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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1973)
IIKPPNF.H (OHK.) GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. in Billboards are coming down "Billboards along Oregon's highways will soon come tumbling down at the rate of about 25 per week," according to Fred Klaboe, state highway engineer and administrator of the Highway Division. The "action phase" of the Oregon billboard removal pro gram was made possible by the signing of four additional compensation and removal agreements with signboard companies by the Oregon Transportation Commission at its regular meeting held in Salem last week. The four agreements bring the total to nine separate agreements with Oregon sign board companies. Two other companies will receive com pensation by an arbitration agreement. The 11 outdoor advertising companies own or control more than half of the 2,400 billboards expected to be removed under the program. The other half are independ ently owned. Negotiations are underway with the owners, Klaboe said, on an individual basis. As of today, the Highway Division has secured deeds to 114 of the billboards and ih en removal will be accomplished by either the owners or state maintenance forces within a short time. Klaboe said that the removal program will proceed as deeds are acquired although he hoped the Division could direct its priority to removal of billboards along Interstate 5 and from desig nated scenic areas along Oregon's state highways. Total cost of removing the 2,400 billboards in Oregon is estimated at $6.5 million with 75 per cent funded by the federal government and 25 per cent from state highway funds. Concurrent with the remov al of Oregon billboards by the Four youths arrested Arrested by the Heppner City Police, on Aug. 16 were Kenneth Wayne Thomason, 19, 395 Gale St., Jolynn Morris, 20, David Schwarzin, 18, 590 Gale St., and O.L. Manning, 17, all of Heppner. The youths are charged with having liquor in their posses sion and were to appear Aug. 22 in Municipal Court. Manning is to appear before the juvenile authorities. Thomason was also charged with being absent without leave from the U.S. Navy. He was taken by a sheriff's deputy to Boardman, then- flown to Seattle by Naval authorities. Hamlin's Tavern Will be open to serve food after 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Nights, too The boys around here will be pulling for Dick Gorham, Kinzua Corporation, in the rodeo bull riding event. He has never ridden a bull before, and he needs all the help he can get! Highway Division, the Oregon Travel Information Council has been erecting logo boards near selected interchanges along the interstate system where approved by the Feder al Highway Administration. The logo boards, uniformly designed and neatly con structed, can provide motor ists with basic traveling information. Service sta tions, food service establish ments and lodging facilities by payment of established fees may display their "logo" to advertise nearby services to the motoring public. The council has also been listening to proposals for the construction and operation of information plazas in rest areas adjacent to the free ways and highways. The Council hopes the information plazas, located in centralized areas, will compensate for the information services provided by billboards without detract ing from the scenic beauty of the roadside. The Travel Information Council is made up of citizens and designated representa tives of recreation-oriented .and advertising industries. Portland attorney Alfred Hampson is chairman. Youth guilty: marijuana James Matthew Healy, 21, Heppner, pled guilty to a charge of possession of mari juana in Justice Court Tues day, and was fined $1,005 ($500 of which was suspended) and sentenced to four days in jail. Following recommenda tions of Assistant District Attorney Dennis Doherty, in which Robert Abrams con curred, that the offense be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor and that the fine and jail sentence be imposed. Judge Charles O'Connor ac cepted the compromise and passed the sentence. This was Healy's first offense. VISITORS HERE FROM HAWAII Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bruns and son, Bud, of Ilea, Hawaii, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamlin at their mountain cabin. The Bruns like Oregon and are interested in acquiring some ranch property in Ore gon or Washington. From Heppner, they will and Mexico, returning to Hawaii in September. August 23. 1973 :TGu looking North on Main St., fair and rodro. perhaps (or sign in foreground will be Steagalls cover a lot of ground Mr. and Mrs. George Stea gall of Heppner recently flew back East for a three-week vacation. Their first stop was New Orleans. La., for a week visit with Mr. Steagall's sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Hal bert Toffey. In Virginia, they visited with Mrs. Steagall's mother, Mrs. Delia Parsons of Jones ville. It had been 17 years since Mrs. Steagall had been home. One of the highlights was a surprise class reunion planned in honor of Mrs. Steagall. The 28-year reunion was the first for the graduating class of 1945 in St. Charles, Va. Mrs. Steagall's brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Parsons, flew from Beaverton to Virginia to visit his mother while the Steagalls were there. This was Mr. Parsons first visit there in 14 years. Together they visited aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. The Steagalls also visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shoun, arid families in Meadowview and Damas cus. Va. Another week was spent in North Carolina visiting with Mrs. Steagall's brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parsons, in Hickory. In Tennessee they saw Mr. Steagall's mother's old home place and family in Mt. City, Tenn., as ,well as many Tennessee cousins. Upon their return, Mrs. Steagall's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bohana of Anchorage, Alaska, spent a week with her for the first time in six years. ad g AUG.25thruSEPT.3Salem g SCHEDULE OF EVENTS J-A- - Old-Time Dance At II HA ROMAN 5 I Saturday Nite, Sept. 1 I J ! 