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L I 3RAR U OF 0 EUQEBE. ORE. liemmer Crates alette Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday November 7, 1957 74th Year, Number 35 er When fly rleppsi 61 Missing From High School Monday Flu, colds and other related ill nesses last weekend laid low such a great number of Heppner high and grade students that school officials, after taking one lock Monday morning at the empty seats called a halt to clas ses and dismissed all studtents until Tuesday, Nov. 12. A count of drippy noses in the high school Monday morning showed there were only 52 stu dents present out of an enrollment of 134 an absenteeism of over 61 percent, and many of those who showed up shouldn't have been there, it was reported. Across the street in the elem entary school 112 students were missing out of an enrollment of 365, not such a heavy percentage as in the high school except that in some of the 5th and 6th grade classes there were only five or six students. Joining the students on the sick list were four teachers, Mrs. Roy Kirk, who has been in the hos- SLANTS FROM THE SESSION By Nicky Tom Special session, second week. I don't think anyone took Gover nor Holmes seriously when he pre dicted that the legislature could wind the session up in five days. Most of us are still hoping to be through by the end of this week but some feel that even this is wishful thinking. The House last Thursday pas sed the Governor's tax relief bill on an almost straight party line vote. The Republican minority held out for a 25 reduction in taxes rather than the 10 in the bill. The Senate tax committee has amended the bill to an even grea ter extent, however, rolling taxes back to the level of 1953. The bill in this form will almost surely pass the Senate, since Democrat ic Senators Ben Musa of The Dal les and Harry Boivin of Klamath Falls are both voting with Re publicans on the issue. Sentiment is strong among some senators that they should delay action on the tax bill un til the House considers the mea sure passed by the Senate last week to take away the state's power to levy a property tax. The bill passed the Senate 29 to 1 .but it is feared that it will be clob bered in the House, as it was dur ing the last session. The opinion shared by many in regard to the automatic state property tax (the law giving the tax commission the power to levy a state property tax in the event of a shortage in the general fund for that biennium) is that it actSj as a psychological Sword of Dam ocles over the heads of legislat ors. The theory is that fear of what a state property tax would do to to local communities causes the tax committees to write, and the individual members to vote for, a much higher income tax rate than is necessary to run the state. Hence the surplus. So at this point it remains to be seen which bill will be en acted first. Perhaps both of them will be taken care of before this reaches print. The third legislative item of major importance is the bill to increase basic school support by $10 per census child. This also passed the House last Thursday by 42 to 17, and was approved by the Senate tax committee 7 to 2. It came to the floor of the Senate for final action today but was sent back to committee for am endment. There apparently will be an ef fort to make sure that any in crease given to basic at this point will be given definite property tax relief. I wish I could explain ' how they plan to go about it but this one is truly beyond me, In view of the distribution formula which has been so hard on our part of the state. In making the motion to send the bill back to committee for amendment Senator Lowry salff this morning, "In the past the philosophy has been that educa Continued on Page 6 Students implies pital for several days with pneu monia, Mrs. Lester Boulden, Larry Dowen and Gordon Pratt. The Heppner schools had been lucky during past weeks in dodg ing the flu epidemic which has struck in many parts of the state, but last Friday the disease began to make inroads on attendance. That morning over 50 students were absent, but by afternoon an other 30 or more had given up 'he fight and went home to bed. The Friday epidemic seriously affected the high school's annual homecoming celebration and led directly to Stanfield's 30 to 0 shel lacking of the Mustangs that night at the rodeo field. Only 18 football boys were suited-up for the game and two or three of those who did get to the field probably shouldn't have been there. The normal football turn out is about 34 boys. School officials said this week that it will not be necessary to hold classes later in the spring to make up for the five days which will be lost this week inasmuch as the state allows schools 10 days off their regular planned sched ule due to emergency. Monday Game Tentative High school football coach Jim Mallon said this week that he plans to call a football workout for today (Thursday) in an effort to see how many members of the team are in condition to practice for the season's final game next Monday against Echo. It is plan ned now to play the game, which will be in the afternoon at Echo, if there are a sufficient number "of players recuperated. It will not definitely be known until late this afternoon or tomorrow, how ever. The epidemic has not been con fined just to school youngsters during the past several days as there have been a great