Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, June 02, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textu or o tUGCNE . OKC Library-Museum Building is Dedicated Sunday Hr i-iirr mayt William C Col Hit, and county ludiie Oacai Prtcrn accepted the kc)i tw the rirw city county muwtt' . and li brary at dedication Me Sunday afternoon and both preed their eratltutie la th bulldlr.e'l duftur. Mrs Amanda Dutalt. (or her generous gift to the com munity and praUeJ her civic pride In prolding auth a fine new home for the library and the museum. Mayor Collin tuld Mr Duvall that It ia "my privilege to ac cept the library section of f his building with deep gratitude," and aald that It add much to the cultural advantage that the city and county can offer. Mm Duvall made the presen tation of the key during dedi cation of the building to her late husband, Harry L Duvall and their daughter, Erma. Judge Peterson accepted the museum section of the building on behalf of the residents of Morrow county and expressed his gratitude for her generous dona tion of both money and time to assist In Its planning and con struction. He praised such a pro gressive move and spoke briefly on the expected development of the entire area with advent of Industry on the bombing range. He predicted great changes would be seen during the next 10 years and told of the need for planning for future develop ment. J O Turner, a member of the city-county museum commission, presided at the brief ceremonies and the Rev Austin McGhee. pas tor of the Heppner Methodist church, pronounced the benedic tion. About 150 persons attended the dedication and then entered the building to view the museum section for the first time. The library portion has been In use for about a month. A great amount of historical material had been catalogued and put in place in the museum for the opening and It is ex pected that much more will be offered In the future. Members of the Heppner Sor ontimist club served refresh ments to all visitors which were nit-ma iu on :,: nroviaea dv ine .i"- . - m i cioiv unH Frank Turner. I .J Ul J - - - - - Heppner Legion Post Sponsoring Magaxine Campaign American Legion post No 87 of Heppner this week announced . . . Ur. nnnnol YTIflfffl the start of its annual maga zine subscription program. Pro ceeds will again be used to pur chase additional sickroom equip ment for temporary home use throughout the area. I mui u nnlu ma(7fl7inp DfO- 1(113 13 11 1C uuij liMC r eram the Legion sponsors each b .... . I r..4te vear and is mrougn me u"" Circulation Co, pubiisners oi uie Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, etc. Bonded rep resentatives are Jim Cotter, Frank Ryser, Fred Baldwin, Bob Larsen, Don Martin, Carl Karns and Douglas Allen. The representatives carry let ters of authorization signed by Elmer Heath, commander, and William Labhart, adjutant. The Legion recently donated $50 to Pioneer Memorial hospital for equipment, and the Legion now has several wneei uuus now nas several wucc. . and other sickroom equipment available free oi cnarge. MANY FORMER RESIDENTS RETURN FOR MEMORIAL DAY PICNIC Following is a list of out-of- town visitors who were in Hep pner Monday for the Memorial Day picnic. Officers reported that 286 persons signed the guest book. . Mr and Mrs Scott Brown, Elsie (Lacy) Alger, Creston R Mad dock, Mrs Eula Markle and son, Jack, Ira Wareham, Mabel Den ny, Mrs E A Vaughan, Joyce Reaney Woolf and daughter, Nancy, LaVelle Florence, Agnes Wilcox, Mr and Mrs R B Wil cox Sara McNamer. Emma Evans, Lucy Rodgers, Mr and Mrs E H Miller, Vernon Scott, Jerry Scott. Gladys (Basey) Stephens. Thomas Smith, Mr and Mrs J A Lovgren, Nora Hughes Buffington. Miles F Potter, Mrs W B Potter, Alma Akers Gilliam, Frances Mitchell, all of Portland. Georgia Shipley Pixley, Pitts burg, Pennsylvania; Mr and Mrs Walter Hayes. Boardman; Mr and Mrs A G Fry. Hermiston; Mr and Mrs C R Peterson. Corvallis; Mrs C S Wheeler. Lena