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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 22, 1954
unday
Another School Site
Election Is Planned
Here on August 14
In an effort to find some means 'a warning to the board that un
of solving lleppner's school build-(less a definite plan of expansion
ing problems that will meet the
jymroval of the voters of the dis
trict, the board of school district
No. 1 Friday decided to call for
another special site election to be
held on .Saturday, August 14.
The location which the board
will ask approval is the Prock
Devine area, and other adjacent
land immediately north of the
present school building. Part of
the area is already owned by the
school district, but according to
present plans, if the area meets
School 'officials revealed to
day that due to legal techni
calities which must be resolved,
the r rmouncod site ejection will
be held as soon as the beard
can get ai opinion from the
state board of education. The
proposed location must also
be epproved by the state
befcre it can be used and
this is expected to take some
additional time.
The board hopes to hold the
election as planned on August
14, but the difficulties may de
lay it some, it was announced.
with voter approval, the district
would purchase a strip off the
south side of the Kemp Dick and
W. O. George properties to square
up the school site. Even though
the district now owns part of this
land it could not build upon it
without specific approval of the
voters.
The hoard has again requested
the aid of representatives of the
state board of education, who
must approve the site as meeting
state standards, in establishing
just how much land must be in
cluded in the area, though the
tentative plan calls for the pur
chase of enough of the Dick and
the George property to make the
plat approximately rectangular.
To give the site sufficient usable
area it is also planned to cul
vert Hinton creek in its present
channel which runs the length of
the site, and fill in and level the
ground. The building would
probably be a two-or three level
structure to make best use of the
natural sloping ground forma
tion, the board indicated.
No definite figures are yet
available on the cost of the need
ed additional land or the culvert
ing of the creek and other work
necessary to get the site ready
for use. Also, should the site
meet the approval of voters, com
pletely new building plans will
have to be prepared before the
amount of a subsequent bond is
sue can be determined.
No Bond Revote
The board decided to ask for
another site election on the Prock
Deivn area rather than request.
another election for the approval
of a bond issue which would al
low them to build on the previ
ously approved Tum-A-Lum site,
feeling that many of the objec
tions to the bond issue passage
came from the dislike of the site.
The board is faced with a seri
ous problem of trying to find
some building plan that will meet
'the approval of the voters of the
district and also getting some
thing started immediately to
pacify the state board of educa
tion who two weeks ago issued
Logged Areas in
Blue Mountains
Closed to Entry
Certain fores! areas in the Blue
Mountains adjacent to Heppner
have been closed to entry because Cnnstruction Starts
of excessive inflammable debris' or,STrucr,on JOriS
on the ground, it was announcedOn Safety Island
ihis week by the Forest service i
The area, which is desriibed inj State highway depaitnient
detail in a legal publication else-1 workmen Tuesday started con
where in this issue, is roughly 1 struction of a triangular shaped
classified as the Tupper-Red Hill 'safety island in the center of the
and the Dull Prairie-Flatiron sec- three-way intersection in front of
lions of the Eastern Oregon Log-1 the court house. It will probably
gin" Company area. Main roads) be completed within a few clays,
through the lands may be usedj The safety island will l
at any time, but other entry is j lighted and will hold road signs
by permit only. Termits may be! that have been nearly inconspi
obtained at the Heppner office of cuous because of their distance
the UmatillaNational Forest or
at the Tupper Cuart station.
The lands closed are logged
off areas where there is an excess
of slash. The boundaries are now
being posted.
Car Crash Kill
was presented by August 1, the
state would be forced to withhold
the districts basic school support
funds, which are estimated at
$50,500 for the coming year.
Should the district loose the
funds normally received from the
stale, either a special local levy
would be required, or many nor
mal school operations would have
to be eliminated.
Under present plans the board
must ask for site approval at a
tnecial election, and then when
plans and cost figures are com
piled, ask for voter approval of a
special bond issue to finance the
purchase and construction.
, The coining election will be the
fourth that the board has called
in an attempt to get a building
program going here. Voters pre
viously turned down the Cason
site, then approved the Tum-A-Lum
site only to reject a bond
issue to build on that area two
weeks ago.
Wheat Growers to
Vote Friday on
Marketing Quotas
Wheat growers of the nation
will decide this Friday whether
they want to use marketing quo
tas for their 1955 crop. A re
minder of the referendum comes
from N. C. Anderson, Morrow
county extension agent.
