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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.