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Kafchy Hinton Chosen
As Princess for Court
Kathy Hinton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clove Hinton of Board
man, ha bHn wlected to rep
resent the Boardman Tilllcum
club as the thtrtt princess on the
1!X8 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo court. She will loin Prin
ces Man-la Jonea and Princess
Sheila Lucianl on the court of
Queen Berniece Matthewa. A
fourth princess la to be announc-
PRINCESS KATHY HINTON
Weather Blamed
For Poor Qualify
Of TV Reception
Unusual weather conditions
are held responsible for recent
poor quality of television recep
tion over the microwave system
that serves Heppner, according
to Telecommunications of Ore
gon, owner of the microwave
system.
Robert S. McCaw, president of
Telecommunications, notified
Carl Spaulding, manager of
Heppner TV, Inc., In response to
inquiries about fading problems
that the fades are caused by
"weather factors such as tem
perature inversion or ducting."
"Heavy valley fogs seem to be
the worst cause," he wrote.
"Sometimes it can be freezing
near the ground and 60 degrees
in the area in which our beam
path operates.
He said that even the tele
phone company has "drop-outs"
on their microwave on occasions,
Directors of Heppner TV, Inc.,
discussed the matter at their
meeting last week.
McCaw informed them that
Telecommunications expects to
apply to the Federal Communl
cations Commission "immediate,
ly" for increased power up to
10 watts, as compared with the
present one watt from Goodnoe
Hills to Spout springs.
"This should tend to mini,
mize some of the outage prob
lem." he said.
He also said that the entire
system is being checked out this
month to put it in its peak of
operational perfection.
"Your concern about micro
wave fading problems is one
which we certainly share with
you," he said. "Naturally, we
want to give you tne oest serv
ice possible for as low a rate
as we can."
His letter to Heppner TV was
supported by another from J. B.
Hatfield, Seattle, consulting ra
dio engineer.
"The microwave reception has
been fading out of the picture
at times, resulting in complaints
from CATV and other users of
microwave systems, Hatfield
wrote.
Hatfield said that if increased
power is granted by the FCC,
"this plan should offer some as
sistance in overcoming the
problem due to unusual weather
conditions."
ed, who will represent the Lena
community.
Princess Kathy, an attractive
17-year-old senior at Riverside
High school, has taken part in
many of the school's activities.
She has served as cheerleader
for the past two years, giving
her wholehearted support to the
school's athletic teams. At the
same time she has maintained
a good scholastic rating and In
her Junior year was chosen for
membership In the National
Honor Society. During this year
she has served as student body
secretary, after being a member
of the student council for two
years. She participates actively
in the Girls' Athletic Associa
tion and In sports.
Before moving to Boardman
at the beginning of her soph
omore year, Kathy lived with
her family in Ukiah, where she
was a member of the Evergreen
Riding Association. The new
princess had learned to ride at
an early age, and has gained
much of her riding experience
while helping her grandfather
on his ranch, as well as help
ing with cattle drives in the
mountains.
Riding horses is placed at the
too of the list of Kathy's fa
vorite hobbies, followed by
swimming and the other out
door sports. She has been an
active member of 4-H livestock,
sewing and cooking clubs.
Besides her parents, her fam
ily includes two sisters, Judy,
age 15, and 13-year-old Georgia,
who also enjoy riding.
Following high school gradu
ation, Princess Kathy's future
plans include attending Links
Business college in Boise, Ida
ho, followed by training to be
an airline hostess.
For her summer appearances
with the court, Kathy plans to
ride a favorite family quarter
horse, "Babydoll," owned by her
grandfather, George Hinton.
