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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1968)
1 1 BRAKY u or o EUGENE. ORE . 97403 ' V. . t y f Lil. j HARLET TOUNG Young is Head Of Oregon Rural Electric Co-ops Harley Young, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Cooper ative, started his term of office January 1 as president of the Oregon Rural Electric Coopera tive association. He was elect ed to the position at a meeting In Portland In December and succeeds Harold Eakln of Moro, manager of the Wasco Electric Co-op of The Dalles. The association has two gen eral meetings each year, one in the fall and one in the summer. Directors meetings are held on call. Thirteen cooperatives in the State of Oregon are mem bers, delivering power to some 40,000 rural families. One important matter facing the association and the new president this year is working with committees of the legislat ure on tax proposals. Some con sideration has been given by some legislators to advocate an excise tax on electric and tele phone utilities, and this is op posed by the rural electric as sociation. Young started early working with cooperatives, taking his first Job in Marysville, Mo., his home town, at the age of 19 as a pole hole digger. He worked for other cooper atives in Missouri, was married there and spent 2Vs years with the U. S. Air Force. After World War II, he met Ed Collison who brought him here to work with the Columbia Basin Electric Co operative in Heppner. When Collison moved to Ritz ville. Wash., to manage a co operative there, Young became manager here in 1956. In the eleven years that Young has been manager, Columbia Basin Electric has tripled in size, principally because of the trans fer with Pacific Power and Light Co. through which it ac quired service areas In Gilliam and Wheeler counties as well as the City 'of Heppner and oth er areas in Morrow county. R-l Planning Committee Eyes Buildings Morrow County School District Rls newly-created planning committee held Its first meet ing Wednesday evening. Janu ary 3, after being aulhoiled by director of the district and being appointed by Chairman Don MeElllgott. Eleven members and two al ternates comMse the committee, as follows: Dr. Walliico Wolff, KoIkti Junes. lionald Currln and Orvul Matheny, alternate, all of Heppner; Ted PalmiUeer, Oar land Swanson, Louis Carbon and Harold Snider, alternate, all of lone; Mrs. Dewey West and Vernon Russell, both of Board man; Bill Parker and Orville Buchanan, boih of Irrigon; and Elden Padberg, Lexington. Swanson was elected chair man of the committee and Carl son was elected vice-cnairmnn. At the first meeting, MeElli gott explained the reasons for the committee which is to study the needs of all the schools In Morrow county to develop botn an immediate Improvement and a long range development pro gram. Primary purpose is to study building needs, but It may also work Into other eras of planning for the district. To Study Overall Needs McKlligott said that he felt the school district should have long range goals to work to wards Instead of taking each Item as a separate entity when an emergency arose. The com mittee is to study the overall needs of the school district and to prepare a report for the school board in which specific recommendations may be made for board action. With Carlson presiding be cause of the absence of Swan son, the committee discussed methods to be used In obtain ing its goals. One of the first objectives is to meet with local j advisory committees and tour each building in an attempt to acquaint the planning commit tee members with the buildings in tiie district at the present time and what changes are needed. The committee then met with the Heppner-Lexliigton advisory committee and Alan Martin, Heppner Elementary principal, showed slides of the Heppner Junior High and auditorium gymnasium buildings He ex plained the problems in the two buildings and distributed a sheet with detailed cost esti mates for remodeling the rest rooms of the Junior high build ing Gym Building Toured Martin suggested that the committee needs to determine whether the auditorium-gymnasium building should be re paired or replaced and present ed no costs nor recommenda tions for repairing or remodel ing it. The auditorium portion of the structure was closed recent ly because of plaster falling from the ceilings and walls. The committee toured the Heppner buildings, and then discussed them. They agreed that something needs to be done about the