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Newspaper Page Text( Ictcst in Concrete Catch Plants The latest In (mi'lable con crete hatch plants Inn Nen wl up tic-IP ul Heppner. The Readynnx plant has JukI arriv ed from Texas mid in being used here fr the first tune. Ready mix will supply the concrete lor I he new addition ut Kinzuu. Tin- struriure stands nearly 411 (eel into the air. It is self cnniamcd with hoppers for the aggregate, t cement and the water. The material In measur (.(I by electronic load cells instead of beam scales. The sand and gravel, water, cement arc all weighed separately and electronically. The three measured ingred ients are poured into the revolving Keadymix trucks where the mixing lakes place enroute to be poured. The number of revolutions deends upon the specifications of the contractor. The batch plant has a capacity of 8 cu. yds. which is the capacity of the trucks. A vard of cement weighs 2 ton. The plant will Ik- ocrated by Jiiek While. While he is a Pendleton native, he is just back from seven years in Hawaii. Here he worked for five years for a concrete company. Footing Poured The first 'cement was poured at the new Kinzua addition on Friday. However the concrete came from the Readymix Hoiirdman plant. The eight yards was poured in five footings. Kinzua is in the process of installing a 12" drainage line beside the highway. Action fc!::"v.-. i r ' .. .. i jt . " f m fa 'Mi : iJi.V': ' f ' -'-r l r v 1: - r t . . Concrete batch plant set uo by Heedymix Just nortn of Klniua. The aggregate hopper hat been lowered lor . ... .... . Arrives Hero filling. The cement hopper ha bMn raid. The water Jf hidden bT the upper bopper AU three pour Into trucks lor mixing. Soroptimists to The Dalles A group of Heppner Soropti- mists went to The Uaiies Thursday evening to attend installation ceremonies. The candle light ceremony was also al tended by Governor Dorothy Berry of Northwestern Region and Alice Rasmussen, regional treasurer. Mrs. Berry plans to attend Heppners' installation and initiation on June 30 as does a group from Goldendale, Wa. Goii g to The Dalles were Mrs. Randal Peterson, Mrs. Elaine Mrs. Clara Gertson, George Mis. Etta Parker and Mrs. Clavton Sweek. LARRY PETTYJOHN grad uated from Oregon State this spring with a bachelors in Science Education. He will teach Chemistry and Physics at BurbanK, Wa. He will also have some coaching duties. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn of Heppner. t Irrfcjon Youth Junior Chcnip Showmen at Union t I It l .HliM.II.Mt At l he budget hearing held in eH.jM-tHHi with the June (My Council meeting, the budget was adopteil in the amount of VMi.'liiti Taxes will he levied tn (he ii mount wl l2MWt. which Is wtiltii. Ihe 11 H-rcenl limitation. No m e hm council members appeared al the meeting. Mayor Chester Wilson brought to the jiltei;lion of the Council some problems facing the water vMem. Kxcessive use u. spi inkling has resulted in mi hmIs ol low pressure and nddiiinnul hours ol pumping on IhpiIi the well pump and the secondary IhxisIci pump. Addi tioi.nl storage is a need thai must In- met mmhi. according to Wilson. A letter was read from Rita aid Gerald Clark, petitioning he City for annexation of some 2 ii'i acres into Ihe City. The city boundary cuts through the proK'il they have purchased leaving this (Million outside. No action was taken as a recom mendation from Ihe planning con i mission has not been made. The mailer will be on Ihe July ne.ci.dii. A hearing on vacation of thai purl ion of ttlh St. between North Main and the highway is being advertised and will also be on Ihe agenda for Ihe July 10 meeting. Recorder Mary Wilson was excused from the meeting. Elva Sanders and Al Eppeiibach were on vacation, and wire absent. 