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U OF o E 'J S p )" r Dance Saturday For Princess Judy Cochell G3" P Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 23, 1959 Gazette-Tim 76th Year, Number 20 Copies 10 Cents tPPN 1' l t 'nt iittiii in iilArr rMani HIiiiiiiiiiiimiti iBtiii''niini mi im in"!! PRINCESS JUDY COCHELL The second member of the 1959 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo Royal Court to be honored at her own Princess dance will be Miss Judy Cochell, the dark haired representative of the Lexington Grange. Princess Judy's dance will be held Saturday night at the fair pavilion in Heppner with Wes Tittle and his Tri-County Boys of Redmond providing the pop ular music. Princess Judy is the daughter of Air and Mrs Dick Wilkinson of Heppner and she is a senior at Heppner high school. She is 17 years of age, 5 ieet, 6 Inches tall and weighs 118 pounds. She has dark brown hair and green eyes. The pretty princess who is very much at home on a horse, has been an active member of her school class. She is a three-year SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE MADE OFFICIAL BY BOARD ACTION Action by the Morrow county school board Monday night made definite several changes in county grade schools which were made necessary by defeat re cently of the supplemental school budget levy. The changes were not unexpected, but no def inite action had been taken be fore. The Hardman grade school will be closed next year and students transported to Heppner; the Lex ington grade school will operate as a primary school of four grades only with students in grades five through eight to be transferred to Heppner or lone; and the seventh and eighth grades at Boardman and Irrigon will be combined at Irrigon. The board again heard objec tions to the changes from repre sentative groups of all effected districts and those from Lexlng- ton and Boardman told the board that they had previously been assured that their grade school programs would not be effected by the consolidation when some of the high schools were com bined. Superintendent Robert Van Houte told the board that his office had contacted almost every family in Lexington with stu dents above the fourth grade and that 36 wanted to attend school In Heppner. Six waifted to go t0 lone and nine .others have not yet been contacted. The special meeting was plan ned to set up attendance units and student attendance assign ments. Van Houte also said that it was his opinion that it will be necessary to provide additional h mi sine for the 7th grade at Hemmer as a result of the addit ional students coming from closed schools. A breakdown of anticipated classroom loads in the various schools in the county showed the following: Boardman grade school, three combined classes of two grades each with three teachers for the six grades and a total or 58 pu pils. Irrigon grade school, seven classrooms and teachers with 148 pupils. The fifth and sixth grades will be combined in one room. Lexington, 60 pupils in four grades with four teachers. lone grade school, eight grades and teachers, 146 students. Heppner grade school, 468 stu dents and 18 teachers. Boardman Ownership Cited Some possible leads for estab lishing the ownership of the member of the high school choir and she sang in the all-state Acappella choir in April of this year. She also sings in a girls' trio called the Melloettes; pan tomimes with the Offbeats, was vocalist for the high school dance band and was art editor of the school annual for 1959. She also has served as treasurer of her junior class. She enjoys riding for cattle and helping with the sheep on the Wilkinson estate, her home. Her hobbies include riding, painting in oils, singing and playing the piano. Princess Judy has one younger sister, Pam. She recently traded her Palo mino mare Mischief for a sorrel gelding named Son. Judy's party will be held at the fair pavilion with dancing scheduled from 10 until 2 o'clock. Admission is $1.50 per person, land on which the Boardman school is located were presented at the meeting. Last week it was disclosed that there apeared to be no record that the school dis trict ever obtained title to the property from the government, which could cause difficulties when It comes time to replace the school because of the drown ing out of the town by back water from the John Day dam. Henry Gantenbein, Boardman a member of the board, said that scrapbook of newspaper clip pings by E P Doda is on me at the Hermiston library which refers to a five acre donation to the townsite of Boardman from the government through the ef forts of H D Newell, project engineer. The West Extension Irrigation District apparently had control of the land when the school was built. The date of the clippings is September 17, 1936 and they are from the Hermiston Herald. Ac cording to the story the railroad and another concern were going to build the school, but got into an argument over costs and fin ally declined to donate the build ings. The citizens