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Illness Take:
Claude Cox
Funeral services will be held
today (Dec. 31) at 2 p.m. at
the Heppner Masonic Temple
for William Claude Cox. Paul
W, Jones, acting worshipful
master AF & AM No. 69 will
officiate. Concluding services
will be at the Heppner Mason
ic Cemetery with Heppner Elks
No. 358 rendering ritualistic
services.
Casket bearers are Don Gilli
am, Cornett Green, Marcel Jones,
Howard Bryant, Hubert Wilson
and Clarence Baker. Sacred sel
ections will be offered by Kath
ryn Hoskins at the piano.
Sweeney Mortuary Is In
charge of arrangements.
William Claude Cox died Dec.
28 at Walla Walla. He was born
Feb. 7, 1886 at Coal Creek, Va.
He was united in marriage to
Clara L. Hampton on Oct. 13,
1909 in Old Town, Va. He had
been a resident of Heppner
since 1905. He had been active
in many civic affairs of the city
ana county.
He was a member of Heppner
Lodge No. 69 AF & AM for over
40 years. He was also a mem
ber of the Royal Arch Masons
and BPOE No. 358.
Survivors are his wife, Clara,
Heppner; sons, William L. Cox
of Heppner, Clair H. Cox of Cor
vallis, Charles M. Cox of Milton- j
Freewater; a daughter Mrs.
Nancy Holden of Goldendale,
Wn.; a brother, Roy T. Cox and
sisters Geneva Higgins and
Bessie Todd, all of Galax, Va.,
eight grand children . and three
great grandchildren.
Quoting from . the April 12,
1962 Heppner Gazette-Times
about Claude Cox which was
just as true until his death this
week as then, ;.- - . ..
"W. C. (Claude) Cox whose
plain-spoken witticisms and
joshings to the man on the
street qualify him as one of
Heppner's most colorful pers
ons." He was as proud of his
family and their accomplish
ments as he was of his own
illustrious career as creamery
man in Heppner. One didn't
talk with him but briefly to
recognize that Virginia accent
even though he left there In
1905.
Thriftiness not only helped
make W.C. Cox successful in the
creamery business in Morrow
County but it brought him here
WILLIAM CLAUDE COX
i
87th Year
Price 10 Cents
HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 31, 1970
Number 45
just $5 more than to Billings,
Mont. He has made the Morrow
County seat his home ever
since.
Ho worked around on ranch
es for 3Va years and then went
back to Virginia to marry Clara
Hampton. He first entered the
Morrow County Creamery on
April 1, 1916. Even though he
left the business in 1962 in the
hands of his son, Bill, ho never
ceased to sing the praises of
"Pride of Oregon". No one could
be more proud of his business
and his products. He left noth
ing undone to maintain best
standards of quality.
After his retirement, Mr. and
Mrs. Cox enjoyed their cabin
near Cutsforth Park more than
ever.'-They loved the outdoors
and fishing. I
GRAIN PRICES
(F.O.B. Lexington, dos not In-
dud warehouse cbas.)
(Courteiy of Morrow County
Grain Growen)
Soft white wheat l-MVa
Hard red winter wheat .... &t
Barley 47 .00
National Wheat
Meet Starts Jan. 5
The Oregon Wheat League
will host the National Associa
tion of Wheat Growers in Port'
land, Jan. 5 through noon of
the 9 at the Sheraton Hotel.
The Board of Directors meet
ing will be on the 5th, with all
the standing committees meet
ing all day Jan. 6. On the 5th,
the ladies will be taken on a
tour to the coast.
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CONTESTANTS AT THE Princess tryouts Sun-
day were from left: Cwen Drake. Jan Schlich-
ting, Jeri Snow, Jeanne Daly, Dovie Alderman.
Standing in front is Queen Michelle.
Princesses Chosen at Sunday Tryouts
Form' Survey
Being Conducted
Many farmers in Oregon will
be .asked to take part in a spe
cial survey being conducted by
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture. To help the Nation';
farmers and the Department ad
just to the effects of new farm
legislation, producers are being
asked for an earlier than usual
indication of their planting in
tentions. The survey will be
used to develop estimates of
acreages to be planted to corn
spring wheat, oats, barley, sorg
hum. sovbeans. and cotton. The
Contestants from Lena, lone
and the Wranglers were on
Among people attending will " - '
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ce nve rrencn wnrai yiuuucera, Sunday afternoon at the Fair
some from Canada, and it is I grounds. Gwen Drake and Jean
hoped some will be there from ie Daly represented Lena, Dovie
Anstrnlia. If thev all attend Alucrm "u ouiun-uiuig
, , the Wranglers and Jeri Snow
irom ine various countries, no wnlows Gwnge. lone.
aouDt mere win De a wi oi
Three possible candidates
from the Tillicum Club, Board
man were unable to obligate
themselves to the summer de
mands of being on the Court,
so there was no one from Board-
man entered in the competition.
Following the Interviews with
the members of the Rodeo board,
lEiiw umi i.t.v.
in the first place. He discovered I estimates will be issued Jan
he could come to Heppner for 1 25.
