L ! IRARY v ir KVQCNC ORE 97403 87th Year Price 10 Cents Weather Br DON GILLIAM For week of Oct 14-20 GRAIN PRICES dud warehouse chgt.) (F.O.B. Lexington. does not la (CourtMf of Morrow County Grain Growers) Soft white wheat 1.56i Hard red winter wheat .... l-67i Barley ... 4540 iJ.'i.-'f".- V'Vt HEPPNEK THE -.m HI Low Prec. Wednesday 61 28 Thursday 67 29 Friday 65 29 Saturday 65 33 Sunday 61 44 Monday 61 40 .01 Tuesday 50 40 .05 GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 22, 1970 Number 35 InJlsirlrljv 12 . . . i nnrpro ? raw MCGG Annual Meet Coming Here November 2 The annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers is to be held at 6:30 p.m., Mon day, Nov. 2 at the Fairgrounds Pavilion, according to Larry Mills, manager of the firm. Guest speaker will be Rupert Kennedy who will speak on ac tivitics and developments in Morrow County. He is the man ager of the Port of Morrow. Winner of the annual Hepp ner Soil & Water Conservation District speech contest will give the winning speech as part of the program. Columbia Basin Co-op Annual, Condon Nov. 16 Harley Young, manager of the Columbia Basin Electric Co operative has announced that the annual meeting of the util ity will be held Nov. 16 this year at Memorial Hall in Con don. A free lunch will be serv ed by the Eastern Star. Featured speaker will be Claude Haggard, a safety spe cialist with the Pacific Power & Light Co. Everyone attending will get free light bulbs. There will be .valuable electrical appliances awarded as door prizes. ' Early Adjournment Marks Board Meet Several knotty little problems occupied the short session of the Morrow County School board Monday evening at the lone High School. The board tabled the adoption of the policy on school visita tions by law enforcement offic ials until they could meet with the district attorney. District At torney Herman Winter objected to the part of the policy that said parents would be notified of the visit and would be giv en a chance to attend any ques tioning. According to an opinion by the attorney general, schools are required to allow law en- - .- t .Yc ' fe d . - . All Brass SHOWN HERE ARE the 1970 Mustangs. Front row (from left). Rory SMIman, Gary Watkins. Beryl Stillman, Ted Bellamy, Allen Peck, David Gunaerson. Dean Wright Sam Bellamy, John Hall. MIDDLE ROW: Tom Cutsforth. Jeif Marshall. George SteagalL Bruce Marquardt Rick Drake, Dallas Harsin, Bar ney Marshall, Greg Greenup. Kirk Robinson. BACK ROW: Mgr. Barney Munk- 4j -:&k ers. Assistant Coach Dale Conklin. BiU Jepsen, La Verne Van Marter. David Eckman, Bruce Bergstrom, John Sumner, Craig Munkers, Terry Hughes, Mgr. Jim Cutsforth, Coach Ed Hiemstra. Mgr. Dana Sweek, Assistant Coach Dean Naffziger. (Photo by Matt Warren). Farm -City Banquet Scheduled Saturday lorcement oincers to rant toi ctiirlonta liirinir jsphool hours but I are not required to notify par- Quet is an event sponsored joint Of great interest to all stock men is the way Gail McCarty, extension agent, describes the program for the annual meet' ing of the Morrow County Live stock Growers Assn. The pro gram opens at 1:00 p.m., Satur day, Oct. 24 at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Program The Oregon Cattlemen's Assn report, by Ron Baker. Video tape of live beef steers correlated with their individual carcasses, by the Umatilla I.E.D, Slide presentation by Wally Fox of the Anchor Serum Co. This will show how various vac cines are made, how they work and what can be expected of them. There will be the Morrow County Livestock Growers Assn. business meeting which will in elude the election of new dir ectors, according to Tom Currin, president of the Association. A coffee break will be spon sored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Door prizes will be awarded some lucky winners, An attitude readjustment hour will be presented at 5:30 p.m. by the First National Bank Annual Banquet The annual Farm-City Ban ents. However it was suggested that rjarents be notified as a matter of public relations. Several alternatives for the Droblem of transportation for Schiller-Owens children on But ter Creek were advanced. The Owens' daughter would be re quired to board the school bus at 7 a.m. if she were coming into Heppner Schools. Time spent on the bus is much shorter going into Pilot Rock. The student has been go ing into Pilot Rock schools tu ition free even though they are in the Heppner district. This is because 