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84th Year
Number 20
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 13, 1967
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"SMASHING!- rolqht be tht word Mayor W. C Rotewall would
iiu to describe the succees of tha Sidewalk Baiaar Friday and
Saturday. Hot ha wield the first blow with a sledqe hammer
to an old coy at tbt Jaycees' "car imaih." Being a former Ford
Mercury dealer here. It took a bit of couraqe for the mayor
to adnitnUter the blow to the old Mercury, which was donated
by Ceqlla't Wrecking Yard. (G-T Photo)
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Woods Weather Conditions
Similar to Bad Year of I96I
Weather conditions in the
Heppner Ranger District, Uma
tilla National Forest, are sim
ilar this season to those of the
summer of 1961, Lorcn Lucore,
fire control officer, said Tues
day. And the summer of 1961 Is one
that Forest Service personnel
will not soon forget, for It
brought fire disaster. The big
Ditch Creek fire occurred that
year.
The forest areas are very dry,
and it appears that conditions
will get worse instead of bet
ter, Lucore said. But the district,
profiting by the 1961 experience,
is prepared.
To date, the district has had
10 small fires, nH lightning
caused, and all controlled quick
ly by the suppression crews. The
latest broke out Monday in the
Mallory Creek area, and was
one-half acre In size. Lucore
said that this apparently had
smouldered through the week
after a lightning strike on Mon
day, July 3.
Cooperation of the public to
date this season has been ex
cellent, amd continued care in
the woods from campers and
other users Is needed through
the season.
Bazaar Buying
Tops Last Year
Sidewalk Bazaar, held here
Friday and Saturday, was a
Rood success, based on reports
from merchants and organizat
ions participating. Bui llust,
chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce merchants' commit
tee, said.
A number of businesses report
ed that sales of their bargain
merchandise exceeded those of
last year and in former bazaars.
Hundreds of people came for
the event, and Friday proved to
be an especially busy day,
Saturday found walks lined
with shoppers and fun -seekers,
too, but It was down some from
Friday.
Queen Dnrlene Kuehn, who
will reign over the Shrine foot
ball game In Pendleton on Aug
ust 19, was an honored guest
Saturday morning, together with
her Shrine escort, and The Rang
ers, drum and bugle corps of
Pendleton, added music and life
to the Bazaar with their play
ing. They also marched around
the business distrk't. and in and
out of stores. Morrow county's
fair and rodeo court also bright
ened the duy with their appear
ance. Organizations which partici
pated with sales and exhibits of
various kinds found a ready
market for their wares, as well
as Interest In their displays.
Jay coos took In about $39 from
their "car smash" at 10c per
blow, with Mayor W. C. Rose
wait administering the first
blow. Cars were donated for
ouch day by John Ceglln of Ceg
lia's Wrecking Yard. The Jay
coos, with Jaycettes doing much
of the work, also had a good
crowd at the sidewalk break
fast Saturday morning.
At the present time, 48 are
on the district payroll and ready
for emergencies.
Louis Larson, a school teacher
from Washington, is stationed
on Tamarack lookout and Is
serving as a lookout for his third
year. He was on Tamarack two
seasons ago and on Wheeler
lookout last year,
Vicky Rlngsdorf of Eugene Is
the first woman to serve as a
lookout in the district. She is on
Madison Butte and will be a stu
dent at Pacific Lutheran Univer
sity in Tacoma, Wn., next fall.
The young lady is taking her
Isolated Job in stride, and has
for company a "great bog boxer
dog." . '
A lookout for Wheeler Is to
be chosen this week, Lucore
said. i
At the guard stations, Clint
Agee of Heppner is serving at
Ditch Creek, Adrian Cook of
Heppner is at Tupper, and Gary
Pipkin, whose father, Knox Pip
kin, is State Forestry warden at
Fossil, is at Bull Prairie.
Two brush crews are on duty,
operating in Mallory Creek and
Wilson Creek. There are also
two engineering crews and a
timber crew at work.
School Directors Discuss Problems
On Bids, Bus Runs, Driver Training
No one Intended it that way,
but Mondav nlRht's meeting of
the directors of Morrow County
School District H I won "predlca
ttient night."
About the only Item on the
agenda that didn't bring compli
cating problems to try the wis
dom of .Solomon was ndmlnls
terlng the oath of office to Mrs.
Beverly Gundorson, who was
seated as a new director, re
placing Ken Batty whose term
expired July 1.
