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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1959)
L I BRAItY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. EPPNEfc r Heppner,, Oregon, Thursday, June 18, 1959 - - Til V 76th Year, Number 15 Copies 10 Cents V VI r-i It 1. I HOSPITAL RECEIVES PROJECTOR Mrs C C Jones, left president of the Pioneer Memorial hospital auxiliary is presenting a 16 mm movie projector to P W Mahoney, right, president of the hospital board at last Tuesday evening's ceremony at the court house. The projector is to be used for educational purposes by the hospital as well as for entertainment for the nursing home patients. Others in the picture from left to right are Mrs Velma Glass, Morrow county health nurse; Harry Bongers, hospital administrator and Mrs Cecil Thome, seated. LEX POST OFFICE TO BE CHANGED TO RURAL OFFICE The post office department has revealed in a letter to Senator Richard L Neuberger that It is planning to convert the Lexing ton post office to a rural station of the Heppner post office. The post office letter said that a recent investigation has dis closed that it is advisable at this time to convert the Lexington Oregon post office to a rural sta tion tributary to the post office at Heppner. Mrs Marie Steagall was installed as acting post master on May 31. Nine Local Music Students Attending Summer Courses Nine Heppner high school mu sic department students are now attending summer music camps on two university campuses, Arn old Melby, music director has announced, The course at Washington State College runs for one month and attending are Bill Cox, bass horn; LeRoy Gardner, alto sax; John Cleveland, cornet; Laura Lee Sumner, flute; Norma Fergeson, French horn; and Stuart Gribble, trombone, Attending a two week course at the University of Oregon are Mike Healy, cornet; Beverly Blake, clarinet; and , Donald Clark, French horn. . Tuition for the courses was raised by concerts pufon by the music department and the stu dents were chosen on the basis of musical aptitude and interest. It is the first time such a pro gram has been tried by the de partment. Two other students, both vo calists, will leave July 1 for a two week course at the Univer sity of Oregon. They are Fern Albert and Elaine Laird. Two From Heppner Place in Jr Olympics Two HeDDner vou n e s t e r s placed in events at the recent Oregon Junior Olympics track and field meet held at Grant Park bowl In Portland. Gail Hoskins won second place in the girls 50 yard dash in the 12 and 13 year age division; and Mike Koenig took third In the 12 inch softball throw in the 12 and 13 age group. A total of 2748 youngsters from all parts of the state took part in the meet A Centennial Year 4" A . . ,. .... m ill wKlr-A MMMtif.' c ll! .. CORNERSTONE LAYING A sizeable crowd gathered on a dreary, the laving of the cornerstone lor tne new neppner masonic wiuy "' -j - looking south and the camera was probably looted on the roof of the building which now houses the Gazette-Times and the J J Nys law office. It is not known who the dignitaries are at the cere mony but it is obvious from the number of umbrellas that a good rain was coming down. This old photo Is the property of Robert Lowe. - Rural stations are established when considered necessary to facilitate the transaction of pos tal bus ness in communities where a considerable number of people would be seriously incon venienced if reauired to trans act postal business with rural or star route carriers only and where it is not deemed advisable to maintain an independent post office. Rural stations provide facili ties for the sale of stamp sup- nlies. the transaction or money order business, and the accep tance, delivery and dispatch of crdinary, registered, Insured and COD mail. The community serv ed bv a rural station retains its Identity and residents may con tinue to use their present mailing address. There are only 24 families re- ccivins mail through general de livery and 66 post office boxes are rented. There are 25 families in the community receiylng mail i,v star route carrier. The cost nf operating the post office a- mounts to $6,969 annually. The deDartment said investi gation disclosed that equal post al service could be provided by a - a ' 1 the estaDiisnment oi a ruiai op tion and an agreement in the amount of $3600 a year for oper ation of the station has been re ceived for Mrs Steagall. The dis nnntinuance of the station as a post office would result in an annual saving oi u, wnue providing identical postal service without detriment to the com munity identity. The change of status is expec ted at an early date, according to the letter. Hereford Tour Due In County Thursday Cattlemen of this area, and the general public, are