Quotas have been set up be
cause or the large available
wheat supplies, but the decision
of whether they will be put into
effect rests with the nation's
wheat growers who will vote at
the referendum. At least two-
thirds of the growers voting must
approve the quotas before they
can get into effect. Last year
they were approved by nearly
90 percent of the growers.
Polls will be open from 9 a.m.
to 8 p. m. and the voting places
are the lone Legion hall, the
Heppner Legion hall, and the
Lexington Grange hall.
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Orlena Ray
Held in lone Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Or
lena Ray, 78, were held Saturday,
July 17 at the lone Community
church with Rev. Wilfred McKay,
pastor of the lone Nazarene
church officiating. She died in
Portland on July 15.
Mrs. Ray Barnett sang with
Mrs. Cleo Drake accompanying
Pall bearers were Omar and Wal-
ter Rietmann, Walter Robert
Walter Dobyns, G. A. Pettys and
Ray Barnett. Interment was in
the lone cemetery.
Mrs. Ray was born in lone and
was the daughter of the late John
and Missouri Jordan. She had
lived in this community nearly
all of her life until a few years
ago when she moved to Portland.
She was married to V. M. Ray on
Dec. 30, 1901, and Mr. Ray died
in 1927.
She is survived by one son John
Ray of Cascade Locks and a
brother, Luke Jordan of Portland,
and five grandchildren.
Relatives attending the funeral
were Luke Jordan and daughter,
Mrs. Edith Doran of Portland:
Mr. and Mrs .John Ray and family!
oi iascaae locks ana Mr. ana
Mrs. Harry Dinges of Heppner.
from the intersection. It will also
make possible much shorter and
safer school crossing lanes at the
interection. Cost of the project
is being born by the highway department.
Dance To
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QUEEN GP.ACE MILLER and her
for the tfodeo photographer.
day night at the Kickoff
Patsy Wright, Janet Howtcn,
Kickoff Dance
Set Here For .
Saturday Night
The annual Kickoff dance this
Saturday night at the fair pavil
ion in Heppner will open the ser
ies of dances and activities lead
ing up to the Morrow county fair
and rodeo on September 2, 3, 4
and 5.
The first dance, which will pre
sent Queen Grace Miller of Board -man
and her entire court, will be
given under the sponsorship of
the fair board, and will be fol
lowed on succeeding Saturday
nights with individual princess
dances given by the various
granges who are sponsoring a
princess. The members of Queen
Grace's court are Christine Swag
gart, Lena community; Deanna
Steagall, Lexington Grange;
Patsy Wright, Rhea Creek Grange;
and Janet Howton, lone Grange.
Music for Saturday night's
dance will be furnished by Duke
Warner's orchestra ami Jack Van
Winkle, dance chairman has an
nounced that the admission price
will be $1.50 per person.
The princess dances which will
follow on successive Saturday
nights are Princess Deanna, July
31; Princess Janet, August 7;
Princess Patsy, August 14; Prin
cess Christine, August 21. The
dance honoring Queen Grace will
he held here August 27, and the
regular rodeo dances are sche
duled for the nights of Septem
ber 3 and 4.
High School Class
Receives Award
The bookkeeping class of Hepp
ner high school has received a
redseal certificate of superior
achievement in the recent 17th
annual International bookkeep
ing contest sponsored by the
Business Education World, it has
been announced.
Superior achievement certifi-,
cates, suitable for framing and
display in the classroom were
awarded to students whose club
ratings merited awards. Gold
seal certificates for a rating of
275 and better; red seal certifi
cates for a rating of 250-274 and
blue seal certificates for a score
of 215-249. A silver trophy was
awarded to the winning school,
Albuquerque, N. M.
This is the first year that Hepp
ner high school has entered the
contest.
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Ui Wi WsW W& - l - H Huddlwton disappeared from his
KJVi i' Ifr&l, 'I ' , K-.f job 14 years ago and he has never
B l&SJ? &,MM' "itV 4J I been seen since. Las. Friday a
pJy s4mm ,,,ontifud as K,1,,ii- M-
fc-i i-V Xs 'lA 5" . Knight, about 4G, walked into a
F:&Vi --V-fFi , iriW Walla Walla store where the for-
j W U&i tj v " f V VMJ mer Mrs. Huddleston was work-
KS'i &if i .-tH." r i.SA t .vT tV . " j v .fc-ri.Vijt. . '& ..W4uJ ing and said, "I know where Hud-
Arlington
Open Fair and Rodeo Activities
P.oyal court took time the othi r day to climb off their horses and pose
The Queen and her princesses will appear for the first time Satur
dance at the fair pnihon. Flwwu,
Queen Grace, Deanna Steagal!, Christine Swaggart. (Lyons Photo)
TAX RELIEF FOR
SEEN IN FEDERAL
A telegram received today
from representative Sam Coon
said that house and senate con
ferees Wednesday approved le
gislation eliminating the ad
mission tax on non-profit com
munity rodeos. Final clearance
by the house is required be
fore the bill goes to the presi
dent. WASHINGTON Eastern Ore
gon's cowboy congressman this
week asked the government to
take the tax off rodeos.
