L 1 3F ARY
U OF 0
E U 5 C H , ORE.
07103
87th Year
Price 10 Cents
GRAIN PRICES
(P.O.B. Lexington, doM not In
clude warehouse chgt.)
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain Crow en)
Soft whlto wheat I48j
Hard red winter wheat 1-62
Barley 45.00
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
For week of Oct 7-15
mmw- HEPPNER
$0$ -m&m& ngg
THE m
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 58 30 -
Thursday 60 35
Friday 64 49 .35
Saturday 68 40
Sunday 71 48
Monday 59 34
Tuesday 60 31
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October ' 15, 1970
Number 34
one-Coo' feicfeii
Titles IHieppoieir Girl
Gedola "Jody" Rugg was kill
ed In a one-car auto accident
Friday afternoon on Butter Creek
Highway about two miles after
she turned off Highway 80N
The first year Eastern Oregon
College student was enroute
home for the weekend. The car
rolled when she apparently lost
control.
Services were held Oct. 13 at
All Saints Episcopal Church
with the Rev. Dan Thompson
officiating. Mrs. Allen Hughes
was organist; Mike Sweek, aco
Jyte; Clarence Rosewall and
Robert Abrams, ushers. Bearers
were Roy Quackenbush, Bill
Van Winkle, Kirk Horn, Jerry
Schubert, Herb Bower and Del
Piper. Burial was in the Hepp
ner Masonic Cemetery.
For those who wish, contribu
tions may be made to the Schol
arship Loan fund at the Bank
of Eastern Oregon In Jody's
memory.
She was born May 20, 1952 in
Pendleton. She grew up on the
sheep ranch owned by her moth
er Shirley Rugg. She attended
St. Helens Hall in Portland her
freshman year In High School
and attended the other three
years In Heppner where she
graduated June, 1970.
Her Sophomore year she was
Magic Days Coming
The Merchants of the Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce met Friday to plan
for the October promotion. Mag
ic Days will be held on Oct. 30.
A day filled with magic bar
gains from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.
As an extra bonus, boys and
girls of the 4th, 5th and 6th
grade are drawing a mural. Por
tions of the mural will be plac
ed in each store window to
make Main Street "Halloween
Yesterday, Today and Tomor
row". ATTENTION MERCHANTS
It was suggested at the Merch
ants meeting that for those
merchants who wished to per
sonalize their ads with pictures
of themselves or their clerks,
the Ga2ette-Times would take
pictures Friday, Oct. 16. Merch
ants are asked to call when the
"subject" Is dressed in their
hobgoblin outfit. The photo
grapher will hustle right over.
: 7 X
(f - In
r. - .
JODY RUGG
lone - Heppner
Lads Winners
Two top winners in the zone
contest for the Punt, Pass and
Kick competition held Saturday
in Hermiston were from lone
and Heppner. Top winner in the
8-year old division was Dennis
Stefani of lone. Top winner in
the 9-year old division was
Richard Schmidt, Jr. of Heppner.
These lads will go to Seattle
Saturday for the big District
Competition.
Everett Keithley of Heppner
Auto Sales said Monday all the
Morrow County boys, who enter
ed the contest made a real fine
showing for themselves. The
competition for this county is
sponsored annually by Heppner
Auto Sales and the lone Lions
Club.
class secretary 1st semester,
class representative second sem
ester, treasurer of GAA. She was
Girl of the Month for poise in
her Sophomore year and her
Senior year.
Activities during her high
school years included volleyball,
basketball, GAA, Pep Club and
track and the Senior class play.
During her Junior year and
senior year she served as Var
sity cheerleader. She served on
the Prom and Banquet commit
tees her Junior year and the
Theme and Song committee for
Graduation her Senior year.
Her senior year she was nam
ed one of three winners of the
Outstanding Teenage Award.
She was a member of the Hon
or Society.
Jody was a member of All
Saints' Episcopal t Church . in
Heppner. Membership was held
also in the Western States Jun
ior Rodeo Assn., Oregon Trail
Appaloosa Club, Heppner
Wranglers and secretary and
member of the Eastern Oregon
College Rodeo Club.
