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1 1 BRAKY u or o EUGENE, ORE. Navy Plane Bombs Fall Near Homes (I'lriure on page 8) Rural hump owners In the Bonn I man area wore alarmed and concerned Saturday when piuctice bombs Intended for tar gets in the Navy's practice range, some five miles or more south, dropped near ihelr homes Sat urdn v. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman Mild thai one hit about 3iHJ yards south of the Amos Shocmake place on East Wilson Road. The Basil Rogers home is also close. The sheriff said that the bomb, which is filled with wa ter for the practice runs and hus a smoke charge for location purposes, made a crater about six feet wide, eight feet long and 20 Inches deep. It hit bed rock at 20 inches or may have gone deeper, he said. Sheriff Bauman said that he picked up a fragment about 110 feet from where It hit. The Navy later reported that nn A-6A twin-let bomber from Whidbv Island accidentally dropped five practice bombs in the Boardman area. It was reported that the air craft approached its target and radioed "Bombs Away" at a point that would have been dir ectly on target. However, a bombing system malfunction caused the bombs to remain un til the plane began to pull out of its dive. The incident came soon after the Navy Bomb ranee had come into the news again. Orville Cutsforth stated that he had been informed that plans may be underway to widen corridors and felt this should not be done. He was joined in the plea by aviators in the area who report edly have had some near miss es with some of their planes from the low flying jets. The Navy later reported that no expansion of the surface ar ea of the site is planned, but said that it hopes to extend the restricted flight zone of the range north about six miles in to the Paterson, Wash., area. A public hearing on the Navy application for an expanded re stricted flight zone for the bombing range was scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, in Pendleton. Glen Coons, owner of Coons' Flying Service on Butter Creek, and Mel Boyer, owner of Gar's Aviation at Lexington, said that they have complained to the Federal Aviation Agency about the low-flying jets. 85th Yeor 97403 THE $w heppneh mm GAZETTE-TIME Number 361 f" I An election to Attract Good Voter Turnout Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 31, 1968 10 Cents f n w It , v. it-"--. .. jC W'.. wt: . GEORGE CURRIN and eon9 have been chosen Morrow County Llvestockmen of the Year and were noncred at the annual Farm-City banquet here Wednesday niqht. In this photo taken in the yard c: their ranch home on Little Butter Creek are Georgt F. Currin (center) with his wife, (G-T Photo) Helen, standing; son Tom (left), and son Ron (right). Currins are Chosen I968 Llvestockmen (See pictures also on page 2) Morrow County Llvestockmen of the Year for 1968, lust cho sen by a committee from the Livestock Growers association and announced at the Farm City banquet Wednesday even ing, have a name prominent in county livestock circles and in county history for more than 60 years. Jabbed tor the honor are George Currin and Sons, an op eration which includes George F. Currin, the father, and Ron 32, and Tom, 28, the sons, all tUJ II l IT. ' if x if f J UaLJ--AUgi ! HIPPY, YIPPY. Look at the flower children I Randall Peterson, jeweler, and Mrs. Marlene Bergstrom, cleric won first prize in the Crazy Days dress-up for merchants here Saturday. Terry Lincecum, Heppner art teacher, did the decorations in the psy chedelic mood. Bank of Eastern Oregon crew did the judging in the contest m - ACL ,;- ' . v., J. ' l t. U(.-V- -i - of Little Butter Creek. The family history in Morrow county dates back to the com ing of George J. Currin in 1876. He bought the present family ranch from Hugh Fields in 1901 or 1905, and his son, Hugh C. Currin, took over about 1910. George F. Currin has spent most of his life on the ranch, ex cept for a period of years at Pilot Rock, where the family bought a ranch on East Birch Creek. They still own 1850 ac res there. Started in Sheep The livestock operation has changed drastically in fairlv re cent years. It was primarily a sheep operation until 1952 when the lack of qualified labor and summer pasture caused a switch to cattle. At one time the oper ation included four bands of sheep, wintering as many as 4000, then it was reduced to two. and