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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1976)
I r.,. THE o.ttf-TIMES. H.ptr. OR, . P- Juvenile advisory council prepare Christmas baskets Juvenile advisory groups have been repairing, painting JSSZti rt tapping them for several days at decaS'worK by the Morrow County juvenne adv.sory council and junior juvenile adv.sory council. The young people are also making candy and cook.es for yfoavis and Arletha McDaniel are the main ramrXof the project. Donations are needed for the Christmas baskets at the center. apanese y "Since World War II, the beef consumption of Japan has increased faster than anywhere else in the world." states Ed Okomoto, Toyota Corporation representative. Okomoto was at Boardman Feed and Seed Friday to sign a 20-30.000 ton contract for hay cubes. He declined to state its value. Christmas Poems Mirth and jollity fill the hearts Christmas is coming again, With its glittering, sparkling trees. With its foods traditional, foods exotic; foods rare. Gifts piled high, gifts everywhere. Aren't we forgetting the aay: wai nuij 0..".. t-Arop.tinff the church and that simple pine tree; With its tinsel popcorn and homespun toys. Christmas that brightened me nearu. And sparkled the eyes of aU boys and girls. The songs and the message. ior im 6'--- Depicting the birth of the Saviour. To one and all. Aren't-we. maybe yoa and most certainly me Forgettin3 to ' keep" Christmas, as it was meant to be. By Katherine Rozelle Farrar A tiny girl and a mischievous boy. Crept out of bed. Cozy in Christmas Eve pajamas-bright, bright red. Settled on the lowest stair; Gazed in wonderment at the fireplace. Wondered how Santa could get down-in all that soot. Wouldn't he track on the rug. ashes and smut? The door opened gently. Who did they see? A fat old man with a round, round belly, That did shake like jelly. It had to be he! He sorted through his toys. Some for girls; some for boys. A bright red package, be chose for the boy. For the tiny miss, one tied with blue. For good measure, left warm fuzzy mittens too. Went to the table, pulled out a chair A treat: Milk and Cookies! Waited him there. A merry smile creased his face. He winked at the stairs. Calling softly, "Merry Christmas'" "Goodbye. Was on his way as fast as reindeer can fly. Two drowsy, happy children crept into bed. Pulled eiderdown coverlets up to their heads. Were soon fast asleep, Santa s visit a secret to keep. Dedicated to children young and old everywhere; all are children at heart at Christmas By Katherine Roielle Farrar MiHBWMeHMHHBa rwlsHW'i,ww,w" Heppner man opens business Bill Sullivan of Lucky-0 -Ranch and Charlie Kidd of Sabre Farms are responsible for landing the contract that will bring $2-3 million to the area, said Sullivan. "We have been shipping to Ed (Okomo to) since August. With this contract and others we will be able to run continuously from now on up through June of 1978." of men. aft. & r b? Aho M.Dan!.l. head lft wrapper work on toy train. buy hay cubes .... 11 "The market moves to where the product is." com mented Okomoto. responding to a question of why Board man was getting his business. "Taking this back to Japan we will be commanding top prices and increasing the market for years to come for all countries as well as Japan. We now have beef and dairy cattle all over the island. This is due to an increase in transporta tion." Okomoto agreed that the increased consumption of pro tein had produced a genera tion of larger Japanese peo ple. "Before the war the average man was JM5. Today the average height is 58 to 59." Boardman ambulance goes private ... Ilm. ItnnefullV What began as a volunteer effort by Boardman emergen cy medical technicians has turned into a private enter prise for two other area men. Several weeks ago. the Boardman EMTs announced that they would be gaining an ambulance from Morrow county to service the Board man area. This week. Robert L. Ewell. of Tri County Health Service. Heppner. announced the coun Letter to K.iliir: To Chris Itorgen. Jim Aik Icy. (1.iton Herog. Dave Allsioit. Chuck Luisch (her a hundred Colt bas keiballers from third through sulh grades have learned the basics of bakeitll and g1 portmanhip in a fun. posi tive way thanks to your in genuity, uilold hours, good humor, patience