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Price 10 Cents
GRAIN PRICES
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain Crowors)
(F.O.B. Lexington, does not in
dude warehouse chgs.)
Soft white wheat SMI
Barley 40.25
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
Christmas Vacation: School's
out Dec 19 at regular dismissal
tim and starts Jan. 5 NEXT
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 18, 1969
Number 43
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Thrills Due Friday and Saturday
Heppner to Host
Christmas Tourney
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By JOHN HARRIS
For the first time, the annu
al Christsmas Tournament will
be held in Heppner. Friday
night Sherman and Wahtonka
will face off at 7 p.m. The sec
ond game, pitting Heppner
against Condon, will commence
about 8:45.
The Heppner Mustangs will
be out to protect their 100 per
cent win record: they have
emerged champions of every
tnristmas tournament.
Their win streak this year in
eludes a Dec. 13 victory over the
Condon Blue Devils at Condon
last weekend. Mustang Coach
Bob Clough says of Condon
"They run good and we have
been the only team to beat
them." The Condon cause in
cludes starters Grant Weather
ford, Steve Peterson, Marvin
Lane, Jay LaRue and Keith Mor
gan. Clough says they have an
impressive running attack.
Aiding the Sherman team will
probably be veterans Guy Weed
man, Jeff Paulson and Eugene
Tsubota. They come to the tour
ney with a record of one win
and three losses.
Wahtonka returnees include
Butch Smith, Bob Tenold and
Barry Odegaard. All have been
scoring well in early season
games. The Eagles enter the
competition this weekend with
a recent victory over White
Salmon, Wn., under their belts.
Smith led both in scoring and
in rebounds. .
Saturday's competition will
match Friday's winners at 8:45
Port of Morrow
Talks Nuclear Site
Representatives from the Port
of Morrow have presented their
site availability study for a nu
clear power plant to several
groups. They were invited to the
Governor's committee meeting
on coordinating Nuclear Sites,
Attending this meeting were Ru
pert Kennedy, Garland Swanson
and Larry Lindsay.
They saw plans of Portland
General Electric for their Tro
jan Power Plant below St. Hel
ens. Recently a group went to Rich
land, Wn., to meet with Mr. Ra
mey with the Atomic Energy
Commission. Presenting the
study were Dewey West, Mr.
Kennedy and Mr. Swanson.
Just last week representatives
were in Portland for a meeting
of the western states on nu
clear power.
The Friday night losers play at
7 p.m.
Season ticket holders are re
minded that their tickets admit
them to the games and those!
who have reserved seat tickets
may also use these tickets un
der their season tickets.
Sanfa Coming!
Santa Claus will make anoth
er preview visit here in Hepp
ner on Saturday, Dec. 20. He
is anxious to meet all the child
ren in downtown Heppner and
will have a lot of fresh candies
to give away.
3 Buffalo at Home
At Albert Wrights
lnree buffalo are now at
home on the Albert Wright
ranch after an exciting ride
irom Missoula, Mont, this fall.
The cow from the Bison range GEARED FOR THE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT Dec. 19-20, Front
is expected to calve late spring row; Tohn McCabe. Steve Kemo. Pat Kilkenny, LaVerne Van
or eany summer, ane was some- Marter. Matt Murray. Lee Huson. Back row: Coach Bob Clougn.
wnai upsei wnn tne nae to
Morrow County and refused to
leave the truck. Finally Mr,
Wright drove the truck out in
to the pasture where he intend
ed them to be and sometime
later she left the truck of her
own accord. For several davs
sne nw m the brush.
The others, a two year old
bull and a young bull calf he
bought at an auction at Mis
soula.
Buffalo . will live until thev
are a to 4U years old and grow
to full growth of 1400 to 1500
pounds until 10 years of aee,
From 4 to 6 years of age is
said to be prime eating.
Buffalo can be ordered from
the elite restaurants of the lar
ger cities. It is said to be dark
er than beef, tastes similar to
elk without a wild taste.
Bruce Marquardt. Keith Curnutt John HalL Bill Schlichting, Kev.
in Dick, David Gunderson. Rob Abraxas, manager.
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New Forester Here
Richard Curtis Is new to the
Heppner Ranger District. He
comes from Prairie City on the
Malheur National Forest to ac
cept the district engineer posit
ion here. He has also been on
the Burns Ranger District of the
Malheur where he received his
permanent appointment in 1962.
He spent four years in the U. S.
Air Force.
