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UfeRAftY u or o EUGENE ORE 07403 83rd Year "Number 45 Tit - m HEPPNEI2 GAZ 1L 11 Jl JllviLJJL-fV V Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 5, 1967 10 Cents the mm OATH Or OFFICE ol moil el the official family of the City ort Heppner was taken Tuesday night In the council chamber. Hero Bob Abrami. city attorney, ayi. "Ralce your rlqht band and re peat after me . . ." to (from left) Mayor W. C. Roiewall, Councilman Jerry Sweeney, Council man Carl Spauldlnq and Recorder Elaine George. Councilman Bill Collins (seated) U a bold over member. Several were unable to be preiunt at the meeting. (G-T Photo). Heppner Officials Take Oath; Mayor Names Committees Moat of Heppner' official city family took th oath of office for new term Tuesday night at ihe flrnt council meeting of the vcar. lnly two counciltnon, hill Collin and David McLcod. arc holdover official, and oil others are starting now terms or arts Just beginning their city work, Cltv Attorney Boh AbrnmH ad mlnlMered the oath to Recorder 1. 1 nine George, who was reelect-i-d In November. She In turn, tsave the oath to Mayor W. C. Itonrwalt, also reelected, and to Councilman Curl .Hpauldlng and Jerrv Swccnoy.- Spuulilln wa rrrlwtod and SwHncy waa Iwti-d for thi first time by a wrluMn vote. Unable to be proa rut were Councilman Harlan McCurdy, who was elwted In NovrmrMT after filling an unex pired term; Councilman Joneih Bnlfe, who was elected for the first time; and Mr. Mary JeBn McCahe, who was reflected treasurer. Attorney Ahram cave the oath to Mr. George while he was hobbling on crutches as the result of a recent left Injury. Mavor ItitHewall imnounced the followlnR cornmltui.- ap pointments, all of which were approved by the council: f'lannlni; commUslon (all clt U'n members I : LeKuy Gardner, chairman; Karl Ayres, Knndnll Peterson, Kd Gonty and Tim Moor. City services (library, swim mlnu pool, purks, street llRhts): David MeLeod, chairman; Har lan McCurdy, Jerry Sweeney. Klre: Mcleod, chairman; Carl Spauldlnit. Joe Balfe. Finance: RpauidinR, chair man; McCurdy, Sweeney, Streets, prorMrtles and ordln anecs: Bill Collins, chairman; McCurdy, Balfe, Police protection: Collins, chairman; McCurdy, Sweeney. Sanitation and health: Me Leod, chairman; Sweeney, Balfe, Water: Collins, chairman; Mc Curdy. Sweeney. Wayne Harsln, as president of the Jaycees, was added to the citizens' swimming pool com mittee, replacing John Pankey, who has left the city. All appointive city officers were reappointed, Including Dean GUman, chief of police; Dr. Wallace Wolff, health offi cer; Abrams, attorney; and Vic Groshens, city superintendent. The mayor aald that he would make two appointments to the hudget committee to fill vacant terms In the near future. Weather. ord Escapes Destroyer Injuries Seaman Recruit Bill Weather ford was one of the crewmen aboard the U. S. Destroyer S. S, O'Brien, which was struck by North Vietnam fire while on duty off shore in the Tonkin Gulf Thursday. December 22, ac cording to word received from his parents. There has been no word of injuries to him, howev er, several personnel on the de stroyer were hurt. The ship will be out of operation for some time while repairs are made. Weatherford was assigned to the Destrover O'Brien from Long Beach, Calif., leaving the states December 10. He assists in the maintenance of the ships en gine room. Ills wife. Mrs. (Alice Jackson) Weatherford and baby son, Wil liam Weatherford IV, reside in Hermiston. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of December 28-January 3 is as follows: HI Low 31 33 29 37 35 30 Proc. .14 .04 Wednesday Thursday 40 48 45 52 45 43 Friday Saturday Sundav Monday 43 au m Tuesday 52 40 tr. Total precipitation for the year was 13.13, which was .12 below the average of 13.25 and one inch more than the previ ous year, 19C5, at 12.13. ' t ' S, J ' I -'if, .-' CI o 0 COUNTY JUDGE PAUL JONES (right), administers the oath of office to County Commissioner Jack Van Winkle (left) and Rod Thomson, assessor, in ceremonies at the courthouse Wed nesday morning. Van Winkle succeeds Commissioner Gene Fer guson on the county court and Thomson starts his second full term following elections in November. 'Schmidt to Take New U.P. Position F.lmer Schmidt. Union Pacific Ratlwav station agent In Hepp. ner fiT the post 12 years, has accepted a position with the railway .it Ilinkle and expects to start there at the first of next week, he said Tuesday. He will be assistant car (lis Uibutor, and .with one other man will have (t he responsibility of handling freight car distri bution for the entire Oregon di vision of the railway. A new agent is due to arrive here Thursday to succeed Schmidt. Ills 'name has not been announced. Schmidt, who Is a past presi dent of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, said that he expects to commute from Heppner to Hinklc until the end of the school year, after which the family 'plans to move neater the new position. One daughter remaining at home, Jill, will complete her senior year at Heppner High this spring. Mrs. Schmidt Is teacher in Heppner kindergarten and form erly was home economics teach er in Heppner High school. She has been uctlve In PTA, Mothers club nnd other organizations. Scluntt'.L served as develop ment committee chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and serv ed as a director of the