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LI BP ART I U OF O EUGENE, ORE. 97403 A Merer Christina to on and U bom all Tour friend who odrertUe Inside. Tau will find many Interfiling and quit in trigulng wash drawing and other art work by local child ren UMd in ad for local tinn who with you th very best These (Inn buy and pay lor the ad to lot you know ot their deep appreciation for your kind support Tour continued support of the firm la Hppnr, Ion and Lexington make poulbl tbe Tory oxistenc of th towns. They havo nothing to oner ex cept th best and friendliest of goods and services and conven ience for you. their valued customers. f V VP IJf i V? f 1.5 ?3 3. ? .f a Building Permits Jump to $111,000 At the Tuesday evening spe rial meeting of the Heppner City Council, permits were granted for six new modular metal frame homos to Randy Lott in the Lott-Rasmussen Ad dition. They will be two and three bedroom homes about 55 feet by 23 fet, with about 1400 sq. feet of floor space. Lots are of various sizes and shapes; very generous In size, an ex ample Is one lot about 158 by 2f0 feet. Value of the buildings along with foundation and lot is $17,100 each. Requests Mobile Park Okay Orvllle Cutsforth appeared be fore the Council on behalf of Frank Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin of The Dalles was contractor whol built the dam at Lake Penland. He proposes putting in 30 to 40 trailer pads on 5j acres of the Gail McCarty tract, part of which is in the city limits. Mr. Cutsforth was appearing to get the feeling of the Council on the project. Investment he said would run around $60,000 to $70,000. He suggested they would want the area annexed to the city. He and Mr. Bald win will meet with the Council in January. Bridge Plans The bridge plans were receiv ed back from the Engineers Some sizes and alternatives were discussed at considerable length. Much was talked con corning change in Main Street bridge. Councilman McLeod said he felt the engineer was making changes that had not been requested. A lengthy discussion of locat ing the Kirk Street bridge was held. Problem has been in get ting bridge placed properly to accommodate large trucks which use this bridge. In order to de termine this matter, the meet ing was recessed until 10 a.m today (Thursday). They will meet at the Rosewall car lot and lay out a course and see if trucks can manage on size proposed for the new bridge. GRAIN PRICES (T.O.B. Lexington, doe not la dud wareaouse chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Ciala dowers) Soft whit wheat I.43V ou tpost (bike settlement) Fed wheat M8Vi bu. (post sulk settlement) Berley 46.50 88th Year THE Price 10 Cents ivngn - h -. AS4 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 23, 1971 Number 44 Princess Tryouts To be This Sunday Ed Dick Heads Chamber in 1972 Ed Dick was elected president of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the board Wednes day noon. LeRoy Gardner was elected first vice president and Harley Sager, second vice presi dent. President-elect Dick appoint ed for board approval Pat Won ser as treasurer and Nona Sow- ell, secretary. Mr. Dick asked the board to consider priorities for next year: housing, securing a doctor, Cen tennial celebration and adver tising and promotions. Santa Takes 90 Calls While Santa Claus was in Heppner Tuesday evening, he received 90 phone calls that really kept him hopping from one phone to the other. There were 3 or 4 kids in on some of the calls. Some, of the anxious ones dialed about 3 o'clock before Santa Claus got there. Santa's; helpers said the little girls wanted dolls. There were 3 re quests for Hondas and one 22 rifle, 3 dogs and 2 horses and lots of trucks and bikes. Jaycee helping Santa were Pat Wonser, Warren Plocharsky, Dave Flanagan and Tom Wilson. Princesses for the 1972 Mor row County Fair and Rodeo Court will he selected at the tryouts Sunday. LVc. 26 at 1 p.m. Any girl interested should contact her area chairman or rat O'Brien. Eligible girls who are Juniors In high school and 'or 16 years old must attend a mandatory meeting with the Rodeo Board and their parents before the riding demonstrations. Candi dates will be expected to speak before the Board, giving a per sonal resume on school, civic and church activities as well ns family and background. They will be asked