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t I BFARY U OF O EUGENE. ORE 97403 Chamber To Request Waysides Possibility of establishing highway waysides on the Wil low Creek highway and the Highway 207 to Horml.ston Is being investigated by the Hepp-ner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce as a result of work done by Its parks and recrea tion committee of which Orvllle Cutsforth is chairman. The Chamber Monday voted unanimously to ask the high way department to consider es tablishing a wayside on each route. The action came after Cutsforth reported on a commit tee meeting held last week. He moved that the highway depart ment be contacted. Cutsforth said that there Is a site near Cecil in a Juniper grove that would make a good loca tion for the rest area on the Willow Creek highway, and said that the one on the Hermlston highway might be located two or three miles this side of the Umatilla county line. He pointed but that travelers crossing Morrow county have some 50 miles to go without any public rest stop available. He proposed that state help be en listed to set up the waysides with rest rooms, picnic tables and other facilities. The commit tee chairman also pointed out that hunters who use the areas in the north have no place for their campers and outfits. Also in the report, Cutsforth said that Morrow county has only eight trailer camp spaces, Sherman county has 22, Umatil la county 122 and Wasco county 368. "We have a long ways to go," he said. Cutsforth said that the com mittee felt the waysides should now be No. 1 on their phase of the development program. Work is progressing through the county on fish impoundments in the mountains, and Cutsforth said that "things are so fluid on this right now" that nothing was recommended. The Chamber has long pressed for the estab lishment of the reservoirs In the mountains. - . The chairman said that at the committee meeting last week virtually all members were pres ent, and they had a lively dis cussion about plans for the fu ture. Serving with Cutsforth are Jack VanWinkle, Glen Ward, L. L). TiDDies, uene orwicK, L. k Dick, and W. S. (Sam) Miller. 84th Year Number 49 the W mm? HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 1, 1968 10 Cents At"" Christmas Seal Campaign Lagging Behind Last Year The Eastern Oregon Region of the Oregon Tuberculosis and Health Association's 1968 Christ mas Seal Campaign is running slightly behind last . year s re suits in returns so far, Mrs. Mar eel Jones, president of the Mor row County Council of the Ore gon TB and Health Association. states. Receipts as of January 9, were $20,061.70, she said, compared with $20,389.77 at the same date a year ago. "The campaign still has a way to go," Mrs. Jones said, "and we earnestly hope that the people of Morrow county, who have supported our work so loyally in the past, will Una time in the next few days to an swer their Christmas Seal ap peals. With so much remaining to be done in the struggle to wipe out TB and to control otn- er respiratory diseases, we feel confident that every family will want to renew its annual Christ mas Seal contribution which helps make this work possible." The Morrow County Christmas Seal Council president, Mrs. Jones added, is looking forward to an intensification of its work in the field of prevention, de tection and patient care in the respiratory diseases, ranked by the Public Health Service as number one among disablers in the United States. "To make such a program successful," she said, "the need for funds is greater than ever before." Morrow county residents who received Christmas Seals in 1967 are asked to send donations to the OTHA, 830 Medical Arts Building, . Portia n d, Oregon 97205. 4 ft l k m mm m m tf .-ns rk. . v.. - i- -i 1 hi .. . . N - f Judge Kaye Supports Mental Health Clinics DEWEY WEST. Boardman, of the Morrow county Port Commis sion will appear with the panel of port commissioners at the annual meeting of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district in the Lexington Grange Hall Tuesday night at 7:30. They will discuss contemplated developments. Port Panel to Appear At Conservation Meet Annual meeting of the Hepp ner Soil and Water Conserva tion district . will be Tuesday, February 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lexington Grange Hall, and pro gram highlight of the evening will be a presentation by the five commissioners of the Mor row County Port Commission. Apperaing as . a panel, they will discuss the possibilities of a thermal nuclear plant, in com bination with an irrigation pro ect. Speculation about such a plant, as a possibility for the north end of the county has been talked widely in recent months. The plant would be used for generation of power, and water