of Boardman fin ally built the school on the five acre site which had been donated to the town. The problem arose recently when it was discovered that all Boardman school district records were lost about six years ago when the school safe was burg larized and the records destroy ed. Final Swimming Classes Start Monday The final class for beginner and intermediate swimmers will start next Monday, July 27 at the Heppner pool, it was announ ced today by instructor, Tom Hughes. Registration will be held Mon day morning and a registration fee of $1.00 is charged for the lessons. Little League Sets Special Meeting A special "get ready" meeting of parents and others interested in Little League baseball will be held Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30 at the high school cafeteria. Election of officers for next year will be held and plans will be made for turfing and install ing a water system on the Little League field. MCGG Is Receiving 120,000 Bushels Of Grain Daily Wheat and barley is pouring into elevators of the Morrow County Grain Growers at the rate of 120,000 bushels a day giving proof to the belief that the county is going to have one of its biggest crop years in his tory. Al Lamb, MCGG manager, said Wednesday that the present har vesting level is practically the same as last year, which was one of the best years the county has ever experienced. Early spring guesses placed the pres ent crop well down, but since harvesting has started the esti mate has gone up rapidly. The hot weather of the past week has undoubtedly hurt some grain in the higher elevations, Lamb said, but he still expects the county average to run be tween 30 and 35 bushels for wheat and about a ton to the acre for barley. By Wednesday the Morrow County Grain Grow- ers had received 1,200,000 bushels of this year's crop, which is com ing in at a rate equal to the 1958 season. Lamh said the co-op is mov ing about 35,000 bushels a day by truck over the bombing range road to the Hogue-Warner ele vator for shipment down the riv er and that daily train service is taking an additional large amount of the crop to terminal storage. Harvesting Is now general in all sections of the county except for the Hardman area and some of the other fields close to the mountains. Meet to Study Bombing. Range A meeting to develop a master',. plan of development of the federal government will be held next Monday night, July 27 at p m at the court house. The meeting is open to the public and an attempt will be made to set up a master plan of utilization for the range if and when it is turned back to the county or private ownership. Forrest E Cooper, attorney for the Association of Oregon Coun ties, will be here to assist with the planning. Connor's Dress Shop Has New Owners Mr and Mrs Frank F Connor, owners or Connors Dress tnop in Heppner for the past two years, this week announce tne sale of the business to Mrs Alice Hastings and Mrs Grace Buschke, both of Heppner. They plan to continue to carry a complete line of women s ap parel and will operate the shop under the name Milady s Ap parel. Harvey Harshman, Taken by Death Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p m at the Heppner Christian church for Harvey Harshman, 74, who passed away at his home, July 17. Mr Harshman was born Sept 7, 1885 at Morgan and had lived in Morrow county all his life. For a number of years he dwned a small farm Just below Heppner. He was a member of the Christ ian church. . He is survived by his wife Anna; three sons, Everett of Heppner; Loyd and Buel, both of Dayton, Wash; two daugh ters, Irene Averill, Waitsburg, Wash, and Delsie Mae Lake, Ti gard; one brother, Oliver of Pen dleton; 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The Rev Charles Knox offlC' iated at the services and inter ment was in the Heppner Mason ic cemetery with Creswick Mor tuary in charge. INFANT SON DIES Graveside services were held this afternoon at the Heppner Masonic cemetery for George Allen Worlein, infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph D Worlein of Kinzua. The Rev Derrick of Kin zua officiated. Citizens Who Wants Heated Water, Anyway! In case you had reason to doubt that it has been hot the past few days, here's proof I It got so hot in the boiler room of the Heppner swim ming pool that two trans formers on the oil burner melted down and burned out For a while the kids will have to swim in cold water. Power and Pipe Troubles Cause Water Shortage Heppner has not yet been forced to start a general water rationing plan, though power curtailments and other difficul ties during the past couple of weeks has caused a complete re striction of all sprinkling and irrigating for short periods. Last weekend the city was forced to contact all residents by phone for the second time and ask a complete stoppage of irrigating for a day when an unknown power outage on Willow creek stopped pumps at the city wells and heavy use dropped the total water storage in bothcity reservoirs to a dang erously low level of 60,000 gal Ions. Normal storage is over 1,000,000 gallons. A week earlier an REA transformer blowup shut the city pumps down for nearly two days and required the stop ping of all irrigating. Compounding last weekend's water troubles was some unex pected difficulty in connecting in section of new pipeline oe- 4i,T.nn Vii laro-o rocprvnir and ... Tun inh wa9 P. ta, fn... hours. instead it required nearly ,.M, v,v roeuH that nparlv t had been used . . 