HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July 27. 1967
Destroyer O'Brien Brings
Bill Weatherford Home
Bill Weatherford. Ill, fireman
in the Navy, received unusual
service bv coincidence when his
ship, the lTSS O'Brien, a des
troyer brought him to The Dal
les from where it was just a
"skip and a jump" by Navy
standards to his home town of
Hcppner.
Bill, son of V. W. Weather
ford of Hcppner, started a 2S
day leave just after the ship
arrived July 19 to help observe
Dalles Days on the Columbia
River port. It came through the
Bonneville Dam locks with room
to spare. The O'Brien left The
Dalles Monday.
For some time tne destroyer
has been operating off the
coast of North Vietnam, engag
ing in shore bombardment with
its 5-inch guns, which have a
9-mile range. On December 23,
the O'Brien took four direct hits
from a North Vietnamese mo
bile artillery unit. Two men
were killed and four were
wounded. Young Weatherford
was in a repair party and act
ed as a stretcher bearer.
After taking the hits, nose
caps of two shells were recov
ered. One was of North Viet
namese manufacture and the
other came from Red China.
Usually the destroyer operat-
Junior Rodeo Set
For Two Evenings
At Umatilla Fair
Umatilla County Fair, August
9 to 12, will feature the second
annual junior rodeo, scheduled
for 7:30 o'clock during the even
ings of Friday, August 11, and
Saturday, August 12. This event
is approved by Western States
-Junior Rodeo association. Gen
eral manager of this show is
Harold Buchanan of Hermiston.
Boys and girls between the
ages" of 9 and 18. who wish to
enter rodeo competition, may do
so by contacting the rodeo sec
retary, Mrs. Harold (Beverlv)
Buchanan, Rt. 1, Box 261A,
Hermiston 97S38, telephone days,
567-5229, or evenings, 567-5971.
A list of rules and events is as
follows:
1. To be a contestant, it is not
necessan?3lo be a member of
the WSJRA Western States Jun
ior Rodeo ..Association).
2. Entr ' blanks available
Xrom rodeo -secretary or fair of
fice close August 9, at
A. ntry forms properly filled
xii.nd gjToed, with insurance
fee S3.50 and entry fee for at
least one event must be to the
RodeSeefetary before entries
close August 9, 8:00 p.m.
T85e lra efaies accepted without
the insurance fee.
6. N'u entries accepted without
the entry fee for at least one
event, JiaJaJH-e of entry fees due
wher?nrSn!f is picked up at
rodeo heaflntrarters, on the fair
groundaeieaniston. 7. fwtgtitrtSU be submitted to
WSJRA.
9. Two go-arounds. two head
IJtwA IiUase of excessive en
n any one event a por
tion of the events will be run
oXf, Saturday morning and Sat
rfri afternoon, August 12. A
driving"1 will be held to deter
mine who will participate in
cd as part of a convoy consist
ing of two destroyers and a
cruiser and maneuvered beyond
the 3-mile limit On one invas
ion the heavy cruiser Canberra
was straddled by Vietnamese
batteries 10 miles at sea but
wasn't hit.
Weatherford, who has been in
the Vietnam area for about six
months, has been at Subie Bay,
Philippines, where the O'Brien
went for repairs: to Pearl llar-
(bar; to Japan; to Hong Kong;
jand other ports. He has never
'set foot on Vietnamese soil but
has had plenty of opportunity
to observe the land from aboard
ship. He states that the coast
line looks much like the Ore
gon coast.
Aboard ship since August,
1966. before taking this first
leave, the sailor says that he
"loves it at sea." Quarters an"
.somewhat cramped on the des
troyer, cut regulations are not
as strict on the smaller ships
as they are on larger ones. The
O'Brien is 374 feet long, has a
1 42 ft. beam, and draws 19 ft.
1 6 inches of water. It is 6.W
I tons. Now carrying a full war
i time complement, the ship has
14 officers and 300 men.
In his opinion, the war should
I be "stepped up a little."
I He states that he believes it
' is a "big political game of eat
! and mouse."
"If they turned us loose, we
'could have it over in six
' months." he said.
Weatherford entered service
j in January of 1966 after grad
I uating from Heppner High
I school in 1964. He is due for
discharge in January, 1970.
The young sailor said that it
is "good to get home." but that
! he is looking forward to going
back. He reports that the food
is good aboard ship, that he
and his shipmates are getting
"enough letters," but that they
would like to have the nation
"get rid of the long hairs, and
the riots." Reading of these dis
turbances "burns them up." he
: declares, adding, "We don't get
much good news from the
: States."
After spending the first part
'of his leave here, he will re
turn to Long Beach, Calif.,
where his wife and son, Wil
liam Washington Weatherford,
IV, are living. He will meet the
ship again there, and after un
dergoing overhaul, it is due to
return to waters off Vietnam be
tween March and May of next
year.
