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L I DRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. 97133 f0 111 1 il rlr "ry - 'K . XC"""" - i" - -TrT:.... r'j j... ., . , I Wavy Officers Say Boardman Range 'Absolutely Vital Lt. J. W. Pate, veteran Navy pilot in Ihi' Vlclniiin war and holder of Iho Navy Cross fur vulor in action there, told the Heppner Morrow county Cham ber ol Commerce Monday, "Tlio kJiikIo most Important thing koing for me there was tln practice In low level flying at the bombing range here. "I'm grateful a thousand fold for Boardman." He was one of five ton Navy officers, including Jienr Admiral Herman Irum, commander of Meet Air. Whidbey Island, who came to the Chamber meeting to tell of tho Importance of the Lombinu range and to help clear up any misunderstanding about Its use and future needs at the ranee by the Navy. Others in the group were Commander V. B. Warwick, commander of VAI2S, the train ing squadron at Whidbev Is land; Commander Patterson; and Lt. Jim Anderson. Change Would be Costly I'tmimiuuier Warwick told the (.-roup that a move of the range to Wauontlre, in southeast Ore con as has often been propos ed, would result in a first year cost of 5.U million and would impose other severe handicaps on the training of pilots des tined for Vietnam. In remarks prefatory to talks hy the other nllioers, Admiral I rum saia, ooarnman provides us with a unique training facil ity." He said that 173 aircraft are based at Whidbey, including pa trol aircraft, heavy tankers and all weather bombing craft, five squadrons of which use the Boardman range. Including wives and children, there are 18.00:1 nt the installation at Whidbey. During the time the nnge has been in use, 3MXKI training ord nance drops have leen made, "Until a few weeks ago, there was no problem," he said, re ferring by Inference to the in cident at Eoardman which re sulted In some speculation that the range should he moved. The Navy last February ak ed the FAA to increase the size of the area of restricted air space north of the range, hut there was no intention of seek ing an Increase in the land area. Admiral Trum said. Safety Stressed Commander Patterson later pointed cut that the Increased air space would be restricted for private and commercial planes only when flight visibility is less than three miles. This is intruded both for safety of the Navy personnel and the private and commercial iliers, he said. He ulso said that it would cost $1 million to establish the facilities In Wagonlire that are now at Boardman. "The terrain is unsatisfactory at Wagontire. Boardman Is the only spot In the Northwest that oifeis the training we need," he said. Lt. Tate described a strike that he made In an AfiA Intru der on a railroad at Hanoi. Im- IHirtant because It nimu'i-torl in a main line of supply for the enemy from lied China. While attacks are made in daylight Port of the time, nieht attacks are preferred, typically alone as u "wolf type" attack, he said. On the Hanoi strike, he left the carrier In the monsoon sea son and ascended to 20.00(1 feet. 85th Year going over the sea. Cutting in. land to Hanoi, he descended to low level flying, about 500 feet, below radar. He took a devious route to reach the target. Opposition on such a flight U expected from three sources enemy aircraft, anti aircraft lira and surface to air missiles, Lt. Tate said. Training Vital Training received In low lev. el flying at Boardman was vi tal to him In that he could flv below radar. At one point he saw a surface-to-air missile launched, hut It accelerated to go above his Intruder and ex ploded harmlessly overhead. The low level flying prevented ra dar from "locking" in on his ship. Commander Warwick has trained almost ISO pilots and (Continued on page 5) Number 40 RANDY LOTT of Lott'i Elccrlc shows off the RCA Victor 14-inch portable color television set that Heppner merchants are giv. ing away at a drawing here on Saturday, December 7, as an added feature of Christmas Opening. The set's retail value is $349. Store prize drawings will be this Saturday, November 30. (G-T Photo). SANTA AND PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES! PR u irisiriias opening Htivifes Everyone All the color, fun and brightness of Christmas Opening will come to Heppner this week-end with Santa Claus to be on hand and 19 store door prizes to be given away Saturday afternoon, according to Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, chairman of the Heppner