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L 1 1RARY U OF 0 E U 1 E f J E . ORE 97403 Number 34 86th Year -T - WATCH FOR DOLLAR DAY SAVINGS NEXT WEEK if rv , r -ft If fl : f ... if EAGER TO BECOME acquainted with Morrow county people are Charlie and Dorothy Heard, who will soon become publishers or the Gazette-Times. They will be moving to Heppner soon to assume ownership of the paper here. (G-T Photo). New Publishers to Assume Duties Here November 1 Effective November 1, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heard of Pilot Rock will take over as publishers of The Gazette-Times, it is an nounced by Mrs. Wes Sherman, owner. For the past four months Mrs. Sherman has carried on as pub lisher and editor, following the sudden death, June 22, of her husband In Washington, D. C. Due to the heavy responsibili ties of the business, she has felt it above her physical ca pacity to continue. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, their two sons, Bill and Jim, and daughter, Cathy, came to Hepp ner in June, 1961, purchasing the paper here from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wildman, now of West Salem. Their oldest son, Dick, was a student at Oregon State University. Mr. Sherman had previously held interests in the Dallas Itemizer-Observer, where they lived for 15 years, and in The Stayton Mail, where they lived for three years before coming to Heppner. During their time here the paper has received a number of journalism awards, a credit to the public spirited interest and dedicated work of Mr. Sherman. The family has been active in community organizations and in the United Methodist chhurch. Mrs. Sherman and Cathy will Heppner Mustangs Meet GU Prospectors Friday By PAT KILKENNY Standings WESTERN DIVISION Won Loss 0 0 1 2 2 Heppner Sherman County Madras Wahtonka Pilot Rock T rrct Wppk'a Kt-nr.ps: 2 2 0 0 0 Heppner 18, Madras 6; Grant Union 32, Vale 7; Enterprise 32, Nyssa 6; Sherman County 34, Pilot Rock 14; Madras 36, Burns 8. This week-end's games: Burns at Nyssa; Enterprise at Vale; Wahtonka at Sherman; Madras at Pilot Rock; Heppner at Grant Union (non-league). Fire at Mill Calls Crew at Early Hour Heppner volunteer firemen re sponded to an early morning fire alarm Wednesday and helped put under control a fire inside the boiler room at the Kinzua mill. Chief Forrie Burkenbine said it appeared to have started from some kind of internal combus tion, and no major damages were done except to the frame work of the building and metal ceiling, estimated to run about $250. The fire department was call ed out at 3:04 a.m. A good sprinkler system which was in operation at the mill was credited with preventing more serious damages, Burken bine said. The fire was well con tained on arrival of the fire crew. Nightwatchman Ivan Brown discovered the blaze, and after the firemen left at 4:30 a man stayed on duty to keep watch. THE 4 - r ' i move the last of the month to Dallas, to be near relatives and close friends, and will reside at 615 Jefferson Street. Mr. and Mrs. Heard are nat ive Oregonians, and for the past four years have published the Pilot Rock News. They have sold their interests there to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Howell of South Da kota. Tii- n.nJiiotoe r,f ITncK I ern Oregon College. Mrs. Heard them for themselves, also attended College of Idaho About $6,000 worth of equip tu iTnivercitv nf flrpffon. 1 mpnt has been purchased of CLllKA IJlC ... ------ f 1 and taught school four years hofrro hpp marriage. Mr. Heard attended Williams School of Journalism for a year at Berk eley, Calif. He served for two years in the U. S. Navy during World War II, is a member of the American Legion, the Elks Lodge and the Masonic Lodges. His wife has been active in the PTA, Camp Fire Girls, Home Ex tension and the VFW and Leg ion Auxiliaries. Their children are Don, an en gineer in Alabama; Mrs. Charles (Judy) Becker of Gold Beach who is a teacher there, and three grandsons, Mike, Gard and Christopher. Mrs. Sherman is . retaining ownership of the Gazette-Times buildings. The present staff will remain to help carry on the work of the paper and in the job plant. "We're going to whip them," head Mustang Coach Ed Hiem stra said when asked about the upcoming Heppner-Grant Union game. The Mustangs travel to John Day Friday, October 17, for a non-league clash with the team rated ninth in the Journal poll. Game time is 8 p.m. Both teams have a lot in com mon, each being league leaders in its respective division of the Greater Oregon Conference. Overall records are nearly the same, with Grant Union, unde feated in five starts, holding the