finally the switch to cattle. Present cattle operation con sists of 385 cows with most of the calves carried on as year lings. The operators retain 50 to 75 replacement heifers each year. Cows calve in February ana March on the home place. Dur ing the past year, cows and calves left for summer pasture near Maxville, 12 miles north of Wallowa, in late May. Even lust the thoughts of the deep lush grass there bring (Continued on page 61 Homecoming Tilt Pits Grant Union i Against Mustangs 'Spook House1 Open Tonight for Kids Heppner's small fry will have an extra treat in store for them tonight (Hallowe'en) in addition to the usual round of trick-or-treating and Hallowe'en parties. They are invited to drop in for a visit to the mysterious "Spook House," located in the former Case Furniture build ing on Main street. The "Spook House" Is a cre ation of the Morrow County Jaycees, who plan to offer tours through the creepy in terior of their spooky domain to anyone with nerve enough to go through. All in the way of good na tured fun. the "'ipook House" is an idea new to this com munity, and it Is designed es pecially to give the kids a real thrill on Halloween night. Admittance is free, and the "Spook House" will open its doors at 7 p.m. If - V" v ' ' r' , . ?r MISS SARA MILLER (See story, picture page 3) Greater Oregon League Standings Won Lost Tied Wahtonka 4 0 1 Enterprise 4 10 Grant Union 4 10 Madras 2 2 1 Burns 2 3 0 Sherman County 13 1 Pilot Rock 14 0 Heppner 0 4 1 . . . . f t - - ii-.:. THESE "PAPER DOLLS" attired in paper dresses and wigs, took second place in the Crazy Days merchants' dressup Saturday. The four are clerks at Murrays Rexall Drug, from left, Mrs. John (Ruth) Bergstrom, Mrs. Elwyn (Maude) Hughes, Mrs. Roy (Melba) Quackenbush, and Mrs. I E. (Faye) RuhL Merch ants reported a rery busy week-end with lots of bargain hunt ers for the event (G-T Photo). By PAT KILKENNY Spirit Week for Heppner High school will be climaxed by a head-on football clash with the Prospectors of Grant Union at 8:00 p.m., Friday at the rodeo grounds here. This will be the last home game for the Mus tangs. The Mustangs will really be up for the Prospector game af ter falling at the losing end of the scoreboard at Pilot Rock last week-end. In other league action last week-end, the high flying Eag les of Wahtonka were victorious, rolling over the Huskies of Sher man County, 24-6. The Madras High White Buffaloes dropped their second league clash in a ow, bv the slight margin of 20-19. The defeat was at the hands of the Enterprise Savag es who now stand second in the league, with Grant Union. Grant Union stayed on the winning trail as they bumped the Burns Hilanders, 30-6. The Mustangs have two games remaining, their Home coming here Friday and their final game, with Madras, on Fri day, November 8, at Madras at 1:30 p.m. Heppner Senior Wins Contest Sara Miller, Heppner High school senior, was local winner of the annual speech contest sponsored by the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District at the high school last Thursday evening, and was presented the first place trophy by Albert Wright, contest chairman. She will now represent the district at the area contest to be held Monday evening in Hermiston Sara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Miller, Heppner. Three other trophies were awarded. Second went to Sandi Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carlson, lone; third place to Jill Chitty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Chitty Heppner, and fourth place to Donna Pointer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexing ton. Speeches for this year's con tc-.'tants are related to the as signed theme, "Forest Manage ment in a Soil and Water Con servation District." Dedication Speakers Laud Morse By MARY LEE MARLOW More than 350 persons at tended the dedication ceremony and open house of Riverside Junior-Senior High school at Boardman Sunday afternoon. ' Sen. Wavne Morse, who was to be principal speaker, was un able to attend because of a commitment to be In Portland to welcome Sen. Edmund Mus kio, Democratic vice president ial candidate. Sen. Morse's daughter, Mrs. Judy Eaton of Connecticut, sooke In his place, she being in Oregon to campaign for her fa ther. Mrs. Eaton said that the ded ication "represents everything Wayne Morse stands for." When her father succeeded in obtain