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Newspaper Page TextL I It A R r u or o r u a t tu . ORE 07403 Hatfield and Guns 89th Year Wlt Cvim of Senator Pa. ckfi officii called Tues day to say that i proposal by Senator EdiurdKennedy to require rrcutratiua of all firearms and licensing of all (un oners as d. fitted that morning 71 lo 11. Mr. Ivans uid that Sena, tor Hatfield receives lots of null from Heppner In retard to gun control Us. He tuld Senator Hatfield o(iposd the Kennedy amendment on tlx grounds tta passage ou!d have added unnecessary bur dens to thousands of Oregon's sportsmen hile doing little lo stop actions of criminals. In his conversation he said that Senator Hatfield as making an effort to have 22 caliber ammunition removed from tlie list of ammunition here a record of purchase has to be kept. Senator Hatfield has Indi cated he ill go along ith the outlaing of cheap hand guns as a compromise tokerp from registering (tuns of the sportsmen of his state. Watermelon Contest due during Fair The Jayrees and their wives are sponsoring a big Water melon Hating Contest during the Morrow County Fair this year. This tasty event is open to children up to high school age. It will be held at 7pm outside the auction burn on the Fair grounds. Thursday. Aug 24. The Jaycees wiil also have some melons for sale. Cent! THE W mm- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Port Optimistic on Navy Move Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 17, 1972 Number 26 BIG MONEY In Parade Prizes Kids and organisations still have time to get into the act. That is put an entry in the 1972 Fair and Mexico parade. Pa rade prire money is $475 Of this totul $A5. is (or the Kids part of the parade. Kandall Peterson said Tues day approximately 13 Rodeo Courts have indicated their participation. The Main St Cowboys and six other units from I'matilla County are coming. Three units from the llt ppner area have signed up. The parade will form on Main St past the North western Motel Hiding groups will join the parade by Heckets due to the construc tion on Gail St. The parade will not double back Main St. this year but go past the Court House and disband at the School House corner. Sign up today for the parade. Turn in your entry dank to Peterson Jewelry or Heppner Gazette-Times. HyMary LeeMarlnw KOARDMAN . The Port of Morrow Commission has com pleted its water service pro gram to the new temperature controlled potato storage fa cility that is being constructed in the port's industrial park by Cascade Growers and Ship pers of Madras The 600 foot water line cost the port $2,ooo. :j Everything is"GO"forthe Rodeo, Closing time noted Judge has Ore. Safety Plan here FOR A GRAND ENTRY that was different, the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court rode into the Coronation in this 1907 International owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Big Crowd Enjoys Coronation District 12 MeetsToday THE EASTERN CENTRAL OREGON ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES is meeting in Heppner todav. The meeting will start at lino a m. at the courthouse and will continue after lunch until 3:30 or 4:00. This is an open meeting. Golden Agers Picnic Sunday The Golden Age Club will have its annual polluck picnic this Sunday at 5 p.m. on the Court House lawn. If trans portation is needed call 676 9275 Sara Adkins or 676-9702 Emma Keithley. Bowlers ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS Fall and winter dates for bowling will be starting the first week of September at Fiesta Bowl. All newcomers interested in bowling may call Fiesta Bowl at 676-9208, Sam Heath or Mabel Heath. There are vacancies in most leagues. This includes both men and women and mixed doubles. 4-H Invites You! 4-H SNACK SHACK Open early and late-starting with lunch Monday, Aug ust 21 through Friday noon August 25-the Snack Shack is the place to go at county fair for a quick breakfast, lunch or evening-or "in-between" snack. Hot cakes, bacon and eggs will be on the menu each morning as well as sweetrolls. Breakfast will be served from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. each morn ing. Hamburgers, fries, hot dogs, coffee, milk and a cold drink are available at all hours! Mr. & Mrs. Merle Cantin will serve as chairmen and purchasing agent tor the Snack Shack. North Morrow leaders and parents will be serving as cooks all day Tues day. There's still time to sign up to help with the 4-H Snack Shack! See you there at County Fair. Judge Paul Jones, of the Morrow County Court an nounced today that a copy of the new Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Plan is available to the public at the office of the County Clerk, be tween the hours of 8:30 