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Monday's Heppner Morrow, and two have been stopped or
County Chamber of Commerce slowed. HB 1006 sponsored by
was at the Wagon Wheel. Pres
ident Gene Pierce, in honor of
National FFA Week, had Hal
Whitaker introduce local Chap
ter officers. President John Cur
rin told of the 9,000 chapters In
the United States. He added
that agriculture is still the larg
est industry in the world. John
attended the National Conven
tion last fall at Kansas City.
Mark Hopkins, treasurer of
the Chapter, told of the scholar
shins offered Future Farmer
members.
Mark Miller, Chapter sentinel,
told of the many awards given
Chapters and their members.
Ron Brittner Speaks
Mrs. Charlie Heard introduced
Ron Brittner who spoke on "The
right to keep and bear arms".
This Is a branch of a national
organization opposing restrictive
controls on private ownership of
guns.
He told that gun control is
very controversial, but so was
our form of government in 1776.
Speaking of the Gun Control
Act of 1968, he said the Uniform
Crime Report of 1970 of the FBI
stated . there were twice as
many crimes committed with
guns in 1969 as in 1968. The
law does not permit 18 year
olds to own a handgun. He
thinks this contradicts the gov
ernment law allowing 18 year
olds to vote but they are ap
parently considered not compe
tent enough to own a hand gun.
Section of the law concerned
with . penalties states "Any fire
arm or ammunition involved in
or used in or intended to be us
ed in any violation of this law
or any other U. S. law shall be
subject to seizure and forfeiture.
Ho, stated this portion of the
law could apply to all hunters
in Oregon now. Last year there
were more than 250 firearms
stolen in Oregon and would be
interpreted by courts as giving
just cause to believe that all
firearms of hunters were the in
tended victims of theft and
theft is a crime. He said while
this might seem unlikely, just
tihnk of some, of the recent de
cisions. And some leaders of the
so-called New Left groups have
said they intend to steal all the
guns they can carry and use
them in a war against the U. S.
and, he added, this would sure
ly involve them in a crime a
gainst this country.
Mr. Brittner said the one
thing that makes it almost im
possible for. gun control advo
cates . to confiscate guns from
the 40 million owners is that
they, do not know who the own
ers are. He said this is a good
reason to keep an eye open for
legislation that would give
them' this information.
Mann and Hanscll was suppos
ed to prevent accidents with
loaded guns in cars. This bill
has been revised and he said
it is now a good bill. Rep. Sta
thos has Introduced a bill that
had 150 protestors go to Salem
to make objections. Next bill to
come up Is the "Crime Law Re
vision which contains gun con
trol legislation
Mr. Brittner told of an inter
view in Shooting Times Maga
zlne:
Q: What will the "hard core"
anti-gun forces push for next?
A: Big push will be aimed at
the hand gun in an attempt to
divide the pro-gun people.
Q: You frequently hear sports
men express the suspicion that
the real aim of gun control laws
is confiscation of firearms. Does
that danger really exist?
A: There is very little dang
er of the police coming to your
door and taking your guns, by
force if necessary. But, as in
New York, there will be so
much red tape and expense in
obtaining permits that most peo
pie Just won't bother. Even so
there is no guarantee he can
get his permit renewed next
year; they have been refused.
The NSSF conducted a survey
on the number of crimes solved
by tracing firearms by serial
numbers and it was asked
"what were results of the survey?"
A: We found that only six
serious crimes in the last 10
years in the 50 states had been
solved through tracing.
Mr. Brittner concluded saying
that there was one thing we
should all keep in mind: if we
lose our right to keep and bear
arms, we will lose our ability
to protect all our other rights.
88th Year
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 25, 1971
Price 10 Cents
GRAIN PRICES
(F.O.B. Lexington, does not in
clude warenouse chgs.)
(Courtesy o( Morrow County
Grain Growers)
Soft white wheat U5
Hard red winter
wheat No Market
Barley 5O50
Number 1 qq
mm m m
A at.fM fed. r M .;
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CH2M Tech People
Probe Boeing Land
School Board
Reviews Contracts
Dr. Wallace Wolff, Irvin Rauch
and Jim Bier were named to the
Fair Grounds Improvement com
mittee at the meeting of the
District R-l Board of Education
Feb. 15 at the Riverside School.
