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Gazette -Times Editor, Publisher Dies
i-uneral services have been
tentatively set here Saturday
ior wesiey a. merman, $2, ed
itor and publisher of the Hepp
ner Guzctte-Times since 19C1.
A service for the family and
Immediate relatives is planned
for early next week in Forest
orove. Burial will be In Port
land. Definite arrangements have
not been made, however.
He died Sunday of an appar
ent heart attack while in Wash
Ington, D. C. enroute to Boston,
Mass., to attend the wedding of
his son. William.
Ills wife Helen and daugh
ter Cathy were with him at the
time, as were William and his
fiance.
ine trip to Washington was
his first vacation in eight years
as puDHMier or the Gazette
limes, and the longest time
away from the newspaper busi
ness in 26 years.
He had complained of chest
pains after attending church,
and after being examined, was
Eent to George Washington Hos
pital, but was pronounced dead
on arrival there.
Wesley Alvin Sherman was
born August 13, 1917 In Yank
ton, Ore., near St. Helens in
Columbia county, the son of
Harry A. and Willa P. Sherman
He attended elementary school
In Forest Grove and graduated
from Forest Grove High school
in 1934.
Pacific University in Forest
Grove was the site of his col
lege educaton, and he received
an A. B. degree from the uni
versity In 1933.
After college, he began teach
ing school In Nyssa, Oregon.
He married Helen Esther
Stevens in Forest Grove. June
30, 1940.
They left Nyssa In 19-11, and
went to Forest Grove, where
they lived while he worked for
a few months in a Portland
shipyard.
He entered trie newspape
business in 19-12, becoming the
associate editor of the ltomlzer
Observer at Dallas, Oregon,
working for fcarie Kichardson,
In 1958. he left the Dallas Da
per to become associate publish
er oi me btayton wall. He re
malned there until June 1, 11
wnen ne Decanv publisher oi
The uazette-limes.
as puDiisner nere. ne was
elected chairman of The Oregon
rress comerence in 1964.
Last year, he was elected to
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 26, 1969
Price 10 Cents
,the board of directors of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association.
He had been the immediate
pnst president of the Heppner
Morrow county Chamber of
Commerce. He was a member
of the Heppner United Metho
dLst Church, B.P.O.K. No. 358
and the lone Lions Club.
Survivors include his wife,
Helen, associate publisher of
the Gazette-Times; his mother,
Willa. Forest Grove; two broth
ers, carl, Aloha, and Harrv Jr..
Forest Grove: three sons. Dick.
Richland. Wash.. Bill. Wenham.
Mass., and Jim. Eugene: and a
daughter Cathy at home.
Sweeney Mortuary is in chartre
of arrangements here, with serv
ices in l-orest Grove In care of
Seton's Mortuary.
G-T to Close
Gazette-Times office will b
closed the day of the funeral
o that employees may attend
the sendees for editor and
publisher, Wes Sherman. There
will be regular deadline for
the paper next week, accord
ing to Arnold Raymond, shop
foreman.
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ALL SET TO SAV HOWDY as they travel around Eastern Oregon
are Queen Sheila Luciani (center) and her 1969 Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo court Rhonda Bellinger (left). Sherri Lvnn
O'Brien, Patti Healy and Joyce Howton. The five young ladies I
will be the featured guests of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce when it meets at noon Monday. The girls will
be honored here July 5 at the Kickoff Dance, the first of eight
dances set this summer.
They Use Dirt
Firefighters Learn at Fire Schoo
By KIT ANDERSON
TUPPER GUARD STATION
There are many sophisticated
methods of lighting fires in U.S.
National Forests.
Those sophisticated methods
range from dropping men to
dropping chemicals at least
these are the methods persons
removed from the fire scene
hear the most about.
But for 28 employees of the
districts of the south end of
the Umatilla National Forest,
those aren't the methods they'll
resort to when it comes to fight
ing fires.
That's because for three days
last week, these 28 men learn
ed the very fundamentals of
fighting fires, not jumping out
of planes but pacing with map
and compass to locate the fire,
and not using chemicals but us
ing dirt to rub out flames.
These are men who, for at
least part of their time this
summer, will be extinguishing
fires that start in the Heppner,
Dale and Ukiah districts of the
Umatilla.
The men are all past high
school age, and will work just
for the summer. And what they
learn before their actual exper
ience comes all in this three
days here at Tupper Guard Sta
tion and Work Center, 35 miles
south of Heppner.
