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L 1 IftAltY u or o CUQCNf, ORE. 07403 n . . m ii iiimi I I mi iMrim-; 1 1 i TT T 1". ' ' . I 'lilUI J I ' Chamber Pushes to Acquire a Doctor The ic Heppner-Morrow County nbcr of Commerce endorsed the action of the County Court III IA liV'l V " tor for Heppner at Its last meet ing of the year. Judge Paul Jones explained the Emergency Health Personnel Act of 1970 aimed at alleviating acute shortage problems of physicians and other health personnel. The Court has written a let ter of intent to apply for as fcLstance under this act. Judge Jones explained when approved doctors are assigned to areas of at least 4000 people they would serve two years In lieu of mili tary service. The doctor would charge fees but the money would go to a special Federal account to pay his salary ana other exnenses of his office. He would also bo required to help those who can t pay. This is a community project and the community would be expected to provide a clinic if possible. The Chamber letter of en dorsement will be composed fol lowing a meeting of the Mor row County Health Department, the County Medical Association and the Hospital Board so that there is agreement from all groups. This was the final action of the Chamber under the gavel of outgoing president Gene Pierce who was presented with a handsome plaque in apprecia tion of his year as Chamber president. Herman Winter swore in the new board members: LeRoy Gardner, Vel Robinson and Dor othy Heard. New directors ab sent were Larry Mills and Jim Bier. Mr. Winter then installed the new officers: Ed Dick, pres ident; LeRoy Gardner, 1st vice president and Harley Sager, 2nd vice president. THE ELKS November Boy and Girl of the Month, winners: Jim Cutsforth and Dianne Mills. . : Elks Lodge Selects Couple As Teenagers of the Month Dianne Mills and Jim Cuts forth were the first selections by the Elks Lodge in its Teen Ager of the Month program. They were presented at the meeting last Thursday. Princi pal Jim Bier read their accomp lishments which as he said "reads like a Who's Who". Teen-agers of the Month are selected by a panel of teens In each participating high school which for Heppner Lodge No. 358 includes lone and Heppner High Schools. Multiple achieve ment, citizenship, scholarship and leadership are the basis for selection. Nominations for next month's Teen-ager will be ac cepted after the first Monday of each month. Jim's mother, Mrs. Gene Cuts forth and his grandfather, O.W. Cutsforth, attended the presen tation. Dianne Mills Dianne came to Heppner as a Sophomore and was quickly accepted as one of the more promising students. She's on the, Rnnnr Roll member of the Na tional Honor Society, in school play and chairmaned the Sadie Hawkins Dance. She was elected vice presi ". ' V v?"v ''-': M ; 1 ED DICK, the 1972 president of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Rachel). Ed Dick spoke briefly on what he believed was a "Com mon Belief", and that "Morrow rvmntv is a eood dace to live." He said, "the Chamber's part is to insure its staying a gooa place to live. Emphasis will be on Hcppner's 100th birthday and all of Oregon should know that Heppner has a birthday." Hp commented on two 1971 projects, Homesteads and Heri tages, which will also be push ed during the Centennial year and the Scoreboard out at the Fairgrounds. Harley Sager won the pot. Dam Informational Meet Jurhn Jones announced a Willow Creek Dam information al moptlnff with the Corns of En gineers on Jan. 5 at 7:30 at the Courthouse. He urged mose who opposed the dam as well as those in favor of the dam to attend the meeting. dent of the student body, pres ident of the student council and Pep Club. She was Worthy Ad visor of Rainbow and has been Girl of the Month at HHS. Jim Cutsforth Jim has been elected to sev eral offices of leadership. These include vice president of his Junior Class, president of the Pep Club, president or nis bopn omore Class, Boy of the Month twice, manager of the football team and basketball. Helped with the UNICEF drive, goes out for baseball and track. He serves as student secretary in the school office. It is unusual for a boy to apply for this job. Basketball Next Year The first week of the new year sees only one home bas- ketball game and that is Jan. Heppner Frosh vs. Grant in- ion here at 6 p.m. Other Games 4 Inne Hieh School at Wheeler 6 lone Jr. Hi at Arlington. 