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LIBRARY U OF 0 E 'J Z t U , ORE. 97103 7 : n 1 sLL K i ) I.'-,. A,,.fcJ!,rfcta ...... i- B mtmmmmmmimmmmmmmlmiammmamm Rep. Mann Hopes Session Will Bring 'Realistic' Tax Program "I'm glad tho governor has taken tln leadership to call special session, and I am In hope that ho comes forth with a realistic tux program that we ran pni." So mild Rep, Irvln Mann of Stanflcld In a talk before tho llcppner-Morrow rounly Cham ber of Commerce Monday. He made the statement after reviewing the 1907 session of legliduture which failed to pro vide property tax relief. At the name time hi pointed out other "failure" of the session and enumerated a number of "sue- reKMCH." "The legislature knew that the people wanted property tax relief," lie said, and, In analyz Iiik the "stalemate" that occur red, suggested that It was due to differing opinion: 1. A size- able group doesn't believe that QUEEN VERINA FRENCH AND HER OFFICIAL MOUNT. "DUCHESS" Coronation Saturday For Queen Verina; Dance Due to Follow A busy and exciting summer will conic to a climax fur Queen Verina French and her court with the official coronation cer emonies Saturday evening, Atwust 12, at the rodeo ground. Festivities are scheduled to start, under the direction of the Morrow County Joycces, at 7:3 p.m., with a variety of enter tuliitnctit planned. Coronntlon ceremonies will follow the entertainment, and Queen Verlnn and her lour princesses will greet their guest ut a public dance In the lulr ,t ilioit, the last In the series of pre -rodeo dances. F.och of the dances for the lour prin cesses have iM'en very success ful, attracting large crowds of yottnff people. Furnishing the music for this week's dance will be The Good Vibrations of Portland, starting at H .li) p.m. There will be no dance next week, because of the Kast West Shrine football game i In IVndlcton, and the following week will be rodeo week-end, with dances planned for both Friday and Saturday nights. Placing the crown on our at tractive 18 year old queen will truly climax her accomplish ments, bestowing an honor which almost every Morrow county girl would hope for. Uuccn Verina. tho vivacious property tax la too high at pres ent. 2. Those who think there must be a sales tax. 3. Those who are strongly against a sales tax. Others feel that there must be proerty relief, and they don't really care what method la used to get It, he said, wheth er by income tax or sales tax. He classified himself In this category. Kcp. Mann reviewed the House passage of a sales tax plan and later the "smorgasbord" bill. The sale tax was defeated by the Senate and the "smorgas bord" bill never came to a vote. Blames None "But I'm not going to assess any blame, but to point out that we have these various opin ions," he said. Hep. Mann said that Stat, Treasurer Robert Straub is push ing a home owners limitation bill for the ballot In 1903. It would provide a variable ratio, would take property tax relict funds from the general fund and distribute among home owners with only token farm property tax relief. "If this Is on the ballot, It will be a decided disservice to the people of this state," he said. However, It would probab ly pass, aa would either the 1 or Vt property tax limi tation plans, he indicated. Other failure of the glsla ture Included: Its failure to pass the single member subdlstrict bill, which he felt would have increased the quality of the legislator coming from the cities. It "failed miserably" on farm relief. It failed to pass the Clack amas Washington Multno mah Irl county stadium bill, which Mann thought would be of benefit to the metropolitan area. Successes, as he viewed them, included: 1. passage of pollution control measures, "far beyond the hopes anyone had." This success was partly due because of the co operation . of industry. 'They were very helpful," he said, and contrasted Industry's coopera tion on this legislation with the "inflexible" position of the com mercial fishermen in opposing a bill that would make an im partial study on fish to report to the 19 legislature. "The bill was killed because it of fended the commercial fishing Interests, he said. When anoth er fisheries bill came up, Mann said it brought the most "mas sive lobby against it that I have ever seen." These were commercial fishermen. Mann said he was for neither sports nor commercial fishermen against the other but said that their stories are "diametrically opposed, and I for one would like to know the truth." College Funds Up 2. Community College appro priations raised 42. The legis lature raised the base per pu pil and the aid for capital con struction. 3. Higher education bill will receive 19'Vo more money. 4. Increased basic school sup port 4.8. 5. The budget passed was more than $30 million below the budget of former Governor Mark Hatfield. In view of the . (Continued on page 5) 84th Year Number 24 PPNE THE it HE ette-tim: WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the gaz: R ES week of August 2-8 is as fol lows: .- Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 91 51 Thursday 9.3 54 Friday 90 59 Saturday 87 54 Sunday 81 52 Monday 78 52 Tuesday 85 48 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 10, 1967 10 Cents Council Issues Call For Swim Pool Bids was a familiar contestant in bronc riding at the Heppner ro deos years ago, and her great- uncle, Jack French, won the all- around honors In n Heppner ro deo In the mld-20's. Her father, Itaymond, has served on several ol the rodeo boards, and still helps with handling horses dur ing nxlco events. On Friday evening they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tatonc at dinner at the Dodge City Restaurant In Boardman. The court will Ik- overnight guests of the Tatonc nt their motel and will ride Saturday In the Umatilla County Fair pa rade In Hermlston. at 10:00 a.m. The court has In-en invited to lie radio guests In Hermlston and Pendleton on Thursday, August 17, and to be luncheon guests of the Pendleton Lions club at tho Tupudcra that day. Jaycees Challenge Chamber; Contest Due at Coronation Ordinarily, a queen's corona tion Is a placid and lovely af-r.-lr hot Inn ili-s will be waced 1H year old daughter of Mr. and Saturday night at the crowning of her ma lest y, Queen Verina 1. for the entertainment of her royal highness, her princesses and her subiects. This will be at the rodeo grounds at 7:30. The program is free and the public Is Invit ed. Jerry Samples, master of cer Mrs. Itaymond irvncli, re pre sonts the 1'tia Community, where she has been raised and developed her excellent horse manship abilities on their large ranch on Butter Creek. Horn In Pendleton on July 24, 1949, Verina has shared in the family responsibilities with nn older sister, Karen, wno win emonles, announces that 10 or enroll for her second year at j2 short boxing bouts will be Oregon State University thls!on the entertainment program, ran, and a younger sisier, au- i,,, t ,P ma n attraction oxcept san, who will enter Heppner for tn0 actual coronation will High school as a freshman. i, the annual Tugof-War be Making her home with them Is tWOcn the Jaycees and the her maternal grandmother. Mrs. ; chamber of Commerce. Nettle Denton. The paternal Jaycees, waxing poetical grandmother, Mrs. Hose Francis, I tl)ian have hurled a tauntlnc resides in rcndlelon. challenge at the Chamber, and Verina graduated from Hepp- t niav be necessary for Chief ner High last spring, where she f police Glen Kolkhorst to have was very populur In student nc- extra help on duty to sec that tlvilles. This summer site has the proceedings do not get out been working at the Experiment 0f hand. President Herman Win Station in Hermlston, operated ter of the Chamber took the under the Oregon State Univer- challenge calmly and said that, sity extension system. no win ikc the Minute Men, his mem register at OSU In September, with plans to major in element ary education. At graduation, Verina was honored to receive the American Legion award for the outstanding senior girl, ac companied by a $25 savings bond. Her radiating personality added much in promoting pep and enthusiasm among her fel low students through her three years of cheerlending. She serv ed as student body treasurer, was a member of the National Honor Society, of Future Home makers of America, has held of fices in Girls League and stu dent council. She was a Girls' Stute delegate of the Legion Auxiliary at the end of her jun ior year. She was on the Home coming Court both of her jun ior and senior years. The active queen has been riding since she was four years of age, and as a member of tho Saddle ites 411 riding club for three years, won ribbons and three trophies In the 4-H horse shows. She was a popular prin cess in tho 19G6 fair and rodeo court. For her public appearances with the court Queen Verina rides the family favorite thor oughbred mare, "Dueh e s s," which she has been riding since she was ten years of ngo. Iiodeoini has been a favorite pastime of several members of the French family. The queen's grandfather, Hebert French, hers will respond as volunteers when the call comes Saturday night. Samples announced four of the 3-round bouts (2-mlnute rounds) that will be on the box ing card. Included are Carter (Speed) Hart vs. Sonny (Wolf Man) Hurd, two 19-year-olds of Pendleton; Mike Alsup vs. Rick Johnston, Heppner 18-year-olds; Carl Bnumnn vs. Dennis ODon nell, also both of Heppner; and Hoger Leonnlg vs. Carey Davis. Here's the Jaycees' challenge to the Chamber: Chamber Gentlemen of old You are about to be told About a Cup the Jaycees hold. It's the Tug-of-War cup We're talking ubout. You are hereby challenged to a duel With come what may and the Gentlemen s Rule. For that rusty little Cup We Jaycees are putting up You can be sure we don't Want to give up. But come what' may, and wTiat may be, We're going to keep that Cup You'll see. We're going to OWN It all next year. We're telling you now for all to hear You had better come and make a showing With your tired bottoms pull ing and your bald heads glowing. Queen coronation Is the date. Call for bids on reconstruction of the Heppner municipal swim ming pool and building of a new bathhouse hus been issued following the regular city coun cil meeting Monday night. Bids will be received until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30. In a short special meeting Tuesday, the council passed a resolution approving specifica tions on the pool. Tho legal notice seeking the bids is printed on page 7 of this paper. Four parts of the work are listed as alternates. They will be Included in the protect If funds from the sale of bonds are sufficient. The al ternates include: 1. underwater lights. 