many ad ults stricken since last weekend. There has still been no labora tory report received here as to whether the disease is actually Asian flu or some other variety, but whatever the type it has tak en its toll in the Heppner area. At the present time no other county schools are reporting any great number of cases, county health officials reported. Lexing ton and lone schools report only a normal absentee list for the past week or 10 days. HEPPNER-ECHO GAME MONDAY STILL IN DOUBT Heppner coach Jim Mallon raid at noon today (Thursday) that it still is not certain wheth er hte Heppner-Echo game will be played next Monday. Practice was c-lled at 10 o' clock this morning and only 13 boys showed up. but Mallon said he knew of about six more who we;e absent for reas other than flu. Another pract ice is set for this afternoon and if c sufficient number of play ers do not turn out then, the game will undoubtedly be cancelled. o Spray Girls Injured When Car Overturns In John Day River Elsie Jenkins, 16, and Sandra Younce, both of Spray were injur ed Saturday when the car in which they were riding missed a turn and overturned in the John Day river a short distance below Spray. Miss Younce managed to escape from the car and climb to the highway where she stopped a pas sing car, the driver of which dove into the river and extricated Miss Jenkins who was unconsci ous and nearly drowned. She was given artificial respiration for nearly two hours before she re gained consciousness. Dr. C. M. Wagner of Heppner flew to Spray to give aid to the girl who was later brought to Pioneer Memorial hospital for treatment. She had a cerebral concussion and a fract ured vertebrae. Misss Younce suf fered only bruises. The name of the passing mot orist who saved Miss Younce was not known here. Given Most Classrooms . -4,1 t "" o iJ EMPTY CHAIRS greeted teachers in Heppner schools Monday as the widespread flu epidemic descended upon 'this area This photo was taken after classes were dismissed Monday morning, but th picture would have been little different in many rooms had the classes still been in session. Some rooms had only a half-dozen youngsters in attendance. All Heppner schools, were dismissefl until next Tuesday morning. Monday being a regular holiday. (GT Photo) FLU CASES IN OREGON DURING WEEK HIGHEST IN HISTORY OF STATE The state board of health an nounced Tuesday that 5,815 cases of flu were reported in Oregon last week, the highest number for a one-week period in the state's history. The report erased a 39-year-old record of 4,615 cases reported for hte week of November 2-9, 1918, and raised the total number of flu cases reported in Oregon so far this year to 22,434. The largest number of cases ever recorded during an entire year was the 28,651 tabulated in 1918, which state officials predict will be top ped within the next two weeks. Dr. Samuel B. Osgood, state epi demiologist, said last week's re ported incidence was 55.6 percent higher than the 3,736 cases re ported the previous seven-day period, and 135.3 percent above the 2,471 cases two weeks ag.o Asian flu is believed primarily Soil District Heads To Attend State Association Meeting The ninth annual meeting of Oregon Association of Soil Con servation Districts will be held at Tillamook November 21 and 22. Ralph Wilson, president of the association states this may be the largest and best meeting yet held by the state association. Highlights of the meeting will include a banquet address by Dr. A. L. Strand, president of- Oregon State college; a luncheon address on the 21st by Mrs. Armas Jakku of Hood River, who recently re turned from travels in the middle east; a luncheon address on the 22nd by Mr. Robert McClelland, program advisor of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts; and a panel of soil con servation district supervisors who will discuss the topic "Promoting Soil and Water onservation." R. L. Harriman of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company will present the winners of Goodyear's contest with their awards, and the Industrial Forestry associa tion will present tree farm certi ficates to newly certified tree farmers. Preceding the convention on November 20 will be a soil judging tour held for supervisors and farmers from sail conserva tion districts. Cash awards for the winners will be presented during the convention. Among agency speakers will be Dr. A. L. Hafenrichter, plant ma terials technician of tht Soil Con servation service, Portland; a rep resentative of the state forester's office, Salem; and William Sauer wein, woodland specialist for the Soil Conservation service, Alb any, j The ladies auxiliary has sched uled an active program for the wives of t h e supervisors and farmers attending the convention. The Oregon Association of Soil Conservation Districts is compos ed of farmer supervisors of the 55 soil consercation districts in Oregon. Attending from the Hepp ner Soil Conservation District will be Mr. and Mrs. Raymond French, Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson, and John Wlghtman. Raymond French Is chairman of the local district board. Holiday ' 1 T lin' f I tl 1 responsible for the sharp rise in cases. He emphasized the report in cludes only those cases certified as flu by a physician and report ed to the state by a local health department. The report may rep resent only "five or ten percent" of the actual Incidence