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I I IMRY U OF 0 I F V 1 C N f . C R C . 97403 Merchants Meet On Friday Dick .Sargent, chairman ol the llrppncf Merchants Com niillep, hat armmim-pd an Important mwtmg for Friday noon ai the Magna Wherl Hip ( Hie principal Hrnii will tie a diM-UKKion o( the buKinpta survey thai was made for South Morrow County Calverts Buy Wonser Home Mr. and Mm. Dirk Calvprt liiU'C iurchiiM'd Ihp I a I Wonwr hmiip at 160 Niirth Gilmnrp M. Mr. Wimner has accepted a position an an official of thp Oregon Hunk al iVndlelon Mr. Calvert in nitrations officer al Ihr Firl National Hunk hpre. Mark Hatfield Here Saturday A coffee and rwrplion will Im held hrrp al .10 a ni. on Saturday for Sen. Mark llutficld Hp will he nerval thp Wagon Wheel and all arp invited to comp in and meet him and have coffee lone Grand Squares Offer Lessons By Cassmidra Chael Square Dancing lessons will iM'Hin Tuesduv. Sent 12 from 7:io to 3() p.m. at thp lone Grange Hall Darrel Wilson is the instructor There will te 15 weeks of lessons. Vets Officer to Boardman Clarence Haunian, Morrow County veterans offirer, will visit Boardman City Hall on the 2nd Friday eaeh month to talk to interested veterans who may need advice. This month he will lie there Sept. Hth He will be there from 1 to 4 p m. KK.NNKYS SEU. RANCH Mr and Mrs. Don Kenney have sold their farm that is located 3 miles West of Irrigon. and plan to build a new home on the old Patterson Ferry road. The Kenneys have lived in Irrigon most of their lives and have helped to make Irrigon Melons famous. They also have raised cattle and have brought many acres of desert land under cultivation. JACK TERRY, a famous bucking horse rider and Grande Parade Marshal here several years ago, came up from California to see the rodeo this year. He was a guest of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erwin. lone Meets Cascade Locks Friday Ten returning lettermen, some eager but inexperienced Freshman and Sophomore boys make up the 1972 football team for lone High School. Their football opener will be this Friday at 1:30 p.m. at lone. Gordon Meyers is coach and his assistant is Lynn Killpack. Has surgery HOWARD KEITHLEYund crwent major surgery Aug. 30 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton. CHOOSE For the 1973 RODEO PARADE WIN Two Tickets To Two Performances of the Rodeo) Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce needs your help in choosing a theme for the 1973 Rodeo Parade which it sponsors. Requests have been made that the theme be chosen early in order to allow more time to plan entries. If your idea is judged best, you will win the prize-two tickets to the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances of the rodeo in August, 1973. Make your theme idea general enough so that it can apply to a wide variety of floats and entries. Anyone may enter this contest-just fill in the blank below and bring or send it to the Gazette-Times, Heppner, Friday, Ocotber 6. f I j Name I Address I I I Mu Kii0cipition for fhp Parana J or I 89lh Yeor GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon Kinzua Veneer Plant Open House a. 3 ALLEN NISTAD of the Kinzua Corp. cordially Invites everyone to visit the new Kinzua veneer plant here on Saturday. County Gain Morrow County Scho o I s have posted a gain in first day enrollment, according to fig ures released by Supt. Ron Daniels. The school enrollment totals 1110 students with 1071 last year at this time. When school ended last spring, enrollment had climbed to 1103. Heppner Elementary has 374 students. There are 44 in first grade; 45 in 2nd; 42 in 3rd; 4H in the 4th. The 5th has 48 and there are 46 in the 6th. 7th has 52 and 8th has 46. There are 3 enrolled in the special education class here. Heppner High has 193, with 48 frosh; 45 sophomores; 52 juniors and 48 seniors. A THEME 1 I j I I I Thm I - - j I t. i "' THE sW 5SP' 97836, Thursday, September 7, 1972 It's going to bp a real big day Saturday in Heppner! Everyone is invited to a big open house and tour of the new Kinzua Corp. Veneer Plant here. Months and months of planning and work have gone into making this fine new industry a reality. It is the most modern plant of its kind in the West, and perhaps the world. It is an exciting new