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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.
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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
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2.73', bu.
68.50 ton
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'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
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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.
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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.
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A fun summer is in store for Queen Jeannie and her Princesses
Sherrie Kemp. Kathy Bartlett, Kathy Giltx-rt and Patricia Hughes.
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