last week, Dr. Osgood said, because most people do not consult a physician for flu. In addition, four counties failed to report any communic able diseases last week, and the city of Portland only reported 17 cases of flu. Malheur county appeared hard est hit with 710 cases reported out of a population of 23,380, follow ed by Yamhill with 754 cases out of a population of 30,700. Dr. Osgood said the only two defenses against flu are vaccina tion and the maintenance of good health habits. Oregon's to tal allotment of the new vaccine now stands at more than 200,000 shots, which can be obtained only through private physicians. If a physician is temporarily out of vaccine, persons wanting the pro tection should ask to be placed on a waiting list, he said. Oregon counties where Asian flu has been confirmed by labora tory tests so far include: Mult nomah, Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Lincoln, Linn, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Josephine, Jack son, Klamath, Jefferson, Grant, Umatilla and Malheur. . Dr. Osgood said 23 counties have already had outbreaks of suspected Asian flu. About one out of every five per sons in Oregon is expected to have Asian flu before the present epidemic runs its course some time after the first of next year, Dr. Osgood said. o Council Approves Building Permits The. Heppner city council Mon day night approved building per mits totaling over $17,500. I The largest permit was issued, the following Monday, with inter to James Healy for the construe-1 ment at the Redmond cemetery. tion of a new residence on Green street to cost $15,000. Other per mits were to J. G. Barratt, addi tion to building on Main street occupied by Ford's Tire Service, cost $2,500; and to Burton H. Peck, enlarging room on house, $200. In other business the council approved the renewal of liquor licenses for Bucknum's Tavern, Elks Club and Heppner Market. o Mrs. Milton Loney and Mrs. Mary Davis of Walla Walla spent the weekend with their sister, Mrs. F. E. Parker and Mr. Park er. WEATHER The Heppner reports: Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. weather station Hi 59 53 48 47 44 46 53 Low 38 31 24 23 22 25 31 Pr. Rainfall for the week, a trace; for Octobeh, 3.02; for November, a trace; for the ytar 14.50 Inches. Kick-OffloBe Wednesday For County Planning Plans have been completed by the Morrow county town and country planning conference for a kick-off meeting to get con ference committees under way. The kickoff will be held in the county court room at Heppner on Wednesday, November 13, begin ning at 1:30 p.m. Assisting with the program for the day will be Jean Scheel, assistant director, Oregon State college, and Art Kins, conservation specialist, Oregon State college. Dining the day some 200 mem bers of the seven committees and others interested are expected to formulate topics which are of Int erest to the county and will be considered during the winter months. Background material will be presented which will include changes in Morrow county and Oregon occurring over the past 10 years. A look into the future will be made. County judge Garnet Barratt will review county acti vities for the past 10 years. While chairman for all com mittees have not yet been found, it is thought that chairmanships will be filled and committee members appointed this week. Those who have accepted chair manships are Gerald Swaggart, livestock committee; Mrs. E. M. Baker, youth activities commit tee; Frank Anderson, farm crops committee and Kenneth Peck, conservation and land use. Committees left to fill are pub ic education, family and commun ity living and development of off farm resources. Letters will go out this week to all committees appointed at this time, however the public is invited to attend. o Heppner Schools Make Plans For Education Week In observance of National Edu cation week November 12 through 15, the Heppner schools are mak ing plans for visitations to schools by many of the parents. The high school will have a contest to see which class will have the most parents visit dur ing the week. Slips will be sent home to the parents, the first of the week, so that they may sign up to eat lunch one day during the week, at school with their children. Superintendent Joe Stewart says parents are urged t0 visit any ( lasses they wish during the week so they will become famili ar with the school procedures, teaching system and faculty. It is only by the parents knowing and understanding what their child ren are doing at school that they can help them be better students. Funeral Services For Raymond M. Rogers Held In Redmond Word has been received of the sudden death of Ray Rogers at his home in Redmond on October 23. Death was the result of a heart attack. Funeral services were held from the Redmond Communitv Presbvterian church Raymond Minor Rogers was born July 16, 1892 at Heppner, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs, Ellis Minor, Morrow county pio neers. He grew up and attended school in Heppner and in 1923 married Gwendolyn Darbee of Heppner. Soon thereafter they moved to Redmond where they have since resided. Besides his widow, he Is surv ived by one daughter, Mrs. Mer rltt A. 