Mrs, Gunderson, former clerk
Phil McAlmond Takes Firm
Position on Vietnam War
Phil McAlmond of Portland,
who will oppose Senator Wayne
Morse In the primary election
In Mav. l!Hi, as a Democratic
candidate for U. S. Senator, em
phasized a firm position on the
Vietnam war when he appear
ed before the Hoppner Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
McAlmond showed a 32 min
ute motion picture film that he
had taken himself on a 10-day
visit to Vietnam.
He took the trip, he said, be
cause he wanted to "find out
if there was anything to Justify
criticism on our conduct of the
war" and to "find out if this was
an Illegal war."
McAlmond added, "Those who
are our bitterest critics are part
and parcel of our original de
cision to go to war in Vietnam."
The Portland Investor and
property manager said, "This is
not a political issue. It is an
Issue that involves the lives of
tens of thousands of men.
"The war is not getting better.
It seems to be getting worse. I
wonder if we shouldn't do more
militarily."
After the meeting he explain
ed that he felt progress Is be
ing made towards ending the
war by the increased tempo of
military action, but he said that
the sophisticated weapons being
furnished to the enemy by the
communists may prolong the
war or offset gains being made.
His pictures showed civilian
life in Vietnam, scenes in the
cities, the people at work, the
work being done by USAID, rur
al life and the military effort
at some of the bases.
"We Owe . . . Allegiance"
Referring to soldiers In Viet
nam, McAlmond said, "We owe
them our allegiance. We owe
them our support." He added If
this support cannot be given,
"We should pull them out and
prevent further bloodshed."
He found that more soldiers
from nations other than the
United States are fighting in
Vietnam that fought under the
United States flag In Korea. A
total of 36 nations are helping
In the Vietnam effort and five
have soldiers there, he said.
Life in the cities in Vietnam
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Braves Capture
'61 Championship
In Little League
Winner of the 1967 season of
Little Lengue play in Willow
Creek League is the Braves
team, coached by Al Boschee
with Marion Green as assistant
coach. The Braves were tops In
the first half of league play and
had exactly the same record as
the Giants, coached bv Joe Yo
com In the second half. The
Iwo teams were tied for first
in the second half but the
Braves came out on top In both
games between the two teams.
Players on the victorious team
were Steve Rhea, Butch Saw
yer, Dale Hodman, Bobby Moore,
Greg Green, Howard Green, Dyrk
Dunlap, Mike Stephens, Paul
Van Marter, Rick Pettyjohn,
Raymond O'Harra, Robby Eck
man, John Healv, Danny Mar
shall and Tom Wolff.
Boschee and Yocom are now
coaching the Willow Creek All
Star team, made up of outstand
ing player representatives from
each team of the league, with
Boschee being manager for the
team and Yocom being his assis
tant. During this week, practices
for the All-Star boys will be
each evening at 6:30. They will
have a practice game here Fri
day evening at 6:30 against the
Boardman All-Star team.
Dates of the All-Star tourna
ment In Hood River are Friday
and Saturday, July 21 and 22.
of the district for a number of
years, was given trie oath or of
fice by Ralph Skouho, vice chair
man, who presided. Don McKlll
gott, newly elected chairman,
was absent. Mrs. Gunderson was
elected a director by write-in
vote at the annual election in
May.
But. after this first matter of
business was attended to, the
problems started. The directors
ran into them on awarding a
bid on a panel truck, on con
sidering contract bus routes, on
PHIL McALMOND
'Lost' Ambulance
Signals Impending
Arrival of Baby
Frantic wails of an unfam
iliar siren awakened many
residents In Heppner about
2:45 a.m. Wednesday morn
ing. They Issued from an am
bulance bringing Mrs. Jimmy
Walker of the Condon Air
Force Station to the Pioneer
Memorial hospital.
The driver didn't know
where the hospital was locat
ed. Faced with getting the
expectant mother to her desti
nation before the arrival of her
baby, he toured around town
with the siren blowing.
Finally, he contacted Officer
John Mollahan, who directed
him to the hospital.
Those who were awakened
early Wednesday will be hap
py to know that Jacqueline
Renee Walker, first child of
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Walker
of Condon Air Force Station
was born at 3:41 Wednesday
morning, less than an hour
after the ambulance reached
its destination. She weighed
8 lb., 2 oz.
