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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1971)
L ! 0 P A R Y u or o EUGENE. ORE. 97403 Heppner Merchants Plan For Christmas Shoppers The Merchants Com mitt e e I guessing the closest to the met Friday to make prellmi nary plana fur the approaching Chrislmafc shopping. The Hep pner Christmas opening wa set for Saturday, Nov. 27. Christ ma stock will be out so that shoppers will have the best ae k-ctkn possible by thla date Prises Color To put some Christmas sparkle In the shopping, each merchant in aaked to participate in Christmas guessing contest Primarily each merchant will have a big jar In the window filled with everything from beans to fish hooks. The person Groin Growers Open House Next Week Morrow County Grain Growers will have a gnla open house Nov. 20 to inaugurate its fine new building in Lexington Manager Larry Mills said there would be some free gifts and some good things to eat. He Issued a cordial invitation for everyone to plan to come. Demurrer Filed in Schlichting Case A suit seeking $100,000 and reinstatement to his former po sition as appraiser was filed Oct 29 in circuit court by Dick Schlichting, former county ap praiser against the Morrow County assessor and members of the Morrow County Court. Mr. Schlichting's service as appraiser was terminated Oct. 1. Demurrer Filed A demurrer was filed Nov. 5 on behalf of the Morrow Coun ty Court to the complaint upon grounds that it appears it does not state facts sufficient to con stitute a cause of action against them. number In the Jar will win a PRIZE. The winners names will be potited In the window at o'clock that evening. Santa Clau Too That fun loving guy, Santa Clatis will also be on Main St. to thrill the email fry and hand out candy to the older skeptics! Heppner II Ths Hub Heppner acta as the Hub Shopping Center for the people of the surrounding area as well as for the people of the greater Interior on roads leading Into Heppner. Heppner merchnn t s put forth a great deal of effort to buy for this mass of people and appreciate a chance to serve them. AOCtoMeef At Indian Hills Following the meeting of the County Courts from five coun ties Tuesday at Arlington, Judge Paul Jones made a call to the Gazette-Times. This was just at the height of the fire in Hepp ner. Rather than going on to Sa lem for a board meeting of the Association of Oregon Counties, he returned to the county seat. The Salem meeting had been called to consider a possible change of the annual meeting from Indian Hills Lodge in Pen dleton that has been scheduled for Nov. 171819. These dates just happen to coincide with the possible start of picketing of the new business. It is known that some County officials would not consider crossing a picket line to attend the meet ing." Judge Jones who Is currently serving as vice chairman, said Wednesday morning that the board had approved to contin ue with plans to hold the meet ing at Indian Hills Lodge. It Is anticipated that Morrow Coun ty's Judge Jones will be elected president of the Association for the next year. ' GRAIN PRICES (F.O.B. L sing ton. dots not la dud warsnouse coo,) (Court my of Morrow County Grain Growers) Soft whit wheat l iVi bu. Rod wbKt - l.9Vl Barley 44.2S ton Price 10 Cents 88th Yeor ; THE ,W GAZETTE-TIMES HEPPNER Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 1 1 , 1971 Number 3S wa LUMBER YV2fi r22j B0YSEN ' ' '- t I 'PAHMH1. L r i m i i Columbia Basin Annual Meet Next Week Here lUitry Yi t Unu cordial ltiMiiifi in Ml i.i ei lend lb nnul pwui c i f t i umti4 Pain t Irrtfie Co c It U tx" hrd a I !), u ... rtlur Nitv li nd '.'. TTH-tf I t-r fn luMh, fud l)trrlJti". l.t, lull ;rt lrvi(c and maii piu. Joe Burns Fills Mann Vacancy Jin Faint- ( Hi irnM. ii v ..- flj p..iritit ! itw I. j il.il u .it fi'iintih hi-Id l y Ir. Mann ty It-." Cmmty C uil .J five nmntli Ttii-iiiy nuunli ? He vw ill mt- !urin; t!.c mc ;1.i mh.i.ii!i. rolliil by the fx' nrkir. Tlie r.'iin-i' tvuint! wlu-n Mr. M.n.n (..vir.'. ; Slate Ihnvti r t f Atiii t.Uuio, Tid Fniiih i f IVn.ll.-ii'ti mIm eoiiiUli'!i-t tut tUf .io."' men!. The fiv- Ci.imiv Cuua were thi fn-m Mornw, C..1 i.n, WhitJi r, Sherman i.i . I'malilU. EVANS LUMBER YARD was all but gon when this photo was taken. The fire had already spread Into the upper part of th Knox Building. Evans' entire roof had collapsed and shortly a large part of the Knox roo! also collapsed. Lots of th two buildings and contents will run about $ 150.00a (C-T Pho). Fbmes Destroy Two t-Seppsieir Firms Heppner Runners In State Meet Heppner's cross country team got a taste of state competit ion this past Saturday in Eu gene. Coach Dean Naffziger is very proud of his team. He said that while the Mustangs did not fin ish high in the standings they did an outstanding job for a group of young first year con tenders. Out of 125 runners, the Mustang's Luke Padberg was Heppner's top runner