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Plane Crash Takes Lives
OfSherer Sons-in-Law
Double tragedy xtruck the
Harold Sherer f itmtly of lone
Saturday when both of llit'lr
NOUN' In law, Wiiym Pierce, 35,
tit Itedmond, it ml Kelly Howe
Andrew, 22, of Corvnlllx, were
killed In tlx crash of a single
engine private plane near Red
mond rnrly Saturday morning,
July 1.
Pierce's wife. Ih the former
Kuv Sherer and Andrew' wife
Is tin) former Judy Sherer, both
daughter of Mr. und Mm. Har
old UK,) .Sherer.
The lUTldent occurred when
the (dune Mtrmk a power line
crossing n eiinyon tmd plunged
100 feet tnlo Nome boulders
along the Deschutes Canyon. It
then burst Into flames. The nc
rldent occurred about four miles
southwest of Itedmond neur
fllne Falls State I'ark.
Pierce, who had been a pilot
for n number of years, rented
the plane Saturday morning,
nnd with Andrew, took a pas
wnger to the Hend airport. 'I hey
were on the return trip to ef
monil when the airldent occur
red. Ironically, the Harold Sherers
were enroute by auto to Ilea
mond when the accident occur
ri'd. They were to Join the oth
er members of the family there
for a holiday gathering.
Tierce wan a teacher und
coach at the lone Elementary
school In 1955 -M. He then
taught and coached at Sisters
before going tnlo business In
Itedmond, where he owned the
itedmond Radio and Music Cen
ter. His wife, Kav, Is the oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sher
er. 1
Andrew was married lust a
vear ago In the lone United
Church of Christ to tho former
Judy Sherer. They were both
students at F.iistcrn Oregon Col
lege In Ln Grande where Kelly
received Ills bachelor degree In
June. They had moved to Cor
vallls where he had received a
scholarship to attend Oregon
State University and take post
graduate work. Judy wan em
ployed by the University. She
was Morrow county Fair and
Rodeo Queen In 15.
Andrew had been an end on
the Kastern Oregon College foot
ball team for two yearn. Ills pout
graduate study at Oregon State
won to be in thu field of re
search on the effect of Insects
on forests and rnngelands. The
young man had been employed
in the summer time by Morrow
county In 15 and i'.M'iti.
Bonk Promotes Lamb
To Field Position
Wayne Lamb started work
last week In his new position
as utility man in the field for
operations officers and Junior
Installment credit loan officers
for First National Bank of Ore
gon, John Venard, manager of
the Ileppner branch, said.
In this capacity, Lamb will
cover much of eastern Oregon
to relieve officers on vacation
ln the various branches. He
worked last week ln Condon and
will continue there this week.
Next week he expects to he In
Enterprise.
I.amb has been with the
Ileppner branch since li.r8 und
served as operations of fieri.
When I.amb received the pro
motion, Tat Wonser of Buker
came to the Ileppner branch ns
operatons officer. He and his
wife are living ln the Scott
home where Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Locke and family formerly lived.
ONE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF Dean Gilman's first clfficial acts after being given the oath of office
Friday was to hand a ury summons to Dave McLeod (left). McLeod groaned and declared that
the Jury duty was right during his vacation time. Deputy Gilman. who served as Heppner chief
of police for years, will cover the entire county ln his new position. (G-T Photo).
Gilman Begins Work as County Deputy Sheriff -
It's Deputy Sheriff Dean Gil
man now.
The man who served as Ilepp
no chief of police for many
years was given the oath of of
fice Friday by Mrs. Sadie Par
rlsh, county clerk, and he be
comes the first full time male
deputy that the county has had
in 24 years, Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man said.
In his position, Deputy Gil
man will cover the entire coun
Pierce hud flown to Morrow
county on a number of occas
ions, sometimes coming here to
sell or service television sets.
The Tierces have one daughter,
llohln, and Mrs. Pierce Is ex-M-ctlng
another child.
Andrew's former home was In
Pendlelon where he lived for a
number of years. He graduated
from Pendleton High school and
was a member of the school's
basketball team. His mother,
Mrs. Helen German, now live
in Portland.
