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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1971)
L I OPARY U OF 0 ' EUGtNE, ORE. 07403 HUM In. Homecoming events have fill ed thU week at Hoppner High School In preparation lor the big game Friday evening at 8 p.m. with Elgin. On Tuesday, the girls prepar ed a Box Social type lunch lor the football team. On Wednes day at 12:30 the glrU had PowderPuff basketball game In stead of a football game be-j Lake Penland Dam Receives Inspection On a frosty Thursday morn ing, a group went to the new Lake Penland site for the offic ial Inspection. The new lake is located 28 miles fru.n Heppner. Construc tion was vtarted last year by Baldwin Construction Co. of The Dalles, with the late Earl Bald win in charge. His brother, Frank Baldwin, completed the project this year. Orville Cuts forth, a prime mover of the unique project, spent a consid erable amount of time working on the construction. Officials Involved in the in spection last Thursday were Dale Boner of the Soil Conser vation Service in Heppner. Oth er SCS men were engineers El wyn Ross and Cotton Light, U. S. Forest Service Engineer Don Olson and Heppner Ranger W. S. Miller, and Oregon State Game Commission official Glen Ward of Heppner. The State Game Commission provided $15,000 for purchasing shoreline land. Total cost was something like $45,000 for the dam. 25 land owners along the new lake provided most of the money with Forest Service pay ing for an access road, boat ramn. narking areas and devel- oping ii acres of a campground. In a preliminary way there are 14' camping units and 4 picnic units to start with. Forest Serv ice .camp area is adjacent to the dam and there is plenty of room for development.. Plans are for some 60,000 visitor days per year at the campground. Dam is 27 feet high and 350 feet long, .The lake will cover some 7 surface acres, J1 is Mor row County's first lake. Morrow County is do-ng new access" and other road improve ments in the area. Judge Jones Resigns From Admin. District Judge Paul Jones resigned as chairman of the E.C.O.A.C. ef fective Oct. 26. Judge Jones was elected tem porary chairman of the old Dis trict 12 administrative district when it was first organized un der an executive edict from the Governor's office, Following the formation of ,rh rntintv into a separate in b ter-wivernmental unit. Judge i Jones was then elected to he' the East Central Oregon , of Counties. This is &u ASS,' zation of the same o- rgaln. under a much. " jnti,es -m! agreement. This -or? "ex'bi! been success-' association has number of " - in obtf n!n member ' 'ederal erants for,its counties' the Judge . '.udge Jones said he feels it t)rv4i frr th chairmanshiD m t.J VA.xa t-j - ' - - j to nass to one of the other' counties. Area Acolyte Retreat Held Herman Winter's cabin was the. base for 22 boys and 5 ad visors who met at an acolyte re treat for instruction and fellow ship this fall. Acolytes serve at tne aitar oy lighting candles and assisting in services. Fourteen boys were from the Church of the Redeem er, Pendleton. They were ac companied by Ivan Painter and Hev. Tom Winkler. Local boys were Doug Gun derson, Rob Abrams, William Huston, David Schwarzin. Her man Winter, and Brian Thomp son. St. John's Church, Hermiston, and St. James Church, Milton Freewater were also participants in this area retreat. School Menus Not Available Due to the Monday holiday,' Due to tne iunuy nvimay,, i ,. the new Armistice uay, nu u- some illness in the school staff. we are unable to publish trie weekTmenu for the Heppner schools. Menu is regularly pub- lished by courtesy of First Na- tional here. iau of the now. On Wrdnr day the pep aumbly wa or ganized by the high whuul boy. Thursday EtbU The Prp Assembly on Thurs day will be In iharee t.f the faculty. There will be a tug of war at noon. Senior Soph v. Jun ior Frot-h. At 7:30 Burning if the E on the hill above the Fair ground. Band and IVp A mb- GRAIN PRICES (T.O.B. Lexington, do act la dude warenouM cbas.) (Court My of Morrow County Grain Grower) Soft white wheat ... l.44t bu. Bed wheal UVi Barley 4S.50 ton Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October HflCGG Animal iTleeJiiig Morrow Co. Fair Jumps fo 5th Place Morrow County came up In the ranks of County rairs. me Fair jumped from lwn piace last venr to 5th this vear. Out of a 'possible 1000 points, Mor row County rair naa &w pom. Points are based on adminis trative and management respon sibility; iiscai accouniaoiiuy and operational procedures. The ratings help determine how- much money the individual f.iiifi will rprplve from the $2.t0.. 