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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1960)
L I 8PARY u or o EUGENE. ORE ., J'' b Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 3, 1960 GAZETTE- OMES Meec for Additional Teachers Main Cause Of Budget Increase The coM of instruction will In ircuso In the Morrow county school tcin in 1!HW) over 19'. KAREN LUND ELL (Coles Studio) , '""" ' ., ' ' . ry L i 10 Cents 76th Year. Number 52 t about s-j7.uk. tu .u r vealetl till week iy uie coumy LINDA RAE HEIMBIGNER (Coles Studio) Two lone Girls Win Top Honors Miss Karon Lundell, and Miss Linda Rae Hcimblgner, this week were named top honor students of the lone high school grad uatlng class. Karen, the valedictorian, Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray mond Lundell; Linda, who Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Hcimblgner, will be Ione's salutatorian. During her high school years, Karen, who has an accumulative grade point of 3.95, has been active in all school activities in cluding: secretary-treasurer of the student body for two years; junior assistant class secretary treasurer; student council for two years; Girls League treasur er and secretary and vice pres ident ns a sophomore, junior and senior; secretary of her class for four years. She served on the paper and annual staff for three years, and as a senior was as sistant editor of the annual. Her musical ability nas brought her many acclaims, in cluding a four year membership in the band; student director of the pep band for two years; band majorette and secretary for two years; and head majorette in her senior year; she accompan ied the high school chorus for four years; was second alternate in the Music in May contest at Pacific University as a junior and accompanied a 320 voice chorus at the concert. This year she sang in that chorus. She is also organist at Valby Luther an church, and has attended reg ional and national meetings of the church youth group. Karen is a nine-year 4-H club member in sewing, winning a wards for her work; and is a junior 4-H leader. She has also received several other school awards and, with all her other activities, finds time to continue her piano les sons and is a very accomplished pianist. She will attend college this fall. Miss Heimbigner, who will graduate with a cumulative grade point average of 3.60, has taken part in a wide number of activities. She has taken piano lessons for nine years; plays the clarinet; has played in the pep band, German band, and the high school dance band, sings in the high school chorus and was a member of the girls' double trio. She has been active on the Ionian and Cardinal staffs last year being editor of the annual and this year, sports editor of the paper. She, too. has attended state and district press confer ences. Linda has a Hair for dramatics and has taken part in the county speech festival for three years, has entered several d! isions in local ar.d district speech con tests: has carried loads ar.d other parts in school plays: and has rorreser.tel her schxl in the IOOF ar.d Rebekah sponsored UN ri!rirr.a-e contest. (Continued on Page 6) HATFIELD SLATES BOARDMAN TALK ON AREA DEVELOPMENT Oregon's Governor Mark Hat-1 order, to Inform the poople tf tho field will be In Boardman March ,rut '-"''a- ai!'" rumors no 17 to Mak at a public meeting KP. o jniorm city ana in the Boardman high thnol '" "'' ' n rvmnasium on the development l0' may export if this large of a space age Industrial park """"i1'"' rouBni ui- site in the Boardman area. lunmcni. The potential development has Governor Hatfield's Industrial -such a tremendous possible ef- pants oommisMon ioKomtT feet on the economic growth of the Oregon state Industrial de- the entire Morrow and Umatilla volopment commission, is worn- Ing diligently to arrange 'or a large block of land, together with port sites, to present to Interested space age Industries In package form. They report that their act Ivitles In the area are on sched ule and that they are optimls tic about the ultimate realiza tion of a large population growth and Industrial developmen when their work Is completed The general public Is Invited to attend the meeting which will begin at 8 p m. George Wlese, chairman of the Morrow county rounty area, that the governor has stated that he feels a large public Information meeting Is In Petitions Ready For School Posts Petition forms are now avail able at the office of the county school superintendent in the j - I. . . - MnrwlMltB