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0 F Raymond Lundell Wins Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 30, 1959 Conservation Award Fir 0 1939 75th Year, Number 8 Copies 10 Cents : : : -;;vJ ..w i -1 i ) iv- J Eh Superintendent Jack Flug'Says Contract Ignored The MorrnW eoilntv srhnnl board, and about 40 persons who attended a public hearing on the 1959-60 countv school hudpet Tuesday night at the court house, were served notice by Jack iug, county school super intendent. whose 1oh was in ef. feet terminated last week when the board removed money for his salary from the budget, that they can expect a suit for fulfill ment of his contract which he claims has two years yet to run Some members of the board de ny the validity of his contract. The Question came into the open during the hearing when the board was asked why It had removed the $8,000 salary fig ure from the original budget when it was understood that Flug held a three-year contract which still had two years to run after the end of the present school year, June 30. The board answered bv saying that it was their opinion that his contract was not valid, though admitting under further questioning that the superintendent did hold a three year contract signed last year by James Henderson, who was then chairman of the rural school board. Flue, who was in attendance at the meeting but had taken no part in the discussion, then told the group that he had offered to steD aside as superintendent when Robert Van Houte was named superintendent or admin istrator for the coming year, and that he had been told that a position would be found for him in the county school system. This understanding had continued, he said, until last week when the board voted 3 to 2 to remove nis salary from the coming budget, which in effect, meant that he had been fired. Cnrr,o hoard members have contended that acceptance ot Flug's contract appears nowhere in the minutes of last years hut Flue said Tuesday night "My contract was signed right here at this table by the school board." It was also poin a ,t that the board had ac- . tri the hndset for the year which included an amount of $8,700 for the superintendents salary. Flug said, "I don't think the v,a heen fair with me, and followed with, "You know what proceedure l must wive. t t -irrht t have two years to run on my contract." He also stated that two or more iu eys had told him he held a valid Flug will reach retirement age about the first oi next ycai. mu- .,Mntiv Henosed super- intendent said that he wou d have been willing to work in any capacity for another year at the $8-00 salary schedU f- ,. Urinal budget, and also that if he must sue for his contract it will be for It J full term which, if held valid In court, could cost the school district as much as ww. Teacher Scale Argued The discussion about Flugs contract came near the end of a meeting which had largely been centered around the much a toapher salary increase foPnext year." This part of the budget brought many comments . i in attendance at tne irom uiuoc ,t hearing, some of them quite heed"v. asked if it Still ine uuaiu i ;k,t tn errant the 5IUU was uicii"""& o- . average teacher pay increase for next year, and "Inasmuch as ioct time ignored the wishes of the people (at the first hearing) couia ffM nn the budget? nave any ci-v- - ..-.7nr. u. asked hOW the S7U0 it Was rtioLf . , average raise would be distort, uted among the teachers and " a o.,t0H that the mini- tne Doaru - ecnn . mum raise would be about $600 and the maximum $1050 per V Van Houte again explained that it was felt that n was u I... r,nt such a salary esbd ?..,. .;; muntv was to increase u . get enough teachers to fill the classes next year. The question was also askea LEANN PADBERG ' If I K iff " . KENNETH JONES lone High School Names Its lop Honor Students Leann Padberg has been nam ed Valedictorian of the lone high school graduating class, and winning Salutatonan non ors is Kenneth Jones, school oi ficials announced this week. Miss Padbere is the daughter nf Mr and Mrs Darrell Padberg and she has attended the lone for 11 of her 12 years, She has been secretary of her class for four years, secretary oi thn niri's League as a junior and a member of the band for three years. She served on the student council as a junior and senior and was elected student body treasurer both years. She has worked on botn tne aramai aryA annua l