ing funds for construction after the Corps of Engineers had re jected the bids, it established the policy across the nation of small communities standing up to the Federal government in supporting their needs, she said. Sen. Morse consistently works for education, not only in Ore gon, but across the nation, she added. It was through Sen. Morse that the school was finally built. He met with officials in Washington, D. C, several times when it sometimes appeared that money would not be forth coming for the school. Charles Lee, of Washington, D. C, a member of the Senate (Continued on page 4) High School Vote Supports Nixon Sheriff Candidates Just a Trace Just a trace of rain oh Tues day. That's all the moisture for the week as the Indian summer continues. Complete weather re port from Don Gilliam, official observer, is as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Hi Low Prec. 73 43 66 41 65 43 60 33 59 31 62 33 69 38 T Richard Nixon polled a sub stantial majority in a straw vote taken at Heppner High school last Friday, receiving 95 of the students' votes for pres ident against 52 for Hubert Humphrey and 18 for George Wallace. Adrian Cook, history teacher who conducted the elec tions. announced. Eugene Mccartny receivea a, and in light vein, fat rauisen Dolled 21. both as wnteins, In other contests, tne students showed that they do not fol low party lines. Robert Packwood, Republican, edged Wayne Morse, Democrat, for U. S. Senator, 118 to 85. Al Ullman. Democrat, topped Marv Root, Republican, for Con gressman, becond District, no to 50. George Van Hoomissen, Dem ocrat, received 114 for Secretary of State to 84 for Clay Myers, Republican. Robert W. Straub, Democrat, totaled 153 for state treasurer while Ancel Page, his Republi can opponent, received 49. For attorney general, Lee Johnson, Republican, polled 120 while Robert Y. Thornton, Dem ocrat, tallied 68. In the Morrow county sher iff's race, John Molahan, Dem ocrat, was the students' prefer ence with 77 votes. C. J. D. Bau man, Republican, received 61 and Jim Barnett, Independent, polled 59. In uncontested otlices, Ken Jernstedt, Republican, polled 155 for state senator and Jerry Sweeney received 16 writein votes; Irvin Mann, Republican, received 178 for state represen tative; Walter Hayes, Republi can, 165 for county commission er; Sadie Parrish, 177 for county clerk; and Sylvia McDaniel, 177 for county treasurer. Dale Parnell received the edge for state superintendent of pub lic instruction over Walter Blake, 105 to 81, on the nonpartisan ballot. All other offices on the nonpartisan ballot are uncon tested and Cook said their to tals were not tabulated. Measure No. 7 (the 1 prop erty tax limitation measure) went down by close to a 2-to-l majority in the student ballot ing, getting 130 no votes to 70 yes. On the other hand the Beach Bill (Measure No. 6) which would impose a lc per gallon additional tax on gasoline to acquire private beach properties, passed, 120 yes to 80 no. Results of other measures were as follows: Measure 1 Broadening veter ans loan eligibility, 172 yes, 27 no. Measure 2 Amendment for removal of judges, 151 yes, 13 no. Measure 3 Empowering leg islature to extend ocean boun daries, 144 yes, 50 no. Measure 4 Amendment broadening county debt limita tion, 91 yes, 98 no. Measure 5 Government con solidation city-county over 300,- 000 population, 85 yes, 98 no. JIM BARNETT "7- - x ' 1 V "l '" C J. D. BAUMAN t ! " . . V : i. V JOHN MOLLAHAN Ex-Spray Couple Parents of Triplets Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ennis of Portland are parents of trip lets, two boys and a girl, born October 16. Mrs. Ennis is the former Lillian Nichols of Spray and was a roommate of Sue Townsend of lone while the two attended business college in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ennis now live next door to Miss Townsend in Portland. The babies, all reported to be well, are Casey Scott, who weighed 3 lb., 12 oz.; Laura Ann, 3 lb., 13 oz., and Travis Alan, 2 lb., 12 ounces. They were born in Emanuel hospital, and Miss Townsend said that they were the first triplets born there in 12 years. Grandparents are Mr. ana Mrs. George Nichols of Spray. The maternal grandparents are de ceased. Although predictions are that voting throughout the nation nutv ho fairlv light lit the Ren rial election Tuenduy, November 3. expectations re her that Morrow county