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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1959)
k 1 SRARy " OF o EUGENE. ORE. Saturday Dance To Honor Princess Susan Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 16, 1959 Gazette-Tim . 1303 Copies 10 Cents 76th Year, Number 19 Bids Asked For -- . NEW MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Pictured is the architects sketch of the new Morrow county museum and Heppner library for which construction bids are being called. It is to be located on the Heppner city park and is to be built of concrete block, steel frame with brick veneer outside walls. It will be con WHOSEISIT? Ownership of School atBoardman in Doubt A mighty weighty, and pos sibly expensive Question came to the forefront at Monday night's county school board meeting who owns the Boardman school: Normally that question might not be so important, but with construction of the John Day dam under way and the ultimate drowning out of the town of Boardman, the school board has expected all along that the Corps of Engineers would replace the school as it will all other priv ately owned property effected by the backwater from the dam. Here's the hitch. As far as can be determined there is no record of the school district ever pur chasing the land on which the school is located from Uncle Sam's Bureau of Land Manage ment. If the school can't event ually prove ownership, it could mean that the government will say, "We're not going to buy something we already own," so the school will be forced to build a new plant without any help from the government ' This unpleasant circumstance came into the open at the Mon day night school board meet ing and Robert Abrams, district attorney and Heppner attorney was instructed by the board to take immediate steps to try to determine title to the school and its property. The title search is complicated by the fact that all school rec ords were destroyed about six years ago when the school was burglarized and the safe and all contents were destroyed. Board man residents claim that the school had title papers in the safe, but as far as can be deter mined no transfer of title has ever been recorded. Steps are now being taken to determine just who does own the plant and the help of rep resentatives in Congress have been sought in getting a special bill through Congress clearing the title. In other business the new board established school policy and superintendent Robert Van Houte stated that he personally preferred sending students to the schools where the parents want ed them even though that might not necessarily be the closest one. It was pointed out that no WEATHER Hi Low 81 45 88 54 93 57 94 58 88 50 80 48 88 51 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week, none; for July .11; for the year 7.62 Inches. student can be assigned to a definite school . until a study o transportation needs has been made and available classroom. space can be determined. Two delegations were present at the meeting. A group from Board man Asked that the old school curriculum be maintained there and they offered a check for $3500 from interested persons in the community to keep the grade school as it has been, rather than transport 7th and 8th grade students to Irrigon. The board indicated that special money could not be accepted and that the establishing of such a prec idence would be poor policy. A group from Hardman told that they would get their school up to standard at the expense of the community, but that they wanted their school left there. The board again stated that be cause of the defeat of the sup plemental levy, that it had no choice but to make the closures as had been planned. Had the special levy passed, all grade school operation in the county would have been substantially the same as during the past Changes Due in Rules For Fair, Rodeo Horse Show The annual Morrow county fair and rodeo open class horse show is scheduled for Friday, August 28 beginning at 9 a m with the showing of halter classes, states Fred Mankin, show superinten dent. The performance class will begin at 1:15 Friday. This show is sponsored by the Wranglers riding club and is open to any horse that has been owned by a Morrow county resi dent for 30 days prior to the fair. Entries for.the show close Wed nesday, August 26 at 8 p m and each horse must be entered be fore he can be shown at the fair. Committees and sub-committees have been meeting for the past months on the organ ization of the show and the fair and rodeo premium book will give the details on the changes in the show. Katherlne Hager will be secretary and clerk for the show. Mrs Jerry Daggett and family have been vacationing at Mc Kenzie Bridge. Dr and Mrs C M Wagner and family were at Big Cultus Lake for several days weekend before last. While there they also saw the Bend Water Pageant Mrs Jennie Allgood returned from a visit with her. son and family in Bend via Portland where she visited friends and relatives. Museum structed on a concrete slab with cork floors and completely air conditioned. The building will be a gift to the City of Heppner and Morrow county from Mrs Amanda Duvall as a memorial to her late husband, Harry DuvalL (See adjoining story) Watch Those Orange Envelopes, Or You May Get Stuck $1 The Chamber of Commerce, sponsors and financers of Hepp ner's popular "give back a nick el" parking ticket issued a warn ing this week to motorists that unless they heed the request printed on the bright orange en velopes to put in a nickel and leave it at a store, the project may be dropped. The special parking fund was started nearly three years ago by the chamber and for some time was self supporting. Re cently however, too many motor ists have Ignored the envei and failing to leave the envel ope and a nickel or two at a store with the result that the fund is now nearly defunct. The plan will be continued, it was stated, but if returns aren't better in the immediate future, it may be dropped and instead of drivers getting by with just a live