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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, December , 1960
The state Supreme Court af
firm! last werk des-rrt of Mor
row County Circuit Court which
dismissed complaints attacking
validity tf local achool district
consolidations.
In 19M Morrow County adopt
e! the county unit achool
trlct system by a vote
lojle. In 1959 the state board
of education approved the
board'a application to become an
administrative district Instead of
a county unit district. Thla
change had not been voted upon
by citizens In the districts In
volved and aeveral clilzena filed
ault
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77th Year, Number 39
sis Memorial Service
Sunday For
Departed Elks
Tlie Supreme Court ruled that
the legislature has constitutional
power to "create, abolish or al
ter school district with or with
out a vote of the people within
the area Involved." The only rea
son for requiring an election
where boundaries are changed,
the court said. Is because of com
plications resulting from bonded
or other indebtedness of an
existing district and a change In
assets.
No boundary changes were In
volved In the change from I
county unit system to an admin
istrative district
The decision was written by
Justice Gordon Sloan.
The Morrow county suit was
widely watched by educators and
those Interested In schools
throughout the state as It was
thought to be a test of the cons
tltutlonallty of the 1957 Oregon
school district reorganization
law. However, Cecil Quesseth
attorney for the State Depart
ment of Education, has stated
that the case cited had only a
limited application and this has
been confirmed by Supreme
Court attaches. The court deci
sion applies only In those few
cases where boundaries are un
changed. i
Quesseth said another suit,
filed in Washington county,
claims that another portion of
the act is unconstitutional. But,
he emphasized, no suit has been
filed to challenge the entire law.
Heppner Lodge No. 3T8 B P.O.E.
will hold Its annual memorial
service for departed members
Sunday at 2 pm. at the Elks
temple.
The I960 Lodge of Sorrow will
honor Walter A. Ruggles, Alex
Lindsay, James Wilson. Howard
Evans, Gene Graham. J.l O. Fct
erson, and Russell Miller.
The program will consist of the
Funeral March while members
enter, played by Gordon Pratt
opening ceremonies Invocation
by chaplain Robert Flatt; musl
cal selection by the Heppner
high school chorus; roll call of
departed brothers; ceremonies of
the lodge; address by Dallas
Shockley; Auld Lang Syne by
the audience; closing ceremonies
and benediction.
Officers taking part besides
the chaplain will be exalted rul
er Everett Keltnley; esteemea
leading knight LcRoy Gardner,
esteemed loyal knight Conley
Lanham, esteemed lecturing
knight Kemp Dick, secretary
Glen Ward, treasurer, H. D. Mc-
Curdy. Jr.. tiler Wallace Wolff,
Inner guard Pat O'Brien, esquire
Harley Young and trustees R. B.
erguson, Jack Van Winkle, Mil
ton Morgan Jr., La Verne Van,
Marter Jr., and J. J. Farley.
,4-H Club Leaders
Needed By Dec. 1
A call has been Issued by the
extension service agents for 1
volunteers to lead additional 4 II
clubs In Morrow county.
There are 52 boys and girls en
rolled In a variety of these cluba
from last year and more have
signed up for new clubs this
year. The 52 was 32 per cent
Increase over the preceding year.j
The youth or the county are
actively Interested In this pro
gram which Is dedicated to help
Ing boys and girls develop Into
Intelligent, useful citizens. The
only thing holding us back from
an even larger program Is the
lack of adults who can act as
leaders for the clubs. Joy Hay,
extension agent, said. "Close to
140 of those signed up this year
will need new leaders," he said.
For those adults who feel qual
Ifled to serve as leaders In this
worthwhile program the follow
Ing clubs are listed as leading
volunteer leaders:
In Heppner. a rifle club
(youngsters 11 or older); an
electricity club, leathercraft.
woodworking, rock hounding,
fishing, dog obedience.
In Lexington, a rifle club.
In lone, a rifle club, tractor,
electricity, archer (11 or older)
and a dog obedience club.
In Irrlgon. a rock hounding
club.
In Boardman. a rifle club.
Prospective leaders should get
n touch with the county exten
sion office as soon as possible!
