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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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of this fine recreational facil-1 6. Commercial Forest Manage
ity. Harold Kerr, County Exten- ment Johnny Shaw and Dick
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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