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Hf ppim ferfft Sim? & MOHBOW COUNTY'S NEWPAER The Heppner Gazette, established Maroh 80, 1881. The Heppner Time. eetakllihed November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, M12 t 3T km 'fliWSPAMt fUiUSHIRS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Pvibllsher G RETCH EN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION v Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner Oron - condss Mat, Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant counties, i.u year; aisi-vmcc . , " - What Is The County Unit School Plan? One of the most important measures that Morrow county voters will decide upon Novem ber 4 will be the measure seeking the creation of a county unit school district (or system) within the county. The action on this plan is being taken to assist with the required school reorganization law which was passed by the last legislature. The law under which such a district can be formed is somewhat complicated, and it Is further complicated by the fact that the re organization law takes precedence over the first one in many points. This fact may bring some minor changes in the operation of a county unit district In the future, but they will not be of great consequence. There are many questions that voters are ask ing about a county unit system and they should ask them and know as many of the answers as possible before they vote. It would be al most an impossibility for us to go Into all facets of the plan here, but we will attempt to clarify some of the main points. The county unit system would create within Morrow county one county school district com prising the complete area of Morrow county. One county district school board composed of five directors (probably later enlarged to seven directors under terms of the reorganization act) would be elected from five zones to be estab lished In the county. All real and personal property and uncollected taxes belonging to all districts (in existence at the time of the formation of the county-wide district), joint districts, county or district high schools etc would become the property of the county school board and would be subject to . the control of said board. Also all Indebtedness of the original districts would become an obli gation of the county unit district. The county school board would have the power to employ the superintendent and all necessary assistant superintendents, supervisors, teachers, etc. It could sell and convey such lands and other district property it deemed not necessary for school purposes. It could designate the high school which the pupils of any part of the county school district shall attend, enter into contracts with other school districts for admission of pupils from other districts (in effect, on a tuition basis.) It could consolidate schools and arrange nece ssnry pupil transportation when deemed advis able. There would be created within the boundaries of the county district, sub-districts (probably where existing schools now exist) and each sub district would have a local school committee of three members. They shall care for school prop erty and report to the county district superinten dent on the wishes and needs of the sub-district school. They may also reject teachers assigned to the school by the county school board. That, basically is the meaning of the county unit school plan. Its establishment and opera tion is o course implemented by many other points of the law which fall largely into the classillcation of the administration and manage ment. One very big point in favor of the county unit school district is that automatically Morrow county would gain between $800,000 and $1,000, 000 in taxable valuation which now goes to other schools in Gilliam and Umatilla counties because of joint districts which lie in both Mor row and the adjoining counties. At the present time students living in these Joint districts go to school In Arlington or Echo and in all prob ability they would continue to do so, but they would go under a tuition plan (with the tuition paid by the county district) rather than under the tax plan which is now in effect and has re sulted in school districts in this county losing THIRTY YEARS A50 From the files of the Gazette-Times October 11, 1928 !.lnnV.li ammint nf monOV. U CUIIMUCIUUII. The county unit system can be established in Morrow county by a majority voie 01 uk vmn, ... .v. .i owtinn Nnvpmher 4. Each individ ual present district does not have to approve It just a majority voie 01 an tuumj bring its formation. taxDavers is the ques tion of how existing indebtedness (or lack of it in some districts) will etiect raxes in any 6i Tkn oneuiPF tn this nuestion is a compli- cated proceedure which we doubt that we could explain in understanaame language, um ... c. na for an annralsal of all school property by the county school board and a credit (or debit) to individual districts for their n !i roHinn in rpiation to the district as a illiauiiaj waiiiun ... Other residents are worrying about whether a present district could find itselt witnout a scnooi v, ,,., unit nian Is anoroved. It Is possible that the county school, board in the interest of economy and Improved educational opportunities the closure of a school 1U1 DlUUCI.m iu..