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GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 22, 1970
Number 35
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.