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St. Patrick's
Day Dall
John Day Group
Featured at
Firemen's Ball
The Heppner Fire Dept. U
sponsoring a "Fireman's Ball"
on March 17, St. Patrick's Day,
at the Legion Hall in Heppner.
Live music will be featured by
the "Wild Country", a group
from John Day. Tickets are
$1.00 per person and the music
mill start at 9 p.m. Proceeds
from the dance will be used to
purchase fire-fighting equip
ment. Everyone is invited to
attend.
The W.W.Weatberfords of
Lexington have bought Mrs.
Ralph Thompson's house on
Court St.
SucccssStory
Ted Toll advertised his 1963
Dodge Pickup just once in the
Gazette-Times and SOLD IT.
You never know till you try. You
too may have the same phe
nominal success. Call 676-9228
to place your next ad with the
Heppner Gazette-Times, the
paper with reach.
County Gals
Chosen
for Court
The royal court for the
Arlington Rodeo has lovely
Morrow County young ladies.
Marci Linnell is Queen and
another Boardmanite Bobbi
Acock is a princess as is Mickey
Hoskins of lone.
The tryouts were last
Sunday.
U of O Degrees
Awarded Three
A graduating class of 709
candidates for advanced and
baccalaureate degrees will be
presented at the University of
Oregon's Winter Term Gradua
tion Convocation Friday, March
The convocation will be at 3
p.m. in the ballroom of the Erb
Memorial Union.
University President Robert
D. Clark will confer degrees.
Speaker for the services will
be Dr. Louis Perry of Portland,
former president of Whitman
College who is now president of
Standard Insurance Company.
His commencement address is
entitled "Bridge Over Troubled
Waters."
Candidates, who if they suc
cessfully complete all require
ments at the end of Winter
Term will receive degrees,
include 68 candidates for Doctor
of Philosophy, five candidates
for Doctor of Education, five for
Doctor of Arts, 150 for Master's
degrees, and 491 for bacca
laureate degrees.
The candidates include the
following from Heppner: Patti
Jean Healy, B.A.,History and
Sara Lynn Miller, B.S., Speech
Pathology and Audiology.
lone: Teresa M. Stefani
Turner, B.S.,Sociology.
NOT HEPPNER'S
JERRY GENTRY
In the March 1 Justice Court
News, the Jerry Gentry fined
for no motorcycle endorsement
is not Jerry Dean Gentry of
Heppner.
Don Robinson
Home
Don Robinson came home
from Portland a week ago
following surgery on his ankle.
He is getting along fine. For
awhile he will be getting around
on crutches.
In Texas
. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Peter
son, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Palmer and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Wright returned home
last week from Dallas, Texas.
The men are members of the
Columbia Basin board of direct
ors and attended a meeting of
the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Assn. down there.
Mrs. BUI WheaUn slipped and
fell on the dance floor Saturday
night at the Legion Hall here.
She broke ber leg just above the
ankle.
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Introducing f.liko lloucll,
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Howell and
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starting June 1.
Morrow County is looking forward to the arrival of its new 4-H
County Agent. Mike Howell. He will arrive June 1 to take over his
duties. Mr. and Mrs. Howell and their daughter Cristin will be
visiting in the county during spring vaction from the University of
Idaho. . .
Everyone is invited to drop in at the County Extension office on
Tuesday, March 20 to meet the Howells. ....
Mike and his wife, Jeanne grew up together at Fruitland, Idaho.
During their school days they were both active in 4-H and FHA and
FFA They were married their sophomore year at the University of
Idaho where they graduated last June. Mike in Agriculture
Education and Jeanne in Home Economics Eduction. Their
daughter Cristin Dawn is 24 years old. They expect their second
child this fall. .
Jeanne's interests include: sewing and clothing pattern design,
water skiing, gardening and green house work, upholstering
furniture, house decorating and design, snowmobiling and
trflvding.
Mike's interests are working on automobiles (old and new)
working with livestock, water skiing, photography, snowmobiling
and being with his family.
They both have an ambition to learn how to fly. Best of all they
like small towns and that's the kind Morrow County has.
Heppner Housing
Shortage
A public meeting was held
Monday night at the Morrow
County Courthouse with the
County court, Heppner City
Council and Allen Nistad, Kin
zua Corp. official. Builders,
bankers and building and loan
people were present as were
Oregon Dept. of Housing rep
resentatives. Employment at the new
Kinzua Corp. veneer plant at
Heppner has filled all the homes
here and at Lexington and lone.
Some workers even live in
Hermiston.
