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1 1 3 n A X Y u or o EUGENE. ORE. 07403 88th Year -r'YViUA -t Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 27, Heppner Graduates Sixty Senior Students Award3 are the highlight of Graduation and the 1971 grad uating class of Heppner High School and guests waned ex pectantly as Jim Bier began the . . Presentation of Awards Cal Sherman, Exalted Ruler of Heppner Elks Lodge present ed the first group: Karla Weath erford $300 for First in Girls; John Hall. $300. First in Boys and Ron Sherman, $200, second in Rnvs. Klnzua's $500 scholarship to the student most lweiy to com plete college went to a most surprised Val Boyer. The Sorop timtets $100 Academic Scholar shin went to Tana Rauch and the $50 Vo-Tech Scholarship to Darlene warren. The Morrow County TB and Health and March of Dimes Scholarships $200 went to Dee Ann Pettyjohn. The Union Pa cific $400 scholarship went to John Currin. Full tuition scnoi arships at BMCC went to Gwen Drake and Sarah Witherrite. Gwen was also awarded the John Phillips Sousa Band A ward. The . $50 Warren Williams Technical Scholarship given in memory of their son by Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Williams went to Glenda Kay VanWinkle. Mary - Anne O'Donnell and Mark-Miller received the Gert rude Applegate Scholarship. Trophies of Achievement were presented to both the Valedictor ian, Val Boyer and Salutatorian, Bruce Marquardt. Val also re ceived the Oregon Scholarship Award which includes a certifi cate and a letter from Gov. Mc Call. John Hall received the Mason ic Scholarship of $100. He also received the Oregon State Dad s Club Award. Susan French re ceived the Oregon State Dad's Club award. Honor students named were: Susan French, Ron Sherman, Becky Doherty, Dee Ann Petty John and Gwen Drake. Four Speakers Of the four chosen to speak at Commencement, Bruce Mar quardt was first with the Salu tatory address. He urged his classmates to get involved, to stop pollution and inflation "be fore it stops us" re It Stops us . Rev Don Hall pave the Bae- i . . i tt a. I caiaureaic auurcss xie iuuk his i woras irom tne writings 01 onion. He stressed loyalty and -iai-..i j j. lcMUUUiiicoa ctiiu IV ii ubl iii uic Lord. Valerie Boyer gave the Vale- dictory address. She asked her classmates in a very short talk to hang on to memories. "Mem ory gives confidence and secur ity. Have pride in yourself and your community". Most of the students had been taught by Donald Clark in the sixth grade. He is now Su perintendent at Imbler. He gave the Commencement address. He suggested that the Seniors make an effort to bridge the so-called Generation gap. He offered sev eral ' possibilities of reaching their parents: talk and listen, work at understanding their music, be patient with under achievers, parents have prob lems, too, so try to understand them, be tolerant of their ap pearance and- their behavior. Then usini? the Seniors own (See pictures page 8) Morrow County Wheat Grow ers League President Ralph Crum introduced Roger Palmer to the audience Monday night at Lexington Grange HalL Mr. Palmer, in a rousing ceremony, presented the 1971 Conservation Man of the Year winner, Marcel Jones and Mrs. Jones, and their partners, Judge and Mrs. Paul Jones. (See page 6 for feature pictures and story). Glen Brogoitti, president of the Oregon Wheat League, talked about the Transportation Act, limiting truck driving to 21 year olds. He said there had been much misinformation out and ETTE-TME Cireok FIdI Agaimi motto "Give Peace a Chance . . nt hnmp" A musical reading "Let There Be Peace on Earth" was given by Kenneth Baker accompanied I . n n.nliA n 4hA nlflUA hv Rwpn Drake at the piano. Kurjerintendent of Morrow County Schools, Ron Daniels and Mrs. Vi Lanham presented the members of the class of 1971 to receive their diplomas. Mrs. Eddie Gunderson presented the diplomas to the 60 graduating seniors, pr PnHv Mensch eave the Invocation and Benediction, ine Heppner High School band play ed the Processional and Reces sional directed by Arnie Hed man. The stage was set in green and white, the class colors. Two baskets of white glads and orreenerv and a biff Kellv Green bow flanked the three rows of seniors. Kelly green letters "Give Peace a Chance" were on the harktrround curtain. The gym was filled for the occasion which lasted aDout an hour and a half. Hospital Levy Wins Mnrmw Countv - turned : out Tuesday to vote decisively for th. foriAl tax lw for Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The tax will raise $22,5UU.UO per year ior three years for maintenance and improvements needed by the hospital. 