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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1954)
u or 0 Dedication And Open House Brings Many To Visit jo-- J Copies 10 cents Tum-A-Lum Receives Consideration As New School Location Straw Vote Shows Cason Area Back in Running for Consideration Heppner's school board, assist ed by nearly 30 interested visi tors, Tuesday night dug deeper into the problems of choosing a site for a new grade school, and though no definite decision was reached as to what location to place before the people at a special election, the members did obtain further information on costs and some indication of what the public's wishes might be. At last week's regular meeting the board asked for appraiser's figures on property included in the Tum-A-Lum site, and though they had one set of such figures Tuesday, some members felt the figures were high and asked that another appraiser be obtained in an attempt to establish more definite possible costs. The one set of figures presented on the Tum-A-Lum' Lumber company property set the value at $23, 917.04. This was far under the price the company set, $42,000, but the board still felt that the appraisal was high and asked for another set of figures. The pro posed plan for the use of the Tum-A-Lum property would in clude also all of the city-owned land adjacent, and a part of the Bishee, Noble and Chaffee lots on the opposite side of Willow creek. The appraiser's figures on these three small pieces of pro perty was on the basis of $500 per acre which would cost the school district about $100. The appraiser also presented figures on the Cox-Anderson site, totting the value of the Ander son property at $12,000 (asking price $10,500) and the Cox pro perty at $1,365. The asking price for the latter is $10,000. Much discussion was held on the possibilities and hazards of the Tum-A-Lum location for a school with the main topic of dissention being the flood prob lem. The board was asked if it could control the construction of buildings along Willow creek above the site and if some way could he worked out to require property owners to clean out the trees and brush on the banks. The board pointed out that it had no control over any land except what it might own and that any zoning or brush control would be up to the city. Excavation Costs Questioned The board was questioned con siderably about the figures pub lished last week on the cost of moving rock and dirt on some of the other sites which have been considered previously, with some persons expressing the opinion that the figures were high. This was answered by Fred Huffman an engineer with Freeman, Hay- slip and Tufft, architects, who verified the quantity figures anu also said that the estimated costs of 30 cents per yard for dirt and $8,00 per yard for rock removal were, if anything, slightly low compared with recent contracts with which he has been connect ed. He said the exact percent age of dirt and rock could not be determined except by test drill ing, and that such work was ex pensive. Straw Vote Taken A little indication of how the feeling of the general public has changed since the previous spe cial election on the Cason pro perty, which was defeated 207 to 101, came when the board asked all visitors at the meeting to ex press their opinion in a straw vote, They were asked to name their preference for a lite in the Vv ' ' , i, " ' i if-- . 1 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 14, 1954 light of the figures which were then available. The tally of the ballots showed the Cason site preferred by a majority of those present at the meeting with the Tum-A-Lum second. The vote was: Cason 14; Tum-A-Lum 10; Cox-Anderson 2; Prock-Devin 1. The Dick-George and the Hospi tal hill sites received no votes. The vote had no meaning except to give the board an indication of the feeling of those present. There was also some discussion as to whether the Tum-A-Lum site was acceptable to the state for a complete elementary school which would mean the first six grades, or whether the state building consultant, who made the report on the sites, meant pri. mary only. This would mean only the first three grades could be located there. Arrangements were made to have the state rep resentative, and the architects here next week to meet with the board to discuss the questions further. The meeting will proba bly be held next Thursday night. All board members expressed the opinion that they wanted to hold a site election as soon as possible, but that they wanted to make every effort to choose a location to put to a vote that would be approved by the peo ple. They pointed out that an other defeat at a site election would only delay building plans even longer. Bloodmobile Due Here Again in February A second visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to Heppner has been scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 9, it was announced today by officers of the Elks lodge, sponsors of the visit. All arrangements have not yet been completed nor have' all committees been named, but they will be announced in the near future. Last year's blood mobile visit was very successful, the Red Cross receiving 121 pints of blood from local donors. City Employees