t-V fill ..i .. ,,, I port commission, said today, positions on the Morrow county I ' school board. Vacancies to be filled at the election on May 2 Include: Zone II. Irrigon One year term. At present this position Is held by Harvey Warner who was J Tne 45 member grade school appointed to serve until July 1, hand and the grade school girl's I960. Zone HI. lone Five year term. Position now held by Fred Mar tin who was elected for a one- year term. Zone IV. Lexington Five year term. Position now held by Del- Heppner Grade Band And Chorus to Present Concerts chorus of Hcppner elementary school will present an hour long program at an assembly In the high school autorium Friday, March 4, at 9:00 a m. At 1:00 p m on Friday the same group win appear ai an win O Nelson who was elected I assembly at the Lexington grade for one year. Zone VII, Heppner Two year term. Position now held by Mrs Elaine George who was appoint ed to serve until July 1, 1960. petitions must be signed by school. Both assemblies are open to the public and parents are in vited to attend. March 11 at 10:00 a m they will appear in the Irrigon ele at least 18 registered voters who mentary school for an assembly may live anywhere in the county there, and they must be filed by April 1 at the superintendent's office. Candidates must be residents of the zone they will represent and must indicate that they will ac cept the position if elected. Members to serve on local ad visory committees for the Mor row county school district will also be elected at the regular school election, May 2. Every school attendance area in tne county has an advisory commit tee of from three to six mem bers and terms of office will be from one to three years. Petitions for these postions are also available at the superin tendent's office, must be signed by 12 registered voters who live In the attendance area and must be filed by April 1. The candi date must also agree to accept if elected. To clarify who may vote in a school election, or school budget election, the Oregon law states: Any resident of the state for six months (though not necessarily of his voting district) and he must be registered with the county clerk at least 30 days prior to any election. Firemen Halt Blaze In Big Barn Heppner firemen, with the aid of neighbors, were successful In stopping a Wednesday morning fire that threatened to destroy a large barn on the Ed Craber ranch on Hinton creek. When firemen arrived one end of the long building was ablaze, but favorable wind kept the flames away from the rest of the barn. Several sheep and lambs were in the end of the barn where the fire started, ap parently from a heat lamp, but they were let out and only one ewe was slightly singed. The ranch was leased by N C Anderson and all of the livestock housed there were part of the Anderson boys' 4-H projects. The building was Insured. Heppner P-TA to Hear Budget Talk at Wednesday Meeting Cecil Club Takes Red Cross First Aid Instruction Thirteen members of the Cecil Friendship club recently com pleted the standard Red Cross first aid course which was con ducted by William Labhart, in structor, county .Red Cross chap ter secretary, Mrs Verner Troed son, lone, r-vealed. Those completing the course were Beulah Hynd, Mardean R Patton, Stella Crawford, Annie Schaffer, Dorothy E Krebs, Fern McClintock, Reta Hazel Hynd, Dorothy Patton. Lulu E Kirby, H Cecil Kirby, Frederick M Mc Clintock, Beth D Hynd and Cleo L Strahm, all of Cecil. F - - . - : - 1 f , r ... J V ' V:- 1: y 1 f-lilillVi" 11 JUl . mmm. FRED CIM8EL Fred Gimbel Is New PP&L Agent Fred Gimbel, Heppner service man for Pacific Power & Light Company since 1956, has been named agent for the company's Heppner area, according to El don Drennan, PPlL's Pendleton district manager. Gimbel succeeds the Late J Huffman and will be In charge of the local Heppner area, Dren nan said. One half of the few father-son teams In the racinc system, Gimbel began his PP&L career in the construction department In 1948. His father. Julius, is a serviceman in Hermlston. The 31-year-old Gimbel was born in Hermlston and graduated irom Hermlston high school in 1946. The elder Gimbel is well- known for Masonic Lodge ac tivities. Yountr Gimbel Is also quite active In local civic af fairs, belonging to the Heppner fire department, Chamber or Commerce and Elks Lodge. Three Teachers Resign Positions The county school board Mon day night voted to offer new contracts to 66 teachers In the county school system and be cause of resignations and ad ditional needs for next year will have to hire another 11 teachers. Three present teachers sub mitted resignations to the board. They are John Copeland, Hep pner high school English Instruc tor; Grant Rigby, lone shop nd mathematics teacher; and Wolfgang Edelmann, Riverside high music instructor. Mrs Juan- lta Carmlchael, Lexington, was granted a one year's leave of absence. In addition to the vacancies by resignation, seven add! 1 1 o n a 1 teachers will be required next ... 