'Dorothy Ann) Boone of Clernson, S.C.; one son, Donald D. Rogers of Redmond, and fouf grandsons. He also leaves one brother, Max Rogers of Salem. He was a cousin of Stanley Minor. Besides being active in other organizations, Rogers was a 40 year member of the Heppner Elks lodge of which his fahter was a charter member. o EXAMINER COMING A drivers license evaminer will be on duty in Heppner, Tuesday, November 19 at the court house between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Heppner Doctors Say Two Asian Flu Shots Better Protection At a staff meeting 0f the Pio neer Memorial hospital on No vember 4, the Heppner doctors discussed the Asian influenza program and after thorough con sideration it was decided, in ord er to increase the protection ag ainst the influenza, a second shot should be given two weeks after the first shot. A stronger shot is now in the process of making but when it will be available no one yet knows. When the stronger vac cine is available the experts be lieve it will give much better protection than the present vaccine. PP & L Completes Heppner Project Pacific Power and Light com pany has completed a power line conversion project in the Hep pner area which will raise dis tribution voltages from 2,300 to 12,000 volts, it was reported here by J. R. Huffman, local PP&L manager. The project cost nearly $17,000 and 'will greatly strengthen and improve electric service in the local area, he said. The project called for the stringing of more than 34,000 feet of new conductor and the installation of 116 new transformers. Huffman also pointed out that the power company plans no fur ther service interruptions which were necessary during the volt age conversion work. Included in the conversion was the installation of a new system of "fuse coordination" which will minimize the effect of lino troub les and provide increased service continuity. The new system, Huff man explained, will "pin point" the location of any line trouble and automatically Isolate that section from the rest of the cir cuit. -o Offices, Stores to Close On Monday All city, county, state and federal officees, banks and most local businesses will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veteran's dory. o Civic League Sale Helps Kindergarten The Civic League rummage sale held last Friday and Saturday at Rosewall Motor Company cleared around $300.00 for the kindergart en fund, it reported by Mrs. M. C. Huggett. Selling chairman for the event were Mrs. Howard Cleveand and Mrs. Stanley Holm. NOT TYPE LICE, BUT FLU BUG UPSETS GAZETTE TIMES SHOP The flu bug, wanting to be imparticl, took a swat at the Gazette Times shop too this week, putting the linotype op erator and the printer out of commission at various times. With the crew cut short there are many usual features miss , ' I ! li f W ., . .. V if--..- . y-.K.-r.-i '-'- I . 1 i I ' i . , I . i t' . ; i " mX " , . ii i i wmii mm nr rrVr " :" LEXINGTON HOMECOMING QUEEN Pat SteagalL daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur SteagalL Is being crowned by Tommy Martin, president of the freshman class at Lexington high school. Howard Morgan To Speak Saturday At REA Meeting Howard Morgan, state public utilities commissioner of Salem, will be the afternoon speaker at the annual meeting of the Colum bia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., Saturday at the fair pavilion. Registration will be at 10:30 a. m., .with dinner served at 11:30 a.m. by the ladles of the Rhea creek grange. In the afternoon officers reports will be heard and election of dir ectors held with Guy Arbogast, Condon; Henry Baker and Ken neth Srnouse of lone, whose terms have expired, being nominated to replace themselves on the board and others nominated are James Logan, Cecil; Ralph Eakin, Cond on; George Miller. Cecil; V. L. Carlson lone, and George Currln, Heppner. Besides Morgan's address, there will also be an address by Henry Alderman, publisher of Ruralite, and Harley B. Young, manager of the cooperative, will give his an nual report. After eight years of progress the cooperative reports 40 miles of transmission line and 86 miles of distribution line and an operat ing revenue of $165,405.76, with a net margin of $3,365.33. Total assets of the cooperative amount to $1,920,917. 01, accord ing to the annual statement, cop ies of which will be given out to those present. Officers are Kenneth J. Smouse, lone, president; Walter Jaeger, Condon, vice president; Jack Hynd, Jr., Cecil, secretary-treas.'; and directors are Wayne Ander son, Condon; O. E. Peterson, lone; Henry Baker, lone; John Hanna, Heppner; Guy Arbogast, Condon; and James Hoag, Blalock. It Is urged that all members and their families attend the meeting Saturday and there will be door prizes awarded. Oakridge Hunter Dies Here Sunday Carl B. Mumpower, 63, Oak ridge, Ore., died early Monday at Pioneer Memorial hospital. He and his wife and a third person had been in a hunting party In the mountains near Heppner. An attending physician report ed that Mr. Mumpower was In an advanced state of diabetic co ma when he was brought to the hospital Sunday night and had been ill for two or three days. Creswick Mortuary took the body to the Willamette valley Tuesday for services. o Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cohn left Wednesday to attend the Oregon Woolgrowers' convention in Port land. ing from this week's paper and stories that had to be left out It is hoped that everything will be back to normal next week and that no one feels neglected because some stories were left out. Mr. Flu Bug Is one person you don't argue withl