718 votes were cast. 587 vot ed YES and 131 voted NO. Unofficial tally by precincts: Heppner 388 voted (362 yes, 26 nnl' Rnardman 36 voted (32 yes, 4 no); lone 120 voted (103 yes, 17 no); Irrigon 90 voted (22 yes, 68 no); Lexington a voted (68 yes, 16 no). Plans Shape Up For lone Barbecue rr.u- j U T I 1 lit. ucacuiicaacs ui mc iuiic it.,!j ni,..-u nt nvr-ict nr. UI111CU Ul aiii. uu Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. David Kietmann and made their final plans for the prt-cooKea oaroecue ainner, which thev will serve at the .. 4i. l i i i jiuiui annum iiiuii-u nuuuun . nr.'M soi-iana DarDecue ai me . wuiows Grange Hall on June 5. The I t 1 wuiiicu jjiau a vaiicijf ut sax ads, French bread and desserts to be served. A committee of men take charge of the barbe cued beef, which is put in a heated pit the night before the auction and is slowly cooked for about ten or twelve hours. The auction committee chair maned by Mr. and Mrs. Lind say Kincaid announce that in teresting merchandise is being added daily to the items stored in Crum's warehouse. Pickup may be made, by calling Eldon Tucker or Bill Rietmann, who will store any donations. Daylight Burglar Gonty's Shoe Store was bro ken into Sunday afternoon. The "gentleman" quietly fit ted himself to a pair of boots, took some small cnange ana a niors own I new radio. uc r""'" -"" Marcel Jones Named Top that there is no ruling as yet. A number of farmers feel that they should go ahead with their operations as usual. Farm Finance Gene Pierce of the Bank of Eastern Oregon was moderator for the Farm Finance panel. Members of the panel were Grant Perry, senior vice presi dent. First National Bank; Bill Barratt, a Morrow County native son who is now president of the Federal Credit Assn. of Spokane; Robin Fletcher of Pendleton, Federal Land Bank. Mr. Perry said the pertinent thing today is the availability Sit 1971 P. GAPING HOLE through the dressing room building of the Hepp- ner Swimming fool much pool Is filled with slit. Hi THE CHASE STREET bridge used shown receding. " Morrow Junior Rodeo Soon Kntries for the 1st Morrow County Junior Rodeo will close at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 2. As many as 150 contestants between the ages of 9 and 18 are expected to compete in this event. Thpre are two shows Dlanned for this vear: at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 and at 12:30 on Sunday, June 13. A dance for adults and young Deoole will be held Saturday nirrtnt .Tlinp 12 in COnlunCtiOn "6"i " ' " , with thf rodpo events. MusiCvWlll " - - - be by the Western Gentlemen i vahuuh. Stock contractors lor tne isyi show are Bill Schaan of Beker uvr -- yearlings, B. L. Davis Ranch of Arlorvic rnninff ctAr3. RfiV Phil- t o lint - j-tf A i1inOTnn PntUG nrW p niii"6ivn - calves, and Ronnie Raymond of Prinpvillp hudem? horses. Prineville buckine horses. Mary Thompson of Adams has agreed to announce on June 12 and 13. The 4-H Empire Build ers Club will be handling tick et sales and programs. All Saints Episcopal Church ladies will be in charge of concessions for the two-day affair. The North Morrow 4-H Leaders Council will be parking cars during the 1971 show. Members of the Mor row County Rodeo Committee will be handling their usual jobs in their support of the Morrow County Junior Rodeo. In additon to the three all around awards, there will be a memorial trophy presented in memory of Jody Rugg to the high point girl. This must be won three times for permanent possession. DuAnn McCarty, rodeo secre tary, reports that entries must be postmarked June 2 of funds, the cost of money and the cost of the product. He said these are very indefinite times because of pressures from for eign influences. From a farm production view point he said he felt funds would be available. For term credit, however, he