a.m. and S p m. The Plan, which was devel opted by the Oregon Work men's Compensation Board, proposes that the State deve lop an occupational safety and health program "as effective as" that developed by the federal government under the Williams-Steiger Act of 1970. The Board urges that con cerned citizens examine, es pecially, revisions of the laws of the State which are pro posed as necessary to imple ment the Plan. Those who wish to comment on the Plan are urged to write to : WORKMEN'S COMPEN SATION BOARD Labor and Industries BIdg. Salem, Oregon 97310 Services today for I era Crawford Graveside services will be held today (August 17) at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery at 2 p.m. for Lera Githens Crawford. The Rev. Don Johnson will officiate. lone Dance Friday lone High School is sponsor ing a free dance this Friday at the lone Tennis Court from 9:30 p.m. to l:o0 a.m. The Western and Modern music will be provided by Chuck Nelson, Neal Christopherson, Greg Wilson and Kevin Gui' tierrez. WEATHER BY DON GILLIAM Hi Wednesday Thurdsday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 96 94 86 80 77 79 75 Lo 65 57 59 52 48 51 55 S Order your copies of the big 68 page 1 i G-T Centennial I edition now. See J 1 order blank inside. i We mail to any U.S.A. address for 35c each. 1 Saturday night was very lively at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The annual Queen's Coronation was high lighted by a Centennial Style Show, The Jaycee Beard Con test, and an Antique Car Show. The "stage" was just in front of the main grandstand and had for its background a handsome rail fence with saddles on it and some decorations of sagebrush and a sheepherder's tent. Bob Jepsen was Master of Cere monies for the evening. . Music for the program was provided by the Western Gentlemen of Condon wno aiso played for the Queen's dance following the show. THE GRAND ENTRY To open the show, the queen and court, court chairman Pat O'Brien and chaperones Mrs. John Venard and Mrs. Bob Peterson, pre ceeded by mounted pennant bearers, entered in Harold Peck's 1907 International car. The Queen's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond French, and Mrs. Archie Munkers entered on their horses: Raymond used an old Rodeo Association saddle; Norma and Dimple rode side-saddle. THE CORONATION 1971 Queen Michelle Miller (Mrs. Don Burns) placed the crown on 1972 Queen Susie. Queen Susie presented gifts to Queen Michelle, to her par ents, and to her court. The queen and the princesses, Ann Hoskins, Debbie McCoy, Patty Luciani and Kerry Coppock were presented with corsages contributed by the Heppner Soroptimist Club as each was introduced and gave a short talk about her experiences this summer. BEARD CONTEST The Jaycee Beard Contest was judged by barbers Jerry Hollomon and Howard Den ton. Trophies were awarded to Dan McBride for the longest beard; to Harold Gray for the best groomed ; to Dick Sargent for the oldest pioneer; and to Cliff Wood for the best com bination beard and mustache. STYLE SHOW Style show trophies were presented by Mrs. Garry Tullis to Mrs. John Venard for the best women's costume; to Bob Peterson for best man's; to Mr. and Mrs. Vic Lovgren for the best family group. Judges were Soropti mists Mrs. Paul Jones, Mrs. Emile Groshens, Mrs. Clayton Sweek and Mrs. W.W. Weatherford. ANTIQUE CAR CONTEST The centennial antique car contest was judged by Judge Clarence Asher of Fossil. First prize went to the Harold Pecks for their 1907 Inter national car; second prize to the Roger Palmers for their 1926 Model T. Ford; third to the Robert Harrisons for their rebuilt A A Ford truck. Roice Fulleton showed a 1932 sport sedan and Nate McBride dis played a 1938 Chevrolet. SHOW COMMITTEE The interesting evening was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Elwayne Bergstrom (he fixed the stage setting, Joyce mas ter-minded the pro gram Peck with Queen Susie in the front seat and standing behind them are Princess Patty Luciani, Princess Kerry Coppock, Princess Debbie McCoy and Princess Anne Hoskins. lone Pool will close The summer swimming pro gram at lone Pool will end Sunday, Aug. 20, according to pool director, Maureen Mc Elligott. Early closure is for the pur pose of remodeling the boys' dressing room. The pool is to be used during the first week of school for Physical Educa tion classes. Donna Peterson and Birdine StllffOntC tOnnrt Spnt h Tullis put the style show to- iuwiiiv ' " " ' gether with help from other volunteers. The contest com mittees surprised the contest judges by giving each judge a genuine 1972 Centennial $1.00 Sheepskin Scrip. Closing Time For Entries Noted Everything looks good for a good rodeo for this Centennial Celebration, Tom C u r r I