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84th Year
Number 8
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 20, 1967
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District R-l Budget Approved
Board Vote Mav 1;l P"'"" All PrednctS
Pederson to Run
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TOMMY TURNER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Turner, haa a whole
armload ol pup In tht lint grade room ol Mrs. Cleo Rob.
Iruon at Heppner Elementary school. But there U something
different about these thro pup they art coyote cub. Tom
my dad located a coyote don, found the three pups and lent
them to school lor the children to tee. He called the Portland
soo and made arrangements to send them there adter the local
youngster had an opportunity to ee them.
(G-T Photo by Spike Pardee).
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LARRT LINDSAT
Lindsay Named
To Commission
l.nrrv Uwlsnv of Loxlneton
hns bfcn nppolntod to the Mor
row County Port rommlsslon,
euccocdiriK ine inia linrncy ftiui
com, It wns Biinouiiccd this
Untisav. a Mnchrr. Is a life.
lone resident of the county. He
Is president of the Morrow
county Livestock Growers and
l n director and secretary of
the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers. "Nobody was regarded with
more respect and admiration
than Barney Mnlcom," Lindsay
nald Monday. "No one can flu
his shoes, but I will do mv best
to follow In his footsteps.1'
The new commissioner said
that he Is Interested In order
ly development of the county,
lie Is well acquainted with the
north end of the county since
the Lindsay Ranches have ex
tensive holdings In the range
lands) of that part of the county.
Lindsay graduated from the
University of Portland In busi
ness administration and attend
ed Georgetown Law Center In
Washington, U. C, for a year.
He served as a lieutenant -in
the' Air Force as an accounting
and finance officer for a year
in 191.2-63.
Ho will serve on this appoint
ment until the end of 18 but
may seek reelection to the po
sition for an ensuing term.
Current chairman of the com
mission Is Dewey West of Board
man. Other members are Dick
Krebs of . Cecil, Garland Swan
son of lone and Oscar Peterson
of lone.
Mulcom was elected to the
commission In November, 1966,
after winning both Kepubllcan
and Democratic nominations in
the primaries. He served from
the first of January until his
death February 28.
The commission named Lind
say to succeed Maleom at Its
meeting last Thursday. ' -
Lucore's Father
Killed in Crash
Friend Lucore, 63. of Gresh
am. was killed In an auto col
lislon 20 miles south of The
Dalles Sunday afternoon In an
accident that claimed the lives
of two others. Six other mem
bers of the Lucore family were
Injured.
Lucore Is father of Loren Lu
core of Heppner, who Is fire
control officer on the Heppner
Ranger District. The Loren Lu
core family left Immediately for
The Dalle after hearing of the
airldent.
Injured members of the Lu
core family were taken to The
Dulles hospital. Included were
Mrs. Elsie Lucore, mother of
Loren; Lorraine Paunblad, 30,
sister of Loren; her husband.
Dale Palmblnd. 38; and three
Pulmblad children. Darleno, 14,
David 16, and Dorcne, 10.
No Information was available
on condition of the injured per
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Lucore
left their children with Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Methvln here when
they went to The Dalles Sunday
and said that they expected to
return by mid week. Mrs. Meth
vln said late Tuesday afternoon
that she understood they had
continued on to Gresham, ap
parently to assist with funeral
arrangements.
lhe fatal accident happened
on U. S. Highway 197 about 20
miles south of The Dalles. A
car driven by Orvllle Jones, 38,
The Dalles, northbound collid
ed with the station wagon
which was driven bv Palmbiad.
Jones and Dale Lister, 16, also
of The Dalles, were the others
killed in the accident.
Each vehicle contained seven
persons. Five in the Jones car
were Injured, Including Mrs.
Ruth Jones, 36, wife of the driv
er, and their children, Tracy 8,
and Casey 9; Chris Brace, 14,
and Robert Stratton, 16.
lhe Palmblads and Mr. and
Mrs. Lucore were headed to
Gresham when the accidonr oc
curred, according to newspaper
accounts.