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McMurfrys Sell Heppner Auto Parts
discussion and non scheduled
meetings to discuss the forma
tion of an International Grow-
fin- Anlatlnn
yjnt: vi me iiiKiuiKiiis xjxi "" have sold their Heppner Auto
7th will be a panel discussing parts firm here to Bob DeSpain
the International Grain Ar- Bob is well known through this
rangement which expires in part of Eastern Oregon as he
19Y1. un me panel win De
Howard Worthington, FAS,
Washington, who will be the
chief negotiator for the U. S
at Geneva; Mel Midden of Car
sill. Minneapolis, representing
the exporters; Gene Moos, vice Blue Mountain Community
president of the National rep- College has announced the win
I Blue Mtn. College
Honors Students
j
resenting the growers and one fr tprm Dean's List and Honor
member yet to be selected, rep- u Th Dean's List includes
resenting the importing coun-
rjes lun-ume siuut-ms wuii a giaue
On, Friday, Jan. 8, Don Lerch Pint average of 3.00 to 3.50.
of a Dublic relations firm in Honor Roil is for OPA of 3.50 or
Washington will talk on "A above.
New Strategy for Agriculture." Dean's List
Also, on the program will be I Heppner: Linda R. Cooper,
Richard Bell of F.A.S. who will Robert Dobbs, Leland Robison.
discuss "Wheat Export Out- Lexington: Donald Cossitt. lone:
look." One subject of interest to jodi Snow. Irrigon: Bruce Jones,
all wheat producers is finding Thomas D. Stewart. Boardman:
new . uses for wheat. This will Fran Witters. Olex: Diane 01
be discussed by Robert Fond- sen.
ahn of Bulgur Associates, Wash- Honor Holl
ngton, u. C. His topic wiune pnnnpr. rrai Cutting. Carol
Engineered Foods: A New im- janw Rrnnks.
Lexington: Mary K. Hughes. Ir
rigon: Jana Everett.
PRINCESS JEHI KREBS
QUEEN PATTI HEALY
Morrow County Girls
Ghosen for Round-up
Morrow County, the home of
lovely girls, will again provide
a queen ana a princess lor tne
1971 Pendleton Round-Up. Both
girls are superb riders and both
are former members of the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
court.
Queen is Patti Healy of Hepp
ner. She is a sophomore at the
University of Oregon. Patti
lives with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Healy an a Butter
Creek ranch. She has five sis
ters, Joan, Susan, Mary, Janice
and Maureen.
Patti is truly from a family
with a very close relationship
with the famous Round-Up. Her
mother, Mrs. Bill Healy was
Kathryn Lazinka, a former prin
cess and former queen of the
J ath Falls, was a princess. An
other aunt, Lou O'Rourke of
Pendleton was a princess and a
queen of the Round-Up.
The family was thrilled, too,
on Tuesday when grades arriv
ed from school and Patti had
received a 4.0 point.
Princess Jeri
Princess on the 1971 Round
Up court is Jeri Krebs of CeciL
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Krebs, another well-
known Eastern Oregon ranching
family. Princess Jeri attends
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege, having graduated from
lone High in 1970. She has a
brother, John, who is In the ser
vice. Jeri was a princess on the
1969 Arlington Rodeo Court She
is a member of the BMCC Rodeo I
age for Wheat Products."
Carl Brunthaver, ASCS, Wash
ington, D. C. will narrate "Farm
Programs and Policy."
The luncheon speakers will
be Governor Tom McCall and
Kirby Brumfield of KATU-TV
who will discuss and show
slides on "Understa n d i n g
Youth".
During the entire convention
the standing committees will
give their reports with final ap
proval on Saturday morning,
along with the election of new
officers. Several other outstand
ing speakers will appear on the
program during the session.
Oregon will probably not get
a chance to host the National
again for at least 8-10 years,
so the League is hoping a large
number of Oregon producers
will attend.
was a bread distributor for
many years.
The McMurtrys have operated
the business for 20 years and
have made a wide circle . of
firends. They are not just jump
ing in their car and leaving but
they are looking forward to
their first vacation since 1956!
The McMurtrys will help Bob
for several months. They are
active in the Gem and Mineral
Club and expect to continue
rockhoundlng and soon will
have more than a day at a
time to look for new rocks.
Bob has moved here from Ar
lington and is living with his
family out of Hardman on the
Emma and Percy Cecil Ranch.
His wife's name is Aloha. They
have a 3-year old daughter,
Merry; a son, Chris, is in the
eighth grade; their niece, Kathy
is 18 and a freshman at Blue
Mountain College; their son,
Robert Lee, is 23 and a student
at Oregon State University.
The family enjoys hunting
and fishing.
Bob has sold his bread dis
tributing business to Harry Mc
Cauley of Tigard.
over 100 spectators watched the
riding exhibition. Each girl fol
lowed a reining pattern to show
how she handled a horse back
ing up, turning in a figure 8
and a modified Grand Entry.
