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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1960)
L ! BRAKY U Of 0 EUGENE. ORE ymniie) Nuge Development In North EneJ Of Ceonty . : : hem Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 4, 1960 Gorernor Mark Hatfield rtraled tbU week In a speech at Hood Rivet that the state of Oregon has re ceived the green light from all government agencies concerned, to negotiate with private industry for the use of the Boordman Bombing Range In northern Morrow county. The Information was carried late Tuesday by As sociated Press. The Governor stated that the state has received word that it can now dicker with Industry with the assurance that they can get the land. Attempts have been made for some time by the Morrow county court the Morrow port commission and other groups, to get the 96,000 acres of the bombing range released by the government so that it could be turned back into private hands or made available for private industrial use. Recently the governor and the state de- County Is Sharply Divided on School Building Program partment of planning and development began negot iations with the federal gov ernment seeking the same I Q CentS ultimate results as tne county court had boon at tempting to obtain. The Gov ernor's statement apparently means that the area is now available for private use. Governor Hatfield also stated in his Hood River speech that mc siaie is currently iieKuwa-ip . j . . tine with a nationally known ixtuiunui ithiiiiiu electronics firm, whom he re- On Wheal1 Problem lusiMi to identity, mat u i Dig u . T CD guided per uouhj uy r The county school building committee Tuesday night ap proved by a vote of 21 to 11 a motion to build a new high school at lone but refused to approve any plan which would provide new high school facll hies for Heppner. The meeting was the second 'n recent weeks called to aid the county school board In de veloping a long-range school building program for the entire county. The motion also called for the construction of four additional rooms to the present Heppner grade school and additions at Irrigon. The school board, who con ducted the meeting, said that It would have to give the rec , ommendations consi d e r a b 1 e study and probably call addit lonal building committee meet Ings. Members stated unoffic ially that they doubted that they could accept the proposal be cause it failed to solve any of the most pressing problems in the Heppner schools The amended resolution called for: "A serial levy of $95,000 per year for four years be adopted to adequately finance the fol lowing: First year Four rooms at Hep pner as an addition to the ele mentary building. Second year Five classrooms and library at lone; obtain op tion on new elementary school site at Heppner and a site in the north end of the county. Third year Mul tipurpose room and cafeteria and addit ional classrooms in Irrigon; pur-1 chase Heppner site. Fourth year Replacement of Boardman facilities when nec essary due to construction of John Day Dam. Committee members from Heppner and Lexington voted against the resolution, which was presented by Don McElli gott of lone; and members from lone, Boardman, Irrigon and Hardman voted in favor of it. Many Changes Made The amended motion bore little resemblance to the original one made by O W Cutsforth at the previous meeting. It called for a serial levy for four years to adequately finance: First year Four rooms at Hep pner on a new high school site. Second year 4 rooms at lone, two additional rooms on the new site, and two rooms at Irrigon. is built, the present high school could serve as a very ade quate grade and Junior high building and pointed out that while the building was built for 150 students, it now houses over 175 high school students on Just the top floor, all the rest of the building being used for grade school classes. It was also pointed out that it was very doubtful if the state would al low construction of four addit ional rooms on the present grade school due to lack of adequate space. An lone speaker told the group that "we don't want to be boxed in," and find ourselves in the position of having to send our high school students to Heppner. "If it is tried, the lone group will fight." Boardman representatives also questioned the need of any ma- GAZ -TIM 76th Year, Number 48 prime contractor In the missile field, that is Interested In a site in the area. He said One of a series of four reg- Inn a 1 vrtntinfr hv f ha nrixrnn that negotiations are now being rwtin mV, carried on by the state depart- heM Feb 9 at 8 p m men of p arming and develop. he Vm Memoral Llttle ment and that these talks were -naf.,, Pnrfi.tn t, nr. first opened In the San Francisco of the meetlnga u t0 ex. ujr una, Inlaln Iho now Farm Rurpnu an. The Morrow county court has nroach to the wheat protrram on long contended that the North the national level. Speaker will Morrow county area, including be Dr Warren Collins, assistant the bombing range, offered some commodity director of the Amer- of the best industrial sites in hCan Farm Bureau Federation. .7 , .7 .V i of the Farm Bureau calls for an New Lighting Plan (Due For Heppner Mercury