Rural Fire
Slated Monday
AUXILIARY MEETS
The Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Auxiliary board of direc
tors will hold a meeting at the
hospital at 2 p.m.. Dec. 5, In
the recreation room. All board
members are asked to be pres
ent.
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Morrow County Grain Growers officers elected at the annual meet
ing recently: Paul Jones, president; Elmer Palmer, vice president;
and Paul Brown, secretary.
'as the new 411 club year Is
(starting and formation of these
l iUUS U l J V 1 1 14 1- a I WIS ft v i
leaders to organize them,
Two Fires In Less
Than 12 Hours
Two fires occurred In less than
12 hours Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning.
About 9:45 Tuesday night the
fire department was called to
Church and Main Streets where
a car belonging to Robert David
son, Lexington, suffered minor
damage when the wiring burn
ed out. The fire was quickly ex
tinguished.
At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday two
trucks responded to a call to the
Klnzua mill machine shop where
a fire had started from acety-
lene tanks being placed too close
to a stove. Also catching fire
were some oxygen tanks, caus
ing high flames which extended
beyond the roof and walls be
fore the fire department arrived.
It took two hours to put out the
blaze. Structural timber in the
west end of the building suffered
extensive damage, according to
mill employes.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 57 43 .03
Friday 67 35 .75
Saturday 39 23 .10
Sunday 35 25 .03
Monday 42 20
Tuesday 32 25
Wednesday 35 24
Stop For School
Buses Mandatory
Robert Van Houte, superinten
dent of schools, has issued a
warning to motorists that pass
Ing of school buses either load
ing or unloading children is un
lawful. All offenders are being
reported by bus drivers to the
police and full prosecution un
der the law is requested by the
school authorities.
Scouts Hold
Successful Drive
Robert Abrams, drive chair
man for the Boy Scout fund cam
nalen. announced today that
more than $400 had been collect
ed and not all the money had
been turned In to date.
"The fine co-operation of lo
cal people has made this cam
palgn a great success," Abrams
stated. He said he wished to ex
tend his thanks to all those who
took part In the collection and
especially to the Methodist Men's
group for their klckoff breakfast
Two packs of Boy scouts are
in operation in Morrow county.
In Heppner, there are 98 boys in
the Cub Scout age bracket with
46 of these registered In the cub
scout program. There are 13
adult leaders helping In the cub
program, which is sponsored by
the Heppner PTA.
There are 15 registered Scouts
between the ages of 11 and 15 In
Heppner In troop 86 sponsored
by the Methodist church. Avery
Tavlor is Scoutmaster with nine
adult volunteer committeemen to
help him. There are 99 boys of
boy scouting age in Heppner anq
vicinity.
Mrs. Velma Glass and Tom
went to La Grande for Thanksgiving.
The election for two directors
of the Heppner Rural Fire Pro
tection District will be held Dec.
S at the old library beside the
city fire station from 2 to 8 pm
according to Fire Chief C. A.
Ruggles.
The term of Thomas J. Wells
has expired and another vac.in
ty was created when Barratt's
addition came Into the city, mak
ing Robert Lowe Ineligible for
the district as he no longer lives
outside the city limits.
Candidates for the positions
are Thomaa J. Wells, running for
a five year term, and John
Wlghtman, for a three-year term
Other write- ins may be made.
The present board of directors
are Dick Wilkinson, chairman;
Tom Wells, aecretary; Ralph
Beamer, director; Harold Evans
and Bob Lowe, directors.
The Heppner Rural Fire Pro
tectlon District was organized In
May, 1959. It Is comprised of that
territory In a seven and one
half mile radius from the fire
hall, or 15 minutes driving time,
whichever Is closest. A tax base
of $43,100 was voted In the last
general election.
The Rural Fire District has a
five-year contract with the city
to furnish protection. For the
first year $5,700 was approved
A similar figure Is expected for
each of the four remaining years.
Under the contract the city
to furnish and operate the
equipment necessary for fire pro
tectlon.
This summer a four-wheel
drive International 1000 tank fire
engine was purchased by the
city to use for both city and rural
fires. It was delivered, tested and
approved by the fire underwrlt
ers bureau Sept 1.