78's of their property lies in the Pilot Rock district. However, the bus that normal ly serves them is full and the parents have been taking then daughter to Nye Jet. to meet the bigger bus there. The most favorable board so lution was to offer the Owens family the $30 a month it would cost the district to extend the present bus route to their home. The Owens would choose then whether to drive their daugh ted to meet the present Hepp ner bus or offer that amount to the Pilot Rock board for transportation to that district or consider it as reimbursement for their transportation to Nye Jet. I Budget Committee Appointments The board members appointed the following to the 1971-72 budget committee: Bob Riet mann, lone; Harley Sager, Hepp ner and Carroll Donovan, Board man, all for 3-year terms. The first meeting with the teacher consultation committee was set for 9 p.m. following the ly by the Morrow County Live stock Growers Assn., the Hepp ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and by the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Heppner High School. An interesting annual feature is the drawing for a valuable Name The Parade Theme Deadline Last year's parade theme for the Morrow County Fair and Ro deo was (as you know) HAP- anyone who wants some more happiness can get in and sug gest a new name for the 1971 Fair parade. Winner will receive four free rodeo tickets. Deadline is Sat urday, Oct. 24. So please get your entry mailed or brought in to the Heppner Gazette-Times of fice. (And, good luck to you!) diamond, courtesy of Peterson's Jewelers. Important introductions will include presentation of the Live stock Growers of the Year, the Conservation Man of the Year and outstanding citizens. Master of ceremonies for the dinner will be Herman Winter. Special guest speaker will be the well-known W. S. Caverhill of Milton-Freewater, writer and humorist. Tickets for the dinner are available from Peterson's Jewel ers, from both banks and from Turner, Van Marter and Bryant offices here. Candidates Give Qualifying Talks One thing in common most of the candidates had at the "Po litical Party" sponsored Tuesday evening by the Jaycees was that they were Morrow County na tives. Each candidate was given 8 minutes to give qualifications for the office he was seeking. Jack Melland, president of the Jaycees, was timer. Harley Sager laid down the ground rules at the start of the evenine - and introduced the speakers in alphabetical order for each onice starting witn tne candidates for Justice of Peace. Dee Cribble Dee Gribble outlined the bus iness of Justice of Court. Going through Justice Court are cita tions for traffic violations, fish and game, liquor (minor and adults), misdemeanors such as trespassing, larceny, cashing checks with insufficient funds. Felonies are admitted to bail and sent to a higher court. She elaborated on minors in possession as there was quite a delegation of students from the high school in attendance. She explained the Small Claims Court where accounts up to $200 may be filed for collection. In regard to her ability to fill the office she said, "I was ap pointed by Governor McCall to fill out the term when my hus band resigned". She has served ns clerk for three years. Five sets of books are kept. Fines and fees are turned over monthly to the County treasurer. Wilma Marlatt Wilma Marlatt comes from a Dioneer family. She told the au dience she was born in Morrow Cmmtv as was her mother 70 years ago today. To illustrate the point of law that ignorance of the law is no excuse for violation, sne xoia the storv of two hunters who . . i a i iur: came bacK wnn xneir em which turned out to be two hors- . "Laws" she said, "were made $652,000 For Bombing Range Road REP. IRVIN MANN (Continued on page 51 Joint Dinner & Dance Planned October 24 The American Legion Post, the Morrow County Jaycees, and the lone Legion Post plan a joint Potluck dinner to be followed by an evening of entertainment and dancing on Saturday, Oct. 24. The potluck dinner is sched uled for 7:00 p.m. at the Leg ion Hall. All members are urged to attend, and they may invite a guest if they wish. Chamber Hears Rep. Irvin Mann State Representative Irvin Mann, Republican from Stanfield in a speech Monday before the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce, proposed a firm program of state support of public schools at 50 of the schools operational costs. Public schools are in a cri sis, Mann declared. "Everyone talks about 50 state support for schools . . . but no one pro poses how to raise the money to do the job." Mann proposed creation of an independent non-partisan state commission charged by the leg islature with the power and re sponsibility of levying from non- property tax sources sufficient revenue each year to meet 40 60 of the local school operat ing costs. 