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I 1 t R A It Y U OF 0 EUT.ENE, ORE. 97403 Matt Hushes Buys M&R Co. Matt Hughes, a partner in the M&R Company here, has purchased the interest of his partner, Ray Ayers. The firm sells and installs carpet, linol eum and similar products and expects to do other service work. Mr. Hughes plans to continue the service which now has headquarters on West Linden Way adjacent to Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply. Mr. Ayers plans to move to Pendleton where he has accept ed a position. Merchants Will Meet Friday The Heppner Merchants Committee will meet Friday at the Wagon Wheel for lunch. Chairman Dick Sargent stated they would discuss next week's big promotion here, a clearance sale with lots of special bargains. 09th Year 15 Cents THE ETTE glMTK., - . mm HEPPMEn TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, Jonuory 4, 1973 Number 46 Miss 1973 Arrives! Honor Roll Sl'SIK ON HONOR ROLL Susie French made the honor mil at BMCC for fall term. She also received a scholarship from the Rodeo Club for this term. Glen Ward Honored Glen Ward, local Game Commission man here, was honored recently at a banquet in Portland. He was named "Employee of the Year" for District 51. He has many accomplishments and is widely known for devotion to conserva tion and wildlife. Mr. Ward has worked for the Game Commission 21 years, with 19 of them at Heppner. Morrow County's First Baby 1973, Stella Maria and her mother, Mrs. Phil Sinerius. Judge Jones In Hospital Judge Paul Jones became quite ill early New Year's day. He entered Pioneer Memorial Hospital Monday evening and was to stay there a few days for tests and observation. Morrow Co. NFO Officers Elected The Morrow County NFO had a breakfast meeting at Emert Beecher's Cafe (Thel's) in lone rs De . 28 at which time they eleieJ new officers. Those elected were Gene Logan, Pres.; Dave Baker, V.Pres.; Dick McElligott, Sec; Louis Buschke, Treas Gar Swanson, Publicity Chairman; Pat Cutsforth, district director. The waiting wasn't long this year for the first baby to arrive at Pioneer Memorial Hospital and thus become the one to receive all the presents from Heppner and Lexington mer chants. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Sinerius had a baby girl at 6:35 p.m on January 1. She weighed 6 pounds 8 ozs. Mama favors Stella Maria as the name for the new baby but is waiting father's approval. The tiny miss has lots of black hair. Children at home are Corey who will be two in March and Melissa who will be four in April. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Weir of Buckley, Wa.; Mrs. Georgia Sinerius of Sheridan, Mont, and great grandmother is Charlotte Sinerius of Virginia City, Mont. Mr. Sinerius is a mechanic at Fulletons Garage. The family came from Enum Claw last summer. Gifts Gifts will start immediately. The first one will be $50. off their hospital bill, a gift from Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Second will arrive on Thursday morning, their first issue of a year's subscription to the Gazette-Times. When Mrs. Sinerius and the baby feel like traveling, they will accompany Mrs. Heard of the Gazette-Times to pick up their many other gifts. Columbia Basin Doubls Jolt Ski Instructors Attend Clinic The Arbuckle Ski instructors took their annual instructors clinic at Spout Springs. Don Peterson, ski school director at Arbuckle, says there is partic ular emphasis on 4-H skiing, but there will also be private lessons offered. Those attending the instruc tors clinic were Mr. Peterson, John Rietmann, Mark and Joe Rietmann, Paul and Joel Peter son and Phil Carlson. Figure Control For Women The Figure Control For Women course will have its first class meeting at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 8 in the Junior High gym here. This will be a registration meeting. The regi stration fee is $15.00 for winter term. This is an adult education course from Blue Mountain Community College. College credits can be earned. Regular meetings - will be Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the gym. Martha Doherty is instructor and can be reached at 676-5398. Hospital Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Frank DeMerritt, Kinzua; Mattie Rood, Heppner; Cora Wilson, Heppner; Thomas Howell, Heppner; Jennifer Lawrence, Mayville; and Paul Jones. Heppner. Lydia Johns. Condon was dismissed. Columbia Basin Electric has been hit by a double jolt. Two weeks ago B.P.A. an nounced an impending rate increase of 25 percent (approxi mately) for December 1974. The Bonneville Power Administra tion, from whom the local utility buys all its power, has also given hints that the develop mental discount would end along with irrigation credits. The developmental discount was set up to help low density systems like Columbia Basin. The rate increase could cost the local utility $75,000.00 a year and in addition it would lose $23,000.00 a year in irrigation credit and developmental dis count. Local Co-op manager, David Harrison, stated he was the only one to stand up at the B. P.A. meeting a year ago to oppose the B.P.A. proposal and thoughts on the elimination of the irrigation credits and the developmental discount. Last week the Nixon Admin istration announced an end to low cost 2 percent electric and telephone loans for line con struction in rural America. Four years ago the Rural Electric Co-ops organized a self financing organization, N.R.U.C.F.C., National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., to help pick up financing which R.E.A. would not cover. C. F.C. was limited in the extent of money it could borrow, but the Co-op was encouraged by REA and the Administration that REA loans would continue, Rory