Allen Nistad of the Kinzua
Corp. told of his firm's invest
ment of three million dollars in
their new manufacturing plant
and said the firm contemplates
an additional investment of
another $3,000,000 in the next
phase of their program.
Skiing ....Excellent
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A YOUNG SKI ENTHUSIAST
Last weekend saw excellent
skiing at Arbuckle. Due to the
press of spring work on the
farm, the lone Ski group will be
fn Accident
A collision on Sunday extens
ively damaged two cars on Gale
and Baltimore Streets.
No one wf injured. Cars
belonged to Blanche Wise and
Lloyd E. Johnson. Mr. Johnson
was cited by city police for
failure to stop at stop sign.
David Mitcanm has been ill
and was in Portland recently for
tests.
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Cristin. Mr. Howell will be the new
Aired
He said his company was not
going to be able to install the
new plywood mill at Heppner
unless Heppner would build
sufficient and suitable housing
for the 125 additional workers it
would bring. In effect, no new
housing, no new mill for
Heppner.
Mayor Sweeney explained
Heppner's acute water problem
and of their hopes to correct the
problem.
Mr. McDonald of Clark &
Groff Engineers is here for a
study of the problem and said
that the need was another
storage tank and pipe line tie in
with the Courthouse well here.
Judge Paul Jones told of the
well at the Fairgrounds which
produces about 400 gallons per
minute. He said he hoped some
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on Arbuckle on Sunday from 1 to
5 p.m. They are making the trip
by private cars.
Hospital
Sherri O'Brien of Pendleton
was admitted to Pioneer Me
morial Hospital this week and is
still a patient.
Dismissed were Janice Goch
anour, Heppner; Jack Chitty,
Heppner and Donald Hough,
Heppner.
LIMITED TIME ONLY Home
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Close Call
Everyone is heaving a big
sigh of relief and thankfulness
that the Columbia Basin build
ing didn't go up in flames
Saturday night.
Bill Gentry says as near as
they can figure out the insula
tion on the wire from the
transformer to the building
broke down and shorted out.
The transformer overheated
and exploded about 12:45 Satur
day night.
Bert Corbin down on the
street was the first one to see
A Tusk? Mastodon or Mammoth?
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PGE Carty Plant
The Oregonian and Oregon
Journal yesterday reported that
the Oregon Nuclear and Ther
mal Energy Council at their
Tuesday meeting approved a
site application request by the
Portland General Electric Co.
for a proposed nuclear power
plant at the Carty Resevoir near
Boardman.
They deferred for a period of
30 to 60 days a decision on the
site's acceptability with prox
imity to the Navy Bombing
Range, pending studies by the
Massachusetts Institute of
Next Movie to be
March 31
About 100 people turned out on
March 11 to see "Little Big
Man". It is hoped that the
audiences will continue to grow
so that this movie project will
be able to continue.
The next movie will be on
Saturday, March 31. It will be
'The Reivers" starring Steve
McQueen, and rated PG (Pa
rental Guidance). There may be
a matinee that afternoon, but it
is not definite yet and will be
announced later.
Grain 173 a r hot
(FOB Lexington does iot
include warehouse )
courtesy MCGG
White Wheat
Red Wheat
Barley
2.454 bu.
2.42 bu.
73.54 ton
Marje Gardner is heme after
having been called to The
Dalles by the serious illness of
her father.
E3EHP
at Columbia Basin
the flame and turn in the alarm.
Bill said it was lucky that a lot
of the firemen were Just getting
home from the game and
weren't in bed yet so got to the
fire fast. He heard the explosion
and said "Oops someone hit a
pole". He dropped the town
lights momentarily until he was
sure that no one on the fire was
in danger.
The eaves of the building
caught fire. There were about 95
gallons of oil in the transformer
that burned and ran towards the
; building. Vegetable oil is circu
beeinning of the digging. Duane
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10,000 years ago..
Okays
Technology and Atomic Energy
Commission.
PGE has expressed a willing
ness to harden the plant to
withstand impact of a plane
crash if necessary. Council had
asked the Navy to control
flights on the western corridor
of the bombing range.
PGE has already ordered
substantial hardware for its
new nuclear power plant in
Morrow County which they
would like to have producing
electric power in 1980.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Wed. 56 37
Thurs. 56 37
Fri. 51 39
Sat. 53 37
Sun. 50 27
Mon. 46 27
Tues. 49 32
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March of Dimes
Contributions
Down
The March of Dimes Mothers
March contributions are down
considerably this year from
past years. Only about $233 was
collected in Heppner, with
$1105.15 being turned in from
the entire county.