Vapor Lights Slated For Downtown Area the land could be made avail' able. With the completion of the John Day dam, a considerable amount of river frontage In the county will offer excellent deep water port facilities, equal to any along the entire length of the Columbia. The Governor's statement bears out the truth of local beliefs. Further meetings of the county court and the Morrow county port commission with the state department of planning and de velopment are scheduled with in the next few days. The effect of such a develop ment of the economy of the county would be tremendous. end to marketing quotas and acreage allotments and suggests a price support for wheat based on the support level for corn, with adjustments for weight, nu tratlve value and buyer prefer ence. Soil District Meeting Slated jor building plan for Heppner, intimating that if any growth Mr pOTCe Pilot is to occur, u win De in me nortn end of the county at the expense of the south. At the previous meeting of the committee, the school board stated that the most urgent need To Tell of Sonic Booms at lone P-TA An Air Force pilot will be the guest speaker at the lone P-TA was for classrooms in Heppner that next year four rooms must be built here and two classes will have to be held in now unused rooms at the Lexington school. High school registration in Heppner next year will be about 200. Because of the law suit pen ding against the school district, no bonds can be issued until it is settled, which can be about two years. In the meantime the only method of raising money for any building program is through a serial levy which must be included in the budget for the coming year. The elec tion on that budget will be held in March. meeting Wednesday, Feb 10 and will explain why Air Force Jet planes are flying at supersonic speeds and why sonic booms, such as are heard dally in this area, are necessary. A request was made for the speaker following several re ports of damage in the lone area from the booms. Several win dows have been shattered and at one home, masonry work has been reported damaged. The meeting will be held at the school cafetorium and the public is invited. Mother's March Contributions Up Annual Meeting Set By Lexington Co-op The annual meeting of the Lexington Oil Co-op will be held Tuesday, February 9 starting at 10 a m and all members are urged to attend the meeting. Election of officers for the nnmfnff vonr fc rna rf tha Y-n a I n A total of 32 women took part rW J Kllcwcc onH oil in the Mother's March for the! ,n)MItoH , tha tnrai,nr. a . J :"uT';of a ladies auxiliary are invited night and received contributions tn f.a nart . of $260. This is more than $70 1 " X. better than last year, it was re- the planned 1900 Co-op home- ported by Mrs Elmer Schmidt ,,, tnr . Vl1" fnta. and Mrs N C Anderson, co-chair- ',,, , ck , , . , i lively oct iui ciiciiiuci anu men for the Mothers March. I.i.. t ...m ti... i County March of Dimes drive I v,slted on , t ,g i a i vrv o rt flsiA Ti ornn pll 4 U r Ranee manacement and its application to Morrow county will be thefeatuffr of the annual meeting of the Heppner Soil Con servation District to be held at the Lexington Grange hall on Thursday evening, February 11. Main speaker, Bill Anderson, range conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service, will discuss this range topic. The meeting will also feature a brief business session for the Lexlng ton blow control district during the evening. The Heppner Conservation DIs trict, organized in 1941 now has 289 cooperators with conservat ion plans covering almost a mil lion acres. The district Is lead ing all others in the Pacific Northwest In acres of strip crop ping now has 10,339 acres in this important soil conservation practice. Two-thirds of the crop land In the district is now pro tected by stubble mulch type farming operations. During the evening meeting a progress report of district ac complishments will be given ex pired terms of supervisors Ray mond Lundell and John Wight man filled, as well as objectives of the district for 1960 explained. The meeting will get under way with a film "American Cow boy" showing at 7:30 p m. The Lexington Implement Company and Bristow's Grocery has an nounced that they will provide coffee and donuts after the meeting. Lutheran Pastors From Four States Coming for Meet Fifty Lutheran pastors will gather In Heppner for a confer ence on February 9 and 10. The pastors serve churches In Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana. Also attending the conference will be Dr S C Slofkes, president of the Northwestern district of the American Lutheran church. Each year the group, known as the Spokane conference of the Northwestern district holds spring and fall meetings. This Is the first time Hope and Valby churches have hosted the con ference. The meetings, which incolve devotions, study papers, Bible study, and conference business, will begin Tuesday morning and continue through Wednesday. To highlight the Bible study, Dr Stime, dean of the Lutheran Bi ble Institute In Seattle, will con duct four studies on the confer ence program, Two Delegations Seek Return of Classes to Schools Delegations from Hardman