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Pearson Display
Wins First Place
On Decorations
83rd Year
10 Cents
HEPPNER
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Outdoor lighting ami decora
tion display at the Lynn IVar
son home, !t60 E. Falrvlew Way
tacMffii from the county shops),
hits been uwardcil Hot prize In
i he uiinuul I hrlstmas ilccorn
Hon content, the committee In
charge announces.
Second place went to the Bob
IWgxtrom. JWO Ollmore.
KlrM prle for an Indoor win
ilow scene whs won by Mr. anil
Mm. Chuck Bailey, and second
place went to Mr, and Mra.
Gene I'lcrce. The Baileys llvo
on Aiken Street and the 1'lere
ca at 485 N. GaW.
Die Pearson display In unus
mil and attractive, featuring
circular decoration of foil ruf
fles and decoration on the
lawn. Light outline the house.
Triangles glisten with move
menta of the wind tm the lawn
dlKplay, which Judges aald must
have required many hours of
work to construct.
At the Bergstroms, front "door
of the home Is covered with foil
and act off bv fir boughs. Two
tall electric candles flank the
holiday setting.
At both the Bailey and f'lerc.
e. beautifully decorated Christ
mas trees are visible through
the front windows with light
and boughs highlighting the
three dimensional accnex. --.
Many others had outstanding
displays around the town, but
nio.st of these (lid not enter the
contest for one reason or anoth
er. Some planned to. be gone
during the holidays and felt
they could not comply with the
rule to leave the light on from
Christmas until New Years.
Others won last year and were
not eligible to comiM-te thla
year.
Probably the most unusual
and at the same time highly
attractive display. wa at the
home of the Kev. and Mrs. Don
McCarty, 190 K. Quald. This
followed the Mexican custom of
using lighted candles covered
hv pOM-r sacks. A total of 150
candlea are -tmed In the decor
ations which literally cover the
house and yard. The problem la
to keep the candles lighted for
a long period of time since they
hum clown In a few hours,
Since It Is Impossible to keep
the candlea going - for the
week's period, judges reluctant
ly had to Pass by the McCar
tys In making the awards, but
guve them a hearty honorable
mention.
"This display required a fab
ulous amount of work," said
one of the Judges.
Others given honorable men
tion were the Christian church
parsonage, occupied by the Kev.
and Mrs. Al lloschec and fam
ily, winners last year, on Gale
Street; the Catholic church
manse, also on Gale Street; the
Forrest Burkcnbincs, 513 S.
Court St., whore a little church
over the front door caught the
eye of Judges; the beautifully
decorated Carl Spaulding home,
625 S. Alfalfa; the home of Dr.
and Mrs. K. K. Sehaffltz. 6125
E. llager; and the trailer home
of the Mllo Prlndles, East Camp
bell Way.
Most of those given honorable
mention had not entered the
contest officially, but the Judg
es could not pass them by with
out some recognition.
They also found some excel
lent work In business windows,
too. Van's Variety store was
given first place for Its window,
featuring Santa Claus; Lots
Beauty Shop was Judged sec
ond; and Fulleton Chevrolet
was third. Certificates of recog
nition, with no cash prizes, will
go to these In the commercial
category.
First place In the outdoor
home decoration contest carries
a prize of $15, and second a
prize of $12.50. In the home
window contest, first received
$10 and second $7.50.
No third places were award
ed in either category.
Again the Judges encouraged
more to enter next 'year. They
were Impressed with the qual
ity and beauty of the work
done In decorations around
town but disappointed by the
shortage of official entries.
Prize money Is given by an
anonymous donor, and the' con
test Is sponsored by the Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce with Avon Melby as
committee chairman.
Roger
By ROGER W. BABSON
The close of 1966 marks the
seventieth consecutive month in
the life span of the longest bus
iness boom of all time for the
American economy. However,
"trees do not grow to the sky.''