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10. All entry fees will be add
t'd tu puise. Championship buck
les will be awarded in each
event. Payoff, Saturday night,
To frjtn places for each go
around. d average.
3tfU3fdl -Sdmission to the fair
this year.wULbe slightly high
er, but wTli'mcTude admission to
the junior rodeo adults, $1.25;
students 6-18, 75c: and children
under six, free if accompanied i
by parent, otherwise, 2dc
The rodeo events are sched
uled for evening entertainment
rather than during afternoons.
This will make it possible and
more convenient for more peo
ple to attend, after working
hours, and for a more pleasant
time of day to sit under west
ern skies.
Firemen Answer
Grass Fire Calls
Heppner firemen answered
two calls to grass fires on the
week-end, one to the Terry
Thompson place on Willow
Creek shortly after noon Friday
and the other to the Bill Ken
ny place in Sandhollow Satur
day evening.
The Friday fire started along
the highway and burned a
stretch of about 75 feet, Fire
Chief Forrest Burkenbine said.
Oris Crisp, coming to Heppner,
noticed 1he blaze in the grass,,
radioed in and asked that the
department be summoned. Then j
he stayed at the scene to help
extinguish the fire.
The Kennys said that the fire-!
men responded very quickly to
the fire on their place, and the :
piompt action held it to a sm;ill ;
area. Little damage was done. ,
Origin of the fixe is unknown. I
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All-Stars Lose,- Have Good Time
A NEW STEEL NET. desiqned to last tor many years, has been installed at th tonnit courts at
Heppner Elementary school, replacinq th (rayed and worn nets that yielded to time. Principal
Al Martin, standinq by the new net extends a i invitation to tho public to come and try their
tennis skill on the two courts. (G-T Photo).
Scoutmaster Gives Report
On Boy Scout Troop 661
"Scouting is a game, not a
science," J. G. (Moose) Steph
ens, scoutmaster of Boy Scout
troop No. 661, Heppner. told
members of the sponsoring or
ganization, the Heppner Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce,
Monday.
Among the benefits of Scout
ing to the boys are: getting
their first taste of being on
:heir own, learning to get
along with other boys, and re
specting the rights of others.
The scoutmaster outlined
three duties emphasized in
Scouting: Duty to God and
country, duty to other people,
and duty to the boy himself
to keep him physically strong,
morally straight and mentally
awake.
Troop meetings are held in
the American Legion hall on a
weekly basis, meeting Monday
nights, with emphasis on dif
ferent things on different
nights. Some meetings are
scheduled for work on rank ad
vancements, some for a partic
ular Scout activity or game tied
to Scouting, and some for gen
eral troop meetings.
It is planned to hold a camp
ing trip, or similar activity,
once each six weeks, Scoutmas
ter Stephens said. Several win
ter camps are held, and a good
percentage of the boys attend
summer camp.
Older members are planning
a 50-mile wilderness trek soon,
to be led by Bob Abrams.
Winter Olympics Ls planned
for this aiming winter with boys
from Hermiston, Echo, Condon,
Arlington and Heppner partici
pating in such events as snow
shoe races and inncrtube races.
Advancement of the boys is
going "pretty well," Stephens
said. Some will soon be ready
i to become Life Scouts, and a
couple may make Kagle by next
j June.
Troop 661 operates under its
own budget, the scoutmaster
said. Activities for raising funds
include a Christmas tree sale
and a pancake dinner. It costs
an estimated S5tK) per year to
operate the troop's activities,
and of this. $200 g(vs to help
send boys to summer camp. A
svstem "is worked out whereby
the bov benefits from the fund
according to the amount of time
and toil he has devoted to it,
Stephens said.
At the present time the troop
is considering ideas for a com
munity service project.
Scoutmaster Stephens said
that the troop's sponsoring or
ganization has the responsibil
ity of seeing that the troop has
a scoutmaster, that it has an
adequate and safe place to
meet, and that it has financial
means to carry on its activities.
None of these have posed a par
ticular problem recently, he
said.
At the present time 37 boys
are registered, and about 22 are
"fairly active," the scoutmaster
said. Others are coming in, and
meetings normally bring out
about 20 boys. Camping trips
find some 18 to 20 participating.
The scoutmaster said that
boys who are not too involved
in other activities are invited
1 to join the Scouts.
Methodist Church
Picnic Scheduled
Annual picnic of the Heppner
Methodist church will lie Sun
dav, July 30. at the courthouse
park, beginning at noon, the
Rev, Mel Dixon, pastor, announ
ces. Those attending are asked to
bring table service and a lint
dish, salad or dessert. All mem
bers and friends of the church
are Invited to come.
