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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1959)
LIBRARY 0 OF 0 EUGENE. ORE Ms Grup Named T uikling Local Advisory Committees To Work on Problem The Morrow county school board Tuesday took steps to meet a serious immediate school hous ing shortage in the south part of the county and plans were laid to start a study of the build ing needs. During the day Tuesday, mem bers of the board visited schools in lone, Lexington and Heppner to acquaint themselves with the various plants and facilities and that evening stated that they felt there was a definite need to start work on a building pro gram. The board announced plans to appoint all members of the In dividual school advisory com mittee which will study the con structlon of a new high school in Heppner and a grade school at lone. They will also study the needs in the north end of the county and attempt to determine what the elementary needs will be In Heppner schools in the future. The boards' lnvesti g a 1 1 o n Tuesday showed that all avail able classroom space is now be ing used to a maximum In both the Heppner elementary and high school buildings, and that the small size of many of the - lone school rooms is causing crowding there. The board gave no Indication as to what it considered to be the most urgent need, preferring to leave such decisions up to the advisory board, though mem bers have stated in the past that a new high school in Hepp ner (in accordance with state recommendations) probably would me high on the list. A study of school census figures shows that by next year, the number of students will exceed facilities here. The state report, made earlier this year, recom mended one high school, in or near Heppner, to serve the Hepp ner, Lexington and lone areas. The board announced plans to call the several advisory com mittees together early this month to start their study of the prob lems, and as soon as a report can be prepared, the board will then call a public meeting to place the facts before the gen eral public. Hospital Auxiliary Schedules Lex Meet The quarterly meeting of the Pioneer Memorial hospital aux iliary will be held Monday, Oct 5 ft the Lexington city hall. It will start at 8 p m. Dr C M Wagner will speak on how to recognize mental illness and all members and interested persons are urged to attend. FREE CHEST X-RAYS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY Chest X-Rays will be given free of charge at Pioneer Memorial hospital Wednesday, Oct 7 from 7 to 8:30 P m. They are provided by funds from the county TB and Health association. ATTEND BAR MEETING Mr and Mrs P W Mahoney and Robert Abrams were in Bend last weekend to attend the Oregon State Bar association convention. Mr and Mrs Don Vail and son of Clarkston were weekend guests at the home of his sister, Mr and Mrs Ralph Richmond. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. 71 45 74 50 Tt 65 50 .37 65 46 61 42 .03 59 38 60 44 .18 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week .58; for September 1.39; for the year 9.21 inches. Copies 10 Cents Needs Of SECRETARY OF STATE. Howell L T) r dents following a meeting Sunday at Heppner. With him is W C Collins, mayor of Heppner. (GT Photo) Appling Talks of Fiscal Troubles There will be a fiscal problem In Oregon in the next blennium, secretary of state Howell App ling Jr, told a meeting at Hepp ner Sunday afternoon. He said that income tax receipts during that next period will be about $161 million while an additional $70 to $130 million will be need ed. Appling, making his first talk in Morrow county since being named to office, said the big need in the state is a reduction of government expenditures and he had reduced expenses in his office by nearly a quarter million dollars without imparing effic- iency. He stressed that a reduc tion in operating cost did not mean that an equal reduction in government services would be necessary, and he pointed put some government departments that certainly should have even more money than they are now getting, pointing especially to education and mental health programs. In speaking of his philosophy of government, he said that gov ernment seems to be getting re mote from the people who do not realize that the reins are slipping from their hands. In ex plaining he pointed to federal matching funds for welfare, highway work, etc, and stressed that in every such case, major control in these departments al so goes to the federal govern ment. An example, he said, Is the federal government requir ing the state to paint white stripes (Instead of yellow) on state highways if it is to re ceive federal money. In this connection he said he does not favor federal aid to education. Appling pointed out that no dollar ever made the trip to, Washington and came back whole, and he pointed out that Oregon does not ben to receive back its fair share of federal tax money paid to Uncle Sam. To emphasize his point, he stressed, "government is a 'something for something not a something for nothing." The secretary of state's talk was preceeded by a potluck din ner enjoyed by about 40 persons. Following his speech Renee and Merilee Leathers of lone presen ted two dance numbers and Oli ver Creswick sang two vocal numbers accompanied by Mrs Charles Knox. , Mrs Kenneth Peck, Morrow county Republican chair man, was in charge of the meeting. SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ELECTED Five persons were named to the school advisory committee for the Heppner district Wed nesday evening, at a meeting at the multipurpose room in the elementary school. Those named were Homer Hughes for Lexington, John Graves for Hardman and Ken Keeling, Dick