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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1968)
I I BFARY U OF 0 0 7 10 3 If air effs Off If $mWn Start f A A f - -V r PRINCESS SUSAN LINDSTROM of the Pendleton Round-Up court has a busy and exciting time ahead with the Round-up start inq next week. Susan is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Lind- strom of lone and was on the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court in 1966. (Howdyshell Photo) Sec. Clay Myers, Aid Visit on Voter Drive Secretary of State Clay Myers, accompanied by Jack Thomp son, who last week was appoint ed assistant secretary of state, literally and figuratively made a flying trip to Heppner Tues day afternoon. they came in by air, landing at the Lexington airport in a plane piloted by Joe Eoff of Salem, and spent lust over an hour here. Mrs. Eoff was also in the group. Mvers and Thompson, who has served as the state's director of elections until his promotion last week, came to promote a voter registration drive that they are conducting across the state. The secretary of state said that they had covered 15 counties in lour days in an ettort to en courage greater voter participa tion in the general election JNO vember 5. Appearing at a meeting of Jaycees Sponsor Blood Drawing; Response Urged Morrow county Jaycees are issuing a plea to residents of the community to help make their scheduled blood drawing a success by turning out to do nate blood next Monday, Sep tember 9, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the First Christian church. The Red Cross bloodmobile will set up its facilities in the basement rooms of the church, and local doctors and nurses have donated their time and services for the afternoon draw ing. Jaycee wives will be on hand to serve refreshments to those attending, announces For rest Burkenbine, chairman. This is the first time Jay cees have undertaken the blood drawing project, and they have high hopes of reaching a goal of 80 pints. The public is urged to respond to this drawing, as the need for blood continues to be urgent, and blood donated next Monday will help replace supplies used by several Morrow county resi dents in the past. Moonlight Sale Slated Sent. 20 Moonlight Sale is scheduled in Heppner on Friday night, September 20. Merchants set the date at a meeting in the Wagon Wheel Cafe on Tuesday with Mrs. Marge Gardner, chairman, presiding. Stores will be open from 7 un til 10 p.m. on the night of the sale. Further details will be an nounced in the next two issues of The Gazette-Times. Merchants also set the dates of October 18 and 19 for Crazy Days with a merchants' dress up planned for the Friday, and a Kids' Parade for the Saturday. Christmas Opening will be on the weekend immediately fol lowing Thanksgiving. Jaycees also plan to have their second annual Fiddlers' contest here on that weekend. I county officials, voter registrars and others concerned with tne upcoming election, the two stressed the need to get eligible non-voters on the registration rolls. At the present time. Sec. My ers said, registration in Oregon totals 930,000 after some 70,000 names were cut from the rolls as "dead wood." He said that it is honed that this can be brought back to 1,000,000 voters, and it is possible to reach 1,200,000. With registration in Morrow county at about 2100, he ex pressed the opinion that in this countv of 4800 population per haps 700 more names could be added to the voting lists. Myers said that every effort should be made to get absentee ballots to servicemen and urged families, wives and parents tr write to them immediately and encourage them to apply for ab sentee ballots. "There are 100,000 eligible voters of ages 18 to 26 in this state who have never voted in a presidential election," Sec. Mvers said. He also pointed out that many new people come to an area between elections. Some believe that they must be a resident six months before the registration deadline in order to vote, but, on the contrary, the requirement is that they be a resident in the county six months prior to the election to vote for all offices. Certificates Available Those who arrive here lust be fore the registration deadline of October 5 may still vote tor president by obtaining a spec ial certificate for the county clerk. In his informal talk, Thomp son said, "If you abdicate your responsibilities, you obviously aren t interested in your gov ernment." He stressed the importance of participating by voting and the importance of voting intelligently. "The vote is the tool to con trol and manage government," he said. Thompson highly commended Mrs. Sadie Parrish, Morrow county clerk, for the manner in which she lias conducted elec tions in this county. He said that she has helped him very much and was thoroughly de pendable in conducting elec tions properly and efficiently, Thompson took responsibility (Continued on page 8) 85th Year Number 2S THE m T An; ir? HEPPNEK HE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September 5, 1968 10 Cents Council Prepares City Election For November 5 Authorization of legal proced ure necessary for calling tlu regular election of city officers was approved bv the Heppner city council nt Its meeting Mon day