Already, signs of deterioration
In the expansive vigor that
characterized the earlier phase
of the business upsweep have
been increasing In 1966. Hence,
the outlook for business and fi
- :rc-
Lynn Pearson, winner of the 1966 Heppner Christmas Lighting
contest residential First conceived this Idea in 1961. After
several revisions of the original plan the final product woo
first place in its first year of competition. (G-T, Pardee)
Heppner Residents Enjoy
Crisp, White Christmas
Heppner residents enjoyed a
white Christmas for a change
this year.
In the wee early hours be
fore dawn the sky belched forth
with a couple of loan of that
white fluffy stuff, and manag
ed to cover a goodly portion of
Morrow county before most of
the residents were aware of the
happenings. Only , St. Nick
knows exactly when and where
the first flake of snow fell, but
to the younger set of. Heppner,
this was of little Importance,
Out of bed anil to the Christ
mas tree, and then to the wood
shed to dig out the old sled
niiil off to the hills for a little
sledding.
Dun Gilliam, weatherman for
Heppner, did some research of
the White Christinas situation
and found the following re
sults: .
1 3"
1952 1"
1!MI .3"
1 !-. 3'"
MV-'l 2's"
1918 .5"
1916 .5"
1913 14"
The Gilliam family has ac-
Highway Section
Opened to Traffic
Cclilo-Kufus section of high
way Interstate 80-N, a .14.26
mile stretch along the Columbia
River, was opened to traffic on
December 15. It Is announced by
Forrest Cooper, state highway
engineer.
This stretch of I SON, Oregon's
major east-west route, was built
to Interstate system standards
at a cost of $1,205,000. Except
for the Tooth Rock tunnel sec
tion at Bonneville and the Cas
cade Locks-Mitchell Toint sec
tion, this gives a distance of 175
miles, extending from Portland
to the Umatilla county line
near Hermlston, completed to
Interstate standards on this
highway.
The Cascade-Mitchell Point
section is 13.57 miles long and
is scheduled for . completion
around the middle of 1967.
When completed, which Is pro
grammed for 1972, Interstate
WIN will be 375.31 miles In
length, extending from Portland
to Ontario at the Idaho border.
Much of this stretch is already
under construction or already
completed.
Babson Forecasts Decline In
nance In 1967 is of grcater-than-usual
importance.
Lest readers of this column be
tempted to "push the panic
button", however, let me state
that It would be unwise to ex
pect a major depression in 1967.
Our greatly expanded economy
still has a considerable degree
of momentum. The spotlight on
1967, therefore, should focus up
on those factors which are like
ly to cause a breathing spell in
n
curate records " dating back to
1911. -.
The Forest Service reports
that the overall picture In the
mountains Is unusually light.
There Is about 5" of new snow
at the Parkers Mill area; IS" in
tht." Coal Mine area near Cuts
forh Park; and 6 8" In the Wall
Creek area. The Forest Service
reports that this represents
aoout l.'.i to 'a or the normal
amount for this time of year.
Anyone traveling off the main
roads is advised to have
chains on their vehicles. It U
also advisable to carry chains
for any traveling In the county-
Sweeney Named
To State Board
Jerry Sweeney, owner of
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner,
has been appointed to the State
Board of Funeral Directors and
Kmhalmcrs by Governor Mark
Hatfield, it was announced Sat
urday. The board conducts examina
tions for funeral directors and
Is in charge of licensing mor.
tlcians, as well as supervising
mortuaries across the state.
Sweeney replaces Char 1 e s
Burns of Pendleton on the
board. His term has expired. Re
appointed to the board are
Charles B. Cornwell of Wood
burn and J. H. Campbell of
North Bend.
University Choir
Schedules Concert
The 66-voice a capella choir
of Pacific Lutheran University,
Seattle, will appear in concert
In Heppner the evening of Sat
urday,. January 28, It is an
nounced by-the Rev.; Donald R.
Pederson, pastor of Hope and
Valby Lutheran churches, who
are sponsoring the concert.
