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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1967)
1 1 BRARY u or 0 t EUGENE, OnE. 07403 84th Year Number 23 WEATHER July 26 to August 1 HI 85 90 90 Low 55 50 49 53 52 60 Prec. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 90 89 84 87 GAZETTE-! Tuesday 52 Last measurable precipitation was on June 22, making 40 con tinuous days without moisture. Normal for July has been .33". Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 3, 1967 10 Cents Board and Architect PRINCESS LINDA TATONE Dance to Honor Princess Linda Honors for this week's "prill (vss of thi" week" In tin royal fair ii ml rodeo court moves to the Ho.inlman community, rep rcscntect In' a striking brown eyed brunette, Princess Linda Jo Tatoiie. She Is sponsored by n active comiminltv group, the Tllllcum club of Boardnuiu. The attractive young princess Invites her friends to loin her at this week's (lance, Saturday evening, August 5. at the fair pavilion, with music for danc ing to be furnished bv tho Go' Kers of The Dalles. Concessions will be supplied by the sponsor ing organization. Princess Linda Jo, born In Portland on May 20, 1950, Is one of two children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ttttone, and moved to the Hoardman community with her famllv nt the age of two years. She has a 15 year-old brother, Jody, who also has a love for horses and riding, and would some dav like to become a lock ey. She has two grandmothers, Mrs. 1). Tatone, who lives In Arlington, and Mrs. Charles Wlcklander, now a resident of Portland. Her grandfather, the late Charles Wlcklander, was large ly responsible for organizing the first North Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. During her childhood from the time she started riding at the age of four, Linda Jo took part In riding events in the fair and rodeo. The Tatones have been proud owners of a fine strain of hors es throughout the years, and at present have nine horses, three of which are Linda's. For sev eral years they have been ac tive members of the Umatilla Sage Hitlers, and Linda has de veloped an excellent talent In horsemanship. In her Rodeo court appearan ces Linda rides her favorite Arabian qunrterhorse mare, "Shellah". Daltoso Chosen School Principal Dan Daltoso, who has been social studies teacher and coach nt Riverside High school for the past six years, was chosen aa principal of the school by the county school board Monday night. He will succeed Ron Dan iels who was elevated to dis trict superintendent. Daltoso has served as River side's vice principal for the past year. As football coach he brought a state B co-champlon-ship to Riverside last year when his team tied with Fossil for the title. The new principal coached football for six years and was head basketball coach for two years. He has both bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from the University of Portland and this summer Is studying at the University of Montana, Butte, working on his administrator's credential. Daltoso came to Boardman at the same time Daniels came, al so coming from Harper where he taught for two years. His wife, Mary Lou, formerly taught at Riverside. They have four children. Coaching duties will go this ensuing school year to Paul Herbst who will come to Riv erside from Knappa whore his football team won the state B championship in 1965. ' I x "V,.. . ,r , .... v X . v o ' The young princess will enter her senior year of high school at Riverside, this fall. Among school offices which she will hold will be president of the National Honor Society and president of the pep club; She has held several class offices through the past three years, has served three years on the paper staff, has been active In band s a head majorette, was n carnival princess, and very popular In other school activi ties. Following high school gradu ation, the nmhltlous young prin cess plans to enroll at the Uni versity of Oregon and major In the field of law. She hopes to either become a lawyer or work In the area of Juvenile courts. Princess Linda Is enjoying a busy summer, spending most of her time working In the large Podge City Motel and Restaur ant' In Boardman, owned by her parents, Her spare time Inter ests turn to her love for horse back rlillng, swimming, water skiing, dancing and music. For eight years Linda Jo has been active In 411 work, hav ing belonged to a riding club for two years. She has served as a 411 Junior leader for a cooking club. She has been an active member of Good Shep herd Lutheran church and of the Greenfield Grange. With Queen Verina French and the other princesses in the court, she very much enjoyed riding In the Chief Joseph Days parade and Its colorful grand entry at the rodeo grounds there on Saturday, July 