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The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 23, 1979 NINE Kevin Rountree assumes manager post at Les Schwab, new assistant manager hired Kevin Rountree has been named manager of the Les Schwab Tire Center in Hepp-. ner. : Rountree, who has been the assistant manager, succeeds Robb Rush, manager for the past two and a half years, who has been transferred to the new Les Schwab Tire Center in the Santa Clara district of Eugene. His family will be going there shortly. With the change at the local store, Gino Guglielmelli has been named assistant mana ger. Rush and his wife Gayle are both natives of Prineville. Rush joined the Schwab orga nization nine years ago. Be fore they came to Heppner, he had been assistant manager of the Schwab store in Walla Walla. During their stay here, Mrs. Rush was employed at the Heppner Gazette-Times as an advertising representative and in type composition and layout work. Guglielmelli has worked for three years in sales and services at Les Schwab's Tire Center in Milton-Freewater. " A native of Walla Walla, Gino will marry Sally Dyer of Milton-Freewater September 8. He is a member of the Milton-Freewater Elks Club and enjoys fishing when not working in the tire business. T r V -: J ' :l -f h : iv u; - n : I ' - ff i.t'M Kevin Rountree & Gino Gugliemelli Koffier joins Bank of EO George Koffier is the new loan officer at the Heppner Branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Koffier, a mathematics and physical education teacher at Heppner High School from 1974-1978, has returned to Heppner with his wife, Debbie and two sons, Rick, 4, and Brian, 1, after a year in Portland as a branch manager for Fred Meyers Savings and Loan in Beaverton. After serving as a savings branch manager, Koffier worked in the institution's contruction appraisal department. He sees his new job as an George Koffier opportunity to get into com mercial banking. He also wanted to return to Eastern Oregon He is originally from Echo and a graduate of Echo High School and Oregon College of Education at Mon mouth, where he majored in mathematics; he has 30 hours of master's degree work in math. In his spare time, he enjoys refereeing basketball games, and likes to hunt elk and to fish. George is currently a mem ber of Heppner Elks Lodge 358. MC Creamery, Hager's Dairy purchased by two Heppner men The purchase of two long time Morrow County busines ses was announced this week by Terry M. Hager and Michael J. Sweeney, both of Heppner. Morrow County Creamery, manufacturers of Pride of Oregon ice cream, was pur chased from Allen Burkenbine of Heppner. Burkenbine has operated the Creamery for the past two years, having pur chased it from W.L. "Bill" Cox, whose family operated the enterprise for more than 65 years. Hager's Dairy, a wholesale grocery and dairy products outlet, was purchased from James and Jewel Hager of Heppner. Hager's Dairy, like the Creamery, has a long standing history in Morrow County and Eastern Oregon as a purveyor of grocery and dairy products. The two businesses will maintain seperate business indentities according to the new owners. Morrow County Creamery is incorporated un der that name and Hager's Dairy will become Blue Moun tain Provisioners, Inc. The operation will be headquar tered at the Creamery build ing at 148 East Center Street in Heppner. Blue Mt. Privisioners, Inc., is a distributor for a full line of Ullman to face race against newspaperman Denny Smith of Salem, a newspaper publisher who ex pects to challenge Congress man Al Ullman, D-Ore., in the 1980 deletions, was to visit Heppner today. Smith, 41, is chairman of the board of Eagle Newspapers, a group of Oregon weeklies. A spokesperson for Smith, who advised the Gazette Times of his trip to Eastern Oregon this week, said he "hasn't publicly announced Olive Huglies home filled with summer visitors Olive Hughes of Heppner has had a series of visitors this summer. Several great-grand children, the grandchildren of Tom and Joan, have been here. Most recently Olive's son Joe came from Los Angeles to visit his mother and to get re-acquainted with scenes of his youth. his candidacy," although he has filed in the Republican primary for the congressional race. grocery, drug and general merchandise items and Dari gold Farms milk and ice cream. The firm will also distribute the Pride of Oregon brand of ice cream. Morrow