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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1976)
AroUnd There will be meeting of the Citizen Involvement Com mittee March 29, 8 p.m., at City Hall. This is for the purpose of completing the applications to the Land Con servation and Development Commission for time exten sion on the comprehensive plans for lone. Bunchgrass Rebekah Lodge No. 91 met in regular session at the home of Edith Mathews March 18. Bills were paid and get-well cards were sent to r Oassy Chapel, Vera Rietmann and Mabel Ring as they have been ill with the flu. The next meeting will be at Norma Rea's. The Dealing Dozen met in the new home of Lorene Mont gomery at Ruggs for this month's card party. Winning high was Julie Nelson, second high June Crowed, low Nancy Leavitt and traveling Dianne Hams. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petty John Sr.. took their grand children Jeff, Craig and De ena Hams and Kelly and Kris Pettyjohn to Portland for a couple of days for ice skating and shopping. A THE GAS SAVERS Beetle Rabbit Scirocco Bus Dasher Audi Fox Audi 100LS y Audi g) Volkswagen .Mel Inter Yolki agrn Pendleton. Oregon am mrrtn Mobile Homes ! 20 homes NEWAISEI) MOBILE HOMES on our lot.readt for Heppner cusionieri. Free et up and de lit ert airstep. shoes I Fashion Forecast: Fall's little wedge sandal . . . strapped and cushioned on a feel-good sole of bouncy crepe. Softened In quiet earth colors . . . for any fashion look you're into. You are In Ited lo our Fall Show Inf. of lr Step Short. Marrk . 1 P m. and p.m. B Sam Nichols Refreshment ten ed GOUTY' 676-9264 The Pot Belly Stove By Julie Nelson Mrs. Jan White, Greg and Vonne, Bend are staying with the Gene Rietmanns for a few days during spring vacation and visiting with friends in the area. The wives of Wayne Hams, George Miller, Alvin McCabe, and Ken Nelson held a surprise birthday dinner, for Iheir husbands at Beecher's Saturday night. The four men have birthdays on different days in March. A beautiful sheet cake was baked and decorated by Maryann McEl ligott. Beecher Emert played "Happy Birthday" on his harmoniut while everyone sang. Joining them for dinner and afterwards to dance were John and Jean Jepsen, Jim and Lola Ann Pettyjohn. Lloyd and Bobbie Keene, Marvin and Tana Padberg. Jack and Pat Crum. Frank and Judy Osmin, Del and Linda La Rue. The lone American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 95 had a cleaning day in the morning hours of March 15. A no host lunch was enjoyed at Beech er's. In the afternoon they held their monthly business meet ing at the Legion Hall. Plans were made for the District Presidents visit in April. Dorothy Daly from Hermiston is the District President and Rita Hedman. Heppner, is the District Vice President, Hep pner has been invited to Join with lone for the next business session and visitation from Mrs. Daly. The meeting will be April 5. 8 p m. Plans were also discussed for the election day dinner to be held In May. The American Legion Auxi liary of lone Unit No. 95 hosted a pot luck dinner for the American Legion Post and their wives and families Tuesday March 16 This pot luck dinner is held each year to honor the American Legion members. Guests for the evening were Boots Shoes repaired ' and lark work IRyrtevp. Bools & Saddle Monty date Open N-6p.ni. I:'! Main SI. Ilrppner n l n the Americanism Essay Con test winners and their fami lies; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gray and Dawn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Burnett and Scott, Mrs. Jerry Martin and her mother-in-law who is here visiting. The Americanism Essay winners are: Senior Division-first place Terry McEl iigott. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.J. McElligott; second place Jan Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Peterson; Junior Division first place Janet McElligott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.J. McElligott; second place Danny McElligott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick McElligott. Honorable mention was awar ded to Lisa Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Martin and Arietta Aldrich, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Aldrich. The first place winners of each division were awarded a certificate for participation and a check from the Auxili ary for $7,50. The second place winners were given certifi cates of participation and checks for $5 each. Honorable mention winners were each given certificates of partici pation. Judges were Mrs. Ruth McCabe and Mrs. Elmer !foltz. Membership pins were giv n to Mrs. Dode Krebs, Mrs. Maryann McElligott and Mrs. Thelma Ling. Cecil Thome, a 50-year-member of the lone American Legion Post No. 95, was awarded a Golden Certificate by the National Office of the American Legion This was signed by the National Presi dent of the American Legion. John Jepsen. Commander, was awarded a pin for mem bership post goal before Dec. 1975 He was also awarded a special award by the Ameri can legion. Department of Oregon and the National American Legion for his efforts in obtaining member ships Charles Doherty pre sented pewter mugs with the Liberty Bell cast in three dimension to Commander and Mrs John Jepsen as his personal gift. Charles Doherty was pre sented an award from the American Legion. Dept. of Oregon for membership. Dode Kret presented a lovely program of music and slides which she has made to . especially celebrate the bi centennial year. An enjoyable evening was had by everyone with a nice proup in attendance. Jim McCabe. Moscow. ID. spent his spring vacation with Ins father and family. Alvin and Dcanne McCabe, grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Leo ('iiil)tree and great grand mother. Blanche Scheelar. Kevin and Jim relumed lo Moscow and Kevin will spend his vacation with his mother. COLE ELXCntlC Motor Itewifldiae; liuto-trul Commercial Faim and Home renitlrton 276 7761 GET THAT PROFESSIONAL TOUCH IN YOUR SEWING!!! A New Pattern Making. Fitting I Design Math" Copy or Design Your Own Clofhtslll NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY NEVER BUY ANOTHER PATTERN! UARN HOW & tim-oniuming oltorationi 'Drott pal ttrni lo you tilt e contour 'Complete ' a garment C Jksv Ilad? Bill King. Consultant PRESENTS FOR THE FIR TIME EVER IN HEPPNER Thursday, March IS (1amI 7 .10p m Friday, March 26 Classes at 10a mi I JOpm. Columbia Basin ElectrtcCoop Conference Room. CONTEST SPONSORED BV (OWBEl.I.ES An opportunity to win valu able cash prizes, learn about beef and show creativity is offered lo students in grades one through six in all schools in Morrow County by the local Cow Belles. ' Beef is best in the West" will be the theme followed for the contest, with all materials to be handed out to students in the six grades to complete. Background will be supplied by the student, with the main feature of a cow already on the poster. Students may com plete the cow and surrounding background in any way they choose using pencil, crayon, paints, marking pencils or any art medium, according to Sherri Mahoney. beef educa tion chairman. Assisting Sherri will be Coetta DeBraal who will take supplies to each school and explain the contest to the students in the first six grades. Drop boxes will be placed in each school in which students may deposit the completed poster. Deadline for entry is April 15. Judging will be on the basis of originality, use of color, neatness and overall effect of the poster. Prizes of $5 for first and $2.50 for second placing will be awarded in three age groups. All entries become the property of the CowBelles to be used in beef promotion as well as displayed at the Spring Homemaker's Day, April 20. Morrow county CowBelles annually have a project in the schools to encourage younger students to be aware that beef is important to the economy of the county, as well as provid ing an understanding of the cattle industry. MORROW STl'DEXTS TAKE CiATB . Sophomores and Juniors in Morrow County's three high , schools are in the process of taking the General Aptitude Test Battery. The GATB was developed by the U.S. Employment Service. The tests are design ed to help students determine their individual potential abi lities to perform specified physical and mental activi ties. With the assistance of the school counselors, students use the test results to help them identify the types of work in which they have the potential for success. Students also lake the U.S. Employ ment Services' Interest Check List to help them determine the areas of work which they should explore. The test measures nine ap titudes including general lear ning ability, verbal aptitude, numerical aptitude, spatial aptitude, form perception, clerical perception, motor coordination, finger dexterity and manual dexterity. These aptitudes have been found lo Ik necessary for the success ful performance of tasks involved in many different types of work. Students at lone and River side High Schools have com pleted the tests and are working with Iheir counselors. Gordon Meyers and Mike Wetherell. on analyzing the results and making their indi vidual plans for the education and training needed for the jot of their choice. Heppner High Students will be taking the GATB immediately after spring vacation under the direction of Mrs. VI Lanham. YOU CANi El.minote costly in 2 hours Get a pood fit every time 'Attend only one clan iwm te ra mwi yw wars h we. 90-M1NUTE LECTURE MM IritUted Drnit matortelt MUlll! IliM. r sr 1 WILLIAM R. JEPSEN William R. Jepsen, of Hepp ner, has been awarded a $250 scholarship by Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Jepsen is a junior at WSU and is majoring in agronomy. He is the son of Robert H. Jepsen, Heppner. The award was presented to Jepsen for outstanding scho larship, service, honors and activities. As a Phi Kappa Phi Scho larship winner, Jepsen will serve on the organization's Scholarship committee for the 1976-77 academic year and be involved in the selection of award winners next year. MC MEETS Tuesday, March 16 Morrow County School District Super intendent Matt Doherty met with the Superintendents of the Arlington, Hermiston, Stanfield and Umatilla school districts to discuss plans for joint sponsorship of courses and workshops for teachers in the three county area this June. Plans were made lo survey the teachers in these districts to determine their needs and interests for advanced train ing. By combining forces, it is hoped that top quality resour ce people will be attracted to lead classes designed lo im prove curriculum and instruc tion in the participating dis tricts schools. Some topics tentatively id entified for possible courses include education for the learning disabled, reading in the content field, mathematics interest centers for teaching the metrics system and edu cation in the affective domain. Marine Lance Corporal David D. Schwarzin. Heppner. OR. has been promoted to his present rank while serving with the 3d Marine Division on Okinawa. A graduate of Heppner High School, he joined the Marine Corps in December. 