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EUGENE .
Annual Columbia Basin Electric
A substantial increase In
power loud resultliiK from "tre
mendous'' irrigation develop
ments In the county was siren
cd bv Harlev Young, manager.
u the highlight o( the year
when he wave his annual rv
port to the some 2MI persons
present at the annual meeting
of Columbia Basin Kleetrlc Co.
ep, Inc.. last Thursday In t.ie
lair pavilion here.
Youritt said that the coops
total connected horsepower for
Irrigation as of thin date 1m 4.151,
ii n Increase of almost 1900
horsepower over the previous
venr when the total stood al
214. In 11)04. the horsepower for
Irrigation accounts was figured
lit 1164. , ,
Total kilowatt hours used In
Irrigation sales has cone from
1. 207.000 KWll In 1903 to 2.87.V
777 In 1967. Young reported,
and revenue from this source
has climbed during the same
period from $21,116 annually to
$39,942. Number of irricatlon ac
counts (active and idle! now
stands at 227 as compared with
Irif". In 1964.
Richmond Speak
Young's report was one of the
highlights of the meeting which
presented H. R. tRuss) Rich
mond, administrator of Bonne-
List of Prizes Climbing
For Christmas Opening
Prizes worth more than $500,
including a portable color tele
vision set, are already offered
by Heppner merchants for
Christmas Opening this year,
and more prizes are expected to
be added through the coming
week, Mrs. LeRoy Gardner,
merchants chairman, states.
Christmas Opening will bo
held here on Friday and Satur
day, November 29 and 30. San
.a Claus will arrive at 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 30, and
there will be treats for all the
children who come to see him.
At 4:30 p.m. on the same day
Saturday merchants will
draw for winners of prizes of
fered bv their individual store.
The prizes will average about
S10 in value, and as of Tues
day, 13 merchants had an
nounced their prizes.
The color television set will
not be given away until Sat
urday, December 7, at a draw
ing at the main downtown cor
ner at 3:30 p.m.
Frizes Announced
Merchants who have announc
ed thpir store nrizes to date are
as follows: Elma's Apparel, $10
gift certificate; Gardner's Mens
Wear, Pendleton woolen sport
shirt; MiLadies, sweater; Vans
Creative Crafts, Christmas ar
rangement; Cal's Richfield, five
gallons of gasoline; Central
Market. 12 lb. turkey; Gontys,
transistor tape recorder; Jacks
Motel and Service Station, five
gallons of gasoline; Pettyjohn's
Farm and Builders Supply, one
gal. Spred Satin paint and one
quart Spred Latex enamel; Gazette-Times,
$10 cash; Petersons
Jewelers, anti-tarnish silver
dish; J. C. Penney Co., $12 ny
lon blanket; and Murrays Rex
all Drug, $10 gift certificate.
The Christmas Window Guess
ing Contest, held during the
past seven years, will not be
held this year.
To compete for both the in
dividual store prizes and for the
color television set, a person
need only go to the store, be
ginning Friday, November 9,
and sign a slip for the draw
ing. Chance on AH Prizes
He may enter the contest at
any or all of the stores. If he
registers at all participating
stores, he will have a chance
on the prizes at all of them.
A person may register only
once in each store. When he
registers for the individual store
prizes, he also is automatically
E. Markham Baker
Dies in Arizona
E. Markham Baker, 65, well
known lone rancher, died un
expectedly in Mesa, Ariz., Mon
day evening, November 18, fol
lowing an apparent heart at
tack. He was attending a social
gathering with his wife when
he was stricken, then failed to
respond to medication when
taken to the hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. Baker had been
m Arizona only a short time,
where they have been going for
the past several winters to en
joy the warmer climate. They
were residing at the Holiday
Village mobile court in Mesa.
The body is to arrive at Burns
Mortuary in Hermiston Thurs
day morning (today). A mem
orial service is planned for Fri
day, November 22, at 1:30 p.m.
in the lone United Church of
Christ. Interment will be in the
Hermiston cemetery that after
noon, with graveside services at
4:00 p.m. The body will lay in
state at Burns Mortuary until
3-3fl n m Fritiav.
