THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thttrgdy, Jan. 13, 1977, Page 3
Alice's shop Irrigon enrollment up
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Gribble tells of UPM growth
Lowell "Grib" Gribble told
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce Mon
day that his firm, based in
Heppner, had grown into
national and possible world
wide recognition and service.
Gribble, originator of Ultra
sonic Predictable Mainten
ance, presented the program
at the regular meeting of the
chamber. He demonstrated
some of his equipment and
told of its use and service.
Obituary
Lora Pettyjohn
Lora Edna Pettyjohn, 87,
Heppner, died in Heppner Jan.
10.
She was born May 3, 1889, at
Sweden, Missouri.
Mrs. Pettyjohn had lived in
the area for sixty years. She
was a member of the Heppner
Assembly of God Church.
Funeral services will be
today, Thursday, Jan. 13, at 2
p.m., at the First Christian
Church in Heppner, with the
Rev. Duane W. Geyer of the
Assembly of God Church of
ficiating. Sacred selections "In The
Garden" and "Beyond The
Sunset" will be sung by Carl
and Betty Marquardt with
Mrs. Marquardt at the organ.
Casket bearers, all grand
sons, are Earl J. Pettyjohn,
Jerry Pettyjohn, Richard Pet
tyjohn, Fred Graves, David
Graves and John Hall.
Concluding services and
vault interment will be at
Heppner Masonic Cemetery
with Sweeney Mortuary in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pettyjohn was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band, Fred, in 1963.
She is survived by two
daughters Gertrude Graves,
Huntington, Ore.; and Hazel
Hynd, Pendleton; five sons,
Earl and Ellis, both Heppner;
Claude, Pendleton; Clyde,
Huntington; and James, lone;
twenty grandchildren; twenty-three
great-grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Alice Majeske
Calling the firm "trouble
shooters," Gribble said that
the firm had grown from its
six year start to franchise
operations in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana, and
Northern California.
California is the most recent
franchise opportunity for
Gribbleho told the dumber
he was "proud of the fact that
we started right here in the
little town of Heppner."
The company is a prediction
company, finding faults in
mechanical and sensitive
equipment. His machines can
find vacuum or wind loss,
electrical faults, arcing or
heating problems, and others,
including problems with bear
ings. The machinery detects the
problem and then the com
pany proceeds to fix it.
The day will come, Gribble
said, when every business will
need to be ultrasonically
scanned before they can gain
fire insurance.
Joint Installation of Oddfellows
& Rebekahs & Families
Sat. Jan. 15
Dinner 6:30 pm
Oddfellows Hall- Main St.
Lube Speiccl $14
For the above price, I will furnish
the oil and oil filter for your car or
pickup. Give it a complete lube job,
check all gear boxes, battery,
power steering, auto, trans., brake
fluid, PCV, etc. Clean all windows
inside and out and vacuum the
inside. Your choice of oils, Super
10-40or Premium 20 or 30 wt. Union
Oil products used. Compare this
price with that of your last com
plete lube iob.
VERN'S UO ISO STATION
Heppner, OR.
"Fires don't just have to
happen anymore," Gribble
said. "We can prevent it."
Gribble listed Johns-Man-ville,
American Can Com
pany, and state offices as part
of his always growing clien
tele. Cribble's franchised offices
are currently working in the
new state buildings in Port
land. He said his company
would probably save the state
more dollars in their steam
heat problems than his cost
will be for providing the ser
vice. Gribble also has gained the
confidence of the Weyerhaus
er Company and will work in
one large paper mill in Ala
bama for 40 hours a month.
"A guy with another gim
mick" has slowed some of
Gribble's efforts, but he hasn't
had much problems once he
gets through the door.
In other chamber business,
Ray Boyce, president, asked
for any inclusions in the new
opens
L4th year
Ceramic se-ram-ik adj.: of or relating to the
manufacturing of any product as earthenware, porcelain,
brick, glass, vitreous enamels made essentially from a
nonmetallic mineral by firing at high temperatures
Daniel Webster can tell you what it is. But if you'd like to
take part and learn how, put the book away and go see Alice.
Alice Mejeske and her husband, Gene, have operated
Alice's Ceramics, a small shop on Baseline Road, between
Heppner and Lexington, for the past 14 years.