cent aonauon, iney may find themselves faced with a $1.00 parking ticket Two From District Make UN Pilgrimage Ted Thonstad, Umatilla, this year's winner of the United Na tions Pilgrimage contest spon sored by the Rebekah and Odd fellow lodges of many nations, and Miss Leslie Keller, Hermis ton, alternate winner, left this week on the pilgrimage to the United Nations. Miss Keller, who has been a runner up in the contest for two years, was given the priviledge of attending this year because Willows lodge no 66, Heppner en listed the help of Eureka lodge no 32, Pendleton to start a fund to enable her to go. Mr Elling ston, principal of Hermiston high school and the Hermiston Ro tary club aided with the project Mrs M N Kirk of Hermiston is chairman of the United Na tions Pilgrimage for Youth In Morrow and Umatilla counties and R G McMurtry, Heppner Is secretary-treasurer. Competing in the finals of the contest from Morrow county were Miss Sandra Jones, Heppner; Miss Charlene Jones, Lexington and Miss Paula Barak, lone. Lost or Strayed Three Fire Pumps Lost three back-pack fire pumps. Will the persons who have them please return them to the Heppner Fire Department! Sometime during a recent grass fire the fire depart ment wound up short three of these vital grass fire fight ers. The're probably In the possession of someone who doesn't realize where they belong, but the department would appreciate their re turn, immediately I - Library Voters Reject Supplemental School Budget Levy County voter? Saturday turned thumbs down on a special sup plemental school levy of $24,950 by a vote of 310 no to 215 yes which will probably mean that planned closure of the Hardman grade school, and certain classes in the Lexington and Boardman grade schools will be carried out. The supplemental levy election was the third vote held this spring and summer on the coun ty school budget. The county-wide vote on the $24,950 item was small and opin ion varied widely In various com munities. The greatest majority in favor was cast at Boardman 109 to 3, but this was more than offset in the neighboring town of Irrigon where the ma jority against the levy was 154 to 4. The vote by communities was: Yes No lone 14 28 Boardman 109 3 Lexington 42 38 Hardman 18 7 Irrigon 4 154 Heppner 28 80 Total 215 310 At a regular school board meeting Monday night at the court house delegations from Boardman and Hardman offered money or manpower to keep their schools operating as dur ing the past year, but the board explained that it had no choice but to carry out the closures or consolidations as planned, now that the supplemental levy had been rejected by the voters. The schools effected are Hard man, where the grade school will be closed and the students trans ported to Heppner; closure of the 5th through 8th grades at Lexington and the transportation of students to either Heppner or lone; and the consolidation of the Boardman and Irrigon 7th and 8th grades at the Irrigon grade school. Pheasants Released Here This Week Glen Ward, state game com mission representative, announ ced this week that 400 pheasants had been released In Morrow county. Also that 500 had been released in Gilliam county and 300 in Wheeler county. He wanted to remind hunters that for special antelope and unit deer tags they must apply by July 27 and fop controlled deer and elk permits by August 17. Mr and Mrs Harry ODonnell and Mr and Mrs Ted Palmateer and children were in Bend over the July 4th weekend. While there they saw Mr and Mrs Brad Fancher. Building Multiple-Use Structure is Gift of Resident Bids are being asked this week for the construction of a Morrow county museum and Heppner li brary building which will be the gift of Mrs Amanda Duvall as a memorial to her late husband Harry Duvall. It will be located on the south end of the the Hepp ner city park and is expected to cost in the vicinity of $65,000. The 64 by 72 foot building will be built of concrete block with a brick veneer finish. The north half of the building will be oc cupied by the Heppner library and the south half will house a county museum. Though Mrs Duvall is donating the money for the construction of the building, it will be operated jointly by the City of Heppner and Morrow county by a Morrow County Mu seum Commission. The commission was formed late last year to accept Mrs Du- vall's donation and since that time the seven members have been working on plans for the new structure. It was originally planned to locate it on the cor ner of May and Court streets, but the property proved too small and the city offered to donate sufficient land in Its park for the building which has been des igned by W H Gllmore, Port land architect. Construction bids will be open ed August 5 and it is expected to have the building ready for occupancy by next spring. Members of the museum com mission are Mrs Duvall, chair man; O W Cutsforth, vice chair man; Mrs Ralph Thompson, sec retary; J O Turner, treasurer; and members Herb Hynd, Mrs Omar Rietmann and Mrs Ted Smith. Harvest Now In Full Swing,- Crop Average Going Up Wheat and barley Is rolling into Morrow County Grain Grow ers elevators at the rate of a- bout 100,000 bushels a day, MCGG manager Al Lamb said Wednesday and with every new field that goes under the com bine, crop prospects look better. In the spring chances for a good crop were thought to be pretty dim, but now Lams said the county wheat average will probably run between 30 and 35 bushels to the acre and barley will run from a ton and one-half per acre. Grain is coming into all the co-op's elevators but at Ruggs with North Lexington and Lexington still receiving the greatest amount. The Hogue -Warner elevator and dock at Paterson Ferry is operating 24 hours a day seven days a week and is shipping an average of one barge load a day. Trucking Is also going on around the clock. The hot weather of the past week has caused some pinching of wheat in the higher elevations, but on the whole the county crop Is expected to be excellent. Daily train service will be started Mon day by Union Pacific it was an nounced. Grain prices currently are re ported good, according to Lamb, who said that No 1 wheat is running from 4 to 6 cents above loan price and No 2, 45 lb test barley is now $4 to $6 a ton above loan. The Department of Agriculture Wednesday announced that next year's wheat price, if the July 23 referendum is approved, will be a national average of $1.7'i a bushel. Richard and Don Clark Jr. and Bill Wagner left Sunday for Hay den Lake, Idaho to attend sum mer camp. Mr and Mrs P W Mahoney left for Portland Monday on a busi ness trip and returned on Tues day. Mr and Mrs Howard Fox of Portland were guests last week for a few days at the home of her brother and family, Mr and Mrs Paul Koenlg. 