Morrow county rodeo. Ho has been In charge of taking tickets at the rodeo for years. Both Mr. - and Mrs. Schmidt have been active In the Lutheran church. Ho has been with Union Pa cific for about 25 years, serv ing for 1? years as station agent in Kcho before coming here. New Year's Baby Slow in Arriving A prize bonanza Is waiting hut Mr. or Miss 1967 of Mor row County has not arrived to claim it. Tloneer Memorial hospital reported Tuesday that the New Year's baby has not made an appearance, and the attend ants there did not have any Information of any being ex pected. So apparetly, the newcomer is going to be a procrastlna tor, and he will take his time In collecting the 33 prizes of fered by local firms and an nounced last week. if ' n School Budget To Be Discussed On PTA Program David Potter, Morrow county school superintendent, will soak on the upcoming budget for Morrow county schools at the Heppner grade school PTA meeting planned for Wednes day. January 11, in the grade school multipurpose room at 8 p.m. Budget matters upon which the budget committee will be gin work February 6, affect all school activities and will de termine, through financing, the quality of our children s educa tion. It is hoped that parents will gain an understanding of the way in which school expen ditures are planned and how they can participate In the planning, Supt. Potter will use an over head protector in his talk and will answer questions from the floor. Art classes who are working on a puppet theater project will display some of the work they are doing under the direction of Miss Terry Llneecum, art dir ector of the Heppner schools. According to Elementary PTA President, Mrs. Clyde Allstott, main business for the meeting will be the voting of the new by-laws to the constitution. "Hostess chairman for the meeting is Mrs. Lynn Pearson. Rodeo Directors Approve Contracts Three contracts for the 1967 Morrow county Rodeo were ap proved at the December meet ing of the board of directors, it is reported by Tom Currin, publicity director. The board offered a contract again to Howard Johnson of Condon for furnishing stock for the rodeo. Johnson has been stock contractor for the 1965 and 19t6 rodeos. Contract for announcing the 19G7 event is offered again to Joe Daley who has announced the past two shows. Rose City Sound, which has supplied the sound system for years, has been offered the contract to fur nish the sound once more. It was decided also at the meeting to offer the all-around saddle again to the all-around cowboy in the 1967 rodeo. Bob Burns . oacn oits Kjut oamein Dressing Room; Team Wins Coach Bob Clough of the Heppner Mustangs sat In the dressing room through the fi nal three quarters of the third Ione-Heppner basketball game in the Cardinals' gym Tuesday night, but his team won, 75 55. He was ejected from the bench after continuing to pro test a personal foul called on a Heppner player. The offic ial called a technical at first, but Clouch said later that he continued to protest and re ceived another technical. Af ter that, he waa ejected from the game. "I kept talking when I should have kept my mouth shut," Clough said after the game. However, he still main tained that the officiating was poor. Ione's Cardinals played a good game and kept pace with the Mustangs , pretty well through three quarters of the contest. Then the Heppner team pulled away, led by Mac Hosklns' 27 points and Jim Dohcrty's 25 counters. Half time score was 37 to 35 for Heppner. '' Frank Halvorsen paced the up-and-coming Cards with 22, followed bv Jim Swanson with 12. Asked how the Mustangs looked. Coach Clough said, "I don't know. I didn't see "em!" Freshman Coach Jack Carr took over the coaching assign Winter Elected As Chamber Prexy Herman W. Winter,' practicing attorney and Morrow County District Attorney, was elected Tuesday as president of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Comcrce for 1967. Win ter, who served during the past year as first vice president, was elected at a luncheon meeting bv the board of directors of the organization. Wes Sherman, publisher of the Gazette-Times, was elected first vice president. He served as second vice president during the year ended. County Judge Paul Jones was chosen as sec ond vice president. The new president will ap point the secretary and treas urer. Jerry Sweeney is serving as secretary and Harley Sager Is treasurer. The new officers will be In stalled at the regular meeting Monday after a two weeks lay off by the organization because of the holidays. Peterson Explains Idea for History Oscar Peterson presented his idea for Dublication of a Mor i row county history in a taut before the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce December 19- The prolect has received some financial support particularly since an editorial appeared re cently in the Gazette-Times, he said. But considerably more is needed before the project may be undertaken. The former county judge esti mates that the cost would be be tween $5000 and $6000. Giles French of Moro has agreed to edit the history and do supple mental research for it. Accord ing to the plan, a manuscript already written by O. M. Yea ger, now of Castle Rock, Wash., would be the basis for the his tory. Yeager has agreed to allow his manuscript to be used pro vided that he may review the publication before it reaches print, Peterson said. "I feel we have a