
Pi -i r a W IIA.
as? mm
fell below freezing with temper
ature down to 28 degrees early
Friday morning. High tempera
ture the same day was only 36
degrees but the week's high
came on Sunday at GO degrees.
Max. Mln. Prec.
Thursday 50 31 .00
Friday 3fi 28 .37
Saturday 53 30 .03
Sunday GO 36 .06
Monday 57 39 .3(5
Tuesday 49 44 .63
Wednesday 56 39 .10
Combined Service
For Thanksgiving
Set Wednesday Eve
Combined community
Thanksgiving church service
will be presented through the
cooperation of the South Mor
row Ministerial association
Wednesday evening. Novem
ber 23, In All Saints Kpisco
pal church at 7:30. Churches
of the association will share
In presenting the service.
A I Boscheo. pastor of the
Christian churches of Heppner
and Lexington, will speak on
"We Give Thanks," using
Kpheslans 5:20 as his text.
The Rev. Melvln Dixon, pas
tor of the Methodist church,
ami tho Rev. Dirk Rlnehart
of All Saints', co-chairmen of
Die service, are planning spe
cial music for the occasion.
Siiecial practices are being
held hy the junior choir of
the F.plsoopal church, under
the direction of Mrs. Rlnehart,
and by the Junior choir of the
Methodist church, under the
direction of Mrs. John Maatta.
The two choirs are planning
to combine for special num
bers for the evening commu
nity service.
The combined service at
Thanksgiving time has been
held here for a number of
years wllh persons of all
faiths attending. Last year it
was held in the lone United
Church of Christ with a large
crowd present.
The public is Invited to at
tend. Jim Doheity, Mac Hosktns, Jim
Jacobs and Steve Wagenblast.
Another letterman, big Russ
Kilkenny, expects to .jilin the
team as soon as ho has recov
ered from an injury.
Some first year varsity men
who look exceptionally good In
early practice are Handy Still
man, Bill McLcnd and Dave
Hall, the coach said.
Strengths of the team will In
clude fine overall speed, well
balanced scoring as well as ef
fective scoring ability, and good
depth at the guard positions,
Coach Clough said.
HnnrllfMinu colli,! hi. l.-n-b- nf
depth of tall men (although the I
first line .should be strong) and'
lack or rebounding strength
(without Kilkenny i early in the
season.
Those out for the varsity in
clude the following:
Seniors Mike Alsup, John
Cox, Doherty, Bob Harris, Hos
kins, Jacobs, Jeff Turner, Jerry
Stefani, Wagenblast.
Juniors Earl Avres, Bob
Dobhs, Hall, McLeod, Steve Pet
tyjohn, John Rawlins, stlllman,
Kilkenny:
Sophomores Calvin Ashbeck,
Melvln Ashbeck, Bill Baker,
Jim Bloodsworth, Don Cossltt,
Erl Dickson, Monte Evans,
Mike Healy, Gary Kemp, Dean
Kindle, John O'Donnell, Larry
Pettyjohn and Mike Smith.
Consider Expansion Plan
need to bo inxtnllcd to handle
a small amount of moisture
i hiil may accumulate In the
bottom of the pit,
F'llmatc on a new docking
facility range to $131,000, but
Jacobs Kald director are work
ing wllh oilier engineers to see
If a duck could fc built from
tin shoreline at less cont thun
one at the higher figure from
barer In the river.
The president Mid that It U
hoped that the work can bo
done for somewhere between
$70,000 and $!M),000. Financial
advice hut been that the funds
should rorne from tho cooper
ative' current assets, but Juc
oh expressed the fear that this
would cut too deeply Into them.
II wan at this point that he
proponed the Increase In grain
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PROUD POSSESSOR for the second Year of the revolving Wrangler
trophy is Becky Fulleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulie
ton, an accomplished young rider. She won the all-around
championship as high point playday winner the past two years,
and if a winner again next year, will have permanent possession.
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Young Rider
Retains Trophy
For Second Year
For the second consecutive
year, the name of Becky Fulle
ton has been engraved on the
all-around championship trophy
of the Heppner Wranglers.
Becky was presented the revolv
ing troyhv at the annual Buck
burger Feed of the Wranglers
in October, along with other
award winners in junior, sen
ior, and In her own 12-and-un-der
age group.
Becky, youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton,
competed with Wranglers who
were considerably older and
mote experienced, but made up
for it in determination through
her excellent riding ability.
