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L I 0 1? A .? Y u or o EUGENE. ORE. 97403 ft Folks Wish You A Big Merry Christmas This Issue is full of sincere Christmas season messages from the business firms of lone, Lexington and Heppner ex tending the very best of wishes to all their friends and cus tomers. The number of these greetings will give one a good idea of the many firms that are here to serve the public in Morrow County. We sincerelv uree evervone to read each messaee as it & H was selected with care and meaningful sentiment. Some of te h the messages are India ink drawings by members of the 4th, 5th and 6th graders. Tom Shear is the Heppner art instruct- II or" sj May we all, therefore, wish you a very Merry Christmas, U one and all. 5 Students whose drawings were selected for publication in this week's issue will receive a certificate of merit from i I the Gazette-Times. Chamber of Commerce Elects 1970 Officers likmu if Bsgp Constiri!!eiliiia off IPly fcafl 86th Year Price 10 Cents THE 5PPMEO ME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 25, 1969 Number 44 Judge Jones presided at the Monday luncheon of the Cham ber of Commerce. Sheriff Mol lahan won the pot. Directors elected for 1970 are Judge Paul Jones, Ron Daniels, Elma Harshman, Gene Fierce, Dr. Wallace Wolff, Larry Mills. Installation ceremonies will be at the Chamber luncheon next Monday at the Wagon Wheel. The new president is Judge Paul Jones. Other officers besides Jones are Gene Pierce, First Vice-President; L. E. Dick, Second Vice President; LeRoy Gardner, Sec retary and Pat Wonser, Treas urer. Elaine George reported on the winners of the Christmas decorating contest, the story which appears in this issue. Orville Cutsforth reported that about $550 had been raised for the Arbuckle Mountain ski run. Mr. Cutsforth recommended that consideration be given to a wild area of some 5,000 ac res. This would comprise 6 or 7 sections, perhaps a region about two miles by 4' miles which would include tracts in the areas generally known as Kelly and Penland Prairies, Lit tie Mountain and Big Baldy Mountain, Arbuckle Mountain and Shaw Creek. Mr. Cutsforth said he felt for several years that elk and deer needed a place to hide and this country would be suitable and loss of timber to industry there would not be too great. This matter was referred for study to the recreation commit tee. Herman Winter reported that when the snow comes the ski run will be operated on Satur days by the 4-H Club and on Sundays by the Jaycees. L. E. Dick reported on the South Jones skimobile area which he said could be reached from this side and would prob ably bring some business to Morrow County. Mrs. Melby reported on a sug gested change for a banquet and urged recognition annually for outstanding citizens or tne county. Sheriff Mollahan reported on (Continued on page 8) ) - C r-V $rt? 1 K j 1 f j " -JZmMi&m f ; ; . q K - , t j T7 I I L . H-f- , NFO Members Ask To Hold Grain On Dec. 22, a meeting was held of the National Farmers Organizations Columbia Mar keting Area Headquarters in Pasco. Those attending from this area were Gene Logan, president Morrow County NFO; Bob Lovgren, MC Grain Grow ers board member; Don Peter son, MC Bargaining supervisor; Dave Baker, assistant to Peter son and Jack Sumner. Also at tending was Charles Beck, Gil liam County and Dick Hampton, president of Umatilla County NFO. On this same day a special grain meeting was held in each of the 50 marketing areas in the United States. The Colum bia Marketing Area whose chief is Vance Combs of Pasco, in cludes 34 counties in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Sixty persons were in attendance. This Marketing Area is com posed of seven zones. Morrow County is in Zone 6 with Sher man, Gilliam, Umatilla and Un ion counties. The amount of available grain left unsold and its position was reported by each county repre sented. It is estimated that about 80 of the Morrow Coun ty grain is not yet sold. Marketing techniques were discussed with the various coun ty representatives. Various area problems were discussed. Some answers as well as possible so lutions were offered by persons from other areas. This exchange of ideas proved quite valuable according to the Morrow coun ty delegation. . . The meeting was conducted by Delmar Goude, Pasco, the Marketing Area bargaining co ordinator. It was emphasized that NFO members were to make every attempt to hold their grain in to 1970 with the hope this would improve market prices pending NFO sales. L'GHTS GALORE: twinkling white, and lots of colors were at the Milo Prindles. Santa and his reindeer lined the front fence and across the yard was tne Manger scene, snown nere in me Inset (Photo by Carl King) Christmas Decorating Winners Told Judging of the annual Christ- honorable mentions could have mala Decorating Contest was done Sunday. Judges were Don ald Bristow, Eva Hamlett and Charles O'Connor of lone. They started at 4 p.m., completed work at 8 p.m. Winners of outside decora tions were: first, Milo Prindle, East Campbell Way; 2nd, Bruce Griffith, 820 E. Fairview Way; 3rd, Carl Spaulding, 625 South Alfalfa. Inside lookinc out: seen from the street: 1st, Avon Melby; 2nd Henry Stotts; mi,,dcn Ward. Commercial: 1st, lois' Beau ty Shop; 2nd, Knox ; Variety. The judges felt the Morrow County Court House and Uma