4 STik ?V GROUND RULES i1 m MlYIW )f Starts rr O nm itnrfi X ' If I IVl Wo aun wo ' 00 the J I I J J dame floor. J J , C) nlT thra who can J fei . V brng same. 1 rM No flghtin' and no k Idckin' in the clinch. Heppner ran sw banners for the next year's fair and rodeo, the facing the right way. Early winners (Continue from Page 1) ion. Ten seniors entered this contest. Junior showmanship champion is Nancy Miller, Lexington, and junior reserve champion is Maureen Healy, Heppner. There were 12 en tered in this contest. Intermediate showmanship champion is Mary Ann Proct or. Irrigon. Janice Healy, Pine City won reserve champion. There were 17 entered. Krynn Robinson won champion in the colt class. Laurel Morgan, Irrigon, is champion small fry showman. Four were entered. Ruth Petteys Cossmann dies in Los Angeles Word has been received of the death of Ruth Petteys Cossmann of Los Angeles, Aug. 16. Ruth Petteys was born June 16. 1898 to Amanual and Kalherine Pettys at lone. She was married to James Coss man in 1917. She is survived by a son, James Cossman, North Holly wood, Ca.; two daughters, Margaret Blakely, Los An geles, and Edith Mae Welling, Palmdale, Ca.; a sister, Edith Nicholson of lone; five grand children, three great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles, beside her husband, who died in 1958. -. ? I Effio unlscrs dies Kllit- I-eona M linkers, 89, died at her Heppner home Sunday, Aug. 19. She was born July 17, 1884 at Kensington, Kan., and was resident of the community for 77 years. Mrs. Munkers was a mem ber of the United Methodist Church. In 1915, she was married to James Morgan, who proceed ed her in death in 1942. She married Harry Munkers in 1947 and he died in 1966. Survivors are two stepsons, Riley and Don Munkers, both of Heppner; a nephew, Earl Ayers of Milton-Freewater; Fine levied In theft case Larry Dean Bourrie, 18, Boardman, pled guilty to second degree theft in Judge Charles O'Connor's court Tuesday. He was fined $255 and sentenced to 45 days in the county jail (later suspended). Bourrie had been charged with theft of gasoline from the Desert Magic Inn at Board man. He was taken into custody by Sheriff's Officer Jack Campbell, Aug. 20. wm MUSIC DOTH NIGHTS BY: six grumlchildren and one great grandchild. Services were Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Sweeney Mortuary Chapel with Itev, Edwin Cutting officiating. Vault Interment was at Hepp ner Masonic Cemetery. Sweeney Mortuary was in care of the arrangements. Casket bearers were Elwayn Hughes, Kenneth Keeling, Fred Gordon, Jerry Rrosnan, Jack Healy and Ebb Hughes. Contributions may he made to the Heart Fund. VISITOKS II Kit K FROM MICHIGAN Fred William Mankin and friend. Bill Gilbert of Troy. Mich., arrived Aug. 20 to see his father, Fred Mankin, who is hospitalized at Pioneer Memorial and able to have visitors. While in Heppner, Mankin and Gilbert are staying with Mankin's sister and her hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Al Bunch, at their ranch. V : ,( A ) I I ' j r ' w C- sc. '".'-.., .4 ' : - J ."i :' ! v.. . ' DANCE EACH NIGHT AUGUSL244& Morrow County Heppner, THE MUDDY CREEKER5 Redmond, Ore. 2X per person Tussock moth petition ready for signing Citizens concerned about the damage by the tussock moth to forests of Eastern Oregon may sign petitions to the Environmental Protection Agency at the following loca tions: Gazette-Times, Hepp ner Laundromat and Soropti mist Holiday House at the Fair. The petitions, which are obtained from Pendleton Ra dio Station KUMA, state: "Whereas the devastation being caused by the tussock moth over the forests of Eastern Oregon and South eastern Washington is now becoming a disaster of major proportions, and: WHEREAS the damage being caused not only constitutes an economic loss, a fire hazard of catastro phic potential, and a new imminent health hazard, and: WHEREAS the use of Zectran and other new chemicals has not proven effective, and: WHEREAS the natural virus has not proven effective, and: "WHEREAS, there is only one known effective pesticide suited for the control of this insect, now, therefore, be it resolved: mm a SA1URBAY Fair Pavilion Oregon "That the signatures on this 1 petition represent concerned citizens asking the EPA to reverse Its previous stand and now allow the use of DDT in controlled fashion In order to eradicate this insect and stop further devastation of our valuable forests upon which we depend for our livelihood, our recreation, our water supply, and safety." i In Portland this week, EPA officials are standing firm against the use of DDT. "All of the indications here are thai our people aren't going to be scared into a decision based on unsubstantiated facta," an agency spokesman said. Two-thirds of the moth infestation is In Northeastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington. The Forest Ser vice has spent $400,000 this summer in a fruitless attempt to destroy the moth by means other than DDT. Lincoln Nash had major surgery at St. Anthonys on July 31 and returned to Heppner Aug. 17. 4 t