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HEPPNEH HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS prepare for performances in the
P. E. Spring Program Friday evening. They displayed graceful
exercises on balance beam, in free exercises, hoops and mod-
era dance.
Employment Study
Asks Mailing Aid;
Job Offers Open
Morrow county residents are
extending outstanding coopera
tion to the Oregon Employment
Service on the Labor Force study
currently underway, Mike Pat
rick, field supervisor, said Tues
day. .
This reception is very much
appreciated and is assisting the
staff in doing . a good job for
the county, he said. Informa
tion compiled in the study will
cover a broad area, including
economic data, history, and oth
er pertinent matter, in addition
to the labor study.
Patrick said one further as
sistance will be of great help
to the staff. When interviewers
call and find no one home, they
leave a short questionnaire with
a mailing envelope that requires
no stamp. Cooperation of resi
dents in filling out these ques
tionnires, in lieu of the inter
view, and then mailing them
promptly will expedite the sur
vey. "We appreciate this help very
much," Patrick said.
Mrs. Bill (Winnifred) Cox has
replaced Mrs. Art (Alice) Vance
as interviewer in the Heppner
Hardman area, since Mrs. VanCe
found it necessary to resign her
position for health reasons, the
supervisor said. Mrs. Cox will
be making -contacts during the
ensuing several weeks.
Patrick said that the office in
the old city library is receiving
a number of job listings from
those needing help. Those seek
ing positions are advised to en
ter their applications at the of
fice. .
The county study is expected
to take a total of about 10
weeks, but the employment of
fice will continue to be open
throughout the summer with
Mrs. Paul (Gayle) Arbogast in
charge, Patrick said.
Young people seeking work,
or those who wish to hire young
people, are invited to use the
service.
Jerry's Barber Shop
Sets Grand Opening
Grand opeening of Jerry's
Barber Shop in the new loca
tion in the renovated former
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. build
ing will be Saturday, April 19,
from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Jerry
Holloman, owner, states.
There will be free coffee for
adults, ice cream for children,
and a number of free haircuts
given, he said. Anyone in the
barber chair when an alarm
clock goes off will get his hair
cut without charge.
The free coffee and ice cream
will be given with the cooper
ation of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Har
ris, owners of Harris Drivein.
Tickets will be given for the
treats at the barber shop for re
demption at the drivein.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris purchas
ed the Tum-A-Lum building
when the lumber firm closed
and remodeled the south end of
the building for the barber
shop. Since the razing of the
old brick Case building, in
which Hollomon's shop was for
merely located, the barber has
been working with Lyle Jensen
in the Heppner Barber shop.
Spring Moonlight
Sale Due April 25
Moonlight Sale in Heppner
has become an established
event and shoppers have
learned that there are extra
special bargains offered on
the night of the sale.
They will have opportunity
to obtain more great values
on Friday evening. April 25.
which is date for the spring
Moonlight Sale here. Jerry
Adamson, merchants chair
man, announces.
Stores will be open from 7
until 10 p-m. in addition to
their regular hours to offer
the special bargain merchan
dise. "There will be many values
thai people in our area Just
won't want to miss." Adam
scn states.
To add a bit of humor to
the occasion, merchants are
to be garbed in nightshirts
and pajamas. Next week's pa
per will carry full details of
the sale.
Student Program
Delights Audience
Bleachers, limited to one side
of the gymnasium, were filled
nearly to capacity Friday night
with "a crowd of spectators who
were impressed with the spring
physical education program pre
sented by Heppner school stu
dents of the fifth through tenth
grades.
They saw a wide variety of
activity and physical demon
strations, including square dan
cing, scooter races, rope climb
ing, hoop routines, ball bounc
ing, tinkling (bamboo poles),
horizontal bar demonstrations,
mass tumbling, free exercises,
wrestling, peg board climbing,
trampoline exercises, vaulting,
balancing and demonstrations
on uneven bars.
Both the Heppner High and
Heppner Elementary bands per
formed under the direction of
Arnie Hedman.
More than 100 students took
part in the P. E. program, pre
sented by Mrs. Dorothy Agee
and Dean Naffziger, physical
education instructors, and spon
sored by the Girls' Athletic As
sociation at the high school.
Proceeds from admissions will
go towards purchase of addit
ional P. E. equipment.
Debby Bennett, GAA presi
dent, gave a talk of welcome
and explained the purpose of
the program.
