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LIBRARY U OF 0 I . EUGENE, ORE. 07403 Good Rain Falls Here in Nic! of Time' 20 85th Year Number 13 THE nw r EPPNER GAZETTE-TI lm4sssJI MES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 23, 1968 10 Cents Jaycees Campaign For Constitution Morrow county Jaycees ore taking part In a statewide Jay cee project to seek signatures for petitions that provide for calling a state constitutional convention In September, 1970, provided the 1909 Legislature fails to submit a revised state constitution to the people. Jerry Samples, chairman hen, said that the Morrow county chapter expects to obtain at least 300 signatures. Booths will be set up Tuesday, election day, near the polling places to gath er signatures. He said that the law requires only that such booths be at least 50 feet from the polling places. If sufficient signatures are ob tained statewide, the measure will be on the ballot at the gen eral election in November of this year. Petitions must be completed no later than June 25. In supporting this project, tne Oregon Jaycees declare that con stitutional revision has been a recognized necessity for at least 15 years, but the people have not had the opportunity to vote on a revised and modern Con stitution. Three successive legislatures 1963, 1965 and 1967 have failed to refer a new constitu tion to the people even though the present Constitution was amended in 1960 by vote of the people to provide for referring a new constitution to tnem. The present Constitution is 110 years old, has been amend ed some 115 times, and contains obsolete, out-of-date and unreal istic provisions, the Jaycees state. .....V rt. - "H I J OLD GRANDSTAND at the rodeo grounds, located on the Hinton Creek highway, ended a long History Monday when it was pushed into a heap and burned. A new all-steel grandstand will be erected and is expected to be completed by rodeo time in late August this year. Heppner fire trucks and county equipment were used in Operation Burnout. Rodeo and fair board mem bers and Heppner firemen, assisted by other volunteers, kept the blase under control and though power poles were yery close they were not sei'ously damaged. By evening the wooden grand stand, which bad served long and well, was reduced to ashes. (G-T Photo). Virgil Chapman Dies Virgil Chapman, 63, of Board man, died of a heart attack Monday while visiting friends in Ontario. " Services t are plan ned Friday in Newberg. He was manager of the Roy ; Philippi Ponderosa ranch. Greg Pierce Returns Home After 18 Months in Vietnam Spec4 Greg Pierce, looking lit and healthy, arrived home in Heppner last week after un dergoing 18 months in combat with the 101st Airborne Divis ion in Vietnam. - - " The Heppner soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce, has participated in some of the most intensive fighting of the war, most recent being in the area of the A Shau Valley. . This is just south of Khe Sanh where beleaguered United Mates sol diers were isolated before the movement came up from the south to reach them. Pierce said that much of the North Vietnamese activity is centered in the A Shau Valley He was assigned to a 105 mm. howitzer as an artilleryman and, although trained as an air troop er, took only one lump during his service in Vietnam. This was a training jump. Pierce returned with a consid erable respect for the fighting ability oi tne .Norm Vietnamese soldiers. Many of them are con tinuously "hopped up" on marl- (Continued on page 8 Heppner Cleanup Week, May 20-25 MM - w-rp. -wwir- vpmsyW&WW w" V&a) r ::sOT hfcA Mil I a ! I 'imwriiv Mill i-ni , i Tm,,i iiii.f--ilr II- r riiiiiii , s unr-if r r r- iiyM irtVrr. iiiiii iiiiiii.ri.ii.Mi i i " nil J ii rilj - i sssssss1'IIB!",''w'w!,'''WssiStai '. ' ' I,,,ir:''s-w:!:!vr':.v'W' '' ''HW'-.'-nwiwo-:v Pioneer! Picnic Invites Many Many roads will lead to the Heppner fair pavilion on Mem orial Day, May 30, bringing Morrow county pioneers who now reside in other areas to the 16th annual Pioneer Mem orial Picnic The reunion has for many years called early-day pioneers,- their descendants and families front a wide area to en oy a day of visiting and rem inlscing. A good attendance of both res ldents of Heppner and neighbor lng communities is also expect ed to attend the reunion activi ties. Much is being done by Chair man Harold Conn and his help ers to make the day an enjoy able one. Women of the Gold' en Age club will be at the door to greet visiting guests and members of the Soroptlmist club will be in charge of reg istration, and name tags, begin ning at 10:30 a.m. A potluck dinner, with the meat course, rolls, ice cream and beverages furnished, will be served at noon. Those attending are asked to contribute varieties of potluck dishes. Contributions will be accepted at the time of registration to help with inci dental expenses. Mrs. Rachel Harnett, curator, will have the local museum op en from 10 a.m. for visitors. This week's general rainfall brought probably the bent n'w of the yrnr lo Morrow county, moKtrnliiR the parvhHl luniU and coming at a critical tltno for the growing wheat crop, Total was rtTortlitl In Hi-ni) ner by Don Gilliam, weathi r uWrvrr. at .63 Inch with .