Wilkinson and Dr L D Tibbies for Heppner. Study Schools Appling, Jr, left talks with resi New TV Business Slates Open House A new Heppner business open ed its doors to the public this week and is announcing an open house Saturday. It is Haskell and Haskett, Inc, television, radio sales and service. The concern, which is owned by Haskell Sharrard and Wesley Haskett, Is located In remodeled quarters at 323 N Main street which were recently vacated by Norah's Shop. Haskell and Haskett will sell Paekard-Bell and Hoffman lines of TV, radios and hi-fi sets and will service all makes of elec tronic equipment Carl Spauld- ing, accountant, has also moved into new offices in the same building. Open house is planned all day Saturday. Students to Get College Guidance A guidance session covering preparation for college or other training beyond the high school level will be held for the stu dents of Heppner high school on October 8 at 8:40 a m. Principal Gordon Pratt announced that a visiting team from the state sys tem of higher education has been Invited to conduct the meeting. Representatives from the state schools will explain their respec tive academic offerings and point up each institution's specific re quirements. Opp o r t u n 1 1 y for questions by students is given to provide individual guidance. The importance- of education be yond high school and the urgen cy of adequate preparation early in the high school years will be explained. A description of what that "adequate prepara tion" entails, career opportuni ties, costs, scholarships, and me chanics of school application and entrance will be stressed. These Informative sessions are conducted annually in the high school as part of the regular guidance program. They repre sent a combined effort by the state system of higher education and the high school to' better prepare high school students for their future careers. The pro gram presents complete informa tion on the educational oppor tunities provided at public ex pense within the state. GRASS BURNS One rural unit of the Heppner fire department answered a call to control a grass fire Tuesday afternoon on range land south of Heppner owned by Fulleton and Everly and Osmins. They were aided by the Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers truck. There was no logical reason for the blaze, which firemen hope will be the last of the year. It started from no apparent cause in the center of a field and cov ered in the vicinity of 100 acres. ;A little rain even fell while fire men were fighting the fire, but it burned merrily on. '-.-I Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 1, 1959 Fund Drive For Hospital Air Conditioning Starts Letters will go out the first of the week to residents of Mor row county and adjacent areas, explaining the fund drive now being opened by Pioneer Mem orial hospital to raise monev for the purpose and Installation of air conditioning equipment. The goal of the drive is to raise $20,000 and the- hospital has already received a donation of $5,000 from Heppner Pine Mills to kick off the project. The drive will mainly be conducted by mail, though some personal contact is planned by members of the hospital auxiliary. Benefit Rummage Sale is Dated The Civic League fall rum mage sale will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct 16 and 17 at Bruce Motors showrooms, it was announced this week by Mrs Robert Abrams, sale chairman. Pre-schoolers enrolled In the Civic League kindergarten this year are the 11th class to attend the school. Since the opening of classes In 1949, the fall and spring rummage sales have con tributed substantially to the fi nancing of the classes. Tuition has been kept low to enable as many parents as possible to send their children, and at no time has the school been self-support-lng. This year, as last, the enroll ment in the kindergarten has necessitated two sessions. This, along with the loss of the class room In the high school, has sub stantially increased operation cost. League members hope for a particularly successful fall sale to cover this year's extra ex pense. All donated articles such as fall and summer clothing, toys, nursery furniture, lamps, lamp shades, books, records, drapes, bedspreads, rugs, tabl e c 1 o t hs, dishes, pans, bedding or white elephants find a ready sale at the Civic League sale. Anyone having donations, are asked to call 6-9789 and a member of the Civic League will pick up the items, or they may be left at Jack's Chevron Station In Hepp ner or Gene s Chevron In Lex ington. Particular emphasis is placed on clothing or other donations which will need to be cleaned. As a courtesy to the Civic League, the Heppner Cleaners will clean articles needing it, and the dead line for rceelving such Items Is Monday, Oct 13. The committees appreciate re ceiving all donations as early as possible as much preliminary preparation is necessary to al low the women to set up the store in the evening. All Civic League members who have not as yet volunteered for a job on the sale are asked, to do so Immediately. Help is still needed for pickup, sorting, washing and ironing, clerking and clean-up. All members will be needed to arrange and price items the night before the sale. Soil Bank Deadline Date Extended The Morrow county Agricultur al Stabilization and Conservation office today announced two im portant changes in the 1960 con servation reserve of the soil bank. They are, 1-baslc annual rates will be established by the same method used for 1959 contracts; and 2-farmers will have until Oct 9, rather than Sept 30 to take the first step In applying for the 1960 program. These changes have been made following enactment of a new law passed shortly before the recent adjournment of Congress and signed by the President Sept 21. The added time will enable farmers to study the new rate arrangement and determine the advisability of coming into the program. Farmers who now have not previously requested a rate de termination but now believe, the program will be of interest to them should visit the county ASC office as soon as possible to ob tain full Information. 