There's a lot to be covered,
and the man who is the actual
instructor is Don Roundy of the
Ukiah district. His supervisor is
Glenn Baker, the district ranger
at Ukiah.
The object of the course, ac
cording to Baker, is to teach
the men ' the sole duty of find
ing the fire, reporting its loca
tion, putting it out and mop
ping it up.
A firefighter has a map, a
compass and a fire pack with
which to accomplish the job,
and the three-day school is de
signed to show him how.
The school is not just prac
tical experience, though. It be
gins with an introduction to
u. S. Forest Service Dolicv. mul
tiple-use management and the
total Forest Service picture.
The use of tools, both prac
tically and safely, is the next
thing taught the men. "We
wont even let them pose for a
picture if it's not safe," Roundy
says.
Weather and its role in fires
is another important facet of
the firefighting school.
The use of the radio in re
porting back to headquarters
tne location or the fire is an
other part of the course.
But the most important part
is ine actual lire lighting, and
the men spend almost two days
on this. It's actual experience,
too, witn real tires to cope with.
The first real fire is one
which the instructors use to
demonstrate tactics. Instructors
go through step-by-step, sizing
up the fire, knocking down the
"hot spots," looking for evidence
of the origin, controlling the
fire and mopping it up.
Alter that, its all uo to the
students. They work as small
ciews, doing everything from in
itial control to choooine uo
each piece of wood in what Ba
ker calls a "bone-pile" or pile
of burnt pieces. 1
Hot chunks of wood are set
aside to be rubbed with dirt. In
the case of a stump fire, which
Roundy calls the most diffi
cult kind," the entire stump is
smothered with dirt, then re
exposed to the air.
"If there is any fire left, this
gives it air, and you can see
it," the instructor says. A stump
tire may get underground and
smoulder a month before it
starts up again, he explains
Once the fires have been mop
ped up, the crews join together
for a critique on their work.
The entire school is geared to
tram the men to fight fires
without water. That part, say.s
Baker, comes when they return
to their individual districts.
The new men will fight fires
with an experienced man, at
least for a while, under the For
est Service plan. This is done
for safety reasons, Baker notes.
The school mav have come a
little late. There have already
been some fires in the three
districts, where there were a to
tal of 121 fires last summer.
Now that the men have re
turned to their districts, they'll
carry on their work as engin
eers, guards and lookouts, or on
tne brush disposal crew.
They may never fight a fire
this summer.
But they'll surely be trained
for it.
Rodeo Court's
Schedule Busy
From Now on
Mail Deadline Set
Heppner postal patrons will
have to get their mail in IS
minutes earlier, beginning July
1.
A new contract awarded last
week provides for a new mail
route to originate at Pendleton
and terminate at Heppner. nec
essitating the closure of the
mail drop at 5:45 Tjn. accord
ing to Postmaster Jim DriscoIL
Two Boys, Woman Injured
In Automobile Accidents
Three persons were hospital
ized in rioneer Memorial hos
pital with injuries received in
two separate automobile acci
dents this week.
Sara McCullough. 74'. Lake-
view, suffered multiple bruises
and sprains in a one-car acci
dent Monday evening on High
way 207 about 26 miles south
of Heppner.
According to Sheriff John
Mollahan, she ran off the road.
traveled down over a 15-foot
embankment and hit rocks in
Rock creek.
A one-car mishap Sunday
evening sent two Heppner
youtns to the hospital.
en by Gary Kemp, 18, was trav
eling south on Highway 207
near the Roice Fulleton place
when it went off the shoulder
on the right side and skidded
in the ditch.
Kemp and his passenger, 16-year-old
Dean Wright, were both
hospitalized. Kemp suffered a
sprained neck and multiple mi
nor bruises, while Wright sus
tained a severe injury to his
lower back. He was transferred
Monday to a Pendleton hospi
tal, with the possibility he
would be sent to Portland for
further treatment.
Mollahan said an investiga
tion is continuing in the acci-
Mollahan said a vehicle driv-1 dent. The car was demolished.
Guests of the Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce at its
noon luncheon on Monday, June
30, will be the Rodeo Court
members, Queen Sheila Luciani
Princesses Patti Healy, Sherri
Lynn O'Brien, Joyce Howton,
and Rhonda Bellinger, and their
chaperone, Mrs. Archie Munk
ers. The court faces a busy July,
beginning with appearances
throughout the day on July 4
at the Condon Celebration and
the Kickoff Dance on July 5 at
the Fair Pavilion in Heppner.