Games, Dinner, Dance Ready for Public at Band Carnival
Prospects Poor
For Trout Opener
April 19 is "trout day" for
about 400,000 Oregon anglers
who will open a long campaign
of trout fishing in the state's
lakes and streams.
General trout season opens on
the morning of Saturday, April
19, and will continue until Oc
tober 31.
Joining the fun will be a large
contingent of local fishermen,
but they will be rather hard put
to find any good spots in this
area to try their luck on opening
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Streams are too high and
swollen to offer much promise.
Glen Ward, State Game Commis
sion agent, said that there will
be no local planting of trout
prior to opening day because of
the swollen condition of the
streams. However, when the
flow abates, the planting will
be considerably heavier than in
past years.
Bull Prairie reservoir has been
yielding some good catches al
though it has not been awaiting
the opening day. The reservoir
is open the year-around, and the
snowpack, until recently, has
kept fishermen out, but it is ac
cessible now.
For those who want to travel
out of the area, the Game Com
mission reports that both Pelton
and Round Butte reservoirs are
expected fair to good, but they
may be crowded with anglers
who are forced out of spots
which are still snowbound.
Prineville Reservoir is presently
muddy and not expected to
clear. Crooked River below the
impoundment is high and off
color.
Heppner Band Carnival, sched
uled for Saturday, April 19.
starting at 5 p.m., promises to
be the biggest and best in the
long history of the fun event.
Many persons have been work
ing for weeks to make it so, and
dozens of volunteers will be on
hand to do their part in oper
ating games and amusements
for the enjoyment of the big
crowd expected to attend.
Admission is free, and the
event will start with a dinner
beginning at 5 o'clock and con
tinuing until 7 p.m. A dance fea
turing the Burnt Sleep combo,
will begin at 10 p.m. and con
tinue until 1 a.m. Meanwhile,
all types of carnival attractions
will be in full sway in another
part of the Morrow county fair
pavilion where the event will
be held. , ,
Proceeds of the carnival will
go to two purposes: Two thirds
of the profits will be used for
purchase of band uniforms, and
one-third will be used to assist
the Heppner Elementary PTA
with its various projects.
Dinner Choice Offered
A choice of two dinners is of
fered to those who attend. A
wiener dinner will be $1 per
plate and beef dinner will be
$1.25. Barbecued beef or wien
ers plus relishes, salads and des
serts will be on the menu. Sep
arate food items, including hot
dogs, will be available at reas
onable prices.
Fun booths will start operat
ing at 6:30 and admission tick
et stubs will be given for $5
give-aways to be drawn each
half-hour until 9:30.
A king and queen will reign
over the Band Carnival, with the
royalty coming from either the
fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth
grades of the elementary school.
Choice of the king and queen
will be determined on the class
es' support of the carnival. The
winning class will be given gift
script to use at the carnival.
Chosen as candidates for king
and queen from the classes are:
Fifth grade, Laurie Chally and
Mike Orwick; sixth grade, Becky
Fhegley and David McLeod;
seventh grade, Susan Healy and
Mark Cutsforth; and eighth
grade, Kerry Coppock and Al
lan McCabe.
"Everyone, voung and older,
is urged to attend," Arnie Hed
man, chairman and band dir
ector, says. "Many parents and
teachers, elementary and high
school students, and Heppner
merchants, including our news
paper publishers, are working
as absolute volunteers or as re
cruited volunteers to make this
year's carnival the most succes
sful ever."
Earlier this week, Hcaman
and Faul Warren, together with
groups of band students, made
the buildings ready. Terry Lin
ceeum, art teacher, and her stu
dents did the booth decorating.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Peck and Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Marshall will
work at sorting prizes to be giv
en winners at the different
events.
Assignments Made
The steering committee, in
cluding Hedman, Mrs. Marshall,
Mrs. Cecil McDaniel and Mrs.
Bill Johnson, point out the re
sponsibilities that various pers
ons have assumed for the Sat
urday night event.
Mrs. Arnie Hedman, Mrs. Er
nest McCabe and Mrs. Riley
Munkers have organized the
dinner, and they issue a spe
cial invitation to those from
across the Northwest who will
participate or attend the Wrang
lers' annual Spring Meet and
Cow Cutting contest here this
week-end.
Mrs. David McLeod is .in
Charge of the dinner clean-up
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86th Year
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 17, 1969
Price 10 Cents
Cutters to
In Tenth Meet
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The Heppner Wranglers an
nual Cow Cutting Contest and
Spring Meet will observe its
10th birthday at the event to
be staged here this week-end.
