LIBRARY u or o EUGENE, ORE 97403 Number 41 85th Year GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 5, 1968 , ' .. . ,- ..1 i A ; PUZZLE: FIND SANTA. He' the fellow with the white beard who is managing to wave weakly while engulfed in a sea ol humanity, children with their mothers waiting to greet him here Saturday. GT bh Drawing for TV Set Due Saturday; Christmas Opening Winners Told Someone who is at the down town corner in Heppner at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7, will become a very happy person when his name is drawn as win ner of a $349 portable color tel evision set. The RCA Victor set will be given as the grand prize to cli max Heppner's Christmas Open ing and has been purchased by merchants from Randy Lott of Lott's Electric. Slips containing 'names of all those who have registered for Christmas Opening prizes will be placed in one large contain er for the drawing. The winner must be present to, hear his name called in order to get the set, Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, mer chants chairman, states.- If the person is not present after the first slip is drawn, the drawing will continue until a winner is present. When a person signed slips at each of the participating stores for Christmas Opening prizes last Friday or Saturday, this automatically entered him for the television drawing be cause the same slips will be used. Under the rules, a person may enter at each of the par ticipating stores, which were listed in last week's Gazette Times. Still Time to Enter Those who did not register for the individual stores' Christmas prizes may register this week at any or all of the participat ing stores, but only once at each store. Final time for entering is at noon Saturday, after which time the slips will be turned in to Mrs. Gardner at Gardners Men's Wear to be placed in the large container for the TV drawing. Participating stores are requested to turn in their containers containing the entry slips by 2 p.m. Saturday. Santa Claus arrived on sched ule last Saturday to greet a large crowd of children on the downtown corner. Fire Chief r- Ci-L-pnHinp H m VP the ruiicai n fire truck that brought him to city center ana tne cmei aiso acted as host as Santa passed out treats to the kiddies. They consisted of sacks of candy that had been prepared for the kids through arrangement of Randall Peterson of the merchants. Santa Claus is not scheduled to return this Saturday but is due back on Saturday, Decem ber 14. Jaycees helped arrange for Santa's visit and cooperated with Christmas Opening. Prize Winners Told Merchants report an excellent response from the public to this year's Opening with many of them also reporting a brisk bus iness and keen interest in the prize drawings. Prize winners are as follows: Mrs. Harold Erwin, Christmas arrangement from Van's Creat ive Crafts: Mrs. Del Piper, Lex ington, Corning ware skillet, Western Auto; Laurie Challey, table lamp, Case Furniture Co.; Dale Holland, five gallons gas oline, Cal's Richfield Service; Mrs. Cleo Childers, 12 lb. tur key. Central Market; Mrs. Low ell Chally, $10 gift certificate, Elma's Apparel. Mrs. Effie Johnson, Pendleton woolen sport shirt, Gardner's Men's Wear; Dale Arrington, $10 in cash, Gazette-Times; Mrs. Stacey Lovgren, transistor tape recorder, Gonty's; Maurice El der, five gallons gasoline, Gray's Repair Shop; Dean Naffziger, five gallons gasoline, Jack's, Chevron Service. I 4 t ' ' N V (1 .... Z Sue Griffith, sweater, Miladies Apparel; Mrs. Wes Marian, iu gift certificate, Murrays Rexall Drug; Cindy Leonnig of Mc Minnville, nylon blanket, J. C. Penney Co.; Jane Bailey of Hermiston, anti-tarnish silver dish, Peterson's Jewelers; Harold Gray, gallon of Spred Satin and quart of Spred Latex paint, Pet tyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cox, steak dinners, Hotel Cafe; Jerry Keithley, two dinners, Harris Drivein; and Sandra Lamb, Se attle, Wash., electric knife, Lott's Benefit to Aid Gormans After Thanksgiving Fire Neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gorman will hold a combined bejefit dance and shower for them Saturday night, December 7, in the Legion Hall at 8 p.m. Contributions will be made towards giving the fam ily a new start after a Thanks giving Day fire burned their home and destroyed virtually all of their possessions, all with out insurance. Admission to the shower and dance will be by