1nh romr)inted. - J " " i The use of water in Heppner on Monday came close to setting an all time record, it was dis closed this week. Nearly 1,050,000 gallons was used during the 24 hour period which is over .juu, 000 gallons more than tne city is able to pump from its wells at the present time. The heavy use completely drained one res ervoir and caused low pressure in some parts of town. Some of the largest water users have since been asked to use care in an effort to keep supply and de mand nearly even and forestall eventual rationing to everyone. Monday night the council a warded the R M Wade Company of Portland a' contract to supply a new deep well pump which will be installed in one of the upper wells which does not now have a pump. It is of 500 gallon per minute capacity and, along with completion of tne new water line, will give the city ample water supply. Its install ation is expectea ty aDout rne middle of August. The city today expressed its thanks to residents for their co operation and understanding during the past several days when restrictions on water use was necessary. It is hoped that no further restrictions win be necessary, but with hot weather causing unusually heavy drain on supplies, the city won t De "out of the woods" until the new pipeline project is complet ed. Hospital Personnel Sees New Films Two films on "disaster" and "evacuation of hospital patients" was shown this week to regis tered nurses and other person nel at Pioneer Memorial hospit al. The films were shown on the new projector recently donated for educational and entertain ment purposes. The disaster plan film ties in closely with Civil Defense plan ning and programs. Refresh ments were served following the showing. Mrs Carey Hastings, Mm Joe Wrieht. and Mrs Delmer Buschke SDent the weekend in Portland and Gresham visiting friends and relatives. Sizzle Under Summer Sun "n. " v v t - . i ?. "i .'' 'itMl PIPELINE PROGRESSING Crews of the Everett Den Herder Com pany are rapidly laying the six miles of the new City of Heppner water line along the shoulder of the Willow creek road. As much as 2000 feet of pipe has been laid in one day and Den Herder told the council Monday that if pipe Is received on time the manufacturer, the Job will be completed by early August (GT Photo) k " , V .". ; rJr-L'c jv "' v", READY TO GO UNDERGROUND mil. einht.inch steel nioe . creek ready to be placed in trench for new city water line. The laying of th8 six miles of pipe Is now nearly 60 percent com pleted and when placed in use will help greatly to alleviate the dry's water shortage. The new line win replace a nice ais tance of old leaky concrete pipe, (GT Photo) WEED KILLER CAUSE OF FRIDAY GRASS FIRE NEAR HEPPNER Here's a farm safety hint just in time for National Farm Safe ty Week being observed this week says N C Anderson, county extension agent. Don't use sod ium Chlorate weed killer in areas where there is danger from fire. And Steve Thompson, Heppner rancher adds "this recommen dation is a good one I can vouch for it." Circumstances of last Friday's School Medical Exams Required The ink is barely dry on last year's report cards, but it's al ready time to schedule medical and dental work for children who will be attending Morrow county schools this fall, according to Mrs Velma Glass, county health nurse. Regulations" of the state de partment of education and the state board of health require evi dence of recent physical and den tal examination for all children entering the first and ninth pradps for the first time, and periodic examinations are rec ommended thereafter. Immuni zation against common diseases is recommended, but not requlr ed. Examinations should be sched uled as soon as possible because out-of-town vacations might lim it to only a few days the time uiYiPn pxam nations can De ar ranged and, more important, early exams will allow a maxi mum of time lor treatment oi any defects found by the phy sician and dentist, it was stress ed. The health department sug gests that it might be well for the entire family to have" a sum mer checkup before starting a trip as it is easy to forget that vacations can be spoiled cy toothaches or infected tonsils. The physical examination forms (or goldenrod form as it Is commonly known) were dis tributed in May to students and prospective students. Forms can be obtained at pnysicians oi fices and at the health depart ment office in the court house 'Vi A part of the nearly one-half that is laid out along Willow fire near the city reservoir on the Thompson ranch