n . chairman of the Rodeo Ass n. told the HeppnerMor row County Chamber of Comm merce Monday. Tom made special note for the entries closing time. Closing for Morrow County events will be 6 p.m. Thurs day, August 24 (one day only). All RCA Events will close 6 p.m. Friday Aug. 25 (one Day only). The Rodeo office phone number is 676-5836. The RCA approved rodeo August 26-27 lists six events: Saddle Bronc Riding. Calf Roping, Bull Riding, Steer Wrestling, Bareback Riding, Team Roping. The Rodeo Ass'n. has added $250. to each event for an additional $1500 to the purse. They have also added $50. and $100. to the local events which include Barrel Racing, ' Mile Open Race, Races, Novice Bronc Riding, Cowgirl Race, Cowboy Race and pony races. "Saturday night is the Fun Night" Tom said, "It's all local events." It begins at 8 p.m. Special Attractions RCA ap proved are: Morrow County Amateur Calf Roping, Pony Races, Girls Rodeo. Ass'n open approved Girls Barrel Racing, Cowboy and Cowgirl Races on Saturday and Sun day for Morrow County and adjoining counties. Wranglers Amateur Cow Riding, Bull Riding, Novice Bronc 'riding. Morrow County Team Roping and Wild Pony Riding. When RCA started in 1936. there were 61 members now they have 3ooo regular mem bers and 2000 permit holders. V.'hen a contestant earns up to a certain amount he loses his permit status and must Join as t regular member. The same weekend as the Heppner Rodeo two other shows are held in the North west. They are at Kennewick and Bremerton. Through a system of "trade outs" con testants may be able to par ticipate in all three which helps to bring top performers to Heppner Bob Chambers will be the announcer and Dave Chap man the clown. Because the cowboys do lots of driving the set of tires as one of the trophies for the All Around Cowboy is very wel come. The tires are donated by Morrow County Grain Growers and Morrow County Farm Bureau. Frank Turner won the pot. Harold Kerr will speak on the recent survey at the August 21 Chamber meeting. He also announced a Task Force meeting at Hermiston on Fri day August 18. The meeting is to determine the degree of interest the people in the area have in bringing industry into the area. Grain Prices Soft white wheat 1.69'4 bu. Red ordinary wheat 1.70'i bu. Barley 51.50 ton School Activities begin Aug. 31 Heppner High Students See Bard' Plays ASHLAND, OREGON The Heppner High School drama club and Shakespeare class made Shakespeare part of their summer plan recently by visiting this Southern Oregon town and attending produc tions of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival. The 17 member group made the journey to America's First Elizabethan Theatre August 15, 1972, according to organi zer, Mrs. Jane Rawlins. Some 130,000 theatre goers will follow their lead during the Festival's 32nd season. Most patrons come from up and down the West Coast, but visitors also visit Ashland regularly from mid-Western and Eastern states, as well as foreign countries - often in similar groups. One group of students will visit Ashland from Tokyo this year. Established in 1935, the Oregon Festival has achieved a record in Shakespearean production with its outdoor Elizabethan stagehouse and now a new indoor theatre, which is used for matinees. Racing Triple This Saturday Activity in Morrow County Schools will resume on Wed nesday, August 30, when teachers new to the district report to their buildings for a pre-school briefing and orien tation session. Thursday, August 31, will be a teacher workday with staff meetings to be held in each building. On Friday, September 1, teachers grades 1-6 and sci ence teachers 7-12 will attend a district inservice program at Heppner Elemen t a r y School. The program will be conducted by McGraw-Hill and will be a training session on the new E I S Science Series. This series will be a used for the first time in Morrow County Schools and the workshop is designed to acquaint teachers with the proper instructional techni ques for the new science program. The first day of school for all Morrow County pupils will be Tuesday, September 5th. The day will be used for student registration, class assign ments, and the issuance of textbooks. All schools will op erate until 1:30 with all students being dismissed at that time. School buses will operate on the same routes and time schedules as they did at the close of last year and all cafeterias will be in operation. Heppner High School will have personnel on duty August 28, 29, and 30. All sutdents should confirm their pre-reg- lstration schedule and pay student body fees on one of these three davs. Riverside Jr. -Sr. High School and lone Jr.