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Vol. 90, No. 43 Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Dec. 13, 1973 15c
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Merlin Stone wins
Circuit Judge Henry Kaye,
Pendleton, overturned a Nov.
6 finding of Justice of the
Peace Charles O'Connor here
Tuesday, and remanded the
defendant back to Justice
Court for retrial "if one is
necessary."
The defendant, Merlin
Stone, 37, Hardman, was
accused of criminal mischief
in the third degree after he
allegedly tore an aerial from a
parked car last August.
At the time of his arraign
ment Stone had asked for a
public defender. He was
advised by Judge O'Connor
that he would have to engage
an attorney to represent him
because the public defender
for Morrow County had pre
vious commitments.
When Stone appeared for
trial Nov. 6, he was late due to
snow conditions. He also
refused to enter a plea of
Al Bunch, livestock Grower of ihe
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By MARC1A BEDORTHA
Don't tell Al Bunch that
black isn't beautiful. His 150
head of Black Angus cattle has
Grower of the Year" award
from - the Morrow County
Livestock Growers organization.
Students produce own
holiday musical play
"The Meaning of Christmas." a musical play written by
Heppner Grade School students, will be presented to the
public Tuesday. Dec 18. 7:30 p.m., in the grade school gym.
Vocal music, band and drama students m grades 1
through 8 will appear in the production.
Selections the band will play, under the direction of Jim
Acklev will be "Jingle Bells." "Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer." "White Christmas" and "We Wish You a Merry
Christmas." , ...
The vocals groups, conducted by Bob Jespersen, will
present "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Caroling Caroling
and three spirituals.
Mrs Cathy Terney will direct the drama students.
The community is invited to attend. No admission will be
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guilty or not guilty, and was
not represented by counsel.
The court found him guilty
and sentenced him to 100 days
in jail, which was suspended.
He was ordered not to leave
the state without the court's
permission and was to refrain
from any criminal action in
the future.
Stone's difficulties with the
court were complicated by his
Vandals hit
Intruders rifled several
postal boxes at the lone post
office last Sunday, according
to the postmaster, Mrs. Char
les O'Connor.
Letters, some containing
checks, had been ripped open,
torn and thrown into the office
wastebaskets. Some checks
may have been stolen, but no
proof has been established at
Bunch was honored recently
at the Farm-City Banquet for
his outstanding livestock
management practices.
Black cattle and good man-
aeement have always plaved
an important part of Bunch's
life. Born the son of an Angus
man in Missouri, he learned to
love the breed. Along with his
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Beauty is where you find it. A busy spider weaves his
pattern of delicate filament as busy Heppnerites
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inability to read or write.
Judge Kaye in overturning
the lower court's verdict ruled
that any person is entitled to
counsel, regardless of the cost
to the county or state.
"Everything should be done
for the defendant, regardless
of the case," Judge Kaye said.
"This is an exceptional case,
not a rule-of -thumb case."
at lone
this time by postal authorities
investigating the incident.
The vandal's apparently en
tered the post office lobby
some time Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. O'Connor and a postal
employee, Mrs. Mary Holtz,
discovered the break-in when
they arrived for work Monday
morning.
11 brothers and one sister,
Bunch was raised with good
livestock management.
His love for the Angus was
sidelined when he joined the
Air Force in World War II and
spent five years, during which
time he met and married the
daughter of a Hereford
breeder from lone, Betty
Mankin.
Even though Mankins were
Hereford lovers, Bunch de
cided to join his father-in-law
in cattle and wheat operation
north of lone.
The Hereford and Angus
men not only got along, but
they worked together to Mor
row County's Outstanding Soil
Conservationist Award in
1952.
It wasn't until 1954 that
Bunch broke loose and started
raising the black cattle. His
first ranch was located north
of Heppner, The B Ranch
was one of the few in Morrow
County to raise Angus.
In 1960 Bunch increased his
acreage and purchased a
ranch on Clark Canyon Road
and on Bunker Hill.
With his wife. Betty, and
three children. Mike, Gerald
and Sharon, the B cattle
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office hours
for Christmas
The Gazette-Times will
maintain its regular publi
cation dates during the holi
day season.
The Christmas edition,
which traditionally carries
- pre-Christmas advertising
and Christmas greeting ads,
will be published Thursday,"
Dec. 20.