Settle Job Trouble Two city employees, Harry Tamblvn. recorder and Mrs. Charles Gomillion, water depart ment clerk, remained in their jobs this week after meeting with the council at a special meeting Monday night to iron out difficulties that had arisen over a division of duties. At the regular council meeting a week ago the two had said that they were dissatisfied with ' the office methods currently in use at the city hall, but in the interven ing week a satisfactory change in the system had been worked out. The council had considered comhinins the two part-time jobs into one full time position, but, for the present at least, drop ped the idea. o IMPORTANT LEGION MEETING CALLED Forrest Thornburg, commander of the American Legion post 87 announced there will be a very important meeting Monday, Jan 18 at the Heppner hall. The post will show pictures of the Heppner hcho Armistice day football game and Sgt. Shopshire of the Condon airbase will also show some Airforce pictures. All members are requifd to be pre :nt. '' ' ! , ' . . .- ' 1 f V I Dimes Drive to Be Aided by Dance and Party March of Dimes money began to roll in to drive treasurer Jack Marshall, this week when he re ported that mail returns have brought in $543.80 up to Wednes day. The county drive is now in full swing and numerous special events planned during the rest of the month to help the drive gain an increase of 50 percent over last year's returns. Among the special events scheduled for March of Dimes benefits are a dance at the Hepp ner fair pavilion on Jan. 23 and a benefit card party at Cecil on Saturday night. The dance is to be sponsored jointly by the Jay Cees, Jny Cee ettes, American Legion and its auxiliary, the square dance club and the Soroptimist club. There will be no admission charge, but donations will be accepted. It is planned to start at 8:30 and a cake auction is scheduled during the evening. The Cecil card party is being given by Mrs. Fredrick MeClin tock and Mrs. E. R. Schaffer, the drive committeewomen in that area. The Heppner Campfire Girls group under Mrs. Brvin Ander son are now making door to door solicitations here as their part of the over-all campaign. The girls are doing the work as they find time. The heavy demand for Gamma Globulin, recently developed polio preventive serum, the use of which is to be widely expand ed, is the reason for the 50 per cent increase in funds the nation wide March of Dimes drive hopes to raise this year. Gamma Glo bulin has been effective in com batting the disease, but its cost has prevented wider use during the past year. 1953 Births Exceed Deaths by More Than 5 to 1 Ratio If the parents of all the babies born at Heppner's Pioneer Me morial hospital during 1953 had resided in Morrow county, the county would have shown a healthy increase in population during the year, according to the figures just compiled by the county registrar, Miss Lulu M. linger. There were 22S births and 43 deaths recorded during the year, better than a five-to-one ratio. A breakdown of the home ad dresses of the babies was not available, but the He,rpner hos pital serves a wide section of Grant, Wheeler, and Gilliam counties as well as Morrow and it is known that many of them will reside there. Former Heppner Teacher Passes Word was received early this week of the death at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, of B. J. Michaelson, a former Heppner teacher. He had been seriously ill in a San Diego, Calif, hospital for some time, and had been sent back to North Carolina just be fore Christmas. He died Jan. 8 in a veteran's hospital there. Mr. Michaelson taught science in the Heppner high school last year, but illness presented his return. He is survived by his wife Marie, and a son Lance. Funeral services were held on Jan. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson left Tuesday evening by train for Denver, Colorado. They expect to be gone about two weeks. 1. ,,tfj'gbhaWittiJ! C of C Chairmen Are Named; Groups Hears Of Power Troubles New Chamber of Commerce president Jeff Carter, Monday announced committee appoint ments for the new year and members heard Ed Collison manager of Columbia Basin Elec tric Coop tell of the seriousness of the present troubles the Coop is having with its main power line feeding the area and what it was doing to remedy the trou ble. Committee chairmen named by Carter included program, Mary Van Stevens; merchants, Phil Blakney; highways, roads and streets, Dr. E. K. Schaffitz; mem bership and attendance, Leslie Grant; agriculture and resources, Newt O'Harra; public relations and puhlicity, Robert l'enland; youth activities, Rev. Karl So ward; industrial and housing de velopment, Ed Collison; recrea tion, wildlife, Orville Cutsforth; special activities, John Kmsdorff; legislative and government, Gar net Barratt; athletic field light ing, W. C. Rosewall; swimming pool improvements, Dr. L. D, Tibbies; budget, Robert Penland; safe driver commi'lee, Jack Bed ford. Collison explained to the group about the recent line breaks that have occurred on the Heppner Hermiston power line and told of the plan to strengthen the line to present reoccurance. He said the plan is to do the work at night when the load is light and the area will be served