1KIMGON YOl'TII -CHAMPION SHOWMAN' ATI N ION Hy FR ANCES ROSE WILSON Robert Richards was the Champion Junior Showman in ihe K.F.A. division al the Union Hospital Board Holes High Audit Cosls The hospital board met June 14 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The cost of the audit is 4200 dollars. Ilene Wyman noted that 47 pages have to be filled out There are many rules and regula tions that have to be com plied with and the red tape takes hours of time The hospital administrator noted that the liability in surance for the hospital had none up 1200 dollars. This is due to more malpractice suits. She said. "We have none here but it's all over. The hosptal employees, 21 of them, have agreed to ac cept retirement benefits ol Pacific Mutual which has a better plan than the state retirement plan. The county and hospital pay over half of the cost. , The County Court rejected the hospital budget on its first presentation bause t hadn't been signed by the president of the board, . was not broken up in detail en- is ;. n salary in- creases naa proved by the court ap- and Qors JOTS A few kind souls have mentioned that they had missed my Jots. I've been busy busy. More Birds But I have noticed that there's more birds around our yard. Others have mentioned it too. Another friend says "Do you suppose it's because we aren't using sprays anymore?" Any way, I'm delighted to see more birds. ..and kinds I've never MR. AND MRS. ERNEST ERTZ. Tim, Keith and Eliza beth of Spokane will live in Heppner for the next 3 or 4 months. Mr. Ertz will be working on a forest service road. They finally found an apartment at the Hotel. l.n e.tiM k Show He also look 1st place in swine Junior Show manship All 4 11 Desert Ridcis Club iih ihIii i s and their families wcie n.xiiiij to a bailMi'iie al the home of Dale and Saudi Roih iqiie, on June :l. A great lin e was had b all and a "Hig Ti;ii k". was expressed l Ihe club. ImlrpriMli'iit'C Sionlax July I hits Imvii sel as i tlcwi,dance Sunday by Pas tor Robert Schmoll of Ihe Imuon Assembly of God. An authentic Declaration of lude-m-i (liii.ee will Ih- gixeu an adull who brings Ihe most people lo Sm day School in the "Hump the Slump-' Sunday School contest. Cu dy bin s from I fool lo a yard lot g will go lo children who In i a more than 1, - The Good News Singers will piesent a program of gospel music in Ihe evening service, which hci;im. al 7 p.m. on July I. The Rev. Schmoll attended a Chinch Conference, in Sana wa . Wash. June 11 -Y. Tommy Hal n il of Davcnporl, Iowa was the siecial SH'iiker. Dewey West Sr. of Woodburn, aid son Dewey West Jr. of Hoai dman. visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Stephens. Siit . c ening. They were return ii i from a trip to Alberta. Canada, where they visited a sister-in-law. Dewey West Sr. is Mrs. Stephens' brother. Visitors earlier in the week were Martha Hoover, a former teacher in Irrigon and Maude Alexander of Hermiston. Miss Hoover taught at Clackamas Hus pasi year. She and her moi her Mrs. Luna Hoover have a summer home in Cannon Bench. Miss Alexander has also taught school in Irrigon. was not in line with the in creases given other county employees. The hospital has been paid 12,000 dollars in contribu tions to meet the 44,000 dol-' lars bid of McCormmachs for the solarium. - The board approved bills totaling something over 10,000 dollars which doesn't include pay roll. To be paid before the end of the fiscal year is 15,000 dollars to the retirement plan which is the hospital's share, the x-ray tube, installation of the wheel -in shower 1200 dollars, two year supply of linens 1026 dollars and air condi tioners 1368 dollars. The hospital expects to have a 53,000 dollars cash carry over. The hospital board will ask for bids for carpeting for the solarium and the halls. The hospital employ ees will have 7 holidays the same as the other county employees. seen before. Of course by the time I find them in my bird book, they're gone. But so beautiful they are. New Music Man Greg Davidson, working at the G-T until he takes off for New York on the United Nations jaunt, could hardly wait to hear who the school board had elected as band director for Heppner next year. James Ackley was the board's choice as well as Greg's. It seems he was a member of the band that played for the Junior prom as lead guitar and vocalist. He went over "he's really good". That's good, we always look forward to the concerts. Fergusons There certainly were a lot of Fergusons at Fay and Gene Ferguson's 50th