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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1968)
LIBRARY u or 0 IVZZllZ, ORE 07403 mm PI I ID C. 1 WElL See Section 2 85th Year Number 33 GAZETTE EEPFMEn MES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 10, 1968 10 Cents A. ,i) ,t-.- r"-. -V 1 "V fi" V-' W VA j U-i: ; ,;.h' - " : ' - Al ON THE OCCASION of Notional 4-H Week this rear. Morrow county takes a look Into the past to recall work of some of the 4-H "alumni." These girls, winners of a Style Revue a number of years ago, all put their knowledge to good use and became bomemakers. They are (from left) Mrs. Gary Linton (Connie Anderson) of Milwaukie; Mrs. Jay Wheelhouse (Janice Martin) of Heppner; Mrs. Ralph Litchfield (Janet Wright) of San Bernardino, Calif.; Mrs. Leland McKin ney (Grace McCabe) of lone; and Mrs. Kenneth DuVall (June VanWinkle) of Crestwood, Mo. Pictures of more former Morrow county 4-H numbers are in section 2. Students to Give Opening PTSA Meeting Oct. 16 First general meeting of the newly organized PTSA ( Parent -Teacher - Student Association) will be held Wednesday even ing, October 16, at 8:00 p.m., in the Heppner High school mul tipurpose room. Program for this meeting will be completely conducted by the students, and promises to be of surprising interest to all who attend. Theme for the year's pro grams, alternating between stu dents, parents and teachers, will be aimed at promoting more op en communication and discus sion between the three on prob lems of general interest, and to create better understandings. The first meeting will give stu dents first opportunity to com municate, in their own way, on matters which they feel import ant Last May the high school PTA was expanded to Include students in a PTSA organiza tion. Meetings were to allow frank and open discussion on problems of concern, related to student conduct, parental and teacher responsibility, and oth ers. Questionnaires which were filled out, in many cases iouna the students with more conser vative attitudes than the par ents, but in general a surpris ing amount of agreement was found between the two, ana good ideas offered. A good attendance of parents at the October 16 meeting is urged in support of the student program. City Auditor Commends Efficient Financial Status Daly is Named Rodeo Chairman Charley Daly ws elected to succeed Tad Miller as chairman of the Morrow County Rodeo committee at its last meeting on October 5, and will continue a new three-year term on the board. Advancing to vice-chairman is Raymond French, who will han dle trophies and concessions and will be arena director. The office of secretary, held for some time by John Venard, will be handled by Joyce Ritch. Don Greenup, reelected for a three-year term on the board, will be director of the queen and court Don Evans, a new member for three-year term, will be race director, and Jerry Douehertv will be livestock dir ector, replacing Raymond French. Other committee members are Bill Healy, grounds director; Ar chie Munkers, dance director, and Tom Currin, publicity chair man. Bob Bergstrom and Joe Balfe were reappointed to rep resent the Wranglers and the A discussion was held on con flicting dates of the Heppner rodeo and the Shrine football game in Pendleton, which was experienced this year. Members urged that contacts be made with the Shrine committee well in advance in future years to prevent conflicts if possible. . Allan C. Langenwalter, Herm iston accountant, in presenting the annual audit report of the City of Heppner to the council Monday night, higmy commeno ed the council and the city of ficers for efficiency they have shown. "The City of Heppner is being very well run," he said. "I can't find much to criticize ... The financial situation has improv ed very nicely." He noted an improvement in the general fund balance after charges tor street iignting nau been transferred to the street fund rather than being taken from the general fund. Langenwalter said that the city budget "shows a remarK able resistance to increased costs." noting that this is con trary to the trend elsewhere. Zoning Problems Again In conducting the month's business, the council had some more problems with the zoning ordinance. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Brcwn applied for a variance to permit them to live in a 19 Vi ft. trailer house near a house thev own at 450 Linden Way. They plan to complete the house for sale and wish to occupy the trailer for no more than a year while doing so. After consider able discussion, the council agreed to permit the variance contingent on no objection from all adjacent residents. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hill pre sented a similar situation. They wish to tear down a present building and replace it with a mobile home at 635 Cowins Street. This was also approved us a variance on a contingent basis. Dick Robison, who has pur sued a long course of action to get official sanction for a trail er pad on Chase Street, present ed application for a variance, and this was granted. Building permits were grant ed to Elva Ruhl, 280 Church Street, for a new roof on house and garage, $300; and to the Lutheran Church. 675 Alfalfa, for new garage at the parson age, $860.99. Well Easement Accepted The council accepted an ease ment that had been requested and obtained from Morrow county for land for a water well and right of way for mainten ance about nine miles from Heppner on the Willow Creek road. The plan is to drill the well to assure adequate water supply in the future. At the same time councilmen suggest ed that other sites for wells clo ser to the city be checked. Possibility that the city may require every new water user to pay a $10 deposit to be applied on the final bill was broached. Mrs. Elaine George, recorder, re ported that the frequency of water users moving out without paying is increasing. Attorney Bob Abrams was instructed to check to see if the deposit sys tem would be a proper proced ure. Property to be Checked On request of a property own er, who complained that the Joe Delameter property on the north side of town may constitute a fire hazard, the police depart ment was instructed to check the property. The council approved a mo tion to take out a Chamber of Commerce membership to per mit one of the paid city officers to attend each meeting. It was reported that the Ore gon Fire Insurance Rating Bur eau will make another grading review in about a year to as certain what improvements have been accomplished and the pro tection class to be assigned. Marion Green, president of the library board, presented his an nual report, -showing that books in the library have increased to 6032 as compared to 5869 a year ago. Total circulation for the year was 6,367. In the library's financial statement, income for the year was $2,261.54 and expenses $2079. Budget for next year is $2,300. Green said that there is no financial problem, and the library is operating nicely with resources available. Grand Old Timer Taken By Death At Age of 92 Mayor Decides Against Running; Filing Time Near Mayor W. C. Rosewall an nounced Monday night that he does not plan to seek reelec tion as mayor of Heppner, stat ing that he feels that he has served "long enough." His announcement came nine days prior to the filing dead line for city positions with six offices to be on the ballot at the time of the general elec tion, November 5. Petitions are out for several other incumbent city office holders. Those whose terms ex pire this year are Mayor Rose wall, Recorder Elaine George, Treasurer Mary Jean McCabe, Councilman Bill Collins, Coun cilman Jerry Sweeney and Councilman David McLeod. Holdover councilmen are Carl Spaulding, Joe Balfe and Har lan McCurdv, Jr. Filing for city offices is by petition and signatures or 15 registered voters residing with in the city limits are required for nomination. Deadline for fil ing petitions is October 16 and the candidate so nominated must accept by that date. Anyone may obtain petitions at the city hall in order to ob tain signatures in support of any candidate. Not all of the Incumbent councilmen have indicated that they plan to seek reelection, and no candidate has formally an nounced for mayor to this time. Frank Stnnsburv Parker, a grand old-timer of Heppner, died Friday, October 4, at bt. An. thony hospital, Pendleton, end ing a long and colorful career. He was 92 years of age. Born at Cherry Run, West Vir ginia, on March 16. 187G, he came west at the age of 22 and came to Heppner in 1901 where lie helped construct the Humph rey building of atone. As a young man he prospect ed for gold in Alaska; he was living in Heppner at the time of the Great Flood of 1903; and after his marriage, he and his wife lived for a short time in Hell's Canyon of the Snake Riv er. His parents were William and Sarah Galllon Parker, and they lived In Auxvasse, Mo., when he left to go west. Married In 1905 In Heppner he met Miss Gert rude Crawford, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. V. Crawford, and they were married June 11, 1905, In Dayton, Wash., at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ath-erton. Mrs. Parker was employed in the Dost office here at the time of the 1903 flood. When both the postmaster and assistant postmaster were drowned in the flood, she became deputy postmaster. ExceDt for four years, from 1908 until 1912, when they lived at Cove and in Hell's Canyon, the Parkers spent their entire married lives here. They operat ed a wheat ranch north of Hepp ner from 1918 until their retire ment in 1960, and have lived In Heppner since that time. Their two sons and two daugh ters were reared on the ranch. On June 13. 