felt money might be hard to come by for a new combine, wells and irrigation equipment. Money may become tight again in the fall, he said. The prime rate of interest has risen a quar ter point and he thinks it will raise another quarter or half by fall. Bill Barratt asked "what is Number 13 HDEPFMEI2 Number 14 aeoris is umiob (Forest Service photo). to be here. . Wall of water is roresi wmw pww;. acceptable to rodeo officials. The next rodeo meeting will bo June 2, 7:30 p.m., at the Gail McCarty home to finalize plans for the 1971 show. BMCC Wins the Rodeo Titles Last weekend's college rodeo here saw Blue Mountain Com munity College taking titles. The girls scored 305 points to OSU's 160, Walla Walla Com munity College 130 and Oregon College of Education 100. , The men's team scored a whopping 525 points, EOC 340, Montana State 325, Columbia Basin College 100. Nancy Ellis of BMCC won the girls all-around title and BMCC's Sallv Kamm scored second. For the men, Lee Eddins of EOC won first. In the faculty calf tying event, Bob Kelly of Heppner and Brill Lee were the winners. The BMCC rodeo club contend ers will compete this weekend at Missoula for regional finals. BMCC President, Wallace Mc Crae, wrote the Gazette-Times Monday to thank everyone for their kindness and cooperation here in this area. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM 'v '( Wednesday 60 44 Thursday 57 37 Friday 70 35 Saturday 76 40 Sunday 81 40 Monday 81 46 Tuesday 69 52 .53 ,urauaJ i-v--"--'-- '71 Conservation Mam of the Year .... i - i K.finon nn an flverflcre I there Wen the big problem in farm lend ing?" His answer was that every seven years they are called up on to loan twice as much mon ey to the same operators, due to inflation, taxes, wages, rising machinery costs, and many oth er factors. Therefore, he added, agricul ture will need twice as much money in the next decade. The only answer, he said, seems to be to produce a quality product and much work in marketing. He thinks the solution is not simply in more production. Mr. Barratt predicts that with GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington, 1om not In clude warehouse cogs.) (CourtMy of Morrow County Grata C rower) White wheat ..... 1.74i Hard Red Winter Wheat (Ordinary) 1.72i Barley ... 51.50 A sudden hard torrent of rain fall with a brief dash of light ning struck here about 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The . flood alarm sounded in Heppner shortly , be fore the flood struck. Mrs. Don Bellamy who lives on Shobe Creek about a mile above town on the Condon Highway said they saw a wall of water about ten feet high. Mr. Bellamy, on his way home, saw the flood of mud and debris, slammed his car in reverse or would surely have been hit by the oncoming current. No one was hurt. It is believed that there was much more water than during the flood that struck about 9 p.m. on June 9, 1969. In its familiar pattern of oth er storms, Shobe Creek drains a considerable area of wheat land, funnels into adjoining canyons down into the main creek channel, picks up lots of mud and debris, fences and out buildings and many other things becoming a huge and powerful rushing wall. Twenty-four homes and yards in the Immediate area of two blocks of the . swimming pool suffered dramatic damage in the flash flood. Anotner z uroo have damages from llV.(lilV-J - - w flooded basements and damag ed yards. Swimming Pool . tv. iroccincr room at the swimming pool can't be believ ed unless it is seen, me wtuci already out of the creek bed straightened out the curve. The force of the water Jammed pow er poles, trees and tons of de . .u,.,!.!. tha wall and it oro- uila iiuuuRM - -- trudes out the opposite wall and the swimming pool was filled. It was said after the 1969 that nno mnre time would 11UUU be the finish of this pool as the dirt was grinding tne giaze from the tiles. Kma horses, cows, pigs and sheep were swept away in the flood. Some folks down ai ia ington said they had seen sheep being rushed along in me 101 nf rt a freek. ICllb u. 1 - , Balm Fork road was closed with a pile of rocks about live feet high at Al usmms piace, HTril Tkttmaaa tvio nifflifA And errain crop up Hinton Creek were oaaiy oam (Continued on page 