1 . t year in tne county oecause 01 Mountain Snow Pack Gains During February Snow depth at the end of Fob ruary on the Arnurklc snow budget ivminltte and the school tKiard uixm cmi let ion tf the budget. The first publication of the UHJ0 tU budget itpiH-ar clso w here In today's ipcr and the public hearing on it will Ih held March 23 In Heppner. The Increase is due mainly to the addition of seven new teach crs In the county wide teaching staff, the board explained. These course presented a brightening teachers will be necessary be picture for area water reserves. I cause of added enrollment and It was revealed this week by (expanded curriculum. Five nd Ralph Richards. Heppner soli I ditlonnl teachers will bo needed conservationist, who makes thehn Heppner and Lexington monthly measurement. I school, one more at Hoardman Last week's check showed a and one more at Irrigon. Three snow denth of 31 Inches with a of tho teaching positions at liep water content of 8 6 Inches. This prior and Lexington are In the comnares with the January elementary schools. rv.nsnromnt nf 212 and 4 4 The board also revealed that Inches respectively. There was tlso. ?rP Storm the measurement was taken The average snow depth for the end of February Is 30 Inches and the water content 9.7 inches, Richards reported. The greatest snow depth at this time was 51.2 Inches in 1956 and the greatest water content was 15.2 in the same year. Snow density at the time of the latest measurement was 26 percent, which Is the lowest since records have been kept.. The av erace is Jo.a percent ana tne highest was 50 percent In 1957. While the snow has been piling up in the mountains dur Ing the past month, very little moisture has fallen In Heppner and other parts of the county. The Heppner weather station re ported a total of only .61 inch during February, and other areas have recorded even less, The continuing cold weather Brings Another Snow Layer to Area A continuation of Wednei day's storm left nearly four Inches of fluffy snow on th ground in Hippnir by Thursday noon, and it was still snowing intermittently at presstimo Th storm was general over most of the northern part of the stato. but the weather report gave indica tions that a slight warming trend might bo on tho way. It could also bring even more snow. The pro t e c 1 1 e layer. though quite short on mois ture, was welcomeed by most farmers. Judge Peterson during the past week has caused Takes Part in Salem farmers consia e r a d l e many worry, as It struck while there was no snow cover on seeded fields and not too much moisture In the ground. The lowest tern perature recorded In during the week was last Saturday, but unofficially was about 20 below zero In the Hardman area that day. National C of C Meet Pioneer County Family "Leap Year Arrival in Area County judge Oscar Peterson was among the nearly 700 cham- ltsi rf tnmmnFia Knulnnoo anrl L E I professional men and women VYilu wuintu 11I1UU&II M OIA iiUUI, rapid fire question and answer session on how Congressional issues affect business and what business can do to present Its viewpoint to Congress. The meeting was at the Salem I960 Alrcade for Congress ional Action sponsored by the United States Chamber of Com merce. Erwln D Canham, national chamber president and editor of the Christian Science Monitor ii A discussion of the 1960-61 county school budget will com prise the main program at next increased enrollments. Wednesday's meeting of the Heppner P-TA. It will be conduc- poRMER HEPPNER WOMAN ted by members of the budget qtjeEN FOR A DAY committee and the school board, it was announced. I Wednesday's TV Queen for a It had been planned to have Day was Carol Snyder of Los a continuation of th parent- Angeles, a former resident of teacher panel discussion which Heppner. She formerly was Carol was started at the Februay Miller, daughter of Merle Miller, meeting, but this will be Dost- and niece of Karl Miller of Lex- poned until the April meeting. PTA Singers Wanted For State Convention Singers in the massed P-TA