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BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE i: e v: sr Arcs lid EUGENE On. 0 7403 Vol. 102 No. 21. THURSDAY, MAY 14, IBM 21st annual IUCC Volunteers Bill Riolmano shows tom of the ond lourol Cannon. Bill and Marilyn Rietmann are this year'i general chair men of the 21st annual lone United Church of Christ Auc tion and Barbecue which will officially get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2 at the Willows Grange Hall in lone. The auction and barbecue has been sponsored by the lone church since 1963 on the first Saturday in June and has provided some traditional and some different attractions each year. This year, too promises to be a day of "fun and bargains" for those who attend says Sharon Rietmann, publicity chairman for the event. A tentative attraction at this year's auction-barbecue is one hour of entertain ment by a fiddle which was purchased at another auction, and will be donated "if all . works out," she said. A special feature at the auction will be a pieced quilt which was designed by Sun day school children who each created their own blocks. Their teachers have the blocks and will tie the quilt. Gazette-Times v r. j t 1 UVfei Is ! 'I- " j a . , ' 'mi'" ' -" - r .r, - j I v ' , ' ' i ' r iLwaar T k:-- " j-- ; ' i 1 . May 28. News and classified The Heppner Gazette-Times ad deadhne for nex, week-s office will be closed Monday, wM Friday May Portland Mayor-elect visits - - j r m - V I !!,' Ibr V ! II .r. I .! . -I.H.. .i ii in ,. .miiiii , , ill ii tmmmmmmmmmmm .. . . . Bud Cork holds copy of 'Homosiood and Heritages' Mayor-elect of Portland Bud Clark stands by his Volkswagen bus outside Morrow County Museum in Heppner. Clark made a visit to Heppner on Saturday. He was in the area on his way to the John Day river for a canoeing trip and decided to stop by the Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Auction-Barbecue prepare for ontKM wfimhed by h wife The Country Store, which at 10 a.m. begins the scheduled events, each year features a fishpond and "kiddy corner," a variety of homemade sewing and food items, arts and crafts, and a "new to you" section. Judy Rea is chairper son of the Country Store com mittee, Bev Wilson, will be the cakhier, and Karen Beck is responsible for the fishpond. This year's auctioneer, Rocky Webb, will begin auc tioning items at 10:45 a.m. Webb has previously assisted Don Wink who has donated his auctioneering talents to the community service event for several years. Some of the special antique items which will be auctioned are on display at Swanson Insurance, Main Street in lone. Included in the list of antiques are a rocking chair, a child's rocking chair, a dress er with mirror, buffets, a desk, a commode, a swivel back desk chair, dishes, irons and a black pot. Other items which have been donated for the auction to close Memorial Day mm sjr . m -aMBissssssst. i ''w mm m Mm . ' -1 museum and check on the history of relatives he said once lived in this area. Clark said he had a grandmother who lived in the Little Buttercreek area near Heppner. Clark surprised many when he beat incumbent Mayor Frank Ivancie in the May 15 mayoral race in Portland. Tlie Heppneir fundraiser Naiyr, doughwirvlow Tomi, include a desk, an electric range, a gas kitchen range, a davenport and chairs, miscel laneous chairs, a washing machine, a dryer, carpeting, a 200-gallon sprayer, a door, window blinds, a vacuum, a weight lifting bench, luggage, a sewing machine, a 12" black and while TV, a 15' j' wooden truck bed with wheat racks, a 3 horsepower single phase well pump which has been re-wound and includes the mounting plate and first sec tion of pipe, and as always the "first two places in line" for the pit barbecued beef dinner. The highest bidder receives only the places in line; he must then purchase tickets for the meal. Harold Rietmann is chair man of the pit crew which prepares the barbecued beef for the meal. Ticket prices for this year's dinner are $5 for adults, $2.50 for ages 6-12, and no charge for pre-schoolers. The beef will be accompanied with a continual page 2 22 at 5 p.m. Display ad acadme wm remain a, 5 p m. Tuesday area o ji' vp. m i - j irvj w 1 1 v - liflOHQ Heppner, Oregon HHS honors top 8 students at graduation exercises Heppner High School sen iors voted to honor the top eight students of their class in lciuof a traditional valedictor ian and salutatorian at this year's commencement exer cises, June 