ere Jiy
MSMRY
D2(!!iOiiV iromuiniuuu
A prUmity mcHiiii t-l the
j !r.Mf,4 ttnu!tnti hired by
the U tnuftllrs of the MI4 Cu
lumbU bln m- wah represen
tatives tf the County Court. Ihf
Vri Commission anJ the Mar
row County running CommU
sjoa thj morning at a breakfast
mretlng at Ihf Wafon Wheel
- rr--r.t alu was Rupert Ken
nedy cf the f lat Dinning Cum
mission. The Etuup was on a reconnais
sance taur cf all communltie In
the six counties la gather first
hand Information f the prob
lems and conditions In each
art on which la base part vt
their work.
Tom Murray of Murray and
Aciiitrs. Portland, told the
group that the study will en
rompa all area of the alx
county unit.
The Mudy will make possible
a complete picture of the poten
HaU fur development
MctIh r of the Morrow Coun
ty Planning Commhdon wcie
told that i hey should build their
iil.inn arnun l liresent businesses
and prepare for a balanced econ-
my. Suggested were full cogniz
ance of the agricultural base,
forest possibilities, transporta
tion mitlook. as well as any fu
ture t nances. Using the present
. uiiomy for a bice, future devel
opment should be planned with
potential Irrigable land In mind,
industrial possibilities, and full
ii-.- of all segments of the econ
omy. The tircakfast here today was
;.ueiuil by Samuel E. Wood
and Carlos It Cavanagh repre
senting F.basco Services; Mr.
Mmray; James C, Howland of
t'onu ll. Hum land. Hayes & Mcr
ivfiel.l; Oscar Peterson, county
jud-e; Ii(k Wilkinson, chairman
..f the county planning commls
ion. nnd commission members
Milton Bclgcl. Roy Lindstrom
and Clarence Rosewall, Gar
Swanson of the port commission,
and Mr. Kennedy. ,
Local Pastor
Returns From
Pendleton Hospital
The Kev. Austin McGhee. pas
tor of the Methodist church, re
turned to his home Wednesday
following surgery in Pendleton
early last week. Mr. McGhee will
lie confined to his home some
time recuperating.
Services at the Methodist
church next Sunday will again
l;o conducted by the Rev. Flet
cher Forester of Pendleton, a
former pastor of the local church.
Parents of Son
Word lias been received by
Mrs. Harry Duvall that her
nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Vivian N. White of Anaheim,
Calif., have a new son born Oct.
8 and named Niel Owen.
Mr. White taught here In the
high school for four years be
fore going to California where
he teaches In Long Beach.
They have two other sons,
Brad and Craig. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Niel O. White,
Pilot Rock, and Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Scott of Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Dotty Edwards has been work
ing the past few weeks at Lois'
beauty shop in Heppner.
Lowell Gribble and Len Hal-
derson flew to Lancaster, Pa.
equipment for Mr. Gribble's bus
iness. They are driving the ma
chine home.
Kaseberg Favors Bigger
Voice For Eastern Oregon
Paulen Kaseberg, Wasco farm
er and candidate for state rep
resentative for the twenty-second
district on the Republican ticket,
came out in favor of a bigger
voice in the state legislature for
the voters of eastern Oregon in
a statement here Monday.
"The next session of the legis
lature is required by law to re
apportion the state and Eastern
Oregon will be further penal
ized." he said. The only way to
Veep a strong voice for the
parselv settled areas of the state
would "be through an amend
ment to the constitution and
Kaseberg said, "I am willing to
wo-k fo- a constitutional amend
ment which will alleviate this
situation."
The Republican candidate
stated that eastern Oregon has
i minority in the state legis
lature under the present appor
iionment. It is only one-sixth of
each house and he Indicated he
fei' le region should be en
Heppne
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rtk MEETS WEDNESDAY
The FirM Wubr meeting of
the Heppner rarent -Teacher
Ablation will t" held
the high school cafeteria next
Wednesday night at 8 p.m.