The public is invited to at
tend and enjoy the full ; even
ing of choral music by this out
standing group, known as the
"Choir of the West." They will
appear on the stage of - the
Heppner Junior High school
auditorium at 8 p.m. An ad
vance ticket sale will be held
by the sponsoring churches.
economic activity. Politicians
labor leaders have a phobia
against even a hesitancy In
business, and rush headlong in
to measures designed to treat a
case of pneumonia when cold
pills would be more appropri
ate. 1. Although business and fi
nancial problems loom large In
the prospects for 1967, I must
first warn readers that the
greatest danger for the year
GAZE
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December
Masons Install
New Officers
Tuesday evening, December
20, Heppner Lodge No. C9, A F
A M installed their officers for
the e nsuing Masonic year in
tyled- ceremony. ;
Worshipful Master Marion
Green presided as installing
Master and Paul Jones as Mar
shall. ,
All elective and appointed of
ficers were present and those
serving for the tiew year will
be: !
Worshipful Master Howard
Bryant; Sr. Warden Herman
Winter) Jr. Warden Hubert
Wilson; Treasurer John Pfeif
fer; Secretary Harold Becket;
Sr. Deacon Torn Hughes; Jr.
Deacon Don Gilliam; Sr.
Steward . Joho Wightman; Jr.
htewaru . . c-iauae uranam;
Chaplain Al Boscheej Tyler
Marion Green. . . .
In dosing ceremony Paul
Jones presented: Jr. Past Master
Marlon Green with' a Past Mas
ter's lapel pin.
Immediately following sym
bolic lodge work the Heppner
Chapter No. 26 Royal Arch Mas
ons proceeded to Install their
new officers for the coming
vear. '
T.x. High Priest Don Turner
acting as Installing Master and
Paul Jones as Marshall.
Officers Installed for the new
year were:
Ex. High Priest Clarence
Baker; Scribe Herman Win
ter; Secretary Larry Cook, Sr.!
Captain of the Host Howard
Brvant: Prin. Sojourner Ryan
Stulnko; Royal I ph' Captain
Len Kay Schwann master jra
Veil Marion Green; Master
2nd Veil Jerry Phillips; Mas
ter 1st Veil John Venard;
Sentinel John- Wightman;
Chaplain Paul Jones.
Paul Jones nresented out go
ing High Priest Don Turner with
a Past High Priest pin and Don
will be Junior past High Priest
as of January 1.
Several solourning Brethren
joined the many members of the
local units and a very pleasant
evenlne was followed by re
freshments prepared by chef
Roy Quackenbush assisted by
Claude Graham.
Kenneth Walters, Scribe and
C. J. D. Bauman, treasurer, will
be installed at a later date.
Arbuckle Open;
Skiing
Skiing got off to a rip roar
ing start Tuesday with about
20 people on the slopes. The
road was cleared as promised
and everyone had a ball.
Fresh snow over the Christ
mas week-end helped get the
slopes in shape for good skiing.
The beginners slope is in excel
lent shape and the main slope
Is coming along good. All that
Is needed Is a few more skiers
on the hills to get. things off
for a real good winter of ski
ing. - ' -
Classes for kids will get 'Un
derway Saturday, January 7, at
10:00 a.m. All kids In the area
are invited, to take FREE les
sons. The only requirement Is
that each ' person have their
own equipment.
Bus transporting 4-H club ski
members to the hill will start
on January 7. About 70 young
people are enrolled in the clubs
in Mikkalo, Olex, Condon,
Heppner and lone.
Three high school boys have
completed instructors clinic at
Spout Springs, qualifying them
ahead does not exist on the do
mestic front. Surely it will be
developments abroad that will
hold the gravest threat to our
country. These could be econom
ic as well as military or polit
ical. 2. I foresee no war between
the United States and Russia in
1967. However, tensions between
the two world leaders may seem
to reach the breaking point as
the Kremlin "goes all out" to
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33 Prizes
1967 New
Thirty three prizes await the
arrival of the New Years baby at
Pioneer Memorial ' hospital In
Heppner.
Mr. or Miss' Morrow county of
1967 will begin his or. her reign
upon arrival-. '
Last yei'r's "New Years baby
was a Utile' late - in arriving.
Sherri Lynee Howard, 7 lb., IVi
oz. baby girl was born at. 10:52
a m. on January 5 of this year.
