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I I 8 JURY U 0 F 0 EUGENE. 0 K Z . LtJ 07403 m nSj ;.'( :-:.! V., r3 Mr (L0? W0 r ?D) 11 II ff I J " 1 1 II A M I I I ' 1 "' "" . I i i FIRST BABY 1968. Keith Alan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kenl son when he was one year and 9 months. Prizes Aplenty Offered For 1970 First Baby Who will be the FIRST BABY at the Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal 1970. Who ever it is, the Miss 1970 or Mr. 1970 will re wive a bunch of gifts and good wishes. Good wishes from the community as there are for ev ery new baby. But special for the First Baby win oe someining like $40 for savings accounts, $40 in merchandise certificates and gifts such as a shirt for Dad, cans of milk, gallons of gasoline, subscription to the Gazette-Times, sterling silver cup with the baby's name engraved on it, carrying baby seat, ad justing tot-toter, diaper pail, Gerber's strained baby food, Pontiac tissue - dispenser, first pair of shoes with more gifts to come in. 1969 First Baby The 1969 First Baby, Jerry Alan Blanckaert, was born Feb. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blanck aert while Jerry was stationed at the Condon AFB. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ayres who "walked the floor" with Jerry while waiting for the baby to arrive, received a Christmas card from the Blanckaerts who are now in Denver. They wrote that they miss Oregon and all of their friends. Jerry especially misses Oregon. The baby walks every where and is into- everything. Planer Starts Next Safety Record The Heppner Kinzua planer ended 190 days without a lost time accident on Dec. 11 when Creston Robinson was hit by a roof off a lumber pile in a vio lent wind that day. He was hos pitalized two or three days. Up until Dec. 1 the Power House had 513 accident free days, the sawmill 332 days and the planer 179. In the recent Safety meeting at the Mill several men indicat ed a desire for an American Red Cross First Aid course. First Aid Course Soon The matter has been referred tn Bettv Dohertv (Mrs. Phil Do- herty). In checking with her she reports that the date for the class should be announced in next week's issue of the Gazette Times. A Standard American Red Cross class is planned for the near future. Instructors will be Mrs. Doherty, Norman Clow and Chuck Rouse. They hope to have 10-15 to take the course. Anyone interested may call Mrs. Doherty at 676-9662 days or 676 5566 evenings. WEATHER Ttom Dec 1730 Hi Low Prec Wednesday 35 29 .04 Thursday 37 32 .14 Friday 38 33 .29 Saturday 54 36 21 Sunday 49 37 .16 Monday 48 35 .01 Tuesday 48 36 .07 Wednesday 44 27 .09 Thursday 38 27 .09 Friday 43 31 2S Saturday 38 30 .02 Sunday 38 28 Monday 38 29 Tuesday 35 23 9 Jerry has a new job with Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph. First Baby 1968 First Baby 1968 was another Alan, this one Keith Alan, born Jan. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kenison. He weighed 9 lb., AV. oz., and now two years later he weighs 32 lb., a big husky icl ler. He has a mouth full of teeth, 12 altogether with the first one pushing through when he was seven months old. He said Daddy for his first word when he was 6 months old. He talks all the time. One of his favorite Christmas gifts this year was a set of colored plas tic milk bottles. He knows the colors of each one and like most 2 year olds, yellow is lel low! His favorite food is soup which is "loupey" to him. He gets along real well with his older brother, Kevin Ray who was 4 years old on Dec. 17. However Kevin this year thought it would be a good idea to turn Keith in for two babies this Christmas! The savings money they re ceived when Keith was born is still in the savings account and drawing interest. They remem ber receiving the gifts and as Mrs. Kenison said, "They were wonderful". First Baby 1957 In 1957, Cathryn Ann Zinter arrived Jan. 1 at 1:32 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds. Now she is a 7th grader at Damascus Union School at Boring. She likes to ride horseback, plays the saxaphone and is a good cook. Cathryn is the granddau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ferguson of Heppner. Neil Kellogg Awarded Medal Marine Gunnery Sergeant Neil C. Kellogg, husband of the former