Gwen Drake's spirited quar
terhorse wanted to go some
where else. Judges had her and
Jan Schllchting ride again and
this time on Jeanie Daly's quar
terhorse. "Selection of the court was
difficult", Tom Currin said when
he announced the selections. In
the final selection there was
Jeri Snow from lone, Jeanie
Daly from Lena, Dovie Alder
man from the Wranglers. Gwen
Drake or Jan Schlichting would
represent the Boardman area
On Tuesday, it was announced
that Jan Schlichting would be
the Boardman representative.
Dovie Alderman was on the
Spray Rodeo Court last year,
Jeri is the second one in her
family to be on a Court. Jodi
Snow was on the Arlington
Court last year.
The first mounted entry will
probably be the Rose Festival
parade In Portland.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
For Week of Dec. 23-29
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday , 37 30
Thursday 40 30
Friday 29 24
Saturday 23 13
Sunday 43 19
Monday 47 35
Tuesday 45 34 .01
BMCC Classes in
Morrow County
Classes will start soon for
evening courses at Heppner,
lone and Boardman by teach
ers from Blue Mountain Com
munity College.
Courses will include book
keeping and typing, accounting,
small engines, sewing, psychol-j
ogy, cake decorating, diesel
and gas engines, investments.
Grain Growers to Build Soon
ORVAL HEADLEY. JR.
Happy Birthday
To the 1970
First Baby
It's anybody's guess who the
1971 First Baby will be or when
he will arrive. Maybe a few
minutes after midnight and
maybe not for several weeks.
Everybody loves a baby and
Heppner merchants have some
thing special for the First Baby
born in Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in 1971.
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Headley,
parents of Mr. 1970 say "Thank
You" for their many gifts and
regret that time ran out before
they got them all picked up.
Their son, Orval Headley, Jr.,
was born Jan. 20 to be the 1970
winner. He has eight teeth. He's
never had a hair cut yet and
his light brown hair is right in
style, He Jabbers lots, mostly
when ' he's hungry. He started
walking about two weeks be
fore Christmas.
His sisters Paulette 6, and
Alisa 4, think he's the greatest.
Mr. Headley is a lumber gra
der at Kinzua. As a hobby he's
been making knives from saws
using deer horn for handles or
wood, plexiglass and ivory. He
plans to enter them in the Fair
next year at Fossil.
First Baby 1969
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. In a Christ
mas card to Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Ay res, they wrote they were ex
pecting a new arrival in March.
They hope for a girl and wish
that she too, might be born in
Heppner. "We still miss Oregon
terribly!"
They live in Denver where
Jerry works for American Tele
phone and Telegraph,
First Baby 1968
First Baby 1968 was another
Alan. This one Keith Alan was
born Jan. 3 to Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Kenison. He weighed 9
lb., 4 oz. Now he weighs 37
lb. He has all of his babv
teeth. He is remarkably healthy
with only an occasional cold.
Mrs. Kenison still recalls with
pleasure the unexpected fun of
having the First Baby and is
still grateful for the gifts. They
Keep adding to his savings ac
count that was started with his
1968 First B.iby account.
First Baby 1967
First Baby 1967 was Ann
Rinchart, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Dirk Rinehart, who was
born on Jan. 20 at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. She was the
first child of the Rinoharts who
now live in Pendleton. The
Rinoharts now have a son,
Nathan.
Joycees Sponsor
New Year's Eve Dance
The Jaycoes are sponsoring a
New Year's Eve Dance at the
Heppner Fair Pavilion. Music by
U. S. Barrel will begin at 9:30
p.m. until 1:30 next year. Dave
Flanagan is general chairman.
Jaycee members will be in at
tendance as well as represen
tatives from the sheriffs department.
Classes are limited. An ad in
Round-Up. Pattfs aunt, Mrs. Ron Club and actively ropes In com- this issue gives details as the
(Judy) Currin was a queen. Her petition- Jeri is taking a secre- times classes meet and thS costs
aunt, Jean Barbolitos of Klam- j tarial course at Blue Mountain. I and where to register.
The Morrow County Grain
Growers board of directors has
recently approved construction
of an all-steel building in Lex
ington.
The new building, covering
some 15,000 square feet under
one roof, will house the offices
and all retail operations that
are now contained in several
buildings at Lexington.
The one story building, ac
cording to Manager Larry Mills,
is to be located on a 23-acre
tract northwest of the school
playground, fronting on the
Lexington-lone highway.
The construction bid was
awarded to Adams Tractor Com
pany of Walla Walla. Cost will
be in excess of $125,000. Con
struction will start within 30
to 60 days with completion next
falL
Part of the new tract will be
used for the display of new
and used farm machinery. The
present hardware building is to
be used for storage.
Mr. Mills stated the coopera
tive feels that this new con
struction is an expression of
their confidence in the county
and in the future of agricul
ture In this area.
Erin Dick
On Dean's List
Erin Dick, Heppner, was
among the one hundred and
fifty-two students named to the
dean's honor list for the fall
quarter at Eastern Oregon Col
lege. This honor is achieved by
earning a grade point average
of 3.50 or better.