concept in the woods industrv and adds a brand new dimension to the' employment picture here in Morrow County. You will have the opportun ity Saturday to see it in action for yourself. The Open House and tours will start at 7 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. Refresh ments will be served in the lunch room of the new plant. A separate section in the issue of the Gazette-Times contains an invitation to attend the Open House and congratulatory mes sages from local business firms and from the suppliers of equip ment and services for the new veneer plant. Schools Pupils lone Elementary enrolled with 7 in grade; 13 in 2nd; 17 in 3rd; 24 in the 4th; 22 in the 5th and 10 in the 6th. lone Junior-Senior High has 102 enrolled. There are 13 in 7th; 12 in the 8th; 18 in 9th; 24 in 10th; 20 in 11th and 15 in the 12th. AC. Houghton Elementary at Irrigon has 169 enrolled. There are 24 in the first ; 34 in 2nd; 28 in 3rd; 25 in 4th; 25 in 5th; and 33 in 6th. Riverside Junior-Se n i o r High has 179 enrolled with 28 in the seventh ; 36 in the 8th ; 28 in 9th; 28 in 10th; 29 in 11th and 30 in 12th. Five more pupils were added yesterday at the A.C. Houghton school. Gazette-Times Offers Free Color Portrait Having a fine portrait made of the family is something that is almost always talked about, but seldom do most families ever get around to it. Now an opportunity presents itself. The Gazette-Times offers all present subscribers and any new subscribers a free 8X10 Heirloom tapestry finish por trait in color. Anyone renewing a sub scription (for one year past renewal date) and any new subscriber will be entitled to this color portrait free of charge. If a family portrait isn't possible, then plan on bringing one or all of the children. Sitting dates will be announc ed later. The photographs will be taken in the Gazette-Times building. Remember, even if your present subscription still has time to run, we'll simply add this renewal to it. Just contact the G-T office. The rate for one year is $5.00 and the paper is delivered by mail every Thursday. There are posi tively no strings attached. HEPPNER'S beautiful Cen tennial float will be seen Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the annual Pendleton Round-Up Dress-Up parade. The Sorop timists may take over their float, too The Soroptimist float won swwo-itnkes here Local firms joining in to sponsor the welcoming adver tisement include thp Bank of Eastern Oregon, Cal's Arco Service, Case Furniture Co., Central Market. Cal's Lounge and Cafe. CoastTo-Coast Store. LE. Dick, Elma's Apparel, Farley Motor Co. Fiesta Bowl. First National Bank or Oregon, Gardner's Men's Wear, The Heppner Gazette-Times, John Goch nauer Farm Bureau Insur ance, Gonty's, Gray's Repair & I'nion Oil Consignee. Harris Drive-In, Heppner Auto Parts, Heppner Cleaners. Heppner Inland Chemical Co., Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Heppner Nor Gas, Leonard's Shell Service, Kinzua Corporation, M & R Company, MiLadies Apparel, Morrow County Abstract 4 Title Co., Morrow County Grain Growers Inc., Murray's Rexall Dr u g s , Northwestern Motel. Peter son's Jewelers, Paul Petty john Co., Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply, Ruggles Boyce Insurance Age n c y , Jack Van Winkle's Sears Authorized Catalog Sales Mer chant, Thomson Bros. Gro cery, Turner, Van Marter & Bryant Insurance, Van Win kle's Motel, The Wagon Wheel Cafe & Lounge. Those who provided mach inery and installed machin ery, built needed installations and provided various services has 93 Jw the big new industry were the first Sam L. Godwin of Hermiston, General Contractor tor the concrete structures; Enloe Electric Inc., of Medford, the electrical contracting; A.J. Zinda Co. of Portland, site preparations and foundations for building and machinery. r s n n.i. lannie D. rdrner Services Today Services will be today (Sept. 7) at 11:00 a.m. at the Lexington Christian Church for Trannie B. Parker with the Rev. Al Bosehee, of Portland, officiating: Vault interment will be at the Lexington Cemetery with Sweeney Mortuary in care of arrangements. Katherine Iloskins and Har ley Sager will sing "How Great Thou Art" and "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus". Mrs. C.C. Carmichael will be the accompanist. Active