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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE 9740 3 Presenting . . . County's Royalty ,.X k, ..;k . . v " ! FIRST CROUP photo Introduces Queen Verlna French and her 1967 Fair and Bodeo Court Their buiy season of local summer appearances starts with the official Kickoff Dance on Saturday night. July 8. at the Fair Pavilion. Their outfits, furnished locally by Gardner's Men's Wear, are an attractive burnt orange color with dark brown accessories, contrasting with the all-white of the queen. From lelt are Princess Bernlece Matthews, lone; Princess Maureen Doherty, Lexing ton; Queen Verlna Ftonch. Lena community; Princess Linda Tatone. Boardman, and Princess Rubianne Fulloton, Heppner. (C-T Photo). Board Accepts School Bids, Defeats Move to Reverse Stand (See Editorial, Phro 2) School district Rl directors nt a special meeting last Wed nesday ultHit approved bids for contracts on construction of the Riverside school, which will provide fur grades seven through 12 in the north end of the county. Bid of Lawson Construction Co., Portland, as general con tractor was accepted at $851,570. Other bids on the project were accepted as follows: Lord Bro thers, Portland, mechanical, $.')5,:il'G; Ai-e Electric, Portland, electrical, $U1.GX1. The onlv bid on landscaping, that of Seven Dees Nursery, Portland, $41,920, was rejected. At another special meeting Thursday night, the board came close to reversing its Wednes day night action when Director Jack Sumner moved that the matter be reconsidered. His mo tion resulted in a tie vote, 3 to 3, and Chairman Irvln Kauch broke the tie by voting In fa vor of the motion. He explained his action by stating that he felt there should me full oppor tunity to discuss the matter. Bid Differences Explained Basic bid of Lawson Construc tion Co. was not the low bid, since it came in at $818,700 as compared with $812.3!Hi for the Timber Company of Hennlston. However, with alternates in cluded, the Lawson bid was low nt the $851,570 figure. This firm's bid deducted $22,000 on one of the alternates the type of cabinet work as compared with a deduction of only about $.1,000 on the samo item by The Timber Company, which appar ently had Interpreted the speci flcailons differently and allow ed for a different type of cab inets. Director Sumner sought to get the low bid of The Timber Company accepted, with no al ternates. But after the motion to re consider had been approved by the chairman's tie-breaking vote, Director Maxwell Jones moved again that the bid of the Lawson Company be accep ted. Director Sumner moved to amend this by striking out the word "accept" and inserting "re ject." His motion wus defeated, WEATHER By DON GILLIAM week of June 21-27 is as fol lows: III Low Prec. Wednesday 73 55 ,22 Thursday 67 49 .03 Friday 79 45 Saturday 86 50 Sunday 92 51 Monday 88 54 Tuesday 82 60 and Director Jones' motion was approved with Directors Ralph Skouho, Don McElllgott and Jones voting in favor, Directors Ken Batty and Sumner voting against, and Director L. D. Tib ties abstaining. Dr. Tibbies said that he ab stained on the ground that he did not fully understand the matter, and therefore was un able to make up his mind. Sumner asked that he be placed on record as disapprov ing the Lawson bid and favor ing The Timber Company proposal. h-H Campers Leave Thursday For Big Summer Outing By MARJORIE WILCOXEN County Extension Agent Four H Summer Camp will bo in full swing when a group of Morrow Count v 4 II campers 16 boys and 30 girls to be exact, board the trucks Juno 29, at 1:30 p.m. ut the Fairgrounds to take them to camp at Cuts forth Park. They will be spend ing three fun-filled days and nights ip an outdoor setting high in the Blue Mountains above Heppner. Many Interesting and fun ac tivities for the campers, In ad dition to the traditional camp rituals and ceremonies, have been planned by Joan Stockard of Heppner and student at Ore gon State University, who Is my assistant In charge of programs, and I, with the aid of the rest of the County Extension Staff. Others planning on assisting with the camp program are three students of OJS.U., Ray Heppner Budget Adopted Monday Heppner's city budget was formally adopted by the budg et committee and council fol lowing a scheduled public hear ing Monday night. No one ap peared at the hearing to speak either for or against the budg ets The 1967-68 budget calls for total requirements of $234,490 of which $28,212 will come from taxes to be levied. All but $5,000 of this Is within the 6 limitation, and the $5,000 Is not subject to the limitation. The total tax levy for the 1966-67 budget was $27,454. for 1967 The board proceedings