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S iiy six years of progress, from humble beginning lo a
leader in the timber industry, will be reflected, In (he formal
tiX'nnf! i( Kinua Corporation' new headquarters building
mid plywood plant (o be held here Friday. March 14.
From II a in until Bp m. Kinzua personnel will lie showing
oil one of the most modern and unique office buildingM in the
area and conducting lours through the newly completed
plywood plant that in already operating at near capacity.
Monte Siookey will be in charge of the organized lours. Allen
Nii.id assistant secretary and general manager for Kinzua,
has issued an invitation to schools in the area to contact the
oitii e and arrange for tours through the busy plan! during
w oi king hours
('OLOKFl'L, SPAdOl'S LOBBY of the Hank of Eastern
Oregon, with teller windows al left and drive-in facility at
right rear.
throughout, with recessed lighting, custom-designed
furniture, and is airconditioned. The 4,000 square foot
building has eight private offices for executives, conference
rooms, lounges for men and women employees, and separate
department for personnel, payroll, accounting and
reception The interior stresses the use of wood products and
harmonizing colors.
Visitors will be able to visualize the 10-year landscaping
plan which is already taking shape. When completed, the
area will reflect the company's concern for natural growth
and quality environment
The modern plywood plan! turned nut 2.445,000 units of
board last week, The goal of the plant operations manager,
The remodeled and expanded Bank of Kaslern Oregon will
observe open house Friday. March 14. from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m. to Know off its new Heppner facilities.
The day-long affair will feature a branding iron ceremony
in w hich Eastern Oregon cattle brands will be burned into
H inch block of wood by Monty Evans for later display in the
bank lobby. Brand owners are invited to bring their irons to
the bank for this occasion. Each owner participating will
receive $.1 as a donation to his favorite charity.
Refreshments will be served throughout Ihe day. and
visitors will be given tour of the bank departments.
Paintings by Mabel Krebs of Cecil will also be on display in
Uie lobby. Door prizes will also be given.
I Innovation of Ihe bank began Aug. 15. 1974 and was
accepted on Jan. 10. 1975 by Ihe general contractor. Dale
Elliott of The Dalles, and by the architect, Gerald Mosman of
the firm of Gessel, Smith 4 Mosman. Walla Walla, Wa.
A new addition was constructed on Ihe south side of the
original building, 100 by 25 feet in size. A 2Qx30-foot addition
was built at Ihe rear of Ihe building lo be used as a storage
room, along with new lounges, kitchen facilities and a board
of directors conference room. The additions more than
doubled the floor space.
The first drive-in bank window in Morrow County was
opened for service last month. The employee lounge and its
- kitchen facilities will be made available for public meetings,
according lo President Gene Pierce. It has an outside exit to
eliminate interference with bank operations.
. The building, of brick and masonry construction, is
fireproof. The decor is yellow, beige and brown, reflected in
ceiling-to-floor draperies, carpeting and accessories. Modern
pressed lighting is used throughout. A conference room with
private ielephone is added for Ihe convenience of patrons
requiring privacy. A built-in communications system
provides background music.
lleppner now has Ihe only full-service bank in Morrow
County, completed at a cost of $130,000. The original bank
was formally opened in December. 19.". a 36x74-foot brick
and niawyiry structure costing $80,000. It boasted deposits of
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$2,082,991.79 and total resources of $2,323,473.40. The Dec. 31.
1974 statement of condition showed deposits of SI3.395.I49. 94
and total resources of I14.537.626.B2.
Today's bank officers are Gene Pierce, president and
cashier: Bill Lande. assistant cashier: and Pat Gentry,
assistant cashier. Howard Bryant is chairman of the board of
directors and Dave Childs. Arlington, is vice-chairman.
