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t 0 LIBRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE. 97403 J" fO 1 ; -p( I -T ... -V ... . -I ... i i 1 1 f"- i i ' A 'Well, this swimming pool is just about the coolest place in the whole city of Heppner (G-T Photos at Heppner Swimming Pool). License Examiner Due A Drivers License Examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday. July 15. at the court house, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., accord ing to an announcement receiv ed from the Department of Mo tor Vehicles of Oregon. Persons wishing original li censes or permits to drive are asked to file applications well ahead of the scheduled closing hour. 86th Year I Number 19 On Again, Off Again By DON GILLIAM Weather Observer the m pr GAZETTE Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 3, 1969 KDEPPBIEn TIME Price 10 Cents Hi Low Tree. Wednesday 67 -T .02 Thursday 65 45 .OH Kridav 64 45 .0.5 Saturday 69 46 .02 Sunday 72 47 .02 Monday 82 45 Tuesday 88 51 .01 June rainfall. 2.59 in. June average, 1.36 In. Federal Purchase of Kelly Prairie Gets Approval by State Board Morrow county may become the home of Oregon's second largest water impoundment if the U. S. Forest Service goes through with plans to develop Kelly Prairie in the Umatilla National Forest south of Hepp ner. A major step toward govern ment development of the proj ect was taken Tuesday, when the Oregon Board of Forest Con servation approved USFS purch ase of 648 acres of land from Heppner rancher Orville Cuts forth. The land is to be used to make a 516-acre impoundment for public recreation. The land purchase had al ready been approved by . the lederal counterpart of the state board, pending the state agen cy's approval. "The Forest Service has held an option to buy the tract from Cutsforth," Marvin Chitty, local USFS official said Tuesday. Ac cording to Chitty, money has been set aside for the land ac quisition from land and water conservation funds. Develop ment, though, faces a demand for funds. Money for development has hit snags before, but that was Several Celebrations Scheduled for Fourth An evening of fireworks and a day of many activities are on tap this long Fourth of July weekend as area celebrations are planned. It all gets underway Thursday evening at lone, where a base ball game pitting the lone farm team against the Little League Indians is scheduled. The game begins at 6 p.m. at the lone Memorial Field. At dark, a fireworks display is planned for the field, under the sponsorship of the lone post of the American Legion. Donations will be taken dur ing the display to help defray costs. Concessions will be avail able during the evening from the Legion Auxiliary. Condon's Fabulous Fourth gets underway early Friday mornng wth a Buckaroo Breakfast at the City Park, beginning at 6:30 p. m. " Visitors to the city will be wel comed in the park at 9:30 that morning, and an hour later, pa raders will march down the city's Main street in the Fourth of July parade. Scheduled to ride in the pa rade is Morrow county Fair and Rodeo's 1969 Queen Sheila Luc ia ni and her princesses. The Heppner -Morrow county Chamber of Commerce will spon sor an entry in the Porcupine Race, always a highlight of the Condon festivities. The race will begin at noon in the park. Visitors can pick from among several activities during the af ternoon. A Jackpot Rodeo at the Gilliam county fairgrounds will get underway at 1:30 p.m. Kids games are set for the city park at 2, as is a Hole-in-One contest. Swimming, tennis and horse shoes are offered all afternoon in the park. Hungry participants are invit ed to a barbeque at 5 in the park, and can watch a fiddlers contest at the same time. A two -hour show of fireworks is slated for 10 p.m. on the Con don high football field, adjoin ing the city park. Dancers can have their chance after the fireworks with a dance at the fairgrounds. No organized public celebra tions are planned for Heppner. due to private ownership of the land. Even when the Morrow county court agreed to purclv ase the land from Cutsforth lunding could not be made. Funding had been expected from the Bureau of Outdoor Rec reation of the U. S. Department of the Interior, in early 1968 However, the BOR explained that 85 per cent of the shore line at Kelly Prairie would be on Forest Service land. "It seems clear that the re suiting public use would then obligate the Forest Service to provide recreational facilities and services, said Fred J, Over ly, regional BOR director, at the time. - - , . Since at that time it was not entirely federal project, the funds could not be granted. Now, however, the way is cleared for acquisition of the