donations on ly, either money, household fur nishings, canned goods, appli ances, and similar needs. Live music is planned for the event and refreshments will be serv ed. Fire broke out in the house, the former Bob Van Schoiack Allstott Chosen For City Council PlvHo Allstntt of HenDner was formally appointed to the Hepp ner ntv rniincil Mondav nierht to replace Halan McCurdy, Jr., who resigned recently. The council confirmed the ac tion. Allstott, an employee of L. E. Dick, Standard distributor, is a past president of the Morrow County Jaycees and is a mem ber of the Heppner fire depart ment. Heppi ner Merchants Slate Friday Meet All Heppner merchants are asked to attend a luncheon meeting at the Wagon Wheel Cafe on Friday, December 6, at noon. Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, merch ants chairman, states that the group will consider thoughts on evening opening for the Christ mas season, lay final plans for the drawing for the color tele vision set Saturday and plan other forthcoming events. An Inch Extra Rainfall for November now of ficially stands at 1.10 inch more than normal for the month, ac cording to report of Don Gil liam, weather observer here. Normal is 1.44 inches and No vember checked out with 2.54 inches, only a trace of which fell during the past week. Hi Low wee. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 50 39 49 32 37 28 33 32 41 55 44 40 44 55 Tuesday ' " V - 1 . A Electric. Columbia Basin Electric Co op installed the Christmas street lights and decorations, in cluding $400 worth of new dec orative Santa Claus lights pur chased by the Chamber of Com merce. The community Christmas tree was obtained and brought in through the cooperation of the Heppner Ranger district, Forest Service, and Morrow county. Columbia Basin did the erecting of the tall tree and in stalled the lights. home, just as Mrs. Gorman (Sharon) was dressing her son, Andy, 5, in the bathroom at about 8 a.m. The house was lo cated in Balm Fork about 10 miles from Heppner. She said that she heard a cracking noise above, looked up and observed smoke sifting from the attic. Her husband opened the upstairs and saw flames, smoke and sparks. Firemen Respond They called the Heppner fire department, and the alarm sounded here at 8:10 a.m. Fire men responded with the rural truck, but by the time they ar rived the entire roof was well engulfed in flames. They could not check the blaze but saved a fruit room and tack room. The house was owned by Or ville Cutsforth, and he estimat ed its value at $7500. Estimate on the loss of belongings was difficult to ascertain but was fixed at about $7000. In addit ion to the possessions of the Gormans, the Kenneth Cuts forths, who leased the land on the place, had some goods there, and Orville Cutsforth had some appliances in the house. Many neighbors rallied to help. Theye managed to save some of the iamilys ciotning together with a dresser and a mattress. The Don Helikers of the lone area were enroute to the Gor mans for Thanksgiving dinner when the fire broke out. Mrs. Gorman is daughter of Mrs. Heliker. Some of the friends brought out pumpkin pies from the fire, but that is all of the dinner that was saved. The fam ilies joined Mrs. Vesta Kilkenny for dinner after the battle with the fire was over. Firemen stayed with it until about 1 p.m. Cause Unknown Cause of the blaze is un known. Orville Cutsforth states that it must have been a short in electrical wiring. The family had a wood trash burner in the house but it had no fire in it at the time. Gorman, who trains horses, had five head on the place at the time, three of which came from California, and some are valuable Arabians. These were moved to the Morrow county fairgrounds. The Gormans presently are staying with the Helikers but have been looking for a suit able place at least partly fur nished in which to live. Son Andy is recovering well from a serious accident that oc curred in early October when he was kicked in the head by a horse. This required long treatment in a Portland hospi- taL Price 10 Cents Bill Farra Dies After Fighting Fire at Taylors Bill Farra. assistant chief oi the Heppner Fire Department died about 4 p.m. Wednesday, apparently from a heart at tack after lighting iire throughout the day at the home of Mrs, Arery Taylor. May and Gale Streets. Farra bad lust stepped off the truck as it returned to the fire department garage when the attack