staffs and is the Ionian's business manager this year. ir, mitciHe activities. Leann was chosen as representative fmm the Leeion Auxiliary xo ai tend Girls' State last year; 10 attend state and regional meet ings of the student council workshop and attended the Wes tern high school press comm ence last year. K-onnoth is the son of Mr and Jones and he al- iviia - so has attended lone schools for 12 years. He is student Doay ,iriont was secretary of the Letterman's club last year and has played in the band ior iour vaaro. He has served on uie ct,iQnt Honncil. has been a mem- OlUUUitv " 1 ber of the Cardinal ana Ionian staffs and has been in student hodv Dlavs all four years. ironneth is active in sports and - - v,o lettered In all. including uua - ftwaii hasketball. baseDaii and track. He was captain of this year's basketball squad, uis outside activities inciuoe many honors won in trapshooting in cluding prizes and such titles as junior champion ana junior doubles champion ior uu America. He too. attended regional stu dent council workshops. First National Wins Bid On City Water Bonds The First National Bank of Oregon Monday was awarded the bid for the purchase of $140,000 City of Heppner water bonds with a bid of $3,736 percent interest. The bid was only .008 percent lower than the bid of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The two bids were so close that it took councilmen nearly two hours to determine wnicn was most beneficial to the city. One other bid was received from Blyth & Co of Portland which carried an effective interest rate of 4.159 percent. The First National bid called for interest at 3ft percent for honds maturing from 1960 through 65; 3 percent on bonds maturing in 1966 tnrougn yu; and 3 34 percent on those ma turing 1971 through 74. They were bid at 98.74 percent oi par which gave an effective Interest rate of 3.736 percent. The Bank of Eastern Oregon hid was at 100.5 of par value with the whole issue to carry 3 34 percent Interest or an ef fective interest rate or i.tiwi percent. The Rlvth & Co bid was at qq nereent of oar and carried ., . . . iv. nereent interest tor ponas maturing 1960 through 66 and 4 percent on the remainder of the issue. The council expressed pleas ure at the favorable bids receiv ed. The monev from the bond sale will be used to finance recon struction of six miles of the city's main water feeder line and Monday night the council aiso ordered the calling of bids on the purchase of pipe for the pro wt These bids will be opened on May 18 and it is hoped that laying of the line can start some time in June. Adult Help Needed n Babe Ruth Ball Program to Go On Some adult help is badly need ed if there is to be a Babe Ruth baseball league this summer, tester Roulden. Little League chairman said this week in is suing a call for some interested parents to aid in nananng tne program. Roulden said there is now enough adult managers to take care of the Little League's needs, except for a few umpires, but that unless someone win oner services the Babe Ruth League will have to be dropped. He said at least two men, and preferably four, are needed. Fierty of equip ment is availably Just the guid ance is needed. Anvnne who might be inter ested in helping to further the nnnniar summer sports program for the youngsters is asked to contact eitner itev coumen, Gene Pierce or Wayne Snyder. A reminder was also issued tn t ittio i.easuers to be sure and turn in their registration cards before May 5. Plans Made For Soil Week lours As a nart of the observance of Oregon Conservation week, Mav 3 to 9. arrangements were made this week lor a series oi conservation tours in selected communities throug h o u t the rmmtv. Tom Wilson. Work Unit conservationist w4th the Heppner Soil Conservation District ana in r Anderson, county extension agent, have worked out details for the tours at the request of the Heppner Soil conservation District and Conservation Week committee. Claud J White Dies Tuesday Morning; Services Friday Claud John White, 75, died oarW Tuesdav morning at Pio neer Memorial hospital. He had won taken suddenly ill at his home near Hardman Monday night and was brought to tne hncnital onlv a few hours be fore passing. Mr White had been i n DonHiotnn hnsniTai ior treat ment, but had returned to his home several days Deiore nis fatal illness. Mr White was born January 2, 1884 in Arkansas and came to Morrow county with his family when he was two years of age. He had lived in this area since, wo was a member of the Lex ington Odd Fellows lodge ana the Rhea Creek Grange. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 1, at 2 o'clock at the Lexington Christian cnurcn 7ith the Rev Norman Northrup officiating. Interment will be in the Lexington IOOF cemetery. He is survived by nis wue Emma, Hardman; one daughter t a Verne Henderson. Lexington, and one step-daughter, Juanita Martin, Lexington; one sister, Inn a r.ilhreth. Davton. Washing ton; two brothers, JNeu wnite, Pilot Rock: and Gerald White, Kansas City. He also leaves three oranrlchildren. Creswick Mortuary wus w charge of arrangements. The first nf the tours will in clude selected stops in the north Lexington area to observe var ious methods or stuDDie muicn farming including tillage imple ments. The tour is scheduled to begin at 1:30 P M Tuesday, May 5. The Newt O'Harra's have in vited those Interested to be guests for a chili bean lunch at their patio In Lexington at i:id P M. Other stops included In the two hour tour will feature wind- hreak nlanting and range and nasture imnrovement through grass seeding, wheat fertilization and wheat seeded in eany aug ust. On Wednesday afternoon, Mav fi. the eroun will meet at 1:30 P M in lone turing the south lone area. Conservation ceoHinfs nf PrasS. stubble mulch operations, conservation practices c . . i 1 .11 it. which won Kaymond L.unaeu me title of Conservation Man of the Year as well as other good con servation practices will De ais cussed and reviewed. ThnrsHav afternoon's tour is tn leave the countv agent's of fice at 1:30 will include newiy octnhiished strip cropping com pared to established strip crop noH f e ris. soa waterways, wmu breaks and various types of grass seedings lor tne conser vation reserve 12 Seeking School Board Posts at Monday Election Two more last minute filings brought to 12 the number of per sons who are seeking positions on the county school board. There are seven members to be elected. The latest to file were Henry Gantenbine, Boardman, a mem ber of the present board and the only person to file from Eoard- man zone: and Fredrick Martin, lone, who has been chairman of the countv school reorganization board. Don McElligott, a present member of the board had pre viously filed for the position in the lone zone. The complete list of candidates includes: Lowell Cribble, Phil Blaknev and L E Dick Jr, from the Heppner city zone where there are two positions to w w Weatherford and Al Bunch from the Heppner rural zone, one position; D O Nelson ana ti wynne Peck, Lexington zone with one position; Martin and Mcbin gott,Ione zone with one position Warren McCoy and James Hen rWsnn Irrie-on zone with one position open; and Gantenbine, Boardman, unopposed. The election for the new board will be held next Monday, May 4 from 2 until 8 p m in the school houses in the various zones, vot ing will be by regular election precinct which means tnai a per son living in the Lexington vo ting precinct, for example, though he might have been lo cated In the former Heppner school district, will vote at the Lexington school. It is also emphasized that all the countv will vote on all candidates on the ballot, not just those running in the zone in which tne voter migm live. The voting places will be: all four Heppner precincts will vote at the multipurpose room of the grade school; Lexington precinct, Lex high school; lone precincts, afetoriiim: Irrigon. uoaraman and Hardman precincts will vote at their respective scnoois. - - TOP CONSERVATIONISTS-Mr and Mrs Raymond LundeU of Ion whose excellent farming practices won wi uimu - - row county's Conservation Man of the Year. The announcement was made at the Wheat League meeting Tuerfaynigl at Ux- Inrtlnn. - A variety of soil conservation farming practices has won for Raymond W Lundell, lone, the title of "Conservation Man of the Year" for Morrow County, It was announced today. Lundell has leased nis liu acre ranch 15 miles south of lone in the Gooseberry section since 1941. Nine hundred acres are in rrrain which he operates on the cummer fallow svstem: 190 acres are in range and he has seeded 30 acres of pasture land to cres ted wheatgrass. conservation practices follow ed by Lundell include 216 acres nf rnntnur strip cropping, con struction of two and a fourth miles of diversion ditches, seed ed dryland pasture and a com niete svstem of stubble