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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
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61 42 .03
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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.
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SECRETARY OF STATE. Howell
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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.
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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.