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EUGENE OTvE.
87403
Lake Umatilla Formed:
85th Year
Number 8
Recreation Plans Eyed
A major milestone In the de
velopment of the Mid-Columbia
area was reached this week
when the John Duy Dam on the
Columbia Kiver was closed and
Lake Umatilla, 76 miles long,
was formed.
With the closure of the dam
Tuesday morning, water fed
from heavy discharge of a num
ber of dams uprlver brought
the level of the new lake up
at the rate of one foot per hour.
It was expected to reach a
depth of some 80 feet above tho
normal river level at the dam,
and the former Arlington and
Boardman townsltes were ex
pected to be inundated by Fri
day when Lake Umatilla reach
es Its minimum pool elevation
of 257 feet at the dam. The new
lake will be a last step In mak
ing a series of slack water lakes
out of the river.
All traces of the former RIv-1
erslde school at Boardman near
the river was gone after It was
razed by salvage contractors
last week.
Move to the partially con
strut-led new school building
was completed also last week
when students were on spring
vacation, rlrst day or high
school In the new structure, ut
Hizing only the classroom area,
was Monday and Principal Dan
Daltoso reported that all went
smoothly in view of the liml
tations of the unfinished struc
ture. Primary pupils are going
to school in the Greenfield
Grange hall.
There was little heat in the
new school building because the
main heating system has not
been completed. Supplementary
heating was supplied by small
electric space heaters.
Hundreds Watch Rise
Hundreds flocked to the river
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BISHOP LANE W. BARTON
Church to Honor
Retired Bishop
Of E. 0. District
Members and friends of All
Saints' Episcopal church will
say farewell this Sunday, April
21, to the Rt. Rev. Lane W. Bar
ton, D. D., who will retire as
Bishop of Missionary District of
Eastern Oregon early In the fall.
according to announcement by
Rev. Dirk Rinehart, rector. By
the middle of October a new
Bishop will have been elected to
serve the district.
Bishop Barton has made many
visitations to Heppner over the
past 22 years, and has confirm
ed many adults and young peo
pie at the Heppner church. This
Sunday, for the last time, the
Bishop will confirm young peo
ple from both Heppner and Con
don. Also during worship, six
men will receive Lay Readers'
licenses from Bishop Barton.
Each license represents many
hours of supervised study, which
has prepared the men to con
duct worship during the rector's
absence. Heppner men who will
be presented licenses will in
clude Bob Abrams, Ned Clark
and Herman Winter.
Following the 11:00 a.m. wor
ship, Bishop and Mrs. Barton
will be honored at a potluck
dinner in the parish hall. All
friends of the Bishop are encour
aged to be present.
Bishop Barton has had a long
and active tenure. He establish
ed the district headquarters in
Bend when he came to Oregon
nearly 22 years ago. He has
seen church membership in the
district grow from 3,400 to 7,600;
the number of parishes increas
ed firom six to 13; value of
church pioperties raised from
around $800,000 to $2,600,000.
Merchants Slate
Moonlight Sale
Heppner merchants will hold
their second Moonlight Sale on
Friday night. April 26. from 7
until 10 pm., Bill Hust, merch
ants committee chairman of the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce, announces.
Extra special values will be
offered during the three-hour
period. The Moonlight Sale bar
gains will be available only
during that time and will not
be on sale at reduced prices
before the time nor after.
Many of the participating
merchants have bought merch
andise especially for this event,
Hust said.
As an added feature, each of
the stores is planning to have
an exceptionally "hot" buy to
be offered at 9 p.m. only.
It is planned that the stores
will close at the regular time
on the Friday and then reopen
for the Moonlight Sale event
MEETING SCHEDULED
All Heppner merchants are
asked to be present at a
"Dutch treat" luncheon meet
ing Friday at noon in the
Wagon Wheel Cafe to com-
plete plans for the forthcom-'
ing Moonlight Sale, Bill Hust,
merchants chairman, announces.
Tuesday to ee the filling of
the lake, but It did not come
in a spectacular manner, ap
waring to be gradual. Sight
seers were warned away from
the rlverbanks In order that
they not be caught napping by
the rising water.