2. mechanical room ren ovation. 3. high diving board. 4. bleachers. Voters of- the city approved a charter amendment that per mits sale of bonds up to $110, (XX) for the project. The bonds will be offered for sale after legal steps are completed. The four items are listed as alter nates so that any or all of them may be deleted if bids come in too high for them to be includ ed. The swimming pool took a major part of the time at the Monday night meeting. Camp bell Steketee of Clark and Groff, Salem, engineers, was there to present preliminary sketches and to go over details of the pool with the council. It was decided that a plaster finish over the gunite surface of the pool was preferred to that of painting, even though Stek etee pointed out that some problem may be encountered with the plaster within five or 10 years if a severe winter hits and causes deterioration from freezing. However, he pointed out that there would be main tenance expense of perhaps an equal amount if the pool is painted, because H must be re painted periodically. Depth Studied He was asked to check with the State to determine if the 8'6" depth at the deep end of the pool will be sufficient for the types of diving boards plan ned. If not, the depth may be Increased by adding six Inches 'at the top. This, in turn, would make the shallow end six inch es deeper. The council was con cerned about this because of the smaller children and asked the engineer to consider the pos sibility of adding six inches more of gunite to the floor at the shallow end if the overall depth is increased. The council authorized the State to Impose Forest Closure State forest lands in the East Central Oregon district will be closed to entry as of midnight Thursday night, August 17, Knox Pipkin of Fossil, district warden, said Tuesday. Included are state forest lands In Morrow, Wheeler and Gilliam counties, npkin said that no permits would be issued for pleasure, recreation, nor for such things as wood cutting. Those seeking permits may apply at the stations at Chapin Creek, Mitchell, Camp 5 (Kin zun), and the Fossil headquart ers, he said. To date there have been 47 fires In the district this summer, the largest being about seven or eight acres. All but two or thireo have been caused by lightning. Pipkin thanked the public for the cooperation given so far. He said that public's help in pre venting fires has been excellent and asked for continued vlgl lunce in this very dry season. mayor to sign an agreement with the engineers after It had been read by .Mayor Rosewall and had been reviewed previ ously by Attorney Bob Abrams. The engineers' fee is 8 per cent, lifss $."00 to be deducted that has already been paid by the city for a preliminary study on the costs oi rcDUiiuing me pool. It was made clear In the (Continued on page 8) Air Escape Hurts In 4 Accidents Saturday INight t. Four separate one-car acci dents occurred (n the area Sat urday night. Two of the cars were rather badly damaged, but none of the drivers nor occu pants was Injured. Steve Pettyjohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, went off the road about half way between Lexington and Heppner about 8:30 Saturday night. His parents' car ended up In a grotesque position with the rear end high on an em bankment and the front end in the barrow pit, pointed towards the road. The car was hardly scratched and Pettyjohn, who will be a Heppner High senior next year, was unscathed. Steve apparently fell asleep to cause the accident. He had been working hard all week and was tired. He was en route to pick up his girl friend to go to the dance in Heppner. They later went to the dance. Sherron Brenner, driving a new Mustang that she had just purchased, had the misfortune of hitting a deer on the high way in the area of the rorth Lexington elevator Saturday night She had just taKen ae livery on the car Friday. Dam age was estimated at $500. Mrs. Brenner was unhurt in the ac cident. Don Munkers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers, apparently fell asleep en route home from lone eorly Sunday morning. His car left the road near the Marion Palmer place. The car was badly damaged but Munk ers was unhurt. A car that Bill McLeod, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave McLeod, was driving about 12:15 a.m. Sunday went into the ditch on the Condon hill near the Roice Fullcton place. It was a new 1967 Camaro. Lloyd Smith of Condon was the owner and was with McLeod at the time. A car coming from the opposite dir ection forced them off the road, the youths said. Neither was hurt and damage to the auto was light. Report came Tuesday after noon that Ron Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Jones, was in an accident with a 4-wheel drive pickup, and he was not seriously hurt. The young man said that another vehicle forced him off the road. m f 1 i v . . -4 , J . . .