invited to participate in the four state Northwest Hereford Breeders tour which will come through Morrow county next Thursday, June 25. The traveling group will arrive first Thursday morning at the Frank Anderson ranch, coming here from the Madras area. Later that morning the tour will con tinue to the Kirk and Robinson ranch. The group will have lunch at noon at Heppner and then pro ceed to the Herbert Ekstrom and Sons ranch near lone and to the Earnett Hereford ranch at Board-man. Historical Feature X s Board Approves Plan Of Special Levy Designed To Keep County Schools 'As Is' Further Paving of Spray Road Seen in Offing It was understood this week in Heppner that a contract will be let sometime this summer or fall for the continuation of the Heppner-Spray highway im provement program started last year. The project is a joint de velopment by the Bureau of Pub lic roads, the Forest Service and the state highway commission. No definite information Is pres ently available, but the local Forest Service office said they had understood that an addit ional section of slightly over eight miles is being planned for improvement during coming months. Several Bureau of Pub lic Roads surveyors are currently working in the area. If present information Is cor rect, the rtroiect will " result in the reconstruction and paving of the cross-mountain highway rrom the end or tne present pave ment, eight miles above Chapin creek, to a point close to the highway's junction with the Kin zua road near the summit of the mountains. Two vears aeo eieht miles of the road was relocated and paved unaer a program mat was to eventually see improvement of the highway clear across the mountains. No Federal" bureau official is presently available to give fur ther Information. City Offers Free Weed Hauling If You Cut 'Em The city of Heppner this week reminded residents that right now is the ideal time to cut weeds and tall grass from vacant lots and offered the services of the city crews in hauling away the cuttings if desired. . It was pointed out that If weeds are cut now before they go to seed it helps to stop future growth. The city said If the cut weeds and grass Is piled on the lot where it can be handled eas ily, a city truck will haul it away when notified. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, June 30 at the court house be tween 9:30 a m and 3:30 p m. Mrs Frank W Baker left Wed nesday for her home in Kenne wick after a visit of several days in Heppner. rainy day early in 1916 to witness ( 1 CD q ' ! it 'V; ' WHEEL BARROW LOAD OF DOLLARS Walter Roberts, lone. Monday morning trudged up to the front of the new lone branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon with this wheelbarrow load of silver dollars and de posited $1,000 of them in a new account Marion Green is help ing to hold some of the cart wheels. Load of Cartwheels Greets New Bank At Monday Opening An lone man, Walter Roberts gave the officials of the new lone branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon an unusual present Mon day morning when he walked u n to the front door of the bank pushing a wheelborrow load of silver dollars to open a new ac count. There were over 1000 or Via hrlofVlt POrtwVlOPls Bnd he deposited $1,000 to open his ac- count. I The dollars were all wrapped and stored in cigar boxes and the oldest date on any of the rolls ..,., cnnth 19 1Q4S. was Mi li ... ..... - The new branch held open house Saturday, afternoon at which time over 200 persons vis ited. When the bank opened for business Monday morning many residents ODened accounts with the honor of being number one on the list going to Noel uooyns. lone has not had a DanK since February 2, 1926. Adult Swimming Class to Start Adult 'beginners swimming classes will start Tuesday, June 23 it was announced this Week by Mrs Tom Hughes, Instructor. The classes will be for one hour each evening and will start at 5:30 p m. They will last for two weeks. The classes are open to both men and women and the only charge Is $1.00 regis tration and regular basket fee. Children's swimming classes began Tuesday morning at the Heppner pool with a large num ber of youngsters taking the les sons. Mr and Mrs Paul Brown and sons spent several days vacation last week boating and fishing 'at the Pelton Dam and uchoco i Reservoir and visited with Mr Brown's cousin, Mr and Mrs Roy D Johnson at Madras. HEPPNER NATIVE TOWN FIRST TIME A native of Heppner who had not been back to his home town for 61 years, was here Wednes day to look over his old home town. He was Carl Locknane, who now lives in Seattle. Mr Locknane was born in Hep pner, the son or Jonn u ana lone Locknane, early settlers In this area who came here from Kansas -before 1878. His father nnerated a