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HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. ThursdoT. SepUmbet 12. 1968 Heppner Gridders Open Here Friday Against Condon (Continued from page 1) "He should be the best back in the league by far." "McCnbe looks much bettor this yeur and has tremendous desire," the mentor said, and he mentioned that Dean Wright, freshman, is a line prospcci wu.i pood welht and showing excel lent kicking ability, oifpnna to Be Same Offense this year will be about the same as jasi yeur, ufing the I and T with slots and wines. Some chanties will be made on defense, the coach said. . The squad has some excellent receivers in Murray, Huson and LaVerne VanMarter, freshman, who could become the best of all receivers, the coach said. Bill Baker, although only 5-10 and 147, is also a good receiv er. "If we can throw the ball any where near them, we will be all right," Hlemstra stated. The Condon game is the only non-league game this season under the new Greater Oregon round-robin play. Vale and Nvssa are out of Oregon compe--tition this year, and winner of the round robin will go direct ly into the state playoffs. ' It is expected that next year, Vale and Nyssa will return to the fold and the Greater Oregon will divide into an east-west split. Little information has been received on the Blue Devils for the opener. Coach Hlemstra said that he expects them to be big but not too fast. School District Office Hours Change Administrative office hours of Morrow County School District R-l at Lexington are now 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Supt. Hon Dan iels states. Previous open hours were 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mrs. DuAnn McCarty, clerk, is on duty from 8:30 until 4:30 p.m. Previous hours for the clerk were 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., the superintendent said. ; 'V V - 9 MIKE NEGUS Mike Negus Named Morse Coordinator iu Mooriio 23. the son Of 1.1 1 I v. ' . " I , Sheriff and Mrs. Tom negus 01 John Day, has been appoiniea field coordinator for Morrow rnnntv hv the 1968 Re-Elect Wayne Morse Committee. Negus, a 19G2 graduate of Mt. Vernon High school, recent- l.. 4i.t.l iUt f-nmnnipn staff of Oregon Democratic Senator Wayne Morse. He will be responsible for vol unteer and organizational work in nil nf Ftostorn Oreson. in ad dition to Morrow county. Born and raised in Grant .n, Mnmia mpt Wavne Morse 'through his father, also a Democrat, wnen ne was a youngster. "c-Titrti. Mnrcp has alwavs been a hero to me," Negus said. "It has been a long-ume am bition of mine to work with a first-rate statesman." He has been attending Port land State College since com nlntion of his military duties in June, 1967. Negus graduated from Pacific Rncinncs Pnllocro In Portland in 1964. He has been active in the Young Democrats and is a mem ber of the U. S. Army Reserve. A Iittn generation ureguruan, 1 ,.t trtT-.ir In Hnclrothnll. w.tv.all Kocphnll anH trar-k in high school, was a member of the National Honor Society, and was editor or nis nign scnuui newspaper. IIERHISTOrJ When you can't locate it or get it done in Hepp ner, these Hermiston Business and Professional Firms will be happy to serve you. 154 W. HERMISTON AVE. PHONE 567-6495 COLUMBIA FURNITURE COMPANY JOHN and NORMA KROGH, OWNERS Eastern Oregon's Most Complete and Friendly Furniture and Appliance Headquarters TERMS TRADES COMPETITIVE PRICES AND ALWAYS THE BRANDS YOU KNOW FREE DELIVERY RCA GIBSON WHIRLPOOL TOP-OF-THE-LINE HOME FURNISHINGS Modern Provincial Danish American CAP'S AUCTION Hcrm.-McNary Hyw. Ph. 567-5013 Col. Cap Christensen, Auctioneer Auctions every Friday, 7:30 p.m. "We Sell Everything" Consignment or Cash Open 9 to 5 Daily GRIFFIN GODWIN AUTO YARD Use Cars Everything In Automotive and Car Parts New Used Rebuilds Wholesale Retail The home of "one million road-tested parts" Troy Griffin Sam & Chris Godwin Herm.-McNary Hwy. Ph. 567-6611 . . . SKILLED NURSING CARE . . . Home for Aged . . . Occupational and Physical Therapy . . . Modern Reasonable CALL 5G7-8337 HERMISTON GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER 970 W. Juniper, Hermiston LEE'S RADIO AND TV CLINIC 200 S.W. 11th Ph. 567-8412 Complete Television Sales And Service "Electronics la our business not a sldoline". WestiiiKhouse Motorola Sylvanla YOUR COMPLETE STATIONERY Store Art Supplies DAM S IwJ"b """" ARTS t STATIONER-V Ph. 567-8019 r PLUMBING HEATING AIR CONDITIONING SHEET METAL WORK Phone 567-6641 You can pay more elsewhere but you can't buy better than at Hamilton Sheet Metal, 2121 N. 1st, Hermiston JONES RADIATOR SERVICE 0 Repairing o Cleaning O Auto Truck Tractor DAVID E. JONES, OWNER Serving this area tor 15 Years 1315 N. 1st, Hermiston PH. 567-6916 MEADE'S FLOOR COVERING 500 N. 1st Phone 567-6212 Carpeting Draperies Paints Floor Covering Wall Tile We install everything but the paint. HERMISTON READY MIX Phone Hermiston 567-5214 Home Phone 567-8235 Ready mix concrete and all accessories. We are equipped to "concrete" you properly. FREE ESTIMATES October 5 Final Day fo Register For Fall Election