women's choral group are want ed for the state P-TA convention. April 26-28 at Medford, announ ces Mrs Marion Huggptt. Hep pner P TA president. Guest conductor will be Oscar Ej-rle. choral director of South ern Orecon College at Ashland. Any P TA member is eligible to appear with the group. Ap plication forms are available from Mrs Huggett. In order to have all the r.ames corr.pk-Ted for the programs the Fire Destroys Boardman Home The home of Mr and Mrs John Partlow, two miles west of Boardman was completely de stroyed by fire which started about 11 p m Tuesday. Accord ing to reports the big eight-room house was partly covered by in surance. There was no indication as to the cause of the fire. ington. Her husband formerly taught at Pendleton but he is now a polio victim who will spend his life in an iron lung. They have three small children. Just over a week ago, the re maining; members of the William Hynd family noted a quite im pressive anniversary as they eel- ehrntnrt R1 vears of residence In Morrow county. The first of the keynoted the meeting, family came to the county six Speakers pointed out the lour vears prior to that. basic principles that speak for A history of the family shows the American way of life were 21 2(. jt was announced that the family of Mr and Mrs nmueu Kov.-.n...c-,ll, ..u.v.uu.. poi,e of tne William Hynd left England for freedom, tree cooperative mar- fair ,s t0 show both the students and the general public, the crea It will to necessary ti rHain the ptiwnt fourth gride cl.it at Lexington fifth graders next ear duo t tho lack v teaching f.iilllllos and classroom space In Hoppnor. Increases In enrollment In tho doiotid grulo at Heppner next year will also require one additional teacher. A remedial teaching position will be filled to provide tho additional atten tion needed by nu Mudents. Classes have become so large that tho classroom teachers are no longer able to spend extra time with student needing re medial work. In Heppner hl'h school, next year's freshman class will need approximately two rooms per class, whereas the graduating (lass this year used but one. Tho addition of an t.ngusn teacher and a combination French typing teacher will be necessary to carry the additional pupil load, it was stated. Also, for the first time Heppner high school will offer counseling ser vices to the students. Other budget increases over last year total approximately $3-1.000. $1,000 of this Increase will be for transportation where classes will run on a double shift basis. Other transportation costs add $S,000. An Increase of ST).000 over last year's budget is contemplated for -site pur chases. Increased enrollment Is now taxing most schools in the county, and the board Is faced with a problem of additional area for any new building pro gram. Social Security and state in- duslrlal insurance, which is now mandatory under the state law, will Increase the budget approx imately $6,300. The district Is also faced with a law suit brought about by the change of schools In North Mor row county and $3,600 has been budgeted for attorney's ees and other expenses in connection with this suit. The balance of approximately $7,800 increase in tho budget is made up of reg ular Increments for staff members. The budget also shows a serial fund levy of $130,000 which, if approved by voters at the same time as the budget election, but on a separate ballot, will be used for construction of new buildings or additional classrooms. Students Planning Science Fair The Heppner high school science club In conjunction with the Heppner grade school will conduct a science fair in the grade school multipurpose room. ranaHa In 1884 and In 1892. w G kets, and steady economic pro Hvnd. deceased, left there and gross arrived in Heppner on Feb 29, 1892. He was in effect a leap year "arrival". In February 1896 Jack Hynd Sr, now of Pendleton, arrived In Heppner, and' on Feb 24, 1898, Mr and Mrs William Hynd (de ceased); Miss Annie Hynd (de ceased); Mrs Maggie Hynd Case; David Hynd, now of Hep pner; Charles Hynd of Pendle ton; and Ed Bristow (deceased), father of Edmond Bristow of lone arrived In Heppner. So, 62 years ago February 24, David and Charles Hynd and their families arrived In Hep pner and on the following day made the last leg of their long trip to their Rose Lawn ranch in the Sand Hollow area. Mr and Mrs John Hartman were In Portland overnight Wed nesday on business. Mrs Al Mat toon accompanied them. UN WINNER SPEAKS AT CHAMBER MEETING senior, and Tom Driscoll, Hep pner high senior were named forms must be returned soon. ,-T.er.t project Miss of the the IOOF and Rebekah sponsor ed UN Pilgrimage contest, was emmended Monday noon by chamber of commerce members whrn she gave her prize win ning speech before that group. She v.