A movie "Beyond The Bells"
is to be shown Sunday night at
7:30 p.m. at the Heppner
Christian Church. It is the story
of a missionary with a savage
tribe in Bolivia.
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Number 4
lated in a transformer for
cooling purposes.
This transformer served the
Columbia Basin building and
doesn't affect any other part of
the system. Monday they had a
small generator working that
supplied a few lights and the
coffee pot but no heat. Tempor
arily pole mounted trans
formers may be substituted
until another 3-phase 208
voltage transformer can be
located. Because of the odd
voltage, Bill said it was a hard
one to locate.
5000 Years Old?
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Shades of the past, maybe
5000 years ago maybe 10,000
years ago came to light this last
weekend. Dick Meader scoop
ing out a silting pond on the hill
behind the Hospital turned up
an elephant tusk that measured
9 feet 4 inches in length. It was
under 6 to 8 feet of clay soil.
During his years of excavat
ing he has found numerous
specimens of bones, teeth and
tusks. So when he exposed the
base end of the tusk he knew he
had something big and interest
ing. With the help of Tom Shear,
Duane Neiffer and Neil Poulsen
from the High School, his wife,
Inez and daughter Tami, the
giant tusk was slowly exca
vated. The crew dug carefully
with small instruments and
their hands until the earth was
removed from all around the
tusk. There was evidence that
the tusk curved to almost three
quarters of a circle. However
the tapered end disintegrated
completely when exposed to the
air and they tried to move it.
. The ivory tusk like a tree has
rings and grain. It broke in five
sections as they lifted it to the
panel truck that was to bring it
into the school. Three sections
placed on a plaster of paris base
have been fitted together and
sprayed with an epoxy to
stabilize the condition. The
three sections weighed about
300 pounds. The other two
sections will be placed in front
of the curved larger piece.
The crew worked Friday
night and again on Saturday 4Mi
hours and were guests Saturday
evening at supper of Mr. and
Mrs. Meador.
Pieces have been wrapped in '
Dlastic to prevent contamina
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be carbon dated. The crew was
thorough and systematic in
taking pictures to record the
excavating progress.
People who would like to see
the tusk, may see it Mar. 28
from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Art room
at the Elementary School.1
Planners Talk
on Zoning
At Tuesday's meeting of the
Morrow County Planning
Commission, there was a con
siderable discussion on land
subdividing. Orville Cutsforth
inquired about the sale of land
in tracts of small sizes. He
pointed out that there were
quite a few small farms in the
north part of the county of about
ten acres in size. County
Planner Del Smith said that
sewer and water system regula
tions were intended for some
control in subdivisions. He
defined this subdivided land as
a parcel of land divided into
four or more parcels of less than
ten acres each for the purpose
of transfer of ownership or
building development, whether
immediate or future.
Chairman Mrs. Dorris
Graves wondered if Morrow
County people wanted to main
tain the esthetic values in the
mountainous areas of the
county. She feels small tracts
would be difficult to control,
causing problems with sewage
disposal.
Attorney Dennis Doherty told
of a Lane County case where
homeowners objected to pollu
tion from a feed lot. In spite of
the owners' investment of some
$290,000 in the feedlot, case was
won by the homeowners and the
feedlot developers were en
joined from using a 55 acre
effluent holding pond. They had
planned to dry the effluent and
sell it for fertilizer.
Open Houoo at
Farley r.lotoro
Jim Farley of Farley Motors
Is hosting a 25th Anniversary
party in honor of 25 years of
doing business in Heppner this
Friday. Everyone Is cordially
Invited to come In and see the
1973 Pontiacs, Bulcks, GMCs
and Fords. Coffee and dough
nuts will be served all day.
Champagne punch will be
served from 4 until 5:30 p.m.
They're going
steady - Caro
Ct Jim Farley
The March 11, 1948 edition of
the Heppner Gazette-Times had
a front page story headed
"Annex Added to Service Sta
tion By James Farley".
The story went on to say that
construction of an addition to
the Shell Service Station at the
comer of May and Chase
Streets is being completed this
week by James J. Farely,
owner. Building was built for
the purpose of providing Pon
tiac service to the people of the
community, the station hence
forth to be known as Farley
Pontiac Co.
JAMES FARLEY
Twenty-five years In the same
block, same man. same business
but different name. When Jim
Farley started his automobile
business in 1948 he called it
"Farley Pontiac". He opened
up in what is now Leonard's
Mobil. In 1951 he changed the
name to Farley Motors. In 1955
he moved into his new building
where he is presently doing
business. He added Ford in 1971
and discontinued Rambler and
Jeep.
