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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1959)
I 1 3RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE A Centennial Year Historical Feature X f " X n i !i x , y, , " y " t y ' " - n , v , , ft,?' -- "1 . , . . L. .... - ' tSN.- -l -. s ,4 I. ill' THE CITY OF IONE . . . BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS I There are still quite a few Gazette-Times readers who will be able to remember back to the time when lone looked like this. The exact date of this photograph, which belongs to Mrs George Snider of lone, has not been determined but guesses have ranged from the . ik. a t. tvia avtremA left center of the in this piciure was iau.-i uiwvcu ---- - . .. photo and Is now the lone Masonic hall. A careful ejcamlna lott of the original photo revealed signs designating at least eight saloons among the business houses. The camera is look tag to the southeast from a point on tne norm nm r 7, reservoir. The lack of trees in the whole town Is quite noticeable. State OK's School Reorganization Plan tv,o ctntP hoard of education this week gave its approval for the formation of a county-wide administrative school district in Morrow county. The word was received by county school super intendent Jack Flug and re-organization committee chairman, Fredrick Martin of lone. The letters stated that the Mor row county school district as re organized was approved with no boundary changes and that nec essary steps shall be taken to form the administrative district by July 1, 1959. , t m The dministrative district will be only slightly different from Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, March 19, 1959 Hehisch Receives Medalist Award For Excellence The Heppner high school pa per, The Hehisch, has again won the Medalist award lor outstand ing high school papers, it was revealed this week. This is the second year in a row that the Hehisch has received the honor which is given by the Columbia Scholastic Press. The Heppner paper was one of the only three in Oregon to receive the award. The other two were Pendleton and Madras. The Hehisch is in the duplicator class. More than 16,000 school papers in the United States were con sidered for the awards. Mrs Mar garet Kirk is advisor for the paper. " the county unit plan which was approved last novemoer Dy me thnnp-h there is one major change, that in the size of the county school boara. unaer on administrative district will be zoned into seven zones and a board member will be eieciea f,m onnh nf these zones at the annual school meeting and elec tion to be held May 4. administrative dis trict law does not provide for local school committees, as aiu the rural school law, but there is currently a bill m xne legis lature which wouldprovide for such committees. Reorganization committee chairman Martin said Wednes day that he understands that Morrow county is the first coun ty in Oregon to establish it self as a county-wide admini strative school district under the reorganization law. There have been several other administra tive districts formed in the state, but they have not been county-wide. Stolen Heppner Car Found in Washington A car which was stolen last week from Joe Delameter of Heppner has been recovered at Pomeroy, Washington, sheriff C J D Bauman was advised Wed nesday by the Garfield, Wash ington county sheriff. About $500 worth of tools also Hieannpared with the car, but the sheriff reported that while some tools were found In the car, the amount would be much less than $500. The case has been turned over to the FBI inasmuch as trans porting a stolen vehicle across a state line is a federal offense. Annual Easter Egg Hunt Due March 27 Tho Fiks sDonsored Easter egg hunt, an annual affair always inn,A forujflrrl.tn bv hundreds of local youngsters is on the agenda again tnis yem, ruler John Hartman said this week. All orrontTPtnpntS tiaVC ttOl Vei nlpted. but the hunt will be held on the court house lawn Saturday, Marcn anu there will be plenty of eggs for all comers. Moro information will oe avail able next week. Services Held For Cathy Payne Saturday Funeral services for Cathy held Saturday at The Dalles. The Rev Don Leach of Grass Valley officiated. nau,r tvio Hanphter of Mr and "V o j. , Mrs Frank Payne, Heppner, died at Doernbechner nospitai in run land on March 11. Besides her parents she is sur vived by two brothers, Frank Lee and John; one sister, Barbara; grandparents, Mrs D F Payne, The Dalles; Mrs W S Oakney, Spokane and Harry Stolberg, The Dalles. 