1, 7:30 p.m., at the high school gym. f Honor speakers at the grad uation ceremony will be Carla Miles, Cathy Lindsay, Eric Thompson, and Melissa Priv ett. Other honored students include Carolyn Hughes, Anne McLaughlin who will read the Invocation, Kris tine Fishburn, and Pat Struthers. Carolyn Hughes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hughes. She has been involved in National Honor Society, Girls Athletic Boost ers, Spanish Club, Volleyball and Outdoor Club. Carolyn plans to attend Southern Ore gon State College in Ashland next year. In addition to being a high academic achiever, Cathy Lindsay has been very involv ed in school activities. She has served as Associated Student Body Treasurer, a class of' -er on two occasions, and has been involved in basketball, Spanish Club, National Honor Society. H-Club and Girls Ath letic Boosters. Cathy was recently selected as the Queen of the Junior-Senior Prom. She plans to attend the Univer sity of Portland next year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lindsay. Co. Court accepts bid By MARY ANN CERULLO Morrow County Court con vened last Wednesday, May 16, and conducted the follow ing business: accepted a bid from AT&T for a centralized phone sys tem. learned that the court ac cepted a resignation from Delpha Jones of Lexington from the museum board. learned that Port of Mor row has applied for an airport construction grant. learned that Barbara Briggs, county auditor, gave her verbal resignation effec tive May 31. Briggs will be moving to Hood River. signed a Title 19 contract modification with the state for the Mental Health Dept. cutt ing the number of clients being financed by the state. went into executive ses sion, pending litigations. accepted a suggestion from Eucon Corp for Morrow County to pay $10,000 as its share of the litigations of Eucon vs the state over The Bombing Range Road repav ing project. Central ad to be insert next week Next week, May 31, Central Markets weekly ad will be an insert flyer in the Gazette Times. The flyer will have many specials to celebrate the grand opening of the new expanded Central Market. 25' 12 Paget Attendance at Oregon State University to pursue a degree in pharmacy is Anne Mc Laughlin's goal for next year. Anne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLaughlin. Along with her high scholastic achievement Anne has been very active at Heppner High School. She has served as a class officer twice, been a member and officer of Span ish Club and served as Asso ciated Student Body Business Manager. She has also been involved in National Honor Society, Girls Athletic Boost ers, H-Club. golf and volley IHS & HHS set Commencement, Baccalaureate dates Baccalaureate services for both Heppner and lone High Schools will be Wednesday, May 23. Heppner services will be held at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner with the Morrow Co. Ministerial Assoc. in charge, lone services will be at 7:30 p.m. at the United Church of Christ with Matt Doherty as guest speaker. lone High School com mencement exercises will be Thursday, May 31, 8 p.m. at ICABO begins community projects ' i' , ... - . i : " ! J ; . . . ; .. . .. . . . - . J. . i I . --'' . 'f - ii ... m .fwmmmf( HMfeW i 1,4 V' ' I., -A'! : ftj Ii i-i f S f A; W , . 1 LJ1 ji Sml iMnMt Win f rr '.'. :.. v Dave Barnett stands in front of hall on Main Street in lone. Both buildings are being torn oown. The main purpose of the lone Community and Agri Business Organization says President Chuck Starr is to improve the liveability of lone "not just the downtown,, but the whole area." The first task the organiza tion has undertaken is prepar ing an inventory of the proper ties in and surrounding the lone area to see what is available for development, for rent, or for sale. Once know ing this, Starr says, a detailed description of the kinds of utilities, available, the size of the properties, etc. will be available to people who may be interested in coming to the lone area. "A major goal of the organ ization is to work toward Weather by the City of Heppner ball. She was a member of the science team that recently took top honors at the Blue Mountain Skills Contest. Eric Thompson has been a very active young man while attending Heppner School. In addition to his high scholastic standing, Eric has served twice as Associated Student Body Vice President. He has participated in football, bas ketball, baseball and track. He has served as president of the National Honor Society. He was a member of the science team which recently the high school gym. The theme of the class of 1984 is "Honor the past. Wisely use the present. Have faith in the future." Heppner High School com mencement exercises will be gin at 7:30, Friday, June 1. The graduating class's motto is "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Honor speakers will be Carla Miles, Cathy Lindsay, Eric Thompson, and Melissa Privett. J L" i-uH 4i'J , the old Stefam's Kesiaurani muiaing uem nu mcoiu i.u.w.r . . . 