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L I IRARY U OF 0 IUCENE. ORE. 97403 District Turns Down School Serial Levy It's back to the drawing board for the School district Long Range Planning Committee and school board. Tuesday's vote on the serial levy went negative 298 ttZJTJS next year io pian a auierrm finance program of school construcfon to meet the .needs of the distr ct. Boardman and Hardmanaretheomytwoareas that favored the levy Break down of attendance areas: Town Boardman Irrigon Heppner Hardman Lexington lone Yes 65 25 81 11 23 31 No 25 34 129 8 34 G8 Help! Monday holidays certainly restrict newsgathering for little .... nputnani-rt lilt? the G-T. But you good readers can . . Please call us with your news as soon as it happens. The next two weeks will have Monday holidays so if you have company go anywhere or other news of interest, please call us at 676-922H or 676-9492. W e do not charge for printing news and welcome it. The G-T is printed Wednesday noon. Santa Will Visit Again Santa Claus especially likes Morrow County. He's coming to Heppner again on Saturday. This fine old gentleman will be at Hotel Heppner to talk to the children from 2 to 3 p.m. Then, he will walk up and down Main Street and visit in the stores. Don't forget. Kids - there will be free candy. FRESHMAN CLASS of Heppner High School is having a Food Sale Friday in front of Murray's Drugs beginning at 2 p.m "There will be lots of good food" according to Sandy Ben nett president of the Freshman class. 1st Lt. Chris Brown, Army will take holiday leave from his duties with the 39th Infantry Battalion, 9th Division at Ft. Lewis to be home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Brown. Navy Lt. (JG) Mark Brown will spend the holidays on duty cruising in the Mediterranean aboard the USS Courtney. Power Outage Procedure 1. Check your own electrical facilities to see if all the power is off at your service. 2 Check your fuses if only a portion of your 'lights are on. 3 Check with a neighbor to see if their lights are off too. 4 In case of Power Supply Failure Proceed as Follows: HEPPNER, lONE, LEXINGTON AREAS CALL: 676-9146 (Heppner Office). After 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays CALL: 676-9296 ; 676-9968 ; 676-5846 ; 676-9720 CONDON AREA CALL: 384-2023. If no answer call 384-4154 or 384-4263. FOSSIL AREA CALL: 793-4335 or 763-2115. If no answer call Condon or Heppner. If is your trouble call an electrician. , 4- SAVE KEEP BY YOUR TELEPHONED- SAY E Last Week's Heppner Scene Where Boy Scouts Christmas Trees Several Christmas trees have been picked up from the Boy Scouts' lot and the people are probably wondering where they Sd take their payment for them. Because of the weather toe boySave "not beerfab.e to man the lot. Charge for the trees s about $1 per foot and the money may be taken or sent to the Elk i Club, SS National Bank, Gazette-Times, Glen Ward, Herman Winter or Del Piper in Lexington. This money is used to support tne acoui program here and is about the only money-making project the boys attempt each year. 09thYej; GAZETTE-TIME Dr. Wolff Receive. ...... riTV Mn w.i. "J f HePPe . S'S the " j pBmii SsAcademy f FmiIy heg ee of fellowship is an f '-.f.,1 til MIWW II U,l ill V llfc v. completion of 600 or more hours of accredited continuing medi cal study, or attainment of diplomate status in the special ty of family medicine as a result of passing a certifying exami nation administered under the aegis of the American Board of Family Practice. Fellowship entitles the con feree to use the title, "Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians," or "FAAFP." The degree was fr)in PI 3IIC6l White Wheat Red Wheat Barley 2.62' bu. 2.514 bu. 66.00 ton WEATHER Bv DON GILLIAM pate Hi Low Prec Wed, Dec. 13 23 -5 Thurs.,Dec.l4 30 2 Fri.,Dec.l5 16 0 Sat.Dec.16 46 10 .05 Sun.,Dec.l7 51 31 .35 Mon.Dec.lB 57 45 .09 Tues.,Dec.l9 56 48 .01 W HERE W AS SANTA? Even Santa himself didn't brave the bad weather to attend the American Legion family Christmas party on Dec. 17, but about 30 others did and had a very nice time. There were movies and treats for the kids and lots of good snacks for everyone. . "Is your cousin, Louie, a ten, fifteen or twenty-five cent Christmas card?" Before The Thaw. to Pay for ' n AAFP Fellowship conferred September 26th upon more than 4,200 mem Dens oi me Academy in conjunction with the AAFP's annual convention and scientific assembly in New York City. Ceremonies were held in Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum before more than 10,500 persons. Fellowship candidates wore academic robes, with hoods bearing the blue and gold Academy colors, and mortar board caps. The Oath of fellowship was recited en masse. The American Academy of Family Physicians, represent ing more than 32,000 family doctors, is the only national medical group requiring members to take continuing study. Its members must take a minimum of 150 accredited hours every three years. Head quartered in Kansas City. Mo., the AAFP is observing its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. It is the largest of medicine's specialty groups. noon r.JImanc and window and place winners in I $)tm, ;1 ' ..