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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1966)
LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. 07403 Hermiston Firm Low On Riverside Bid The Hermiston entered u low basic hid of $1,799,500 on construction of the new Rlversldo High school In Hoard man when bid were opened Tuesday afternoon nt the Lexington office of the Morrow Counly School District, scaping but It dor not Includo equipping the structure. One of flvo bldM submitted, thi" Timber Compnny'ii proposal The bid Includes the construe linn of the building and land wan clone to (he architects' es timate of $l,760,HOO for the Job. Contract will not be awarded until December I t after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers him luid an opportunity to study the bid and mt on It Of the total cost, the rounty school district will pity n I per irchl- cent which Include the a tects' fee. Thi' rttit of the cost will be borne by the Federal government In replnclnn the present high school which must bo abandoned because of the forthcoming rise of the John Day dam reservoir. Other bids were higher, rang Inn up to $2,059,000. The four others submitting bids were l)c- OMSI Committee To be Formed Here A a result of a meeting of several Interested persons here with Loren McKlnley. director of the Oregon Museum of Sci ence and Industry, I'ortlnnd, one night last week, a committee will be organized to help pro mote the museum In this area. Gene fierce reported on the meeting at the Chamber of Com merce meeting Mondny. He has tx-en named temporary chair man of the committee." One of the Immediate purpos en of the local committee will be to help raise funds to go to ward a new $200,000 agricul ture building now under con struction at OMSI. The structure is now about two-thirds com pleted and some $110,000 has iM-en raised towards the total cost. Morrow la one of the few counties that does not have an organization seeking financial support for the project, Plerc laid. The agriculture building will have some 20 major exhibits, of which one-third will be chang ed each year. Some of the ex hibit will be designed so that they taay be taken to county fairs and other public gather ings. Pierce said that support of granges, the Wheat League and others will he sought In final organization of the local com mittee. Wheeler county raised $2800 at an auction for the OMSI pro ject, Pierce said, and those meeting with McKlnley last week considered a similar Idea for raising funds. Present at the meeting were David Potter, Mrs, Norman Nel son, Jim Wlshart, Gene Winters, Pierce and McKlnley. Snow on Sunday First of Season First snow of the winter sea son came to Heppner in a storm Sunday, bringing 2.3 Inches, no cording to measurement of Don Gilliam, weather observer. The snow was confined to the south end of the county. In other parts of the county, a heavy rain fell, accompanied by strong winds. November ended with total precipitation of 3.16 inches, Gil liam said. This made it the third wettest November on record. Wettest was In November, 1942, with 3.24' Inches, and second wettest was In November, 1921, with 3.19 Inches. Weather report for the week of November 30 to December 6 Is as follows: HI Low Prec. 64 40 .03 57 40 .35 50 39 tr. 52 32 53 32 .54 46 32 48 40 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 2.3" snow Mann's Visit Brings Good Response Here Visit of Hep. Irvln Mann to Morrow county last Friday af ternoon brought a good re sponse, according to County Judge Paul Jones, host for the visit. Some 12 to 15 came to the courthouse to discuss taxation and other problems that might come before the legislature, the judge said. Mann had Invited any with thoughts or Ideas on pertinent matters to come before the next session to present them to him on this visit. Following the informal ses sion In the courthouse, he went with Judge Jones and Mayor Dewey West of Boardman on a tour of the north end of the county and was Impressed with plans and developments, the Judge said. Grco Const ruction Co. of Bend. Lnwson Construction Co. of Portland, McCormlck Construc tion Co. of Pendleton and River man and Son of Portland. Architect Howard Leonard C Inzer of Portland was present for the bid opening, together with representatives from the Corps of Engineers and other In terested persons. Many sub contract bids were also submitted, details of which are to be studied. All of a num ber of alternates asked for In the cull for bids are Included In the basic bids iMvcn. Any al ternate that would be accepted would bo at the expense of the district. The alternate bids to lulled $31.K.r9. Decision on them will be made at a later time. Present plans call for con struction to start on tho new school by December 25. Public Invited To View Show Of Garden Club Committee of the lone Gar den Club are tusy this week making last minute prepara tion for the Christmas Show and Silver Tea, planned for Fri day afternoon and Saturday, December 9 and 10, In the Gil liam and BistK-e building, Hepp ner. Schedule 0f exhibit will be divided Into six divisions, and will carry out the general theme, 'Christmas Is Coming." Entries will be received December H from 5:(X) to 8:00 p.m., and on December 9 from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.. with Judging for prizes for both Junior and adult entries. Community