-Sr. High School will hold registration Aug. 28-29-30. Stu dents are asked to register and pay student body fees on one of these three days. lone Elementary, A.C. Houghton Elementary, and Heppner Elementary will register new students on Friday, Septem ber 1st. All other students will register the first regular day of school, September 5, 1972. Student body fees should be paid at the time of registra tion. Standard fees for stu dents grades 1-6 at lone and A.C. Houghton and grades 1-8 at Heppner are $1.50 room fee and $1.00 for student insur ance. Heppner also has a $2.00 towel fee charge for students grades 7-8. For grades 7 and 8 at Riverside Junior High and lone Junior High the charges are: $6.00 student body, $1.00 insurance and $2.00 towel fee. For grades 9-12 at lone, Riverside and Heppner the charges are: $6.00 student body, $8.00 textbook rental, $3.00 insurance and $2.00 towel fee. In addition to the above listed fees there are other optional charges depending on classes selected and whether or not the student desires to purchase a school annual. School lunch tickets will also be available at the time of registration. The charges re mains the same as last year at 25c per meal. Mr. John Edmundson, Prin cipal at lone, is the only Administrator new to the dis trict. The teaching staff will have several new faces with 20 teachers new to the district. Teachers riew to the school district are as follows: Hepp ner Elementary - Sue Jones, 2nd grade; Pat Edmundson, 1st grade; Heppner High School - Robert Nash, Spanish & Social Studies; Lynda Slusher, English & Typing; Larry Hildebrandt, Instru mental Music; Charles Starr, Math Sc Coach football and track; Duane Neiffer, Sci ence; Walt Pilgrim, Business Education ; Vocal music and a Math position at Heppner are still open. lone Schools - Gail Herrmann, 2nd grade; Sherri Bahr, Music Mary Lang ston, English & Drama; Donna Waibel, Business Edu cation; Becky Frazier, 5th grade. A.C. Houghton Ele mentary - Charles Endicott, 5th and 6th grade. Riverside Jr.-Sr. High - Howard Mudder, Science; John Weddle, Music; Gail Enright, 7th & 8th Math & Science and Coach basketball. ' An English position at River side remains to be filled. The school district has also employed a district curricu lum coordinator, Mr. Ernest Teal, who will be working with all district schools. Anticipated enrollments are as follows: Projected Sept. 1972 A.C. Houghton (Grades 1-6). ..177; Riverside Jr.-Sr. High (Grades 7-12). ..172; Heppner Elementary (Grades 1-8). ..357; Heppner High (Grades 9-12). ..194; lone Ele mentary (Grades 1-6). ..100; lone Jr.-Sr. High (Grades 7-12). ..104; Total 1,104. Parents are again reminded that first grade students must present a birth certificate at the time of registration. Also first and ninth grade students must present a health ex amination form signed, by the examining physician. The building Is being built next to the Morrow Produce Company. Rupert Kennedy, port man ager, said the port had given approval Thursday for a permit and lease to C 4 H Enterprises of Umatilla to mine gravel along the port wharf frontage of three sec tions. The firm has a. lease agreement with the state of Oregon. At their meeting Thursday the port also gave approval to another lease for a half section of port land to Desert Magic for farm development. Mr. Kennedy said two sprinklers would be Installed on the site. Mr. Kennedy said his office Is In constant touch with the Military Affairs Committees in Washington. D C. in the in terest of relocating the Board man Bombing Range, and that the study now under way by the Navy on possible relo cation is the first indication on the part of the Navy that it it considering a move, and that he is optimistic about the relo cation prospects. RODEO TICKET SALESMEN LISTED CHAIRMEN: General Har old Kerr; Saturday a.m. Har ley Sager; Saturday Even. Randall Peterson; Sunday Dick Sargent. SATURDAY-10:30a.m.-I2:30 p.m. Dale Boner; Ed Dick; Charles Heard; Elaine Geo rge; Elma Harshman; John Messick; Don Cole; Mark Johnson. Saturday -12:30 p.m. -2: 30 p.m. Carl Spaulding; Herm Winters; Dr. Tibbies; Ron Daniels; Jim Bier; Ray Boy ce; Jim Driscoll; Paul Jones; Saturday evening-6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Bob Jepson; Larry Mills; Jerry Sweeney; Glen Ward; Jack Sumner; Ed Gonty; Dennis Martin. Sunday-10:30 a.m. -12-30 p.m. Dr. Wolff; Bob Abrams; R.B. Cogburn ; LeRoy Gard ner; Jack Van Winkle; Gar Swanson; Ken Turner; Dick Sargent; Ken Smouse; Irvin Rauch. Sunday 12:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Harry O'Donnell; Hubert Wilson; Orville Cutsforth; Don Gilliam; Riley Munkers; Dick Wilkinson; Bill Lande; Joyce Bergstrom ; Gene Pierce. BAND GROWS PRACTISES ARE ALL SET The band is growing quite fast in the last remaining weeks. Forty-four volunteers (including those