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Hcppncr, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 30, 1967
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AMONG COUNTY and city oMclali taking part la the Civil Dofonne exercUes her last Thursday
wn invw ai an 01 me communication cenie i. r rom iit at
ty Judge Paul Ion. Mayor W.
county Civil DiIcdm coordinator.
Mock Disaster Provides
Civil Defense Exercise
F-mphnsUIng disaster readl
runs, nearly JO tHTsori took port
in a day-long Civil Defense con
ference and exercise hers last
Thuntdav In the Elks' Temple
with the Division o( Continuing
Education and the Cooperative
Extension Service of Oregon
State University directing the
program,
Clltnux of the (tension come
in the afternoon when a prac
tice exercise was held following
simulated nuclear attack.
Wranglers Slate
Eighth Annual
Cutting
Event
Eighth annual spring meeting
if the Wranglers club will be
Saturday and Sunday, April 8
and 9, Gene Pierce of the club
ii nnounrm.
This year, there will he six
divisions In row cutting with
the program starting at 7 p.m.
April H, in the covered arena at
the fairgrounds and continuing
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock In
the Kiime location. Barrel racing
ami wranglers piayday will lol
low Sunday afternoon at the
wrangler grounds.
The six cIuskcm will Include
1. Novice novliv, for novice hor
ses and novice riders. 2. $100
Novice, for horses which have
earned left than $100 and any
rider. 3. 5.MK) Novice, lor horses
which have earned less than
$.'UX). 4. $:m Novice. 5. $1000
Novice. 6. Open.
The registered event will not
he Included this year, and the
"novice novice" class takes the
place of last year's "Junior nov
ice." Indications are that another
large group will participate
with horses and riders coming
from points throughout the
Northwest. Pierce said that he
had received a request from
Madras for 20 entry blanks for
that area alone.
There Is no admission charge
and the public is Invited to
come and watch all events.
School Budget
Cut and Approved
Morrow county school dis
trict budget for 1967-68 was
cut by $15,020 at the public
hearing on the budget at the
Lexington school office Tues
day night, and then It was
approved by the budget com
mittoe lor submission to vot
ers in mid-April.
Only one cltixen. Dr. H. S.
Hubor, appeared at the hear
ing. ,
Removed from the budget
were $2500 from Instructional
salaries, $2000 for a pickup
truck, $2520 on equipment
and $8000 for Morgan street
extension Improvements in
Heppner. The latter part has
been transferred to an ac
count with the city with the
hope that the state may
agree to improve the exten
sion on a matching basis
with the city.
The $2520 tor equipment cut
from the budget was on a
change on a type of walkln
cooler for Heppner Element
ary school and removal of a
duct control unit in a school
shop.
Vote on the $652,285 above
the 6 limitation is sched
uled in the county for April
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C. HonewalL Fire
Chi! Forrett
Three "nerve centers" were set
up with county and city offic
ials 'at one center, a U. S. De
partment of Agriculture defense
hoard at another and the state
Civil Defense department at a
third, all In the same room.
Others attending watched as an
observing audience and posed
questions later.
Elwood Miller, rural defense
specialist for the extension ser
vice, directed the exercise. The
three boilies were In actual
communication via radio and
telephone. Their conversations
were amplified via loud speak
er so that the audience could
also hear.
The exercise proceeded as If
the participants were In fallout
(belters at various locations and
were acting on questions and
problems that might come up.
Their communications concern
ed such matters as water pollu
tion, calls to the agriculture de
partment on the K)Sslbillty of
fond contamination, questions
concerning the density of fall
out, and similar matters.
Don McCarty, Civil Defense
coordinator In Morrow county,
said the exercise proved very
enlightening. It was staged fol
lowing the showing of a mo
tion picture of a nuclear attack.
.Morning sessions were devot
ed to talks by Leonard J. Chase
and Louis D. Farnsworth, con
sultants In civil defense educa
tion, and discussion.
Seventeen of those attending
filled out questionnaires Indi
cating that they were willing
to take active parts In civil do
fen.se organization In various
capacities, McCarty said.
The group also discussed the
possibility of building a low
cost shelter In Heppner.
