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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-
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onion. He stressed loyalty and
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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
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Cireok FIdI Agaimi
motto "Give Peace a Chance . .
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A musical reading "Let There
Be Peace on Earth" was given
by Kenneth Baker accompanied
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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
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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
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soi-iana DarDecue ai me . wuiows
Grange Hall on June 5. The
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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
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1971
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GAPING HOLE through the dressing room building of the Hepp-
ner Swimming fool much
pool Is filled with slit.
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THE CHASE STREET bridge used
shown receding.
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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
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with thf rodpo events. MusiCvWlll
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be by the Western Gentlemen
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Stock contractors lor tne isyi
show are Bill Schaan of Beker
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yearlings, B. L. Davis Ranch of
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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
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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
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Wednesday 60 44
Thursday 57 37
Friday 70 35
Saturday 76 40
Sunday 81 40
Monday 81 46
Tuesday 69 52 .53
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'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
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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-
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trudes out the opposite wall and
the swimming pool was filled.
It was said after the 1969
that nno mnre time would
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cnaj;e gt bridge were firm and
cil meeting that the piers for the
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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.