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LIBXASY u or 0 EUGENE, ORE 07403 H U IN r A V 'J 1 nH l V '-1 t 4 I THERE WAS NO MERRY CHRISTMAS HERE. Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine stands by the decorated Christmas tree that is the lone remaining furnishing in the house that was occupied by the Syrel Galliher family before fire struck last Thursday morn ing. In the foreground is some of the debris that littered the place after the fire was extinguished. (u-l moto) Pre-Christmas Fire Routs Family, Destroys House A forlorn Christmas tree, with its holiday decorations some thing the worse for wear, was virtually all that remained in side the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Syrel Galliher a few hours after fire struck the home at 260 North Court about 5:30 a.m. last Thursday. The family of six escaped un harmed from the smoke-filled house after Mrs. Galliher had awakened and smelled the smoke. After the alarm was sounded, friends and neighbors responded quickly to help vol unteer firemen remove belong ings and furnishings of the fam ily. Only a few items were lost, including a mattress, a bed, rugs, some Chirstmas gifts and other items. Galliher said. The family's belongings were taken to the old Tryco building for temporary storage, and the Gal lihers spent two days with the Harley Young family before moving to the Sara Adkins res idence, 370 Union. With the as sistance of friends and neigh bors, they recovered in time to have a nice Christmas for the four Galliher children who range in ages from four months to six years. The house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark, now of La Grande, was valued at $10,000 and was considered a total loss. After Mrs. Galliher had awakened at the early morning hour, she aroused her husband. He went to the basement from where the smoke was issuing. There was no evidence of flames at that time, but he theorized the problem came from the fur nace. He went back upstairs, turned off the furnace radiators and then went next door to the home of the Arnim Fraemans to call the fire department. The general alarm sounded at 5:55. When the firemen arrived, they found that the fire had spread into the walls, through furnace ducts and into the at tic. It was difficult to reach because of false ceilings and other problems, Fire Chief For rest Burkenbine said. Sixteen volunteers battled it for several hours before extinguishing it The chief said that wiring connected to a receptacle locat ed in the floor of the living room was listed as the source of the fire. Heaviest damage was done in the upper levels, but water and smoke damage contributed to the loss. Of the goods that were saved, considerable damage was .done to some by water - and smoke. Galliher said that no insurance was carried on the family be longings, but the house was covered by insurance. Galliher, who is employed as a clerk and bookkeeper by Col umbia Basin Electric Co-op, had come here with his family only in October from Malta, Idaho. Fellow employees were among those who came to the family's assistance, and the Gallihers stayed with Harley Young, man ager of Columbia Basin, and family until Saturday when they moved to the Adkins home. . Chief Burkenbine said that 3,000 gallons of water were used on the fire which occurred in 12-deeree weather. The volun teers encountered a mechanical problem with one fire hydrant that hampered their efforts somewhat. County to Build Frontage Road Road department of Morrow county was preparing this week to start moving equipment to the north end of the county to begin construction of a iront age road 3.8 miles in length, County Judge Paul Jones said. This will be on the south side of highway I-80N. It will begin at a point one mile east of the Patterson Ferry overpass and will extend east to link with an existing 1.2 mile frontage road constructed by the state that connects to the Ordnance over pass. The state also will build one mile of frontage road run ning east fom the Patterson Ferry oVerpass. The judge said that the coun ty has obtained permission from the state to use the state high way department's construction site, and this will save the coun ty several hundred dollars. Loan to Spur Projects Set By Co-op Senator Wayne Morse and Representative Al Ullman have announced that a loan in the amount of $838,000 will be awarded to the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc.. by the Rural Electrification Admin istration. They made the an nouncement Jointly in a tele gram to The Gazette-Times on December 22. Harley Young, manager