Immediate survivors include
his wife, Marjorie; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Don (Mardene) Larsen,
Wenatchee. Wn.: two sons, Ron
ald of Hermiston, and Dvvayne
of Sunnyside, Calif., and seven
granddaughters. Also, two bro
thers, Kedrick Baker, Deer Park,
Wn., and Everett Baker, Seattle,
Wn.; and three sisters Gertrude
Baker, Everett, Wn., Juanita Jen
fen, Vancouver. Wn.. and Aileen
VanBuren, Walla Walla, Wn.
07403
ille Tower Administration, a"
principal speaker. He used slid"
Illustrations to tell of the
Northwest Southwest power in
terlie. Richmond also discussed
the fast accelerating power
needs, the tremendous growth of
load, requirements for the fu
ture and the possibility of ther
mal nuclear plants for develop
inent of power.
Wavne Leathers of Monu
ment, the Inimitable master of
ceremonies, brought humorous
breaks to the heavy business
end of the meeting with his
great store of anecdotes and
lokes that kept the crowd
laughing. ,
Waller Jaeger of Condon,
president, explained how the
cooperative voluntarily contrib
utes to the counties In which
it oerates In lieu of taxes un
der on agreement made at the
time the exchange was made
with Pacific Power Company.
The cooperative contributes an
amount to the counties equival
ent to what the private utility
would have paid, he said.
Buildinq Need Told
The president also told of the
need experienced for a new
building to provide room for the
staff to work. He said that the
building, now under construe
registered for the drawing on
the color television set.
In order to be eligible for the
individual prizes he must reg
ister during the days of Friday
end Saturday, November 29 and
30. and this registration closes
a 4 p.m. Saturday.
If he does not register for
the individual store prizes and
wishes a chance on the televis
ion set, he may register dur-
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BARTON CLARK, president of
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers, will have an important
role at the annual iviuijrij
meeting at the fair pavilion
Monday night.
Grain Growers'
Annual Meeting
Slated Monday
a v. VanWinkle of Spokane,
vice president of the Spokane
Bank for Cooperatives, will be
the principal speaker at the an
nual meeting of Morrow County
Grain Growers, Inc., at the fair
pavilion here Monday night.
The meeting will start with
dinner at 6:30 p.m., prepared
and served by the Willows
Grange. Champion 4-H beef will
be a part of the menu and door
prizes to be given through the
evening will also consist ol
champion beef.
The talk by VanWinkle will
be one of the program high
lights of the meeting. He is;
brother of Jack VanWinkle and
ol Mrs. Herman Green of Hepp-
ner-
Business session of the meet
ing will be conducted by Pres
ident Barton Clark and Harlan
McCurdy, Jr., manager.- Clark
was recently elected president
by the directors to fill the va
cancy left when Walter Jacobs
moved from the county.
Several directors will be elect
ed and other business will be
transacted at the meeting.
Sara Miller, Heppner Hign
school senior who won the lo
cal conservation speech contest,
will give her talk at the meet
ing, and Wayne Daggett, assist
ant manager of North Pacific
Grain Growers, is also sched
uled for an appearance.
Financial report of the coop
erative will be presented and
general discussion of association
policies and future will be held.
Cemetery District
To Elect Directors
lone-Lexington Cemetery Dis
trict will elect two directors at
an election on Monday, Decem
ber 2. Voting will be held at the
lone City hall between the hours
of 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Candidates on the ballot for a
three-year director term will be
Carl Troedson, and for a two
year term, Roy A. Lindstrom.
ORE
If
ii:L
tion In lleppner. will mean sav
ings because of the fact th.it
equipment and personnel tan ho
centrally located. The structure,
financed under a loan from the
I! lira I Electrification Adminis
tration. Is cxiecied to be com
pleted In April.
Attorney Herman Winter w;is
called upon to give an explan
ation of the treatment of cap
ital credits as applied to income
taxes.
Secretary Jack Hvnd read last
year's minutes and gave proif
of mailing notice of meeting to
the memliers of the cooperative,
as provided bv the by laws.
Director! Chosen
Four directors were chosen,
two of whom were reelected ami
two elected for the first time.
Paul Jaeger was elected as Con
don city director and will re
place Ernest Lear on the board.
Klovd Anderson was elected in
Zone I. North Gilliam county,
and will replace Virgil West.