organization are Invited to enter live and arti ficial trees, with handmade of commercial decorations, and ranging from 18 Inches to 6 feet. Mrs, Omar Rletmann Is serv ing as general chairman for the show. The executive board, Mrs. Cecil Jones, Mrs. Garry Tullts and Mrs. L. M. Johnson serve as schedule chairmen: Mr. Don McCartv, staging chairman; Mrs. Vida Heliker, stiver tea chairman; Mrs. Tullts, entries and classification; Mrs. Phlll F.mert,, hospitality chairman; Mrs. Jones, Judges chairman; Mr. Mary Lundell, publicity chatrman, and Mr. Johnson, trees chairman. The public Is cordially Invit ed to come and view the en tries with the hope of suggest ing Ideas for home Christmas decorations as well a for bus iness or church. There Is no charge, but those desiring to share In the silver tea ore In vited to do so. Pi 'flf 11 " in ' :mjui.w mrm $ 1 iug m i p-' m n . a THESE TWO "DANX BOONES" weren't wearing their coonskin caps and buckskin Jackets when this picture was taken at tho Lions club meeting last week. Marion Green (left) presented a program on old rifles and muskets. Jim Bamett (right) holds an old time gun from his collec tion. Green displayed rifles from the collection of Howard Bryant as well as his own and Bar netfs. , (G T Photo). Marion Green Gives Interesting Talk On Antique Rifles and Collecting Hobby Kentucky rifles, of the kind that Daniel Boone made famous, helped to found our nation. So said Marion Green in an interesting talk on old-time rif les, muskets and carbines be fore the lone Lions club at its meeting here last week. He dis played rifles from the collec tions of Howard Bryant, Jim Bar nett of lone and his own to demonstrate the talk. Their col- lections span the time from the Revolutionary War. Frontiersmen with their flint lock rifles were called UDon to fight the British, and the ac curate long-barreled wearjons 83rd Year THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December Union Pacific Depot Here Soon May Be Thing of the Past From a request for Informa tion made at the Monday night meeting of the city council, It appears that the old two-story Union Pacific railroad depot here will soon be a thing of the past. City Superintendent Vic Groshens relayed a request from the company asking at out location of a depot on railroad property on Morgan , street, which would be per haps a block from the site of the present dcxt. Groshens I hud the understanding that the railroad pluns to raze the venerable old structure and move the depot now located at Heppner Junction, near the Columbia River, to Heppner. The portion of Morgan street where the depot would be located Is dedicated but not Improved. The council agreed to request Clark and Gruff, Salem, engineers, to check on the street location when they are here In connection with furnishing estimates on costs of rebuilding the Heppner mu nicipal swimming pool. The present depot has serv ed the community long and well, but recently has been source of some criticism be cause of Its need for paint ing and repair. The depot at Heppner Junction has been in use for some 10 years, replac ing a depot that burned there rior to erection of the pre ab metal building. Elmer Schmidt, agent here, said that he had received no official Information on the proposed project but said that It Is being considered. Scouts Place Trees On Sale in Heppner Boy Scut Troop 661 will hold a Christmas tree sale, starting Friday, Dteember 9, at the cor ner of Willow and Chase streets, across from Fiesta Lanes, it is announced by Moose Stephens, scoutmaster. Members of the . troop went Into the mountains over the week-end, bringing a large var iety of fir and pine trees, In var ied sizes to place on sale. Scouts will be on duty nfter school to make the sales or those desiring may pay for them at the Heppner Hotel. Any special orders may be placed by calling Stephens at 676 5579. figured in winning the war. "The European nations laugh ed at the Kentucky rifles at first as a military weapon," he said. But the rifle had an exception al range and was exceptional ly accurate. These rifles are still a challenge to most mod ern rifles up to 150 yards, If telescopic sights are banned, Green said. Use Antiques for Hunting Green and Bryant hunt with the antique weapons that they have in their collections as an Interesting sidelight to their hobby, going through the rath er technical process of loading AW V i I I : ', I . -J. S ' J - . " 'M " ! - v ! CHECK FOR $593 was presented by Jerry Sweeney (right), chair man of the Morrow county chapter, American Red Cross, re cently to Will O'Hara. administrator of Pioneer Memorial Hos pital. The money, which comes from donations received in the annual Red Cross fund drive hero, went for the purchase of the blood refrigerator. In the lower right of the picture. The refrigerator is specially designed for storing the blood and will hold some 20 pints, assuring a supply for local emergencies. Most of the money collected in the annual Red Cross drive is used locally for financing the many services the organization offers. (G-T Photo). He Wears Only 7D, But Cify Having Hard Time Filling Fire Chief's Shoes Charles Ruggtes wears small shoes only 7-D but the City of Heppner Is having a prob lem filling them, now that he the rifles with ball and powder. All the guns displayed In the collection are In. shooting con dition. Some