Survivors besides her mother
are her father, George Rugg,
Ephrata, Wn.; a sister, Jillene
Rugg, Heppner; grandparents,
Mrs. Wavel Wilkinson of Hepp
ner, Lowell Rugg of Pilot Rock
and Jean Rugg of Milton-Free
water, and her great grandfath
er, Fred Ball of Hermiston.
on
W. S. CAVERHILL
A Genial Speaker
Farm-City Banquet
Set for October 24
Irvin Mann To
Speak at Chamber
Rep. Irvin Mann will be here
next Monday noon for the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of " Commerce luncheon at
the Wagon Wheel
His topic will be on school fi
nances, plus irrigation develop
ment in proposed legislative
measures.
HEHISCH Gets
First Class Award
Thirty Oregon high school
newspapers have received a
wards of excellence from the
National Scholastic Press Assn.
at the University of Minnesota.
Only smaller high school pa
per in Eastern Oregon to get a
first class award was Heppner
High School for the Hehisch.
The annual Farm-City ban
quet will be held at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 24 at the High
School Cafetonum here.
Master of ceremonies will be
Herman Winter. The event is co-
sponsored by the Heppner-Mor
row County Chamber of Com
merce, by the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Assn., and
the Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation District.
The dinner follows the annu
al meeting of the Morrow Coun
ty Livestock Growers Assn.
i-eaturea speaker .will be a
well-known Eastern Oregon hu
morist, W. S. .Caverhill of Mil
ton -Freewater, according to Jim
Bier who is serving on the ban
quet committee for the Cham
ber. Tickets for the banquet are
on sale at Peterson's Jewelers, at
both banks and at Turner, Van
Marter & Bryant office.
An interesting event will also
be featured when Randall Peter
son again gives away a valuable
diamond during the dinner.
Competition
Forms For
City Offices
top
neir Hunters Fmd Dir. ilflcflflurdo
Mustangs Romp
ss Over Redsides
By DALLAS HARSIN
After the Mustangs hosted
the Wasco County Redsides last
The City nominations
momentum as several
dates filed for office the last
day Oct. 14
Two filed for the office of
mayor: William C. Collins and
eweu ucigw. BVMnw the Milutnnoc' iinlwutnn
There are four seats to fill -J rtZ"b " "
on the City Council and filed tT"'" " "M i J
Dr. n, Aiicttt Ria um. I Redsides were unable to score
man. Jerry HoHomon and Don llJ' a"d H
W Jnhnsnn A netitlnn tn nln mus,a" ""- up 0 u.B
the name of Rnhert Jones nn the P'nts'
ballot has been turned in but Jonn "a" aia lne D'Bgest part
had not vet heen sitmed Wed. 01 me scoring lor ine Mustangs,
nesday noon. It was expected John scored TD's on a 20-yard
that he would be in to sign it run' 29-yard run, and a 20-yard
before the city office closed at interception. The rest of the
5 o'clock. scoring came irom Dean wrignt
Klaine fienrire hns filed fnr re. with a 41-yard run, and Gary
corder and Mary Jean McCabe Watkins on another 9-yard run
as treasurer Bruce iwarquarat kickgq rwo ex-
Late Wednesday afternoon tra points ana wrignt tnrew to
Jim Rogers filed for councilman. La Verne v,an Marter for the
omer iwo pom is.
The Mustangs held the Red
sides to only 52 yards passing
and a -32 yards rushing, to the
Mustangs 330 yards rushing
and 33 yards in the air for a
total of 363 yards. Heppner al
so had 14 first downs to Mau
pins 6,
Greg Greenup pulled the mus
v.
On-'
Hear the Views
Of the Candidates
Morrow
County people will , ,8 X, Ka T mT
pportunity to "know cl,e,S hu"lder .and Vl?h'
aviy win uui uc atruiug c&cuun
have an opportunity
their candidates" bv attending a f01 wl" n"1 "
. n t.T in the Stanlieid game.
Morrow County Jaycees sponsor
ed program to hear them speak.
