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THERE'LL BE SANTA, TREATS, PRIZES
Number 39
B3rd Year
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CCirisffiios Opening
Due on Saturday
There will be a double holiday occasion in
Heppner this week.
Just after families enjoy the first holiday
on Thursday, they are invited to participate
in Christmas Opening, which is scheduled for
downtown Heppner on Saturday, November
26.
Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive at the
main downtown corner at 2 p.m. Saturday,
riding on a fire truck. He will have treats for
all the children who come to see him.
Throughout the day, the Christmas win
dow guessing contest, which has been so pop
ular here for the past five years, will be con
ducted again with 13 firms offering fine mer
chandise prizes.
In mot cases, those taking
part tn the content will guess
retail value of each store's dis
play of gift merchandise on
deftlgnutcd by a window post
r, but other wll Ifraturc var
iation of this theme. The one
milking the closest guess will
receive that store's rrl.e. The
content Is open from 9 a.m. un
til 4 p.m. at the atore. An
nouncement of winner will be
posted in the Individual stores
at 4:30 p m.
flrma participating and the
prlwa they will give away are
ai follow:
CMt Furniture Co.. coffee ta
ble; Central Market. 12 lb. tur
key: Elma's Apparel. $10 gift
certificate; Gardner' Men'
Wear, Puritan Ion sleeve
sweater: G?M Time, $10
cash; MiLadte. sweater; Mur
ray Itexnll Drug. Instamatle
104 camera: J. C. Penney Co.,
$10 Early American bespread;
Peterson's Jeweler, silver plat
ed Ice bucket; Sear Merchant
Store, teflon electric fry pan;
Tum-A-I.um Lumber Co. elec
tric drill: Van's Variety, large
Mighty t Tonka toy Otuck; JWei
cm Auto. $10 oft on any Item
in the store. ,
Additional detail n the con
test may be found In the Cham
ber of com mere advertisement
on pag 1, section 2.
Street lighting and decora
tion are to be In place by time
of the opening with Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative again
doing the work a a communi
ty service and with the Cham
ber of Commerce furnishing the
light.
A big Christmas tree la also
expected to beset up In a prom
inent tilaee In or near the
downtown ntersectlon with Oris
Crisp togging volunteering to
obtain the tree tor me commu
nltv to enlov.
Tielng In with the Christmas
ijenlnK will be the Soroptlmlst
Club's annual Turkey Hop, a
teen-age dance. Saturday night
.it the Fair Pavilion with music
to be furnished by the musical
combo, The Henchmen, who are
heng called upon to fll engage
ments throughout eastern Ore
gon and Idaho. The Thanksgiving-Christmas
Opening week
end was set for the Turkey Hop
by the Soroptlmlsts In order to
furnish entertainment for col
lege students home for the hol
iday. Also scheduled for the even
ng to furnish entertainment for
adults is the Elks' post -Thanksgiving
dance In the Elks' tem
ple as a club room activity.
Merchants throughout Hepp
ner arc offering hundreds of
fine bargains in gift merchan
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HEPPNER'S HENCHMEN will play for the Soroptimlst-sponsored Turkey Hop at the fair pavilion
Saturday night From left are Roger Leonnlg, drums; Jim Sherman, lead guitar; Kathy Melby,
oraan; and Tim Smith, bass guitar. In the two years they have been organized, the Hench
men have been in demand filling engagements throughout Eastern Oregon, playing at Pendle
ton, The Dalles, Condon, Hormlston, Fossil, lone, John Day, La Grande, and Heppner.
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dise and are displaying won
Item ' for the earfv shopper.
derful. selection of gift Items
Advertisements throughout
this paper tell of the bargains
and offerings for the Christmas
Opening event.
Sample copie of the Gazette
Times will go to Spray. Kin-
xua and Monument communi
ties as an Invltaton for them
to join the tun here at Christ
mas Opening. Everyone from far
and near la welcome to come
and participate.
Judges Select
'67 Parade Theme
"Fashions and Flowers" will
ba the theme of the 1967 Mor
row county rodeo parade, it 1
announced by Randall Peterson,
chairman of the committee of
the Heppner Morrow county
Chamber ol Commerce, after
Judge had made the selection
trom entries submitted in a re
cent contest. ,
The winning entry was sub
mitted by Mabel B. Cotter of
lone.
Contest was held early for
the forthcoming event In order
that organizations and others
might have a longer time to
plan their entries In the parade.
Previous parades had the fol
lowing themes: 'The Soaring
tiOV "Songs Old and
New," 1963; "Famous Quota
lions." 19ti4: "The Good Old
Davs" 1965; and "Between the
Book Ends," 1966.
Holiday Dance
Set for Youth
For the enjoyment of youth
and young adults In the sur
rounding areas during the
Thanksgiving holidays, a pub
lic dance will be held at the
County Fair Pavilion on Satur
day evening, November 26, un
der the sponsorship of the Sor
optimist Club.