came. Resuscitation efforts there and at the hos pital a few minutes later fail ed to revive him. The fire broke out In mid morning in the Taylor home when no one was present It gutted the interior and very few belongings were saved. Firemen and townspeople bat tled the blaze through much of the day. Donations to aid the home less Taylor family are being received at the Bank of East ern Oregeon. Christmas Light Contest Prizes Doubled This Year Prizes for the annual Hepp ner Christmas lighting and dec oration contest have been doub led this year, according to Mrs. Avon Melby, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce commit tee in charge. Offering of $120 in prize money, as compared with $60 in previous years, is hoped to in duce more residents to partici pate in decorating their homes for the Christmas season and all are urged to enter. At the regular Chamber meet ing Monday, the group voted to add $30 to the prize money oi $60 offered arvtnymously each year by an Interested citizen. Harley Young, manager of Col umbia Basin Electric Coopera tive, said his firm would match the contribution of the Cham ber, and so this brings the to tal to $120. There will be two categories in the home lighting and dec oration contest, Mrs. Melby said, and each will have a $30 first prize. The first division Is for out side lighting and decorating with $30 first prize, $20 second and $10 third. The second division is for window and interior lighting and decorations that can be seen from the street. Prizes ot $30, $20, and $10 are offered also in this category. In addition, the best Christ mas display and good of decor ating by stores or businesses in Heppner will be rewarded with a special plaque or poster, Mrs. Melby said. To enter either of the home contests, the resident must reg ister at the Heppner Gazette Times. This may be done by telephone. Registration will re main open until 4 p.m. Satur day, December 21, and judg ing will be done from 5 until 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, by an impartial committee. Chili Feed Slated To Precede Game Annual chili feed, sponsor ed by the Heppner Element ary PTA, will be prior to the Ione-Heppner basketball game Tuesday evening, December 10, in the Heppner High cafe torium. Serving will be from 5 un til 7 p.m. and proceeds will go towards projects of the PTA. Further information is in an advertisement on page 2. Rusty Modrell Captures Top Fiddling Prize Rusty Modrell of Terrebonne fiddled his way to top cash prize of $75 and a large trophy .1 Vmn ho u'nn thp Rppinnal On. en division of the second annu al Fiddlers contest Saturday night, held here under sponsor ship of the Morrow County Jay cees. rifhor divisional winners cho sen during the two-day event were Gladys Frazier, Weiser, Idaho, first, classic old time fid dlers, $15 and trophy; Ivan Mc Danicl, Long Creek, first, inter mediate contest, $25 and trophy; a nrt Poto WnVTlPS. Rflkpf. first. seven-county contest, $25 and trophy. Ac in tha first vpar of romDe- :. ; ;n ILrninr tn 1Q7 thia litlUIl 111 lic,piiv, .1. - event proved to be a good suc cess with a particularly large crowd on hand to watch the THIS IS THE remains of the auto of Joe Palmer following the about two miles south of Lexington about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Wheat Meeting Plans Finalized All th nlnne ha vp been final ized for the 41st Annual Oregon Wheat Growers League con vention to be held In Portland rw,nmhni- Q 10 and 11 flt the Sheraton Hotel, according to Bill Hulse, president. Morrow county is serving as host countv this year and its president. Bob Rietmann of lone, urges all growers to at tend all of the sessions, or if nnt na mnnv as Dossible. McCurdy Toostmaster Harlan Mcturay, Jr., manager nf Mnrrnu, Tnnntv Grain Grow- ers, Inc., will be toastmaster of the annual banquet which will be at 7 D.m. on luesaay, De cember 10. i iic rnriunn nf Tnmv chair man of the selection committee for the 1968 Conservation Men of the Year, and Don Robinson of the John Deere company will present plaques at the banquet to each countv conservation winner at the banquet, includ ing Peterson Bros, of lone, the Morrow county winners. They will announce the state winner and Dresent a rotating plaque to him. Also at the banquet couniy cake baking winners will be hrarl i nrl lid i n cr Mrs. Carl Rhea of Lexington, representing Morrow county. State winner will