The Jaycees have asked each
candidate to speak for 10 min
utes including a time for ques
Hall received the award for
best offensive back and also re
ceived the award for "player of
the week." Wright received the
tions and answers on Oct. 20 at ?st d,efensivf. baf- George
30 p.m. at the Grade School " V - v a
nrvrn I uvvuuiv ai.axwi
pniifii torf o ouensive lineman oi me
Jones, Democrat and W. W,
Weatherford, Independent; com
publican and Millard " Nolan, Mate -.Man Talk
oasrasui, wctuK van-
Winkle, Democrat and Joyce
Kitch, Republican; Justice
Peace, Dee Gribble, Wilma Mar
latt and Charles O'Connor, nnn
Dartisan. Sheriff Mollahan thanked
Harley Sager will be master county, state ana national oinc
of ceremonies.
3 Development
ials, the industries and ranch
ers, the Explorer Scouts and the
many, many individuals and ev
eryone who helped in any way
In the search for Dr. McMurdo,
President Paul Jones praised
the Sheriff for his fine efforts
and Mrs. Mollahan for standing
by the radio and Mrs. Jerry
Sweeney who quietly organized
food and provision services.
Rev. Ed Cutting spoke in re
Mustangs Face
Stanfield Tigers
By KEVIN DICK
Rav Kinc a 9fifl nniinH ceninr
fullback will head the Stanfield ar,d to,i? Possible low-income
Tiger's attack when they meet 8 " e m
Hennner Pridov nt . stnfi,M J"" Bier reported that the an
Starting time for the game will' a.City banquet would
be 8:00 p.m. King was State B e held on Saturday Oct. 24 at
wrestling champion in his ir" pmr " Vne nlgn sc,no?1
weight class last vear. He tour- Dlnner & t . be prepared by
ed South Africa this summer and ? C? and SerVed y
should still be in excellent tht FA glrls: ...
shape wesiaent Jones introaucea
"We'll have to hit him hard ?on, McKinnis of the P4- ,of
and low," Coach Hiemstra said KI" ,u"uie "l p .
when aEUeH ah,t w uenerai ueveiuumem in
rjrohahlv wnn't he ramiinn ti,o Oregon ,
ball more than 40 of their He told of a recent vestock
plavs visitation in Northeast Oregon.
They'll try their aerial at- "e sala ag"cuuure ls resPns.i-
tack," Coach Conklin said. "Thev ble ror on,y 6 ot the air po1'
have a eood team and thev lution in Oregon but that all
won't be a Dushover. Thev heat Klnas 01 livestock operations
Pilot Rock and Elgin without wil1 have to meet many hlgh
much nrnhlem he aAAA standards for the environment.
Hennner's ,hM Feed lots probably will need a
discovery last week. Georse Permlt to make changes or build
Steacraii 7h, hoi cQ ir new tac-nities. inis win mean
tie action this season, finally special arrangements for drain
ell into his nlare MiHHl rr,,nA age.
fit him fine. He started the a Mr. McKinnis spoke on the
there and finished the oame possibilities of growing
Dr. A. D. McMurdo
Services
Dr. McMurdo
To Be Held Thursday
putting pressure on nearly every
passing play and dumping the
quariemack tor a loss several
times.
Heppner
Condon
Sherman ,
Stanfield
Umatilla
Pilot Rock
Wasco
W
3
2
2
1
1
0
Rodeo Committee
Elects Two
New Directors
Joe Yocom and Mitch Ashherk
were elected as directors to the
Morrow County Rodeo Commit
tee at their meeting Oct 7. Each
is elected for a term of three
years. They are replacing Jerry
Dougherty and Archie Munke
whose terms have expired. Joe
will serve as dance director and
Mitch as concessions, trophies
and awards director.
other
crops using irrigation. He pre
dicted great and surprising
changes in kinds of crops we
would be growing here in Mor
row County.
He believes all sides are sin
cerely trying to solve problems
pertaining to the proposal for
using Boeing Space Age tract in
the North End for intensive Ir
rigated cropping development.
He spoke on the use of cool
ant waters from a nuclear pow
er plant and the need for coop'
eration and a big "push" from
all sides to obtain such a plant.
It was pointed out by Presi
dent Jones that the value of the
plant to the county would in
crease our true cash value from
100 million to over 400 million,
with a resulting substantial de
crease in taxes.
CRAB FEED SATURDAY
There will be a Crab Feed Sat
urday at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks
Lodge for members and out-of-
town guests. There will be danc
ing from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.
A multitude of friends will
pay final tribute to Dr. Archie
D. McMurdo today (Oct. 15) at
p.m. here in Heppner. Serv
ices will be held at All Saints'
Episcopal Church with the Rev.
