TWO The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday November 30, 1978
Sumner wins suit
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truthfully saying that Sumner
had voted against the Farm
Use Tax Deferral and county
revenue sharing. The trial
lasted five days.
The jury did not rule on
whether the election should be
overturned, as Sumner had
sought. However, according to
the Statesman-Journal, Ore
gon law states that if a civil
judgement is rendered against
a person who has been
nominated or elected to office,
then he or she "shall be
deprived of the nomination or
election and the nomination or
office shall be declared va
cant." The Statesman-Journal re
ported that Sumner's lawyer,
Marc Blackman of Portland,
stated that he would include a
provision that Bennett's pri
mary nomination be invali
dated when submitting his
judgement order for Judge
Duane Ertsgaard's signature.
If Ertsgaard signs the order,
the status of Bill Bellamy's
victory in the November
election may become a ques
tion mark.
"I'm not too worried at this
point," Bellamy told the
Gazette-Times. "...Even if I
had to run against Jack again,
I'm confident that I would
win but it would be a pain in
the neck, that's for sure."
Business Briefs
First Federal Open
5 days week
First Federal Savings & Loan will be open five days a
week in Heppner beginning Monday, Dec. 4, and plans to
move into a permanent location here, when completed, John
VanWinkle, branch manager announced this week.
VanWinkle said the firm will move into the former
Abrams, Kuhn & Spicer law offices on Main Street in
Heppner in about two weeks. Until the move is made the
Heppner mobile office located at the corner of Main and
Center streets will open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
To commemorate their move to a permanent location the
firm will hold a drawing for special door prizes and is
offering a special promotion for new accounts.
Grocery store sets
grand opening
Heppner Family Savings a grocery store recently
opened in the former Thomson Bros. Grocery location will
hold their grand opening this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2.
Bud Englert, manager and Bill Huss, assistant manager,
invite customers to take advantage of grand opening specials
on shelf items and case lot goods. Englert said the store'
features discount prices on all its food items whether
purchased individually or by case lots. Heppner Family
Savings doesn't carry fresh meat and produce items but
stocks a line of frozen foods.
Barb's Plant Seller
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Barb's Plant Seller, located at 250 West Baltimore has
scheduled a Christmas Open House for Friday and Saturday,
Dec. 1-2 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Barbara James, owner-operator, said coffee and cookies
will be served while customers view a special selection of
holiday arrangements and plants.
Peterson 's Jewelers
to commemorate
50 years
Peterson's Jewelers will commemorate 50 years of
continuous service to area customers during a special Golden
Anniversary open house Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2.
Opened in 1928 by J.O. and Bertha Peterson, the store
has made several moves before locating in its present
building next to the post office. Randall Peterson took
ownership of the firm upon his father's death in 1960,
expanding the store's size and retail merchandise line in
1970.
Cake, cookies, coffee and punch will be served both days
and the Petersons extend a cordial invitation to the open
house to all area residents.
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Santa Claus
to many kids
Chuck and Kay Marquardt of Bucknum's Tavern in Heppner
are again this year playing "Santa" to children in the area
whose Christmas may not be as bright as for those more
fortunate. The Marquardts' sponsor a holiday dance at the
tavern set for Saturday, Dec. 9, this year at which the
price of admission is one, useable toy. The toys are turned
over to Carolyn Holt, Morrow County Juvenile Director, for
distribution to families through the Juvenile Advisory
Council. Toys may be left at Bucknum's any day during
business hours.
Farm Bureau predicts depression in prices
Waldron Johnson, president
of the Oregon Farm Bureau
Federation (OFBF) has pre
dicted a depression in farm
prices as a result of the
administration's inadequate
feed grain set-aside program,
the president's veto of a meat
import bill, and the fact that
most farmers had already
made their production decis
ions before the president's
announcement of set-asides.
"I'm looking for production
that is out of balance with
demand." Johnson said.
"President Carter appears to
have delayed his grain set
aside announcement on pur
pose, despite urging by farm
ers for an earlier release.
Since corn is the basis of other
grain prices, I can only judge
that he is intent on a cheap
food policy in which the food
producer again will subsidize
the processor and consumer,"
he said.
Johnson said that Farm
Bureau had pushed for a
set-aside which would have
limited corn production to 5.5
billion bushels. This was in
mid-September.
