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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 5, 1967
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.