The Rev. Don Pederson, pas
tor of Hope and Valhy Lutheran
churches, said Monday that he
would ucccpt tho position of
director on the Morrow County
School board If he Is elected
by wrlteln vote at the board
election scheduled Monday. May
1.
He nald that he was concern
ed about the apathy shown by
lack of candidates from the city
of Heppner and on this basis
offered himself as a candidate.
One position from within the
Heppner city limits Is open,
since Kenneth Butty, present
director, decided not to be a
candidate to succeed himself.
No other candidates filed for
election by the deadline for
nomination petitions late In
March.
Jack Sumner, who represents
the Heppner rural area, filed
petition for reelection. Term of
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, second direct
or from the city of Heppner,
doe not expire at this time.
All other members of the
roard of directors from other
parts of the county arc hold
over members and are not up
for election.
Several advisory committee
members are to be chosen at
the forthcoming election from
various parts of the county.
Directors on the board are
chosen from the county at
large, but advisory committee
members are elected only by
votes of those whose area they
represent.
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Trip to Boeing
Planned on May 8
Tentative da to for the iiepp
ner-Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce trip to the Boeing in
stallation In north Morrow
county is set for Monday, May
8, Herman Winter, president,
announced at the Chamber's
regular meeting Monday.
The business and professional
people are planning the tour at
tho invitation of The Boeing
Company.
At the same time, the Port
Commission will take the tour
ing party on a Jaunt to show
their plans along the waterfront
It Is expected that luncheon
will be at the Nomad Restaur
ant in Boardman. The port trip
Is expected to be in the morn
ing with the Boeing visit In the
afternoon. Most of the day will
be used in making the tour.
Non-members may attend but
are asked to make reservations
with President Winter in ad
vance. Maximum accommoda-1
tlon at the restaurant is 52, he
said.
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MRS. CHARLES RUGGLES draw winning entry In lint week
Who's Who contest at Gazette-Times. The slip "she holds proved
to be the entry ol Nelson Connor who won cash prises of $30.
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Nelson Connor of Heppner Is
$30 richer because he entered
the Who's Who contest, spons
ored by Heppner merchants and
the Gazette-Times, last week.
His name was drawn Tuesday
afternoon from the 128 entries
submitted at the four featured
stores, and he won a $5 prize
for this. Because he also had
all the Who's Who clues listed
correctly, as found in advertise
ments of the participating
stores, he received another $25.
The first man featured in the
contest was Dick Carpenter,
Heppner High school principal.
The 15 clues, scattered in ads
of firms taking part in Who's
Who were: "Seaside," "Beth,"
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County Budget Meet
Scheduled April 27
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Morrow county budget com
mittee will have its first offic
ial meeting Thursday, April 27,
at 9 a.m. in the county court
room, County Judge Paul Jones,
budget officer, announces.
A final Informal work session
wilVi be. held Thursday by' the
committee. Outlook for the
budget is that it will stav with
in tho 6 per cent limitation dos.
Students Recruit
Donors in Contest
Students from all four classes
at Heppner High have been
soliciting adults in the Hepp
ner area to give blood In the
May 1 Blood Drawing In their
tiass nume.
Points will be awarded to the
class that encourages the most
adults to give blood Tho class
that accumulates the most
points will be awarded a free
one-half day off.
Points were also plven to th
classes according to the amount
of articles thev broueht to the
Country Store at the Band Carn
ival At the present time, the
sophomores are ahead with the
most points, followed by the
seniors. The winning class will
be announced shortly after the
blood drawing.
Equalization Board
To Meet on May 8
Morrow county board of
equalization will meet on Mon
day, May 8, Assessor Rod
Thomson announocs.
At that time it will consider
any errors mndo In valuations,
descriptions and qualities of
land, lots, or other property 'as
sessed by the county assessor.
Anyone interested is renuired
to appear on the date set at
plte rising costs, the Judge said, the county courthouse.