The Farm Bureau-backed
figures would, have been
adequate to meet domestic
needs and fullfill export com
mitments, he said.
"Now, we will have a crop of
more than six billion bushels,
which will be piled on this
year's record-setting crop of
nearly seven billion bushels,"
Johnson predicted.
The Yamhill farmer and'
stockman also scored as
political Carter's veto of a
meat import bill, which would
have limited meat imports
when domestic stocks were
high, and increased them
when U.S. producers couldn't
meet domestic demand.
"The president says he
favors this 'countercyclical'
approach, but he vetoed the
bill on the basis that he would
have lost the power to act
unilaterally to increase im
ports when it suited him.
Producers wanted to get this
out of the realm of politics,"
Johnson said.
Senior Citizen News
By
Justine Weatherford
On Monday, Nov. 27, the
Morrow Count v Senior Citizen
Advisory Council met at the
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op Conference Room at 1:30
p.m. Council Vice-Chairman
Doris Gollvhorn. lone, pre
sided in the absence of
Chairman Ardith Hunt.
After an opening praver bv
Truman Messenger and the
reading of the minutes bv
council secretary Theta Lowe,
pertinent reports were pre
sented. Area Nutrition Super
visor Rogena Marks announ
ced that a new shipment of
commodities bad readied
Pendleton and that someone
from Heppner should pick up
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supplies. She passed out a
listing of all nearbv senior
meal sites. She also asked that
persons giving volunteer time
to Senior Outreach sign a list.
Reports on the progress of
the various meal sites were
called for. Helen Martin said
the lone community is res
ponding well to the meals and
to the CPU instruction being
given there. Dorothy Irish
reported that at Irrigon about
(id attend the meal each week.
Rollin Reynolds, Area Direct
or of the Agency on Aging,
complimented the program at
Irrigon and the good spirit
shown there. Martha King
declared that the number
attending meals at Heppner
seems to be growing slowly,
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LEIffliUS FROM READERS
Reader expects 'lots9
fromAtiyeh
Kditor:
Now that Mr. Atiyeh is going to be our new Governor, it
just seems to me that he would have a golden opportunity and
be in a position to show the people- of Oregon how the
Governor's office should be run. That opportunity we haven't
been able to see in the last 40 years that I can remember. I
truthfully believe that Mr. Atiyeh is able to accomplish this
mission, but he is going to have to carefully pick his advisors.
But from some of the buzzards that are now crawling on his
wagon, because he is a sure thing to win, it doesn't look too
healthy, but I'm sure Mr. Atiyeh is able to distinguish
between a buzzard and a dove.
Getting back to one of the most important subjects that's
going to be on the agenda for 1979 and from then on, is going
to be decent tax system. I would like to put in my two cents
worth on this project and suggest that Mr. Atiyeh completely
ignore the Legislators and pick his advisory committee from
the crew that sponsored Ballot Measure 6, for I'm sure that
they have the intelligence and ability to give us a decent and
just tax system After seeing how Straub and Co. cobbled us
together Measure No. 11,1 have completely lost faith in the
Oregon law-making system and I'm hoping that our new
Governor with intelligent advisors can get the good ship
( )regon back on course.
So in closing. I would like to say, if Governor-elect Atiyeh
wants to accomplish these missions, of getting our system
back on track, he will have my complete support.
P S. Now that Measure No. fi is going back to the drawing
board. I would like to suggest that Oregon adopt California's
Measure No. i:i
Otto H. Jorgensen Jr.
Scappoose
Artifactory
set for
Saturday
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tahles of eift-ffivine ideas await those who attend Artifactory
78 Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Catholic Parish Hall in Heppner.
Sponsored by the American Association of University
Women, the Artifactory was started eight years ago as a
means of putting on public display, talents of many Morrow
County artists. Since its inception the Artifactory has grown
into one of the areas most popular events.
A new feature this year will be the all day
demonstrations running continuously from 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Scheduled to give demonstrations are Vera Simonton of
Pendleton on loom weaving: cartoonist Tom Simonton of
Pendleton, who will be doing caricatures ; Sandy Campbell of
Butter Creek, charcoal sketches; Francine Evans of Irrigon,
demonstrating wheat weaving; Heppner 's Sweek brothers
with their stained glass work and Jamalee Curnutt of
Heppner demonstrating the oriental art form batik; Ann
Evans of Irrieon will make her puppets come alive and Ken
Curtis of Heppner will demonstrate the art of making
applehead dolls.