night. The election will be on November 5, the same date as the general election. Positions to be filled include those of mayor, recorder, treas urer, and three councilmen. Cur rent terms are expiring this year for the following: Mayor W. C. Roscwall, Treasurer Mary Jean McCabe, Recorder Elaine George and Councilmen David McLeod, Bill Collins and Jerry Sweeney. The mayor, treasurer and re corder serve for two year terms i nd councilmen serve for four- ear terms. Carryover council- men include Carl Spaulding, Joe Balfe and Harlan McCurdy, Jr. To file for any of the positions person must obtain 15 names of registered voters of Heppner on a petition and submit them to the city recorder 20 days or more prior to the election. Little else of importance oc- urred at the Monday meeting, one of the shortest in recent years. It lasted only about a half-hour. Permits Granted A building permit was grant ed to Bill Siewert to install a new shingle roof on his home at cost of $213, and a permit was also granted to Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Elmer Knee, pas tor, to convert a garage into a bedroom at the parsonage, corner of Quald and Elder bts., and to add a room to the house. he latter permit was granted on condition the work complies with the ordinance. The appli cant asked to build an 8 ft. room addition to the house, but this would put the house four feet from the lot line. A minimum of five feet is required, which means that the room must be constructed one foot less in width to comply. At the request of a Heppner property owner, the council dis cussed her recommendation that the city pass a law limiting ownership of dogs to one per family, but it received no sup port from the city dads. City Superintendent Vic Gro- shens reported that the city crew is now starting to winterize the municipal sw i m m i n g pool, which was closed after Satur day's swimming. Engineers are expected to come and inspect it soon after the summer's use to see if any said that a few things need at corrections are needed, Groshens tention. Some complaint of rough spots on the deck has been received, and Groshens said that it may need buffing. t . . tJ ' V 1 tw : : , ;-VV-v I "VI .;..., f ;t-.i --v& " (.','." "'1 ROBERT ABRAMS. chairman of the board of director of Blue Mountain Community College, takes first shovelful of dirt in breaking ground for the third BMCC building in Pendleton. Taking part with him are Tom Rugg, Pilot Rock, student body president; Ford Green of Jensen-Green. Inc.. general contractors; and President Wallace McCrae of the college. August Rain Short Of Setting Record Rains In August -fell .32 inch shrt of setting a record as the wettest August in the history of Heppner, according to the week s report from Don Gilliam, offic ial weather observer. Total for the month, however. brought it to second place among wettest Augusts with 1.86 inches of rain. The month of August, 1941, had 2.18 inches which still stands as the record. The last week of the month brought .07 inch on Wednesday, August 28, but skies cleared and weather warmed at that point. The first day of September Sunday brought .01 inch of rain. Temperature climbed back as h eh as 90 degrees during tne week, more nearly the normal tor the month. Infectious Horse Sickness Hits Area; Precautions Given Clark is Elected MCGG President Barton Clark of Ruggs has been elected president of M o r r ow Ccunty Grain Growers, Inc., by the board of directors, Harlan McCurdy, Jr., general manager, announces. Directors met to choose a suc cessor for Walter Jacobs, former president, who resigned when he moved recently to Moses Lake. Clark has been serving as a director of the cooperative. A committee will make nomina tions for a new director, now that Clark has been chosen pres ident. Al Bunch continues as vice president of MCGG, Larry Lind say is secretary and McCurdy treasurer and general manager. Causing concern to horse owners in this area, as well as in other parts of Oregon and Washington, is an occurence of the highly contagious "sleep ing sickness" or, scientifically named, equine encephalomye litis. Announcement was made Tuesday by Dr. Jim Norene, Heppner veterinarian, that one case of the near-fatal disease has been definitely identified in this area. This is the first case which has shown here within the past ten years, he said. Other cases have very re cently been found in Yakima and in central and southern Oregon. The highly contagious, viral disease has a mortality rate of between 30 to 50. It affects only horses, but is transferable to man. It is estimated that 10 of those exposed to the disease will become affected. Symptoms, according to Dr. Norene, show the horse main taining a high fever with rapid pulse, showing a jaundiced ap pearance, and eventually be coming uncoordinated and in weakened condition. Transmission of the sickness is bv bloodsucking insects which have had contact with migratory birds, the host carrier, and have passed a 6-day time lapse. Precautions recommended by Dr. Norene include immediate vaccinations and keeping hors es sprayed with an insect con trol insecticide. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi 72 79 85 90 80 73 78 Low 47 47 49 53 58 47 47 Prec, .07 .01 (Totail precipitation in August, 1.86 inches). Chamber Announces Ensuing Programs Schedule of programs coming up for the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce is announced by Wes Sherman, president. At the luncheon meeting on Monday, September 9, Coach Ed Hiemstra will talk on the com ing football season for Heppner High. On September 16, Marv Root of Madras, Republican candi date for Congress, Oregon's sec ond district, will speak. On September 23 there will be no luncheon meeting here, but the Chamber will join the lone Lions club at lone for a tour of the Pacific Gas Trans mission compressor plant, after which the two groups will meet for a supper and films. Pacific Gas will show one film and another will be on football. Scheduled for October 7 at the luncheon meeting here is George Van Hoomissen, Port land Democratic candidate for secretary of state. Bruce Cowan, executive vice president of Inland Empire Waterways assoc i a t i o n, will speak on Monday, October 28. Peck Visits Notson In Taiwan After Reading G-T Letter ' Steve Peck, U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Peck of Lexington, has found that one . is never too far away to meet a new friend who knows some thing of the "old home town." The August 8 Issue of The Gazette-Times carried a letter from Charles E. Notson, miss ionary in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, written to Dr. Archie McMurdo. Peck, serving on the USS Piedmont, received his copy of The G-T while the ship was off the coast of Taiwan. He read the letter in the pa per and managed to obtain shore leave to visit Notson at the latter's book store. The missionary, in his letter, had recalled some of his fam ily's experiences during his "growing-up" years in Hepp ner. Steve responded to his invitation for servicemen to visit him, and reports that he thoroughly enjoyed the visit. In connection with his miss ionary work with the Chinese people, Notson is also working hard to establish a Christian Servicemen's Center there. Steve has been serving on the Piedmont in overseas wat ers since February and is ex pected to return to his base at San Diego soon. He has the official rating of Optical Man 3c. Ground Broken For New Building On College Campus Enrollment Down 28 from Last Year On Opening Day FirM day of whool for the v-itr IINkSCS went smoothly iiitosa the countv Tuesday. Supt lion Daniels reiortd. Elemen tary and high schouU swung into the fall term without delay, nrul no ma lor problems develop. il in ii nv of the buildings. Enrollment was down 2S stu dents ruuntvwldo. This year's first dnv total was 10X7 ns com pared with 1115 on opening: day last year. lone M'hools showed an In crease of nine students, with 92 registered In the sIx-Rrade ele mentary school and 99 in the hix year Junior- s e n I o r high school for a total of 191. Last year the total enrollment there was 1S2. In Heppner, total enrollment Is down by 25 students, although Heppner High school shows a slight Increase. A total of 3D2 are registered in Heppner ele mentary this year as compared with 421 last year. In the high school, 208 are registered as compared with 204 last year. In the Boardman-Irrigon area, Businesses Extend Welcome to Teachers In a full page message on page five of this section, busi nesses of the area extend a welcome to teachers at the start of the school year. New teachers are listed, together with their assignments and where they come from. Return ing teachers, their assign ments and years of service are also given. Teachers' receptl o n s are scheduled soon. The Heppner Elementary PTA is planning its reception for Wednesday night, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. in the Heppner Ele mentary multipurpose room. lone re ception will be on Thursday night, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. in the lone school cafeteria, spon sored by the lone PTA. Work on Blue Mountain Com munity College's new library- student union building got un derway August 27 following ground breaking ceremonies. Robert Abrams of Heppner, chairman of the college board of directors, turned the first shovel of dirt for the building, third to be authorized on the campus. The building, to be put up by Jensen-Green, Inc., general contractors from Spokane, Wn., will house a lecture hall-little theater, agriculture and art wing, classrooms, faculty offi ces and administrative offices, in addition to the library and student center. . Mechanical contractor for the work is P. S. Cook Co.. Pendle ton, and electrical contractor is W. K. Grasie Co., Portland. Con struction is expected to be com Dieted within one year. Taking part in the ground breaking were College President Wallace W. McCrae, Student Body President Tom Rugg, Pilot Rock, and Ford O. Green, of Jensen-Green, Inc. Also present were Michael J. Kilkenny, Echo, Russeli Dorran, Hermiston, and Oren Allison, Pendleton, all members of the College Board Punt, Pass and Kick Contest Plans Start School Requires Round-Up Excuses Heppner High school stu dents who plan to attend Family Day at the Pendleton Round-Up on Wednesday, Sep tember 11, may do so by sub mitting excuses in advance. Principal Dick Car p e n t e r states. Only those who bring a note from parents in advance will be excused, he