edge. Heppner to date is 4-1. The Mustangs slipped once, early in the season, to Enterprise. "Grant Union has the best quarterback in the league in all-conference Art Thunnell; he's tough and versatile," Hiem stra said. "On the ground they are tough, led by a speedy half back, Gary Lenz." Thunnell's onrioio ski ncuallv aimed for end Dan Lissman, who has real good hands. . . Coach Hiemstra was opiimis- tif that his Mustanes could pocket another win if their pres ent mental auuuoe prevail. This attitude has been instru mental in the previous victories. Hiemstra nopes 10 continue hi harWfield rotation which stops opposing squads from key ing on any maiviauai ruuiiing back. Herjnner has had one chance iho nnnosition. It was early in the season, but should prove to be helpful. Whether meaningful or not, the head football coach at Mad ras, a recent rival, said, "If we had it to do over again I'm sure we would get them." GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon V odb, I nursaay, ucroper, m, . ,,v.c Beggs Discusses5 Title In County A large number of students been help ed by special instruction made possible by the Title I program, Harold Beggs, principal of the lone schools and chairman ot the program, told the Heppner Mnrmw nnuntv Chamber Of Commerce at its Monday meet ing . . Throueh the Title I program, created by the Federal act of 1965, money is allocated to lo cal schools to provide compen satory education for the under- nrivileeed and educationally disadvantaged students, he ex plained. Its first use in Morrow coun ts was tn onerate summer schools for the lower grades. It has now been eniargea 10 vide remedial reading programs fnr -inninr hieh Grades during the regular school year. It has received excellent re sponse in the Heppner-lone schools, and in the Boardman Irrigon systems, he said. With the improved administration, the summer school programs have become so effective that students put forth great effort to be included, but students are entered by teacher referral on ly. Attendance, at first a prob lem, dropped to only two days total absence last year, he said. "Key word for each student placed in the program is 'suc cess'," Beggs emphasized. "Ev ery day every child must be allowed to achieve some success, because he has been the one that has met failure every day in regular school, has never be fore known success, has been continually at the bottom of his class, or has been a problem child," he said. It is the desire of the pro gram to improve the child's self cept, he said; to meet new ex periences and learn to see the rrnnri in thin PS flnQ evaluate - - . - . . mrougn we iuiius, ocggs punn ed out. Included are video ma chines, tape machines with head sets for grades 4 tnrougn a, about 1,000 paper back books stressing high interest and low vocabulary, and other special hooks and materials used in re medial reading programs To be successful, the teacher- A GROUP OF ATTENTIVE 6th graders learn of their responsibilities in helping conserve and main r 1 1- 1 -.1 i..i .Aonnrf-oc at tha nnnnai four tn Bull Prairie last Tuesday. lain lac ivinu uuu buici uuiuiwi . ... - - n. . This was one of eight stations visited by the students from three counties. (G-T rnotoj. Sixth Grade School Conservation Tour Shows Students Forest Resources After two postponements due to rain, the 1969 School Forest ry Conservation Tour became a reality Tuesday, October 7, at Bull Prairie. One hundred and thirty-five sixth grade students from four counties ana tneir xo chaperones learned the history of the Bull Prairie development and visited eight different edu cational stations. The buses from Arlington, Honnnpr Tnnp. Irripon. Monu ment and Spray arrived by 10:30 and sack luncnes were immedi ately devoured. To start the day's program, R. G. Cogburn U. S. Forest Service and Jack Melland, Oregon State Game Commission, explained the coop erative efforts of these two agencies in bringing about the development and maintenance - i 1 mrn DrVa in rrfe Schools at .pupil ratio must be kept down, ho Ktrpssed. At first the pro gram tried to carry a 1 to 12 ratio, but the past two years it has been kept at not more than 1 to 5, to allow as much per sonal help as possible. At the end of the four-week summer sessions, test scores have shown that pupil concen tration has raised as much as from the 10th to the 56th per centile, the speaker remarked. Funds allocated to the pro gram have dropped this year, Beggs stated, but the schools will continue to carry basically the same junior high remedial reading program with concentra tion on language arts, and hold the four-week summer session for grades 1-6. The