coming from the plant In large quantities could be used for irrigation, according to those interested in the possi bilities. Participating on the panel will be Dewey West of Board- man, Gar Swanson of lone, Os car Peterson of lone, Larry Lindsay of Lexington and Dick Krebs of Cecil, all commissioners. They will also report on his tory of the commission, its fi nances and what is contemplat ed for the future. A film on Irrigation, from the Union Pacific Railroad, will al so be shown as a program highlight. In the business session of the 24th annual meeting three su pervisors will be elected. Terms of Roger Palmer and Vernon Munkers are expiring, and the term of Dick McElligott also comes up for election because he was appointed recently to re place W. C. Rosewall, who re signed. As an appointee, McEl ligott serves only until the next election. Financial report and annual report will be given at the meet ing. , . i Raymond French, chairman of the board of supervisors, will preside at the meeting. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion with the com pliments of the soil conservation district. Annual report of the district, together with other features and pictures, is printed on pages 2 and 3 of section 2 of this pa per. The district stresses that this is a public meeting and the public is not only invited to at tend, but all those interested in conservation and development of the county are urged to be present. re-t JUDGE HENRY KATE Skiing to Resume; Foot of Snow Falls Arbuckle Mountain ski course will be operated both Saturday and Sunday, it was announced by the - directors Wednesday morning. Loren Lucore of the Forest Service and Ed Dick reported that 12 inches of new snow have fallen at the course over the solid pack beneath. The course is getting in good ski ing condition again. It was closed last week-end when warm weather had melt ed some of the snow. The course is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with tow operating. Circuit Judge Henry Kaye of Pendleton, speaking before the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce at its Monday luncheon meeting, stressed the need for mental health clinics In Umatilla and Morrow coun ties. He told of work being done now bv a committee towards es tablishing the clinics and said that he hopes that the two counties can work out a dual arrangement for them, sharing the cost on a formula basis. Umatilla county, because of its much greater population, would carry the bulk or tne cost. The community clinics, which would be designed for outpa tient care, would give Immed' iate help and assistance when needed. i Thev would serve such pur poses as: 1. Child guidance and counselling. 2. Counselling adults on marital ana domestic problems 3. Working on prob lems of alcoholics. 4. Work with mentally retarded persons and help the families from which thev come. f "They won't eliminate state hospitals," Judge Kaye said. "Unfortunately they can never be eliminated." He pointed out, however, that areas which now have mental health clinics have cut their commitments to the state hospi tal by as much as 50 of the previous number of patients. During 1967 there were 499 committed to the state hospital in Pendleton by the courts. Pa tients came from as far west as Hood River and from as far east as the Idaho line. Umatilla county had 240 persons com mitted, but Morrow county had only six. Judge Kaye pointed out the stigma that unfortunately had been associated with the old state institutions. . Until 1947, Rts.te-laws reierred to the- procedure of committing a person as that of committing one "insane." In 1947, this was changed to "mentally diseased." In 1949, it was changed again, and an individual to be commit ted now is termed "mentally ill." "At the state hospitals today, one shocking thing is to see the number of young people there, Darticularlv Bins. 17 to Is, ana turns ho filed h Mmh 5 Hnw 23-24," the judge said. He felt ever, returns have been very President's Budget Includes $29,000 For Willow Project If the decision comes down, this will mean that every com munitv must arrange to deal with the problem, he said, lndl catine that mental health clin ics might provide part ot tne answer. Judce Kave. who served on the district court bencn in fen dleton since 1960. was appoint ed circuit iudge in July, 1967, bv Governor Tom McCall after the legislature provided tor a second circuit court Iudge in the Morrow-Umatilla county district. The appointment was only until the next election, and Judge Kaye is seeking election to the position this year. Personal Property Filing Time Here Personal property returns of Morrow county taxpayers should be filed as soon as possible, As sessor Rod Thomson said Tuesday. State law requires that the ro- that