Princess Patti will be honor
ed at the July 12 dance, spon
sored by Lena community. Prin
cess Rhonda's dance will be
July 19, Princess Joyce's on July
26, and Princess Sherri Lynn's
on August 2. The Queen's Dance
will be August 9.
Music for the Kickoff dance
will be by The Picadilly Line
of Pendleton. The First Nation
al Band will play for the Lena
dance. All dances will be at the
Fair Pavilion in Heppner and
will start at 9:30 p.m.
Other appearances by the
court during July include the
Elgin Stampede on July 20 and
Chief Joseph Days on July 21
and 26.
The girls and their chaperone
attended the Arlington Rodeo on
May 3, the Spray Rodeo on May
24, and the Umatilla Sage Rid
ers Rodeo on June 14.
Two Top Press Awards
Go To Gazette-Times
The Heppner Gazette-Times won plaques
for the best news story and best feature
during 1968 to appear in an Oregon week
ly newspaper with circulation under 3,000.
The paper placed second in three other
categories: best photograph, best editor
ial, and best local column. All were by
Wes Sherman.
The awards were made on Saturday,
June 21, at the luncheon of the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers Association's 82nd
annual meeting at Salishan Lodge, Glen
eden Beach.
Judging was done by graduate students
(who have had newspaper experience) of
the School of Journalism at U of O under
the guidance of faculty members, and out-of-state
newspapermen.
The news story which won the first prize
for the G-T paper carried the headline,
"Navy Officers say Boardman Range 'Ab
solutely Vital'." The winning feature story
concerned the unearthing of 28 gold coins
at the Don Greenup ranch. The news story
was in the November 28 edition and the
feature appeared . on March 14, both in
196S.
The second place awards, which also are
plaques, recognized a photograph in the
August 22 edition which showed former
Senator Wayne Morse, Judge Paul Jones,
and Frank Turner in an easy informal
conversation. The caption started, "Don't
remember me, do you?"
An editorial on the bombing range,
"Strong Case from the Navy," was the hon
ored editorial. The "Chaff and Chatter"
column which also won a second place
plaque was in the November 28 issue and
in it Sherman reminisced about delivering
newspapers when he was a boy.
In 1967 the paper won first place for an
editorial, by Sherman, which appeared in
1966.
Twelve categories were judged in the
1968 contest. Information on how many
divisions were entered by the Gazette
Times was unavailable.
Rachel Dick represented the Gazette
Times at the ONPA annual meeting. Also
present were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Penland,
former owners and publishers of the Gazette-Times,
who are now publishers at
Tillamook.
Heppner City Budget Approved;
Council Told of Flood Problems
7 Area Students
Get BMCC Honors
Seven area students have
been listed on the Dean's list
and honor roll at Blue Moun
tain Community College.
On the honor roll, which is
comprised of students earning
from 3.50 to 4.00 gpa, are Erin
Dick, Heppner; Betty Eppen-
bach, Irrigon, and Vickie Ma-
Kill. Cecil.
Those on the Dean's List of
students having from 3.00 to
3.50 gpa are Mike Bunch, Hepp
ner; Chris Lovgren, Lexington:
Gloria Partlow, Boardman. and
Linda Tatone, Boardman.
It took just two minutes for
the Heppner City Council to
pass its budget for the 1969 fis
cal year at a regular meeting
Monaay night.
And it took just about five
minutes for the group to dis
cuss building permits.
Then the business began.
The business, as it were, was
M) Heppner residents who told
the council it had failed to do
its duty to keep the Shobe creek
channel clean, thus adding to
damage trom flood waters ear
lier this month.
The citizens appeared the
same day waters from heavy
rain threatened to pour out of
me creek s banks and inundate
Chase street citizens again.
Mrs. Ted Smith asked the
council if the channel could be
widened.
"We feel something has to be
done," Mayor Bill Collins an
swered. "An engineer should
survey that channel.
'There just isn't enough chan
nel to carry that much water."
coinns said. "The channel from
Chase street down wouldn't car
ry one-fourth the water that
came down that night (June
9)."
When Councilman Dick Rob
Lson raised the question of who
owns the channel, city attorney
P W. Mahoney told the group
the channel could be widened
by one of two ways.