Over the week-end. those In
(crested In Indian art If lets went
to the river armed with rollers,
cloth and ink to obtain impres
sions of the Indian writings that
the rivers rise would Inundate.
At the Heppner-Morrow coun
ty Chamber of Commerce meet
Ing here Monday, Tom Slater,
landscape architect of the Army
Corps of Engineers, walla wai
la district, told something of the
plan for filling Lake Umatilla
and gave information on parks
and recreational facilities that
are being developed along the
huge reservoir.
He said that projects above
McNary Dam were spilling wa
ter to fill the reservoir, starting
with flow from Lake Pend
Oreille in northern Idaho Fri
day.
When the minimum pool is
reached after three days, the
navigation locks at John Day
Dam will operate and the Coast
Guard buoy tender Bluebell will
be the first ship to come
through this on Saturday.
800 Eggs Collected
Slater told of Operation
Mother Goose in which the Fish
and Wildlife Service picked up
800 unhatched goose eggs by
helicopter and other means to
save them from inundation.
It was hoped that parks along
Lake Umatilla would be com
pleted by this summer, Slater
said, but the schedule could not
be met. Concentration has been
on the "underwater" work, that
part which will be inundated
with the forming of the reser
voir. This includes driving pil
ing, building breakwaters, pro
viding launching ramps and
working on boat basins. Some
parking lots also have been
rough graded.
Facilities will be operable
soon at several parks for those
who want to launch boats, but
he said that more money must
be appropriated until the areas
will look like parks.
The plan is to do the rest of
the work as soon as possible.
Slater said that it is estimat
ed that 400,000 recreation visit
ors will come to the parks an
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BPPNEI2
GA
ZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 18, 1968
10 Cents
ScI
ibl .Board Meets in New Buil
lone Merit Mother Due
For Honors in Salem
Big Band Carnival Billed
Saturday; Support Urged
Dr. Wolff Files
For R-l Director
Dr. Wallace Wolff has filed
petition for director of Morrow
County School District R-l for
zone VII, and seven candidates
have filed for advisory commit
tee positions around the county,
Ron Daniels, district superinten
dent, announces.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, now direct
or from zone VII (Heppner),
will not be a candidate for re
election. Election will be on Monday,
May 6. At the same time, voters
of the district will cast ballots
on the 1968-69 budget.
The slate of eight director and
advisory committee candidates
means that there is one candi
date for every position open, but
there are no contests for any
of the positions.
Those up for election for the
advisory committee places are:
Heppner-Lexington Advisory
Committee Mary Ann Barclay,
Lexington, 3-year term; Jerry
Sweeney, Heppner, 2-year term;
and Edda Mae Lovgren, Hepp
ner, 3-year term.
lone Advisory Committee
Dorothy Krebs, Cecil, 3-year
term; Gene Rietmann, lone, 3
year term.
Boardman Advisory Commit-
tee Shirley Zielinski, 3-year
A carnlval-like atmosphere,
with booths, prizes, fun and
eames. will Drevail Saturday
night. April 20, at the fair pa
vilion, when the PTA units and
band departments 01 Dotn iiepp
ner Hish and Elementary schools
combine talents to produce and
present the annual band carni
val
General chairman for the event
is Paul Warren, who is assisted
by PTA presidents, Mrs. Wallace
Wolff and W. W. Weatherford,
and band director, Arnie Hed
man.
A full evening of fun and
games, and lots of prizes is as
sured for those attending, with
the hope that this year's band
carnival will be one of the most
exciting events sponsored here.
Dinner will be served from
30-7:30 p.m., and will feature
a baroecuea Deer piate, not aog
plate, or plain hot dog, served
with a variety of delicious sal
ads, desserts, coffee and punch.
Bands will entertain during the
dinner period.