In total points compiled dur
ing four Wrangler playdays
last spring, Becky was high
point winner. She rode a fam
ily favorite registered quarter
horse, "Joe" for the playdays,
and was deeply saddened in
September when another of the
registered Fulleton quarterhorse
string, "Final Kdition," also
used in racing, died of an ill
ness. Along with her sisters Ruby
and Diana, Becky has always
been a great competitor in
Wrangler and rodeo races. It
was after a hard luck fall in a
rodeo race last summer, which
put her in the hospital for a
few days, that Becky was award
ed the "hard luck cowboy" hat.
According to her mother, she
has ridden since she could "sit
in the saddle" and won her first
blue ribbon at the ago of two,
on a little pony ht the Wrang
ler Horse Show. ,
The big trophy is now one
of a groat many awards which
rest on tho Fulleton mantel,
won by various members of the
Fulleton family, who all "just
love to ride."
handling charged.
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., treasurer-manager,
said that the lHc
Increase would mean approxi
mately 130,000 per year In rev
enue, The Increase proposal was
only In the form of a recom
mendation to the directors.
Z50 Served at Dinner
The business session came at
the end of the mooting, which
started with a 4 II champion
beef dinner, served by the Wil
lows Grange of lone, to the some
2."o persons present. The meal
was served piping hot and de
licious In fast time by the ef
ficient crew.
Nonda ClarK, fourth place
winner In the 'ate speech con
test of Oregon Roll Conservation
districts, gave her prize-winning
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Nonda Clark
Nonda Clark, who carried the
ban n e r of Morrow county
through three contests after
winning the local soil conserva
tion speech contest, tied for
fourth place in the state at the
Oregon Association of Soil Con
servation Districts convention in
Seaside Friday. She had won
the semi finals at Arlington af
ter tioing for first in the area
at Athena before going to Sea
side. State champion is Barbara
Rogers of Bend, representing the
Mid-state Soil and Water Con
servation District. Second was
Naome Dahill of Monument,
representing the Monument dis
trict. Third was Bob Blackford
-if Portland, representing the
Multnomah county district; and
tied with Nonda was Melba
Strome of Junction City, repre
senting the North Lane district.
Vernon Munkers brought more
honor back to Heppner when
he won the individual soils
judging contest. He won a hunt
ing knife as a prize.
Thirteen from the Heppner
district attended, including Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Turner, Mr. and
Mi's. Ralph Richards, Mr. and
Mrs. Barton Clark, Mr, and Mrs.
Munkers, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mc
Clintock (Conservation Man of
tho Year in Morrow county), Mr.
ind Mrs. Jack Fielder and Miss
Clark, Fielder is Heppner hign
speech teacher.
Turner, who was chairman of
the speech contest here, said, "I
thought Nonda was just perfect
with her speech. Her timing
was perfect and it was just re
markable." He added that all
of the contestants this year were
excellent. "Not one made a
bobble."
Walter Crouse, Grants Pass
dairy farmer and cooperator
with the Josephine Soil and
Water Conservat Ion District,
was the winner of the Outstand
ing SWCD Cooperator award for
oard
idding
'Tight money" that has re
sulted In a construction lag In
the Northwest may prove to be
a beneficial factor for the Mor
row County school district which
has Issued a call for bids on
construction of the new River
side High school at Boardman.
according to a report from David
Potter, district superintendent,
at the regular boad of directors'
meeting Tuesday night.
"The number of requests for
plans and specifications is very
gratifying," Hotter told the dir
ectors. He said that 30 or 40
firms are considering bidding
on the project due to the short
age of work because of "tight
money." Bids on the project
Christmas Opening
To be November 26
You may never believe It, but
Santa Claus will be in Heppner
for his first appearance of the
season Just nine days from now.
The genial old gentleman
with the long white beard will
greet kiddies In Heppner on Sat
urday, November 26, which has
been designated as Christmas
Opening by the merchants com
mittee of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce.
Like many other cities and
towns in the state, Christmas
Opening In Heppner will be Im
mediately-following Thanksgiv
ing, and the event will have all
the festivity, color and fun of
former years.
The Christmas Window Guess
ing Contest will be held once
more, and the public will have
a chance to compete for some
20 fine prizes with no obligat
ion to purchase. The first four
prizes to be announced by mer
chants at this early date are:
Silver-plated ice bucket from
Peterson's Jewelers, $10 Early
American bedspread from J- C.
Penney Company; a Puritan
long sleeve sweater from Gard
ner's Men's Wear; and a tape
recorder from Gontv's.
