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1 1 SRARr o or o EUGENE, ORE 07403 Fcrley Motor To Note 25th Dlrthdoy Farley Motor Company here will celebrate their 25th an niversary on March 16th., Everyone it cordially Invited to come and help them celebrate this big event. Farley Motor Co. ia Morrow County's oldest continuously franchised automobile dealer. "Little DIsMcn" "Little Big Man", starring Dustin Hoffman is the movie to be shown this Sunday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the multi purpose room at the Heppner Grade School. Tickets are $150, adults; $1.00, high school stud ents; $75, 8th grade and younger. This movie is rated PG (Parental Guidance) and is not recommended for young children alone. Heart Attack Strikes Patil Paul Hansen was recently hjt by a heart attack while driving his car. He has been receiving " treatment at Gresham Com munity Hospital. Mrs. Hansen said last week after coming out of intensive care he would probably remain in the hospital several weeks before conva lescence at home. Millie Breeding Wins at MCGG The Open House at Morrow County Grain Growers last Saturday was a big success with lots of people there to enjoy the refreshments and see the IHC line of equipment that was on display. Millie Breeding from Hep pner won the door prize, which was a 21 inch IHC lawnmower. Car Damaged Mr. and Mrs. Don Paullus of Lexington were in Portland for a few days last week and while there their car was involved in an accident. Just the car, and not them. While the car was ; parked on a Portland street It was hit by a passing motorist and damaged quite a bit. They were forced to stay in Portland an extra night to obtain an axle and wheel for the car. But they're grateful that they were not involved in the accident themselves. Harley Soger to Hermiston Harley Sager, manager of First National Bank here, has accepted the position as comp troller for C 4 B Livestock, a large cattle feeding operation in Hermiston. Mr. Sager has been in Heppner for the bank on two different occasions, a total of eight and a half years. As of this past Tuesday he has worked for First National for 17 years. A native of Idaho, he started his banking career in Nyssa. He and wife Bertha have been active in civic affairs in the County. They will move to Hermiston about the time school is out. Adolf Majeske became ill and and was taken on Tuesday to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. PGE Asko An application for a site certificate to construct and operate both nuclear and coal fired thermal power plants at its proposed Boardman site was filed today by Portland General Electric company with the Oregon Nuclear and Thermal Energy Council. The filing took the form of a thick volume of data which PGE said conformed and was responsive to NTEC rules adopted at its September 5, 1972 meeting, setting forth the types of information to be furnished with an application for a site certificate. PGE had previously filed its "notice of intent" to submit an application for a site certificate on February 16, 1972. According to NTEC rules the filing for the "notice of intent" must precede the filing of the application for a site certificate by one year. In announcing the filing, Joe Williams. PGE's vice president for Engineering-Construction, also said that PGE will make application to the Atomic Energy Commission for a nuclear plant construction COth Ycsr! Heppner, Oregon 9 836, Ihursdoy, Morch 8, 1973 "HEft HEPPNER ELKS OLD TIMERS were awarded pins for long time membership at a ceremony here recently. Front row, from left Harold Cohn, Pat Mclntyre, Walter Hayes, Ralph Jackson, Rolio Sylvester, La Verne VanMarter, Sr., Ed Bennett. 2nd row, Charles Doherty, Al Bergstrom, Bill Kilkenny, Jim Farley, Emile Groshens, Ambrose Chapin, Jim Hayes. 3rd row, Lester Nelson, Ed Dick Barton Clark, Charles O'Connor, Gar Swanson, Terrel Bene'e. Back row, Francis Doherty, Darrell Padberg, Jack Van Winkle, Ray Massey. (Heppner Gazette-Times Photo) Housing Meeting The public and any interested persons are invited to attend a Housing Meeting at the County Courthouse next Monday, Mar. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is scheduled for the Court Room and present for the event will be the Morrow County Judge Paul Jones and Commissioners Homer Hughes and Walter Hayes, Mayor Jerry Sweeney and members of the Heppner City Council, Allen Nistad of the Kinzua Corpora tion and members of the Oregon Housing Authority. Building contractors and others are also expected to attend the meeting. Columbia Basin B.P.A. OUTAGE SCHEDULED The Bonneville Power Ad ministration is requiring plan ned outages of their lone Substation on March 8 and 9 to rebuild facilities at that Sub station, which will affect some Columbia Basin Electric members. Columbia Basin Electric Coop is building a "feed" around the substation facilities to cut the proposed outage time from 8 hours to 3Vfe hours. Columbia Basin crews will do the line switching for BPA. The scheduled interruption will be expected to run for 2V4 for Site Certificate permit later this year, probably in October or November. He added that the company's construction schedule calls for a Boardman generation project to be "on line" in 1980. Proposed site