p. 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR. Tfcursdiy, Pee. 23, 1976
Boardman water
system eyes May
completion date
Morrow Counfy j
school board
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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