'This would remove local school taxation from the partisan political arena," Mann declared. Mann, who has serv ed on the House of Represen tatives Taxation Committee for tnree sessions, noted this was "strong medicine" but the cri sis in school financing clearly justifies it." Mann pointed out that for the (Continued on page 8) Two years ago the Morrow County Court started negotia tions to secure State and Fed eral money for the Bombing Range road, a county road about lone and Heppner Have PP&K Winners in Seattle Dennis Stefani, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Stefani of lone, won the district championship Sat urday in Seattle for 8 year olds at the Punt, Pass and Kick com petition. Richard Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schmidt, Sr., won 4th place for 9 year olds out of ten entries at the district competition. Everett Keithley took Richard ud there. Dennis accompanied his folks. The semi-final competition will be held during half time of the 49ers-Atlanta Falcons football eame Dec. 6 in San Francisco. Representatives of Heppner Auto Sales here will go to San Francisco as will Dennis who will enter the area competition there, and his folks will accom pany him. This is the first time anyone from Morrow County has enter ed or won at the district level. DA Will Comment On Measures At Chamber Meeting District Attorney Herman Win ter will give a study of the 11 measures on the ballot at the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce Monday. 20 miles long. Purpose of the project is to widen and reseal the road. Judge Paul Jones has received a letter from H. S. Cox, an en gineer of the Oregon Highway Commission, assuring him that the project will be built. It is designated as an FAS project I-80N and the $652,000 Federal and State funds are to be used as far as the money will go. It is believed this will be enough at this time for most of the entire 20 mile strip. Only County cost will be for the center stripe and for sever al signs. Condon to Offer Tough Competition By DALLAS HARSIN Along with the biggest game that the Heppner Mustangs lace in the regular season, this should be . the biggest crowd that has attended a football game for many years. This is because the Heppner Mustangs and the Condon Blue Devils are the onlv two teams in the league that are still undefeated. Tomorrow will be the biggest task that the Mustangs will meet Grant Weatherford is very well known by the Mustangs and is the Blue Devils' leading ground gainer but the Mustangs hope to keep his running game down as they did last year. "The Mustangs will work hard this week to be ready both phys ically and mentally as the pride of the Mustangs is too great to have a loss," said Coach Ed Hiemstra. Greg Greenup didn't see any action In the Stanfield game due to a shoulder injury but hopefully will be back in thej line up Friday. I for a purpose." She said she was a strong person and felt she could follow her convictions in filling the office of Justice of Peace. ' Charles O'Connor ' Charles O'Connor is also a na tive of Morrow County and he said he ' must like it or he wouldn't still be around. He list ed 4 requirements for the of fice of Justice of Peaces be im partial, have integrity, vigor and horse sense. He noted his 16 years" in pub lie service and said if elected to the Office of Justice of Peace he would fill that office in the same manner. The office of Justice of Peace is for a term of 6 years with a monthly salary of $295. Joyce Hitch Joyce Ritch was the first one to speak for the onice or Mor row County Assessor. Her educa tion includes attendance at BMCC, completion of an ap oraisal course conducted by the Dept. of Revenue and appraisal certificates from Personal Prop erty and Board of Equalization schools. She values her committee ap pointments and elected positions in the appraisal field because of the opportunity they provide for close contact with any changes that might be made in assess ment laws. She has served as chairman of District 5 which Includes 6 counties