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Heppner Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1955
72nd Year, Number 10
County School
Budget Approved;
Vote Very Light
As is common in most school
budget elections, voters stayed
away from the polls in droves
last Friday, but those who did
vote gave overwhelming 'approv
al to the county rural school bud
get. The total vote was 169 yes
to 47 against.
The amount in excess of the
six percent limitation on which
voters balloted was $362,994.97
out of a total school operating
budget of $500,121.12. This was
a sizeable increase over the 1954
55 budget levy of $383,840, but
last year's budget showed a de
crease due to a large cash carry
over offset from the previous
year. This year's cash carry
over was only normal.
What the tax millage figure
will be Is not yet known as final
county assessment figures have
not been compjled by the asses
sor's office.
All county school districts ap
proved the' budget though in
Heppner and lone the margin
was slim. The vote by districts
showed:
Irrigon 60 yes, 0 no
lone 10 yes, 8 no
Hardman 9 yes, o no
Heppner 38 yes, 29 no
Boardman 34 yes, 7 no
Lexington 18 yes, 3 no
Artist Series
Seen Possible
The Heppner Civic League de
cided, at their meeting Tuesday
evening, to investigate the possi
bility of sponsoring a series of
guest artists in musical concerts.
Any profit made from the series
would most probably be donated
to the city park project, according
to Mrs. Bradley Fancher, presi
dent of the group.
Plans were made for a family
picnic for the League, tq be held
July 17 at the Herren creek park.
Mrs. Larry Dowen reported the
final net on the rummage sale
was $398.00, the largest amount
made on any rummage sale spon
sored for the kindergarten fund.
Mrs. Ed Collison and Mrs. Fred
Sanders were nominated for the
three year term on the kinder
garten board, one to be elected
at the next meeting.
Nels Anderson, Morrow county
agent, was the guest speaker. He
talked on garden culture, telling
how to prepare the" soil for gar
dens, how to prepare seedlings
and he answered questions on
garden problems.
National Honor
Society Chooses Nine
Heppner Students
E. J. Dobbie, principal of the
Heppner high school, has an
nounced that five seniors and
four juniors have been initiated
into the National Honor Society.
Those chosen must be in the
upper one-third of their class
scholastically and 15 of the
seniors are eligible to be chosen
and 10 of the juniors. Very
high standards of scholarship,
service, character and leadership
are shown by those picked by a
committee of teachers.
The seniors from Heppner se
lected were Lilian Elde, Lyle Jen
sen, Sally Palmer, Barbara Prock,
and Patsy Wright. The juniors
are Nancy Anderson, Lynda Bor
man, Darlene Connor, and Lance
Tibbies.
Dance Recital
Draws Large Crowd
A crowd of well over 200 per
sons attended the recent Etta
Sheppard dance recital held In
the Heppner high school gym.
The recital was given as a benefit
for the band uniform fund which
received the $110 proceeds for
the evening.
Over 40 youngsters from Hepp
ner, Lexington, lone and Hermis
ton took part in the recital and
the Heppner high school band
presented several selections dur
ing the evening.
Miss Sheppard presented
Sheridan Wyman, daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wyman with
a trophy for perfect attendance
of all practice classes and Miss
Sheppard was in turn presented
ari orchid for her efforts.
( With the money raised at the
recital the uniform fund exceeded
its goal, members of the band
parents club reported.
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PLANS FOR HANDLING a record entry list of wheat-fed livestock at the ninth annual 4-H and
FFA Fat Stock Show and Sale at The Dalles June 6-8 are checked by Kenneth Smouse, lone,
president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League during a recent conference in The Dalles. From
left, Elmer Lierman, The Dalles, general manager of the show; Smouse, and Earl Meeker, The
Dalles chairman of the league's youth activities committee. More than 600 entries are indicated.
HEAVY WEEKEND RAINS DROP OVER
ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES HERE
Most farmers this week will
claim that the usual statement
that he had "a million dollar
rain" last weekend is a gross
understatement, and taken
county-wide it probably was
worth many times that amount.
Regardless of its dollar value,
the county received one of its
best wettings in many a day
when a total of between one and
one and three-quarters of an inch
of rain fell in the 48 hour period
starting Saturday afternoon. And,
to make it even more valuable,
it all came steadily but gently
with no reports having been re
ceived of any washing or serious
runoff.
Heppner again recorded the
heaviest fall of any weather sta
tion in the county with a total
of 1.59 inches between Saturday
and Tuesday morning. Another
MISS SHARON BRYANT, Heppner
high school junior, who last
week was named as a Pendle
ton Round-Up princess. She
made her first appearance in
her new role last weekend at
the Milton-Freewater Pea Fes
tival. Dick Kononen Wins
State Scholarship
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Richard Kononen, who will gradu
ate from Heppner high school
this year," has been awarded a
state scholarship for study next
year at Oregon State college.