Dan R. Thompson officiating.
Mrs. W. S. Miller will be solo
ist with Mrs. C. C. Carmichael
as organist. Casket bearers will
be Barton Clark, Homer Hager,
Robert Lowe, James Hager, Carl
McDaniel and James Leach.
Honorary bearers are Dr. J. P,
Brennan, Dr. J. R. Broun, Dr. C.
W. Calhoun, Dr. R. M. Connell
Dr. J. B. Easton, Dr. L. J. Feves,
Frank Anderson.
Dr. V. H. Gehling, Dr. J. W.
Grondahl, Dr. R. A. Koch, Dr.
G. W. McGowan, Dr. E. S. Mor
gan. M. E. Smead, Dr. D. D. Smith,
Dr. E. Schaffitz, Dr. L. D. Tib
bies, John Wightman, Dr. W. H.
Wolff.
Ushers for the services will be
Robert Jones, Herman Winter,
Earl Gilliam and Ned Clark.
Concluding services will be in
the Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Sweeney Mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
The family has suggested that
those who wish may make con
tributions to: All Saints' Episco
pal Church, Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, American Cancer Soci
ety, American Heart Associa
tion.
Archie D. McMurdo was born
Feb. 26, 1882 at Shadwell, Vir
ginia, the son of Charles E. Mc
Murdo and Mary K. Bernard. He
received his Doctor of Medicine
degree from the University of
Virginia on June 14, 1909. Last
summer he returned to his Al
ma Mater for a reunion. He was
the only member of his class in
attendance.
The doctor came to Heppner
In 1912 and has practiced here
ever since. He helped Heppner
grow from no hospital through
several house-hospitals to the
fine structure on the hill.
Through his practice he has
lottesvlllcLVa., and Dr. H. B,
McMurdo of San Francisco and
seven grandchildren. ' , ;
In 1956 he was honored as
Oregon's first Doctor of the
Year. He was a Spanish Amer
ican War veteran. He was a
member of All Saints' Episcopal
Church. He was a member of
Heppner Lodge No. 69 AF and
AM, Heppner Lodge No. 35S,
BPOE, the Oregon Medical
Assoc., and a lifetime member
of the American Medical Association.
Friday Services
For Bob Runnion
Funeral services for V. R.
(Bob) Runnion, 75, will be held
Friday, Oct. 16 at 2:00 p.m. at
the Elks Temple. Marshall Lov
gren, Exalted Ruler and the Rev.
Dan R. Thompson will officiate.
Interment will be at the Hepp
ner Masonic Cemetery with
Sweeney Mortuary in care of the
arrangements.
Mr. Runnion died in Pendle
ton on Oct. 13. He was born
March 4, 1895 in Oklahoma City,
Okla. In 1936 he came to Hepp
ner from Wyoming and became
a widely known Real Estate
Broker and Auctioneer. He was
unitedi n marriage to Muriel Mc
Carty in Heppner on June 1,
1949.
Bob Runnion was a member
of the Heppner Lodge No. 69
A.F. & A.M., and BPOE Heppner
Lodge No. 358.
He is survived by his wife,
Muriel, Heppner; a son, Bob,
Tendleton; a daughter, Gerald
ine DeSimone, Tucson, Ariz.; a
step-mother, Jennie Runnion,
Denver, Colo.; a step-son, La
Verne Van Marter, Jr., Heppner;
a half-brother, Marvin Runnion,
Denver; a half-sister, Mrs. Joe
Alexander, Douglas, wyo.; a
touched the lives of three gen-1 half-brother, William Runnion,
erations and hardly a family in casper, wyo.; ana iu grana
this interior has not at one time
or another had pain alleviated
by this kindly gentleman. He
not only gave the people of this
community over a half century
as a general practitioner but the
greatest years of service of any
public health officer in Oregon.
His desire to continue to learn
and advance in his field never
slackened.
He was united in marriage to
Ruth Helen Hager at Corvallis
Nov. 15. 1913. Mrs. McMurdo sur
vives him as do three sons,
Charles E., of Portland, Bernard
H., of Burlingame, Calif., and
Scott H. of Corvallis; two broth-1
ers, Aston E. McMurdo of Char-1
children.