29. Queen Verlna's coronation has been planned for August 12 with the dance to follow In her honor. Queen Verina Coronation Set; Jaycees in Charge Official coronation of Queen Verina French and her four princesses In the fair and rodeo court Is planned for Saturday night, August 12, with the Mor row County Jaycees in charge of the evening's activities, ac cording to Clyde Allstott, Jay coo president. It Is planned to have some thing going on of interest to the public from 7:30 p.m. until the time of the Queen's Dance at 9:30 p.m. In the fair pavilion. Repeat of a popular entertain ing feature, a "smoker" boxing contest for all ages, Is planned. It Is hoped to have 11 or 12 short bouts on the program. Boxers are needed, and entries should be made prior to the fights. A parent's or guardian's consent will be necessary, along with the entry, and may be ob tained from the Heppner Bar ber Shop. Those who wish to enter are asked to contact the Heppner Barber Shop or Stuart Dick at the swimming pool, A special plea Is made for boys in the 120-180 lb. class, with a special Invitation to those out of town, as well as In the Heppner vicinity. Troph ies will bo awarded the winners. Jaycees will again challenge the Chamber of Commerce members to a Tug-of-Wur, al ways an exciting event. Juyceettes will have a variety of concessions on sale at the grounds during the evening. C ompromise on Although probably neither was satisfied with the agree ment, Morrow county's school board and Architect Howard Glazer reached a compromise sett lenient on the architect's fees for Riverside High school at b special board meeting Mon day night. In dispute was n sum of about 57,000. It represented the differ ences In fees between the $1.79.)00 original bid, which was rejected, on the school and the approximately $1,18.1,000 In bids which have been, or will be accepted on the school. Tho or lginul bidding was done ut the lime that the Corps of Engi neers had the responsibility for constructing the school. After the higher bid was rejected, the district and the Corps eventual ly reached an agreement on a cash settlement of $1,48-1,000. On the second call for bids, con tracts were split among tho var ious phases of work general contract, electrical, mechanical and others. Most of these have been let, and work on the school Is now In progress, but land scaping contract Is yet to be let. It is expected that the total will consume the entire $1,481, (KK). Disagreement arose on the point of whether the architect's fees were to be based on the higher sum or the lesser amount. Attorney Bob Ahrams and the architect conferred for some time on the matter Mon day night, and the attorney la ter reported to tho board that Glazer had agreed to splitting tne diiierence. Abrams advised that this offer be accepted for he said that he could not con scientiously advise that the dis trict could win Its cose In court In view of some references and inferences in correspondence that werp made during the long negotiations towards construe Hon of the school. The board passed a motion authorizing the settlement on half the difference and author ized Supt. Ron Daniels and Ar chitect Gluzer to determine ex actly the amount of difference, after which the attorney is to send a letter to the architect "spelling out" the compromise. But several of the board members made It clear to Gla zer at the meeting that they felt his charges were unreason able. Director Irvln Rauch criticiz ed Glazer's charges on the re design cost, pointing out that the architect had said the re design work would cost In the neighborhood of $10,000. Charg es apparently exceeded $30,000. This was for work done In scal ing down the building after the original building bids came In at the excessive figure. Glazer declared that his charges on redesign were ap proximately $15,000 and that the remainder was for engin eers' fees and others. He said that costs ran higher than he expected, and that engineers' fees on the redesign alone came to $7000. Glazer added that the heating engineer whom he con sulted Is so reliable and de- Car Clips Pole; Seat Belt Holds Lee Edward Melvin, 20, Herm iston, might have suffered something considerably worse than a swollen lip late Satur day night If his seat belt hadn't been fastened. His car left the highway on the curves near tho south side of Lexington and clipped off a power pole at approximately 11:20 p.m. This caused a power outage for some 12 or 15 custo mers between Lexington and Heppner, Harley Young, mana ger of Columbia Basin Electric, said. Melvln's car was badly dam aged, particularly to the front end, but the driver, who was alone In the car, suffered only the bruised lip. "I think he would have cata pulted right through that wind shield if his seat belt hadn't