Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, September 17, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextL I DHAHY 0 OF 0 EUGENE ORE. 07403 Double Trouble Marks Beginning Of School Year School started and the troub les began. On Sept. 8 Reita Sum ner driving an empty 30-passen ger school bus towards Ruggs to meet Jim Bloodsworth s bus, hit a soft shoulder. The bus rolled on the side and then came up right. She continued on to make her run, When the bus was examined the right side had been heavily damaged and two windows bro ken out. The bus has been tak en in to Portland for repairs which are estimated to cost $1150. This Is covered by in surance. It should be back In the district on Sept. 21. In the meantime, the spare bus Is on that run and is be ing driven by J. C. Sumner, sub' stitute bus driver, while Mr. andd Mrs. Jack Sumner are on a vacation trip. Cfloa MM GRAIN PRICES (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) (F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warehouse chgs.) Soft white wheat 1-50 Bard red winter wheat 1.65 Barley ........... 4AM 87th Year Price 10 Cents s THE m $WT JrllJCJt'Jt'W GAZETTE-TIME HEPPNER Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September 17, 1970 'Number 30 ASC CrOramuiiify ryii'iueemeGi Voted Farmers and ranchers of Mor row County have elected a to- On Monday of this week It tal of 40 ASC community com was discovered mar, me root- m tteemen and alternates in a valve was broken at the A. C. mail election conducted earlier Houghton School at Irrigon. The this month, according to David district checked all pump rep- McLeod. Executive Director of resentatives for the new or us- the County Agricultural Stabil ed part. ization and Conservation (ASCS) It was finally located at Rich- office. mond, Calif., and Is due to ar- ASC community committees rive by plane on Wednesday assist the County ASC Commit ana wm oe instauea in time tee in administer ne farm pro for school to operate again prams in Morrow County, such inursaay morning. I as wheat acreage allotments, Without the footvalve, the fee(i m-ain bases, and aericul school was without water which tural conservation cost-sharing is not only required for tneir measures. Thev also helD keep sanitary facilities but also In the hocai producers informed of farm neaung system. Punt, Pass & Kick Contest Set All boys 8 thru 13 are invited to sign up now for the annual Punt, Pass & Kick competition. The lone Lions Club will coop erate in co-sponsoring the an nual event. Lads in that area can register at Bristow's Mar ket. Registration is open here at Heppner Auto Sales until Sept. 26. program provisions and regula tions. In addition, the Just-elected ASC community committees have an important responsibil- i Small Schools Meet at Boardman ity in the near future In filling vacancies on the County ASC Committee and determining the chairman and vice-chairman for the coming year, McLeod said. The new ASC community com mitteemen will convene Sept. 22, at 9:00 a.m. in the Gilliam and Bisbee Building, Heppner, In a meeting open to the pub lic. They will elect one County Committeeman to serve a three year term and two alternates to serve one-year terms. After - the vacancies are filled, the com munity committeemen will de termine which of the three reg ular members of the County ASC Committee will be Chair man and Vice-Chalrman. Each of the 8 ASC community committees are made up of three members and two alter nates, who serve for a one-year period. The candidate in each ASC community who received the largest number of votes is the committee chairman. Second highest is vice-chairman; third is regular committee member; fourth and fifth in the number of votes received are first and second alternates. Following are the newly elected ASC community commit teemen in Morrow County, list ed In the Order of chairman, vice-chairman, member first al ternate, and second alternate: Alpine Community Gary Grieb, Orval Matheny, Charles J. Daly, lrvin Rauch, Robert Kilkenny. Lexington Community Vernon Munkers, Pat Cuts- forth, Gene Majeske, James Bloodsworth, . C. K. Peck. South Heppner Community Marcel Jones Ralph Beamer, O. A. Wright, Claude R, Gra ham, Ned Clark. Boardman-Irrigon Community Donald J. Kenney, Kurt Can tenbeln, Robert Slcard, J. U. Ay- lett, Harold