The newspaper's office
hours will be changed, how
ever, for the holidays. It will
be open Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, Dec. 22, 23, 24; closed
Dec. 25, Christmas Day; and
reopened Dec. 26.
Correspondents and adver
tisers are advised to submit
their copy with these dates in
mind.
erew in size and quality. In
conjunction with the beef
operation, the Bunches also
had a wheat ranch.
Today, the B ranch has
over 150 head of Black Angus,
30 per cent of them registered.
Bunch's son, Gerald, and his
wife, Tana, operate the Clark
Canyon Ranch while Al and
Betty run the Bunker Hill
Ranch.
The two ranches consist of
more than 3,300 acres which
includes 1,500 acres of dry
land wheat land.
In the summer, the B
cattle head to the range land
on Rock Creek and Basket
Mountain in Umatilla County.
One of Bunches' livestock
improvement programs has
been to initiate an artificial
insemination program. In 1971
they used it on 50 per cent of
their herd and recorded a
remarkable 70 per cent con
ception; last year they had 50
per cent conception.
By using the Al program.
Bunch has been able to have
bigger quality calves from
using proven tested perfor
mance bulls.
Bunch also uses top regis
ytlwized
At special meeting of the
Heppner Common Council
Friday night, 28 new building
permits within the city limits
were authorized.
Permits have been held up
by the state pending favorable
action on the water improve
ment bond election. The bond
Issue was approved by city
voters last week, and Mayor
Jerry Sweeney told the council
that a Mr. Hebard in the
Oregon State Health Division
had given his verbal permis
sion for the additional 28
building permits. Hebard's
only reservation in granting
additional water connections
is that water mains must
maintain 30 pounds of pres
sure per square inch rather
Worker dies in (all of Hinzua
: Douglas Melvin Evertson,
34, Umatilla, a construction
worker on one of the Kinzua
Corporation buildings, died
early Sunday morning in a
Pendleton hospital as a result
of a 58-foot fall Friday
afternoon about 3:30 o'clock.
Evertson was working on a
roof 40 feet above the floor
when he stepped onto a loose
ceiling joist and fell. He
landed in a concrete pit 18 feet
below the main floor line.
'Placed on -a stretcher; he had .
to be removed from the pit by
Sewer plant may cost
Boardman has to have more
sewage disposal space before
it can add any more popula
tion to the city, the city council
was told at its meeting last
week by the consulting engi
neer, Stan Wallulis of Pendle
ton. This could be expensive, he
said. The need is for a system
that would handle 4,000 popu
laton. This should be a lagoon
type system with treatment
facilities, sewer lines, engi
neering and land acquisition.
Wallulis said this could cost up
to $800,000.
A conventional treatment
plant might even run higher,
he said. The city is being
pressured to expand its sewer
system beyone its 500 popula
tion capability to handle the
increasing number of workers
being added to payrolls in the
area.
tered Angus bulls to improve
the quality of his herd.
When Bunch is not working
with cattle or farming, he is
involved with activities cen
tered around the farming
operation.
He is an active member of
the Morrow County Livestock
Kindergarten
on agenda
A decision to allow a kin
dergarten program to be a
part of public elementary
school will be made at the
Morrow County school board
meeting, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., at
the A.C. Houghton Elemen
tary School, Irrigon.
The agenda includes items
such as: request for a cable
easement by Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op, an adoption of
economic agreement with
classified employees for 1974
77, gasoline allocation and
alternatives to reduce con
sumption, system for financ
ing unemployment insurance.
Reports from A.C. Houghton
Elementary math program
and vocation study program
will also be on the agenda.
than 20. The mayor said a
confirming letter of permis
sion from Hebard will be
forthcoming. 5
The new permits will in-,
elude eight for the hospital
area, five for the area on
Chase Street, and the re
maining 15 can be given in the
"floor of the valley." No new
permits, however, can be
issued in the Lott-Rasmussen
Addition at this time due to the
adverse pressure condition at
the high school.
The council approved the
building permit for Howard
Carrells to construct a new
$40,000 residence on Chase
Street, pending receipt of
Hebard's letter of approval.
Sweeney informed the coun
a crane.
He was rushed by ambu
lance to Pioneer Hospital
where emergency treatment
was administered, then taken
to Pendleton's St. Anthony
Hospital.