mulch ing. Stubble busting in the fall is followed in the spring Dy sweep plows, rodweeders and skew treading equipment, w rassionallv he uses discs to chop up heavier stubble. Lundell says he feels contour strip cropping and stubble mulch fallow have definitely helped to keep his sou in place. tn unMition to his grain. Lun- Hell runs 15 head of Hereford cows with calves to utilize waste land pasture. Active In community ana coun ty affairs, Lundell has been a Morrow County Agriculture and Stabilization Committee member, served as supervisor and treas urer of the Heppner Soil Conser vation District since 1953, is a life member of the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the Morrow County Wheat Growers Assoc iation, is a member oi me Grange, Farm Bureau, Elks and the Valby Lutheran churcn. He has been a cooperator in tne Heppner SCD since isao. Mr and Mrs Lundell both grad uated from the lone schools and he attended Oregon Institute or Technology in Portland. They have two daughters, Karen, 16 and Cheryle, 12. The selection committee spon tw the Morrow County Wheat Growers League includ ed Walter Jacobs, lone, cnair man; Bob Rletmann, lone; Ken neth Peck, Lexington; K t An derson and Tom Wilson, Hepp ner. WEATHER Hi Thursday 67 Friday 72 Saturday 53 Sunday 61 Low 45 30 41 44 Prec. .12 Tr .02 Monday 57 44 Tuesdav 59 48 WeHnesdav 66 48 Rainfall for the week .14; ior April .59; for the year 5.86 in ches. Two lone Youths Reported Missing Two lone vouths were reported to he missing, the sheriffs of- fiee stated Wednesday. The two are Harry Lynn Swart, 16 ana Ralph Akers, 17, both lone high srhool students. According to the sheriff, the two reported at school Tuesday morning but apparently leu shortly afterwards and have not been seen since. A ponce aiert has been sent out. Vvervone is invited to attend. Rides each of the three days will be provided for those wno are interested in participating in uic tour, but have no means oi trans portation. Band Carnival Claimed Success, Nets Over $500 WHEAT GROWERS HEAR OF LOCAL, NATIONAL PROBLEMS Snow Measurement Easy; Total is 0 Cnniir siirvevs. made in the Heppner district by the Soil Con servation Service on Apm show the snowpack on the Ar buckle snowcourse is gone. Snow remains In drifts and patcnes on north and east slopes over ap- mteiv 20 percent of the area above 4500 leei eievauuu. the Arbuckle snowcourse located n wnrtvi Tones nrairie the snow 111 ww.. j is completely gone, watersneu soils in the mountains are wei and streams are running clear. Poet roeords show the snow- pack usually Is gone from this location by the end of April. Only t of the last six years nau snow remaining on the course by the end of April. In 195S meas showed 28 inches of snow with 10.2 inches of water and in 1955 snow depth was i inches with 15.7 Inches oi water. Adequate water has been a vallable for Irrigation this spring from Willow, Butter, Ehea and Rock creeks. Prospects are not good for late season water un less there is above normal rain during May and June. Mr and Mrs Bob Walker brought her mother, Mrs Charles Barlow back to her home In Hep pner last weekend. She had been visiting with the Walkers and another daughter in Eugene. The Rand Parents annual car nival last Saturday night net ted approximately $500 with one half going to tne Band rarenis, one fourth -to the Heppner nign school student body and one fourth to the clubs and organiza tions that assisted with the carnival. nnrintr the evening. Shan Applegate and Corliss Qulrin, oicrhth prade candidates, were crowned king and queen of the carnival. tf the time comes when tne Band Parents organization is not In need of additional funds all the mnnev received from the car nival will go to the student body anrl rlnhs. The committees in charge feel that this was a very successful affair this year. Hiah School Science Club To Sponsor Fair Th Hennner high school cMenne club. Beaker Breakers, will sponsor a science fair on Wednesday and lnursaay ma 15.14 at the multi-purpose room of the grade school, for the pur pose of exhibiting nign sciiuui and grade school projects. The fair will be open to the general public both evenings and to the students during me n thn two davs. liuwiia -"v. . Exhibits will be classified In four divisions, those of the sen ior division, grades 10-12; Junior division, grades 7-9; intermed iate division, grades 4-6 and the primary division which is