who were persuaded) are now in the ranks of The Heppner Cen tennial Band. .There are four practices scheduled, one was held Aug-, ust 15, others will be held Aug. 17, 21 and 25. The drummers should come at 8:00 p.m. and the full band at 8:30. Practices are at the Heppner High School - come to the front, band-room door. The first time the band will be together in full will be on parade day, Sat. Aug. 26. All band members must meet at or around the Northwestern Motel by 9 : 40 at the latest that morning as the parade is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Anyone interested in joining can still get on the band wagon by contacting Bob DeSpain Jr. at 676-5055 in the evenings. HOSPITAL Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Jackie Howell, Spray and John Happold, Heppner. Dismissed were Alex Ul rich, Heppner; Judy Hamp ton, Kinzua; Scott Weaver, Kinzua; Edward Schwarzin, Heppner and Melissa Turner, Heppner. PNB Slates $400,000lnstallation PNB has scheduled a more than $400,000. service im provement project for the Heppner-Ione and Lexington telephone exchanges reports Dale Slusher PNB mgr. The project includes a new building and microwave relay tower at Lexington plus the elimination of some 44 miles of open telephone wire between the three exchanges in Pen dleton. Slusher says the project, subject to the approval of the Federal Communica t i o n s Commission, will transmit long distance calls to and from the Heppner, lone, Lexington area by microwave to Port land operators. Presently, tnese calls are routed over telephone lines to operators in Pendleton. Slusher says the rerouting will not affect the number of operators in Pendleton. He says long distance ser vice should be much more reliable for Heppner, Lexing ton and lone customers be cause of the elimination of open telephone wire that has caused service problems over the years. Slusher says customers in the 3 exchanges will continue to make long distance calls in the same manner as before. A 30-foot microwave tower at Lexington will beam the calls to another microwave tower already in Condon which is linked to a micro wave route out of Portland. The new building in Lexing ton will be constructed adja cent to the old wood framed community dial office build ing on East St. near C St. "We'll transfer equipment from the old building to the new building," Slusher said, "then tear down the old building." The new building will be a one-story concrete structure containing 1200 sq. feet. Addi tional telephone equipment will be installed for trans mitting the long distance calls over the micro-wave system. Other equipment will be in stalled at the Condon micro wave station also. Specifications have been forwarded to contractors from Baker to The Dalles. Bids will be opened August 31. Starting date is mid-Sep leraber. Bloodsworth. Hawes, Peter son and Associates are the architects Another big auto racing triple header is on tap here Saturday night at Umatilla Speedway, featur i n g the Stocks, Modifieds and Figure 8 cars in their final appear ance on this quarter-mile oval until Sept. 17. There's 85 laps of feature racing scheduled, following a trio ot trophy dashes one tor each type of car - and four heat events. The mains are 50 laps for the Stocks, 35 for the Modifieds and 15 for the figure 8ers. Speedway gates open at 6:30 p.m., time trials are set for 7 o'clock and the first race is due to begin at 8:30. The entry list is packed with Umatilla fans favorite dri vers, including Modified "hot dog" Sheridan Deitz of Pen dleton and his famous "Gold finger Special", Figure 8 fav orite Stan Rauch of Boardman in his "Chicken Wing Spe cial", and Stock point leader Ray McKernin of Pomeroy, Wa., in his 1966 Chevelle. Saturday night's event will set the stage for Umatilla's big triple header champion ship race on Sept. 17. Local Shrine Ticket Sale Ends Today jji (T h'' r '"'4 u . ; I Barney Marshall of Hfippner and Keith Morgan, Condon annual Shrine Game Saturday at Pendleton. are ready to face the foe at the big Ready for the Shrine Game Dr. L.D. Tibbies, Morrow County Ticket Sale Chairman, expects to turn in the tickets he has sometime today. The big East-West Shrine All Star football game is this Satur day at Pendleton's Round-Up Stadium. Barney Marshall will be playing with the East team, .and he has been at training camp in LaGrande since Aug. 6. The West teams lead in the series of games by 12 to 6 East team victories; one year they tied. Last year the West won 27 to 14. Morrow County ticket buy ers sit near one another in a section of the grandstand. The pre-game activities will begin at 7:00 on Saturday and the kick-off is set for 8:00. Dr. Tibbies says that tickets can be purchased at the gate in Pendleton.