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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1967)
LIBRARY U or 0 EUGENE . ORE 97403 Pendleton Low on MK'ormac-k Construction Co. of Pendleton entered the low bid cm rciiovittlon of tho Hepp ner iiniiilclpul swimming pool iiiid construction of a new bath house, the city council found when bids were aliened at a kimtIiiI meeting last Wednesday afternoon. The totnl bid, which Includes all four Hem Unit had own listed it alternate, come to $.n.t;72. llil I well within the amount that wilt he available when Ixmd will he sold, hut the contract had not been awarded It of Wedneiiday. ll In expected that Die accept Mice of the hid will he forth coinliik t a special mooting of the council at ft p.m. Friday. The contract can only be awarded contingent on the: mile of the bonds, which were Voted by the people. Tho principal reason for the delay In accept. Inu the bid. however, Im n let ter from the State Board of health which called attention to a number of Item, considered to he relatively minor, that the board I iihImIm must tie Included to comply with health stand arils. Mont Included I'ltv Supt. Vic Croshens urtld at the regular council meeting Tuesday ni;lt that In a tele phone conversation with Clark and (iroff, Engineer, of Salem, bo had been nuiured that most of these were Included In their planning and other were of a minor nature. However, the council decided that it should have assurance In writing from the engineer that those would be Included In the bid price be fore the McCortnack figure, was accepted. The adjourned meet ing km set for Friday after noon to allow time lor a letter from tho engineer to get here. Mayor W. C. Hoscwall said that he felt the hid wa very favorable. Itenovatlon of tne pool and construction of the bathhouse wa figured at $1)1, Km. Other Item, all of which were alternate that might have been omitted If the basic fig ure was too high. Include these: Underwater lights. 52,.; reno- i vanon ot tne mecnanicai room, ( $l.l(i, IUI ill IM 1, iihu Mansion Joints, $-172. Only one other bid was re ceived, that coming from Paul and Hacker Company of Eugene at 0 total figure of $!I!),7!M) A letter from Clark and C.roff to the city said that the firm had reviewed the bid of Mo Cormack Co. and considered It a fair cost on the project. The engineers said that the compa ny I reputable and recom mended that It be accepted. Basic cost Is somewhat high er than the $N7,(XX) estimated at the time of the exist study un dertaken by the engineers, but addition of Items which former ly were not Included accounts for most of tho Increase. Alternates Approved The council agreed to Include all the alternate when the con tract I awarded. Considerable discussion Tues day night centered on the type of bonds to be offered for sale. A resolution was adopted auth orizing the city to sell $110,000 in bonds on a level debt serv ice method of repayment. The bonds will carry a i.r year ma turity and will be callable al ter the ninth year. City Attorney Abrnm ex plained that proceeds of the School Meeting Scheduled Tuesday Date .)f the September meet ing of the board of directors of Morrow county school district Rl has been changed from Monday, September IS, to Tues day, September 12, Supl. Hon Daniels announces. Change of dates was neces sary due to a superintendents' mooting In Portland on Septem ber 18 and a teacher certificat ion mooting; In Salem on Sep tember 19. Among Items on the agenda at the melting, which will bo at 8 p.m. !n the Lexington office, will bo consideration of land scaping bids for Riverside High school. Council Ponders Speed Limits; State Proposals Prove Confusing What shall be the speed lim it In lleppnor's downtown dis trict? This was the question that faced the city council Tuesday night at Its September meeting. It wouldn't seem to be a very confusing proposition, but It turned out to be so. Here's tho story: At a recent meeting the coun cil had, In general, approved state recommendations that would permit higher speeds than tho posted 25 at tho north ern entrance to the city and set limits In other parts of the downtown area. But In the rec ommendations they found an apparent conflict, since tho state suggested a speed of 25 coming down the Condon highway hill but a 30 mllo-per-hour-speod through the downtown district. Councilmen directed that Mrs. Elaine George, recorder, write a Firm Pool Bid bond Kale may lie used only on the project described at the p rial election or for repayment of the bond. Thu. by making them ml hi bio after nine year tho earliest date on a 15 year Issue the city may apply that portion of the fund not used on the proect to retire a part of the bond Issue. In the mean time, the fund will accumulate Interest. It i planned to proceed at once with legal step necessary to sell the Issue, first advertl tug for bid on the bond. Con nI ruction on the project ennnot atari until after the bond are Hold, and a minimum of 20 day from the time of first advertl lug for bid on tho bonds I necessary before bid may be owned. Of. KEN WRIGHT Wright is Chosen American Farmer Ken Wright, nn outstanding member of