Her parents arc Mr. and Mrs.
William G. Howard now living
In Midwest City, Okla. Mr. How
ard Is a career Air Force man.
Prizes include: Morrow county
Grain Growers, Inc., $5 for sav
ings account; Paul Pettyjohn Co.
S5 for savings account; Hager's
Dairy, 10 gallons of milk; Tur
ner, Van Marter and Bryant, $5
in cash; Pioneer Memorial hos
pital, 25 off on hospital ex
penses; Heppner Cleaners, $5 in
cleaning; Bank of Eastern Ore-,
con. 5 savings account; Thom
son's-Grocery, 12 reg. size cans
of milK; Pettyjohn farm ana
Builder's Supply. $5 in merchan
dise; Heppner Auto Parts, elec
tric bottle warmer; Gazette
Times, one vear subscription;
Jack Van Winkle Chevron, 10
gallons of petrol; Peterson's
Jewelry, Sterling silver baby cup
with; name engraved; Gonty's,
baby's first shoes; Gardner's
Men's Wear, a smart, shirt for
proud dad; Central Market, case
of Gerbers, baby tood; J. c. fen
ney Co.. one dozen diapers;
EJma's Apparel, $5 baby clothes;
Albee Suffers Cuts
Marvin Albee, owner of Al
bee's Mortuary, Condon, suffer
ed severe cuts to his left hand
on a power saw in his home
shop Friday. He was brought to
Pioneer Memorial hospital for
treatment. The shop work is a
hobby of Albee's. Ha is expect
ed to be convalescing from the
injury for about three weeks.
Good
as Associate Ski Instructors.
They are Jim McEUigott of
lone, ' Mark Tullis and Bill
Stockard of Heppner. There will
be several adult assistants help
ing the boys, and perhaps more
schedules permitting.
Adult , ski classes will be. or
ganized on Sundays, if there is
enough interest announced Bob
Henry. Interested parties are
urged to contact him in the
near -future. -
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 47 29 . .
Thursday 39 23
Friday 36 . 24 .
Saturday 44 28 .01
Sunday 37 30 ' .45
Monday 36 22 tr.
Tuesday 34 20
3" Snow
National
create diversions to our efforts
in Vietnam, Look for Moscow
to throw salt on festering
wounds in the Middle East, Af
rica, and Germany.
3. I am also hopeful that a
direct clash between Red China
and the U. S. can be avoided
in 1967. Internal dissensions are
rampant throughout Mainland
China, and a great scramble for
power is in full swing. Sabre
rattling may help to unify the
U-J 1L 11J.T1L
29, 1966
Ready For
Year Baby
Economy Market, $5 . worth of
baby food; Ham's TrucK Line, $5
for savings account; Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., quart of Plas-
olux colors for baby's crib; Full
eton Chevrolet, surprise gift for
dad; Lois' Beauty Shop, one
hairdo by Carol Keller; Case
Furniture, $5 in merchandise:
Van's Variety, home from the
hospital kit: Western Auto
Store; baby carry-all; M & R Co.,
$5 for savings account; Heppner
.Nor-uas Co., 50 lor savings ac
count; C. A. Ruggles Insurance,
$5 for savings account; Colum
bia Basin ' Electric Co-op, $5 off
of January electric bill for mom
and dad; MiLadies, $5 gift cer
tificate; Murrays Rexall Drug, $5
gift certificate; First , National
Bank of Oregon, '$5 savings ac
count. Further, details on page 3
section 2.
Bob Jepsen Faces
Busy Year as Head
Of Wheat League;
A busy ,year is- in . store for
Robert Bob) Jepsen, IoriS, Who
was elected president" of the
Oregon Wheat League on Wed'
nesday, December 14, at the con
clusion of the league's annual
convention in Portland.
At that time Jepsen was ele
vated from the position of first
vice president which he- has
held during 1966.
Years in which the legisla
ture convenes are active ones
for officers . of the Wheat
League,- and the session for 1967
will start in January. The new
president has a meeting on- De
cember 28 in Portland to coord
inate ideas on taxation. George
Dewey, formerly associated with
the Farm Bureau, has been em
ployed by the Wheat League to
act as legislative counsel, and
this will help lessen the load.
