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l7 40 J L 1 8 1 A R t u or 0 CUGEMEi C E Community 12th Night Service Planned llfiinr Boy Smut In mp t-ration with the Miniii-nal AKn , In planning a 12th Night Service In ll-rw-r thl year. The bo have been n-iUng Christmas tree and cum to burn on Ihi 12th Day of ChfUt miix, Jan. C, tit 3:. 'JO p m. Rev. Ifc.n Bunnell will vKr the 12(h Night Mory ol he WUcmcn and Rev. Rudy Mt-nvh Will give the Invocation. Leonard Toll will kad the tinging. If the numbt-r of ti- l mall, the burning will be held on the Ford cur lot. If there U a huge number of in-, the burning will U' held at the Fairgrounds. Everyone Is invited to I his community service. GRAIN PRICES (rOB Ling1o doM sot In clude wahou CouitY MCGG Soft WI whjt I.44, Whit club wheot I.Ws Red wheel . . I.OVi Boiler 88th Year THE l 9 Price 10 Cents HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 6, 1972 Number 46 Queen Susy Stutters Acceptance Until a couple of week ago, Queen Susie was Susie French, student at BMCC who was no busy studying for exams that she had forgotten that the time had arrived for the announce ment of the Queen of the Mor row County Fair and Rodeo. It was nearly 10 o'clock one evening that her mother called and said. "Your Dad has some thing to tell you". So It was that her Dad told her the excit ing news and asked if the wanted to do It. Susie says "1 just stuttered". Queen Susie was here for the Princess tryouts and met her court. She has selected her col ors. She has had 7" cut from her hair and expects having an other inch trimmed off. She has two horses at the ranch that she may ride, Duch ess, the horse that Verina rode when she was Queen and a new one, Cody Jo. Queen Susie Is a member of the BMCC Rodeo Club and has completed her first term in sec retarial science there. She and Verina share an apartment to gether. Queen Susie has a word of advice for her high school friends, "Take a broad back ground of subjects so when you go on to school, you'll have a better idea of what you want to do. I do more studying than I ever thought of doing in high school". Teacher Contracts Topic For Advisory Committee The major agenda Item at the January School Advisory com miltce meeting will be return mcndntlon on teacher contracts for the 1972-73 year. Residents of the school district in have comment to make regarding any Maff member should make those comments known prior to the meeting or plan to attend the meeting In their area. Comments can be made to building principals, advisory' NFO Elects New Officers Estate Planning Workshops Dated Pre-registration is asked for the Estate Planning workshops scheduled in Heppner starting Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Heppner High School, Birdine Tullis an nounced this week. Workshops are sponsored by the Extension Homemakers Advisory Commit tee and the Morrow County Ex tension at the request of many individuals. Those interested may call 676-9642 or write Box 397, Heppner. Workshops will be four 3- r hour evening sessions from 7:30 f 10:30 p.m. The final lesson will be Feb. 29.- Couples are enebur f aged to take the course, but reg ( istration is open to any inter f esiea lnaiviauai. There is no charge for the workshops in r Morrow County. Every property owner needs to be informed on the latest lnfor mation available in planning for transferring properties, forms of ownership, use and import ance of wills, legal aspects of estate planning, trusts, and all alternatives to estate planning. Dr. Grant Blanche, Professor of Economics at OSU will pre sent the first and final session. Other sessions will be given in cooperation with the trust de partment of a local bank, a life insurance company, and the district attorney. The Morrow County National Farmers Organization met Tues day for a breakfast meeting at the Wagon Wheel. Elected were Pat Cutsforth, president; Ron Haguewood, vice president; Dick McElllgott, secretary; Louis Buschke, treasurer; Jack Sum ner, district director. Gene Lo gan, new trustee Joins the oth er trustees, Roy Lindstrom and Lloyd Morgan. Darrel Jones, marketing area chief, and Shelley Robertson, grain representative, were pres ent. Mr. Robertson reported progress and success group has experienced but emphasized that time is of the essence to improve economy of the farmer and rural America. He said more membership and production thru NFO is the way to obtain this goal. Donald Peterson, NFO Nation al Director, reported on the re cent board meeting he attended in Corning, Iowa. Don , McElllgott, area zone grain member, reported on new barley contract negotiated. An