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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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