speaker accompanied his talk with slides taken of the students last summer in their actual classroom work and on field trips. Studies were geared to self tha student nnnl. yzes his own work, makes and Season Opener Is Tabbed Fair By State Game Agents Fair buck success is the re port from deer hunters around the state, according to district game biologists following the opening week-end of the gener al deer season. Hunting pressure was reported light statewide, being down as much as 30 per cent or more depending on ar ea. As expected, buck hunting was slow all through the north west region, with hunting pres sure reported , the lowest in years. Enough bucks were be ing observed, Jyweyer, to make the hunt interesting and chal lenging. , Some fine hunting was re ported by deer hunters all through northeast Oregon, but ae-ain. huntine pressure was re ported lower than past years. Hunter success through the Ba ker, Keating, Lookout Mountain areas was aDour. ou percem Some large bucks were taken k - , i V , "Vs. -' . j of this fine recreational facil-1 6. Commercial Forest Manage ity. Harold Kerr, County Exten- ment Johnny Shaw and Dick : Arrant in tiwli itaii ho In. ' CororpTit Tflniia Cnrnoration. nn Aopnt. miroaucea me in structors and divided the group into eight classes. Stations visited were as fol lows: 1. Forest Soils Dale Boner and Lou Gilliam, Soil Conser vation Service. 2. Range Management Ron Mobley, County Extension Agent and Lee Brooks, Soil Conserva tion Service. 3. Outdoor Manners Bob Jepsen, rancher. 4. Fire Control Rich Bower, Henry Dahill and Jeff Ernst Oregon State Board of Forestry. 5 Timber Stand Improvement Norman Clow, U. S. Forest Service. 2PFMEE2 I Program Chamber evaluates his own video tape recordings, makes film strips and runs the equipment and portrays through art work his impressions. A wide variety of field trips broaden their narrow concepts and provide a variety of inter pvtinir pxtwrienres which, when all put together, they find that "learning can De iun . Announcement was made by Chamber President Jerry Swee ney of plans for the annual Farm-City Banquet, on Wednes day evening, October 29. Dr. Wallace Wolff will again serve as chairman of the awards com mittee for the banquet. In observance of Navy Week, program at next Mond ay's chamber meeting will be by Lt. Com. Paul Barnicle, command ing officer of the Navy Bomb ing Range at Boardman. Topic of his talk will be "Con cept of Sea Power", and will give some highlights of his experien ces in Vietnam as a naval avia tor. in the Heppner and Wheeler un its, mainly at higher elevations. The John Day country was re ported good. Hunters reported seeing lots of deer but scatter ed at all elevations. Hunting pressure in the La Grande district was below ave rage, but hunter success was good. About 80 percent of the bucks taken were lorKea norns. Huntpro rpnnrtpd excellent hunt ing conditions, with forests and rancrolanrla Wpt Sllri SOITie SnOW at higher elevations. Wallowa rvinntv hunters also enjoyed good success with 27 percent of the hunters reponea nagging bucks. Good numbers of large three and four-points were ta ken. In southeastern Oregon buck hunting was fair to good, de- nonrliniT on tho area hunted. Nimrods working the ranges in Lake County Warner, inier ( Continued on page 8) wwiiji...., r 7. Tree Identification Don Kennison, U. S. Forest Service. 8. Wildlife Jack Melland, Oregon State Game Commission. At the conclusion of the eight sessions, the group returned to the parking area for a can of pop, courtesy of Kinzua Corpor ation, and headed for home. This tour is sponsored annu ally by the above listed agen cies, organizations, and individ uals who feel the need for more outdoor education. Their goal is to instill an awareness at least of our natural resources and the responsibility for each individu al in conserving and maintain ing these resources. r " w ALL THE FOOT AND LEG POWER of John Myers went into this football kick Saturday. A large turnout of 8 to 13 year-olds wet. on the Held for the Punt Pass and Kick competition. (G-T Photo). PPdK Winners Advance To Zone Contest Saturday Sponsors of this year's Punt, Pass and Kick contest, held Sat- t tha llnnnnpr rodeo uiuoy oi i"- . "r grounds, were well pleased with results or tne Doys, hcl-uiuuik to Everett Keithley of Heppner tuin 5o! Alcn snnnsnrinp the contest was the lone Lions club. Scores compared very well with previous years, with some of the winners doing better than in the past, Keithley said. Six Doys earned me riK'u go to the zone competition to be held at Baker at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 18. Transpor tation