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LltRAIT v tr t C08ENC, ORE. 07403 14 s Bono lona Fircwcrks Tuesday The fun place to be next Tuesday night is lone. The lone American Legion will present Its annual fireworks display tit the lone Memorial Field at dark, Tuesday, July 3rd. Every one has always enjoyed the big fireworks display at lone which are expertly done. The American Legion Auxil iary will operate their refresh ment stand and will have sparklers for sale so the kids can participate in the fun. Her old Erwin Sells Plant The Harold Erwin Seed Cleaning & Treating Plant at Heppner has been sold to Dave Barnett of lone. Dave, an experienced hand in this kind of business, will operate the plant here and will also have a portable plant which he will take to the ranches for on-the-spot treating and cleaning work. Mr. Barnett lives on the Johnny Jackson ranch on Rhea Creek. Mr. Barnett plans to deal in feeds and chemicals in addition to the seed cleaning and treating. He has decided to change the name of the plant to D.L. Barnett, seed, feed and chemi cals. Mr. Erwin has operated the plant here for 12 years. Harold is almost a native here. He came here in 1918 and has lived here most of the time and also lived in the Walla Walla Valley. Harold has made his name well-known in rodeo circles and he is a famous mem ber of the Pendleton Round-Up Hail of Famer" " ' G-T Is A Winner! If Dorothy and Charlie wore vests the buttons woulda popped off. At the annual summer con vention last weekend at Seaside of the Ore. Newspaper Pub lishers Assn., the Gazette Times won first place and a plaque for papers under 3000 circulation for the Centennial edition published last August. They also won a certificate for Honorable Mention for the Galley West sports page that appears regulary. The title was originated by Ann Toney. At the All-Oregon dinner Saturday night, the speaker was Thomas R. Shepard, former Look Magazine editor. He believes the lack of objective reporting in the U.S.A. has led Co many sins. As an example, look at DDT. This chemical greatly expanded farm produc tion. The antipathy and fear generated by reporters who tell orfly one side of the story has forced DDT to be put on the shelf in spite of the fact that it is a very good chemical and far less harmful than claimed. In fact, it is far more beneficial than writers would have you believe. This is an example of harm being done by new writers who color things as they see fit rather than report news "as it really is". Billed Winters Has Surgery Butch (Simon) Winters is still in the Veterans Hospital in Portland. He is expected to be fhere for another 6 to 8 weeks. Last week he had surgery on his neck. The 3rd, 4th and 6th vertibrae were fused and the 5th was grafted from a bone in his hip. His wife and his mother, Mrs. Fred Breeding and Mr. Breed ing and his sister Sally were in Portland over the weekend. They were met there by Mrs. Blanche Gearhart and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Fox and children of Edmonds, Wa. They came to Heppner to visit for a couple of weeks. COth Yccr! i5 cent Fridays Elccfricd Scrn Sets Fires Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, J une 28, 973 Number 19 Cliff Green Takes Over Disposal Service Old fashioned Medians Show Pleases Court & Subjects Cliff Green will take over the Heppner Garbage Disposal Service the first of July. It has been operated for the past 22 years by his father, Herman Green. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green have moved into the home they recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffith on Fairview Way. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Green, David and Kirsten now living in Athena will move into the Green family home on Gale Street. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green have lived in the home for about IS years and prior to that time Mr. and Mrs. Cornell Green lived there for 15 years. They purchased it from the original owners. Mr. and Mrs. MrCarty, Elaine George's grandparents. II looks like a house where there should be children. Sidoivalti Dazaar Soon CORONATION Queen Jeanne Daly was crowned with great love and informality by her neighbor up Butter Creek. 