why they are try ing out, how they can best rep resent Morrow County and why. This will give the board an in dication of the girls' public speaking abilities, a very im portant factor for a future prin cess. Contestants are to wear levis and shirts as dress western clothes will not be acceptable The riding demonstrations will include walk, trot and gallop The individual will be asked to do the National Quarterhorse Association reigning pattern and to circle at a full run, demon strating a wave and smile. Selections will then be made. Should a tie result, the girls will be asked to change horses and do the paces on a strange horse. "Smile, be friendly and agree able" are some tips extended to princess hopefuls by last year's princess, Jeanne Daly. Although it' a lot of hard work, Jeanne feels its a totally worthwhile experience. Princesses learn better groom ing, to meet and be at ease with people, poise, self-confidence and to improve public speaking abilities. Dedication is a must as they are required to attend as many as two or three rodeos a day. A princess must be willing to get up at 3:00 a.m. to attend a function, sit in a parade line, mounted for hours, attend the many rodeo dances and most of all, be punctual. For all this effort, the Court Princesses are rewarded with prestige and the privilege of travel, meeting dignitaries, and making interesting friendships with other girls. The highlight is attending Chief Joseph Days the last week in July for three days. Jeanne decided "being able to be in Grand Entries and get ting to know Donna Peterson, the chaperone", were the things she personally enjoyed the most during her reign as princess. "I really hated to see it end Jeanne said and "It's worth it." ; ' ft EL,:y- - ; . s v ... - . "X-C, -TV --". - Jm : 'i i -n "". ...- ..( , - ft" 'V? - -.- ' . ' v A , AT NIGHT when the lights ore on. these reindeer in the Glen Ward's yard could be "On Dasher. On Prancer, On Donner and Blitien." Santa Claus waves and th deer are "dashing through the snow I Wards and Griffiths Share First n Christmas Lighting Contest Carlson and Krebs are Elks Leadership Winners Heppner Klks No, 3.VH n i condfit they will h sent to th nounccd thU w k that Chcrl. state contect. CurlMin and Clintun Krebs. holh of lime were the winners of the Elks Youth Lcmlcohlp award. Fiuh will receive S10 bond. Cheil Im the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis CarlKor) and Clint Ik the fon of Mr. and Mm. Henry Kulis. Sclii-tlun Is based on leader ship In school and community and In based vtx hrKhuren sub mitted bv the contestantH. Dave Mrl-evid is chairman of the F.Iks Youth Activity coiiimmiltee. The other contestants were llertx-rt Ekstmm 111, Charles Pointer, Mar- MiFlllgott, Jeanne Daly, Shauna lUTstrom. Bar bara Allstott and Dianne Mills. The brochures of the two win ners will he entered in ine iw- triit Contest which Includes the areas served by 10 lodges in Northeast Oregon. If they are Judged the No. 1 winners In this 'Tis the season to be Jolly and it seems that ' this 'year more homes than ever have been decked out in Christmas lights. The Christmas Lighting Contest judges noted that certain areas had shown a great deal of Christmas spirit and effort. So much so that they mentioned them specifically in their report: Fairview Way, South Hager St., South Chase St., Union Avenue, Baltimore St. and West of Gale, As you're driving around look ing at the lights note these streets as well as those of the winners. The Lyle Pecks were first Tree Falls Across Camper Cardinals Bring Home Goodies lone had three good things out of the Christmas tourna ment at Echo. They won their consolation game with Stan field by one exciting point, 42 to 41; Dick Snider was an All Star selection and the Cardin als won the Sportsmanship trO' phy. They lost the opening game to Umatilla who went on to win the tournament. lone ts. Stanfield one was down 8 points at the half time. They came back hot. Dick Snider who was high point man for the Cardinals with 21, made 17 points in the second half and 12 of them were in the last quarter. It was Dave Warren whose re bound shot won the game with about a minute and a half to go. lone Candy Fund needs heh Anyone wishing to make a con tribution may send it to the lone School or Mrs. Don Peterson. The hard wind Tuesday night blew down a big