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viesf One-Day Snowfall in Forty Years Blankets Heppner
After reeling under the heav
lest unowfull fur 24-hour per
tod in 40 years, Heppner real
dent were regaining normalcy
eanv tnis week, digging out ov
er the week -end mid shoving
the mow aside.
Starting after 7 p.m. Friday,
the snow sained momentum
during the night and ended with
104 inches on the ground Sat
urdav. according to Don Gilliam,
official weather observer.
This was the heaviest snow
fall for a 24-hour period since
January 22, 1929, when 114
Inches fell. That snow la Im
mortalized In the amazing pan
oramic photograph taken by the
late 8. U. (Bert) Slgshee, prints
of which are located in various
places around town, and one
framed print of which hangs In
The Gazette Times office.
However, the 1929 snow was
not the record for a 21 hour per
iod. The greatest for any such
period recorded was on Decern
bcr 10. 1919, when 12 inches
fell, Gilliam reports. Figures are
taken Irom the recent ciimatoi
on leal survey complied for
Ileppner by Gilbert Sternes,
stale climatologist. On February
12, 19'JJ. there was a snowfall
of 11 inches.
Old timers will recall other
snows which they will vow were
greater, hut the total didn't all
come within a 24-hour period.
The most snow on the ground
at any one time within modern
history was 23 Inches on Feb
ruary 3, 1916. Gilliam states.
191 516 Totals (US Inch
Total snowfall in the winter
of 191516 was recorded at 65.23
Inches, and total for the mem
orable winter of 1949-50 was
46.4 inches. Back in 1922 23 the
total for the winter was 41.75
inches.
This winter has already made
a strong start on snow but has
a long way to go to rank with i tanee telephone service was out
the record years. To date, the
season has brought 25.9 Inches
of snow, Gilliam reports.
Saturday's snowfall was truly
wet. with the moisture content
measured at .95 Inch for the
104 Inches, the observer said
During the day Saturday,
weather cleared and tempera
ture climbed to 41 degrees, cre
ating somewhat of a carnival
atmosphere around town as kids
went sledding, built snowmen
and Igloos, and engaged In
snowball fights.
Most popular sports for adults
were those of enlovlng the scen
ery, clearing walks and drive
ways, and trying to free autos
to get from place to place.
Phone Service Out
Others had problems with the
snow that were not fun. Dale
Slusher, manager of Pacific
Northwest Bell for this district,
said that lieppner's long dis-
from 9:13 a.m. until win a.m.
Saturday after weight of the
heavy wet snow broke several
lines, snapped crossarms and
even brought down some tele
phone poles.
The citv was isolated from
communication by phone from
the rest or tne world for that
period. Slusher said that the
company la required to arrange
for emergency service in such
an eventuality but regular serv
ice was restored by telephone
crews before this could be done.
lone also had an Interruption
but for a shorter period. This
was for 14 minutes. The outage
did not alloc! local calls,
PomDinv crews continued
working all day Saturday and
Sunday to repair damage.
Power Men Work. Too
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op
also had line troubles from the
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 16, 1969
Price 10 Cents
Port Negotiating
State Land Exchange
Some eight years of negotia
tions are expected to be culmin
ated soon when the Port of Mor
row and the State Land Board
complete a trade of some 2250
acres of land in the north end
of the county. Gar Swanson. sec
retary of the commission, said
Tuesday.
Completion of the transaction
which will add 2250 acres to
the block of land that the com
mission has between the Colum
bia River and Interstate High
way I-80N, was expected to be
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting
in Boardman with State Land
Board officials. However, they
were unable to make the trip,
and final negotiations will be
made by Attorney E. Wayne
Cordes, representing the com
mission, and the Land Board,
Valued at $97,000
Swanson said that the tran
saction may be completed by
the first of next week. Value of
the block of land that the Port
of Morrow will receive in the
exchange is placed at $97,000. In
trade, the state will receive a
block of about 2250 acres of
desert land lying east of the
Bomb Range Road and some
distance south of Highway 80N.
The Port will pay a difference
of approximately $11,000.
When the newly acquired
lands are deeded to the Port,
it will have some 3650 acres for
industry and development ex
tending from the riverfront to
the Interstate highway. A sec
tion of land also owned by the
Port of Morrow lies south of
the highway.
Members of the commission
expressed elation that the trade
Is about to be completed, since
they have been negotiating with
the state ever since the Boeing
Industrial site was established.
The commission has been neg
otiating with several large firms
in the hope ol attracting indus
try to the north end, and the
land exchange, bringing the sol
id block lor development, is ex
pected to put the Port of Mor
row in a much better position
to attract them.