mei- chants. The genial old gentleman from the North wil arrive at the downtown corner Saturday at 2 p.m to greet the kiddies and give them treats. As usua he will come in on the bright red fire truck befitting his bright red suit and white whiskers. Each of 19 stores and businesses will have good prizes to give away in drawings at 4 :30 p.m. Satur day, and each person coming to town is invited to register once only at each place. Registration may be Friday or until 4 p.m. Saturday. the mww HEPPNEH E-TIME THANKSGIVING Combined Service Of Local Churches Wednesday Night, Church of Nazarene Program On Page 6, Section 2 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 28, 1968 Price 10 Cents The person need not be pres ent to win, but the winner's name will be posted on the win dow of the store after 4:30. No window guessing is involved this year. Official entry slips are avail able only in the participating stores. TV Drawing Dec. 7 When a person signs a slip, he also becomes eligible for the drawing for the color portable television set that will be giv en away a week later, Satur day, December 7, at 3:30 p.m. at the downtown corner. In this instance, the winner must be present if he wishes to receive the set. All the registration slips from the participating stores, accum ulated from Friday, November 30, will be dumped a week la ter into one large container for the TV drawing. Anyone who does not register for the store door prizes on Friday and Sat urday of this week may enter his name once in each partici pating store throughout next I week and until noon Saturday December 7. In any event, a person may register only once in each store, Frizes Listed List of prizes to be given Sat urday afternoon is a long and interesting one. It is as follows: Hotel Cafe, Fred and Cecile (Continued on page 8) NO GUESSING NEEDED IN SEEKING PRIZES Those who are used to the Christmas Window Guessing contest that has been featur ed at Christmas Opening here for several years are reminded that there is no guessing in volved in seeking prizes this year. The headline on page 1, sec tion 2, "Window Guessing Contest Prizes," was printed through error. It should read, "Christmas Opening Prizes." Winners will be selected by drawing after they have reg istered at the participating businesses. MCGG Notes Lean Year Sees Brighter Future Members of Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc., took note of a lean year in their opera Hons at the annual meeting Monday night in the fair pavil ion, but a spirit of optimism seemed to anticipate a brighter future. '" " ' 4. SENATOR-ELECT JEBNSTEDT KEN HEP. IRVIN MANN Legislators Call Meetings To Hear Public Views Representative Irvin Mann of Stanfield and Senator-elect Ken neth Jernstedt of Hood River an nounce that a series of meet ings will be held with the peo ple of four of the counties they represent jointly in the state leg islature to aid them in prepar ing legislation for the 1969 leg islative session. They said that their two spe cific purposes for holding the meetings are to determine what special local problems need legislative attention and what the local attitudes are on ma jor issues of the state. Among the major issues list ed by the legislators are those of tax reform, beaches, green ways, change of ownership brand inspection, farm land tax deferral, and others. The schedule of meetings is as iollows: Morrow county Monaay, December 2., Boardman city hall, 3 p.m., and county courthouse in Heppner, 7 p.rri. WTheeler county Tuesday, De cember 3, Mitchell, 11 a.m. Gil liam county Tuesday, Decem ber 3, Arlington grade school, 8 p.m. Sherman county Wed nesday, December 4', county courthouse, Moro, 2 p.m. Especially encouraged to at tend are members of the coun ty and city governments, port commissions, and any organiza tion or interested citizen who will be affected by the next leg- Monday islative session. 