Miss Marilyn J. Petty john of Heppner, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" during ceremonies held by Company "B", Marine Support Battalion, Edzell, Scot land. He received the award for heroic achievement in connec tion with operations against the enemy in Vietnam. A graduate of St. Helens High School, Gunnery Sergeant Kel logg entered the service in Jan uary, 1956. Frank Anderson Gets Fed Appointm't Annual appointments to the Board of Directors of the Fed eral Reserve Bank of San Fran cisco are being announced to day. At Portland, the Board of Governors reappointed Frank Anderson, a Heppner rancher. Boeing Tax Hearing Jan. 8 The Morrow County Cuort House will be the site of a hear ing on the Dept of Veterans Af fairs farm deferral application at 9 ajn. next Thursday, Jan. 8. The application was rejected -n the Boeing lands. The pub lic is invited to this hearing. 86tK Year 2J ,-cms GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January Two Men Admit Bank Burglaries Clarence William Byrd, 48, and Danny James Ward, 24, pleaded guilty recently in U. S. District Court, Portland, to char ges of burglarizing three banks, including the Bank of Eastern Oregon branch at lone. The other banks involved were the Bank of Brady, Nebr., and the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Huron, Hitchcock, S. D. Bvrd and Ward pleaded in nocent to an added charge of possession of an illegal firearm and the charge was dismissed. The Oregonian reported that Chief U. S. District Judge G. J. Solomon, who accepted the pleas, asked for a presentence report before scheduling impo sition of sentence. Byrd and Ward were appre hended in lone Aug. 10 by State Policemen shortly after they had robbed the Bank of East ern Oregon and Ed's Tavern. State Trooper Gary Sheridan accompanied by recruits Larry Kraft and Larry Shown were re turning to Arlington from Hepp ner, drove through lone and no ticed the car with a Utah li cense and the two men acting in a suspicious manner. A rou tine check of the car disclosed evidence of breakins. They had done about a thousand dollars damage in the bank, looting safety deposits of unissued travelers checks, $1000 in roll ed coins and some' $80 in change. The damage was cov ered by insurance and all loot was recovered. Ed's Tavern was also robbed of some merchan dise and some cash besides coins taken from vending ma chines. This loot, too, was re covered. The men were heavily armed. County Students Make Honor Roll, Dean's List, BMCC Blue Mountain Community College has just released the fall term honor roll and Dean's List. (Honor roll includes all full-time students with a grade point average of 3.50 or above. The Dean's List includes all full time students with a grade point average of 3.00 to 3.50). On the honor roll from Board- man are Lorrie Peterson with a 4.00 GPA and Linda Tatone. From Irrigon, Betty Eppenbach and Jana Everett. On the Dean's List from Hepp ner are Shirlee Gray and Carol Jones; from Irrigon, Judy Brandt and Gene Gollyhorn; from Boardman is Kathy Hinton; from Lexington, Rena Mar quardt; from lone, Jodene Snow. 3 Children Lost In Fossil Fire A terrible fire engulfed a house Wednesday morning at Fossil. Three of Mrs. Careh Ad ams' five children were trapped upstairs and died there before help could save them. One child was not home. Mrs. Ad ams' father brought her and a daughter, Tracey Flynn, 9, to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Adams, 29, has minor burns, smoke inhalation and shock. Tracey suffered from smoke in halation. Both were reported in good condition. LeRoy Gardner Home from Vietnam Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner received an early Christmas present when their son and daughter-in-law arrived here Dec. 22. SK3 Gardner arrived in the states Dec. 15 from Vietnam at Oakland. He flew to Portland to his wife who had spent the time he was in Vietnam there with her folks. They will leave here Jan. 2 to spend some time at the beach and then go on to San Diego where they will took for housing. Mr. Gardner reports back to San Diego on Jan. 18. rr ' n f - I X '' T ? I f " . x :8ffP&' l V Wff m JUDGE Paul Jonea. and Clarence Bosewall at tend a "first" on Monday in Morrow County. They were watching the loading of 4,000 tons of alfalfa