Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, March 10, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textu or o UaCJJC ORE. Goofy Weather During Week Adds Much Moisture M,it of Morrtiw ruurifv pximt. ienced Iti wettest wn-k of the winter and during the pant seven I aays goi iima a complete urtment of weather. The moUtur recorded at the Heppner weather station for the past week wa 1.19 inches, and It came in the form of snow, rain. hail, sleet and just plain rreeinjj rain or lee. one uay was even springlike with the temperature reaching 49. Tlie muUture generally wa welcomed, though there were some reports of erodlon when rain fell on only partially thaw ed fields. There was little cen era I mill damage, however, si the moisture did far more good than damage. A lilir share of the week's tre clpltatlon came In the form of snow flurries which were laden with moisture. In some of the higher elevations up to two or more Inches fell In a short time, but clearing skies usually mel ted the white stuff In a few hours. Hennncr and adjacent area ex Derlenced Its worst freezing rain or silver thaw in many years early Saturday morning, coating everything with about one- eighth of an inch of ice and maklne walking and driving al most Impossible. During the few early-morning hours before the Ice melted, there were several reports of minor car accidents and many motorists left their cars at the foot of hills or at curbs, unable to move them. Th continuing surce of Pac iflc storms added considerably to the snow pack in both the Blue and the Cascade mountains with over two feet falling in the Cascades and about a foot in the Blues. Some graveled roads were verv soft as the frost came out of the ground, but as far as is known, all were passable with care. All-in-all the cast week pro vlded a perfect example of what March can offer In weather iare Sfnee the first of the month tern peraturcs have ranged from 9 to 49 degrees. Local Workers Are Needed For Census Homer E Rainey, district sup- 61 in a serial levy building fund ervisor of the I960 Census of and if approved by county voters Population and Housing which at te April 12 election ,this starts April 1, today issued an money will provide for the con appeal to residents of Gilliam, strUction of four to six new class Morrow and Sherman counties to TOOma, plus necessary associated boseme candidates for jobs as facilities on a new site at Hep tewma takers, pner. ' Apt'HcatteMS for jos as cen- If) fl pawl agair, 0f local ms takers may be obtained BWfdg at the HevpnQt par- tsom Mrs Rose Marie Nelses, Box ent.Teactveri meeting Wednes- $T, Condon, crew leader for this dfly nJght( Dr Wallace Wolff, a area, or by writing to U S Ceil- Membe,r of tht iieppmw-Lexing- ws District CtfrTee, 1101 Wall Xm advisory fln( building com- eet, Bend. miltee, pointed out that this Applicants far Jobs as ceu pUnned expar.ion provides for tatars must be over 18 years m,Bimum for the Heppner of age, be citizes of the United school at this tlmG. Me quoted States, and hav-e a high school sta,tfetics frora thfi us bureau of edwcatfcm or its equivalent. Ca- th Qmsus and the u g depart- tidates will be required to pass mewt whlch showed a selecttan test demontra-tig ,n Jte of recerity deeiln. thtr afeilitv to unirstand writ- , , . utrtv. v""-- - , . Perwams who are presently r re oently associated witn law en forcement or tax assesste-g r colteettom affetiefes asre net cl ijjiMo. Census tateers will be paid on a piece price basis. A diligent cesws raker should earn about $12.00 per day, the district super viser said. A $29 training fee will fee paid to census takers who successfully complete the course of instruction required be fore they start their rounds, ami accept a census assignment. Chamber Hears Of Aircade Discussions County judee Oscar Peterson reported briefly Monday at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the events of the U S Cham ber of Commerce Aircade which he had attended at Salem. He told of many of the Important discussions held there. It was announced that on March 21 the chamber will be the guests of the Heppner schools for lunch and program. The Monday program was a series of color slides on the Mon tana Yellowstone earthquake which were narrated by Oliver Creswick. WEATHER Hi 22 24 31 41 4 49 Low 13 14 21 27 32 34 30 Prec. .19 .08 Tr .31 .44 .10 .07 Thursday Sunday Wednesday 47 Precpitancn i, -: (rr.oftly m frn cf jnw ; , sleet. fr March 119. f- t..e ! b EPPN I Jj I IU V-CntS EASTER SEAL GIRL Mrs E E chairman for the I960 taster for Crippled Children and Adults, receives a wa - ii. mi Suann Philto of Euaene. Oregon Easter Seal girl for I960. Mrs Pearl Devine of Heppner. a member of the county committee, watches. Susan and volunteers met during ore-campaign session in Portland. She is a student at the society's children's hospital scftooi in P-TA HEARS OF SCHOOL EXPANSION PLANS timrw hai hoon I Included in the Morrow county I sCIlOOi Ulbirici uuuk W1 inE nuniuna ui mwnagca, uiui rates continue to rise. Reduced birth rate during the depression years has caused the present dewnwari trend in marriages. However, younger parents with more years to raise larger fam ilies have been responsible for a 65 percent increase in the num ber of babies born sinee 1W. Dr Wolff pointed out that be tween 1080 and 19S3 tfce trend toward fewer marriages will be reversed when post-war babies reach marrying age. Then a rising nunnbir of marriages, plts an already increasing birth rate, will create even greater popu lation pressures. Thoagh we are planning a minimum building needs to house our school children this year, we must expect additional expansion in the near future," Dr Wolff said. At the present time there are 62 grade school children using the Lexington school building. Next year, it will be necessary to house 103 grade school stu dents in the Lexington building unless expansion can be accom plished prior to that time. At last night's P-TA meeting, Gene Majeske of Lexington, pointed out the present facilities at Lex ington and the need for remod eling and repairs if the buildine is to be used for an increased number of students. The crouD was told that in 1957 there were 133 hish school students in Heppner. Ey 1959-60 v, hc n iTSifampw Union national program and bv 1961 there will be 233 students from Heppner and Lex- r.gton, nearly twice me numDer educated in 1957. It was explain- ed that these f:-res do not al - ir."ton, nearlv twice the number l:w for the 7 percent annual! experienced ir cver the tt ,-r,rer.- tvia it represents the It4-!?)! IP" TV Gonty. Heppner. Morrow county seat saie ci iuo wiv fcugenc. ame "v"t NEEDS FOR nptnnl number of children now . i. - e.u ctv, 7th and nth "c wh. be In- high school by 1964. nk'k WIlKinson uu i rcu uui th Taxes are Ta necessary part that taxes a "oeessary part GAZ to r?Z i elButW of MHle; two minimum expansion neds, would necessitate a serial levy of approximately 10 mills. A rnmnarlson of school levies was made showing that in 19591 SO Hpnnner was paying a total of 49.4 mills toward school ex penses. Pendleton is paying 56.9 mills and Pilot Rock 60.4 this year. Increases in the 1960-61 general funds, plus the serial lew for building purposes, if ap proved, would raise the Heppner school levy to approximately 63.8 mills. This figure compares iav nrahlv with school levies now experienced in these neighboring communities and is lower man tho current fitrures for Umatilla, Echo and Stanfield which are 76.4, 7L6 and 88.4 mills respec tively. County Schools Get Federal Money The Gazette-Times was ad vised this week by Congressman Al Ullman that the application of Morrow county school dis trict for federal assistance ander provisiens of Public Law 8T4 teas been approved. According to tne announce ment of the department ol health, education and welfare, tho school district will have a tentative entitlemant of $7,409. Of this amount $5,55i has been certified for immediate payment In former years, betore con solidation of all county districts, the federal aid went to the Irri- gon district. Farmers Union Hears National Report The Morrow County Farmers Union met Tuesday evening at the Paul Brown ranch with 25 members and guests present. President, Paul Jones, appoin ted an executive committee of Al Lamb, legislative chairman; Al Bunch, education chairman and Mr and Mrs Max Barclay, insurance and youth activities chairmen. Al Lamb cave a report on the and stressed more bargaining power for the farmers and the r.t-.-u v ' . plus and replace it w.th the word 1 redone. J j r.eea to eunii.-idie - Al Bur.cn gave me Ko" c -.-. l hurt ret rt-ijri nu u- answered. 