been fastened," Deputy Sheriff Dean Oilman said. The accident "telegraphed" Its own message of trouble. Mrs. John Mollahan called her hus band, Officer John Mollahan, on duty in Heppner when the lights went off at their place. The po liceman surmised Immediately that a power pole had been struck by a car and called Dep uty Oilman. Ho, in turn, head ed to Lexington and found the accident shortly after it happen ed. Melvin, who had been at the dance in Heppner, said that he swerved to avoid hitting a small foreign car on the high way and went out of control. Bill pcndable that he would never question his charges. He was referring to J. Donald Kroeker and Associates, Portland, heat ing engineers, recognized auth orities In the field. The board also balked at pay ing an amount for $275 for an attorney's consultation and for $238 to a photographer for tak ing pictures of the Detroit, Ore gon, high school for submission to Sen. Wayne Morse as evi dence of the necessity of hav ing proper construction. This was done during the district's negotiations towards a cash set tlement with tho Corps. The photos showing deterioration of the Detroit school, which was constructed through federal funds when Detroit dam was built, were sent to Sen. Morse to show to government author ities In presenting his case for (Continued on page 5) Entries Open Now for 1967 Pig Scramble By GAIL McCARTT Morrow County Agent Applications for the 19G7 Pig Scramble are now available In the Morrow County Extension office. The rules for eligibility are as follows: 1. Contestant must be 9 to 13 years of age by January 1, 1968. 2. Contestant must be able to supply suitable feed and facil ities for the pig. 3. The gilt must be fed out in a 4 H project and it or one; of Its litter exhibited at the 19C8 Morrow County Fair. 4. Must have the signed ap plication submitted to Don Mc Elllgott, Pig Scramble Superin tendent, or the County Agents Office by 12:00 noon, Thursday, August 24. The scramble will be held prior to the 4 H and F.F.A. Live stock Auction at the Morrow County Fair. 4-H Dormitory Available The use of the 4-H Dormitory will be available again this year. Members wishing to use these facilities are asked to con tact the County Agent's office as soon as their plans are def inite. Beds with mattresses and rest room facilities with showers are furnished. Each member must bring his own bedding. Chap erones will be available. Forests Fire-Free But Danger High Heppner Ranger district, Uma tilla National Forest, reports that there are no forest fires on the district and there have been none since the last small lightning-caused fire In mid July. However, fire danger remains high with no rain and condit ions holding in a "tinder-dry" state. Public cooperation has been excellent, and with continued help from forest users, it Is hop ed that fire emergency can be averted through the season. One Who's Who Clue Is Missed; Pot Now $lo5; Excitement Grows Hundreds of entrants compet ed for the Who's Who prize of $S0 this week, but Debbie Mc Leod, whose entry slip was drawn by Judge Oscar Peterson, acting as contest judge for the week, missed one clue and thereby lost $75. She will receive $5 for correctly Identifying Har lan McCurdy, manager of Mor row County Grain Growers. Debbie missed the clue, "How to Win Friends . . ." which was placed between the two rings in the advertisement of Peterson's Jewelers. A check of the other entrants shows that many fail ed to spot this clue. The phrase refers to McCur dy's participation in the Carneg ie course when it was held here about two years ago (How to Win Friends and Influence Peo ple). The staff was rooting for Deb bie to win the $S0, but when the list was checked, she failed on this one clue. Other clues hat identified the popular Grain Growers' manager were: spouse North Star State (Mrs. McCurdy comes from Minneso i ..'-. yjr: - - If' k: 1 jo " SITE OF THE new gas compressor station near lone looks like "Construction Town, USA," with work moving right along on the $2,369,000 project of Pacific Gas Transmission. The station will increase capacity of PGTi pipeline to California. E. B. Scbnell and Ray D. Kalal of Hermiston are contractors on the project v i If - FOUNDATION for the turbine compressor block at the lone station is being poured by workmen in the photo at right Preparation of auxiliary building foundation is in progress in photo at left (PGT Photos by Roger C Thompson and Resident Engineer P. E. Long). All-Star Football Tickets on Sale Tickets to the A-2 and B All-Star East-West football game are now on sale at Dr. L. D. Tibbies' office. He said that he has about 100 good seats available. There are some tickets in the north grandstand at the 50-yard line. The game, which matches the best of 1966 s crop of A-2 and