He is married and they have
two sons, Steven 4, and Ken
neth 2. Mrs. Curtis is a teacher
and is filling in at Heppner
High School in the Home Ec
department while Betty Brown
is absent having undergone
surgery. They are living at Lex
ington. Kenneth D. Methvin, former
district engineer has been trans
ferred to Sweet Home on the
Willamette National Forest.
Deadline Near
For Wool Producers
Wool producers were remind
ed today by David McLeod, Of
fice Manager of the Morrow
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion Service that the 1969 mar
keting year under the wool pro
gram ends December 31. Pay
ments for the current market
ing year 1969 are based only
on marketings completed dur
ing the year. Marketings com
pleted after Dec. 31, 1969, will
be in the 1970 marketing year
and not eligible for payments
until early 1971.
Mr. McLeod urged producers
to be sure all 1969 sales details
are completed by the end of
the year, including passing ti
tle to the buyer, delivery of the
wool to the buyer either actual
ly or through documents trans
ferring control to the buyer, and
having available all information
necessary to determine the buy
er's total purchase price.
Requests for 1969 marketing
year payments under the Nat
ional Wool Act may be filed
with the Morrow County ASCS
Office at any time. Incentive
payments under the wool pro
gram are based on the average
national price for marketings
during the year.
Payments for the 1969 mar
keting year are expected to be
gin in April, 1970.
Beggs, Kilkenny Named
Elks Leadership Winners
Two seniors, Pat Kilkenny
and Joy Beggs, won this year's
Elks Leadership Awards, accord
ing to announcement by Gene
Orwick at last week's Elks
meeting. Their selection is
made on a basis of leadership
in the community, school and
church activities. Each one, Pat,
a senior at Heppner, and Joy
senior at lone, will receive $75.
They were judged on brochures
which had been submitted.
These will now be sent to N. E
District competition with 10 oth
er Elks lodge winners in Jan
uary. The winners of each of
the five districts will be enter
ed in state competition.
Chamber Hears
World Music
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
For week of Dec. 10-16
Hi Low Prec.
36 20 .09
55 25
55 44
60 41
59 36 .04
48 29
35 25 .02
Elks Officers
To Condon
Officers from Heppner's Elks
lodge went to Condon Sunday
to put on their initiatory work.
Nine members were initiated.
Grand Exalted Ruler Frank Hise
of Corvallis was present.
Going over from here were
Gene Orwick, Marshall Lovgren,
Calvin Sherman, Claude Graham
who filled in for Dave McLeod
who was sick. Bill Siewert, Joe
Balfe and Ralph Kincaid.
Wives attending were Mrs.
Orwick, Mrs. Lovgren, Mrs.
Sherman, Mrs. Graham, Mrs.
Siewert, Mrs. Mahoney, Mrs.
Kincaid. Also attending were to map the country reached on
Mr. and Mrs. Daxrel Padberg. I this interesting loop trip.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
L2" snow
Snow Loop
Available
Folks with snowmobiles now
have a loop trip well marked
in the South Jones Prairie area.
It is easily reached from Ar
buckle Ski area.
The U. S. Forest Service will
soon have a brochure available
Mis. Groshens' 23 fourth grad
ers provided songs from around
the world at the Monday Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon. Nar
rators for this interlude of in
ternational flavored Christmas
music were Edward Schwarzin
and Tracy Wilson. The children
were rewarded with Christmas
stockings of goodies provided by
the Chamber and Knox's Var
iety. Jack Sumner introduced Ted
Epley, a packer and outfitter
from the wilds of North Central
Idaho.
Nominations were called and
rresiaent jerry Sweeney an
nounced that the installation
would be Dec. 29.
Orville Cutsforth reported he
had collected $440 for the ski
area and he expected the to
tal to be about $500 sortly.
Clarence Rosewall won the
pot.
Pat is the son of Bob Kil
kenny and Vesta Kilkenny of
Heppner and Joy is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Beggs of lone.
Post Office
To Be Open
Saturday & Sunday
Postmaster Jim Driscoll has
announced that the Postoffice
will be open from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, Dec.
21, mail will be received and
placed in the boxes by noon.
There will be no window serv
ice Sunday. The service is by
permission of the . Postal Field
Service Officer.
Applications Due
For Speech Therapy
Morrow County School Dis
trict is now taking applications
for persons interested in taking
a Speech Therapy training
course in Pendleton beginning
Jan. 12 which will last for 42
days, 6 hours a day. There will
be some remuneration for at
tendance. Two trainees would
be employed by the district on
a part time oasis beginning
Sept. 1970. The district hopes to
employ one in the north end
of the county and one in the
south end.