were conducted in a congenial man ner but showed a difference In feelings with some considering the best interests to be served by going one way, and the oth ers taking the opposite position. It was apparent after the bids were accepted that it will be nip and tuck to get the com plete school constructed within the $1,484,000 received on cash settlement from the Army Corps of Engineers. Total of the bids accepted comes to $1,2(13,577. A number (Continued on page 5) Jorgenson of Eugene, Steve Dav is of Gilliam County (1967 l.F.Y E. Delegate to New Zeal and!, Cherilyn Sniouse, lone, plus Glen Ward of Heppner and others. The Camp Counselors (older 4-11 members) whose duties are varied and which no camp can do without are: Sandi Carlson, lone; Nancy Doherty, Heppner; Linda Early, Irrigon: Tom Me Elligott, lone; Kristin Nelson, Lexington; Chuck Nelson, Lex ington; Kerry Peterson, lone, and Debbie Warren, lone. The camp has ben Improved and put Into good order by par ents and leaders of Morrow and Gilliam counties. Those helping from Morrow county were: the Jack Sumners, the Don Robin sons, the Darrell McLachlans, the Ron Haguewoods, the Rog er Palmers, the Art Warrens, Bernard Doherty, the Charles Wllcoxens, and agents McCarty and Winters. Legion to Sponsor Fireworks at lone Fireworks display at lone, again being sponsored by the lone American Legion post No. 95, will be held at Ione's Mem orial Field at 9:30 p.m. Satur day night, July 1, Bob Drake of the post announces. The display is open to the public, and all are invited. Do nations will be accepted to de fray cost of the fireworks. In case of unfavorable weath er (rain or strong winds), the fireworks display will be post poned until Monday night, July 3. The Legion post presents the display after receiving a permit from the state for the purpose. Queen Dorlene and Sidewalk Bazaar Scheduled July 7 and 8 Ifennru'r'n Fourth Annunl Side. walk Bazaar will be Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8, when street shops, dtaplays and ex hibits; will blossom forth to of fer bargains In merchandise, food and oft drinks, and en tertainment, BUI Must, merch ant committee chairman, an nounces. Some special ' attractions are planned for the event, Including an appearance of Queen Dar- leno Kuehn of Milton. Freeufi- ter, who will reign over the A-2 and B Shrine game In Pendle ton In August. Pendleton's junior Drum and Bugle Corps, directed by Ted White, will appear in a perfor 84th Year GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 29, EARLY COPY NEEDED FOR NEXT PAPER Because of the Sidewalk Ba-z;-.ar In Heppner on Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8, the Gazette-Times will be pub lished ut the usual time next week, going into the mail late Wednesday afternoon and be ing distributed in boxes In Heppner Thursday morning. However, since Tuesday Is the July 4 holiday, full coop eration of the public is asked. Correspondence, , society news, notices of all kinds and sim ilar material must be receiv ed by Monday to be included In the paper. Cooperation is al so asked of displuy advertis ers because of the big paper in a short week. The paper urges that cony for such ad vertisements be In the hands of the paper by Friday of this week. 4th Fetes Beckon; Public Offices To be Open Monday Heppnr will "-icld to sur rounding town on -celebration. for the Fourth of July Tuesday, since there is no holiday ob servance planned here. However, all stores with the exception of some service establishments will be closed, as well as pub lic offices, banks, the post office and the Gazette-Times. For probably most of the business part of town, however, there will be no holiday Mon day. The post office will bel open as usual. Banks will be open, the courthouse will be (pen, and the city hall will conduct its regular business. A city council meeting is schedul ed at the regular time Monday night. One store is advertising this week thdt it will be closed Monday, and perhaps others will follow suit but they have made no formal announcement to that effect. The Chamber of Commerce lias made no recom mendation on the matter. Several store operators have slated th.tt they will be open as usual on the day preceding the l ourth of July. Attracting Interest In nearby communities are the fireworks display at lone Saturday night, s (insured by the American Leg ion; the Condon Fourth of July cclcbratku with rodeo both Monday and Tuesday and a full day of events Tuesday; and the Ii'igon Lions' July 4 celebration concluding with fireworks In the evening. Engineers Move On Pool Plans Gilbert Groff of Clark and Groff, Engineers, of Salem, met with the Heppner city council at a special meeting Monday night