Competitors will come from all
over the Northwest, and Gene
Pierce, working on arrange
ments, believes that this year's
field will exceed the 79 partici
pants of last year, a new high
mark in the competition.
Already entries are coming in,
and several are from those who
have never been in Heppner be
fore, he said.
The first round of competit
ion will be Saturday evening in
the covered arena of the fair
grounds, starting at 7 p.m. Fi
nals will be on Sunday morning,
starting at 9 a.m.
Wranglers Playday will follow
at 1 a.m. at the Wrangler
grounds, and a special OBRA
barrel racing event will be held
with a $50 purse.
Some changes have been
made this year in the cutting
classes, being held to five class
es with two go-rounds in each.
These are as follows: Novice
novice, for horses which have
won less than $25 and novice
riders; $100 novice, for horses
which have won less than $100
and any rider; $300 novice, for
horses which have won less
than $300 and any rider; $750
novice, for horses which have
won less than $750 and any ri
der; and the open class.
There will be a $200 added
purse this year in open class;
$50 added in $750 novice; $30 in
$300 novice; and $15 In $100
novice.
The cow cutting event is ap
proved by the Northwest Quar
ter Horse Association and the
Cutting Horse association. Each
year the event here is attract
ing more and more interest, as
fame of the show grows, and
more and more entries are com
ing. Last year they came from
as far as British Columbia, and
indications are that the field
will be even greater this year.
The Junior Registered and
Senior Registered classes have
been dropped from this year's
program.
Spring Ahead
This is the time of year when
reluctant winter is forced to
give way to the advent of
spring, but the week's weather
repeort from Don Gilliam, ob
server, shows days holding on
the chilly side, although gen
erally bright and sunny. Com
plete report for the week is as
follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday
Hi
61
59
63
67
55
50
59
Low
34
38
33
39
35
32
36
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The public isf welcome to all
events of the Wk-end. There
is no admission charge and all
are cordially invited.
Pierce said that the covered
arena at the fairgrounds has
added considerably to the pop
ularity of the event. Although
the band carnival will be on at
the same time ps the Saturday
evening go-round, it will not in
terfere with the cow cutting,
even though they are in nearby
buildings, Pierce said.
Last year when the same sit
uation occurred, it was found
that two events enhance each
other and the cutters enjoy the
carnival after their competition
is over.
Death Takes Boy
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Larry Burkenbine, 5, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burkenbine,
died at his home Monday even
ing after food he was eating
lodged in his throat and choked
him. The family was eating sup
per at the time.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, who was
called to the home, reported that
the boy's father said that he
had attempted to administer
artificial respiration and emer
gency treatment, but to no
aVThe parents had summoned
Mrs. Burkenbine's mother, Mrs.
Edith Case, who called Dr. Tib
bies. He arrived at about 6:50,
he said, but the boy was dead.
This is the second time that
tragedy has struck the family.
The Burkenbines lost a three
months old son in November,
1965, when he suffocated in bed.
Graveside services will be to
day, Thursday, April 17, at 2
p.m. at the Heppner Masonic
cemetery with Father Raymond
Beard officiating.
Larry Dean Burkenbine was
born April 8, 1964, in Heppner.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by two brothers, Michael
Leroy and Arthur Leroy, Jr.; ma
ternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Case, of Heppner;
paternal grandfather, Reese A.
Burkenbine, of Medical Lake,
Wash.; and paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Nina E. Case, of
Bremerton, Wash.
Sweeney Mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
Band Plans Concert
The public is urged to attend
the Spring Band Concert of the
lone school bands on Wednes
day evening, April 23, under
direction of Darrell James. A
full evening's musical program
is planned, with special instru
mental solo numbers.
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BONNIE KAE AKERS
Valedictorian
EARL PETTYJOHN
Salutatorian
lone High Names
2 for Senior Honors
Bonnie Kae Akers has been
named valedictorian of the
1969 graduating class of lone
High school, and Earl Pettyjohn
has been named salutatorian.
In addition to high scholastic
achievement, both students
have been active in other phas
es of school and community
life.