76th Year, Number 30 New Owners lake Oyer Heppner Empire Store' Herb S Clark, Pendleton, and J Brogottl, former Umatilla coun ty rancher, this week announced the purchase of the Empire Ma chinery Company store In Hepp ner, John Deere and Caterpillar dealers. They take over the business today and it will be known as EMCO, Inc. They wll also take over former Empire stores at Athena, effec tive Oct 1 and at Pendleton and Arlington on Oct 15. The new company will handle only the John Deere line of farm equipment at Its four stores, the Caterpillar dealership hav i n g been taken by Stone Equipment Company who will continue to operate stores in all former Em pire locations except Heppner. Service however, will be avail able here. Clark, who has been connected with Empire Machinery, and Its predecessor, Braden Machinery, is president and general man ager of the new EMCO, Inc; and Brogottl is secretary-treasurer. William Marshall, a former Empire employee and agricul tural territory manager at The Dalles, will be the new manager of the Heppner EMCO store. He moved his family here this week. Clark announced that the same office and parts department staff will be retained here, as will a part of the shop crew. John Williams, former manager of the Heppner Empire store leaves this week for Pendleton where he will assume new duties as manager of the Pendleton store for Stone Machinery Company. His family moved to Pendleton early In Sep tember. The Heppner EMCO store will be distributor for John Deere equipment only and will operate a complete repair department and carry a full stock of parts. Charlie Kirk and Cal Sherman, former Empire mechanics here, will continue to live In Heppner and will service Caterpillar equipment in this area for Stone Machinery. Service Calls Several from Area The office of the Tri-County Selective Service board at Con don this week announced the names of several area young men who have either been call ed, or volunteered for military service. Called for induction on Sept 23 were David Joyal and Zack Keyes of Fossil. Also called, but postponed until Feb 1, 1960 were Arlet Avery Campbell, William Basset Hughes and Ronald George Currin. Those leaving for induction Oct 15 will be John Hutson, Arlington; Glen Greiner, Condon; Ronald Alford, Condon; and James H Hayes, Heppner. Enlisted this month were Gary Ostrander, Kinzua, Navy; and Dennis Ross, Irrigon, Air Force. There will be four men leav ing for armed forces physical examination today (Oct 1.) They are Robert John Hare and Del bert Allen Piper, both of Hepp ner; Kenneth Lavern Brenner, lone; and Elmer Franklin Palm er, Arlington. State headquarters recently an nounced that no registrants un der 22Y2 years of age would be called for physical. The board also reminded young men that the law requires them to register with the board within five days after reaching their 18th birthdays. Failure to do so within the specified time is frequently due to an over sight or misinformation, but the board said that "delinquents" who deliberately avoid register ing, go to the head of the In duction list once their names are known. Mr and Mrs John William of Pendleton, Mr and Mrs Bill Tur ner and Mr and Mrs Paul Koe nig were in Portland last week for three days. Mr Koenig and Mr Turner attended the Western Pine Convention while there. Mr and Mrs Harold Hiesler of Salem were Sunday guests at the Paul Koenig home. First of New 1960 Model Cars Make Debut Tomorrow The first of the 1960 model cars will go on display in Hepp ner auto dealers' showrooms to morrow, and several of the new models are expected to cause considerable interest, according to the dealers. Farley Motor Company will display the I960 Pontiac which announces a "fresh point of view." The new model remains the only car with wide track wheels. The first of America's much talked about "small" cars will go on display Friday at Fulle ton Chevrolet when General Mo tors unveils Its new Corvair, a rear engine model. The regular size Chevrolet will also be dis played tomorrow and many changes are being announced for this car. Complete announcement ad vertising for these cars will be found elsewhere in today's pa per. Teaching Ethics Talked at OEA Meet Some fifty educators from Mor row and Umatilla counties met at Irrigon Monday evening to hold committee meetings and to plan a program for the coming year. The group was entertained by several accordion numbers by Miss Janice Bechdolt, nine-year-old fourth grader from Indiana. Ewald Turner, Pen d 1 e t o n teacher, and former president of the National Department of Classroom Teachers, gave an in spiring lecture on the ethics of the teaching profession and the possibilities of doing more, through better teaching, for the academically gifted child. The speaker also stressed the need for better understanding be tween teachers and boards of education. He believes that with better understanding will come better relations between mem bers of the teaching profession and the general public. Such im provement of relatl o n s h 1 p s should benefit all members of a community, he said. Mrs Velva Bechdolt, Heppner, county OEA president, presided i at the meeting. Elks to Again Collect Deer Hides - The Heppner Elks lodge Is a gain asking all hunters to donate their deer and elk hides to