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By DON GILLIAM
Week of Nov. 26 Dec.
GRAIN PRICES
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain Crowrt)
F.O.B. Lexington
Soft White Wbat S1.41
Bailey $40
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Prec. for Nov., 1968, 2.54.
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 4, 1969
Number 41
City Adopts Ordinance,
Revises Safety Rules
Two ordinances were read the
third time and passed at the
Heppner City Council Monday
evening. One ordinance amends
the Building Permit Application
Ordinance giving the recorder
and superintendent authority to
Issue minor repair and emergen
cy applications.
The second ordinance requires
supply valves, relief valves and
check valves in all new plumb
ing installations or remodeling
projects to comply with the
Oregon State Plumbing Code. It
will also protect the city against
complaints or damages.
City Attorney Bob Abrams said
he had gone through the Fire
Prevention code with the Fire
Chief. He said he felt they were
all good and relative to condit
ions in Heppner except for the
section pertaining to the man
ufacture of paint. The code was
referred to the Fire Committee:
David McLeod, Clyde Allstott
and Dick Robison.
Building permit application
was approved lor L. E. Dick, Jr.
to repair basement bathroom by
replacing fixtures and walls,
panel basement walls, repair
doors and windows in basement
and bedrooms and replace hot
water heater. Cost $1500. Work to
be done by Maurice Groves.
Application for Class A Dis
pensers license for Cal's Tavern
in the name of Georgia Lynch
was approved. Also approved
was the Retail Malt class A type
license for Hamlin's Sporting
Goods and Tavern in the name
of Jimmy and Mary Rogers.
This had previously been II
censed to Frank Hamlin.
Three estimates for a new po
lice car were read: 1970 Chev
rolet Biscayne according to
specifications except for tires
$2426.78. Heppner Auto Sales,
1970 Ford custom 4-door accord
ing to specifications with 1968
Chevrolet trade-in $1796. Far
ley Motor Co. 1970 Ambassador
according to specifications and
1968 Chev. trade-in $1991. Coun
cil voted to authorize the police
committee to check the esti
mates and decide on the car
best suited to the city's needs.
Amount budgeted for the new
car was $1800. Members of the
committee are Joseph D. Balfe,
Jerry Sweeney and Carl Spauld-ing.
The superintendent reported
CowBelles Promote
Beef Certificates
For Holiday Gifts
Morrow County CowBelles re
cently delivered Beef Certificates
of $10 to Heppner High School
and Riverside High School and
$5.00 to lone High School. These
are matched with certificates
from the State Beef Council for
use in the Home Ec Depart
ments in preparing Inexpensive
cuts of Beef.
This is the seventh consecu
tive year the Beef industry has
promoted the purchase of $5,
$10 and $15 Beef Gift Certifi
cates to give as Christmas pres
ents. These certificates which
are the equivalent of a cash
ier's check are redeemable for
beef in any grocery store in the
United States.
The First National Bank In
ChGnbeir Ponders Vnrffoaus frdbkffiis
Outstanding Tri
that Grossmiller of Pendleton Heppner is selling these novel
Free Prizes Due
Here Saturday
Heppner merchants will have
another exciting Saturday here
on Dec. 6. Two bicycles and
two transistor radios will be giv
en lucky winners of the annu
al drawing. You must be pres
ent to win a prize in this draw
ing.
If you didn't register for priz
es last week, you may register
once at each of the stores. Reg
istration closes at noon on Sat
urday. The drawing will be here on
Main Street at 4 p.m.
You folks are cordially invit
ed to come into Heppner and
see the gay Christmas decora
tions, lots of fine shopping bar
gains and have some fun.
Fire Laddies
Snuff Blaze
Heppner firemen quickly an
swered a call Thanksgiving eve
ning to the John Hill home at
635 Cowins Street. An overheat
ed flue caused some $50 dam
age to the walls before exting
uished. Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine
said this was the third fire in
the past three years on Thanks
giving Day.
had a greed to repair the school
fence for $500. It was original
ly built for $450. It was noted
that the young man who dam
aged the fence would work out
part of the bill and repay the
city in lull.
According to City Charter,
council authorized the selling of
the 1947 dump truck by public
auction. This truck was used
last year in snow removal. This
year the plow is being mounted
in a 1959 Ford.
Bob Abrams reported on his
part of the League of Oregon
cities meeting in Portland. It
was at first thought the state
law which entitled indigents to
have court appointed attorneys
mignt become, a financial bur
den to cities. Portland has dis
covered that in practice, the re
peaters in their courts have
found their stay in Jail to be
a day or so longer as the court
appointed attorney prepared
their case than if they didn't
have an attorney. Only 8 ask
for an attorney.
