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76th Year, Number 46
County
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Is Recommended
A recommendation that a four
year building program be adop
ted for the county's schools, was
presented last Thursday night at
building advisory commltte
a meeting of the county school
held In the multipurpose room
of the Heppner grade school.
The proposal received fairly
general approval of the 40 or
more persons present, but a mo
tlon to adopt it was rejected un
til local committees had an op
portunity to give it further
study. It will be considered at
another meeting of the combin
ed committees February 2 at
lone.
It was explained by Fredrick
Martin, chairman of the county
school board, that because of the
appeal filed last week in the
suits contesting the constitution
alitv of the state school reorgan
ization law and the legality of
the Morrow county school Doara
actions under that law, it would
be ImDossible to bond the dis
trict for any building as long
as the appeal was pending. As
a result, any building would
have to be done by means of
a serial levy which would be in
cluded in each year's school
March of Dimes
Mother's March
Set January 28
The New Mother's March a
gainst crippling birth defects,
arthritis and polio will be head
ed in Heppner by Mrs Elmer
Schmidt and Mrs Nels Ander
son, it was announced today by
Gene Pierce, county director for
the New March of Dimes cam
paign.
The house-to-house visitation
which traditionally has climax'
ed the January March of Dimes
appeal, will be held Thursday,
January 28 starting at 7 p m.
This year's efforts are dedi
cated to the National Founda
tion's patient aid program which
is being expanded to include
financial aid to patients through
18 years of age suffering from
rheumatoid arthritis and three
types of birth defects. Aid will
also be offered to paralytic polio
patients of all ages.
The March of Dimes drive in
Morrow county opened the first
of January and is being carried
on by a volunteer organization
and through school organiza-j
tions.
budect.
The lont? ranee, as well as 1m
mediate needs, of the schools
In the county were discussed at
some lencth. and it was pointed
out that the most pressing need
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TtSV addToaTc MAIN STREET DIGS OUT-Los, Sf urd -Uer .now had aotten
rooms in Heppner by the next
school year.
The motion for the recommen
dot! nroeittm was made by Or-
ville Cutsforth of Lexington and
It provided for:
That a serial levy be adopted
to adequately finance tne rot-
lowing
First Year Four rooms at
Heppner on a new high school Li arv Jo Stewart
site. Up- n m. it I r
Second Year 1 rooms at lone, I O ivepresenr uoiw
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two additional rooms on me new rin Mnnnrtne Hoard
eltfl at Hpnnnpr. and two rooms I 3
at Irrigon. - UNIVERSITY va UK.uur,
Vonr rnmnlo'lnn of th( I Fiifrono Marv Jn Stewart, daush-
twn J)H. I far rf fr nnrl Mr Jrw N Stewart.
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ditional rooms at lone, a mum- Heppner was noimea ihsi ri
purpose room and cafeteria at day of her selection as a mem-
r..!nn hsr r,f Marlnmnlspllo's National
Fourth Year (or when nec- College Board, representing the
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essaryj replacement vi me i i university oi urcBwi.
nitiAe ot Pnarlman nrnvlrlA I Colrtrtlnna fnr th hoard were
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minor modifications of the old made on the basis of work sub
school buildings at Heppner to mitted In the field of writing
aHnnr them Into an elementary art. and Dromotlons. Miss Stew-
facility. art, who was chosen for her
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wanted time to refer it to local each other. As a member of the
committees for study. board, Miss btewart win repon
During the discussion, it was on fashion trends, personalities,
nninioH nut thflf thA anneal anH nthpp tnnlcs of interest to a
would probably be decided in a- national magazine.
bout two years, maKing n pussi- ah oiiege ouaru mcmucia ic
hi than tn iccno VinnHo and the lollrrihl fnp RPlpPtion as One Of
money from the serial levy could 20 guest editors, who are chosen
be usea 10 reiire me duiius. in Aiarcn 10 euu mc nu6u
It was also explained that the edition of the magazine. The
classrooms proposed ror nt-pp- magazine wm yay irnveuns
nor nn tho site of a new hieh Hvint? exDenses in New York for
school, would be used for the the month of July for those
first pnunlp of vears for elemen-1 selected.
tary classes, but would be built Miss Stewart, who is affiliated
ii ih.u m iImb nlona th curbs of Main street
nrniiKiAi fnr a chart tlma emd a stats hlqhwerr
snow plow operated by Ed Wilson was secured to plow the drifts
to the center of tho street During the day. city crews (who were
personally aided by the mayor, a councilman and the chief of
.n- hnuM nil niiM from sidewalks Into the street
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so as much as possible could be lemovea. u guuers are aiiowea
to fill and freeze, a serious water problem arises when a thaw
Comes. ll ruviv
C of C Planning
Strong Drive For
New Membership
dumped from to 14 Inches Itlcally all roads would be drifted
of snow on Morrow county du
Ing the past seven days, nearly
iloublini; the i: round measure
ment twm the previous wk.