tilla National Forest offices deserve special recognition. The judges stated there were so many beautiful decorations they had to eliminate many worthy efforts. They said the had many many more than these: Outside, Curtis Culp, 235 W. Baltimore, for original ity and effect. P. W. Mahoney, 655 E. Hager; Bob Laughlin, 265 E. Cannon; Father Raymond Beard, St. Patrick's Church parsonage and the Rev. Don Johnson, Christian Church Par sonage, both for inspiring sac red themes. While Mrs. Amanda Duvall was not competing, the Judges felt she should have special re- THE WIND GAUGE on the left and the humidity sensor on the right on the tower were were knocked out with rifle bullets. THE BATTERIES in the upper picture were pierced and acid pouring from the batteries did extensive damage. The in stallation is tied in with the BPA stream gauge in the mouth of Service Creek to give instant statistical data through the microwave system. Mustangs Duplicate Christmas Tourney Unknown Vandals Wreck Expensive Weather Gear A new weather station on the Umatilla National Forest south of Heppner has been put out of commission by vandals bul lets just three days after it went into operation, sometime be tween Dec. 9 and 16. The unmanned telemetering station at Rocky Flat Weather station near Tamarack Mtn., is the first of its kind to be in stalled primarily for forest fire control and prevention. It was transmitting temperatures, hu midity and rainfall amounts on the Bonneville Power Adminis tration microwave system to APA Headquarters in Portland. Information was then relayed to users by telephone, although direct teletype transmission is planned for the future. Other agencies, including the Weath er Bureau, use such data, and the station was to operate year around. Umatilla National Forest Su pervisor Herbert B. Rudolph told Regional Forester Charles B. Connaughton, U. S. Forest I Service, that bullets from highpowered rifle tore up the stations temperature and hu midity sensors and battery and radio boxes. Damage is estimat ed at $2,000. State Police are investigating. There were 10 hits on the electronic gear. Development and installation by E. G. and G-, Inc., Boulder, Colo., cost about $14,000. The contractor activated the station Dec 9 for a 30-day proving per iod. On Dec 12, data transmis sion became weak and on Dec. 15 the station went silent The contractor went through the sta tion and found the damage. With such stations, the For est Service hopes to obtain da ta needed from remote areas, primarily to increase forest pro tection. Data can guide fire con trol personnel in adjusting pro tection measures hourly during the summer fire season. The Eastern Oregon station was installed as one part of an inter-agency data-sharing system that will include six or more agencies. By DALLAS HARSIN Fans always expect excite ment in Heppner High School basketball games. They got plenty here Saturday night. For the championship of the Christ mas Tourney the Mustangs had to go into three overtimes to drop the Wahtonka Eagles, so the capacity crowd got its mon ey's worth. Both games weme squeakers. Though the hosts of the 1969 tourney, the Mustangs kept their winning record. In the six years they have played in the tourney, the Mustangs have won all five championships. (One year the tournament had to be called off). This year the Mustangs had to knock off the Condon Blue Devils Friday night, Dec. 19, and the Wahtonka Eagles Sat urday night, Dec. 20. The Eag les overpowered the Sherman Huskies Friday night to go in to the finals. The second game of Satur day's pair was really a thriller. The Mustangs had to play catch-up ball for the biggest part of the game. The Eagles had them down by nine points at the end of the first quarter. By halftime the Mustangs had knocked the margin down to five points. In the third quarter the Mus tangs really started playing ball. Neither team really had the lead for too long in either the third or fourth quarters. Just as the horn sounded to end the regulation play Pat Kilkenny tipped in a basket to tie up the ball game at 60-60. Then the two teams started the first three-minute overtime. At its end, the score was still tied, this time at 64-64. In the second overtime the Mustangs caught up in the last 29 seconds when La Verne Van Marter, who was fouled, shot both baskets. The Eagles brought the ball down the floor but were unable to put it through the hoop. That left the score 70 to 70. The final extended play per iod was too much for the Eag les. They just ran down. The Mustangs scored 10 points but the Eagles couldn't find the hoop. The final score was 80-70 in the Mustangs' favor. LaVerne Van Marter and John McCabe were the big gun ners for Heppner for the week end. LaVerne had 31 points in Friday's game and 22 in Sat urday's. John had 19 tallies in Friday's game and 31 in the second night. Friday night the Huskies were unable to get rolling in their game with the Eagles. When the clock ran out Sher man County had only tallied 36 points while the winning Wah tonka Eagles posted 78. Though beating the Blue Dev ils earlier this month at Con don by a comfortable margin the Mustangs had to work a little harder to beat them the second time. The Mustangs dumped in 69 points while a plucky Condon five could gath er only 64. Saturday night was a differ ent story for all four of the teams. All