The City Attorney has written
the bonding company for the
bond money so that Heppner can
finish up well No. 5 or asked
the bonding company to see
that it is finished.
Adrian cook, social science
teacher from the high school
with part of his class was in
attendance at the city council
meeting.
Dale Holland appeared in re
lation to two traffic problems.
One was the 15 mile limit post
ed on the street leading to high
school hill. He felt this was too
slow and suggested a 25 mile
zone. He also noted the narrow
ness of the street from Court
St. Market to the grade school
when cars are parked on both
sides. He suggested that perhaps
parking only on one side might
be the solution of this prob
lem. These two problems were
turned over to the police com
mittee: Joe Balfe, Jerry Swee
ney and Carl Spaulding.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15
p.m.
gift certificates. If you would
like additional information con
cerning these gift certificates or
would like to place your order
direct with the Morrow County
CowBelles call or write Mrs. Bob
Mahoney, Heppner or Mrs. Jer
ry Brosnan, Route 2, Heppner.
Holiday Decorating
Prizes, Rules Set
Prizes totaling $120 will be
awarded again this year to
Heppner residents for the an
nual Christmas Lighting Con
test. Columbia Basin Electric
Co-operative and Heppner-Mor-row
County Chamber of Com
merce have combined resources
to match the $60 given each
year by an anonymous donor.
Prizes will be given in two
categories:
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PAT KILKENNY
LEE HUSON
Three Named Top Teenagers
Chosen as Outstanding Teen
agers of America from Heppner
High are Jody Rugg, Patrick Kil
kenny and Lee Huson.
Outstanding Teenager of
America is a non-profit founda
tion formed to honor, inspire,
and encourage young people to
take advantage of American opportunities.
This award was bestowed up
on the three HHS seniors for
their outstanding ability and
achievement.
Jody, Pat and Lee will com
pete in the state contest for the
Governor's Trophy, which is re
warded to one Outstanding
Teenager.
This winner is entered in the
national contest. If this contest
is won, it means a $1,000 schol
arship. Jody's qualifications for the
award are being varsity cheer
leader, working on the Junior
Senior Prom and Banquet, par
ticipation in clubs and activi
ties, and her work for the class.
Being associated student body
president was one of Pat's nu
merous activities. The others
are playing basketball, football,
baseball and golf; being a class
president; and two years as
sports editor for the HEHISCH.
Activities that qualified Lee
are football, baseball, and bas
ketball. He has received recog
nition in football as an all
conference and all -state end. He
was ASB Sergeant-atArms last
year.
The three students are filling
out forms to send in to show
their record in high school. Win
ners are chosen on this basis.
Heppner High Schedules
Weekend Hoop Action
By JOHN HARRIS
According to Bob Clough,
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Window and interior decorations 1 ball foes will be tough. He says
which can be seen from the!0f them, "We will be opening
street. In each group the prizes I with two of the top teams in
the Greater Oregon League and
it is a good tough weekend for
us to start out on."
Clough says that Grant Union
is one of the teams to beat in
this league and that they will
be strong. He also says that the
Saturday night opponent, Enter
prise, will oe, in nis opinion,
"the top team to beat in the
Greater Oregon League."
Coach Clough says Grant Un
ion will be led by Don Lissman
who averaged 16 points against
the Mustangs in two games last
year. Also one of the leading
prospects is Art Thunnell, an
eastern division all-star from
last year. These are two of the
four returning lettermen from
Grant Union.
Leading the cause for Enter
prise will be all 12 players from
last year's teams. Probable lead
ing players will be Dave Mel
ville and Dave Strom who gar
nered an average of 19 points
will be
First $30; Second $20;
Third $10.
In addition, the merchant
judged to have the best Christ
mas display will rece've recog
nition from the Chamber.
Out-of-town judges will use
a basis of 40 points lor por
traying the Christmas theme, 40
points for originality and 20
points for all-over effect.
Winning displays must be
kept lighted each night through
Christmas Week. All residents
of the city are eligible, regis
tration is not necessary. If you
live in Heppner you're in it!
Judging will be started at 4
p.m. on Sunday, December 21.
Be sure your lights are on!
Members of the Christmas
Lighting Committee are Elma
Harshman, Elaine George, Har-
ley Young, Orville Cutsforth,
Charles Ruggles. I
apiece in two games last year,
and Lee Weaver and Jim Pace
who popped in an average of
11 points each last year in the
two games against the Mus
tangs. Coach Clough was reluctant to
talk about the Mustangs but
said, "We are about the same
height as both of them, so this
will be a test for our ability to
run."