84th Year
Number 52
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THE
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 22, 1968
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HEADING FOR THE district 7-B basketball tournament In Pendleton next Wednesday are the
lone High Cardinals, who hold second place in the Morrow-Umatilla B league with two games
left to play this week-end. On the sauad are (front row. from left). Ron Falmateer. Neal
Christopherson, Keith Nelson, Scott Wilson. Ron Christopherson, and Kerry Peterson. Back row
loacn tugene uocKter, bod Ball, cnrls Lovgren, Frank Halvorsen, Jim Swanson and Eddie Sher
man. Earl Pettyjohn was absent when the picture was taken. (Also see cage S. this paper)
(Jim Johnson Photo)
State Report on Elementary Schools
Says Instruction Good; Hits Buildings
Boeing Speaker
Billed for SPADA
Instructional programs at
Heppner and lone Elementary
schools have been rated as at
"standard or above but the
Heppner Elementary gymnas
ium, the Heppner junior high
building, and the lone Elemen
tary building have been rated
sub-standard in a number ot re
spects by a report from the State
Department of Education.
Both Heppner and lone Ele
mentary schools will be listed
as "Non-standard" until a plan
of correction is prepared by the
school district and is approved
by the State Department of rub
lie Instruction, the evaluation
report stated. The evaluation
took place on October 23 and
24, 1967, and the report has just
been received here.
Al Martin, principal of Hepp
ner Elementary school, express
ed pleasure at the fact that the
instructional program and staff
were rated "standard or above"
and said that this is testimony
to the good work being done by
teachers here.
A synopsis of the points listed
as "nonstandard (below the
minimum standards required for
public schools) follows:
Heppner Elementary Gymnas
ium 1. Ventilation unsatisfact
ory; 2. walls and floors in poor
shape; 3. master temperature
control needed; 4. auxiliary ex
it from girls shower room is
needed; 5. drinking fountains
and toilet facilities bad; 6. un
protected bare light bulbs; 7.
damage due to leakage. Gener
al statement gym area, shower
and dressing rooms unsatisfactory.
Junior High Building Toilet
rooms in poor shape and dirty.
Outside Stop and go signal is
a safety device but every effort
should be made to vacate the
street.
lone Elementary (Main build
ing) 1. Basement areas where
toilet rooms are located are un
attractive and dreary; 2. base
ment ventilation poor or non
existent; 3. stairs are steep; 4'.
7th and 8th grade housed in el
ementary building part time; 5.
library for grades 5-12 housed in
high school buildings (none for
5th and 6th grades in elemen
tary building); 6. acoustics poor
in classrooms. Outside need
blacktopping under elementary
play area.
with the physical plant, the
schools were rated standard. In
cluded are such categories as In
structional program, library in
structional media, guidance,
school term, school staff, admin
istration and auxiliary services.
Plans for correction are requir
ed within 90 days, which means
no later than May 14. When the
plans of correction are approved,
the classifications will be chang
ed to "conditionally standard"
for the term identified in the
plans for correcting the deficien
cies.
Auditorium portion of the
Heppner Elementary evmnas
ium was closed recently after
some plaster fell from the ceil
ing and the rest was removed
Martin said that the section
would remain closed until re
pairs are made because it does
not meet state fire prevention
standards in the present condit
ion.
A long ranee plannine com
mittee has been' appointed and
recently viewed some of the
known deficiencies at the HeDD
ner Elementary plant with an
idea or considering what should
be done to improve them.
Board Renews Contracts;
Six Resignations Accepted
W. E. Clothier, assistant pub
lic relations manager, Aerospace
Group, The Boeing Co., will be
the featured speaker at the an
nual moaHntr nf th Rnnpo Aap
Industrial Park Development As-' Throughout the report, in
sociation which is to be held areas other than tnose dealing
Tuesday, February 27, beginning
at 8 p.m. at the uki; Duuaing
in Hermiston.
Ted A. Smith of Pendleton,
president of the Space Age
group, said the public is invited
and urged to attend tne meet
ing and hear Clothier outline
the overall objectives ot tne na
tion's space program. He will
show films on Saturn V, the
Apollo spaceship, and the Lunar
Orbiter.
Boeing is the prime contractor
for the first stage of the Saturn
V, the largest space engine ev
er constructed, and it is the
Saturn which will boost the
Apollo into space carrying the
first astronauts bound for a soft
landing on the moon sometime
late in 1969.
Clothier has been with Boeing
since 1964' and prior to that was
with General Electric at Rich
land for five years.