of the project is the Carty Reservoir area ap proximately 11 miles southerly from the city of Boardman and the Columbia River pool behind John Day dam. The site is close to the U.S.Navy's weapons delivery training facility southwest of Boardman and has been the subject of prior hearings before NTEC limited to the single question of whether or not proximity would be a sufficient hazard to render the site unsatisfactory for a nuclear plant or would require expesive "hardening" of it against air craft impact. NTEC has not yet issued a ruling on this matter. PGE has previously indicated it would prefer to construct a nuclear plant, both for en vironmental and economic reasons. A $40 million order for the nuclear steam supply system was placed with Babcock and AZIETT LIMITED TIME ONLY Home steads 9 Heritages only $5.00. St. Patrick's Day Ball There will be a "Firemen's Ball" held at the Legion Hall in Heppner on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, and sponsored by the Heppner Fire Dept. Everyone is invited to attend and help out the fire dept. while they have a good time. The money made will be used to purchase training and fire-fighting equip ment. Tickets are $1.00 per person and the dance will begin at 10 p.m. lists Outages hours from approximately 10:00 p.m. to about 12:30 a.m. on March 8, and then for 1 hour from approximately 6:00 a.m. to about 7:00 a.m. early the morning of March 9. Line Superintendent Bill Gentry advises that Columbia Basin has worked with BPA to schedule these outages at a time of year to attempt to least affect heating, irrigation and other electrical needs. The areas affected will be town of lone, rural areas at Morgan, Cecil, Ruggs, Hard- man, Eight Mile, uooseDerry, North Lexington, ana ruiea Creek. Wilcox last week. The order is for a pressurized water reactor with sufficient thermal power to generate an electrical output of 1260 megawatts. The equipment ordered was placed at this time due to the very long lead time required for a nuclear plant and to provide the necessary design information required for state and federal application re quirements. PGE is also applying for site certification for two 600 megawatt coal-fired units. Coal for the plant would be imported by rail, probably from Montana or elsewhere in the inter mountain region. Extensive studies of geology, seismology, meterology, hydrology, and other character istics of the site already have been made and indicate it to be exceptionally favorable for thermal power plants, accord ing to Williams. Possible beneficial uses of plant cooling water and adapta tion of the cooling reservoir as a source of irrigation water for surrounding desert lands has attracted active support of the plant from Boardman area citizenry. E- h- if ' Double Treat for on Thursday at Morrow County fans can see both county teams play Thurs day afternoon in the opening play of the Class A Region II Basketball Tournament at Pendleton. lone will meet McEwen at 2 p.m. Coach Del LaRue is contemplative know ing the record of the Scotties, once-beaten Columbia Basin Champs. lone is prepared to give then a run for their money. Watch big Dave Warren 6'5" and Greg Wilson an inch shorter. Heppner will meet Helix at 3:30 for the second game of the tournament. Helix and Heppner are more evenly matched for height than some teams. They are both a running team. If the Mustang's shooting trio is hot, this could be a win. Watch John Boyer, Lloyd Wilson and Allen McCabe. The evening games m?tch Condon with Dufur at 7 p.m. and Umatilla with Culver at 8:iu. ilia viiia i" Winners of game 1 ana z win recreation center, Bill Wheaton play at 3:30 Friday afternoon. wjn s00n have one ready to This could very well be the open. He and several helpers "championship" game if are at work extensively remod Heppner meets McEwen. The eling the old Leach Store at losers of games 1 and 2 will play Lexington, at 2 p.m. So again Morrow They have installed two County fans can see both county restrooms, have completely teams play on Friday after- refloored the large room, are noon. lowering the ceiling, and build- If both Heppner and lone lose mg a new kitchen. Mr. Wheaton their first games, they will meet says he plans to get the center in the first game on Friday opened this month, afternoon. A Good selection of games will be provided. Soft drinks and Heppner I00F Hosts Convention Heppner IOOF lodge hosted the District meeting last Satur rtav The six lodges represented had 50 delegates present for the uau vv vv-p--f- - afternoon officer training ses- sions. Grand officers here 1903 at Akron Michigan. She included Darrel L. Wright of was uruted in marriage to Fred Salem, Grand Secretary, Ralph Mankjn jn Heppner on June 28, Paull of Portland, Grand Mar- 1921 an(j resided in the lone and shal, Lawrence McClure of neppner area most of her life. Salem, Grand Conductor, Sne was a member of the United Richard Salvadore of Portland, Metnodist Church. Grand Chaplain Allen Paull of Besides her husband, Fred of Salem, Grand musician Vern Heppneri she is survived by a Shipman of Baker and Grand daughter, Betty Bunch, Hep colorbearer John Blades of . a Fre(j w. Mankin of Olympia, wa. The 1974 District Convention will he held in Milton- Frwwater. The new district officers