School The voters of school district No. 1 last Friday gave overwhelming approval to the proposal to is sue $290,000 in bonds for a new 10 or 12 classroom and multipur pose room elementary school for Heppner. The vote was 344 in favor to 24 against. Immediately following the counting of votes at the special election the school board ordered a call for bids on the bonds and plans to sell the issue on Oct. 4. The board also instructed the architects, Freeman, Hayslip, Copies 10 cents Local School Registrator! Hits Record Hiah registration at tli" Heppner circle and high school Wednes day reached a total of 479 stu ents, the largest ever recorded at the school, it was revealed to day. Of this total 138 are in high school and 341 in the lower grades. The high school class gained nine additional students since the opening of school on Septem ber 6 and the elementary grades have remained the same as was shown in the first tally. The high school total is only three below the top figure for last year, and school officials said that a few late registrants are still expected which will swell the total even further. Considerable reshuffling of students has been accomplished in the lower grades where the lack of classroom space is most sorely felt, but superintendent H. C. Heed said that it would be at least another week before per manent room assignments can be made. The approval of the school bond issue at Friday's special election has started action toward construction of a new grade school building, but it is doubted that It can be completed in time to be put into use during this school year. At the present time, two first grade classes are being taught in local churches, with others occupying tcrnporory quarters in the school buildings. Senator Cordon To Speak Here This Evening United States senator Guy Cor don will arrive in Heppner this afternoon (Thursday t and will be the guest of the Morrow coun ty Cordon-for-senator committee at a dinner meeting at O'Don nell's cafe at 6:30 tonight and will speak at a public meeting to be held in the court room of the court house at 8 o'clock. Both the dinner and the evening meet ing is open to the public. Senator Cordon, who with his wife and party are on a cam paign tour through this section of Oregon, is expected to talk on some of the important issues in the coming election. He spoke from The Dalles Tuesday night over a radio network on "Power for Oregon" and is expected to touch on this subject during to night's talk. He will come here from Condon where he spoke at a luncheon meeting this noon. The local committee emphasi zes that both the dinner and the later meeting are open to the public, but stated that the sena tor willnot give a talk at the din ner, this being planned as an in formal get-acquainted gathering. Following his talk, Senator Cor don and his party will go on to Pendleton, where he and Mrs. Cordon will be the guests of for rnnrnenntntivo I nwoll Ctrinlr. man. Heppner Man Passes Oregon State Bar Mrs. Rose Francis, Heppner, has received word that her soi Joe French has passed the Ore- j gon state bar and will be admit ted to practice in the state. French is a graduate of the University of Oregon where he majored in business administra tion for four years and is also a graduate of Willamette Univer sity where he majored in law for three years. He finished there last June. At the present time French is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif, as he was recently inducted into the army for a two year term, o Mrs. C F. Feldman of Sunny vale, California is visiting in this area. L 1 SKARY U OF O EUGENE ( ORE Tuft, and Hewlett, Portland to proceed with the final plans and specifications for the building so the board can call for construc tion bids as soon as possible after the sale of the bonds. State Funds Released The favorable bond vote brought immediate response from the state department of eduction, as Walter O. Shold, state elementary supervisor was in Heppner Wednesday going over the plans for the building and he told school officials that Heppner, Oregon, 1 Bonds GRASSMAN OF THE YEAR, Herbert Ekstrom of lone, stands with Aristocrat M8. one of his register " ed herd shes. in one of his grass pasture lields that helped win him the title. (Tom Wilson Photo) Herbert Ekstrom, lone, Named County Grassman Of The Year By Mrs. Tom Wilson Herbert R. Ekstrom, lone rancher, has been chosen Morrow county grassman of the year in the statewide grasslands pro gram sponsored by the agricul tural committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and local ly by the Morrow county Farm Bureau with the assistance of the Morrow county Livestock Grow ers association . Ekstrom runs 77 head of Here fords, including 35 cows and calves, on his 1,080 acre ranch north of lone of which 400 acres in wheat, 623 acres in range and 52 acres in irrigated pastures Twenty-four acres of land had been leveled for irrigation when Ekstrom took over his ranch five years ago and an additional 28 acres were developed by him in 1952 for gravity flood irrigation. Originally in rye pasture, Ek strom seeded his fields to brome, intermediate wheat grass, orch ard grass, alta fescue, ladak al falfa and sweet clover. From this he has an annual yield of about 150 tons of hay plus pasture operated on a rotation