tract. Final step will be approv al by the director or lands of the option held by the USFS. Development plans will have to wait for a while, USFS offic ial Sam Nagel said Wednesday. "Plans haven't gone any fur ther than core drillings at the site," Nagel said. Core drillings are done to determine if the site would hold water. "Above the ground, it looks like it will hold water," Nagel said. Core drillings will be done by the State Game Commission, and although that money has been budgeted, it is not known for certain when the project will be done. Nagel speculated that if feas ibility studies prove the project can be done, it would probably be done by the Game Commis sion. He said it would probably be done much like Bull Prairie, where the Game Commission built the dam -and" stocked the lake. Access and further recreation al development would be up to the Forest Service, Nagel said. While the county court is now cut of the picture, Judge Paul Jones noted the project "would have a tremendous impact on Morrow county. It should bring lots of Deo- pie through here," the judse said. If the lake were develoDed fully to 516 acres, it would be almost 18 times as big as Bull Prairie. 1! - v .;. t ,,,, spww-. LOOKING OVER A CHECK for $3,291, the federal government's share of the cost of civil defense radios in Morrow county are C. J. D. Bauman, county civil defense director. Bill DePew, region al coordinator of the state Department of Emergency Services and Paul Jones, Morrow countv judge. The check helped pay for 14 units, which are used for county officials everyday as well as in an emergency situation. (G-T Photo). Services Today for Mrs. Malcom Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Malcom, who died at a Pendle ton hospital on Monday, will be today (Thursday), at Mountain View Chapel in Tacoma, Wash. The 3:30 p.m. services will be followed by burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Tacoma. Mrs. Malcom had been ill for the past year. She is survived by three children, - Gale, Camille, and Benham, and her parents and four brothers. Mary Ida Rose Malcom was born March 15, 1923, in Baker, Mont., to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ham ilton. They moved to Eatonville, Wash., when Mary was a child. On August 6, 1945, she was married to James Byron (Barney) Malcom, also of Eatonville. Af ter a fire destroyed Malcom's -'" ' 1 i : r ! h 1 V I ( r -, V Ct) .? sawmill in Eatonville, he oper ated a truck line for a year or so, then moved to Heppner and started operation or the Hepp ner Lumber Company. The firm has mills at Spray and Hepp ner. After Barney Malcom died of a heart attack on February 28, 1967, the mills continued oper ation under the management of his brother Bruce. The children moved to their grandparents' home in Eaton ville last week. Benham had been there since school was out. Mrs. Malcom's brothers are Kenneth and Donald, of Puy allup, Wash., and Max and Har old of Cooper Landing, Alaska. The family has asked that those wishing to remember Mary with memorials may leave con tributions to the Heart Fund at the Heppner branch of the First National Bank. Kickoff Dance Saturday Night, Will Honor Queen Sheila, Court The first event of a summer full of activities will mark the opening of the 1969 Fair and Rodeo season this Saturday night. Queen Sheila Luciani of Pine City and her court, Princesses Sherri O'Brien of Heppner, Patti Healy of Lena, Joyce Howton of lone and Rhonda Bellinger or Boardman will be honored by he Kickoff Dance at the Fair Pavilion here Saturday night, The dance starts at 9:dU p.m and ends at 1 a.m. Admission is $1.50 per person, and refresh ments will be served. The Piccadilly Line, Pendle ton band, will provide music for the dance. Music arrangements have also been completed for ensuing dances to be held throughou the summer. The first dance after the kick off dance will honor Princess Patti Healy of Lena, the Saturday, July Local Artists' Creations To be Displayed at Bank "BED SAILS IN THE SUNSET." is the object of M-s. Nellie Anderson's careful eye. Mrs. Anderson painted thie picture, which along with others, will be featured at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. She is the first of several local art is U whose wsrks will be shown. (G-T Photo). Work of local artists will be displayed at the Bank of East ern Oregon in Heppner in the coming months, with one indi vidual featured as Artist of the Month. Opening the series of exhib its are paintings by Mrs. Nellie G. Anderson of Heppner. Mrs. Anderson has selected two groups of her work, one of wa- tercolors and the other of oil paintings, for the current dis play. Many are in frames which will themselves be of