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JOHN DAY Lock and Dam Is drawing close to completion, as
this aerial photo shows. It looks southeast toward the Oregon
shore from the Washington side of the Columbia River. The
multipurpose project, under construction by the Walla Walla
district, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, is scheduled to put Its
first power on the Pacific Northwest power lines in the spring
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Burkenblne and Don McCarty,
Snow Blacks Out
Television Here
Tuesday afternoon's surpris
ing snow slorm, coming on the
heels of a good rain earlier In
the day, was held responsible
for a television outage on the
Heppner TV cable system Tues
day evening.
Pictures went off about 7
pm. and Carl Spautding, mana
ger, said that when he went to
the hill where the microwave
dish and equipment arc locat
ed, drifts of snow as deep as
2't feet were encountered.
After slogging in the snow for
more than two hours and get
ting stuck three times, the men
gave up for the night and ex
IHtted to clear the difficulty
Wednesday. They traced the
trouble to a steep hill where
the cable comes down from the
receiving equipment, but be
cause of the pitch of the hill
and the depth of the snow, It
would have been virtually im
ixwslble to find and correct In
the night.
Although the snow piled up
on the hills surrounding Hepp
ner. It didn't stick In the city
area despite the fact that it
came down heavily for some
time. Perhaps It was a prema
ture April Fool's trick hy Moth
er Nature.
Spnulding said Orville Cuts
fort h reported that a bolt or
two of lightning accompanied
the storm, and there was some
seculation that this was the
direct cause of the TV outage.
Meanwhile, children In Hepp
ner, without TV to watch, prob
ably went to bed earlier than
hey had for some time and
perhaps their parents did too.
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Red Cross?
Drive Seeks
$1400 Goal
Campaign for this year's Red
Cross Fund Drive in Morrow
county Is being climaxed this
week with special efforts by
county and town chairmen,
seeking to reach the estimated
i $1-100 quota.
Many residents of the county
will be contacted through a
house to house campaign dur
ing the next few days, and any
who are not personally contact
ed but wish to participate are
asked to mall In contributions
to the county chapter, in care
of Joe Bulfe, Morrow county
chairman, or directly to the
Bank of Eastern Oregon.
Through efforts of the county
chapter during the past year, a
blood refrigerator was purchas
ed for Pioneer Memorial hospit
al; Instruction In Red Cross
swimming was given to 150
persons; instruction was given
in the First Aid course to 50
persons; considerable aid has
been given military families In
the county, and large amounts
of blood have been made avail
able to county persons In need
of it.
The following are working as
chairmen for the drive: Mrs. Or
ville Cutsforth, Heppner; Mrs.
Cecil Jones, Lexington; Mrs. Gar
Swanson, lone; Mrs. Joe Tatone,
Boardman; Mrs. Orville Buchan
an, Irrlgon, and Joe Balfe, coun
ty chairman.
The following is part of Pres
ident Johnson's recent procla
mation, when he launched the
1967 Ked Cross Campaign, urg
ing all Americans to give this
voluntary organization their
full support for the benefit of
all citizens: "For 85 years the
American Red Cross has never
failed to help those who need
ed help. In war ut flood and
storm, wherever and whenever
tragedy strikes, the Red Cross
Is always there. Though It is
chartered by the Congress, it
depends for its very life on our
private generosity. May I sug
gest that every American give
what he can so the Red Cross
can remain strong and always
be there."
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
veek of March is as fol
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of 1968. Navigation lock and Washington shore fish ladder are
in the foreground. Breached cofferdams, now being dismantled,
show in the center of the river. Powerhouse with generator
cells is shown near completion on upper half of main struc
ture. (Photo by U. S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla).
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SATURDAY was a happy time for children of the area as they participated in Easter egg hunts
sponsored by Heppner Elks lodge. Here children of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gray get a little consola
tlon or moral support from their mother (Marlene). At left is Susan and at right is Arlene,
who seems a little dissatisfied with the contents of her sack. Several hundred children partic
ipated in hunts at the courthouse lawn, city park and lower field at the elementary school.