1972 Queen Susie at Coronation ceremonies Saturday night. Orchids to the 197.1 Court were gifts Of Ihe Heppner Soroplimist Club. Cor sages were also presented to the chaperones. Donna Peterson and Clisla Venard. Master of Ceremonies, Gene Heppner's Biggest Sidewalk Bazaar will be here before you know it. Circle Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14. Merchants are preparing genu ine bargains. And there will be lots of goodies of all kinds available. Clubs, churches and other organizations wishing to raise money with a booth please have Ronieone contact Marje Gard ner soon to sign up for this big opportunity. There will be games for the kids such as pennies in the straw, a greased pole climb and a big special surprise feature this year. There will be free parking both days, July 13 and 14 here. As a finale on Saturday, July 14th, there will be a big dance at the Fairgrounds Pavilion honor ing Princess Kathy Barlett. Telephone Changes Coming Up Dale Slusher, Pacific North west manager from Pendleton, told the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday that Sept. 15 is the tentative date for the switch over to micro-wave into Port land for this area. Dialing operator and directory assist ance will go by micro-wave into Portland, repair calls will continue to go to Pendleton. He invited members to stop in , Pendleton and see the system. He will be glad to show anyone around who stops in. Challenging Film Mr. Slusher showed a film featuring a talk by a former Olympics Star. Through the callenge of sports, athletes set a goal and then train themselves to ac complish what they say they are going to do. In the film, he cited many unforseen obstacles that athletes had surmounted to go on to their goals. In these instances, they were partici pants in the Olympic Games who went on to win multi numbers of gold medals. "In every good champion, there's Ihe atmosphere of greatness." Transferring this into the business world, he urged em ployers to create challenges and "expect your workers to respond". Jack Van Winkle won the pot. Pierce, moved the show along. John Maatta as the Circuit Rider stole the show. He came on dressed the part and said to Ihe audience. "Now give me a big AMEN" And another one " to set Ihe spirit in frivolity and rejoicing." He sang "Old Time Religion". "Got Ihe Whole World in His Hand" on which he was joined by the audience and a short sermon followed by "Shadrack". He was accomp anied hv Ola Mae Groshens. More musical numbers fol lowed. Peter Sundin sang "Oh My Darlin Clementine" accompanying himself on the guitar. "Cold Depot" musical group from lone played "Proud Mary", "Road to my Heart", an original by Roy Roberts and "6 Days on the Road". Members of Ihe group are Kevin Gutirrez on Ihe drums; John Myers, base; Roy Roberts vocalist and lead guitar; Kelwayne Haguewood, rhythm; Kristi Haguewood, organ and Jerry Gentry, rhy thm. The group started playing together last winter. While they were practicing in the lone Depot, it was so cold that they chose Ihe name "Cold Depot". Country Musicians, Jim Carr, Laytnn Roberts and Dallas McDaniel played a couple of numbers. Anne and Mickie Hoskins took (he audience to Hawaii with their graceful hula hula. As a grand finale, the lone grand Squares demonstrated the fun of square dancing. The Heppner Soroplimist Club was in charge of the evening. Birdine Tullis was general chairman assisted by Ola Mae Groshens, Lenna Smith, Carolyn Davis and Dorothy Heard. Friday's electrical storm set five fires in the Heppner District. They were spot fires and were spotted Immediately. The three in Stahl Canyon, Radio Tower area were spotted from the air. Two fires near China Cap and Turner Mts. were spotted by the lookout at Tamarack. Due to the steepness of the terrain, firefighters were flown in by helicopter. District fire men were assisted by a six-man Indian crew from Umatilla District. Fighters were on the scene all Friday night and all day Saturday. R.B. Cogburn, Fire Control Assistant, checked the fires by fool on Tuesday to see thai there were no sleepers. The district has been pre planned for the intitial attack on fires by either vehicle, walking or by airplane. The attack depends on the terrain and adjacent roads. Firefighters There are only two lookouts manned in the Heppner Dis trict. Karen Holland Is on Madison Butte and Randy Ferrin Is on Tamarack. There's a big crew of firemen at Tupper with Jim Launer In charge, Larry Eddy Is foreman of the brush disposal crew: George Strickland. Fred Hous ton, Phil Hall, Maurice An thony, John Chisnell and Leo Barnes. Extra protection is given in high hazard areas where log ging has been finished but the slashing has not been cleaned up. Tom Hughes Is at Ant Hill, Jerry Mealy and Graham Smith al Bull Prairie and Alan Belt at Swale Creek. Butch Taylor is at the warehouse, He recently attend ed classes at Pilot Rock for training in filing chain saws. He worked on his first fire last weekend. He is working in many areas. He accompanied Mr. Cogburn on the fire inspection on Tuesday. City Signs (or Help With Water Problems At a special meeting Thurs day. Heppner City Council signed a contract with Telek Engineering of La Grande to engineer temporary stop-gap procedures to increase water and water pressures. Pumps and valves will be installed that are approved by the State WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Ixw Preep. .02 Wednesday 90 50 Thursday 97 58 Friday 98 64 Saturday 83 54 Sunday 8G 50 Monday 77 60 Tuesday 88 59 .02 Health Department that will balance the reservoirs. With a synchronized water system, water and water pressure can then be maintained for addi tional water hook ons. These will include the Nelson subdivi sion behind the hospital, Lotts Addition and the trailer court at Van Winkles Motel. The water system has ante quated lines and equipment. Steve Anderson, the engineer on the job, will develop a long range permanent plan to synch ronize the water system. At the special meeting, coun cil approved a 90 day temporary permit for Dean Teal to place a recretional vehicle behind his 2nd Hand Shop. Tall Texan at Holm of G-T M . 