Boardman Beacon la published every Thursday. Address: P. O. Box 295, Boardman. James C. Iliivnncr and Myrl Hiivnaer, PublUhr; Jim Havnat-r, Editor. Roardman is the most Melting area lor agriculture and Industry In Oregon. Hundreds of millions of dollars art bring rommiiied to a brand new stvle of agribusiness that should prove a model for Oregon and the nation. ACON BOARDMAN Boardman potato plant construction to begin BOARDMAN Construc tion will begin this week on the $4,850,000 frozen french fried potato processing plant at the Port of Morrow east of here. The new facility will be leased by Gourmet Foods Products Inc., Metolius, Ore., and will employ about 175 workers by September. The facility is being fi nanced through a Port of Morrow 25-vear revenue bond 6: --- . ...... , - '""-V ,';-i-w. County roads in Melting snow and ice has played havoc with a number o Morrow county roads. .Many roadways were frozen under the paved portion, and the sudden thaw caused them to break up, making travel dangerous. In some instances, roads are impassable. Future Pirates at play The Future Pirates basket ball teams from 3rd through 6th grade of A.C. Houghton School meet at Riverside High gym at 10 a.m. each Saturday for a practice session lasting until noon. They had their first practice Saturday. There are intermural games each weekday at 12 noon. Parents or interested people may attend at the Irrigon gym, located in the old school. The boys basketball teams are Celtics. Blazers. Sonics and Lakers. Grade school girls play volleyball every third day . Their teams are the Comets. Jets and Stars. TILLKTM MOTOR INN 6TH STREET Umatilla. Oregon 97t2 Phone 922-3236 VERLING & MARIE CLARK Managers MOORE'S TEXACO 24 HOI R SERVIC E Except Friday & Saturday Evenings Phone 4X1-2435 Boardman. OREGON issue which was purchased this week by Foster and Marshall. Inc., Seattle. Robert 0. Yeasting, vice president, said there will be an approximate $3,400,000 bond issue for plant construction and $1,450,000 for the cold storage facility. The bonds will pay an interest rate of approximately 6.25 per cent. Gourmet Food Products I I . 4jw.su.".e'... Tom up roadbed In many parts of the county motorists must leave the paved section of the road and continue along the shoulder to avoid potholes in the pave ment from two to three feet deep. "Rough pavement" signs are in place from Lexington to Cafeteria menus for the Riverside Junior -Senior High School for the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1 are as follows: MONDAY-Hamburger gravy, whipped potatoes, green beans, bread and butter and cake. TUESDAY-Chili and crackers, green salad, apple sauce and corn bread. WEDNESDAY-Baked Po tatoes, cheese sauce, buttered carrots, fruit and bread and butter. THURSDAY-Beef stew, bread and butter and dessert. FRIDAY-Potato soup, chicken sandwiches, peanut butter sandwiches and des sert. Milk meals. is served with all ANTIOAE TRADER Specialize in lamps and parts, glass, furniture, wagons. Open 7 days a week 611 6th St I'maiilla Umatilla SELF SERVICE Speed Wash Laundry 20-12-lb. Automatic Washers 10 - Dryers 2 - Dry Cleaners -PARKING AREA 9th & I St. across from Drug Store Umatilla, Ore. Inc., will own the ftxd processing equipment and lease the cold storage building and freezing tunnel from Techbuilt Corp., a Bellevue firm. Norman Hyder, president of Gourmet Food Products, said the firm already owns a plant near Madras producing french fried and hash brown po tatoes. He said the second plant was on Highway 207 bad shape the Boardman turnoff, a distance of 20 miles. Although not all the pavement is broken up, much of it will have to be replaced. One long-time resident ob served, "How can you expect the roads to withstand today's traffic when they were built 40 years ago with the Model T in mind''" Base Line Road undergoes repair almost every year, when weather permits. Most repair work