the Heppner High school chapter. Future Farmers of America, during his ' high w hool days, has been chosen for the American Farmer degree by the national organization of FFA according to Hal Whit aker, vocational agriculture In structor at the high school. This high national honor Is In recognition of Wrights out standing: project program in high school and for the work he has dune since graduation In following through on the pro gram. Wliltaker said. Wright thus becomes one of the few from Morrow county to uttain the American Farmer do grew, Last selection lor the recog nition wa Frank Ownln, a num ber of years ago. Before his graduation from high ch h In the spring of l'.Kll, Wright wa selected as a Slate Farmer In his senior year. Since his graduation he attended Ore gon State University. F.astcrn Oregon College and Blue Moun tain Community College. Ho and his wife, Judy, oper ate Wright's Country Store at Hung while be work with bis father In their cattle operation there. Ken Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright and his wife Is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith of Heppner. Wright expects to go to Kan sas City to the national Future Farmer ronvenlon and presenta tion of tho decree is scheduled for October 11. Kinzua Mill Fire Cause of Alarm Two trucks and the rural fire Jeep with 11 volunteer firemen responded to a fire alarm Tues day at 5:40 p.m. that took them to the Kinzua Corporation mill in the rosavv building. Tho fire was extinguished by (liiick thinking men on duty at tho mill at that time, Fire Chief Forrest Burkenblno said, Prob able cause of the fire was a frozen hearing on the rosavv. Some sawdust and part of the interior framework of the build ing burned. Amount of damage is as yet undetermined. Most of the firemen returned to town within about 15 minutes after the alarm, but four remained .standing by for about two hours. letter, pointing out this appar ent error, which would permit a driver to speed up after he reached the center of town. The letter that came In reply from the state acknowledged tho discrepancy and recommen ded the entire speed be 30 miles per hour. Speed at school cross walks would be 20 miles per hour, and another speed was recommended for another area, meaning three separate speeds in the short section through town. 'Just Backwards' Councilmen were nonplussed. They had expected that the state would reduce Its recom mendation to 25, Instead of rais ing it uniformly llo 30, with the exception of the other two designated areas. Then In examining the letter, they were confused hy the site descriptions and couldn't deter- lLz oo 84th Year GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September 7, 1967 U.S. Forest Closure Off; State Holds Closure of the National For est lands was lifted a of Wed nesday mornlnjT. W. S. (Sam) Miller. Hanger in charge of the Heppner district. Umatilla Nat ional Forest, said Wednesday morning. Till moans that the nation al forest lands are open again for recreation, logging and oth er use. Bull Prairie, which had been shut down by the closure, was re-oienod to the public. But lands under protection of (he State Department of Forest ry remained closed as of Wed nesday, and this may lead to some confusion on the part of hunter. Glen Ward, state game agent, said that an archery season on deer will 0en Saturday In the Heppner management unit. Dove season is on, and grouse season will open Saturday morning. But hunters cannot seek their Rams on lands un der state protection. Ward wa in contact with the state, expecting that this clos ure might be lifted, too, but It wasn't as of late Wednesday af ternoon. Forest Rainfall J06 Inch Bangor Miller said that .06 Inch of rain was recorded at Tupnor on Tuesday. Higher hu midities that day were more re sponsible for lifting of the clos ure, however, since the burning index did not indicate as great a fire hazard. The amount of rainfall wa not- sufficient - to cause much relief In Itself. Meanwhile, it was reorted the loggers for Kinzua Corpor ation wont off tho "hoot owl" shift and returned to regular hours. Miller said that no more fires have occurred in the Heppner Hanger district. Seven men from this district have been helping on the Airstrip fire near Hoodoo Bowl In the North Santlam country and some have been working on Washington fires. Tuesday's rain here came af ter 74 days without measurable rain, but only .01 Inch was re corded in Heppner according to the instruments of Don Gilliam, weather observer. This was the second longest dry spell in lleppnor's recorded history, be ing beaten only by the 95 days in liis. The last measurable rainfall was on June 22. Both July and August were without measur able precipitation, and four days of September passed be fore the cooling drops fell on Tuesday, September 5. Maximum temperature cooled to 84 degrees on that day, but this was not the low maximum for the week. On Saturday th temperature climbed to only 81 degrees after a string of six consecutive days in the 90's. Gilliam's complete report for the week, Wednesday, August 30, through Wednesday, Septem ber 6, is as follows: Max. Min. Prec. m 59 96 