rich heri tage here that should be pre served." Peterson said. He said that he believes a committee should be formed to help de velop a plan for financing the project. Support for the book was evi dent from some of the members. Gene Pierce proposed that do nations of $25 each be sought with the provision that each do nor would receive a free copy of the book. Peterson said that he liked this proposal. Frank Turner also expressed strong support for the book, and Judge Paul Jones said that he (eels It important to the county. ment through the final three quarters. Shortly after the ejection of Coach Clough, the official threatened to call a technical on the Heppner rooting sec tion which obviously was not In sympathy with the offic ial's action. Coach Clough had words of praise for the Cardinals, des pite his early exit. "They played a good game for three quarters. They are looking a lot better," he said, , The victory for Heppner gives them three straight ov er lone this year. Service Station Permit Poses Problem for City Atlantic Richfield's applica tion for a building permit for a new service station at the corner of Main and Center streets posed a problem for the city council when it was pre resented by Fred Cruse, region al manager for construction, at the January meeting Tuesday night. The new station Is In the city fire zone. Application calls for a $10,000 wood frame structure with some fireproofing features. A city ordinance prohibits wood frame construction In the fire zone. Cruse said that the plans have been approved by the state fire marshal for city fire zones because of the type of mater ials used In connection with the wood framing. A similar type building has been constructed In McMinnville. While It is out side the citv fire zone. It is un der similar ' county jurisdiction Another has been approvea within the city fire zone in Mc Minnville by the council, he said. City Attorney Bob Abrams said that it would be necessary to change the ordinance before the permit could be granted. A mo tion was made and approved that the application be accept ed subject to a change of the ordinance to conform to state fire marshal's regulations. Cruse said that construction of mas onry or metal would make the building too costly.. It was pointed out at the meeting that the ordinance was written in 1940 and that mod ern methods of construction, might make it possible to use wood construction with proper safeguards and still retain the effect of the ordinance. Abrams was asked to consult with former Fire Chief Charles Ruggles and the state fire mar shal's office as to the possibil ities of changing the ordinance. Dance Request Granted Harris Driveln requested per mission to hold private dances for teenagers in the drivein on nights that it is closed to the public. The request came with the approval of Chief of Police Dean Oilman on the condition that the dances are properly su pervised. The council granted the request subject to limita tion of hours of the county cur few law. Claude Cox requested permis sion to park his vehicle on downtown streets while making deliveries for Bill Cox for the Morrow County Creamery. Ord inance provides for a fee of $5 per year for regular delivery ve hicles parking in a place no longer than a half hour at one time. Others may obtain per mits to park on , downtown streets without paying parking meters for $35 per year. The council decided that the appli cant must only comply with the ordinance. State Aid Denied A letter from the State High way Department was read, pointing out that the state had denied the city's request for im provement of the Morgan Street extension under a law that pro vides state funds to be used on city streets in cases of unusual traffic. The latter said that while there is some evidence of wear on the street, conditions do not seem to indicate that there is need for major improve ment. Morgan street extension serves the new high school here. This was some surprise to the council .since the state had ten tatively approved the project the previous year on condition that local funds be provided for sidewalks and curbs. Since neither the city nor school dis trict had budgeted for the need ed $S000, the project could not be approved here. However, it is included in the school dis trict's 1966-67 budget, and the new reauest was made, only to result in being denied by the state. Fights Fires -7 FORREST BURKENBINE Heppner Fire Cblet . Mrs. Elaine George, recorder. replied to the state letter to poinr out conditions which may have been overlooked in the state s survey. Guard Rail Approved Council approved Sunt. Vic Groshen's request to purchase guard rails in the amount of $500 which tentatively is ear marked for the corner of May and dale streets, a problem to tne city lor some time. At the same' time. City At torney Abrams was authorized to purchase from Roice Fulleton a portion of a lot for $400 to correct a hazardous condition on the corner. Through a per iod of time, the street has ex tended - over on property not owned by the city, and at the same time parking at the cor ner creates a hazard. Groshens also pointed out the oire neea for a 'guard rail on the Morgan street extension. Zoning in Effect It was announced that the new zoning ordinance in Hepp. er goes into eitect as of Thurs day, 30 days after its final pass. age. Council also approved a lease purchase plan on a Burroughs' benslmatic