000 In state racing money which they SnSre. The eight-member County Fair rnmmissinn has ranked all the state's county fairs following on-site , investigations. - i.ar:e County Fair was judged best in the state. Other fairs rank ing in the top 10 in order are: Tillamook, Grant, Douglas, Mor row, Multnomah, Jefferson, Polk, Wasco nnrl Onok. In 1070 Jncp. "hine Coontv ranked first. Jack Mulligan of Pendleton is the commission chairman. The County Fair Commission was formed by the 1969 legislature to determine a method of dis bursing an additional one-tenth of the gross pari-mutuel racing receipts to county fairs in ad dition to the flat grant of $20, 000 that each county gets annu ally from the same source. ?MCC AV tr Adult Education Pacings An Ji ABE, GED and lnma) -dult Hign scnooi '-"F Koina nffprpd BMCC. Pendleton's Open .mnr Pnlippe. In Morrow the classes will begin after Elk sea son ends. No one will be turned away from tht-s classes. A few may be ask'd to buy their own text books to pay a little tuition, but l"he state will pay all costs for most. A special plan now grants veterans this schooling without detracting from their grants for megular college level work la- All who enroll will use reg ular BMCC forms and their rec ords will be computerized and catalogued by Portland Commu nity College, explains Mrs. Pat ricia Harris, director of these programs. For more complete informa tion, phone 676-5873. Wolthinsens Have Girl Mr. and Mrs. Per Walthinsen are parents of a girl, Karen Ann, born Oct. 22 in Pendleton. Weight was 6 lb., 5V4 oz. Grandmothers are Mrs. Freida Traut and Mrs. Dagmar Walth insen of Portland. Great grand parents are the Henry Trauts of Portland. CPO Audie Privett In 'Shellbacks' Navy Chief Petty Officer Au die J. Privett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Privett of Route 1, ntlv crossed the ......w, . .. T..itnr enmiitp to trie Indian , , , Ocean from Singapore aboard tne anac ia.au v.w Enterprise, and was fxnned a member . of the msalo der of "a tollowlns I traditional initiation ntes. ly t the Fi'rouiuU. Irutrad of the brll fur the changing of iU.m-, ltu mIiouI ong wttl be i'lrd orr the In Irtrom to Indkate fU chane time, Tta U Blue ami Uuld day. Fvrryone U in t-ar the MhcMil rulers. The Vp Awtuhly will be held at 3 p.m. I las float will be Judged t 4 IS In-low the iade doMn ZVk ' !. 24mM. St. t-.-A. ' 88th Year THE w .vvT; GAZETTE WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Pree. Vedmday 57 35 Thursday &" 29 Friday t 41 Saturday 49 41 .23 Sunday 55 35 Monday 59 31 Tuesday 59 37 .05 Wednesday at 7:00 a m. the snowfall measured 1.6 Inch. There were 6 inches at Hard- man and a hull Inch at lone, Just a skiff in the North End. 4th Grade Students Trick or Treat For UNICEF Sunday When Mrs. Jessie Faye Mor ris' Fourth Graders call at 5?l!r home Halloween evening ior UNICEF, they will have famil iarized themselves with the goals and accomplishments . of the United Nations Children's Fur,f. They will feme with the of ficial UNICEF collection con tainer, As they en- j0jng for themselves as weii, they will have their own sacks for treats, too. L'NICEF Is cnnr".,j ohnnt children's imwfote needs and about the';r fu'ture place in the worlf' riKirpp finds a new "'.i-vd f hiph Drotein food for 'a village in Orissa, India. Vil lagers receive training in usu- raising and tneir pona, uiu stocked with taoy nsn won UNICEF's help. Primary students In Jiearo, Guatemala can now be certain that their education can con tinue beyond the second grade. UNICEF assistance contributes to a new six-year school with a