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Post Office
Adds Hours
For Holidays
Additional hour of window
service for the Heppner post of
fice uml (hi Lexington and
llnrdrnan rural stations on two
Saturdays, December 10 and 17,
lire announced by Jumin II.
Drlwoll, postmaster.
Window will be open from
H:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday,
December 10. On Saturday, De
cember 17, service will tx ex
tended from 8:30 a.m. until 5
p.m.
Mall will Im received for dis
tribution to lock boxes on two
Sunday. December 11 and 1H,
nt licppner, and patrons with
box service are urged to pick
up. mall on those date.
There will bo no atar route
box delivery or general dellv.
rv of mall on Sundays, Drls
coll said.
At Heppner, on Mondays
(h mil Kb Fridays beginning Dei-ember
12 and ending Decem
ber 23, the parcel post and
stamp sale window will remain
open until 6 p.m. The money
order service window will not
have extended hour of service
on these week days.
Patrons are urged to pack all
parcels carefully In strung con
tainers, to address carefully, us
I nil "Zip Code." of destination,
and to mall as early as posl
ble In December.
It .i suggested that a slip of
paper with address of the ad-
dresser and list of contents be
placed Inside each parcel, Just
in case the outside label should
become damaged In transit, and
tt Is necessary to examine or
re-pack contents.
lour cents will tarry an tin
sealed Christmas card to its
M)lnt of delivery anywhere In
the United States, but five cent
will carry It first class. Princ-oll
IMiints out.
The first class rate exedltes
delivery. 1'rlorlty Is (liven I" all
distribution prix-cssc to Items
Ix'iulng this rate of iMistage.
"We recommend that valua
ble articles le Insured and per
ishable articles be sent 'secla!
delivery'," Drlseoll said.
Prizes Offered
For Decorations
Prizes totaling $T0 are offer
ed in the annual Christmas
decoration contest sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce with
the prize money coming from a
donor who prefers to remain
snony mous.
The prizes will be distributed
among winners in two categor
ies, yard lighting and decora
tions, and window lighting and
decorations.
The breakdown Is as follows:
Yard First. $15; second. $12.50;
third. $10. Window First, $10;
second. $7.50; third, $5.
Mrs. Avon Melby is chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce
committee and Orvllle Cutsforth
and Hurley Young are members
of the committee.
Those wishing to enter the
contest ate Invited to leave their
names and addresses at the
Gazette-Times, together with
the category In which they are
entering.
Judging will be done on Wed
nesday, December 21, from 5 to
7 p.m. It Is fXx'cted that win
ners will keep their displays
lighted each night between
Christmas and New Years.
Certificates of award will be
presented to commercial estab
lishments Judged to have the
best Christmas windows, but no
prize money will be awarded
In this category.
Vale Woman Hurt
In Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Mick Fulleton
and their two daughters, all of
Vale, and Becky Fulleton, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Koice Ful
leton of Heppner, wore Involved
In an accident Saturday morn
ing about 2'4 miles north of
lone on the Willow Creek high
way. Mick and Rolee Fulleton
are brothers.
Mrs. Mick Fulleton suffered
a broken collarbone, and all
others escaped with minor in
juries. Mrs. Fulleton was taken
to the Pioneer Memorial hospit
al In the ambulance and was
dismissed Saturday night.
The family group was en
route to Portland to attend the
Vale-North Catholic state A-2
championship football game af
ter being together here since
Thanksgiving day. Upon round
ing a curve, they came upon a
herd of cattle on the highway.
A car had stopped in the lane
ahead of them, and Fulleton at
tempted to swerve to the out
side to avoid a collision, accord
ing to a report given by Mrs.
Roiee Fulleton. However, a pick
up was coming towards them in
that lane. The driver then went
to the highway shoulder, the
ear tipped over on the shoul
der and slid some distance on
its top.
Their car was rather badly
damaged. Without seeing then
home school win the champion
ship, the four from Vale head
ed back home Sunday, at least
happy in the knowledge that
the Vikings won.