Stillman Graduates MEMPHIS, TENN.,- Navy Airman Apprentice Rory K. Stillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Stillman of Heppner, Ore., has completed the Avia tion Structural Mechanic School at Memphis. Aviation Structural Me chanics maintain hydraulic systems, fuselages and wings aboard naval aircraft. according to local manager David Harrison. The national association for the Co-ops report that REA low cost loans will end January 1, 1973 under the administration order. They have been advised that for some marginal R.E.C.'s, insured loans of 5 percent interest will be made. For the majority of systems the future funds will be obtained "on the market" and guaran teed by the government. The cost of financing will be at whatever the current rate is. In their own organization, C.F.C, the R.E.C's are paying about 7 34 percent plus investing con siderable general funds in seed money at little return. Under the new plan, the national association for the Co-ops, N.R.E.C.A., advises that the rate of financing from the R.E.A. could run 7 percent to 9 percent at this time. To further complicate the situation the Department of Agriculture is not geared to handle the new program and it could be some time before any loans will be able to be made at all. The Nixon Administration is apparently pushing the new concept through under the new Rural Development Act of 1972. Columbia Basin advised that it would release additional news on the impact of the two recent developments as soon as addi tional information is available. Manager David Harrison said that Columbia Basin must take all steps possible to control operational costs and hold costs down in view of these disturbing developments. Since Columbia Basin only serves 2.3 customer -members per mile, the low cost loans will be a big loss in the help in serving low density areas, as compared to many utilities serving 20 to 40 cus tomers per mile of line. N-Site Hearing Next Week at Boardman The State Nuclear and Ther mal Energy Council will hold public hearings on the feasi bility of placing a nuclear power plant adjacent to the naval bombing range at Boardman on Jan. 12, instead of Jan. 13. Portland General Electric Co. has asked the council to make a decision on the feasibility of putting a plant at the north eastern site at Carty Canyon so it can proceed with its applica tion to build there. The council decided earlier this week to hold public hearings on the question. The second public hearing will be Jan. 15 in Portland. Missing Lady Is Okay FRIKNDS IN Bl'RNS Heard last week from Mrs. Joyce Wilkinson that she was all right. She was teaching in Managua when the earthquake hit there last week. She was to have gone to Guadalajara for the Christ mas holidays but apparently did not arrive there. She had attended summer school last summer at Managua and was teaching half days in an American School while working for her master's degree. She formerly taught at Heppner High School. City Dads Sworn In At Monday's City Council meeting which was held Tues day night because of New Year's, the City Dads were sworn in (except for Treasurer Mary Jean McCabe who is not a Dad); Mayor Jerry Sweeney, 'Treasurtir Mary Jean McCabe, Councilmen Ray Boyce and Warren Plocharsky. Clyde Allstott was elected president of the City Council. A building permit for a home to cost $16,500 was issued to Randy Lott. It will be in the Lott-Rasmussen Addition near the Plocharsky residence. A delegation was present on the perennial dog problem. The Council reports that definite action is to be taken and details will be worked out very soon. Mayor Sweeney made com mittee appointments. Studies underway include the solid waste management plan. Bud Springer is superinten dent pro tern. Frank Anderson Named Chairman of Board The Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has announced 14 Frank appointments 10 me dbiik s iuur rancner, as Chairman of the branch Boards and to the Branch for 1973. He has been a Federal Advisory Committee. Board member for a number of years. Bridge Girders Recovered J Morrow County road de partment has planned to build a bridge over a canal near Irrigon. Some 1500 pounds of steel girders to be used for this purpose was reported as stolen. Some of the girders were 26 feet long and the man who is supposed to have taken them is reported as having made- a trailer of several pieces in orcter to do the hauling. Sheriff Mollahan stated yes terday he would release the name of the man as soon as the arrest warrant was received. The Sheriff said 80 percent of the steel has been recovered. Movies Are Coming to Heppnsr the grade school Multi-purpose "Well they're coming, we room at 7 p.m. we will show the finally got them on the way. highly rated, very funny Morrow County is going to have western "Cat Ballou." Then movies again". A small group January 28 the movie "Born of people comprise the working Free" a wildlife story, and February li "The Music Man." All three of these were rated morally unobjectionable for adolescents and adults." All movies will begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday evenings as desig nated", said Bob DeSpain Jr. If you have any questions, comments or requests feel free to call any of the following: Melissa or Mary Pat McElligott - 422-7228; Gene Farley -676-5875; Dennis Toney 676-9407; Maxine Rietmann -422-7489; David Blackaller 676-5534; Linda DeSpain, publi city - 676-5055; Bob DeSpain, Jr. Chairman 676-5055. Watch for further publicity by the Seeing Eye. Birdine Tullis Named to Governors Commission on Youth structure of the newest com mittee in the county. It is made up of volunteer citizens from lone and Heppner and sponsor ed by the Morrow County Jaycees. The intention of the