(15 inch on Sunday, ki on Monday nd .24 on Tuesday. Other parts of the county had liwr or f'rvHicr amounts with the rain fall hilni? Iho llt'hti-sl In I In' northern Kiion and heavier In the foothills. It was reported that a small wntrrpout cam In the area of the Campbell Ranch, east of Lexington, bringing about 1 Inches. In another part of the county Si Inch was recorded a the Louis Carlson ranch. At the Ron lluguewood place, south of Heppner, J) Inch was reporte and In the Elghtmlle area some ranchers reported up to three quarters of an inch. Kiley Munkera. manager of the grain division of Morrow County Grain Growers, said that he heard one report of nearly an Inch In Blockhorsc canyon But In the north, Larry Llnd say said that only about .10 Inch had fallen In the area of the bomb range by Tuesday morning. Gene Winters, county exten slon agent, said that most of the winter wheat around the county Is high in the boot now and It Is a critical time for the rain. Some grains are too far gone, he said, for the moisture to help, home of the spring grains may not make It. Munkers said that kernel have already formed in some of the wheat crop, but the rain will make a big difference tn quality without adding to the number of kernels. He said the rain could be the difference be tween a "disaster" and having a fairly good crop. The good rain was also appre ciated in the forest lands that had become tinder dry, accord ing to W. S. (Sam) Miller, rang er of the Heppner Forest Serv ice district. Gilliam said that May to date has brought .66 inch In Hopp. ner. all but .01 inch this week. This is less than half the aver age for May, he said. But there was no doubt that this was one of the most wel come rains In recent years. Complete report for the week: SADIE PARRISH, county clerk, holds the "bedsheef ballots that will be Ubed in the primary election Tuesday, The longer one (right) is the Democratic ballot Republican ballot is at the left. All voters will receive a nonpartisan ballot (center) for the three measures and Judiciary. Calendar at upper left re minds of the voting day May 28. (G-T Photo). Priiiiory f Sizeo ble T row uniout Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi 66 79 83 85 81 65 65 Low 37 39 46 45 60 51 46 Prec. .05 .36 .24 HERE'S HOW John D. Ceglio, Sr., goes about spring housecleaning at his auto wrecking yard. He is in the process of smashing a car body with a D6 Caterpillar tractor. Flattened bodies are then stacked (right) before load ing them on a truck to be hauled to Portland for smelting. The hardtop cars are consider ably harder to smash than the usual sedan, Ceglia states. By this time, most of the old bodies are cleaned out of the local yard, ready for more wrecks that once were the pride of many a 'family. Ceglia's work is fitting at this time because Mayor Rosewall has pro claimed May 20-25 as Cleanup Week in Hepp ner. (G-T Photo). y 7W f . . ,4 1 1W .. v ( ' ' . - Ceglia Wrecking Yard Undergoes Spring Cleanup When Ted Sidor of Corvallis, Hoirelnnment spec- ialist, spoke at the "ot commerce iiieeuB --""H ly, he said that there is a need for good auto wrecking yards in Hlmight very well have tak en pictures of Ceglia's Wrecking Yard in Heppner as an example of a clean operation to be used with other colored slides that illustrate his talks. John D. Ceglia, Sr., operator of the yard on Riverside Ave nue, takes a pride in keeping it as spic and span as he can. In recent days he has been set ting an example that others may follow for spring cleanup. Mayor W. C. Rosewall has pro claimed May 20-25 as Cleanup Week in Heppner. With the help of Warren Plo charsky and a rented D6 Cater pillar tractor, Ceglia has slick ed out the dozens ana aozens of old car bodies in his yard, loaded them on a truck and hauled them to Portland to go to the smelter. After all usable parts have been removed from the old or wrecked autos, they are set afire to burn out upholstery. Then they are placed in position for the Cat to come and run over them. In a few passes, the ave rage car body is smashed as flat as a fritter. Then Ceglia stacks them up on a heap to load on a truck. Ceglia estimates that he loses from $25 to $35 per car when he flattens them and hauls them to Portland, for the pay isn't very high for pancaked car bodies. But he considers it as a necessary cost in running a respectable business of this kind. Many of the car are those that are totaled in wrecks. He removes engines and parts for resale, also stripping metals that can be salvaged, even the copper from the vehicles wir ing. By this time, spring house cleaning is about over at Ceg lia's wrecking yard. There are no unsightly vehicle bodies to create eyesores either in or out of the confines of the neat fence around his yard. This makes the local yard quite a contrast to many that one can observe around the State of Oregon and the Northwest. And Ceglia means to keep it that way. He recently came to a city council meeting to tell the city dads he expected to maintain a good yard and a good business. He said that if the city received any complaints, he wanted to hear them. Public is Invited On Ranch Tour A tour in honor of Robert and Herb Peterson, Morrow county Conservation Men of the Year, will be Friday, May 24, and the public is invited. Tour guests will meet at the fairgrounds in Heppner by 9 a.m. and bus transportation will be furnished by the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district. Anyone wishing to join the tour later may meet the bus by 9:45 a.m. at the Heppner-Con-don highway and county road function south of the Lawrence Becket ranch. The tour will cov er the Peterson