auditorium-gymnasium but feeling was expressed that it should be determined what the grade structure will be for the Heppner schools be fore they could realistically plan for remodeling or replacement. Consideration has been given previously to the possibility of a six-six system in Heppner, with seventh and eighth grades going to school in the high school building. If this were done, It would change building needs at the elementary plant. Next meeting of the commit tee was tentatively set for lone on Januarv 22. Sunt. Ron Dan iels is to confirm the date and notify members prior to that time. 84th Year Number 46 THE iw F GAZ HEPPNER FTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836y Thursday, January 11, 1968 10 Cents Mustangs Defeat Cards, 66 to 56 Heppner High's basketball team evened its two-game ser ies with the lone Cardinals Tuesday night with a 66-56 vic tory in the Mustangs' gym. lone had won the first game, 59 to 52, on the Cardinals' court De cember 12. The Mustangs held an edge throughout most of the Tuesday night game against the scrappy Redbirds. Halftime stood 31 to 24 for the winners, and a seven -point spread remained at the end of the third quarter, 45 to 38. Heppner started to pull away in the last stanza, but the Cards, led by Eddie Sher man's 21-point production, kept driving until the final gun. Russ Kilkenny, Heppner cen ter, who had been held to four points by the Cards in the game at lone, connected lor i.9 rues day night. Frank Halvorsen, center for the lone five, also had 19. Dave Hall drilled 18 points for the Mustangs, all on field goals. The game was ragged, per haps because of tenseness of the keen rivalry between the schools. Bill McLeod went out of the game in the fourth quar ter with five fouls. Hall was on thin ice with four as was Hal vorsen for lone. Three players on Heppner's team ended with three fouls and two on Ione's team had three. The Mustangs made only six points on free throws, and five of these were by Kilkenny. They made only six of 19 tries, but hit 30 fieid goals. lone did bet ter on the charity stripe with 14' of 27. They connected on 21 field goals. Heppner's freshmen defeated the lone Jayvees in the opener, 49 to 42. IONE 56: Swanson 6, Sherman 21, Ball 7, Halvorsen 19, Lovgren 1, Peterson 2, Nelson. HEPPNER 66: Hall 18, Mc Cabe 6, McLeod 8, O'Donnell 5, Kilkenny 19, L. Pettyjohn 2, Stillman 2. S. Pettyjohn 2, Kemp 4. HEPPNER 13 ' 18 " 14 2166 ! IONE 9 15 14 18561 j- '"' "A . ' . . 1 . ;',r:- f v jj '. l All at---""""! If 'J- -; ' " " ....... r""""""1"'! j -t", ... ..... f"y- " - I OFFICERS of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamb3r o'f Commerce for 1968 were installed Monday, and Herman Winter (seated, center), president for 1967. was presented past president s plaque by Wes Sherman (seated, right), president for 1968. Judge Paul Jones (seated, left), first vice president for 1968, holds one of the membersh p certificates that were given to all members Monday. Standing are other officers for the new year (from lelft). Harlan McCurdy. Jr.. secre tary; Norman Supple, reelected treasurer; and Jerry Sweeney, second vice-president. (G-T Pnoto). Chamber Hears Plans For Employment Service Full services of an employ ment office will be offered throueh the Neighborhood Cen ter in Heppner soon, Lorin O'- Gara, director, Blue Mountain Economic Development Council, Inc., told the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday. The service will be offered through the State Employment Service with representatives coming here perhaps once each week, he said. Full scale counselling for em ployment will also be available. Unemp loyment insurance claims will be processed through the office, and checks will be distributed here instead of going to any location to get them, O'- Gara said. The newly-established center, located in the Gilliam and Bis bee building, is now "touching" 115 persons per month, for such services as counselling, distri bution of clothing and of need ed furniture, O'Gara said. He thanked, the governing board here for its assistance with the center and pointed out that the members of the board set the priorities on needs and uses for the center. Courses from Blue Mountain Community College are offered through the center and those in terested can sign for the cours es here. In other business at the Cham ber's first meeting of the year, Orville Cutsforth reported on a letter he received from Congress man Al Ullman in reply to Cuts-, forth's urging investigating the possibility of