cubes into a huge barge bound for Hawaii. This is the first big shipment from New Goals Set For 1970, Kicking Cigarette Habit The Orecon TB and Respira tory Disease Association has made a New Year's resolution. To do everything it can to help people in Morrow County kick the cigarette habit in 1970. Mrs. Charles C. Jones, Presi dent of the Morrow County Council, OTRDA, announced this resolution today: WHEREAS cigarettes present a very real and present danger to all those who smoke, WHEREAS over 21 million Americans have already kicked the cigarette habit, WHEREAS over 100,000 doc tors have stopped smoking, WHEREAS from the ages oi 40-69, men who smoke are hos pitalized 50 more than non- smokers, WHEREAS the life expectan cy of a heavy smoker is cut by eight years, WHEREAS smokers accumu late one third more absences from their jobs than non-smok- GTS ' - WHEREAS smoking can af fect unborn children, WHEREAS smoking contrib utes to emphysema, and causes chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease, WHEREAS the harmful effects of cigarette smoking can be re versed to a remarkable, degree upon quitting,- BE IT RESOLVED that the 49 million Americans who still smoke make a . New Year's res olution to kick the habit and give up cigarette smoking for everon Januray 1, 1970. The John Privett Buys Station Jack Van Winkle has sold his Jack's Chevron Station after 20 years operation to John Privett. John has worked there for three years. He has decided to change the name to John's Chevron and stated yesterday he planned to continue Jack's policy of hon est, friendly service. Mr. and Mrs. Van Winkle al so own Van Winkle's Motel here. They said they were not quite ready to announce their future plans. 1, 1970 m W Mi it-J II "' ' - v . - " Of. - Oregon TB and Respiratory Dis ease Association considers it a matter of life and breath. "People need more than facts to stick to their New Year's res olution to quit. They need lots of encouragement. And some good advice about how to quit and make it work. We resolve to give them that encourage ment and advice. "Start the decade right," Mrs. Jones says. "Kick the habit in 1970." WSCS to Meet The WSCS of the Methodist Church will meet Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. The program will be pre sented by the Rev. Cutting. A discussion will follow the pre sentation. Mrs. John Wood is WSCS president. Mrs. Amanda Duvall and Mrs. Pearl Wright are hostesses for the fellowship hour. Heppner Mustangs The varsity game Tuesday night between Heppner and Riv erside started with lots of punch for Riverside who ended the first quarter 10 to 8 in their favor. The Heppner boys were slow and cold but by the 3rd quarter showed lots of improve ment and started to open up according to LaVerne Van Mar ter, member of the squad. The 2nd Quarter score was 19 to 26 for Heppner, 3rd quarter, 37 to 46 and the final score 53 to 65. Subs got In for the last quar ter and didn't lose ground. Subs were Keith Curnutt, Kevin Dick, Dave Gunderson, Bill Schlicht Ing, Bruce Marquardt and John Hall. None of these boys are over 5W. according to statis tics kept by Luke Padberg. Dave Gunderson made his first point ot tne season after the end of the game when he made good his two foul shots for 2 points. Other point-makers Number 45 V - Ais - - ' -1 " the I. M. Docken Company at Boardman's port area and will soon become a familiar sight up there. Inset shows Mr. Docken Deing in tnHwd bv Charlie Heard. Gazette-Times. (Photo by Harold Kerr). Docken Company Ships Cubes First barge to leave Morrow County with 4,000 tons of alfal fa cubes bound for Hawaii left the Docken dock Tuesday. At present, Mr. Docken said this will be repeated about ten times a year on Hawaiian ship ments. Then, there will also be shipments to Japan. There are 21 employed at the Docken Company on an around-the-clock basis. When another production line is installed, there will be 36 employed. His big waerhouse measures 50 by 200 feet and will hold be tween 3500 and 4000 tons of cubes. It will eventually be au tomated. Loading is by a continuous belt that pours in some 3000 tons of the little green cubes per hour. After the first of the year, there will be considerable spe cial mixes used in the cubes In addition to the straight alfalfa cubes. Barley