Gl 90 52 81 54 87 46 89 54 84' 62 .01 81 52 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday mine which speed applied to which particular area, except in general terms. "This Is just backwards from what we wanted," exclaimed Mayor W. C. Rosewall. And Chief of Police Glen Kolkhorst said that raising the speed limit to 30 miles-per-hour in the downtown district was in "direct opposition" to the mo tor vehicle code which fixes it at 25 mph In a business dis trict. "I think this (30 mph) Is too fast, particularly in view of lib erties taken here on jaywalk ing and with the hazards of di agonal parking," he said. "They are setting up three speeds going through town. All they are doing is laying a bunch of booby traps so we can catch a lot of violators." The council Is in favor of 35 (Continued on page 8) 1 U 'W ; 9"" 4 AVi-.-; ; v 1 an"- n CrmNG BEADY for the opening battle with tin Enterprise High Savages here Friday night are) these live who will guide and direct the Musticgs. Watching Coach Ed Hiemstra (center) are i (from left) Assistant Coach Adrian Cook; Veterin Dare Hall, versatile back and son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hall; Quarterback and Assistant Coach Dean Naffziger. who is hue for his first will be a co-captain with Alfred Drake in the Friday night game. Heppner Library Report Reveals Gains for Year Heppner tinues to Pnhlio I.lhrarv con make steady gains,) both in number of volumes and 1 1 In circulation, the annual port reveals. Marion Green, president of the trustees, presented the re port to the Heppner city coun cil at Its meeting Tuesday night. He said that the trustees ap preciate the support of the city council and hope that the sup port will be continued. "One of the most noteworthy parts of the report is that the librarv operated on a budget of less than S20O0," he said. The report is for the fiscal year that ended June 31. Total volumes now in the li brary number 5869 as compared with 5736 at the start of the year. Of these. 3606 are adult volumes and 2263 are juvenile books. The library has 21 per iodicals, 18 as gifts and three paid. One newspaper, the Hepp ner Gazette -Times, is furnished as a gift by the publishers. Cireulatiton of books outside the library shows adults taking out 3,163 volumes, juveniles 3.2S7 and periodicals going out number 189 for a total of 6.939. Total Income for the 1966-67 year was $2,417.81, of which $1600 is given by the city. Mis cellaneous gifts accounted for $150 and fines and fees totaled $111.76. Expenses for the year were $1,996.02, and next year's budget is set at $2,250. An expenditure of some $350 for additions to furniture and fixtures is anticipated, Green said. Mrs. Blanche Brown is librar-! Heppner High Mustangs will lan and the library is open four pla7 the Enterprise High Sav hours each Monday, four hours op,,,. hours each Saturday. Trustees, in addition to Green, are Mrs. Lucy Peterson, vice president; Mrs. Nora Turner, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Gene Starks, W. C. Rosewall and Clarence Baker. Portlanders Open Hotel Grill Here Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ander son of Portland have opened the Hotel Grill and will feature everything from sandwiches to full course meals, they an nounce. Hours will be from 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily, except Wed nesdays. The Grill will be open on Sundays. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. until noon. The Andersons, who have maintained their home in Port land for many years, were in Los Angeles for a number of years where they bought and sold restaurants. They have two married children who now have families of their own. ignup Mown John McCabe. sophomore and son f-Vt fmi iMS ,'Jmi l " - .-J- - A . . 1 Lt-4k x -a: , - K . II 111 . 1 re- f -3;',V - . ; -. j v - . t AL DRAKE, senior center on the Heppner High football team, will be one of the co-captains in the opening game Friday night here against Enterprise. Drake, son cl Mr. and Mrs. Doug Drake, shows promise of being the outstanding center in the Greater Oregon League this season, according to his coaches. (G-T Photo). Mustangs Face Savages In Grid Opener Friday Football season opens here Forty Heppner candidates have been working since Aug ust 22 under the guidance of Head Coach Ed Hiemstra and his two assistants, Adrian Cook and Dean Naffziger. This year's varsity will have its work cut out to improve on last year's record. "Every game will be tough," said Coach Hiemstra. - Enterprise has replaced the Hermiston Jayvees on the sched ule. This is a non-league en counter and will give the coach es and fans a chance to see how the 1967 Mustangs will look before they launch the con ference season. Coach Hiemstra is pleased with the progress of the squad as a whole but hopes for much more improvement, especially in the line where the guards and tackles are inexperienced except for Terry Corbin and Steve Mun kers. Drake's Work Pleases Showing of Al Drake at center has brought pleasure to the coaching staff. "This veteran player has shown much maturity and if he Number 10 Cents of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCabe.-iday" season with the Mustangs. Hall continues as he has so far, should develop into the top cen ter in the league," Coach Hiem stra said. The ends and backfield posit ions are manned with boys with speed and desire, but do not have too much size. As a result, this year's offense will be gear ed to take advantage of the speed, the coach indicated. The Mustangs will have to rely on the pass and outside running plays. (Continued on page 4) Scoreboard Ready For Opening Game A new scoreboard will be In use Friday night when the Heppner High football team plays Enterprise High at the rodeo grounds here, Athletic Director Bob Clough announc es. The scoreboard is furnished by the Pepsi-Cola Company and was obtained through the efforts of Central Market and the Heppner Boosters. It is manually operated. It will be erected permanently and will serve for both foot ball and baseball home games. Slightly Total 1,112 On First Day In County When school opened In Mor- row county Tuesday, three schools showed increases In en rollment, three showed decreas es and one remained exactly the same as the first day of the 1966-67 school year, figures from the office of Supt. Ron Daniels show. However, neither increases nor decreases were substantial, and the total registration figure was 1112, down Just 18 students from the first day last year. Heppner High topped the 200 mark, reaching 204, as compar ed with 18-4 at the opening .last year. But Heppner Elementary was down by 42 pupils below the 460 of last year. The open ing day total Tuesday was 418. First grade class there was 15 below that of Iat year, 44, as compared with 59. and second graders number 52 as compar ed with 65 last year. Ione's registration was almost identical to last year. The ele mentary school was exactly the same at 125, with the first grade class of 15 one more than last year's 14. At the high school, registration totaled 57 as com pared with 58 last year. Riverside High school picked up three above last year, going to 91 from 88, and Boardman Elementary declined by nine, j dropping to 45 from 54. A. C. tiougmon tiememary at irrigon was reported at 172, which is 11 more than the 161 on open ing day last year. Administrators reported that the first day of school went "very smoothly." and few prob- ! lems were encountered. Princl- pal Alan Martin of Heppner Elementary school said that this was the "smoothest first in his experience, and Principal Dick carpenter at the mgn scnooi saia mat ne naa anticipated some first day prob lems but none developed. Number of first graders in the county-wide system again show ed a decline, totaling 86 as com pared with 95 last year. In 1965 66 there were 113. High school seniors number two more than last year, 78 to 76. Riverside has 26 seniors as compared with 17 in 1966-67, I Heppner High has 41 as com- parea wirn k, ana lone Mign i has 11 as compared with 12. Total enrollment of the two Heppner schools on the first day i in is year is oi as compared with 644 last year, a decrease of 22 students. In 1965-66 it was 633 and in 1964, 675. By schools, registration Tues day was as follows with last year's figures in parentheses: Heppner Elementary grade one, 44 (59): two, 52 ( 65); three. 51 (53): four. 48 (54): five, 49 (53) ; six. 53 (61); seven, 60 (54) ; eight. 56 (61). Heppner High grade nine, 66 ( 45); ten, 48 (48); eleven. 49 (44); twelve, 41 (47). lone Elementary grade one, 15 (14); two, 12 (11); three, 12 (20); four, 21 (20); five, 17 (20); six, 20 (13); seven, 11 (14); eight, 14 U3. lone High grade nine, 12 (16); ten, 15 (19); eleven, 19 (11); twelve, 11 (12). Riverside High grade nine, 26 (25); ten, 24 (18); eleven, 15 (28); twelve, 26 (17). Boardman Primary grade one, 10 (10); two, 9 (13); three, 11 (15); four, 15 (16). A. C. Houghton Elementary grade one, 17 (12); two, 13 (16); three, 14 (12); four, 17 (12); five, 24 (28); six, 29 (35); sev en, 35 (24); eight, 23 (24). Nine Vets' Loans Granted in Year Oregon Department of Veter ans' Affairs granted farm and home loans to 4,350 veterans during fiscal 1966-67 in the amount of $53,471,500. This was the highest dollar volume on record for a fiscal year and the third highest in loans. It was a 23 percent increase in dollar volume and a 14 percent gain in loans over 1965-66. In Morrow county last year, loans were granted to nine vet erans in the amount of $99,S50, compared to seven loans in 1965-66 for $72,250. Since the loan program start ed in 1945, loans have gone to 105 veterans in this county in the amount of $796,300. State wide, 58,211 loans have been granted for $530,744,524. Borrowers have repaid $272 million of this in principal and another $91.7 million in inter est, with monthly repayments currently averaging over $4 million. Interest payments alone are running over $1 million a month. Of the 58,211 loans, 33,113 were outstanding June 30, in the amount of $321,688,384. Saalfeld said the loan pro. gram continues to earn a net revenue after paying all expen ses of the loan program and of the department's service divis ion. This net revenue last fiscal year was a record $2,927,986, bringing the total earnings since 1945 to $21,644,217.