Accident Hurts
Joseph Wilhelm
Joseph Wilhelm, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Wilhelm of
Heppner received a serious hip
wound Tuesday afternoon. While
rounding up cattle at the Wil
liam Rill Ranch, Joseph acci
dentally shot himself in the hip
with a .22 calibre pistol.
The bullet lodged in the pel
vic bone on the right side. He
was rushed to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital for emergency surgery.
He was then taken to a Pendle-
ton hospital for further surgery. I
Hunters found the body of Dr.
McMurdo Sunday morning about
1 10 o'clock in the rugged Big Pot
nmus Creek area. Kit George
was hunting up on the rim and
Mike Gray down below. It was
Mike who came upon the body
In the dense growth along the
creek. Mike came back to call
Sheriff Mollahan. Mike directed
the recovery party led by Dr. L.
D. Tibbies and seven men who
came down from the top to car
ry the body out
The area had been searched
repeatedly on Sunday, Monday
and Wednesday of the week
long search following Dr. Mc
Murdo's disappearance on Oct
3, a fixed wing aircraft flew the
area. On Sunday and Wednes
day a helicopter flew it. On
Thursday a three-man crew
went down Ellis Creek and then
up the Big Potamus. On Fri
day an eight-man crew combed
Gilbert Creek and up Big Potamus.
The area is on the breaks of
the John Day River. There are
big rim rocks then a drop of
40-50 feet to a ledge then down
another 40-50 feet cut by can
yons.
All during the week there had
been horseback riders in the ar
ea looking for cattle as well as
being on the watch for the Doc
tor. On Friday the Grant Coun
ty Posse worked from the John
Day up Big Potamus. The same
day the Forest Service crew
went down Gilbert Creek to the
Big Potamus and then down to
the John Day where they were
picked up. It was reported
searchers would have had to go
within 10 feet of the Doctor to
have seen him.
Lost on Saturday
' Saturday was a beautiful day
for hunting when Dr. Archie Mc
Murdo and his son Ted started
a hunt from the McMurdo cab
in on Little Potamus. At the
separation point, they had a
greed to meet back at the cab
in, a rendezvous which was nev
er kept by the Doctor.
. Saturday and Sunday a spon
taneous group collected by word
of mouth, searched the immed
iate area. They weren't too ex
cited because Dr. McMurdo had
hunted in the area for over 50
years and had been out over
night on numerous occasions.
The family was confident that
he would walk out on his own.
The Sunday search was inter
rupted late in the afternoon by
a fire located near Main Spring.
lit was spotted by Mel Boyer
(from the air, and contained to
small area. By the time the For
est Service put out the fire, it
had grown to three acres.
Searchers had thought that this
might be a clue to the Doctor's
whereabouts.
Clues from as far as 20 miles
away were checked out.
Also on Sunday, searchers
found a spike buck shot from
the top side of Gilbert Rim a
few yards from where the Doc
tor's cap was later found.
" On Monday again crews of 10
to 20 men headed by people
familiar with the area combed
each section at a time. A spe
cial crew searched the falls on
Little Potamus. On Monday a
blood hound was brought in.
He turned up no physical evi
dence. The bloodhounds' effect
iveness diminished with the
heat and dust on Sunday, rain
on Monday and 100 men who
had combed the area previous
ly.
Monday evening Explorer Post
No. 631 of Clackamas County
was contacted. The 23 boys ac
comanied by Chuck Moore ar-
rivuu 1 uusiiciy evening.
Tuesday it was snowing and
raining in the mountains. Mili
tary Aircraft arrived but had to
call off their air search due to
zero visibility. A horseback
search team covered Potato hill.
On Wednesday a member of
the Explorer Post discovered the
Doctor's hat on Gilbert Rim.
o i . ; . 4.
oviuviiers weie glaring at ev
ery clue. Wednesday they inves
tigated a tent fire reported on
Rutabaga Creek. The hunters
were gone and the tent appar
ently burned accidentally.
Wednesday night a meeting of
search leaders was held at the
Courthouse to determine the dir
ection the search would take.
Breakfast meetings were held
each morning by the coordinat
ing groups.
Thursday searchers were join
ed by the Grant County Posse.
They searched the northern
reaches of Gilbert Creek and Lit-
(Continued on page 8)