finishing 55th. Considering that heppner's four top runners are freshmen and two sophomores, now with one year's experience makes them look much stronger for next year. Team members are Luke Pad berg, Tom Wolff, Jim and Ron Wilhelm, Jack Hiday and Del bert Kerns. Heppner Again Votes the Bonds I Heppner voters 192 of 'em went to the polls again Mon day and 161 said "yes" and 31 said "no" to the $94,000 bond issue. The bond Issue will mean there will be a swimming pool in operation next summer. It means new bridges will be built here. Relocating utilities here cost $16,000 and allowed the U. S. Corps of Engineers to widen and deepen the Shobe Creek channel and to do some necessary diking and rip-rap ping. Street repairs will be made at the swimming pool and motors and boilers repaired there along with $1200 for guard rail on Cannon Street They will advertise to sell the bonds and bankers tell us that recently interest rates have dropped on loans. City will al so advertise for bids to get the work done here. v' - r"w-i-.-. ., v-""Si--r .1 v V. - ' : : 1 - i . - , ' X I . f - 3, L . MRS. ROBERT LAUGHLIN Is the new treasurer for the Mor row County chapter of . the American Red Cross. Red Cross Slates Fall Fund Drive About 11:30 Tuesday morning, a huge blaze broke out at Ev ans Lumber Yard on Heppner's Main Street. Ken Evans said they had been waiting on cus tomers and were quite busy as the paint mixing machine hum mod loudly. He spotted the smoke from under the door from the back part of the store and immediately ordered his wife and the lady customers to take their childern and leave. Black smoke billowed from the build ing covering quite an area. This smoke was soon cut . by great fingers of flames that shot sky ward. It was a fairly warm day that was breezy and at times a little gusty. This windy con dition made fire fighting diffi cult. The Evans Lumber Yard was quickly engulfed. Paint cans ex ploded as did aerosol cans. One of the latter shot across the street into a parking lot and another cracked a window at Mahoney and Abrams' office. Intense heat also cracked win dows across the street at Maho ney & Abrams' offices, Jeanne's Beauty Shop, Central Market and at Heppner Cleaners. Besides the Heppner Volunteer Fire Department, assistance came from the lone Fire Depart ment. Lexington's Department stood by In case of a fire there or in lone and some of their firemen came up. Columbia Basin Electric Co op provided men and consider able equipment, too,; as did Mor row County Grain Growers. Fire men and equipment came from Ordnance and Navy firemen from the Bombing ' Range and from Hermiston. Some spray firms around the county brought equipment. A number of ranch ers brought in spray rigs in case the fire spread ''to homes in the area. Men and equip ment came from Kinzua Corp., and the Heppner Lumber Co. Fire completely gutted the Evans Lumber Yard. The fire caught the roof and upper story of the Knox Department Store building. Part of the Knox roof collapsed and much damage was done in the other floors from water and smoke. The Bank of Eastern Oregon roof looked like it might burst into flame as it was literally "bath ed" in flames blown over from the lumber yard. However, a drain on the flat roof was clog ged and a layer of about four inches of water stood on tbe roof. Fire broke out twice on the roof of the Odd Fellows Build ing before hoses and water were brought up to the root. The Utd Fellows Building houses Elma's Apparel and Flower Shop and Murray s Rexall Drugs. The fires were fairly well un der control by a little after 3 p.m. but fire smouldertj for some time at Evans Lumber Yard and firemen were on watch all Tuesday night there and at Knox Store. The roof had caved In on Ev ans Lumber Yard, destroying all the merchandise Inside and the roof also caved In on the upper story of the Knox building and there Is considerable smoke and water damage to the ground floor there, and much of the merchandise there Is ruined or damaged. Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine said the approximate value of Evans Lumber Yard's building and contents would run about $00,000. Knox's Store suffered close to $90,000 to the building and contents. The extremely thick wall of the Odd Fellows building pre vented spread of the fire to El ma's. However, if the wind had changed from the north and flames had gained a too hold on the roof, very likely Elma's ! Tax Info Available Al Sheriff's Office f hi riff J..1 n F. Mi.lluh.rn ..U1 Monday when roicrty t..y MAtemcntK were mailed O t. 22, 1971, each contained a Iloir..