Music for the evening will be
furnished by The Henchmen, a
popular teenage combo. Danc
ing will be from 9:30 to 12:30
and admission will be $1.50 per
person, with concessions to be
served by the club members.
Skating hours at the pavilion
that evening will be from 6:30
to 9:30, according to Wayne
Harsln, manager.
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November
Morrow 1966 Farm
Electric Co-op Margin
Reported at $123,000
Columbia Basin Electric Co
operative's rift margin lor the
year July 1, 1965, to June 30.
l'.MKi. was $1ZW, It was re
ported to registered members
present at the annual meeting
DR. GERALD A. JOKES
Dr. Gerald Jones
To Open Practice
One again there is activity
at the. Heppner Clinic
Dr. Gerald A. Jones, M.D., and
hla wife. Elsie, are here from
Portland getting the building
ready to open hi general prac
tice in Heppner the first of next
week. Dr. Jones had a well es
tablished medical practice in
Portland for 11 years.
A graduate In 1954 of Loma
Lindu School of Medicine in
California, Dr. Jones took his
Internship at Portland Sanitar
ium and Hospital. K ethen
started practice In July, 1955.
After nearly 11 years to the
day, he move to Palmer. Alas
ka, with the expectation of es
tablishing a practice in the
heart of the great outdoor coun
try, but he found that there
was no need for another doc
tor In that area, so he moved
to Heppner.
His wife will assist him in
the clinic, servng as reception
ist and assistant.
Dr. and Mrs. Jones have four
children only one of whom is
living at home. Two sons are
married nnd one son is away
at school. Daughter Terry Lynne
Is living at home.
A veteran of World War H,
Dr. Jones Is a member of the
Seventh-day Adventlst church,
of the Oregon State Medical So
ciety, of the American Medical
Society, and of the Academy of
General Practice.
The entire family Is fond of
the outdoors and hope to find
time soon to enjoy the recrea
tional facilities of the area in
to which they have moved.
Office hours of the new doc
tor nnd other Information are
listed in an announceme n t
elsewhere in this paper;
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GAZETTE
in Fossil on Thursday, Novem
ber 17. s
Operating Income v.as plated
at $6X4.13'.), and expenses were
$573,121. leaving the margin as
retmrted. Walter Jaeger of Con
don gave the president' report ;
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ana jbck uynu, r., oi imi
gave the secretary-treasurer's
report. 4
Manager Harley Young. In' his
report, listed among highlights
of the year the relocation of
three miles of power line in and
near the City of Heppner for re
building the state highway en
tering the city: the trimming of
approximately 65 huge poplar
trees In the City of Fossil; the
Increase in cost of power since
the Bonneville; Power Adminis
tration's rate increase tx-came.
effective' January 1; and the
purchase of new equipment dur
ing the year, t
He described the growth- of
Irrigation In Morrow county
and in the north end of Gil
liam county with consequent
Increase In power' consumption,
and he told of the loss of the
large commercial load with the
closure of the Kaiser Aluminum
pozznlan plant located In Shut
tier Can von In Gilliam county.
While the power company lost
this large commercial account,
Gilliam county lost approxi
mately -12 full time jobs for its
residents with the closure,
Young said.
Financial ftiU DlscuiMd
Manaecr Young discussed the
supphtmttntal financing bill
which the rural electric cooper !
atives of the nation are trying
to get passed in Congress. Bas
ic aim of the supplemental fi
nancinjr. pxopwn is to make
capital lnvesv.n 4 funds 'avail
able to the nral electric coop
eratives without the assistance
of the government loan funds
under the present program, he
said.
Attorney Herman Winter out
lined proposed amendments to
the Columbia Basin Co-op's by
laws. These pertain principally
to joint membership of husband
and wite and clarity tne zones
from which the directors are
elected. The amendments were
approved by voice vote of those
attending.
Owen W. Hurd, managing dir
ector of the Washington Public
Power Supply System of Kenne
wick, Wash., explained opera
tion of the Hanford steam gen
erator and the way it was built
and financed.
In his address principal talk
of the annual meeting, Hurd al
so discussed benefits of the
generator to the Northwest dur
ing the low water season just
experienced. The speaker also
talked of the High Mountain
Sheep dam on the Snake Riv
er. Directors Elected
Directors elected for three year
terms include the following:
Randall Peterson, for City of
Heppner; Kenneth Smouse for
rural director, zone 3; Raymond
Lundell, rural director, zone 4;
and Dick Wilkinson, rural dlr-
ector, zone 5. go about household tasks. Mr.