be chosen at a contest at 8:30 a.m. Monday, December 9, at Polly Pacific Kitchen with 10 county Winers pariiuipoiiiiK. State winner will receive a $100 u n.,,n-A nine o irnar'c nnKKPS- v. i. j 1 avvaiu .utj a .j ' i 7 sion of the trophy furnished by the Oregon uanK. Cards, Mustangs To Open Season i Yinth toamc spp nrior ac tion this week-end, Heppner and lone High basketball teams will face each other Tuesday night, December lu, in me opening game of the non-league season on the Heppner High floor in the first of a home-and-home series in the annual "civil war." Ione's Cardinals, coached by f1arn TrkT-ltlr nlflV in the Ultia- tilla-Morrow jamboree at Uma tilla rrluay nigni anu men wnc on Arlington at lone Saturday night in a non-league cotest. Meawhile, Coach Bob Clough's Uannnof cnnpH travels tO John Day to meet the Grant Union Prospectors. The Mustangs tip ped the Prospectors in the dis trict tournament last March, and it is expected that they hoita ntanc fnr thf MllstangS when they get them in their brand new gym Saturday night. urhila Honnnpr has had an edge over lone in recent years, the series nas always Deen typ ical of the traditional type game where it is hard to pick winner. ih cfiv that this vpar the Cardinals will come in the favored role since they have a team that pretty much has play ed together for four years. On tne otner nana, me nepp taam uhirVi suffered some by graduation, will have back five lettermen, Preliminary game will De at in with Tnno iawpps nitted J.UJ nil" .1. r against Heppner freshmen. The varsity game win iouow. Saturday night finals. The op ening was Friday night, when another good crowd was in at tendance for the intermediate contest and the seven county contest, which covers Morrow, Wheeler, Grant, Malheur, Baker, Union and Umatilla counties. Regional open preliminaries were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Patterson Emcee Ed Patterxon, state Jaycee president, was master of cere monies Saturday night and did an outstanding lob. Paul Budke, state vice president for district 13 of the Jaycees, was emcee Friday night, and Al Osmin, chairman of this year's event here, was master of ceremonies Saturday afternoon. i The judges for this year's event were Gene Vaughn, Fox;' Auto Accident Takes Life of Joe Palmer Funeral services fo.- Joseph Patrick Palmer, 25, of Lexing ton, will be today (Thursday), December 5, in the Lexington Christian church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. O. D. Harris officiat ing. Vault interment will be in the Lexington cemetery. Swee ney Mortuary Is In charge of arrangements. Palmer died in early morn ing Sunday, following a one car accident about two miles south of Lexington on highway 207. Officers who Investigated said that his 1966 Mustang had veer ed off the left side of the high way as he was headed towards Lexington from Heppner. It traveled 255 feet parallel with the highway, eventually going over a 20 ft. embankment and rolling over several times. Two youths passing by In an other car first discovered the Joint School Play Set for Staging At lone, Heppner On Monday, December 9, the joint cast of lone and Heppner High school students will pro duce the comedy, "The Little Dog Laughed," at the lone High school cafetorium. The students will again perform the three-act niav fnr tho Hpnnnpr audience on Wednesday, December 11, in the Heppner Hign caieiorium. Curtain time at each perform ance is 7:30 p.m. Lynda Orwick, Heppner High senior, plays the lead, Laurie Huntington, a college sopho more home on vacation. During her stay, she begins to put her college major, psychology, to work on her family and friends. Sara Miller, another Heppner senior, also plays an important role. She portrays Martha Hunt ington, who is Laurie's mother. Her father, Sid Huntington, is portrayed by Keith Nelson, lone. Bob Ball, lone, is Laurie's bro ther, Wally. The Wood family is a busi ness rival of the Huntingtons. Ted Wood played by Vernon Frederickson of Heppner High, is a competitor of Sid Hunting ton (Keith Nelson of lone High) in the used car business. The part of Lillian Wood, Ted's wife, is taken by Hepp ner's Jill Chitty, while Ione's Joy Beggs portrays their dau ghter, Joan, who is Wally Hunt ington's "one and only." Mark Bradford, Laurie's boy friend, is acted by Earl Petty john of lone. Another lone stu dent, Tom McElligott, is Hor atio P. Honeywell, a bird-nut