1965, the couple observed their 60th wedding an niversary at a reception arrang ed by their family and friends at the First Christian church here. Some 150 persons attend ed. Twins Mark 90th Birthdays Another .Jiapy occasion was on March 20, 1966, when Parker and his friend, Roy D. Neiil, al so of Hennner. observed their 90th birthdays together at a re ception in the Christian church. Their ages and birthdates were identical. At the time both were in eood health, but Neill pre ceded his friend in death. Just before the turn of the century, Parker went to Skag way, Alaska, in the gold rush. He returned to Oregon, and went back in 1904, taking a band of sheep on a barge. He could tell many stories of the rugged gold rush days in the Klondike. Parker was elected Morrow county commissioner in 1932 and served from 1933 until 1937. He had been a member of the Christian church here for many years and had served as dea con, elder and chairman of the board. For more than 60 years he was a member of the Ma sonic lodge, first becoming a member at Cove and transferr rY N V 7 Li .1. Hunters Score High Average but Several Mishaps Reported Hunter success on opening many of them forked horns. This week-end of general dt?r sea son in the Heppner area was reported at 25 one of the h chest In years but tne "in vacllng army" of hunters also had some setbacks ir accidents, none fatal. One hunter. Joe Green of Pen dleton, a Heppner native, was "lost" for a period of 18 hours but walked out in good shape and unharmed early Sunday morning just as a search party was assembling to seek him. Will O'Harra, administrator at Pioneer Memorial hospital, said that an unusually large number of accidents occurred, two of which were serious. Several hunters were given outpatient treatment at the hospltcL Glen Ward, state game agent. (.aid that a road check showed that about one of every four hunters had bagged a buck, FRANK S. PARKER October 7. at 3 p.m. in the Hepp r.er Christian church with the Rev. Al Boschee, former pastor and now of La Grande, and the Rev. Earl Soward officiating. Vault interment was at Hepp ner Masonic Cemetery and rit ualistic service was by Heppner Lodge No. 69 AF and AM. Swee ney Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Parker; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Mitchell of Port land and Mrs. Fred Hoskins of Heppner; two sons, John Parker of Portland and Vawter Parker of Hood River; 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr. Graves shortly after his ing to the Heppner lodge in death in recognition of his in- Graves Memorial Awards Announced Award of two $200 scholar ships given through the John Graves 4-H Memorial Scholar ship fund has been announced by the committee administering the fund, according to Mrs. Dor ris Graves, widow of the late John Graves, and Deane Graves, the son. Maureen McElligott, graduate of lone High school with the class of 1968 and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don McElligott, re ceived the scholarship for girls She is attending the University of Portland this fall and Is ma joring in history and physical education. Steve Pettyjohn, graduate of Heppner High school with the class of 1968 and son ot Mr. ana Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn of Hepp ner, received the scholarship for bovs. He is attending Oregon State University where he is ma joring in aerospace engineering. The scholarship fund was es tablished in memory of the late Cool and Dry A cool, dry week was reported by Don Gilliam, official observer. with the maximum temperature of the week hitting 66 degrees and minimum dropping to the freezing level, 32 degrees, on two nights. Only a trace of rain fell in Heppner, that coming on Sun day. Complete report for the week is as follows: , Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 64 32 Thursday 66 32 Friday 65 43 Saturday 66 37 Sunday 60 45 T Monday 58 37 Tuesday 60 30 1924. He served as master of the lodge here in 1924. Gets 50-Year Pin In 1957, his son, Vawter, pre sented him with his 50-year Masonic pin in Condon when the Masonic .grand master was present. He was also a member of Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star, and had been wor thy patron three times. In later years, Mr. Parker was often seen around town and had a congenial greeting or humor ous pleasantry for everyone. In recent months his health fail ed, resulting in his hospitaliza tion. Funeral services were Monday, terest in vouth. The fund is com prised of donations from the public