were hitting really well, but still the Huskies fell short of the Blue Devils. Con don dropped in 71 points while the Huskies mustered only 69. Saturday night, Dec. 27, the Mustangs meet Riverside High at Boardman. The north end team proved plenty of competit ion in a recent game with Pilot Rock so the Mustangs can ex pect a workout. The pair meet again here on Tuesday, Dec. 30. (Continued on page 4) Farm Income Up; Costs Jumping The 1969 Farm Income for Morrow County shows an in crease of 9 over 1968, a very poor crop year. Increased yields were offset by lower prices for wheat and barley. Improved cat tle prices were balanced against smaller weaning weights and lower calving percentages due to last years' hard winter, re ports Harold Kerr, Morrow County Extension Agent. Rising costs more than offset the increased income. Figures from Robert Coppedge, Oregon State University Agricultural Economist, show that since 1959 farmers costs have risen 36 per cent while during this same period cash receipts havfe in creased only 22 percent. In 1969 wheat brought in $3,333,000 while barley brought $1,115,000. Seeds and other grains $83,000. Hay $395,000. Vegetables, melons, potatoes and tree fruits $542,000. Farm forest products $50,000. Beef cat tle $2,859,000. Sheep and lambs $258,000. Wool $58,000. Hogs $5,000. Dairy products $183,000. Poultry $28,000. Miscellaneous animal products $7,000. Total agricultural income was $11, 102,417 including wheat diver sion payments and certificates and feed grain payments, etc. Town Basketball Team Play Sunday Morrow County Grain Grow ers team played the P. S. Cook Co. team Sunday, Pec. 21 at the Heppner High School Gym. MCGG team, won 126 to 116. Individual scoring: P. S. COOK 116 Richter Erickson Bagnall Hemphill Baird Ford Schindler MCGG 12S L. Pad berg R. Ekstrom M. Pad berg J. Halvorsen .,: . T. Pointer L. Rietmann W. Ball A. Ball R. Gray LaVerne Van Marter coaches the Morrow County Grain Grow ers team. A game is tentative ly scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 28 in the gym. 15 13 18 14 23 31 2 43 16 2 9 2 3 19 1 31 cognition for the beauty she has added to the Christmas Scene here. Inside honorable mention to the Dick Meadors, 435 S. Court. The judges wish to commend all the Heppner people for their splendid efforts in beautifying the town at this season. Awards for the contest were cash prizes. Hearing on Boeing Tax The State Department of Rev enue has scheduled a hearing for 9 a.m. (Thursday) on Jan. 8 for the Department of Veter ans Affairs. This is to be on the farm deferral application that was rejected on the Boe ing lands. The hearing will be at the Morrow County courthouse and the public is invited to attend. District Attorney Herman Win ter will represent Morrow Coun ty at the hearing, according to County Assessor Joyce Ritch. First Phase To Start Soon Final plans are expected to be completed soon after the first of the year for the projected construction of a plywood man ufacturing plant at the Kinzua Corp. sawmill at Heppner. Mr. Nistad, Kinzua official, said Tuesday contracts for the first phase of construction of the new facility will be let in the very near future. Oregon State Police Extend Greetings; Urge Caution Your Oregon State Police ex tend a special holiday greeting to you, and with it comes a re minder to drive responsibly and help avoid the accidents that mar so many lives during the holiday season. Whether you're on the freeway, or rural road, if the weather is unfavorable and the traffic heavy, be doub ly alert. Don't demand the right of way at the risk of your life. And, above all, don't drive too soon after drinking. These three factors speed too fast for conditions, failure to yield the right of way, and attempting to drive after drinking contribute heavily each year to the holi day death toll. The number of people killed over a long holiday, sucn as Christmas or New Year's usual ly makes the headlines. But they don't tell the whole story. The headlines don't tell about the hundreds of people who reached their destination safe ly because they exercised com mon sense and obeyed our traf fic laws. This holiday season, join with the Oregon State Po lice and other agencies who are attempting to reduce traffic ac cidents, injuries and deaths. Ac cept your responsibility for safe, sane and sober driving. Alfalfa Cubes ' Shipped to Hawaii A 7,500 ton barge will leave Boardman in the Inland Empire with a load of 4,000 tons of I. M. Docken Corporation fortified alfalfa cubes for a direct ship ment to Honolulu, Hawaii on Monday, Dec. 29. This shipment will Initiate direct commerce irom Boara man, to the international wa ters and Honolulu, Hawaii. A HI v Av .,v - J 1 ; jt V - . j -a SUSIE PLOYHAR Thinking of My Daddy at Christmas Time (This poem was written by Susie Ployhar, daughter of SFC and Mrs. Darrel G. Ployhar. Her father is in Vietnam this Christ mas. Thinking of my Daddy at Christmas time My father is in Vietnam, He is not here where I am, I wish he were home, and not so far away, So he could see the baby play, My brother is sad. And, he misses his dad. When daddy is home, he helps with the tree, He wants it just right for all to see, He Is fighting in the war, Wrhile my mommy's cleaning the floor, Although we all are far apart. We can still share Christmas in our hearts. By Susie Ployhar, Fifth Grade