The scholarship, awarded . by
the state system of higher educa
tion, is valued a $120. Students
must rank in the. upper one-third
of their high school graduating
class to be eligible.
Kononen is the son of Mrs.
Kathleen Kononen, Heppner. He
has been student body vice presi
dent and yearbook editor his sen
ior year at Heppner high.
Christian Churches
Planning TV Series
Earl L. Soward, pastor of, the
Heppner Christian church, at
tended a TV program planning
meeting of Christian churches in
Walla Valla last week and was
appointed public relations and
advertising chairman for the
Morrow county Christian chur
ches. The organization is known as
the Christian Church Television
Association and plans are being
made to present some outstand
ing programs over KIMA-KEPR-TV
during the winter.
' Warren Knape, associate pas
tor of the First Christian church
in Yakima is the chairman, of
the association and is trained in
the field of television. He is
working with the council of
churches in his local area and
appears frequently on channel 19.
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.07 inch had fallen earlier in the
month to give May a total of 1.66
up to Wednesday.
Leonard Carlson, Gooseberry
recorder, cheeked 1.25 inches over
the weekend to bring his month's
total to 1.32 and at the Crum
ranch north of lone .77 inch fell
in the two days.
An even heavier rain apparent
ly fell in the higher mountains
and all creeks were up consider
ably this week.
The precipitation was wel
comed by nearly everyone and
the warmer weather which fol
lowed is bringing range grass
and pasture along in excellent
shape.
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Condon Air Base
To Hold Open House
Saturday Afternoon
-The Condon Air Force station
will join with other units of the
armed forces of the United States
to celebrate Armed Forces Day,
Saturday, May 25.
The celebration at the Condon
station will consist of an open
house program from 12 noon to
5 p. m. Conducted tours will be
made around the base, visiting
all sections including the radar
tower and operations center and
several sections will have dis
plays in operation. Arrange
ments are now being completed
for fly-overs of the type of jet
aircraft which are usually used
in the air defense of the country
and visitors will be able to see
planes as they look on radar
scopes.
Light refreshments will be ser
ved in the dining haH during the
afternoon and bus transportation
will run to and from Condon for
the benefit of persons not wish
ing to drive to the base which
is located six miles west of Con
don. Buses will leave the Condon
hotel on the hour beginning at
noon.
A special program will be
broadcast over radio station
KRCO, Prineville from 1:00 to
2:00 p. m. Saturday direct from
the base.
lone Grange Picks
Rodeo Princess
Miss Carolyn Crabtree, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Crabtree of lone, this week was
chosen Morrow county fair and
rodeo princess by the Willows
Grange. She is a junior in the
lone high school and is an excel
lent rider.
More information on her school
and riding activities will be
given at a later date.
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WRANGLER EVENT SET
SUNDAY AT HERMISTON
The Heppner Wranglers will go
to Hermiston Sunday to take
part in the first go-around of
their annual trophy event with
the Umatilla Sage Riders. The
Hermiston group now holds the
trophy and another win this year
will give them permanent posses
sion. The second go-around will be
here June 5.
OES SOCIAL CLUB
MEETING CANCELLED
The OES social club meeting
scheduled for June 4 has been
cancelled it was announced this
week by officers. Regular meet
ings will be resumed in the fall
County Schools
List Dates For
Closing Programs
All county schools will con
clude their school year during
next week with baccalaureate
and commencement exercises
scheduled to start this Sunday.
Following Is a list of dates and
times for the various services:
Heppner
Baccalaureate, Sunday, 7 p. m.
at Methodist church.
Commencement, Wednesday, 8
p. m. at high school gym.
Eighth grade, Thursday, 7:45
p. m.
Lexington
Baccalaureate, Sunday, 8 p. m.
at Christian church.
Commencement, Wednesday, 8
p. m.
lone '-
. Baccalaureate, Sunday, 7:30 p.
m., Community church.
Commencement, Wednesday, 8
p. m., Cafetorium.
Boardman
Baccalaureate, Sunday, 8 p. m.,
Community church.
Commencement, Wednesday, 8
p. m., gymnasium.
Irrigon
Baccalaureate, Sunday
Commencement, Thursday, 8
p. m.
Hardman
Eighth grade commencement,
Wednesday afternoon.
Heppner Gun Men
Take Shoot Honors
Dale Brown, and Buster Pad
berg.Heppner tied in the 100 bird.