from the new PP&-L substation at Fossil. The line must be put out of service while changes are being made. CCC Wheat Loan Deadline Near Morrow county wheat farmers are warned this week by Miss Cecelia Carty, acting office man ager of the county Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office (formerly called PMA) that January 31 is the deadline for filing applications for CCC wheat loans, Miss Carthy said that the of fice has been buried with appli cations and she asks that any one wishing to get loans bring in their warehouse receipts as soon as possible to give the office time to get the necessary forms pre pared ahead of the deadline. Public Meeting on Local Water Problems Set for Wednesday A public meeting for the dis cussion of water problems in this area will be held at the court house Jan. 20 at 1:30 p. m. with W. W. Weatherford, chairman of the county conservation commit tee and Marvin Wighlman, land use head in charge. State representative Allen Tom met Monday with heads of local farm organizations to discuss the coming public hearing at Arling ton Feb. 15 and to point out the need for representatives from this area to piesent a water use plan. The state water resources in terim committee is attempting to determine the needs of the state in the matter of water re sources control. Farm organizations are expect ed to participate and the next Farm Bureau meeting, Jan. 20 at lone will consider the problem. FELLOWSHIP TO MEET The Christian men's fellowship will be hosts next Monday even ing to the men of the district for the bi-monthly meeting of the organization, William (Tom) Piper, pastor of The Dalles Christian church will be the speaker of the evening. Newly Completed lone School Building OUTSTANDING !atures ol Ion' new gymnasium-cafftorium builriing are shown in adjacent photographs. Far left is the ryipdiinir,tic front entrance to the buil'Jing which is located immediately behind the other ichool hiiilding. Center is the regulation size domed gym naiiu:n which has folding type bleacher seals clong the sides, and right, the larg? modern thop section of the bir.lcling showing soma of the new equipment end work benches which have been made by the students. Many visitors fro;n the county and neighboring areas attended Tuesday's dedi cation of the building. (GT Photos) 70th Year, Number 44 I Aid Money Seen Assured For New Hospital Wing A slight modification of pre sent plans for the addition to the Heppner Pioneer Memorial hos pital, resulted in tentative ap proval of the new bedroom wing and virtual assurance that th project will get $11,050 federal match-money from Hill-Burton funds, county judge Garnet Bar ratt said Tuesday following a Monday discussion here with state and federal officials. Larry Conway, regional archi tect of the Public Health Service in San Francisco, made the trip to Heppner to look over the plans and examine the present build ing. He was accompanied by George Sh i f for, director of the hospital and facilities section of the state board of health; Jay Cole, state board of health engi neer; and Walter Schmeer of the firm of Roald Schmeer and Har rington, Portland architects who have prepared the plans. Tlu group suggested some minor changes in the plans, which had recently been disapproved, which would qualify the hospital for the federal aid money. Barratt said the changes were minor and were confined to the lower floor nursing home area, including the establishment of a health center on the lower floor which would include offices for the county health nurse. The ap proved plan will add 15 regular hospital beds on the upper floor and 10 beds in the lower nursing section. There will also be 4 additional rooms which can be used in emergencies. This will give the hospital a total of 30 general hospital beds and 1(5 nursing home beds. Early Start Seen Barratt said it will take about 30 days for the architects to get plans and specifications pre pared and approved and that the county hopes to be able to call for construction bids by March 1. Local money for the project comes from a special one year 5 mill tax levy voted a year ago. Vestrymen Chosen At Church Meeting All Saints Episcopal church held their annual parish busi ness meeting Wednesday even ing January G at the parish house. Repairs to the church and the parish house were discussed and a five year plan was accepted by which the repairs and improve ments would be made. Reports were given by the aux iliary, altar guild, Yl'F, choir, vestry, church school and treas urer. Alex Thompson, Howard Reed and Robert Penland were chosen as new vestrymen. The other vestrymen are Dr. A. D. McMurdo, senior warden; M. R. Wightman, junior warden; W. C. Rosewall; Frank Baker, Frank Davidson; David Hynd and W. E. Hughes. About Ii0 attended the potluck dinner which proceeded the busi ness meeting. WORD OF DEATH RECEIVED HERE Word was received today of the death Wednesday at Ocean Lake, Oregon of Ray Ovlatt. Ac cording to available information, funeral services will bo held Fri day at 2 p. m. at the Sheridan Funeral Home in Sheridan, Ore. r) PHEA CREEK M. E. C. TO MEET The Rhea Creek H. E. C. will meet January 21 at the grange hall with a pot luck lunch at noon, all members are urged to attend, I r,1 Si