In addition to the presenta
tion by Clothier, the Space Age
group will conduct its annual
meeting including election of
officers, and three new direct
ors. '
Six teacher resignations were
accepted but contract renewals
were offered to all others of the
certified staff due for renewal
in the Morrow county school dis
trict by the board of directors
at the regular board meeting
Monday night.
Resignations include Mrs. El
sie Gugle and Mrs. Nellie Wat-
erson, both teaching in A. (J.
Houghton Elementary, Irrigon;
Mrs. Carol Tolar, Boardman El
ementary school; John Bonnier,
lone High school; Tom Cald
well and Mrs. Justine Weather
ford, both teaching in Heppner
Elementary school.
Mrs. Gugle plans to join her
husband in Bend; Mrs. Water
son is retiring; and Mrs. Tolar
resigned because there will be
no elementary school in Board
man next year and under dis
trict policy she may not teach
under her husband, who is prin
cipal at A. C. Houghton school
where the elementary school
will be when Riverside School
is completed.
Those offered contract renew
als are as follows:
Second One-Year Contracts
A. C. Houghton Mildred Ba
ker. Riverside Paul Herbst, Ro
berta Jenkins. lone Schools
Rains Stop Skiers
At Arbuckle Mt.
Saturday was a beautiful day
for skiing at Arbuckle Mount
ain and the 4-H skiers had a
good time, but rains that came
Saturday night brought a halt
to the fun on the hill.
Jaycees started to operate the
tow Sunday but the warm rains
had turned snow to slush and
so the Arbuckle course is shut
down until further notice
Ed Dick of Arbuckle Mount
ain Corporation said that it will
take a foot of snow before ski
ing can be resumed. Other
courses east of the Cascades are
having the same difficulty.
However, past experience has
shown that some heavy snows
have fallen after mid-February,
and if this holds true this year,
the course will be placed in op
eration again.
Rep. Irvin Mann
Candidate Again
Rep. Irvin Mann, Jr., Repub
lican, of Stanfield has announc
ed he will be a candidate for
a third term in the Oregon
House of Representatives, to
represent Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Morrow and Umatilla
counties.
In the last two sessions of
the legislature Mann served on
the Fish and Game, Taxation,
and Agriculture committees and
is serving his fourth year on
the Oregon Interstate Coopera
tion Commission.
He has represented Oregon at
the western conference of the
National Council of State Gov
ernments in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
Rep. Mann is a past president
of the Oregon Cattlemen's As
sociation and of the Umatilla
Port Commission
Earlier, Mann announced his
intention to file for delegate to
the Republican National Con
vention from the second congres
sional district.
Anna Lee James, Darrell James,
Anne Mather, Jack Trujillo, Dar
rel Wilson. Heppner High Ce
celia Delmore, Robert Mather,
Dean Naffziger, Alice Riley,
Robert Simkins. Heppner Ele
mentary Arnim Freeman, Joan
Thompson.
Third One-Year Contracts
A. C. Houghton Robert Byrd.
Riverside Robert Chilman. lone
Schools Edwin Kessler. Hepp
ner Elementary Terry Lince
cum, Judy Gochnauer. Heppner
High Jane Rawlins, Gary
Thompson, Hal Whitaker, Elmer
Weitzel, Doris Brosnan, Adrian
Cook, Ed Hiemstra.
1-Year Contracts, Part Time
Heppner High Mary Ann
Hilderbrand, Leona Winters.
First 3-Year Contracts
A. C. Houghton Eleanor Ser
gent. lone Schools Lloyd John
son, lone Martin, Jerry Martin.
Heppner Elementary Dorothy
Agee, Alena Anderson, Jessie
Faye Morris, Clifford Williams,
Frances Williams. Heppner High
Dale Holland, Kirk Horn, Ar
nie Hedman, Madge Thomson.
3-Year Contract Renewals
A. C. Houghton Gladys
Hobbs. Riverside and Boardman
Delia Lindsay, LaVern Part
low, lone Schools Beth Hynd,
Jack Loyd. Heppner Elementary
Cleo Robinson, Kathryn Hos
kins. Teachers must serve in the
district for three years before
they are eligible for three-year
contracts.
