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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 23, 1968
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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obsolete, out-of-date and unreal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.
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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-
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.