It was voted to put $8000 in
next year's budget for the pur
chase of a furnace for the lone
Elementary School and the bal
ance would be taken from this
year's emergency fund. Applica
tion for a special education pro
gram at Heppner was approved.
Upon the recommendation of
Supt. Ron Daniels, the board
voted in favor of a $5000 de
ductible fire insurance policy.
With the Oregon Rating bureau
The Heppner - Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce wel
comed Boeing's Elton Weeks,
administrative assistant to Den
ver Grigsby at their Monday
meeting. He was accompanied
by Boeing's long time represen
tative In the county, Forrest
Zuppe
He noted that they are now
situated in very spacious quar
ters in the lower level of the
Dodge City restaurant. They
now have six in the office. He
invited those present to stop in
to see the office anytime they
were in Boardman.
Cornell, Howland, Hayes and
Merryfield have technical peo
ple in to make the study of the
developmental plans which are
to be completed this spring,
hopefully by May 1. Every fac
et will be included in the study.
A progress report is expected to
be made very shortly.
With all the money going in
to the CH2M study, the feeling
is that Boeing must have felt
so confident from the Initial
study that the cost for further
study was warranted.
According to their first an
nouncement, plans for irrigation
would be so developed that in
the event the coolant waters
from a nuclear plant were to
become available they could be
worked into the system. The over-all
plan for irrigation will
be developed.
- As big a program as this
would be, it hardly seems pos
sible that smaller sized test
tracts would start the program.
If the word is GO after the re
port by the engineering firm
this spring, the activity of the
area will be watched with great
interest. The start from scratch
on this virgin soil holds great
Chapter President John Cur-
rin gave the welcome address
at the annual Future Farmers
of America annual Parent and
Son banquet held Tuesday eve
ning at the Heppner , High
School. He said the 160 guests
at this dinner contrasted great
ly with the 33 guests at their
banquet five years ago. At that
time they had $14 in their treas- larry MILLS, manager of Mor-
row County Grain Growers.
' was named at the annual FFA
Banquet here Tuesday as Hon
orary Chapter Fanner by the
Heppner FFA. This award is
made -annually to an out
standing Morrow County citi
zen who has been helpful to
the local chapter of FFA.
Cardinals Cage
Echo 84-74 Friday
1971 STATE FARMER Kirk Robinson stands with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson who are automatically honorary
chapter farmers. Mr. Robinson holds Kirk's State Farmer plaque,
his mother the Livestock Grower plaque and Kirk holds chap
ter Star Farmer plaque and his Livestock Production plaque.
Both of them are National Foundation Awards.
All FFA Photos by CARL KING
Heppner High Mustangs
Place Two Weekend Wins
By HANK DICK
La Verne Van Marter, HHS
super-star led the Broncs to
double victories this weekend
increase, the 1971 nrpmlum nn
rie loiu vi anempis ai gun $3000 deductible would be $21,
control since 1911 quoting a
study in New York on the Sul
livan Law. In spite of the law
there is a vast increase in crime
and homicides is evident, much
faster than population growth.
In Oregon there are three
bills pertaining to gun control
123 and on the $5000 deductible
the premium would be $18,498,
Mr. Daniels said he felt the
district would be on safe foot
ing. Vandalism will probably
cost us $500 to $600. Recovery
on vandalism has been $140 to
$150.
Resignations
Resignations of Peggy Brown,
2nd grade at A. C. Houghton
and Sandra Hoiness, English,
Reading and Speech at lone
High were accepted.