are authentic an tiques and some are modern made copies. The old rifles are classified by their method of Ignition, Green explained In the talk, in cluding the matchlock, which was Ignited by a burning cord; the wheel lock, of more compli cated Ignition; the flintlock; caplock and others. The Kentucky rifle came In to being about 1770 In the area (Continued on page 8) Number 41 HEFFNEK 8, 1966 10 Cents has announced that he must resign as fire chief. At the same time, the city is facing a crisis in a shortage of volunteer firemen. The de partment's roster is now down to 10 men. Councilman David McLeod of the fire department reported at the Monday night council meet ing that conferences, with the fire department had failed to find anyone willing or able to take the fire chief position. Top firemen who are qualified feel they cannot accept the responsi bility because the nature of their work means that they are not available for calls much of the time. The city has enjoyed a rath er ideal situation with Chief Ruggles, who has been a fire man for 16 years, because he lives close to the fire station and conducts his business there. He had the experience and abil ity to operate the department efficiently, and with the assist ance of his wife, Helen, was in a good position to take calls and dispatch men and equip ment. None of the other regulars of the department live close to the station nor have their business es close. Consider AU Possibilities Councilman McLeod said that the department and council committee have considered every possibility they could think of, but as yet have no solution. Chief Ruggles, who has been ad vised by his physician to quit activity in the department, will leave the position at the first of the year. McLeod said that turnouts to the fire department drills, which are on the second and fourth Monday nights of each month, bring out a miximum of six men. With the department at such a low level of manpower, there Is apprehension at what would happen if a major fire occurred and a number of the vo'unteers were out of the city. The question was brought up as to why an electrician from Columbia Basin Electric Co-op has not been turning out to fires. It was pointed out in the meeting that when Pacific Pow er supplied the city with pow er, the lineman-agent, Fred Gimbel, turned out regularly. Thinking was expressed that failure to cut off power at some of the fires may create a real hazard for firemen. One Idea that might furnish some hope for additional man power came from McLeod who asked whether the members of the city work crew might not be wililng to assist when the alarm sounds. City Superintend ent Vic Groshens said that sometimes the crew has some problem in connection with the (Continued on page 8) Zoning Law Passed; Pool Cost Study Set Two Important actions taken at the meeting of the Heppner city council Monday night were final passage of the city zoning ordinance and approval o f a study of the swimming pool to be undertaken by Clark and Groff, Salem, engineers. Provisions of the zoning ordi nance, which has been under consideration for several years, will take effect within 30 days. The study of the municipal swimming pool, recommended by a special committee appoint ed to consider the matter, will be undertaken to determine how much It would cost to re build the pool. The engineers will make the study and pre- Parents Invited To 'Go to School' At Open House Wednesday, December 14. will be the night that Heppner High school parents "go to school." Parents, tne students and the general public are invited to attend the Heppner High school PTA Open House at the high school beginning at 7 p.m. In order to present a realis tic example of the student's daily schedule, buses will make the regular bus runs (exclud ing the contract runs). Parents and students are requested to ride the buses; bus drivers will inform the students when they will be picked up between 6 and 6:45 p.m. Parents and stu dents living in town are re quested to ride the buses from the elementary school. The program will commence with a general PTA business meeting in the gymnasium. Fol lowing the meeting, parents will visit each class attended by their children. Each teacher will have his own program dur ing these visitations. Audio-visual equipment will be on display during the even ing. The use of this equipment will be demonstrated in the various classrooms. The evening will conclude with refreshments served In the library. Open House time schedule is as follows: 6:45-6:55 Buses arrive 7:00-7:30 PTA business meet ingannouncements - - - - -7:30-7:45 Visit "A" period classes 7:45-8:00 Visit "B" period 8:00-8:15 Visit T' period classes 8:15-8:30 Visit "D" period classes 8:30-8:45 Visit . "E"' period 8:45-9:00 Visit "F" period C LSS6S 9 :00-9 : 30 Refreshments 9:30-9:35 Buses depart lone and Heppner Bill Home Games Both lone and Heppner have home basketball games Friday with the Cardinals meeting Pil ot Rock in their first league contest while the Mustangs take on DeSales of Walla Walla here in their third non-league con test of the year. The Cards have some basis for measuring strength against Pil ot Rock since Heppner has play ed both teams, downing the Rockets 66 to 44 and lone 61 to 36. Jayvee game at lone will begin at 6:30 Friday night with the varsity contest to follow. Heppner has carried on a pre season