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d or o IUQCNE, ORE. 07403 Child Falls from 2nd Story Window The Wallace Gaarslad family are counting their blessings this week. Last Friday, Wally Caara land, 18 months old and the youngest of five little boy Gaarslands, fell from the second story window of their home at lone. He landed on his fat little tummy and when his mother got to him he was trying to get his breath back. He was rushed to Pioneer Memorial Hospital where . he spent the night for observe tlon. He has a bruise on his stomach and seems not to have suffered any other injuries. Johnny and Wally were up stairs in one of the bedrooms playing. Wally climbed upon bedside table between the twin beds. He apparently pushed against the screen and down he went about 15 feet to the ground, Johnny went down and told his mother that "Wally broke the screen". She went up to in vestlgate and couldn't find Wally. Johnny said, "There he Is" and pointed to the ground outside the window. This was a traumatic Inter' val from the time she discover ed him on the ground until she could get him into the hospital lor x-rays. . . . . . Morrow History Books Here Soon The new history of Morrow County, "Homesteads & Herl tages", will be available here in Just a few days. They can be obtained at the Bank of Eastern Oregon, the First National Bank and at the Museum here at $10 per copy. . Book was compiled by Giles French, Moro author, with some valuable assistance from quite a few individuals. Binfords and Mort of Portland are the pub lishers. The book is a good looking edition . and is well illustrat ed. Chamber of Commerce Pre sident Gene Pierce said they hope to make arrangements with author Giles French to be here on Friday, July 23 during the Sidewalk- Bazaar. At this time he will autograph the books. Books will be " available for sale in a few days at both banks and from Mrs. Rachel Harnett at the Museum..- - 88th Yeor THE SPPMEEI mm' i i AZETTE-TME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Number 21 GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington, doe not In dud warehouse chas.) (Courtesy oi Morrow County Grain Growers) Whit (After embargo) SM8 Red (After embargo) Si .58 Barley (After embargo) 541-50 flfadiwfte EfiD Sped! Pns Ctae All-Stars Rally for Sub-District Playoff The Little League All-Star district playoff has been sched uled for Thursday, July 22, at 6:00 p.m. in The Dalles. The Willow Creek team will be playing The Dalles West team on the western L.itue JLeague field. Games start at 11:00, Thursday with a double head er, another double header start ing at 4:00 and the Willow Creek game at 6:00. Directly fol lowing the game there will be a picnic for all Little League ball players, coaches and man agers at Harvey Aluminum Park in The Dalles. Anyone attending the tournament is invited to join in the fun. There are eight teams conr peting in the Sub-District Tour naments: Hood River, Jefferson County, Deschutes County, The Dalles Western, The Dalles American, Mountain Home Ida ho Air Force Base, Columbia Basin Dist., and Willow Creek. The Willow Creek Little League team practices every Thursday at 6:00. Fair Buildings Rentals Told There have been questions concerning the buildings and rental rates at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The follow ing rates have been in effect for several years, but so that all persons will be correctly in formed we are printing them for you to file away for future use. The Dorm or newest block building rents for $10.00 a day or meeting. t The Annex rents for $15.00 a day or meeting. The large dance pavilion rents for $25.00 for a meeting, dance, etc. If the kitchen is used in conjunction with the dance hall, the rental rate is $35.00. If just the pavilion kitchen is used for concessions during dances by persons or organiza tions other than the organiza tion putting on the dance, the rental rate is $15.00. The Fair and Rodeo Snack Shack rents for $25.00 and the Buckaroo Snack Shack rents for $10.00. All buildings are expected to be left as clean as possible af ter use. If you have questions, please call any Fair Board member or the Secretary. Make Fair Booth Reservations Now Going!. Going! Gone , this will soon be the word when you call for a booth during the Mor row County Fair, Aug. 