Rash. Morgan Community Charles J. Doherty, David Ba ker. Roy W. Lindstrom, Louis Buschke, Roy A. Lindstrom. North Heppner Community Donald Bennett, Alvin Bunch, Donald K. Evans, Wm. Kenny, Gordon O'Brien. Eightmile Community Laurence Becket, Frank An derson, Charles Carlson, Donald E. Peterson, Louis A. Carlson, lone Community C. R. McElligott, Rollo Craw ford, John Eubanks, James Pet tyjohn, Perry Morter. School board members and ad ministrators of districts whose high schools have 300 or fewer students will attend an infor mational meeting about the Oregon Small Schools Program an4- OA T.n1 vt o dir. 2?52 -m?e""onJ?ate 18 eisiHigh School Boaan nV .A A Title III, federally funded protect, the Small Schools Pro gram , is statewide and assists these-districts in providing bet ter instruction for their students. Don Miller of the Oregon Board of Education coordinates this voluntary program. The Board man meeting is one of 12 to be held throughout Oregon. Districts invited to attend are Arlington, Riverside, Condon, Heppner, Spray and Wheeler. Friday, Oct. 2 at 4:30 p.m. Watch thi the clinics. 'Greenie' O'Brien Dies September 11 Edward James "Greenie" O' Brien, 59, passed away at Healy Bros, ranch on Butter Creek on Tuesday, Sept 11. Mr. O'Brien came to Heppner from Mitchell about 12 years ago and has worked on several ranches in the area. He was born Aug. 5, 1911 at Williams, Minn. Funeral servic es will be Friday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Sweeney Mortu ary chapel with the Rev. Ru dolph Mensch officiating. Interment will be in the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mr. O'Brien is survived by a son, Jimmy, of Prineville; a daugh ter, Sharon McCleran of Sisters, Ore., and two sisters, Mabel Mc Court and Alice MeLain, both of Baudette, Minn. Chamber to Hear About Districts Bob Logan of Governor Call's office will talk on ministrative Districts and ional government at the Mc Gun Club Dates Sight-in Days The Morrow County Rifle and Pistol Club has set two dates for Public Sight-in Days. This will allow hunters to make sure that their hunting rifles are sighted correctly. Sight-In days are Sept. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. and on Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pistol Range. Public Turkey Shoot There will be a Public Turkey Shoot using hunting rifles on Sept. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. Big Buck contest tickets are available from members and will not be sold after Hunting Season starts. luncheon Monday, Sept. 21 at the Wagon Wheel Cafe. The Administrative Districts plan has become quite contro versial. There have been a num ber of officials who suspect these districts would mean the usurp ing of the power of counties and perhaps cities. At Monday's Chamber lunch eon, Pacific Northwest Bell Tele phone Co. people showed movies and a demonstration of a simu lated laser. Even computers are now talking, speaking under standable words. ; Guests were the Rev. and Mrs. Mratin Clark, formerly of Hepp ner and now of the Osaka Bi ble Seminary in Japan. Gene Winters, a former county agent, was also welcomed as a visitor. Neighborhood Center Seeks Board Members New members are desired to Ed Cutting reported on a Child serve on the Neighborhood Cen ter board. Solutions are studied for problems of local people in housing, Jobs and medical care. Anyone interested in serving is asked to call the Neighborhood Center, At the meeting Sept. 10 Rev. New S.D.A. Pastor Arrives Don Hall, the new pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church recently arrived with his wife, Phyllis and son, David, aged IV2. Mr. Hall is a grad uate of Walla Walla College at College Place. He was formerly the Youth Pastor at Pasco. While in Pasco, Mr. Hall was also the announcer for a week ly television program "Impact Discussion" sponsored by the church. An active outdoorsman, Mr. Hall's interests range from mountain climbing and back packing to slide photography. Mrs. Hall is currently teaching a 4-H sewing class. Care program that he had been working on as chairman of the by-laws committee. While the by-laws have not been put to use in Morrow County, they have been used in several areas in Umatilla County. The -f&ihotnood Center Is using their $25N booth Sweep stakes prize money to buy craft