1 ,Y ' PRINCESS SUSAN PARTLOW The first member of the Mor-1 row County Fair and Rodeo roy al court, Princess Susan Part low of Boardman, will be pre sented at her own Princess dance Saturday night at the fair pa vilion in Heppner. Pretty 16 year old Princess Susan, Is five six inches tall and weighs a trim 130 pounds. She has light brown hair and dark brown eyes. She enjoys working with all kinds of stock and helps her father with his band of ewes. She likes horses the best and broke her first mare when she was 12 years old. She has rid den every year in the North Mor row County Fair and when she was 14 she won a Navajo blan ket presented by former county judge and Mrs Garnet Barratt at this fair. She Is now training a registered quarterhorse which she won at the Arlington rodeo two years ago. TRANSFORMER CITY INTO WATER SHORTAGE Heppner yards, flowers and gardens went dry for two days early this week when the city was forced to telephone all resi dents and restrict them from any irrigation between Monday and Wednesday night. The water shortage was the re sult of a transformer blowup Sunday night at the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op substation at Heppner which qaused a pow er outage over a wide area of Willow, Hinton ' and Butter creeks. The big 500KVA transformer let go about 11 p m Sunday and necessitated the shutdown of pumps at both city wells for State GOP Head Cites Need For Party Reorganization The Republican party is to be completely reorganized with the aim to get 10,000 new work ers, Peter M Gunnar, Republi can chairman said last Thurs day night at a meeting of coun ty party members at Stefanis In lone. Gunnar presented a five point program of recruiting, training, defining policy and platform at tracting candidates of the high est caliber and financing. Gunnar lit Into Congressman Al Ullman's record in his talk by saying that "Ullman's pro longed Washington vacation at taxpayers expense" should be ended, and called for his defeat at next year's election. He par ticularly criticised Ull m a n ' s stand on unions. Hardman Man Wins In National Contest Bob Stevens of Hardman re cently received word that he placed 13th In a national con test to guess the average speed of the winning car In the Indian apolis Memorial day auto race. Stevens guessed within. .040 mile per hour of the actual speed. The contest is sponsored by Herbrand Tools and Stevens en tered through Heppner Auto Parts. His prize was a seven piece set of gold plated wrenches. Allen Case and Alex Thomp son left early Monday morning for Seattle where they will at tend the furniture market. They plan to return Wednesday evening. f"' 1 m j cafei mm mm j She helps her father with his sheep, drives truck and helps dig and sort potatoes he raises. Sunday morning finds Prin cess Susan teaching a primary Sunday school class at Good Shepherd Lutheran church. Her school activities include three years as high school cheer lead er, serving as assistant editor of the school paper, secretary of the junior class, thre years in the band and a member of the Pep club. Recently while representing the Morrow County Fair she won the cow milking contest at the Umatilla Sage Riders rodeo and was presented with a belt buckle. Susan is sponsored by the Boardman Tillicum club, a jun ior . federated women s club. Music for Princess Susan's dance will be furnished by Rod Esselstyn and his orchestra with dancing scheduled from 9 until 1. BLOW UP PUTS some time. Power was restored to the upper well Monday but that well alone Is presently cap able of supplying only about 200 gallons of water a minute while the city requires at least 500 gallons to operate at this time of year. The shutdown of pumps came at a time when heavy use of water caught the city with one reservoir completely empty and the other only partly full The curtailing of all irrigation was ordered to conserve water for drinking purposes and fire protection. All pumps were back in oper ation by Tuesday and the irri gation ban was lifted Wednesday night. Columbia Basin restored power to most areas within a few hours, but time was required to get all three-phase lines back in op eration. Babe Ruth Nine Earns Impressive Win Over Kinzua The Heppner Babe Ruth ball team scored their first win In a hard fought game by defeating Kinzua 4 to 1 on Saturday, July 11. Both teams exhibited fine ball playing with Kinzua allowing two errors and three hits and Heppner allowing no hits and no errors. Blank scored the only run for Kinzua after being walked In the first inning. Shan Applegate and Ladd Dick tallied two each for Hepp ner and Rod Ayers brought Applegate and Dick In on a deep single In the 2nd Inning. The next game will be at Con don on Saturday, July 18. Wheat Referendum Vote Set July 23 County wheat growers are re minded again this week by the county ASC office of the nation al 1900 wheat marketing quota referendum which will be held next Thursday, July 23. Three polling places have been set up in the county and they will be open from 8 a m to 7 p m. Growers In the Morgan, lone and Eightmile area nearest lone will vote at the lone Legion hall; Alpine and Lexington commun ities at the Lexington Grange; and South Heppner, North Hepp ner and Eightmile areas near est Heppner at the Heppner Leg ion halL