important ratification meeting on this contract will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12 at Boardman in the high school auditorium. He emphasized that only NFO members who have signed "Bills of Sale" will be eligible to vote at the ratification. Organization of the NFO state board will be held at 10 a.m Friday at the Recreation Cafe in The Dalles. All members are urged to attend if desiring to learn more of the state board activities. Anyone interested in a car pool to The Dalles should con tact Don Peterson. committee member or achool board member. All contract up for renewal thin year will be discussed by local advisory com mittee In January with final recommendation to be made at the February meetings. The Morrow County School Board will then take official action at the Feb. 21 regular school board meeting. The schedule for January Ad visory meetings are as follows: lone Thursday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m. at the high school. Heppner Lexington, Monday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. Heppner High School library. Boardman-Irrigon, on Tues day, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. nt Riv erside High School. March of Dimes Gets Underway January is March of Dimes month and chairman Donna Bergstrom said this week that 1288 envelopes had been mailed out to the homes in Morrow County. High school girls gath ered to stuff and stamp the en velopes. Those working on the project were Cheryl Massey, Linda Shuman, Marie Shuman, Debbie Helm and Kaye Cooper. Karen Morton and Dawn Shu man from Pendleton also help ed. Mascots who helped were Clndl and Kelll Bergstrom. Proceeds from this letter drive will be used for a scholarship. Four hundred dollars was given in scholarships last year to Sue Greenup and DeeAnn Pettyjohn. Travelers to Show Pics of Greece And Amsterdam and the Frank Lovgren Called By Mother's Illness Frank Lovgren has been call ed home on emergency leave due to the surgery of his moth er, Jeanne Lovgren. She has re turned to her home here in Heppner but anticipates going back for more treatment soon. , This week he received a two weeks extension. The Red Cross arranged for his leave. EN 3 SF Frank Lovgren Is still on the USS Salmon SF573 based in San Diego. They are in port but are preparing for a six month's cruise in Pacific wa ters. They Just got back from western ports of Canada and visited two ports In Washing ton. Frank says he likes the submarine service. See Local Boy on TV Brock Linnell of lone, with other Oregon 4-H members who attended the National Congress will be heard on TV Jan. 9 at 8 a.m. over KATU Channel They recently made the tape that will tell about their trip to Chicago. Brock was the rep resentative from Gilliam coun ty and Kathy Hansell from Umatilla. Brock served as usher at the Chicago Symphony concert. Dif ferent states are nominated to provide ushers at the concert Brock was the boy chosen from the Oregon delegates. He also attended the Grand National Livestock Show while he was in Chicago. Before coming home for Christmas the Oregon delegates met in Corvallis to make up anotner TV program. Brock was home to spend the holidays with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Don Linnell. He is attend ing United Electronics Institute in Portland. WEATHER Br DON GILLIAM Hi Low 28 18 41 18 46 35 53 32 48 14 28 17 38 12 Prec. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Dec. 29 had .10 precipitation with 1.6" of snow. The follow ing day there was .06 precipi tation with .4" of snow for the last moisture of the 1971 year. Dec. 1970 had an even 1" of pre cipitation. Dec. 1971 had 1.85" and the normal is 1.3S". Annual precipitation for 1970 was 13.16", for 1971, 14.38" and normal is 135". Pictures of Amsterdam Greece will be shown in first of a series of travel slides on Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. at the lone United Church Fellowship hall. These relate the first four days of a tour taken last spring by the Alfred Nelsons, F. T. Mar tins and Lloyd Howtons. There will be pictures of a mini-tour of the boat canals in Amsterdam. The pictures of Greece will show old Corinth and the Acropolis as well as many shots of the countryside. Greece is a country of many is lands, lots of water and bridg es. About 175 slides will be shown during the 1 hour pre sentation. The other series of pictures of the Bible lands will be shown each Sunday after noon during January in lone. Everyone is cordially invited SHAN CUNNINGHAM, Ontario is the 1972 March of Dimes Doster boY. Hla parent. Bob and Dorothy (Lamb) Cun ningham grew up in Heppner. Grandson Is March of Dimes Poster Boy, 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunning ham, Mrs. Betty McDonald and other family and friends are pleased with the choice of Shan Cunninnham. Ontario, as the 1972 March of Dimes poster boy. Shan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningham once lived In HcDnner. Mrs. Cunningham is the daughter of the late Al Lamb and Mrs. Lamb, who is now Mrs. Lehrman and lives in Umatilla. - .