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HEPPMEB GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, September 2. 1971 THE m GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836 Phone 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppnei nmes established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 ' MEMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD, Editors Publishers ARNOLD RAYMOND. REGGIE PASCAL Plant Foreman Linotype Operator ANN TONEY LZSS News Apprentice Circulation Pressman Subscription Rates: $5.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Mailed Single Copies 15 Cents in Advance.; Minimum Billing 50 cents. PublisheJ Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppnei, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. n , ' i TWO NEWS: John Brandt on the left is the new member of Morrow County School District H-l board. This was his fust meeting with Don Cole, the new principal at the Heppner Ele mentary School. All About Horses By D WIGHT STEWART Henry Haken of Ogden. Utah asks I have been training my two-year-old filly myself. She is coming along fine, except that when I change her leads, she speeds up. Sometimes she sort of lunges. What can I do about it? You have created a bad habit, but it can be corrected with patience. Teaching the flying change of leads is not usually done until a horse is well along in his training. When he will lope in a circle without speeding up, or going to the outside of the circle, when he will come to the trot smoothly, trot a few steps and pick up the new lead in the new direc tion, he is ready for the flying change. The rider must NOT lean sideways, as so many want to do, but lean ahead and squeeze with his leg at the time the horse vaults over his leading fore log. Entire books have been written about the chnage of leads, and there isn't room in this column to dis cuss it fully. The speeding up and the lunging your filly does prob ably comes from too much spurring or from hitting her with something at the time of the change. I believe you can cor rect by making one change; then bring her to the walk, pet her, talk to her, and tryj?:ain. Each time she makes the change, bring her to the walk, until she quits speeding up. Barbara Brown, Great Falls, Mont, wants to know I bought a mare that had been barrel raced. She is ten-years-old and is very gentle. I want to show her in western pleasure, but she goes too fast and switches her tail all the time. Is there any way to cure this? I believe you have overmatched yourself. Changing a ten-year-old is very difficult. Changing a barrel horse is al so hard to do, if it can be done. Horses nevsr forget, and when you go into the ring this mare will remember her barrel rac ing and not work quietly as a pleasure horse. When I was about twelve years old, a Baptist minister had a horse I very much wanted. He didn't want to sell the horse to me, but finally did. As I was riding out of his yard he said to me: "After you have ridden this horse awhile, and you find you don't like him, sell him! That's what I did." Nederland, Texas, Midcounty Review: "For nearly 30 years, Uncle Sugar up Washington, D. C, way has tried to reduce farm output to certain levels and has failed . . . For more than 40 years, the Russians have tried to raise farm out put to certain levels, and have failed ... It just goes to show you that governments can't farm." REMEMBER THIS? ....REMINISCE! ch(6k f )! tm As you know, Corky Warren of Fort Collins, Colo., was win ner of our all-around cowboy title here this past week. But, gee whiz, he got away en route to another rodeo before we could get his picture. Just think, we had seven world champion cowboys here at our rodeo! All kinds of awards were made at our unique Fair this year. Ruth Ann Kcithley was the happy winner or a tnim ren's Bible. And Judy (Mrs John) Gochnauer was presented a handsome Family Bible. The awards were made by the Seventh-day Adventlsu. labored on this big event, a hearty thank you. We hope they haven't chang ed their windows yet: Peterson's Jewelers has a display of an cient clocks and watches. An other charming antique window is at Elma's Apparel. Gardner's has featured our lovely Royal Court and in the other window had a bunch of awards and trophies for the Rodeo. Hubert Wilson surprised us Monday morning. We were told he was felled Friday and In the hospital with pneumonia. For goodness sake, he was up rid ing all over town by Monday. (Can't keep a good man