Wesley Wise, 23, Boardman,
a fellow worker who was about
30 feet from Evertson at the
time of the accident, told the
Gazette-Times that Evertson
was putting in ceiling joists,
and was walking across them
fceiling joists carrying a joist
when he stepped on one that
The current system dumps
the sewage in a lagoon along
the Columbia River under a
50-year lease with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. The
city had hoped to work out a
plan with the corps to expand
its present lagoon or lease an
additional site. This idea has
been killed by the Corps of
Engineers. They say the tract
lying north of the railroad
adjacent to the present treat
ment facility is located within
an area designated for future
public recreational use and
the tract lying west of the
Boardman area is part of the
Umatilla Wildlife Refuge.
Wallulis told the council that
it would not be practical to tie
the city's sewer system in with
the propoesed sewage disposal
system in the Port of Morrow.
Prospective developers
have approached the city with
Urowers Association aim a
director of the Morrow
County Grain Growers. He's a
member of the Heppner Elks .
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by city
cil that with the passage of the
" water bonds, Steve Anderson,
city engineer, will begin at
once drawing plans for the
proposed system. He hopes to
have plans with the highest
priorities completed by Feb. 1,
submitted to the state ' for
approval by March IS, and
call for bids on the contract by
April 15. Meanwhile, the City
of Heppner plans to advertise
sale of the bonds on March 15
and call for bids on April 15.
The council discussed the
possibility of raising water
rates for customers residing
outside city limits. The utili
ties committee unanimously
recommended that users out
side the city have their
monthly water rates in
gave way.
Evertson was employed by
Kirk Construction Co. of
Kennewick, Wn.
The deceased was born in
Chico, Ca., and lived in
Orofino, Idaho, for six years
before moving to Umatilla last
April. A carpenter, he was a
member of Carpenters Local
Union 933.
He was married only last
Dec. 26 to Evelyn M. Widner in
Orofino. '
Survivors include the wid
: owT his parents", Mr.' and Mrs.
Homer W. Evertson, Orofino;
$180,000
proposals for package treat
ment plants in lieu of an
expanded city system. Jim
Van Domelen of Pendleton, .
district engineer for the De
partment of Environmental
Band and chorus fo
perform Wednesday
The Heppner High School Band and Chorus will present
their annual Winter-Christmas Concert Wednesday, Dec. 19,
8 p.m., in the high school cafetorium. i
Vocal selections, according to Bob Jespersen, music
instructor, will include "O Holy Night," "With a Voice of
Singing," and "Wassail Song." Dale Holland, 6th grade
student, will be featured in a solo, "Monotone Angel."
The band, directed by Jim Ackley, will perform "Carol of
the Drum," "Morning Song," "Christmas Festival" and
others.
The public is invited. There is no admission charge.
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terms on me Morrow uouniy
School Board.
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Al Bunch b preseated Ue Mtw Cwiaty Outstanding
Livestock Grower trophy by Merlia Hughes,
presideat. Morrow County Livestock Growers.
creased. Discussed was a rate
one and one-half times the city
rate. The council took no
action on the utilities com
mittee proposal, but author
ized the city attorney to draw
up an ordinance required to
effect such a rate increase,
and which will be acted upon
at a later date.
The council canvassed the
water bond election votes and
certified the results as being
158 ayes, and 73 nayes and one
ballot spoiled.
Before adjourning at 7:55
p.m. to attend the Heppner
Wallowa basketball game, .
another special meeting of the
council was approved for the
week of Dec. 17, the date and
time to be announced.
a son, Jess L., Caldwell,
Idaho; two daughters, Re
becca D. and Jody L. Evert
son, both of Caldwell: three
stepsons, Todd J., Timothy V.
and Trent W. Widener, all of
Umatilla; a brother, Larry G.,
Washington, D.C.; two sisters,
Myra M. Anderson, Orofino,
and Diane Hicks, Gresham,
Ore.; and his grandmother,
Gertrude Jones, Umatilla.
Funeral services will be
held this week at urotino
under" direction of Burns
Mortuary of Pendleton.
Quality, said he didn't care for
this idea. He lauded the
council for its efforts towards
working out a program, and
said he is doing everything he
can to get the project going as
soon as possible.
The livestock grower has
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