system for his cattle. Under an efficiency production testing system set up by Jim El lings, animal husbandryman, Oregon State college, Corvallis, Ekstrom weighs his calves when Local Kindergarten Registration 24 The Jaycee-Ette kindergarten board announces that there are now 21 youngsters enrolled in the school which is held at the civic center building weekday morn- I inPS Under thp Supervision OI Mrs. Grace Drake. Kegistrauon is still open to accept late comers, it was said. The registration fee is $10 to be paid at the time of enrollment with a monthly fee of $6.50 or 50 cents a day if a child can attend only part time. The mothers last week elected Mrs. Fred Sanders as a new member of the kindergarten board, it was also revealed. IT HAPPENS TO US TOO! The Gazette Times has been ...fortunate that it had never missd the mail in over three years, but the law of averages finally caught up with us. Mechanical difficulties, on Thursday prevented afternoon delivery to Heppner residents as the paper did not get on the press until late Thursday evening. Voted; State Releases Funds on the basis of the submitted plans, the withheld state basic school support money amounting to over $19,000 will be immedi ately released. The state had previously withheld the funds from the district until it gave evidence of starting on a build ing program to alleviate the badly crowded conditions in the school Shold gave verbal notice of the release of the money, and said that a letter would be sent out from Salem within the next few days verifying his state Thursday, September 4 itotte V r t V ft 'ft'ij born, when weaned, at 12 months 18 months and when sold. Ek strmo has purchased top herd sires for his registered cattle, in cluding Aristocrat MS, bred at the Matson Hereford ranch at Naches. Wash., and Husker Mis chief 87 bred by Roy Bradshaw, Sedan, New Mexico. His grass program is a primary factor in maintaining cattle op-, erations on his ranch, according to Ekstrom. Coming here from Portland, Ekstrom quickly became active in community and county affairs. He is a member of the Morrow county Livestock Growers asso ciation, the Oregon Cattleman's association, a director of the Mid Columbia Hereford association, 4-H leader of the lone Livestock club, past master of the lone Ma sonic lodge and a member of the Locust chapter of Eastern Star Teachers Reception To Be Tuesday Night The Heonner P-TA will hold their annual reception for the teachers Tuesday evening Sep tember 21 at the Legion hall. The Catholic Altar Society will be co- hosts for the 7.00 p. m. potluck dinner. Those attending are asked to bring either salad, a hot dish or dessert. Rev. Francis McCormack will be master of ceremonies, with the introduction of teachers and musical numbers planned on the program. All parents and interested per sons are urged to attend. u Heppner Man Leaves For Army Service Randall Edmond Peterson, 25 Heppner, and HaroldvL. Arbogast, 25, Condon, have received notices to report for induction into the armed forces at the Portland in duction station on September 16, it has been announced by Flor ence L. Morgan, clerk of the tri county draft board. Both men are scheduled to re ceive army basic training at Fort Ord, California. o Sharon Becket was taken to Seattle the first part of Septem ber by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Becket. She has enrolled in the Seattle Dental Assistants Training school. Mrs. Beatrice Bedford of Port land arrived Saturday for a weeks visit at the home of her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford. ment. The election was the fifth held during the past year and a half and it followed by only a month voter approval of the Prock-Dcvin site for the building. It will be located immediately north of the present school. Board members said today that they are working on a plan to have the necessary blast ing and excavation work done locally in an effort to speed up construction. One of the archi tects, Stewart Tuft, was here this l4ttte 16, 1954 V fl l .V'i7Tuesday. Sept. 11. at the home V tt . . 'J, ' j-V, j , J ; . 1 i'i;,' -.I f v H ( Vvi''Al H v-f. i '.', sNV ?(.'. A' the Willows Grange, the Hxpt ner Elks lodge and the Valby Lutheran church. Mrs. Ekstrom is past matron of the lone East ern Star chapter. Three sons, Herbert Jr., 20, now married and living at The Dalles, Dick 17, and Roland, 9, have taken an active part In ranch ac tivities. Dick had the 4-H grand champion hereford beef two years at the Morrow county fair at Heppner and one year at the Dalles Fat Stock show. Ekstrom gives credit for the success of h's ranch operations to Oregon State college and the Ex tension Service for his herd im provements and to the Soil Con servation Service for technical assistance and machinery as an important factor in his grass pro gram. Selection committee for the county grassman included Steve Thompson, Heppner, chairman, range and pasture improvement committee, Morrow county Live stock Growers association; Oscar Peterson, lone and O. W. Cuts forth, Lexington, Morrow county Farm Bureau. Condon Man Now Partner in Inland Chemical Service Lowell Gribble, local owner and operator of Inland Chemical Service announced this week that Leonard Haldorson of Condon is now associated with him as a partner in the Shell