'Tuesday ED PATTERSON State Jaycee President Fiddlers to Vie In 3 Programs Here This Week Fiddlers from Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho will compete tor a host ot trophies and cash prizes here Friday and Saturday the second annual Fiddlers Contest, sponsored by the Mor row County Jaycees in conjunc tion with the Eastern Oregon Old Time Fiddlers association. There will be a liberal num ber of local entries, too, to add i color and interest to the Jaycees' big show. Four divisions are scheduled the intermediate contest, the seven -county event, the regional contest, and the classic old tim ers. The first two divisions will compete Friday evening, start ing at 7 p.m., in the Heppner Junior High gym. Wheeler, Ba ker, Grant, Union, Malheur, Um atilla and Morrow comprise the 7-county division. Admission wiil be ?1 tor this program. Paul Budke, state vice-president of the Jaycees for district 13, will be master of ceremonies Friday night. Patterson to be M.C. Saturday afternoon, starting at 2 p.m. in the junior high gym, will be the regional prelimin aries, and Ed Patterson, La Grande, state Jaycee president, will be master of ceremonies for both the Saturday afternoon and Saturday night events. Saturday afternoon performance admis sion will also be $1 per person. The regional contest finalists and classic old timers will make music with their fiddles Satur day night starting at 7. Admis sion to the program will oe President Barton Clark declar ed, "There is nothing wrong with the company that a good rain wouldn't fix," and this seemed to be the keynote of the evening. The poor crop year, due to lack of rain, with a resultant loss in sales of machinery and other farm needs was held re sponsible for a net loss of $39,531 reported in the cooper ative's financial statement. The grain division showed a net operating income of $14, 018.98, and the petroleum div ision netted somewhat more at $14,991.99. However, the new machinery division showed a net operating loss of $26,457.16. Gross operating profits from the three divisions was $2,553.81, but after $12,193.52 in other in come had been added and ad ministrative expense of $48,106.- 80 and interest expense of $6,173.53 had been subtracted, the net loss stood at the $39,000 figure. Depreciation throughout the thiee divisions is1 some $37,000. Banker Says Condition Good A. E. Vanwinkle, vice presl dent of the Spokane Bank for Cooperatives, in the principal talk of the evening, stated that the general financial condition of MCGG is excellent and is a credit to the past manage ment. He told of a check made with other cooperatives on some key points to measure the co-ops standing. In a study of 39 such cooperatives, the aver age amount ot debt against their facilities is 36, he said. Mor row County Grain Growers has no debt against its facilities. Ratio of net worth to total assets, another index of con dition, shows 60 as the ave rage for the 39 cooperatives. MCGG has a ratio of 76, he said. VanWinkle also called atten tion to the fact that the coop erative has investments of $295,820 in other co-ops, includ ing North Pacific Grain Grow ers, Pacific Supply Co-op, and the Spokane Bank for Coopera-1 tives. This gives full benefit to the large capital of these organi zations he saia, direct access (Continued on page 4) High Schools Join To Present Play December 9 and 11 r ' t- ! F k 'I .... .......... - rw, ... . V- -iSL -Vif V'vj'i::. '1 FRANK HALVORSEN (10) of lone still has tha pigskin tucked under him after crossing the Hunt ington goal line for an extra paint in Saturday's state semi-final B-8 game at lone. Earl Petty john (66) raises arms to show glee that the point is good, while Official Jim Eardley comes up from right. Scott Cimmiyotti (IS). Huntington halfback, is on his knees after futile attempt to halt big Frank. Other players identifiable are Jim Yeates (41) Huntington guard, and Carl Ma gill (80), end and halfback for the Locomotives. Halvorsen's extra point came after Eddie Sher man had run back a kickoff 85 yards to score for lone, but the Locomotives won, 66-26. (G-T Photo). (Continued on page 4) More Moisture Rainfall for November climbed to 2.54 inches this week with a total of .37 inch added. This is more than an inch above the normal ol 1.44 for November, Don Gilliam, weather observer, reports. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Hi Low Prec. 59 32 .05 57 40 .06 56 43 .06 57 39 50 33 .15 46 32 .05 53 36 "The Little Dog Laughed," to be presented by lone and Hepp ner High school students, will be staged on opening night, Monday, uecemDer 9, in lone. The play will again be perform ed in Heppner, on Wednesday, December 11. The story is about a college girl, majoring in psychology, who comes home with the idea of "psycholizing" everyone. The comedy is based upon this point, and many humorous events take place during her va cation. Practice for the play is held Monday through Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:00, with the schedule div ided between lone and Hepp ner. Dennis McKay, Heppner High