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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, April 21 , 1 949
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constructing an elementary school building. There
is a limit to all things and certainly the Heppner
school has reached the limit of expansion in its
present bounds. To acquire adjacent land is ex
pensive and too limited for practical development.
It is time the patrons and citizens generally
shared some of the problems confronting Hie
school officials. When a better understanding is
acquired less difficulty is experienced in finding
the answers.
Yes, We Hare No Sewer Fund!
Dccison of the city council to use the sinking
fund and a sjn'cial fund that had been earmarked
as g starter for a sewer system fund to retire ap
proximately S5S.OO0 of water system bonds may
be a bit disappointing to advocates of a sewej
system, but it appears that under the circum
stances it was the wiser course to pursue.
As the sewer fund was set up, out of earnings
from slot machines owned by the city, it was a
tentative proposition. The money had not been
Included in the sinking fund, neither had it been
officially set aMde as a sewer fund. It was being
held by the city authorities as a nucleus, or a
start, on a sewer fund and it was hoped that
enough money might be obtained through this
source to pay for the construction of a sewage
disposal plant. Leaving the fund not definitely
earmarked, either by motion or resolution, made
. it vulnerable and when this was brought to the
attention of the council Monday evening it did
not take much persuasion to induce immediate
action upon disposal of the money.
It is always a good idea to reduce indebtedness
whenever and wherever possible and by cutting
the reservoir and water improvement bonds down
to a point w here they can be cleaned up in two
years or so, rather than extend another nineteen
or twenty years will strengthen the city's credit
materially.
If we are to have a sewer system and have the
city's streets improved it will be a matter of tax
ation regardless of any additional or so-called
"easy money" funds. After all, it is the property
owner who usually assumes the bill and if enough
of the property owners express a willingness to
pay for the needed improvements we will get
them. It is that type of assurance upon which
bonding concerns base their operations.
Should it become legal to run the machines and
die city uei-ides to put them into operation, for
the benefit of all of the people such action should
be taken with a definite purpose such as build
ing a civic center and improving the city park,
for instance.
The People Have Spoken
The people spoke their piece Monday afternoon
and the various school budgets of the county
wore approved. The vote was decisive and showed
a willingness on the part of the taxpayers to
assume whatever burden is necessary to bring
our school system up to the required standards.
Some years back this newspaper advocated con
struction of one or more grade school buildings
as a means of alleviating the overcrowded condi
tion of the Heppner school. Such a move is ad
visable for other reasons, particarly concerning
the first four or five grades, and school officials
are giving this factor some serious Uiought in
their plans for taking the grade schooC o.:t of the
conditionally standard class and making it
permanently standard.
Supt. Leonard Pate recently pointed out some
of the factors required to raise the grade school
standard. First, larger rooms. Present rooms are
about one-half the size required for the number
of pupils per room. Second, teacher-pupil ratio.
Requirements are for not more than twenty-five
pupils per teacher and the ratio in the local school
is thirty-five. Third, not enough rooms, stemming
from teacher-pupil ratio and the fact that there is
no known metnod of stretching the present build
ing enough to meet the amount of additional room
needed. Fourth, infirmary: The cot in the girls'
rest room could not by any stretch of the imagin
ation meet with the requirement of separate room
used as infirmary only, with ample first aid sup
plies and cot. Fifth, the lawn is pretty, but can't
be used for regular playground use, and not
nearly large enough, any way. Should- have one
playground covered over for rainy and stormy-
days approximately the size of the present piay
ground between the school house and the gym
nasium, and another about twice that size not
covered, and approximately level. Sixth, lighting
Windows not nearly large enough to give suffi
cient light, and should he from both sides for cor
rect lighting. Use electric lights most of day
especially in rooms in northwest section, and
electric lighting is even sub standard. Seventh;
water supply and sanitation. Ratio approximately
one wash bowl and one toilet to every twenty
pupils is required. The ratio in the school is about
one washbowl to 100 pupils, and there are 12
toilets in all. There is room for three additional
washbowls (maybe) and no toilets. Location.
School grounds practically surrounded by hazards
creek on one side, busy street on another side
and location is practically under a bad curve on
a main traveled highway, used to a large extent
by logging trucks. "Imagine, if you please," Mr.
Pate says, "the result of a vehicle failing to make
that turn at some time when the majority of the
children should be playing in the present play
ground where their equipment is located? IT
COULD HAPPEN HERE!!"
The point is brought out that to remodel the pre
sent school building sufficiently to remedy all of
these points would be as costly, or perhaps more
so, as the new building, and still would not
solve the problem. It is also important to keep
in mind that the high school is not the portion of
the school that is rated conditionally standard.
It is the elementary school that is so rated.
