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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.
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon
Kinzua Veneer Plant Open House
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.