interest, especially to local antique col lectors. Mrs. Anderson says, "I began painting when my daughter was a baby. The wile or the Christ ian church minister, Mrs. Mc Donald, gave water color in- truction. and I was one of sev eral people in the class." Ten years ago Mrs. Anderson switched from watercolors to oils. She liked the oils so much that she has worked in that medium since then. As in the case with other art ists who will exhibit work in various media during the com ing months, some of Mrs. Ander son's paintings are priced but others are not for sale. Anyone interested in buying a painting should contact Mrs. Anderson personally. The frames are not included with the sale of the paintings. "They are beautiful, ornate an tiques well worth the visit to the exhibit to be viewed for themselves," said Mrs. Paul Brown, who arranged the dis play. During August the exhibit will feature work by Alfred Nel son of Lexington. Nelson is a student of Dr. Margaret McDev itt, who has been teaching class es in oil painting during the past two years at Heppner, Ar lington, and Pilot Rock. In coming months other Mor row county residents will be "Artists of the Month" with work displayed at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The exhibits are the project of the Morrow County Amateur Art club. The group hopes to stimulate interest in creative work such as painting. will be by the First National Band, Pendleton. The same group will be fea tured Saturday, July 19 when Princess Rhonda Bellinger of Boardman is honored. Princess Joyce Howton, lone will be honored July 26, with the Re-Actions, La Grande, pro viding the music. The last princess dance will honor Sherri O'Briien of Hepp ner. The dance on August 2 will feature the music of the Mis fortunes, Dallesport, Wash, band. Queen Sheila of Pine City will be coronated August 9, and the dance following the coronation will feature music by Condon's Western Gentlemen. All these dances will run from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.. Two dances the week-end of the rodeo will begin at 10 p.m. Friday, August 22, music will be by The Piccadilly Line, while the Saturday night dance will feature the Western Gentlemen again. This Saturday nights dance will cap two days of activites for Queen Sheila and her court. The court will ride Friday in the Fourth of July parade, in Condon, and at the Condon Ro- Music for , deo that afternoon. They will 12 dance I be back in Heppner for the Sat urday night affair. The queen and her princess es were guests Monday of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce. Each of them told of an event they had been present at during the past two months, including the Intercol legiate Rodeo, the Arlington Ro deo, the Spray Rodeo, the Uma tilla Sageriders Rodeo and the Wranglers Ride. First Barley Cut In Morrow County Contract Accepted For HHS Position A Hermiston administrator has accepted a contract for the position of principal at Heppner High school, according to Mor row County School District R-l Superintendent Ron Daniels. Jim A. Bier, vice-principal at Hermiston High school for the past three years, accepted the position left vacant by Richard Carpenter, who resigned to take similar lob at Central Linn Hich school in Halsey. The contract for Bier has not ft rcen approved by the R-l Beard of Directors, however, and is not binding until the board meets July 21. At Hermiston, Bier was in charge of curriculum, schedul ing and staff supervision. About 20 tons of barley were delivered Monday to Morrow County Grain Growers' North Lexington elevator, marking the beginning of the county's grain harvest. The barley was delivered from the William J. Doherty ranch north of the elevator. 'The quality of the barley was pretty good," said Riley Munkers, MCGG grain division head. "Yield-wise, there was not enough cut to tell." North Lexington elevator op erator Bob Laughlin also report ed that several samples of wheat had been brought in for testing, but tests showed the wheat was too wet to store. Munkers said Tuesday more barley was to be delivered that day, with Stan Kemp expected to join the Doherty ranch in the barley harvest. The county wheat harvest is expected to start next Monday at North Lexington. The two elevators at Lexing ton and the one at lone are al so expected to open next week, although Munkers indicated they would be open about the middle of the week. Hugh Salter will operate the lone house, while George Still man and Dick Flaiz will be at Lexington. The elevators at Heppner and Ruggs will got into operation after the middle of the month, Munkers said. Jack Healy will be here, and Elwyn Hughes is scheduled to operate the Ruggs elevator.