home and home series with DeSales for the past sever al years, and most games have found the clubs pretty evenly matched. Jayvee game here will also begin at 6:30. On Saturday night, the Mus tangs travel to Condon for a daubleheader with the Blue Devils while lone has an open date. Program To Feature Christmas Windows "Christmas Windows" will shine brightly on the stage of the Heppner Junior high school auditorium Tuesday evening, December 13 at 7:30 p.m. Principal Alan Martin an nounces that this year's annu al Christmas present to the pub lic will be a program from the children in grades 1 through 5, directed by Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens, music teacher. ' Stage setting, with Miss Ter ry Lincecum, directing the art and scenery production, will be a series of Christmas windows of Heppner business establish ments along the familiar main street. Teachers in the first five grades, assisted by room moth ers, will help, with costuming and staging. Chorus of the lower grades will enter the street scene sing ing a lively arrangement of Jingle Bells." Songs of wel come will greet families and friends, and a parody on the sent estimates on costs for a sum not to exceed $500. The re building would include a new bath house and wider decks. When the figure Is compiled, the cost can be compared to that of constructing a new swimming pool to determine which course the city should take. The special committee report, asking for the cost study, was made at an adjourned meeting of the council last month with Council man LeRoy Gardner speaking for the committee. Some consideration Is being given to the possibility of a pool for Joint school and public use, but an informal report Monday night Indicated that such a plan might be out of the financial reach of the district for the foreseeable future. Pool Below Standard The State Sanitary Authority has informed the city that the pool at present does not meet state standards, and it operat ed during the past summer on somewhat of a probationary basis. City Superintendent Vic Groshens has said that the pool is in a bad state of repair and requires continuous mainten ance to keep going in the sum mer. The new zoning ordinance divides Heppner Into agricultur al, residential, central commer cial and industrial zones, with provision also for a limited com mercial zone. It sets up regu lations for uses in the various zones and for conditional uses, going into such things as lot sizes, sanitary facilities required, off-street parking and loading, height of buildings, signs per mitted, and other pertinent points to orderly planning and development. Nonconforming uses in effect at the time of the adoption of the ordinance may be continued and any such uses under con struction or development at the time may be completed. The ordinance sets up regu lations on trailer houses and trailer parks. Copies on File Copies of the 30-page ordin ance are on file at the city hall for those who wish to study its provisions. The ordinance was developed under a city planning commis sion, of which W. C. Rosewall was chairman. Since he became mayor, Harlan McCurdy has served as chairman by appoint ment Other members of the' commission at the present time are Councilman Carl Spaulding and Bill Collins - and citizen members Earl Ayres and Ran dall Peterson. - Upon recommendation of Bob Abrams, city attorney, the per sonnel of the committee may be changed to Include more cit izen members and less council men. ,r Two bids were opened on in stallation of an insulated ceil ing in the fire station that would be designed to conserve fuel used in heating the sta tion. However, neither was with in the $500 provided in the budget and were rejected. Low bid was that by Melvin Piper at $539. City Attorney Abrams said that it would not be leg al to accept a bid over the bud get. New bids will be sought with the hope that some may be obtained that would come within the budget figure. Five Nominated For Chamber Posts Names of five men were pre rented as nominees for direct ors of the Heppner - Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday when Randall Peterson, chairman of the committee, re ported at the regular meeting of the organization. Those nominated are Wes Sherman, Bob Henry, Harlan McCurdy, Gene Winters and Jerry Sweeney. Sherman and Henry are serving as directors but their current terms expire this year. The membership may propose additional names for the posit ions. Election is to be held on December 19, after which the directors elect officers for the coming year. familiar tune, "Glow Worm," will carry out the appropriate setting for "Shine Christmas windows, glimmer-glimmer, all over Heppner, shimmer-shimmer." Children in the first grade of Mrs. Kathryn Hoskins will pre sent their interpretation of the "Shoemaker's Dance," In the window of Farra's Shoe Repair Shop. Another group of first graders, directed by Mrs. Alena Anderson, will appear in the window of Ayers' Heppner Au to Sales, presenting an arrange ment of "Airs for Reindeers," featuring the familiar tune, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Rein deer." Scenes of "Twas the Night After Christmas," will come to life in a store window by first graders in Mrs. Cleo Robinson's room, with their interpretation of the song story of the little mouse, Celia, and the scoundrel (Continued on page 8)