Other candidates for these Jones, 84, who sustained rela
positions were: W. C. Rosewall, tively minor injuries in the
Heppner; Earl MeCabe. zone 3; Pendleton accident, is able to
Paul Tews, zone 4; and How- be about and is doing fine fol
ard Cleveland, zone 5. lowing the operation. It is
Lundell takes the directorship thought that the accident, which
left by Henry Baker who had was a collision with a pickup
served on the Columbia Basin truck at the junction of the
for the past 26 years. He was airport road, might have aggra
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THE
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
EVE SERVICE
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Heppner, Oregon
November 23, 1966
(ORDER OF
THE ORGAN PRELUDE , .
CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Dirk Rinehart
(Psalm 100)
HYMN "We Gather Together" No. 315
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - - - Rev. Walter Crowell
RESPONSIVE READING ... - Rev. Dirk Rinehart
(Psalm 103, Book of Common Prayer, p. 466)
CHORAL HYMN The Junior Choir
"O That I Had a Thousand Voices" Mentzer
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION - - Rev. Walter Crowell
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS ' ,
OFFERTORY PRAYER .... Rev. Melvin Dixon
OUR WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING .... Offertory
THE DOXOLOGY
pfAnrar. nv the scrtptiirits - - - Rev. Melvin Dixon
VOCAL SOLO'
("Praise the Lord, O My Soul )
Samuel Wesley
SERMON Rev. Al Boschee
("We Give Thanks!")
HYMN "Now Thank We All Our God" No. 276
THE BENEDICTION - - Rev. Al Boschee
THE ORGAN POSTLUDE
24, 1966
Income Placed at IO,586,000
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KENNETH KINDLE of Heppner. a medical specialist with the XJ. S.
Army Cavalry in Vietnam, give a strep shot to a baby ' the
. village out of An Khe. A doctor and medic go once each
' week to give medical teratment
Kindle Promoted
At Vietnam Post
Kenneth R. Kindle, serving In
the U. S. Army Cavalry, 1st
Division, Helico p t e r Assault
Support, Aviation Battalion (Air
mobile), was recently promoted
to medical specialist 5 "buck
sergeant," according to word re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Heath, of Heppner.
On a recent two weeks fur
lough in Hong Kong, he surprised-
his -mother wth a phone call
from there.
Kindle' year tour of duty In
Vietnam will be over -sin the
middle of December. After tak
ing a furlough upon, his-return
.ia the Cnited.. States, he
will go to school tor 10 months
at Madigan Army Hospital at
Fort Lewis, wash.
'Prior to' going to Vietnam he
served in Korea for seven
months. Kindle graduated from
Heppner High school with the
class ol 19b4.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Back Home Again
Mr. and Mrs. - C N.- Jones ar
rived home again Saturday af
ter a long ordeal that followed
an auto accident in Pendleton
a number of weeks ago. Their
son and daughter-in-law, Coun
ty Judge and Mrs. Paul Jones,
brought them home from Port
land. Following the accident, in
which Mrs. Jones sustained a
broken leg, it was necessary for
Mr. Jones to go to the Eman
uel hospital. Portland, for cor
rective surgery. He underwent
the operation on . .November 7
and after a week's stay in the
hospital, spent another week at
the Imperial Hotel convalescing.
When Mrs. Jones was able to
make the trip, she went to Port
land to join her husband. Now
they are home again, and al
though Mrs. Jones, who is 78,
is confined to a wheelchair, she
is able to maneuver about and
7:30 p.m.
SERVICE)
Pauline Miller
-TIMES
ill 1
Rep. Mann Plans
Tour of Counties
To Discuss Ideas
State Representat I v e Irvin
Mann. Jr., of Sianfield announc
ed plans to tour the four coun
ties in eastern Oreeon he rep
resents, outside of Umatilla
county, on Thursday and Fri
dav. December 1 and 2. to de
vefop attitudes on problems that
will be facing the 1967 legis
lative session in January. On
the tour he will discuss with
local citizens- problems peculiar
to the varous communities,
The tour will open at the
Sherman County courthouse in
-fMoro on Thursday, December 1,
at 10 a.m. County Judge ver
non Miller is making arrange
ments for the visit. The legis
lator will then move to Con
don where he will appear at
the Gilliam County courthouse
at 1:30 p.m. County Judge
James O. Burns is In charge
of the arrangements.
The day will be concluded
with a tour of the Arlington
development with Judge Burns,
Mavor Les Grant and the Ar
lington city council.
The legLslative tour will con
tinue on Friday, December 2,
with a meeting at the Wheeler
County courthouse in Fossil at
10 a.m. County Judge Clarence
Asher and W. H. Steiwer. Sr.,
are making arrangements.
At 1:30 p.m. Mann will be in
the Morrow County courthouse
in Hennner with Judge Paul
Jones in charge. The tour will
conclude in Boardman at 4' p.m.
where Judge Jones, Mayor Dew
ey West and other community
leaders will conduct a tour of
the proposed Morrow County
port facilities and the new town
of Boardman.