Announcement of other prizes
will be printed in next week's
paper. Those merchants or bus
inesses which have not been
contacted and which wish to
take part are advised to con
tact Spike Pardee or Wes Sher
man of the Gazette-Times at
once . so. that their prizes may
be included in the list. -
As in the past, most merch
ants will have displays of gift
items or merchandise appropri
ate for the holiday season in
their windows. Those participat
ing will guess the total retail
value of the items, and the one
coming the closest will win the
prize. The contest will be con
ducted from 9:30 and through
out the day Saturday, November
2G, and prize winners will be
posted at 4:30 p.m.
Iri some cases, businesses will
have variations of this contest,
varying to some form of guess
ing contest. In any event, there
will be fun for all!
It is expected that Santa
Claus will be here some time
early Saturday afternoon, but
definite time will be announc
ed in next week's paper. He will
be laden with candy treats for
the kids, and, as in the past.
Ties for Fourth in State
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NONDA CLARK
19C6 at the awards banquet of
the 18th annual meeting of the
state association.
The award is made each year
to . the district cooperator who
has made outstanding progress
in soil and water conservation
and who has shown community
leadership in conservation. It
consists of a plaque from the
state association and $100 from
the U. S. National Bank and a
plaque and $50 to the soil and
water conservation district nom
inating him.
Crouse's award for leadership
in the community project for
flood control on the Rogue Riv
er and application of a com
plete conservation plan was
made from a selection of 10
other outstanding nominees.
The Goodyear Award went
this year to the Yamhill Soil
Expects
on
will be received until Tuesday,
December 6, at 3:30 p.m.
Majority of points on the con
struction have been settled with
the U. S. Army Corps of Engi
neers, the superintendent re
ported, although there are still
some minor differences on de
tails of proposed construction.
Cost of the total project is es
timated at $1,350,000 and most
of the funds will be supplied
by the Federal government.
Salary Proposals Talked
Tentative proposals of teach
ers and administrators in the
district on salary matters were
brought to the attention of the
board at the meeting by Mrs.
VI Lanham, chairman of the
one of the shiay red fire trucks
will be his official vehicle in
coming to town.
Bob Henry of the merchants'
committee has the assurance of
Oris Crisp that the Christmas
tree will be in place in front of
the Heppner Hotel for the op
ening, and Harley Young of
Columbia Basin Electric has
agreed to have colored lights in
place to give the city a holiday
atmosphere.
Merchants' stock of gift mer
chandise are complete, and it
will all be on display for cus
tomers to make early selections.
Many will advertise special
bargains in next week's Gazette
Times. Most college students will be
home for the Thanksgiving
week-end, and this will give
them opportunity to participate
in the fun and festivities.
Of particular interest to young
people will be the Turkey Hop,
teen-age dance, to be present
ed under sponsorship of the Sor
optimist club Saturday night,
November 26, in the county fair
pavilion from 9:30 to 12:30 with
music being furnished by the
popular Henchmen of Heppner.
Opening Edition
To be Out Early
Next week's Gazette-Times
the Christmas Opening ed
ition will be out on Wednes
day . afternoon, according to
present plans, because of the
Thanksgi v 1 n g holiday on
Thursday.
The paper will carry all de
tails of Christmas Opening
together with gift advertising
of Heppner merchants to open
the season. It will go into the
mail Wednesday afternoon
and sample copies wil 1 be i
sent to boxholders in Kinzua,
Spray and Monument.
Merchants wishing to adver
tise in the edition, and who
have not already been con
tacted, are asked to call the
paper office (676-9228).
The paper staff will enjoy
the Thanksgiving holiday
with families and the office
will be closed that day, as
will most businesses in town.
The Gazette Times office,
however, will be open as us
ual on Friday.
and Water ConservaMon District.
Given for outstanding district
program in the state, the prize
will be a one-week trip to Litch
field Park, Ariz., for chairman
of the district board of super
visors Stan Christensen and Eu
gene Stockhoff, as outstanding
district cooperator.
The Illinois Valley SWCD re
ceived the Lucille Cochran
Award for the district with the
best attendance at meetings
and best minutes.
Munkers took the individual
soils judging championship for
men with Lynn Clark of Cor
vallis second and Frank Wim
mers, Hood River, third.
Cracked Insulator
Cause of Outage;
Report Helps Crew
A cracked insulator on a
power pole of the 69,000-volt
transmission line from Jordan
to Heppner resulted in a short
circuit that caused a 12-min-ute
power outage in the Hepp
ner area just after 8 a.m.,
Tuesday, Harley Young, man
ager of Columbia Basin Elce
tric Cooperative, reported. .