Those who are not registered to vote in the general election on November 5 or who may be unsure of their registered stat us have only until Saturday, October 5. to sign up or check their standing. Mm SiiHIa Pnrrlsh. countv clerk, points out that the dead line Is October 3. ana ner on ice will be open on the Saturday for late-comers. However, she points out that it is desirable if all take care of the matter ear ly. There is considerably more interest in voting in a presiden tial election year, and she urg es all qualified persons to check now to be sure that they are properly registered. A person may register at the clerk's office in the courthouse or through a registrar at other locations in the county. By tele phoning the clerk (676-9915) the person may learn the location of the registrar nearest him. Those becoming of voting ago may register even though they do not reach 21 until just be fore the election. It is not neces snrv tn he 21 bv the registra tion deadline. Those new to the county mnv vote on all positions on the bal lot if they are here six months prior to election. If they are not here six months prior to elec tion, they may vote on special certificate, obtainable through the clerk, for president and vice president positions oniy. Thnca uhn have other Ques tions on registration and voting may obtain tne answers irom Mrs. Parrish. Current registration in Mor row county is 2149, including both parties, but Secretary of State Clay Myers last week es- limatoH thnt nnnthpr 700 .could be added to the voting lists in Morrow county II an quaimeo persons signed up. it to ovnpftprl that demand for absentee ballots will be greater than usual this election, particularly with the large num hpr nf sprvicemen in Vietnam and on duty elsewhere. Families and inenas are ad vised to remind those persons oi,a r frnm hnmp tr write at once to the county clerk to apply for absentee Danois. Anticipating this unusual de monri Mrs Parrish said Tues day that ballots are now being prepared tor printing so mat ttimr viar ho rparlv Pflrlv and c-nrt-ltr tho Hnmnnrl frnm absen tees. The Gazette-Times will do the printing job. Lions Club to Aid In Speech Therapy inno l inns plnh. holding its first meeting of the fall at the Masonic Hall in lone Monday ninVit HoflripH tn rlrnn its Dres- ent high school scholarship pro gram and devote tne iuiius iu supporting speech therapy. f unds Win De useu iu senu Hinon. in nppd of the therapy to Meadowood speech camp. For a number of years the club has given two scholarships each to graduating seniors of U.mnnoi. nnH Tnnp Hip-h Schools one to a boy and one to a girl in each school. Members felt, however, that the money devoted to the schol arships would De Deuer suem with the speech program. Other plans for the year were discussed at the meeting. Herb Ekstrom, Jr., new president, was in charge of the meeting and told of plans to revitalize the club this year and to promote a number of worthwhile proj ects. About 15 members were in attendance. Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl King were her sister, Mrs. Barbara Ware, and her brother, Dick Kennedy, of Corvallis. Carl King, Jr., return ed to Heppner with them fol lowing a week spent in Corval lis visiting friends and relatives. While there he also enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip at New port with his uncle and friends. Mrs. Ware, a former Heppner resident, returned to Corvallis on Monday, September 2, with Mrs. Leah Meier, wno drove up Sat urday, August 30 to spend the Labor Day week-end at the King home. Mrs. Ware serves as house mother at the Delta Up silon Fraternity on the OSU campus. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Gribble and son traveled to Salem late in August for a week-end visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mills, and other relatives. Last week-end the couple and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bellenbrock, and Larry attended a family reunion in Terrebonne, after which the group enjoyed touring Peterson's Rock Gardens. POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks Alemite Equipment 421 S. E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 Churches Name Interim Pastor Rev. O. D. Harris. Pendleton, has been chosen lo serve us interim pastor for the Heppner and Lexington First Christian churches. Rev. Harris, retired, served as pastor for the Pendleton First Christian church for many yearn. He plans to commute from Pen dleton on week ends, and will serve until a permanent minis ter is chosen. . , He replaces the Rev. Al Bo. schee, who recently moved with his family to La Grande, where he is serving as manager of the Juvenile Department for Union countv. Classes to Sponsor Morning Play School Home Economics classes I and II of Heppner High school are planning to sponsor a Play School for children 3 and 4 years of age, through the week of September 16-20, according to Mrs. Ann Hilderbrand, instruct or. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon dally, with no obligation to the parents ex cept that they bring and call for the children at the sched uled time, in the Home Econom ics rooms. The play school is being held in connection with study on child development, with stu dents planning and supervising daily activities of the children and to report observations at the end of the week. Parents are asked to contact Mrs. Hilderbrand to register, as a limited number will be ac cepted. She may be contacted between the hours of 4 and 8 p.m. on Friday, and all day Saturday, September 14'. Relatives Killed In Road Accident Mr. and Mrs. Carl King re ceived news recently of the death of Mrs. King's brother-in-law, Orval Hendrickson, and his son, Dan, 23, in Fairbury, Neb. The two men were killed in a truck-car accident Saturday near Fairbury while returning home from a farm sale. Heppner Ford Gets Achievement Award Heppner Auto Sales, Inc. nan been selectfd as one of the na tion's outstanding Kord dealer ships and will rHeive Kord Motor Company's Dlstingulhhed Achievement Award, furl Ay les. owner, has been notified. The award Is presented "In recognition of progressive man agement, modern sules and ser vice facilities, Humid merchan dising practices, high quality simulants, and continuing inter est In rendering superior service to Ford owners." In addition. Avres will receive the Customer Relations Citation to the Distinguished Achieve ment Award, being one of 4-18 dealers nationally to receive it, according to W. B. McCall, dis Irict sales manager. the Taque tour. From Denver, teur members flew to Arizona, where they were met by bu for tours through oranri tan yon, Las Vegas. Los Angeles and the Hearst Castle. Following a visit In San Francisco, Mrs. Gertson flew to Portland. Irom where she continued home. Trade at home where your dollars have more sense. Mis Marti Dixon spent U past week-end at the home of her parents, Rev, and Mrs. Mel vin Dixon. She returned late Sunday afternoon to Seattle, where she is presently employ ed at Magnolia Mfg. Co.. mifliii Jucturers of respiratory medical supplies. She will enroll on September 23 for her senior year at Seattlo Pacific University. Mr. Clara Gertson returner1, home earlv Sunday following a three week's business and va cation trip to the East. Mrs. Gertson left earlv In August for a flight to St. Paul. Minn., on business, after which she pro ceeded bv train to Aurora, 111., to spend time visiting at the home of her grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Anhorn and family before traveling on to Denver, where she met Mrs. Esther Mor gan, Washington state Degree of Honor director. There the two women joined other members of EDFC nFMDNSTR ATION Of th fomou. COLDMASTER Model S43 MotsN Com with 2 loops or the ' Triplet Mineral Detector from WHITE'S ItECTRONICS, Int NO OBLIGATION Tha GOlDMASTEt, WS will dtiKt Cold and Silvw Nuso'tt, Colni, Jawalry, Mlnaral dapotit and vain. Simple to epartt. Full J yaw (juarantaa. Idol tor prMpoctlng, Coin Collect ing and Tritiure Hunllng. m Far Th Intire Famllyl A watwproof Multi loop with 1 dapihl of panellation. P. O. BOX 596 HERMISTON. OREGON 97838 PHONE 567-5336 737 W. JUNIPER TURKEY SHOOT Sunday, Sept. 29, 1968 Pendleton Gun Club on Mission Highway East of Pendleton 9 A.M. til Dark Shoots for all-comers . . novice, expert, kids, women . . . prizes galore . . . buddy shoots, scatterboard Food & Refreshments Available PENDLETON KIWANIS CLUB VAN'S CREATIVE CRAFTS Welcomes You To iru aaMlSia J Saturday, September 14 FREE COFFEE, COOKIES and PUNCH FREE PRIZE DRAWING We will have registration for those who wish to attend any of the following classes: Resin Flowers Chenille Art Creative Film Dates of these classes will be set at that time. VAN'S CREATIVE CRAFTS HEPPNER Gifts and Greeting Cards (FORMERLY VAN'S VARIETY) PH. 676-9417 Here! New '69 CHEVROLET TRUCKS! Now there are even more reasons why Chevrolet is more truck. 11. a;. czrrr i i MORE STYLE Here's the bold new look In pickups Chevrolet's handsome new hood pro file, new aluminum grille, new interior trim colorsl You get a cab and Fleet side pickup box that are double wall, double strong. America's most popular pickup Is more truck than ever for '691 MORE LENGTH New '69 Fleetslde pickups provide cargo boxes up to 8V4 ft. long haul bigger payloads or king-sized camper bodiesl For work or play, you get the rid ing smoothness of work proved Independent Front Suspension, the economy of Chevy truck power. Plus easier handling. MORE COMFORT New, more comfortable seats are designed with molded foam. Thick insu lation hushes road noise. Bump leveling coil springs at all four wheels on most models smooth the way. More comfortl MORE POWER New workpowerl A spir ited new 350-cu.-in. V8 is standard in medium-duty V8 models. Order It for pickups, tool And there's big V8 power in heavy weights. Chevrolet gives you plenty of workpowerl J, s- V. MORE VAN FOR THE MONEY Low-cost Chevy-Van de livers loads of economy with big Sixes or work whipping V8. Nimble maneuverability In traffic makes light of big loads. Now available with 3 speed Turbo Hydra-Matio. At yaur ChavroM daaJar1! 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