The real fun will begin at
6:30, when the variety of booths
will ODen for business, among
which are the country store, fish
pond, dart throw, and many
others. A bookstore, featuring
comic books and hard back
books, will be run by the fifth
grade class. Sixth graders will
be in charge of the cake walk;
seventh grade will have charge
of the telegram booth, and
eighth graders will operate the
ever popular aunK tanK
The evening's fun will be fur
ther enhanced with the appear
ance of the mysterious Madame
LaZonga. who specializes in
fortune telling and palm read
ings
Elementary candidates for the
kine and aueen contest are
Christy Bradley and John Myers,
sixth grade: Barbara snerman
and David Eckman, seventh
grade; and Debbie McLeod and
Bruce Bergstrom, eighth grade.
Jim Sherman and Susan Melby
are the high school candidates.
Winners will be announced dur
ing the carnival and will re
ceive three-piece luggage sets
as prizes.
Youth and parents alike will
be invited to attend the dance
immediately following the car
nival, which will be held in the
fair pavilion. Musical entertain
ment will be provided by "The
Living Souls," a five-piece teen
age dance band from Pendleton.
Door prizes to be given away
at this year's carnival include
an Arvin 10 transistor portable
radio, complete with case and
earphones, an Arvin 4' transis
crophone, and a family ticket
to the new Heppner city swim
ming pool.
Proceeds from the carnival
event will be used by the PTA
to provide special scholarships.
Paper to Print
Pictures Taken
Of Local Children
tprm.
Irrigon Advisory Committee tor portable tape recorder, with
Wanda Witherspoon, 3-year two reels of tape, plug-in ear
term, phones and remote control mi-
Periodically for a number of
years The Gazette -Times has
run a pictorial feature of the
youngsters in this area as "Cit
izens of Tomorrow."
In the near future the paper
will again publish free pictures
of all children who are brought
by their parents or guardians
tor photos to be taken in Hepp
ner and lone.
In lone the pictures will be
taken from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
on Friday, April 26, at the
American Legion Hall. In Hepp
ner they will be taken also from
10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday,
April 27, at the Heppner Hotel.
Pictures in Color
An expert children's photogra
pher will take the pictures to
assure uniform quality and size
for best reproduction. This year
they will be taken in natural
color. Parents are advised to
dress the children colorfully to
take full advantage of the
beauty of color photography.
The pictures in the newspaper
will run in black and white.
There are absolutely "no
strings to this invitation nor
are there any charges to the
parents. They do not have to be
subscribers of this newspaper to
participate. JNeither are the par
ents obliged to purchase any of
the color pictures taken.
Those who might desire color
photographs may obtain them
by making arrangements with
the studio representatives when
they select the pose they wish
to see printed in The Gazette-Times.
There is ne age limit and old
er children and family groups
are especially welcome.
Appointments Asked
Appointments may be made
by calling Mrs. Lindsay Kincaid
at lone (Ph. 422-7418) or Mrs.
Arnold Raymond at Heppner
(Ph. 676-5820). While appoint-
ments are not necessary to have
the children DhotoeraDhed. it
could avoid having to wait.
Those interested are urged to
check the dates on their calen
dars now and help us make
this a memorable community
feature.
Photography will be handled
by the Dansville, N. Y., office
of Woltz Studios, Inc.
Mrs. Lewis (Dot) Halvorsen
of lone will be honored, togeth
er with seven , other Oregon
mothers, as an ; Oregon Merit
Mother by the Oregon State
Mother's Association Tuesday,
April 23, at the Marion Motor
Hotel in Salem, Mrs. Vivian Pe
terson of St. Helens, president
of the association, announces.
The event win particularly
honor Mrs. Anne Kennedy Smith
of Portland who has been cho
sen Oregon Mother of the Year.
Highlight of the event will be
presentations by Governor lom
McCall at the : State Capitol
Building at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Halvorsen was nominat
ed for Oregon Mother of the
Year by the lone Masonic lodge
recently. She was not chosen as
the 1968 Mother but Is among
the eight who are to be cited
as Oregon Merit Mothers, utn
ers are Mrs. Lucy Avis, Mrs.