grades 1-3. Approximately 60 wheat farm ers turned out for the annual snriner meet of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Assoc iation to discuss wneac proD lems and to hear Floyd Root, resident. National Association of wheat growers discuss nation al legislation. The meeting was held Tuesday evening at the Lexington Grange hall. Mrs Max Barclay reporting for the domestic wheat utilization committee outlined projects be ing carried on by .this women's group. While the Oregon Wheat Growers League Is now without a home economist the cake bak ing contest will be a part of the rountv fa r again tnis iau ana materials being put together for a reeine book using wheat pro ducts tried and proven Dy tne hnmemakers of the wheat area. She reported that a definite hnmo economics program neeus tn he developed bv the Oregon Wheat Growers League and an adequate budget for financing be arranged before the home economist program is continued. She reported that Esther Klrmls, extension service nome ecimu Tv,ict had carried a wheat pro ducts program to approximately 360 women in Morrow cuumy this year. The marketing and transpor tatlon committee headed by Don ontoronn Tone, has been active in foreign and reciprocal trade agreements and have investiga ted the Philippines' market ,hir.h took 3.8 million bags of flour from Washington and Ore- loct vear. Mucn concern la being shown In the quality of .v,oat cointr into exports to for- nnvui . , . eign markets and wont i Ara ctandardize Quality ship- ments.. Mr Peterson reported on the regional marketing develop ksinn recently or onni7ed. which was expanded on bv Kenneth Smouse, lone, mem- ber of the uregon wni ""' mi..inn The marketing organl zation known as the Western Wheat Associates is composeu nt mnresentatlves from Washing ton, Idaho and Oregon wheat lea true and commissions. 6iw o . Organized late tnis raumu group is m me process i .,ninnlnr a nropram. Bernard Doherty reporting for activities committee announced that the name of the original Oregon Wheat Growers League 4-H and FFA fat stock chnw and sale has been changed to the Oregon Junior Livestock show. It will be held at The Dalle9 on June 7 to 10. Tan" Miller reporting fop Ken- noth Turner, chairman of the production and land use commit tee explained that as a result of requests from this county morning glory control researcn has been stepped up and chem ical summer fallow experiments expanded. The needs for a reg ional sou and water laooraiury have heen investigated bv the committee with a recommenda tion made favoring best use oi the existing facilities at the ex periment stations. A budget was requested tor tne uregon amw College experiment station to carry out research needs at the branch stations, Frederick Martin, lone, chair man of the taxation and legis lation committee reported on per tinent taxation and legislation matters before the state legis lature at this time. Many of the projects favored by this commit tee locally and state wide are locked in committee have been defeated or have not yet been brought on the floor which in cludes a general taxation pro gram for the state of Oregon. The Federal agricultural pro grams committee reported on by chairman Louis Carlson hinges mainly on national legislation. Floyd Root discussed the entire complex program as presented k the Oregon Wheat Growers League, the National Association of Wheat Growers and farm or ganizations throughout the coun try. The wheat staDUizanon jinn sponsored by the national assoc. lation was explained to be a marketing program ratner man a wheat production restrictive program. While many different programs nave Deen presemeu to Congress, Mr Root predicted that this legislature would con vene without congressional act- Ion on a wheat program, ne warned that the wheat program might set the stage for farm pro grams in the future ana max un less that some type of a pro gram could be passed soon that this may be the end to iarm programs, not only lor wneai but for all commodities. Mr Root did point out that while there was no support for anv kind of legislation, there was today a proposal for a pro gram with 857 parity lor wneai for those cooperators who re duced wheat acreage and addit ional 20. This legislation would change the unrestricted 15 acre seedings to 12 acres but would let no new farms come Into pro duction. (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on rage o;