0 Hcppncr, Oregon, Tliursdoy, Morch 10, I960 PTT Political Filings Gain Locally As Friday Deadline Approaches With the primary election fll- in iiH,lllne nearly here. (Fri day. March 11) local political activity began to pickup tins t ni- week as several nuns tuvn made with the county clerk. By Wednesday there were no contests for any major omce though there appeared a chance that the county clerk's post might see a flfiht. As of Wednesday noon nere are the filings: Democratic County clerk, Mrs Sadie Far- rlsh. I.rt commissioner. Al Lamb, Hertoner: Paul Slaughter, Irrlcon. Two positions are open. Precinct committeemen and women Lexington, Newt 0'IIar ra, Barbara Cutsforth. lone, Lew- R D Allstorr Token By Death; Services To Be Here Friday R D Allstott. 58. well known lone area rancher, died March 8 at St Anthony's hospital In Pendleton. He had been in fail ing health for several months. Mr Allstott was born Dec 19, 1901 In LIndsey, Oklahoma and came to this area when he was 16 years of age. He was married to Dolly Barlow, July 2, 1924 at the Barlow home on Rhea Creek. Funeral services will be held Fridav at 2:30 d m at the Hep pner Christian church with the Rev Charles Knox officiating. In terment will b in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Survivors include his wife of lone; three sons. H D, 7T, lone; Richard D of Pendleton, ana rivrfo nf Henrjner: three daugh- j" . - ten, Dorothy Jackson, Gresham R fo and Laurel " Jack of Hawthorne, Calif; two sisters, Irene Padberg, Lexing ton; and Jane Luoto, Salem. He also leaves his step-mother, Frances Allstott of Salem, 13 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews, Court Appoints Zoning Group The county court last week ordered the formation of a county zoning and planning pnmmlssion and named five commissioners to the original group. The five persons, appointed for staggered terms of office are Milton Biegel, Irrlgon; Arthur Allen. Boardman; Dick Wilkin son, Heppner; Kenneth Peck, Lexington; and Roy Lrndstrom, lone. The new commissioners will meet in the near future to or ganize and adopt its rules. The formation of such a zoning and planning group was made possible by the last legislature artd the court felt the need of such work in the county with the possible industrial develop ment of the north end of the county . lone Council Names Planning Committee The lone city council last week named Mrs Robert' DeSpain, Fredrick Martin and Bill Riet mann on a committee to make a Ions range study of the city for zoning, etc, so as to be pre pared for possible future aevei oDment. The council also dis cussed street patching. It was reported that the oil cpnnatrp at Stefani's Fine Foods had stopped but the pump Is still operating in a sump. c- tr Prlttnu; and Pctp Can- W Brlstow and Pete Can Lj . u . ' . . " j ' - - - non prepared the budget for the coming year. GUILD TO MEET St Monica's guild of All Saints' FniseoDal church will meet . v, . a n m at thp home March lo at mat the home M ... .. I iana- . 0 M ES 77th Year, Number 1 Is lUKursen. NE Heppner. Ir cinla RoscwalL Al Lamb. SV Heppner. Gene Case. Thelma Dee Jones. C f Jones. Republican Treasurer, Syhla McDanlel. Sheriff. C J D Bauman. County commissioner, RukhcII Miller. Boardman. Port commissioner, Dewey West. Jr, Boardman. Precinct commltt eeworain, Margaret Troedson, lone. Two local measures will ahw be voted on at the primary elec tion, one bv the entire county electorate, and one by residents of the Heppner rural fire dis trict The county-wide vote will be to established a tax base of $32,000 for the Morrow county Dort comm sslon. and residents within the Heppner rural fire district will vote on a special one-year levy of about $6,000 to finance operation of the district which was formed last year, but could not operate because a tax base could not be established. As the law apparently reads, a fire district cannot vote to estab lish a tax base execut at a gen eral election In November. The special levy will give the dis trict money to operate this year, and a regular tax base will be voted In the fall. The law allows a port district to vote its tax base at either a general or primary election. HATFIELD TO SPEAK MARCH 17 AT BOARDMAN Gorernor Mark Hatfield will be in Boardman next Thursday evening. March 17 to tell of state plans for the development of the Board man bombing range and ad jacent area into a space age industrial park. The meeting Is expected to draw wide Interest and is open to the public. It will be held at the Boardman school gym starting at 8 p m. 4-H Alumni Sought In