said. Several years ago the Morrow county district discontinued the prac tice of dismissing school for a day in order that students might go to the Round-Up. Bovs of ages 8 through 13 in Ihe Heppner and lone areas may register now for the eighth an nual Punt. Pass and Kick com petition which will be held on Saturday, October 12, Everett Keithley of Heppner Auto Sales, Inc., announces. As in past years here, Hepp ner Auto Sales and the lone Lions club join with Ford Deal ers and the National Profess ional Football League in spon sorship of the contest. Trophies will be awarded local winners and trips are offered to regional winners of the football minded youths for their skill in punting, passing and kicking. Registration headquarters in Heppner is at Heppner Auto Sales and in lone it is at Bris tow's Market. Registration remains open un til October 4, Keithley said. Entrants must be accompan ied bv a parent or guardian. There is no charge. The entire competition is free to all en trants, and all equipment such as footballs and kicking tees are provided. No body contact is involved in PP&K competit ions. At the time of registering each boy will receive a free booklet of tips written by Green Bay's star passer, Bert Starr; the At lanta Falcon's punting special ist, Billy Lothridge; and St. Louis Cardinal's kicking leader, Jim Bakken. Each registrant al so receives an attractive PP&K lapel pin. The competition pits boys against others their own age in the football skills, and eight een handsome trophies will be awarded locally. Gold trophies go to first place finishers, silver to second and bronze to third. First place winners will be en tered in zone contests. Besides winning trophies, tone winners will move to district competition. District winners move to the area championships, and the area champs will travel to division events in NFL stad iums in St. Louis or Atlanta where 12 finalists will be chos--en. John M. McElligott Gets Silver Wings John M. McElligott, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. McElli- eott. lone, received the silver wings of an Army aviator and was appointed a warrant offi cer July 16 upon graduation fiom the Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, Ala. During the 16-week course, he was taught various fire tech niques and tactical maneuvers for helicopters sup porting pround trooDs in combat. He al so rppIved instruction in heli copter maintenance and surviv al techniques. total registration is down by 12, the first day reaching; 296 as compared with 308 last year. Registration in the six elemen tary grades at A. C. Houghton, Irrieon, totals 151, and that at Riverside Junior-Senior High school totals 145. Last year the eight grades at Houghton total ed 151, Boardman elementary (no longer in existence) had 45, and Riverside High (then only a four-year school) had 91. Bv classes countvwide, the first, eighth, tenth and eleventh grades show Increases but all the rest are down. This year's figures, with last year's in par entheses, are as follows: First 95 (86), second 78 (86), third, 81 (88). fourth 89 (101), fifth 89 (90), sixth 93 (107, seventh 103 (109). eishth 104 (93), nintn 91 (104). tenth 98 (87), eleventh 90 (83). twelfth 76 (78). Heppner Elementary scnooi had a good crop of first graders with 51 entering. Only about 40 had been expected. Nineteen first graders entered lone Ele mentary. At Heppner High school the freshman class is 16 below last year with 50 entering as com pared with 66 on the first day last year. At lone High, 15 en tered as freshmen as compared with 12 last year. Both senior classes are somewhat larger with 44 at Heppner as compared with 41 on opening day last year, and 19 at lone as com pared with 11 last year. By schools, first day registra tion is as follows with last year's comparison in parentheses: lone Elementary First grade 19 (15), second 13 (12), third J2 (12), fourth 11 (21), fifth 19 (17), sixth 18 (20). Total 92 (97). lone High Seventh 21 (14), eighth 16 (14), ninth 15 (12), tenth 13 (15), eleventh 15 (19), twelfth 39 (11). Total 99 (85). A. C. Houghton Elementary (now includes pupils who form erly attended Boardman Ele mentary in first four grades, and totals for both schools are added for last year's statistics) First 25 (27). second 25 (22), third 23 (25), fourth 27 (32), fifth 26 (24), sixth 25 (29). uotat idi (159). Riverside Junior-Senior High- Seventh 29 (35), eighth 31 (25), ninth 26 (26). tenth 21 (24). eleventh 25 (15), twelfth 13 (26), Total 145 (149). Heppner Elementary First 51 (44), second 40 ( 53), third 46 (51), fourth 51 (48), fifth 44 (49), sixth 50 (58), seventh 53 (60), eighth 57 (56). Total 392 (415). (Last year's total of 415 included three special education students) Heppner High Ninth 50 ( 66), tenth 64 (48). eleventh 50 (49), twelfth 44 (41). Total 208 (204). lone Resuscitator Available to Public The City of lone has obtained a resuscitator to have for emer gency, and it is available for anyone in the lone area who may need it, Mrs. Howard (June) Crowell, city recorder, announces. The equipment is kept in the city hall and may be obtained there when needed, she said. Several, including members of the fire department, have learn ed to operate it in case of emergency.