are Elda Heller, presi dent of Milton-Freewater; Roy Tiimv. vice president of Pendleton; Randall Peterson, secretary Of Heppner anu Andrew Zessin, treasurer of Milton-Freewater. iilton-Freewater. A number of the Rebekahs attending the district cunven- finn in Ixineton came in tor iho hanmipt in the evening. siirfps of the IOOF Rehabilita- tion Center in Portland were shown. Old time dancing round- ,d out the evening s entertain- metit. EDBPFMEH TIME Morrow County Tournament This mav be the last year that the Big Sky Conference schools Dufur, Helix, Culver and lone, will play in the Class A tournament with Columbia Basin Conference schools. De pending on a decision of the OSSA board on March 24, a fourth classification has been proposed for the smaller Class A schools. A four-team Class B state tournament would be held at Baker. First and Second place winners of the tournament will got to state tournament to be held in Pendleton March 15,16, 17. Recreation Center Comes to Lexington Because youth of the county kmra avrtraccal a Hoc i ra fnr a nave caj;i v.jovu w wou w quick foods will be offered, with pizza being a special feature. Beulah Man kin Reulah Mankin. age 69, died in a Pendleton hospital on in a a vnviv" r March 5. She was born Dec. 15, Detroit, Mich.; a sister Mrs. Holmes Uabbert, and her fat her, Dwight Misner, all of Mesa Arizona. Services will be today, March 8, at the United Metnoaist Church in Heppner at 2 p.m. the Edwin Cutting officiating. Interment will follow at Heppner Masonic Cemetery Heppner wjth Swe) ipenev Mortuary in care of arrangements Pallbearers are Paul Heinrichs. Archie Munkers, Bill k Ann v Max Harris. Art axe i m j , Watkins anj j0hn Eubanks. contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 15 cents rv 1 1 wsar By DON GILLIAM ill Iw Prec. Wed. 57 40 .28 Thurs. 53 36 .31 Fri. 52 31 Sat. 54 37 .02 Sun. 51 37 .07 Mon. 55 35 Tues. 53 32 Total Prec. Feb. 1.09 Normal Prec. 1.16 Total Prec. 1972 .92 WRANGLERS to revamp play days Mrs. Jerry Doherty, Mrs. Lee Palmer, Mrs. Ron Currin and Bill Collins were named by Bob Montgomery, Wrangler's presi dent, as a committee to revamp the games for the 1973 Summer Play Days. The meeting follow ed a potluck supper Sunday evening at the Annex. April 1 was set for the annual workday to work on the grounds. "Get the work done.... then we'll rope". Wranglers are seeking a member to serve as delegate to the Fair Board to take care of the barns during the week of the fair. Norman Nelson is to check in on improved seating at the Wrangler's Grounds,. This may he chairs or benches and may include replacement of the slivery boards on the bleachers. Other summer events were discussed: the overnight trail ride and the annual cowboy breakfast during the fair. Secretary Gwen Healy re minded those presenf'dues are due"! Members of the kitchen committee were Daisy Collins, Marion Abrams, Mary Abrams and Dorothy Heard. Farm & Home Booklets Here A new publications list has been put out by the Extension Service and is available at the local office. It is chock full of many helpful booklets that are free. lone Auction Date Set An organization meeting for the 1974 lone Auction sponsored by the United Church of Christ was held Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rea were named general chairman of the annual event to be held June 2. Other committee chairmen: arrangements, Milton Morgan; Pit, Fred Nelson; meat wrap ping, Bob Rietmann and meat slicing, Roy W. Lindstrom. Country Store, Mrs. Art Lindstrom ; clerk of the auction, Ken Smouse; pickup of sale items, Paul Pettyjohn and Eldon Tucker; Sales, Bill Riet mann; silent auction, Mrs. Pete Cannon; Antiques, Mrs. Lind say Kincaid; publicity, Mrs. Henry Krebs. The Deaconesses are in charge of the dinner with Helen McCabe as coordinator. Mary Arthur and Carleen West are in charge of ticket sales; Dot Halvorsen, dining room and Bill Arthur and high school class will handle the snack shack. Riverside Multnomah County Circuit Judge Harlow F. Lenon follow ing the close of the Juvenile hearing held last Friday in Heppner. G-T PhoU mammmw'mm' ' " rr. -- f J " ffrrrnrp A i i Kinzua Invostaont, Payroll Grows Kinzua Corporation has in vested $3,118,000.00 in its new facilities at Heppner. Final work Is being completed at this time on their second barker installation. 93 people have been added to the payroll. Annual payroll at Heppner at this time is $1,637,402.00 an additon of more than one million dollars. 12 more employees will be required at the plant when the second barker is in operation. Much of the material for the new plant is coming from thinning activities on company lands. Visitors to the Kinzua tree farm next year will notice improved forest practices made possible by this new facility utilizing material formerly left Budgefeers Okay Revenue Spending The Morrow County Court' and the budget committee have been considering a large num ber of requests on how to apportion money from Federal revenue sharing. After a busy morning Tues day the afternoon session fin ished up the day, untangling some knotty problems. Both the Court and Committee approved allocations for the 1972 money which will be advertised in a supplemental budget. ' Principal expenditure will go to the Road Dept. for $61,320 largely for badly damaged roads since no additional County tax money is available until the new fiscal year. The Juvenile and Planning Dept. will get a new car at $3165. The kindergarten program will receive $1000. Mental Health program will get $2800 (amount not paid in 1972-73 year). Badly needed electric wiring will be done at the Courthouse at a cost of $3000. Circuit courtroom air conditioning will be done at $2500. Stone wall and basement repair is slated for $625. Watermaster will get $1800. Aerial maps needed by Asses sor will cost $1625. Neighbor hood Center will get $3800. Radio equipment will cost $6500, film $250. This totals $91,377 which was received for 1972. Benges Fly to Washington to see Mike ' could while they were in Happy Day. Mr. and Mrs. Washington. Jack Sumner, a Mn .loan schoolmate of Mikes, called Hughes and Theresa left at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning from Portland to fly to Washington, DC. Terry Hughes in the midst of final exams at Oregon State won't make the trip. On Thursday they will meet Mike Benge as he flies in from the Philippines Their motel is just four blocks from the hospital Mike will enter. While Mike is feeling good, he has had malaria and some other problems the doc- tors will want to check out while he is in Washington DC. This is the first time the four Heppnerites have been in the Nation's capitol and they expect to do some sightseeing. When Mike will return to Heppner, will depend upon the doctors and the government. "We're just playing the part by ear" Mary Benge said Tuesday night. Mike called home Monday night and again Tuesday. Sen ator Hatfield called and told them he'd help them anyway he Student Found Guilty of Matthew Grochowski, River side High School student was found guilty of murdering Don Hendrix a Riverside High School coach at the end of a two-day juvenile hearing in circuit court on Friday of last week. The 14-year-old ward of the court was committed to the state Children's Services Divi sion for placement in MacLaren School for Boys, by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Harlow F. Lenon. In a prepared statement handed to reporters following the close of the case, the Judge said "the committment to continue for an indefinite period of time not to extend beyond the child's twenty-first birthday." In the woods. Property taxes paid by Kinzua in the local four county area totaled $290,503.48 for 1972. $179,390.95 of this amount was for local property tax while an additional $111,112.53 In sever ance tax was collected by the State of Oregon and returned to the counties as a property tax offset. The Oregon State Forestry Department was paid $29,227.00 to do cleanup work on the Kinzua tree farm - as well as timber stand improvement work. In addition, Kinzua had its own crews piling brush, seeding grass and making general stream cleanup im provements last year. There were a number of other requests but simply not enough money to go around for every thing needed. Some things requested could not be done legally at this time. Among other requests were Action for Handicapped, Ar buckle Ski area, Cutsforth and Anson Wright Parks, full-time health nurse, Hospital nursing home annex, solid waste site acquistion, retirement home for elderly, neglected and injured animal expense, Jail improve ments and E.C.O.A.C. Grain Market ( FOB Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) Courtesy MCGG White Wheat 2-60 July-Aug delivery 2-334 Red Wheat 2.58'- Juty-Aujf delivery 2.33 Vi Barley 72.00 Hospital Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial Hospital this week are Henry Krebs, Arlington; Sylvia Quinn, lone; Effie John son, Heppner; Gertrude Park er, Heppner; Adolph Majeske, Lexington and Clayton Ayers, Heppner. Dismissed were: Nate Mc Bride, Heppner; Velva Bech dolt, Heppner; Frank Turner, Heppner; and Frank Spivey, Kinzua. from Salem. Mary continues to get letters from students as well as adults who have one of Mike's POW bracelets. Mary has sold over 100 locally. When asked if she thought Mike would like to have the band and friends out to meet him when he arrived home, she said, "I think he would like that". "What do vou think Mike will do when he gets. home?" She said "I think he'll go back over He loves that country and he loves the work. He knows the people and their language." I'm sure knowing the language was to his advantage while he was a captive." Mike was Mr. Nixon's escort and interpreter when he visited there as vice president. Other times when Mike was home, he showed slides and talked to the students at the high school. How much he can talk about his experience this time will depend upon the government. Murder Judge Lenon heard the case after Morrow County Judge Paul Jones disqualified himself upon complaint of the defense attorney, Don Morrison of Hermiston. Twenty-two wit nesses were called which in cluded teachers and students of Riverside. The hearing was closed to the public and the press. The boy has been held in Umatilla County juvenile deten tion quarters since his arrest early in January because Mor row County does not have adequate facilities. Sheriff Mollahan returned him to Pendleton following the hearing where he will await transporta tion to MacLaren.