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IONE NEWS
Many Relatives
Attend Cason Rites
By KATHERINE GRIFFITH
Relatives here for the funeral of
Walter Cason held on Saturday were
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Irwin of
TJkiah, Guy Cason and children,
Guyla and Bobbie, Mrs. Ada Tem
pleton and her son and wife of
Spray, Mrs. H. J. Snively of Rich
land, Wash., Mrs. John Vaughn of
Bend, Guy Hale, Mrs. Carrie Cason,
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cason and son,
Lewis Cason and daughter, Miss
Betty, Bert and Ellis Cason, all of
Lonerock; Mrs. Harry Armitage, Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Holman and
son, Mrs. Cynthia Cason and Bob
bie Cochran of Yakima, Wash.; Mur
iel, Vivian and Peggy Cason, Mrs.
Patricia Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. F.
W. Turner of Heppner, Jake Olson
of Granite and Mrs. Edmund BriS'
tow and family of Nampa, Idaho.
The Past Noble Grand club met
at the home of Mrs. C. W. Swanson
Friday afternoon. Besides the hostess
the following ladies were present:
Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mrs. Clell Rea,
Mrs. Ella Davidson, Mrs. E. C. Hel
iker, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs.
Frank Lundell, Mrs. E. R. Lundell,
Mrs. E. J. Bristow, Mrs. Milton Mor
gan, Mrs. Ida Fletcher and Miss
Mildred Lundell. The time was spent
working on articles for sale this fall
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. J. E. Swanson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell and
son Billie went to Salem Saturday
to get their daughter, Norma Lou,
who has been visiting at the Elmo
McMillan home. When they re
turned on Sunday, they were ac
companied by Mrs. McMillan and
daughter Beverly, who are guests
of Mrs. McMillan's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Swanson.
Laxton McMurray motored to Pen
dleton Thursday to meet his sis
ter, Mrs. Hiram Werst of Clark-
ston, Wash., who has come to help
care for her sister, Mrs. Ralph Har
ris. A physician was called from
Heppner to attend her Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rowell of
Rio Vista, Cal., were Sunday guests
at the Harvey Ring home. Mrs. Ring
and Mr. Rowell are sister and bro
ther.
Miss Linea Troedson arrived this
week to spend the remainder of the
summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Troedson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bowlinger,
Miss Margaret Perry and her moth
er, Mrs. Hugh Perry, left Monday
for heir home in Chehalis, Wash,
They had spent the summer here.
Mrs. Alice Wiles returned to her
home Friday from a visit in Tygh
Valley with her daughter, Mrs. Ned
Carr.
Miss Gladys Brashers returned
Thursday from a vacation at Ocean
Lake.
Patricia Drake of Heppner spent
the week end with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell.
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Cossman
and daughter Edith May arrived last
Tuesday from Santa Monica, Cal.,
for a visit with relatives. Mr. Coss
man is the director of physical ed
ucation at the junior college there.
They were entertained at a family
dinner Sunday at the C. W. Swan
son home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Engelman and son Joe, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Nichoson and daugh
ter Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Clell Rea
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Rietmann and family.
Miss Katherine Griffith left Sun
day to visit Miss Oleta Raimey at
her home in Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Douglas and
Alice motored to Goldendale, Wash.,
Sunday to visit their daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and
sons are on a vacation which will
take them to Yellowstone National
park.
Mrs. Casha Shaw of Lexington
arrived in lone Tuesday to help care
for Mrs. Ralph Harris.
Mrs. Henry Peterson and two
sons, Herbert and Robert, left Mon
day for McPherson, Kans., to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Maud Devin and her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hamon of Portland and
Parkdale respectively, were calling
Heppner
AUDITOR SHOWS IMPROVED SCHOOL
FINANCES, ENCOURAGES LARGER UNITS
Improved financial status of coun-!
ty schools, and advantages of dis
trict reorganization into larger units
are emphasized in the report of C.
