HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, ThumtoT. JulT 1 '9
County Officials
Attend Meeting
In Portland
Five Morrow county officials
spent part of this week at a
meeting of the National Asso
ciation of County Officials In
Portland.
County Judge Paul Jones, Road
Superintendent Harold (Doc)
Sherer. Clerk Sadie Parrltih and
Ciimmi' .loners Jack VanWinkle
and Walter Hayes attended
Monday and Tuesday, with Mrs.
I'arrish staying for further meet
ings Wednesday.
The Clerk Is an onker in me
Mate organization.
Judge Jfne went to Portland
Sunday, with the others going
Monday. The meeting started
Saturday.
Theme of the meeting was
"Counties in the 70's." accord
ing to Jones. Among the speak
ers were Oregon Governor Tom
McCall. Portland Mayor Terry
Schrunk and former U. S. Sec
retarv of Health, Kducatlon and
Welfare John Gardner.
Gardner was the keynote
speaker, with his talk centering
on "most needed items counties
must face in the 70's," Jones
said.
County offclals sat In on a
roundtable discussion on county
law enforcement and crime con
trol. Monday afternoon.
A banquet Wednesday night
wa to have featured Vice-Pres
ident Spiro Agnew, but Jones
and the others did not stay for
the dinner.
Bank Announces
Stock Split
The board of directors of First
National Bank of Oregon has
proposed a five for three stock
split, according to an announce
ment by President Ralph J. Voss.
The proposal will be submit
ted to the shareholders of the
bank at a special meeting to
be held Aug. 25. 19. If approv
ed, the additional shares will be
distributed on or about Sept. 12.
11)09 to shareholders of record
Sept. 2, 19(i9.
Under the proposal, an addit
ional two-thirds of a share will
be Issued for each share cur
rently outstanding Increasing
the total to 5.313.149 shares. The
board expressed its Intention to
establish an annual dividend
rate of $1.20 per share for all
stock then outstanding which is
the equivalent of $2.00 per share
based on the number of shares
currently outstanding. The pres.
ent dividend rate is $1.90 per
share.
Voss stated the stock split
should result in a broader and
more active market for the
bank's stock. The bank current
ly has nearly 2,000 shareholder
Including approximately 1,500
in the state of Oregon.
Students Travel To Hear Selections From 'The Bard'
"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore
art thou?"
"In the bushes, silly! The
ladder broke,"
Twelve Heppner and lone
High school students who are
preparing to attend the annual
Shakespearean Festival in Ash
land. August 11 15 aren't likely
to hear Just this when they see
Romeo and Juliet performed.
Students receive a special rate
for the festival, allowing school
groups to see plays they may
not otherwise be able to afford.
Local students aie sponsored by
the school district. While in
Ashland they will stay in dor
mitories on the Southern Oregon
College campus.
Besides Romeo and Juliet, the
group will see The Tempest.
Twelfth-night, and King John
performed. As a special treat,
they shall also see a musical.
Virtue of Danger, produced in
the new Indoor theater.
Members of the actors' troupe
will conduct them on a tour
through fie Indoor and outdoor
theaters.
WEDDING. PARTY and AN
NIVERSARY napkins with
names imprinted; monogram
med playing cards; wedding in
vitations and announcements,
nil available at The Gazette-Times.
In addition to the festival, the
local youngsters will view Cra
ter Lake, the Oregon Caves and
Jacksonville on the trip back.
For the weeks preceding the
tiip the students spent time
reading each of the plays they
intended to see. and met at the
homes of Teresa Harshman and
Kristin Nelson to listen to play
recordings and discuss them af
terward. Mrs. Jane Rawlins and Mrs.
Bob Jepsen are chaperoning Rob
Abrams. Sheryl Brltt, Ginny
Clough. Linda Cooper, Vernon
Frederlckson. Teresa Harshman,
Jeannlne Hunt, Susan Jepsen,
Kristin Nelson. Lvnda Orwlck,
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital, and still re
ceiving medical care, are the
following: Juanlta Carmichael,
Heppner; Scott Furlong. Hepp
ner; Alma Davidson, lone; Joel
Engelman, lone: Norah Rasmus,
Heppner; Ann Beck, Heppner,
and Claire Andrescn, Heppner.
Those dismissed, after receiv
ing medical care, were Myrtle
Smith, Heppner; Richard O'Brien,
Baker; Elsa Mott, Heppner; Dan
Cox, Heppner; and Michael Par-
rish, Condon
Eddie Sherman, and Debbie
Warren.
Mrs. Rawlins noted. 'This is
one of the most enthusiasts
groups I've seen. They arc real
ly anxious to get a lot out ol
the trip."
Northwest Bell
Announces New
Security Man
Ben I. Swank has been named
Ceneral Security Manager for
Pacific Northwest Bell, replacing
R. V. Jenkins. Jenkins retired
after 39 years with the utility
Swank, who has been with
PNB for over 22 years, was for
merly a detective on the Port
land Police Bureau. He als
served as the Police Chief's aide
A graduate of the F.B.I. Nat
lonal Police Academy and var
ious advanced police and plant
security training and law en
forcement schools. Swank is
currently instructing at the Ore
gon Police Academy.
Responsible for the security
and protection of PNB property
and equipment in Oregon, vat
ued at more than $-170 million
Swank Is also the "claims man
ager" for the company. In thb
capacity, he handles the clainu
for and against PNB.
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Roy Tyler Dies
Af Lebanon Home
Word was received Tuesday
morning that Roy E. Tyler, a
former Morrow county pioneer
resident, had died suddenly at
his home in Lebanon.
He and his wife homestead
ed near the Claude White ranch
npnr lxlnpton. Later Mr. and
Mrs. Tyler and her brother,
Merle KirK, now 01 nermision,
operated the Frank Bell ranch
in Blackhorse. Also, for a length
of time, the partners farmed the
McCarty ranch in Sand Hollow
before the Tylers acquired his
mother's ranch near Lexington.
The family lived here until
the accidental death of their
oldest child, Edward, before sell
ing to the Maleskes and mov
ing to the Willamette Valley.
The Merle Kirks left immed
ately to spend the remainder of
this week with Mrs. Tyler in
Lebanon.
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