made requests that the money be included In the 1900-61 School budget for the re lnstatement of classes In those communities which were ellm Inated this year due to failure of the budget to win voter ap proval. The requests were made of the budget committee at a meeting at the court house. The Hardman delegation stated that labor would be do nated to get the school building in acceptable condition and the Boardman representatives said there was ample classroom space available. They asked for money for a teacher for the class which is now combined with Irrigon at the Irrigon school. Progress was made on the coming budget, but It was not completed. About 50 persons attended the meeting. Mountain Snow ice program. f , fi'll Many of the visitors will be I HVPf naitK' Mill msed In private homes o.V'VJIVl UUIIIJ, Jllll Below Average housed In private members of Hope and Valby churches, others at Hotel Hep pner. Most of the meetings will be held at Hope church with a Tuesday evening banquet and communion service at Valby. Serving on the meals commit- January storms deposited con slderable snow In the Blue Mountains which considerably tee for both churches are Grace brighten water prospects for this Schmidt, Hanna Anderson, Don- year, but the snow and water na McCurdy, Florence Becket, s sun Deiow tne seven Mav Hartman. Barbara and year average, it was reported Donna Peterson. ( this week by Ralph Richards, The local churches extended Heppner soli conservationist, the Invitation to host the spring Richards made the snow meas meetlng at the fall conference urement on the Arbuckle snow In Washington. j course January 28. un inai aaie me average sriuw depth was 21.2 inches which compares with the 7-year av erage of 29.6 inches. The highest .was in 1956 when there was 45.8 inches, and the lowest was in Services will be held Saturday 1959 when there was Just 13.4 at 2 p m at the Heppner Christ- inches. ian church for Virgil Earl Gil- At the present time there Is lette, 72, who died February 3'a water content of 4.4 Inches at Pioneer Memorial hospital, (which is below the 7 year av Virgil E Gillette, 12, Taken by Death, Services Saturday chairman, Gene Pierce, said this tour and the cost of nearly all aim iww ""5""-lweek that while many returns : ! ai It- i. Third year Completion of the . . . a' . transportation, meals etc is to u uo.. t,.. a iare not Jet ln u appears that Uo hoJ lmjr innn Tm,r loartpr high school at Heppner, two ad ditional rooms at lone, multi purpose room and cafeteria at Irrigon. Fourth year (or when neces sary) replacement of the facil ities at Boardman, provide minor modifications of the old school buildings at Heppner to adapt them into an elementary facility. A large part of the discussion during the meeting centered a round the need to go slow on any program for major develop ment because the future of agri culture in the county could not be foreseen. The lone group said that Heppner s need was not for a high school, but a grade plant and that they felt the present high school buildir.g in Heppner should be adequate for 15 to 20 years if the grade classes were moved out. Heppner members of the com u 1 ni'n . : ...1,1 1 J " ' ' ' v vvww. --l - v V T, , u V aH again be Mrs Helen King, that of last year Much credit IaeWaa for the success has been given to ' the teen-age program and also ta Mrs Paula Barak of lone and Mrs Susan Partlow of Boardman for their excellent work with the teen age plans in their areas. County Democrats Schedule Meeting There will be a dinner meet ing of the Morrow county Dem ocrats at Stefani's Cafe in lone beginning at 7:00 p m. Febru ary 15. The state chairman Ray Straub will be there as well as Judj.'e Joe Jaross of Hillsboro. candidate for state treasurer and Frar.k Weatherford, candidate f'r state representative. P-TA To Hear Of Building Needs Next Wednesday night's Hep pner P-TA program will feature a program on the future needs of the local school system. It will be put on by school officials headed by Joe Stewart, Heppner superintendent. Following the program will be a question and answer period and a movie. The meeting will be held at the multipurpose room of the grade school starting at 8 o'clock. GOLF WOMEN TO MEET Women members of the Wil low Creek Country' Club will meet Wednesday morning at Other Democratic candidates . . . t t - ... 1 , . . . . .it. m n on rv.w in - v i ,. ment that if a new high school expected to attend. Creston Robinson In Heppner. Lexington Registrar Named by Clerk County clerk, Mrs Sadie Par ish this week announced the ap pointment of Mrs Emma Bre shears as registrar for the Lex ington precinct She replaces Don Hatfield who moved away from Lexington several months ago. Deadline to register to vote in the May primary is April 9. Judy Collins of Northwestern Business College was home for the weekend visiting her par ents, Mr and Mrs Bill Collins, es, Mr Gillette was born March 6, 1887 at Prairie City, Oregon and came to Heppner six and one-half years ago from John Day. He Is survived by his wife Mabel; two sons Almon and Lor ing, both overseas In the Navy; three daughters, Alice Gillette, Denver, Colo; Amy Dixon, Port land; Maxine Shaw, Oregon City. He