1 M W DDtuniiu Hospital Admitted to Pioneer Memor ial Hospital this week and still receiving care are Adolph Majeske, Lexington; Tom Stea- gall. Heppner; Harvey Wright, Lexington; Steve Miller, Hepp ner; and Mitch Teal, Lexington. Dismissed were Margaret Rot he, lone, and Laura Slolts. Heppner. Willow Creek Dam Meeting Draws Crowd; Nothing Resolved Queen Jeanne Daly, speaks to the crowd after being crowned Queen by Susie French. The coronation ceremony took place last Saturday evening at the Morrow County Fairgrounds before an estimated crowd of 250 people. Following the coronation there were songs by Peter Sundin, John Maatta, and the evening was topped off with the square dancing of the lone Grand Squares, Anne and Mickie Hoskins, hula girls. Adult Swim Hours Marcia Young, pool manager announced this week that there is a change in the adult swimming hours. Few people have taken advantage of the women and men split hours. So they have set Adult swim from 6. p.m until 7 p.m. Season tickets are not included in this swim but the charge is nominal. "This is a good time for adults to swim without being splashed and run over by the kids", Marcia said. There will be no adult swim on Saturday or Sunday evenings. - jr zv - v i vt & m u - f x " " " , t Ns o A. T- N. i Jkml.JMmiM mmm. V I J TEX Ernest V. Joiner, new editor-publisher of the Gatette-Times. By ERNIE CERESA Judge Jones speaks before the crowd gathered at the Courthouse to hear further discussions on the controversial Willow Creek Dam. Judge Jones asked that the dam be accepted in the name of the Morrow County Court. - GRAIN PRICES White Red Barley $3.Wbu. $2.76', bu. $so.50 ton Another meeting on the Wil low Creek Project was held last Thursday evening at the County Court House, Heppner. There were approximately 85 to 90 people present at the 8 p.m. meeting. Colonel Richard Connell, who has been conducting the meet ings is retiring and he was succeeded by Major Carlos Hickman, Acting District En gineer, Walla Walla District, Corps of Engineers. Assisting Major Hickman were Howard Hoggan, Chief of Project Plan ning; Gerald Roediger, Project Manager; John Mangan, Re gional Planning Officer for the Bureau of Reclamation: Ie Robinson, Bureau of Recla mation; Lee Robinson, Bureau of Reclamation Regional Econ omist: Leroy Summerfeldt, and David Ross, Portland Office for dam and flood control planning section. Major Hickman presented a concise study of the project completed by the Corps of Engineers, and touched upon all of the phases connected with the flooding area and the various ways in which future flooding could be prevented. Topics discussed at the meet ing had to do with flood control, irrigation, water quality con trol, water quality of the proposed lake, municipal water supply for the City of Heppner, recreation, fish and wildlife, flood plain management and flood proofing, relocation of the Cily of Heppner, local protec tion works, channel improve ment with a storage reservoir, and the use of storage reservoir. Many of the ideas presented by Major Hickman were drop ped as economically unfeas able. One of these, the munici pal water supply has been abandoned, after the City of Heppner requested an addi tional 100 acre ft. of storage to provide supplementary irriga tion water for the City's Cemetery, High School and possibly the grade school. Since authorization, it was found that the City would have to provide facilities for the treatment of the water prior to its usage. On this basis, inclusion of a municipal water supply as a project function was dropped in plan formation. The relocation of the City of Heppner was also dropped after study, when it was found that the property value for the City amounted to over nine million dollars and the cost of evacuat ing improvements and facilities with restoration outside the flood plain would be extremely high. After such restoration, the city properties would extend about three and one half miles along both sid of the canyon. Additional streets and bridges, and the relocation of the railroad would only partially satisfy the one basin need. Since the total cost far exceeds both the