The program U on National
Education Week, under the
direction of chairman Robert
Van lloute.
Officials report that only a
smsll membership has Joined
this ear. All parents of th
area are urged to Mtend this
first meeting and U take an
active part In making the lo
cal IT A year a success.
Speech Contest
Friday-Winner
To Area Meet
u-u-,0 r,f fhi speech contests
being sponsorod by the Heppner
vcrvafion District from
lone and Heppner high schools
will meet for a district contest
at the fair annex building Fri
day at 1:45, according to twin"
Richards, work unit conserva-
tionist.
a , or elrl of high school
. - .,, living in Oregon
is eligible to einter these annual
speech contests. Wildlife conser
vation is the topic this year with
Instructions calling for develop
ment around specific examples
of wildlife conservation applied
or needed In the Heppner Soli
Conservation District. If exam
ples are not cited, the speech
will be disqualified.
Each speech Is to be seven
minutes long with penalties ap-
i- than
plied for any speecn 1
five or exceeding nine minutes
i i,th Jndrrine will be done
on the introduction, content and
ariglnality, organization, con
clusion, delivery, grammar, en
thusiasm and sincerity, gesmic,
and audience interest.
Judges will be Avon Melby,
.nnrnenntlniT T (I i nCUUIIfl'luvi
ow County Chamber of Com
merce; Robert Jepsen of the Hep
r cnii rnnservation District,
and the Rev. John Rydgren,
member or tne iviinibien&i -
sociation.
nf the contest tomor-
ronrospnt the Heppner
IUW v ... . i' ' - -
Soil Conservation District at the
area speech contest: sponsuieu
iu. n..nnn Aconplatinn of Soil
me , , , j
Conservation Districts scheduled
for Hermiston on inov. h.
ner there will participate In a
state contest held as part of the
nf the Oreson
annua nn.vnt.(,
Association of Soil Conservation
Districts to be held at The Dalles
November 16. A free trip to the
state contest is part of the prize
awarded the area winner.
The public is invited to attend
the speech contest and hear the
young participants
titled to a bigger voice in state
affairs.
Kaseberg said hedid not think
taxes wbuld need to be raised.
"Inasmuch as the state is going
to have an approximate 35 mil
lion dollar surplus this year I
feel that the surplus can take
care of normal increases in costs
of operating the government and
the requirements that higher
education is going to have," he
said.
On basic school support, Kase
berg said, 'The legislative inter
im committee on education has
come up with a proposal where
by Morrow, Gilliam and Sher
man counties in this four-county
district would lose all of the
flat grant portion of basic sup
port. The flat grant is the major
part of state support to the
schools and amounts to over
$100,000 in Morrow county. The
basic school support is supposed
o be a tax equalization in the
it ate It fails to meet its pur
pose as long as many counties
jj JjcrncrTOrcflon, Thursdoy,
GAZETT
Annual Wheat
League Meeting
November 8
Plans and preparations for the
anninl fall meeting of the Mor
row County Wheat Growers As
sociation have recently been
made by the executive commit
tee. reHn N. C. Anderston. sec
ret a ry. This meeting will be
changed from the traditional
Lexlr.gton Grange hall to St.
Patrick 's parish hall In Heppner.
The meeting is held annually
to draft recommendations and
resolutions ertalnlng to the
business of grain production In
Morrow county. It will be held
on election day. November 8 and
will get under way at 9:30 a.m.
It will continue through the day
ns the seven committees meet to
consider all aspects of grain pro
duction, transportation ana mar
keting, as w?U as youth and
women's projects. Lunch will be
se.-ved at the hall at noon,
ctiruiimr committee chairmen
nmi vice chairmen as well as of
ficers of the association were In
Pendleton recently attending a
fill workshoD sponsored by the
Oregon Wheat Growers League.