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ALTHOUGH TROUT season opens this week-end, many local
angiers nave been engrossed in trying their lucR in the spring
salmon run on the Columbia. Mrs. Vic (Virginia) Groshens
here holds a 28 pound chinook that ! caught Saturday above
the mouth of Willow Creek on the river. It was the biggest
fish she has ever caught, and she used a 12 pound line with
Spin-Glo to get the big one. Husband Vic failed to score, but
others In the area reported good catches. (Photo by G. Pardee).
"Brenda," "Glenda," "twins,"
"Libby." "St. Paul," "educator,"
-mil, ".bfuis , no.-35S," -pun
cipal.". "Skyline," M. -S.," "U of
O," and "Portland State."
Carpenter, who formerly Uv
ea in beasiae, has three dau
ghters, two of whom are twins,
namea Beth, Brenda, Glenda
His . wife is Libby. The high
scnooi principal was lormer su
perintendent at St Paul. A tall
man, he lives and works on a
hill, his home being on Skyline
Drive. He is a member of BPOE
No. 358. Carpenter has an M S.
degree and attended University
of Oregon and Portland State.
Connor, this week's winner,
is employed at Kinzua as a
fireman for Kinzua Corporation
and works swing shift
Mrs. Charles Ruggles did the
drawing for the contest Tues
day, thereby acting as an im
partial judge.
Another $30 awaits winner of
the contest in this week's pa
per. Featured stores this week
are J. C. Penney Company, Turn-A-Lum
Lumber Co., Elma's Ap
parel and Central Market. Com
plete rules of the contest will
be found in the Who's Who an
nouncement on page five of this
section.
Entrants are to deposit their
entries in any of the four stores
in the above paragraph before
next Tuesday. Winner of $5 is
the first name to be drawn next
Tuesday afternoon. If this per
son also has all the clues list
ed correctly on his entry, he
will receive an additional $25.
If not, the $25 prize will be
added to the accumulated prize
for the following week.
Clues may be found in any
of the ads of firms whose names
are In the Who's Who display,
including these firms ads in
other parts of the paper, v
By a vote of 227 yes to 134
no, the 196Z-68 budget for Mor
row County School District R-l
won approval in the election
held Monday throughout the
district.
Only one precinct In the coun
ty voted against it This was
at Irrigon where the count was
20 yes to 32 no. Boardman roll
ed up the highset ratio in favor
at 33 yes to 4 no. Heppner fa
vored it 88 to 39. lone , voters
cast 55 ballots in favor and 43
against; Lexington posted 15 hrj
iavor and 10 against; and Hard-man-Ruggs
voted 16 yes to 6
no.
The affirmative vote through
out the county, while only a
margin of 93 votes, was inter
preted as vote of confidence in
the school system, since the
election came at a time when
concern over high property tax
is at its peak and there has
teen no definite assurance of
relief. The budget Is well above
that for the current school year
and calls for a tax levy of
$652,000 above the six per cent
limitation.
This was the fourth consecu
tive year that the county school
budget has been approved on
the first try after some stormy
times previously.
Last year, the vote was 208
yes to 70 no, a margin of 138
votes. In 1965, it was approved
by more than a 3-to-l margin,
476 to 151. In 1964, it passed by
a vote of 327 to 167, an affir
mative majority of 160.
In 1963 a year of controversy
on school rnatters-x-the -budget
was aereatea on the first try,
274 to 697, in April, but was
approved two months later af
ter some cuts were made, 540
yes to 216 no. In some prior
years, the budget was voted
down twice before being approv
ed at a third election.
The margin this year 93
votes was the narrowest affir
mative vote of the four consec
utive successful years. The turn
out was light with onlv 361
voting, but it was not as light
as in iw wnen only Z78 both
ered to go to the polls.
Committee Checks
Grandstand Cost
lone Schedules
Spring Cleanup
Spring Cleanup In the City of
lone is scheduled .for Friday and
Saturday April 28 and 29, May
w Jim Barnett announces. -
The city has arranged for
trucks to make pickups on those
days. Property owners are ad
vised to clean lots and trash
from around their places and
place it by . streets or other
places where it is accessible. It
will be picked up and hauled
away. - :
Mayor Barnett said that some
property owners have been not
ified by the city to clean Up
lots, arid this will give them an
opportunity to get the job done.