sheep ranch about 45 miles from here In 1878 at which time he ran 3400 sheep. Water System Costs to Increase Heppner Budget The budeet for the city of Hep- Dner for the comine fiscal year will reflect a total expenditure of about $14,500 more tnan last vear. but it has been kept well within the six percent limitation. The new budget calls for total expenditures of $116,612.5o com pared with last year's figure of $102,102.50. The bulk of the in crease will come in the water department where a special vote of the people approved a bond issue for replacement of six miles of the city's main water feeder line. Onlv about half of this amount, $14,902.50 for bond redemption and interest will come from taxes, as rouehly half will be obtained from Increased water rates which will go Into effect July 1. Added in the fire department budget for the coming year Is an item of $5,700 for rural fire enuiDment but this will be off set bv a like income from the rural district tax which does not aoolv to citv residents. The ex act amount of taxes that will be received from this source has not yet been determined but the maximum amount was put In the budget. The city's emergency fund for the comlnsvear was Increased from $2,000 to $5,000 with the extra $3,00o slated for the start of construction of a new fire hall which is badly needed to house present equipment and that which will be purchased for rural use. Small wage Increases for em ployees were approved by the hudcet committee and in most other city departments expenses remained about the same as last year. Some even showed reduct- ions, The total tax to be levied for city operation will be $35,060.50. Of this $15,458 is within the six ' . percent limitation, inree special levies which were previously ap proved by the voters will bring in $19,602.50. Of this latter a mount, $5,302.50 is for water bonds. $13,000 for sewer bonds and $1,300 for a park levy. The park levy was a special five year serial levy of one mill and next year will be the last year for this tax. The complete budget is prin ted elsewhere In today's paper and the public hearing on it will be held at the city hall July b. Wranglers Planning Overnight Ride The Wranglers are planning an overnight trail ride June u and 28 from the Bow Brindle ranch to Johnson creek, it was announced this week. Three meals will be furnished for the triD at a cost of $2.75 for adults and $1.75 for children and persons who plan to go are asked to pay their money to Fulleton bv June 20. It was stated however, that there will be plenty for any extras who might wish to make the ride and they can pay at the ride. Mrs Anna Q Thomson is now in Beaverton for an extended vis it at the home of her daughter, Mrs Beatrice Bennett. Mrs Ben nett was visiting in Heppner this week. VISITS HOME IN 61 YEARS The son had with him a news naripr cliDDlnz from an 1884 pa npr telline- of the fatal shooting of his father on June 18, 1884 in the Tuttle and Ruark saloon in Hpnnnor hv a man named Stull " I I He also owns a letter written hv his father in 1878 to his par ents in Kansas telling of his mnrh here and how during the winter he would not receive mall for two months at a time. Carl Locknane moved to Amity from here in 1898 and now lives in Seattle. Hearing Shows Most Residents Don't Want Cut In Facilities The people of Morrow county will be given the opportunity to approve a special supplemen tal school levy of $24,950 which would provide the necessary mon ey to return the school program for the coming year to the same status as provided under the or iginal county school ouaget which was defeated early in May. That decision was made by the school board Tuesday night following a budget hearing and a meeting of the school budget committee. The supplemental special levy will be voted on Saturday, July 11. The second election on the school budget will be held on Monday, June 29. ' The Idea to resubmit to the voters at another special election a plan to provide money to re instate the Hardman school, the 5th through the 8th grades at Lexington and the 7th and 8th grade at Boardman came as a re sult of numerous protests put up at last Friday night's budget hearing at which time delega tions from Hardman, Lexington and Boardman protested the re- rluotinn of school iaciuties in their areas. The board and the buderet committee In lopping a bout $25,000 from the first bud eet which was defeated, had removed money which would have meant the closing of the Hardman erade school and tran sportation of the students to Heppner. the elimination of the 5th through 8th grades at Lex ington and the transportation or those vounesters to either lone or Heppner, and the combination of the Boardman ana trrigon 7th and 8th grades in the Irri gon