Queen, Buck and Vi Lieuallen, Reita Hill. Mrs James Shoun, n r.f Pendleton; Mr and Mrs Rov Ccaen. Hermiston; Mr and Mrs Henry Suter. Eagle Creek; OH, WELL! THINGS CAN'T BE PERFECT ALL THE TIME! Hearty rf butla h bed 4Y l a of tboe tuna wbe f utt cont da ooythtof right Kpp's tlphooa ay Uco seemed to be la such fix Wednesday ft1 Tbus day. Th Gasette-Ttmes and several other phone mound town wi rtagto? both days whoa thoy shouldn't horo booa with omoo calling j Ukond la loo and aottlBa Hrppeer number. Of Pod load loo? dutaac operators colling Leslngtoa Burobort and getting someone la Hop pner whose aumbor wasat Mollon Resigns For Supervisory Post In Malheur Schools James Mallon. head football coach at Heppner high school for the past six years, has re- signed to accept position at Vale as elementary supervisor for Malheur schools. Mallon came to Heppner In kim ffnm Inn where he had - . .I.M.nt A M spent two year rrniroi.j . principal and coach. Countv school superintendent Robert Van lloute. this weeK an nounced that Bob Cantonwine of Nampa. Idaho has been hired to teach boys PE and social studies at HeoDner hich school. He will also coach varsity and freshman basketball and assist in lootoaii. Tun teachers who have been In the Boise. Idaho school system have been hired recently. Tney re Maxlne Munford, who will teach fourth grade at Lexington; and Diana Wright who will taKe he third grade at lone. Four vacancies still remain to be filled In the county system. Two are at Riverside, one at Irrlgon and one at Heppner high school. Butter Creek Pupils May Still Attend Echo School 1 Year If a satisfactory arrangement can be maae wnn uie imu school district, students In the Butter Creek area will be al lowed to attend the Echo school for one more year, ine morrow ... knoni hm nwrntu county miwi - . u A.icinn The hoard made the decision that startins in September 1961, ctnHpnts in the Butter creek area will be considered a part of the attendance areas of the Morrow county schools, but this coming V ear, because of a housing snort Jn thfi county, students may n tQ Echo . . . Th hoard has set up a pro posal that it will pay the Echo schools $350 per student next year. This is a reduction from the $550 per year tuition the county has been paying Echo 11 J K- ' ctnHpntfi- hut the COIT1 IUI t-ii. i hng year's budget provides no I more money Tho board also agreed to pro vide transportation for those stu dents whose parents wish to have them attend school in Mor row county starting September 1, 1960. The board statement also said that should the suggested tuition payment to the Echo schools be unsatisfactory to Echo, then transportation will be pro vided by Morrow county for all Butter Creek students. At a recent school board meet ing, many Butter Creek parents had expressed a desire mat meir . . children continue to attend Echo Mr and Mrs Ed Clark, Mr and Mrs Ralph Jackson, Mr and Mrs w n Npill. Mrs Herman Carr, Tressie Wilcox, all of Hermiston; E R Morgan, Hillsboro; Chas A Jenkins, McMinnville; Robert Jnspnhlnp aiiu i . i . 1 1 it ,imw, - 1 Healy Rands, Mrs R tironquisi, llKtaiy l.a.iiAJ, " i rwai cii uiuuwi ' iiaoa, - ---- - Grace Shoun, all of Boardman. ceptance and thanked his class Mr and Mrs Elmer Hunt, The mates for working to win the Dalles; Artie conaer, jviuiun Day; Maria Moody, John Day; L hrppwaier ivirs vjuv iwci, wv syivia oeyinei, iuc ter Hanna, Maupin; L E Reaney Wash: Cora Miller vui.u-v., , Clark. Salem; J E Clark, Salem; , 1 r T r-omnll Pilnt r.ir ana :irs uaiiuKvu, - Rock; Mr and Mrs Dick Gam roii Rurhank. Wash: Mr am and Mrs Arciue oaiins, ---- Hr- Mr and Mrs Niel White, Pilot Rock; Mr and Mrs Cecil ... rhililrpn. Mil- arnci v.. . . waukee; Laura Clark .Morgan. ilillcVwirn- Anita Hueh lita Hughes t-uicnes. . , r.rtl. iter- : r ana s W..o - 5ruimvr Akers. Aumsviile; Annie hAffe' Cecil; Rickev Wheel- hniive Arlington, Mr ana jus t Tnpkpr. sunnvsiae, Mr and Mrs Percy Conner. The ( Continued on rage a; vb roaaotoly cloo. Oa roil Thuidy sa ta roppod It 1L thioh. Mrs C A lula tflolod tha Caiotto-Ttmoa auasbor hat th RuagUa laauiaac phoa dUoctly acroaa tha atrt from th O T. Whort ah ft lothot sufprta4 hot. AnawrtB bt toil was th long tfutaac pftot la CUvoload. Ohi. oad th tw had quit chat trying U tiguto out how thy bad got ton togthr. Thar dola It th bard way -a 2000 mil phoa con nod ion Just to talk t ono ooo 100 foot away. It night ha ba oolf Just t yU. 29 Seniors Gel Diplomas And Awards Thursday Df Uurence Nye. Minister Fn., Mt.,hodlst church. Portland spoke to the Heppner high school r.m.4ont.a last nl.-ht on. "Who I. . . . Alp luUi ynai Am i: . He toia me group ine prou lem of Identity Is the number one problem of today . . . a de- sire for Identification with friends, family and the universe u the main basic desire". Dr Nve said "man is the only animal that can think about his problems, then face them with DhvlosoDhical thinking . . . you as a person will be a person, not because of what you nave, dui because you have a spiritual miracle In your soul". rnllowlnp th addresses by Valedictorian. Carol K Anderson and Salutatorlan, Thomas Drls- coll. Fredrick Martin, chairman of the county school board, pre sented the 29 diplomas. Joe E Stewart, assistant superinten dent, presented the scholarships and other awards. Student body pins were a- warded to Tom Driscoll. presi dent; Roseann Ayers. vice pres ident; Carol K Anderson, secre tary; Connie Anderson, treasurer. Outstand ne athlete, uiej iom Driscoll. Dennis Doherty; out standing senior citizens, Rose ann Ayers, Tom Driscoll. Eric W Allen, Journalism award, caroi K Anderson; George S Turnball yearbook award, Wilma Both ..,n Marintt and Carol K Ander- son received the Journalism plaque for outstanding worK. rinrenno Morris and Carolyn Carter received full scholarships to the Eugene Beauty umege. Future Bus ness Leaders oi Amer ican scholarship, Leonore Leon- niy HeDDner band scnoiarsnip, $35, Arthur Burkenbine. p.ta RrhnlarshiDs. $150 each, Clifford Green, Dennis Doherty. Soroptimist scholarship, loan Collins. Elks scholarships, Tom Driscoll, $200; Carol K An derson, $100; Dennis uoneny, inn Union Pacific scholarships, for work in 4-H and FFA, Clif ford Green, Connie Anderson. Benson validictory award, $50, Carol K Anderson. state scholarships, fee and partial tuitian at Oregon State wp. Clifford Green; lour year partial tuitian, Mickey Van Schoiack. isini fnrnoration scholar ship, which is a continuation of the one startea Dy neppuci i Mills, of $250 a year ior xwo rI...lli nnhnlafa vears, Tom unscuu, ships of $HU eacn wem i Collins, Mickey Van Schoiack, Clifford Green. Gordon Pratt, principal of the high school, who introduced Fredrick Martin, also presented the citizenship - plaque to the senior class. Mr Pratt came to winner hich school the year members of this class were fresh men and was their advisor mis year, so he was very yruuu i see them win this award. Tom strc: me.,. ..... Hayward, president oi me aemu. Iiaj noiu, fpw words in ac plaque. Dnp of the graduating class, udy Cochell, sang "No Man Is ... : .1 V. . . an Island accorapanicu ujr Carol K Anderson and the high StnOOl UOI1U jj.cjrcv. si0nal and recessional. school band played the proces- The class flowers of blue iris ar, u.-hitp plfldioli wer used In " " .u basket arrangeraenis uu taCTP slae- County Enjoys , Vrcck-FrCe MOlldaV Morrow county enjoyed an accident free Memorial Day weekend witfe net even one Blinw uj.ic Dorted bv clrv, county or state police during the three-day holiday. ITPjkPJlfcvIl 1 fr IT 10 Cents c(Brdnian Bill" Passes Caress; issile Plosiv Decision Sees? fill Tbt Hous and tb Snat Wadnasdar bo,l fx" military entncttoo author. Itotioa bill which IncludM an anabltng pwUlon to al low tbo Harf to trodo tht Boardman Bomblna Range for stato ownod pfoporty tn Lako county. Sonator Hall t Lutk ad visod tho Associated Prata thai th moasuro bas