Reelected were Walter Wright
of llardman for the South Mor
tow county position, Zone 6,
winning over Archie Bechdolt,
and Walter Jaeger for the South
Gilliam county position, Zone 2,
winning over Jack Rieser. Hold
over directors are John R. (Dick)
Kiebs. vice president, of Cecil;
Froggy Weather
Chilly and foggy weather set
tled in this week, with the hlgn
est temperature recorded at 47
degrees last Thursday. Low was
31 degrees Sunday morning
early. Another .54 inch of rain
came during the week to bring
the month's total to 2.17 inches,
well exceeding the normal of
1.44 inches, according to Don
Gilliam, official observer.
HI Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
47
45
29
33
35
31
33
35
.08
.09
40
42
40
42
f
Tuesday
roperty
Cardinals Roar
To S
lone' High school's 8-mar)
football team roared through
Crane, 73 to 7, on lone Mem
orial Field Saturday, and the
Cardinals will play Huntington
in the state B-8 semifinals at
lone Saturday, the game stall
ing at 1:30 p.m.
The Huntington contest is one
of two remaining games thai
the Cardinals must win to bring
to reality the dream of a state
championship. But they know
that the Saturday game will be
the toughest of the year, and
they will have to be at their
best to top the team which, like
themselves, has an undefeated
record.
Just four teams are left in
the state title picture lone.
Huntington, Arlington and Mo
hawk. The latter two will com
pete Saturday at Mohawk in the
other game of the semi-final
round. , ,
Coach Gordon Meyers' Cards
hold an early season victory ov
er Arlington, but if the Honk
ers should win and the lone
team should emerge over Hunt
ington, it would bring a "neigh
borhood" final game to lone on
the ensuing week for the state
championship.
Crane Didn't Quit
As the score shows, lone had
little trouble with Crane, al
though the visitors "played
pretty good" as coach Meyers
put it, and they didn't give up.
As with other opponents, the
Cardinals hit them with a bolt
of lightning early in the game
and had them reeling from the
start. On the first play from
scrimmage, Eddie Sherman took
the ball and ran tv yaras to
score for lone with two fine
blocks by Frank Halvorsen and
Earl Pettyjohn paving his way.
In all, lone tallied 11 touch
downs and seven extra points
in the game. Sherman scored
six touchdowns, of which two
were on passes, and ran ore
Fiddler Contest Entries
Expected from 3 States
Entries in the Morrow county
Jaycees' second annual Old Time
Fiddlers contest are expected to
come from three states Oregon,
Washington and Idaho accord
ing to information from Al Os
min and John Privett of the
Jaycees.
Sixty entry forms have been
sent out to prominent fiddlers
throughout the northwest for the
contest which will be in Heppner
on Friday and Saturday, Novem
ber 29 and 30.
The event will be held under
joint sponsorship of the Eastern
Oregon Olc Time Fiddlers As
sociation and the Jaycees.
Posters have been designed
and drawn by school students in
a contest to publicize the event,
and Kathleen Bartlett has been
judged first place winner. Her
Meeting
HARLET YOUNG, manager of
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op., told of the great gains la
power from irrigation at the
annual meeting of the coop
erative here la.t Thursday.
(G-T Photo).
85th Year
the djssy
GAZETTE-TIME
I Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November
Tan Collections Reach
emi-finals
PAT. Halvorscri " scored two
touchdowns, ran Iwo points,
pitched one TD strike to Sher
man, and passed to Scott Wil
son for a PAT.
Quarterback Bob Ball scored
twice, ran one point, passed to
Sherman for a touchdown and
connected with Pettyjohn in the
end zone for an extra point.
Keith Nelson ran one touch
down; Pettyjohn scored two ex-
(Continued on page 8)
Churches to Unite
Thanksgiving Eve
For Special Service
Plans for the community
Thanksgiving service were
made at the November meet
ing of the South Morrow coun
ty Ministerial Association,
sponsors for the annual pro
gram. People of all faiths are in
vited to attend the united serv
ice on Thanksgiving eve, Wed
nesday, November 27, at the
Heppner Church of the Naza
rene, scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
Guest speaker will be the
Rev. Rudolph Mensch, pastor of
Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches. It is planned to have
music provided by combined
choirs of the Methodist church
and lone United Church of
Christ.
This is the third successive
year for the evening service, a
change from the previous tra
dition of worship on Thanks
giving morning. Services were
well attended at the First
Christian church in Heppner
last year.