of the cooperative, said that approval of the loan will speed projects planned for improvements in Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. Construction of new headquar ters facilities will "start very soon," he said. Wes Korman of Pendleton is architect on this Droicct. and work will get start ed as soon as his plans are com pleted. The building will be creeled at the present site of the Colum bia Basin substation, locaien near Grav's Union service sta tion and repair shop on the north side of town. Other improvements that the loan will finance, most of them in Gilliam and Wheeler coun ties, are: 1. Thirty-nine miles of distri bution line to service 100 new customers. 2. Twenty-three miles of G9 kilovolt transmission line. 3. System improvements in cluding five miles of new tie line, conversion of 39 miles of existing line and related facili ties, and increased substation capacity. 4. Installation of three substa tions with a combined capacity of 2400 KVA, and a new 1500 KVA transmission substation near Lexington. Manager Young reported on these projects, contingent on ap proval of the loan, at the an nual meeting of the coopera tive in Condon in November. 84th Year Number 44 HEPPNEM GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 28, 1967 10 Cents "A J''".! ... a t r . ' - J :. i.t l ... J ' .".. "" ....... i i Mustangs Playing In Sherman Meet Heppner High's Mustangs op en play in the first round of the Sherman County basketball tournament tonight (Thursday), starting at 7 p.m. The holiday tournament is sponsored by the Sherman High Huskies. Competing in the tournament, which will be held two nights, Thursday and Friday, are the Wahtonka Eagles, Columbia Bruins of White Salmon, Wash., Heppner and Sherman County. Tonight's games are at 7 and 8:45 p.m. Losers will play for consolation at 7 p.m. Friday night and winners will play for the championship at 8:45. A trophy will be presented to the champion team's captain by the Winter Wonderland Queen of Sherman High. Heppner goes into the tourna ment with a record of two wins and four losses. The Mustangs have defeated Burns and Enter prise and have lost to Grant Union, lone, Condon and De- Sales of Walla Walla. The loss to DeSales was Friday night at Walla Walla by . a lopsided score. NO YOUNGSTERS have been hanging around the Heppner swim ming pool, waiting for it to open, but good progress is beinq made on the project by McCormack Construction Co. as this view shows. The concreta block bath house has taken shape and the roof is going on, while work of rebuilding the pool proper has also started. It appears that the pool will be ready in good time for the summer season of 1968. (G-T Photo). Weather Warms After Cold Snap; Year's Rain Low Death Takes Mrs. Buschke; Services Held on Tuesday Mrs. Claude (Margaret) Busch ke. 53. who was born near Hepp ner and lived here all of her life, died Friday, December 22, n the Pendleton Community hospital. Funeral services were Tues day, December 26, at 10 a.m. in All Saints' Episcopal church with the Rev. Dirk Rinehart and the Rev. Melvin Dixon officiat ing. Vault interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Buschke had been in ill health for a number of years. She had undergone two delicate major operations to her heart in recent years and met her problem with courage, with de voted support of her husband. She was hospitalized again a number of weeks ago with another illness that resulted in her death. Mr. and Mrs. Buschke had op erated a farm for several years after their marriage in 1933. They purchased the Gilliam and Bisbee Hardware, one of Hepp ner's best known businesses from the early days of the city, in 1955 and operated it until 1965. They closed the store in December, 1965, partly because of Mrs. Buschke's ill health. She was born March 21. 1914, daughter of Walter and Carrie Forbes Beckett, and was mar ried to Claude Buschke in Pen dleton on November 17, 1933. Mrs. Buschke was a member of Sans Souci Rebekah lodge and had been baptized in the Episcopal church. She and her husband enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing, and following their retirement from the store looked forward to taking trips in the camper that he had built and furnish ed. At the funeral services Tues day the church was filled with relatives and friends, and more than 100 stood outside. Mrs. W. S. (Pauline) Miller sang, accom panied by Mrs. Dirk Rinehart. Casket bearers were Dick Wil kinson, John Mollahan, Gene Orwick, Howard Bryant, Hubert Wilson, and Don Greenup. Concluding services were at the Heppner Masonic