boon out to tho Whtto Houso and that Prosldoot EUonhowofs slanaturo Is oxpoctod with, la 10 days. a Portland newspaper, the Re- p.p Tuesday Quoted Governor Mark Hatfield as saying that If current negotiations are success ful, a missile tactory. wnun "would be the largest single em- Memorial Day Picnic Draws Crowd of 300 Ahmit .ton persons, the largest crowd ever to gather for the an nual Memorial Day picnic, crowded into the fair pavilion in Heppner Monday for a pot luck dinner and ' an afternoon of visiting. Mrs Edna Turner, secretary, re- nnrtPd that 286 persons signed the guest register and It Is known that many more were In 1954. the first year the picnic was held, about 100 persons attended. . Chairman of this year's organi zation was Ralph Thompson and Mrs Turner served as secretary. The group Monday named Gar net Barratt as chairman for the coming year, and Mrs Gene Fer guson, secretary. This year's officers expressed their appreciation to the Rhea Creek extension unit whose members for the second year have helped In the kitchen. They also thanked the Rainbow Girls for their help, the Soroptimist club, and the fair board for offer ing the pavilion without charge. They also thanked many Indiv iduals who assisted in setting up tables and chairs and cleaning up. Elsewhere In today's paper is a list of the out-of-town guests whn re mistered at the picnic. They came from all northwest states and as far away as Penn sylvania. Heppner Group At State Elks Meeting The State Llks convention, uMph was held in Medford last week, was attended by a group nf T-fnnner Elks and their wives. Those leaving on Thursday for thi weekend were Mr and Mrs LaVerne Van Marter, Mr and Mrs Harley Young, Mr and Mrs TpRov Gardner. Mr and Mrs Everett Keithley, Mr and Mrs Conley Lanham, Mr and Mrs fat O'Brien, Mr and Mrs Glen Ward, Mr nd Mrs Robert Flatt, Mr and Mrs John Hartman, Mr and Mrs Harlan McCurdy, Jr and Mrs E C Dougherty. Elks Ladies Night To Be June 9 There will be no meeting of the Elks lodge tonight (Thursday) but on Thurs day. June 9. there will be Flag Day senrices and the last ladies night for the sum mer, with dinner at 6:30. PASTORS ATTEND STATE CONFERENCE The Rev Bruce Spencer, rector of All Saints' Episcopal church, and Rev Charles Knox, pastor of the First Christian church, at tended the pastor's and mental health conference at Menucha, near Corbett, Monday through Thursday of last week. The conference was sponsored by the Oregon Council of Churches and the Mental Health Foundation of Oregon. trtn If ff 1PU 1 -v GAZ i,l..-r In th fctt? of Oregon", would Ik- located fit the iktard man Uoinblng Hang. The rrnor continued by uytng. "H means something so bawc to the future development f our state that I cannot overemphasize It. The newspaper, a twice weekly publUhetl In Portland, said the L-oviTiu.r would not name the firm, but the story continued that. "It has been known for some tinte that Aerojet General dnp is Interested.. A ntKiktiiman for the Oregon department of planning and de- Housing Need To Be Studied Chamber of Commerce Presi dent. Elmer Schmidt, this week announced the appointment of a chamber development commit tee consisting of Earl Ayers, James Farley. Mike Whitesmith, Robert Penland and Schmidt. The croup plans an early meet- Inu to discuss possible housing development plans In Heppner. The coming development In the north end of the county Is ex pected to have a great effect on Heppner and other towns In this area, and members of the com mittee feel that housing offers one of the most serious problems here. The committee has been ad vised that one or more contrac tors have shown Interest In de veloping a housing project In HeoDner and one of the major Droblems Is to locate properties where a quantity of new homes could be built. ' A study of possible locations is planned. Cow Belles To Honor E Markham Baker The Morrow County Cow Belles will honor E Markham Baker, the Father of the Year