Gazette-Times to Reach Subscribers Earlier
Beginning with this Issue,
publication time of the Gazette
Timet will he moved up so that
most subscribers will receive
papers earlier In the week than
in the past, Mr. and Mrs. We
Sherman, publishers, announce.
Subscribers In the city of
Heppner will receive papers on
Thursday morning Instead of
lato Thursday afternoon. Hepp
ner rural subscribers and resi
dents In towns thouuhout the
Kastern Oregon area will re
ceive them during the day
Thursday Instead of on Friday.
No papers will be sold over the
counter until Thursday morning.
lone and Lexington rural box
holders will not get their pa
pcra beforw Friday because of
the fact that routes are carried
only every other day, unless
they pick them up at the post
offices.
Also many subscribers out of
the area will receive their cop
ies on Friday. Those at distant
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December
MAJOR MICHAEL LANHAM. son
receives the Bronie Star Medal
shaw Jr. at Ft Leavenworth,
lions In Vietnam.
Christmas Seals
Being Delivered
For Annual Sale
With the delivery to the post
office of the lihiti Christmas
Seal envelopes containing sheets
of gaily illustrated Seals and
the traditional accompanying
appeals, the Morrow county
Comic I of the Kastern Region
of the Oregon Tuberculosis and
Health association has official
ly launched Its (lot It annual
Christmas Seal Campaign.
Proceeds are used to cany on
the fight against tuberculosis
and other respiratory diseases,
the illness of breathing.
"Contributions to the Christ
mas Seal Campaign fight tuber
culosis, still a stubborn and dif
ficult disease," says Mrs. Syl
via McDanlel, Heppner, presi
dent of the county council, "and
also help to control other res
piratory diseases ranging all
the way from the common cold
to the potentially fatal emphy
sema." The Christmas Seal col
ors are green, red, yellow, black
and while, combined with flora
and joyful little red birds, In
addition to the traditonal red
double-barred cross, longtime
symbol of the anti tuberculosis
movement.
"Medical experts tell us that
TB can eventually he eradicat
ed and respiratory diseases can
be reasonably controlled," Mrs.
McDanlel said. "We're setting
our sights to those targets. Suc
cess will depend at least part
ly on Improved prevention, de
tection and treatment of these
diseases. In this work we hope
to play our part as we have
done for many years. We are
confident that the people of the
community who have support
ed us In the past will show
that they are with us more than
ever this year."
Anyone who has not already
received Christmas Seals in the
mail or who would like to have
more seals to use on holiday
Chrstmas cards and packages
may obtain them by writing to
Mrs. McDanlel, Heppner, Oregon
1)7830.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
November 23-29
HI Low Prec.
Wednesday 50 30
Thursday 53 35
Friday 53 35 .16
Saturday 49 32
Sunday . GO 35
Monday 5-1 42 ' ' .13
Tuesday 52 39 .02
points should get them a day
earlier regardless of the time
they are getting them now.
The change, long contemplat
ed, should accomplish a num
ber of benefits for subscribers,
for advertisers and for the
newspaper staff. Both rural and
town subscribers will receive
the paper at approximately the
same time. Businesses which
advertise week-end specials will
Ket longer and better coverage
by the earlier delivery. At the
same time, readers will have
more opportunity to take ad
vantage of these ads.
The earlier publication will
bring a better balanced week
for the Gazette-Times staff be
tween the newspaper and com
mercial printing operations. The
first three days of the week will
be devoted largely to newspa
per production, and the last of
the week will be used for com
mercial printing.
Tapers for distribution to all
points except licppner city box-
i
of ConUy Lanham of Heppner,
from Colonel Benjamin D. Cap-
Kansas, following combat opera- I
(US Army Photo)
Maj Mike Lanham
Wins Bronze Star
Army Major Michael C. Lan
ham. son of Conley J. Lanham
of Heppner, Ore., recently re
ceived the Bronze Star Medal
from Colonel Benjamin D. Cap
shaw, Jr.. deputy assistant com
mandant. Armv Command and
General Staff College Ft. Leav
enworth. Kan., during ceremon
ies at Irv school November !