wedding anni versary Sunday. Ted Ferguson was there from Gold Beach and there's a lot of little handsome Fergusons. Then there were Fergusons who were double cousins of Gene's. Another son Dick with more Fergusons and the Gene's brother Ray Fergu sons... and some more Fergu sons. It was a real fun affair. Some Fun George Steagall II taking Helicopter flight training at Fort Hood. Texas nearly drop ped in his tracks when an officer approached him and said, "Hey Soldier, how are the Heppner Mustangs doing?" How about that. ..it was Scott Barratt...Bill Barratt's son Garnet Arratt's grandson. George had worked on the Barratt ranches when he was in high school, and he was delighted to see and hear from someone who knew Heppner. He has completed his basic training and his helicopter maintenance schooling. HEPPNER ORE. GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursdsy. June XI. II7J Dcartban Ccsalistcnsrs Hear Progress Report II) MARY I.KE.MXKIOW Al the meeting of Ihe Port of Moi row last week Ihe commis sioners heard a progress report hi Ihe installation of rail and water services in Ihe port's industrial and food processing park. The commission faces a July I deadline in getting utilities lo Ihe new Desert Magic potato packing plant that is under const ruction in the laik. Port Manager Rupert Kenne dy stnb-d thai preliminary estimates on the 48 foot well that has been drilled are that Ihe well will pump 1.500 gallons M'r minute. The commission approved a pi-rposal to pui clu se a 5.000 gallon water tank Ihe cily of Boardman has on hand. The port agreed to offer the cily Sirrno for the tank thai has a coal iil interior and mcchnaical controls. Kennedy said he assumed the city would accept Ihe offer. The Union Pacific Railroad is hiving Ihe rails for 2.500 feet of lead track in the park thai is costing Ihe port commission over $:I5.0H). it was reported Thursday. IX'sert Magic will be con structing two spurs from the line lo the new potato facility. No one appeared at the budget hearing that was open during the meeting, and the commission adopted the budget as proposed by the budget committee with a tax levy of $29,750. SLICK TRICK Buy terry cloth by the yard for a colorful picnic or patio cloth. Put an inch hem around the cloth and run a drawstring in it. No more having to weight down the corners of the cloth to prevent it blowing around. Construction was to start June 18 on the solarium with 90 working days to comple tion. . The hospital license had been changed so that the hospital is now operating with 24 nursing home beds and 20 hospital beds. This brings a change In the cen sus figure which was 7.9 last month. There was one major surgery, out 102 out patients and one baby. This was the last board meeting Vel Robinson would attend as he is moving to Portland. Nona Sowell was absent as she Is in Europe. Present were Harriet Evans, chairman. John Pfeiffer. Le Roy Gardner and Vel Rob inson. Three teachers were approv ed for contracts at the Monday night meeting of the Morrow County board of education meeting. Virginia Liebertz will fill the vacancy of Special Education at Heppner Ele mentary. She has her BA from Portland State. Fay Ann Bunker will teach Spanish and Language Arts at Riverside. She has her BA from the University of Oregon and has advance work at Eastern Ore gon College. James Ackley will be the band instructor at .Heppner. He has his BA from Portland State. Two resignations were ac cepted. Those of Dennis Cass who taught language Arts and was Jr. High Track Coach at Heppner Elementary and Harley Sager from the Heppner Advisory committee and budget committee. Classified Employees Four classified employees were hired for lone. They were Helen Gutierrez as assistant cook, Paule Gates as kitchen helper, Dorene Mansfield as cleaning matron and laundress and Scott Christiansen, assist ant custodian and bus driver. Sells Land After discussion the board agreed to sell a small parcel of land in lone that belongs to the school district to Elwayne and Jovcc Bergstrom. It borders and fills out the boundary lines to the two lots that the Bergstroms bought at the lone Auction. The