and Saturday mornings THANK Y()f at least a hun dred timet! Cavaliers. Celtics. Ja. Kmcks. Blazers. Lakers. -Sonic and Sun A our.g :U nr nn. O.rii rvS,'0 -omg new busineM on Mam Street in Heppner. DeSpain. the machinist and catalyst of the bume. is already lak.ng customers n hi. new Hrpooer The tbnp. headlined ty Van Norman machine, will w located in the back of the Heppner Auto Part shop The new bu.ine, concentrating not only " erf nn trucks, but farm machinery a well, will offer complete cylinder head reclamation service. DeSpa.n will offer valve and seal rrgriml.ng . valve seal, gauge ard teat Installation. d.ambly. cleaning, brake lathe work, mpectton luting, head resurfacing, high performance crire and bead rrack testing DrSpa.n. U atrd at 7" Main, h a (' l ' , ii"n3r ---iw"w'y' 'mr "One of the major points of this day is the coincidence that you (Okomoto) would be signing this great agreement on the same day that Dan Goldy (new director of the Department of Economic De velopment) was here to speak to the people of this area." stated John Groupe. economic development specialist. La Grande. Hay cubing is a process introduced to this area by Ishmael Maurice (Doc) Dock en, Boardman, in 1968. Dock en built the cubing plant with a special dust vacuum system that filters out much of the hay dust created in the hay chopping process. "The vacu um system makes for better ty's decision to discontinue the go-ahead for getting the 1965 model ambulance (a Pioneer Memorial Hospital spare, in shape for Board man's use). Bob Burford. Boardman. and Dan Kelly. La Grande, have stepped in with a proposal for providing their own private ambulance serv ire. "We're working toward a Jan. 6 start up date right now," said Burford. "We're Creative Arts show set Planned to brighten the Christmas season, the first annual Morrow County Creat ive Art show will be held In Heppner. Friday. Dec Hand IS Brainchild of a newly form ed group of local artist, the thow. to be held at the Old Ford Garage Building on Main Street, is open to all residents of the county who wish to display and or sell their paint ing. matrame, weaving, po' tery, or other art forms The show will be open to the public from I" a m and con - Melvln McDan-e working conditions as well as .,!,; ih Ofnartment of Environmental Quality ex tremely pleased." said Sulli van. "It was a system ahead of its time." said Sullivan. "We have only really been using it for the last three years. I guess you might say we profited by his (Docken's) mistake. But it's no mistake now." "It's (the hay cube's) big gesl advantage." explained Sullivan, "is that it's 100 per cent compressed hay. The cow doesn't need anything else. This is 8 to 1 to a bale of hay. We get a milling profit of $15 a ton." Mill looking for a car with a 4-wheel drive unit, on the order of a Chevrolet Subur ban. We want a vehicle that ran handle this terrain. The charge will be the same as Hermiston's. $45 out the door and $1.50 for each mile." Burford and his wife are studying for their EMT rating now. They rffl to gain it by mid January. Kelly is already an KMT fr the La Grande ambulance service. He will be imue throughout the day. with free cookies and coffee avail able Loral artists will be on hand to serve the coffee and alw share their enthusiasm and viewpoints with the pub lic Among the many artists wbo will enhance the show with their works will be Shirley McSary. Ann Mel land Ard.th Hunt. Sue Dun can, and Pauline M.itM ny, oil punter. Jeanne Howell, pot tery and ceramic. Susan Frrmh tlWiardmani. weav ing, and other The Creative Art group encourage all artist to take advantage of thi opportunity to how their work, both lht t.h.pg t !! ,h"" wlohmg only to dip'ay If the first show prove suc cessful, other showing will I arranged throughout the year, a well a county wide how during the county fair. There will be no charge foe thowing or selling at the first show Member are welcome lo the grmip at any lime Ne meeting of the group will I Tburlay.Jan It. at a no bmt lumHcm at e Willow Anjooe wishing to eshibit Caroyn DaWs (G-T Photo) Ed Okomoto moving into Boardman. "The county does not wish to stand in the way of private enterprise." said Ewell in response to a question con rcrning the county's stepping out. "I'm very disappointed about the county and