Funeral services were ot Red
mond Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock for both men with many
relatives anil friends from Mor
row county unending. Grave
side services for Andrew were
Wednesday, July 5, at the Olney
cemetery with the Itev. James
Kgley officiating. Folsom's Fun
eral Chapel was In charge of
arrangements.
Chuck Toll Found
Dead in River
Chuck Toll. 29. of Spray,
brother of Leonard Toll of
Ileppner, was found dead In
his car In the John Day River
Wednesday morning, accord
ing to a reort from Don Grif
fith of Spray, who notified
members of the family here.
The auto hail apparently left
the highway In an accident
and plunged Into the river.
I.eonurd Toll said Just be
fore noon Wednesday that he
had only the meager first re
port on the accident and Wis
leuvlng Immediately for
Spray. He theorized that the
accident happened on Mon
day, and the car wasn't dis
covered ln the river until Wed
nesday. The deceased man
had been In service before re
turning home about two years
i,go to woik for Griffith on a
ranch at Spray. He was un
married. His mother, Mrs. Bill
Richards, lives In Spray.
Gilbert Toll, father of Leon
ard and Chuck, died In a sim
ilar accident about 24 years
ago when his pickup truck
plunged Into the Detroit reser
voir from the North Santiam
highway.
Paper Announces
Subscription Sale
A special 2 for 1 plus lc sub
scription sale Is announced by
the Gazette-Times as an extra
special buy for the Sidewalk Ba
za a r.
Under the tains of tho sale,
a person may take out a new
one-year subscription at the reg
ular price of $1.50 per year, any
where in the United States, nnd
he may obtain a second one
year new subscription for a
friend or relative lor Just one
cent more. Thus the two new
one-year subscriptions cost only
5151.
This special offer applies on
ly to new subscriptions and not
renewals. However, there Is an
additional special offer avail
utile to those who wish to renew
their subscriptions now or who
have renewed their papers af
ter June 1.
Details ure explained ln an
advertisement on page 8.
ty with particular emphasis on
the north end, Sheriff Bauman
slates. Phil Goodall was former
ly part time deputy serving the
north end of the county, but he
has resigned.
In the new post, Deputy Gil
man will handle civil and crim
inal cases and will serve in
some capacities on taxes.
He will make investigations
and will do some patrol work
ln the county.
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BARLEY WAS pouring Into a truck from combines at the Lindsay ranch in the northern part of
the county late last week as harvest there got Into full swing. Prediction is for better than us
ual yield in the county harvest and quality ot barley and wheat both appear good. (G-T Photo).
Temperature
First Time in
A number of other places In
the state had it hotter, but the
temperature hit 100 degrees in
Heppner for the first time ln
two years Monday, July 3, Don
Gilliam, official weather obser
ver, reports. Sunday was only
two degrees cooler at 98.
Six of the seven days of the
week were well into the 90's
with only Friday, June 30, drop
ping to an 87-dcgree maximum.
Nights also stayed warm with
the week's minimum showing
as 50 degrees. Monday night's
minimum was 63 degrees.
While the weather was warm
here. It was far away from a
record. Gilliam said that he
thinks the high In Heppner is
108 degrees. In 1961. tempera
ture reached 107 on one day
and was over 100 on several
days through the summer.
Temperature remained high
on the Fourth of July holiday
at 93, but this was some relief
from the 100 of the previous
day. Many families were on
outings and found cooler spots
to enjoy the balmy weather.
Fire in Grass
Cause for a general fire alarm
late Monday afternoon was a
grass fire near the old iunior
high playground across Willow
Creek from the library-museum.
The fire did little damage,
scorching a few trees nnd poles,
before it was extinguished by
firemen and volunteers. Origin
was undetermined.
Advance Programs
For Fair, Rodeo Out
Advance programs for the 1967
Morrow county Fair and Rodeo
have been printed and are now
I ready for distribution.
