The lleppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. January 31, 1980 THREE
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Saving good-bye is always sad so it's no wonder W.P. Byrne's
eves are a bit moist because he and millions of other
Americans will be missing a long-time deduction if they file
an itemized federal tax return this year. As if there wasn't
enough trouble at the gas pumps, there'll be no deduction on
the federal income tax return for state gasoline taxes this
year.
3 young New Zealanders
shearing area sheep
Three young men from New
Zealand stopped off in Hepp
ner Sunday while on their way
to sheep-shearing jobs on a
ranch near lone.
They were Ross Watson, 28,
his brother, Trevor Watson,
23, from Morrinsville, N.Z.
and Reuben Knight, 25, from
Bay of Islands, N.Z.
The trio were staying at the
Northwestern Motel and utiliz
ing the Heppner Laundromat
before set ting off for the Krebs
ranch, where they expected to
shear the wool off about 4,000
sheep.
They have been traveling
about the Pacific Northwest
as sheep shearers, a trade
they learned in New Zealand
which they described as one of
the greatest sheep raising
countries in the world.
They were in Oregon last
year too, the Watson brothers
working on a ranch near
Hermiston and Knight at John
Day.
Using power shears, they
said, it takes a person three or
four minutes to take the wool
from an animal. They expec
ted to handle about 1,200 sheep
a day.
Knight said that last year, in
a demonstration at John Day,
he sheared a sheep in 54
seconds.
From Morrow County, the
New Zealanders are expected
to travel down the Oregon
coast to California wielding
their shearer's tools along the
way.
Logging safety
meeting set
An informational meeting
on Oregon's new logging
safety code will be held Feb. 4
at the Morrow County Court
house in Heppner, by the
Worker's Compensation De
partment. The meeting will be
from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Circuit
Court room.
The meeting will be open to
all logging operation employ
ers and employees, including
log truckers.
QBIWMiiS
Grover Earl Morgan
Grover Earl Morgan, who
lived most of his life in
Morrow County, died last
Friday, Jan. 25, in Heppner at
the age of 88.
He was born in Tangent,
Ore., the son of Alfred Morgan
and the former Addie Bar
rows, on Jan. 29 1891. The
family moved in 1891 to
Morgan, Ore. In recent years
lie lived in lone. He was a
member of the lone United
Church of Christ, charter
member of Willows Grange,
and a member of the Odd
Fellows and Masonic Lodges.
In 1908 he weas married to
Mattie Palmateer.
Survivors include his wife,
Mattie, of Portland; sons,
Lloyd W. Morgan of lone and
Billy J. Morgan of Long
Beach; two daughters, Ear
lene Sanders of Portland and
Mildred Eubanks of lone; one
brother, Carl Morgan of
Portland; two sisters, Lottie
Morgan of Spokane and Lillie
McKay of Eugene; 14 grand
children, 21 great-grandchildren
and two great-greatgrandchildren.
A son, Bobbie, and daugh
ter. Thelma, preceded him in
death.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m.
at the lone United Church of
Christ, with the Rev. Cathy
Barker officiating. Concluding
services and interment were
held at the High View Ceme
tery at lone.
Wilma Cheney sang "How
Great Thou Art" and "Amaz
ing Grace," accompanied by
Rikka Tews at the organ.
Casket bearers include
grandsons Stanley Sanders,
Jeffrey Reuter, Tom David
son, Jr., Virgil Morgan, Gre
gory Sanders, and Todd Earl
Morgan.
Sweeney's Mortuary of
Heppner was in charge of
arrangements.
Elbert C. Carpenter
Elbert C. Carpenter of
Irrigon died Jan. 25 at the
Uma t ilia Hospital at the age of
62.
The funeral took place
Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the
Burns Mortuary Chapel in
Hermiston with interment at
the Desert Lawn Cemetery in
Irrigon.
He was born Oct. 18, 1917 in
Oklahoma.