2:00 7 Heppner Grade School at Pilot Rock at 2:00 p.m. 7 Heppner High at Wallowa 1 I " ' 1 ;y t fltorow GRAIN PRICES (T.O.B. Lexington, 4om Mt ta cluda wohooum chga.) (Court my of Morrow Couutf Grain Crowm) Soft whit who MS,i ba. (pott ttrtk sttiMnnw Rd whot M (post Btrik MtUtmnt) Barlty Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 1971 First Baby Soon to Have Birthday Sandra Lee Turner, the first baby born In Morrow County In 1971 will be one year old on Jan. 20. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Turner, Sand Hollow. Her dad says they have built-in babv sitters with three older daughters, Chcryle 13, Lorl 11, and Missy 4. They like to baby her and entertain her. Sandy Is pretty and a chub by one, happy and good-natured. She has been walking since Kho was 9 months old and has two teeth already. She has dark brown eyes. Her dad says her longest trip was tn stav with her erand- folks, Mr. and Mrs. Gar Swan- son, at lone, while the rest oi the family went visiting in Canada last summer. Children's Division Worker Assigned To Heppner Polpr Sundin. case worker for the Children's Services Division Korvln? Morrow. Gilliam and Wheeler counties, began work Monday. His offices are in the County Welfare office in the Gilliam and Bisbee building for merly occupied by Lowell Chal ly. He works under the regional supervisors office in Pendleton. Judge Jones said he was pleased to have a Children's Services worker assigned to this office. "I have high hopes for the new Children's Services Div ision. It will fill a need that this area has felt for a long time. We can appreciate having this help so close at hand rath er than making calls to Pendle ton or Salem." Mr. Sundin taught school in California for 10 years. He be came Interested in coming to Oregon from visits to his grand father who lived at Independ ence. He took a three week's orien-J tation course before being as signed to this effice. He and his wife have an un usual hohbv. Thev raise rabbits. Mr. Sundin is also a coin col lector. They formerly lived at Cedar Pine Park near San Ber nardino, Calif., in forested mountains. Essay Contest Draws Only Two Entrants Only two Heppner High sen iors have entered the SoroDtl- mist CitizenshiD Essay Contest. This means that each of these girls is certain to win the local prize money. The Heppner club awards the writer oi the Dest eS' snv S25 and the next best $10 If the best essay goes on to win regional or national hon ors it could bring its writer $2,500. Bird Counters Find Birds are Decreasing Barney Marshall, the Heppner High School senior who has su pervised this year's bird count ing in Morrow County, says the total number of birds has de creased. Barney and others interested worked on this year's count on Dec. 22. They found 50 differ ent species and counted 2,627 individual birds. This total is down about 600 from last years. Rarnpv sflvs thpv have nrt re ceived the official forms from the National Audubon Society which must be used in sendint? on the local report. Barney is seriously considering making ornithology his life work. County Fair and Kde fart 88th Year tup . rr MUfriviiiL GAZETTE-TIMES t I i J el:.