They were brought up to aate
on the latest happenings in each
of the committees and develop
ed items for discussion at tne
county meeting. These will be
ineornoratod with those which
come from our own wheat grow
ers. They will be presented at
the annual meeting of the Ore
fon Wheat Growers League,
which will be held in Portland
on December 1, 2, nnd 3 and
those with national significance
will go to the National Assoc
iation of Wheat Growers to be
held In Enid, Okla. on December
7, 8, and 9.
Attending the workshop irom
Morrow Countv were president
Walter Jacobs with committee
chairmen and vice chairman
Melvin Moyer, Norman Nelson,
Rnhert Jensen. Paul Tews, Don
Peterson, Mrs. E. M. Baker, Fred
rick Martin, Mrs. Vernon Mun
kcrs. Louis Carlson, Milton Mor
gan and N. C. Anderson.
As an attraction oi tne annual
meetine the parish ladies will
serve a noon luncheon at the
hall and Tad Miller, vice chair
man In . charge of attendance,
promises a number of worth
while prizes as attendance get
ters.
DAVEY McLEOD
BITTEN BY DOG
Davey McLeod, four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Mc
Leod of lone, was bitten by a
dog Tuesday afternoon while
playing with friends. He was
taken to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital where stitches were taken
in three places.
Davey is now at his parents'
home in lone.
in western Oregon receive Ore
gon and California timber funds
which are not included in the
basic school distribution formula.
Further, these counties do not
have to levy taxes for road funds
and many other county improve
ments." Kaseberg said if elected he
would work for an equitable dis
tribution of basic school support
funds and would promote laws
which would assure the people
of the district receiving a fair
share of state funds for oper
ation of the schools.
The Republican candidate was
here for the County Fair and
was a member of the Governor's
party when he appeared here in
September. Kaseberg was also
a guest at the Heppner -Morrow
Countv Chamber of Commerce
meeting Monday where he spoke
on the wheat promotion in the
Far East He is an ex-president
cf the Oregon Wheat League and
a wheat farmer from Wasco.
He is running against in
curr.ber.t Frank Weatherford.
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COUNTY POLLING PLACES
Vottrs of Morrow county will help elect city, county, state
and federal officials In the general election Tuesday.
There are 2.337 registered otert In the county. Voting
placet named by Sadie PalsbV county clerk, are:
Northeast emd Northwest Heppner. the old Central Market
building.
Southeast and Southwest Heppner, the courthouse.
Hardman, L O. O. F. balL
Lexington, the city hall.
lone, the city halL
Boardman. Greenfield Grange hall.
Irrigon, the Irrigon elementary school.
Polling places open at 8:00 or. m. and close at 8:00 p. m.
Polled Hereford
Breeders Will
Show Cattle
The Pacific International Live
stock arena, Portland, will be
the location of a special beef
cattle show and sale December
17 according to announcement
of Don Robinson, president Ore
gon Polled Hereford Breeders As
sociation. Forty selected bulls and heir
or have been entered and will
be on display several days in
advance of official snow. Kaipn
Cook, stockman and cattle
breeder of Medford, win serve
as Judge.
This will be the lirst Assoc
iation sponsored event at Port
land. Their regular annual show
is held at Redmond eacn eD-
ruary.
Polled Hereford breeders of
Oregon with cattle entered in
clude D. B. Fleet, Island City;
Kirk & Robinson, Heppner;
Richard Ireland, Ashland; Roy
Robinson, Mt. Vernon; Claude
Williams. Prineville; Norman
McCrae, Imbler; Jack Sumner,
Heppner, and Barnard Hereford
Ranch, Estacada.
Supreme Court
Hears Case
The appealed cases of West vs.
Martin and Padberg vs. Martin
were heard before the Oregon
Supreme Court sitting in Pendle
ton Monday mo.ning.
The cases involve the consti
tutionality of the 1957 school re
organization law.
Attorney appearing for the ap
pellants was John Kottkamp of
Pendleton and for the respon
dents was P. W. Mahoney.
The court's decision in this
case will be handed down later.
Carole Anne Anderson was a
recent visitor in La Grande vis
it! n a hpr sister. Connie Ander
son and Susie McQuarrie who
are students at Eastern Oregon
College.