A considerable number of
teachers who currently are on
three-year contracts have addit
ional time to go on their pres
ent contracts and therefore are
not up for renewal at this time.
Consequently, their names are
not listed above
Cardinals Point
To District Meet;
Open Wednesday
With two games still to play
in their regular league season,
the lone High Cardinals have
cinched a place in the district
7-B basketball tournament that
will open in the armory in Pen
dleton Wednesday, February 28.
Coach Gene Dockter's team is
Installed firmly in second place
in the league at this writing
with games yet to play against
Echo there Friday night and
Helix at lone Saturday night.
Regardless of the outcome of
these games, the Redbirds will
be in the district tournament.
since the top five of the nine
teams get to enter. It yet re
mains to be determined, how'
ever, when the Cardinals will op
en in the tournament. Outcome
of the week-end games will
have a bearing on the pairings.
The lone five will begin tour
nament play on Wednesday, but
the time and the opponent are
yet to be established.
Should the Redbirds top third-
place Echo and win over lowly
Helix the ensuing night, undis
puted second place will be
theirs. There is no chance of
undisputed claim to first place
in the circuit and very little
hcance of tieing league-leading
McEwen, since the Scotties have
only two losses to the lone
team's four. One of the losses
was to lone and the other was
to the Umapine Chiefs Saturday
night.
I WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY)
lig Sole SMs;
,275 Pies Offered
cafurdoy
Friday, S
Personal Property
Deadline March 1
Deadline for filing personal
property tax returns of inven
tories taken as of January 1,
1968, is on March 2, Rod Thom
son, Morrow county assessor, re
minds personal property taxpay
ers.
After that date a penalty will
be charged, and those who fail
to meet the deadline may not
receive the benefit of personal
property tax relief offered
through the State of Oregon.
Thomson said Tuesday that he
estimated about one-third of the
total returns are yet to come
in. Those who file promptly
help expedite the work in the
assessor's office, and coopera
tion from the public will be ap
preciated, he said.
Merchants expect to distrib
ute more than 1275 cherry pies
to customers Friday and Satur
day in connection with their an
nual George wasnmgton s mrtn
day Sale, which starts today
(Thursday) and runs tnrougn
Saturday.
The pies are only three-inches
In diameter but they are of
good quality and will be enjoy
ed by everyone, Bill Hust, mer
chants chairman, declares.
The nies will be given with
a minimum purchase made in
any of the participating stores
as long as that store's supply
of pies holds out. They will be
offered on a "first come, first
served basis" on Friday and
Saturday.
"This year's Washington's
Birthday Sale features bargains,
bargains, bargains," Hust states.
The second section of this paper
is loaded with advertisements
heralding bargain buys. Many
of them are in denominations
of "22" in keeping with Wash
ington's birthdav on February
22. Sale prices are gooa ror tnree
davs Thursday tnrougn Satur
day but the pies will be giv
en beginning Friday.
Some items will be found to
be reduced to one-third of nor
mal price; many others are of
fered at half price; some prices
are slashed as much as $125 on
items such as color TV sets;
there are bargains on trinkets;
and there are bargains on ma
jor articles.
To add a little fun to the
event, manv of the merchants
posed in a "George Washington"
wig and their pictures accompa
ny their advertising in this pa
per. Free parking will be the order
of the day on Friday. All shop-
SECTION 2 HERALDS
WASHINGTON SALE
Section 2 of this paper Is
devoted largely to advertising
for the George Washington
Birthday Sale in Heppner.
Readers are urged to check
the section carefully for extra
special bargains.
pers may park at any place in
town without feeding the me
ters or fear of gettingr a ticket.
Hust invites all, from far or
near, to come and get their
cherry pies and to take advant
flpe of the bargains offered in
the Washington's Birthday Sale.
"This is the best ever," ne de
clared.
Merchants participating in
the George Washington Sale are
Lott's Electric, Gardner's Men's
Wear, Gonty's Elma's Apparel,
Case Furniture uo., retersons
Jewelers, MiLadles Apparel, J.