1 Heppner Students Win District Elks Scholarship Test Two HeDDner contestants, both seniors at HeDDner hieh school won first and second places at the district Elks scholarship con test held Sunday at La Grande. They are Janice Martin, daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Randan Mar tin, first place winner who will compete against nine other ois trirt winners for the state schol arship at Astoria March 28 and Renn Harris, son of Mrs Mine Saline- who Dlaced second. Both Janice and Renn were first place winners of $200 schol arshins eiven earlier this year by the Heppner Elks lodge, and by virtue of this win were eligi ble to compete in the district contest. The winners in the dis trict received an additional $50. Janice Martin will have the op portunity to compete at Astoria for an additional $800 scnoiar chin niiis $400 added if the win ner there is an honor student. Tho etato uinnpr will also reD- X m. U ... . v. .- - resent Oregon in the national Elks scholarship contest. Tn nther rnuntv students re ceived second place scholarships of $100 each offered by tne nepp ner lodge. They were Stevan Flug of Heppner and Dora sue Davidson of Lexington. Arpa Churches Slate Holy Week Services it ' " m - - - " I HEPPNER CITY PARK begins to look more and more , like i a park as citv crews complete aaamonai raciu This attractive stone drinking fountain was completed last week and is located in the center of the driveway between two big poplar trees. The lad trying out the new fountain did n't have much luck as the water Isn't yet turned on. MJ"ton al playground equipment will soon be installed. (GT Photo) SMITH NAMED TO NEW STANDARD OIL POSITION Marvin Smith, former Standard Oil Company salesman for the Heppner ared, and present assis tant sales manager for the com nanv at Iineview. Washington, ha heen aDDointed district sales manager of the Coos Bay dis trict. Tho announcement of the ap pointment was made this week and Smith will take over his new duties In Coos ?ay In the near future. . Elks Teen-Age Party Set For Friday The annual Heppner Elks teen age party will be held Friday night at the local temple with all county teenagers Invited. The party will start at 8 p m and there will be dance music provided by Gene Rietmann's orchestra. Games are also plan the evening. Mem bers of the Soroptimist club will serve the refreshments ior me Elks. 2 More Princesses Named to Court TRAIN VICTIM WAS FORMER HEPPNER MAM vonnoth A Dillev who was killed last weekend In Oiympia, Washington when a runaway itrht tra n crashed tnrougn me Union Pacific station, formerly n,,. in Hpnnner where he work ed for the railroad. Mr and Mrs nllloir were transferred from here about 10 years ago. North End School Consolidation Hits Snag (From The HennUton Herald) The proposal to consolidate the schools of Irrigon and Board man which appeared to be going along smoothly after approval had been given by both com munities at meetings held dur ing the past four months, ap-i-i o Tart tiv etrnrk a snae at a com munity meeting held at Irrigon Monday night The meeting was called in an effort to amend the consolida tion proposal and prevent It from becoming effective this year. It was contended by persons opposing immediate merging of the schools that they are not ,.a fnr the transfer. Further study, they said, Indicates that all of the details cannot dv cum nieted in time. Involved would be a large number of teachers who customarily are notified at this time of year of their re election or release. Warren McCoy, chairman oi the Morrow county school board, was present at the meeting which was presided over by Mrs Bessie Hobbs. a maloritv of those attending approved a motion that the con cniirintinn he DostDoned for at least a year, Mrs Hobbs said. The Herald was iniormea Dy other sources that the vote was 58 to 3. rtn o Countv School Board As a result, the action of the PToun will be Dlaced before the county school board meeting to be held in Heppner this Thurs day night Previously a meeting at irri gon, held Feb 5, had voted unan imously for lormation or one Bz-hnnl administrative district In Morrow county. At that time it was announced that school law did not provide for local scnooi hnarHc under the administrative district set-up, but did provide for a seven man county -wi a e srhnnl board. Tentative plans were to name the followine districts as zones from which one board member would be elected: Irrigon, Board man, lone, Lexington, plus for mer rural Echo and Heppner dls tricts, Heppner and Hardman rur al districts and Heppner city. The 1959 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo royal court is now complete with the naming this week of the final two members. They are princesses Susan Part- low of Boardman and juay v-o-chell of Heppner, who is being sponsored by the Lexington Grange. Thw will loin Joan Moe, Rhea freek. and Janice Martin, Hepp ner to complete Queen Sharon Cutsforth's royal court. Prinress Susan is the daugh tor nf Mr and Mrs John Partlow nt Rnardman and she is being sponsored by the Boardman i un cum club. Princess Judv is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Wilkinson of Heppner and will represent tho T.PYincrton Grance on the court. She is a Junior in Heppner high school. . a hill introduced