Locust tree on North Chase about midnight. It crashed across Kenneth Bebees pickup-camper. The camper was destroyed but the pickup ap peared to be undamaged. TV and phone wires were broken. The REA and City Crews were out early cleaning up the mess. TV and phone service was ex pected to be restored Wednes day. There had been some discus sion with the city as to who was responsible for the tree. Masonic Groups Are Installed place winners of the INSIDE visible from trect category. Twinkle lights outline the big fireplace and around the big mirror. The Christmas tree reaches the ceiling. In one big window there's a painted cow boy Santa Claus with his horse and the other one has a winter scene of a deer jumping over a log. This was a family project. In on the fun with Mrs. Peck were Debbv. Stephen, Teresa and Dennis Peck. Mrs. Richard Peck did the painting and Debby said, "Daddy bought the tree", Glen Kolkhorst was 2nd place and Ray Boyce 3rd., In the Outside category the judges couldn't decide and split Glen Ward and Bruce uriifith in first and second places. Glen Ward has spot-lighted a life-size animated Santa Claus and reindeer on his yard. The evergreen tree is filled with Christmas lights and in the frosted window of the house there's a lighted cross. The Bruce Griffiths have lighted figures in their nativity scene: Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child, Three Kings and a shepherd. They have a cam el, sheep and a donkey. They built the stable. The front of their house is outlined with blue lights. Mrs. Griffith says, "We're so proud of our street. Last year there were two who didn't have outside decorations but this year we all did". Don Coles won 3rd place. Commercial Peterson's won first place In Commercial with the cute little couple decorating the Christmas tree. Elma's was second with the handsome Three Kings and Gardner's with a flourish of Merry Chrislmas and Happy New Year on their windows highlighted by the winter won derland of clothes In the back ground. Beautiful Beautiful decorations not par ticipating were P. W. Mahoney, 1970 winners: Milo Prindle, 1969 winners, Amanda Duvall and Henry Stotts. Honorable mention went to Ed Brandenburg and Bob Ha Kcr. Western Route Coming! The award for the extension of the Western Route from High way 395 to Herron Meadows will be made on the $2 million plus (a G-T estimate), from the Regional Forest Service office in Portland. The apparent low bidder is the L. M. Johnson Co., Spokane. The road will be built over a 2 or 3 year span. Following a Tuesday evening clam chowder feed, two Mason ic bodies had their officers in stalled. For AF & AM No. 69 new Worshipful Master is George Simonson; Senior Warden is Cecil Rill; Dan Thompson is Junior Warden; Treasurer is Howard Bryant, and Secretary, Don Gilliam. Senior Steward, Howard Keith -ley; Junior Steward, Millard Nolan; Tiler, Bob Abrams; Chaplain, Marion Hayden. Present Master, Bob Abrams installed the incoming Worship ful Master, George Simonson. WM George Simonson then in stalled his new fellow officers. For the Royal Arch Masons, installing officers were High Priest, Most Excellent Compan ion Paul Jones; Marshal, How ard Bryant and Chaplain, Clar ence Baker. Officers installed: E.H. Priest, Louis Rucker; King, George Simonson; Scribe, Cecil Rill; Secretary, Clarence Baker; Prin cipal Sojourner, Don Gilliam. , Marion Hayden is Master of the Third Veil; Oscar Burling ame is Master of the Second Veil; Sentinel is Ryan Steinke; Chaplain is Paul Jones. New Multi-Media First Aid Course Has High Rating The 15 who took the Multi- Media Standard First Aid Course at lone Saturday are more than enthusiastic about the new style of presentation of First Aid practices. Ray Ayers, the only adult who takes the course said, 'It was very good. One of the toughest I have ever taken. I learned a lot of new techniques". Tommy Wolff said "I learned more in one day that I ever learned any place- else- in a single day". Greg Wilson of lone said "I liked it. It was very worthwhile". Others taking the course were Shelley and Kelley Wolff, Jonn and Jim Ployhar, Lisa Collins and David Worden, all from Heppner. John Rictmann, Mark Rietmann, Paul Peterson, Joel Peterson, Mary Pat McElligott, and Charlie McElligott, of lone. Jerry Witzcl and Ray Horn beck came over from Pendleton to give the