using water from proposed atomic energy plants for irrigation. The Congressman said that he would keep close touch with the possibilities and keep Cutsforth advised. There has been considerable speculation about the develop ment of such plants along the Columbia River and some have proposed such a plant for Mor row county. New officers of the Chamber took their posts at the meeting with Frank Turner acting as in stalling officer. Wes Sherman, 1 incoming president, presented a past president's plaque to Her man Winter. Other new officers are County Judge Paul Jones, first vice-president; Jerry Swee ney, second vice-president; Har lan McCurdy, secretary; and Norman Supple, reelected treas urer. Membership certificates were distributed to members for the year 1968. Snow Conditions Still Prevail Here The on-again off-again weath er that has characterized the start of the Nev Year continued this week with some' rather springlike days and snow on others. One inch of snow was record ed by Don Gilliam, weather ob server, on Monday, but Tuesday warmed up to 54 degrees with a minimum of 35. However, Tuesday night another change came and a driving snow was falling by 9 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday ( 1 inch snow) p.m. Hi Low . Prec. 37 19 46 26 39 26 36 18 43 17 42 27 .11 54 35 January Clearance Sale This Weekend Townwide January Clear ance Sale in Heppner will be Friday and Saturday. January 12 and 13, of this week as merchants clear their stocks at inventory time. A few of the "super values' offered may be found on page five otf this paper. Other ad vertising points out some - of the other bargains. During the two days of the sale, a special art showing by Mary Nikander and china dec orating demonstrations will be given in the former Case Fur niture building. Morgan '67 Rainfall Only 4.83 Inches Heppner had a dry year in 1967 with only 8.64' inches of rainfall but this was wet compared to that at the Mor gan weather station. Total re corded there by Mrs. Blanche Lindstrom was only 4.83 inch es, Gene Winters, county agent, states. The station is located three miles northeast of Morgan. The total is a new low for the station, the .previous rec ord being 5.26 inches. Average is 9.42 inches. Icy Highway Halts Enterprise Game The trip to Enterprise for a basketball game on January 5 came to a sudden halt in La Grande. The spectators' bus, the panel, and the players' bus were halted by the state police be cause of bad road conditions. The players' bus was held up in a traffic Jam at the narrow bridge north of La Grande for about one hour and 45 minutes. Some spectators got to La Grande only to find that they had a long trip home awaiting them. School Bus Tire Blows But Driver Prevents Accident (From HHS Hehisch) While driving the bus to Ruggs Friday, Mrs. Rita Sum ner, the Eightmile school bus driver, had quite an unnerv ing experience. The inside left dual tire blew out forcing the outside dual off the axle with the inside one close behind. This action lowered the left rear of the bus quite notice ably, and made the bus very difficult to handle. But Mrs. Sumner yelled "Hang on!" and wheeled it around the corner, keeping it straight in the road and bringing it to rest on the shoulder of the highway. Mrs. Sumner commented that it was real hard to han dle. No comment was made by the riders at that time. lone Girl Named On Round-Up Court Susan Lindstrom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom of lone, has been named one of four princesses for the 1968 Pen dleton Round-Up court. She was also a princess on the Morrow County Rodeo court last year, and has achieved many riding honors during earlier years. Miss Lindstrom Is In her soph omore year at Oregon State Uni versity. w K i QUEEN BERNIECE MATTHEWS Berniece Matthews Chosen Court Queen Miss Berniece Matthews, 18- vear-old dauehter of Mr. and She will serve with Queen , Mr Wj,iiaPP Matthews of lone. SfeXIw.