Metsker maps of Morrow, Gil
liam. Umatilla, Wheeler coun
ties on sale at the Gazette-Times.
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Members of the Willow Creek
All Stars who competed In tho
district tournament nt liood Riv
er on July 21 ami 22 had a good
trip and lots of fun hut were
disappointed al losing their two
names In the "big leagues."
First game for the 15 boys,
coached by Manager Al Hoschee
and Assistant Manager Lindsay
K'ncald. was on Friday after
noon against the Deschutes
It ague team. Led by pitcher
Sieve Khea, the Willow Creek
boys were ahead until the last
two Innings of the six Inning
I ame when IVsehutcs managed
to build up a one run margin
On Saturday the All Stars
played Hood l.lver at l pin. In
the consolation competition. This
time they hail a largivr and fas
ter team' to contend Willi and
c.-.me out on the short end of an
II to 0 neore. l'llchers tor the
sicond game were Pick Snider
and Allen McCabe.
Parents who made the trip to
take boys and to watch one or
both of the games included Mr,
and Mrs. Ciul lthen. Mr. and
Mrs. Tim Moore. Mrs. Hob Itlct
nianit, Mrs. Hob Jepsen, Mr. and
Mrs. Marlon Green, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Frock, Mr. and Mjth. Harold
Snider. Mr. and Mrs. DuVff I'Vk
man. Mrs. Alice McCnbe, Mr. and
Mrs. Mel Hoyer, Mr, anil Mrs
Leonard Muukeis and llud
Marshall
Too Late to Classify
LOST At Heppner Hwlinmlng
pool Tuesday, one pair girl's
white buckle on ltd Irs, size
'." Finder please call t7tl
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NOTICE
Annual lileakman Iteunlon will
be held Sunday, July 30, nt
the Civic Kccrciitlon I'ark lit
llctinlston l'niluck picnic nt
1 pin, friends Invited.
Gazette Times mis pay. I'hoius
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Emergency Signals - -
WHAT THEY MEAN
If you are new to the uren. or have forgotten the
meaning of HiMipner's emergency signals, Fire Chief
Forrest Biirkcnhlnc reminds of their significance. It U
advisable that this be saved for reference.
FIRE SIGNAL (AIR HORN)
City tire alarm -12 blasts, four series of three blast
each, separated by 10 second Intervals.
Rural alarm three blasts separated by Intervals.
Noon on Mondays one blast, rxcept on the Jlrwt
Monday when the full sequence 112 blasts) Is soiltnU'd
as a test In compliance with state law.
Fire meetings two blasts on the second and fourth
Monday evenings of each month.
CITY SIREN
l For flood and Civil IVfense alarms only)
Alert for llood threats Three seucnceM of threr
soundings (total of ninei; the series separated hy 10-
second Intervals.
Civil Deiense aloit Five minutes continuous blast,
no intervals.
Notice to evacuate Continuous blowing of siren with
10 second intervals between each series of three.
TO REPORT A FIRE
PHONE 676-9109
To Ask Any Questions or Anything
Other Than Reporting a Fire, Phone
676-9690
-Forrest Burkenbine, Fire Chief
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients who were admitted
to Pioneer Memorial hospital
during the past week, and are
still receiving medical care, are
the following: Rosa Wetzell,
Westfir; Frank Robinson, Lex
ington; Tommy Schoolcraft,
Kinzua; Dorothy Zinter, lone,
and Ida Olson, Heppner.
Those woh were given medi
cal care, and were later dismiss
ed, were the following: Eric Lu
core, Heppner; Herbert Ekstrom,
III, lone; Kristin Gadeken, Spo
kane, Wn.; John Rousseau, Con
don; Cecilia Webb, Condon; C.
N. Jones, Heppner; Dail Turn
er, Heppner, and Mildred Yo
com, Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oyler of
Kinzua became parents of their
first child, a son, born Friday,
July 21. His birth weight was
5 lb., 14 oz., and he has been
named Don Leon.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dockter
of lone are parents of an 8 lb.,
12 oz. son, born Sunday, July
23. He has been named Mikell
Eugene, and joins a sister,
Tammie Jo at home. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Hammon of Nyssa, and
patetnal xgrandpareot jarj9i Mr.
anatavifs.iAlbect.) QiiDoekterrof
Rupert, Idaho.
New Well Brings
Abundant Water
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half-mile northeast of the Nel
son home, across the bomb
rane;e road.
In drilling the well, the ranch
ers have gone through all the
"preliminaries" for necessary
state permits.
Even though the decision is
yet to be made on the type of
crop for using the water, it ap
pears at this time that a size
able tract under irrigation will
be green and growing at the
Nelson-Tucker ranch next
spring. It is a development that
other ranchers will watch with
keen interest.
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