and is presently presi dent of the Eastern Oregon As sessors Assn. She serves on the executive, livestock and public ity committees for the state as sociation. She reminded her audience that the Budget Committee set the amount of total tax to be collected, not the assessors of fice. She listed other services the County assessor' office can pro vide. There are records in the office on each parcel of land in the county. They show the number of acres, how many are dry, irrigated, tillable or grass, the water-right record and data acquired to list a few. City prop erty lists the measurements of town lots, the number of rooms in a dwelling, the square feet, type of heat, which is only a nartial listine. The assessor is by law required to keep the val ue of each piece of property within 100 ratio of market val Eerie Spirits Bubble From Homecoming Pot "Deviltry, Witchcraft and The Supernatural" is the theme for this year's Homecoming activi ties at Heppner High School, as the Mustangs will face the Con don Blue Devils Oct. 23. Homecoming Day will feature a float parade with each class entering a float depicting the Homecoming theme. The band and drill team will perform. The football game will begin at 8:00 and during halftime, a Home coming Queen will be crowned and presented with roses with her princesses in attendance. The candidates are Kathy Sweeney, Julie Ayres, Susan French, Jill Rugg, and Patty Lucianl. After the game, there will be a dance featuring the "New Colony" from 10:00 to 1:00. The week of Oct 19 through the 23 has been designated Homecoming Week and an ac tivity has been scheduled for each day. Dan Sweeney Is chair man with the H-Club sponsor ing the Court and the dance. The Cheerleaders designated the theme for each day and each class coordinated the activities for their day. Monday was "Pin and Spirit" day with the freshmen making 6ign8 and doing the locker dec oration. Most of the student body wore a patriotic button proclaiming school loyalty. Tuesday was "Hat" day in which everyone wore a goofy hat and the Sophomores made signs. A powderpuff football game was held Wednesday which pit ted the freshmen and sopho mores against the juniors and seniors. This was "Shoe" day calling for an assortment or goofy shoes and the juniors made signs. Senior day for signs Is Thurs day. Toy" day is tentatively scheduled with each, student bringing a favorite toy. The Bon fire will be held Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. at the school and each class will compete for the biggest load of fire wood. A tug of war will also be held in which the classes will compete against each other until a win ner emerges. "Color" day is Friday and all students are to wear the school colors. A Boys' Pep Assembly will be held at which the teach ers will give a skit. During the week, points will be given according to the activ ities and participation of each class. These points will be ap plied to class citizenship at the end of the year. Mustangs Shutout Stanfield 27-0 The office can supply informa tion for farm deferral, veterans, widow and senior citizens ex emption. She ended with "We'd like for people to take advant age of the services this office provides". Jack VanWinkle Jack VanWinkle told the au dience that he wasn't a politic ian. He felt his years in busi ness for himself and as County Commissioner for the past four years had given him experienc- (Continued on page 8) Sample baUots for the Gener al election, Nov. 3 are available at the Gazette-Times. Number 6 fell to the Mus tangs last Friday night as they bumped off the Stanfield Tig ers, 27-0. The Mustangs not only did good on defense but did a great job on offense as well. The Mus tangs got 351 yards rushing to Stanfield's 56 and 376 total yards to Stanfield's 110 yards.' The Mustangs were unable to get their offense really moving in the first half but after a few changes in the blocking as signments at halftime, they were able to get their rushing game moving. Flayers who received recog nition besides the recipients were Dallas Harsin In the of fensive line and the great blocking of backs Gary Watkins, Rory Stillman and John Hall. Defensive praise goes to the en tire Mustang squad with Gary Watkins and David Gunderson doing an outstanding job at de fensive halfbacks. La Verne Van Marter was tak en to the hospital in the third quarter with an injured neck. Hopefully, La Verne will be ab le to play in the Condon game.