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,
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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,
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Mrs. C F. Feldman of Sunny
vale, California is visiting in this
area.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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