bearers will be Carl Marquardt, Homer Hughes, Bill Marquardt, Vernon Mun kers, Cecil Jones, and Keith Peck. Honorary bearers will be Ralph Jackson, Roy Camp bell, Dr. L.D. Tibbies, Harley Sager, Paul Morey and Lonnie Henderson. Trannie B. Parker, age 88 years, passed away in a Portland Nursing Home Sept. 3. She was born in Arkansas, Sept. 7, 1883. Trannie married Millard F. Parker in 1905 and they built the "pink house" in Lexington. Her parents lived in the large white house. Her husband passed away in 1930 and her sister, Dona, and she continued to operate the family business. Their father, W.P. Barnett, pioneer ranch er, had started the W.F. Barnett Grocery Store which was in existence for 41 years. Mrs. Parker was a charter member of the Lexington Church of Christ established in January 1915. She was a dedicated Christian woman and the Church was her primary interest in life. Until three years ago she played the piano, sang solos and helped whenever needed. Although Trannie spent her winters in Portland at the Park Haviland Hotel she spent from two to three months during the summers at her beautiful home in Lexington. HEPPNER J Oregon Machine trevtors ol Albany, concrete structures and 'machine installation; ADO) West Machinery Mfg. Inc.. Emmett. Idaho manu factured the stud mill for the new veneer plant; Coe Mfg. Co of Portland. Ore., and Painesville. Ohio, veneer lathe charger and tray sys tem; COWS Central Oregon Welders Supply of Bend, welding supplies AW. Mortensen Co. of Portland, the vaporizer heat ing system for the steam vats; Morvue Electronic Systems of Tigard, the "Auloclip II" Clipper control systems. PSI Pneumatic Systems. Inc.. of Portland sold and installed the chip and bark conveying systems; Salem Equipment Co. of Salem, provided the veneer lathe, block charger. Soderhamn Machine Mfg. Co. of Portland provided the 5-Toiil semi-automatic Soder 1 ..njn Debarker; Standard Steel Warehouse Co. and Standard Steel Tube Supply provided all new steel and tubing ; Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. of Portland provi ded motor control centers for the new installation. Columbia Basin Electric Co operative here will provide the electrical power. Bank of Eastern Oregon and First National Bank of Oregon, Heppner branch, joined the suppliers in the special section in extending their compli ments on the new industry here. G-T WANT ADS PAY John Messick at First National John B. Messick, winner of the Baker Jaycees' 1971 "Dis tinguished Service Award" has been appointed general loan officer of First National Bank of Oregon's Heppner branch, announced Harley Sager, manager. Mr. Messick, recently per sonnel and operations officer on First National's regional staff, joined the bank at Nyssa in 1961. He transferred to the Madras and Hood River branches before his appoint ment as operations officer at the Sherman County branch in 1967. He was assigned to the Baker branch as operations officer in 1968 and was named general loan officer in 1971. ,He moved to the regional staff last March. . He is a graduate of Nyssa High School and attended Boise Junior College. He has completed comprehensive courses in banking and fina nce offered by the American Institute of Banking and participated in bank sponso red seminars. Mr. Messick was chairman of the Baker County Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Lions Club and the Elks Club. He has been active in the United Good Neighbors campaign. r " ' W liiai m 15 CENTS Number 29 Saturday HT '-'Ct- County Grain First place winners in Seed Grain were Roland Bergstrom and F T. Martin, both of lone. First place winners in Sheaves were D.O. Nelson, Bob Jepsen and Harold Peck, all of Heppner. . w Boardman Golf Tournament SATURDAY AND SUNDAY The Willow Run Golf Course is sponsoring a Big Circle Invitational Golf Tournament Sept. 9 and 10. It will be Best Ball Amateur Team play. Entries can play 18 holes on either Saturday or Sunday. HOSPITAL Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Linda Conlee, Fossil; Maude Lutkins, Hep pner; Jeanne Dobbs, Heppner and Ida Lee Engelman,, lone. Sheriff Report Sheriff Mollahan left Aug 30th for Klamath Falls to Pick up George Siebert, on Morrow County Circuit Court Warrant, charging "Knowingly uttering and publishing