Maj. Lanham received the
award for outstanding meritor
ious service in combat opera
tions against hostile forces in
the Republic
August, 1!H!5
of Vietnam from
to August of this
year.
The major, a student at the
eol'ege, entered on active duty j
in liCit!. He received his com
mission through the Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps program
at Oregon State University, Cor
vullis. where he received his
B.S. degree in 1956.
A member of Delta Chi fra
ternity, he received his M.B.A.
degree in 1!Hi) from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh (Pa.). His
wife, Rosalie, is with him at
Ft. Leavenworth.
Fire Hits Home
Thanksgiving Day
Fire that broke out Inside the
walls around a kitchen flue in
the home of Mrs. Viola Oilman,
696 North Elder St., on Thanks
giving morning caused some
damage to the house before it
was extinguished by the fire
department.
Wood sheeting under sheet
rock was ignited by the over
heated flue which served a
trash burner located in the
kitchen. It , was necessary for
firemen to cut a hole in the
xterior surface to locate the
fire and put it out.
Much of the damage to the
home and kitchen was from
smoke, but loss was covered by
insurance, Mrs. Gilman said. "
Efficient and careful work of
the fire department brought
words of gratitude from Mrs.
Gilman. She aLso appreciated
the work of neighbors, Includ
ing Mllo Prindle who came ov
er and went Into the smoke
filled attic using a face mask.
The holiday fire didn't spoil
Mrs. Oilman's Thanksgiv i n g
day. '
"I have a lot to be thankful
for," she said. "It could have
happened In the night." She
added that the fact the fire
was contained ' in the wall
prevented It from getting air
and thereby slowed its spread.
holders will go Into the mails
late Wednesday afternoon, and
those for Heppner city residents
will be In the office for distri
bution the following morning.
In Heppner, this will relieve
some of the past pressure on
the staff of Postmaster Jim
Urlscoll. When the paper has
been late, the post office crew
has accommodated the Gazette
Times by working beyond nor
mal quitting time to get papers
In the boxes. This cooperation
has been very much appreciat
ed. Under the new arrangement,
If production Is delayed, the
staff of the paper can work In
to the night to get It out nd
still make the Thursday morn
ing deadline.
Because of the change, most
of the paper's deadlines must
be moved to approximately one
day earlier. Correspondents are
asked to have their news to the
paper by Mondays in all possi
ble cases. Those in their com
1, 1966
District Realignment:
Gets League Approval
By MAC HOSKINS
Realignment of District 7-A-2
football teams Into two new
sub-districts has been recom
mended by a seven to one
league vote, according to Rich
ard Carpenter. Heppner High
school principal.
Carpenter, who was Heppner
representative to the Greater
Oregon League meeting in Port
land November 25, reports that
the tentative shuffling of
schools would result in two sub
districts consisting of five teams
each. The western division
would be made up of Madras,
Wahtonka, Sherman, Heppner,
and Pilot Rock, while the east
ern division would consist of
Burns, Grant Union, Enterprise,
Vale, and Nyssn.
There is one stipulation,
though. The recommendation
must next go to the State Board
of Control for final approval of
the proposal. However, the new
plan would appear to be more
geographically sound, cutting
down on most teams' traveling
distances, as well as providing
a more equal distribution of
playing competition. Nyssa,
Vale, and Enterprise, which
have made up the 7-A-2 east
ern division in the past, have
previously been able to qual
ify for state playoff competit
ion with fewer league games
than the members of the west
ern division.
The new bracketing is ten
tative in the respect that Mad
ras may return to A l ranks for
the HHi9 school year. However,
Pilot Rock, currently a "B"
team, but with a student en
rollment of over 220, well over
the "B" maximum of 200), must
return to the A-2 ranks in the
19t7-GS year.