The bank originally opened March 3. 1945 as the Gilliam
County Bank at Arlington, ft' first president was Dave
Ix-mon. still a member of the board. John Krebs, Cecil, was
on the original board of directors, and still serves. In 1957 the
name was changed to Bank of Eastern Oregon. Ihe same
y ear the Heppner branch was opened. In 1959 the branch at
lone was added. June Crowell is now manager of the lone
hank. Jim Green was vice-president and manager of Ihe
Arlington facility.
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The original bank in Heppner actually opened Aug. 10. 1957
in temporary quarters of the Empire Machinery Company on
North Main Street. The staff consisted of Pierce, manager;
Ihe Inte William F. Siewert. assistant manager: Marion
Green, teller: and Mona Howard, bookkeeper. Officers at
that time were Marion T. Weatherford. Arlington, president:
I.. B. Btichner. Arlington, vice-president and cashier: and D.
I.. Lemons. Mel Brady. Arthur Hoag. John Krebs. all
Arlington: Arthur Allen. Boardman. Gar Swanson. lone, and
Frank Anderson and Howard Bryant. Heppner, directors.
Today's officers, other than those previously listed, are
James F. Green, president and manager. Arlington office:
Rodney Linnell. assistant cashier. Arlington office. Directors
ore John W. Krebs. D.L, Lemon. A. David Child, all
Arlington: Howard Bryant (chairman. R. B. Ferguson and
Pierce, all H"ppner: Garland Swanson, lone. Arthur A.
Allen. Boardman. and Roy W. Lindstrom. lone.
Other employees include Pauline Bier. Marge Eckman.
Chery l Ployhar. Linda Schultz. Barbara Sherman. Debbie
Koffler. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ertz and Bob Lowe.
( pcn house visitors Friday see the most modern bank in
the area in operation.
GAZETTE-TIMES
Vol. 92. No 4
Heppner. Ore.. Mar. 13. 1975
15c
Open house Friday
Kinzua's $10 million
plant open to public
.lore on local government jobs
There will be 5 minute movies of Kinua 's new tree
harvesting machine, and H A. Chambers, general
contractor lor Evergreen Terrace, Kinzua sponsored
housing development, will lie on hand to explain the project ,
and to answer questions from visitors.
Ileheshinents will be served throughout the day.
The model n headquarters building is made of larch wood
diagonal siding manufactured by Kinua. Il w as designed by
Xrchitcvl Hichard I'liruh of Ihe architectural (inn of
Moreland l iiruli Smith. Eugene. The building is cai'jH-led
which is near
How many Morrow County
residents are holding down
local government jobs?
How does Ihe number so
emplnyed locally compare,
'relative . o population, with
t'Ttiiit in other communities?
A comprehensive survey of
public employment, covering
all parts of Ihe country, has
just been released by Ihe
Department of Commerce,
based uKin data gathered in
connection with its latest
Census of Governments.
It lists Ihe number of people
on public payrolls in Ihe
various divisions of local
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Hal i v Kennison. is 2.500,000 units a week
capacity for two shift working crews,
Much of the wood chips, a big item in the overall Kinzua
oNration. is shiped lo mills lo be used in the manufacture
ol p,iH-r The biggest customer for chips for paper-making is
Japan.
have been asked many limes," Nislad said, "what
prompted Kinzua Corporation to move its operation lo
lleppner. We surveyed every town in this area, and we
concluded that lleppner w as a town thai got things done when
it set Us mind lo it. We noted that when the hospital is in
trouble. H-ople rally to save it. We noted thai when the city's
water supply proved inadquate, something was done about it.
When it wanted a Lake Penland. it went out and got it. We
like that spirit, and that's why we are here.
Kinzua too. 'puts its money w here its mouth is." As of Jan.
1. 1974 the assessed valuation of its Heppner properties was
listed on Morrow County lax rolls at $4,972,480. An additional
$.').19:t.G77 was reported to the taxing authorities on Jan. 1,
1975. making a total investment of $10,166,157. Current
const nut ion al the mill will bring the total investment hereto
$ll.no(UKio by 1976.