Bros, operations in Hail Ridge area in the morn ing, on to their home ranch at Valby, where lunch will be serv ed by the Petersons (no sack' lunch necessary). Following lunch and a tour of the home ranch the group will proceed on to the Gabbert Ranch in the Dryfork area. Re turn will be by way of Goose berry to Heppner-Condon high way. Frank flalvorsen Sets State Record Frank Halvorsen, lone High Junior, set a new state record in the Oregon B track champ ionships at Pleasant Hill Satur day, going 6-3 to better the mark set by Elliot L,ewis or Colton in 1963 at 6-2. Eddie Sherman took two sec ond places in the 100 yard dash at 10.1 and in the 220 with 22.8. The finish in the 220 Was almost a dead heat between Sherman and the winner, Dan Moody, Pine Eagle. Both were clocked at 22.8. Ione's "two man team scored 26 points in the state meet, giv ing the Cardinals a seventn place finish. Crow and Gilchrist tied for first with 41 points each. 1 A fairly heavy turnout of vot ers is predicted for Morrow county at the primary election Tuesday by Mrs. Sadie Parri.sh, county clerk. Interest in a pres idential year is always greater than in a non-presidential year, and with the rather vigorous ac tivity of some of the major can didates on their campaigns, greater Impetus is expected. In addition there are a num ber of contests for state office and one at the county level on the Democratic ballot between Bill Weafherford: Runs for Senator W. W. (Bill) Weatherford of Heppner announced Friday that he . is an active Democratic write-In candidate for the Ore gon State Senate from district 18 (Gilliam. Hood River, Sher man, Morrow, Wasco and Wheel er " counties) and is seeking votes at the primary election. His late entry into the cam paign came, he said," wnen tie realized that the district had no declared candidate- for the nomination on the Democratic ticket. Sen. Ben Musa, The Dal les, Democrat, currently repre senting the district, is not a candidate for reelection. Seeking the position on the Republican ballot, nuopposed, is Kenneth Jernstedt of Hood River. John Mollahan and Bert Corbin, both of Heppner, for the sheriff nomination. Three measures on the non partisan ballot will also attract some voters, especially Measure 3 that would provide a bond ing program to finance building for state higher educational in stitutions. Mrs. Parrish made another ap peal for Morrow county's more than 2000 registered voters to cast ballots early In order to facilitate the Job of counting votes from the long ballots. Polls will be open at the nine voting places in the county from 81 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday. . As usual, the Gazette-Times will act in compiling unofficial totals for the National Election Service, the Oregon Election Service and for information of any who are interested in the outcome. It Is expected that a quick spot total of incomplete returns from Heppner precincts will, be available just after 8 p.m. but from that time on, no further returns will be out un til counting boards complete their work, and this may be well into the night because of the number of candidates to be counted. Mrs. Parrish said that there is considerable advance interest in absentee voting with most of the requests coming from servicemen and women. Ballots were published last week in The Gazette-Times and sample ballots are available at the courthouse. t. ! n i : ) f:l mi ' ': L i - '.1 ' I 4 I -5 . L I t f I I J - It ' ' ' ' .... SH: - J ' I ' fir S"" JIM X a. t i City of lone Sets Spring Cleanup Annual spring cleanup is scheduled at lone on May 27, 28 and 29, according to Mayor Jim Barnett. A truck will be available to pick up trash and debris on those dates and residents are asked to pile their material at the side of the street where those making the pickups can get at it conveniently. There is no charge for this service. STAFF of the Heppner Branch. First National Bank, is enjoying the new spaciousness of the re modeled bank building at which open house Is being held today (Thursday). At left is Pat Wonser, in the center with a customer waiting is Norman Supple, and at right is Mary Eleanor Gilman, who has the longest tenure of employment at the branch. (G-T Photo). Bank Open House Slated Today; Growth Revealed John Venard, manager of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, cited some impressive statistics as the remodeled and expanded Heppner banking office readied for its all-day open house Thursday, May 23. The branch manager pointed out that deposits at the bank ing office are $5,848,031, and loans are at $6,158,295. Just five years ago, he said deposits to taled $5,178,748 and loans $2,657,868. "These figures," Venard stat ed, "reflect the growth of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Oregon. We are very proud of the service we have given our customers here in Heppner, and we are equally as proud of our greatly expanded and remodeled branch office." The new banking facilities at the Heppner branch include six teller windows, a conference room, bookkeeping room, and an employee lunch room. Park ing spaces are provided for 17 vehicles. Work on the $135,000 modern ization project began in Decem ber of 1967 when the contract was awarded to McCormach Construction Company of Pen dleton. Architect was Wesley V. Korman. During the Thursday opening, visitors are invited to take tours of tne banking office. Refresh ments will be served.
