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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thun&ay. January !. 1 Named to Honor Roll Kathy Keene, daughter of Mr. find Mm. Bryce Keene of lone, was lUt.fl on the honor Mil of Wrstern BuMnewi University In Portland for the past term, with 39 grade olnt average. Mis Keene, a l!Xi8 gradunte of lone High school. I enrolled In legal Mtretarl.il training at WBU. and la a resident of Viking Hall. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital durln the past vrrh, and at 111 reoelvlnB medical rare, are the following: Vernon Perrv. Klnzua; Elizabeth Perrv. Klnzua; lemonl Robl win. Sprnv: Norah Rasmus, lleppner; Jack Loyd, lleppner; Hay Avers, lleppner; Rulh Jor dan, Klnua; John Nelson, Kln zua; Annette Rav, Fossil, and Alvln Owens, Fossil. Dismissed. after receiving medical care, were James Logan, Cecil, and Arnold Springer, lleppner. Sunday Schedules Changed at Churches Change In schedule f.r Hope and Vulhy Lutheran churches lor Sunday, January Is an nounced by Rev. R. Mriisch. pas- . t.. Ml HlllH church will be at 8:00 a m., and . . I . in.iut im Minimy jkiiuui m i with Installation of officer. Regular service at Valby church will be at 11:00 a.m.. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., and annual rongrejjutlonul meeting at 1:00 p.m. Joint council meeting of llo' and Valhy churches will ' Tuesday at 8:00 p.m., at Valby; AUW will meet at Valby on Monday, January 20, at 7:.i0, with Donna Bcrgstrom to show slide on the Holy Lands. Oific-TS to be Installed ful the council for the coming year arc Donah: Robinson, Norman Supple, Clyde Pettyjohn. Irvln Kuuch and Gene Cutsforth. IV DV njoytheLVIV of Real Leather in Winter Boots by CIVE YOUR FEET A TREAT Step out this Winter in beautifully Styled Luxurious Leather . . . lined with a soft, Rich Tile. The best availablo fashioned into winter boots by Glov-Ett . . i 7 J- 1 1 Values Up to $13.95 Now 6.95 to 9.95 e- " " Free Shoe Carrying Bag With Each Pair Of Glov-etts Long As Supply Lasts cootv: HEPPNER HERMISTOtl 1 M.unirtMim --affitiiiTwft'fti' 154 W. HERMISTON AVE. .,??,567 COLUMBIA FURNITURE COMPANY JOHN and NORMA KROGH, OWNERS Eastern Oregon's Most Complete and Friendly Furniture and Appliance Headquarters TERMS TRADES COMPETITIVE PRICES AND ALWAYS THE BRANDS YOU KNOW FREE DELIVERY RCA GIBSON WHIRLPOOL TOP-OF-THELINE HOME FURNISHINGS Modern Provincial Danish American CAP'S AUCTION Herm.-McNary Hyw. Ph. 567-5013 Col. Cap Christensen, Auctioneer Auctions every Friday, 7:30 p.m. "We Sell Everything" Consignment or Cash Open 9 to 5 Dally GRIFFIN GODWIN AUTO YARD used cars Everything in Automotive and Car Parts New Used Rebuilds Wholesale Retail The home of "one million road-tested parts" Troy Griffin Sam & Chris Godwin Herm.-McNary Hwy. Ph. 667-6611 A . . . SKILLED NURSING CARE . . . Home for Aged . . . Occupational and Physical Therapy . , . Modern Reasonable CALL 567-8337 HERMISTON GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER 970 W. Juniper, Hermiston LEE'S RADIO AND TV CLINIC 200 S.W. 11th Ph. 567-8412 Complete Television Sales And Service "Electronics Is our business not a sideline". Weatinghouse Motorola Sylvanla YOUR COMPLETE STATIONERY STORE Machine Repair Office Supplies ARTS I STATIONER. V ""S"U Ph. 567-8019 L, r PLUMBING HEATING AIR CONDITIONING-SHEET METAL WORK Phone 567-6641 You can pay more elsewhere but you can't buy better than at Hamilton Sheet Metal, 2121 N. 1st, Hermiston JONES RADIATOR SERVICE ...... o Cleaning SSKTrtk-tracfaf DAVID E. JONES, OWNER Serving this area for IS Years 1315 N. 1st, Hermiston PH. 567-6916 MEADE'S FLOOR COVERING 500 N. 1st Phone 567-6212 Co tie) liliJ--Di:ii peries Pa ints Floor Covering Wall Tile We install everything but the paint. Walt Wood Heads 'Interim '69' "Interim "69". a period of sem inar study ! roups, field trl. workshop, trips abroad. Inde pendent tudv and research protect. 1 being held January 60 between semeMera at Whit man College. Walla Walla. Wn. Walt Wood. Mm of Mr. anl Mr. John W. Wood. Route 2. lleppner. Is student coordinator of Interim !. Interim '69 has been planned primarily bv Whitman students and In designed a a study pro gram not In the routine o( "course of Instruction." Tn.s program, which h voluntary for bi.th student anil faculty, was made possible for the firt time at Whitman bv an academic calendar In which fall semes ter ended before Christ ma. City Digging Out From Heavy Snow (Continued from puce 1) wet snow. However, there was no mator outaue in lleppn"'. Principal trouble wits In t.il Hum and Wheeler counties where it was reported that to atK) customers were without power for periods