Survivors include six daugh
ters, Sarah Adams, Louise
Unruh and Janet Stinemity,
all of Garden City, Kan.,
1 Virginia Gray of Santa Clara,
Calif., Mary Bryant in Mexi
co, and Jackie Carpenter of
Oregon City; six step-daughters,
Vivian Cameron, Rita
Irwin, Karen Medel and Kim
Carpenter, all of Irrigon, June
Frederickson of Hermiston
and Janet Stevens in Arizona;
two step-sons, Vernon Sucky
of Albert, Kan. and Larry
Sucky of Irrigon; three sis
ters, Ruth Murray of Burns,
Leta Bronson of Lake Elsi
nore, Calif., and Dorothy
Smith of Lamed Kan. There
are 16 grandchildren and 12
step-grandchildren.
1980 committees appointed by Chamber
Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce com
mittees were announced Mon
day at the noon meeting by
President Bill Kuhn.
The Merchants Committee
consists of co-chairpersons
Doris Robarge and Jerry
Holloman and member Ran
dall Peterson.
The Program Committee
consists of Avon Melby. chair
person. Jerome Sheldon and
Allen Nistad.
Chairman Harold Kerr
heads the Agriculture Com
mittee with members Frank
Anderson. Oscar Peterson.
Irvin Rauch. E.H. Miller Jr..
Rov Lindstrom and Judv
Buschke.
The Membership, Atten
dance and Hospitality Com
mittee is headed by John
Maas with members John
Edmundson. Ray Boyce and
Boh Harris.
Jim Wishart chairs the
Float and Parade Committee
with members Matt Doherty,
J.J. Farley and Jerry Swee
ney. The Development Commit
tee is chaired by Herman
Winter with members Ray
Boyce. Allen Nistad and Rod
Murray.
The Fair Booth Committee
is chaired by Birdine Tullis
with Harold Kerr as the only
Timber sales Membership dues are going up !
$5.2 million
3 for county
Recent timber sales with a
value of $5,295,359 have been
reported by the Heppner
Ranger District of Umatilla
National Forest.
Warren Plocharsky, timber
sales officer, said most of the
sales in the past three months
have been at prices much
higher than the advertised
minimums.
"The largest was the rough
timber sale near Sunflower
Flat, with 19.300,000 board feet
of Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir
and other species," he said.
"The sale was appraised at
$2,795,131. with the sale going
to the Harris Pine Mills of
Pendleton, "which submitted
the highest bid of $5,177,600.
"Kinzua Corporation of
Heppner was the second
highest of the four bidders."
Plocharsky said Kinzua was
the successful bidder, at
$30,500. in the Porter cull sale,
near Bull Prairie, which
consisted of 2.000,000 board
feet of cull logs. The sale had
been appraised at $1,000.
Plocharsky explained that
cull logs are logs that are not
suitable for sawlogs because
of excessive rot or other
defects. These will be chipped
and used for pulp.
Several sales of dead and
inset-infested lodgepole pine
were recently sold in the Ditch
Creek and Swale Creek vici
nity. The Mai lory lodgepole
salvage of 1.700.000 board feet
was appraised at $39,726. and
was sold to Louisiana Pacific
of Pilot Rock for $70,550.
The Scattered lodgepole
salvage of 1.300.000 board feet
was also sold to Louisiana
Pacific for the appraised price
of $13,299.
The Groshen lodgepole sal
valge was appraised at $433
and sold to Forest Recovery
Inc. of Vancouver. Washing
ton for the high bid of $4,862.
The Mallory pole sale con
sisted of 520.000 lineal feet of
post and poles which was
appraised at $3,050. It was sold
for $3,410 to Charles Morris of
Lexington.
Area couple
aid Smith
campaign
Ken and Jean Ann Turner of
Heppner are serving as Mor
row County chairmen of
Denny Smith's congressional
campaign.
Smith, a businessman who
grew up in eastern Oregon and
now lives in Salem, is running
on the Republican ticket
against Al Ullman in the
second congressional district.
The Turners are lifelong
residents of Morrow County.
They raise cattle, wheat, and
dry peas.
"I'm enthused about Denny
Smith as a conservative. He
definitely presents a very
strong alternative to our
present congressman," Tur
ner said.
"The success of our cam
paign will depend on the
quality of loci people working
for better representation in
the second district. I am
pleased to have Ken and Jean
Ann Turner on board," Smith
said. "In serving their
community in farming and
ranching, the Turners know
the importance of fiscal re
sponsibility. With the support
of people like Ken and Jean
Ann, I can help bring that
sense of responsibility to
Washington," Smith said.