The economic impact of the Heppner properties on the
town and surrounding area is apparent. Kinzua hires 345
persons and has an annual payroll of $3,500,000. U. S.
Chamber of Commerce studies show that when 300 new jobs
are created in a community, 204 new jobs are generated in
retail, professional, construction, finance and personal
services firms in the immediate community. L'SCC figures
also show thai each 100 new manufacturing employees adds
$565,000 annually lo be distributed among local stores. This
means thai Ihe Heppner area is enjoying an infusion of more
than $1,600,000 annually into its stores and businesses.
The Kinzua operation was founded in 1909 by E. D.
W'etmore of Warren, Pa. W'etmore rode by horseback
through the Kinzua. Oregon, area and purchased 50,000 acres
of timberland from homesteaders. In later years he donated
a large tract of virgin pine forest for Shelton State Park on
State Highway 19 in memory of tiis first timber cruiser.
In 1953 the operations were purchased by Pacific
Northwest lumbermen, including E. W. Stuchell and Harry
Stuchell of Everett, Wa., and Max Wyman, David Wyman, H.
J. O'Donnell. Bryant Dunn, Raleigh Chinn and Alvin
Schwager, all of Seattle.
The Kinzua townsite, railroad and mill was constructed in
1927. During the period 1930-1950 the tree farm was expanded
and an extensive road system was constructed by the
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government county, town
ship, municipality, school dis
trict and special district.
Federal and state employees
are treated separately.
It shows that in Morrow
County, afterconverting part-
(fine w orkers to their full-time
equivalent so that inter-county
comparisons can be made,
there are approximately 54
full-time employees or their
equivalent locally for every
l.ooo residents. This is a
larger 0Hrating force than is
found in most places in the
I'niled States, where the
average is 32 per 1,000
population. Among local com
munities in the State of
Oregon the average is 33 per
1.000.
As for the actual count, the
report shows a total of 233
equivalent full-time workers
on public payrolls in the
county. ;
With regard to the payroll to
operate the local govern
ments, it has been running
somewhat higher in Morrow
County than in most parts of
the Cnited States. Whether the
sen ices rendered were more
productive or less so is not
taken into account.
The total payroll in the
month when the census was
taken represented a cost equal
to S36.98 per local resident.
Nationally, the cost of
meeting such payrolls aver
aged $25.16 per capita per
month. In the State of Oregon
it w as $25.42 ; T'..
If all public employ
mentfederal, state and
local were taken into
account, it would be found that
one person out of every six in
the nation is on some govern
ment pay roll, according to the
Tax Foundation.
It places the current public
payroll at more than $135
billion a year, up 60 per cent in
the last five vears.
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School budget
vote March 18
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TO THE 'LEFT of the Bank of Eastern Oregon's spacious
lobby is the desk of Pauline Bier. Behind Mrs. Bier is the desk
of Bill Lande, assistant cashier. Last desk belongs to Gene
Pierce, president, The private conference room entrance is
to the right, and at extreme right is the desk of Pat Gentry,
assistant cashier.
The $2,272,309 Morrow
County School budget will go
to the voters on March 18.
Candidates seeking election to
the Morrow County School
Board and to local advisory
committees will also be voted
upon at this time.
Those wishing to vote in
Heppner should vote at Hepp
ner Elementary School. Poll
ing places in lone, Lexington,
Boardman and Irrigon will be
the schools in each of the
respective communities.
Candidates for Morrow
County School Board are
Harold Snider, lone rancher,:
for zone 3; and Irvin Rauch,
past board member and
Lexington rancher, for zone 4.
Candidates for election to
the Heppner Advisory Board
are Virginia Grieb and Ron
Haguewood.
Candidates for election to
the Boardman Irrigon Advi
sory Committee are Barbara
Hug and Francine Evans.
Michael Palmer is seeking
reelection to the lone Advisory
Committee.
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THIS IS THE attractive modern foyer at the entrance of the
Kinzua headquarters building. Receptionist is at extreme
left.