will be provided the first place winners in each of the itricinnc anA crtmp nf the parents may be accompanying tnem. Trophy winners Saturday were Randy Worden, age 8; Danny McElligott, age 9; David All stott, age 10; Brian Boner, age 11; Jerry Gentry, age 12, and David McLeod, age 13. There was a total of 43 boys boys competing in the six div isions, with the largest percent age (18) in the 10-year-old group. In the competition the boys punt, pass and placekick for distance and accuracy. The dis tance that the ball lands from a white line is deducted from the length of their pass or kick. The combined total of the punt, pass and kick is then computed as their score. Winners scores were as fol lows: Worden, 106: McElli gott, 131; Allstott. 180; Boner, I68V2; Gentry, 227V6, and Mc Leod, 208. Dollar Saved Dollar Earned- On Dollar Days! Merchants will prove a "dol lar goes farther in Heppner" next week-end, when they spon sor their next city-wide promo- tinn "Dollar Davs". They are going "far out" to make this another fun event, and a dollar-saving attraction for customers throughout the area. Most of the Heppner stores are participating, according to Jerry Adamson, retail trade committee chairman, and prom ise to offer attractive sales. The merchant's committee will again mail out "shoppers", featuring advertising, to the Condon, Spray, Kinzua and Monument communities inviting them to "shop in Heppner" Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25. "No outlandish gimicks are being planned," chairman Ad amson points out. "Just good, plain, Dollar Day Savings, that everyone can enjoy!" Parking meters will be cov ered to offer free parking dur ing the two days. Next week's paper will give more details on the sale and will contain advertising of the special bargains to be offered. Merchants are asked to have copy ready by Thursday or Fri day of this week. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Report for the week of Octo ber 8-14: Hi Low Prec. 70 46 .15 57 43 55 37 .01 57 32 50 29 46 18 54 21 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Pahv It's been cold outside! The low spot of the week (18) might be an all-time record for this early in the season. Rec ords show a chilling 10 above back in October 30, 1935, near ly two weeks later in the year. Annual Conservation Speech Contest Wed., October 22 Heppner High School 1 . 1 V-. 0, s will compete with other local winners in their quest for reg ional and national prizes. Other winners and their scores were as follows: Eight-year-olds: Craig Rpbi son. second. 105 Vi: Rocky Allen Britt, third, 71. Nine-year-olds: Leland wnite, second, no; ten nis Peck, third. llZtt. 1 en-year- olds: Kerry Harsin, second, 164 M ; Stephen McLaughlin, third. 149. Eleven-year-olds: Allen Bur-. kenbine. second, 163; Richard Keene, third, 132. Twelve-year-olds: Kelwayne Hague, wood, second, 196; Robert Eck hiri isni Thirteen-vear- mail, w im Hrni olds: John Myers, second, 199; Joseph Kenney, tniro, iod. A special presentation of tro phies is planned by the spon sors during half time of the coming Ione-Heppner football game next Thursday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. on the Heppner field. Parents of first place win ners will be special guests at the game. At Baker on Saturday the boys HARLEY E. SAGER Sager Appointed Branch Manager At First National tvio annnintmpnt of Harlev E. Sager as manager of the Hepp ner Branch of First National Bank of Oregon has been an- nounced by Ralph J. voss, pres ident of the state-wide banking system. He replaces John Ven- ard. . . . ..... Sager's career with First mar. ional dates from 1956 when he Joined the bank at its Nyssa branch. He was promoted to As sistant Operations Officer there in 1959, and in 1962 transferred to Heppner In a similar capac ity. He was named bank Instal ment Loan Officer here in 1963, was rjromoted to General Loan Officer in 1966, and In 1967 transferred to Merrni as com mercial Loan Officer. He was then headauartered at uniario through August of this year, When he returned to Heppner. Sagers activities mciuue uie t cnoiro piver Vallpv Amer- lean Institute of Banking Study Group, the Ontario Lions ciuo, the Heppner Elks Lodge, and the Oregon Association of Real tors. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. In addition, he has completed several comprehensive courses In banking and finance offered by the American Institute of Banking and has attended the commercial loan training sem inar and the productive selling conference offered to adminis trative personnel by First Nat- 1HeLand his wife, Bertha, have three children. f 5; ; 'x - .0':' t ' '