to consider details in plan ning for the rebuilding of the municipal swimming pool. Mayor W. C. Rosewall said that decisions were made to move the bath house farther back from the pool itself In or der to provide more room for sunning, and to provide for bleacher seating beside the pool. Plans for the bath house were also discussed. It Is to be of cement block construction with a special finish for an attract ive appearance. The engineers, who made the study of costs for rebuilding the pool, plan to expedite the draw ing of plans so that they will be ready by August 1. Groff said that he felt It advisable to move ahead so that the city could proceed with the sale of bonds within 30 days and then call for bids on the project. He expressed the opinion that the job could be done will with in the funds available after the bonds are sold. Voters approved the bond Issue at a recent spe cial election. Rangers Coming! mance on Main street at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 8. The corps Is known as The Rang ers, and they plan to remain here tor about an hour. Morrow county Jaycees are planning a pancake breakfast on Main street on Saturday, complete details of which will be announced next week. Accompanying Queen Ear'.ene will be her chaperone and es cort of Milton-Freewater, Carl Myers of Condon, president of the Wheeler-Gilliam Shrine club; Harry Myers, general chairman of the Shrine game executive committee; and Larry Cook, prominent local Shriner. She will be Introduced In a Ron Daniels Chosen R-l Superintendent Ron Daniels, principal of Riv erside High and Boardman ele mentary schooLs for about six years, was chosen as superin tendent of the Morrow county school district last Thursday night by the board of directors of the district. Daniels was one of four can didates interviewed for the po sition on that night after the field of some 20 applicants had been narrowed to the four. Others considered were Athol Sayre, superintendent of schools at Elgin; Harold Crocker, super intendent of schools at bisters; and Stanley Grout, superintend ent of schools at Sheridan. Daniels has served the district as an assistant to Supt. David Potter when the latter was con fined to the hospital. He also had been chosen to work In a supervisory capacity on the planning and ensuing construc tion of the . Riverside High school. Daniels, who is 33 years of age, has a master's degree from the College of Idaho where he also previously graduated with a bachelor degree. He is mar ried and has three children. Before taking the position at Pickup Hits Auto, Veers into House In Tuesday Mishap Medication administered in a doctor's office caused a re action in a patient a few min utes later that resulted in a collision with a parked auto and damage to a nearby house about 5 p.m. Tuesday after noon. Mike Gray of Heppner had gone to the doctor for treat ment. As he was driving north on Gale strete after leaving the office, he felt himself blacking out, he later told Officer Bert Corbin. He at tempted to pull off to the east side of the street but had not brought the car to a full stop before temporarily losing con sciousness. His pickup hit the rear of a parked auto belonging to Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hendricsin of San Leandro, Calif., then veer ed across the street through the yard of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin. The impact pushed in the lower part of a front window of the house and did some damage to the exterior finish. Gray, owner of Gray's Re pair Shop here, went back to the doctor for treatment of minor injuries including cuts on his forehead and chin. The Hendricsin auto sus tained damage to the rear and also to the right front when it was pushed against a pow er pole by the collision. The Califomians are here visiting Mrs. Emma Jones, mother of Mrs. Hendricsin. Art Crawford Writes . of the old Fair Building (See Page 6) short program from a platform on the main downtown corner. Virtually all local stores will participate In the Bazaar, and the Main street sidewalks will become a virtual outdoor mar ket place with all sorts of bar gains offered for sale. Among organizations who will conduct sales and have exhib its are the Mothers club, which will sell Sno-cones; the Rebek ah lodge, which will sell Pron to Pups; the Morrow county Gem and Mineral society, which will have a display of rocks and semi-precious stones; and the Methodist church women, who have not announced the nature of their sale. 1967 RON DANIELS Riverside, he taught at Harper. Supt Potter resigned recently because of ill health, and the resignation is to be effective as of August 1. Drake is Honored Father of Year At Beef Barbecue