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Number 41
85th Year
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 5, 1968
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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,
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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,
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accident in which be met death
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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.
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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.