Prior to tliis year, Heppner,
Wahtonka, Madras, Sherman,
Burns, and John Day made up
the western division. Enterprise
Two Major Improvements
Set At Gazette-Times
Two major improvements
ate underway at the Gazette
Times and will be completed
soon.
The new office, to be lo
cated in the space formerly
occupied by Attorney Jos. Nys,
Will be In use within a week
or two. Work of remodeling
the office was completed in
late summer and early fall,
but delay in making the move
has been occasioned because
of failure of desks to arrive.
They arrived Monday, and the
move will be made Jo the
new space as soon as time
can be found to make . the
switch.
Second improvement that
will provide better coverage
and allow for better use of
pictures in the paper is the
purchase of a Fairchild en
graver. This makes engrav
ings of pictures used In print
ing. Formerly the paper has
depended upon The Photo
Graphic, Forest Grove, for
these plastic engravings, but
this work, through the pur
chase of the new equipment,
will now be done in the Gazette-Times
plant. Pictures
were mailed to Forest Grove
each week, taking a minimum
of three days. time.
Wes Sherman, publisher,
was notified that the new
equipment was shipped from
New York Monday and it will
be placed in -service shortly
after arrival.
Purchase of the Fairchild
machine has a nostalgic note,
munities can assist them great
ly by calling earlier with their
news than In the past
Advertising deadlines will al
so be a day earlier, and Rod
(Spike) Pardee, advertl sing
manager, has been contacting
businesses on this. Classified
(want ad) advertising deadline
will be 3 p.m. Tuesdays.
All persons with local news
Items churches, school newt,
clubs, fraternal and similar ma
terials should contact the
Gazette Times on Mondays,
leaving Tuesdays for cases on
ly when It is Impossible to get
It In earlier.
While In the throes of mak
ing the change, some problems
are expected to occur, but the
publishers ask that all bear
with them while adjustments
are being made. It is antici
pated that the step will make
a better paper. Comments from
subscribers will be appreciated
after the change has taken
place.
Number 40
10 Cents
transferred from east to west
'or the current season.
It is important to note, ac
cording to Carpenter, that this
proposal is so far onlv appli
cable to the football teams. But
there is a good chance, should
the Board of Control approve
the plan, that the League would
seek extension to other sports
as well. No doubt this will be
further, discussed . at the next
Greater Oregon League meeting,
to be held December 19, at John
Day.
Other business which merited
discussion involved basketball
and track.
The eight delegates to the
meeting (Pilot Rock and Wah
tonka were not present) work
ed out the details of the March
3-4 district basketball tourna
ment In La Grande. Three
(Continued on page 8)
Lexington Seobee
Serves in Vietnam
Apprentice Lester E. Wallace,
an equipment operator construc
tion man, is serving with the
Naval Mobile Construction Ba-ttalion-10
(MCB-10). based at
Camp Hoover, Da Nang Viet
nam. He is the son of Mrs. Bus
ter Padberg of Lexington.
MCB-10 is providing construc
tion support to the U. S. Mar
ine Corps, according to a re
lease from the Fleet Home Town
News Center in Great Lakes,
111.
The battalion was the first
Seabee Battalion to arrive in
Vietnam, making an amphibi
ous landing at Chu Lai on May
7. 1965. While in Chu Lai, the
Seabees built an expeditionary
air field and other major facil
ities in support of the Marines
operating in the area.
This is the second tour for
the battalion, which is another
first for MCB-10.
as indicated in a letter from
Hans Running of The Photo
Graphic.
"You were one of the first
to get started with us back in
1951, when you were at Dal
las," he writes, "and you
have followed us around for
a long time. I couldn't help
but reflect the many, many
years of fine association
which we have had."
Prior to the coming of the
plastic "cut" through the
Fairchild and similar ma
chines, weekly newspapers
were greatly restricted on use
of pictures. The plastic en
gravings made it possible to
obtain quality pictures in
print at lower cost and sig
nalled a new era for the pa
pers. Now many weeklies
have switched to offset re
production, and no such en
gravings are required for
them. However, many others,
like the Gazette-Times, re
main letterpress papers and
are still relying on the plas
tic engraving.