-. - and transport its students to an adjoining school, . . ill .......1.1 n.UKlu n(Vlir. however, in most cases mis wuu.u f'uuu,j only in the case of high schools. The county district board would have the power to consoli date present schools if deemed advisable, or to build ne,w ones where needed, but such action is not an arbitrary part of this measure. If such action were taken in the future it would be after due deliberation and consideration by the board which would represent the whole county. Should the county unit system be approved in Morrow county, no changes could be made in any school until the completion of the present school year. It is our understanding from persons who are closely concerned with the school problems of the county that there would probably be only a small dollar saving in school cost under the county unit system, at least for the present. There would however, be the chance for better educa tional programs and opportunities for all stu dents In the county. A big complaint of the county unit plan Is the that the individual present dis trict will loose its control of its own school. Some of this fear Is offset by the requirement tnai 0i,nh iii..ntiipt. which would loeicallv be the present districts, will have its own local school rtimitt Thor is also another point to con- ui.i. n,i tht i thp npcess'.tv for some sort of thp vcrv near future. If this lan't rionp voluntarily, it will be done by the state and it might then be done in a manner not to tne HKing 01 anyone in me email. Hiutricu Thprp is also a decided move ment to get an even larger percentage of total frnm Hip state (basic school sup port), and as this percentage rises, so will the ich comes from the state the two always go hand in hand. To offset this possibility, a county unit pian is seemingly - r...ntahio tn thp state as a reorganization measure, and it is one in which the voters of the county .iw... rnn.l itrl 1 1 hVf a SUV. We believe that is much better than having the state eventually tell us what to do with our scnoois, wnemer we mm th.iir ihp.is nr not and it must be remem- h,.r..,i that nrpspnt laws. even, make such a thing possible merely by withholding state funds if we do not comply with requirement. It u Ihiu nanp r's hplipf that the proposed county unit school plan would work to the benefit of all education in Morrow county, ana evemuany iu the taxpayer's benefit. There will be many com petent discussions of all phases of the plan be tween now and election day and we urge every one who can to attend one or more of them to get a better understanding of the overall picture. Memorial Little Theatre build ing. According to Miss Frances Harvey, local arrangements chairman, the school .begins at 7 PM and ends at 10 pm. V v .... a... iMjuivnuuui r - - A nartv of seven, consisting of frnm th National Livestock and Ed Bennett, Austin Devin, Law- Meat Board will conduct the rence, Harley, Delvin, Lyle and school assisted by Dorothy M T nrln MattftonM onH Flflnn CflVf ot 111 n.niAti Gtqia vOlotra PV . were deer hunters who had good tension service. Roblchaud will iuck wis weeK. show how to get several cuts from one cut of meat, demon- Among those noted at Hermis- strate attractive ways of cook ton Saturday for the project fair jngi serving and carving and were Gay M Anderson, wife and Offor money saving Ideas that daughter, Mrs Fred E Farrlor, Mr can be passed on to consumers, and Mrs R W Turner and son, Both extension agents; Mrs Kath Mr and Mrs Vawter Crawford, Mr erine Hager, home economics in and Mrs Harrv Turner. Mr and ctniptnr. HenDner hieh school: Mrs Chas Jones and family be- t, L Robbins, vocational ag in- sides all the members of the foot- structor, Heppner; Mrs N C An i ii j . . i. i .,in..tn . . . i i i . oau squau anu mcir auenuauis. (jerson, meat promuuun uwu I . . nnliA I H T, rt.i i n fir CmlT PpllPQ rnall, iviuiiuw .wi4.tj i-w " " ' The Peoples Central Market Heppner and Mrs John Graves, was opened for business again on beef promotion chairman, Ore Saturday, the business having gon state Cattleman's Associa been purchased by Henry tion, Hardman are planning to Schwarz and his son Leonard. 1 attend. Retailers, restaurant op- lerators, and chefs who are in-- Mr and Mrs Glen Jones are pre- j terested In attending this school paring to move to their new home ' can get more information from nearing completion on the Hepp- this office, ner Flat ranch of Mr Jones. I - ' T lnA " nhanna in .An A lot George J Currin and hisson, - - ia the! uesaay rne nugn uumn came over uum tne h Morrow range area last nsj-t of everal numbers by the latter ranch near Pilot Rock on .... ,i,ii. ,oiu. i-u"!lhl ul M-vau 1 1 t. ... Tuesday. 2 two feeder steers from the John Kenney herd which he will feed out. HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. October 8-. 1958 CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH Charles V Knox, minister Bible school, 8:43 am. Worship, 11 a m. Choir practice, Tkursday, 7:30 p m. LEXINGTON Mr and Mrs Don Hatfield had as their dinner guests Sunday secretary of State Mark Hatfield and wife and George McMurphy of Salem. Those from Lexington attend ing the reception for Mark Hat field at the school house In Hepp ner were, Mr and Mrs Jack Bar ak, Mr and Mrs Ken Peck and Don Hatfield. Irene Nolan was teacher In the 3rd and 4th grade rooms a couple of days last week in the absence of Mrs C C Carmichael. The seniors motored to lone on Thursday where they heard an instructive talk on college by Francis Nickerson. Lexington Jackrabbits motored o lone on Friday where they met the lone team in a most exciting football game of this season. The score was 31 - 18 in Lexington's favor. Lexington P-TA will meet on Tuesday at the school auditor IONE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Charles Wilkes, Pastor Sunday school at 10 am. Morning worship 11 am. Young People's meeting at 7:00 p m. Evening worship at 8:00 pm. Prayer meeting at 8:00 pm on Thursday evening. GO TO THE STAR THEATER TONIGHT! Tnpsdav afternoon while walk ing several miles to get help to be pulled out of tne sana. un over the past few years. All al- the Alec Lindsay range where falfa growers were extended an Alec has done a considerable Invitation to attend the aphid amount of seeding from time to control tour at xne Andrew Bro thers, Echo Meadows farm Wed nesday afternoon of this week. Their damaee will be