Morrow County CowBelles' annual barbecue honored Doug las Drake as Morrow County's Father of the Year, on Sunday evening, June 25, with a good crowd in attendance. Barbecuing took place aroend a large cement block pit in which coals had burned to just the proper temperature. Mem bers of the Drake family bar becued steaks donated by var ious CowBelle families and oth ers brought their own favorite cuts. Inside the fair annex build ing, salads, coffee and dessert were provided and tables set up for the meal. Mrs. Walter Wright and Mrs. Wavel Wilkin son were in charge of preparing for the barbecue. Following a prayer given by the R.n'. Melvin Dixon of the Heppner Methodist church, Mrs. Frank Anderson, chairman of the CowBelle Father of the Year committee, presented Doug with a handsome desk pen set, in scribed "Father of the Year, Douglas Drake, 1967". The hon or guest escaped making a "speech" but extended thanks to all. Members of the Drake family present were Doug's wife, Grace; his children Susan, Alfred, Gwen and Rick; his mother, Mrs. Ray Drake; a brother, Claude Drake and family, Richland, Wn., and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warren and family. an p? p - 4r . r - , '. ' : 1 i ' -ft-' -i - Others are expected to an nounce plans within the coming week. The night of Saturday. July 8, will also be the Kickofr Dance for the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo season at the county fair pavilion. Queen Ver Ina French and her court will be the honored guests. Music will be furnished by the Good Vibrations of Portland. On at least one of the two days of the Sidewalk Bazaar there will be free parking in Heppner, Hast states. Further details of the event will be announced in next week's paper. Number 10 Cents Glen Kolkhorst, Coos Bay, Named Police Chief Here Glen H. Kolkhorst, 55, who has had many years' experience as a law enforcement officer and police chief, has been chosen by the Heppner city council as po lice chief here, Mayor W. C Rosewall said Tuesday. The action was taken at a special meeting of the city council last week. Kolkhorst for a number of years has been chief of police at Coos Bay and formerly had served as chief of police at Coquille. He served in the armed forces during World War IL The new chief comes with ex cellent references and recom mendations. He is married, but he and his wife have no children. They are in the process of moving and have rented a house owned by Vic Lovgren near the Methodist church. . . . Chief Kolkhorst will begin his duties officially as of July 1. He was in Heppner Saturday and spent much of the day be coming oriented and making acquaintances. The new chief will succeed Dean Gilman, who served the city for many years before re signing effective June 15. Chief Kolkhorst was one of a number of applicants for the "position. His employment will mean that the city will have three full time officers, the oth ers being Officers John Molla han and Bert Corbin. Judge Henry Kaye Named to Bench Of Circuit Court Judge Henry Kaye, who has been serving as a district judge in Pendleton for seven years, Monday was appointed by Gov ernor Tom McCall to the circuit court bench as the second judge in the Sixth Judicial District, serving Morrow and Umatilla counties. Judge Kaye will join Judge William Wells, who has been circuit judge in the Sixth Dis trict since 1952. Both of them will now serve the two-county district. A bill passed by the 1967 State Legislature authorized the second judge in the circuit court district and also transferred to the circuit court the handling of probate. Judge Kaye said that he will continue to han dle probate in his circuit court position. Judge Kaye will take office as of July 1. He was appointed district Judge in 1960 by Gov. Mark Hatfield and has been elected to the position twice since that time. He had served as an attorney in Milton -Free water for 20 years prior to his appointment as dis trict judge. He is a graduate of the University of Washington Law School, is a member of the Oregon and Washington Bar Associations, is past president of the Oregon District Court Judges' association, and Is a member of the Mental Health Advisory Board. Judge Kaye will serve until the general election next year, at which time the position will be up for election. He has stat ed that he will seek election at that time. In the future, either Judge Wells or Judge Kaye may come to Morrow county to preside over circuit court sessions here. Gov. McCall will appoint a successor to the district judge position in Pendleton. The heavy docket of circuit court cases, principally in Uma tilla county, was the reason for the legislation authorizing the additional judge.