early marriages may be a factor causing mental break downs in some of the girls, since some become mothers of large families in a few years before they are ready for the load and responsibilities. Judge Kaye said that the com mittee, on which Dr. Wallace Wolff of Heppner and Ron Dan iels, Morrow county school su perintendent, also serve, plans to approach the Umatilla county budget committee tnis spring in the hope of "getting something started." Some government matching funds are available to help fi nance the clinics. Also in his talk, the judge touched on the "serious situa tion" developing with the in creasing use of drugs among young people. He called attention, too, to tne fact that a Supreme Court de cision is expected soon to pro vide that an alcoholic cannot be arrested and jailed but rather that this condition be treated as an illness. slow coming in. and earlier fil ing will expedite the work of the assessor's office. "It hampers our work when they are slow," Thomson said. "It throws us too far behind in our work." A penalty is provided for late filing (after March 2), but Thomson said that he is hoping that all will be on time so it will not be necessary to impose the penalty. Inventory owners (including all those owning livestock) will again be eligible for some re duction of property tax this year if the return is filed on time. The law does not permit the assessor to allow the reduction in inventory value for tax re lief under certain circumstances when the personal property re port is not accurately prepared or is filed after March 2. Any person who has not had an opportunity to report by mail or personal contact may obtain the forms at the office of the assessor. President Lyndon Johnson's proposed budget for 1968 lists S29.00O for the Bureau of Kec lnmatlon to use on investiga tion and survey of the Willow Creek prelect in Morrow county and $11,300 for the Bureau for surveying the Columbia South Side project, it was learned Tuesday after the budget was released. The $29,000 for the Willow project is in addition to $51,000 appropriated last year. This was confirmed bv Coun tv Judge Paul Jones when he called the office of Congressman Al Ullman in Washington, D. C. Tuesday morning after reading an excerpt of the budget. The ludge was unable to reach Cong. Ullman but talked to his adm nlstratlve assistant, Kon Ahem, who assured him that the $29,000 is in addition to the $51,000 approved last year. The Bureau of Reclamation is mvoiv. el onlv in the irrigation fea ture of the proposed Willow Creek dam project, otner phas es of its multipurpose use are the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers with some help from local agencies. Ahem told Judge Jones that Morrow county need not be con cer.:d, that the Willow Creek project will eventually be a re ality, since it has been author ized by Congress. He said that the Vietnam war is delaying the appropriation for the proj ect, as it is for many other proj ects. The administrative assistant said that there is considerably more stress put on- the Vietnam war in Washington, D. C, than many people across the nation realize. Ahem suggested that he felt something could be accomplish ed towards the Willow Creek project if the county sent a rep resentative to appear at the Sen ate and House in late April or May of this year to point out the need. He said that the Con gressman's office would assist in setting up the appearances at committee hearings. There has been some question about how the $51,000 appropri ated to the Bureau of Reclama tion last year for the Willow Creek project has been used. Judge Jones said that he plans Mothers' March Across County Nets mi Total Mothers' March held Wednes day, January 24, netted a total of $722.10 to aid in combatting birth defects through the Nat ional Foundation. Mrs. Len Ray Schwarz, county March of Dimes chairman, announced Tuesday. The amount received was about the same as that netted in last year's Mothers' March, she said. By towns, the breakdown on the proceeds is as follows: Heppner, $419.10; lone, $206; Lexington, $25; and Irrigon and Boardman, $72. "The local chapter of the Nat ional Foundation March of Dimes would like to thank all the mothers who took part in the Mothers' March," Mrs. Schwarz said. She added that special thanks should be extended to Mrs. Ann Griffith, Mrs. Donna Bergstrom, Mrs. Patty Kincaid and Mrs. Cherry Hermann who did the work of organizing the march. Mrs. Schwarz also extended special appreciation to the Riv erside High school National Honor Society for conducting the march in Irrigon and Board-man. to contact the bureau to see what has been done, Potential water users of the Willow Creek project organized a district some time ego as a preliminary step towards