billing mac h i n which will be used in doing the city's water and sewer billing work. Cost will be included in two budgets, including those of this vear and for 1967-68. Hoop Teams Face Counting Games Heppner High's basketball team, after going through nine non-league games with one de feat, swings into counting ac tion Saturday night when the Enterprise Savages come to the Mustangs' gym. The doubleheader will start with the jayvee game at 6:30. Ione's Cardinals continue their league play with a pair of counting games. They will host Stanfield at lone Friday night in a doubleheader, and on Sat urday night they travel to Hel ix for another pair of clashes between the jayvee and var sity fives. Heppner has only the one game this week-end, but has a pair of important ones at home on the January 13 and 14 week end, playing Burns here on the Friday night and Grant Union of John Day here on the Satur day night. Enterprise was not a league opponent for. Heppner last year but is this season. Nickerson on TV; Tells of Liberia Dr. Francis Nickerson, former ly of Heppner and now assoc iate dean of students at the University of Oregon was guest Monday on a noon television program over KOIN-TV. He told and showed pictures of a recen trip he took to Li beria, Africa, as a member of a 3-man team sent by the U. S. government to aid the Liberian educational system- On the trip he also visited Spain, Italy, England and Greenland. Dr. Nickerson left November 2 and returned December 19. On the Monday program, he told of the music, customs and culture of the Liberians, showed pic tures and exhibited items that he brought back with- him. Johnny Carpenter was master of ceremonies for the program. Dr. Nickerson is son of Mrs. Grace Nickerson, formerly long time resident of Heppner and now of H;llsboro. Burkenbine Appointed Fire Chief Forrest (Forrie) Burkenbine, member of the Heppner Fire Department for 11 years, was appointed chief of the depart ment Tuesday night by Mayor W. C Rosewall, and the selec tion was confirmed by the council. " Burkenbine agreed to take the position after other appar ent possibilities had been ex hausted. Both Bill Farra and Clyde Allstott, leaders in the department, said they were not in a position to serve as chief because the nature of their work takes them out of town often. Farra said that he was not pre pared to do the "paper work" involved. Burkenbine," who is manager of Central Market, is also press ed for time but finally agreed to accept when no other likely candidate could be found. He suffered a rather severe back injury a number of months ago, but said that he would count on cooperation of other members of the department to do work that he is unable to do. ' Burkenbine " succeeds Charles Ruggles, who resigned as chief on the advise of his physician after serving the department for 16 years. . The new chief said that a fire ' phone will be placed in his home, and the one in Far ra's home will remain there, so that either may take fire calls. Allstott is instructor in the de partment. '-.- Burkenbine s acceptance ends a dilemma that has confronted the council since Chief Ruggles ago that he must resign effect announced some two months, ive the first of the year. The council faced, the possi bility of being without a chief for some time, although Farra said that he would fill the gap until a replacement was found. He. with Allstott and Burken bine, went from . the council meeting to check on other pos sibilities but came back unsuc cessful. It was then that Bur kenbine agreed to accept the post. ' Mayor Rosewall expressed ap preciation to the new chief and pledged full cooperation from the city. Chief Burkenbine's appoint ment was effective immediate ly. He said that the department needs more men and urged all interested to volunteer. Four new members have joined since a previous appeal was made. They are Jerry Hollomon, Jerry Samples, Wayne Harsin and John Privett. Department Allots FAS Highway Fund Oregon State Highway Com mission has allocated $2,388,661 in 1968 Federal-aid Secondary Highway Funds to the 36 coun ties in Oregon, a news release from the Oregon State Highway Department announces. - The state will add $795,670 to the Federal-aid Fund and the counties will add an equal amount to make the total funds approximately $3,900,800. The funds are allocated on a for mula basis of 25 percent equal ly, 60 percent on rural popu lation, and 15 percent on total county road mileage as propos ed by the Association of Oregon Counties and approved by the highway commission. , Federal funds are estimated to represent approximately 60 percent of the total fnd, with State and county funds esti mated at approximately 20 per cent each. . Morrow county's share of the $3,900,800 is placed at $62,000. Judge Paul Jones recently said that the Morrow county court has not determined whe ther it will be able to take ad vantage of the allocation to this county. lone Man Hurt In Ranch Mishap Jewell Hoyt, 53, of lone is In Pioneer Memorial hospital re covering from injuries sustain ed in an accident on the Don Linnell ranch Friday. According to a report of the accident, Hoyt, who Is employed on the ranch, was loading tires on a pickup truck when it roll ed backwards and pinned him against a garage door. Both bones in his lower left leg were broken. His doctor said that Hoyt will probably be hospitalized for two or three weeks.