November 3, I960
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VOTE!
DayNovtmbr 8th
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High School Annual
Staff Is Selected
Work on the Mustang, Heppner
Hieh annual year book, will get
under way with naming of the
staff for the 1960-61 edition by
Bob Nichols, editor.
Co-assistant editors named
were Julie Pfeiffer and Beverly
Blake.
Art editor will be Sheryl Har
ris with Cheryl Crist as assis
tant.
Rovprlv Davidson will have
xharcro of all sDorts paRes. She
will appoint those to write copy
for the boys sporis.
Business manager will be
Marlene Griffin witn Luane mc
Curdv assisting.
Sandra Jones Is copy editor
with Kathy Haworth as assis
tant.
Typing and arrangement of
copy will be directed Dy anaruu
Keithley with tne neip oi m.i
dra Richards.
Photography for the annual is
nervised by Marion
Iluggett, science and photog
ra nhv teacher. Student director
of photography is Ann Jones who
' ... . mil tirAntl.a..
will be assistea Dy dm Ycaulcl-
ford, John Cleveland ana mem
bers of the Photography Club.
Drivers License
Examiner Here
November 15
A drivers license examiner
..,;n r.n Hntv in HeoDner Tues
day. November 15, I960 at the
court house between me iiuuia
of 9:30 a.m. and i.JO p. m., at
.inn in an announcement re
i'"'f. -
ceived from the Department of
Motor Vehicles oi uregun.
Parcnm .ishin! original 11
censes or permits to drive are
asked to file applications well
ahead of the scheduled closing
hour in order to assure umv iui
completion of the required ii
cense test.
Local Educator Honored;
Nominated for OEA Post
:..bett Van lloute, upctlnten
dent if hd, hat tn'cn nom
inated by the Mutnw County
H!ekMii Ktucatin AvUtlon fr
the i ffuv f Ut president of the
Oregon Kdueauon Association.
Th.. t.-a. ru-i of the muniica fat
of the Cascade have th re-
Mw.rint.ility f nominating ana
electing a man from the area
at Hu refree!ttle council in
Portland IVe. 2 and 3.
Vn lloute has been very ac
f'n in OKA and In promoting
membership In the organization.
He In a Isfe time member and
for the pit two ears has nerved
no chairman of the I'r.A leuerai
legislative committee. In this
tiv he lun worked for fed
eral aid to Mhool and has been
Instrumental In getting bllla in
i,. ,-..Mimitti-,-4 U also a mem
ber of the Oregon State Athletic
AtMKi.t ion and achoo! admifi-
Istrative organizations.
He was born In Pioneer. Wash.,
May 29. 19H. Both his mother
and father were lifetime teachers.
He received his elementary ana
secondary education In t ant
ornia and graduated from Berk
rley high whool at Berkeley.
Calif., In 1932. He received his
B. A. degree from San Francisco
.ti...n in 19.UJ and has had
graduate work at the University
of California. San Francisco
State, Oregon State and the Uni
versity f Oregon.
He taught in several smwih
Promotion Work
Of Wheat League
Told To C. of C.
pnnln Kasebem. candidate
for state representative of the
twenty-second district on me iw
publican ticket, told tne neppncr
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce Monday that the ad
vance Japan had made In pro
ducing enough looa lor ner
people was "fabulous".
Speaking of the part the Ore
gon Wheat League has played
in promoting the use or wneai
in the Far East. Kaseberg said
that within two years Japan
would be an exporter of rice if
present crops continue. Along
with this the Japanese people
are using much more wheat than
was originally anticipated wnen
the wheat promotion started.
Japan has become the biggest
eastern consumer of wheat from
the western states.
The Wheat Growers' promotion
of wheat consumption consists
of operating buses wnicn stop
at different places in the country
giving demonstrations xo nouse
..,i.,oo in tho use of wheat. They
are also instructing bakers in
the making of wheat products.