These are good reasons for giving serious
thought to the matter of securing property, even,
and we might say preferably, if it is located at
some other spot in the city for the purpose of
30 YEARS AG
Heppner Gazette Times, be appropriated under the bond
April 24, 919 jing proposition.
snerui snutt announces tnai
it will be the policy of his office
to strictly enforce the law against
all thsoe who are making it a
habit to get drunk and disturb
the dignity of the State of Ore
gon. During the week he has "run
in" seven offenders of this sort,
and three of these had the plea
sure of taking a rest over night
in the county jail.
Heppner will likely have some
flying exhibits all her own, if
the plans of C. B. Vickers, head
machinist at the Universal gar
age come to a head. Mr. Vickers
left for Portland Sunday and af ,
ter a day or two there will go to !
Seattle, where he will get to
gether the necessary machinery t
and other material out of which '
to construct an airplane. These
will be shipped to Heppner and !
Mr. Vickers will assemble the
machines here, and promises to
give our citizens some real stunts
and thrills in the air.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Newlin this
week disposed of the Rice place,
on which is situated the big ar
tesian well, to Harry L. Duvall
for a consideration of $50,000, and
included in the sale all the watei
rights, both surface and under
ground. W. O. Minor, the veteran Short
horn breeder, who retired from
the breeding business some two
years ago, finds that he can not
stay out. The W. O. Minor Short
horn Cattle company has been
formed, and now has about 30
cows of breeding age. Besides Mr.
Minor, the members of the com
pany are R. A. Thompson and
Glen Boyer, both of Heppner.
Their intention is to go actively
into the Shorthorn game again.
Oregon Farmer.
M. O. Bennett and R. H. Bal
dock, state highway engineers,
are in Morrow county this week,
establishing the monuments for
the beginning and ending of
each road upon hich money will
M. L. Case will soon be ready
to occupy his new building and
in the meantime is having the
second story finished and divided
into 14 rooms, each of which is
well lighted and will be furnish
ed with heat direct from the fur
nace he will install in the base
noon by being thrown from his
saddle and dragged for a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile. The
little boy had just returned from
school when he was seift on his
pony to take the stock to the pas
ture.
Heppner and lone wTll cross
bats on the Heppner diamond
next Saturday afternoon. (This
was a high school game.) ,
Many residents of Heppner and
the county spent Sunday In Wal
la Walla witnessing the flying
I circus, an innovation following
Edward Stokes Tyler, aged 10 I the recent World War.
years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal !
E. Tyler, residing south of Lex- The Civic clab met yesterday
ington, was almost instantly kill- and adopted the dahlia as Hepp
ed at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday after- ner's city flower. Thursday, May
1 is to be dahlia day, and the
ladies are requested to meet at
the home of Mrs. Van Vactor at
2 p. m. on that day, enjoy a pro
gram, and then be presented witn
dahlia bulbs by Mrs. Ayers, pres.
ident of the club. The ladies also
decided to take up the parking
of the fair grounds, and improve
ments will be made there at once
Heppner School Music Department
presents its
Annual Spring Concert
8 o'clock p. m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28
High School Auditorium
Featuring
THE THREE BEARS-Comedy sketch, and
Contest music to be played at District Competition
Fseival April 30 at La Grande.
This program is dedicated to BillyCochell, beloved former
director of the Heppner School Band.
Appearing-40-piece High school band and 50-piece
beginners band.
ADMISSION: 50c
Irrigon Soldier
Sails for Okinawa
Clarke L. Stephens, second son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stephens
of Irrigon, is en route to Okinawa
to join the Far East command,
according to word received by his
parents this week. Clarke recent
ly visited the home folks and left
Friday for Eugene to visit a sis
ter and a brother, going from
there to Camp Stockman, Calif.,
where he received his sailing or
ders. Clarke is a graduate of Irrigon
high school, class of 1946, and at
the time of his induction, Decem
ber 27, was employed on a large
wheat farm near Kennewick. Wn.
Prior to that he was employed
by the Union Pacific railroad and
the Umatilla Ordnance depot for
three years.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the kind
neighbors and friends who did all
they could to put out the fire at
our place Thrusday, April 14,
1949.
Majo and Homer Hughes
and Chas. A. Marquardt.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish by this means to express
my deep gratitude to my friends
for the cards, messages and
flowers sent me during my re
cent hospitalization. It is such
remembrances that make the bat
tle back to health more endur
able. Mrs. G. Hermann.
NO NUT
is too hard to crack!
No problem is too hard to solve! Not
many of them, anyway! We know
we're being immodest . . . but we hope
we're also reassuring whe nwe say we
haven't found an insurance problem
we couldn't solve.
All kinds of insurance
BLAINE E. ISOM AGENCY
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my thanks
to neighbors and friends for their
thoughtfulness during my recent
illness and hospitalization. The
cards and flowers were a great
lift and cheered me on to recov
ery. Sincerely,
Mrs John Eubanks.
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