the lodge's veterans program. The hides are tanned and then turn ed over to the veteran's hospitals for rehabilitation work. Hunters can leave hides at the Heppner lodge or at service sta tions in Heppner, Lexington and lone. SOCIAL CLUB TO MEET The OES social club of Ruth chapter, Heppner, will hold Its first fall meeting Saturday, Oct 3 at 1:45 at the Masonic hall. ATTENDS DISTRICT MEETING Mrs John Pfeiffer and Miss Leta Humphreys were in La Grande over the weekend to at tend a meeting of district no 2 of the Soroptimlst Clubs. Miss Humphreys also appeared on the program at the meeting. STATE ASKS COOPERATION OF HUNTERS WITH MEAT INSPECTION Hunters who get their deer, elk or other game animals should run Into state meat inspection when they submit carcasses to plants for handling and storage. Retail markets, processing plants, locker plants and slaugh terhouses under state meat In spection are required to meet certain conditions in handling what hunters bring to them. Game animals are not in themselves covered under meat inspection law but their coming ling with inspected meats is of concern to the Inspectors, says Dr William L Searles, supervisor of the program for the state de partment of agriculture. So Dr Searles makes these sug gestions to hunters who are going to rely upon locker plants and other establishments for cutting and storage: 1. Skin the animal as soon as possible after the kill; the sooner the better. 2. Clean it 3. Trim out all bruises and gunshot wounds. 4. Place the carcass in a clean game bag or other suitable ma terial. 5. Cool it out before taking It in for chilling and cutting. As for operators of any type of plant under the meat inspec tion program, Searles asks hunt ers to understand that they have certain obligations in meat wholesomeness which hit-and- miss handling of game animals will throw out of kelter. Rush of Hunters Expected Here Before Saturday The annual rush of literally thousands of hunters is expected to start today in Heppner as sportsmen stop for last minute supplies on their way Into the Blue mountains south and east. The deer season opens Saturday morning. Game officials and hunters alike are looking forward to an excellent deer season, aided ma terially by the rains, and even a little snow, during the past two weeks. Nearly an inch and one-half of rain has fallen In Heppner during that period and in many places in the mountains the fall has doubled what has been recorded here. The cooling weather Tuesday night and Wed nesday morning brought reports of some snow in the higher ele vations which may make some of the mountain roads a little hard to navigate in anything but a Jeep or four-wheel drive ve hicle. Main roads, though, are expected to be in good condition. The weather for the opening day apparently will be In com plete contrast to season openings during the past couple of seas ons when hot weather caused serious fire hazard in most moun tain areas. Early this week some points in the Cascade mountains reported nearly a foot of snow, and Tollgate, northeast of Pen dleton has already had several Inches of snow. The state-wide Red Hat Days program Is actively being pro moted in this area and hunters are urged to observe "no tres passing" or "no hunting without permission" signs which have been posted by many landown ers. No general closure of any large block of land has been re ported this year, but many ran chers are requiring that hunters get written permission before they are allowed on private land Fire danger in the mountains is greatly reduced this week, but forest service officials are con tinuing to urge hunters to use care and not to leave fires un attended. . Iiiuuicis uie oisu auviseu Mat new meat Inspection regulations now In effect In the state will change the manner In which many lockers and storage plants can handle deer carcasses for cutting and storage. A complete story on that will be found else where in today's paper. Episcopal Priest Is Guest Speaker The Rev Father Raymond A Gill, a priest in the Order of the Holy Cross of the Episcopal church was a guest speaker at All Saints' church in Heppner Tuesday. He is on furlough from his mission at Bolahun, Liberia, in West Africa. He lectured about his work in Llboria and showed colored slides. St Monica's guild honored him with a luncheon following the 10 a m communion service. NO SCHOOL MONDAY All county school kids will get the day off next Monday while their teachers attend teachers' institute In Pendleton. For example, game animals can only be skinned, trimmed and cleaned on killing floors of slaughterhouses before or after each day's regular kill. And all kill rooms must then be cleaned and sanitized before meat ani mals are slaughtered. All this,- of course, If the same kill room Is used both, for "regular" and game meats. Nor may operators handling the hunter's kill store heads, hides or unsklnned parts In any chill room or cooler. The roofs, too, had better be off before the carcass reaches the chill room or cooler. And if a game animal carcass goes into the same cooler as the regular kill, it must be covered with a clean shroud (which Is about the same as an over-all nightie), a game bag or similar protective material. Some estab lishments, big enough to have them, utilise separate cool rooms for game animals; In this event, no covering is needed. The same equipment used for processing the regular red meat may be used for processing game animals provided the two types of meats are handled separately, at different periods, and with equipment sanitized after each use. Pheasants, ducks, geese and other game birds must be pluck ed before being placed In a cool er. The purpose" of all this? Con sumer protection.
