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86th Year
Number 22
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Br DON GILLIAM
Tat wk of July 16-23
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Tuesday 90 53
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 241969
Price 10 Cents
Kinzua Corp. Mill
Work Week to Four
Slashes
Days
A "draught In lumber con
sumption" has resulted In cur
tailing production at Kinzua
Corporation's Heppner mill, the
company's general manager said
Tuesday.
Allen Nistad, head of the
firm, said the mill Is in ltd sec
ond week of operating four
working days instead of five.
Fifty employees are affected
by the curtailment, according to
Kinzua officials.
Six men, three firemen and
three watchmen, continue to
work five days a week, Nistad
said. I
"Our mill, in line with other
mills In the Northwest, is cur
tailing production," Nistad said.
"We are on a four-day week at
all our mills."
The curtailment Is Indefinite,
the manager said.
Production at the mill, cut 20
per cent by the order, "is more
in line with our shipments," Nis
tad noted.
Other mills throughout the
Northwest have closed because
of the lack of adequate markets,
the company manager said.
"Our workers are part of us,"
Nistad said. "We owe it to our
workers to keep the mills work
ing." In making the announcement
to workers at Kinzua, Nistad
noted present housing demands
in the country show an annual
need for two and a half mil
lion housing starts.
"Starts are down to half that
many," Nistad said. He said
high interest rates made loans
for building hard to get. Apart
ment building loans are the
most difficult to get now, he
noted.
At the Heppner plant, invent-
ory had gone up drastically, Nis
tad said, necessitating the cur- i
t aliment.
The six firemen and watch
men have their week staggered
to allow someone at the mill
seven davs a week, Nistad said,
This is the same as before the
curtailment.
Operations will be resumed to
full production wnen snipments
deem it necessary, the manager
said.
The company's mill at Kinzua
has been working on a four-day
week also, Nistad said.
District School Board of Directors
Names Teachers, Lets Bid Awards
Heppner High school official
ly has a new principal.
Jim A. Bier, a native of East
em Oregon and for three years
the vice-principal of Hermiston
Senior High school, received fi
nal approval of the Morrow
County School District R-l board
of directors at its meeting
Monday night
Bier had earlier accepted the
contract, but it was subject to
the board's approval.
Three other teachers for the
county system were hired at the
meeting. In other major Dusi
ness, fuel, bulk gasoline, bus
service and contract bus run
. ...awards. ...were, made, and - repair
of the gym roof at Lexington
was approved.
Besides Bier, teachers hired
were Dennis Surmon, to teach
band at Riverside High school;
Karen McCurdy, to teach second
grade at lone; and William C.
McLarty, to serve as counselor
and English instructor at Riv
erside. Surmon holds a B. A. from
Oregon College of Education
and will start at a salary of
$6,430. Miss McCurdy has a
B. S. from Oregon State Univer
sity, and will start at $6,100.1
McLarty has B. S. and M. Ed.
degrees from Oregon State. He
will start at $8,540.
Bier has two degrees, a bach
elor's and master's from East
ern Oregon College, and a mas
ter's from the University of
Idaho. He will begin at $12,775
annually.
Bid awards were given to Un
ion Oil Co. for bulk gasoline,
at a figure of $.228 per gallon
at Heppner and lone and $.224
per gallon at Boardman and Ir
rigon. Paul Pettyjohn Co. of lone
won the diesel fuel award, with
a bid of $.145 per gallon.
A bid of $3.92 per 42-gallon
barrel delivered won the bulk:
fuel award for Western Fuel Co.,
Yakima, Wash.
Pettvlohn also won the anti
freeze award, with a bid of $1.35
per gallon.
Bus service awards went to
Wayne Kuhn's Union station in
Boardman, to Lees 'iexaco m
Irrigon and lone Chevron in
lone.
Four different awards were
made on contract bus runs.
Bryce Keene, lone, won the
award for the HosKins-Knea
Creek run with a bid of $1,800.
Jim Barnett. with a bid of
$4,209. won the award for the
Kinzer-Linnell run at lone.
The Peterson-McElligott run
went to Bob Peterson, who bid
$900.
Lois Hunt, who bid $3,185.12,
was awarded the Huber-Jepsen
Harrison run.
The directors authorized Kell
er's Roofing, Hermiston, to fix
the roof at the district office in
Lexington. The firm bid $475.
The gym is used for supply stor
age and by children during the
winter months.
The board also decided to
close the bridge over Hinton
creek.. near the bus - sheds in
Heppner to vehicle traffic, al
lowing only pedestrian traffic.
In the superintendent's re
port, the directors heard Ron
Daniels report on a bill passed
in the last legislature that
changes the title of superintend
ent to county clerk. Daniels now
has the clerk title, but the du
ties will be retained by Mrs.
Gail McCarty, who becomes dep
uty clerk.
