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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1976)
p. 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR. Tfcursdiy, Pee. 23, 1976 Boardman water system eyes May completion date Morrow Counfy j school board (Continued from Page 1) ty available to the city. As far as cost goes, "we are at your mercy," expressed Thompson. Located on the southeast side of the intersection of Columbia Boulevard and Main Street, the corner is needed by the city to create a free right-hand turn for traffic going into the Port of Morrow industrial park. During har vest season, when 700 to 800 produce trucks must use that route to reach the processing plants, the present corner presents an extremely diffi cult and hazardous situation. Boartiman was also asking for a section of land along Columbia Boulevard (on Riv erside property) to build a 12 by-12 foot above ground lift station. That site was neces sary to correctly hook up with the pipes running from the new water system. School board members granted Boardman an casement on the property requested with a sale amount to be decided later. Riverside Principal Dan Daltoso brought a land matter Special Christmas worship slated Tonight, Thursday, Dec. 23, there will be a special Christ mas worship service at the United Methodist Church at 8 p.m. Closed early The Ileppner Gaiette Times' doors will close at noon Thursday and won't be open again until Monday. Dec. 27. The CT will close so that the employees here can enjoy the holiday with their families. He will alt be closed on Dec. 31. next Friday, for New Year's. t here are many things from have derived good, by which I have not proflted...Christmas among them. But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, apart from the veneration due its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that...as a good time, a kind of forgiving charitable pleasant time, the only time I know of in the long calender yecr when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely. And therefore, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, it has done mo good and will do me good, and I say 'Cod Bless lt Reply to Scrooge by Charles Dickens to the board's attention. The Hansen project, being con structed east of Boardman, requested earlier to use a section of school property for piling dirt. A license permit to use the property for 60 days was issued. The time has elapsed and still the develop ers have done nothing to replace the cover of the area as was in the agreement. Daltoso said he had called Hansen twice but so far nothing had been done. Bob Abrams, school district attor ney, said. "They should re seed it (the site). They had said they weren't going to bother our land." The Hansen developers will be contacted by the school district again concerning the matter. In other action, the board: Accepted the resignation of Margaret Rockwood, River side English, speech, drama and art instructor who was forced to leave for personal reasons; Extended Doherty's con tract for one year with a provision for renewal The adult choir, directed by Arnie Hedman, will present two numbers, and Pastor Steve Tollefson will direct messages to the children and to the adults. As an unusual pre-Christ-mas offering, congregational members will bring their Lov e Loaves as their contributions to help relieve world hunger. Between 7 and 8 p.m., everyone is cordially invited to come to the Methodist parsonage for an open house and fellowship with Pastor and Mrs. Tollefson. This evening is planned for all ages. During the worship service, small children will be cared for as they are each Sunday morning. Everyone is invited to come to this cele bration and to thank God for the great gift of his Son. A lone fireman works on grass fire near whipped across grassy hillside 5 1 1 f, Judy Groshen winners named Nine Ileppner women woo the Heppner area merchant's Christinas Shopping Spree gift certificates this week. Judy Groshen was the Up winner, bagging the 150 top prize. Twenty-five dollar winners were Ginger Keithley, and Jackie Alstott. Ten dollar winners were Gladys Alderman, Sus an Hisler, Bobbie Clow, Martha Van Sckoiack. Lois Winchester and Linda Lucas. which I might Past rekindled by Christmas and wintertime for students of the 1920's hold fond memories for alumni of Irrigon School, renamed A.C. Houghton in 1952. "We always had a com munity tree and a big school program with kids singing and saying pieces and some body playing Santa Claus," said Max Jones, who attended the school built in 1921. "I remember the first tree with candles and strings of popcorn and paper chains. There were a few glass birds City (Continued from Page 1) What kind of housing is most needed in town? 43 said homes to rent. 31 said homes to buy from $20,000 $30,000; 27 said homes to buy under $20,000 and 21 said apart ments. Should the city acquire more land for parks and recreation facilities? 34 said no, 15 said yes. In what city do you buy most of the following? For all categories Heppner was the overwhelming choice among I,exington lone, Hermiston. Pendleton or others for clothes, gasoline, groceries, furniture, hardware and buil ding supplies and automo biles. UI the rrspondrrs, 26 said they'd lived in the Heppner area over 20 years and 51 of 61 said they planned to live here indefinitely. What is the present pri mary occupation of the head of the household? The largest Police gain funds The police department has received I") of the i2.X- antirecessionary check the cily of Ileppner received three weeks ago Hy a resolution, the sup plelficnlal budget of $i. MJl as approved and the $M appro prialed Oilman cited a need fur a money for linepeclcd over lime during the rodw and al pitting oflirera double on holid.ts He Mid he thought the $vi mild cover the extra pwhm"S barring any unfor wen problems The cily still has II. AMI thai Is still sitting (1 the general fund under "materials and lies lUv Itovrr, at his final rmimil fr-'ii'g. urged ih Hinton Creek last that someone would bring and a silver star on top." recalled Jones. Few people had the oppor tunity to go up into the mountains and cut their own tree and buying one in the stores was unheard of so the community tree was a com mon part of early families' Christmas celebration. "It's a wonder to me those trees lit' up with randies didn't ever burn the town down," said Batie Rand whe also attended the school. "The survey tallied response was professional managerial. Is additional growth of the city desirable? 