Kaseberg told, too, of the pro
motion program on the grain
in Pakistan and India. The can
didate for office is a past presi
dent of the Oregon Wheat
League and has worked exten
sively in the program of export
ing wheat.
nninrH Rrnwn. Drincipal of
Heppner elementary school, ex
plained ballot measure number
6 and said that it would make
possible construction of build
iniro for state institutions of
higher learning "without costing
the taxpayers one cem; me
money to be paid out of revenue
raised by tuitions or tnose at
tending the schools."
The Farm and City Banquet,
which is annually sponsored by
the Heppner Soil Conservation
nietHr-t anri the chamber of
commerce, was scheduled for
November 28, the place to De
announced later.
WEATHER
HI Low Prec.
60 39 .10
55 43 .05
61 32
57 29
54 42 .02
63 42 .07
57 35 Tr.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Maximum temperatures, 64
Minimum, 36
Rainfall for the week was J21
of an ' inch. Total for the year
Is 11.06 inches.
SON VISITS FROM FT. ORD
Melvin Harnett spent a few
days here last week visiting his
mother, Mrs. Rachel Ha.nett. He
hns entered the Army as a
neuro-psychiatrist aide and is
now stationed at Ft Ord, cam
Mrs. Ethel ZeUaantx and Mrs.
Mabel Chaffee are visiting rela
tives In Kennewick, Wash., this
week.
ROBERT VAN HOUTE
in Oregon and In 1950 became
superintendent -principal at
Stanfield. He left that position
In 1959 to head the first county
wide school district In the state
of Oregon under the new re
organization act.
Mr. and Mrs. Van lloute and
their three girls have made their
home In Heppner since the
spring of 1959. He has taken an
active part In community af
fairs and in promotion of the
welfare of the youth of the
county and the schools.
Celebrants Orderly
In Morrow County
Hallowe'en pranksters obeyed
in Mnrrow county and
there were no complaints rcceiv-
a.iiaa tmm
ed at tne snerui a uhm-c
watinn in the county, ac
cording to Sheriff C. J. D. Bau-
man.
Reports have It that some farm
Implements found their way to
the main street in Lexington
during the night, but residents
of the area reported this Is
usual procedure and that noth
ing destructive occurred.
In lone two acta of vandalism
were reported; paint spilled on
a marker in the city park and
sprayed in a line on the Ameri
can Legion hall. A trailer house,
a boat and farm implements
were placed in the street but
Mayor Charles O'Connor said
they were all things "that were
not tied down and didn't hurt
anything. We rather welcome it
as it slows up traffic," he added.
Dean Gilman, chief of police
in Heppner, said no reports had
reached him of any acts of van
dalism. Garbage cans were left
on a few lawns, some business
men found mats with other
business names in front of their
establishments, and a few win
dows were soaped.
Many parties were in progress
during the evening for children
and youth of the area and all
in all it was a law-abiding Hal
lowe'en. ;
Wayne Soward
In College Play
Wayne Soward, Heppner, has
been included in the cast of Tall
Story, a drama dealing with a
college professor's ethical prin
ciples, which opens the Eastern
Oregon College drama season.
The production is unoer me
direction of Richard G. Hlatt, as
sistant professor of speecn ana
dramatics.
Attend School Meetings
Cnnorintpndent Robert Van
Houte, board member Fredrick
Martin and school board chair
man L. E. Dick are attending
on nnmi.il meetlne of the Ore
gon School Board Association at
Eugene this Wednesday througn
Friday.
Van Houte will also partici
pate in a meeting in Portland
of the Oregon School Athletic
Association Saturday.
LEXINGTON POSTAL STATION
UP FOR BIDS
Postmaster James Driscoll
has announced that he is
accepting bids from resi
dents of Lexington who are
- interested in bidding on op
eration of the Lexington rur
al station.
Lexington has been a con
tract rural station operated
under the Heppner office
since a year ago in Septem
ber. Ellwyn E. Peck, present
contractor, has indicated his
desire to re negotiate the
contract, which cpena it to
the public for bids.