Daniels also told the board of
problems encountered at River
side High school with the un
derground Irrigation system
there. New board chairman Jack
Sumner appointed himself, Ir
vin Rauch, Gerald Peck and
Max Jones to meet on the prob
lem. A sand blow problem at the
school has been turned over to
the contractor, Daniels said.
In other action, the board:
designated the deputy clerk
to be bookkeeper and sole sign
er of district checks,
authorized personnel to or
der surplus property equipment,
designated; Mahoney and
Abrams, Heppiier, as the dis
tricts attorneys
--designatea '- the Bank of
Eastern- Oregon - and the First
National Bank of Oregon as dis
trict depositories for 1969-70,
authorized the superintend
ent to apply for federal funds
for summer programs and im
pact legislation funds,
authorized a contract with
Weatherill, Weatherill and Mor
rison as district auditors.
authorized Daniels as the
budget officer for 1970-71, and
authorized the deputy clerk
to borrow up to $100,000 as need
ed.
Princess Janet Next for Honors
New to the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo court, but well
known by many residents of the
county, is Princess Janet Palma
teer of lone. She has appeared
with the court the past two
weeks, replacing Joyce Howton,
and already feels much at home
with Queen Sheila Luciani and
other princesses on the court.
Princess Janet will be honored
at her own dance Saturday eve
ning, July 26, at the fair pa
vilion, and invites Iter Imany
friends to join her there. She
is sponsored by Willows Grange
of lone.
Music for dancing will be fur
nished by the Spring Rain com
bo of Pendleton, from 9:30 to
1:00.
The attractive bright-eyed
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Palmateer has been enjoying a
busy summer on the ranch of
her parents north of lone. There
she has developed her talent in
her favorite sport, horseback
riding. She has been a member
and leader of the 4-H riding
club in lone, and is a member
of the Wranglers Riding club and
served as pennant bearer.
For two years, 1967 and 1968,
Princess Janet had the honop of
being a princess on the Arling
ton rodeo court, and in her sec
ond year rode with the court in
the Portland Rose Parade.
In public appearances she
rides her favorite sorrel quarter
horse, "Flicka".
The honor princess has at
tended grade and high schools
in lone, and graduated there
with the class of 1968. She was
a popular leader in school ac
tivities, and for three years was
cheerleader. She entered Eastern
Oregon College in La Grande
last year and as a freshman was
selected a varsity cheerleader.
Janet plans to return to EOC
for her sophomore year and is
enrolled in secretarial science
courses.
Besides her parents, her fam
ily includes a younger brother,
Ronnie.
Last of the princess dances, on
Saturday, August 2, will honor
Sherri O'Brien, and the Queen's
Coronation and Dance for Sheila
Luciani will be August 9. Rodeo
dances are scheduled August 22
and 23.
Sweeney's 'Hizzoner'
Heppner has a new mayor,
but he won't stay that way for
long.
City Council chairman Jerry
Sweeney is acting mayor while
the real mayor. Bill Collins,
takes a t creation in Kansas.
Collins is expected to return
by August 1.
Meanwhile, register your com
plaints with Hizzoner Sweeney!
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County Fair Board
Seeks Caretaker
With Morow county's annual
Fair and Rodeo less than a
month away, the Fair's Board of
Directors is in search of a care
taker.
That was one of the subjects
discussed at the board's month
ly meeting Monday night.
The caretaker would replace
Wayne Harsin, who has submit
ted his resignation.
Other items discussed bv the
board will be brought before
the rodeo board at the August
meeting.
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WHILE HIS "CUSTOMERS" wait, young Allen BurkenbJne. 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrie Bur
kenbine of Heppner, dips out a healthy scoop of ice cream for another free Ice cream cone given
away by Central Market during last weekend's Sidewalk Bazaar. Young Burkenbine, whose foul
er is the store's manager, was kept busy Friday morning as large crowds and hot weather com
bined to make the free treat most welcome. Most stores reported good crowds during the two
day event, during which Mrs. Eva Griffith won a Polaroid camera in a raffle sponsored by the
Morrow County Jaycees. (G-T Photo).
Wheat Crop Yields On
As Grain Harvest Nears
Increase
Peak
Firemen Find No Fire
Heppner's Rural fire depart
ment spent an hour Monday
night looking for a fire but
couldn't find one.
Sanford canyon rancher Bob
Mahoney reported smoke on
Ridge road on top of Heppner
Flat about 8:45 p.m., but two
pickups and the rural fire truck
which went to the scene found
no flames.
One pickup and the truck
stayed out for an hour, then
returned when they were satis
fied there was no fire.
Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine
said the smoke Mahoney saw
was from the Kinzua mill at
Heppner, which sometimes
hangs in canyons, causing
alarm when it is seen.
Morrow county's grain har-1 potato harvest, at least in re
vest will reach its peak in about cent years will get underway
week, with yields Improving Monday at tne nelson-luaier
rancn in tne county s norm ena.