16 yard event at the third annual
Mid-Columbia shoot held at the
Morrow County Gun Club
grounds south of Heppner. Both
men broke 97 birds in the first
round, but Brown came out the
winner in the shoot-off. .
In the big shoot, which was
held in a steady rain, the Hepp
ner 5-man team came out on top
with a bird total of 479, followed
closely by Condon with 475. Five
teams took part with Condon,
Kinzua, Fossil Arlington and
Heppner entered in the day's
shooting which saw over 6,000
targets being tripped.
In the 50-bird handicap event
Luke Bibby came out winner
after a first round tie between
Bibby, Pete Wheelhouse of Ar
lington and John Lane of Hepp
ner. In the special purse shoots,
pete Wheelhouse won the Turner,
Van Marter and Bryant event,
John Lane the Wilson purse and
Luke Bibby the Farley Motor
Company purse.
This is the third year of the
shoot which would have drawn
more teams from Pendleton and
Hermiston had not the bad wea
ther prevented several members
from making the trip. It Is the
first time it has been held in
Heppner.
Heppner and Condon teams are
tied for third place in the Oregon
Journal shoot and both teams
will travel to Portland this week
end for a shoot-off.
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ROYAL ARCH MEET SET
There will be a special meet
ing of Heppner chapter 26 of
Royal Arch Masons Saturday
evening it has been announced.
There will be work for the Royal
Arch degree.
Polio Vaccination Program
To be Started Here Monday
City of Heppner
Expenses to Drop
In Coming Year
The city budget committee on
Monday night approved and turn
ed over to the council a budget
for the city of Heppner for 1955-
56 which calls for a total expen
diture of $93,544.50. This reflects
a drop from last year's expendi
tures of $102,067.50 though the
amount to be raised by taxes
shows a slight Increase.
Last year's budget included an
amount of $15,000 for water
bond redemption for which there
was a like amount of money
available for the payment from
a cash carryover from previous
years. This year there is only
$5,000 plus interest budgeted for
the regularly redemption plan on
the bonds which will be paid off
in another two years.
Other income from the water
department, county road tax,
state gasoline tax etc., will bring
the city in a total of $78,806
which leaves only $14,738.50 to be
raised by taxes for the general
operation of the city. This is up
less than $700 over the like figure
for last year, it was pointed out.
Included in the budget are
funds to pay for the necessary
filter equipment to be installed
at the swimming pool and $16,
500 for streets and bridges. Most
other departments will operate
on approximately the same they
did during the present year. The
budget will be published in full
within the next few weeks.
Guy Boyer Dies
At John Day
Word was received here today
of th e death Wednesday morning
at John Day of Guy Boyer, 69,
years of age. He has been ill for
several weeks.
Mr. Boyer was well known In
Heppner, having lived here for
many years prior to moving to
John Day where he operated a
furniture store.
Funeral services are to be hefd
Friday morning at 10 a. m. at
Driscoll's Funeral Home chapel in
John Day with graveside rites
under the direction of the Hepp
ner Elks lodge at 2:30 p. m. Fri
day at the Heppner Masonic
cemetery.
A complete obituary will ap
pear next week.
Three Get Nod For
Boys State Trip
Three local high school boys,
Jay Sumner of Heppner and Gary
White and Ernest Drake of lone
have been selected to attend
Beaver Boys State to be held June
12 to 18 at Oregon State College.
The boys were chosen by mem
bers of the Heppner and lone
American Legion posts who will
sponsor the boys from their re
spective communities.
The Boys State is an annual
meeting where the youth of Ore
gon are taught all phases of the
American form of government.
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TOLL BRIDGE, MAYBE? Wayne Corwin. Heppner, driver ol this
car, pleaded guilty to reckless driving in police court Tuesday and
was fined 550 (toll charge) for driving his car across the foot
bridge leading from Main street to the school. Corwin made it
across the'bridge but got tangled in the fence along the sidewalk
on the west end and was arrested by police chief Floyd Hutchins.
Value Days Again
Offer Special Buys
Nearly three pages of adver
tisements elsewhere in this issue
of the Gazette Times tell of the
special values being offered by
local merchants in the second of
this year's series of Heppner
Value Days which is sponsored by
the merchants committee of the
chamber of commerce.
Shoppers will again be treated
to free parking anywhere in
downtown Heppner through the
courtesy of the city and the mer
chants and a special free kiddies
show will be given for all the
youngsters Saturday afternoon at
2 p. m. at the Star Theater.
The selling event runs through
Saturday, May 21.