Work load in the sheriff's of
fice has Increased greatly dur
ing the recent years, the sheriff
said, and the new position will
make it possible for the office to
give better service to the public.
In early October, Deputy Gil-1
man will probably attend a pol
ice training school at Camp
Wlthycomb, located between
Gladstone and Portland, for four
weeks of intensive training in
all phases of police work. Many
slate policemen take the course.
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Hits 100;
Two Years
Complete report
for the week
Is as follows:
Max. Min. Prec.
93 53
90 54
87 50
92 50
98 57
100 63
93 55
Wednesday
Thursday
FTIdav
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Monday Lightning
Sets Four Fires
A "ouickie" lightning storm
that passed through about 5;30
a.m. Monday set four fires on
the Heppner ranger district, W.
S. (Sam) Miller, ranger in
charge of the district, said.
The fires were located near
Ant Hill in the Baloney Basin
area and crews were dispatch
ed at once to control the fires.
This was the season's first
rush of fire activity, although
there were three previous fires
on the district at various limes,
nil from lightning, Miller said.
The district is ready for the
dry season with guard school
completed for the Ukiah, Dale
and Heppner districts at Tupper
Work Center last week.
Some 50 men were present at
i the school, and this year, four
state policemen also attended
through the session to get add
ed training in fire suppression.
Tamarack lookout is already
manned by Louis Larson, who
also served as a lookout in the
district last year, on the job
there. Madison " and Wheeler
lookouts were to be manned la
ter in the week Miller said.
Roy Stamp Dies
In Walla Walla
Albert (Roy) Stamp, 75, a na
tive of Heppner who lived here
all of his life, died in the Vet
eran's Hospital, Walla Walla,
Wash., on Sunday, July 2.
He had been a rancher here
for years, bought and sold hors
es, and broke horses. In his
younger days he also worked at
rodeos.
Stamp was born October 13,
1891, in Heppner. He never mar
ried. He was a veteran of World
War I.
Funeral services will be
Thursday, July 6, in the Hepp
ner Methodist church at 10 a.m.
with the Rev. Jack Naff of
Hermiston officiating. Interment
will be in Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of ar
rangements. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Luella Acock and Mrs. Grace
Schoun, both of Irrigon.
100 of Royal Arch
Due for Meet Here
Between 100 and 125 digni
taries of the Grand York Bod
ies of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho will be here Saturday
for the annual convocation
and mountain meeting of Hep
pner Chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons, at Cutsforth Park, it is
announced.
Chapter will be opened at
3 p.m., and the Royal Arch
degree will be conferred for
new candidates during the
evening session. Members of
the Royal Arch invite all com
panions to attend.
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HEPPNER
1967
10 Cents
Harvest in County
Gains Momentum;
Quality is Good
There was no holiday on the
grain harvest this week, as bar
ley and wheat started moving
towards elevators in a steadily
increasing stream of trucks.
Both Lexington- and North
Lexington elevators of Morrow
County Grain Growers were in
full operation, and it was ex
pected that lone and Heppner
elevators would be well under
w ay by the end of the week.
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., general
manager of Morrow County
Grain Growers, said that 300
tons of barley and 3000 tons of
wheat were received Saturday
at the North Lexington and Lex
ington elevators. Tempo was in
creasing Monday, and it was ex
pected to pick up more Tuesday
and Wednesday. The elevators
received grain on the holiday.
Stan Kemp was credited with
bringing in the first load of bar
ley on Friday, June 30. Lindsay
Ranches started the following
Monday, as did Roy Martin.
First wheat being received
came from Irvin Rauch, Lind
ray Ranches, Jack Earak and D.
O. Nelson.
Other early barley harvesters
included Ken Turner, Bill Doher
ty, Jerry Dougherty and Dou3
Drake, all hauling to North
Lexington, and Gene Majeske,
Roger Campbell and Al Fetsch,
hauling to Lexington.
Barley has been running
f.bout three-fourths ton to the
acre, but yield on wheat is yet
to be determined, McCurdy said
Monday.