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. Reservations have been made for the following: Heppner Mothers Club, Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, Heppner Degree of Honor, Morrow County Jaycees, operation Hitchhike, Assembly of God Church. . Seventh-day Adventist Church, Snappy Snippers 4-H Club, 4-H Ski Club, Peggy Johnson (cloth ing), Bonnie Culp. Oregon State Game Commis sion, Gem & Mineral Society, Chamber of Commerce, Wm. L. Wilson (Shackley Products). Mrs. rfewell (Pendleton). Please call Fair Secretary as soon as possible if you wish a reservation for a booth they will soon be gone 676-9642. Each booth will be awarded a $10.00 premium to help defray cost of display, regardless of placing when judged except commercial booths where space is rented at $2.00 per foot of frontage. July 17 Dance flo Honor Princess Jeri Snoiv No Word From Wagner Search Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marlatt have received no word from the Dr. Wagner search. The Curtis Wagner who was lost on the plane is their grandson. He is the son of Mrs. Frances Marlatt Wagner of Red Bluff, Ca., and was visiting his father for the weekend. Two other sons, Chris and Mike Wagner are with their mother at Red Bluff. ' ' ...... ",i ' .-" ' ' ' : A - ..7 PRINCESS JERI SNOW above is being honored by a done at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Pavilion Saturday, July 17. Come and dance to the Western Gentlemen at 9:30. A feature story on Princess Jeri Snow appears in this issue on an in side page. Lake Penland Dam Going Up Work on the Lake Panland dam project resumed last week at the site of the new lake some 25 miles south of Heppner. Main project is to complete the earth -filled dam which is expected to be finished about Aug. 15. Baldwin Bros. Con struction Co. of The Dalles are the contractors for the project. Height of the dam is 28 feet and the length of the dam is 395 feet. The new lake will im pound 67 surface acres of wa ter and the maximum depth is to be about 20 feet. Logs and stumps are still being removed from what will be the lake bottom. Depending on snow pack, lake will take from one to two years to fill. Cost of building the dam is be ing borne by a corporation of individuals who own building lots on the lake front. The U.S. Forest Service is putting in a campground, rest room facilities and a boat ramp. The Oregon Game Commission will stock the lake with trout. Morrow County will build some new access road to replace a road that will be flooded when the dam is filled. lone Pool Beckons Beginning July 20, at 10:00 a.m. thru Friday, a Junior Life Saving course will be taught to all interested 11 to 14 year old young people. Women's swim ming is from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Praise and Protest Noted for Boys' State Program Three of this year's Boys' Staters agree that one of the most valuable experiences of at tending Boys' State is meeting the other boys from all over the " state, learning their points of view and outlook on life. They agree that "they are really gTeat kids and are real sharp. Steve Rhea Steve Rhea, one of the five boys from Morrow, was enthus iastic about not only the boys he met but what he learned in juet how a bill is introduced In the legislature and the differ ent routes it may go before com ing up for a vote. The person introducing the bill explains all the benefits of the bill so he must be not only a fluent speak er but also very knowledgeable. From his county of Boyd and town of Friesen came the Gov ernor who had been mayor o! their town. Secretary of State, At torney General and Supreme Court Justice. He says they'll make good politicians. The new Boys' State Governor is black. Steve didn't run for any of fice. Early morning, the boys had a choice of playing In band, singing in the choir or doing calisthenics. Steve chose to sing bass in the Boys' State Choir. He had a real thrill participat ing in the Memorial Convoca tion, dedicated to veterans of all wars. The hall was all in darkness with the American flag spotlighted. Excerpts from famous speeches as Patricck Henry's address, the Gettysburg Address were read followed by patriotic and familiar songs by the choir, America The Beauti ful, Yankee Doodle, Star Spang led Banner and Glory Hallelu jah. The food was good and the weather was beautifuL It only rained twice and that was at night. He mentioned the athlet ic program as worthwhile, too. He was right at home on 3rd base and their town team won consolation. He especially enjoy ed meeting a boy from Knappa that he had played against at a tournament and is looking forward to seeing him again this winter. The Oregon State coach Ralph Miller and the Athletic Director Jim Barratt both spoke.! He liked