turnout will run hii'h, exceeding the national average conMdernbly. Morrow county voter have traditionally resKinded with a high percentage casting ballots. There are wverul contests of Interest only one local to .spur their participation. rlls will be open In the nine precinct from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Polling places in Heppner are: Northwest, Assembly of God church; Northeast, old city library, next to city hall; South west, county courthouse; South east, county courthouse. Polling places In the rest of the county are: lone city hall. U-xington city hall, Hardman Community Hall, Greenfield Grange Hall at Boardman, and the old Irrigon school. Local returns will be collect ed through the night at The Gazette-Times through the co operation of Mrs. Sadie ParrLsh, county clerk, and the counting boards. Wes Sherman in local representative for the national News Election Service. It is expected that some In complete returns from Heppner precincts will be available snort- ly alter 8 p.m. but it will be sometime thereafter until fur ther returns will be available. Counting boards must complete their work before the totals are reported. Toon nz interest on me nai- lot is the presidential race, Hu bert Humphrey, Democrat, ver sus Richard Nixon, Republican, and the candidacy of George Wallace, representing a third party, casting some basis tor speculation. Gong down tne bailor, an other lively contest Is In pros- nect for U. S. Senator, witn in cumbent Wayne Morse and his Republican challenger, Robert Packwood, reported to be run ning neck-and-ncck. Marv Root, Republican, has worked diligently in his cam paign against Al Ullman, Dem ocrat Incumbent, for the U. S. Representative position, second Oregon district. George Van Hoomissen, Dem ocrat, has made a vigorous campaign against incumbent Clay Myers, Republican, for sec retary of state; and Lee John son, Republican, is given a good chance of unseating Robert Y, Thornton, Democrat Incumbent, for attorney general. Ancel Page, Republican, op poses Robert Straub, Democrat incumbent, for state treasurer, but if Page's campaign has been very active, it hasn't been noticed here. The one county contest Is the three-way race between C. 3. D. Bauman, Republican, sheriff for (Continued on page 8) Ballot Republished Because of Error Sample facsimile ballot for Morrow county is reprinted on pages 6 and 7 of section 2, this paper, because of an er ror made in the publication last week. Those who studied the bal lot must have been confused when they noticed candidates for Wheeler county district at torney and other Wheeler coun ty offices on the ballot. This came about because the Gazette-Times also prints of ficial and sample ballots for Wheeler county. When the fac simile was run in the paper here, as required by law, part of the form inadvertently was not restored to the Morrow county candidates. The re-run Is made without cost to the county. Voters are advised to disr e g a r d last week's printing, and to refer to this publication as the cor rect facsimile ballot. Mrs. Ely Nominated For Teacher of Year Mrs. Gladys Ely, who has taught school in Morrow coun ty for 31 years and is currently in her 26th consecutive year at lone, has been nominated by the county chapter of the Ore gon Education association as Oregon Teacher of the Year. She has received strong sup port from Ron Daniels, superin tendent of Morrow county schools, and from Harold Beggs, principal, lone schools. "I know her to be a fine cit izen, an exceptionally fine in dividual, and a person who is vitally Interested in the teach ing profession and the welfare of youth," Daniels wrote in his recommendation. "Gladys Ely is a fine candidate for Oregon's Teacher of the Year." "She causes her students to create and to reach out for new knowledge," Beggs said. "She is an excellent teacher of the fun damentals . . . but she is equal ly as adept at creating interest and developing skills in the arts and sciences. 'Mrs. Ely contributes more to the lives of her students than just knowledge. She teaches citizenship, courtesy, and the system of values which has made America great. She teach- ( - 4 4 MRS. GLADYS ELY es morals without moralizing and values without judging. She demonstrates the value of hard work and a job well done by her personal example. Mrs. Ely feels that teaching Is the most (Continued on page 8)