- VV? r- n QUEEN SUSIE FBENCH stands with her newly chosen Princesses who will make up the 1972 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court. Prln cesses from left are Debbie McCoy. Rireralde Two lone Musicians! Thrice Honored Chuck Nelson and Jim Swan son. graduates of lone High School who were trained by Dar i-fll James, bandmaster, have received three distinguished honors at Oregon State recently Chuck, son of the Norman Nelsons, and Jim, son of the Gar Swansons, proved their su periority early when they were selected for the marching band as freshmen. Now the two have been elected to Kappa Kappa Phi, the national band honor ary fraternity. At the band ban- niipt In Corvallis on Dec. 8, sax- ophonist ChucK ana corneiisi Jim were declared "outstanding bandsmen" along with only five - - . . . other members oi tne over uu person band. Thia vuppIc the two are nlav- ing with the select Dixieland Band in support oi ObU at tne Far West Classic at Portland's Coliseum. Oregon 4-H Leaders' Conference is Soon All Morrow County 4-H lead ers are Invited and encouraged to attend the Leaders Confer pnw nn OSU camDUS at Cor vallis, Jan. 19-21. The Leaders Conference is the one opportu nity each year for all Oregon leaders to cet together and learn what is new in 4-H, meet other leaders irom all over Ore gon, and really get the inside view of the total scope of the 4-H youth program. Reservations to attend must he in the State 4-H Office by Jan. 8, and room reservations must also be made. Please call the County Extension Office 676-9642 as soon as possible to pre -register. County contributions to the International Farm Youth Ex change are made at the Inter national Banquet on Jan. la. Morrow County 4-H clubs have made contributions this year, and their funds will be pre sented at this time. Susan French On Honor Roll Susan French, a freshman at Blue Mountain Community Col lege, is on the Fall Honor RolL She graduated from Heppner High last spring. 30, 1971 '4 New Years Eve Dance at Fairgrounds Dance the New Year in at the New Years Eve dance at the Morrow County Fairgrounds pavilion. Dance to Boyd's Mu sic of Portland. Dancing from 9:30 until 1:30, sponsored by the Jaycees. Tom Wilson Us dance chairman. "Bovd's Music" played re cently in Hermiston. Tom says, they promise a wide variety of music that will appeal to the teen-ager on up. Lover's Lane Bridge Completed Vic Groshens was in Wednes- day morning to say. that "Lov ers Lane" bridge has been corn Dieted. The City Crews replaced 60 feet of bridge including a bridge span. This is the foot bridge by the bowling alley that was washed out during the May, 1971 flood. Th hridee was built at a considerable saving by the city crew. The engineer's estimate was $2100. The bid for the con struction of the bridge was $1800. Vic said "it was con structed at a cost or $7uu. People on the east side of Wil low Creek will be pleased to have this "short-cut bridge" back in use. GED Classes Will Resume on Jan. 6 Morrow County residents with educational levels below their high school diplomas are re minded that Basic Education and General Educational Devel oDment classes will start again on Thursday, Jan. 6. , Two classes meet each Thurs day in the school district build ing at Lexington. The afternoon class starts at 1:30 and ends at 3:30. An evening class meets from 7:00 until 9jOO. . Students are enrolled under Blue Mountain Community Col lege' adult education division which Is supervised by Mrs. Pat Harris. BMCC furnishes supplies for these classes. Price 10 Cents Number 45 t JiL High SchooL Pattl LucianL Heppner High School; Kerry Coppocfe. Heppner High School, and Ann Hosklns. lone High School. Queen Susie is a freshman at BMCC Livestock Growers Elect Officers The Morrow County Xlvestock Growers board of directors held moptinp. Dee. 21 to elect offi cers for 1972. Outgoing presi dent, Tom Currm, gave me gav el to president-elect Merlin UiicrhfiK. Raekln? Merlin UP for 1972 will be vice president, Ed - die Brosnan; secretary, uon Stangel; and treasurer, Larry Lindsay. Th hoard of directors also made appointments to commit tees for the 1972 year. They are as follows: Anima 1 Health. Don Stangel; Beef Improvement, Charles Da ly; Brands, Ned Clark; Cow calf, Bob Van Scholack; Feed er, Larry Lindsay; Forestry Public Lands, Eddie Brosnan; Legislation Taxation, Merlin Hughes; Marketing, Dick Krebs; Membership, Raymond French; Rancher - Sportsman, Bob Ma honey and Transportation, Tom Currln. ' The Morrow County Livestock Growers also