Rep. Sam Coon, who was 22
years a cattleman before he went
to Washington, urged an amend
ment to the general tax revision
bill that would repeal the fed
eral admissions tax on non-profit
community rodeos and historical
pageants.
In a letter to Dan Reed, chair
man of the House Ways and
Means committee, Sam Coon de
clared, "With the present high
costs of operation, I think it only
fair to remove the burden placed
on these non-profit community
enterprises by federal taxation.''
Coon introduced a bill in Con
gress last March to provide for
rodeo tax relief. A similar mea
sure was approved by the Sen
ate July 2 as an amendment V
the general revenue bill. The
Ernsdorff to Leave
For Lewiston Post
John B. Krnsdorff, administra
tor at Pioneer Memorial hospital,
revealed today that he has re
signed his position here to ac
cept a similar one as head of St.
Joseph's hospital at Lewiston,
Idaho. He will leave here Octo
ber 1.
Ernsdorff came here about
three years ago and has remained
administrator of the local hospi
tal except for about six months
when he was in Spokane. He has
been very active in both civic and
church activities.
The hospital board said that
no replacement has yet been
found.
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GRANGE PICNIC SET
Rhea Creek Grange members
and friends will hold their annual
picnic at the Claud White ranch'
in the mountains on July 25
starting at 3 o clock.
Coffee and ice cream will be fur
nished and everyone is asked to
bring his own plates and silver,
from left to right, are Princesses
LOCAL RODEO
LEGISLATION
revuiuo bill is now before a Senate-House
conference committee,
of which Rep. Reed is a member.
Coon stated that nearly every
one of the 18 counties in Eastern
Oreg'.m has at least one commun
ity rodeo, and some have several.
"The world-famous Pendleton
Round Up", he added, "is the
best known of the shows in my
district."
"Value Days" Are
Again Offered Here
The second in a series of city
wide sales events, Heppner Value
Days, will be held this Friday
and Saturday with nearly every
store in Heppner participating in
the chamber of commerce spon
sored event.
Three pages of special advertis
ing in this issue of the Gazette
Times advises residents of this
area of the values! being offered
during the weekend.
The Value Days idea, designed
to encourage trading with local
merchants and show that mer
chandise values offered here are
equal to those offered in larger
shopping centers, was developed
by the merchants committee un
der the direction Phil Blakney,
chairman. One such event was
held last February and another is
planned later this year.
Free Parking Again
All parking meters in Heppner
will be hooded on Friday and
Saturday through the courtesy of
the city council who have co
operated in granting free nark
ing priv ileges to all shoppers dur
ing the two days.
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Night Officer Leaves,
New Policeman Due
Cl'ief of '(dice George Iteid said
tod iy that Thomas Walker, night
marsh ill here for the past seve
ral months, has resigned and
plans to return to his former
home near Seattle .
Reid said that he has hired
"Hutch" Huichins to replace Mr.
Walker and that the new officer
will bc;;in duty here the first of
the week. Hutchins has been on
the T'matilla police department
for the past several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed and
David returned last weekend from
a few days In Eugene.
M
an
200 Acres Burned
In Wednesday Grain
And Pasture Fire
A field and ratine fire, the
first of the season in this area,
burned over between 150 and 200
acres of wheat and range land on
the Bill MeClintock ranch in
Gooseberry Wednesday afternoon
It was controlled before it spread
to adjacent wheat fields.
According to reports the fire
apparently started along the Con
don hichwav and spread rapidly i
in thn strong wind. MeClintoek's
were harvesting near the place!
where the fire'staited and were!
able to get on the blaze immedi-
ately. One 62 acre wheat field j
was burned, but this was already;
nearly half harvested, MeClintock
said.
MeClintock extended his thanks:
to the many neighbors who as-1
sisted his crew in fighting the
fire and also to the lone fire de-!""5 "l "avemng ai an execs
partment who answered the eall,s,ve rat0 of speed, left the road
t0 a() before completely rounding the
Missing Walla Walla
Man Brother of
Heppner Woman
A story from Walla Walla that
ran in Portland papers luesday
concerning a Walla walla man
who has been mysteriously miss
ing for 11 years, caused consider
able interest with at least one
Heppner resident. She is Mrs.