Chief Ruggles said that the
truck answered Its first call on
Sept. 9 and it is estimated that
on that call the property at risk
was in excess of the $21,000 cost
of the truck. "We couldn't have
put out that fire In the build
ing it was In with our other
equipment," he said. Since Its
purchase the truck has answer
ed four other rural calls and a
mutual aid call to lone.
Also available to fight rural
fires any place, in or beyond the
limits of the rural fire district,
is a 4-wheel drive pickup with a
small tank and auxiliary pump.
Other equipment of the local fire
department is a fire truck and a
fire engine, so three pieces of
equipment are available at one
time for fire fighting in the ru
ral district if necessary.
There are 20 volunteer firemen
the city at present plus the
fire chief.
Christmas Lighting
Contest Dates Set
Resident and buslne firms
within the city of Heppner will
again this year be eligible to en
ter a ChrUtmas decoration con-
test. This la the third year that
the Ilcpnner Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce has spon
sored the contcit In an effort to
encourage residents to decorate
fr the holiday.
There will be prizes for thre
categories of entries, with three
prizes offered In each division
residences, which will comprise
yards and outdoor decorations,
with prizes of $10 flrt. $7.50 see-
ond and $5.00 third; store or bus
iness windows, with the same
prize list; and residential win
dows. (Inside decorations) with
prizes of $7.50, $5.00 and $2.50.
All entries must be signed up
by December 20 to qualify for
the contest. Judging will be Dec
21 between the hours of 7 and
8:30 p m.
Residents and businesses may
register for the contest, stating
classifications they plan to en
ter, either at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon or the Gazette-Times of-
flee.
Entries are limited to homes
or businesses witnin me cuy
limits and must be officially en
tered to be Judged.
Mrs Mrln fla.h I patiM
patina In Oft" VAheat
LJU Uth annual bake i !f
League' X'r.4 annual mer
Portland Thursday and Friday
Mr. limit was the tsiiMirf !
Marrow county at the fair this
er. ami will be tvrnprdr.g with
eight other Eastern Ortgon coun
ty winner.
The Inner t f th uie take
off will recrlv fiiO. with run
ncrs up winning alianee
prize.
Mr. Jack liealy. Hetpncr.
second and Mr. Willard French.
Echo, third In lite cvursty Con
test.
Christmas Seals
Ready For
Holiday Sale
New "Form Checks"
Available At Banks
Bob Jcpscn. public relation
chairman for the Morrow County
Wheat Growers Atiatlon. this
week announced that the newly
designed "farm clunks' being
used on a state w ide basl by
members of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League are now avail
able at either the Heppner or
lone branch of the Bunk of Last
ern Oregon, or at the Find Ni
tlonal Bank In Heppner.
These special "farm checks"
are designed to show to the pub
He the Importance of the farm
dollar, and Just how many dol
!r.rs flow through commercial
channels because of agriculture.
The checks may be obtained In
several sizes to fit the Individual
needs of the user.
Bob Abrams Named
To Bar Committee
MEETING DATE CHANGED
The regular meeting date,
Dec. 6, of the Wranglers has
been changed to Friday eve
ning, Dec. 16, at the Wranglers
Clubhouse. This will be the
Christmas party.
in
Mrs. John K. Walsh of Orange,
Texas, is here visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Ed Breslln.
County Legislation
Proposals Made
A number of legislative pro
posals came out of the recent
convention of the Association of
Oregon Counties, which was held
In Portland recently, according
to County Judge Oscar Peterson
The proposed legislation would
strengthen the county govern
ment In Oregon, he said. Covered
are a change In the tax base for
county use, a change in proce
dure for financing local Im
provements, licensing of busl
nesses in the counties, change In
who makes the levy for the
county school fund, retirement of
elected officials, change in the
requirements of counties employ
ing certified appraisers, provid
ing gas tax refunds to counties,
repeal of requirements ior
monthly publication of expen
ditures, request that two county
officials be on the state public
welfare commission, and that 10
per cent of the liquor revenue of
Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion be returned to the counties.
These proposals will be pre
sented at the next legislature,
the Judge said.
Attending the convention from
here, along with the Judge, were
the two other members of Mor
row County Court, comissloners
Milton Biegel and E. O. Fergu
son.