materials for the Center. The Senior Citizens meet each Thursday for crafts and a friend ly cup of coffee. To Poor Peoples Conference Five delegates will attend the Poor People's Conference In Sa lem Sept. 1819. They will be housed at the State Fairgrounds and the National Guard will do the cooing. Workshops will be held in Racism, rural health, education, housing, Civil Rights, and in other areas. The five go ing from Morrow County, plan to attend . different, workshops so lone vs. Weston Saturday Coach Gordon Meyers of the lone Cardinals is priming his boys for their first league game this Saturday with Weston. The game will be at 2 p.m. on the lone field. Two successful passes last Saturday netted two touchdowns for the 8-man team. The first one came on a 30-yard pass from Dick Snider to Richard Hamlett. They made two con version points by passing. The second touchdown came on a five yard pass from Nick Mar ick. Coach Meyers said he felt that "basically the boys played a good ball game. Their run ning game needs to pick up a little". Winner Named off John Graves Memorial Scholarship Kristlne Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Teterson of lone, has been selected to re ceive the John Graves Memorial Scholarship this year. Kristine, a graduate of lone High School last spring, is cur rently enrolled at Pacific Luth eran College in Tacoma, major ing in elementary education. She has been a 411 member for nine years in addition to many school, church and community activities. The John Graves Memorial scholarship is awarded annual ly to a Morrow County senior who has completed 3 years of 4-H club work just prior to grad uation. Former recipients are Patti Healy, Larry Pettyjohn, Maureen McElligott, Steve Pet tyjohn, Barbara Bloodsworth, and Pat McElligott. . . The scholarship was originat ed by the Graves family as a fitting memorial to John Graves who was an active community leader and father dedicated to 411 youth development In ad dition to the scholarship mem bers of the .Graves, family car ry on the tradition of commit ment by now being actively en gaged in 4-H work. By KEVIN DICK Bruce Bergstrom and Bruce Marquardt kept the Mustangs defensive momentum up here Friday night as Heppner shut out the Prospectors of Grant Un ion. When the dust settled at the end of the game, two Dean Wright touchdowns and one Wright conversion had the Horsemen looking down on a 14 0 lead. Borgstrom and Mar quardt were named defensive linemen and buck of the week. Ken Mills, from Grant Union, Just couldn't stop the overpow ering Mustang thrust. Mills was in on many of the defensive plays. The Prospectors couldn't get started on offense, and as a result made 18 net yards. The Mustangs struck in the first quarter when Dean Wright, IIHS quarterbback streaked a round right end 24 yards for the touchdown. Wright was named offensive back of the week and also most valuablo player. Terry Hughes, Horseman end, snagged two passes for 16 yards, and did extensive block ing for pass protection and op ening holes. He was named of fensive lineman of the week for his efforts. The Prospectors only manag ed four first downs to the Horse men's 23. That Just about tells the story. Coach Hlemstra was pleased with the game. He said, howev er, that he saw that the tim ing of his back field needed much improvement The lads have been working on the timing. George Snider Passes in Pendleton J.P. Candidates Announced The General Election ballots will soon be printed at the Gazette-Times shop. Mrs. Sadie that in reporting back to each 1 Parrish, County Clerk, said can- other all areas will be covered, didates for Justice of the Peace Going are Alta Stevens, John for the 6th District are Dolores Canaday, Elizabeth Stephens, Gribblo, Wilma Marlatt and Cindy Harsin and Pat Brindle. Charles O'Connor. Heppner Has Preview Of Elgin Huskies With the first of th Heppner Mustangs', eight games a win, the Mustangs are looking for ward to . this Friday and the Huskies at Elgin at 8 p.m. "The Huskies have just about the same team as last year and the fans who watched last years game saw that they were tough," Head Coach Ed Hiem stra said. Coach Hiemstra said that this week he has had the Mustangs' backs working on timing, to cut down on the five yard penal-, Townsend, Luke Blbby, Ed Ac- George L. Snider, 65, died at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendle ton on Sept. 11. He was born at Hubbard, Ore., on Sept. 25, 1904 and has been a resident of the lone area since 1922 where he was engaged in wheat ranching. He was united In marriage to Gladys Olden at The Dalles on June 17, 1926. Funeral services were Sept. 14 at the Elks Temple in Heppner with Exalted Ruler Marshall Lovgren officiating. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic Cemetery .with Sweeney Mortu ary in care of arrangements. Casket bearers were Bob Hos kins, Leland McKinney, Bryce Keene, Bob Lovgren, Bob Jep- sen, and Milton Morgan. Hon orary bearers were Harvey Smith, Dale Brown, Hershal ties. To give the backs a breather, Rory Stillman will be switched from the line to the backfield. Rory will remain in the back field-as long as his replacement Dallas Harsin or Jeff Marshall fill the guard position Coach Hiemstra said a Morrow County Goes To the Round-Up Watch for these Morrow Coun ty folks at the Round-Up West ward Ho parade and Happy Can yon. Princess Patti Healy will ride in the Grand Entry at the W. . rtouna-up ana in ine westward in Ot Fair Ho parade on Friday. Carl Mc- Two new Heppnerites were j Daniel is the trapper in the important winners recently at 'Westward Ho parade. Charlie uaiy neips on ine unui.es at ine Round-Up and is coaching sev eral sets in Happy Canyon. Tom Currin fills in on several acts of Happy Canyon. For the first time this year, Jerry Winegar is in Happy Canyon. He rides with the Cavalry and other groups. the Sherman County Fair at Moro. They are children of the Don Bellamys here. Ted Bellamy won Grand Champion and Reserve Champ ion for his FFA Duroc market hog. And added to this he had the best swine exhibit. Kitty Bellamy was the Re- iserve Champion Showman iniRIIlio Rsitr in Cflinnl 1 tthe 4-H swine division. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM For week of Sept. Hi Low Wednesday 71 37 Thursday 77 40 Friday 69 42 Saturday 57 31 Sunday 53 25 Monday 60 31 Tuesday 68 34 9-15 Prec. Billie June Marquardt is in Heppner High School walki with a cane. She was seriously injured late last May in an tomobile accident. Penny Marquardt, who in the car with her is in a chair in a Portland hospital. will soon be so that she come home on an occasional weekend. They are the daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mar quardt of Lexington. M J w- : I U -A back &Z- . - wheel's- . - ' ';v: t:!7-?Jr :''' .-t?fTtfVs-:i ton, and Terrel Benge. Mr. Sni der was a thirty-year member of Heppner Lodge No. 358 BPOE. He Is survived by his wife, Gladys of lone; son, Harold of lone; a brother, Everett of Rock- away; sisters, Lucille Cooper of Portland, Esther Miller of For est Grove, and Eunice Loney of Manzanita; and four grandchild ren, Janice Brooks, Dick Snider, Larry Snider and Ken Snider. "HEROES STABT with Punt Pass & Kick". Dare Bsrnett and Gene Hietmann ar shown here with Dale Hedman, Tom Stock cad. Dean Wright and John McCabe. This photo will spark some memories as it was taken back In 63 or '64. The new contest is now open for registration for the 1970 contest Oregon Buys First Kidney Machine Mrs. Joe Engelman reported that she had received word that enough Betty Crocker coupons had been collected to buy the first Kidney Machine for Oregon. The state officials also noted that they were well on their way towards the 2nd machine. Also from now on the num bers on the coupons will be counted instead of each coupon counted as "one". Mrs. Engel man received 1284 from the Women's Relief Corp No. 3 Auxiliary of the GAR from Van couver, Wn., and Mrs. Wilson in Arizona sent up a box to be credited to Morrow County. The state office also commend ed Mrs. Engelman for her out standing efforts on behalf of this program. lone Lions Install Officers The lone Lions Club had their installation of new officers at a steak dinner meeting held Monday night. The event was at Thel's new bar and grill which is nearing completion. The installing officer was Garland Swanson. President is Gordon Meyers; 1st vice president, 2nd vice pres ident, Larry Prock; 3rd vice pres ident, Ray Boyce; Herb Ekstrom, Jr., is secretary-treasurer, and Tail Twister is Darrell James. Gene Dock ter is the Lion Tamer. Directors are Charles O'Con nor, Jerry Martin, Jim Barnett and Gene Dockter.