Cooperation of residents is ask
ed in making the city clean.
A 5-member committee has
been chosen by the Morrow
County Fair board to investi
gate the possibilities of a new
grandstand at the rodeo grounds
and to make recommendations
to the board-
Named to the committee are
Jack Sumner, representing the
school district; Joe Balfe, repre
senting the Chamber of Com
merce; Jerry Samples, represent
ing the Junior Chamber of Com
merce; Archie Munkers. renre.
senting the rodeo committee;
ana Hon Curnn, . representing
the fair committee.
The committee was authoriz-
ed by action of the fair board
at its February 20 meeting. The
members met with the board at
the regular fair board mptino
Monday night
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me committee win ao re
search on costs of various types
of grandstands, consider what
sort of facility might be con
structed, and do other ground
work. It has been made clear" that
the construction of a new grand
stand may be some years away,
depending largely on costs in re
lation to funds available.
Another meeting of the com
mittee has been set up with the
fair board for May 3 at 5 p.m.
at the fairgrounds. On the board
are Floyd Jones, chairman, Mrs.
v.illiam Rawlins, Zearl Gilles
pie, Paul Hisler and George Luc
lani. Lucianl succeeded Bernard'
Doherty on the board following
Doherty's resignation in January.
WEATHER ;
By DON GILLIAM 1
Official weather report for the
week .of April 12-18 is as follows:
Wednesday
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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GEORGE DEWEY
George Dewey Due
At League Meet
To Talk on Taxes
George Dewey of Salem, leg
islative counsel for the Oregon
Wheat Growers League, will
discuss the current property tax
situation as principal speaker
at the spring meeting of the
Morrow County Wheat League
Friday night April 21, in the
Lexington Grange Hall, starting
at 8 p.m.
Ken Turner, president of the
county league, said that Dewey
will endeavor to "paint the pic
ture" of the complex tax prob
lem. Among questions to be
considered will he the property
tax offset, sales tax, broader
based Income tax. tax exemo-
tions and basic school fund re
distribution. "Mr. Dewey's observations of
proposed property tax offset
should be of keen interest to
farmers, businessmen, and all
taxpayers," Turner said.
Announcement of the 1967
Conservation Man of the Year
will also be made at the meet
ing with Bob Rietmann, lone,
vice president of the county
league, revealing the name of
the winner and introducing him
to the group.
Another feature will be the
appearance of E. A. Redman,
area director of Workmen's
Compensation, who will discuss
the new law which Is binding
on all farmers with more than
a $1500 payroll.
Pertinent wheat Industry
news will be given by Bob Jep
sen, president of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League, and
John .Welbes, executive vice
president of the league, will al
so have an important message.
Coffee and doughnuts will be
served at the conclusion of the
meeting.
"The Morrow County Wheat
Growers association extends an
invitation to the public to at
tend this informative session.
wnicn is pan or tne regular
spring meeting," President Tur
ner said.
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BILL BARRATT
Hi Low Prec.
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Barratt Receives
Bank Promotion
William F. (Bill) Barratt, for
merly of Heppner, has been
elected senior vice-president of
the Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank of Spokane to - succeed
Carl H. Nieberg, who has been
chosen president, it is announc-.
ed by George W. Lacey, chair
man of the bank's board of dir
ectors. .
Nieberg succeeds Paul F. Mat
son, who will retire. The chang
es are to be effective as of July
1. Upon his retirement Matson
will be in his 40th year of seryi
ice with the bank. . '
. Barratt served two 3-year
terms as a director of the Farm
Credit Banks of Spokane before
becoming assistant to the FICB
president in 1964. A native of
Heppner, the, bank's new sen
ior vice-president was 'graduat
ed from Oregon State Univer
sity with a degree-in agricul
tural economics and served as
a tank destroyer officer during
World War II. He is a major
ity stockholder in Barr att
Ranches, Inc., of Heppner.
Nieberg is a native of St
Louis, Mo., and was graduated
from St. Louis Univer sit y
School of Business Administra
tion. He was engaged in com
mercial banking from 1922 to
1941.