their getting out at this time." ilated Gunnar Skoubo. Board man EMT. "The county's dropping out has just put the realization of the ambulance their paintings or artwork can et them up from 8 10 a m on I)ec 17 at the building on Main Si reel. School board to meet Mon. The regular Dec. meeting of the Morrow County School Board will be held In Lex ington on Monday, Dec. 13. at ? Mt p m The board will consider request from the City of Hoardman asking the district tor a small portion of land at the corner of N Main and Columbia Ave The land I needed In correct an esiting hazard created by true k traf fic try!1'" ' negotiate thi corner on the w ay to and from the Industrial park. Also to I conioVre! I a request from tufent In Hep pner Ibgh School asking f change in board policy related in i o lent transportation to md of town event The bmrd it eipwtwl to approve the final draft of the leaiher )"b description whirh Lights More than 75 Christ mas ItRht bulbs have already been taken from outdoor decora. Uont at Morrow County Courthouie, forcing cus todians to take them down. Visit rodeo Art Crawford and Jerry Dougherty were recent visit ors at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City. The Heppner duo flew to the cowboy city and also took In the Miss Rodeo American Pageant, coronation and ban quet during their five day stay. bark that much further.' "We decided to go for this deal." said Burford. "because on a volunteer basis it would n't really work. For one thing it e ;'l 1 costing us J1.800 to $3,000 to insure the service. We sre required to carry $100,000 insurance for one injured person. $200,000 f two or more injured people and $20,000 in property dam ages. I feel we can provide a better service with a better More Information concern ing the coming show may be obtained by calling Jan Bietel, Betty Brown or Ann Mr Hand. ha been under consideration for several months Several personnel matters will be considered in executive tession. Party slatod The America teg Mm a4 Aaslliary will M laeir krMma tarty al the legkMi Hall ass unto. Dec. It, at I am. Tke ifier ' eater Ulitmeal will mavies, treat a4 Ma la (1m far the iMdk ami titlark finger infk will alse fce rr serf i y . 't ( f ;, s f stolen I .. h. . ff Mr Two nluhU after they were up. In shrubs along the front of the court house, 40 were taken. Over the weekend, 35 more were stolen. Everett Klethly. parks manager, said he was bringing the lights In, packing them up. and sending them back, to the basement. He figured the loss at around I is. Capades attended Thirty nine ladies from Lex ington, lone and Heppner took a bus trip to the Ice Capades in Portland, Saturday, Dec. 11. Following the show, the ladies enjoyed dinner at the Lido Italian restaurant. The trip was planned by courtesy of Holly Rcbekah Lodge. Triple Links Club mel at the home of Mrs. Frankle Robin ton on Thursday, Dec. 9. Benefit planned A group of local musicians are planning a benefit Satur day to help fire victims, Gail and Delno llodgman. The benefit will begin at 9 p m. and piny every tavern and lounge In Heppner. Going from place to place every 45 minutes starting at Buck man's Tavern, going on to West of Willow. Cal's Tavern and the Wagon Wheel Lounge last. Everyone is invited to join the dancing and at the same time help Gail and Delno, who were completely burned out when a fire ignited their trailer last Sunday morning In Heppner. response time. Hopefully, one of us will be with tne ambulance at all times," said Burford. "The EMTs will still be available to help us." Winners named lnejLlCfld.f. Hep pner, was one of nine winners in the Heppner area merchants Christ mas Shopping Spree drawing this week. Meador won one of two $a gift certificates just by putting her name In a bo at one of many participating mer chants. The list of mer chants is hated on page of this paper. Joann Griffith of Spray was the big win ner, collecting 150 cer tificate, redeemable at any of the merchants tinted on page I Other wtnnen Includ ed Nancy McElllgoU. lone. I, Claudia Hughe, Heppner, $10, Edith Mathewt. lone, 110; Jean Ball, Hep pner, $10, Jerry Ander son. Heppner, $10. Mas lre Gray. Heppner, $10, and Marilyn Poal, Hep pner, $10 Winner ran pick up gift certificate at Peterson's Jewelry. The nest drawing Is set Mr 4 pm 00 Saturday, te Is