Representative Mann empha
sized in announcing plans for
the tour that he is anxious to
meet and discuss legislative
problems and all other types of
problems with as many people
a possible and that he is hope
ful of good public participation
in the meetings.
Riverside, Fossil to Play
For State Football Crown
Riverside High of Boardman
and Wheeler County High of
Fossil will provide an aU-East-ern
Oregon finish to the 8-man
class B football race when they
clash for the state champion
ship at Boardman Saturday af
ternoon at 1:30.
Coach Dan Daltoso's Riverside
Pirates tied with Burnt River at
Riverside Saturday but gained
the final game on a statistical
edge. Score was 20-20. Wheeler
County tripped St. Paul Satur
day at St. Paul, 26-21, to make
the championship an eastern
Oregon "neighborhood" affair.
Burnt River and Riverside
each scored in the first, second
and fourth quarters. The first
half touchdowns all brought the
extra conversion points, but
neither team could score extra
points in the second half. The
Pirates could have wrapped up
a clearcut victory had it been
able to tally on the extra point
following the final touchdown.
However, with 14' first downs
against nine for Burnt River, the
Riverside team, which for the
first time this year won a
league title, marched into the
finals.
Benson Leads Falcons
Wheeler County, led by the
running and passing of Steve
10 Cents
Wheat Brings
$6 Million
To Head List
Income to the 338 farms and
ranches of Morrow county from
cash farm marke'ings ior-rj
is estimated to be $U),d,04.
accoding to Gene Winters, Mor-
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This preliminary estimate in
cludes products sold or held
for sale and also includes cer
tain government payments.
The estimate for the year was
prepared by Winters; Gail Mc
carty, county extension utm
in livestock; and Robert Gang
er, United States Department of
Agriculture county statistician
specialist.
Crops account for three-quart
ers of the total whh the remain
der pimarily from livestock.. The
total amount is close 10 xne
farm income figure for 1963.
Wheat including wheat cer
tificate payments, leads with
cash receipts totaling $5,929,-
639. County average ol wneai
this year dropped to slightly
below 24 bushels per acre.
Yields varied from slightly
above average on deeper sous
to about one-hall average on
the shallower soil types of the
110.100 acres harvested. Yieias
and acreage were down from a
year ago, out the price nas
been up above that of 1965.
Receipts from selling cattle
and calves was second high in
the cash Income at $2,152,000.
This is slightly below that in -
1965 but is above other recent
years.
. Barley sales, including the
feed grain diversion payments,
totaled $1,472,166 from the 41,
OOO. acres of barley harvested.
r Sale of hay. vegetables, mel
ons and tree iruits totaled
$445,000. of which $369,000 was
for the,, hay oops. Total value
of hay prdouced was nearly SI
million, but about 60. percent
of the hay produced is fed on
farms and ranches of the coun
ty. Income from farm forest prod
ucts was placed at $50,000. To
tal income from all farm crops
was gifured at $7502,805.
Livestock and poultry,- form
ing . the balance of agricultur
al income here, brought total
income of $2,683,242, broken
down as follows: Beef cattle,
$2,152,000; sheep and lambs,
$244,000; wool (including gov
ernment payments), $120,242;
hogs, $16,000; dairy (milk and
tee cream), $100,000; poultry.
$40,000; miscellaneous animal
products, $11,000.
Morrow county usually ranks
about 16th or 17th among the
36 counties of Oregon in cash
farm marketing, Winters said.
Because other statistics are not
yet available, the ranking this
year is not known as yet
Mimeographed Income esti
mates and statewide commod
ity data sheets are available at
the county extension office.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
(Week of November 17-22)
Hi Low Prec
Thursday 49 33
Friday 44 28
Saturday 67 35 .15
Sunday 58 38 M.
Monday 53 36 .02
Tuesday 48 31
Benson, took a 13-8 halftime
lead against St. Paul and add
ed 13 more points in the third
quarter for a 26-8 bulge. St. Paul
came back with 13 in the final
stanza but fell five points short
of victory.
Carroll Lathrop, senior end,
started things off for Riverside
against Burnt River when he
recovered a fumble in the end
zone for a touchdown. Gary
Baird, left half, ran over the
extra point to give the Pirates
a 7-0 lead.
Arriola of Burnt River took a
pass from Vanecar, good for 28
yards, as the visitors came
back to score in the first per
iod. Coombs ran the point and
the score was deadlocked, 7-7.
In the second quarter Mike
Partlow, right half for the Pir
ates, grabbed an aerial strike
from Chester Phillips, good for
20 yards and a touchdown.
Baird made the extra point on
a run, and the count stood 14
7. Striking again through the
air, Burnt River evened the tal
ly again when Coombs hit Van
ecar on a pass that was good
for 50 yards and six points.
Coombs ran over for the extra
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