By Wednesday snow shovclers
were complaining of aching
backs: cattlemen was casting
apprehensive glances at dwind
line hav supplies; wheat crow
ers were going around with ear
toear grins; fuel oil dealers
were hannv as tanks went down
remarkably fast: motorists were
either cussing the icy roads or
going on foot; and kids were
snendlne every spare minute
sleddinc on every hillside. In
other words, the weather was the
main, and in fact about the only
topic of conversation for the past
week.
But whatever inconvenience
the snow brought, It was more
than offset by the value to the
county of the 159 Inches of
moisture it held. .43 Inch came
during the past week, and .80
the week before.
The heaviest snow fell in Hep.
pner last Friday and Saturday
when 3 Inches stacked up. An
other 1.3 inches was measured
on both Sunday and Tuesday
and the Wednesday morning
measurement recorded almost
another inch. While a total of
bout 14 Inches has fallen here.
the average depth Wednesday
in Heppner was about 9 to 10
inches. There has been practic
ally no thawing or melting dur
ing the past week as the mer
cury rose above freezlnc on only
one day, Saturday, and then to
only 31 degrees for a short time.
Wednesday morning the ther
mometer dropped to 4 above zero
for the second coldest day of
the winter. On November 16 It
full within hours.
There have been ihny of four
minor accidents in recent days
which were the result of Icy
roads, but none caused Injury
or major damage.
School buses ran luto on sever
al occasions and lone schools
were closed early Monday to al
low buses to complete runs be
fore dark. Heppner schools have
not been effected.
The Tortland area bom the
brunt of the early-week storm
with nearly all schools there
closed for two or more days.
Tuesdav and Wednesday High
way 30 through the Columbia
Gorge was reported as practic
ally Impassable as a strong east
wind of up to 40 miles an hour
was whipping about two feet
of snow into 8 and 10 foot drifts.
Durine the nast two weeks the
snow pack In the Blue Moun
tains has risen from nothing to
as much as three feet In places
Heppner Girl OSC
"Little Colonel"
Miss Janice Martin, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Randall Martin
of Heppner, a freshman at Ore
gon State College, was crowned
Little Colonel Saturday night at
the 1960 annual Military Ball,
sponsored by Scabbard and
Blade, ROTC honorary at Oregon
State. She was crowned by Son
ya Lea, 1959 Little Colonel.
Janice was chosen from a
group of five girls, the other
four making up her court and
escorted by Gary Lozier, Cadet
Colonel of Army ROTC, she
started the traditional Little
Colonel dance.
At Oregon State Janice is ac
tive in Madrigals, women's sing
ing group; a church choir and
in work on the campus paper,
The Barometer.
WEATHER
to ultimately serve for the even
tually completed high school.
No definite amount for a ser
ial lew was established but fig
ures of 7 and 10 mills were dis
cussed during the evening.
The pressing need for addit
ional rooms at Heppner was
stressed by board members and
school officials who explained
that at the start of next school
year, two additional classrooms
at the Lexington school will be
nut into use and an additional
four rooms will be needed. These
four extra rooms are not avail
able unless they are constructed.
Represe n t a t i v e s from all
county areas attended the meet
ing.
with Siema Kappa, social fra
ternity. is also a member of
Theta Sigma Phi, Phi Theta Up
silon, and Panhellenlc Council.
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tues
Wed
Hi
21
29
34
27
26
17
20
Low
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11
24
21
9
9
4
Snow
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3.
1.3
1.3
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Prec.
.07
.16
.09
.10
.07
PrH-iDitation for the week .49;
7.5 inches of sr.cw: total mois
ture for January' 1-52 inches.
Conservationist
Takes Part in Snow
Survey Conference
Ralph Richards. Heppner Soil
Conservationist, spent the early
part of this week at Mt Hood
taking part in a snow survey
training conference held on the
mountain. The purpose of the
conference Is to train about 60
employees of the Soil Conser
vation Service and cooperating
aeencles In making the most ef
ficient snow surveys with the
utmost safety.
Durine the conference trainees
will be instructed In theory and
practice of snow surveying, tra
vel equipment, preparation for
winter trips, snow survey note
keeping, first aid, survival In
snow, rescue, short-wave radio
operation, and many other prases
of the work.
The Heppner Soil Conserva
tion office is one of the stations
that each month during the
winter take snow and water sur
veys in the mountains to de
termine what the snow pack and
moisture content is, and to aid
farmers in anticipating what
their water supply possibilities
will be during the spring and
summer season.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Lindsay of
Hermiston were here for the
weekend to attend the Cattle
mens Banquet
County Office
Filings Start
One candidate for county of
fice has already filed her pe
tition for the primary election,
and one other has indicated that
he will again seek office.