also leaves one half sister and three grandchildren. Rev Charles Knox will officiate at the rites and Interment will be In Heppner Masonic cemetery. Creswick Mortuary is in charge. WEATHER HI Low Free. Thursday 51 28 .10 Friday 57 44 Saturday 61 35 Sunday 58 27 Monday 50 31 Tr Tuesday 53 39 Wednesday 51 35 Rainfall for the week .10; for January and the year 1.42 inch- erage of 7.3 inches. The highest water content was recorded in 1958 when there was 12.8 inches and the lowest came in 1957 with Just 3.3 Inches. Snow density this year was 21 percent which compares with a 26.3 percent average for the seven years. Lowest was In 1957 with 20.5 percent and the high est In 1959 when It was 34.3 percent. The January storms dropped up to about three feet of snow in parts of the mountains, and though warmer weather during the past week or so has turned much of it to water, very little runoff was noted anywhere. The ground was not frzoen and prac tically all of the moisture, espec ially In the lower elevations, soaked into the ground. The next two months is the normal period for fairly heavy snowfall In the mountain areas. Home visiting lost weekend were Joan Spencer, Renn Harris and Doug Cribble of Willam ette University. Heppner will soon Join the ranks of Oregon's best-lighted cities as a result of action taken by the city council Monday evening. The council authorized the ap proval of a contract with Pac ific Tower and Light Company for the installation of 16 new mercury vapor street lights along nearly the full length of Main street and on May street to Join with the present mercury vapor Installation on Court street. The new lights will replace the present Incandescent light ing system and all will be hung In approximately the same lo cation as the present lights. The new ones will be of the same size and type as the two re cently installed on . Gllmore street adjacent to the hospital According to Information sup plied by PP&L engineers, the new lights will be of 21,000 candle power each and will a- bout triple the amount of light in the downtown area. At the present time the average ground area light is only .3 candle- power but with the new Instal lation the ground light will be .9 candlepower. When the lights are installed, downtown Hep pner will have the same amount of light on Its streets and side walks as docs Hermlston and only slightly less than at Pen dleton, where the lights were spaced more closely. The city will pay for the lights at the rate of $7.00 per month per light, which Is an increase of $-1.00 per month per light over the cost of the present lighting system, but the council felt that the additional benefit and safe ty features of proper lighting more than offset the additional cost. It will not be necessary to erect additional poles on which to mount the new mercury vapors, which Is a money-saving feature for the city. In many towns, special poles must be installed, at city cost, but inasmuch as Heppner has no alleys, power poles cannot be removed from Main street and these will be used for holding the new lights. The new Installation will start at the Intersection of Main and Quaid streets, at the Willow creek bridge, and continue south the full length of Main street to the corner of May street. One light will also be installed at May and Chase streets. In other business, the council approved a $5,000 building per mit to Frank Adkins for the con struction of a new residence on Union avenue. Lyle Jensen Leaves For Army Service Lyle Jensen reported Wednes day at Fort Ord, California for duty in the army. Mrs Jensen accompanied him and then vis ited her parents, Mr and Mrs Mike Baseel at St Helens, Ore gon. She returned to Heppner on Sunday. School Law Repeal Sought By SOS Group Br MART LEE MARLOW iter for financial and political Boardman Citizens from elev- (support of the state and national en towns in five counties heard 'office in Portland, recommendations on securing re-1 Ken Landgraver, executive peal of the 1957 school reorgan- j secretary, told those present that ization law from officers of Serve 'very few people had Investigated Our State, Inc., here Tuesday the disadvantages of the law. night of last week. jHe said copies of the law had Proposals for legislation, use not been distributed for general of the initiative petition and ref jreading and study, erendum were made, and the j "Reorganization committees audience was encouraged to can promise you anything, but form a local and county chap-I what they say is not binding upon the higher-ups who admin-, The statement that minimum ister the law," he said. standards would be maintained 'Only what is on the ballot meant to him "nothing more is voted on and nothing is Im plied," he said. "It destroys the local school boards and distri butes a district's debts and lia bilities." He objected to the provision enabling the county superinten dent to change school district boundaries without a vote of the people of the district. than minimum standards are as sured." "You'll receive minimum stan dards and you'll pay more for it." Only four districts in the state voted for reorganization. All the others rejected it last year, he stated. (Continued oa Page I)