County Creamery, Inc., will manufacture a full line of gourmet ice cream under the Pride of Oregon label. The product is known for its rich, full-bodied flavor obtained by using a cream with a high butterfat content. The firm also manufactures and distributes block and cube ice. Terry Hager, who has been employed as general manager of the Heppner Gazette-Times for the past two and-one-half years, will assume responsibi lities of general manager of the two firms and will act in a sales position as well. Swee ney is a partner in the Heppner law firm of Winter & Sweeney. No purchase price for the respective businesses was disclosed. Gaettc-Tinies Classifieds Brills Quick Results Phone 676-9228 For Girls Sixts 7-14 Topi-Sklrtt Drtssoi Jeans by Health Tex Middledale luv-lt Sweaters by tuv-it For Juniors Com pitta Una of Moody's Coot Sportswear Jeans, Gaberdine & Cords With coordinating Tops, blouses & skirts. Jeans H.I.S. California Joans Sweaters Alberoy Beldoch Popper Tea Party Daddy's Money McMuffin r Be Jure & Check Our 30 OFF I 7 it 1 Hepprw 676-9426 Bank Cards Welcome Beecher's has new owners Gale and Jennie Gray are the new owners of Beecher's Restaurant and Lounge in lone. They have purchased the business from Beecher Emert. Gale was raised in Burns, Oregon and Jennie in Albany. Before entering the restaurant business, Gale worked 17 years for SWF Plywood of Albany and Jennie was an employee of the Smokecraft Beef Jerky plant in Albany. The couple has five chil dren, three boys and two girls, and four grandchildren. They are currently living in Heppner with Jennie's mo ther, Mrs. Dorothy Rugg. Gale is a member of the Eages and American Legion and the couple enjoys camp ing when not working at their new restaurant. The family style restaurant is open 6 Hays a week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays and closed on Monday. The lounge is open from 10 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Beecher's features live music on Saturday nights. Osmins host Canadian family The Glenn Miller family has recently had Canadian rela tives visiting in their Matlock St. home. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Osmind and daughters Ta thina and Natasha from Bri tish Columbia spent one week in Heppner and "enjoyed this small town." Q Lexington news. . Delpha Jones 989-8189- - Visitors at the Gladys Van Winkle home -over the week end were their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bradd of Ontario, Mr. Bradd's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradd Sr. of Salem and their sons. All were here for the baptismal services for Josie Renae Bradd, infant daughter of the younger Bradds from Ontario. Also present was Jan Ed wards from. Pendleton. Betty Christman returned John Bristow joins family business this week from a OSE work shop at Monmouth. Eula Bloodsworth is home from St. Anthony's Hospital. Leora Kane received a visit from the small children of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Roberts over the weekend while their par ents traveled to the Portland area to pick up their other children. Jason Van Winkle of Enum-. claw, Wash, is visiting his father, Bill Van Winkle and his grandmother, Gladys Van Winkle. Gene Heliker from Seattle, is visiting his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Cutsforth and other friends and relatives in Heppner and Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Glyn Horan and grandson Christopher Bailey is visiting at the C.C. Jones ranch, from their home in Everett. They are here to attend the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wil liams are guests of their son. Lt. Jg. Norm Williams from Alexandrea, Virginia, en route, he stopped to evaluate the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Training Center at Alameda, Cal. He is a former Lexington resident and Heppner student. Josie Peck has returned home 'from a stay in The Dalles General Hospital where she underwent major surgery. She was brought home by her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Peck. John Bristow has retired as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force and is co-manager of Bris tow's Market in lone with his brother Don and working with their father, E.W. Bristow. John retired after 23 years mm A f .(v.