Ullman
Gun Act
Sponsors
Repeal
Congressman Al Ullman is
sponsoring legislation to repeal
the restrictions placed on am
munition sales and purchases
by the Firearms Control Act of
1968. Ullman called the ammu
nition record -keeping provisions
"unwise and burdensome."
Ullman introduced a bill Fri
day, January 3, which asks the
91st Congress to delete refer
ences to ammunition from the
new gun control law, which
went Into effect December 16.
He said the controversial reg
ulations requiring detailed rec
ords of all ammunition sales
have become "a burden and a
hardship on legitimate dealers
and purchasers of ammunition
throughout the Western and
Southern states."
COMING BASKETBALL
Friday, January 17 Pilot Rock
at Heppner; Riverside at lone.
Saturday, January 18 Burns
at Heppner; lone at Weston.
Pacific Lutheran ,
Band to Play Here
The 70-piece band of Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma,
will play a concert in Heppner
on Sunday evening, January 26,
at 8 p.m. in the Heppner junior
high auditorium.
Appearance of the touring
band here is sponsored by Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches.
Admission will be $1 for adults
and 50c for students. Luther
Leagues of the two local church
es will sell tickets in advance.
They also may be purchased at
the door.
Some time ago the two local
churches sponsored a concert of
the choir of the university, and
the singers had an excellent re
sponse here.
Further announcement on
their forthcoming appearance
will be made next week.
Dr. Jones to Join
Hermiston Center
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Jones
and family are making plans to
move to their new residence in
Hermiston during the coming
week. Dr. Jones is terminating
his services at the Heppner
Clinic and will begin practice
at Hermiston Medical Center,
with Doctors Milton Johnson and
Wendell Ford, on Monday, Jan
uary 20. Dr. Jones has served
the Heppner area the past two
years.
New home address for Dr. and
Mrs. Jones will be Route 1, Box
296-B, in Hermiston, and Mrs.
Jones will continue to keep rec
ords of their Heppner patients
at their home office.
Injured in Fall
Dr A. D. McMurdo remains
hospitalized in St. Anthony hos
pital in Pendleton, where he was
taken last Wednesday for treat
ment of four broken ribs which
he received in a fall while walk
ing on icy pavement downtown.
Mrs. McMurdo reports that he
is showing satisfactory improve
ment, and is in room 427.
PRINCESS RHONDA
JEAN BELLINGER
Rhonda Bellinger
Is New Princess
For Rodeo Court
For the first time in several
years, the community ot irn
gon will be represented by a
princess on the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo court.
Miss Rhonda Jean Bellinger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward N. Bellinger of Irrigon, has
been selected lor the court by
the Boardman Tillicum club,
and will succeed Kathy Hinton,
princess in the 1968 court.
The blond, attractive miss
was born in Pendleton and will
reach her 17th birthday on Ap
ril 2. She attended the A. C.
Houghton elementary school,
and is now in her junior yeai
at Riverside High school. She
participates in activities of the
school's Girls' Athletic Associa
tion and is a member of the
Pep Club. Rhonda has develop
ed her talents as an artist, and
following high school gradua
tion, hopes to continue her
studies in college.
Hours outside of school for
Princess Rhonda are given to
her favorite sport, riding. She
has ridden for pleasure since a
small child, and owns here own
horse, "Major", half Arabian
and half quarterhorse, which
she will use for court appear
ances. She helps her parents on
their ranch, located between Ir
rigon and Boardman, where
they grow melons and raise cat
tle. Both of Rhonda's parents are
graduates of Hermiston High
school and have lived in the
area all of their lives except for
a short time when they lived
south of Hood River. The grand
parents still reside in Hermis
ton. Only other member of
Rhonda's family is an older sis
ter, Mrs. Graham (Deanna) Der
byshire, a sophomore at East
ern Oregon College in La
Grande.
Other princesses chosen for
the 1969 court of Queen Sheila
Luciani are Princess Patti Healy
of the Lena community, and
Princess Joyce Howton, sponsor
ed by the Willows Grange of
lone.
Mustangs to Open
League Hoop Year
Against Rockets
(See Page Four)
Opening their league season,
the HHS Mustangs meet the
Pilot Rock Rockets Friday nlgnt
in a Greater Oregon league
basketball game in the Mus
tang gym. The Mustangs bring
an 8-2 record into the game,
while the Rockets have not fared
so well.
Saturday night the Mustangs
host the Burns Union Hilanders.