com mittee, called "The Seeing Eye" is to establish a self-perpetuating, non-profit movie sponsoring organization to pro- vide public entertainment for J he Portland Branch adults and youth alike. All announces annointment of iiiuriwa wiia iaivu wiitii Anderson, Heppner nublicized. Admission will be (at least to start with) $1.50 adults, $1.00 high school stu- $.50 grade school stu dents, younger ones free. Beginning January 14, 1973 at Housing Need Partially Answered Second House on the Hill Second House on the Rasmussen-Lott Addition was built by Randy Lott for resale. It has a marvelous view to the snow-covered peaks in the Washington Cascades. The three bedroom house also has a view up Hinton Creek. It has lots to offer in space for living and storage. It has two full baths and family room off the kitcnen. Sliding doors lead to a deck for outside dining. The dining-living room com bination has a fire place and wall-to-wall carpeting. The house has all-electric heat. The basement provides untold storage space. More 1972 Construction Mrs. Keith Farley remodeled Dr. Wagner's Clinic into apart ments that have provided a total of 5 apartments at a time when Heppner desperately needs housing. Birdine Tullis, Morrow Ex tension Aide, has recently been appointed as a member of the District 12, Governors Commis sion on Youth. Appointment to the committee is by Governor Tom McCall. The District 12 Commission on Youth meets monthly to consider needs of youth and their recommenda tions are passed on to the State Commission. A recent project of the Governors Commission on youth was a Youth Alert VD Conference in Pendleton during December. All high schools in District 12 were invited to send student and adult representa tives to this conference to be made aware of the nationwide health problem. In accepting the appointment, Birdine said, "I hope that serving on this committee will enable me to make the needs of our local youth heard. In doing this, I plan to involve our local youth by asking a student to accompany me to each com mission meeting. Only by listening to youth can their viewpoint be learned. We have many exceptional young people who should be heard". Maybe money can't buy happiness, but a lot of us would be willing to make the experiment. 1973 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Court Legislators Cover Area,Speak to Soroptimists WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Grain Market White wheat Red wheat Barley 2.74' bu. 2.73', bu. 68.50 ton Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. I" i Hi Low Prec. 52 37 .08 31 27 32 29 27 29 41 37 46 43 30 4K .03 11 .19 'You can't beat this tire on ice or snow!" Senator Ken Jernstedt and Representative-elect Jack Sumner spoke at the Soropti mist Club meeting Thursday at the Wagon Wheel. They travel led throughout the district to get feed-back from people in regard to local and state problems that will come before the legislature. Ken said "Government is going to affect you more and more with more people, there will be more laws and regula tions." Jack suggested that the Soroptimist Club sponsor a bill for something in which they were vitally interested. Then follow its course through the two legislative bodies and committees. The crooked highway from Heppner to the Jet. was pointed out as a problem of this area. Ken suggested the group direct their request to the State Highway Commission and specifically to the representa tive in Eastern Oregon. He suggested personal letters and said as their representatives in the Oregon Legislature, he and Jack would be happy to set up a meeting place with the Highway Commission. Every delegate possible should attend such a hearing. He suggested the letters request a counter be installed. Members laughed and said "The busiest time for that highway is during Hunting Season." Mrs. Clara Gertson said "I counted 101 hunting rigs as I drove from the Junction last fall." Plans were completed to take gifts to the Christmas family. The two legislators had been to Boardman and the County Court House tha! ov and were V' n. V ! . c ! J., ... V J . U 'is , p.- . A if ji fp- , '- o 6 )k in . A (iff 1973 MORROW FAIR & RODEO COURT NAMED Sunday's annual Princess interviews and riding competition was held in the Morrow County Fair & Rodeo arena to a big crowd on a sunny day. Sunny or not, it was a bit slick and riding somewhat hazardous. Riding there Sunday were Cassandra Chapel, Karen Crowell, Patty Van Schoiack, Mary Abrams, Kristi Haguewood, Karen Richards, Patricia Hughes, Kathy Gilbert, Kathy Bartlett and Sherry Kemp. . Princesses who join Queen Jeannie Daly on the 1973 Court are Kathy Gilbert for Willows Grange; Patricia Hughes, the Wranglers; Kathy Bartlett, Tillicum Club; Sherry Kemp, Lexington Grange. Queen Jeannie Daly gets last minute instructions from Rodeo -Board Chairman Don Evans. -3 V Cl-r V- V " v . f 1 going on to Condon in the afternoon and Moro that even ing. They were to be five places in Jefferson County on Friday. Just named princesses for the 1973 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo: Kathy Gilbert. Kathy Bartlett, Sherrie Kemp. Patricia Hughes. Lex Dates Third in Card Party Series By DELPHA JONES . The third card party of the five-card party series this winter at Lexington will be held this Saturday, Jan. 6 at the Lexington IO0F Hall. Prizes and refreshments will be enjoy ed. Oddfellow and Rebekah Lodges will meet Jan. 4. I was on a plan? last week and I got my first clue the plane was in trouble when I saw a bearded stewardess in fatigues passing out Havana cigars. ! 'w .. I J ' i I .. m mi . .... ii A fun summer is in store for Queen Jeannie and her Princesses Sherrie Kemp. Kathy Bartlett, Kathy Giltx-rt and Patricia Hughes. A,