cannot be com pleted until the early part of summer. In the meantime, the most hazardous holes are filled with rock and sand to permit traffic, but the real repair work is seldom com pleted before harvest time. Last Wednesday. Bill Weatherford. school bus dri ver, could not complete his normal route and had to stop and turn his bus around about four miles from the end of his route. Parents of children in that area had to transport their children to the wailing bus. As of Monday, Highway 74 was passable except for pot holes in many parts of the highway. Highway 207 f.om Aersol's ( l STOMER SERVICE CENTER Professional dry cleaning: sowing machine service and sales: knit and stretch fabrics: vacuum cleaner service and sales: sewing classes. -Home of the SEW FREE Plan- IIEHMISTON 176 W. Hermiston Ave. .V.V.V.W.W. HERMISTON ,j f wmw ' "Better foods for Vitamins and minerals, dried fruit, herbs, vogurt, nuts, food for special diets, allergy foods, natural cosmetics by La Vi and Marley naturals Mail orders accepted 567-4544 Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, Owners 2U West Hermiston Ave. HERMISTON needed because of increased demand and predicted the Hermiston area will continue to grow as a potato producer. Gourmet will huy potatoes from local growers in the Hermiston-Hoardman area and contracts have already been negotiated for 24.000 acres. Jim Fitzgerald, president of Techbuilt, said their em ployees will build the freeze tunnel and cold storage plant. Lexington to the Pendleton turnoff is in poor shape. Base Line Road is completely "busted up" and Sand Hollow Road to the Myers property has been closed. Portions of Butter Creek Road are broken up. Most residents view the matter without complaint. "After all," one said, "those roads have been in worse shape in years gone bv." Navy Ensign Danny L. Clarkson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Clarkson of Board man, has completed Environ mental Indoctrination School at Pensacola, Fla. WEDDINGS GIFT IDEAS CUT FLOWERS LIVING PLANTS FTD Spd-A-Gift Quality CosU No More Jimmy's Flower Shop Main M7-4473 567-311 1 - better living' CRFKNFIEl.I) (IRANOE HAS SOME GUESTS Greenfield Grange met at the hall Saturday at 4 p.m. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Bud Riggerstaff from Cold Springs Grange at Pendleton and Mrs. Charlie Wicklander from Russellville Grange in Portland. In the absence of Nathan Thorpe, grange master, An drew Skiles, overseer, pre sided at the meeting. Mary Lou Daltoso was voted in as a new member. Initiation cere monies will be held at the next meeting. Feb. 16. During the lecturer's hour Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen showed slide pictures of their recent trip to Hawaii. A pot luck supper was held following the meeting. There were six tables of pinochle in play at the card party held last week at the Greenfield Grange Hall, sponsored by the Women's Activity Committee of the grange. Mrs. Larry Phillips was hostess. High prize was won by Mrs. Ed Kuhn and low went to Mrs. Pete Peterson. Faye Anderson and Mrs. Jessie Hartfield received the traveling pinochle prizes. Mrs. Arnin Hug has re turned home after a month's visit during the holidays at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wirt, in Mt. Shasta, Ca. Mrs. Charlie Wicklander of Portland is here for a two week visit at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tatone. Kenneth Babick of West Linn was a visitor one day last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball. Mr. and Mrs. Charles An deregg of Pendleton were Sunday visitors at the home of Anderegg's sister, Mrs. Wal ter Wyss. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball went to Pendleton Sunday after noon to visit at the home of Ball's son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ball. Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Allen, and children, Stacie, Stuart, Stephanie and Scott of Weston. Mrs. Frank Marlow was in Pendleton Friday and Satur day visiting at the home of her sister. Mrs. Clarence Thomas. FRIENDSHIP INN HIVERVIEW MOTEL P.O. Box 25 Front & 1st S on 1-80 N. Boardman, Oregon 97818 Area Code 503-481-2775 C & R Mobile Homes For The LowmI PricM and SERVICE Aittr The Sal STOP AT C A R I Cor cord OPEN SUNDAYS In Hamilton Hcrmictart-McNary Hiway ?! 567-3676 ii Sherreli Chevrolet ii ii Hermiston J ! let us help you with your jj ; i i transportation needs. : SALES SERVICE LEASING j j !! PH.5C7-6487 j ; r ---i.iwvwwi"Mvirinni aoooooooooi Port asks for sewer service By MARY I.EE MARI.OW The Port of Morrow passed (he following resolution at a special meeting last week: WHEREAS, the Port of Morrow is in the process of issuing revenue bonds for the construction of a food pro cessing plant; and WHEREAS, the necessary Department of Environmental Quality permits are required for sewage disposal; and WHEREAS, the City of Boardman intends to improve and expand its treatment facilities, and desires to in clude service to the Port of Morrow's Food Processing Park. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Boardman be asked to include domestic sewer services to the Food Processing Park in its system and complete Un essential facilities to the port properties on, or before, July 15, 1974. with any necessary agreements to be completed on or before Feb. 20, 1974 The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is endeavoring to have the City of Boardman handle all do mestic waste in its area. The port commission also voted to hold port options open to Mrs. Robert Tavares of Sacramento, Ca., is here visiting at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Seehafer. m KKIOH R-B's Firestone TIRES Farm Tirtt A Sarvic a Truck Tir A Strie Pangtr Tirai Unlimtcd supply AUTO REPAIR 0 ixpart Front End All0nmtW Expart Braka Sarvca 0 Cocnplata Tuoa-Up Canttr FREE Pickup & Delivery Ph. M7-4174 ajoboocouoaoooouoooooot CAItOlAS C'AKOl'SEI. BEAUTY SHOP JUDY J &L Motel 567-2528 567-5583 HERMISTON jooooooooooooooeoooocx Grr Lakaw Moclyllri In Pandlalon nrway 1 1 Kfvaratda :::: o 2767385 0 construct Its domestic sewage disposal system as committed to the precessors earlier. St. Patrick's Altar Society of Boardman and Irrigon is sponsoring the annual March Mobil Service Helping you is our business in II cm nl m an -i 14-MOU II IUINB samel Pettyjohn Oil Co.sn HNOUTONi 17MMI STAMfHID. 4M410 um inn.ii BUY A HODAKA MOTORCYCLE FOR WINTER? YOU BET'YA Sprint Kluit tround th cornar ind winttr month mn uvinai it you' MxlkDMltr. with ful oroblam thli comlnt Hinton's Cycle Clinic UMATILLA 923-3355 THURSDAY IS LADIES' NIGHT! I DANi.r TO THE MUSIC OF THE 1 BRANDY WINE Also live music Friday and Saturday! I at Columbia Cafe 3-C's Club Umatilla 1GREEK SPAGHETTI DINNERS, SUNDAYS ONLY $lS0 ir WHEAT For Man "The time will come when gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat." 1. Better Nutrition 2. Usable Food Storage 3. Financial Savings Magic Mill STONE FLOUR AND CEREAL GRINDER PATRICIA A. MOORE 449-3361 P. O. BOX 1067 Stanfield. Ore. juuBOOBnoooacoaooooooooooeoooooooi of Dimes drive, Jan. 21 through Feb. I. The Board man chairman is Mrs. Dan Daltoso and for Irrigon, Mrs. Vern Evans is chairman. A traveling food sale will be held in Irrigon, Jan. 2fi. WEST END Mobile Homes Featuring Broadmore Glenbrook Princeton 12-14-ft. double-wide "Let your search end at West End" 567-5388 Hermiston Hermiston-McNary Hiway www rr' ooooocooooooocoo yaar, you tin bat you'll hivt to ajriga that ai'1,,n ratraation vahlcla. Why mlu tha buuty of tht outdoor!? Put tha whola family on aconomtcil Hodakat. Vou can ba wti that tha mo nay you uva cyclma to work and around town will maan mora cah tor waakand cycla actitltiai. Coma In.wa'llbaaladtotall you about our INTRODUCTORY SALE on 1973 Wombat Straat Motorcyelat. 614 F St.