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L J 0 I? A R : U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. 9 7403 Area Forest Fires Brought Under Comtro 85th Year Number 20 GAZETTE-1 TDMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 11, 1968 10 Cents Annual Sidewalk Bazaar This Week r 1 1 n f.i i V 71 ; y.i I y:-. f ! Si- i PRINCESS MARCIA JONES Dance to Honor Pri A A rincess vvarcia Princess Marcia Jones will be the first of this year's Morrow county Fair and Rodeo court to receive individual honors. Her dance will be Saturday night July 13, at the Heppner fair pavilion, with the popular West era Gentlemen of Condon pro viding the music. Marcia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones, represents the Wranglers riding club on the court of Queen Berniece Matth ews. Other princesses are Sue Ellen Greenup, Kathy Hinton and Sheila Luciani. During her 17 active years of growing up on her parents Hin ton Creek Ranch, Marcia has de veloped a love for horses and riding that comes "natural". She has been at home in the sad die since she first started to ride alone at the age of three. Her family, which includes her parents and her brother, Greg, have had pride in raising and training fine horses and have been awarded many times for their accomplishments. Family interest in the fairs and rodeos have been shown through the father's work on the fair and rodeo boards, at horse shows and rodeo shows. Her mother, an elementary teacher, has also been active in work at the fairs. The young princess won her first trophy belt in Wrangler competition when she was six; won the pole bending trophy at the Wrangler show in 1962 and the 4-H Small Fray Showman ship award the same year. In 1966 she entered the 4-H State Fair after placing first in horse manship and second in show manship. Another highlight that year was winning the reserve youth all-around trophy at the Columbia Basin Quarter Horse show in Hermiston. She com petes at home and away in cow cutting, was champion in her division at Madras in both 1966 and 1967, and was 'winner of the Novice class here in 1967. Marcia has gained recognition this summer by winning ribbons in barrels and pole bending in the Kennewick and Walla Walla Shows, placed third in the Queen's special events races in Hermiston, placed second in barrel racing in the Condon Fourth of July shows, and was this year's winner in her divis ion in the Wrangler Play Day events. For her appearances with the court this summer, Princess Mar cia rides her well trained reg isterde quarter horse, Tico Chex. She is keeping .busy during the summer months helping her parents on the ranch, pulling rye, helping in harvest and with general ranch chores. Princess Marcia will enter her senior year at Heppner High school this fall, where she is active in many of its activities. College plans are indefinite now, but she is thinking serously of Blue Mountain Community Col lege and continuing her riding activities there. Preceding the dance Saturday her parents will be hosts for a dinner for the court at their home. She cordially invites all her friends to join them later at the dance. Merchants will move hund reds of bargain items to the Main street sidewalks here Fri day and Saturday as they pre pent their Fifth Annual Side walk Bazaar. Joining in the fun and festiv ity will be at least 10 organiza tions with sales, exhibits and booths of varous kinds. There will be a dunk tank to provide fun and entertainment, sponsored by the Elementary PTA; one store will have free ice cream cones for the public; another will feature a popular grab bag; and still another will have a "fish pond." There will be a display of paintings by the new Artists club; Sno-cones will be for sale by the Mothers club; Pronto pups will be available for the hungry from the Rebekahs; and "Jaycee Juice" will be offered to the thirsty. The Rockhounds will have a display of articles and a sale; the Three Links club will have a bake sale; the East ern Star and Royal Arch 'Wid ows' will join for a sale of novelties; and the Methodist WSCS will have a food sale. This year's Bazaar will prob ably have the greatest partici pation by local merchants since it was started five years ago. Many of the exceptional bar gains offered are advertised in this paper, principally in the second section. Taking part are Western Auto Storet Gardner's ,Men's Wear, Peterson's Jewelers,' J. C Penney Co.. Gontv's. MiLadies Apparel. Case Furniture Co., Van's Var iety, Murrays Rexall Drug, El ma's Apparel, Central Market, and Lott's Electric. Others, out of the downtown business area, such as Pettyjohn's Farm and Building Supply and Ford's Tire Service, will have "extra-special" buys at their places of bus iness to participate in the event. Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, chairman of the merchants committee, said that a large crowd is ex pected, and all from far and near are invited to come and get the gala Sidewalk Bazaar spirit. There will be- free parking In Heppner lor the two days to ac commodate shoppers. The merchants are hoping that the weather will turn cool er. but the bargains will still be hot. Anyone who finds it too warm may volunteer to be a "target" at the dunk tank and get a free swim. Besides their sale, the Rock club will have gaily wrapped grab packages. The club s meet ing room will be open lor peo pie to see the displays and the newly purchased machinery us ed for cutting and polishing gem stones. Members or any in terested persons witn stones which they would like to sell or display are asked to contact Mrs. E. E. Gonty, president of the club. Those who wish added enter tainment