down, ch, Hubert?) Somebody may sue me some time. Clint informs me that it was Helen O'Donnell who taught the 30 lb. salmon. The entire party of six limited out both days they fished. If all the fishermen keep talking, pretty soon all of Morrow Coun ty will be charmed right down to the sea. Judy Currin who cnairmaned the Wranglers annual cowboy breakfast said to give a big Thank You to all who dined with the Wranglers and made it the biggest success yet. And a Thanks to all who helped. A special feature this year was giving away the Wrang lers saddle. Dan Thompson, the winner of the saddle, informed us that Dawn Peterson was his lucky sales gaL (And of course perhaps some folks get a bit of assistance from a Certain Someone up there!) Sept. 4. 1941 30 Years Ago 7 County 4-H'ers Attended State Fair Seven Morrow County 4-H club members are participating in the Oregon State Fair at Sa lem this week. Tad Miller, Don and Buddy Peck are exhibit ing sheep and Dick tamonason and Buddy and Don Peck are narticiDatins: in the state live stock judging contest. Mildred Clary, Betty Jane Adams ana Gwen Glasgow left for Salem todav where Betty and Mildred will compete in the state style revue contest ana JYliiarea ana Gwen will compete in the home economics demonstration con test. Band Prepares for Round-Up Appearance The championship Heppner school band, under the capable leadership of Harold Buhman, will perform at the Pendleton Round-Up the last two days Sept. 12 and 13. Although han dicapped by the graduation of many of their group, the band will be on hand for the Round Up with approximately 40 piec es! Several of the alumni mem bers are offering their services before leaving for their respect ive colleges. Hardman School To Improve Plant 58,000 Bailey and Thomas, Heppner contractors, this week were a warded the contract for build ing an addition to the Hard man Union high school build ing and making other improve ments to the total of $8,000. Bids were opened the end of the week. Chas. B. Miller of Fenclie ton is architect. The work will start immediately with no time limit. Improvement of the Hard- man school plant is being made to bring the school up to stand ard requirements, in line with a policy adopted by the school board last year, and supported by the taxpayers through au thorization of the necessary bond issue. School Opens with 198 Grade, 102 in High School Fourteen freshmen, the small est number entering Heppner High School in many years caused much of the drop in registration in the local schools with the opening Tuesday, re ports Alden Blankenship, super intendent. The fewer freshmen dropped the total high school enrollment to 102. But compen sating for this in the total school enrollment was an en tering primary class of 43, causing the addition or a sec ond first . grade teacher and bringing the grade school en rollment to 198. and a total of 300 for the two schools combin ed. These figures compare with 126 in high school and lbf m the grades for a grand total of 293 a year ago. Tractor Crank Breaks Arm Oscar Peterson received a bad fracture of the right arm just above the wrist last Friday while cranking a tractor at nis farm in the Gooseberry section. The crank flew back and caught him so quickly that he had no chance to escape, n was the first time in many thousand experiences in crank ing a "cat" that he was so treated, Mr. Peterson said when in town Tuesday attending a meeting of the county ACA committee. 26, M, Guess we're always doing commercials but we cant resist this. Rudy Mensch has had real success lately with his want ads in the Heppner Gazette- Times. Last week he reported that he sold his double bed with a want ad. If you haven't yet bought your copy of Homesteads & Heritages, it's waiting for you at the local banks! The Morrow County Rifle & Pistol Club has announced their annual Big and Little Buck contest. We enjoyed the announcing of the big parade by Ray Jones, a former Heppnerlte, now re siding in Rosoburg where he's a radio announcer. There are so many folks la volved we really hardly know where to start In thanking those responsible. Anyway, the annual Morrow County Fair & Rodeo was a whopping succes. The whole shebang from start to finish was highly enjoyable, thrilling and satisfying. To all of you good folks who Archie BalL on the Joyce float, is no doubt the cleanest feller in the entire county! Shorty Peck's 1907 Internat ional auto was a thriller, Shorty is undoubtedly one of Eastern Oregon's most talented mech