Gene Winters, Morrow County
extension agent, said that evi
dence of sub-normal May and
June precipitation is showing
up in some of the lighter bar
Icy being delivered. This is par
ticularly true in spring varieties
seeded in the fall, he said.
True winter barleys are test
ing heavy, he added, and barley
yield is reported to be about "av
erage to slightly above in the
earlier maturing districts.
"Wheat appears quite varia
ble," Winters said. "Some heav
ily rusted fields recovered with
fair yields of good quality grain
in offing."
Winters said that hard red
winter wheat is ripe. Soft white
nt lower elevations is matur
ing rapidly. Many large heads
with low kernel counts have
been noted.
In his weekly crop-weather
summary, Winters said that con
siderable grass hay is down or
baled in the field. Second cut
ting of alfalfa is underway with
fcood curing weather smiling on
the growers.
$15 Taken in Entry
At Building Supply
Whoever entered Pettyjohn's
Farm and Building Supply Fri
day night was a considerate per
son. He found a money bag,
took a $10 bill and a $5 roll of
dimes and left some $80 in the
sack.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Petty
john had intended to lake the
sack home when they closed Fri
day, but forgot it, and left it
lying on the counter. When they
opened Saturday, they found
the bag unzipped.
In checking, they noticed that
entry had been gained by pry
ing open a double door after
demoving some screws. Nothing
was discovered missing except
the money. Police are investigating.
azaar to Feature
tor
Royalty, 'Rangers1
Business and entertainment in Heppner will take
to the sidewalks Friday and Saturday for the Fourth
Annual Sidewalk Bazaar.
There will be hundreds of bargains, lots of enter
tainment, and a barrel of fun for all, according to
Bill Hust, chairman of the merchants committee of
the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce. Most all stores in the downtown area will have
sales on the sidewalks. There will be grab bags, fish
ponds, half price merchandise, some near giveaway
deals, and all kinds of merchandising ideas.
Drum and Bugle Corps of Pendleton, composed
of a group of juniors known as the Rangers, will
be here Saturday from 11 to 12 to present a program
on roped-off Willow street between Main and Chase.
Queen Darlene Due
For Visit Saturday
Shrine Queen Darl e n e
Kuehn of Milton-Freewater
will be an honored guest of
Heppner's Sidewalk Bazaar
Saturday morning, July 8,
Larry Cook, prominent local
Shriner, announces.
She will be surrounded by
a group of dignitaries, includ
ing members of her Shrine es
cort, Rainbow Girls and eth
ers. Queen Verina French and
princesses of the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo will
be present for the occasion,
and the Pendleton Rangers
Drum and Bugle Corps will
play.
Luncheon for the Morrow
county court and for Queen
Darlene will be in the ban
quet room of the Wagon
Wheel Cafe with the Shrin
ers at hosts. Cook states.
All Shriners are urged to be
present to welcome Queen
Darlene, and each is expected
to wear his fez.
Kickoff Dance
To Open Season
For Fairf Rodeo
It's time to start thinking
about the Morrow county Fair
and Rodeo for 1967.
Kickoff dance of the season
will be Saturday night at the
Morrow county fair pavilion,
starting at 9:30 p.m., and at that
time Queen Verina French and
Princess Berniece Matthews,
Linda Tatone, Maureen Doherty
and Rubianne Fulleton will be
present in their new rodeo out
fits. Music will be furnished by a
top flight combo from Portland,
The Good Vibrations, in their
first appearance here. Admission
is $1.50 per person, and the re
freshments will be served.
This is the first in a series of
dances that will continue
through the season. The next
will be July 15 at which time
Princess Berniece will be hon
ored and music will be furnish
ed by Heppner's popular Hench
men. Third dance will be July
22, honoring Princess Maureen
of Lexington, and The Hench
men will play for this dance.
On July 29, the dance will
honor Princess Rubianne of
Heppner, and music is yet to be
announced. Princess Linda of
Boardman wil lbe complimented
at the dance on August 5, and
Queen Verina will be honored
at the dance on August 12. Mu
sic is yet to be announced for
these dances also.