Bonnie Kae is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers of
lone. She has served as varsity
cheerleader, Homecoming prin
cess, and president of the Nat
ional Honor Society. She has al
so been a member of the Girls
Athletic Association and served
on the annual staff at lone High
school. She has held high offic
es in the lone Assembly of
Girls, serving as worthy advisor
and grand confidential observ
er. Bonnie Kae has been an
active community citizen, as a
member of the Willows Grange
Nickels, Not Dimes,
Requested in Meters
Those who park on Hepp
ner's main streets are advised
by Police Chief Glen Kolk
horst to use pennies and nick
els, rather than dimes, in the
parking meters.
If two hour parking is re
quested, a person may put two
nickels in the meter.
It has been found that
dimes don't function properly
in the meters. Sometimes they
slip by the mechanism inside,
and the parker may receive
no time on the meter, or he
may get 12 minutes. Some
times he gets his full measure
of two hours when the dime
works the meter as intended.
Instructions inside the me
ters have been changed to
advise the public to use nick
els instead of dimes.
and the lone United Church of
Christ. ,
Earl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Pettyjohn, has also been
active in a variety of activities.
He was a member of the 191)3
Umatilla-Morrow All-Star foot
ball team. Earl has served as
president of the senior class and
vice-president of the junior
class. He has also been a mem
ber of the student council ana
the National Honor Society.
"lone High school is proud of
these two fine scholars and
school citizens," Principal Har
old Beggs announced this week.
The two top honor students
will receive special recognition
at commencement exercises on
Tuesday evening, May 27. Bac
calaureate services are planned
for Sunday, May 25.
Port of Morrow
Budget Published
Budget for the Port of Mor
row County for 1969-70 is pub
lished for the first of two times
in this paper on page 3, section
2. The Port's budget is one of
the few of local governmental
agencies that will not increase
in tax levy for the coming year.
Total budget requirements are
figured at $120,661 as compared
with $119,192 for 1968-69. but
budget resources are also higher
than the previous year, so the
proposed tax levy is exactly the
same at $31,000.
Because the full levy is with
in the 6 limitation there will
be no election on the budget.
Public hearing is scheduled for
Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. in
the Boardman city hall. Any
person interested may appear to
discuss the budget, or any part
of it.
Red Cross to Open Mail Campaign; Many Services Cited
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Morrow county's American
Red Cross chapter is calling up
on residents of the county to
do their share in attaining the
nominal $1945 fund goal in the
annual membership drive.
Norman Supple, campaign
chairman, said that this year
the solicitation will be done
principally by mail in order to
reach all residents and give
each an opportunity to help.
Letters will go out some time
next week to all parts of the
county. The "returnelopes" will
provide a convenient return en
velope in which to mail the do
nations. Supple said.
In announcing the drive, Sup
ple and Will O'Harra, county
chapter chairman, called atten
tion to the many benefits gain
ed through the Red Cross.
'The Red Cross will greatly
benefit you or your relatives
some time, if it has not already
done so," Supple said.
Blood Program Helps
O'Harra told of the benefits
gained by the public through
the blood program.
"In this area we have on the
list only one AB negative blood
donor and only four B negative
donors," he said. "But because
we are attached to the Red
Cross regional center, we can
draw from their total system
which involves thousands of
donors or rare types."
O'Harra told of other advant
ages of being in an area sub
scribing to the Red Cross blood
program and supporting it.
"In the event you go out of
this area and have an emergen
cy your needs will be taken care
of, no matter where you are,
because we have the Red Cross
bank here," he said, pointing out
that the Yakima area would re
place the blood. O'Harra added
that it is important for someone
entering a hospital in another
location to make it clear that he
is in an area served by the
Red Cross blood bank.
Average annual usage of blood
in the hospital here is 40 pints,
the hospital administrator said.
However, five pints come to the
hospital every two weeks, or
about 125 pints per year, to be
on hand as needed. Expiration
date is three weeks.
O'Harra said that Pioneer
Memorial hospital in Heppner,
because of its Red Cross con
nection, can draw on any blood
bank in the region. Recently,
blood was flown in from Yak
ima when needed.
The blood bank is also of val
ue for blood products, such as
gamma globulin, plasma, serum
albumin, and others.
No Donor Fee
O'Harra said that he wanted
to make it clear again that there
is no donor fee involved m Kea
Cross blood. The only fee is for
processing the blood, and this
currently is $12 per pint. None
of this goes to the local hospi
tal but all to the blood bank
for drawing, storing, processing
and transporting the blood. It is
also tested serologically for an
tibodies and disease.