Both varsity games will start
at 8.0'J p.m. and are preceded
by junior varsity games at 6:30.
These two encounters, Grant
Union Friday, and Enterprise
Saturday, are both non-league
games.
Christmas Tree
Permits Available
W. S. Miller, District Ranger,
announces that Christmas trees
will be available for cutting on
National Forest land by purch
asing a $1.00 permit from the
Heppner Ranger District office.
Office hours are from 8:00 to
12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00 Monday
thru Friday and also Saturday,
Dec. 6 and 13.
County Welfare
Costs Are Up
Welfare cases and accompany
ing costs in public assistance
continues to rise In the tri-coun-
ty area (Gilliam-Wheeler-Mor
row) as well as the rest of the
state according to Lowell Chal-
ly, administrator for the county
commissioners. As of Septem
ber, 251 persons were being aid
ed compared to 170 a year ago.
While Aid for Dependent Child
ren has been the major contrib
uting factor, the number of con
gregate care cases has also ris
en sharply, Chally said. Also in
dicative of mounting need in the
area over the same period of
time has been the abundant
food program which jumped
from 142 persons to 2651.
CALLING FOR TOYS
The Jaycees are anxious to
have more toys brought into
their pickup stations. They will
repair, repaint and fix up bro
ken toys. Anyone having toys
they are no longer using are
urged to drop them off at Bank
of Eastern Oregon, McBride's
Body Shop or the Fire Station.
The toys will be distributed
to families where the children
need "more Christmas".
The Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce met for
a luncheon Monday at the Wag
on Wheel. Judge Paul Jones
alerted the group to an import
ant problem that is receiving
attention, The word has been
out that the. Bureau of Recla
mation may" enforce a rule lim
iting irrigation water from im
poundments such as John Day
Lake to 160 acres. Judge Jones
pointed out the possible serious
consequences for Morrow Coun
ty if this should come to pass.
He said several big develop
ments in irrigated row crops
would be killed if this rule were
to be enforced. A meeting in
Washington, D. C. in January
is to be held on this matter. An
Eastern Oregon group is expect
ed to appear there in opposition
to the proposal.
Orville Cutsforth spoke on the
ski development at Arbuckle
Mountain. He said experience
has shown that a number of ski
runs have Improved their ac
ceptance by moving to better
locations. He feels a ski lodge
is needed to insure success and
suggested consideration be giv
en to a move to Happy Home
Camp.
Mr. Cutsforth suggested that
the best . solution at present
seemed to be to interest an in
dividual or a corporation with
sufficient capital to take over
the operation and development
of the ski run and facilities.
Judge Jones said the County
Court is to meet soon to decide
on keeping the road open. The
County is reimbursed by the
State for the snow plowing.
Clarence Rosewall said there
will be a report on the nomi
nation of five Chamber directors
at next Monday's meeting. On
Dec, 15 there will be nomina
tions from the floor and then
the election will be held on Dec.
21. Installation of Chamber of
ficers is set for Dec. 29.
President Jerry Sweeney in
troduced Harold Cantrell of Bon
neville Power Administration
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Christmas Tree
Donated to City
By O. W. Cutsforth
This year's 35-foot Christmas
tree, a delight to everyone driv
ing on Main St. was a gift of
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth.
Mrs. Cutsforth makes it sound
like a real party as she tells
how they drove up and down
canyons looking for a well bal
anced tree about 30' high. Fin
ally along the road near their
cabin at Cutsforth Park, they
appraised this tree. It was
'about 30 feet high, well bal
anced" and the limbs growing
so low on the trunk were al
ways in their way so they
'whacked" it down. The next
day Jerry Sweeney went up with
Mr. Cutsforth in Marcel Jones'
truck and brought it down. With
the help of the ladder truck
from Columbia Basin Electric
the tree went up in place!
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TO FIT OB NOT TO FIT that was the problem as the SAME CBEW 5 minutes later,
city crews assisted by to from the REA erected the
Community Christmas tree last weekend. The butt of
the tree mast be shraed down to fit the hole in the
street. WATNE HAHSIN comes in to aire a band as
VIC CBOSHENS eyes BUD SPRINGER'S axe work.
SAME CBEW 5 minutes later.
READY AT LASTs Jerry Sweeney. Chamber president;
Lyle Matteson. sidewalk looker-on; Bob Duncan. Vic
Croshen. Wayne Haxtin Bud Springer and Jack Mc
Ttmpeny and DP GOES THE TREE.