There will be two rodeo dan
ces again this year. One will be
on Friday night, August 25, with
music by The Henchmen, and
the other will be Saturday night,
August 26, when the dance will
go western style.
Director Archie Munkers is in
charge of the dances and has
arranged the schedule.
McAlmond Slated
For Chamber Meet
Phil McAlmond, Democratic
candidate for U. S. senator, is
scheduled to be at the Monday
meeting of the Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce to
show a film on Vietnam, Her
man Winter, president, announ
ces. McAlmond, a Portland busi
ness man, went to Vietnam
sometime ago to familiarize
himself with the situation there
and made a motion picture of
his travels. He announced some
time ago that he would seek
the Democratic nomination for
U. S. Senator, opposing Sen.
Wayne Morse, in the primary
election next year.
During the same hour, Queen
Darlene Kuehn of Milton-Freewater,
who will reign over the
A -2 and B Shrine football game
in Pendleton in August, will be
presented by Shriner dignitaries
in a short program. Joining the
royalty will be Morrow County's
Fair and Rodeo court, headed
by Queen Verina French. Rain
bow Girls will also be a part
of the escort and honor the
Shrine queen.
Opening the day Saturday
will be the Jaycees' pancake
and sausage breakfast from 6
until 10 a.m. This will be right
on Main street in front of the
Jaycee hall, next to Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant's. Adults
may eat a fine breakfast of pan
cakes and sausage for only $1.
Kids get off even cheaper at
75c.
Many other clubs and organ
izations will participate In the
event. Morrow county's "Rock
hounds" (the Gem and Mineral
society) will have a sale and
display in front of Gonty's Shoe
Store. The Methodist WSCS will
have a food sale and grab bags
in front of the former Sears cat
alog store on the east side of
Main street. The Mother's club
will be selling Sno-Cones in
front of Turner, Van Marter and
Bryant's. The Latter-day Saints
church will have a bake sale
and hand made Items on sale
near Murrays Drug store.
The Heppner Rebekahs will
sell Pronto Pups in front of Ho
tel Heppner, and the wives of
Royal Arch Masons will have
a novelty booth in front of West
ern Auto. They are calling ihem-
j selves the "Royal Arch Widows"
! because their husbands will be
! gone Saturday afternoon to their
Mountain Meeting at cutsiortn
park, an event that will bring
some 100 to 125 Royal Arch dig
nitaries from Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. Some of them
probably will take time to en
joy the Sidewalk Bazaar, too.
A crowning feature of the
Sidewalk Bazaar will be the
kickoff dance of the Morrow
county Fair and Rodeo season.
This will be held in the fair pa
vilion at 9:30 p.m. with music
by the Good Vibrations of Port
land. There will be free parking all
day on both Friday and Satur
day, Hust declares. The meters
will be hooded by permission
of the city council. A special in
vitation is extended to friends
in neighboring towns to come,
join the fun, and enjoy Hepp
ner's hospitality.
For some of the fine bargains
offered in the Sidewalk Bazaar,
readers are urged to check ad
vertising throughout this paper.
The second section is devoted
almost entirely to the Bazaar
and other ads on it will be
found in the first section.
Smashing Event
Plan of Jaycees
Jaycees know for sure that
the Sidewalk Bazaar is going
to be a smash!
They have obtained an old
car through the courtesy of
Ceglia's Auto Wrecking and
will have it parked in front
of the Jaycee hall (next to
Turner, Van Marter and Bry
ant) on Friday and Saturday.
At this place, they will go
Into the wrecking business for
themselves. For a very nom
inal fee, all are invited to take
turns wielding a sledge ham
mer to the car in the auto
"smash."
The Jaycee promoters say
that this is an opportunity for
anyone to vent his feelings
maybe remembering some
morning when his jalopy
wouldn't start, or the day it
had a flat tire. Anyone can
take it out on the Jaycees' car.
Anyone who feels like dem
onstrating, protest 1 n g or
marching or if he just got
up on the wrong side of the
bed can work off his troub
les by taking a crack at the
car with the sledge hammer
provided.