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'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
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Number 19 On Again, Off Again
By DON GILLIAM
Weather Observer
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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.
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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
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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.