anies. My guess is that car runs better now than when brand NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SEPTEMBER 2 Senior Citizens 7Advlsory Council at 8:00 p.m. 7 TOP'S meet 9 Unemployment Compensa tion (10-12 and 1-2) 9 -Senior Citizens 10 Social Security (10-12 and 1-2), with John Pasek Don't forget Hire a Vet REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Joe French and Ardyth French to Peter M. French and Letha M. French, grantees, and Joe French, trustee, interests in Var ious tracts located in Sections 27 and 33 in Tp 4 SR 29. Ellen Drucilla Moore to Clar ence Baker and Clarice Baker. NE 40 feet Lot 1, Block 21 in Mt. Vernon's First Addition to City of Heppner. Bert C. Overbaugh and Mary Overbaugh to A. F. Rucker and Cova E. Rucker. Lots 18, 19 and 20 in Block 19 Town of Ir-rigon. Sidney C. Zinter and Mary L. Zinter to First State Bank of Oregon. EV4 Ett Sec. 32; S, SHNH.N wy4NEy4 and NEtt NW, Sec. 33; NEy4NEy4, Wtf- NW and NWy4 SWy4 Sec. 34', all in Tp 5 SR 25. WlA Sec. 1; also all swy4SEy4 Sec. 1. All Sec. 2 & 3; SEViNEV & SE Sec. 4; E & SEy4 swy4 Sec. 9; N, N4 SE & Wtt SWy4 Sec. 10; NH, SEy4 & NH SWV Sec. 11; WttWtt & SEy4- SWy4 Sec. 12; also all NE NWy4 Sec. 12. NWy4 NEH Sec. 13. SW- NEVi Sec. 13; NWy4 Sec. 13; N NEH Sec. 14; NW&NWV4 Sec. 15; all In Tp 6 SR 25. Daisy E. Brake to Irwin J. Couch and Lottie J. Couch. All lots 1 to 10 incl., and Lots 32 to 36 incl. In Block 29 Town of Irrlgon. Helen Jones to Carl McDaniel. Tract in City of Heppner near Jones and Water Streets. Court Urges Return of Easements While the Morrow County Court meets regularly every Wednesday, the first Wednes day is considered THE business meeting. The commissioners' salary is based on four meet ings a month. On Aug. 4. the Court prepared to send out petitions for ease ments to those families living on the Shobe Creek flood plain outside the city limits, inis easement would allow the Corps of Engineers to clean out the channel and other channel work. The Court sent out 12 pet itions and as of Aug. u, oniy one had been returned. Judge Paul Jones Is concerned about the poor response. He is anxious to have these returned and If nnvnne has any questions con cerning the easements, he asks that they come in aDour, n. The Court opened and rejected two bids for a car for the Road Master. They have since nego tiated with Farley Motors for a 4-door Pontiac sedan at a cost of $3450. Welfare Board The Court re-appointed mem bers to the Welfare Board with Judge Jones as chairman and the County Commissioners as members. The other members are Betty Brown, Faye Munkers, Lloyd Burger. Appointment oi the one remaining member will be delayed to see if Earl So ward's health will allow him to again serve on the board. There were changes in the Welfare organization, after Children's Services were estab lished. Administrative details of Morrow County will now be the responsibility of Glora Gibbs, acting District Manager lor eight counties, Umatilla, Mor row, Grant, Gilliam, Union, Wal lowa and Baker. Service work ers will come in whenever FAVORITE FOOD EXPERTS .XAsj&f'--' -L3fifc VJ - JAN PETERSON, left holds the Champion ribbon she won in the Junior 4-H Favorite Food Contest. Kathy Gilbert was champion in the Intermediate Division. Both girls will be guests at din ner of Charlie and Dorothy Heard of the Heppner Gazette Times. Anita Davidson was Intermediate Reserve Champion. Her centerpiece was striking. She had a simulated charcoal fire going and above it was an interesting metal tree with con tainers of dip one might use on any barbecue meat. Services Held for Foye Kelsay Mrs. Faye Elsine Kelsay, age 41, of John Day was killed in a one-car accident, Aug. tier daughter Sandra Kay, 6 years old was a passenger in the car. Mrs. Kelsay was driving a 19b7 Chevrolet 2-door and was east bound on Highway 26 about 74 miles east of John Day She struck the Indian Creek bridge and overturned into the creek. She was taken to the Blue Mountain hospital by the Grant County Volunteer ambulance. Sandra was taken to the hospi tal by a private car, according to investigating state police. Sandra was then flown to Port land by Lyons Flight Service suffering from serious injury. Mrs. Kelsay was born sept. 28, 1929 in Heppner. She was the New at the lone Library TO THE EDITOR... Dear Editor: One day recently in Heppner a torn piece of newspaper blew down the street in front of the Gene Pierce home. Being neat person Gene went out, nicked it up and looked at it then mailed it to me. Lo