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School Budget
Commiltee Named
Thrt- were named to fill va
canity on the school budget
committee at the school board
niM'tlnj Monday nleht. Elected
were Rnl; h Skoubo. Board man.
to fill the varsnry created by
Gene Talor movln-j from the
district; Mrs. Max Barclay. Lex
Inrt' n. to replace El don Padberg,
whose term had ended; and
Howard Pryant. Heppner. to re
place Dck Wilkinson, w ho Is
now serving on the school board.
Dudgct commiltee member and
M'houl board personnel will hold
tlult first mectln : Jin. 16 to ret
vork on the the 19C1-G2 school
budget started. I
A school board policy on sick
have was adopted stating that
up to five day leave a year
wet i Id be permitted for school
emp'oyoes who hive Illness or,
death In the Immediate family
Robert Van Houte, superinten
dent, reported that a retaining
wall Is under construction for
the road to the new Heppner
school site from the N. C Ander
son property, and the city of
Heppner will use this road right-of-way
to lay sewer and water
pipes to the school property. He,
also said preliminary sketches
on the lone building had been
sent to the architect for rough
drafting which would be avail
able to the board at an early
date.
Van Houte reported on pro
gress at various meetings In the
state among school administra
tors to work out a plan for basic
school support which would be
more equitable than the plan
proposed by the legislative Inter
im committee on education.
A motion was passed to re
quest the City of lone to close
fifth street between the school
and the reecntly purchased Kin
cald property adjacent to the
school which Is now part of the
school grounds.
At the request of a group from
Hardman the school piano In the
Hardman school was turned over
to the Hardman Rebekah lodge
for their use.
Construction of a shed to pro
vide a covered work area for
school buses was agreed upon.
The 24x36 foot building will be
built on the George property near
the highway where school buses
have been serviced this year.
Four dollars and fifty cents was
granted for the purpose. School
personnel will do the construc
tion. A discussion on salary adjust
ments on the present salary
schedule was held and tabled
for a later meeting.
Next meeting of the board
will he Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. In the
courthouse.
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Santa Clout and helpers distributing sacks of candy to excited children of Heppner. Ha arrived on
a red fixe truck at 2 last Saturday afternoon and will be In the stores her again this Saturday.
SANTA WILL
RETURN SATURDAY
Santa Claus arrived In Hep
pner Saturday and distributed
candy to nearly 500 area boys
and girls.
He promised the merchant's
committee of the chamber of
commerce that he would return
next Saturday to visit the stores
Abrams Elected
Director Oregon
D. A. Association
Morrow County District Attor
ney Robert Abrams was elected
a director of the Oregon District
Attorney's Association at the an
nual meeting In Portland re.
cently.
Abrams has been a member
of the Association since he grad
uated from law school at the
University of Oregon In Eugene
in 1952. He served as district at
torney in Wheeler county before
being appointed DA for Morrow
county in January, 1956.
During 1960-61 Abrams has al
so been appointed to serve on
the committee on lawyer place
ment and the committee on
minor courts and traffic courts
for the Oregon State Bar.
of the town and to Interview
children of Heppner to find out
just what each one wanted for
Christmas. And he further stated
that he would have a special
treat for each child who visited
him. He will be In the stores by
11 a.m.
The anual chamber sponsored
free show for children of the area
will be held a tthe Star Theater
beginning at 1 p.m., Saturday,
The special children's program
will include "My Pal Gus" and
a cartoon carnival.
There Is a good choice of
Christmas gifts still In stock In
the stores of the town and par
ent? will find cooperative sales
persons to help them in making
their selections while the chil
dren enjoy the show, a cham
ber spokesman said.
Robert Van Houte
To Head OEA In 1962
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No Primary School
Christmas Program
In Heppner
Hillard Brown, principal
Heppner grade school, said to
dav there would be no Christ
mas nroeram locally for first,
second and third graders.
A Christmas assembly will be
held Jointly with the Lexington
school children at Lexington at
9 nm.. Dec. 22 instead of the
reeular primary program here.
Rmum pave as reason that
there was no place to hold
Droeram at the Heppner Ele
mpntarv Srhool. and said that
the high school gym would be
In use at that time.
Parents who wish to see their
nrimarv trade children In the
nrnPTam are welcome at the
Lexington school.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
COLLECTIONS GOOD
Mrs. L. E. Dick, Morrow County
rtiHstma Real chairman re
minds all residents to use Tuber
culosis Christmas Seals on their
cards and packages.
All families in the county were
mailed seals by the first of De
cember. Response in the Heppner area
was very good the first week,
Mrs. Harry O'Donnell, area chair
man, reported with S304.50 com
ing in. Since then collections
have slowed up and Mrs. O'Don
nell requested that those who
had net yet sent their checks
please do so. She said that 74 per
ct nt of the money collected re
mained in the county for free
fhtst x-rays as well as case
work on tuberculosis.
Rambler Dealership
Announced By Farley
Jim Farley of the Farley Mo
tor Company, Heppner, announ
ced today that he has become
the dealer for Nash Rambler, ef
fective Wednesday, December 14.
Mr. Farley made a trip to
Portland recently to make ar
rangements for the new line,
which will replace the Vauxhall
and Hillman in the Farley line
of automotive equipment The
fiist Rambler went on display
today.
Mr. Farley states that the de
mand for Rambler prompted him
to make this addition to his pro
ducts.
Brass Chorus
Entertains Chamber
A brass chorus made up of
seven boys irom tne eignin
grade at Heppner Elementary
School entertained members of
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce at tneir noon
meeting Monday. The boys play
ed a group of Christmas carols.
Besides being outstanding mu
sicians, these boys are all active
n athletics in school and are
also very good students, accord -
n to Arnold Melby, instructor.