R. Ham, auditor, to Mrs. Lucy E.
Rodgers, county school superinten
dent, following his audit, just com
pleted, of county and district school
accounts. Comment and recommen
dations of Mr. Ham are made in
the following letter transmitting the
audit report to Mrs. Rodgers:
I have audited the financial rec
ords of the school district clerks of
Morrow county for the seventh con
secutive year ending June 19, 1939.
Individual audited reports for the
districts were prepared in tripli
cate, for the clerk's records, for the
superintendent's office and for the
state office. I have also audited the
standard high school reports and
have completed the tuition receiv
able by those districts which includ
ed in their enrollment students from
outside. High school education costs
and tuition receivable may be found
on page 2.
In the Comparative Schedule of
Warrants Outstanding on page 3,
the total school bonds outstanding
during the year 1938-39 are shown
to have been reduced from $109,000
to $90,500, a decrease of $18,500;
whereas current obligations have in
creased $4,508.06, the net school debt
reduction being $13,891.94. But there
was a decrease of cash on hand dur
ing the year ending June 19 of $6,
652.48, leaving the net improvement
represented by these two current
items of $7,239.45. A similar state
ment of improvement was reported
for the year 1937-38, $8,585.39, and
for the year 1936-37, $11,732.73, and
for the year 1935-36, $37,814.60. Con
tinuous current financial improve
ment during four years was there
fore $65,372.17.
Two years ago I reported on the
permanent trend toward transport
ing and educating the declining
number of pupils of the rural dis
tricts in the three city schools near
the middle of the county. A contin
uation of our study of that condi
tion to the present date leaves me
still convinced that the proper and
economical solution is the consoli
dation of the many school districts
into a few practical, operating dis
tricts centered mainly at those three
towns, with possibly some exceptions.
A summary of inter-district receipts
and payments for exchange of ser
vices between districts, a detailed
schedule of which you have at hand,
is that funds paid by various clerks
to each other, back and forth, for
tuition, transportation, etc. (as a
matter mainly of bookkeeping by
districts) has gradually increased
from $3,034.03 in 1932-33 to $8,241.23
in 1938-39; but the joke of it is that
these many districts being separate
ly organized, the necessary costs in
the form of clerks' salaries, clerks'
bonds, auditing, travel, etc., was
$996.10 in those districts where no
school is held, and this could be
saved at least by disorganizing these
useless units.
Another fact in this connection,
the details of which you have in
schedule form, is that in those dis
tricts where no school is held, the
area per elementary pupil is about
7 square miles that is, if evenly dis
tributed each child would have to
go 7 miles to find another child to
play with if 2 in the family, 14 miles,
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etc. A social advantage would be
given these children, therefore, by
allowing them to attend school in one
of the community centers. A sug
gested solution, which we have dis
cussed, is the renting of a large
house in town as a dormitory for
school children under properly ap
proved supervision. Colton, Oregon,
school district has operated such a
dormitory for many years.
C. R. HAM, Auditor.
Work Transferred;
Degman Named
A change in assignment among
federal agricultural agencies has
made necessary the resignation of
R. A. Work as superintendent of the
MedfOrd experiment station. He has
been succeeded by Dr. E. S. Deg
man, a member of the station staff
and associate pomologist in the bu
reau of plant industries.
Retiring Superintendent Work has
headed the station in Medford since
its organization in 931, as a joint
appointee of the bureau of agricul
tural engineering and the state ex
periment station.
The federal water supply forecast
service, which Work has headed in
Oregon, has now been transferred to
the newly organized irrigation re
search division of the Soil Conser
vation service. He will continue to
head this snow survey and water
forecast work in Oregon and will
devote full time to it, retaining his
headquarters at the Medford station.
Dr. Degman came to the Medford
station in the fall of 1937, succeeding
Dr. W. W. Aldrich. He is a graduate
of Washington State college, with a
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University of Maryland.
, In recommending Dr. Degman's
appointment, William A. Schoenfeld,
director of the experiment station,
said, "His maturity, training and ex
perience fully qualify him to serve
in the capacity of superintendent."
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