Application blanks may be
secured from Mick Tolar, prin
cipal at Irrigon, Harold Beggs,
principal at lone or the School
District office at Lexington. Ap
plication deadline is Dec. 24.
Athletic
Redistricting OK'd
Supt. Ron Daniels announced
the final approval of the District
No. 5 and No. 6 Athletic Redist
ricting at the school board meet
ing Dec. 15 for football, basket
ball, baseball, boys' track and
cross country.
No. 5
Heppner, Pilot Rock, Sherman
Wasco County, Umatilla, Con
don, Stanfield and McEwen.
No. 6
Riverside, Weston, Wheeler
County, Culver, Dufur, lone,
Cascade Locks Echo, Umapine,
Helix and Arlington.
Michael Donahue
Dies in Pendleton
Funeral of Michael Donahue,
72, who died Dec. 8 in Pendle
ton, was held at St. Mary's.
Cuurch, Pendleton, on Dec. 11, plying should call Mick Tolar,
ib. Tne ev. james u connor, i irrigon, Harold Beggs at lone or
Morrow County school board
members approved training two
Morrow County women as
speech therapist aides at their
meeting Monday evening at Ir
rigon Elementary School. Har
old Beggs explained the prob
lem and proposed a solution. In
a survey over the county It has
been determined there are 150
students who would benefit
from speecM therapy. In a de
gree of severity of the problem
the students have been classi
fied in groups 1-2-3 with the
l's being the most handicapped.
There are about 50 in each
group.
Using the facilities of the
Umatilla County IED their
speech therapist would test, di
agnose and write the program
for correction. The speech ther
apist aides would then follow
his directions for the drill to
wards correction.
It was felt that an aide in
the north end of the county and
one in the south end of the
county could bring 100 into the
program from groups 1 and 2
and probably be able to help
those in the group 3 which has
lesser problems.
The Umatilla County IED has
received a grant of $13,000 to
implement a training program
for speech therapist aides. The
course comprises 42 days with
6 hours a day beginning Jan.
12, 1970. Ten stipends of $387
plus mileage are to be given.
It was thought possibly Morrow
County would be the recipient
of one of them. This could be
split between the two selected
to take the training. Employ
ment in the district on a part
time basis would begin next
fall. Persons interested in ap-
Two Elected
To Museum Board
Carl Troedson and Herman
Green were elected to serve on
the Morrow County Museum
board al the annual meeting.
Mrs. Amanda Duvall Is chair
man, Mrs. Ralph Thompson,
secretary and Mr. Green, treas
urer. Others on the board are
Mrs. Ted Smith and Herbert
Hynd. Also attending the annu
al meeting were Mrs. Rachel
Harnett and Mrs. Hynd.
The new addition to the mu
seum has been completed nad
houses the collection of birds
and animals found in this ar
ea which were a gift of Mrs.
DuvalL
The museum is supported by
Morrow County and is open all
day on Saturday and Sunday
afternoon during the winter
months. The museum mav be
11 help you. Hot Spot rate . . . ! opened for out-of-town friends
4 times for the price of 3 if j by calling Mrs. Harnett or Mrs.
Its 15 words. .., DuvalL
'Happiness Is'
1970 Parade Theme
"Happiness Is" will be the
theme for the 1970 rodeo parade
This is the entry that was sel
ected from the 21 themes sub
mitted to the selection commit
tee earlier this fall.
Mrs. Randy Lott will receive
four free tickets to the rodeo per
formances for sending the win
ning slogan. There will be two
tickets to the Saturday afternoon
show and two tickets to the Sun
day afternoon show given to
Mrs. Lott.
. Other entries that received
consideration were "Sage, Sand
and Sun" and "Sun and Soli
tude". "Happiness Is" provides a
broad area for float decorations
and costumes.
celebrant of the Requiem Mass
officiated.
Mr. Donahue is survived by
his widow, Catherine McNamee,
whom he married in Pendleton
on Jan. 4, 1926, two sons, Peter
Joseph and Michael James, both
of Portland and three daughters,
Mrs. Bernard (Mary Ellen) Do
herty, Pendleton, Mrs. Gerald
(Catherine Rose) Bergstrom,
Heppner, and Mrs. Jack (Jean
Ann) Correa, Echo.
One sister, Mrs. Michael (El
len) Mollahan of Portland and
10 grandchildren also survive.
