Page 4-A THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Ore..; Thursday,. March 17. 1977
EifirM teams finis
erfect niariki
h safety
contest with
The Kinzua Corporation
safety program, started 13
months ago, ended Feb. 28,
1977, with eight teams in the
winning bracket. The safety
contest started with 31 teams
with 14 to 18 persons per team,
Larry McGillivray, personnel
and safety manager, said. -
The contest was based on
lack of recordable injuries or
fewest recordable injuries
during a given period of the
continuing safety program.
The eight winning teams had
New prices, systems
await Nona Grace
While Ray Grace, former
plant engineer for Kinzua,
breaks in on a new job in Saudi
Arabia, his wife Nona is busy
in her spare time taking care
of dozens of moving details.
When she moves to join her
husband in several months,
she will end 21 years of service
at the mill in Heppner.
Among the changes she can
look forward to is a switch to
the metric system, new pat
terns of shopping and some
new prices, including king size
sheets, which cost about $85.00
a pair.
Ray will be responsible for
engineering a complete walled
"city" to house an estimated
500 Americans doing contract
work in Saudi Arabia. He was
project engineer on the Kinzua
plywood plant and then plant
engineer until his recent
departure.
Nona is packing, sorting,
storing and gathering infor
mation on Saudi Arabia re
lated to the move. The Grace
home will be occupied by
Nona's daughter, Marsha
Matthewson, also a Kinzua
employee.
Nona shares some of the
nitty gritty details involved in
her forthcoming move.
"I'm packing everything
Marsha will not be using in the
house, all of our books, dishes,
linens, knick-knacs, pots-pans
and silver.
"Ray packed all of the guns
Nona Grace
zero recordable injuries.
Each member of a winning
team received $60.00. Team
captains received $65.00. In
addition, each of the eight
teams had a prize drawing
with one winner selecting any
one of three prizes, including a
25-inch color television set, a
washer-dryer combo, or an
electric range.
Another safety program
contest is expected in the near
future. The next contest will
and hunting equipment, his
tools and professional library
and most of his art supplies
before he left."
All the clothes Ray left have
gone to the rummage sale and
Nona is going through her
closets like a swarm of
locusts.
"We sold our little plane to
Wayne's Diesel and Auto
motive; hope he enjoys it as
much as we did," she com
mented. "I have been picking up
items requested by Ray's
parents. ..corn pads, vanilla,
mouse traps, adhesive and
Scotch tape."
"Our letters tell us there is
no ham or bacon available,
but plenty of beef, both fresh
(too fresh) and frozen, lots of
fresh seafood. No cottage or
cream cheese, but great Eng
lish, Swiss and Dutch chees
es." "All foods are bought by the
kilo, nice fresh vegetables, but
they must be washed in a
Purex solution."
Ray's parents have been
able to pick up small kitchen
appliances and a sewing
machine, but they are on 220
current so must pack around a
transformer.
What about the king size
sheets at $85 a pair? "I'm
taking some from here," she
said. "Beautiful materials are
available, but quite expensive,
although not as bad as antici
pated. It is sold by the meter,"
she said.
"There are lots of little
shops, some so tiny you have
to wait for the customers who
are in to come out before you
can go in," Nona said.
. The detail in packing is due
in part to the length of stay
and also to the cost of personal
freight, which can run from
$3.75 to $5.00 per pound.
Ray and Nona have no firm
plans beyond the two year
hitch in Saudi Arabia. They do
have a home base in Heppner,
but according to an earlier
interview with Ray, the future
will be played by ear.
incorporate some re-alignment
of teams to make for
better competition, McGilliv
ray said.
All winning teams will re
ceive a steak dinner, with
trimmings, in the near future
in recognition of the safety
contest achievement.
The winning teams are:
Power House and Bull Gang
Chuck Mitchell, captain, Wil
liam Welch, prize winner, and
Bill Dyer,' John Weaser, Vic
tor Wallis, Truman Smiley,
Norwood Watts, Robert Pow
ers, Donald Pike, Lynn Mor
ley, Ralph Wilson, DeWayne
McClain, Jim Nickelsen, Rob
ert Zimmerman, Donald Cory,
Steve Nevala, Bill McMinn,
Conard Johns.
Eastern Oregon Logging
(EOL) Team C: John Hawk,
captain, Ray Rector, prize
winner, Kenneth Norris, Har
vey Conklin, Marvin Saddler,
Mike Todd, Ray O'Neal,
Robert Fisher, Roger Ash
mead, Robert Taylor, Ken
neth Shaffer, William Hub
bard, Al Milton, Larry O'Neal,
Donald Collins, Denzil White.
EOL Team D (Shop &
Mechanics) Homer Bow
man, captain, Gene Morti
more, prize winner, Warren
Pemberton, Bill Casey, Ken
neth Russell, Troy Day,
Wayne Brinkley, Ron Bow
man, Kerry Green, Arturo
Delmas, Wayne Carr, John
Vanderford, Louis Lorengal,
Steve Kendall, Ronald Prin
dle. EOL Team E Don Slink
ard, captain, Edward Kendall,
prize winner, Ray Cody,
Charles Brown, Lester Gien
ger, Glen Potter, Otis Cody,
Richard Hull, John McCul
lock. Earl Lewis, Jerry Luth
er. Doyle Hubbell, Lonnie
Collins, Richard Kendall.
Swing Shift Log Yard Kev
in Scherrer, captain, Richard
Flaiz, prize winner, Gary O.
Ball, Dick Hoffman, Jesus
Ponce, Douglas Carey, Laur
ence Schoonover, George
Johnson.
Day Shift Sawmill Ed
Gunderson, captain, Elwayne
Bergstrom, prize winner,
Sammy Johnston, Morris Mc
Carl, Glenn Smith, Dave Eck
man, Marvin Way, Dean Con
nor, Greg Johnston, Bud
Bowman, Bob Shuman, Del
bert Binschus, Bob Lankford,
Ken Smith.
Plywood Millwrights
Spindler Maint. Norm Dig
gins, captain, Spike Nash,
prize winner, Wayland Hyatt,
Bruce Clement, Ron Crewse,
Alvin Johannes, Ivan Lorenz,
Jim Woodcock, Tom Jenkins,
Ron Brittner, Mick Kindle.
Swing Shift Sawir.ill Jim
Lankford, captain, Don Papi
neau, prize winner, Wayne
Papineau, Ray Papineau,
C.H. Brandhagen, John Hill,
Elmer Steers, Delmer Busch
ke, Jack Ployhar, John Han
na, Dick Peck, Mike Palmer,
Roger Asher, Wm. (Mike)
Smith.
The power house and bull
gang work out of Kinzua
community. Eastern Oregon
Logging teams were compris
ed of truck drivers, line
Its Simple.
Cole's wants
to be your
dress shop.
Cole's thank
Kinzua families
for continued
patronage.
HOUSE
loggers, truck shop and me
chanics. The day shift and swing shift
sawmill crews, swing shift log
yard crew and plywood mill
wrights are with Kinzua at
Heppner.
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