An attorney from Morrow
county has been named to serve
on a committee of the Oregon
State Bar for 1960-61.
The appointments, announced
this week by Dean F. Bryson of
Portland, president of the Ore-
gon State Bar, Includes Robert B.
Abrams, Heppner, committee on
lawyer placement, committee on
minor courts and traffic courts.
Community th airmen fir the
ar.nul Christina seal sal hav
!- n announces! by Mr, L E.
iHik, Jr., touisty chairman t.f h
ilx he. Mr. Harry T. Oiv.nnelt U
Hi i pncr chairman, I! t-rt Frink
U tlng ton chairman. Mr. Car
ry Tullu U again the Ion chair
man, and Ruth CVy heads tha
drive for the north end of the
county with Shirley l"-i rwood as
student chairman fr Boardman
and Julia l'u!on as student
chairman far Irrlgon.
Jm-hI sale materials have been
delivered la the various comma
rut le and the seal were mail
ed this v.wk lo all communities
In the county.
County officer fur the Mor
row County TB and Health As-KM-latlon.
which supervises the
annual seal sale, are: president.
Mr. Robert Abrams; vice-president.
Mr. Rod MaiKenzle; sec
jftary. Mr. Elsie Cole; and
treasurer. Mrs. W. W. Weather
ford. Among the projects carried out
through proceeds derived from
the Christmas seal sale are the
free chest X-rays which may be
obtained at pioneer Memorial
Hospital the first Wednesday
evening of each month, and a
nursing scholarship given to en-
courage local poople to take
nursing and technical training
and return to work In the hospi
tal here. Thr-e quarters of the
money raised In the seal sale is
retained In Morrow county.
ORIS PADBERGS
to mezico crnr
Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Oris
Padberg of Lexington left on an
a 11 -expense-paid trip to Mexico
City, as the result of participat
ing in a sales contest put on by
the Allls-Chalmers company.
They will leave from the Pen
leton airport and fly to Los An
geles, then on to Mexico City.
hey expect to be gone about
eight days.
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The E. L. Dick Appliance store as it looked last week following
Sunday night's high wind storm. Damage was appraised at about
5800. A new front on the warehouse section Is almost completed.
Van Houte said that each bus
in the district is now equipped
with flashing yellow lights,
When these lights are in oper
atlon it means children are on
the highway and all other ve
hides are to come to a full stop,
either approaching or overtak
ing the bus.
Road To New
School Site Started
Maximum temperatures, 67
Minimum. 20
P.a!nfa;i for the week Is .91 of
an inch. Total for the year is
12.53 inches.
Work of clearing brush and
trees from the roadway to the
new school site was finished last
week, according to an announce
ment from the office of Robert
Van Houte, school spuennten-dent
The first access road will be
on the old county road which
Joins Morgan street, running
through the N. C. Anderson prop
erty'. A retaining wall will be built
and bulldozing and filling will
follow. The road is being built by
the schooL '
Construction on the new build
ing Is expected to start shortly
after the first of the year, weath
er pennittirg.
Many Honored for Outstanding
Accomplishments at Farm-City Banquet
A large crowd attended the
Farm-City Banquet Monday
night at the Catholic parish hall
when city and country folk got
together at their annual dinner.
The affair is sponsored each year
by the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce and the
Heppner Soil Conservation Dls
trict to bring together rural and
city people so that each might
better understand the other's
problems.
Special guests Monday night
were the lone lootDau team
members, their coach and school
officials. Dallas Shockley, super
intendent at lone, Introduced
each member of the team which
recently won the state cham
pionship for 8-man footbalL
Shockley presented the team
with the Umatilla-Morrow 8-man
football championship trophy at
the banquet.
John Graves. Morrow County's
Conservation Man of the Year,
was presented a desk pen set by
Raymond French, chairman of
the Heppner Soil Conservation
District, for his special work In
enservation. He was also given a
certificate of merit "for out
standing accomplishments in the
soil conservation district" by Sid
Chaffee, Pendleton, on behalf of
the Goodvear Tire and Rubber
Company.