One daughter, Anna Margaret,
preceded him in death.
Mr. Donahue was born in
County Leitrum, Ireland and
had lived in Pendleton for 45
years. He was a member of St.
Mary's Church in Pendleton.
Recitation of the Rosary was
at Burns Mortuary Chapel on
Dec. 10 and burial in OIney
Cemetery, Pendleton, on Dec. 11
Casket bearers were Martin
Maine, Mike Houghton, John
Lennon, James Lennon, Tom
McEntire and Dave Rouse.
Social Security Man
Due in January
lone Has
New Barber
Joe Able opened up a new
barber shop in lone on Tues
day of this week. To welcome
him to lone, businessmen and
Individuals in the area have ta
ken his picture at work in his
new shop and have placed an
ad in this week's Gazette-Times.
Mr. Able graduated from the
Eugene Barber College in 1964.
He worked in Eugene for sever
al years and for the last 3 years
he has had the barber shop at
Blue River on the McKenzle.
A native of Dayton, Wn., he
says he feels very much at home
this side of the mountains. Mrs.
Able, with their daughter Bob
bi Sue, 9 years old, will remain
at Blue River until the semes
John Pasek, field representa-
Hith p 'Zru "i tet break. They will bring their
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and the Social Security ad
ministration of La Grande was
Success Story
Ray Ayers sold his snow tires
and his hardwood office desk
with one issue of the Heppner
Gazette-Times. Do you, too,
have something you dont need
that someone else could use?
Then try a GAZETTE-TIMES
want ad. Call 676-9228 and we-
the Gazette-Times last week. He
left the spring quarter calen
dar with the 3rd Friday of each
month circled to note these are
the days he is in Heppner.
Jan. 9 is his next visit. He
will be at the Neighborhood
Center from 10 a.m. until noon
and 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. to as
sist anyone with Social Security
questions.
Dean Hunt Elected
Cemetery Director
Dean Hunt was elected a 3
year director on the lone-Lexington
Cemetery board at the
Dec. 1 election. He received 15
votes of the 16 cast.
mobile home to lone at that
time. Mrs. Able has been serv
ing as secretary of the school
district.
Mr. Able likes guns and has
a collection of straight edge ra
zors which he has on display
at the barber shop. Mrs. Able
is quite an expert seamstress.
Passes Bar Exam
James D. Monahan has pass,
ed his bar exam and is now
with the firm of Dow, Lohmes
and Albertson in Washington,
D. C. Following graduation from
Georgetown University Law
School he worked for one year
for a Federal Judge in Washing
ton, D. C. He Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Monahan, Hepp-
t ner. i
the County office at Lexington.
Supt. Ron Daniels reported on
his meeting with the IED and
the Heppner TV relative to mak
ing the educational TV chan
nel available at Heppner High
School. The Heppner TV is in
stalling a high band cable for
21 channels as funds are avail
able. It is presently installed to
the bottom of the High School
hill. They will have 4 channels
available for the School District.
The IED will make installations
during Christmas vacation. If
the picture works it may be
put into use immediately. More
installations may be required
for viewing in additional rooms
such as an extender and ampli
fier and additional poles may
be required.
Unless the school district buys
the cable, it may be three years
before educational TV can be
brought to the elementary
school.
Principal Harold Beggs report
ed on the school bus accident
involving a pickup driven by
Dick McElllgott and a school
bus driven by William Ling. Ve
hicles received minor damage
and no one was injured. ,
Supt. Daniels reported on
the steam damage suffered at
Riverside Home Ec room. The
boards concern is what caused
the pipe to break and what is
to prevent it from happening
again. If no one had discovered
the water on the floor, and it
had leaked all night, the dam
age could have been very great.
The warranty may cover the
damage. .
The final payment on the
building has not yet been made.
Mr. Daniels noted one area
where the cement ; floor had
been poured in two sec
tions. This has left a rough
seam and the tiles cracked. The
seam has been smoothed some
but further work is expected to
be done on it.
The lock on the music cab
inet was apparently installed
correctly but not in the right
place so that students can gain
entrance Into the cabinet.
There are several other small
items needing repair before fi
nal acceptance.
Working with the city and
county the snow removal has
been partly solved. Plans call
for the city to clear the snow
and sand up Morgan St., make
a loop around the school and
back down if th county will
furnish the gravel. Supt. Daniels
was to meet Tuesday evening
with Judge Jones and on Wed
nesday with the City Council to
iron out details.
The board passed a resolution
to withdraw from the Umatilla
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