Evelyn Cross, Mrs. Ida Pope,
Mrs. Mary Diamond, Mrs. Mild
red Wilson, Mrs. Grace WUch
and Mrs. Elsie Zatterberg, all
from other parts of the state.
The event Tuesday will start
at 10:30 with a "brunch" at 11
a.m. A program will be present
ed at the motor hotel after
which the group will go to the
capitol building for the gover
nor's presentations. Reservations
have been made for members of
Mrs. Halvorsen's family and
other relatives, but no more can
be accommodated.
In nominating Mrs. Halvor
sen, the lone lodge's letter stat
ed, "She has always been avail
able to take the lead In our
installation dinners and other
functions. Each year the lodge
is host to the local high school
boys and their men teachers at
a banquet. We always ask the
Order of Eastern Star to neip,
and Mrs. Halvorsen' is always
there, bringing along a group
of Rainbow Girls to serve."
In the Eastern Star, Mrs. Hal
vorsen has held an office every
year for 21 years and has led
the order as worthy matron
three times. She has been inter
ested in Rainbow Girls for 10
years and organized an assem
blv in lone in 1961.
She is active in many other
groups in the community, in
eluding PTA, lone United Church
of Christ, and Grange, bhe is a
past master of Willows Grange
and has served as secretary for
13 vears.
The Halvorsens have four
children, Mrs. Linda May Prock
of Heppner; Joe Halvorsen, a
junior at Eastern Oregon Col
lege; Mark Halvorsen, sopho
more at EOC; and Frank Hal
vorsen, junior at lone High. In
addition, they reared two fos
ter daughters, Judy and Alyce
Mason..
All six have made fine rec
ords of achievement, attaining
many honors in their school
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MRS. LEWIS HALVORSEN
Cliff Harris Buys
Tum-A-Lum Site
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Harris,
owners of Harris Drive-in, have
purchased property and build
ings of Tum-A-Lum Lumber
Company, which adjoins their
drive-in, Mrs. Harris confirmed
Tuesday.
Expectations are that the
property will be developed with
office spaces, an upholstery
shop, barber shop and addition
al parking for the restaurant,
she said.
Other ventures are also being
considered to be added to the
site.
Tum-A-Lum announced last
week that the 48-year-old firm
is quitting business here, and
a sale is currently in progress
to dispose of stock.
Harris is in Lebanon this
week and was not available to
give further details on plans for
the site.
Mrs. Harris said that it is
planned to start the project in
the very near future.
years. The boys have been ex
ceptionally fine athletes.
"The affectionate bond be
tween members of the family
is readily discernible wherever
they are seen together," the
nominating letter said. "Their
farm home, which is kept neat
and tidy through the mother's
guidance, is a center of youth
ful activity, and it is not un
common to have several extra
boys for dinner without notice.
Mr. and Mrs. Halvorsen have
lived on the family ranch two
miles from lone since their mar
riage on December 30, 1936.
Mrs. Halvorsen's nomination
as Oregon Mother of the Year
will remain on file for three
years and she will be eligible
for consideration as the state
wide choice any year through
that time.
Telephone Operator
Gets Aid to Woman
Who Suffers Stroke
Alertness of a Pendleton
telephone operator resulted in
bringing aid to a Heppner
woman who suffered an ap
parent stroke here Saturday.
The unusual scries of circum
stances were recounted by
Dale Slusher, manager of the
telephone company in Pendle
ton. At 10:07 p.m. Saturday Mur
iel Czubiak, evening operator
In Pendleton, was in the pro
cess of removing the connec
tion on a long distance call
from Heppner. However, she
noticed the Heppner end of
the call had not cleared.
Mrs. Czubiak went on the
line and heard a woman's
voice ask for help. Unable to
find out the woman's name
or telephone number, Mrs.
Czubiak notified her supervis
or, Mrs. Helen Deakin, who
contacted Bill McCoy, chief
transmissionman. McCoy call
ed Glen Mecham, installer
repairman at Heppner, to have
him trace the call. With the
help of Paul Weston, trans
missionman In Pendleton,
they Identified the four sub
scribers on the four party line.