35 of 58 said yes. In what direction do you think the city of Heppner may grow? 32 said high school area, 25 said highway 74 of Hinton Creek and 23 said between Heppner and the mill. Would you support addi tional city expenditures for services? 29 said yes. 28 said no. Recognizing that small acreages may create more demand for local services, what do you feel is the minimum desirable acreages for land parceling outside the city'i f' 33 of 50 said 1 5 acres. 27 of 40 said both Heppner and the county should consid er collecting a development fee at the lime land is subdivided to help cover the increased cost of services. Is there a need to provide additional control of horses, cattle, in the town? 30 said yes. 27 said no. council to consider rewiring the cily shop area and to check the fire extinguishers to help insure a good lire insurance program for the city. Sweeney told lloyce thai the council and city "appreciate your services for the laid four )c.ir It's pretty hard to find Homebody lo serve on a council In a small town. Sweeney said Boyce praised the city em pores, telling the council they wrre "real fortunate lo have the people they have employed." Hoyce also thank ed the council for bei" ' ,rt serve with them JUivce is leaving the council. hut was r let ted president M or l.i ay of the Chamber of Commerce. week. Blaze (GT Photo) weather was different then too. We'd usually get some snow 12 to 16 inches around or after Christmas. There was the Oregon Land and Water Co. They had a sleigh they would hitch up to a team of horses and would drive around town picking up kids. We would drive around sing ing carols. Those were good times." Those cold winter school mornings are well remember ed by Verdie (Leach) Isom. Now a retired A C. Houghton Are there any buildings in the city of Heppner which you consider to be of historical importance which should be preserved as landmarks? 30 said yes. 14 no. Listed were courthouse. Gilliam S. Bisbee building, Methodist Church. Hoskins Barn. Thomson Brothers Store, others. Should there be any change in the present 25 mile an hour speed limit through Heppner? 52 said no, 9 said yes. Would you support regional bus service if provided? 28 said no, 24 yes. The survey results in en tirety for Irrigon. Heppner and Lexington are available at the respective towns. mm list -j In ' i. u J I - T - ff .sj4 fifth grades Heppner sang Christmas carols to Chamber of Commerce Monday. John Dawson Is director. Every few days, Boardman City Manger Jim Thompson takes a quick trip out to look at his city's infant water system. To be completed in May, the water aystem has been under construction since May 1974. The present water system pumps 845 gallons of water per minute. Its sibling system will be bettering that total with 6,100 gallons per minute. The Ranney Collector (water chamber) sunk 52 feet into the bank of the Columbia River sends out eight fingers under neath the river bed. taking in water that will be pumped through three pipes leading from the collector into the clorination chamber on the north side of Columbia Boule vard. A 34 by-68 foot slab of cement, that will support the holidays cook, she witnessed the arri val of the first hot lunch program at Irrigon School. "One morning was so cold that when we got to school the principal got out the cocoa and made hot chocolate for us to warm up on. Later we started making soup and pretty soon we had a hot lunch program all set up." Living with her grand mother in Irrigon after the death of her mother. Verdie Isom would wail anxiously for the arrival of her brothers on the train for the Christmas holiday. "They lived with my father in the hills. They would come with big sacks of or anges and nuta that my father would send. That was a real treat for us in those days. Fresh fruit in the winter was Services on Christmas Eve Valby Lutheran Church of lone and Hope Lutheran Church of Heppner will be having their Christmas wor ship services on Christmas Eve. Hope Lutheran will worship at 6:30 p.m., and Valby Lutheran will worship at 9 p m. These will be candlelight chamber, was completed last week "thanks to those two weeks of good weather we had." said Thompson. The braces for the cement walls are presently being erected. A.J. Zinda Corp. of Port land was contracted to do the work. Project foreman Tru man Hogland had nothing adverse to say about the progress being made. Water pumped into the clorination chamber will re main there for purification up to an hour before being pumped into a pipe that will "T at Columbia Boulevard. At that point, water will go east into the Port of Morrow processing park and west into the city of Boardman. "This water system," said Thompson, "will solve our water problems up until a population of 4.000." Present population is about 800. hard to come by." Coming by hard candy and other Christmas goodies wm another special holiday treat for children of Christmas gone by. Toys were given to many children only at Christmas and they would have to guard against loss and" damage for new ones would not come for another year. Christmas depression, state often experienced by present day post holiday rrlrbranls. was not a common thing with the 1920 s set. "We had our games and new toys and spent the rest of the day and winter enjoying "em," Mrs. Isom said. Christmas gifts for Mrs. Isom may have been similar to those of many Utile girls, a box of stationary, card games and a doll. worship services and Holy Communion w ill be celebrated at both churches. The evening worship service will be centered around the theme, "Jesus the King." with four main sections lo the ser vice: The King is Promised; The King is Born; The King is Uving; and The King is Reigning