culmi nation of the project. They will work through the Bureau of Rec lamation on this feature ot the multipurpose project As to the $11,300 appropriat ed for the Columbia South Sido study, Ahem said that he felt this was oiic of the "very sig nificant items" In the budget for the Northwest. It is concern ed with the possibility of Bur eau Irrigation projects along the south side of the Columbia Riv er, embracing several counties, Including Morrow. Bank of EO Notes Gains in 1967; Dividends Paid Deposits of the Bank of East ern Oregon Increased a half million dollars during 1967 and earning assets increased about $400,000, Gene Pierce, president, reported at the 23rd annual meeting of the stockholders of the bank in Arlington on Wed nesday, January 17. Pierce reported the gains when he presented the report of the bank s directors. A total of $15,000 was distrib uted to the stockholders on De cember 15 in the form of a div idend of $10 per share declared to stockholders of record on De cember 1. In addition to the div idends declared, about $50,000 was added to the bank's reserves and undivided profit. Of the 1500 shares of stock outstanding, 1017 were repre sented by proxy or shares own ed by the 35 stockholders pres ent at the meeting. The present directors, John W. Krebs, D. L. Lemon, Karl P. Hoag and Dave Childs, ail oi Arling ton; Arthur A. Allen of Board man; Gar Swanson of lone; R. B. Ferguson, Howard Bryant and Gene Pierce, all oi Heppner, were reelected for the coming vear. Childs was elected chairman of the board and Hoag was elected vice chairman. Pierce was reelected president and Bill Siewert was reelected vice-president and cashier. James F. Green was reappoint ed assistant cashier and mana ger of the Arlington office and Veldon Robinson was reappoint ed assistant cashier of that of fice. Marion C, Green and Larry F. Prock were reappointed as sistant cashiers of the Heppner and lone offices. Chamber Committees Aim at Development Candidates File or Local Offices CHILLY WEEK Weather report for the week of January 24 to 30 as compiled by Don Gilliam, official observ er, is as follows Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday . Monday Tuesday Hi Low Prec. 61 32 41 25 36 26 26 12 27 14 28 14 . 45 19 tr. See Section 2 Pages 2 and 3 For ANNUAL CONSERVATION REPORT Ernest Jorgensen, Irrigon, jus tice of the peace for the sixth district in Morrow county, has filed for reelection, according to Sadie Parrish, Morrow county clerk. John R. (Dick) Krebs of Cecil also filed for reelection as port commissioner. Both will be on the nonpartisan ballot in the primary since the port commis sioners were changed this year to nonpartisan offices. Previous filings include Wal ter Hayes, Boardman, for reelec tion as county commissioner; Sadie Parrish, for reelection as county clerk; Sylvia McDaniel, for reelection as county treas urer; Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, also for reelection; John Molla- han. Democratic candidate for sheriff; and Lowell Gribble, for election as justice of the peace, 6th district, a position in which he is now serving by appointment. Deadline for candidates' filing for the primary election Is not until March 19. The election will be May 28. With the many projects in the county underway for progress and development, committee as signments in the Heppner-Mor row county Chamber of Com merce for 1968 have been made with a view towards helping promote these projects, Wes Sherman, president, announces. The development committee has been broken into five sep arate committees, each with specific areas for consideration. Herman Winter, immediate past president, is general chairman of the development committee and will coordinate the activi ties of the five. The countywide development committee, with County Judge Paul Jones as chairman. Is con cerned with impending develop ments jn the north end of the county, planning to offer assist ance with projects of the Port Commission, and it will be con cerned with contemplated de velopment of irrigation projects tnrougnout the county, with roads and highways and schools included m its scope. On this committee with Judge Jones are Harlan McCurdy, Jr., Gene Win ters, Ron Daniels, Harry O'Don neU, Dewey West. Gar Swanson. Maxwell Jones and OrviUe Cutsforth. A second committee will work in the area of parks, recreation. wildlife, and fish impound ments with OrvUle Cutsforth as chairman. Of immediate interest is the culmination of the project for development of fish im poundments at Kelly and Pen land Prairies. Arbuckle Mount ain ski area, county parks, pro motion of Willow Creek golf course, and other recreational developments are within the scope of this committee. Serving with Cutsforth are Jack Van Winkle, Glen