Mecham recognized names
of two of the subscribers. He
contacted the Heppner City
Police, and together they
checked the two addresses.
At the second address they
found Mrs. C. L. Stephenson
lying on the floor after suf
fering an apparent stroke.
The police called for an am
bulance and a doctor at about
11:15 p.m. Mrs. Stephenson
was taken to the hospital
where report Tuesday was
that she was in fair condition.
Mrs. Stephenson had taken
the phone from its cradle be
fore the long distance call
had been completed. One of
those involved in the call was
also on her four party line,
and when she took the phone
off, it kept the line open and
enabled the operator to hear
her plea for help.
Cow Cutters Coming
For 9tfi Spring Meet
Chilly, Chilly
After hitting a warm 79 de
grees last Wednesday, maxi
mum temperatures here drop
ped to a chilly 47 Tuesday, re
port of Don uiiilam, weather
observer, shows. Skiffs of light
snow fell at various times but
moisture was still conspicuous
ly light. Complete report for the
week is as ioaows
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 79 41
Thursday 63 37
Friday .45 20
Saturday 57 20
Sunday 60 39
Monday 51 35 .03
Tuesday 47 20 .01
Ninth annual spring cow cut
ting meet of the Wranglers club
will be staged in Heppner this
week-end and it may attract a
record number of entrants from
around the Northwest.
Gene Pierce of the sponsoring
committee said that entrants
are expected from the Seattle
area, the Spokane area, from
Boise, Yakima, Redmond, Med
ford, Eugene, Salem, Portland,
Vancouver and many other cit
ies, as well as the local con
tingent.
Requests for entry blanks
have come from all of these
points and more, he said.
The cutting events will be
held in the covered arena of the
Morrow county fairgrounds Sat
urday night at 7 o'clock and
will be continued there at 9 a.m.
Sunday.
Wranglers Playday will fol
low at the Wrangler grounds at
1 p.m. Sunday with a special
OBRA barrel racing event as the
highlight.
Competition in the cow cut
ting this year will be divided
into seven classes with two go
rounds in each. They are as
follows: Novice Novice, for hors
es which have won less than
$100, and novice rider; $100
Novice, for horses which have
won less than $100, and any
rider; $300 Novice, for horses
which have won less than $300,
and any rider; $750 Novice, for
horses which have won less
than $750, and any rider; Jun
ior Registered, for registered
quarter horses four years old
and under, and any rider; Sen
ior Registered, for registered
quarter horses of more than
four years, and any rider; and
open.
This competition is approved
by the Northwest Quarter Horse
association and the Cutting
Horse association.
This year, $200 has been add
ed to the open purse. Every
winner, determined by the ave
rage, will get a horse blanket
as a trophy.
Judge of the event is Steve
Bishop of Chimacum, Wash,
At least two new local cut
ting horses will be in the com
petition this year, since Art
Vance and Dr. Jim Norene have
recently acquired horses that
they expect to enter. In addit
ion, veteran horses will be en
tered by Floyd Jones, Ralph
Beamer and others.
On the Wrangler committee
in charge are Beamer,' Howard
Bryant, Jones, Fred Mankin, Bill
Healy, Cornett Green, Vance,
Roice Fulleton, Mrs. Vance, Bob
Bergstrom, John Eubanks and
Pierce.
The public is welcome to
come and watch the events at
no admission charge.
Budget Adopted;
Few Changes Made
School budget for the Morrow
county district R-l was adopted
by the board of directors at its
regular meeting at the new Riv
erside school, Boardman, Mon
day night after some changes
had been made at the budget
hearing at Lexington on Tues
day, April 9.
The changes were minor and
did not increase the budget ex
penditures.
A sum of $5000 was added
un-fer instruction to provide the
district's share of the cost of
the Umatilla-Morrow media cen
ter. Federal funds for support
of the center expire in October
of this year and the districts in
the two counties must pick up
the cost, according to Ron Dan
iels, R-l superintendent.
To compensate for this addit
ion, two deletions were made.