Grasshopper
Threat
Grasshoppers may again be a
problem in Umatilla and Mor
row Counties. A recent meeting
was held in Hermiston to
discuss the problem which
centers in Northeast Morrow
County and Northwest Umatilla
County. 10,000 acres must be
signed up before the Federal
program of contrpl will be
performed. The government
program of control is limited to
range land.
Immunizations
Mar. 27
On March 27 immunization
clinics will be held in Board
man, Irrigon and lone. If any
parents have not returned the
card to the school noting which
shots their student needs, that
should be done immediately.
The Tine test (tuberculin test)
will be given on that date in
Boardman and lone to 7tn ana
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xhe third clinic will be held in
April. That will be the last time
this year to take advantage of
this service.
Rep. Jack Sumner was here
early this week from the
Legislature. He briefly visited
his ranch and on Monday night
attended the school district
budget meeting.
Legion Notes 54th Birthday
Heppner's American Legion and Auxiliary will note the
American Legion's 54th birthday here Monday night starting with a
7 p.m. potluck dinner.
The American Legion Posts are celebrating the 54th anniversary
of the founding of the organization.
The American Legion has long been associated with civic life in
Morrow County, with posts at lone and Heppner.
According to the April, 1948 issue of the Heppner Gazette-Times,
the Legion Hall in Heppner was dedicated on Saturday, April 3,
1948.
Festivities opened at 3 p.m. with vocal and instrumental
selections provided by Karl Gabler, Don Rippee, Jim Orwick,
Harriet Ball, Bill Kenny, Billy Cochell, Mrs. Charles Ruggles,
Beverly Yocum, Merlene Henderson, Beverly Maness, Barbara
Slocum, Corabelle Nutting.
Pete Pinney was guest speaker. Post Commander of Post 87 was
Willard A. Blake. A.J.D.Bauman was master of ceremonies.
Earlier that spring, Ione's Legion Post erected a fine roomy
post headquarters building that is still used for many important
events of the area. , iL .
The American Legion and the Auxiliary work together for the
community good. The Legion was founded in 1919 in Paris. Here's
the Preamble to the Legion constitution:
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the
following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of The United States of
America;
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the
great wars;
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community.
state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
To make right the master of might;
To promote peace and good will on earth;
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principals of justice,
freedom and democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our Association by our devotion to
mutual helpfulness.
There have been other
changes up and down Main St.
he recalls. When he went Into
business, Charlie Vaughn had
the Heppner Garage where
Central Market is now. Bank of
Eastern Oregon has come to
town and moved into their new
building. First National re
modeled their building. Gilliam
and Bisbee, long time hardware
merchants went out of business
and Case Furniture Is now his
neighbor.
Changes
There have been many
changes in cars in those 25
years. Cars are lower and
lighter and easier to handle.
They cost more and have more
power.
Henry Ford said "You can
have any color as long as it's
black". Now the sky's the limit.
The upholstery used to be
artificial black leather now its
plush and colorful. Horse power
has increased 400 percent.
There's power this and power
that. Cars still run on four
wheels and gas.
Employees
In point of time, Walter Edger
has worked the longest for 20
years as parts man. Alice
Soward, office manager, has
worked for 13 years. Clarence
Baker has worked 8 years as
mechanic and Dan McBride,
body shop and Oral Wright,
mechanic, have each worked
about a year.
Jim Farley grew up in
Morrow County. His parents
were Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Farley. During the war he was
with the army in the European
theater. In 1946, he was married
to Louise Anderson. They have
two daughters, Tricia who is
married to Mark Halvorsen and
Shanney a senior at Heppner
High School. The Halvorsens in
La Grande have two daughters,
Alisa and Angee.
Jim has been active in the
Elks and served as exalted
ruler in 1954-55. He also served a
term on the tax equalization
board.
He likes ranching and horses.
He has a ranch in the Eight Mile
country. He has won numerous
trophies with his horses. In 1971
Appy C won first place in
Performance at the Oregon
Trail Appaloosa Show.
Sanitary Land
Fill Study
John McDonald with Clark &
Groff Engineers was in the
county the first of the week. He
met with the garbage disposal
people and inspected the facili
ties. He is collecting data for a
cities-county sanitary land fill.
He will be working with Del
Smith, county planner. Target
date for the completion of the
study is July 15.
Brandt Fined
Ronald J. Brandt of Irrigon
was fined $350 plus $5 penalty
Monday in Judge Henry Kaye's
circuit court here. Mr. Brandt
was found guilty of a charge of
theft in the first degree in
connection with disappearance
of Morrow County's channel
iron. He does not have any
previous record.