with matching money from the state. Selection of this year's recip ients was made by the commit tee after a review of the qual ifications of the applicants. Madras Date Moved Date of the Heppner High Madras High football game has been changed from Saturday, November 9, to Friday, Novem ber 8, according to Bob Clough, athletic director at Heppner High. The game will be played at Madras at 1:30 p.m. on the Friday. Punt, Pass, Kick Final Contest Due Here Saturday Morrow county finals In the Punt, Pass and Kick contest sponsored by Heppner Auto Sales, Inc., and the lone Lions club, will be Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the rodeo grounds in Heppner, Everett Keithley, contest manager, an nounces. A large number of boys, ages 8 through 13, have been prac ticing for several weeks on their punting, passing and kicking. Recently many of them took part in a clinic, with coaches assisting, in order that they may do as good as possible in the contest. Distance and accuracy both count in determining scores. The three top winners in each of the six years of age competing will receive trophies, and first place winners of each age will go to the district contest at The Dal les on October 19 to compete there. Winners in the district will go on to zone competition in Seattle. Eventually the field is narrow ed until a small number receive trips to the east to enter nat ional comDetition. and with par ents, attend National Football League games ana go to wasn ineton. D. C. Morrow county has never had a major winner since tne in ception of the contest but last year one boy came close to win ning in the district. Lindsav Kincaid. chairman for the lone Lions, and Keithley will be in charge of the event on the rodeo grounds. The public is Invited to at tend the contest and encourage the participants. There is no ad mission charge. Progress Made Towards Rest Area One project of a Chamber of Commerce committee took a step towards realization this week when a resident engineer of the State Highway Depart ment looked at the site donat ed by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Doher ty as a proposed rest area on the highway between Lexington and Hermiston, O. W. Cutsforth, committee chairman, said, Cutsforth had met with the engineer previously. Indications are that the state will take ti tle to the one acre to be do nated for the wavside. wnicn is on what is known as tne doc Condor place, about a mile east of the Doherty home. While the highway depart ment has indicated that it does not have funds for full devel opment of the site, it is expect ed that water will be provided and other facilities established. Ahead in Space but Behind in Hotels Six Visit Russia on Europe Trip Russia may be ahead of the United States in the space race, but on the domestic front they are far behind. This is the re flection of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Krebs, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wil kinson and Mr. and Mrs. Mark ham Baker who have just re turned following a three week's People-to-People tour through Europe. The six from Morrow county were among 30 others who left September 10 from New York and traveled to Belgium, Hol land. Germany, the Soviet Un ion, Switzerland and Spain. Thev spent five days In Rus sia and went as far as Krasno dar, about 700 miles south of Moscow. "Hotels were terrible," Krebs said. "The plumbing was even on the outside of the walls in a building less than three years old." Mrs. Wilkinson had a similar comment, saying that they stay ed in what was considered a Switzerland was the most beau better" hotel. "I would have hated to stay In an average one!" she said. Apparently the people in Rus sia are sacrificing domestic comforts to push their nation ahead on the International lev el. They are proud of their space achievements, as is In evidence everywhere. "Their subway system Is one of the best in the world mod ern and beautiful," said Krebs, but there is still much horse drawn equipment on the farms. The tourists visited a collect ive farm of about 10,000 hec tares (approximately 24,700 ac res). The soil was excellent and Krebs expressed the opinion that if the Russians went into free enterprise they could outproduce the American farmer. They found the rural people more friendly than those in the cities. Of the countries they visited. tiful, Krebs said, being immac ulately clean and picturesque. The People-to-People tour, sponsored by the Inland Empire wheat and beef leaders, com pleted its European circuit in Spain. The group left Madrid on Tuesday, October 1. Mr. and Mrs. Krebs flew sep arately to New York and spent three days visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Doc Severinsen. They didn't get to see a 'Tonight" show on which Severinsen leads the NBC-TV orchestra because the program was pre-empted on the only night that they had oppor tunity to see It However, they took a tour through Greenwich Village and the Bowery that left the Krebses somewhat as tonished. "It was wild," said Dick. 