- - I John Bristow and 7 months with the Air Force from the maintenance engineering division under the Secretary of the Air Force. He is a 1955 graduate of Oregon ' State University with a degree in business administration and a minor in food techno logy. In 1950, he entered the service after serving in the Air Force . R.O.T.C. program, went through pilot training at Bartow Air Force Base, Bar tow, Florida and Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas, flew 77 combat missions as a helicopter pilot for the Air Force at Bien Hoa, 20 miles north of Saigon and received an air medal and the Bronze Star for his combat activity. Following his combat duty, ho attended two years at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and was then assigned to the office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Upon retirement, he re ceived the Legion of Merit. Bristow is married to the former Maire Linder of Her miston, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Linder. The couple have a son, Doug and a daughter, Linda. Doug will be attending OSU and majoring (OaQ) ul (SjUO o in Automotive Tune Up O Wheel Alignment O-Tiret, Batteries & Accessories O Grocery, Dairy & Convenience Items OPEtl 7 DAYS A VEEK 7 fo 9 g MOBIL a jei1 Mini mart Heppner 676-58 in business administration and economics; Linda is expected to attend Blue Moun tain Community College. She has a daughter, Stephanie Ann. E.W. Bristow has been owner of the business since 1944. Frinks visitors at Rietmanns Mr. and Mrs. Paul Frink of Hunt Beach, California and their two sons. Tal and Terry are spending their vacation with the David Rietmanns of lone. Schools hire personnel Cont. on page V has been out of state, cate, who used to hold an Oregon teaching license but Certificated personnel hired include Dan Adams, a social studies and science teacher at lone Jr. High School, Pam Ausman, intermediate teacher at Heppner Elemen tary, Carol Boerger, home economics and art, lone, Rosanne Casseday, language arts, Riverside Jr. High School, Patrick Christensen, business education, Riverside High School, Kathryn Dean, language arts and business education, Riverside High School, Brent Eggers, langu age arts and boys physical education at Heppner High School, Barbara Fairchild, Intermediate and Heppner Elementary, Gordon Munck, language arts, Russ Reed, mathematics, Heppner Jr. High, Roger Rossberg, langu age arts, Riverside High School, Jean Strange, physical education and art, Heppner Elementary, Paul Stringer, boys physical education and counseling, Heppner Jr. High and a position to be filled at lone High School. New persons hired in calssi fied positions include: Hepp ner Elementary, Louis Smith, custodian, Marge Crewse, aide, Deena Reid, aide; River side Jr. and Senior High schools, Carl Homes, custodi an, Diana Parlow, Title I A; A.C. Houghton Elementary, Vicki Van Dorn, Title I, Janet Cooley, Title I, Erma Kotila, mental health and Jeanie Creamer, mental health and lone schools, Diane Taylor, head cook and Marie Key, bus driver. The board approved two bids for a 30 and 66 passenger school bus. A body bid of $6,886 was accepted from the W.J. Roots compajiy for the 30 passenger bus and a 30 passenger chassis bid of $10,800 from the Morrow County Grain Growers. A complete unit for a 65-66 passenger bus was accepted from Schetky N.W. Sales for $22,793. Delivery of the latter is expected from 7-10 days. In other action, the board recommended closure of por tion of the lone city streets which still run on school property, Fourth, Fifth and Green Streets. According to Chuck Starr, the city says it took action to close Fifth street at the school but that information has never been recorded on county records. Supt. Doherty was designa ted as the district official responsible for Public Law 874 which authorizes federal monies in lieu of property taxes. Doherty asked the board for permission to attend an admi nistration conference and an nounced that on August 27, new teachers would be given a tour of Morrow County by Harold Kerr. In other business, the board approved the appointment of Paul Sumner on the Heppner advisory committee to fill the vacancy caused by Jim Wishart's appointment to the school board; Sumner was also appointed to the budget committee; Pauline Winter, was appointed to the transpor tation committee along with Jim Bloodsworth and Claudia Hughes. EOcor ds E7ScuqgCjggS Now is the Time for Repairs I ifc m All Combine Parts In Sale Starts Sept. 1 Stock Lexington rWFSiNc. 989-8221 V. 1 - vt.