Jim's "Mighty Casey j up to Bat" given from memory inances passed at the city coun which he said "was fantastic". He remarked about the con duct. The boys raised heck but there was no fighting among themselves. No one gave any one a lot of guff." Rick Barnett and Herb Ekstrom III Rick Barnett and Herb Eks trom ni were Boys' State dele gates from the lone American Legion post They felt the program was worthwhile but that there could have been more adult guidance during the city and county elec tions. They were pretty much in the dark about what was going on the first 2 days until the election of state officials and they started to function. They felt "too much was left up to the kids." They were from the county of Lemma and Rick was in the city of Draper and Herb in Johnson. They belonged to opposite political parties. They had praise for the fif teen boys who ran for the of fice of governor and their cam paign speeches. They thought some of the ord-, cil meetings were silly and shouldn't have had their time wasted in passing them. Their highlights came from the Rap Sessions. These were small group sessions that went late into the night with an ex change of ideas and attitudes. Topics were on the draft, 18 year old vote, pollution and environ ment, religion and minorities. In one of the discussions, it was suggested that sky scrapers should be limited to three stor ies. The two boys said Tom Cutsforth stirred the thinking when he reminded them that for each 30-story building in Portland they would have to have 10 buildings covering that much more land. The 4-H Summer School in session on the Oregon State campus the same week is some thing of a distraction. They said the boys would leave sessions to go "watch the girls". For this reason, they thought the sug gestion of having Boys State and Girls' State combined in Sa lem might be a good idea. Heppner merchants promise a gala time here on Friday, July 23 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the 8th annual Sidewalk Bazaar. This has been the biggest of the annual promotions held each July in Heppner. The merchants are lining up all the fine buys they can. As many of these as they have room for will be displayed out side on the sidewalk. Of course, there will be a number of other bargains inside, too. During the day there Will be several events for entertain ment. A number of organizations will have booths on the side walk for home baked foods and many other interesting items. FREE PARKING will be an other feature here in Heppner on July 23. Everyone is cordially invited to come and enjoy the fun here next week in Heppner. SUCCESS STORY I If you hare something that someone else wants . . you're in luck, and you'll never know until you try a Heppner Gazette Times want ad I Bruce Both well sold a wall tent Spark oil beater ana ou go cartons. barrel with the first insertion of his Want Ad I He's pleased we're pleased. and the folks who Bought tnem are pleasedl Chamber Promotes Heppner Birthday . At Mondty's Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon WheeL President Gene Pierce told of possible promotions for next year's Heppner Centennial. Discussed were colorful patch es, picture postcards and bump er strips. The Chamber Board will make a decision on adver tising and publicity for the Cen tennial. President Pierce stated that the new history books of Mor row County would arrive soon. Several people will haul back some of the cartons of the books from the publishers. There are Sidewalk Bazaar Hi-Lites Paul Johnson of Portland who is the. manufacturers represen tative for a popular antiquing kit, will be here to do demon strations for Evans Lumber for the Sidewalk Bazaar. He will show how it's done from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m., July 23. The Heppner Garden Club has reserved space for the Sidewalk Bazaar on July 23 just north of the Hotel Cafe. They have boxes of prize iris rhizomes from the Wolff Gardens that they will sell. .. Mark Neal will perform on his high and low unicycles dur ing the evening of the Sidewalk Bazaar. JAYCEES CAR WASH All day, starts at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 17. at John's Chevron Station, Heppner Engineers Make Cost Study Here Gilbert Groff with the engin eering firm that designed the HoDDner sewer plant, was In town Tuesday. He conferred with Jim Perry, Dean Hilliard and Tom Tate of the Corps of En gineers, John Howarth of Col umbia Basin Electric, Tom Springer of the TV, Mayor Col lins, Vic Groshen, city superin tendent and a