after the Sidewalk Ba zaar Saturday are invited to at tend the Princess Dance for Marcia Jones at the Heppner Fair Pavilion, starting at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. L-Leaque All Stars To Play July 19-20 With a season record of 16 wins and two losses, the In dians Little League team has been declared this year's first place winner. Lindsay Kincaid of lone has been coaching the team. Resting in second place were the Giants, coached by Joe Yo com, followed by the Dodgers, coached by Dave McLeod, and the Braves, with Al Boschee as coach. Eighteen games were plaved through the season, with 15 players on each team. Farm teams were also going in Hepp ner and lone. An all-star team will be cho sen from the four teams which will compete in the district playoff next week, July 19 and 20. Week's Weather Hottest Since August of I96I Mi, ' ' T""'! f Ik f ' i - ' 1 I All - A m THIS TYPE of big bird, rarely seen in the Heppner area, has been quite prominent the past few days. A number of helicopters have been brouqht in to Ilqnt tirei to the soutn. mis one. from Lewiston, is piloted by Jim Vogan and was snapped by the camera prior to landing Tues day morning at the Forest Service compound lust behind the Gilliam and Bisbee building. In set shows the 'copter just after Vogan set it down. The trip from Tupper Work Center, a dis tance of some 38 miles, takes 14 minutes by helicopter. (G-T Photos). More than 5,00 urned by Two OA 31a! cres JERRY ADAMSON Albany Man Here As New Manager Of Penney Store With four days of the past week topping 100 degrees and the other three in the 90's, the Heppner area has been under going sizzling heat that has hurt the maturing wheat crop, fostered a rash of lightning-set fires, and caused the population to seek relief by every cool ave nue at its command. Saturday brought a maximum of 103 degrees, according to Don Gilliam, official observer. This was the hottest day recorded since the 107 degrees of Aug ust 5, 1961. Record high here is 108 de grees which was posted July 25, 1928. Another hot one was the 107 on July 28, 1939. But last summer cannot be forgotten. From August 9 through 20 were 12 days in a row above 95 degrees and in cluding four consecutive days above 100, one of the longest sustained heat spells if not the longest in Heppner's history. Those days ran 95, 95, 97, 96, S8, 97, 99, 102, 102, 100, 101, 96. The current string of hot days started Tuesday, July 2, with temperature of 94. Wednesday hit 99, followed by three days above 100, dropping to 97 Sun day, back to 101 Monday, and ! dipping to 90 Tuesday. Residents noticed an unusual ly warn night Friday when the mercury didn't fall below 75 de grees. Harvest gained momentum in the north end of the county des pite tne heat, but some of the results are disappointing on yield. One of the highest yields reported Dy any rancher to date is 18 bushels from the northern area, which did not benefit lrom much ram. Another report ed 14 bushels. .North Lexington elevator of tne Morrow County Grain Grow ers is becoming a busy place, Lexington elevator is ODeratine'. and the lone elevator is also re ceiving. Some said that the hot weath er has cut the county crop ave rage as much as five bushels, causing the grain which is not fully matured to shrivel. Complete weather report is as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi Low Prec. 99 57 101 62 102 58 103 75 97 62 101 60 90 65 Gerald A. (Jerry) Adamson of Albany arrived in Heppner Fn day to become manager of the J. C. Penney Co. store here, sue ceeding Bill Hust, who has been transferred to Arlington, Wn., as manager of the Penney rtore there. The transfer to Heppner was as sudden for Adamson as the transfer to Washington was for Hust. The new manager here has been an assistant at the Albany Penney store for the past three years and for years prior was in the compa ny's store at Hood River. He thus has been with the company for 7Vz years, and the move to Heppner promotes him to managership. Adamson has a wife, Bonnie, and two children, Troy, 4, and Jodi Rae, 21 months. The fam ily will move to Heppner later in the summer. Adamson must leave Thurs day for National Guard Camp for a period of two weeks to fulfill his service commitment. This, however, will terminate his tour of duty after six years service with the national guard. He said that he welcomes the move to Heppner and is famil iar with eastern Oregon because he was reared in the Parkdale area near Hood River. Adamson says that he particularly enjoys hunting and fishing. Hust returned late last week after officially starting work at Arlington earlier in the week. While he and his family enjoy ed living in Heppner, they are now looking forwad to moving to the new location and the chance to advance in the com 'anv. Hust, who has been here for 1 years, said that the hous ing situation is tight there and he is having some trouble lo cating a home. He returned to Arlington Sunday, but his fam ily remained here while he is seeking housing. Forest fires in this area were all reported under con trol and in "mopping up" Ftages Wednesday afternoon. Allen Nistad, general mana ger of Kinzua Corporation, said all the mill crew was off the Snowshoe fire lines and "back in town," although Eastern Oregon Logging men were still working on the fire. The mill at Kinzua was in full operation. Nistad's late report was that some 1000-1500 acres of Kinzua logged over land were covered by the Snowshoe fire which burned a total of some 4500 acres, all under state protection. Kinzua Corp. will start logging timber hit by the fire immediately and also offers to log that of other private owners whose timber "ts burned and who wish to salvage it, Nistad said. The company will confer with the state on reseedinq operations and expects to have them underway by Septemb ber. The Devil's Den fire which was fought by the U.S. Forest Service, was also un der control and being "mop ped Up." Friday's Lightning Sets Range and Grass Fires Friday evening's lightning storm, coming on the heels of a 102-degree day, set a number of range and grain fires across the county, including one esti mated at some 5000 acres near the southern ends of the Navy Bomb Range and The Boeing Company s leased area. Mervin (Red) Leonard of Lex ington said that part of the big ranee fire was in the area that he leases from the Navy for range and estimated that it cov ered some 2500 acres of the 14,000 he leases. Remainder of the fire apparently was on land in the Shirley Rugs operation at the south end of the Boeing tract and might equal the acre age burned on land under his lease, Leonard said. He said that he had saved the range for fall grazing. If it had been grazed more closely earlier this year, the fire may not have spread so rapidly, lie said. Damage is not only from loss of the grass but will expose the shifting sandy soil to eros ion, principally by blowing. Larry Lindsay and his crew observed the fire, but they were busy with a small one of their own and couldnt get to it. They were harvesting on their Juni per ranch about 7:30 p.m. when a lightning strike hit the field and started a fire. D. O. Nel son's . fire outfit came to the scene and helped put It out, holding it to about an acre. Without this aid, it might have turned into another major fire, Lindsay said. Wind Shift Helps In the darkness, Lindsay could only surmise where the larger fire was burning to the north but was anxious about their range. Before they could get there, however, the wind shifted, and the ensuing east wind caused the fire to run back into itself, helping subdue it. Glow from the range fire was plainly visible in Heppner where men of the Heppner fire department had assembled to answer calls in this area. Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine (Continued on page 8) 2-County Mental Health Committee Chooses Officers Advisory committee for the Umatilla - Morrow Community Mental Health Clinic held an or ganization meeting in Pendle ton Monday night and elected Judge Henry Kaye as chairman. Dr. Wallace Wolff of Heppner was chosen vice-chairman, and Dr. Alton Alderman, Umatilla county health officer, will be ad ministrator of the clinic. Plan for the clinic has been developing for some time, and this year both Morrow and Uma tilla counties provided funds In their 1968-69 budgets to make its culmination possible. Funds are contributed on the basis of some $2400 from Morrow county and $22,000 from Umatilla coun ty with the total being match ed by the state, resulting in a budget of some $48,000 for the year. On the advisory committee from Morrow county are Dr. Wolff. Mrs. Harrv O'Donnell, al so of Heppner, and Ron Daniels, superintendent of Morrow coun ty schools, Boardman. Dr. Alderman will begin in terviewing applicants soon for different positions in connection with the clinic, according, to Judge Kaye. Also at the Monday meeting, the group discussed matters of policy and plans for the clinic. Several hundred men engag ed in battling two major forest fires the Snowshoe Basin fire which started eight miles east of Kinzua, and the Devil's Den fire, just south of the Heppner ranger district boundary of the Umatilla National Forest start ed mopping-up operations Tues day with the hope that they could keep the blazes under con trol. These two fires in Wheeler county were largest of many started In this part of the state by lightning strikes which oc curred principally Friday even ing. It is estimated that in all more than 5000 acres were cov ered by the fires, making this the worst forest conflagration here since the big Ditch Creek fire of 1961. Some 12,000 acres were burned in that fire. Harry (Swede) Pearson of John Day, district forester for the East Central forestry district for Oregon, said at mid-day Tuesday that he estimated the Snowshoe Basin fire had cover ed 4500 acres. It ran to the west and south, coming within two miles of Kinzua's Camp Five but never approaching closer than eight miles from Kinzua. It was ringed again Monday night and the fire lines seemed to be holding Tuesday. Reports that residents of Kin zua were preparing to evacuate at one time were unfounded. Allen Nistad, general manager of Kinzua Corporation, said Tuesday that "some of the peo ple got a little nervous" but the company town was never ser iously threatened. Pearson said that about 225 men were working on the Snow shoe fire Tuesday, composed of seven 25-man crews of Mexican nationals, men of Eastern Ore gon Logging Company, the mill crew of Kinzua, state forestry- men and others. Nistad said that some 1000 acres of the fire is Kinzua Corp. acreage and estimated two mil lion feet of timber were burn ed. Home Destroyed The farm home of the Leon ard Collins family was destroy ed by the blaze which also claimed their barn, car, other buildings and most of their be longings. It swept towards the Alder Creek road, towards the John Day River, covering an area some five miles long and bulg ing out to about two miles wide. Other farmers used crawler tractors to bulldoze fire lines to protect their places. Among oth er farm homes threatened were those of Bud Nash and Martin Britt. While the Snowshoe Basin fire, in state -protected area, was battled under the state direc tion, U. S. Forest Service crews took control of the Devil's Den (Continued on page 8)