school. Reduction Not Wanted The manv persons present at the Friday budget hearing made it plain that they am not want a reduction in the original bud get if It meant that their school facilities would be closed or re duced and It was nearly the unanimous opinion of the al most 75 persons present that if the board would eitner resuD- mit the oricinal budget or a supplemental levy (which would be the equivalent mat, iney would vote for both of them and actively work for its approval. The board explained tnat oe cause of the necessity of having to withdraw the budget, to be able to make any change in it, which has already been adver tised and dated for election, the only way to get the additional money would be to submit the special levy which would be vot ed on at a later date, July 11. The budget must be turned over to the county assessor by July 15 to be able to get it on the tax rolls for the coming year. Should It not make the deadline, the county schools would then be forced to eventually go on a warrant basis and the levy made ud the following year, which would cost additional In terest and, In effect, require near ly a double tax levy tne ioiiow In? vear. Tn exnlatninz to those present at the budget hearing, the board emnhas zed that it wouia tane an affirmative vote for both the re.siibmitted budget and the $24,950 special levy to put evervthlns back as it was orig inally planned, it was ien inai ovprvnna nresent at the hearing ... m 1L ll. .1 understood the complications and the reasons for them, and nparlv evervone present express prl their approval of the plan. Several persons who spoke at the hearing Friday nignt saia that the first budget was re jected largely because of objec tions to the teacher salary sched ule, but when it was made plain by board members that the con tracts had to be honored, or if they were recalled and renego tiated that the county would un doubtedly lose a sizeable num ber of teachers, most agreed that it would be better to submit the special supplemental levy wim.ii, if aDoroved. would retain the teacher pay scale and keep all grade schools operating as at the present. A delegation from Irrigon Tuesday night asked that If oth er reductions were to be put hack, the hudeet committee also consider putting money back In the budget for the Irrigon nign school. The committee explain ed that the combination of the Irrleon hleh school with Board- man and the closing of the Lex- ncton hieh school had been agreed upon long before the pre sentation of even the first bud eet and could hardly be consid ered at this late date. Summary of Events As a result of the past week's action by the school board and budget committee as explained in detail above, here is a sum marv of what voters will be call ed upon to do in coming weeks. Vote on Monday, June 29 on the revised school budget call- ng for general expenditures oi 5773,693. Vote on Saturday. July 11 on a special levy of $24,950 to sup plement the above budget. If both are approved scnoow will operate as planned under the original budget which waa defeated May 4. Stream Flow Information Asked A discussion of water needs and problems In the county was held duriner a meetine last week of the county water resources committee and efforts will be made to obtain more complete Information on stream flow and other facts. The crouD passed a resolution which asked for stream flow In formation and copies have been forwarded to appropriate agen cies. The resolution asked: Whereas, definite action has boon taken in the consideration of a flood control and multiple use storage dam on Willow creek near Heppner, and, Whereas, uses of this stream and others in Morrow county are important, including the irrigat ion of over 7,000 acres oi land with water rights, and Whereas, a determination of future water supplies and their conservation is difficult, if not Impossible, without correlation of stream discharge, and Whereas, only one gauging station is presently located on Willow creek, Morrow county, or its tributaries, and Whereas, the Morrow county water resources committee meet ing this 5th day of June, 1959 acknowlege this situation. Be It resolved that a request be made asking for installation of stream gauging stations on upper Rhea and lower Willow creeks. Missionaries Dua At Assembly of God Mr and Mrs Richard Mammer- sla, missionaries to Malaya In southern Asia, will speak at a special service Sunday evening at 7:30 at the Heppner Assembly of God Church. Mrs Hammereia is the former Dorothy EMs of Heppner. They will show films and speak on Asia and Korea. WEATHER Hi Low 69 48 81 50 76 45 72 50 70 39 71 48 70 43 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wwtnesdav Rainfall for the week, none: for June .77; for the year 7.39