--. Snow & Cold Christmas lights on the snow were beautiful last Sunday as the Chamber of Commerce committee and judges drove about town admiring the lighted homes. In spite of the zero weather, a good many had braved the cold to put up their lights and outside decorations. Lights on the Eaves Christmas lights of multi colors lined the eaves, the shrubbery, and around the windows of the Dean Gilman home to win for them first place in Heppner Christmas Decorat ing Contest for 1972. A beauti fully decorated tree centered the big front window to become part of the over-all picture. The Gilmans live on Fairview Way. Indoor lighting at the Bob Laughlins won first place in this division. Giant many-hued Christmas snow flakes drifted ElrvVti ffl m mwimtim m m . IB I ; I I ; f I V- rif i. -J I... ii i ' lJipwW""''r"T'l in .i i i . j , ' - ... ' - c of2 A number of Heppner stores planTen Say and luva J . T3fe-, "Congratulations Frank" as President Ed Dick presents a muchly deserved plaque to Frank Turner at Mondays Chamber meeting. Members in front are Chrence Rosewall and Oscar Peterson. mnUinlnrpH liphts outline the the lighted tree can be seen at the window. First the Outdoor Christmas Contest 1972. ran ' i ll fl; It' hie nnitar in sprpnarie the Cannon St. The Multi-colored king-size snow flakes and the lighted Christmas tree reflected in the mirro on the opposite wall brought first place to the Laughlins in the Inside Decorations visible from the street category. Lottie Laughlin peers out from the snow flakes. Cuts Christmas down one side of the window and seen on the opposite side of the picture window was the sparkl ing Christmas tree. The Christmas tree may be seen reflected in the mirror on the wall opposite. More Outdoors Besides the two first place winners, drive around and see the other prize winners. Jim Hagers on Chase St. and Pat Brindles on Gilmore St. are the other winners in the Outdoor category. Indoor From Cannon St. drive past the Dick Meadors on South Court St., to see their indoor decorations visible from the street and Delbert Harnden's mobile home on Water St. The judges agreed with evervone who saw Petersons that thev were the Best wishes or are eitenJ to w , where uou shot. Ihey vir n .'itftllftivr ctnroft Remain Open Evenings the convenience of their cus- lomer,. iiihl has been roof, shrubberv Bob Laughlins on decorating outstanding Commercial dec orations. The darling couple decorating the Christmas tree on one side and Santa Claus sleeping (and we're sure snor ing as well) in the opposite window. Honorable Mention Homes receiving honorable mention were Glen Smith on Morgan, Glen Ward on South Chase and Paul Arbogast on Linden Way. Others receiving honorable mention , were Morrow County Court House and Heppner Garden Club in the Degree of Honor Building. Two area deserved special mention the judges noted. Fairview Way for all the beautifully decorated homes and south Heppner on the Heppner-Condon Hwy with the Jim Norene. Cal Sherman, Elmer Steers. Bill Brannon and a merry wn)i" ycu here from the 15 Cents TOTH) Number 44 designated as Men's Night, but of course ladies are welcome, loo. Our Best to Frank It's plaque presenting time in Heppner. One of the most deserving is the one presented to Frank Turner by Ed Dick, 1972 president of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Frank is a charter member of the organization when it was reorganized and started with a deficit of $400. He was instru mental in getting it paid off. This was typical of the endeav ors he has carried on ever since. He says he's too old to do anything now but he serves as an inspiration to every member. CANCELLATION Due to unforseen . circum stances, the Women's Fellow ship of the lone United Church of Christ post Christmas party scheduled for Dec. 28 has been cancelled. Heppner Man on David McLeod home until Jan. 7 when he will again leave for Washington DC. He is on a special assignment serving on a National Loan Specification team. Theirs is a study of all Farm Commodity Facility loans. They are building a data base for all farm commodity loans. The data base if for automatic data processing. All necessary information for the base will be located in the system when completed. The central system will be in Kansas City. Deer Wreck Auto Here A herd of deer ran across the highway in front of Craig Munkers' car Tuesday evening. The car struck two stragglers but Craig was unhurt. Front of car was