C. Penney Co., Central Market,
Murravs Rexall Drug, Van's
Variety and Pettyjohn's Farm
and Building Supply.
Crown at Stake for HHS
In Game with Sherman
No Joke; Good Soak
Good soaking rain, recorded
in Heppner at a total of .66 inch
came during the week, Don Gil
liam, official weather observer,
reports. Heaviest rainfall occur
red on Monday with J2S inch,
followed by .21 inch Tuesday.
Complete report for the week of
February 14 through February
20 is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 38 17
Thursday 36 27 tr.
Friday 44 20
Saturday 37 26 .10
Sunday 56 36 .07
Monday 65 50 .28
Tuesday 60 47 .21
Snow
Programs Planned
For Chamber Meet
Programs for three coming
meetings of the Heppner-Mor-row
county Chamber of Com
merce have been scheduled by
Mrs. Avon Melby, program
chairman.
On Mondav. February 26, Wal
lace McCrae, president of Blue
Mountain Community College,
Pendleton, will speak. Program
feature at the March 11 meet
ing will be a talk by Warren
Merrill, industrial representa
tive of the State of Oregon's
Economic Development Division,
and on March 18, Rupert Spear
man, Spokane, will talk on the
Bureau of Reclamation's work
on the Willow Creek project
WESTERN DIVISION
GREATER OREGON LEAGUE
Basketball Standings
W L
Heppner 5 2
Pilot Rock 5 2
Wahtonka 4 2
Sherman 1 5
Madras 1 0
Friday night games: Pilot
Rock vs. Wahtonka; Madras vs.
Sherman.
Saturday night games: Hepp
ner at Sherman: Wahtonka vs,
Madras.
Heooner High travels to Moro
Saturday to meet the snerman
Huskies in the last regular sea
son tilt. The Mustangs are cur
rently tied for the first position
in the Greater Oregon Western
division and are assured of no
worse than a tie for second. The
race between the three top
teams of the western division
goes down to the wire this week
end, however, and the outcome
will leave two teams tied either
for first or second place.
Should there be a tie for west
ern division champion, no play
off will be required. A drawing
will determine which team will
play as "first in the Greater
Oregon League Tournament at
La Grande. March 1 and 2, and
which will be considered "sec
ond." In the case of a tie for
second, however, a play-off on
a neutral floor will be required
to determine which school goes
to the tournament.
tangs anticipate a tough battle.
Sherman is traditionally tough
at home, despite its poor 1967
68 record.
The first tilt this year between
the two was played here and
the Mustangs put on their finest
show of defense. The boys from
Sherman couldn't get the shot
they wanted and Heppner had
no problem at all handling the
boards when the Huskies did
shoot.
A win Saturday night would
set Heppner up for their third
sub-district crown in four years.
In the '64-65 season the Mus
tangs earned an A-2 tournament
berth through two play-offs and
the league championship. Their
La Grande victories sent them
to their first A-2 state tourney.
The last two seasons Heppner
has journeyed to the La Grande
tournament via a first-place
ranking in the league, and this
is the way they hope to go again
this year. The alternative, from
losing to Sherman, would like
ly mean a play-off with Wah
tonka or Pilot Rock, with each
of whom the Mustangs have -split
this season.
Fiiot Kock has been nungry
for a trip to Coos Bay since
Heppner snatched the berth
from them three years ago.
Wahtonka, which made the trip
last year, surprised Heppner at
The Dalles and can't be counted
out.
Lack of teamwork cost the
Mustangs several games earlier
in the season, iney are puinng
Wahtonka could conceivably tators with d ball-handling,
eliminate itself, of course, by
losing both its games this week
end but this outcome is unlike
ly since its Saturday night foe,
hapless Madras, hasn't shown
much this season.
Heppner could go into the
first place tie by defeating Sher
man Saturday night. Since Pilot
Rock fell to the Huskies on the
Moro floor, however, the Mus-
some beautiful long jumpers,
control of the boards, and high
percentages from the foul line-
but not all these in tne same
game usually. If they can put
all these skills together for the
upcoming games they'll be hard
to beat.
Bill McLeod, John McCabe,
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