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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.
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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.