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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.
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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.
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Wednesday 90 50
Thursday 97 58
Friday 98 64
Saturday 83 54
Sunday 8G 50
Monday 77 60
Tuesday 88 59
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.