a forged instr ument". Siebert was lodged Aug 31 in Umatilla County Jail in Lieu of $2,500.00 bail. Also on August 30th, Wed nesday Deputy Campbell as sisted with purported Rape Case investigation, case that occurred in Umatilla County and the victim was taken to Pendleton. Victim was 17 year old juvenile. All points bulletin was issued for suspects. On August 31, Joe Tatone reported the loss of $200.00 from his business at Board man. Deputy Larry Fetsch reported person or persons unknown had removed $200.00 from a cigar box in the Tatone's living quarters. September 1, Mr. Tatone reported that the money stolen from him had been returned in a sealed envelope and slipped under his front door. Investi gation into theft is continuing. No serious car accidents were reported to Sheriff's off ice over the holiday weekend. Sept 5, Tuesday, Karl L. Thomas, La Grande, Oregon was arrested by sheriff's Department on Justice Court Warrant, charging "Criminal non-Support" Bail $505.00. Subject lodged in Morrow County Jail in lieu of Bail. Dan McBride, Heppner, re ported on September 5, the loss of 300 pound anvil from his Body and Fender Business in Heppner. Value $250.00. Grain Prices Courtesy Morrow County Grain Growers (FOB Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) White wheat 192' 2 Red, ordinary wheat 190'2 Barley 55.00 WEATHER Wed. Thurs. Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Hood Siren Yesf Today Chief Forrie llurkenhiiip has announced thai ttir monthly lent nf I hp flood giren will bp here today (Thursday) al noon. There will bp two eyelet. Who Will Run? Al the Novpniber 7th genp rul election, the City of Heppner will elect a mayor, two councilmen. City Recor der and Treasurer. Mrs. Fliiiiie George who is the City Recorder said Monday night she would not run for reelec tion. Councilman Dave Mc Lend said he would nol run for reelection. Treasurer Mrs. Ernie McCalie will run for her office. Mayor Bill Collins said yesterday he had no plans to run again. Councilman Jerry Sweeney stated he hadn't decided yet about running. At Monday night's council Meeting the Council Agreed to write a letter to the effect they had no objections to the Van Winkle Motel sign near the swimming pool. Council approved building permits: Raymond Batty for a $400 steel storage building at 462 W. Morgan St.. Hubert Wilson for a $5oo project of rock facing and fireplace at 440 Riverside. Howard Cleve land will apply for a building permit for a new duplex at the former Degree of Honor building site between Lois' Beauty Shop and All Saints Episcopal Church. Ranchers Tops, State Fair Morrow County grain ranch ers put the County on the map last week at the Oregon State Fair. First place winners in Commercial Grain were Bill Rawlins of Heppner and Rudy Bergstrom of lone. i nere win De zau. in prizes lor first, second and third place teams both gross and net. Entry fee is $7.50 per person. The field limit is 24 amateur teams. To date there have been no entries from the Heppner Club. Teams wanting Search for Identity of Best Comic She was riding close to the Aletha Brannon wasn't in the parade this year and so can't accept the prize money for being the Best Comic. She believes the winner is the girl stuffed with pillows, wearing bib overalls on Horseback... Boardman Mike Akers of Seattle, Wa. is visiting for two weeks with his grandfather i 1 b u r Akers. PINOCHLE was in play at the card party held last week at the Greenfield Grange hall, sponsored by the Women's Activity Committee of the grange. Mrs. Rollin Bishop was hostess. Mrs. Pete Peterson recieved high prize, and low went to Mrs. Tom Barnhart. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Albert Warnock recieved the travel ing pinochle prizes. TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL HORSE JUDGING CONTEST 4-H 1. Bobbi Acock; 2. Lisa Collins; 3. Susan Healy; 4. Molly Pierce; 5. Janice Healy; 6. Mary Ann Proctor; 7. Tony Currin; 8. Joan Partlow; 9. Sally Matheny ; 10. Maureen Healy. TOP TEAMS 1. Two Trackers, Heppner. Sally Matheny, Molly Pierce and Lisa Collins. 2. Pine City Saddle Pals, Susan Healy, Janice Healy and Tony Currin 3. Desert Riders, Irrigon Bobbi Acock, Mary Ann Proctor and Vicki Sullivan. 