varying from one hour to 21 hours. Road crews did a speedy 'on of plowing main traveled arter ies nnd citv crews also bladed principal streets. Travel was riifllcult through mm h of the (lav Saturday, but because of tU.. nruirl fliilirtncr inh most nlO- t.,.ittu unrn nhle to L'ct arOUhd without too much problem, L? Ing conditions followed, howev er, and slippery pavements made travel somewhat dangerous. Cmni; nn Sunday wn measured at .4 inch, but the thermometer never quite climbed a novo freez ing and most of the snowfall was more like sleet that added to the Icy conditions. Weight of snow on me awn in., ihnt vtrrwlK over the side- VI' It 'u at thp Winn Wheel Cafe and Lounge and Heppner auio , Parts caused holts to pun oui from the buildings nnd allowed the awning to drop. It was prop ped up by 2x4s temporarily. At Hip corner of Mav and Chase streets a rig being used to clear snow hit and broke off a fire hvdrant. City crewmen, headed bv City Supt. Vic Grosh ens, had the cold Job of making repairs there Saturday. Heppner seemed to be the cen ter nnH nrinrinnl tared of the snowstorm. Even Hardmnn, gen erally the recipient oi deeper snows than Heppner because of higher elevation, measured considerably less. Ione's total was reported at about tour inch es. Despite difficulties encounter ed by the snow, there continued to bo cause for re.lolcing because of moisture it is bringing. Total precipitation for the week end ed was 1.20 inches, bringing the total for January to date to 1.86 inches. With the month half gone, it has exceeded the aver age for a full month, which is 1.29 inches for Januaries of rec ord. In searching his weather rec ords, Gilliam also found that those who complained of the re cent severe cold spell might con sider the period of January 15 30, 1957. During that time the lomnpratiirp npver climbed above freezing. Minimurns for the 15-day period snowed eigni days dropping below zero: Jan uary 16, -1; January 17, -5; Jan uary 18, -3; January 26, -15; January 27, -15; January 28, -11; January 29, -9; and January ou, 2. Three other days recoraea minimnmt nf 7prn: January 19. 24 and 25. Highest temperatures recorded were vsi on me msi uay of the period and 30 on the end ing day oi January w. During the current week, tem perature has remained fairly warm with Sunday being the only day that did not rise above frpp7.int. Complete report for the week is as follows: Hi Low Wednesday 34 23 Thursday 40 31 Friday 45 32 Saturday 41 29 Sunday 31 19 Monday 38 22 Tuesday 41 21 ( U, inch snow: inches snow; .4 inch snow). George Barkley of Tracy. Calif., longtime friend of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman and family, visited with the Sher mans here from Friday through Sunday. He came north to spend hn hiiHav spnsnn with rela- tivps in Portland and Forest Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sher man and Becky of Kennewick, Wash., came to Heppner for a visit Saturday and Barkley went tn thnir hump SnndaV for a V1S- Mr. and Mrs. Rex Foster, their two daughters and two sons, were recent visitors at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Higgins. Mr. Foster was on brief vacation from his work for the Forest Service at Klamath Falls, and the family spent a week here following Christmas renew ing acquaintances and visiting with friends in Pendleton Assessor Named To Association Office for Year Special Assessor Joyce Ritch wa elected vice president of the Eastern Oregon Assessor Association at the annual Mid Winter Conference and Live stock meeting which she attend ed January 7 and 8 in Burn. O her officer eleied for the l!Hi'J 70 term are Bill Tubach, Klamath county assessor, presi dent, and Jim Allen. Grant county assessor, secretary-treasurer Report- were heard from the Umber committee, composed oi nvsessors from Jefferson. Wasco, Deschutes. Sherman and Baker counties; from the machinery committee, made up of assess or from Grant. Malheur, Wheel er. Umatilla and Union counties; and from the live-tix-k commit tie, with assessors serving from Klamath. Morrow, Hood River, Crook. Gilliam and Wallowa counties. Of Interest was discussion of livestock prices, collected from the stale Tax Commission, the Livestock Association and var ious sales yards, givlnc an ave rage taken for gross price, and a 20 discount allowed for as sessors values. Guest conference speakers in cluded Carlisle Roberts, assist ant attorney general and coun sel for state tax commission, who explained proposed legis lature for the coming term, and Robn Godwin, appraisal stand :inl Minorvisor. who spoke on fi.rm deferral and filing of forms Harney county court and cat tlemen were hosts for the lunch eon. Nelson Connor entered St An thony hospital in Pendleton on New Year's Day for malor back surgery to correct a ruptured disc and collapsed disc condit ion. The surgery was performed January 8, and he is makinK satisfactory recovery, although he will remain hospitalized at least another two weeks accord ing to family members. His room number Is 416. His sister, Mrs. Johnny Williams, and her son. Rocky, from Aloha, flew to Pendleton to visit with him last Wednesday and Thursday. Army Private 1C Gary Ball left from Pendleton by airplane early Thursday, January 9, for Ft. Gordon, Ga., where he will A in 9. ti-pnkc nf TUT - UIIUI'IKU - " nv...., IoIWpH radin traininp. Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ball, vis ited his parents while on i-oav leave of absence following com pletion of his basic training at Ft. Lewis, wn. Hollomon Speaks Of Jaycee Work U'lih National Javcee week I coming up January 19 to 25, President Jerry Hollomon oi wie Morrow County Jaycees was gueat upeaker at the regular Monday meeting of the llepp-ner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce. 1Vut!.u trior T ItnnO chaD- tern and 3UO.OU0 members In the Javeees." the local presiueni said. "Soon we expect to have one million members." Hollomon traced how the or ganization had atarted on Octo ber 13. 1915. when a young bank clerk fornu-d the Young Men's Progressive Association. It be came the United States Junior r-K n. K,.r ti CitmmprrP tn 1920. and a few years ago the name was changed to United htates Javcees. Bv 1941. the organization had 78.000 members and 1050 chap ters. However, the demand for manpower In the Second World War cut the membership by 50 and the number of chap ters by 25';'c. Hollomon said. Following the war, member ship shot up to 100,000. Now the Javcees have become an In ternational organization with chapters In 80 different nations. Membership is limited to voung men of ages 21 to 35 ded icated to promoting the spirit of Americanism and civic inter est. The organization strives for personal achievement, provides an avenue of participation In community affairs, and for de veloping friendship and under standing. , Summarized, purpose of the Javcees is to give leadership training through community de velopment, the speaker said. The Morrow county chapter has 28 members, and Is one of eight chapters in the district. Others are Umatilla, Hermiston, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, La Grande, Milton-Freewater and Wallowa County (Enterprise). Oregon has 15 districts, some 100 chapters and more than 5,000 members. Hollomon reviewed some of the local prolects carried on by the Jaycees, including the oper ation of Arbuckle Mountain ski course, selling concessions for the rodeo, work in getting out the vote at election time, and others. Elaine George, city recorder, from the audience added that all Jaycee members here are volunteer firemen and others pointed out the good work done in sponsorship of the recent Fid dlers' contest. President Jerry Sweeney of the Chamber, in the chair for his first regular meeting since the year-end election, announc ed committees for 1969. The membership voted to raise dues to $75 per year for u. w..mhrm and. If paid semi annually or quarterly, they will be 50 per year. Included ia cost of meuis ai an hku.. Axuwiate and special memberships remain the fame at $25 and $5 per year, dui attending meetings must pay for meals at $1.60 per plate. Mrs. Jim Wlshort retured to her home In Prairie City last Thursday after a week In St. Anthony hospital In Pendleton, where ihe had undergone ma-I,.- ,,r,rv Kho ha appreciated remembrances and visits by her lleppner Irlends, and is maxing "xccllent gains, according to Mrs John Venard. who visited with her Monday. Copt Robert Nlchola. former lleppner resident. Is on tw-j .......l d u.wt M leave In Hi- wall, according to Information from his Sister, Mrs. jonn mm lahan of lleppner. Capt. Nlch ols. son of Mr. and Mrs. Kddie Thorpe, now of Bannlnc, Calif., was recently awarded the Viet namese Gallantry cross with sliver atar. Nlchol'a wife. Marcla. flew from her home In Portland to loin her husband In Hawaii while he Is on leave. She U the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pieper of Lexington. Trade at home where dollars have more sense. your a 4 Hi See Eastern Oregon WILDLIFE 90 MINUTE COLOR FILM Photographed at Malheur Bird Refuge, Eagle Cap Wilderness By WILCOX BROS, of Vale, Ore. WED., JANUARY 22 7:30 P.M. FAIR PAVILION, HEPPNER Sponsored by Two Trackers 4-H Club ADMISSION Adults, $1.50, Students, 75c, Family, $3.00 Under 6 yrs. 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