-I - - 4 Fair Flags Flying; Opening August 22 Merchants Meeting Set for August 18 Meeting of Heppnef merch ants is called for Friday, August IS, by Bill Hust, chairman of the merchants' committee of the Chamber of Commerce. It will be in the Wagon Wheel for luncheon at noon (Dutch treat). At that time plans will be con sidered for the Moonlight Sale which will be held probably In September. Hust emphasizes that all mer chants, not only members of the merchants' committee, are urged to attend. It is not necessary to be a member of the Chamber to attend either, he points out. Fair and rodeo flags are fly ing in downtown Heppner, pointing up the fact that the Morrow county fair is only 12 days away, starting August 22, and the rodeo follows four days later, starting August 26. Through the ranks of the 4-H and FFA, as well as other ex hibitors, preparations are going on behind the scenes for the fair. Entries for 4-H and FFA will be open at 9 a.m. on Tues day, August 22, and close at 10:30 a.m. that day. Open class entries open at 8 a.m. Wednes day, August 23, and close at 9 o'clock the same morning. Popular features are on the program again, including tne 4-H and FFA livestock auction, followed by the pig scramble on Thursday night of the fair; the 4-H dress revue on the even ing of August 23; the pet show starting at 10 a.m. on August 24', followed by the Parade of Pets; the Wheat League's cake baking contest; and other events. Any who have not received premium books for the fair may obtain them at the county agent s oftice. 4-H Home Ec Plans Made Mrs. Marjorie Wilcoxen, coun ty extension agent, says that the 4-H home economics sched ule of events at the fair prom ises to be a busy one, starting with the judging of exhibits at 10:30 a.m. on August 22. Judging contests for food, home improvement, clothing ana Knuung memDers win ioi- low in the afternoon. Demonstrations will be held starting at 3:30 following the ludeiner contests. Stvie Revue judging takes the spotlight Wednesday night, August 23. A clothing or knit ting member participating in the event is judged not only on the workmanship of the gar ment but on her selection of fabric and accessories, and last but not least, the girl herself, her posture, poise, grooming and attitude. "We appreciate . the response of all the people involved in OS THE CORNER where the Fair building once stood is this new service station. Grand opening nut irrf tarim fThuradcrrl and continues through Saturday. (G-T Pnoto). Service Station Grand Opening Slated 3 Days Grand opening event of Wes Richfield Service Station which. now brightens the corner ol Main and Center streets starts today (Thursday) and continues through Saturday, Wes Marlatt, operator, announces. The new station, erected in a short time by a contractor af ter the old Fair building was removed, has been opened for business for about two weeks, but the gala event will be this week-end. Marlatt, who has been in bus iness here as a service station operator for 10 years, had only to move across the street to continue in the new station which has two islands and four gasoline pumps. He has lived in Heppner most of his life. Door prizes totaling $131 will be given in drawings as a re sult of the grand opening. To be given are an electric blank et, hair dryer, electric fry pan, an electric iron, and a coffee percolator. Free balloons and candy suckers will be given to the children, and a 6-bottle carton of Pepsi-Cola wil be given to those who fill their vehicles there with gasoline. Drinking glasses are also being given with purchases. Those wishing to take advan tage of the Pepsi-Cola offer are to use the coupon in the adver tisement elsewhere in this pa per or from the handbills cir culated by the station. 4 Entries Signed For County Derby Four horses have been enter ed in the Morrow county derby at the 1967 Rodeo, Tom Currin, publicity chairman, announces. Three of the entries are owned by George Steagall and one by John Eubanks. Entries are now closed for the derby. According to the rules, August 1 was the deadline to enter. planning the 4-H activities, In cluding members and leaders, in seeing that registration iorms were returned to the extension office," Mrs. Wilcoxen said. "Having the names of partici pants will save much time and confusion during the fair." Revue Theme Set "Trade Winds of Fashion is the theme of the 1967 Style Re vue selected by the committee Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, Mrs. Ralph Crum and Mrs. Joe Ta tone. The Style Revue, to which the public is invited, is sched uled to be the concluding event for the 4-H home economics ac tivities at the fair. A fine new stage has been provided by the fair board for the event, which will start at 8 p.m. on the Wed nesday night About 50 girls will model dresses, suits, sweaters and oth er garments. Sheridan Wyman (Continued on page 8) Cason is Chosen As Parade Marshal Lewis Cason, Heppner resi dent for many years, will be the grand marshal of the 1967 Rodeo Parade on August 26, Randall Peterson, parade chair man, announces. Cason, who has returned to Heppner after living in Portland for a time, will ride at the head of the pa rade. Peterson said that plans are well underway for the parade and that some $475 in prizes will be given again this year for winning entries. Among two outside entries known to be coming are the Hermlston Chamber of Commerce noat, and float of the Lutheran churches which will make the trip from Milton-Freewater. Luncheon for queens and roy al courts who come to partici pate will be in the Odd Fel lows hall on August 26 with the meal to be served by the Rebekahs, Peterson said.