want to take this nnrmrtnnttv to thank everyone in the community who helped) . r, At.. Tnnn., a mane me purra-ui, " success. Christmas Cheer Warms Hospital The holiday season brings the feeling of good will to our follow men. This Is especially true for Pioneer Memorial hos pital and Nursing Home. Church erouns. service clubs, Individuals Bov ScOUtS, Cub Scouts, High school and Grade school students came singing their lovely carols ana rjeanng trees, swags, decorations, tray favors, fruit, catndy, cookies, etc. It is truly a beautiful time of the year and is enjoyed so much by those who cannot go home for Christmas and also by all the personnel of the hospit al and Nursing Home. WEATHER Br DON CILUAM Hi Low Proc. Wednesday 51 35 .04 Thursday 48 32 Friday 58 41 Saturday 43 30 .12 Sunday 31 24 Monday 27 13 Tuesday 25 18 -02 .2 snow. Tuesday's snowfall was measured at 7:00 p.m. Complete Four Chosen From Annual Princess Tryouls The nnmiiil Prliuvs Tiyonu were held Sunday iftrnnn "' the M.irrow County 1'airjjroun'U Joining Queen Suan French on the 1972 Morrow County Finl and Rodeo court are Princes. Pat Lucianl. the Wranglri; Ann lloskin. by the Willow rreek Graiiiie: Dehl.le McCoy. sponsored by Greenfliid Gran"': Kerry I o'nh k. i.cxmg i n Grange. Pnt Lucianl Is a senior t Heppner Hijjh and i- the d.iu Rht r of Mr. and Mr. Getn1 Lucianl. Ann lloskltw is a Junior at tone Illeh anil Is the d;iui:h;ei of Mr. and Mrs. Hobcrt llosknw. Debbie McCoy is a Junior at Riverside High and is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Warr.-.i M-Coy. Kerry Coppock is a Junior at Heppner High and i the dan ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Dam II Coppock. Announcement f tin? cou.t was made by Tom ('until, pre Ident of the Morrow i oumy i.o- deo. Other fine contestants were Debhle Peck, Tracy Norene, Joan Hoary, Mary . Abrams, ( In i LindMrom, Karen Ciowcll. Happy Day Awaits 1972 s First Baby Move prizes than ever await the arrival of the first baby In 1972 to bo born at or enr ute to Pioneer. Memorial Hospital. Prizes will begin the day ho is born and others will bo col lected as he or slv needs them. Other Fiut Babies S.mdra Lee Turner of Ileunnei' was the first baby In 1971. Or v;il Headley, Jr., of Kinua was first in 1970. Jerry Alan Bl.uick aert of Condon was first in 19(19. It Another Heppner family had the first baby in 19(58. That was Keiih Alan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kenison, born on Jan. 3. A handsome little fellow, he will be 4 years old next Mon day. Heppner parents had the first baby in 10C.7, too. That year it was a girl, Ann, bom to Mr. and . Mrs. Dirk Rinehart who moved to Pendleton two years ago, Co-op Policing Helped by Radio A Law Enforcement Assist- anee Admin strat ion Grant of m , a,ar,U $33,000.00 has been awarded to the District 12 Law Enforcement Planning Agency for the devel opment of a five-county radio network. This money comprises 60 of the total project costs with the other 40 coming from local budgets. This project is significant bo cause it will allow local enforce ment agencies to transmit over a five-county area should they wish to broadcast information o. no tn nook assistance. In the !onr future this network, en compassing the counties of Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, and Grant will be tied in with a planned network in Baker, Union, Walowa Counti. s and an existing system in Mal heur and Harney Counties to provide communication between all ten eastern Oregon countie-. rirm!tnn Police Chief Rob ert Shannon, Chairman of lh District 12 Law Enforccrreni Planning Agency and his sub committee: Morrow County .Sher iff John Mollahan, Grant Coun ty Sheriff Tom Negus, Chief Er nest Gallaher and Lt. Gib BrarKlstettor from the Pendleton Police Department all put I1' many long hours establishing o.wl rt.trrninp tills p. rari which will not only be n boo 1 to law enforcement and leer -fore the general public, bur al so Indicates a remarkable co operative spirit between all government entities invoieo.