Ronald Baker Wins
Two Top Senior
Awards at WSC
Ronald Baker, senior at Wash
ington State College and the son
of Mr. and Mrs.'E. M. Baker of
lone, was last week selected as
one of the Big Ten among out
standing senior students and also
chosen as "Aggie of the Year"
from candidates in all depart
ments of agriculture at the col
lege. Baker's position among the Big
Ten seniors was announced last
Thursday at the WSC senior Con
vocation held on the campus. The
award Is given in recognition for
outstanding service and achieve
ment. The "Aggie" award was an
nounced at a recognition assem
bly sponsored by the Associated
Students of the college of agri
culture also held last week. Baker
is a past president of the asso
ciated Students of the college
of agriculture,, president f Farm
House and a grand champion
in the Little International, and a
Danforth winner. He also recei
ved the National Block and Bridle
trophy for the outstanding senior
in animal husbandry.
He will graduate at Commence
ment exercises to be held June 5.
Poppy Days to Be
Observed May 27-28
Friday and Saturday, May 27
and 28 will be Poppy Days in
Heppner it was announced this
week by Mrs. William Heath,
chairman of the American Le
gion Auxiliary Poppy committee.
Women of the organization will
be selling the poppies in Heppner
on those days.
Money raised from the poppy
sale goes to aid disabled veter
ans, their widows and children
and for child welfare. All the
funds remain in the state, it was
pointed out.
Many Heppner stores have the
poppy boards on display and
Humphreys Drug Company will
have an entire display of popples
riext week.
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE DUE
A representative of the La
Grande Social Security adminis
tration will be in the Heppner
city hall from 9 a. m. to 12 noon
on Wednesday, May 25 to inter
view persons who have ques
tions pertaining to social secur
ity and to assist those who wish
to file application for benefits.
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First and Second
Graders to Get
Two Vaccine Shots
Salk Polio vaccine shots will be
given to all first and second
grade children in the county who
desire them starting next Mon
day. May 23, Dr. A. D. McMurdo
county health officer said Wed
nesday Xollowing receipt of a
telegram from the state board
of health giving the anti-polio
program an official OK.
The telegram from Dr. Harold
M. Erickson, state health officer,
said, "State board of health re
commends and medical society
approves initiating Salk Vaccine
program. First and second
graders must be offered vaccine.
Many counties started May 23."
Dr. McMurdo said today that
he will start giving the first shots
to all first and second grade
students whose parents have not
withdrawn permission, on next
Monday. He plans to give the
voccine at the Heppner, Lexing
ton and lone schools on Monday
and to students at Irrigon and
Boardman on Tuesday.
Dr. McMurdo said that he has
sufficient Parke-Davis vaccine on
hand to give two shots to all the
first and 'second grade children
who desire it and that he plans
to give the second shot about
three weeks after the first. All
schools will be out by the time
the second shot Is given but ar
rangements will be made to have
the children brought to central
locations around the county, pro
bably to the schools for their se
cond shot. Exact dates and the
places will be announced later,
lie said.
The polio innoculation program
was originally scheduled to start
about two weeks ago but was
held up while the vaccine was
given additional investigation
after several cases of polio had
been reported in children who
had received their first shot. Sub
sequent checks have shown that
vaccine now in the hands of the
doctors tias passed all tests and
is safe to use.
Letfermens Banquet
Set for Tuesday
The annual Heppner high
school lettermen's banquet has
been set for next Tuesday even
ing, May 21 at the Legion hall,
it was announced this week by
members of the Lions club, spon
sors of the event. High school
mothers are to prepare and serve
the dinner.
Awards will be given to all
high school letter winners In
football, basketball, baseball and
track with coach Jim Mallon to
award the football and track let
ters and coach Larry Dowen the
basketball and baseball letters.
Jack Flug will serve as master
of ceremonies.
Tickets for the banquet are
now on sale at Turner, Van Mar
ter and Bryant insurance office at
$1.25 per person and they will be
available at other places of busi
ness this weekend.
It is to be a stag affair but
will be open to the public.
County TB Ass'n.
Gets 25 Year Award
Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, vice
president of the Morrow county
TB and Health association, re
turned from Portland early this
week where she attended the an
nual meeting of the Oregon Tu
berculosis and Health association.
Mrs. Stevens presided at the
morning meeting and introduced
the speaker, Dr. Vincent Glandin.
On behalf of the Morrow coun
ty association, Mrs. Stevens ac
cepted a 25 year citation tendered
to it in recognition of its affilia
tion with the state organization.
SAFETY FILM SEEN
Members of the chamber of
commerce were shown a traffic
safety and road hazard film at
their Monday noon meeting. It
was shown by Jack Whiteman
and Hy Shoop of Empire Ma
chinery Company, Fendleton.
Mrs. Stephen Thompson visit
ed in Heppner Tuesday.