5) Shobe Money Tied to Willow Creek Project A call to the G-T from Sen. Packwood's office yesterday mor ning disclosed that the U. S. Ar v,,. rnmo nf Kneineers has in eluded funds for correcting fihnho Treek controls in the Wil low Creek project. Last year the Corps said they could not jus tify the Shobe Creek project, con Pankwnod sent a tele gram to the White House ask it the Nixnn Administration to re-evaluate the 1972 fiscal year budget for public worKs xo in MAa $snn.ooo for nre-construc firm nlannins for Willow Creek dam. He has included a story of the flooding here of Shobe Creek on Tuesday of this week and emphasized the need for an early start of this project. NEED VOLUNTEERS For the sake of safety, some more volunteer special patrolmen are needed here. Anyone wishing to do this, please contact the Chief of Police. in a decade competition between lenders will be obsolete. He mentioned a recent diffi culty in marketing debentures to finance agricultural lending. This was because of a belief that higher earnings can be re alized in other investments. Robin Fletcher said many changes have taken place. There is now a variable interest rate plan that adjusts the interest rate to the money market They also have blended rates to fit different situations. They offer credit life insurance to age 66 and up to $50,000. He noted that his loans are himMd The Boeing Company will in vest $1 million to implement phase one of a master plan to further develop its 100,000-acre Boardman industrial site for multiple land use. the company announced this week. The initial phase will provide for Irrigation of 1,820 acres of pasture land to be sub-leased for grazing. Construction will begin in November of a river pumping station at Willow Creek on the John Day Dam pxxl- The 13,600 gallons per minute pumping station will serve the sprinkler irrigation systems. Construction will be completed in time for the planting season in March. Project Manager Denver Grigs by, who announced the plans following a meeting with Ore eon Governor Tom McCall and other Oregon officials, said that the initial phase is only the first step in what Boeing hopes will lead eventually to more in tensive use of the entire site. He repeated the announcement Tuesday at Greenfield Grange Hall. Judge Paul Jones arranged the meeting. 1 "Long-term plans if fully im plemented would Involve irri gating nearly 51,000 acres for crops and grazing," Grigsby said. "As a natural outgrowth of the agricultural activities, we envision related industrial plants and other industry locating at Boardman." firltrsbv emrjhaslzed that whatever happens, environment al protection or , the area win be a guiding factor. "The de velopment , could eventually lead to a closed ecological sys icau IU j tern which would recycle wastes back Into the land." . Red Gross Offers Fast Help To Hecmner Flood Victims - The Regional office of the American Red Cross called Tues day evening to ascertain ine immediate needs of the flood ,wima Their offer was to see that everyone had places to sleep and eat. Anyone run um- erwlse taken care oi was w u hiiieted nr. a motel and fed at a restaurant and the Red Cross would pick up the tab. Heppner oemg tne kihu v it la had no call for these services as friends and relatives opened their homes to take care. c. 3. D. Bauman. Morrow Coun ty Civil Defense Director, was also on the spot to see tnat ev eryone was taken care of for the night. Pioneer Picnic Coming Sunday The annual Morrow County Pioneer Picnic will be held Sun day, May 30 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Pavilion. Registration is set or 10:30 a.m. At 12:30 the Heppner Post of the American Legion win con duct a memorial service. Lunch is at 1:00 p.m. Invocation is by the Rev. Wil liam Arthur of the lone United Church of Christ. There will be recognition of guests and acknowledgements, prize will be awarded for the There will be a door prize. A one coming the farthest distance. A prize will be awarded for the oldest Morrow County pioneer present. The Morrow County Museum will be open all day. Meat, coffee, rolls and ice cream are furnished thru dona tions made at the registration entrance. Those attending are tinmen iu ij.uov. desserts. Paper