county award winner, at a potluck sup per in the Episcopal parisn house, starting at 7:00 p m on Saturday evening, June 4. Meat and rolls will be lur nlshed and the public is cord ially Invited to attend. U of O to Graduate Three From Heppner UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene The University or ure iron, which observes its 83rd an nual commencement on June 12, will confer baccalaureate and advanced degrees on more than 1600 members of the I960 grad uating class. Tf all Pflnd idates for the de grees from the colleges of liberal arts, the professional schools and the graduate school successfully fulfill rpnuirements for their de grees, the University will confer 1653 degrees. President O Meredith Wilson, who will participate in his sixth and final commencement on the Oregon campus, (he leaves later in the month to take over the presidency of the University ot Minnesota,) will give the 'Tharee to the Graduating Class" and confer degrees on tne sue pp ssful candidates. Candidates for degrees rrom this University include the fol from: Heconer-Bachelor of Science-Donald Doyle Casteel, brother of Mrs Bernard uoneny of Heppner; Warren Lance Tib bies, son of Dr and Mrs L D Tibbies; Bachelor of Law--Robert Allen Bennett, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar A Bennett Police Worn Against Removal of Flares Heppner police chief Dean Gilman reminded residents that street signs, flares and barri cades are put out for the pro tection of the general public, and that anyone found taking, mov ing or possessing any of that equipment will be prosecuted. In several cases recently flares or barricades have been removed and left dangerous places unprotected. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 2, 1960 STTE iMiitim-nt of Planning and devel opment. John ivnny. later told AkiuaUUHl Pre that ne riy the RijH.rter had named the firm as Interested in me Boardman kite. He explained that the department l bound by law to hold uh discuwlons (the name of companies and personal In confidence. He said. "The people lth whom we are talk- iiiu have made plain mat they do not want their names mentioned." He also saiu inai preimtlure um of the company name Hiitly could uo reai harm. The ReKrter story also quoted the Governor as saying mat some Meculators have grabbetl some of the land northeast of Boardman "boosting the price HOLE-IN-ONE CONTEST TO START TODAY Golfers, dublx-rs and young sters are expected to start gath ering this afternoon at the Hep pner rodeo field for the cham ber of commerce's first hole- in-one contest which Is offering some mighty fine daily prizes and even finer grand prizes. For the uninitiated,, anyone mav buv five coif balls for $1.00 and for each one he or she puts on the green (100 yards away. he will be entitled to buy five more balls in the finals to be played off Sunday. Dally prizes will be given for the persons plnset to the cur In the dally play, and the final winners will get more valuable prizes. Daily play will be from 4 to 7 Thursday. 4 to 5:30 and 7 to 9 d m Friday and Saturday. The finals will start at about 1:30 Sunday. All nroeeeds will eo to tne chamber's field lighting fund to be used to pay off remaining bonds. Requirements Change For Certain Boats The state marine board has announced a new ruling which expmDts boats measuring less than 16 feet from the statutory provisions that required them to have a whistle or horn. All other lirpnses and regulations, how ever, still apply to this size boats. Boat owners who have any questions on the regulations may contact Bill Labhart or any state policeman. It was also announced that starting In 1962, carbon tet fire extinguishers will not he legal chemical or CO'2 extinguishers will be required. This warning Is being given to boat owners, so that if it Is necessary for them to buy ex tinguishers, they will not go to a double expense by getting a carbon tet type now and have to replace It