Contracts were awarded to the
Many Women To
Participate In
World Day of Prayer
chh, r nH rhh ,ni iDafo"owing teachers
the singing at the World Day . A A D C' ""ghton: one year,
of Prayer to be held March udrey Botti; three years, Glad
at 2:30 p.m. at the All Saints' Hobbs' La Yer" Palow a"d
Episcopal Church in Heppner.E1teanor Sargent. Mrs. Bentley is
Mrs. Kenneth Smouse of the1-61.1"":
lone United Church of Christ R'velde: ' ?ne Je&T' Cell.a
will play a violin solo. Mrs. Rob-5.11' "endr'x- J18
ert Kelly of All Saints' will beFalettl- e,e
the organist. y?ars' Vlctor Marchek, Delia
Women from each of the llL)"dsaJ
participating churches will have At Heppner Elementary: one
a part in the worship hour, "Newyear' AV"d R,!ley Alena Ander
i Aaitc- OCeor p.son. Alan Beck, Suzanne Dagley,
. . I Inm shpar throa ?oow Tni-cin
taye Morns, Frances Williams,
Clifiord Williams, Arnie Hed-
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trampling Sherman here 76-51
excitement and almost awe. It and dumping Stanfield there 97
io n ftntt onWnA tn ' OO XT 1. It I 1 1.- 1
in iiua:u Liiai a vunuuucu 111-
flux of labor might be imple
mented in the development of
the 60,000 acres.
Family Will Move
If the go ahead signal is giv
en, Mr. Weeks will be moving
his family from Haysville, Kan.
He is delighted with Boardman
82. Van Marter poured in a fab
ulous 71 points averaging bet
ter than 35 points for both week'
end games.
The Mustangs used a 1-3-1
zone defense both nights and it
ended up the key to our win.
Starting out in a man-to-man
defense, the Horsemen were
and this part of Oregon and is 1 forced, by Stanf ield shooters, to
hoping to make the move. The
Weeks' have two sons. Bill a
senior in high school and Dan
a sophomore and daughter, Car
ol in the 7th grade. Bill is in
terested in computer science
and anticipates entering Okla
homa State, however there is a
possibility Oregon State may
lure him later. He is also inter
ested in ROTC.
Mr. Weeks has been interest
ed in the community where he's
lived having served on the
Board of Education. He is anx- Sherman
ious to tour the Riverside School
and to meet Supt. Daniels and
other educators. He also likes to
play golf.
switch to a zone defense. Coach
Clough had a lot of praise for
John Hall who played a good
game protecting the basket.
Free throw shooting by the
Broncs against Sherman was an
improved 60. At Stanfield the
Mustangs shot 17-31 for 55 at
the gift line.
The twin wins brought the
Broncs into soul possession of
second place with a record of
8 wins and 3 losses.
Sherman game
14 10 18 1052
Heppner 18 20 18 2076
Individual scoring: Kemp 10,
Van Marter 29, Rhea 7, Watkins
11, Bellamy 6, Dick 1, Gunder-
son 3, Hall 2, Wilson 4, Papin
I eau 3, Curnutt, Boyer.
Stantield game
Stanfield 21 15 19 2782
Heppner 23 26 26 2297
Individual scoring: Kemp 12,
Van Marter 42, Rhea 9, Watkins j wU1 nJy eu oneu trained Per
16, Bellamy 6, Curnutt 3, Dick
2, Gunderson 1, Boyer 6, Hall,
Pcpineau, Wilson.
ury, now swollen to $600. They
started with 13 members and
now have 43. - - - - -
President John introduced
guests which included a past
State Farmer, Ned Clark and
Mrs. Clark; a past American
Farmer, Allen Hughes and Mrs.
Hughes; Supt. and Mrs. Ron
Daniels; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mc
Leod; Dr. and Mrs. Wallace
Wolff; Mr. and Mrs. Art Vance;
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager; Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Kerr; Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Heard; Debbie
Campbell, president of Future
Homemakers of America; Mr.
Mrs. Alvin Wagenblast; Mrs. L.bo""d'n bL 5"'
Avon Melby; John F. Ricker of " " " , ' "
Enterprise- Mr and Mrs Gene tallied bv KleDS save the lone
enterprise, mr. ana Mrs. uene Cardinals a winning advantage
ce" over Echo' in their only week-
Inspiring Talk pnd COntest Friday.