Jepsen said, too, that the
league will cast anxious eyes
on Congress during the coming
year.
"We'll watch closely whether
we can retain the certificates
from millers in the face of leg
islation proposed to repeal the
program," the newiy-elec ted
president said.
Money for research and con
tinued promotion of world mar
kets are two of many more
items that will draw the atten
tion of the league Jepsen add
ed. Jepsen is the second president
of the Wheat League from Mor
row county in four years. Mils
ton Morgan, also of lone, serv--ed
as head . of the league in.
1964. ...... .
Retiring as president is Don
Woodward of Pendleton, In 1965,
Melvin Pace was league prexy.
Serving with Jepsen during
the coming year will be Bill
Hulse of Dufur, first vice pres
ident; Tom Vaughn, Pendleton,
second vice president; and John
Welbes, Pendleton, who was re
elected at the recent convention
as executive vice president.
Jepsen has served in official
capacities in the league for sev
eral years. He was- second vice
president in 1965, and in the
year prior, was chairman of the
marketing and transportation
committee.
He has been a member of the
Wheat League for about 15
years and is a past president
Economy
people; but pressing problems
of low productivity, plus the de
mands of her nuclear program,
should restrain Red China from
direct attack upon the United
States.
4. The struggle for leadership
of the Communist world camp
will continue unabated through
out 1967. Full political attack
will be mounted by the Krem
lin against Peking. It will be
touch and go, however, whether
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Number 44
County Gives $687
To Heart Fund
Morrow county residents gave
$687.14 to the 1966 Heart Fund,
according to E. C. Sammons,
state campaign chairman.
Oregon Heart Fund income
reached an all time "high of
nearly $300,000. '- ' - .
'The out-state area made the
big difference by more than
doubling the previous year,"
Sammons said. --
. Across . the nation, a total of
more than $34,500,000 was rais
ed by the Heart Fund, the larg
est amount ever contributed.
This is an increase- of more
than $2 million over the previ
ous record of $32,544,636 donated
In-1965. .1 r .. -. :
Owen R. Cheatham, 1966 na
tional campaign chairman, said
the . new record - reflects "the
growing public confidence that
cardovascular diseases the na
tion's Number One ' killer can
be brought under control."
The 1967 Heart Fund cam
paign 'will : be conducted - In
February. . ,. .. ,
BOB JEPSEN
of the Morrow County Wheat
growers association.
While his mailing address is
lone, Jepsen and his family ac
tually live some distance away
in the Lower Eightmile country,
where they have a ranch of 2400
acres of which 1960 are tillable.
Son of poultry rancher, Wal
ter Jepsen, Bob has been on a
ranch all of his life and has
engaged in wheat farming
throughout his adult life. He
has been active in the Heppner
Soil Conservation- district, pre
viously serving as a supervis
or, and has been a leader in
promoting the conservation
speech contest in (his district.
It was while he was - serving
as committee chairman that
Martha Doherty of Heppner won
the state speech -championship.
Both Bob and his wife, Su
zanne, are active, in the lone
United Church of Christ, where
he now serves ' as : a trustee. He
previously was moderator' and
deacon of the church.
The 38-year-old' league presi
dent is a member of the Maza-mas,-
mountain climbers, and
another hobby is amateur ra
dio. He operates WA7DWU and
is a member of the American
Radio Relay League.
Jepsen is agriculture commit
tee chairman of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce, a member of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
ers, and is an associate direct
or of Universal Acceptance Cor
poratiotv . , -
The Jepsens have two child
ren, Bill is in the. sixth grade
at Heppner Elementary school
and Susan is in Heppner High
school.
In 1967
Russia can persuade her waver
ing satellites to sign a final
manifesto reading Red China
out of the Party.
5. Recent elections in West
Germany have fanned the em
bers of nationalism into a tiny
flame. This has surely thrown
a scare into Russian leaders. 1
Eredict that they will take a
arder line against Germany
in 1967 than in some time. I
(Continued on page 8)
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