cemetery with Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33 participating with ritual istic work. Sweeney Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Buschke is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Beckett; two sons, Robert Buschke of Heppner and Jerry Buschke of Canyon City; a bro ther, Laurence Becket, of Hepp ner; and three grandchildren. ' Winter officially arrived Fri day, December 22, but somehow the seasons seemea 10 De con fused. It was on Friday that mini mum temperature shot up to 38 degrees from the previous day's eight degrees, ana tne maxi mum went to 52 from the 39 of December 21. After recording as low as four degrees one night the previous week, the minimum tempera ture Monday of this week was a summer-like 50 degrees. A person might have slept outside with some degree of comfort that night. Last Wednesday brought an other inch of snow, making a total of approximately four inches for the season here, ac cording to Don Gilliam, official weather observer. Through December 27, the year 1967 brought only 8.62 inches of rain. Gilliam reported. He checked his records to de- termini if this is a new low for the area, and round that it was not, but only two years on record had less rain. The year 1939 was the light est on rainfall with 7.81 inches, and 1928 had 8.20. The year 1910 had 8.74 inches. Whether 1967 finishes with the third lowest rainfall on record will be de termined between now and Monday. By months, rainfall in 1967 was as follows: January, 1.30; February, .19; March, 1.49; Ap ril, 1.88; May, .67; June, .33; July, .00; August, T; September, .53; October, .75; November, .71; December to date), .77. The week's complete weather Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday ( 1 Inch Snow) Hi Low Prec. 23 9 .08 39 8 .01 52 38 .14 56 44 ' .06 53 44 T 57 50 .03 53 45 52 42 Dance Set Saturday Young people of the area are invited to attend' a New Year dance at the HeDnner fair pa vilion Saturday night, Deeemoer 30. Music will be provided by a local combo, The Henchmen, with dancing from 9:30 p.m. un til 1:00 a.m A special invitation is extended to college youth who are home for their holiday vacations. BMCC to Offer Adult Classes Blue Mountain Community college will again sponsor even ing classes for interested adults in the Heppner-Ione areas. A class in painting will be gin January 18. The 10-week class will meet on Thursday evenings from 7 until 10 p.m. and will be instructed by Dr. Margaret McDevitt. Additional subjects offered are conversational Spanish, income taxes, tailoring, typing modern math for parents, and sociology. Anvone interested in the cour ses may attend an organization al meeting at Heppner High school on January 11, at 7:30 p.m., or further information may be obtained oy caning tne nign school, 676-9138. 30 Prizes Await Area's I968 Baby Thirty fine prizes await the first baby born at Pioneer Mem orial hospital in the new year. Young Mr. or Miss 1968 will re ceive a wide range of gifts from diapers to 25 off on the hospital bill with the compli ments of Heppner merchants and the hospital. First baby to arrive in the hospital after midnight Decem ber 31 will win the bonanza in the First Baby Contest, which has been held here annually for many years. According to the rules, the ba by must be born in the hospi tal or on the way to , the hos pital, and the parents must be residents of Morrow, Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam or Umatilla counties, all of which are serv ed by the hospital. In some previous years the New Year's baby has arrived promptly within hours or per haps even minutes after the stroke of midnight. In other years, the arrival hasn't been so punctual. Last vear. it took 20 davs be fore Ann Rinehart, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Dirk Kine- Arbuckle Ski Season To Open January 6 Paper to be Late Again Next Week Because New Years Day comes on Monday, The Gazette-Times will be late again next week. It will be placed in the mail and in Heppner post office boxes next Thurs day afternoon. Normally it would be in the boxes Thurs day morning. The paper will go to press during the day Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday. Office of The Gazette-Times will be closed Saturday to give the staff another 3-day week-end during the holiday season. After next week's paper, the regular schedule will be resumed. Arhiickle Mountain ski course will oDen to the public for the season on Saturday, January 6, directors of the corporation de cided at a meeting recently. Season tickets are now avail nhle