specially trained teacher. This may prove to be a model for the growth of similar facilities. Trieste are just two of the things that UNICEF does. County Has New Deputy Jack Campbell of Irrigon is one of the new Deputy Sheriffs for Morrow County. He is one of two new members of the de partment on the Public Employ ment program. Terry Corbin is the other new member. Mr Camnbell is retired from the military having served 22 years in the army in Operations Intelligence. He served in the San Diego Police Department. He is married to a K-ansas girl. They have four children with three of them at home, Generva, John and William. Methodists Celebrate With Music rfav of United Metho dist singing was celebrated last Sunday when the quartet ol Mr. rwl Mrs. Darrell James and Mr. and Mrs. John Maatta, and the newly revived choir directed by Mrs Maatta led the congrega tion in vigorous vocalizing. The regular organist, Mrs. Warren S. Miller, who has managed the music alnne so manv Sundays carried a larger role than usual in this crjecial musical worship. John Maatta contributed a solo 'Til Go With God-', and the Children's Choir made its first nuhlie aoDearance. After the worship service the congregation continued singing before and after their family potluck dinner. town. Bamipnmig Ci Came t!m U il ( pm, Half lime Mill Inrlud ri tnummrnl by the band and f.ir the firtt time by tl Xttll team. The Il..mrv.minc Queen will be crowned. Member f the llme coming Court clied by the II Club are from the Smit cla, Patty Luriant. June I -til- 28, 1971 MAYOR SILL COLLINS give the official welcome at tHS CoinlHunlt? Welcome for Teach and ifewitomers. He urged the teachers and others to Join in the community ac tivities and organizations. Heppner Bows To Condon In reality the Condon-Heppner football game as was an 8 to 6 ball came with two flukes that gave Condon the ball game 16-6. Heppner tumuu'u and lost the ball tne tirst two times they had it. V)h the sec ond fumble doep in their own territory, Condon went in for their first score. Condon's depth and experience showed well with their line outcharging the Mus tangs the entire game. Heppner's defense didn't oper ate as in previous games. Too many absences from Wednes day's practice hurt them consid erably. One bright spot on do f,.c r.nrv Watkins earn- , l i 1 .1 V I" ' J ' i ering 58 points-the most lor a Heppner player this season. Wnnnnpr's one TD came on a 60-yard pass from Gary Watkins to Rory Stlllman. neppner nau inn vnrris rushing and hit seven of 17 throws for 129 yards. Dean Wright of Heppner was the game's outstanding oncnsive performer with 77 yards rush ing on 17 carries and five pass recept ions. Becky, A Winner In College Rodeo Becky Fulleton tied for all around cowgirl honors at a col lege rodeo Saturday in Hermis ton. She won the barrel race and was third in goat tying there. OMEGA TAU KHO TAPS HAROLD CEBKING Harold C. Gerking of Portland has been inducted into Omega Tau Rho, an honorary frater nity of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. One of only 22 members in Oregon, Gerking was presented the Omega Tau Rho medallion by Ward V. Cook, president of Realtors of Portland. Gerking was president for the Oregon chapter of the National Insti tute of Farm and Land Brokers, and is a member of the Soci ety of Exchange Counselor. r r rr"i "ill ' 'If - JL f m '4 i better, Jill Rugg and from the Junior cUm, Janet Gentry and Barbara Sherman, Selection of the queen will be made by the football team Just prior to the game. A a result of participating In a Kefter Friday night, the ros ier for this FritUy'a football tame with Elgin U considerab ly shortened. Sme of the young- Price 10 Cents HEPPNER -TIMES Number 36 llfliiday The annual meeting of the . Morrow County Gr.iln d rowers la to be held at 6:30 p.m., Mon day, ino v. ist at the r air grounds Pavilion, according to I tilt aiiiivuiivvnii ii j fituiai a i-arry Mills. The meting always starts out with a fine dinner. Featured speaker will be n native son, William F. Barratt. Mr. Barratt Is president of the Federal Intermediate Cred 1 1, h;w held since