-Ill represent lirppr.er in the district finals in Pendleton. Group disrussion centered a-rcur.-i the 1WJ-C1 school budget ar.-j the north county develop- ELKS YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS GO TO PAULA BARAK, TOM DRISCOLL Paula Barak, lone high school , senior class and the Pep club. She was a delegate iasi year iu Girls' State. Driscoll is the son of Mr and winners of the Heppner "Vs j Mrs James Driscoll, Heppner lodge youth leadership awards, j postmaster, ne n in spons auiiv. an m years in high school and two weeks ago was named to play in the East-West All Star Shrine football game. He is Heppner student body president and was president of his class as a fresh man and a sophomore. He is currently president of the Science Club and secretary of the Letter men's club. Other entries for tb awards were Connie Ar.derso.i, Heppner; and Milvin Martin. Brenda Townsend and Robert Akers of The annual awards are made on leade-ship, citizenship, per- Barbara Siewert. winner! severance, resourcefulness and a Hennner competition In I sense of honor. The two local winners will be entered In the statp Elks contest. Miss Earak, who is the daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Jack Barak, Lexington ranchers, entered lone high school two years ago as a transffr student from St Paul's school at Walla Walla. She has been active in school affairs. She ha.s served this year as editor r.f the school annual, the Ionian and as vice president of both her lone. lone P-TA To Hear Of 4-H Story 4-H members In the lone com munity have been invited to tell "The 4-H Story" to parents of the lone P-TA when they meet on Wednesday evening, March 9, at 8:00 p m for the monthly meeting, according to Mrs Robert Jepsen, P-TA program director. County agents Esther KIrmis, N C Anderson and Joe Hay will direct the program which will in clude all active 4-H members of tho community presenting illus trations of the 4-H projects of fered In the state of Oregon. Outstanding event of the even ing will be a 4-li style show pre sented by the clothing clubs of Mrs L A McCabe and Mrs Louis Carlson, lone. The girls will model the dresses and ensembles they made the past year. A similar program will be giv en at the Rhea Creek Grange on Friday evening, March 11. Both presentations will be a part of the county's activities for National 4-H Club Week, March 5 12. This year's theme Is "Learn-live-serve through 4-H. GUN CLUB TO ENTER TELEGRAPHIC SHOOT The Morrow County Gun Club will enter the telegraphic shoot starting next Sunday at 11 a m, it was announced today. The shoot will continue for six weeks at the same time each Sunday. Anyone interested Is Invited to participate. FARMERS UNION TO MEET The Farmers Union will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening. March 8 at the Paul Brown ranch at 8:00 p m. tlve accomplishments and scien tific ability of students In the field of science. The schedule calls for the fair to be set up March 24; open to the grade school during the day and the general public In the evening of the 25th, and open to the general public from noon on March 26. Exhibits will be Judged on scientific thought, thoroughness, technical skill, creative ability, clarity and dramatic value. Ex hibit classifications will Include senior individual or dual for grades 10-12; Junior individual or dual for grades 7-9; Intermed iate individual or dual for grades 4-6, and primary individ ual or group for grades 1-3. There will be two catagorles, physical and biological. The first will include physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, communica tions, productions, minerals, water and conservation of soils. The biological catagory will In clude plants and animal, medi cines, agriculture and forestry. The top 10 percent in each catagory of each field classifi cation of the local fairs will be entered at the regional science fair at Pendleton April 8-10; and the top 10 percent in that fair will go on to the state science fair at Portland April 23 to 30. WEATHER Hi Low Thursddy 50 30 Friday 32 9 Saturday 26 7 Sunday 31 8 Monday 34 9 Tuesday 37 14 Wednesday 32 15 Prec. .04 Preciuitation for the week .04 (snow); for February .64; for the year 2.06 inches, (last week's totals were in error.)