- chosen queen of the 19GS ton: Linda Lew. Pendleton, and i Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Melissa Davis, Baker. by the rodeo board at its meet ing January 3. Berniece represented the Wil lows Grange of lone as its prin cess on the 1967 Rodeo Court. Four princesses will be cho sen from other parts of the county during the coming weeks to comprise the rest of Queen Tlnmlfuia ortiirt ;Vin will nrn. TiirortnTs and hudeet commit-1 , ,,oi fauii7itloc nf tee memrjers oi morrow ujumy the fajr an(j rodeo events dur School District R-l will hold lng the sprjng and summer, their first meeting on the 1968- nueen was a mem- t bVntheTudiry , bF 19 adtijg class oi ine lone nign scnuui, simi District Slates First Budget Meet nffire in Lexington Tuesday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m., Ron Daniels, superintendent and budget officer, announces. This meeting and all subse quent metings are open to the public and interested patrons are encouraged to attend, he states. The first meeting is import ant as the budget message and budget document will be pre sented and explained, Daniels added. In later meetings the budget document will be exam ined and reviewed item by item, and necessary adjustments will be made. Any person Is invited to dis cuss proposed programs with the budget committee. A meet ing calendar, listing all budget meetings, will be published as soon as it is established. Center Meet Set Meeting of the Neighborhood Center advisory board will be held Monday, January 15, at 7:30 p.m. in The Center in the Gil liam and Bisbee building. ine tor) scholastic honors with her twin sister, Deniece. The two sisters are now attending Oregon College of Education at Monmouth where they are en rolled as freshmen in elemen tary education. Berniece is a member of the Junior Varsity Rally squad at OCE, acting as Rally Queen. Both young ladies are putting to use state scholarships which they received at graduation, and Berniece was also a recip ient of a state teacher educa tion scholarship from the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teachers. ' Always radiating a friendly and congen i a 1 personality, Queen Berniece made many friends in her court appearances last year. She also qualified as an excellent horsewoman, an ability which she has gained through her years of riding on ranches of family and friends in the lone community. She has been an outstanding community citizen, as well as having achieved many honors in school. She attended all of her 12 years of school in lone, at the same time enjoying many favorite active, outdoor interests. For her many appearances this summer, the new queen will ride her favorite quarter horse, "Sunday Driver". She will succeed venna French of the Lena community, who reigned as the 1967 rodeo queen. Ym If v - j- I RON DANIELS I ,pwlwffi,i,WWijfiiiwjiwwwii! iiji1."!!""1!!'' ' '1 -" ' rr-rmr in ii i "'ir'T' .m.mii.ui'miwiiiw Is. .. , . , v , , , r' , ' "V - y - 7 - t t ,-"" ' ' 1. talfT'- irmi .iiMli,i-liliiHi-,.i1T.iiriiill--ro.ii-1l(l.-.il. TMrinl WINNER of the First Baby Contest in Morrow county for 1968 was Keith Alan Kenison, 9 lb., 4Va oz.. held here by his mother. Mrs. Donald Kenison of Heppner. Keith was born January 3 in Pioneer Memorial hospital and as the Hirst baby of the year wins some 30 prizes ottered by business firms. He has one brother. Kevin Ray Kenison, 2. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Buck of Union and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Kenison of Cove. The father works for the Hepp ner Ranger district, U. S. Forest Service, and the IT f a. been in Heppner for four years. (G-T Photo). Daniels Elected To OSAA Board And OEA Position Ron Daniels, superintendent of Morrow County School Dis trict R-l, has been elected to the board of control of the Ore gon School Activities Associa tion and has been named chair man of the Oregon Education association's school finance committee. Only seven in the state serve on the OSAA board of control, three representing A-l size schools and two each repre senting A-2 and B size schools. Daniels served on the dele gate assembly for four years be fore being elected late last year to the board of control for a five-year term. There are 24 In the delegate assembly, eight each representing the three size divisions. . , The OSAA is concerned with all school activities, including sports, speech, music and oth ers. Board of control meetings are scheduled three times a year. Daniels served three years on the OEA school finance commit tee before being elected chair man for this year at a meet ing held in Portland in Decem ber. ,, Eleven members comprise the statewide committee, including teachers, administrators and others. The committee works with the legislature on recom mendations for scnooi appropri ations and finance. Currently the committee is considering the possibility or sponsoring an initiative meas ure that would require the leg islature to appropriate 50 from some source oiner man me property tax for basic scnooi support. Currently basic scnooi support from the state is less than 35.