-x- - - Shan is now " five years old. Mrs. Cunningham comments on Shan's amazing cheerfulness during corrective surgery and his many months in heavy casts and now on crutches. It is expected that after the pins are removed from his legs, he will be able to walk with out crutches and can look for ward to a normal life.. Oregon State Lists Fall Honors Blaze Strikes Phegley House Chuck Fegley'a apartment house at 140 North Court Street was damaged Sunday night. Fire started about 9:30 p.m. Oc cupants got out. Joanne Sim mons Is reported to have lost all her personal possessions. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wheaton who oc cupled an upstairs apartment, lost a cat. Some of their per sonnl possessions suffered smoke damage. Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine said he didn't know what start ed the fire yet. The firemen were there until 2 a.m. Mon day morning. Fireman Harold Gray receiv ed an Injury to his leg requir ing 12 stitches. Most of the fire was downstairs. The Fire Chief reported Monday he had not yet had time to assess the damage. Damage to interior, however, he said would be substantial. Owner Chuck Fegley said he thought house was now useless and damage would be $11,000, plus about $4,000 to personal possessions. The only ones at the apart ment house at the time of the fire were Troy and Robbie Sim mons. Jo had gone to town for a while and had called them to see if they were OK just short ly before the fire broke out. Troy discovered the fire when he started into the bathroom, he saw flames were shooting up. He called his grandmother and told her 'There's a fire". She called in the alarm while Troy hustled himself and Robbie out of the apartment. When Jo heard the alarm she ran to where she could see her nome and she says "I never stopped running until I got there. Someone stopped me be fore I could enter the apartment and said, Tour boys are at All-stotts'." The Simmons stayed a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keithley. This week they moved into Marlene Bergstrom's home on Gilmore St. There were four apartments in the house. The Wheatons stayed at Hotel Heppner that evening. Chuck Phegley who owns the apartment had a bachelor apart ment which he occupied when he came over from Halfway. The fourth apartment had just been rented and the people planned to move into it in a- bout two weeks. Chamber Stands Ready To Support Doctor Project With "getting doctor for Heppner" a one of hi goal for the Chamler of Commerce thi year, the new president, L. E. Dick at the Jan. 3 meeting asked Judge Jonea if there was any more to report on the Na tional Health Service Corps pro gram. Judge Jonea ald "The hospl tal board favora making the application for a doctor." He said he had yet to meet with Doctor Tibbies, WnlK anil liu ber In regard to their feelings towards making application. The Chamber ha gone on record in favor of applying if the doctors of Heppner are In favor of it. Buzz Bnnta in a la ter meeting with the Chamber City Purchases New Police Car Merchants Plan Friday Meeting The monthly luncheon meet ing of the Merchants Commit tee will be held Friday noon at the Wagon Wheel. Dick Sargent, chairman of the committee, said the meeting would discuss important items including the annual Washing ton's Birthday promotion. All are urged to attend. New Clerk In Assessor's Office Mrs. Harold Flynn is now em ployed as the new office clerk in County Assessor Joyce Berg strom's office. She is replacing Sandra Flaiz who has resigned to be married. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn have liv ed in Heppner since last sum mer. Mr. Flynn is foreman for the State Highway Heppner sec tion. She has been employed at the agon WheeL When they were in Boise, she was depart ment head for K-Mart. The OSU Dept. of Information announces that 418 students made the straight-A honor list, and 1694' gained B plus or bet ter. lone leads the Morrow County communities with three listed. Janice A. Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snider tops the county OSU students with a straight A record for her first semester in Corvallis. Janice majors in Psychology. She spent two years at BMCC and one year at Eastern Oregon. Her husband, Leslie Gene Brooks, son of the Lester Brooks, Arling ton, made 3.55. He has finished his service time, has attended several schools including BMCC, and now like Janice, is a junior at OSU. His major is Business Ag. A third student listed from lone is John E. Rawlins, senior in Science, a graduate of Hepp ner High, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rawlins. The Norman Nelson's, Lexing ton, have two offspring with honor listing Charles A. Nel son, senior in Agriculture, and Kristin S. Nelson, sophomore in Home Economics. Both Chuck and Kristin are graduates of lone High School. Heppners lone listed represen tative is Linda M. Palmer, sen ior in Humanities and Social Sciences, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Palmer. Linda graduated from McNary High School at Salem. Dan Mc Brides Have Christmas Troubles Christmas week of 1971 was not at all happy for the Dan McBrides. Several disasters struck. Troubles started on Christmas Eve when all their dogs were poisoned bringing great unhappiness . to the fam ily. On Christmas Day when Dan, Konnie, Michael and Melinda were visiting in the Leonard Toll home and little Melinda was napping on a bed, her par ents checking on her found her suffocated and unable to breathe. Father Dan immediately aD- plied mouth-to-mouth resuscita tion and was able to revive his daughter. Her parents took Mel inda to Pioneer Memorial Hos pital where Dr. Wolff treated her and made arrangements for her to be transferred to the Doern becher Children's Hospital in Portland the next day. j Alter Dan and Ronnie checked Two bids were opened at the Monday night City Council meetine. Farley Motors ma $2542 difference for a 1972 Ford. Fulleton Chevrolet bid $2089.tH difference for a 1972 Chevrolet. The bids were turned over to the Police committee. Mavor Collins thanked the Council for their patience dur ing a most trying year here in Heppner. He said they deserved a vote of thanks for putting in an unusually large amount of time. A chance of ownership request for Package Liquor Store Class License was requested irom L. R. and Mary Schwarz to Len Ray and Ann Belle Schwarz. This was allowed. Council and Mayor discussed proposed Willow Creek Dam. Government plans to replace pipe at the dam site. Present size of the water pipe is 8 inch and City would pay the differ ence to change to 12 inch. This will have the effect of providing the City with one fourth addit ional water, according to Vic. Vic recommended the 1963 City pickup be replaced. They plan to ask for bids. Vic report ed swimming pool repair bids were temporarily held up for Federal approval on several it ems. Council granted a request of Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine that he could install one of the new two-way radios in his Scout. City Recorder Elaine George in reading minutes of previous meetings told of the completion of a recessed meeting that was held at the Rosewall car lot. A course was laid out there sim ilar in size to a proposed bridge across Kirk Street. Mr. Hager's truck made the turn okay so the bridge plan will be accept ed as revised. KIUIIII at! I liriU'li ItM . I il , I Midi . 1 1 propam further. He said 'IWlur m fixe i. - iiArv f-rt'ii itv wr iiiu W' year In rural areas. They re ceive n salary at the inll!'.. rntri i.l uluml tl'Klm Mtltill ill charged l y the other doctor I i the area. Thitt numi y U l . ; Into the National Health S-i ice Corps which In turn I u- I to pay the salary and upjj!i i of the doctor. Any money omi and above the amount needi l for salary and supplies is mii available to the county to in used In Health Services." It would be the hoe of iim.e working closely to the projtc'. that a doctor, preferably a sin geon, would like t no area wen enough that he would sta - n after completing his two y-nr' obligation. Mr. Dick asked members t think about 2 other committees he thought of Importance: Hous ing and Centennial. He Is ask ing representatives ho named from other groups to correlate the whole Centennial Celebia-tion. It was announced that tin- Shaw Creek Road was open to Arbuckle. The tow-rope motor has been sledded up the hill and was to have been hooked on Monday. Emphasis was placed on the Importance of having a i : turnout for the Wednesday nigiu Corps of Engineers information al meeting on Willow ireck dam. Mayor Bill Collins rep.Tt-ii bids would soon be asked for the three bridges and the swim ming pool. The County Planning Commission will meet Thur (lay evening at 7:30 nt the Courthouse. Soft Wheat Futures Training to