1974. Heppner Barber Shop For your convenience call for an appointment 676-5190 HOTEL BUILDING 146 Willow St Senior Citizens $2.50 I v Zy old Laundromat location) OREGON CHIEF ASPARAGUS 530- CARROTS J" L0 Largo Orangos X .mm w.esa jo3i.ooi Page 5. PRODICTION RECORDS SET The Plywood Greenend De partment has set a new pro duction record, according to Monte Stookey. Plywood Supt. The two shift operations peeled 752.641 feel i3 basis) of veneer Friday. March 19. 1976. This was a total effort by every man and woman in the department. "We've Come a Long Way Baby" PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS At the February meeting of the Morrow County Planning Commission, a variance was granted to John L. Brandt. Irrigon. allowing him to place a mobile home on his property for use by a member of his family. Lester Moen and Jack Fris bie. representing Bildco Inc.. requested a change in zoning from farm to multi-dwelling. The property owned by Bildco Inc.. is located 2 miles south west of Boardman. Moen and Firs bee presented the application stating the following reasons for the requested change; housing is needed for present and antici- ' pated employees; housing is needed for security reasons; units of 1.000 square feet are needed to attract employees in the $12,000 per year income bracket. Jack Copenhaver and Rik Haberlack. Boardman pre sented opposition to the re quest stating that while 8 units are ptoposetronly 4 employees are necessary for the farming operation. A letter from the City of Boardman was also introduced questioning the proposed use. The Planning Commission recommended the hearing be continued until the March 29 meeting, allowing them more time to properly evaluate the need for the zone change. Jim Stephensen, physical planner of the ECOAC. Pen dleton, reported on the neces sary steps required for county compliance with the LCDC's goals and guidelines. The Planning Commission acting as the Citizens Involvement Committee is to devote part of each meeting lo this work. The next meeting of the Planning Commission will be held March 29. 7:30 p m. at the North Morrow County Office. Irrigon. HEATHER Hi Uw Prec. Wednesday 64 40 .05 Thursday 55 39 .27 Friday 47 32 Saturday 55 31 Sunday 62 32 Monday 55 37 .38 Tuesday 50 31 f Cowbcllos Dcmostratlon -Fri. March 26 DEEF SAUSAGE SAMPLES slab DACON $1.39 bone In HAMS hole $1.19 oh! fsthicn dinner FRANKS 89C celery); STziclf THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner. OR. Thursday. Mar. 25. 1976 Mll.TI MEDIA FIRST AID Fifteen Morrow County School District employees re cently completed the standard first aid care through taking the Red Cross multi-media course. Instructors were Mike Howell. Morrow County Ex tension office and Chuck Rouse. U.S. Forest Service. The course was held at the school district office. Lexing ton. It required the partici pants to spend a total of eight hours in (wo evening sessions, viewing films and studying and practicing first aid tech niques. Columbia Basin Electric reported an outage Sunday between 12-1 p.m. along Hin ton. Willow and Butter Creek. Crews patroled the area looking for the cause of the outage, however they found nothing. Manager Dave Harrison said "We are sure a fuse blew somewhere along the line but we were unable to locate the trouble. We regret the incon venience to our customers." Mrs. Camilla Samples is here from Heppner to spend the week visiting with her sons family, the Jerry Samples while school is out for spring vacation. (Boise Cascade Homes LOVELY TO LIVE IN-EASY TO Off Busy Ce& liana Sysftn Authorlx" local MAUI for tolM Caecooo Homo hkdutoa i-htImIi hi mma horAhpertM MtMrae. Ifcea,apa fcMt-TnaW.or. MM St. Jj?7? WtoMJIIft-Pt-WW j WLtSQWMtM (3) tfMgT ALSO for Maost Umm. Canltoi el stoat fcUhfl (u Irf m M tmi Sreta lnwee. atoei teraoM. er Stnet Qmp er mmI). Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358 Saturday night, March 27 Crab Feed 6-8 p.m. Installation of Officers 8p.m. Dance 9-2a.m. BILL, BONNIE AND DAN The installation of officers Is open to the public. The Crab Feed and Dance are for Elks and out of town guests only. . Admission for feed and dance: Adults $6 per person Children $3 each. SPA white 10 roil tollot tissue $1-53 MTF cut green 303 sbe beans 2 - 530 MTF whole . 303 tixt tomatoes 350 ea. Free samples of beef sausage and ranch bread will be provided by the Morrow and Gilliam County CowBelles and the Wheathearts, Friday, 26p.m. Price effective Mar. 26-27 Court Street Market Hterwrw fsri-km4 aalwtkt 111 N. Court St Heppner Or. C7C-CS43 Tehltl (continued from Page l "The people of Tahiti are fantastic and will do anything to help a stranger. It is common for a native family lo lake in a stranger and offer him room and board and charge him about $15 for the week." Another custom contrary' ours is the custom of tipping. Tipping is not the custom in Tahiti and is contrary to the Tahitian custom of hospitali ty. Brian and Viviane came lo Heppner last October, where Brian is employed as shop foreman for the Gazelle-Times. Specialists In Track-layer Tractor Repair Automotive Welding We handle truck hoists, beds and racks, both factory and custom-built : tractor cabs and gooseneck type trailers Air Conditioning B&C Repair Shop 422-7409 CI.EOCIIILDERS IONE 422-7423 15USY BEE