'You never saw such filth." But the tourists agreed that the trip through Europe was a great experience and one that they will always remember. I conaldered a very good ave rage, and few yearn have been better. Moat nWeekendenf Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said It seemed to him that the num ber of hunters waa about one third more than any previous yror, but Ward aald he believed the number to be about the game aa last year. Most of the hunters appear to be of the "weekend" variety, he said. While more than 50 ramps were noted on Rhea Creek alone on the week-end, there were only four in the same area after Sun day's retreat to the cities. Ward anld that very few dif ficulties had been experienced with hunters so far this year. They have done an excellent job caring for their meat, have been careful with fire, and very few game violations have been not ed, he said. One of the most serious acci dents occurred Saturday when Henry E. Robinson of Milwauk- ie shot himself In the right foot with a 30.06 rifle. He was brought to Pioneer hospital about 9:30 a.m. for emergency tieotment and was sent to Port land for further care. It was a serious wound, but there was little bleeding and no shock to the patient, it was reported. Three in Pickup Hurt A one-vehicle accident, also on Saturday, caused serious in- lur es to the three occupants of a pickup. All three remained in the hospital Tuesday, but Fred erick Kippe, 21, of Ft. Lewis, Wash., and his wife, Linda Rippe, 21, of Tacoma, were ex pected to be dismissed Wednes day. Michael Ready, 20, of Port land, the third occupant, was expected to remain for several davs. Mrs. Rlppe suffered facial lac erations and contusions; her husband sustained shoulder and chest injuries; and Ready also had shoulder and chest Injur ies. Ready's Injuries were the most serious of the three, it was reported. Another vehicle accident re sulted in injuries to Franklin Pierce, 26, of Troutdale, also on Saturday. He was brought to the hospital with facial lacera tions, was given emergency treatment, and was to have gone to a doctor in Condon for further treatment, but it was reported that he never went there. The accident reportedly happened near Buckeroo Flats in the area oi tne iupper worn Center, Football Hurts Hunter Another hunter, who was said to be playing football at his camp, suffered an open dislo cation and fracture of his fing er when the ball hit the end of the finger. He waa Harvey Hudson, 46, of Troutdale. He re ceived outpatient treatment at the hospital Saturday. Michael Bay. 10, ana Ernest Affolter. 24. both of Portland, were treated at the hospital Sat urday for removal of shell frag ments after a gun went off in n ramner where thev were. The boy had fragments below his ear, and the man had bits of the metal in his back. Marlin Seibert, 27, of Portland, was brought to the hospital Sun day after he broke his leg when he slipped on a rock while winching a deer from a canyon in the Bull Prairie area. The leg was X-rayed, placed in a cast, and he was sent home. Stung by YellowJackeU Also on Sunday, Norman Small, 47, Portland, was treat ed at the hospital for yellow jacket stings. Richard C. Roles, 79, Wood burn, who was also here hunt ing, was given medical treat ment at the hospital on Tues day. The "lost" hunter Green was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, and members of his party became concernea wnen he did not appear by night. Of ficers and friends started pat rolling roads and conducting a search. By 7 a.m. Sunday, Sher iff Bauman was organizing a formal search with perhaps 75 assembled to take part, but Green walked out near the con fluence of Wilson and Willow creeks and Ward, patrolling the road, picked him up. A plane that had been summoned to par ticipate in the search was turn ed back. Green, a Pendleton account ant, is brother of Herman and Cornett Green of Heppner. He has hunted the woods here for many years. Crazy Days Date October 25, 26 Date for Heppners annual Crazy Days event has been changed to Friday and Satur day, October 25 and 26, accord ing to Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, chairman of the Merchants com mittee. Dates of October 18 and 19 were set originally. The change was made to allow more time after Moonlight Sale and to have the event closer to Hallo we'en. A kids' dressup and pa rade is planned, with prizes to be offered. Mercnants wm aiso dress in costume for one day of the event.