representative of the telephone company. The Corps of Engineers out lined its plans for the channel work to be done on Shobe Creek. From this information, the telephone company and the power company will know where to set their poles, the city the sewer and water line changes and the TV cable changes. - The timing and scheduling of the changes were discussed. " Mr. Groff said, -"It doesn't look too bad. If looks good." The changes in the channel will carry a 3000 cu. ft. flow per sec ond. The improvements at the h.ad of Shobe will take care of anything above that," ' The Swimming- fe-''-'--u About the swimming pool, Mr. Groff says that after the pool is sandblasted to clean it up good, the pool may need only .repainting and then it may need remarbellzlng. The pump and circulation sys tem look good. The Bridges There are several alternatives to the bridges, wooden, pre-cast concrete and steel beams with wood decking. The benefits of each kind and the cost will be considered in the final decision. The costs of the three proj ects: channel work, swimming pool and bridges will be pre sented to the City Council for discussion. The type of levy will be decided and then presented to the people for a vote. Mayor Collins announced that engineer Gil Groff was arriving Tuesday to prepare engineering specs so that costs of moving sewer and water lines, swim ming pool repairs and new bridge construction costs can be estimated in a "package". May or Collins wants the local citi zens to know all details of en gineering estimates of needed projects here. Girls' State Reps Friendly and Busy Hit ppml i. -fl - - & f - j BAZAARS COME FROM THE ORIENT so this year the Heppner merchants will areas la an oriental tbeme for the annual sui walk Basaar to be held from 9 ajn. until 9 pjn. on Friday, July 23. Sharon German, merchants' committee chairman, sets the paee with a flower in her hair and the latest fashion from Swahili. , Friendship and Patriotism combined to make Girls' State an indelible experience for Bar bara Allstott and Dianna Mills, Heppner High School Seniors. Super - Organization followed the girls' arrival at Willamette ' University in Salem. And Super Organization meant no free time. It was down to business and that business was to organ ize the girls' state into six coun ties. Each county consisted of 44 girls and was broken dowrr into two cities. The giriT;hen elected officials ai representa tives and settled Into the oper- ation of CityjCbunfJ' and State government" y ' Flag raisings and lowering, a ceremony each county was re sponsible-' lor one time, was tne most impressive ejngle activity for the girls; The ceremony was different each day and' "It gave you a very special feeling", Barb said. Both girls were very active during the week. Barbara was Goger County's Federalist Party chairman, (the girls were divid ed into either the Federalist or the Nationalist party). Dianna was a city councilwoman and ' was a candidate for State Labor ' Commissioner. During the Leg islative sessions, which were held in the State Capitol, both girls were seated on the Senate " floor as secretaries to a Senator. , Each county took their turn at visiting the Governor's home to have tea with Mrs. Tom Mc Call. Funk County, where Diana lived, was the only county to have tea when Gov. McCall was home, Diana said, "it was really great being from Eastern Ore gon, because the kids really, stuck together". ' County closeness, county spir it and patriotism allowed the girls to make friendships which were closer than either Barbara or Diana had expected. Girls' State made a resolution to make every effort possible to see that the Legislation passed during the week-long session be presented to the regulalr State Legislature. The only objection Barbara and Diana had to Girls' State was that it was just that girls and all girls. There was no male attention or distraction during the week except for two Boys' State officers, Pinkerton Security Guards and one lone boy who made it passed security. Shobe Work Continues Soil Conservation work is continuing on Upper Shobe Can yon here. As of Tuesday there were nine diversion ditches com pleted. In that field they plan three more ditches. Then they plan to put in silt dams and waterways. Weather is a factor in this work as extreme dryness may halt the project for . awhile if the warm weather should intens ify. : r: WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Free. Wednesday 76 38 Thursday 84 48 Friday 76 53 .33 Saturday 65 45 .34 Sunday 71 46 Monday 78 44 Tuesday 84 49