Jim Wilcox, State Sentinel Although rebounding by both
from Enterprise, told of the teams was about even, lone
dawning of a new day and new made 22-28 from the gift line
vistas of opportunities for agri- and 31 of 61 attempts from the
culture. He said that agricul- (ieidi Dick Snider led the re
ture is the strength of our na- boullds Wjth 15 and was high
tion- ' - scorer with 25. Kent Guiterrez
Mr. Wilcox spoke with much had 5 assists and clint Krebs
conviction when he told of the nit 100 percent, sinking 12 out
values of FFA which gives one 0j j2 free throws,
his first experience in public -Everyone played real well;
speaking, tells how to conduct we finany put four good quar
a business meeting and many ters t0gPther instead of 2 or 3
other things of value. and oniy had n turnovers,"
All FFA programs, he said, said Coach Eu,ene Docckter.
are aimed at their Jaenef it Ione 24 is 26 16 84
which takes work and sweat to Echo 15 20 19 20 74'
. .... u . Individual scoring: Snider 25,
Pointing to the future he list- Warron Wilsnn 8. Guiterrez
ea researcn, larm Huppiy, K i5( Krebs 16, Marick 10 and Mc
leacning ana ag Dusiness uno portv 2
ijuu iiic xaxiiiiiijt; iiauii
as great opportunities. For ev
ery four jobs in agriculture there
John Hall Selected
For East-West Game
By DALLAS HARSIN
Board of Review
Meeting Saturday
son to fill the jobs.
He challenged his FFA listen
ers "What role are you going
to Dlav in aericulture?"
He pointed to the giant FFA On Feb. 27 at 10 a.m., the
poster on the back wall which Board of Review members, Jack
says in huge type "Get involved Sumner, Heppner, Harold Baker,
in America's Future". Boardman, Jasper Myers, Butter
Special Awards Creek and Kenneth Smouse,
President John Currin an- lone, will meet with County As-
nounced a verv snecial annual sessor Joyce Rltch and apprais-
award and presented a plaque ers, Elwood Wirth and Dick
to Larry Mills as Honorary Schlichting. They will review
Chapter Farmer. Mr. Mills is comparable sales figures or In-
manager of the Morrow County come-approved factors being ut-
Grain Growers, long time sup- ihzed by the County Assessors'
porters of the FFA movement, office in arriving at assessed
Another special announcement values or Agricultural ianas to
John Hall, the Heppner Mus
tang's ace fullback, was select
ed to play in the annual East
West Shrine game in August, at
the Pendleton Roundup grounds. was made as Kirk Robinson in- Me "d on the 1971-72 tax roll.
traduced his parents, Mr. and Anyone wishing to attend is
Mrs. Don Robinson as Honorary welcome,
lating Vision to Commitment
and Action, will be given by
the Rev. Dan Thompson of All
Saints'.
All women of -t he-corn inanity
are cordially invited to the Get
Acquainted coffee-cooky hour at
2:30 preceding the worship hour.
Kinzua Buys
Pine and Fir Timber
The successful bidder for Kin
zua Road timber sale was Kin
zua Corporation. Estimated vol
ume of 1,540,000 board feet was
appraised at $31,474.70 and sold
for $31,913.60. The sale area is
located in Wheeler and Morrow
Counties about 18 miles east of
Kinzua. Final prices bid - per
thousand board feet during or
al bidding were $30.00 for pon
derosa pine and $6.00 for Douglas-fir
and other coniferous spe
cies. In addition, a price of $2.59
per acre was paid for 1,040 ac
rs of small log material. j
Dust Storm Crash
Hospitalizes
Bob Pierce
Robert L. Pierce of Heppner
was taken to the Good Shep
herd Hospital by the Hermiston
ambulance following a head-on
collision on Hwy. 207 out of But
ter Creek Wednesday afternoon.
His physician reported by tele
phone to the Gazette-Times that
he had received head injuries,
was still unconscious but ap
parently had no other injuries.
He naa lost some teeth.
The accident occurred In a
severe dust storm when Mr.
Pierce, south bound, hit head
on in the north bound lane with
a truck and semi-trailer driven
by Clinton H. Russell of Mil
waukie who sustained no injuries.