--owner' Tax He lief Application ov'n thoupli not all are el.j; ble for tax reduction under the law passed by the 1971 liyis liiture and effcetlvc bejjlniiii:.: with the VjII 72 lax year. Under the new law, the lv partment of Revenue, State cf Oregon, and county tax culle. I ors are cooperatlnc in adns.n- llstering the new concept 'f Times would have ten troyed. . S Cene Tierce of the Rank of homeowners' property tax reluf, Eastern Oregon said the clog ged drain on the roof faved Ihc building. The Bank has "but-i-ness ns usual" and will have the roof fixed and repairs to wails, baseboard and floors Much credit is given to the lone and other fire departments which came and helped magnif leently. Rachel Harnett, curator of the Museum here and, one pf out leading historians, says wind has figured greatly In two oth er big fires at Heppner. Heppner has had several big fires in its past, she Gaid and brought in some greatly de tailed accounts. On May 28, 191S fire broke out in the opera house, t.rking portions of four blocks, doing $25,000 worth of damage. A north wind spread burning1 debris. Then on July 1918 fire destroyed the hand some Palace Hotel and burned four and a half blocks and left 25 families homeless. .The Gazette-Times was among the victims that time. Total loss from fire within a month was about $200,000 according to a report by the lone Independent. The City Library burned that a Probable Cause C? Fire Determined Following Investigations Fire Chief Burkenbine said Wednes day. "Th most probable cans of the fire at Evans Lnmber was malfunction of the furnace which ignited combustibles. Fh-e Chief Burkenbine was as sisted is the investigations by Dick Smalt Deputy State Fire ManhaL Mrs. Robert Laughlin has ac cepted the job as treasurer for the Morrow County American Red Cross. This she says, "Is little enough to do in appreci ation for all the help that the Red Cross did for Heppner af ter the May flood." She replaces Mrs. Claude Buschke who has served as treasurer the past 10 years and as Fund Drive chairman before that. Mrs. Buschke has a rec ord of 20 years of Red Cross work in Union county before coming here.. Because of exceptional de mands on the local treasury, the Red Cross board has made plans for a change In the Fund drive date for Heppner. The Fund drive will be conducted this fall rather than next March. Volunteers have been assign ed very small areas of town to cover before Thanksgiving. Helpers accepting this responsi bility to date are: Mrs. Jim Monahan, Mrs. Felix Schwarzln, Mrs. Curtis Culp, Mrs. William Rickert, Mrs. Janie McRoberts, Mrs. Robert Laughlin, Mrs. Bill Scott, Milly Evans, Mrs. Bill Lowe, Mrs. Sarah Adkins, Mrs. Fred Harrison, Mrs. Charles Heard, Mrs. Paul Helnrichs. Mayor Calls Special Meet Mayor Bill Collins has called a special meeting today, Thurs day, at 5 p.m. at City Hall. A quorum could not be present yesterday so the meeting was called today. Purpose is to canvass votes Of the bond issue election held this past Monday; to set wage rates for clerks and judges of the election; to approve bills received after the regular Coun cil meeting. New 'Rock' Display At Courthouse Mrs. Paul Miller is responsi ble for the mineral display that you see to the right of the stairs at the Morrow County Court house. She and her husband share a keen interest in rocks and are active members of the Morrow County Gem and Miner al Society. This week she changed the display. Note her showing of fos sils. You will see horn coral and trioblte (bug) from Utah. tartilla (snail shell) and fossil fish from Wyoming, sea urchin from Denmark. The latter fossil they traded. LDS Church Buys Camp Space Near Lake Penland i Annoucement was made this week that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had purchased 20 acres of land on the west side of Lake Penland fronting the Forest Camp from Orville Cutsforth. The site will be available for use by the 12 wards and branches of the Richland Stake. It will be used for scouting, youth camps and other church gatherings. The Youth Committee is checking it over for long range plans with preliminary work to start in the spring. Murray's Drugs and the Gazette-May and burned flgftJn Jn ater years. Bill Siewert Heads Library Board At a meeting called Monday evening by Councilman Jerry Sweeney as councilman in charge of City Services which includes the library, Bill Siew ert was elected .Chairman of the Library board. Randall Peter son, the new appointee to the board, was elected vice chair man and Mrs. Gene Ferguson, secretary -treasurer. It was agreed that the money for books allowed in the city budget and the Memorial Fund set up at the Library would be kept separate. Those present at the meeting were besides Mr. Sweeney, Mayor Bill Collins, Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. Peterson Lucy Peterson and Blanche Brown, the librarian. Pauline Winter and Mr. Siewert were not in attendance. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM HI Low Prec. Wednesday 67 47 Thursday 57 32 .09 Friday 46 20 Saturday 45 19 Sunday 54 Z3 .01 Monday 55 27 Tuesday 67 32 Burwell Baby Comes Early Sunday Alicia Yvonne Burwell arrived at the Pendleton Community Hospital at 4:00 am. Sunday morning, just 4 minutes after her parents checked into the hospital. Alicia Yvonne weighed in at 8 11., 14V4 oz. She has a broth er Tony, one year old and a sister Cindy who is three. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burwell, Long Beach, Ca., and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ham ilton, Ashland. She is also wel comed by great-grandparents Hamilton in Mississippi. The parents, Rev. and Mrs. Donald D. BurwelL were prob- ably grateful that they had no tire or car problem on their way to Pendleton. Lost Elk Hunter Shows Up Dennis Hammel, 20, of Eu gene had been hunting in the north part of Camas Prairie, lo cated in the southwest corner of the county on Tuesday. He was last seen by members of his party at 2:30 p.m. The Sher iff's Department made a pre liminary search with assistance from the State Game Commis sion and the Oregon State Po lice. About 11 a.m. yesterday Mr. Hammel called Sheriff Molla han's office from the Bob Van Sehoiack ranch on Rock Creek. He was about 10 miles from his hunting area. He was in good condition. The Sheriffs Depart-, ment picked him up and deliv ered him to his hunting camp at Anson Wright Park. Gene Pierce told of a number of instances Tuesday of help fulness and cooperation hcje. Fclks are grateful to all the volunteer firemen, from here aid many other places, and to all the individuals and groups who gave of their time and ef forts to help. There is some insurance on the destroyed property here but it only partially covers the losses. A State Fire Marshal has been trying to determine cause of the terrible eonflagra uon. For safety, electric Dower was disconnected from the fire ar ea for about two hours. It was restored in the lower end of town in about 25 minutes. All records were lost at Evans Lumber Yard. A considerable amount of checks and currenev was ready for deposit but they were so busy they had not been a me to get to the bank. The Knox Variety moved in- to their building here In 1969. Evans Lumber Yard ODened their new business here in March last year. bparks from the big fire blew onto the roof of All Saints' Epis copal rectory and burned a place on the roof, which was seen by Mrs. Dan Thnmnmn Thanks to the Conley Lanhams for their ladder and putting out the fire. Cal Sherman took a ladder over to Dan James' where a spot fire flamed on roof shing les, ana lore tne shingles off. With all the fire hoses con nected, It was a big Job get ting all the pressure needed. Tone's fire truck and firemen were a welcome sight as they hooked onto the line, water pressure picked up substantial ly, it was reported. We heard ot no serious in juries. ' ' which Is based on "househnM Income" rather than the age f tho resident as the primary b.t sis for granting relief on er-occupied homesteads, There are two pages of 'in structions accompanying the ap plication. Filing mut be ilmu" after Dec. 31, 1971 and not la ter than April 15, 1972. Rlif cannot be granted for the yt..r if the application is filed af ter April 15, 1972, and no ex tension of time to file can ho granted, Sheriff Mollahan nv phaslzes. Discount "Taxpayers may receive their 3 percent discount by paying in ful before Nov. 15. 1971, f.i I Mill apply for and receive v lief after Jan. 1, 1972," Sl.trilt Mollahan said. Those not pay ing in advance but expecting U qualify or persons needing as sistance or additional informa tion after reading the Instruc tions accompanying the appli cation form are advised to con tact the county tax collector's office in the courthouse in Heppner after Doc. 31, 1971. Heppner High Band Enjoyed The Heppner High School Band was presented here In. concert Tuesday night with Dave Mann, conductor. The audience was enthusiast ic and applauded joyfully for the rousing and mostly con temporary musical numbers. Mr. Mann explained that the band Is raising money whKh they will use for a band trip. They will have a presentation of trophies and awards later in the year. The audience also enjoyed delicious pie, cake and cookies. Members of the band are: Flutes, Mary Abrams, Kerry Coppock, ' Lisa Collins; clarinets, Charma T'.irquardt, Deana Struthers, Juanita Wilson; saxo phones, Dianne Mills, Dana Sweek, John Luclani, Anita Da vidson, Scott McDaniel; trum pets, Rick Pettyjohn, Mark Schlichting, Mike Sweek, Chris DeSpain, Dave McLeod, Chris Evans; trombones, Richard Wadholm, ; Jack Unrein; bari tones, Don Paplneau, fhana Kelly; tubas, John Hedman, Jim Marquardt; percussion, Dale Hedman, Cyde Allstott, Jim Spear, Chris Papineau and Deb- by Papineau. Equalization Board Studies Ratios The Equalization Board r,.-et for - organization and study of ratios cn Tuesday. Judge Paul Jones was named ch;ti.;ran. Other members of the board are William Nelson of Eoardrr.an and Harry O'Donnell of H pp ner. They made a study of the ratios. The ratio fchouki be 10O. Certain code areas were not up to 100. These were mostly vacant tracts. The as nessor was instructed to bring them up to full 100.
