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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.
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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.