An award by the Goodyear Co
to the Heppner Soil Conservation
District as second In the state
contest sponsored by Goodyear
for the greatest Improvement In
soil conservation practices was
made by Chaffee to Heppner dis
trict chairman Raymond French
and supervisors Alvln Wagen
blast, John Wlghtman, Raymond
Lundell and Don Peterson.
Raymond French gave the key
note address and Bill Barratt was
master of ceremonies. He Intro
duced as special guests also Al
vln Wagenblast, master of Po
mona Grange; Paul Jones, presi
dent of Morrow County Grain
Growers; Tad Miller president of
Morrow County Wheat League;
Norman Nelson, president of
Morrow County Farm Bureau;
Mrs. Robert Davidson, president
of the county 4-H Club council;
county Judge Oscar Peterson;
Heppner Mayor W. C. Collins;
Chamber President Elmer
Schmidt; and Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Wildman, publishers of the Hep
pner Gazette-Times.
John Wlghtman was given
special recognition for his years
of service as a supervisor of the
Heppner Soil Conservation Dis
trict. He helped organize the dis
trict In 1941 and has been a su
pervisor since that time.
Alvln Wagenblast was recog
nized for his outstanding record
of earning more points at the
state soil Judging contest held
in The Dalles recently, than had
ever before been scored.
Robert Baum, administrative
officer of the state soil conserva
tion committee, was main speak
er of the evening. His topic was
Soil Is Everybody's Business and
he defined conservation as "wise
use" of all natural resources.
He said there were three ways
to conserve natural resources
public ownership, legislation or
administrative order, and volun
tary action of private owners of
land. He warned that unless
private owners did provide pro-
tection through conservation,
laws would be passed mak
ing mandatory conservation
practices. He cited as examples
how the law now controls the
manner In which timber may be
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O.E.A. Election
This Weekend
Election of an Oregon Educa
tion Association vice president
will take place at the annual
Representative Council of the
OEA Friday and Saturday in
Portland. Candidates are Robert
Van Houte, Morrow County
school superintendent; Harvey
Denham, Altamont Junior High
principal, Klamath Falls; and
William B. Thompson, Ochoco
grade school principal, Prine-
ville. -
The one elected as vice presi
dent this year will succeed to
the state association presidency
In March of 19G2, at the annual
state convention.
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Jamboree At lone
lone will be host to the basket
ball jamboree set for Tuesday
evening, Dec. 6 at the lone high
school gym, starting at 7:00 p.m.
There will be six schools par
ticipating from this area with
Heppner the only A-2 school. In
the first game Echo will play
Stanfleld, Riverside will play
Umatilla, and lone against Hep
pner. The teams will play two
10 minute halves with a running
score kept for each side and the
winning side determined by the
total score at the end of the
three games. One side will be
Echo, Riverside and lone and
on the other Stanfield, Umatilla,
and Heppner.
Also, all of the officials to
work this area during the basket
ball season, will be at the jam
boree. They will have numbers
on their shirts which will Iden
tify them and their name and
number will be printed in the
Jamboree program.
Janice Beamer, Miss Northwest
Rodeo for I960, will make her
last official appearance at the
Northwest Rodeo Association
convention in Portland Saturday
and Sunday. She will help with
presentation of awards for the
I960 rodeo season. Among local
cowboys high in points is Nell
Beamer, Heppner, Miss North
west Rodeo's brother, who is now
standing first in the calf roping
event.
Mrs. Lloyd Rogers and Elsie
Madden of Lone Eock were here
on Tuesday to see the doctor.
School Census
Shows Increase
A preliminary count of the re
cent school census shows an In
crease in the number of school
age children in Morrow county.
The present figure on all chil
dren four to 20 years of age Is
1648; In 1959 there were 1553
counted, according to the super
intendents office.
Broken down by communities
there are:
Heppner, Buttercreek and
Hardman, 832; lone, 243; Lex
ington, 169; Boardman, 158; and
Irrigon, 214.
The Parent - Teacher Associa
tions of the various communities
in the county took the census,
ending Nov. 15.
Mrs. Clem Stockard and chil
dren were In Salem and Lebanon
for the Thanksgiving vacation
visiting relatives.