The new date is four days
earlier than previously planned,
according to co-owner D. O.
Nelson. Nine truck drivers will
be employed to haul the pota
toes to Hinkle for processing.
Nelson said.
Defoliating of the crop has
been completed, thus clearing
the way for the harvest.
a
as higher elevations are harvest
ed.
That's the situation this week,
according to Morrow County
Grain Growers grain division
manager Riley Munkers.
"We're getting going good all
over," Munkers said Tuesday.
"Lexington is going real
strong."
Yields are improving as more
wheat is delivered to the Lex
ington elevators, Munkers said,
after less satisfactory yields in
the North Lexington area.
"We hope the average there
will be 18 bushels per acre," he
said. At Lexington, early reports
show an average of 23 to 26
bushels per acre.
The county's first full-fledged
E-0 Newspaperman
To Visit Chamber
Jim Eardley, managing editor
of The East Oregonian in Pen
dleton, will be the guest of the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce at its regular
meeting next Monday.
Eardley's topic will be "How
the Daily News Gets in Print."
The meeting is at noon in the
Wagon Wheel dining room.
Harvest will continue in the
North Lex area for another two
to three weeks, Munkers said,
but the area has passed its
peak One man will handle the
load at the elevator there, in
stead of two.
Over 19,000 bushels of wheat
were taken In at Lexington Mon
day, in addition to barley,
Munkers said. At lone, the cut
ting is just getting started.
Early deliveries of wheat have
started at Ruggs, Munkers said,
with preliminary reports show
ing good yields. Some farmers
were expecting an average of
30 to 35 bushels per acre in
that area, he said.
Little Leaguers Lose Pair
Failing to hold on to early
leads, the Willow Creek Little
League All-Stars dropped two
games in the Little League dis
trict tournament in The Dalles
last week.
The local crew fell prey to Jef
ferson County, 16-3, Saturday,
after losing to Deschutes 12-4
on Thursday.
In the Saturday contest, Wil
low Creek led 2-0 through the
third inning, but the Madras
team scored three runs in the
third to go ahead. Willow Creek
tied the game up, but gave up
three more runs in the fourth
and 10 in the fifth for the final
margin.
Greg Christopherson and Joe
Rietmann combined for the
pitching chores, with Howard
Green and Ray Curnutt doing
the catching.
In the earlier contest, the lo
cal team stayed ahead 4-2 un
til the fifth, when Deschutes
went ahead to stay. Willow
Creek came back with a single
tally in the sixth, but it was to
no avail.
Jerry Gentry and Robby Eck
man did the hurling for Willow
Creek in the contest, with Green
behind the plate.
Daniels Tells Chamber of School Lav Changes
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PRINCESS JANET PALMATE EB
Two of over 600 bills passed
by the 1969 legislature that af
fect schools in the state were
explained Monday at the Hepp-ner-Morrow
county Chamber of
Commerce by School District R-l
superintendent Ron Daniels.
The two Dins approved were
House Bill 1458, allowing chang
es in the existing Basic School
Support Fund law, and Senate
Bill 77, which provides for re
organization of Intermediate
Education Districts.
The House bill, according to
Daniels, increases the basic sup
port funds by $20 million. This
will give Morrow county schools
$23,000 more annually than the
existing law provides.
The second major change the
bill provides is the reduction of
He said a major consideration
the dollar amount set aside for
the growth account of the basic
support fund.
At present, some $500,000 is
carried over from this fund, and
the new law would allow more
distribution of funds in the year
they were appropriated.
The bill also reduces equali
zation funds from the present
level. Since Morrow county
schools receive no equalization
funds, this change also benefits
the county system.
Daniels told the Chamber the
original bill had also provided
for a phase-out of state reim
bursement for transportation
funds, but that several superin
tendents had testified against
the section, and that it was
withdrawn.
School District R-l receives
from $50,000 to $60,000 annual
ly for transportation, so this
section's deletion also benefitted
the county schools.
The Senate Bill, Daniels said
at the meeting, provides for re
organization of the IED districts.
At present, Morrow county buys
services from the Umatilla
county IED, and the new law
places the two counties in one
district.
District R-l directors can pe
tition to remove Morrow county
from the district, however, Dan
iels said.
"The Board of Directors is
going to take a close look at
the services available and the
cost of going into the district
with Umatilla county," the su
perintendent noted.
would be the fact that Morrow
county has one-fourth of the
land in Umatilla county, but on
ly one-tenth the number of pup
ils. Thus, the local county share
would be greater per pupil than
would be Umatilla county's
share.
The matter will be discussed,
he said.
Speaking on district opera
tions, Daniels said the district's
auditor is now auditing the
books. The district expects a
$32,600 balance from the 1968
fiscal year.
He also told of remodeling
being done at lone Elementary
school md at Heppner Junior
High school In an effort to bring
them up to complete state
standards.