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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1978)
TWO The Gazette. l i.'i.es, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 6, 1978 - - 1 ; SiftingthiK)ugh The Heppner 1 ?: the TIMES 4z ;octor Committee needs your help, too The Morrow County Doctor Search Committee, which held itsorjauimational meeting last week, is a group of people thai will bo spending considerable time and ener in the months ahead for the ultimate boni-i; uf all people residing in Morrow County. The Si-r.n-h Committee already lias a brochure underway and inters of inquiry are being sent to all physician pia..-f.,.!..l.t centers and medical schools. We flunk their approach is sound looking for some inn ; irn physicians to handle patients, while ' scouting lor doctors that would like to make Morrow County their home for a lifetime. Also, the Committee is looking ai selling the doctors on Morrow County without promise of guaranteed income, (roe reft, etc. Financing Ihi search for doctors will largely become the responsibih'y of citizens in both the north and sou!h otitis oi Morrow County. Business and industry wi.'l provide much of the financial help needed, hut individual contributions are badly needed. I'vrs'-ns wishing to make contributions should send them k the Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner in care ot the Morrow County Doctor Search Coin 'nit tee A contribution now will help get needed physicians for Heppner and Boardinan clinics, and for the people that reside in those communities. kJAddMillZA ale here v j Heppoor merchants are again planning their annual sbk walk u.!e... called Summer Sizzlers Sidewalk Sale tin.- year, to he held on Friday, July 14. The streets of Heppner will be loaded with bargains tor everyone. Don't miss it. Picture -Credit .Mayor of Sa nthoUow. Ken Turner, looks over (barely) one of his wheat fields and smiles at the thought of the anticipated yield. Fanners in the area have been happy with this year's wet spi ho.: ami early summer as kernals are now filling out beautihin . v itii the added precipitation. It'll take some doing hmvre. for anyone to, come up with better wheat than Ken's invsi-hih (ahem I crop. Letters From ieoders ThanksforBMCC budget support Editor; Prior to budget elections public officials are very visible in the different communities seeking the support of the citizens in regard to the tax levies. It seems to me that it is also appropriate for public otticmi: to express their thanks to the voters following a successful budget election. That is the iio.cnt of this letter to express the appreciation of the IV-ord of Directors, the faculty and staff, and the administration of the college to you. the voters, for your continued support of the college. It is our intention ' continue to operate the college in a manner that wi!l viirrant the continued support of the citizens of Morrow foul Umatilla counties. I am especially appreciative of those residents of south Morrow County who contributed dollars and placed their rans v'h .m.t i-vmnr t-imnnrt fny the college budget. This public e!i,iri was. particularly meaningful to me as most of those people art personal friends of mine. Ronald L. Daniels President, BMCC 'l mir $ 'St The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Published evry '! run vUy toid entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, under the Act of Maren Second class postage paiu at Heppner, Oregon. G.M. Reed, Publisher Dolores Reed, Co-publisher Terry M. Hager, Managing Editor Rick Steelhan.mer, News Editor Eileen Saling, Officer Manager , , '8V! ! ,!1 p ;.i ,; Chloe Peai mm, Composing Justine Weatherford , Local Columnist Ron Jordan, Printer Search Sidewalk Jul v 14 mitt ii ' Ii ' ii " 1 ' Thunder takes toll on county roads, power, and fallow land Rain drenching thunder storms during the extended Fourth of July weekend played havoc with area roads, croplands, bridges and elec trical service. The highway between Hard man and Spray was virtually impassible Sunday night, af ter cloudbursts filled other wise dry runoff gullies with water and debris. Rocks, mud, and water covered that stretch of highway in more than a dozen locations. Summer fallow grain fields were badly eroded at sites in the Eightmile and McNab areas, as were some county roads. A Union Pacific rail road bridge about 10 miles ' north of" lene was put