The association with The
Photo Graphic (formerly
Grove Studio), which might
be termed a pioneer in the
commercial plastic engraving
business, has indeed been a
pleasant one, and their serv
ice has been outstanding.
Without their steady and
faithful work, subscriber s
would not have enjoyed the
thousands of pictures which
have been published in the
last 20 years in the Gazette-Times.
ES
Mustangs Play Rockets
In Opening Tilt There;
lone Game Here Tuesday
With a good " nucleus back
from last year's team and some
up-and-comers filling other po
sitions, the 1906-67 edition of
the Heppner High basketball
team will make it debut Sat
urday night at Pilot Rock.
A doubleheader with the Rock
eta, starting with the Jayvee
contest at 6:30, will renew a
keen rivalry between the two
schools. Since Coach Mas Wat
anabe's Rockets are now tem
porarily in class B ranks, this
opening will be non-counting,
but the competition will bring
memories of the days that they
battled to the wire with Hepp
ner In the Greater Oregon
League.
Season Basketball
Tickets on Sale
Season basketball tickets
for 10 home games at Hepp
ner High school are now on
sale at Peterson's Jewelers
and at the high school. They
will also be on sale at the
game Tuesday night. Coach
Bob Clough announces.
Price of the tickets is $8.50.
The only home game except
ed from the ticket Is the
Heppner-Ione game on De
cember 30. The game Tuesday
night between the same two
schools is included in the
price.
Coach Bob Clough, who In
two seasons with the Mustangs
has led his teams to district and
sub-district championships, an
nounces a starting lineup com
posed of three of - last year's
starters, all seniors,, and two
juniors at guard positions.
Mac Hoskins, 6-3 veteran, will
lopen at center, and Jim Jacobs,
61, and Jim Doherty, 5-10, al
so experienced from two cham
pionship years, will be at the
forward position. David Hall,
5- 10, who made the varsity in
late season last year, will take
one of the guard positions as
a Junior, and either Randy
Stillman, 5-9, or Bill McLeod, 5
10, both also juniors, will start
at the other guard spot.
Stillman has been ill this
week, but if he is well and ab
le to go, he may have the start
ing nod, the coach said. All
three of the juniors have been
looking good in practice.
' Others that the coach may
call upon are Steve Wagenblast,
6- 1, senior forward, back from
last year's squad; Bob Harris,
5-10, senior guard, up from the
jayvees; Steve Pettyjohn, 6-1.
' junior forward from last year's
jayvees; MiKe Alsup, senior for
ward, transfer from Sherman
High; and Gary Kemp, 6-0 soph
omore center from last year's
freshman squad.
Strongly counted in for the
front line of the Mustangs at
tack this year is Russ Kilkenny,
junior, 6-3 forward, who is still
recovering from an injured leg.
Coach Clough said Kilkenny
had his cast removed Tuesday
and he may be practicing with
the squad again soon. His height
and ability will add strength to
the team when he is able to
regain form.
Renewal of the inter-county
rivalry between lone and Hepp
ner High will provide the home
opener Tuesday on the Mus
tangs' court. Coach Gene Dock
ter's squad has five seniors, one
junior and is bolstered by four
sophomores from last year's fine
freshman team.
Coach Dockter said that al
though his team lacks experi
ence for the season's start, the
boys have fair height, and he
expects they will give a good
accounting for themselves in
the 10-team Umatilla Morrow B
league. The Cardinals hope to
wind up in the top four in the
circuit to make the district play
offs. He has not named his start
ers for any of the three contests
they face this week the jam
boree at Umatilla Friday night,
the game at Wishram, Wash.,
Saturday night, nor the Hepp
ner game here Tuesday.