B class high school foot ball seniors, will be on Sat urday night, August 19, at the Pendleton Round-Up Stadium. Deadline on ticket sales is Thursday morning, August 17. Game time is 8:15 with pag eantry starting at 7:15. Adding interest to this year's game for southern Mor row county residents Is the fact that Jim Doherty, star back for Heppner High, will be playing in the contest. ta), Alpha Zeta- (Harlan's col lege fraternity), Wheat's his meat (reference to his occupa tion), Emee (McCurdy often serves as master of ceremon ies), Flew to Fla. (went to Flor ida two years ago to Elks nat ional convention), In the pink (works in the pink MCGG of fice). Grandpa (self-evident), Pasture pool (plays golf), Boss man (heads MCGG), seegar (often smokes cigars), BPOE (member of Elks), Beaver dad (has a daughter at Oregon State U), City dad (councilman), PTA songbird (broke into an im promptu song to amuse the crowd at last year's teachers re ception while acting as emcee), Ping Pong (was a table tennis champ in college), PU (attend ed Pacific University), and All girls (has all daughters no sons). . Young Miss McLeod has al ready claimed her $5 prize and was a real good sport about missing the additional $75. She said that she found the "How to Win Friends. . ." in the Pe terson ad but couldn't decide I .vv -- .-" M Via 1 S'v7 W K fish " i ill ' -' '-rr-Jvy O'Gara Outlines Plan Of Neighborhood Center Applications to the Office of Economic Opportunity for set ting up Neighborhood Centers in Pendleton, Hermiston and Heppner were made after Lorin O'Gara of the Blue Mountain Economic Development Coun cil, Inc., had talked with some 350 to 400 persons in the pov erty group in Morrow and Uma tilla counties, he told the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday. The contacts were made to find the needs and to correlate the program. Out of the results of the interviews, the applica tion was written in March, 1967, with the objective to es tablish the centers to "serve the needs of the people In every as- whether It was a clue because she couldn't make the connec tion with Harlan. But now, the pot shoots up to a possible $105 next week. If the one whose slip is drawn has the person properly identified and has all the clues listed cor rectly, he will receive $105. Everyone is advised to read the rules in the display adver tisement elsewhere in this pa per and search the advertise ments of participating merch ants for clues. This merchant sponsored promotion game Is really generating fun and ex citement and all are invited to take part for the coming week. Entries must be left at Mi Ladies Apparel, Pettyjohn's Builders Supply, C. A. Ruggles Ins., and lone Chevron Station. Attention is called to the fact that those in the lone area may leave them at the lone Chevron Station. Again this week the contest set a new record of entries with a total of 537 submitted. Boxes in each of the four stores were crammed nearly full. - v." i..,- - j v. Jill' ii V. -a 't mmi.M pect of human relations," O' Gara said. Centers are now underway in Hermiston and Pendleton. In Heppner, a tentative location and tentative staff have been chosen but are not ready to be announced, he said. "Hopefully the center here will open in about three weeks," he added. It will be to serve the social, recreational, educa tional and employment needs of the people. A neighborhood ad visory board will be formed to initiate and set policies and to set priorities - on functions for the center. Examples Given Examples of some of the things contemplated are form ing of sewing classes, basic ed ucation classes, and providing ways for those using the center to supplement their income. The program on aging will supple ment the neighborhood center, and a survey of needs of the elderly will be taken. "To be considered are such questions as "What new aware ness could the community have for these forgotten few?'" O' Gara said. He pointed out that some elderly persons are living on as little as $40 per month. The council director estimates that from 15 to 17 of the population in the two counties is within the low income lev els. Guidelines established to define poverty cases include families of four with incomes of less than $3000 per year and up to families of 13 with in comes of less than $7600 per year. "It is appalling to have these needy people in our midst and not be aware of them," O'Gara declared. He told of an elderly woman who refused to go out in public because she had no "decent" dress to wear. Also underway in Pendleton and Hermiston, but not in Mor row county, is the Headstart program with about 45 in each class at the two cities. Under recent funding, the work experience program is tied in with the centers. tConiinued on page 8) I IMl I lll I i l .f-fflm.-. aa4