"The city could Issue general
Father Arrested
In Son's Death
A former Heppner man was
arrested Tuesday night in Herm
Iston on a Circuit Court warrant
charging him wih manslaughter
Arthur Leroy Burkenblne, Jr.,
was taken into custody on the
manslaughter charge involving
the death of his son, Larry Dean
Burkenbine, on April 14 of this
year.
The father was taken to Uma
tilla county jail by Morrow
county Sheriff John Mollahan
Tuesday night.
Bail was set at $5,000 by Circ
uit Court Judge William W.
Wells. The warrant was issued
after the Morrow county grand
jury returned a secret indict
ment in the case Tuesday. The
indictment was released after
Burkenbine's arrest.
The grand jury also returned
another secret indictment follow
ing Tuesday's deliberations. j
bonds and by eminent domain
have grounds to condemn the
property and widen the chan
nel," Mahoney said, "or it could
tirm an improvement district
and assess property owners on
a long-term basis for the im
provement.
But Mrs. Jim Hager, a resi
dent of Chase street, told the
council that although the chan
nel was inadequate, maintain
ing it would have lessened the
problem.
The city promised to keep
tne channel clean." she said.
"They haven't cleaned it since
the flood.
"A lot of people put priority
on the channel," Mrs. Hager
noted, "not wrat the city super
intendent did."
Collins defended the city
crew, saying he would like to
go on record supporting the job
done by the crew, the city po
nce and the city fire depart
ments.
When citizens asked if the
disaster declaration made the
city eligible to borrow money.
Mahoney told them "the city Is
without the authority to borrow
money at any time without a
special election."
Jim Hager told the council
the channel had been cleared
back in 1947, but not since then.
at least to that extent.
But Collins asserted that the
problem is with engineering, not
with cleaning the channel.
After the discussion, council
man Jerry Sweeney told the cit
izens he "wouldn't want every
one to go away thinking we
wouldn't do anything."
He moved to refer the prob
lem to the proper city commit
tee for study of the possibility
of federal grants and a study
by an engineer.
That passed, but Mrs. Hager,
apparently not satisfied, asked
if the channel would be clear
ed. "Mayor Collins assures you
something will be done," Swee
ney said.
The budget passed is $263,000.
of which $41,000 is to be levied.
This is less than the six per
cent limitation.
Building permits annroved In.
eluded one for Jonathon Wood,
725 N. Shobe, and Archie Alder-
man, 785 N. Shobe.
IA third permit, bv Felix
Schwarzin, 590 Gail, was refer.
red to committee.
Chamber Hears
Norwegian IFYE
Heppner Dropped
From Title I Act
Unemployment List
Commissioner Ross Morean.
department or Employment, to
day announced that the U. S.
Department of Labor has remov
ed Heppner from the persistent
list of unemployment. Also re
moved from the Title I Public
Works Economics Development
Act list were Albany, Eugene,
Gold Beach, Prineville, and Sa
lem. Reason for the removal In all
cases was that these areas fell
below the six percent average
annual employment mark dur
ing 1968, Morgan said. Effective
date for removal is July 1. Rea
son that the areas fell Into the
lower unemployment classifica
tion was that the economy in
these areas reached new highs
during the past year. i
Four-H clubs are verv active
in Norway, International Farm
Youth Exchange (IFYE) Amund
Kvam told the Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce at
its regular meeting Monday.
Kvam was the guest of the
group, and told of his home In
Norway and showed slides.
He is staying with Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Nelson of Lexing
ton as part of the IFYE program.
Kvam drew laughter from the
group when he told them, "Nor
man (Nelson) has seen more of
Norway than I have."
While showing some souven
irs of the country, he said, "The
money is mine, the flag is mine;
the rest I borrowed from Nor
man." Kvam, who was involved with
4-H in Norway, said the program
there has more steps than the
American program.
There are not as many fairs
in his home country as there
are here, he noted.
The system at his home is
Important to youths, especially
when they seek jobs, Kvam said.
When questioned about stu
dent unrest in Norway, Kvam
said there was only a little.
"You're 10 or 15 years ahead
of us," he said. He said gen
erally Norwegians favor U.S.
policies.
Also included in his talk were
general facts about Norway.
Kvam will stay with the Nel
sons about a month before
going to Lake Oswego to stay
with a family there.