badly damaged. This is the fourth time in recent months that cars have hit deer at this location on the highway to Lexington, about a mile northwest of the Kinzua mill. County Roads Breaking Up The unusually low tempera tures for several weeks and the big thaw this past week have caused our County roads to break up fast. The County Court has ordered 8 ton gross load limits on a number of roads. These county roads are to be posted today as the load limit signs are being printed at the Gazette-Times. Give a G-T subscription someone for Christmas. to llMlimimuimmilllllllimuiUIMMimimia Wilbur Van Blokland homes ana Van Winkle's Motel combining to make that entry to Heppner a Winter Wonderland. The committee for the Chamber is Nona Sowell, chairman, Elaine George and Vel Robinson. - - - - pttrow ana ,ent you and yours their hopes io, your nappy nouaay,. MERRY CHRISTMAS We're speeding our message of holiday greetings to friends far and near. Happy holiday to you. GAZETTE-TIMES l P' i i -3 nMi nracon cSSL Mayo7collins CbuacDjj, McLeod chose to succeed themselves in the November decUon. plaque reads: "Presented to David McLeod by the Qty of Heppner in sincere appreciation for 8 years of serv.ee on the Heppner Common Council. 1965 to 1972. County. Cities Get $54,175.00 RevenueShare Morrow County received $46,416.00 for the first half of 1972 revenue sharing money. A similar amount is expected in a few weeks. Heppner received $4,175.00; lone got $1168.00; Irrigon re ceived $437.00; Boardman re Give a G-T subscription to someone for Christmas. National Team This is a three-phase joD. They are working on prelimi naries. The team works out of Washington DC and Kansas City because most of the team members live in these two areas and so less travel time is required. The team has been in New Orleans where they secured information for data processing on cotton, tobacco and peanuts. FFA Needs Tree Money Hal Whitaker, advisor of the Heppner High FFA Chapter, reported this week that approx imately ten of the Christmas trees belonging to the FFA were removed from their lot down town sometime over the week end without being paid for. The trees were being sold by the FFA as one of their annual money-raising projects. People who bought the trees were on their honor. The FFA charged about one dollar per foot of the tree, and asked that the money be left in the mailbox at the front of the lot. Anyone who took trees and failed to see the mailbox, may send their money to the FFA, Heppner High School or drop it off at the Gazette-Times if it is more convenient. Hospital Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Laura Moyer, Bess McBride, Annie Kautz, LaVerne VanMarter, Sr., all of Heppner; and Dave Barnett of lone. Maxine Kolkhorst and Will both of iam Kummeriana, Heppner were dismissed MORI DAYS 'TIL I CHRISTMAS u tttCT" " ISZFPNER an nnnreciation DlaQUe ceived $1979.00. Lexington re ports not having received any money as yet. The cities expect to receive similar amounts in a few weeks to cover the last half of 1972. After that, funds will be disbursed quarterly. Princess Tryouts Dec31st The annual Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Princess tryouts will be held this year at 1 p.m., Dec. 31st at the Fair Pavilion. It has been suggested contestants ride the horse they can make the best showing on. Contest ants will appear before the Board in a personal interview prior to the riding tryouts. AWARDS S.N.Hal M. Rickert received the company academic award for the highest average score on weekly examination in his company, and received a letter of commendation at Meritor-. ious Captain Mast. He graduat ed December 1st at San Diego California. Hal is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles H. Rickert of Kinzua. Lifetime Resident Dies SON OF PIONEER RANCHERS John Olaf Bergstrom, age 82, died on Dec. 17 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. Mr. Bergstrom, a lifetime resident of the County, was born on August 6, 1890 at Eight Mile, Ore, the son of Olaf Bergstrom and Korelina Olson. He was married to Ruth Babcock in Heppner on Nov. 28, 1926. He was a member of Valby Lutheran Church, a 52 year member of the Elks Club and belonged to the Rhea Creek Grange. The funeral was held on Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. at Valby Lutheran Church with Rev. Mark Johnson officiating. Interment was at Heppner Masonic Cemetery with Sweeney Mortuary in care of arrangements. Contributions may be made to Doembecher Hospital directly, or through Sweeney Mortuary. Survivors besides his wife, Ruth, are one son, Gerald of Heppner; two daughters, Carolyn of Pendleton, and Marilyn. Heppner; two bro thers, Alfred of Portland and Edwin, Stanfield; three sisters, Emma Long, Esther Bergstrom and Florence Becket, all of Heppner and one grandson. to 1