Start A Future's Market for soft white wheat is a possibility. If you would like to learn more about the Futures Market a training session will be held in Morrow County at the Morrow County Gram Growers new con ference room starting Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m., reports Harold Kerr, County Agent. Anyone interested must reg ister by Jan. 20 so that we can determine interest in Future's trading, reports Mr. Kerr. Live stockmen can use the informa tion to trade in the livestock Futures. Registration forms are avail able at either bank or the Coun ty Extension office. A $15.00 fee will be charged; this will cover workshop costs and a subscrip tion to the Wall Street Journal for 10 weeks. I Workshop participants will have an opportunity to do pa- Fed Reappoints Frank Anderson Frank Anderson, farmer from Heppner, and LeRoy B. St aver. Chairman of - the Board ami Chief Executive Officer, United States National Bank of Oregon. Portland, have been reappointed as Directors of the Portland Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In addition, John R. Howard, President of Lewis and Clark College, Portland, was named chairman of the branch board for 1972. -Mr, Anderson was reappointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, while Mr. Staver and Mr. How ard were named by the San Francisco Reserve Bank's Board of Directors. Wheat Sign-up Date Changed The Heppner ASCS office has received word that the sign -up for wheat and feed-grain pro gram has been changed to a later date. When the new date is set, the announcement will be made in the Gazete-Tini-s. Evening Classes to Begin This Week Five sessions will be held ov er the 10 week period with in structors from Oregon State Uni versity Extension Service. Simpsons Buy Hill St. Home Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burken bine have sold a home at 280 Hill Street to Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Simpson of Omak, Wash. Mr. Simpson is an employee of the Kinzua Corp- Ranch Sold Parts of the Ken Cutsforth ranches on Willow Creek were reported as sold to a California firm. Some 500 cattle were be ing moved onto the ranch yes terday by the Californians. The deed had not been re corded yet as we go to press on Wednesday so name of buy er was not Immediately available. Melinda into Doernbecher theyi per trading with the Extension piuneu nome 10 cnecK on son office acting as a broker. ivucnaei raui, ana iouna ne naa been taken to the Pioneer Mem orial because he had flu, a ter rible throat, and a temperature over 106. They came home to find Dan's mother was also In the hospital with flu. Dan was running a temperature himself. Dan says Melinda is progress ing pretty well now. An unus ual bacterial culture has caus ed her problems and seizures. ! The doctors at Doernbecher will be watching her very closely from now on. Michael and Mrs.j McBride are strong again andi Dan and Ronnie are beginning to breathe more easily them selves. Subscribe Now In January Special Bank Donates To Hospital Gene Pierce and stockholders of the Bank of Eastern Oregon made a donation of $100.00 to purchase needed equipment for Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home. This donation was used to purchase a new K- Pad Unit that is used to reduce high temperatures and also as a controlled hot pack. The Hospital Staff is most ap preciative of this gift, as the K-Pad Unit now in use, is al most unoperable. It is so nec essary, especially with high temperature In small children. Morrow County residents have more adult educational oppor tunities than usual in 19(2. BMCC is offering 6 tuition class es during evening nours m Heppner and Lexington. A min imum of ten students is requir ed for each class in this winter term " evening school. The typing class is for tha-e with no previous typing instruc tion. It is valuable for job hunt ers. Mrs. Brindle at the Neigh borhood Center reports that five already signed up and that tli are so eager to have the neces sary ten sign. Typing, Fundamentals o Speech (Sp. Ill, 3 credits). An alysis of Investments, Ceramics, Flower Arranging, and Fi'.rnituro Upholstery will be taus;ht ty well-qualified instructors. Stu dents may enroll, pay fees and purchase books and supplies at the first class meeting. Basic Education and OLD classes are being offered to pre high school graduates ur.de; f. cooperative arrangement i;'i th State of Oregon ard B.VC'C at Lexington School eacl Thurs day from 1:30 3:30 ard I- ;:.1 7:00-9:00. Mrs. Justine Weat' -r-ford is the instructor. Fur tt ..r complete information nbout ny of the adult classes phon; b;-9128.