In hospitals not served by the
Red Cross blood bank, average
cost of donated blood is about
$40 per pint in addition to the
processing fee, O'Harra said.
Mrs. Gene (Faye) Pierce is
chairman of the Red Cross blood
progam in Morrow county.
Other local activities of the
county Red Cross have grown
significantly and have been of
benefit to increasing numbers.
Among them are the water safe
ty program. Through this pro
gram, the lifeguards and swim
instructors are trained, ana
those who will be on duty at
the pools in the county this
summer have gone through the
Red Cross program and are cer
tificated by it. Water safety
classes are conducted by these
instructors under the Red Cross
sponsorship, and certificates is
sued to the students earning
them are given by the Red
Cross. Lvnn Pearson has served
as chairman of water safety but
a new chairman must be ap
pointed because he has moved
to Idaho.
First Aid Classes Given
The first aid program, con
ducted with Betty Doheity and
Ken Methvin as chairmen, has
developed a series of courses in
first aid which have trained
many people here. The knowl
edge they have gained is help-
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College Budget
Approved Handily
In Tuesday Vote
Blue Mountain College's oper
ating budget for 19C9-70 was ap
proved Tuesday by better than
a 3-to-2 margin in a special
election held in the Umatilla
Morrow district, College Presi
dent Wallace McCrae reported
Tuesday night.
Total count on the vote was
1547 yes and 944 no. Umatilla
county polled 1367 yes and 865
no, and Morrow county tallied
180 yes and 79 no.
Heppner rolled up the highest
percentage in favor of the bud
get of any precinct in the two
couny disrict, going 61 yes to
9 no, nearly a 7-to-l ratio. Lex
ington was the only precinct in
Morrow county to go against the
budget, this by a vote of 16 yes
and 18 no.
In other Morrow county pre
cincts the vote was as follows:
Boardman, 31 yes, 9 no; Hard-man-Ruggs,
13 yes, 6 no; lone,
34 yes, 20 no; and Irrigon, 25
yes, 17 no.
The vote was light throughout
both counties, but the Morrow
county percentage was slightly
above Umatilla, with a 12.3
vnto east here.
BMCC Board Chairman Bob
Abrams of Heppner was very
happy that the budget was ap
proved. "With the budget vote out of
the way, we can now turn our
attention to education," he said.
One election remains for both
the county school district and
Blue Mountain College. This is
the election of directors. Elec
tions 1 wilt be concurrent on
Monday, MaT"
Abrams and Ralph McEwen of
Athena are candidates for re
election to the college board.
Jerry Peck of Boardman is the
lone candidate for the one direc
torship on the Morrow county
school board, and there are sev
eral uncontested candidates for
advisory board positions.
Eighth Grade Tour
Dated April 25-27
Thirty-one Portland eighth
grade pupils will be guests in
Morrow county on Friday
through Sunday, April 25 to 27,
for the sixth annual Portland
Eighth Grade Tour, jointly spon
sored by several organizations,
one of the principal ones being
the Wheat League.
Gail McCarty, county exten
sion agent, was in Portland
Monday night at a meeting in
Holladay school to get acquain
ted with the forthcoming guests
and lay final plans for the tour.
E. II. (Tad) Miller, Jr., is Mor
row county chairman of the
event this year.
Chaperones for the Morrow
county group this year will be
Miss Margaret Aquinto, teacher
at Portland's Kellogg school, and
Donald Byer, teacher in Mult
nomah school. The pupils and
their chaperones will be guests
of host families in the county
during their three days here. Lo
cal eighth graders will also take
the tour and act as hosts to the
visitors. ,
Complete route and list or
students with their host famil
ies will be published next week.
Pine City Extension Unit and
C and B Livestock will sponsor
a lunch for the tourists on Fri
day, McCarty said.
Grange Master
Due at Pomona
Allen P. Wheeler of Portland,
master of the Oregon State
Grange, will be guest speaker at
the Pomona Grange meeting, to
be held Saturdray, April 26, at
the Lexington Grange hall.
Wheeler will discuss bills
which are now before the Ore
gon State Legislature, and will
devote much of his time to the
proposed sales tax 'bill which
will be presented to the public
for approval or disapproval next
month,
The meeting Is scheduled to
start at 10:30 a.m., with dinner
to be served at 12:00 noon. In
addition to the speaker, the pro
gram will include a memorial
service, by members of the Rhea
Creek Grange, in recognition of
grange members in the county
who have died during the past
year.