cup and 'paper plates and plastic tableware are1 asked to please bring salads and furnished. being refinanced on an average of every seven years. He said they have new loan plans, some for 35 years and some with five year add-on plans, balloon pay ment plans. He said many significant changes will be coming from legislation. An objective of the Land Bank part of a bill is im provement in flexibility for ade quate financing. They expect to go in for rural home loans. There was considerable dis cussion on devaluation of mon ey and foreign challenges to the dollar. Cebe Brogoitti said he felt mm Imi Use Agricultural related Indus tries could include vegetable, fruit and grain processing, feed lot operations, slaughterhouses and packinghouses, a tannery, poultry raising and processing, fertilizer production, a fish can nery and a winery. 'Through 1975 we expect to provide irrigation for about 12, 000 acres," Grigsby said. He emphasized, "Development beyond 1975 will be contingent upon the construction of a 5,000 acre dual-purpose, water reser voir at Carty Canyon and one or two nuclear power plants. "The reservoir would provide cooling water for the power plants. The heated water would be used to Irrigate crops, thus eliminating the thermal pollu tion problem." Further phases of the master plan are being studied to de termine the best methods of im plementation. A Boeing review will be held in November to de termine the future course of ac tion. Boeing holds a lease on the land from the State of Oregon until the year 2040. Last Janu ary, the company hired the con sultant firm of Cornell, How land. Haves and MerrvfieldHill of Corvallls, to assist in a study of the site. Study results are re flected in the Boeing plan. The Boardman site has had a variety of uses including Boeing tests of rocket components and Jet engines, a U. S. Navy bomb ing range and current sublease for livestock grazing. Mr. Grigsby said that the Boeing Company after legal technicalities are worked out- expects an increased land tax i X and the tax will be paid by Boeing. , School kids, teachers, friends, brothers, sisters, every one went right to work cleaning off side walks, yards, porches until late in the evening. Ted Smiths had been in the mountains, unaware of the flood, they came to their home and here were tea friends cleaning 8" of mud from their carport and yard. No water entered their house. School kids worked on Iva Bookers yard until 9 o'clock Tuesday night and were back again Wednesday morning be fore Mrs. Booker and her dau ghter Marlene Bergstrom with '. whom she stayed arrived on the . scene Wednesday morning. More Help The activity at every damag ed home was unbelievable. Pumps were set to pump water from basements filled to the lev el. Chain saws hummed as the trees were cut into lengths that could be handled. Shovels cleared walks, porches and drive ways. Mops and buckets wash ed nut mnrl and water from in side. A jeep was used to pull a water soaked rug from a base ment apartment window. Furniture was moved from the severely damaged houses. The Carl McDaniels are undecid ed. They may salvage the con tents and Just leave their home. The water had pushed a partition aside, gone through the house and out the back leaving a foot of mud and de bris. The county road crew had to make repairs on Little Butter Creek, just below Lena, on Clarks Canyon Rd. and on Balm Fork. Then their equipment was broucht in to clear streets sup ervised by Doc Sherer. Emergency foot bridge was put across where the south Main bridfie was washed. Vic Groshens said at the emercency City Coun m((nillg mai ine yitia iui u-- Cnaj;e gt bridge were firm and cil meeting that the piers for the tuontinueu on page i; there were two crises in farm ing: finances and the age of farmers (about 58). He asked "how can we interest young people in agriculture?" He said no one in the world produces per man-hour what the farmer does. Agriculture has a gross value greater than the greatest Industries combined. "Why must prices remain at the 1946 level?" Grant Perry stated he feels the economy is on the rise. Frank Anderson, Milton Mor gan and others agreed with the bankers that it appeared new sources of money will be need ed in the future.