All people in the surrounding
areas are urged to attend and
join together in a service of
thanks-giving.
poster is to be on display at
Central Market. Second is Lynda
Baker, whose poster will be at
Murrays Recall Drug; third is
Greg Davidson, whose poster is
to be at Gardner's Men's Wear;
and honorable mention goes to
Sharon Witherrite, whose poster
will be at Van's Creative Crafts,
and to Tami Meador, whose pos
ter will be at Jack's Chevron
Station.
These are students in seventh
and eighth grade classes of Miss
Terry Lincecum, art teacher.
Three Programs Planned
There will be three performan
ces in the contest this year. First
program will start at 7 p.m., Fri
day November 29, with partici
pants in an intermediate con
test and in a seven-county con-
(Continued on page 8)
Points Up
.5.Juck Hvnd. also of Cecil, who
is secretary-treasurer; Kenncin
J. Smouse and Raymond Lull
dell, both of lone; Dick Wilkin
son. Elmer Palmer and Randall
Peterson, all of lleppner; and
W. 11. Stelwer, Sr., fossil.
Prizes were given to a num
ber of those attending, some
going to those who had come
the longest distance, others to
those who were the oldest mem
bers present, and some as just
cioor prizes. Four 100-watt light
bulbs were given to each mem
ber present.
Registration started at II a.m..
followed by a motion picture.
Lunch was served at 12:) bv
the Hliea Creek Grange, and tilt
meeting started at 1:15.
Year Was Busiest
In his report. Young said that
the last year's operation was one
ol the busiest ones since the
cooperative was organized In
ISMS. No serious service prob
lems were encountered, a con
d'tion that was aided by favor
able weather conditions.
To meet the growing load,
principally caused bv Irrigation
Columbia Basin will relocate a
transformer from Its Jordan sub
station near lone to the Sand
hollow area, he said. This will
provide nearly seven times the
cfffP
ft
USE OF MODERN equipment In teaching was featured in dis
, X" . ri.nin pta meetina last Wednesday
bwZ?J& (left) and Mrs Jessie Faye
Morris (third from left), teachers, j sho - Mrs. Wilbur Warden
and Arnold Kerymona, rift
paces the reading material
i.nc in ruit iwnrpcnw Hnnnpr Elementary teacher, demon
strates an opaque projector to
Allstott at the Heppner Elementary n "'
day. The equipment projects images of two and three dimension
al objects.
Exhibits Featured at PTA
Interesting demonstrations by
the elementary school faculty of
modern equipment used in the
classrooms at Heppner Elemen
ary school were observed by par
ents who attended the Teachers
Bazaar and PTA meeting last
Wednesday evening at the grade
school.
Faculty members set up their
demonstrations in the multipur
pose room, enabling parents to
see some of the more up-to-date
methods used in teaching.
A science exhibit included
several types of microscopes;
musical instruments and auto
harps were available for par
ents to play; educational games
were displayed, and a pottery
making demonstration, using
the kick wheel, was given by
Miss Terry Lincecum, art in
structor. Other equipment on
display included an overhead
projector, a controlled reader,
and other types of projectors us
ed in the classrooms.
Preceding the Teachers Ba
zaar, a business meeting was
conducted in the junior high
gymnasium under the direction
of Arnold Raymond, PTA pres
ident. At this time cash prizes
were awarded to winners of the
Growth of
ci.pacity that the co-op present
ly has there.
When the cooperative was
first established In 194SI the I
tal substation capacity was
1.000 KVA, he said. This hac
grown to 20.000 KVA at the
present.
"In addition. In the Sandhol
low area, we have designed our
lines and facilities to double the
voltage on the distribution sys
t m that serves this area."
Young said. "This will Increase
the capacity of these lines by
three to five times. We are not
even certain this will meet re
nuirements longer than the
next five years."
Hard Decisions Faced
Continuing on irrigation.
Young said. "Your board of dir
ectors and mvself have faced
some real hard decisions regard
ing irrigation loads, such us
these that have occurred in this
i-rea."
He pointed out that the wa
ter resources board "looks at
some of these deep wells Willi
a considerable amount of skep.
tic-ism," adding "if the rancher
makes the investment of drill
Inp the well and Installing the
Irrigation system, then the co
operative is obliged to provide
21, 1968
"1
v
prewaenu - :"
to a students reading rate.