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'As a co-captain John show
ed great leadership and dedica
tion to the sport," said Varsity
Coach Ed Hiemstra. "John will
be playing the toughest compe
tition he has ever played be
fore," he also stated. There are
three other backs that are real
ly good. Two of them the foot
ball fans are already aware of
and these are Weatherford from
Condon and Turner from Pine
Eagle. The third back Is Tink
er Hatfield from Central Linn.
"John was named All-League
two or three years and has play
ed on the starting lineup for
ail lour of his high school
years," Hiemstra said.
"Maybe playing in the Shrine
game will help me to play at
OSU next year," John said. "I'm
satisfied with my performance
my senior year but I don't think
that it was my best year. I feel
that my Junior year was the
best," he added.
"Really I didn't expect to be
chosen to play, but still, I was
hoping. There is no better way
to wrap up a successful season,"
said John.
Chapter Farmers because he
had just been informed of be
ing recipient of the State Farm
er degree. Kirk will be honored
at the State Convention.
Program
Invocation was offered by
Donkey Basketball
Profits Go For
Peoce Corps Project
Proceeds from the frivolous
Sam Bellamy. Carl King made Donkey Basketball game will go
the annual Chapter Report, a t0 the Heppner High School
riufv of the rhaniPr Rfnnrtpr Student Body's serious Peace
This tells of the Chapter's ac- CorDS PrJect
complishments during the year. $238.40 collected for the
Hal Whitaknr. rhnntor nrivis. game held at Heppner High
or here, made the presentation School Feb. 22 will be used to
- - - nnmnlAtn lift . (P 1 tl , 1
oi awards as follows:
complete last year's $1000 dona
tion to the Mizriue school proj
ect in Bolivia. Funds were bor
rowed from the Student Body
treasury to complete the neces
sary figure set for last year's
contribution. Reimbursement
will now be made from the Don-
Dennis W. Martin has Joined key Basketball came receipts.
tne rieppner Kanger District
(Continued on page 8)
Dennis Martin Joins
Ranger District Here
staff of the Umatilla National SUCCESS STORY
Forest, according to H. B. Ru- FOR SALE Approx. 2 tons bulk
dolph, Forest Supervisor. Martin treated Flynn barley. Price
was promoted to the Timber $48.50 ton. Bob Jepsen.
Management Assistant position Bob Jepsen called and said 10
formerly held by Frank A. Ras- minutes after he'd read his ad
It's not a matter of winning mussen, who transferred to the in the Gazette-Times he'd sold
or losing the game, but of be-1 Alsea District Ranger job on the his barley.
ing able to play in a game Siuslaw Forest. Martin comes Give the G-T Want Ads a try.
wnere the money goes lor a
good cause.
PROOF that Heppner is still a real live Western town is shown
in this photo of Pat Brady, one of Floyd Jones' horses. Floyd
h'tched his horse to tho meter, paid his money, went in for
a cup of coffee after he had bees on one of his cattle drives.
(Note the little dog on the right hand side. He kept a very
wary eye on us highly suspicious looking photographers.)
Free Groceries!
Bushel baskets of groceries
will be given away free Friday
and Saturday here at Central
Market. The free groceries are
to be given away all day each
day to the lucky persons being
checked out when the alarm
sounds. I
from the Wallowa-Whitman For- Call 676-9228 for a quick want
est, where he served in timber ad that may sell for you as it
management assignments on I did for Bob!
the Baker District since his per
manent appointment in 1966. WFATHFR
He received a B. S. deeree in n tinui
Forest Management in 1965 Ey DON GILLIAM
from Oregon State University.
His tour of duty with the U. S.
Army included one year in
Korea, after which he graduat
ed from Officer Candidate
School as a 2nd Lieutenant
Martin and his wife, Lrrice,
have a 17-month old son, Samuel.
Week of Feb. 17-23
Hi Low Free.
Wednesday 45 34
Thursday 51 34 .28
Friday 41 29
Saturday 46 41
Sunday 37 23
Monday 45 29
Tuesday 50 36