The Rockets should prove to
be tough for the Mustang cagers
with Vic Racicot and Larry Mat
thews providing good scoring
punch. Jim McMahon, Larry
Brannon and Bill Quaempts
round out a fte41-tolmncea start
ing five. Pilot Rock has been
tough so far this season but have
not been able to put togetner
as many wins as was expected
of them at the start.
Heppner, now tied for eighth
in the Oregon A-2 poll, has lost
to Grant Union and lone. The
Horsemen have also won a game
against each of these teams.
Both of the losses were to good
teams by narrow margins, and
it is the general consensus that
the Mustangs played well
against lone but were lax
against Grant Union.
The local hoopsters will be
looking for the second win when
they encounter Burns. They de
feated the Hilanders earlier this
year at Burns, 59-48.
Saturday s contest will be a
non-league game, as Burns is in
the eastern half of the league.
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SNOW-COVERED trees enhance the venerable Morrow county courthouse.
(G-T Photo).
Wildlife Film Set
For Public Showing
Here Next Week
"Eastern Oregon Wildlife" is
subject of a 90-minute color
film which will be shown Wed
nesday evening, January 22, at
7:30 p.m., at the Morrow county
fair pavilion. Members of the
Two Trackers 4-H club will
sponsor the film, and invite per
sons of all ages to attend. Ad
mission for an entire family will
be $3.00, or adults, $1.50, stu
dents, 75c, and children under
six, free.
The film will show a wide
variety of wildlife in Eastern
Oregon which is not often seen
by the casual traveler. The wild
life, photographed by Wilcox
Bros, of Vale, are shown in their
natural habitat in the Malheur
Bird Refuge, at Hart Mountain
Antelope Refuge and in the
Eagle Cap Wilderness Area. Var
ieties jf wildlife will include
deer, elk, antelope, mountain
sheep, sand hill cranes, trump
eter swans, coyotes, and other.-;.
The pur lit is urged to attend
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FOUR BOYS built an Igloo. They are (below) David Schwarzin and Dwain Wolfe, and (standing)
Jack Unrein and Robert Wolfe. Crown of the igloo was yet to be completed when the photo was
taken at the Rev. Robert Wolfe residence. (G-T Photo).
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BLANKETS of snow covered autos at the Heppner Auto Sales lot,
(G-T Photo).
Mothers March Slated Monday Night in County
- Mothers throughout Morrow
county will be out doing their
share to wage the war on crip
pling polio and birth defects as
they join forces Monday night,
January 20, for the annual
Mothers March on behalf of the
March of Dimes.
Mothers will start their march
at 5 p.m., and will call door-to-door
in Heppner, Lexington,
lone, Irrigon and Boardman to
collect donations which will be
turned over to the National
Foundation to be used In the
fight against birth defects.
Director for the Morrow coun
ty chapter of the March of
Dimes is Mrs. Len Ray Schwarz,
whose efforts have produced a
well organized county campaign
in this year's annual fund rais
ing drive.
Assisting Mrs. Schwarz are
Mrs. Elwayne Bergstrom and
Mrs. Bob Bergstrom, co-directors;
Mrs. Bruce Griffith, chairman of
the Heppner Mothers March;
Mrs. Matt Hughes, publicity
chairman; Mrs. Eddie Gunder
son. Morrow county treasurer for
the March of Dimes; and Sandy
Matheny, Heppner High school
student, chairman of TAP, pro
gram for teenagers.
Chairman for the lone Moth
ers March will be Mrs. Ralph
Kincaid, and Lexington chair
man is Mrs. Ed Baker. In Irri
gon and Boardman, members of
the Catholic Altar Society will
join forces to canvas these ar
eas for contributions.
Goals of the 1969 campaign
are to inform the general pub
lic of the necessity of proper
medical checkups during preg
nancy and to aid those child
ren already born who are suf
fering from birth defects. To do
this effectively a goal of $900
for January March of Dimes ac
tivities throughout Morrow
county is being sought.
In the past, contributions from
the March of Dimes have help
ed to conquer polio and in the
future substantial contributions
to the National Foundation will
eventually lead to a reduction
in the number of children born
with birth defects.
In announcing the TAP San
dy says, "January is March of
Dimes month, so be sure to
bring your change to the Burns
game Saturday night, as the
cheer leaders have agreed to
'pass the blanket,' during half
time activities of the game.
Please come and donate to this
very important cause."
Gienger in Vietnam
Army Private First Class Wil
fred L. Gienger. 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie J. Gienger,
Monument, was assigned to the
22nd Artillery near An Khe,
Vietnam. November 23 as a
mechanic, the Army Home Town
News Center reports.
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JIM LOVGREN home nestles snugly behind snow -laden trees and shrubbery,
(G-T Photo).