March 1970. He joined the bank staff as Assist ant to the President In 1964. Prior to that time he had served two 3-year terms as a member of the board of direc tors of the Farm Credit Banks of Spokane and had served as a director of the Federal Land Bank Assn., Pendleton, and had oeen a member ot the North west Livestock Pro d u c 1 1 o n Credit Assn., Portland since 1950. . -M" Barratt Is a graduate of, Oregon Slate University and after military service returned to Eastern Oregon to be Invol. Via in the sheep and cattle business, feed lot and other op erations. As a major lender to agricul turp and a member of Morrow County Grain Growers it is ex pected that Mr- Barratt win discuss implications of the pre vailing wage-price controls on the wheat industry and effects of inflation on agriculture. Grandma Gracie Has 92nd Birthday Grace Rose of Cecil will cele brate her 92nd birthday today i Oct. 28). She is still employed as cook for Logan Bros, at Ce cil. Grandma Gracie is a prime favorite of her friends and neighbors and loves to tell about her grandchildren, great grandchildren and her great, great greats! She is believed to be the oldest person in Oregon still working for a salary. r f 0 .ruoruuii ui iuiic Jerry Martin's lone Jr. High team won their game with Echo 68 to 20. Five different boys who made TD's were Bob Gates, Tim Gutierrez, Tod Peterson, Clay West, Joe Rietmann. Their coach thought the boys executed their olavs and their blocking better than at any game this year. Thoir last came of the season will ho todav (Oct. 28). at 3 p.m. lone vs. Riverside The lone Homecoming game was a tear jerker for the Card inals. The score stood at 20 to 0 up until the last six min utes of play. The Pirates re covered an lone fumble on their own 28 yard line and start a firivp for their first six points. Moments later Ron Baker hit Tony Barnhart in the end zone for another TD and Bog Ryan added a two-point conver sion run. The next TD within a minute and a half of the end of the game came on a 49 yard pass from Baker to Wayne Downey. Ryan again added the two-point PAT run that won the game 22 to 20. Riverside had 339 total yards, 174 on the ground. Baker com pleted nine of 22 pass attempts for 165 yards. lone gained 331 yards with 138 rushing. Dick Snider gained 193 yards on 19 passes. His TD passes went to Jerry Pettyjohn, Kent Gutierrez and Clint Krebs. er boy are delighted because for the first time this reason, they'll get A chance to runt, kick, paws and carry, Senior who will be playing their lat game for the Mus tang are Ed Struhm, John Sum ner, Rory and Berjl Stlllman, Barney Marshall ami Ted Bellamy. Two Auto Hospitalize U Boys 11n Ki-nnt-v Turner were awakened Friday shortly after midnieht with a loud banclnc at their front door. It was Mike Bergstrom bleeding at the mouth and hysterical because he thought he'd killed his buddy In a car accident down the road about quarter mile. Kinn.-v called the ambulance. the hospital and the sheriff and went with Mike to the scene or Dip Ai-eiilenr. When Mike went to get help, his buddy, Lloyd Wilson, had been lying in tne middle of the roaci. wnen iney put hack he had moved to the Ide of the road. Finally he got io his leet ana ivenney ana Mike helped him into the pick up The Turners laid the boys on the front room rug and cov ered them with blankets. The ambulance driven by Paul Helnrichs picked up the boys at tne Turners njii iook into the hospital Thn bovs headed north In a Volkswagen apparently, hit the right side of the road and tried to get back In the road and rolled over every which way. After the excitement of the nli.ht. ihn Turners were lust getting settled when they heard a car come roaring up me road. It stopped at the scene of the accident and then took off with even a faster roar. Second Accident Bruce Bergstrom and Mike Doherty In a 1959 Ford had their Accident a snort instant INTRODUCING DON COLE who is the new principal at the Heppner Elementary. The pic , ..,a tiiipn.as he was in- troducing his teachers at the Community Welcome last ii'u, day evening. He said this is ,1 rpf-pntion here in