She'll start her new year with weekly classes next week.
Driving along the road to the Majeske house, a passerby
would see the large, older house the Majeskes live in.
Another smaller building, like an old bunkhouse, aligns the
living quarters.
But it is no bunkhouse. Alice, called Alley by many, has
turned the bunkhouse into Alice's Ceramics, equipped with
greenware, paint, heaters and two large kilns for firing.
What started out as a hobby in 1962 has turned into quite
a profession for Mrs. Majeske, who will teach six classes a
week.
The bunkhouse is stocked with shelves, stocked with
waiting greenware. According to Alice, the product starts as
the caulky-looking greenware.
After it is cleaned, it is fired there. That first firing is
termed bisqued and after that, a person can glaze and fire it
again, or take the bisqued piece and stain it without firing
again.
Alice gets most of her supplies from Pendleton and
Beaverton. That's where her husband, Gene, really comes in
handy.
He does the driving in Portland, Alice says, when the pair
picks up the merchandise. But Gene also does the pouring
for more than 150 molds the couple uses in their little
schoolhouse.
Alice said she runs her shop like a school. She'll close down
in May and reopen again in September, much like the
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fiscal budget. Collection from
Heppner businesses for the
Christmas lights is still under-
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lone, Heppner High Schools
have not increased at all. In
fact, there might be a drop in
enrollment. At Riverside,
there are four new students at
the high school.
But in the combined ele
mentary schools, the new
year enrollment increased a
total of 19 students.
Doherty said the district
anticipates enrollment in
creases at the elementary
schools, but not in the second
ary schools so much.
Students in high school and
junior high "want to stay and
finish up their year," Doherty
said, and "parents make con
siderable sacrifices to allow"
students to stay.
In the primary grades,
that's not the case, Doherty
said. Parents usually will
move a student any time
while he's still in grade school,
up to grade six, Doherty said.
The increases aren't sur
prising to the school board. In
fact, they anticipated the in
crease. (The 1977-78 budget
committee met Monday and
anticipated an influx of 115
students in Morrow County
schools next year. See budget
story.)
"We anticipated all along,"
Doherty said. "We are pre
pared." Doherty said one slight
problem that Irrigon's A.C.
Houghton will have to face for
awhile is the new classrooms.
Eight new classrooms at Irri
i BiDirahcigii's Jcanosry
'Urnhoiti's Dependent Store
Main Street
gon will be completed by the
end of February, Doherty
said.
(The four new classrooms at
Riverside High School are
complete and being used.)
A.C. Houghton classrooms
have had 400 names pass
through them this year, ac
cording to Doherty, however,
there has never been that
many students there at one
time.
Elk's awards set
Seniors from lone and Hep
pner High Schools will have a
chance to earn the $300 first
prize in the Elks' National
Foundation scholarship
awards.
More than 1,000 college
scholarships will be awarded
by the national foundation. A
first prize for a girl and boy of
Correction
Last week, the Hep
pner Gazette-Times in
advertently referred to
Heppner TV as "Carl
Spaulding's Cable TV."
The cable television
company is a coopera
tive and owned by coop
users. Spaulding is the
manager of the Heppner
office, appointed each
year by a board of
directors.
FOLLOW THE CROWDS
The total enrollment at
A.C. Houghton today is 360.
In September, at the school's
new start, the enrollment was
334.
That 26 student increase is
expected to at least double by
the school year end, Doherty
said. The 1977-78 budget is
forecasting 400 students at
A.C. Houghton when school
starts next year.
$300 each will greet the local
winners from either of the
two area schools.
The students resumes must
be completed by Feb. 10 and
turned into the local Elks
Lodge in Heppner. The local
contest will be Feb. 16 and the
district competition will be in
La Grande, Feb. 27.
All high school seniors in
lone and Heppner are eligible.
For more information, con
tact Vi Lanham in Heppner or
Gordon Myers at lone.
Last year's winners were
Terry McElligott of lone and
Tim Skow of Heppner.
Elected
Dick McElligott, lone, was
elected recently to the post of
president of the Oregon As
sociation of Conservation Dis
tricts for 1977.
HermUton