The first to file was Mrs Sadie
Parrish, present county clerk,
who has filed on the Democratic
ballot. She was appointed early
last year to fill tne position upon
the resignation of former clerk
Bruce Lindsay.
Incumbent sheriff C J D Bau
man has already announced his
candidacy for renomination as a
Republican and said wednesdy
that he will file within a few
days.
Only two other county offices
will be sublect to election this
year. They are the county treas
urer and one county commission
er post now held by Russell Mil
ler of Boardman.
The Heppner Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce announ
ced plans Monday to start a con
certed drive to obtain new mem
bers In the organization. James
J Farley is the new membershiy
committee chairman.
Th crrniin is seeklns both Mlnnprt to 2 deerees.
r r i l i o
active and associate member- Roads Dangerous
ships, the latter being a new cat- During much of the past week,
onnm Inst rnoontlv nnnrnvpH hv I i i 1.1.1 Knnn
1 i - j 1 ruaua culU IilUW3 nave; uixu
the board. A full active mem- extremely hazardous though
la tfin a vonr u.'hlrh I . . . . 1 , .. .1 .... .nnA
includes the cost of the weekly crews have been making every
luncheon. An associate member-
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snip iee 01 &a nas peen esiar
and all of it lies on unfrozen
ground which Indicates that
nu.t of the needed moisture
will soak Into the ground. Kin-
zua Corporation logging trucks
have continued to haul logs to
the Heppner mill except for one
day when conditions got too
muni! even for them. The loads
look more like overgrown Icicles
than logs after the haul from
the mountains.
What kind of weather is In
store for the next few days?
This paper always hesitates to
even try to say, but a check
with the Portland office of As
sociated Press late Wednesday
came ud with a weather fore
cast of possible freezing rain In
the Portland area late Wednes
day or Thursday. Cold east
winds up to 50 miles an hour
down the Columbia Gorge were
keeping temperatures low and
the highway nearly Impassible.
What that mlcht mean to
Morrow county by Thursday Is
anybody's guess.
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WINTER BEAUTY North Court street presented a beautiful winter
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sight last Sunday aiier neaxiy wo uay w """""
loaded all trees and homes with a mantel of white. Piles o! snow
three and four feet high are in front of many homes. (GT Photo)
Former lone Girl
WAC of the Month
FORT EUSTIS, VA. (AHTNO
Pfc Billie J Seehafer, daughter
of Mr and Mrs W G Seehafer,
Boardman, recently was named
U-AP r. Iha f nnth tnr tVl II R
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Army dental detachment at Fort are being sold for vehicles be
lished in an effort to attract
more members to the organiza
tion.
It was pointed out that the
chamber during a normal year
makes several solicitations of
hosiness houses to raise funds
for Its various projects such as
Christmas decorations of tne
town, rodeo parade prize money,
retirement or neia ngnung
hnnHs. etc: and under the new
associate membership plan, a
person or business who Joins un
der this plan would not be sol
icited for additional money; The
$25 annual associate member
ship is scheduled to include an
average amount donated for
these various functions.
It was pointed out at the Mon
day meeting that the chamber
of commerce, if it is to be fully
successful, must have wide
spread support of all local busi
ness houses and professional
people. At the present time the
organization has a total mem
bership of just over w, wnicn
actually represents less than 50
percent of the potential mem
bership. It was also empnasizea
that the chamber works for the
best interests and promotion of
the entire county, not just its
membership.
The membership drive will get
under way within a short time,
and it is hoped that it is success
ful in obtaining nearly 100 per
cent of the potential.
New Style License
Plates Due Slowly
It will be at least 3 or 4 years
before all Oregon vehicles dis
play license plates with the new
"Pacific Wonderland" slogan.
Vern L Hill, director of the de
partment of motor vehicles, said
his office can not issue the new
plates for vehicles with licenses
expiring because money was not
budgeted for purchasing plates
with slogans for all 873,000 ve
hicles in the state.
Hill said some new-type plates
nassabll. They were -aided ty
the fact that there has been very
little wind to cause drifting ex
cept in the Hardman area and on
upper Rhea Creek. Late Tuesday
some driftinc was reported In
the North Lexington area, but
most roads remained passable.
Road crews expressed tne nope
that the snow would have time
to pack before any strong winds
might start, for if a blow should
BPA Seeks Funds for
Local Substation
Work in Budget
The Bonneville Power Admin
istration announced this week
that appropriations totaling $31,
195.000 were requested for the
new fiscal year beginning July
1, 1960 in the President's budget
message.
