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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thuradcry. July 17. 1969 Office Procedure Taught To Girls Through Practice Work at I ho Morrow county iLsM-ssor's office Is fumlshlriB Meiinc to (Jnire Hawk and Mima Marshall. Both cirls are learning to run several types of office machines and are beeom Inc familiar with the complex lani!uai:e of their Jobs. Miss Marshall is being paid thruuuh a work-study program sponsored by Blue Mountain Community College, where she will no to school next fall. The money she earns during the summer will help to pay her college expenses, Among the machines the girls have learned to operate are a graphotvpe, which Impresses in formation on small tin plates; and an addressograph, which prints the information contain ed on the tin plates onto file folders, envelopes or papers; two models of 3M Dry l'hoto copy machines; and a main Calculator on which they know how to divide and multiply. Mona and Grace have work ed with tax lots of Morrow coun ty. There is a tax lot number assigned for every parcel of land Service Honors Mrs. E. Gilliam Here Wednesday Miss Hawk is working through which the county is divided in a work training program soons-lto. They were shown how to use orcil bv the Cooperative Exten- appraisal cards on which are sion Service at Oregon State Un-1 listed the measurements and Iversity. Employment for local lvalues of every building In tin young people was sponsored Dyi county anu me oescripuon the Morrow County Extension every piece of land. Service. I Joyce Hitch, immediate super visor for Grace and Mona. say "It would take one year for person to get completely orient ed for a lob like this. Even then things change so fast that no one could ever be aware of ev erv current aspect of the lob In three weeks the girls have U . U 1 1, V, .. ti.. r. rr-i ...u l Ull " lOUHl IfllUUKIl IU lit" l IlOV Vm. 1 llomitH, wiiu limuir Ills I !.. ..iil.i., ; I ; - ...HI, ...... i it miT I " - o. t Auiiimut ...... ''"'Jr ' 'S1''".1 , r." ' ,''" of what happens in the office. JIT'O. mt-u in a nana tvaua.i -... ...in ..n ,u !.... Vl'n.h h,..r,i.a1 n Tnlu Q nflor - ill wu. umn u - iu.-m f ,n,r,l m,.ntl,o Un "1 uK uni will ll Olie w i.l ' back to school. She will be a Illness Claims Former Resident was 80 years of age, Funeral services were held Friday, July 11, at 3:00 p.m. senior at Hcppner High school next year. Mona will continue to work .at fnf0,1,0,"',? te'SUw until fall term begins at BMCC. in Walla Walla, with the Rev, L. E. Cousins officiating. Crema tion followed the services. Mr. Thomas was born March She will start a two year pro gram then in accounting and data processing. Grace is staying with Mr. and iJ" W-W'S Vem Nolarileppner! recent years In Walla Walla he worked as a carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; two daughters, Mrs. Carlisle (Lois) Teague and Mrs. Frank (Faye) Loehr, both of Montrose. Calif.: two brothers, Loyde Thomas of Lake Charles, La., and Laurence Thomas of Fruita, Colo.; also two grand sons and six great-grandchildren. Mona's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bernard (Bud) Marshall of Heppner. Damage is Minor In Car Accident Minor damage was suffered Sunday morning when a vehic le hit a parked auto on S. Main in Heppner. City police said a vehicle driv- Mr. and Mrs. Bob Penland and en by Russell A. Grissom, 61, their son and daughter-in-law, Heppner, hit a parked auto Mr. and Mrs. Neal Tenland, vis- about 10 a.m. Sunday near the ited at the home of Dr. and parking lot of the Heppner Mrs. Edward Schaffitz on Sat- swimming pool. urday. They were dinner guests The parked car was owned by that evening in Pendleton at Bvron K. Hobbs. 