'i J: opening a road to the North. Ione's biggest attraction is its liveability and people who work in the industrial develop ment that is starting in the north end would like to live in a rural setting, but need ac cess to their work," said Starr. The agri-business organiza tion is separate from but working in cooperation with the Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and supports their efforts for action on a proposed park above the Wil low Creek Dam. A major project which has already begun is the tearing down of some of the dilapidat ed buildings in the area. Dave Barnett who owns and oper ates lone Keylock purchased High Pree. iea.. May 15 57 4i Trace WW., May 16 eg 42 ThuV, May 17 70 M Fri., &lay 18 74 48 M Sat., May 19 75 4J -2 Sun., May 20 61 41 Mon., May 21 63 39 took first place at the Blue Mountain Skills Contest. Eric plans to attend Oregon State University majoring in engin eering. Eric is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Thompson. Carla Miles plans to attend Blue Mountain Community College next year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Miles. While attending Heppner High School, Carla has been active in pep band, Girls Athletic Booster, Span ish Club and National Honor Society. She has been secret ary of the Associated Student Body and has served as a class officer. Carla was also chosen as homecoming queen during the past year. Spanish Gub, Outdoor Gub, Girls Athletic Boosters and serving as a class officer as well as secretary of National Honor Society are some of the activities Kristine Fishburn has participated in at Heppner High School. She plans to attend Southern Orgon State College in Ashland and pursue a major in business. Kristine is the daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Earl Fishburn. Pat Struthers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Struthers. He has been very interested and involved in the mathema tics and science programs at Heppner High School. Pat has received numerous awards at 1 1J I f f C the building and property ad jacent to the service station about a month and a half ago. He says that he bought the former 'Stephani's Restaur- One of the bricks salvaged from the old buildings. the Blue Mountain Skills Con test in mathematics, science and computer sciencs. Pat has also participated in the golf program at Heppner High School. He plans to attend Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Participation in a number of school activities, as well as high academic achievement, have been a part of Melissa Privett 's involvement at Hep pner High School. She has been a member of Drama Club, Girls Athletic Boosters, Spanish Gub, National Honor Society and editor of the school paper. Melissa plans to attend Skidmore College in New York and major in pri mary education. Melissa is the daughter of Audie Joe Privett and Donna Lynn Pri vett. lone post office celebrates 100 years The lone Post Office will celebrate its 100th anniver sary with an open house, Friday May 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. ant' with the idea of possible renovation, but the condition of the building made that not feasible, only the back part of the building will be useable possibly for a storage build ing, he says. Barnett will also be tearing down the building, the old I.O.O.F. hall which leans against the first one; he doesn't own the second build ing, but will be doing the work with the owner's approval for the salvage involved. He says that there will be salvagablc items from both buildings in cluding plumbing, fixtures, boards 23'8 V long, 2,800 standard size 4x2x8 bricks, and approximately 11,000 spe cially shaped bricks which were used in the construction of several buildings in the area which were built about that same time. Barnett says, "lone is at a stalemate, and it must grow or it will go the other way. It needs human energy and in put," and he predicts growth for the area. i t a