cost was $212.50. This will give the Bergstroms HUKK) sq. feel which is required lo place a mobile home on the plot and which they are considering. Jack Sumner registered a negative vote and explained that he just didn't believe in SLICK TRICKS Plastic pill bottles (1" in diameter) are just fine for storing sewing machine bob bins. The bobbins fit one on top of the other, and you can see the different colors of thread. Sr er Construe lion .Sewer and water line con struction Is under way In the western section of the city of Roardman In a $I,M7 project, Utility superintendent Larry Phillips said Ihe projects call for I .aw feel of sewer line and I .:t20 feel of six-inch water line. Presler & Sharpe of Kenne wick. Wash, is the construction contractor. Honor Roll The honor roll for Riverside High School for Ihe last semest er has been announced as follows: A roll; Seniors - Susan Ball 40. Casey Kuhn 40. Dolores Hilling. Debbie McCoy, Darrel Pummel, David Rich ards. Bruce Russell. Juniors -Ann Gasser 4.0. Susan Schncll 4 0. Linda Ball, Debbie Huwe. Dandle Leighlon. Sheryl Part low, Karen Richards. Sopho mores - Mary Dixon, Michelle Graham. Denise Henkle, Pam Hug. Greta LeBlanc, Pam Schmeder. Freshmen - Peggy Grand! 4.0. Donna Ziemer 4.0, Lori Schnell. B Roll; Seniors - Rob Adams, Vicky Gaymon. Kittie Hixson, Maril vn Pourier. Bob Ryan, Pat Skoubo. Pal Witters, Eugene Hodson. Juniors - Kathy Jackson. Kathy Beal, Martha King, Sharon Stewart. Sopho mores - Edie Brasel, Grace Hixson, Neta Phillips, Don Russell, Keith White. Freshmen - Kieron Haney, Susan Hulse, Robert Richards, Danny Shoe make. Vickie Sullivan, Jerry Zielinski, Julie Zielinski. Annual Picnic The Women's Activity Com mittee of Greenfield Grange met Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of Mrs. Bill Bates, starting with lunch eon at 12:30. Mrs. Rollin Bishop was a guest. Plans were made to have the ' annual picnic together with members of the grange July 15 in the Boardman City Park at 1:30 p.m., weather permitting. The dinner for Pomona Grange to be held here June 20 was discussed. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. with dinner. Each club member is to bring a dessert . Card party hostesses appoint ed included: June 19, Mrs. Bishop; June 26, Mrs. Walter Haves; July 3, Mrs. Frank Marlow; July 10, Hazel Car penter. There will be no business meeting in July, and the next one will be held August 8 at the home of Mrs. Hayes, starting at 1 p.m. Board Fills Three Teaching Vacancies selling school owned property. However the board members felt that the district would never take advantage of this land which is in no position to be used with other school property. Student Conduct , Each attendance area has had a committee review the student conduct code and Mr. Daniels reported the findings of the committee. lone came up with the most conservative and fell that dress and grooming should be modified to delete references to specific clothing types and hair standards. This should be left to the discretion of the school principals and school staff under guidance provided by the preferences of the general community. Riverside and Heppner both recommended allowing blue jeans and-or blue denims. However voted against wearing badly faded or frayed blue jeans. The board accepted the recommended changes and also adopted a rewritten section by Dennis Doherty in regard to weapons or instruments that could be used as weapons. Well Trouble Al Riverside The dry wells at Riverside continue to fill up with sand. The board approved as a solution to install a direct line to the city storm system thus eliminating the need for the dry wells. This must be done before Ihe parking area can be paved. Cost will run about $1800. and would come from the Riverside construction fund. Driver Training Cars The board authorized driver training cars from the following dealers: Farley Motors, Pear son Motors. Arrow Chevrolet and the FFA pickup from Fulleton Chev. The board authorized the call for bids mi bus service, bulk gasoline, fuel oil, anti-freeze and contract runs. Call for bids is lo be published Juy 5 and 12 with bid opening al 2 p.m on