19, 5809 S. W. the Neal Penland home. Bob and Idaho, Portland. his wife. Gretchen, had come About $50 damage to the left from Tillamook to see the two front fender of the Hobbs' ve families. hide resulted. I Mrs. Eaile (May! Gilliam. lifetime resident of the Heppnt and Loncrock communities, died at Pioneer Memorial hospital Sunday, July 13. at the aee of An illness had kept her hos pitalized in Pendleton for sev eral months before being admit ted to the Heppner hospital to be near her family and friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday. July 16, at 10:00 am., at All Saints' Episcopal church, with Rev. Dirk Rinehart officiating. Interment was In the Heppner Masonic cemetery, with Sweeney Mortuary direct ing the arrangements. A daughter of pioneer parents, Mary Elizabeth Perry was born November 12, 1SS8, in Lonerock, to Mary Neal Perry and George Perry. She was united in marriage to Karle Gilliam on May 1, 1913, in Heppner, and the couple had made their home here since that time. They observed their golden wedding anniversary at a church reception on May 1, Mr. Gilliam was associated with Gilliam and Bisbee Hard ware until selling the store to Claude Buschke and the late John Key in 1953. Mrs. Gilliam had spent many years as book keeper and helper in the store. During her years she had been a friend to all ages in the community. She had worked faithfully in the Episcopal church of which she was a mem ber, also in Ruth Chapter 32. Order of Eastern Star, and in Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge No. 33 for more than 50 years. She was a charter member of the Heppner Golden Age club, and active in many of the commu nity affairs. Besides her husband, Earle, she is survived by two sons, Jackson Gilliam, Episcopal Bish op of Montana and living in Hel ena, and Howard Gilliam, a county agent in Spokane, Wash.; five grandchildren, Ann, Mar garet and John, and Mary Jo nd Paul; also, a number of ieces and nephews. Donations may be made to an Episcopal church memoral fund in her memory. Sheriff Busy Over Weekend A stolen tractor, two juven iles In posKeshUn oi intoxicat ing beverages and three miss ing youths were all Investlgat ed over the week end by the Morrow county Sheriff's office. Sheriff John F. Mollahan said a tub Cadet tractor valued at $1,000 was reported stolen some time Saturday night Irom tne Desert Lawn Cemetery. It was owned bv the Irrigon cemetery district. The theft is under in vestigation. Two youths were taken into custody In Heppner Saturday night and charged with posses- slon of Intoxicating beverages, Mollahan said. Sunday night, the sheriff or ganized a H-arch party for three Boardman youths who had fail ed to return from a boating out ing on the Columbia river. The search was called off at 11 p.m. when the three return ed safely. Counties Share Oyer $2 Million Trailer Benefits Gazette-Times want ads pay. Phone 676-9228 for G-T want ad service. LET US SHOW YOU THE NEW NOMAD TRAVEL TRAILERS Self-Con rained, WVi to 24 Vi Feet and GOLDEN FALCON TRAILERS, 15 to 17 Feet WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND SEE THEM ON DISPLAY Grain Growers Add New Offices Morrow County Grain Grow ers have shifted their offices to new offices In the Machinery division building in Lexington, according to MCGG manager Larry Mills. Tht? new offices are to be occupied this week. All phone numbers for the manager, Implement parts, sales ana repairs and the grain div ision are all answered at the new offices, Mills said. Custo mers are urged to try another number if one line is busy. Senior Group Meets The Heppner Neighborhood Center again invites senior cit izens of the area to use its fa cilities Friday afternoon, July 18, for a time of social activity. Regular meetines were resumed last Friday, and more persons are invited to loin the eroun and bring friends this week, and on future Friday afternoons, from 2.00 p.m. Oregon counties are now shar Ing more than $2'. million col lected In license fees from house trailer owners during the past year. Chester W. Ott. administrat or of the Motor Vehicles Divis ion, said the annual distribu tion to counties reflects fees col lected since May, 1SHJ8. This year's total of $2,595,032 is an Increase of $.115,103 over the distribution in 19ti8, he said. Funds are distributed accordlne to the trailer's location shown on the registation application. The amount is based on 82.751 house trailer applications pro cessed by the agency. Beginning next year, Ott said a new licensing law will take effect separating travel trailers from mobile homes. Revenue collected on travel trailers will be dedicated to state parks and recreation purposes, and that collected on mobile homes will continue to go to counties. Even so, revenue to counties win be Increased he said, be cause the new law, which will take ettect in January. 1970. al so will change the method of computing fees. The Motor Vehcles Division estimates there are about 43. 