Jacquie may look back in
her later years and laugh over
the fact that she arrived in
this world with more fanfare
than most girls, and Heppner
residents looked forward to a
belter night's sleep Wednes
day night.
Meanwhile, there is a move
ment afoot to urge placing of
more directional signs to the
hospital around town.
Turks to Visit
Here on Saturday
Some 18 men from Turkey will
be in Morrow county Saturday
as a part of a tour through this
part of Orgeon to view the
wheat-producing area, County
Agent Gene Winters states.
The county agent will meet
the visitors at the Umatilla
county line and will "take them
where they want to go" in order
to "show them what they want
to see."
Winters pointed out that this
part of Oregon is very much
like parts of Turkey, and the
visitors are to study wheat pro
duction here. They have seen
experiment stations and wheat
fields on the trip and may be
interested in visiting elevators
here to see methods of storage,
Winter said.
Plans will be made for lunch
for the group here, after which
they will continue to Gilliam
county. A late afternoon dinner
is being planned for them In
the Condon area, Winters said.
From Gilliam county they will
visit Wasco county.
the driver education program, on l-
the matter of the bill of Archi
tect Leonard Glazer, on the hir
ing of a clerk of works for the
Riverside school, and on other
items.
MCGG Bid Accepted
Bid of Morrow County Grain
Growers to furnish a 1967 Inter
national panel to the district at
net price of $2,842.12 (after
tradein) was accepted. But it
wasn't as simple as that.
At the June meeting, the
board had rejected all bids on
the panel because It was brought
out that one bidder (MCGG1
had misunderstood the specifi
cations, submitting a bid on a
301 tu. In. motor instead of one
of 310 cu. In. as called for in
the specifications. Farley Motor
Co. of Heppner would have been
low bidder within the specifi
cations.
Everett Brock, new manager of
the machinery division of
MCGG, said that he had been
advised that the 304 in. engine
would meet specifications.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, director from
Heppner, was not present at the
June meeting. When bids were
opened Monday night, he asked
why they were rejected at tne
previous meeting.
When the reason was given.
Director Tibbies was vehement
in his criticism, stating that the
bids should not have been re
jected merely on the grounds
that one bidder did not meet
specifications. He declared that
it should have been awarded to
Farley Motor Co.
After considerable discussion.
with at least some of the other j
directors apparently agreeing
that the board had made a mis
take, the low bid of MCGG was
accepted. Director Tibbies said
he felt it would only add an
other mistake If the board did
not now accept the MCGG bid,
even though he felt strongly
that they should not have been
rejected at the June meeting.
Bus Run Debated
A problem that brought con
siderable controversy during the
school year the matter of ex
tra cost of transporting the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Jepsen to Heppner instead of to
lone, caused the most debate of
the evening. It came up in an
Inconspicuous manner but had
all directors scratching their
heads before the discussion was
over.
Ron Daniels, sitting with the
directors for the first time in his
position as superintendent-elect,
brought up the matter or con
tract bus runs. The district had
made an agreement with the
Jepsens last year on the addit
ional mileage. The final figure
reached was considerably less
than that first charged to the
family.
Some directors felt that the
arrangement was in violation
of board policy, that the parents
get their children to the bus
runs in such cases. Supt. Dan
iels had suggested a formula
for ascertaining definite costs
involved.
After all had their say and
two motions had died for lack
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Early Harvest Yields
Fall Below Expectations
Early harvest in Morrow coun
ty is failing to measure up to
expectations. This is the word
from ranchers, Morrow County
Grain Growers, and others con
nected with the grain industry.
Riley Munkers, manager of
MCGG grain division, said Tues
day that if the wheat harvest
in the northern part of the coun
ty "hits 18 bushels to the acre,
we'll be awfully lucky."
He said he has had reports
in some scattered areas of as
little as seven bushels to the
acre.
Irvin Rauch, who is located
near the North Lexington ele
vator, said Monday night that
his wheat yield is running about
13 to 14 bushels to the acre, but
that he is hoping It will im
prove in other parts of his
fields.
This development is a consid
erable disappointment in view
of the fact that predictions were
that the harvest would exceed
that of last year.
"It has looked very good from
the road," Munkers sad, "but
It isn't so good when you get
out in It."
Harlan McCurdy, general man
ager of MCGG, said Monday
that he believes "the moisture
just ran out" on the crop in the
north end. The hot spell of the
past two weeks probably has
been a factor in the lighter
yield.