Seniors back are Leon Magill,
6 0, and Pat McElligott, 510, for
wards; Leland Magill, 5-10,
Montie Crum, 5-10, and Virgil
Morgan, 5-11, guards. Only jun
ior is Chris Lovgren, 6-1, guard.
Sophomores are Jim Swanson,
6-2, center; Frank Halvorsen,
6-3, forward and center; Bob
Ball, 5-7, and Eddie Sherman,
5-10, guards.
The evening's doubleheader
Tuesday will start at 6:30 with
Heppner's freshmen playing the
lone jayvees with the varsity
game starting at 8 p.m.
Rep. Mann to Visit
Here Friday at 1 :30
Rep. Irvin Mann will be in
Heppner Friday afternoon on
the second day of his 2-day
swing around four of the five
counties in his 28th representa
tive district. He will be at the
courthouse at 1:30 to meet any
one with ideas concerning forth
coming legislation or matters
of concern that should be
brought to the attention of the
representative.
In mid-afternoon he will go
to Boardman with Judge Paul
Jones and with Mayor Dewey
West will tour the proposed
Morrow county port facilities
and the new town there.
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COACH BOB CLOUGH
Cardinals Slate
Jamboree Friday,
Wishram Saturday
First action for lone High's
basketball squad for the sea
son will be Friday night at
Umatilla . when the Cardinals
compete in a jamboree com
posed of half the teams in the
Umatilla-Morrow B league.
Coach Gene Dockter said.
The Cards will open the
evening's program against
Echo, playing a game of two
10-minute halves. Riverside
High will meet Hermiston's
Jayvees in the second game,
and the third will pit Stan
field and Umatilla.
On Saturday night the lone
basketeers will travel to Wish
ram, Wash., for a doublehead
er there, opening with a jay-r-
vee game, at 6:30 to be fol
lowed by the varsity contest
. at 8 o'clock.
Information on this year's
. Cardinal team is included in
the story on the forthcoming
lone - Hep p n e r game here
Tuesday.
Holiday Variety
To Be on Display
At Public Show
IONE The theme "Christmas
is Coming" has been chosen by
the lone Garden Club for its
second Christmas show to be
staged in the Gilliam-Bisbee
building in Heppner on Friday
and Saturday, December 9 and
10.
Members and friends of the
Garden Club are invited to par
ticipate. They hope the show
may suggest many ideas for
Christmas decorations, as well
as to receive many suggestions
from guest exhibitors. Sugges
tions for business or church
decorations, in addition to those
for the home, will be welcomed.
Desiring that more people will
visit the show and have a part
in the festivities, the show was
moved to Heppner this year.
Exhibits will be received on
Thursday, December 8, from 5:00
to 10:00 p.m. and Friday, De
cember 9, from 8:00 to 10:00
a.m. Care will be given all ex
hibits, but the Garden Club
will not be responsible for dam
age or loss. Blue, red, and
white ribbons will be given
first, second, and third place
winners.
The show will be open to the
Dublic from 2:00 to 10:00 p.nu
on Friday, December 9, and
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on December 10. All entries
must be removed after 5:00
p.m. on Saturday.
Further information may be
obtained by contacting the gen
eral chairman, Mrs. Omar Riet
mann, phone 422-7274, or the
staging chairman, Mrs. Don
McCarty, phone 676-5923.
PTA to Sponsor Feed
Before Tuesday Game
The annual PTA chicken -noodle
and chili feed is plan
ned for next Tuesday evening,
December 6, when Heppner and
lone basketball teams will com
pete in the Heppner gymnasium
in the first home game.
Committees of the high school
and elementary school PTA as
sociations will be in charge of
preparing and serving the din
ner, with proceeds to be divid
ed between the two groups,
lone families are extended a
cordial invitation to enjoy the
feed prior to the game.
On the menu will be chicken
and noodles, chili beans, French
bread, tossed salad, relishes,
coffee, punch and pie. Tickets
are being sold by the grade
school children and will also be
sold at the door. Prices are
grade school students, 50c; high
school students, 75c and adults,
$1.00.