instruction. As many as 20 can be accepted in a class when there are two Instructors. It is hoped to have anothe Multi media course early next spring. The local Red Cross chapter is anxious to develop corps of First Aid instructors in Morrow County. The new Mult I Media course is required before receiving the instructors course Mr. Witzel said Tuesday that if 8 people in Umatilla and Mor row County qualify for the In structors course, Spokane would send down someone to do the class. Mr. McLeod would urge fu ture contestants In the Elks contests as well as In other scholarship contests, to bcKin thinking and planning their brochure their freshman year In high school. Most contests encompass the four years of high school. It is Important to keep a record of all Information and have material, clippings and programs that substantiate and document it. Chamber Elects New Directors At Monday's Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon Wheel, live new directors were elected. Nominees elected to the board of directors are Jim Bier, L-Itoy Gardner, Vel Robinson, Larry Mills and Dorothy Heard. Hold over directors are L. E. Dick, Bob Abrams, Harold Kerr, Har ley Sager and Dick Sargent. Secretary pro tern Nona Sow ell read the winners of the an liiial Christmas Lighting Con test. Vice President Ed Dick who presided announced that next Monday would feature installa tion of the new officers. Monday's entertainment was. provided by Per Walthiasen's Girls' Ensemble of the 5th, 6th & 7th grades. Mr. Walthinsen accompanied the vocalists on his autoharp. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low, ' Prec. Wednesday 38 30 Thursday 50 33 Friday 54 42 ... . Saturday 47 29 Sunday 42 34 Monday ,47 '36 Tuesday '47 40 -.u.. ... . .nm. tqi i mi MANY JAYCEE BANDS make light the work as the finishing touches axe put to toys to be distributed through the Neighborhood Cen ter. Greg Jones, Max Gerking. Ronnie Jones, Cliff Wood and Pot Wonser. There were 30 Jaycee man hours and $40 spent to repair and paint 4 tricycles. 1 bike. 2 wagon. 2 wheel borrows and a bunch of toys. Jorfcee Wives rejuvenated and dressed dolls lot Christmas boxes. John Wightman Passes, Monday r" : . John James Wightman, 90, died Dec. 20 at Pioneer Memor ial Hospital. He was widely ad mired and : leaves a host of friends. Mr. Wightman was born Nov. 29, 1881 at Schomakin, Pa., and had lived In the community since 1905. He was a retired farmer and had been a noted dairy breeder, starting with Jerseys and later going to purebred Ayrshires and Guernseys. Ho operated the Blue Mountain Ranch to sum mer white faces from 1940 to 1950. His civic activities were very wide, too. He served on the, school board, the Soil Conserva tion Service and Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers, among others. Memberships Included BPOE No. 358, Heppner Lodge; Presby terian Church, Odd Fellows Lodge No. 66 & Rebekah Lodge; A.F; k A.M. No. 69, Heppner, and Al Kader Shrine Club, Port- land. Mr. Wightman had been accorded many honors by his lodges. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs, Claude (Anna) Graham of Heppner; a son, Marvin R. Wightman of Annapolis, Calif.; six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. His wife, Harriet, preceded him in death in 1952. Services were conducted Dec. 22 at the All Saints' Episcopal Church with Rev. Dan R. Thomp son officiating. Sacred selections were by Mrs. Juanita Carmlch- ael. Casket Bearers were Cornett Green, Ralph Beamer, Roy Quackenbush, Randall Peterson, Durward Tash and Bill Lowe. Vault Interment was at Hepp ner Masonic Cemetery with A.F. & A.M. No. 69 performing grave side ritualistic services. Swee ney Mortuary was in care of the arrangements. Contribtuions may be made to the All Saints' Episcopal Church or the Pioneer Memorial Hospital fund. Snowmobile trails have been laid out by, the U. S. Forest Service. A handy map is avail able from thv Ukiah Ranger District. It U repoted that Western Route Road will prob ably be plowed this week as far as Oilman Ranch Road. Trails are laid out from the Ar- buckle Ski area via Arbuckla Mountain and by Ellis Forest Station. Arbuckle ski run motor is re ported as about ready. Problem is to get the motor to the top of the run which is under Jive feet of snow, or" so. What's needed is a "snow cat", according to Dick McElligott.