later. Cemetery Slates Second Work Day There will be a meeting of the Hardman cemetery board Sunday, June 5 and a potluck dinner at noon at the Hardman IOOF hall followed by a work day at the cemetery, it nas Deen announced. . Volunteer workmen are needed to hand spray the cemetery for wontU and rose bushes. Many financial donations nave been received and will be used fnr rpna Irlns fences, purchasing spray and building a stock pass, but volunteer laoor is neeutru. About 40 persons attended the last meeting and work day. CURATOR NAMED FOR NEW MUSEUM The county court Wednesday approved a museum commission recommendation that Rachel Harnett be named curator of the ifv.niintv museum. Also approved were proposed hours for the museum or iu io A nu 1 to 5 Saturdays and 2 to 5 on Sundays. It will also be open from 1 to 5 o'clock on certain holidays. EC) 77th Year, Number 13 Wear ifr..m hi int to MQ per acre, The Governor said the state then took options on wnd nortnwest of Boardman so It 1 possible that "We've left some ot tne sprc ulatom holding the bag." ..i-n! twrms In Morrow county Ah have been working with the state department, oi planning and development for the release of the bombing range ml its development Into a space- age Industrial park have known many of the details oi tne negoi ition durlnir Past weeks, in cluding rumored names of Inter- eMod companies, but tney nae m.i tM-en at liberty to name the companies because of the nature of the negotiations ana ine iaw nnvprnlnt' t h operation of the department of planning and de velopment. The Portland nepon er'a publication of the company's name, however, brought the story Into the open, with possible adverse results, some fear. it la also known that there Is mom than one missile company interested In the area, and In formed sources look for a definite announcement within a short time. Judge Named to Zoning Group The Morrow county court Wed nesday named county Judge Oscar Peterson as the courts representative on the lnter county planning and zoning commission which la now being formed by a group ot counties along the Columbia river. The Judge has been serving as tern nomrv chairman of the group Muring its organization. npnrespntatlves from three of tho six Interested counties, Mor row, Wasco and Hood River, met in Heppner again last week to unri out details of the organi zation and It Is expected that Gilliam, Sherman ana umaiinn counties will take part. Tho c-mun Is to be set up to assist with the planning and de velopment of the entire area fronting along the Columbia where great growth Is expected with state development of a space age industrial park in the Boardman Bombing Range area. The commission wilt oe maae up of one representative each fmm rountv courts, county zon ing commissions and port com missions. ThP rnmmlsslon Is to be pat terned after similar inter-county groups now functioning in ine Willamette Valley. County Democrats Select Officers at Fund Raising Dinner Morrow county Democrats held a successful fund raising dinner last week at Stefanl's Fine Foods in lone and the group named new officers for the coming year. Al Lamb of Heppner, who has served as chairman for six years, was reelected to the post. Mrs W C Rosewall, Heppner was re elected vice chairman, and Mrs Paul Brown, secretary. L E Ruhl, Lexington was named treasurer. The meeting was well atten ded and plans for close work for all party candidates In each precinct were discussed. Ar rangements were made to org anize a permanent women's aux iliary unit. Mrs Paul Brown will arrange a meeting ana sei uo the preliminary organization of the Morrow county Democratic ladies. MovIps were shown by Ron Ahem of Congressman Al Ull- man i Baker ornce. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. 64 46 -06 67 39 -12 66 36 - 72 45 78 48 80 50 79 47 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 79 Rainfall for the week .18; for May, 2.94: for the year. 8.05 In-ches. a