agricultural fertilizer company. Haldorson is a graduate of Oregon State College where he majored in agriculture and was formerly with the P. M. A. office in Condon. He is well known both there and in Morrow county The comnanv has offices in Condon and Heppner. o Deadline for Sewer Hookup Week Away The Heppner city council this week reminded residents that they have only one more week to secure their permit for sewer hookup without having to pay the $50 hookup charge. The per mit charge is now only $1.00. September 23 is the deadline for hooking into the sewer sys tem without having to pay the $50 fee, according to the ordi nance governing use and oper ation of the system and most residents have made the hook ud already, however the city re corder reports a sizeable rush for permits during the past several days. (: week to stake out the area and give instructions for the excava tion work, it is hoped to get this work done while the architects are preparing the plans, thereby' saving 30 to 45 days of construc tion time. Shold, who also made a regu lar inspection of the school while here, told the Gazette Times that his survey showed that the school is now giving a much im proved instructional program and that teacher morale is good. His complete report will be re ceived later. 71st Year, Number 27 County Democrats Form Organization The Morrow County Demo- ficraiic central committee hekl its 1 r,rn'ini'-itiiin miw'tintr t'nr 1054 on mmittee held its of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hose wall. The speaker featured for the evening was Vernon Cook, president of the Young Democrats of Oregon who discussed the state of the Democratic party as well as techniques of organization. The following officers were elected: chairman, Al Lamb, Heppner; alternate chairman, Newt O'Harra, Lexington; vice chairman, Marcel Jones, Heppner; Id.n Slauchter.Irricon. secretary; Buck Ruhl, Lexington, treasurer. 1 The next meeting of the con- tral committee was set for VVed- nesday, Sept. 22, at 8:00 p. m. anrl is to be held at the home of Mr-aiKl Mrs- Kewl '1Iarra' at T nvinrrtnn IJefreshments will meeting and d , "The Demo cratic party nas oliereu a line slate of candidates which every thinking person should support. It is up to the Democrats of this county and their friends, to see to it that they are elected. Don Peterson Named Conservation District Supervisor Don Peterson, lone has been ap pointed by Governor Paul Patter son to replace Charles A. Carlson? lone, whose term expired, as suprvisor of the Heppner soil con servation district, it was an nounced at adistrict meeting o" Tuesday night in the county agent's office. The monthly progress report showed new district, plans com pleted on the ranches of E C. Heli ker, lone, 152o acres; Paul Webb Jr., Heppner, 7315 acres and Webb and Don Greenup, Hepp, ner, 5920 acres. Engineering sur veys for leveling were made on the ranches of Gary Tullis, lone, 6V( acres; Terrel Benge, Rhea Creek, 25 acres and Krebs Bros., Cecil, 19 acres. A total of 2,500 feet of stream channel align ment was completed on the ranch of Heliker, lone and Charlotte Schentinger, Heppner. Other conservation work in August included conservation surveys on 9,935 acres; brush re moval, 30 acres; installation of 2100 feet of permanent sprinkler pipe on the Jasper Meyers ranch, Pine City; and 2100 feet of di version ditch on the Oren Brace ranch, Eightmile. Newt O'Harra, Lexington, was named a delegate to attend the Pacific area meeting of district supervisors at Baker Sept. 27-28. Attending the meeting were Kenneth Peck, Orville Cutsforth, Gene Cutsforth, Newt O'Harra, Lexington; C. A. Carlson, Don Peterson, Raymond Lundell, lone, J. J. Wightman, Tom Wilson con servationist, and N. C. Anderson, secretary, Heppner. o Miss Margaret Gillis Suffers Stroke Word was received here Wed nesday that Miss Margaret Gil- is, for many years Morrow county health nurse, who now lives in Dallas, suffered a stroke and is in serious condition at a Dallas hospital. According to word received by Mrs. Joe Hughes of Heppner, Miss Gillis was stricken some time Monday but was not found by neighbors until late that day. o Harvey Miller of Philadelphia, Penn., left Tuesday after a visit of several days with John and Rob Wightman and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham. Rodeo guests at Mildred Tueger home were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Harrison and children Doris and Raymond of Condon; Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Tucker and daugh ters of lone and Archie Padberg President's Visit, McNary Dedication To Draw Thousands Details of Day-Long Program Given; Eisenhower Talk Due Upwards of 50,1X10 persons arc expected to attend the dedica tion ceremonies at McNary dam next Thursday, September 23. the U. S. Army Engncers, who have charge of the program, have re vealed. High point of the day- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER will give the main address at the dedication ceremonies at Mc Nary dam next Thursday morning. 