Mrs. Stanley Cox and Mrs. Clydu
recent membership drive con-
test, which was under the dir
ection of Mrs. Lowell Chally and
Mrs. Loren Lucore. Winners were
Philip Raymond and Laurie
Chally, who tied for first place,
and Patti Saling, third place.
Students in Mrs. Bechdolt's room
will be treated to an ice cream
feed as their award for selling
the most memberships. Member
ship in the Elementary PTA now
includes 123 members.
By-laws were submitted for
aoriroval and were voted on by
the members, following minor
revisions and changes. A budg
et report by Mrs. Anna Schwar
zin was also submitted and vot
ed on by those present.
nroiect of the PTA un
it this year will be to supply
vr.inntpprs to assist with daily
nlaveround supervision at the
schools from 11:30 to 12:4o
daily, thus giving teachers more
tree time auring ineir ium.ii hc
ir,fl Those interested may con
tact Principal Alan Martin or
Arnold Raymond.
Refreshments of cookies,
punch and coffee were provided
and served throughout the even
ing by eightn graoe room mum
ers.
Irrigation
electrical service as he needs
It. The only problem we have
faced Is that we have lust not
been able to keep up with the
growth as we would have liked
to."
The manager said that the co
operative luui had to defer sorw
ol the construction that it houed
to accomplish during the past
summer. Applications are on
hand for service to recreational
areas I'utsforth Park and An
son Wright Memorial Park
above llardman. In addition,
other developments will require
service, such as Earl Blake's de
velopment on the north fork of
Willow Creek and Orville Cuts
forth' prolect at Penland
Prairie. Young said.
Treasurer's report of the co
operative showed electrical rev
enue for the year of $702,509
and total expenses of $rG7.59,
having an operating margin of
$135,000, which will be assign
ed as putronage capital. This
is a decrease of $2,939 from the
previous fiscal year.
Included In the total expens
es were $06,725 in interest and
$11,892 paid in taxes. A total
of $216,620 was paid on the
principal of the long term debt
notes.
Number 39
HEPFNEI!
Price 10 Cents
3484
79 of Roll
Is Received
By Deadline
Morrow county property tax
pjivcrs had their 1908-69 tax
hills 79 paid by the November
15 rebate deadline, Mrs. Elvira
Irby, tax deputy in the office
of Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, said
Tuesday.
Percentag e w i s e this was
i-lightly behind last year when
82 of the roll was collected
by the deadline. But in cash
received, it is ahead of last
in the county is higher.
When the deputies had pro
cessed payments sent by mail,
postmarked November 15 or
earlier, together with those re
ceived in the courthouse by the
deadline, the total figure came
to $1,348,458.58. Job of process
ing the mail through November
15 was completed by Tuesday.
Last year at the same time, a
total of $1,171,000 was collected.
Morrow county's largest tax
payer now is Pacific Gas Trans
mission Company, whose check
for $105,421.19 was received in
time to receive the rebate.
Second largest taxpaying util
ity here is Union Pacific Rail
way Company which paid
$00,731.49.
The Oregon Veterans Admin
istration paid $33,429.61 for state
lands leased to The Boeing
Company, and the company paid
taxes of $16,657.53 for its im
provements on the leased lands.
Pacific Northwest Bell was an
other big utility taxpayer with
$24,101.47. Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc., a cooperative, paid
$22,249.04' in taxes.
Some private corporations al
so ranked high in the lis, ex
ceeding some of the utilities,
but these figures were not re
leased. Mrs. Irby said that the indi
vidual with the highest tax bill
in the county was one who paid
$13,313.47. His name was not
divulged.
Total to be collected on the
1968-69 roll was $1,698,327, and
after the November 10 aeaaum
only 21 remained to be col
lected. Quite a number of tax
payers elect to pay quarterly,
and first quarter payments are
Included in the total collected
from those who paid by the
deadline. Some others paid nail
or three-quarters by the dead
line. Ministerial Group
Announces Officers
At the November meeting of
the South Morrow County Min
isterial Association, the Rev.
Melvin Dixon was reelected to
the office of president for an
other year. The Rev. F. W.
Luedde of lone will serve as
vice-president, and the Rev. Dirk
Rinehart will be secretary-treasurer.
Plans for the annual Thanks
giving community service were
discussed and set for Wednes
day, November 27, at 8:00 p.m.
at the Heppner Church of the
Nazarene.