t. j i t SWIMMING POOL which adjoins the new building is situated so that dressing rooms are available both to the pool and the gym sections. Heating and chlorinating equipment was installed when the pool was built. Gymnasium-Cafetorium One of Most Modern Well over 300 persons from all sections of Morrow county, in ad dition to visiting school officials from neighboring counties at tended the formal dedication Tuesday evening of Ione's new $255,000 gymnasium-cafetoiium building and viewed the modern facilities offered in the new school plant. Main speaker on the program, which was held in the cafetor ium of the building, was Ed ward Elliott, Portland, state rep resentative of ttie Oregon Educa tion Association who. using the letters of the name lone as inl- Big Steclhead Caught Sunday in John Day A Redmond, Oregon angler, John K. Paikey, Sunday caught the largest steclhead out of the John Day river that has ever been checked by state police and stale name commission employ ees, state natrolinan Bill Lab- hart reported this week. The whopper was 33 '.i- inches long anil weighed 1 2' i pounds. I.abhart said Ihe catch was made between Alder Creek and Service Creek and was hooked with eggs. Both eggs and dare- levil lures are reported to be bringing good results on the river and fishing, both on Hie John Day and the Columbia has Im'ch fair during recent days. The Columbia rived has pro duced larger steelheads than arkev's, but as far as is known, his is the largest from the John Day. If there have been bigger ones caught, the game commis sion would like to have reports on J hem, Labhart said. Many Attend First Vocational Ag Class The first and organizational meeting of an adult vocational agriculture class in livestock di seases and sanitation was held Tuesday night at the Ag build ing at Heppner school. 32 per sons were present. The proup set the fees at $1 for each person with a special rate of $2 each additional person in a family after the first. The at tendance of women was also en couraged. The class is open to anyone over the ago of 10 years and will be held every Tuesday at 7:30 through January and Feb ruary. N. C .Anderson will serve as In structor and there will be out side speakers called in later. Tuesday's meeting covered calv ing troubles ami a film on Bangs disease was shown. New Hospital Board Member Appointed The county court this week ap pointed Mrs. Mervin Leonard of Lexington to the Morrow county hospital board to replace Mrs Evelyn Smith of Eoardman, who has moved out of the county Mrs, Leonard's appointment is for a five-year term. Other board members are P. W. Mahoney, chairman; Harry Duvall, Heppner; Garland Swan son, lone; and John Krcbs, Cecil. i ;' ? in., r tials for the main points of his talk, pointed out the apprecia tions that should be expressed for such a modern plant. Ho empha sized the necessity and value of having proper facilities. lone school superintendent Chester L. Ward accepted on bo half of the school board, the challenge of putting the new building to its most complete use, and Garland Swanson gave the history of the services per formed by the lone Memorial Improvement association which supplied some of he funds with which to build Ihe swimming pool that is included as a part of the new school plant. Others on the program in cluded Earl McKinney, chairman of the lone school board and Les lie Grant, county superintendent Following the main dedicatory program, the P-TA hospitality and refreshment committee ser ved refreshments and visitors toured the new building, visiting the band room and practice rooms, the modern shop facilities, the gymnasium and the swim ming pool. Students and in st motors in shop, boys and girls physical education classes and band were on hand to show the visitors through the various de partments. During the evening the band presented a concert. PCA Annua! Meet Set for Saturday The Pendleton Production Credit Association is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, and the annual meeting of the association is being hold at Pen dleton, Saturday, January 16th, announced Ralph I. Thompson, Morrow county director and vice president of the association. The association began its oper ations with a capital of $105,000 furnished by the federal govern ment and this stock has now been retired in full and the asso ciation is fully owned by the members. There are 18 farm fvnilies in Morrow county who have been members for the full 20 years the association has been in oper ation, and they will be honored at the Pendleton meeting. The terms of Glen E. Storie of Umatilla county and Myron C. Hug of Union county on the board of directors will expire and an election will be hold to fill these vacancies. The meeting starts at 11:00 a. m., a banquet is scheduled at noon and a program in the after noon. A largo delegation of Morrow county farmers and stockmen, who are members of the associ ation plans to attend this meet ing. Social Security Representative Due To help residents in this area obtain social security informa tion and apply for benefits, a representative of the Social Se curity Administration will be at the city hall in Heppner on Thursday, Jan, 21, between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and noon.
