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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
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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
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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
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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
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