Delicious homemade pies and coffee will be on sale by
AAUW members for artifactory visitors.
For the kiddies Santa Claus will be arriving at 11 a.m. and
will stay through the early afternoon hours to take
Christmas wish lists" and to pose for pictures with children.
Man sentenced for crime
Mike Adams, 24, of Lake
Oswego, pleaded guilty to two
counts of criminal mischef
and one count of disorderly
conduct, in Morrow County
Justice Court Monday, follow
ing a window smashing in
cident in downtown Heppner
during the weekend.
City police said Adams
broke windows in the Sears
store and Cal's Cafe on Main
Street Saturday night, follow
ing an argument with two
relatives.
Pro-tern Justice Court
Judge Charlotte Gray fined
Adams $105 on the disorderly
conduct charge, and $205 for
each of the two criminal
mischief charges. An addition
al 10-day jail term was
suspended on the condition
that Adams make restitution
to the store owners.
New justice court
hours announced
Justice Court Judge Char
lotte Gray has adjusted her
court schedule to allow work
ing people the opportunity to
transact court business during
lunch hour.
New hours for the Heppner
Justice Court will be from 9
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sifting through
the TIMES
Hospital officials were not immune to a nationwide
influenza epidemic that was reaching a conclusion in Morrow
County 50 years ago this week.
Mrs. L.G. Herren, superintendent of Heppner Hospital,
was among many local residents to contract the disease.
During this week in 1928, she resigned her post at the hospital
due to her failure to fully recover from the malady.
-While the flu epidemic was starting to wind down,
construction projects inHeppner were beginning to gear up
during this week in 1928. The Hartenbower Brothers Co. of
LaGrande was awarded a $12,295 contract to build a new
reservoir for Heppner's water system. The new holding
facility was expected to boost the city's water pressure from
25 pounds per foot to 40 pounds. A contract was also let to
replace decrepit bridges for a total cost of $4,164. To
demonstrate the effects of 50 years of inflation, a 1978 version
of the Morgan Street span earlier this month was low-bid at
$113,303.
Thirty years ago this week, Joe Snyder of Heppner
opened a new saddle shop in an addition to his North Court
Street home. During the same week in 1948, L. VanMarter
was elected president of the Heppner Chess and Checker
Club.
Sixty years ago this week, the Minor & Co. store in
Heppner featured in its display window a bust of recently
defeated German dictator Kaiser Wilhelm. The bust was
sculpted out of butter by Mrs. J.M. Hayes of Heppner.
Wilhelm 's crown was bedecked with an American eagle and
an American Red Cross flag was attached to his tongue.
"Thus bedecked, 'Bill' appears to be pretty much
Americanized," commented the Gazette-Times.
While members of the Heppner American Legion Post
were holding a meeting during this week 25 years ago,
vandals were busy outside the Legion Hall, bending the radio
aerials of eight Legionnaires' cars.
The incident was particularly ire-inspiring and
embarrassing to the post commander, Bill Labhart, who was
conducting the meeting. Labhart was Heppner's resident
state police officer.
During the same week in 1953, Morrow County Judge
Garnet Barratt was elected president of the Association of
Oregon Counties.
Ten years ago this week, Heppner's assistant fire chief,
Bill Farra, died of a heart attack after fighting fire
throughout the day at the home of Mrs. Avery Taylor at May
and Gale streets.
Farra had just stepped off a fire truck as it returned to
the fire department garage when the attack came. Attempts
to revive him failed. The Taylor home was gutted in the
blaze.
Five years ago, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative
announced it was planning to introduce a rate increase
averaging 25 per cent, to take effect in January of 1969.
New hand-held radar guns issued to Heppner city police
during the same week in 1973 netted three motorists on
speeding charges. One of the speeders was clocked at 60
miles an hour in a 35 mile per hour zone.
Last year this week, Lexington voters cast 112-33 against
issuing a $225,000 general obligation bond to finance a new
sewer system and treatment plant. Turnout at the polls was a
whopping 83 per cent.