Were it not for the help of
Jim Bloodsworth, rancher, the
outage would have been con
siderably longer. The short
circuit Caused a fire on the
power pole near the Bloods
worth place between Heppner
and Lexington. The rancher
saw the fire and called the
company immediately. A crew
was dispatched and exting
uished the fire while service
was out.
Replacement of the defect
ive insulator was done with
power back in service.
If Bloodsworth had not call
ed, the pole may have burn
ed completely arid could have
caused a much longer outage.
H
eavy
iverside
professional negotiation com
mittee, which was formed un
der a new state law.
Now serving on the commit
tee are Mrs. Lanham, Clint
Agee, Ron Black, Gladys Hobbs,
Jim Marvin. Dick Carpenter and
Ron Daniels, the latter two
being ' administrators and the
other five being teachers.
Mrs. Lanham said that a can
vass of teachers had been un
dertaken to determine their
views.
One proposal that seemed to
get nearly 100 percent agree
ment of the certified staff of
the district is that all present
teachers should be placed on
the salary schedule where they
should be in relation to their
training and experience. Mrs.
Lanham said that "gross In
equities" exist with some teach
ers not getting full credit for
their training and experience. A
tentative computation brought
out the estimate that it would
cost the district about $9400 per
year to correct the discrepancies,
Mrs. Lanham said. She added
that this is considerably less
than she had expected it might
be.
Another matter that may be
requested by teachers is that
they receive pay for days that
they are required to be away
from the Job on such matters
as community service. These
may be in the nature or public
relations service for the school
or the district.
"Teachers feel that this should
not come out of their salary or
time for personal leave," Mrs.
Lanham said. Prior approval
from the administrator for the
absence would be required, she
added.
The poll of teachers indicated
that they will also ask that the
board not change the amount
of experience allowed a teacher
in placing that teacher on the
salary schedule. In some instan
ces, teachers have been allowed
only half credit for their years
of experience.
Also being considered by the
committee is the matter of
three-year continuing contracts.
"We are working on the sal
ary schedule, and hope to make
it realistic," the committee
chairman said. "We are not
'shooting for the sky' but want
to keep good teachers here."
The negotiation committee
feels that the board of direct
ors has developed a very com
petent staff this year, she said,
and that "it is proving to be a
very pleasant year." It was em
phasized that" it is essential to
hold this type of staff.
. Formal proposals will be
worked out by the committee
after they have been presented
to teachers of the district, and
they will be presented to the
board for consideration at an
ensuing meeting.
League Dilemma Eyed
Attention to the dilemma that
faces Heppner High school in
the Greater Oregon athletic
league occupied considerable
time at the Tuesday meeting.
Richard Carpenter, Heppner
High school principal, present
ed proposals that have been
considered by the league in an
attempt to establish equitable
athletic schedules. None of
those which have been propos
ed and discussed at district
meetings have been acceptable
to all schools in the league.
Major problem comes with
the fact that Vale and Nyssa,
now operating alone as the east
ern division, are also involved
in the Snake River Valley
league, primarily composed of
Idaho schools. They cannot ac
cept many more games in ma
jor sports without jeopardizing
their SRV standing.
Distances between schools in
the area encompassed by the
league is a complicating factor.
The Oregon State Activities
association board of control will
meet November 26 and will
consider the problem at that
time. Gene Chester, district
chairman, has called a meeting
of administrators in district 7
A-2 (which comprises the Great
er Oregon league) on November
25 in a last effort to arrive at
a solution agreeable to the ma
jority of the schools.
Vale and- Nyssa state that
they can play only three league
games and still pay in the SRV
league. Burns, John Day and En
terprise are concerned about
finding enough teams to fill
their schedules, Carpenter said,
and therefore want a round
robin schedule to guarantee
them a sufficient number of
games. Madras had traditional
games with Prineville and Red
mond which it desires to con
tinue, and the White Buffaloes
don't want to travel the long
distance to Enterprise.
At the forthcoming OSAA
meeting, classification of A-2
schools may be raised to 250
average daily membership. If
this occurs, four schools Hepp
ner, Enterprise, Sherman and
Pilot Rock could return to
"B" classification. Carpenter em
phasized the "could" and said
that the drop to class B would
not be mandatory. At the same
time, if classifications do not
raise, Madras may go up to A-l
classification.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies made it clear
that he was not in favor of of
Heppner dropping to B classifi
cation, declaring that it would
hurt interest, attendance and
morale. He said that he has
known times in the past when
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