Included in the many projects
for which funds have been re
quested, is $125,000 for improve
ments in Lexington area service.
While the news release did not
specifically state what the
money was to be used for, it
is thought that transformers in
the BPA substation near Jordan
will be replaced with larger
units. The present transformers
are operating near the peak of
their capacity.
WINTER PATTERN Six to eight Inches of snow on a cold deck
oi logs at tho Heppner Kinzua Corporation mill made a pretty,
pattern for a winter photograph. An Industrious photographer
would have little trouble during the past week finding hundreds
of Interesting and unusual winter scenes to shoot
(GT Photo)
CUTSFORTH PARK SKI AREA REPORTS
PLENTY OF SNOW, AND SKIERS
Eustis. Va
A dental technician in the de
tachment. Pfc Seehafer was sel
ected for her soldierly appear
ance, knowledge and penor-
mance of duties and military
courtesy.
She entered the Women's
Armv Corns in October 1358 and
completed basic training at Fort
McClelian, Ala.
She is a 1958 graduate of lone
high school.
Bill farratt flew to SDckane
the first of the week for a busi
ness meeting.
ing licensed for the first time In
Oregon. About 90,000 passenger
car plates with the slogan have
been acquired by the depart
ment He emphasized that not all
new plates sold this year will
carry the slogan because the de
partment must also exnaust me
supply of old style plates.
Merle and Albert Burkenbine
of Alpena. Michigan and Reese
Burkenbine of Medical Lake,
Washington are In Heppner due
County Bond Sales
Slip During 1959
Aceordine to word received to
day bv Savings Bonds committee
chairman Jack Bedford, sales of
series E and II Savings Bonds
were $19,774 in the county In
December. The same month a
year ago these sales totaled $19,
928. Sales in Oregon for last
month were $2,854,329 compared
with $3,042,395 a year earlier.
"Although our monthly sales
In Oregon have not yet quite
caught up with those of a year
ago, the new 3 34 percent In
terest rate of E and H bonds
when held to maturity, have
seemlnnlv improved sales sub
stantially," said Bedford. Oregon
sales in December were nearly
one half million higher than In
November.
For the Year Morrow county
residents purchased $139,116 in
bonds compared with $191,738
during 1958.
The cast two weeks of nearly
constant snow has provided ski
enthusiasts with plenty oi op
portunity to try out their equip
mpnt. and O W Cutsforth re
ported early this week that the
ski run at Cutsrorth Paw on
Herren creek is in excellent
shaoe and the ski tow working
Well over two feet of snow
was measured at the run last
Sunday and since that time close
to another foot has fallen in the
area giving plenty of the white
stuff for all comers. A rope ski
tow about 600 feet long was
installed during the past year
and was in operation Sunday,
it is rlzeed so that it can be
started at any time there Is suf-
Kinzua Wins Forest
Service Timber Bid
The Kinzua Corporation. Kin
zua. was the successful bidder
on 1,139,000 board feet of nat
ional forest timber on the Bull
Prairie sale, forest supervisor C
M Rector announced recently.
The sale area Is located 41
miles south of Heppner. Stump
age prices "were $22.75 for pon
derosa pine, $3.90 for Douglas
fir. $8.15 for wobtern larch, $11.15
for Engelmann spruce and $5.30
for white fir. There were two
bidders present
CARD PARTY CANCELLED
The public card party sched
uled by the Rhea Creek grange
flcient use for it.
Cutsforth stated that while
the ski area Is on his own land,
everyone is welcome to use It,
at their own risk however, as
he will accept no liability for
banged up elbows or broken
bones.
Cutsforth also stated that Dr
Robert W Pfelffer, an accom
plished skier, has offered to give
skiing instructions during week
ends to those who might be In
terested. The road to the ski area was
opened early this week through
the courtesy of Kinzua Corpor
ation and it will be kept open
during the winter season.
former Heppner resident is In for Saturday evening. January
T-i L.rJl .K a & rka Vi haon r i nr-o! &A Tt A'i 3 1
to the illrss of their mother, underwent major surgery the'be rescheduk-d for a later date
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end OI lasi WCCIl. H lire urauin
Mrs Marion Hayden.
The Snow is Deep,
But It's No Record
The present 9 to 12 inches
ol snow in Heppner is the
heaviest pack seen here
since the winter of 1951-52.
the local weather station re
cords show.
But. it Is a long ways
from being a record.
The local records don't
keep a daily measurement
but a total for the winter
and the all-time record came
in the winter of 1915-16
when a total of 65 inches
felL The next snowiest win
ter was that of 1949-50 with
46 inches.
The winter arerage orer
the years is only about 25
inches. So fax this year orer
20 Inches has fallen in Heppner.