Morrow County Several well known business men and ranchers of the county are belne saluted as 4-H alumni this week by a display in the Heppner Variety Store window part of the National 4-H Club week celebration. Former 4-H member honored include. Jack Van Winkle, Dick Wilkinson, Shirley Wilkinson Rupc Bob Van Schoiack, Kod Thomson, Alex Thompson from th HeDDner area: Elwynne Peck, Tad Miller, Irvin Rauch, Gene Majeske, and Roy Martin from the Lexington area; Ray- mond Lundell from lone area; and Mrs John Graves and Mrs Walter Wright from Rhea Creek area. Nationwide, one out of every 10 nerson has had some 4-H exDerience. It is believed that the percentage is even greater In Morrow county, according to Mrs E M Baker. lone; and Mrs Walter Wright, Heppner; mem bers of the 4-H alumni com mittee. "We would like to secure the names of all Morrow county people who are 4-H alumni", announces Mrs Baker. "The county records are pretty sketchy before 1946 so we have no way of knowing what adults have been 4-H members in their teens." Mrs Baker suggests that for mer 4-H members send their names to the county agent's of fice In Heppner, along with the years they were In 4-H club work arM any honors earned. "This wav we can be better 1 a .nintf nur A. XX alum. i yitryfdl KTKl i 'J saiuic vw. - - - nl and nave a larger field to 'select from for state 4-H alumni j awards." concludes Mrs Baker. . LAMBS I! 2ENVER - Mr and Mrs Al LamD ier. fcy plane for Denver to attend the National Farmers invention. Lamb Is a t t J : K f v SEN. RICHARD L NEUBERGER City Accepts Offer to Buy Back Sewer Bonds The Heppner city council Mon day accepted an offer to buy back $17,000 worth of the city's sewer bonds which were not due for redemption until 1974. The bonds draw interest at J per cent and the city was offered hem at 96 percent of par. Tit huvlnc back the bonds, the vrnnrll frit that It would be wise to retire them. Inasmuch as the city had ample money In a re arvn fund fnr that miroosc. In terest for 14 years will be saved by the purchase. Tha rvricelhlrt annexation of a strip of land east of the city limits along Hlnton creek was rlluMicseri. The council was told that most residents of the area desire to be annexed to the city, primarily to be able to get newer service which Is not now avail- ble to residents outside the city Imlta ArmrHlnir to cltv ordi nance, extension of sewer facil ities must be paid for by proper- tu ravniH Invnlverl. hut the COUn- - ell made plans to investigate the financing or sucn a project, ana expects to be able to advise resi dents In a short time, how sucn plan could work. Tt was Dolnted out that It unanimous approval for annex ation Is obtained in tne area, no vote Is required lor the move and If the area could be included within the city limits by the time the I960 census- Is taken In April, tha rttv would pain between 30 and 40 population. This would atari Inrrase the cltv's receipts from state tax monies which are dlspursed on a per-capita basis. The council OK'd a survey of the city owned lot directly across Willow street from the city hall, where It Is planned to construct a new fire hall In the next few months. rminrllman Robert Penland told the group that the fire de partment faces the Immediate need for purchasing a new class T nlr.ro nf fire eauloment which can serve both for the recently formed Heppner rural fire dis trict and the city. He said that there Is now a chance to buy a demonstrator truck at a reduced price which would meet all spec- locations and requirements ana he asked the council for per mission to investigate its pur chase.-The city presently has a fire equipment sinking fund, and expects to receive money from the rural district by the end of the year. The city department has been furnishing what fire protection it could to the rural district with its present equip ment, until the district can vote on a tax levy. This vote Is slated for the primary election in May. Building Permits Approved In other business the council approved $17,700 in building permits for alterations and re pair to the following. Delbert- Bailey, 315 Union Ave, $500; Al Lamb, 160 N Court, $1,000; Leonard Kummerland, 300 N Chase, $200; Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers, Linden Way, $13,000; Darrell Schie, 192 N Main. $3,000. Heppner Legion To Celebrate Birthday The American Legion Post will inv,rat t 41st hlrthdav this coming Monday evening with a dinner at the Legion hall. All members and their fam ilies are invited to attend. Meat, rolls and coffee will be furnish ed. Each family Is asked to bring a hot dish and either a salad or dessert. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p m. Mr and Mrs L E Dick and son Stewart were in Eugene on Sat urday to attend an alumni con ference at the University of Ore gon. From there they -went to Coos Bay where they visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Marvin Smith, former Heppner residents. James Healr was In The DalU Monday on business. Sen, Neuberger's Death Creates Political Shockwave Th tn.l.t.n unexw-cteJ death early Wedneiulay In Portland of S-ntur ItUhard L, .-euwrgrr brought Immediate expression cf sympathy and regret from friend and members f both pulitU-al parties, and It threw both state party organl7atI.m Into turmoil and started fever ish activity, tv j? vear old senator. vho had been recovering at his Tort lan.i hum from a series of rel atively non seilous Illnesses, suf f..rwt a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday evening and died early Wednesday morning. He was highly respected by botn demo crats and Republicans, ami u was expected that he would oe unopposed for nomination for second six year term in the United States Senate. His death came Just three days before the deadline for filing for the May primary election and both parties took Immediate act Ion to determine what steps would be taken. The first to indicate that he will run for the Senate position was former governor r.iniu r. Smith, publisher of the Albany Maurine To Run The Associated Press re ported Thursday afternoon that Maurine Ntubirgtt made the statement today that she will file before Fri day night for the Senate pos ition which had been held by her husband. At the time she announced her candl dacy. Democrats Edith Green and Charles O Porter said they will not run and they will support Mrs Neuberger lor the Senate seat Republican Walter Nor blad was still In Salem at presstlme today, but he had not filed and had made no statement as to his inten tions. Ex-Governor Elmo Smith, who yesterday said he will file for the Repub lican nomination, had not yet done so at noon today. A Portland political un known bY "" Murphy Thursday threw his bat Into the Democratic ring for the Senate seat but was given little or no chance to win. r-. TTnrnM vuhn will file as a Republican. The associated Press reported weanesuay the state's other representatives, Charles O Porter, and Edith vnth TVmoerats: and Ulcc'i) - ' Walter Norblad, Republican, are flying out from Washington to confer on the possibility of en t,inr ihn race. Several other state personages are expected to loin the race Dy o p m r uua the deadline. Governor Hatfield announced that he will make no interim ap pointment until after tne sen ator Neu'berger's funeral, which will be held Sunday. is ap pointment would be until the general election In November. There was wide speculation Wednesday that Senator Neu berger's wife, Maurine, migni the appointment to fill out her husband's term, ana mic nesday she made the following statement: lri rinem it an honor to receive the appointment to serve out my nusDana s uucAf"--term until the general election in November. I am unable at this time to make any decision on the possibility of running for election to succeed my husband in the senate." Mrs Neuberger formerly served in the state leg islature and has assistea uci husband in Washington. Statements Made Among the many statements of regret, was one made to the Gazette-Times by Ai uam, chairman of the Morrow county Democratic committee. He said: "Senator Richard Neuberger is dead. This man, who became Oregon's first Democratic sen ator in 40 years, on a program of restoring two party govern ment In Oregon and dedicated to saving our natural resources. grew In stature to me nm .l.t nr. cfffr-tlve oDDOsition to his reelection developed In either party. "Oregon ana tne nauuu . lost a great man, who would have gone further, and I have lost a personal friend. His vision ,,f foal two- nartv covernment has been accomplished and the great John Day dam win iw"" remain as a monument to his effectiveness and devotion to duty." Marilyn Calvin, who attends Pacific University at Forest Grove, was here or the week end with her parents, Mr and Mrs Richard Calvin. vpar 3J inches. j.v..