observed and a resistant variety Lahon- tan will be compared witn otner varieties for damage. Spray dem onstrations by airplane and ground applicators will also be a part of the program. If inter est warrants we will plan to do further demonstrational work here in the county on the con trol of this new insect and ac quaint people with its damage. We have a new bulletin "The Spotted Alfalfa Aphid - how to control it" which interested per sons can have by caning at tne office. Professional people who service consumers with meat informa tion and want to know more about meat are invited to a time during the oast seven years, at least a part or tne seeaings are paying off with much im proved foraee on the range. Cat tle were found to be working a seven year old seeding or crested wheat grass quite thoroughly and from the looks of the cows and calves they are not wanting for something to eat. A new seed ing made last fall of pubescent wheat grass is looking excellent. We might also add that Aiec nas recently added four top quality bulls to his herd. These were nurchased a week ago at the an nual Lakeview sale. Alec has consistantly bought the top bulls available in the state. His calf crop reflects this quality with thick, deep kind of calves that any range man would be proud to market. Billy Doherty is picking out one of Alec's top steers this year as a 4-H project. During tne past second grade under Mrs Alyce Waddill and some other special number and retresnments in tne cafeteria. I'AVY SQUADRON RECEIVES AWARD C J Bevan. son of Mr and Mrs L E Bevan of Hardman, who is stationed at Whidbey Island, Washington Naval air station in an attack mining squadron, re ports that his squadron recently received a Safety and Efficiency award for 1958. It was presented by Rear Admiral John Perry to Commander John P Wheatley, commanding officer of Attack Mining Squadron 10. Bevan is currently in a flight crew on one of the P2V Lock heed patrol bombers of the squa dron. maor rtf nrm tlnn cnhnnl at PptI- dleton, October 21 at the Vert week Billy has also purchased' IF YOU DON'T MIND stumbling over those treasures you've been saving for the Civic League's Fall Rummage Sale for lust a few davs loneer, we'll pick them up soon! Call Mia Boneers, 6-9437 or Gwen Healy, 6-9929. 30-31c ON A NEW 1958 EVINRUDE While they last prices re duced on all jo bvinrudei! Cnw kin 9M(( iittiUrl I-712 h.p., was $278 .... now $220 1- 3S h.p., was $515 now $355 2- 35 h.p., electric, was $608 now $450 1- 50 h.p., Four-Fifty, was $768 now $530 2- 50 h.p.. Starflite, was $868 now $600 15 discount on Fibreglass Boats BUILDERS SUPPLY Ph 8-7242 lone County Agent's News By N. C Anderson A recent reminder from Robert Every, Oregon State college ex tension entomologist was that this is the time to be making application of the new systemat ic treatment for cattle grub con trol. There are two of these In secticides sold under the trade names of Trolene and Co Ral. Properly used these kill the grubs within an animals body before they encyst in the back region. Trolene Is administered in the form of a bolus (by mouth) and Co-Ral applied as a spray. The bolus" contain 15 grams of act ive Ingredients and one bolus can be used for each 300 pounds STAR THEATER Thurs, FrU Sat.. Oct 9. 10. 11 SAYONARA Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, Patricia Owens. Sun Mon., Oct 12, 13 Morjorie Morning star Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, rinire Trevor ana many more. Sunday at 4, 6:20, 8:40. Tues Wed.. Oct 14. 15 rom Here To Eter nity Burt Lancaster. Kfnnffromerv Cllft, Deborah Kerr. of animal body weight. Co-Ral comes as a 25 wettable pow der Sixteen pounds of this is used to prepare 100 gallons of spray. It will require about one gallon of spray to treat each ani mal. A thorough wetting is im portant as the spray must come in contact with the skin to give control. Now is the time to make these treatments which can be done up to November 15. It is expected that there will be a lot of cattle in Morrow county treat ed with these new treatments to aid in the recovery of some of the 155 million dollars that re sults in the United Slates an nually In hide damage, meat trim and loss of weight due to1 heel fly annoyance. Tests con ducted by some of our state col leges show that cattle treated with these grub killers gained 1 10 to i pound more a day than untreated cattle on the same feed. They returned $1.23 to $6.42 more per head when they were marketed. A new insect pest which we predict will be number 1 pro blem In alfalfa production in 1959 has been, found in the al falfa fields which have to date been inspected on our creek bot toms here. This new insect is the spotted alfalfa aphid that many alfalfa growers have read about in the many farm magazines 4th'rHjentMt From where I sit ... Joe Marsh Dad Knows His "A-Bee-Cs" fQ Quite "to do" on Main Street yesterday lucky that Dad Blake waa on the scene. Seems a swarm of bees ap peared from some place and hovered low over the sidewalk between the-bank and Post Omee. Everybody got sort of panicky. Then Dad appeared... He. borrowed a woman's purse-mirror and flashed a beam of sunlight into the swarm. Then he swung the beam slowly across the street into the eaves of Allen's ware house. Right! The bees followed the light and roosted there. From where I ait, every problem needs just on good solution. And it occurs to me that in living with our neigh bors, our Founding Fathers gave us the ri$ht idea. It's railed "tolerance." In practice it means that your choice of tea or buttermilk should be as honored as my preference for a glass of beer. Makes for a "hive" of good neighbors. Copyright, 1958, United Stale) Breu ert F oundation tJk arrives! ii sSZZZIZZ "j is 1 ., irmmmm 1 . Mil C I . V4 New might! flew models! 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