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PRINCESS BERNIECE MATTHEWS
Dance to Honor
lone Princess
First of the rodeo princess
dances for this season will honor
Princess Berniece Matthews, one
of the attractive twin daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Matthews
of lone, who is representing Wil
lows Grange of lone on the 1967
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
court
Music for the dance, which
will be held at the fair pavil- j
Ion, Heppner, Saturday evening.
July 15, will be furnished by
the popular local combo. The
Henchmen. Dancing will be from
9:30 to 1:00, Ensuing dances for
other members of the court will
follow on successive week-ends,
with the next one, July 22, to
POLICE CHIEF Glen Kolkhorst
formerly erf Coos Bay, has
started work as chief here
after taking the oath of office
at the July city council meet'
ing.
Munkers said that kernels of
much of the club wheat, such
as the new Moro wheat, are
shriveled. The soft white seems
to be of good quality but yield
is not measuring up to expec
tations. Rauch said Monday
night that heads of his wheat
have only about half as many
kernels as they should.
Hope Is that the harvest in
the higher country and southern
Morrow county will run much
better.
"A lot depends on the weather
in the next 10 days or two weeks
in the higher country," Munkers
said. "Rain would help."
In view of the disappointing
yields in the northern part of
the county, though, other grain
growers in the county are not
getting "a little bit jumpy,"
Munkers said.
All elevators of the Morrow
County Grain Growers are now
in operation. Munkers said that
the Lexington elevator is "get
ting started good," but, like those
taking their grain to North Lex
ington, the ranchers going to the
Lexington elevator are disap
pointed with the yield.
Ruggs is receiving barley, but
no wheat is coming in there as
yet. The barley quality appears
good, but there is no estimate
yet on the yield.
Louis Carlson of the lone area
said Monday night that his
wheat is "about a week away"
from harvest.
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honor Princess Maureen Do
herty of Lexington.
The public had an opportun
ity to become acquainted with
the new court at the Kick-oft
dance last Saturday night which
proved to be a big success, with
a large crowd attending.
Princess Berniece was grad
uated this spring from the lone
High school. With her twin sis
ter. Deniece. she attended all of
her 12 years of school in lone,
where both have been outstand
ing students. The girls shared
top valedictorian and salutatory
ian honors of their graduating
class this year. - f
The honored princess natur
ally claims horse&acJt -riding as
one of her favorite hobbies,' de
veloping her horsema n s h i p
through 12 early years of riding
on the Gabbert Ranch, and more
recently on the ranch of her
uncle, Franklin Ely. She rides
her favorite quarter horse,
"Snookie" for her court appear
ances. The congenial and smiling
princess is regarded by her
many friends as an excellent
school and community citizen.
She became better acquainted
with the true meaning of good
citizenship when she attended
Girls' State Convention in Salem
last summer as a delegate with
her sister, Deniece.
She has been an active, out
door girl, as well as an honor
student. She has been thrilled
with her selection to the rodeo
court realizing an early "dream
come true."
In her senior year she was
president of the Girls' Athletic
Association, was secretary-treasurer
of the Honor Society, was
on the paper staff and busi
ness manager of the annual
staff, and participated In band,
chorus and in the pep club. She
has spent six years in 4-H club
work, active in cooking and sew
ing projects.
At graduation, Princess Ber
niece was presented a State
Teacher Education scholarship
which she will use in preparing
for an elementary teaching pro
fession at Oregon College of
Educaton at Monmouth, where
she will enroll this fall. She was
also awarded a one year state
tuition scholarship by the State
Scholarship committee.
With others on the court, and
with their chaperone, Mrs. Ar
chie Munkers, they have been
well received in parades and ap
pearances this summer, includ
ing Arlington, Spray, Condon
and Umatilla. Others will in
clude Chief Joseph Days, the
Umatilla County Fair, and the
Pendleton Round-Up.
Rodeo Court Billed
As Chamber Guests
Queen Varina French and
members of the Morrow county.
Fair and Rodeo court will be
guests of Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce at
the luncheon meeting on Mon
day, July 17- Mrs. Archie Munk
ers, chaperone, also will be pre
sent, as well as - some of the
rodeo directors. .
WEATHER
By DOM GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of July 5-11 is as follows:
Hi
Low
Prec.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
86
84
85
79
81
87
95
52
49
45
49
45
49
55