was a new experience for Steve. The story behind it might help someone else avoid this same situation which could have been much more costly, ueres xne story. About 10 days ago Steve treated some noxious weeds in the small pasture surrounding the reservoir with sodium chlorate. It was ap plied dry then wetted afterward to fix it in the soil. Last Friday Steve prepared to move a small Duncn oi cauie from the pasture while round ing them up they ran down the hill and through the treated area. "Thp catches were small, said Steve, but the cattle ran right through them both. They no sooner hit them then they just blew up I wouldn't have be lieved it if I hadn t seen it my self. The way those spots burn ed it was only the fine cooper ation of fire fighters in the area that prevented more damage. We were lucky no one was burnea. This is an example of what frequently happens with sodium chlorate, Anderson adds. . When used for weed control Its use when rains begin. Caution must be taken, especially when used as a spray, to wash clothes to prevent fire from friction. Stay out of treated areas as fires have been known to occur from the slightest thing as a shoe nail striking against a rock. Follow directions on the can. Mr Thompson would like to thank everyone who helped with this fire and reports that he nas used sodium chlorate on his up ner ranee. He adds "I hope every one will avoid this area as it could be dangerous." PICNIC PLANNED Relatives and friends are in vited to a potluck picnic at the Jasper Myers ranch on Butter creek at 1:30 Sunday, August 2 honoring Phebe Bartholomew on her 85th birthday. It Is asked that no gifts be brought but that vis itors bring their own taDie ser vice. Mr and Mrs Marlon Green were In Portland for the weekend to attend the Centennial Exposlt ion. Sunday High of 101 Degrees is Hoitest of Year Wednesday night's unus ually hot "minimum" tem perature of 76 degrees in Heppner not only made sleeping nearly impossible, but is thought to have set a record for warm nights. Time did not permit a complete check of local weather rec ords, but if there was any warmer night in Heppner history, it was a good many years ago. The mercury climbed to a high of 101 degrees Wednes day afternoon before a layer of clouds floated in from the south to seal in most of the heat and make Wednesday night and Thursday morn ing one of the most uncom fortable ever experienced here. At 6 o'clock this morning the temperature had risen to 82 but by about 10 o'clock a cooling breeze began to drop the temperature slight ly from a high oi 92 record ed at 9 a m. Whether the cooling trend will continue, only time will tell. Lightning was reported over the mountains Wednes day night, but this morning the Heppner office of the Forest Service had had no fires reported. Wednesday's 101 degrees equalled this year's record high set last Sunday. Summer may have been a little slow getting started, but when Old Sol went to work In earnest last Thursday he has since hardly given any part of Morrow county a breather with the result that fire danger in all sections has climbed to a critical point. Luckily, though no major blazes have been started during the past week in this section. The coolest day during the past seven was last Thursday when the thermometer climbed only to 92 degrees. Since then the weather has been really hot. The hottest day so far this year, as recorded at the Heppner weather station, was Sunday when the mercury hit 101 de grees and, even at that, Heppner was one of the coolest towns in this section of the state. On the same day Arlington recorded scorching 112, Boardman 115 and an unofficial report from Echo said that the thermometer got clear up to 121 degrees. Mon day wasn't much cooler here, 99 degrees. The continued hot weather has raised fire danger to its great est point of the season, but so far no major fires have been re ported either in this section of the Umatilla National Forest or in range or wheat land. One small grass fire occurred Friday near Heppner but It was con trolled by the fire department and volunteers before it had done any great amount of damage. The forest service fire weather report Wednesday called for possible thunderstorms over the mountains by Thursday after noon which could fortell some trouble from this source should the storms be "dry" ones. Further south in Wheeler, Crook and Lake counties, a series of storms during the past week set nearly 100 forest and range fires. Fire department and forest ser vice officials continued to urge all residents to use extreme care with fire in hopes of preventing any major blazes. George Little HM 3 USK was visiting friends in Heppner. He is enroute from Camp Pendle ton to Norfolk, Va. where he will be stationed from 4 to 6 months. He left for Portland Tuesday where he enplaned for the East WEATHER Hi Low Thursday 88 50 Friday 92 59 Saturday 95 59 Sunday 99 61 Monday 101 60 Tuesday 99 59 Wednesday 96 60 Rainfall for the week, none; for July .11; for the year 7.62 Inches.