out of commission by floodwaters along Willow Creek, disrupt ing train service to the Kinzua Corp. mill and area grain elevators. Lightning caused scattered electrical outages to Columbia Basin Electric Co-op custom ers in rural Morrow County. No more than 10 customers were without power at any given time. Three bridge washouts oc curred along Hwy. 19 between Spray and Dayville, and a bridge approach was washed awav along the Condon-Mc-Nab road. Flash flooding was also reported in the Olex area. TE -TIME Nearly half of the youths attending the annual 4-H summer camp at Cutsforth Park were sent home "a day early on Saturday, after marble-sized hail pummeled the camp during a cloudburst. 4-H Horse Show starts July 9 at fairgrounds in Heppner ALL YOUR BUSINESS PRINTING HiiDS Unuik ONE ROOF 676-9229 1 , i , y , ' - ' Camp officials said about three inches of hail fell, before the precipitation took the form of rain. Officials said the hail fell with such force that paint was stripped from some buildings and parked cars received The Morrow County 4-H Horse Show will get underway Sunday, July 9, at 9 a.m7 with youthful area competitors taking part in five categories of horsemanship. Contests will be held on horse showmanship, followed by western equitation, colt ground training, English riding, and trail horsemanship. ' Competitors will be divided into beginner, junior, intermediate and senior divisions based on age and experience. The event will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, in the outside arena, weather permitting. A related horse judging contest will be held July 11 at the fairgrounds. OBITUMliS Verl Frederickson Verl Frederickson, 86, of Monmouth, a former Lexing ton schoolteacher, died June 29 in Monmouth. Born Feb. 21, 1892 in Joliet, Mont., she was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Carmack. Mrs. Frederickson was a graduate of Oregon College of Education, and for a number of years was a teacher in Lexington and Hermiston. Funeral services were held Monday in First Christian Church, Heppner, with the Rev. Edwin Sikes officiating. Carl and Betty Marquardt sang "In the Garden" and "Beyond the Sunset". Casket bearers included Jack Van Winkle, Howard Bryant, Cornett Green, Ken neth Peck, Dean Gilman and Kit George. Concluding service and in terment were held at Heppner Masonic Cemetery, with Sweeney Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Frederickson s hus band, Lewis, a daughter, Louise, and a son, Don, preceded her in death. ,: I'm t s , . , minor damage. In the 24 hour period preceding 6 a.m. Monday, a total of 1.9 inches of rain was recorded at Pendleton Air port, according to the National Weather Service. Survivors include a sister, Ethel Chapin of Monmouth, several nieces and nephews. Ralph Yeager Ralph Andrew Yeager, 86, of Santa Monica, Calif., for merly of Heppner, died June 25 in Santa Monica. Born in Heppner in 1892, he attended schools here before moving on to Idaho, Washing ton and California. He mar ried Emma Fahey of Clarks ton. Wash., who preceded him in death in 1961. Mr. Yeager has lived in the Los Angeles area since 1961. He was a retired mainten ance man with the U.S. Postal Service, and a member of the Disabled American Veterans. Survivors include a son, Ralph Jr. of Grand Rapids, Minn.; daughters, Mrs. Gard ner Clark of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Dave Jennings of Santa Monica, Cal., and Mrs. James Huff of Torrence, Cal,; broth er, James Yeager of Califor nia; 22 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Sixty years ago this week in Morrow County, a large crowd gathered in lone to hear J.W. Brewer of Portland deliver an Independence Day speech carrying the usual patriotic theme, plus a blistering attack against "the slacker and the pro-German," according to the Gazette-Times account of the day. , The 1918 July 4th celebration included a Red Cross hosted dinner in the lone Christian Church basement. An evening program of entertainment followed, but was interrupted when word was received that a fire had broken out in Heppner. And what a fire it was, The blaze broke out about 4 p.m. in the Patterson and Elder barber shop during that hot and windy day. It soon spread to the Pearlson Tailor Shop, and into the Palace Hotel. Mrs. J.L. Wilkins, co-proprietor of the hotel, rushed to the upper stories to warn all guests in time for them to make a safe exit