lly 5tv-ui . r i, onfi fhov're eettine bet ter every time, I may come back for a third one"! Mr. Cole came to Heppner right after graduation from toe in 1961 when ne iauni In the Junior High for three years. He later taught at Mil- waukie lor live yti " year was Superintendent-principal of a small school in Clack amas county, wnne in me ropolitan area he earned his Masters in counselling from Portland State. He took gradu ate study in math on a Federal Grant at Mercer University in Georgia. He has worked at numerous Jobs during summer vacations. Three summers he worked at the dog track in Portland in the betting booths. He said "this was an Interesting experience In people". ' He was pleased to come baeK to Heppner. It Is a bigger school and he had many firends in the area. "School is going well. I have a fine bunch of teach ers to work with." Both he and his wife, the for mer Carolyn Chadwick, are from Baker where both their parents live. They have three sons, Randy 10, Ricky 8, and Rodney 6. life?!; r ' If V ' , ; Up i' 1 ; m til? ' Tlie Homecoming Dance Inter club sponsored will be held at the high school from 10:30 un til 1:00 a.m. Music will be by The Griffith. Invitations have been mailed to the graduates of the classes of 1969, 1970 and 1971. All alumni are cordially invited. Alumni registration will be held all week. Wrecks ur from 3 mil. Junction Annar. ently they were airborne when they left the road and cleared the fence, came down on all four wheels and traveled 150 yards through the field. The theory is that if the car had tipped to the front or back it would have tipped over and rolled down Into the canyon. They were taken to the hos- nitnl. Mik Dohortv hoi a cracked vertebra and Is still In the hospital. Bruce Bergstrom had an eye tut that required stitches, a broken nose and other lacerations. He has been released from the hospital. Lloyd Wilson has a fractured skull, and has been having blood clots. Mike Bergstrom was released from the hospital Si'nday night. Therp was a krr nnrlv Frltt.iv night but according to reports the four bovs had not made it oi-t to the party. Pioneer lone Firm Expands Omar Rietmann exDlained that the work beins done at his hardware store will add 56 by 42 feet of floor space. The Oregon Washington Construc tion Co., Portland, is rebuilding ;the rear end of the building, Mr. Rietmann says they are building right over the old back end and are making this sec tion match the front part of the store. When the new construc tion is about finished, the old part will be torn out from un der it. Rietmann Hardware in lone ... - - I T 1 was rounded in iys oy raui Balsiger, a cousin of Omar Rlet mann's. Mr. Rietmann purchas ed the business in 1937 and has operated it since that lime. Minor Accidents Get Attention Accidents reported: Oct. 19 there was a rear-end collision on Main St. Janet Ann Stroeber driving a 1968 Mercury and Vir ginia Whitaker collided. The vehicles were driveable. The Whitaker car suffered $350 dam ages. Mrs. Stroeber was taken t ih hnsnital. She has been wearing a plastic conar ior vr 1 - back lash. On Oct. 16 two cousins collid ed on Gooseberry Road opposite lone High School. Ann McEllI gott driving a 1965 Corvair sus tained $50 damage and the car Mary McElligott was driving had no damages. On Oct. 13 Helen Natalie Sal ter driving a 1964 Ford Hardtop met a car on a narrow place on the Clark's Canyon-Rhea Creek Rd. near Bryce Keene's place. She hit loose gravel and rolled her cer. The car sustain ed $550 damage. Herman Winter Moves Office Herman Winter, Heppner at torney and district attorney, re cently purchased the former Columbia Basin Electric Co-op building at 471 North Main Street. Cleaning and refurbisning nas been going on in these offices. Mr. Winter is in the process of moving this weekend and will open up In the new location Monday, Nov. 1. Candle Making Demonstration Monday evening at 7:30 the Mother's Club meeting at the Heppner Christian Church will be educational. Mothers will learn how to make candles from start to finish as the process is demonstrated by Ann Griffith and Betty Brown.