and behold it was a 1935 East Ore gonian containing a column of news by Josephine Mahoney, Phone 694! In the column was an article about Charlie Notson and bride going to China as missionaries and also one about S. E. Notson speaking at some meeting. I mailed it to Robert C. Not son, Executive Manager of The Oregonian since this was his brother and father. Then I had a note "From the Desk of Robert C. Notson" say ing "Thanks for the clipping from the ancient E-O. Charles and Ruth are coming home from Taiwan Aug. 13. They had one tour of duty in China ended by the war and another by the Reds. After seven years as as sociate editor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance week ly and pastor of a community church at Franklin Lakes, New Jersey they went back to Tai wan. The Notsons lived for years in Heppner and built what is now the Hynd house on Gale Street. Sincerely, Josephine Mahoney Baker Terwilliger Plaza BMCC Offers Art Class Here A Death of Innocence by Zel da Popkin Is a new book at the lone Library. Following is brief review. Against the unrelenting ten sions of a murder trial, Zelda Popkin explores a major and tragic condition in contempor ary life; the collapse of com munications between parents and children. Buffie Cameron's parent, unable to believe that she is involved in a murder, rush to New York City from their home in Idaho to be at her side and to hire the best lawyer available. That man is Marvin Hirsch. Day after day, as Mrs. Cam eron sits in the courtroom, faced with the facts of the case the sordid murder, Buffie's squalid love affair she begins to real ize that the child who has al ways been "the sun and moon and stars ' is a stranger to ner. The characters who move across the pages of this novel are very real people, at the fo cal point are Marvin Hirsch and Mrs. Cameron. A Death or in nocenee deals with some of the uglier aspects of our world, against which are set ageless fundamentals, generosity, com passion, and love. needed from Pendleton. As they come into Hermiston, Umatilla, Stanfield and Echo they will come on over to service the needs of the people of Morrow County. Betty McDonald will re main in the local office. Judge Jones explained that welfare recipients don't have to be certified every month and for unforeseen expenses may be re -certified if on low income. Due to misunderstanding of the . Food Stamp program, the Food stamp clerk will make a personal visit to the eligible Food Stamp recipients in the north end. Hepyner, lone and Lexington recipients are asked to stop in and see Betty Mc Donald in Heppner. Since the State has been forced to disallow the residency requirement, the welfare prob lem has been compounded. Irrigation Brings Problems Irrigation coming to Morrow County has presented unexpect ed problems to the Road Depart ment. Culverts are being added on the Bombing Range road. The roads are being raised in areas around Boardman. The county has no plans for the purchase of new machinery in the department The money will be spent on materials for the repair of existing oiled roads. The Court last week inspected the Penland Prairie Rd. The County recently constructed 1.6 miles of an S-shape road be low the dam. In the agreements of land exchange, the county had agreed to replace that part of the road. It will be graveled after the fall rams. Portable Rock Crusher The portable rock crusher Is now set up In Clarks Canyon. That piece of equipment has proved valuable in that the county has sold enough rock to farmers to pay for the rock crusher. It will be moved to the north end of the county this fall. The Emigrant Trail Rd. will be graveled as well as other roads In that vicinity. Road Signs Destruction of road signs con tinues to be a primary problem. $1000 was spent this year in replacing signs that had been removed and shot up. This not only is costly to the people of Morrow County but is distress ing to those seeking directions. If there is sufficient interest among artists in Heppner area, Blue Mountain College will again offer a painting course beginning the last week in September or the first week in October. Dr. Margaret McDev- itt, instructor who taught here previously will be available to teach an adult afternoon or eve ning class to meet the needs of prospective students. Beginners or advanced classes will be held at the Lexington School building, dates to be announc ed later by Larry O'Rourke, adult education director. In the past there has been consider able interest in