and taxidermist. Mnllw IWkpt of Hennner Dlavs the part of Gus, Martha Hunt ington's part-time neiper. nthora in thp cast include rvirictino TUfCnhp. Kristin Nel son, Mary Ann Pettyjohn, and Anita (Jrawtora, an oi lone, anu Darlene Warren or Heppner. thp iilav is directed bv Den- nio TV.fnKnv Knpprh instructor at Heppner High. His assistant is Bill Fletchner, lone Hign speecn teacher. Duane Boyer, Haines, and Mary Bryant, Heppner. Each show began with a grand entry, all fiddlers and ac companists coming on stage to play three numbers. This was a great crowd pleaser. Another popular and well-liked feature was Don Gish's playing of "Orange Blossom Special." He hails from Yakima, Wash. Oth er contestants added entertain ment throughout the shows as special features. Classic old time fiddlers had to be more than 65 years of age. Winners Listed Divisional winners, other than first places, were as follows: Classic old timers: Charles Johnson, Portland, second, tro phy and $10 cash; Earl Cramer, Hermiston, third, trophy and $5 cash. Intermediates: John Murray, J 1 accident in which be met death (G-T Photo). wrecked auto which came to rest about 30 feet from the highway. They stopped to investigate and located the body some distance from the car. Officers later measured the distance at 149 feet. Palmer was alone In the car when the accident happen ed, probably about 2:30 a.m. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palmer of Lexington, Joe was born November 5, 1943, in Hepp ner. He was a lifetime resident of the Lexington community and currently was employed at the planer mill of Kinzua Cor- ruirQtinn Prlnr in this, he had worked some time at La Grande. Joe was a graduate or lone High school and was an ath lete there, playing both football and basketball, although he had suffered an attack of polio as a child. He had been a mem ber of the Lexington 4' H Live stock club for six years, and his father had served as a club leader. He was a member of IWA-BIO lnnii No 3312 and of Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358. Friends wno wisn io pay men respects to the young man are advised that donations, in lieu fimupra mnv hp made to the Heart Fund, to the Cancer Fund, or to the American tcea ltuss. Joe's brother, Mike Palmer, now serving with the army In Germany, was brought home through the Red Cross, arriving In 'Pendleton Monday. -Surviving are a daughter, An gela Jo of Elgin; the parents, r njira Ifpnnpth Palmer. llli . mm - ----- Lexington, the brother, Michael, with the U. S. Army in Ger many; two sisters, Mrs. Pallas (Carol Ann) Rea of Condon and Mrs. Janet Crabtree of Lexing ton; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. KVnnpth Marshall of Lexington: and other relatives. Jaycees to Help Operation Santa Campaign Here More than 3,000 mental pa tients in Oregon hospitals will be remembered with a gift on Christmas morning, according to plans announced by Lyle Jensen, chairman of Operation Santa Claus for Morrow county. This activity is conducted an nually by the Mental Health Association of Oregon through its county chapters and the Morrow County Jaycees. "This state wide campaign," the chairman said, "assures that each and every one of these men, women and children in mental hospitals will be remem bered. We must do our part so that patients from our county will be certain to receive gifts." nnnra ran leflvp unwraDDed gifts at the Heppner Barber Shop or with any Jaycee mem ber. Collections will be received from Thanksgiving until Decem ber 22. Typical gifts for patients In clude: new clothing, books, cos metics, games, tobacco, records, hobby equipment, toiletries, and musical instruments, in iaci, al most any item which would be chosen for family or friends is suitable. Dayville, second, trophy and $15: Don Haynes, Forest Grove, third, trophy and $10; Amil Do mas, Ritter, fourth, plaque; and Barney Swan, Mt. Vernon, fifth, plaque. Seven-county contest: John Murray, second, trophy and $15; Barney Swan, third, trophy and $10; ' Ivan McDaniel, fourth, plaque; and Bob Stevens, Hard man, fifth plaque. Regional: Pete Haynes, sec ond, $50 and trophy; Bill Yohey, McMinnville, third, $25 and trophy; Don Gish, fourth, $15 I.pnnie Baum. Twin Falls, Idaho, $10 and tro phy. the Jaycees produced the In rooneration with the Eastern Oregon Fiddlers as sociation, ana mercnanis ui Uannnoi. pnH th Chamber of Commerce donated the trophies.