Band Carnival Set
For Saturday Night
Annual spring carnival, an
evening of fun for everyone, is
only a few days away Satur
day, April 1, when parents and
children of the Heppner schools
present their yearly benefit
dinner, followed by a fun night
complete with door prizes,
games, booths and a dance.
All the excitement will be un-
Chamber Directors
Vote $100 for Book
Directors of the Heppner-Mor-
row County Chamber of Com
merce Monday voted to contrib
ute $100 towards the cost of
preparation and publishing the
Morrow county history book.
Oscar Peterson, chairman of
a committee seeking to publish
the book that will be prepared
by Giles French of Moro, said
that work will begin when $1000
is in hand. Contributions given
to date from individuals and
organizations are close to meet
ing that figure. It is estimated
that some $7500 will be neces
sary to see the completion of
the publication.
Peterson also said that the
Elks' lodge had volunteered to
give $50 to the project and oth
ers in the county have shown
similar interest. Most of the
contributions to date have come
from interested Individ u a Is,
each of whom has given $25 or
more. Others who would like to
help are invited to send their
contributions to Gene Pierce,
treasurer, Morrow county His
torical association, at the Bank
of Eastern Oregon.
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der one roof, at the Morrow
County Fair Pavilion.
Money made at the PTA and
Band Parent sponsored affair
will be used for scholarships
given by the PTAs each year
and for partial payment of tu -
mon at summer band school.
Generous door prizes, in ad
dition to the main prize of the
evening-a brand new typewrit-
er will be awarded at draw
ings held at 8:30, 9:00 and 9:30
p.m. Other main prizes will be
a 30-cup percolator, a tape re
corder and a lamp. Ticket hold
ers must be present to win the
door prizes, but do not have to
be present to qualify for the
typewriter.
Menu for the dinner, which
will be served during the ear
ly part of the evening begin
ning at 5:30, includes meat
balls and gravy, scalloped po
tatoes, salad, hot rolls and
cake.
Ticket sales for use in booths '
and games will start at 6:30.!
Scrip tickets are 10c and 25c
and door prize tickets will be
given with them.
Crowning of the Junior and
Senior Kings and Queens will
take place at 8:30 p.m.
Dancing to the music of the
Henchmen will begin at 10
p.m., and continue until 1:00.
Jaycees Schedule
Talent Show Here
Morrow county's best amateur
performers will participate in a
talent show to be sponsored by
the Jaycees here on Saturday,
May 20, in the Heppner junior
nign auauorium, uaii McCarty
announces.
The Jaycees are already w-ork-ing
to make this the "best ev
er' show, he said. All kinds of
talent is wanted dancing, sing-
ing. instrumental music, skits,
and any sort of good variety
entertainment.
There will be a number of
different divisions to be an
nounced later with prizes in
each division. Winner of the
show will be auditioned for an
appearance on the "Palace
Showcase" television show in
Portland.
Those who are interested in
performing are invited to con
tact Harley Sager or McCarty.
Within a few weeks, the Jay
cees will begin in earnest to re
cruit talent for the show.
An advance ticket sale will
be conducted, probably starting
me last ot April, with Wayne
Lamb in charge. It is expected
to fill the auditorium with spec
tators. Proceeds will be used to
buy playground equipment for
tne city parK.
A panel of judges will deter
mine winners in each division.
One rule of participation is that
none of the contestants may re
ceive more than half his income
from his particular talent.
Conferences Slated
For Grades 1 to 4
There will be no school
Thursday, April 6, for pupils in
grades one through four at
Heppner elemen t a r v school.
Principal Al Martin announces.
The day for teachers of those
grades will be devoted to con
ferences with parents.
Schedule for the conference
was drawn at a meeting Mon
day night, and parents will be
contacted through the school as
to times that they will be invit
ed to come and discuss their
children's progress.
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"ru-utK KEEPERS" may be
what Mary Virginia Krieger,
4. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Kr.eger, is saying as she
holds candy Easter eggs that
she found at the city park
Saturday. (G-T Photo).
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ar
bogast, seems perfectly con
tent with the one Easter eg?
she plucked from the grass at
the city park Saturday morn
ing. (G-T Photo).
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