at the cur rent session of the legislature at Salem provides for an lmprov ri wai pnmmittee arrangement for both elementary and high schools. Discussed in November The school boards oi uoaruman and Irrigon, at a joint meeting last November 18, discussed the proposed consolidation at the suggestion of the Morrow county school board which said it would give top consideration to any agreement reached by the mem bers of the two Doaras. The sehool boards said they felt it was the proper time to merge the schools because the pool behind the projected John (Continued on Page 6) D B Boone Rites Held At Lexington r.raveslde services were held Wednesday at the Lexington cemetery for Daniel Benjamin Boone, 62, retired ranroau tun ductor who died Saturday at his home in Roseburg. Mr Boon was born In Lexlng ton in 1896 and came to Kose hnrcr nhnnt 35 vears aeo. He re tired from railroad service in 1948. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, Roseburg; a sis ar mn Ma hie Blann. Hermis ton; and a half sister, Mrs Bessie Wvrick of Forest urove. t-unorai EPrvlces were held at Walla Walla earlier Wednesday. Inches. at 11 o 'clock. At at Williams Catholic church in lone, Way of the Cross will be observed on Good Fri day at 8 p m and low Mass Is set for Easter Sunday at 9 a m. Special Holy Week and Easter services in other churches In the area are scheduled and have been announced to the congre- gations. 3 Local Students Compete Saturday For Trip to UN Threo students from Heppner, Lexington and lone high schools will be among the 16 irom mis district to participate in tne nnai contest to select a winner of the annual Dddfellow and Rebekah United Nations Pilgrimage of youth. The finals will De neia at the Pendleton IOOF hall at 8pm Saturday, March 21. Local winners who win rep resent their schools Saturday night are Sandra Jones, daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Paul Jones r.t Hnnnnpr: Charlene Jones, , i ...m oi.rrVitnf nf Mr and Mrs Cecil beMreryvedUaSt 7h U Eplscop Jones Lexington; and Paula Surch with the institution of Barak, daughter of Mr and Mrs ?Krd? SupP to be celebra- Jack Barak of lone. There will the Lords supper iu uc rnroeentat Vps from rthadst P " ardmntebutthelr Hoi Thursday will be obser-Ws were ved by Catholics with low Mass JfRebekahs have t 7 m- and high Mass at uuu"'"u, , ltr Pilr-I. . - - sponsored Uie annual 7 pm. . maefl for youth which gives stu- Mid-week Lentenservices of mage lor y Hope and Valby Lutneran thQ Umted churches will be held at Hope Judy a m church in Heppner and will be &nd adult leaders climaxed March 25 at 7:30 with B P ,ted state3( Canada, the color motion picture 'Cruel- jjom d Australla Join flxion and Resurrection." Fr day ""'f", trek t0 NeW york evening, March 27 Hope ana vai- in the maUlng. by will receive the Lords Sup. w tl d tlng hlgh schools per during Good Friday services by particip 8 t at 7:i30, o j tun tmihu bers of sophomore or junior class. An Vncter Rundav the Valby "V -. ...m n(n congregation will hold an East,The -Vi er hreakiast at 8 a m ana jstei - . Vm v.rt n juiv. " cnHav Rehooi win, aay u.ioT".t .t. 1 VRC auvA " J Nearly, all area churches are nlanrrinff various Holy Week and Good Friday services during the week proceeding Easter, the HenDner Ministerial association revealed this week. A community Good Friday ser vice will be held at the Heppner Christian church on March 27. It will begin at 12:30 and close at 2:00 o'clock. Preaching will center around four of Christ's "I am's" in which Christ stated some particular truth about him- self. The service win De aiviuuu into four 20 minute periods mak ing it possible for those who can not attend the entire worship program to come and leave dur ing the two or tnree minute intermissions. t?pv Lester Boulden, Rev Charles Knox, Rev Willis Geyer and Rev John Rydgren consti tute the participating clergy. Special Good Friday medita oion elated at All Saints Episcopal church on March 27 from 12 noon until j p m, u fiimiMnf nnod Friday ser 111C iunvio ' , ora cfheHnled at St Pat vicco " - rick's Catholic church: way oi iv. -eo ot 9vin n m: coniess- ions from 5 to 6 o'clock; and Solemn Services of the Passion at 6pm begin at 9:15. Hope congregation will observe Us regular servc WEATHER Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday HI Low Prec. 63 39 .04 47 32 .02 43 25 Tr 49 25 59 36 70 46 r 63 34 for the week .06; for ; for the year 4.33 im t Kirk Hermiston, Is mia 4' mi district chairman for Umatilla and Morrow counties. R G Mc ntnrt nf HeDDner Is secretary- treasurer for the pilgrimage com mittee and Oliver ijreswicK in nonnner is on the entertainment committee to arrange for a pro- gram following the speecnes in Pendleton. In past years Heppner has had three winners of the U N trip. They were Jack Sumner, Sally Ann Palmer and Joan Brosnan. The final contest 13 open to the public and will start at 8 o'clock.