30 State Labor Law Violations Found In Morrow County Labor Commissioner W. E. Kim sey released today a report on recent labor surveys checking compliance with the wage and hour law which reveals 30 vio lations among 85 business firms in Morrow county. The Oregon wage and hour law governs the employment of women and min ors in industry. Seven employers failed to ob serve the law which requires them to obtain permits before hiring minors under 18 years of age. Eighteen Morrow county firms did not have timekeeping records accounting for daily and weekly work hours of employes as required by law. Occasional violations of the maximum 8 hour day, 44 hour week were re ported in four firms Labor depu ties pointed out that such over time is permissible only for emergencies through a permit from the labor commissioner. There was one infraction on rest periods. Women in full-time employ ment In the firms checked had an average 41-hour work week and pail-time workers a 21-hour week. Nineteen hours was tha average work week for minors. ATTEND INSTITUTE Mrs. Joe Hughes, county asses sor, and Edwin Walker were in Corvallis las tweek attending the assessors institute held at Oregon Stale college. Bert Masin of Portland, -was a Heppner visitor on Tuesday. I a si ; it . , v . i f T; ' : STRAW BALLOT SHOWS BIG MAJORITY FAVORS DEVELOPMENT OF PARK SITE Last week's story asking the residents of Heppner if they want the city to develop its pre sent so-called park property on north Main street into a useful and attractive park brought an Immediate response from many persons with a heavy majority favoring the plan. A tally of ballots received at the Gazette Times office up to J Wednesday night showed 53 per sons in favor of buildng a park, while 7 votes were recorded against the plan. The proposal as outlined last week suggested that the city keep its property (not accept an offer to sell part of the land) and ask for a special election for ap proval of a 2 mill, 5 year tax to raise inortey to remove all the old buildings, c lean (iff the area and seed it to grass, build rest rooms, and in general, make a useful park out of the site. The plan is only tentative, but It was put CITY PARK STRAW BALLOT To the suggestion that the Heppner city council keep its present park property; ask the voter to approve a special 2-mill, 5 year tax levy (not a bond issue) to finance removing all the old buildings, clean up the grounds, grass, fence and landscape the area and build rest rooms and other facilities, I vote YES NO Mail or bring this ballot program will he the of ficial dedication and speech by President Dwight D. Eisenhower which is scheduled between 9:40 and 11 a. m. President Eisenhower will ar rive in Walla Walla Wednesday night by plane, staying overnight in the Washington city. He and his party will travel by motor cade to the dam Thursday morn ng just prior to his part in the program. Following his speech, he will leave immediately for Pendleton where his plane will be waiting to return him to Washington. Work is progressing rapidly on arrangements to handle the huge crowd and the parking of the many thousands of cars that will bring the visitors, the dedication committee has announced. Much of the work of arranging for the program is being handled by volunteer commit lee members from this part of Oiegon and Washington, with the Army En gineers overseeing the entire pro ject. Many residents of this area have indicated that' they plan to attend the dedication and at least one school, the Lexington school, will not hold classes that day to allow students to attend. At least one class in the Hepp ner high school will also attend. Program Schedule Following is the program schedule as released today: 7:35 a. m. Umatilla high school hand. 7:50 a. m. Air show, 62nd troop carrier wing from Larson Air Force base. 8:20 Richland high school . band. Blue Angles. Naval Air Force Blue Angles, Naval- Air Force base, Corpus Christi, Texas. , 8:55 Kennewlck high school band. 9:00 Air sh0w, Ii 47 bombers, 57th air division, Fairchild Air Forty base. 9:30 Pasco high school band. 9:40 Presidential program and official dedication of McNary dam by Presdent Dwight D. Ei senhower. "21 st Army band, Fort Lewis. 11:05 llermlslon high school band. 11:20 The Elks choraliers, Colville, Wash. 11:30 First phase of water show, Aqua Sports, 12:15 Lunch period. 1:30 p. m. Richland high school band. 1:40 The Chansonettcs, Port land. 1:50 Elks Choraliers. 2: :00 Small boat parade with Kennewick high school band playing aboard ship. 2:30 Second phase of water show. 3: noAir show, U. S. Navy Blue Angels. 3:30 Third phase of water show. 4:00 "Auld Lang Syne" by Umatilla high school band. forward as a suggestion to see whether the people want a park or would rather see the land sold for commercial use. The returns so far leave little doubt that a majority favor developing the land into a playground area. Many persons who returned the ballots expressed the hope that some type of a park develop ment plan could be started in the near future, with only a few per soils voicing any complaint on a 2 mill tax to finance the project. What the younger generation thinks of the plan can be seen from a vote taken In the senior social economics class at Hepp ner high school The students favored the plan by a majority of 23 to 2. The ballot is being printed again this week to give others a chance to vote. It should be returned to the Gazette Tims by next Thursday to be counted in the tally which will be turned over to the citv council. to the Heppner Gazette Times i long