from L. E. Dick or Herman Winter at $60 per family or $25 per individual for a minimum of nine week-ends (18 days) of skiing. It is expected that the course will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sun day through the season, oper ation on Saturdays will be con ducted through the 4-H ski clubs with Dick McElligott in charge, and on Sundays the Morrow County Jaycees will be In charge. , Busses again this year will take 4-H members to the course where they will receive instruc tion in skiing and practice the sport. They will receive a spe cial rate that Includes their bus fare to the mountain and back. Ski patrol will operate at the mountain with Alan Martin, Loren Lucore and Curtis Culp as registered patrolmen. The ski course has been op erated with rope tow for sever al seasons since the formation of the Arbuckle Mountain Cor poration after the Arbuckle Mountain Ski club first started development of the course. Interest has climbed slowly but steadily here, and all pro ceeds received to date have been After being on holiday vaca tion since December 22, school children and teachers of Mor row countv will return to class- re-invested In the development es Tuesday morning, January 2. of the course or used in paying for operation and maintenance. The corporation borrowed some monev to eet the opera tion going this year, and the monev that may come from sea son ticket sales Is needed for heavy initial outlay entailed, such as liability Insurance, for est use permit, and other expen ses. Directors and members of the corporation have donated con' siderable money, time and et fort towards the venture, togeth er with other volunteers In the area. Martin points out that the Ski Patrol needs a numDer or items to be prepared for emergencies. Any donations of these Items will help: Hemostats, scisssors, pocket knife, safety pins, uana Aids, waterproof tape, green soap, blankets, and other ster ile first aid supplies. Those who are interested In season tickets are urged to pur chase them now to help tne directors with their season's budget. The Javcees will be paid $150 for their share In op erating the tow through the season. School to Resume hart, was born on January 20 to claim the First Baby Contest prizes. She weighed six pounds, two ounces at birth. Now about to relinquish her First Baby title, Ann will ob serve her first birthday on Jan uary 20, 1968. Many of the prizes offered this year are in cash or savings accounts. Others are in merch andise, and some are for the parents. The complete list is as fol lows: Twenty-five percent off on hospital bill from Pioneer Mem orial hospital; 10 gallons of milk from Hager's Dairy; $5 for sav ings account from Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers; $5 in clean ing from Heppner Cleaners; $5 savings account from Bank of Eastern Oregon; $5 in merchan dise from Pettyjohn's Farm and. Building Supply; one year sub scription from The Gazette Times. Five dollars for. savings ac count from Heppner Nor-Gas Company; $5 off on January electric bill from Columbia Ba sin Electric Co-op; $5 savings account from First National Bank; surprise gift for dad from Fulleton Chevrolet; $5 for sav ings account from M & R Com pany; $5 in merchandise from MiLadies Apparel. Electric bottle warmer from Hennner Auto Parts; $5 in mer chandise from .Central Market; $5 in cash from Turner, Van Marter and Bryant Insurance; sterling silver cup with name engraved from Peterson's Jewel ers; $5 in baby food from Econ omy Market; first shoes from Gohty's; shirt for dad from Gardner's Men's Wear; one doz en diapers from J. C. Penney Co. Quart of Plasolux colors from Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company; $5 in merchandise from Case Furniture Co.; one dozen stretch diapers from Van's Variety; ba by carry-all from Western Auto Store; $5 for savings account from C. A. Ruggles Insurance; vaporizer from Murrays Rexall Drug; $5 for savings account from Lott's Electric; 10 gallons of gasoline from Jack's Chevron Station; $5 in baby clothes or baby blanket from Elma's Ap parel. Will O'Harra, administrator at the hospital, said Tuesday that no maternity cases were in the hospital at that time, but the staff knew of several who were expected in within a few days. It seems quite possible that the 1968 first baby will ar rive quite soon after the depart ure of old 1967. As soon as the winner is de termined, the Gazette-Times will furnish a letter to the par ents to be used in claiming the prizes. Complete information on the contest is printed in the an nouncement on page five of this paper.