Frances Orwick, sister of the
missing man.
According to the story Kenneth
dleston is buried and who killed
him."
According to the story which
was also verified by Mrs. Orwick,
McKnight refused to give any
more information either to the
missing man's former wife or to
police, though he reportedly of
fered to take the woman, alone,
to the place where her former
husband is supposed to be bur
ied. McKnight has a long petty
criminal record ranging nearly
the width of the United States.
Mrs. Orwick said Wednesday
that the man has not yet given
out any information or told how
he obtained what Information ho
did have.
Bend Firm Wins
Street Repair Bid
The city council Monday night
awarded the contract to seal and
resurface between 25 and 30
blocks of city streets to the Coast
Blacktop Paving Company, Bend,
who submitted the low bid of
$1,653.85. The company is owned
by H. J. Curl, Jr.
More than 19500 square yards
of one, two and three lift surfac-
ing will be placed on various
streets to preserve ana improve
them. No new paving will be
done under the contract, only re
surfacing of those already having
an oil mat.
The company Is expected to
start work next week.
FIRE CALL ANSWERED
Heppner firemen were called to
the Walter Barger residence on
Linden Way Wednesday morn
ing to control a grass fire that
had started from a burning trash
fire. There was no damage.
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WRECKED CAR in which Eill Wickland was killed when it struck a
bridge abutment Just south of Heppner Sunday afternoon. The
ether live persons in the car were taken to Pioneer Memorial
hospital where four of them are still confined. This accident was
the 18th to occur in tho same place in the past seven years.
(GT Photo)
njures
Fatal Accident
18th to Occur
At Same Location
I lleppner's notorious "dead
, man's corner" claimed another
car carrying six persons left the
road ami crashed into a bridge
abutment. Killed outright was
Bill Wickland, and the otiier five
occupants all suffered iniuries
' varying from minor to critical
All the men were residents of the
Arlington area,
The accident occurred about G
o'clock Sunday evening at a turn
about one-fourth mile south of
Heppner on the Condon highway.
I It is the same spot where 17 other
accidents, three of them fatal,
have occurred sincfc 1917. The
car- wnlLn accorumg io reports
turn anu me driver was unaoie
to get it back onto the pavement
before reaching the cement
bridge. The right front corner of
the machine struck the bridge
shoving the wheel, fender and the
body back into the right side of
the front seat. Wickland was rid
ing on the outside of this seat,
according to police reports.
Tihhp injured included:
Leslie Con boy who suffered a
dislocated hip, fractured left leg,
fractured left hand, possible skull
fracture and lacerations.
Melvln Haes, fractured left
leg and right arm. . ,
Pete Wheelhouse, fractured hip,
possible skull fracture and frac
tured elbow.
Bill Jolliff, driver of the car,
suffered chest injuries and a
slight concussion.
Bill Anderson who suffered only
minor injuries and was released
from the hospital.
Four of the injured men were
ranch workers in the Arlington
area, and the other two, including
Wickland, were power line con
struction workers for the Bonne
ville Power Administration,
The car, a 1954 Mercury was a
total wreck.
Victim Born in Arlington
William Arthur Wickland, 25,
was born in Arlington May 24,
1929, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Wickland. He attended
school In Arlington and had
played football against Heppner
teams in past years. Before he
went, Into the military service in
World War II he had been a pro
minent rodeo performer having
ridden in the Pendleton Round
Up and other rodeos In this area.
Since his return to civilian life he
had been a power line construc
tion worker. He was unmarried
and lived at home on his parent's
ranch near Arlington.
Funeral services were held at
the Arlington Nazarene church
Wednesday afternoon with Eev
Browning officiating.
He is survived by his parents,
two sisters, Mrs. Tom (Phyllis)
Sumner, Arlington, and Mrs. Har
old (Pearl) Blank of North Pow-
dcr, three nieces and one nephew.
SWIM HOURS CHANGED
Beginning Wednesday, July 28
the lone swimming pool will be
open in the evenings between 8
and 10 p. m , it vas announced
today. These hours will continue
through harvest it was said.
Next Mond.iy and Tuesday the
pool will be closed for the pur
pose of making minor repairs.
Mr. and Ms. Jeif Curler had as
over night guests Saturday Mr.
and Mrs. II. J. Curl, Jr. of Bend.