Like almost everything else,
membership dues for the
Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce are
going up, it was announced at
the recent business meeting.
Chamber President William
J. Kuhn said membership
dues have not gone up for
some time but that it is
necessary now because the
chamber is not .breaking even
on the chamber lunches.
Dues were $110 a year with
$90 of that allocated for meals.
That would only pay for 30
meals a year at the current
prices and since the chamber
meets about 45 to 50 weeks a
year, the chamber was losing
money.
Two proposals were presen
ted by the chamber board of
directors.
The board proposed that all
chamber memberships be $55
a year with each member
paying for his own meals
everytime he went. Indivi
dual, as compared to a
business, memberships were
to be raised from $20 to $25.
The members of the cham
ber, however, decided on an
alternative.
This was to raise the full
membership from $110 to $150
to include meals. Associate
memberships, without meals,
will be $55 and individual
memberships $25.
In favor of the second
proposal, attorney Hermann
Winter said it would be better
for tax purposes.
Don Cole, a school principal,
said the "tremendous atten
dance at the chamber meet
ings" can be attributed, in
part, to the fact that the
members pay for the meals
before hand. Cole said the
chamber actually makes
money when someone does not
show up for a meeting because
the chamber does not have to
pay for the meal.
Dr. L.D. Tibbies said if the
members pay for the meals in
advance, they are going to go
more often because people are
"all a little stingy, like I am."
Other members said it
would take take too long to pay
for the lunches if all 40
individuals had to get in line at
once.
The chamber members, and
President Kuhn, decided to
push for new memberships
from the business community
in Morrow County. Some
chamber members said non
members have just as much
say in the business community
as the chamber members and
that is not right. They said
non-members should not be
given some of the privileges
members have.
other member.
Dr. Wallace Wolff is the
chairman of the Awards and
Recognition Committee with '
members Don McElligott and
Ernie McCabe.
Matt Doherty is the chair
man of the Taxation and
legislation Committee. Also
on that committee are Her
man Winter, Don McElligott,
Jerry Sweeney and Ron Dan
iels. The Youth Activities Com
mittee is chaired by Don Cole
with members Jim Bier, Glen
Ward. Birdine Tullis. Dr. L.D.
Tibbies and John Maas.
The Brochures Committee
is chaired by Justine Weather
ford with members Randall
Peterson and Charles Hutch
inson. The Flood Plain Committee
is chaired by Bill Kuhn with
members Dick Sargent and
Forrie Burkenbine.
John Van Winkle is the
chairman of the Boardman
Merchants-Chamber Joint Ac
tivities Committee with Bill'
Kuhn. Randall Peterson and
Ernie McCabe serving as
members.
Fred Toombs chairs the
Fair Roard Committee. Mem
bers are Jim Wishart. Harold
Kerr and Birdine Tullis.
Jerome Sheldon is the
chairman of the Willow Creek
Water Shed Committee with
members Mike Sweeney and
Dick Boerger.
The Rodeo Board Commit
tee has Mike Sheridan as the
chairman and Jim Hayes as
the only member.
Leroy Gardner is the chair
man of the Christmas Decora
ting and Lighting Committee
with members Randall Peter
son. Avon Melby and O.W.
Cutsforth.
Gene Pierce heads the
Homestead and Heritages
Committee with Oscar Peter
son as the only member.
The Parks and Recreation
Committee is chaired by O.W.
Cutsforth with members Jack
Van Winkle. Dr. L.D. Tibbies
and Ben Siminoe.
Forrie Burkenbine is the
chairman of the Banquet and
Picnic Committee with mem
bers Jim Bier and John Maas.
Officers for 1980 of the
chamber are Bill Kuhn. presi
dent; Fred Toombs, 1st vice
president ; Bob Harris. 2nd
vice president : Ken Miller,
secretary: and Dick Boerger.
treasurer.
Directors whose terms ex
pire at the end of this year are
Ernie McCabe. Bob Harris,
Fred Toombs and John Ed
mundson. Directors whose
terms expire at the end of 1981
are John Maas. Bill Kuhn.
John Van Winkle and Justine
Weatherford.
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