with their belongings. Cut off from the stairway by flames, Mrs. Wilkins jumped to safety from a fire escape, ' cutting her chin in the process. By that time, the fire had spread across Main Street to burn the Natter buildings, the Star Brewery building, which housed the local Red Cross chapter, and the Heppner Light and Water Co. wood yard. A number of residences and other structures also went up in flames. Two men were seen carrying a 1,100 pound player piano from the Oscar Borg residence, in an effort to salvage the instrument from falmes. They managed to push the cumbersome piano about 75 feet down the sidewalk before heat from the fire forced them to flee. The piano was consumed in the inferno. Two horses being boarded by out of twon visitors at the Red Front Livery Barn burned to death in the blaze. Total damage was set at more than $200,000 to downtown Heppner. including the $30,000 destruction of the Palace Hotel. Insurance covered only a fraction of the losses. During the same week in 1918, Joseph Hayes of Butter Creek was returning from Thompson Falls, Mont., after moving a band of sheep there for summer grazing. Pvt. William O'Rourke of Heppner was having trouble convincing Army officials at Fort Lewis that his 5 foot 2 inch height was sufficient for military purposes. The departure of doctors from Heppner was also in the news 25 years ago this week, when Dr. Wallace Wolff notified his patients that he was closing his Heppner practice to report for Army duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Dr. Wolff had been in Heppner about a year at that time in 1953, after he took over the practice of Dr. Richard O'Shea, who was also called to duty during the Korean war. That same week in 1953, D.O. Nelson was the first grain grower in the county to put combine to wheat, en a stand of volunteer grain near Lexington. Agricultural officials at the time were predicting a "bumper crop" wheat harvest of 2.3 million bushels in Morrow County. Apricots were selling for six cents a pound at an orchard near Irrigon during this week in 1953. Twenty years ago this week, the grain harvest was just underway, with Lexington area ranchers showing average yeilds of 30-35 bushels per acre in wheat, and 40-45 bushel averages in barley. Oregon motorists were praised by then-governor Holmes for making it through the 1958 Independence Day. weekend without a fatality. - Fifty years ago this week in the Gazette-Times, an editorial called for the immediate construction of stop signs in Heppner: "Some folks may smile at the mention for such a need for traffic regulation in Heppner," stated the editorial, noting that people wouldn't smile should they encounter "a loaded wheat truck coming in off Heppner Hill, never at less than 30 miles an hour." This week in 1928, the Lexington Post Office, at the end of the fiscal year, showed a record-setting business, with sales totaling more than $18,000 for the year. Holiday fisherman in 1928 likely experienced good angling during the July 4 weekend, since 29,000 trout had recently been planted in Willow Creek. ( Hospital Notes j Patients admitted and later discharged from Pioneer Memorial Hospital between June 20 and Juiy 5 included Rick Henderson, lone; Rich ard Schmidt, Heppner; Patri cia Osborn, lone; Edgar Myers, Fossil, Ella Mae Green, Lexington; Inez Gen try, Heppner; Julie Ann Harrison, Heppner; Alice Rains, Condon; and Anna Wilson, Heppner. Wilbur Gourley, Heppner remained a patient. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Steven Greenup of Community BILLBOARD Call i 676-9228 July 6 Sen. Mark Hatfield, tour of Kinzua Mill, Kinzua, 3 p.m. Soroptomists meeting, noon, Wagon Wheel Doctor Search Committee, Courthouse, 7:30 p.m. Heppner. The seven pound, IOMj ounce boy was named Jonathan Paige. The new Greenup's birthday wes June 17. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kahl of Port land, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Greenup of Port land. Great-grandparents are Mrs. Hannah Kahl of Port land, Mrs. Sam Omar of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Peggy Moyer of Heppner, and Mr. and Mrs. Norval Martin of Lake Oswego. Sponsored By RAY BOYCE INSURANCE 228 N. Main St. Heppner 676-9635 July 7 Merchant's Committee, noon, Wagon Wheel. July lo Chamber of Commerce, noon, West of Willow July II VFW meeting, 8 p.m., Wagon Wheel fxC ixn JL,. . mm 0. .jpb 4. ' A J a "