and other grains are expected to play an import ant part in the special mixes for cattle feeders and dairies. Win Tuesday Game were John McCabe 21, LaVerne Van Marter 20, Steve Kemp 2, Matt Murray 4', Lee Huson 4, John Hall 2, Kevin Dick 1. Pat Kilkenny, who played a real good game and was real tough on the boards made 9 points. Heppner made 13 fouls and made 15 shots out of 28 tries at the free throw line and 24 field goals. Riverside made 19 fouls and made 9 free throws out of 17 and they made 22 field goals. Their high pointers were Ron Baker 19, Albert Phillips 19, Ron Zielinskl 11, Terry Downey 2 and Jody Tatone 2. JVg Win Too The score of the JV game was 30 to 22 for the Mustangs. Steve Rhea played a good game and turned in 14 points, Craig Munkers 12. Bruce Bergstrom 4. Dean Naffziger, JV coach for) the evening said he thought the Heppner boys were the best on rebounds they had been all year. Merchants Extend Best Wishes For New Year, 1970 We are sure that everyone Joins us In saying a big HAPPY NEW YEAR to all. It Is our sin cere hope that you will meet joy and success In 1970. Joining us in those wishes to you are J. C. renney's, First Nat ional Bank, Bank of Eastern Oregon here and at lone, Far ley Motor Co., Akers Motor Ser vice, Heppner Auto Sales, Inc., Heppner TV, Inc. Lott's Electric, Padberg Machinery C. A. Rug gles Insurance Agency, Jerry's Barber Shop, Rietmann's Hard ware, Becket Equipment, Paul Pettyjohn Co., Columbia Basin Electric Co op, Barnett's Chev ron Station, Ford's Tire Service, Kinzua Corporation, Peterson's Jewelers, Heppner Inland Chem ical, Mil.ndies Apparel, Morrow County Grain Growers, Carl F. Spaulding, Van Winkle's Motel and Jack's Chevron Station, Heppner Cleaners, Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply, Bris tow's Market, Charles O'Connor, Ekstrom Farm Chemicals, Union Oil, Turner, Van Marter & Bry ant, Gardner's Men's Wear, M & R Floor Covering & Heating Co., Heppner Auto Parts, Elma's Apparel & Flower Shop, West ern Auto Store, Murrays Rexall Drutf, Hager's Dairy, Pendleton Heppner Auto Freight, Cecil General Store, First Federal Savings & Loan. Case Furniture Co., Heppner Hotel & Cafe, Northwestern Live stock Commission Co., Fulleton Chevrolet, L. E. (Ed) Dick, Cal's Richfield, Cole Electric, Dobyns Pest Control, Charlie Walker Body Shop, Thomson's Grocery, Stone Machinery, Morrow Coun ty Jaycees, Jerry's Shell Service, Morrow County Abstact & Title Co., Ham's Truck Line, Cornett Green Feed, Gonty's, Central Market, Bob & Muriel Runnion, Lois' Beauty Shop, Heppner Bar ber Shop, Northwestern Motel, Morrow County Cream e r y, Rene's Beauty Shop, Del's Mar ket, the Heppner Gazette-Times. Chamber Officers Installed Here At Monday's Chamber of Com merce luncheon, Past President Herman Winter was the install ing officer. The new president Is Judge Paul Jones. First vice president Is Gene Pierce and sec ond vice president Is Ed Dick. LeRoy Gardner is secretary and Pat Wonser Is treasurer. Other officers are directors, Larry Mills, Ron Daniels, Elma Harshman, Dr. Wallace Wolff and Jerry Sweeney. Jerry Sweeney who has been president this year thanked ev eryone for making the year 1969 a success. Among other accomp lishments of the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce, the group showed a membership gain. Judge Jones presented Mr. Sweeney with a plaque in hon or of his year of service to the community and county. Mr. Hill Tells About Apprentice Training Program Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill of Coos Bay are here visiting Mrs. Hill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harris. The Hills left Heppner 20 years ago and are now liv ing at Coos Bay where Mr. Hill supervises the state apprentice ship program in the counties of Coos, Curry and Douglas. There are 64 apprentices in his area as electricians, carpen ters, the building trades, auto motive mechanics and he noted he had 5 apprentices in the printing trade. They use the facilities of the South Western Community Col lege at Coos Bay and the Ump qua Community College at Rose burg for the class instruction. He said he thought there would be an Increase in training pro grams all over the state and correspondence courses would be used in the remote areas away from the community colleges.