estimated total potential Continued Pg. 2 Cliff Aldrich Drawing Ione's Legion Post No. 95 is sponsoring a. donation-drawing for Ihe Cliff Aldrich Hospital Fund. A stereo-tape deck combina tion will be given away at the drawing which will be held at a Legion -sponsored dinner. The date will be announced later. Donations will be $1.00 pe: ticket. The winner does not need to be present to win. Get your ticket from any Legion member. Mr. Aldrich is still in the hospital recovering from burns he received when some chemi cals exploded and burned him severely earlier this year. Paul Hisler Thrown by Bull While rodeoing at the Phil Sheridan Rodeo at Sheridan. Paul Hisler riding the bull Josea was thrown and received a spiral fracture of his right leg. He is al Holladay Park Hospital in Port land. He is expected to be (here possibly three weeks. He underwent a three hour surg ery. He has a pin from his km-e to his hip. Also rodeoing al Seaside were Mark Hopkins and Bobby Con foith. Bobby was bucked off his bull and got a score of 61 on his horse. Mark got a mark of 54 on his hoist1. Ernest ' V Joiner has pur chased the Heppner Gazette Times and will" take over its management On July 1, Mr. and (,,?. ".. . Mrs. Charlie Heard, Owners and publishers, "announced to day. For the past 11 years Mr. Joiner has been editor and publisher of the Sebastopol, Calif., Times. He recently sold Ihe newspaper and has been traveling in Europe and the United States. Prior lo his purchase of the Northern Cali fornia newspaper, Mr. Joiner was managing editor of Modern Vclerninary Practice, an inter nationally circulated scientific journal for veterinarians pub lished al Santa Barbara, Calif. From 1945 lo 19(H) he owned and edited the Ralls, Texas Banner, and was. according to an article in Time Magazine, "the most widely quoted weekly news pajHT editor in Texas." He is a Texas native and is a graduate of Texas Tech Univer sity. Lubbock, Tex., with a degree in journalism and politi cal science. He is a member of the National Editorial Associa tion. California Press Associa tion. Commonwealth Club of California, and has scrvtd as director and president of Chambers of Commerce al S4asiool, Calif., and Ralls. Tex. He recently was honored by California public school ad ministrators for outstanding contributions to elemeiiUiry edwaiMW. and awarrk-d tlw nrcai ''I' hm.'s 'Cold.-' :: " trophy. The new publisher of the Gazette-Times is a licensed airplane pilot and an experienc ed public speaker. For two years he conducted a nation wide lecture tour, during which time he appeared on the TODAY show, a nationally televised program from New York. As an amateur cook, he's reputed to have mastered the art of making chili so fiery and ulcerating as to win him membership in the Chili Appre ciation Society of America! Politically, Mr. Joiner classi fies himself as a "conservative independent." "I dislike party labels," he explained. "I was raised a Democrat, switched to the Republican party a few years ago, and once voted for George Wallace for president because I couldn't stomach either candidate the major parties offered." Being an independent, he has numbered among his personal friends such people of divergent views as Lyndon B. Johnson, Gov. Ronald Reagan of Cali fornia. Norman Thomas, perennial Socialist party candi date for president, and Tom Elfers, whom Mr. Joiner de scribes as "one of the finest safecrackers who ever rode the large." Mr. Joii.cr was raised on farms ai.d ranches in Oklahoma ai.d West Texas, and has a iiH,iinMous interest in agricul ture and cat lie raising. "Mahc ! ill's what attracted me to Heppner." he said. "That," he added, "plus the fact that . I found the people here friendly, easy-going, and trustworthy. One can still seal a bargain here with a handshake instead of writing it out in legal jargon and signing it before a battery of notaries public!" Mr. Joiner is a veteran of World War II in the U.S. Air Force where he served in the Criminal Investigation De partment. Ernie Ceresa, who was associated with Mr. Joiner in the operation of the California nespaper, will also be involved in publishing the Gazette Times. Mr. Ceresa, an Army veteran of World War II, is a photographer and among other duljes will be the Sports Editor of the Gazette-Times. Mr. Joiner has announced no plans as yet for his new enterprise except that Mrs. Domihy Heard will be asked to remain with the paper during Ihe transition period as circula tion manager and consultant. No other staff changes are contemplated at present. The new owner, divorced, has two daughters. Mrs. Charles Schwab of Albuquerque, N.M.. and Vicki. a law student at Catholic University, Washing Ion. DC. The Charlie Heards who have published five weekly news papers in Oregon and Washing Ion plan lo retire and will continue to make their home liere in Heppner.
