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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
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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.
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Heppner ran sw banners for the
next year's fair and rodeo, the
facing the right way.
Early winners
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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