000 travel trailers and 37.000 mobile homes in the state. In Morrow countv there were J39 house trailer applications processed bv the divis on rlnr. ing the past year, providing fees loianng LV,ui.bS. Big Game Regulations Available at Dealers Big game hunters are advised that the 19C9 book of ruleg Is now available at all license agencies. Hunters are urged to pick up copies of the regulations as soon ns possible, especially those hunters who Intend to file appli cations for special tags and per mits. All nig game seasons are listed in the booklet as are per mit and tag quotas for antler-li-ss and other special seasons, The booklet also contains gen eral hunting and firearms regu lations which are of Interest to all hunters. As a reminder to hunters that they have only a few weeks left to file applications for permits and special season tags, the deadline and drawing dates for these hunts are as follows. Antelope, bighorn sheep, and August deer permits: Deadline 5 p.m., July 25. Drawing date 10 a.m., August Rice Appointed Reserve Deputy Bob Rice of lone has been appointed as a reserve Doduiv ot the Morrow county Sheriffs office, according to Sheriff John F. Mollahan. Rice will be used to aw.bt in policing dances and other sir. rial functions within the coun ty, Mollahan said. The new deputy served with the Reno, Nov., police force, pri or to returning to the county in 19C7 to assist his mother In the operation of the familv ranch near Ionp. lie was graduated from lone High school in 19G1. and at tended Oregon State University and Columbia Basin College. The new deputy Is married and has one daughter. Relatives visitina at the Art Watkins home over the past hol iday week-end included their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Holland and three sons from The Dalles, another daughter, Mrs. Russell Long necker from Mt. Vernon, Wash., their son and dauehter-In-law. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Wilson and three children from Tillamook. and Mrs. Watkins' mother, Mrs. Dorothy Dunlap from Grass Val ley, on Saturday the family en joyed a picnic and swim at Leh man Springs. October and November deer permits: Deadline 5 p.m.. August 12, Drawing date 10 a.m., August ZZ. Elk permits: Deadline 5 p.m., September 9. Drawing date 10 a.m., Sept ember 19. Hunters are reminded that to be eligible for the various draw ings applications must be re ceived by the Game Commls sion at its Portland headquart ers by 5 p.m. on the deadline date. This means that upstate hunters should have applica tions in the mail several days in advance of this date to in sure arrival in Portland prior to the cutoff. HOSPITAL NEWS Mrs. John Clerf and daugh ters, Peggy and Judy, Kittitas. Wash., are visiting Mrs. Clerf's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer of lone. They will stay while Mr. Schaffer has surgery in Hermiston. Mrs. Martha Kina left July 6 to visit her sister and brothers in the Corvallis area. After vis iting in Corvallis she will trav el to California by bus to stay with her daughter, Mary Shan non Foster, until Mrs. Foster's baby Is born. Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital during the past week, and still receiving medical care, are the following: Claude Cox, Heppner; Ed Ben nett, Heppner; Rav Dolvin, Lex ington; Clyde Nutting, Heppner; Edward Stingle, Heppner; Jerry Hill. Heppner; Earl Scott, Ken newick, and Juanita Carmich ael, Heppner. Those dismissed, after receiv ing medical care, were Rubv Hastings, Kinzua; Mary Emert, lone; Bettle Doherty. Heppnir: Jim Jepsen, lone, and Lester Wick. Hermiston. transferred to Portland. See or call The Gazette-Times for all your needs In Moore Rediforms. t'. T II j r,,"r ! I 4.1 r " .v- SMartf rsV We Are Also Dealers For CARAVEL PICKUP CAMPERS Call 384-2292, Condon, Collect for Flatt's Truck Service SERVING HEPPNER WITH FAST AND DEPENDABLE FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE Daily Overnight Service From Portland Including Saturdays MOVING? CALL US U9 rl 0 incB! i J 1 1 . - ALSO SEE OUR NEW BOUNTY PICKUP CAMPERS AND OASIS TRAVEL TRAILERS In 8, 9, and 11 Ft. Lengths PERFECT FOR VACATION, HUNTING, FISHING TRIPS (STROM FARM CHEMICALS IONE PH. 422-7283 MORROW COUNTY FAIR and RODEO ! ' V '4-1 s -" i i " v ,! SATURDAY, JULY 19 9:30 D.m. tc 1 a.m. MUSIC BY First National Band PENDLETON ADMISSION Honoring Princess RHONDA BELLINGER Per Person MORROW COUNTY j ir PAV1U kn UN HEPPNER