speech instructor, is director. Bill Fletchner, lone High speech instructor, is co-director and in charge of ticket sales. Tickets will be sold under a contest plan with a prize for the best salesman. The prices are $1 for I adults and 75c for students. lone High cast members in clude Keith Nelson, Bob Ball, Joy Beggs, Earl Pettyjohn, Chris McCabe, Anita Crawford, Kristin Nelson, and Sharlene Hamlett From Heppner High are Molly Becket, Darlene Warren, Vernon Fredenckson, Jill Chitty, Sara Miller, and Lynda Orwick. IT ISNT HARD to tell from the faces of Head Coach Gordon Mey ers and Assistant Coach Gene Dockter that the lone Cardinals were faced with grim business as they played Huntington at lone Saturday. The Locomotives were ahead, 19 to 7, when pic ture was taken, and went on to a 66-26 victory. End Scott Wil son, waiting call to go back into the game, mirrors concern. (G-T Photo). Huntington Strikes Cardinals To End State Title Hopes Extension Aide Named to Assist Work in County The appoint ment of Mis. Garry (Birdine) Tullis, lone, as Extension aide has been an nounced by Gail McCarty, coun ty extension agent, Heppner. She will assist in organizing home extension units and 4-H clubs and setting up training meetings, special interest meet ings, and 4-H activities and events. Umatilla Countv Extens i o n agents, Molly Saul and Mary Speckhart, will continue to do the home economics subject matter training in Morrow coun ty. Mrs. Tullis will assist with the organizational activities. This is a trial arrangement, funded by state monies, result ing from Morrow county losing its home economics extension agent In February, 1968. At that time, Oregon's financial situa tion led the 1967 Legislature and the 1968 special session to reduce funds available to the extension service. Football team of lone Hich school came throuch with its familiar early lightning bolt in the state semi-final B-8 game at lone Saturday, but Hunting ton came back with the thun der and won the contest, 66-26. Thus, the Cardinals' bid for statewide glory came to an end after one of the most impress ive football seasons in the school's history. The big and powerful Loco motives from far Eastern Ore gon will play Mohawk for the state championship on the up coming Saturday. Mohawk won its way to the title competition by defeating Arlington from neighboring Gilliam county, 27 to 19. At the start of the Saturday semi-final at Ione's Memorial field on a super-beautiful fall day, the Cardinals looked like the team that crushed all op position through the regular season. They kicked off to the Loco motives and contained them on the first series of downs. Ione's lightning bolt came on its first play from scrimmage, stunning the visitors and elec trifying the good -sized crowd that lined the field. Frank Halvorsen pitched a long pass to Eddie Sherman who took it on a full gallop, all alone, and he crossed the goal line untouched, a 58-yard play. The play completely caught the detenders napping. Halvorsen ran the extra point, and the score was 7-0. But this was the last time that the Cardinal supporters had much chance for exultation. Huntington's thunder took over and boomed them to three first quarter touchdowns, mostly on sheer power of the fully-packed boys of the railroad town. Scott Cimmiyotti, one of three sparkling backs of the visitors, tallied all three scores, the first being a one-yard run, the sec ond a 33-yard run, and the third a 35-yard run after he had in tercepted an lone pass. He com pleted the first quarter scoring (Continued on page 8) Basketball Movie, Scrimmage Slated At Mustang Preview A 15-minute movie Is sched uled as part of the HHS Mus tang Basketball Preview Wed nesday, December 4, at 7 p.m. The movie is in color and is entitled "Know Your Basket ball." This second annual "Preview for Fans" will be held at the high school gymnasium. There is no charge for the Preview, which will be headed by Bob Clough, varsity basket ball coach. Dale Holland, an Oregon Scholastic Association certified official, will give an explan ation of the signals used for basketball. A question and an swer period on the rules of the game will follow. The Mustang team will run through a few drills, followed by an explanation of the of fense. A short scrimmage will conclude the evening. Season tickets will be on sale at the preview. They are $10 per ticket. General admission this year is $1.25, making a savings on the ten home games of $2.50 for season ticket holders.