4-H DOG SHOWMANSHIP Juniors: Eric Clow, Hep pner, blue; Rose Mary Winter, Heppner, blue; Frances Peck, Heppner, red. Intermediate: Molly Pierce, Heppner, white; Carmen Clow, Heppner, red & Res Champion; Kathy Schwarzin, Heppner, white; Greg Clow, Heppner, blue and Champ pion; Ruth Ann Keithley, Heppner, white. OBEDIENCE Junior Subno vice: Rose Mary Winter, Heppner, blue; Fran ces Peck, Heppner, red; Eric Clow, Heppner, red. Intermediate Subnovice: Kathy Schwarzin, Heppner, white; Ruth Ann Keithley, Heppner, red; Molly Pierce, Heppner, red; Carmen Clow, Heppner. blue and Reserve Champion. Novice Intermediate: Carmen Clow, Heppner, Blue and Reserve. Hi Lo 84 56 EARL GILLIAM is home 75 43 again after spending two 80 43 weeks with his son and family, 85 47 Howard Gilliams at Spokane. 89 51 As usual, he went huckle 91 54 berrying. He reports plentiful 79 61 picking. blown In unlit of alxiut 10 or 12 HPcnndH per ryrle. Thp lesia of Ihp flood mrrn will occur on Ihp first Thurs day of pach month. Ordinance No. 341 is being amended lo have No Parking extended south lo Terrace Drive on the east side of Court Strwct. The Gale Street project will have paving there soon as will Cannon Street. Additional paving now is lo be curb to curb, on galp street. Vic Groshens reported on investigating prices on clean ing the sewer plant digester. A Portland firm would charge about $10,000 for the job. Hauling sludge to thp Navy Bombing Range. Frank's Sewer Service of Hermiston made a bid of$3:i0 lo do the job, hauling sludge to trenches and pits at the City dump here. He would expect lo complete the job in ten days. Councilmen requested a monthly police report be made. The City Auditor will be here Sept 11. Mrs. Virden Heliums app eared and showed plans of the location of a projected layout of a new home on South Court Street. When house plans are completed they will apply for a building permit. Next City Council meeting will be October 2nd. WHERE DID THE SMOKE COME FROM?. ..Dan Mc Bride said Tuesday morning that he had driven in it all the way up from Salem. It could have come from that bad forest fire down by Medford. to enter mav do so bv ca line Lois Peterson at Boardman 481-4381 before 6 o'clock Fri day (Sept. 8). Maximum team handicap will be 32. Entry blanks can be obtained from Bob Jepsen, president of the Willow Creek Country Club. Brannon Bunch in their pony cart as they went by the announcers stand. Will the person answering this description please get in touch with Randall Peterson, parade chairman. GREENFIELD GRANGE The grange voted to start holding its meetings in the afternoon starting with Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. They will visit Wil lows Grange at lone that night, but from November through the March meeting they will have potluck supper following meetings. Winners in the golf tourna ment held Sunday at Willow Run Golf course in Boardman were Carroll Donovan and Dallas Wilson from Board man; Gene Barry and Larry Monkus, from Echo; David Gunderson, Harold Kerr and Mike Mills from Heppner and Carl Sheldon and Mike Roth well from Condon. Lexington Mr. and Mrs. Bill B. Marquardt and family visited their daughter Penny, a pa tient at the Rehabilitation Center in Portland, where she is receiving medical attention. Donald Majeske is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Majeske before his work, as a teacher at St. Helens, starts for the winter term. Jerry Messenger, Jr., from Portland, is spending a week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. TE. Messenger,, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mar quardt and family attended the family retreat at Anthony Lakes last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball of Boardman visited with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Messenger, Satur day. Joe Yocom is a patient in Pioneer Memorial Hospital, having entered Monday. MR. AND Mrs. William NICHOLS of lone sold their jeep this week with an ad in the Gazette-Times. If you have something that is surplus, it you wish to sell or rent, try a little want ad in the G-T. Phone 676-9228 or 676-9492. OSCAR PETERSON is going on an extended tour "The Lands of Lutheranism". Trip will take him to West and East Germany and Scandinavia. 40 or more are going in the tour group headed by Pastor Dan Dowfing of Silverton.