Ward, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Gene Orwick, L. E. Dick and W. S. (Sam) Miller. A third development commit tee points towards industrial de velopment and is aimed at help in a attract industry, promotion of existing industry and dealing with industrial relations. On this committee are Harley Youne. chairman: Bruce Mai- com. Nona Sowell. John Venard, Kon BisnoD. ris wrisu, onu Dale Slusher of Pendleton. Heppner's municipal and bus iness development committee, of which Gene Pierce is chairman, has as its aim to bring more retail businesses to the city, to fill vacant commercial spaces, to encourage expansion and de velopment of existing business es, and to work as a liaison with the city council on municipal improvements. Committee mem bers are W. C. Rosewall, Jerry Sweeney, Clint McQuarrie, Jim Farlev. Rod Murray. R. G. Mc- Murtry, and Lowell Gribble. Fifth development committee is a special one concerned with the proposed Willow Creek dam project. This committee will seek to continue pressing for the culmination of the project, which has been authorized by Congress but is awaiting appro priation of funds. Judge Jones is chairman of this committee and members are W. C. Rose wall, Herb Hynd and L. E. Dick Several other new committees have been added this year. An inter-community relations com mittee will be concerned with broadening the scope of the Chamber's activities to work with Chambers of Commerce in other cities and to promote co operation with other organiza tions in the countv in support of their projects which benetit Morrow county s development. Chairman of this committee is Judge Oscar Peterson, and mem bers are R. G. (Pete) McMurtry, Ron Daniels, Ron Bishop, Sher iff C. J. D. Bauman and Gene Pierce. A special events committee will seek to promote small con ventions, meetings and activi ties which bring visitors here. It will seek ways of welcoming these Deople to the community. LeRoy Gardner is chairman of this committee, and members are Bill Hust, Jim Driscoll, Lynn Pearson, Frank Turner, Bud Peck and Bruce Malcom. Appointments to regu lar standing committees are as fol lows: YOUTH ACTIVITIES Rev. Dirk Rinehart, chairman; Dick Carpenter, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Rob ert Abrams, Rev. Melvin Dixon, Gail McCarty, LaVerne Van Marter. PROGRAM Avon Melby, chairman; Al Martin, Dale Slusher, Gene Winters. AWARDS-RECOGNITION Harlan McCurdy, Jr., chairman; Dr. Wallace Wolff, Jerry Swee ney, Ed Gonty, Dr. A. D. Mc Murdo. MERCHANTS Bill Hust, chairman; Ed Gonty, Kod Mur ray, Elma Harshman, Clint Mc Quarrie, LeRoy Gardner, Ran- dall Peterson, Earl Ayres, Jack VanWinkle, L. E. Dick, Mary Van Blokland, Grace Buschke, Alice Hastings, Rita Hedman, Jo Pettyjohn. AGRICULTURE Larry Lind say, chairman; Harlan McCurdy, Jr., Jim Farley, John Venard, Frank Anderson, Oscar Peterson, Dick Wilkinson, Jack Hynd. MEMBERSHIP-ATTENDANCE im Follensbee, chairman; Frank Turner, Herman Winter, Jerry Sweeney, Norman Supple, Elma Harshman. TAXATION-LEGISLATION Judge Paul Jones, chairman; Ron Daniels, Herman Winter, Robert Abrams, Robert Jepsen, i (Continued on page 8) Burglars Get $80 At Heppner High; Safe Holds Firmly Burglars who entered Hepp ner High school either late Thursday night or early Friday morning of last week tailed in an attempt to break into the safe, but they took some $80 from the office. They also took some money from the pop machine, having found the key in ransacking the office. An attempt had been made to drill the safe with no success, State Police Officer Curtis Culp and City Officer Bert Corbin said. They also attempted to en ter the safe by chiseling through the side. They made a hole in the plaster but gave up when they hit the concrete wall. The prowlers jimmied several doors in the school, and they went through the gymnasium and dressing rooms, the otticers said. . However, no malicious vandalism' was noticed other than the damage done in forc ing the doors and the attempt to enter the safe. The $80 consisted of money collected for various student and faculty funds. Investigation on the entry was being continued this week by local officers and school authorities. Auditorium Closed At Elementary School Auditorium section of the Heppner elementary gym will be closed from now until the end of the school year for spec tator events. Alan Martin, prin cipal of the school, has an nounced. All plaster was remov ed from the ceiling early this month after large portions had fallen endangering children in the school. The gymnasium' part may still be rented, but the specta tor section is "off limits" for the rest of the year. Repair work on the ceiling; may be done during the sum mer if funds are made avail able, but plans now are uncer tain, according to Martin.