A sum of $1500 that had been
budgeted for repairs and main
tenance was taken out. This
was to provide two sets of ex
terior doors for Heppner Ele-
mentarv school.
In addition, $3500 was cut
from improvement of sites,
being a sum that had been set
aside for the improvement of
the road up the hill to Heppner
High school.
The total budget remains the
same, and the proposed tax
levy remains the same.
Only two persons, other than'
those connected with the
schools, appeared at the hear
ing, Daniels said.
X-Ray Unit Due
Residents of the area are urg
ed to take advantage of the
free X-Ray services of the Mobile
X-Ray unit on Thursday and
Friday In front of Murrays Rex
all Drug store. Hours will be
11-2:00 and 3-6 p.m. on Thurs
day, and 9-12 noon on Friday.
IEi
Students Have
First Classes
After Moving
Directors of Morrow County
School District R-l met in reg
ular session in the new River
side school, which Is partially
completed, for the first time
Monday night.
Like the students who had at
tended classes for the first day
there Monday, the directors de
pended on small electric heat
ers to keep warm.
Supt. Ron Daniels, in a prog
ress report on the school, said
that the move from the old
school had been accomplished
without trouble and students
had adjusted to the new build
ing smoothly despite the impair
ments caused by the unfinished
areas.
He said that plaster has been
cracking in some places on the
under side of the exterior over
hang, and that this problem is
to be checked out by a plaster
expert.
Daniels also reported that
grass in the cover crop or the
area being landscaped is not
growing as had been expected,
and that the landscape engin
eer and the landscape contract
or must work out this problem
between them.
Since the heating system is
not completed at the school, the
students will depend largely on
the small electric heaters until
weather warms.
Kirk Horn Resigns
Written resignations of three
teachers were read at the meet
ing, including those of Kirk
Horn, Heppner High biology
teacher; Cecilia Delmore, Hepp
ner High English and speech
teacher; and jack Trujillo, lone
High business teacher.
Horn expects to continue his
education with graduate work
and said in his resignation that
he hopes later to return to this
area. Miss Delmore plans to
continue her studies in speech
and to work towards her mas
ter's degree.
The board approved the hir
ing of Victor Marchek, who now
teaches at Hermiston, for a so
cial studies position at River
side, and Sharon Donovan, a
graduate of Riverside High, for
an English position in the new
school. She will teach language
arts in the seventh and eightn
grades. Miss Donovan is now
completing her college work.
Daniels said that this leaves
only a few positions in the sys
tem to be filled, and applica
tions have been received for all
of them. They are for counsel
lor at Riverside, English and
business at lone, two English
positions and a biology teacher
at Heppner High.
Budgets Adopted
A recently published supple
mental budget, providing for
transfer of $8000 to the teach-
erage fund, was approved. This
requires no vote because no tax
levy is involved. The 1968-69
budget for the district was al
so approved as changed at the
public hearing April 9 and elec
tion on the budget In the dis
trict will be on May 6.
Discussion was held on adver
tising for purchase of school
buses, and it was decided to ad
vertise for one 30-passenger and
one 54-passenger bus.
Principal Dick Carpenter of
Heppner High proposed a plan
being considered at the high
school for teaching language
arts and social science in a
combined class with two-hour
blocks for freshmen and sopho
mores and for juniors and sen
iors. He asked permission for two
teachers to be placed on an ex
tended contract for an addition
al week in the summer to work
out plans for the course. Be
cause of the uncertainty as to
whether money would be avail
able In the budget, the board
deferred decision on this until
the next meeting.
Gordon Myers was approved
as lifeguard for the lone swim
ming pool for the coming sum
mer. He also served as lifeguard
there last summer.
An eighth grade field trip to
the Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry and to Oregon His
torical Society in Portland from
A. C. Houghton school on May
10 was approved.
Budget to be Short
In his financial report, Supt.
Daniels said that indications are
that the district will not be able
to finish this school year "in
the black."
"We may be $40,000 in the
red," he said, adding that all
indications point to the fact that
receipts estimated in the 1967
68 budget will fall somewhere
between $40,000 and $80,000 be
low expectations.
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