these oil paint ing classes with as many as 20 students in the class. Several art exhibits were held featur ing class work. A minimum of 10 students in each class is required. If you are interested in this course, please call Birdlne Tullis at 676-9622 or Betty Brown at 676 5389 and indicate your prefer ence of afternoon or evening. daughter of J. J. Griffith and Eva Padberg, and was united in marriage to Bobby Kelsay on Aug. 7, 1949, in Lexington, Ore. Faye Kelsay attended Tailor Basin Grade School for 8 years, and graduated from Spray High School in 1948. She was a mem ber of the Baptist Church and Mountain View Square Dance Club. Services were conducted Tues day, Aug. 31, at 1:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church in John Day, with Rev. Phil Ryan officiating. Vault interment fol lowed at Haystack Cemetery near Spray. Sweeney Mortuary in Hepp ner was in charge of all the arrangements. Survivors of Mrs. Faye Kel say are her husband, Bobby of John Day; Mother Eva Griffith of Heppner; daughter, Mrs. Glenna Cameron of John Day, Donna Kelsay of John Day, Sandy Kelsay of John Day and one grandson. Sisters, Mrs. Bev erly Goebel of Wallowa, Rene Toll of Heppner, Shirley Cun ningham of Missoula, Mont, and Sue Dolan of West Yellowstone. She is also survived by broth ers Don Griffith of Spray. Mac Griffith preceded her in death. Casket Bearers were -Gib Gregg, Bob Fisher, Ben Temple, Dean Newcomb, Howard Dag gett, B. B. Cotham. From Canada John and Betty Pfelffer return ed home last week after a lit tle vacation trip to British Col umbla. John said the weather, fishin? and everything cooper' ated to make their trip "out of this world". Chief Audie Privett In Big E Operation Navy Chief Petty Officer Au die J. Privett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Privett of Route 1, Heppner, participated in the first night operation which sim ultaneously employed dual methods to refuel and resupply an underway aircraft carrier. With the hazards of two ships steaming together at close re fueling quarters intensified by South China Sea darkness, Priv ett's ship, the nuclear powered attack aircraft carrier USS En terprlse, took fuel from the combat stores ship USS Sacra mento by the familiar "high line" method. At the same time, In anothher critical operation, the "Big E" was receiving vital supplies by helicopter transfer from the multi-mission Sacramento. Privett is a graduate of Hepp ner Public High School. Cora Sperry Ward Passes Mrs. Blaine Chapel has re ceived word that her sister, Mrs. Bert (Cora) Ward died at Town- send, Mont, on Aug. 28, She fell and broke her hip two months ago and never recover ed. Mrs. Ward Is the former Cora Sperry who was born and lived for many years here, in Morrow County. She is also an aunt of Mrs. Cal Sherman and Everett Harshman. No one here is able to go to Montana for the services. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Lumber Transport Has Mountain Picnic Twenty-five employees and families of Lumber Transport enjoyed a picnic Saturday at Anson Wright Park. Each one brought his own meat to bar becue and all the good things of a potluck picnic were enjoy ed. MEASURING CONTEST Michelle McElligott was the only one to enter the Measur ing Contest. Here contestants must be enrolled in Tricks for Treats. She measured flour, milk, baking powder and fat She brought all her own meas uring equipment and ingred ients. She got a blue. School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy Of Heppner Branch it...- FIRST NATIONAL BANK Or OREGON Heppner Elementary School and Heppner High School SCHOOL LUNCH MENU Tuesday, Sept 7 Meat sand wiches, cheese sticks, buttered I green beans, cantaloupe wedg es, milk. Wednesday, Sept. 8 Mashed potatoes, ground beef gravy, tossed green salad, apple crisp, hot rolls, butter, milk. Thursday, Sept. 9 Hot dogs, homemade bun, buttered corn, carrot and celery sticks, potato I chips, fruit, milk. Friday, Sept 10 Macaroni and cheese, spinach, sliced to matoes, frosted cake, whole wheat rolls, butter, milk. SEPT. 2 Teachers In-Service Program, 9:00 a.m. In Riverside. Open to the public. SEPT. 3 Merchants meeting on shop lifting. No host luncheon at the Wagon Wheel, 12:00. Parents Invited. SEPT. School begins. SEPT. 8 lone Garden Club will meet at Mrs. Kenneth Kllngers home in Lexington at 1:30. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY RUGGLES-BOYCE Insurance Agency, 228 Main P. 0. Box 247 ph. 676-9625 If no answer call Rav Bovce 676-5384 Heppner