July 23. Mr. Daniels said unless there's some changes in Hm- next 30 days. I anticipate we will no! be receiving bids on bulk gasoline." Visitors E4 Jim Parllow is on leave at Ihe home of his mother, Mrs. Roy Parllow, from a nine mouths duly on the U.S.S. Enterprise in Viet Nam. Mrs. Bill Nelson, accompani ed by her mother-in law, Mrs. Juanila Nelson of Portland, went lo Medford to visi! a! the home of Mrs. Nelson's brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Urie. then went to Reno, Nev. for several days. On Iheir way home they visited in Bend at the home of Mrs. Nelson's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Herauf. Visitors for Ihe next two weeks al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Witters are Witters' mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Witters of Maple Valley, Wash., and his niece, Tanya Witters of Kent, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Phillips and son Dean of Monmouth were weekend visitors at the homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Peterson. Mrs. Clarence Thomas of Pendleton visited Sunday after noon at Ihe home of her sister, Mrs. Frank Marlow. on her way to Portland to visit another sister, Mrs. Lafe Smith. Mrs. George Sicard has been a patient in St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton the past week, suffering with the flu. Shower Pal Witters, bride-elect of Mike Edwards, was honored with a miscellaneous shower Thursday evening of last week at the home of Mrs. George Sicard. Committee in charge was Patsy Skoubo, Debbie Hug,' Dolores Hilling, Martha King. Susan Ball and Vickie Gayman, the latter of Irrigon. There were 32 present. In a game played, Mrs. Dewey West Jr. received the prize. Top Golfers Winners at Willow Run Golf course on Ladies Day last week were Dorothy Kennedy first in group A in the Specs, with Eileen Daniels and Kaye Trum bull tying for second. In group B Jeanne West was first and Phoebe Hayes second. Sunday winners for the men for the front 9 were Chet Phillips of Monmouth, first; Bruce Wilkins of Arlington, second; Dennis Gronquist of Arlington, third. The back 9 winners were Jim Harper, first ; Chet Phillips, second; and John Paradiso, third. Closest to the pin winners were Jim Harper and Ron Daniels. Willow Run will host the men from the McNary Club on June 24. Paving& Road Repairs By reducing the square yard age of paving at the Heppner Elementary School and by purchasing the gravel from the county, the district will be able to complete drainage repair and paving at the high school and paving at the elementary school within the available funds of $8500. Percy Jellum will do the . work while they are in Heppner doing the work for the city. Ione's Furnace Mr. Daniels contacted the Johnson Service Co. who have the maintenance agreement on the district's furnace controls who tell him, the district is not covered for work on the combustion control at lone. P S. Cook has said they can keep the control in repair as long as they can get replacement parts. Mr. Daniels said that he felt the district could keep it going through the summer and re placement wouldn't be required before fall. Air Conditioning The teacherage committee decided to install an air conditioning unit in the lone teacherage at a cost of $987. and lo increase the rent from $110. a month to $130. The committee recommended the purchase of the two air conditioners in the Boardman duplex for $250. each and to increase the rent from $90. to $100. on each unit. The air conditioners are four years old and are installed in the wall. Mr. Daniels noted in his financial that prior years taxes are coming in good but that the current years taxes aren't. He anticipates having a $35,000 cash carry oyer into the new budget on July 1. Hoard meeting schedule The board adopted a meeting schedule for 1973-1974. They will continue to meet the third Monday with one exception. In July, they will meel the 23rd which is the 4th Monday. The meetings will start at 8 p.m until Oct. then at 7:30 p.m. Bills paid through First National account totaled $12.458 64 and through Bank of Eastern Oregon $23.901 .06.