None had a grad; below B in
the first nine weeks of this term
and among them they had gar
nered 48 "A's."
Making up the brass chorus
were Mike Sweek, baritone; Dean
Pobinson, baritone; Douglas An
rVrson, trombone; Wayne Evans,
trombone; David Anderson, bass;
Chris Brcwn, cornet; and Donald
tunkers, cornet.
Robert Van Houte, Morrow
county superintendent of schools,
was elected to the office of vice
president of the Oregon Educa
tion Association at the represen
tative council held in Portland
Dec. 2-3. He will assume office
at the OEA convention March
15 in Portland and will progress
to president of the state organ!
zation the following year.
Van Houte is a life member
of NEA. He has served as chair
man of the OEA federal legis
lative committee for the past
two years. At present there are
15.000 dues-paying members In
the state.
Besides promoting his profes
clonal organization, Van Houte
has been active in Heppner-Mor
row County Chamber of Com
merce since he moved here two
and a half years ago, and has
been nominated for the board
of directors of the chamber.
Former presidents of the OEA
Include Henry Tetz who at one
time was superintendent of
schools in Heppner, Wallace Mc
Crae of Pendleton; and Lucy
Rodgers, former Morrow county
school superintendent was presi
dent of the old Oregon Teacher
Association.
Free show. Star Theater.
1 p.m.. Saturday, Dec. 17.
Feature picture "My Pal
Gus" reissue of a film es
pecially suitable for chil
dren plus a cartoon Carni
val. Parents are requested not
to send to the theater chil
dren too small to take care
of themselves, unless they
are accompanied by an older
child to stay with them.
Soil Conservation
Group Sets
Annual Meet
Post Office
To Be Open
Sunday Morning
Now that it i only 10 nwre
days until ChrUtma. patrons are
urfj to brlni; In their parcel
rid letters thU week.
The Heppner. lone ami Lex-
Inttun txtft uffl.-i will provide
window t l.e all rf.y .Satur
day. Doccmtk-r 17. Ma!) will a!o
K !Utnl'UtH Sund.iv morning.
December , Arrangements have
t-tvn made for a -is trip by
th mail contractor who hauls
the mall from Arlington to Hen.
pner. Patrons are ured to visit
he office on Sunday and remove
he mall fnm tlu-lr boxe. Par
;U will be distributed to those
who call before 1:00 r.m.
Mailings are slower this year
as Indicated by automatic coun-
r In the cancelling machine.
as it U 1.220 behind for the first
10 days of December. This Is not
slRiilficant figure, except that
It Indicates patrons are not heed
ng the warnings to rn
in order to prevent Chrixtm
ay. Windows are cien until 6.00
m. for the season, please do
our mailing as early as pos
sible, but tike advantage of the
extra sen-Ice If you find It more
convenient.
Social Security
Field Representative
Here December 21
A field rej rventitive from the
La Ciaii,l. imm ul security dls
tiUt .f?uv wi:s i0 Jn tne JI.-r'jT.rr
city hail frt.m 9 art, to noon
i n IWcrr.ler 21 to aiuuer ques.
Hons Mating to rv Uin of
the Kxlal Mxmrity law.
Many change were made In
the frotUI iwcuitty amendment'
Ufned by the President on Sep
tember 1.1 which will h.iv? real
ImjHirtance tu many thousands
of the nations youn people un
der the tK'e 'f IS. Some ihlldren
will receive Increased hcneM
and some will qualify who cvuld
not prev iouly do sa
The field representative will
mswer question of any who
think they may come under the
new amendments.
Van Marfer Named
March Of Dimes
Counfy Chairman
LaVerne Van Marter, Jr.. has
l-een named dlrcetor tif the
1WI New March of Dimes for
Morrow county,
Th appointment was an-
r.ounird by Mrs. Jack Loyd,
chairman of the county chapter
of the National Foundation.
Campaign dates are Jan. 2-31.
"The New March of Dimes al.
ready has made a substantial
beginning In Its expanded pro.
grant tf seeking to prevent birth
Business House
Providing Your
-.Christmas Music
Organization
Tax Protest
Meeting Set
Plans for the Soil Conservat
Ion annual meeting for Feb. 7
were made at the regular month
ly meeting of Heppner Soil Con
servatlon supen'isors last week.
Location of the evening meet
Ing will be announced later,
A special program Is being
lined up with the theme to be
water and Its use.
A tour In March of the drain
age areas ol tne wiuow creen
.vatershed by all supervisors, to
determine sites to be surveyed
v flood control and water pro
ectlon will be made. Request
for the survey under public law
5GG which pertains to watershed
protection and flood prevention
is expected to be made by the
Heppner district.
In an annual Inspection of the
Heppner Soil Conservation dls
tr.'ct office Wednesday by John
Denison. Pendleton and Louis
Tarton, Hermlston, farm plan
nin and other activities of the
office were judged to be up to
standard.
"They were well pleased with
what they found," Ralph Rich
ards, conservationist, said.
A protest meeting Is being
called at the Lexington Grange
hall at 8 p.m., December 27.
The Grange-sponsored meeting
will study the new Interpreta
tion by the state Tax Commission
of exemptions of real property
owned by fraternal and other
organizations from taxes.
Orville Cutsforth. legislative
chairman for Morrow County
Pomona Grange, said that the
new Interpretation of present tax
laws would Increase the annual
Grange dues by as much as 50
percent.
Invited to speak to the public
at this meeting will bo the state
senators and representatives
from the district and also a rep
resentative of the state tax com
mission. '
All fraternal organizations, vet
erans' groups, Granges and any
others who are affected by the
new decision are asked to at
tend the meeting and to see
what can be done to get a new
Interpretation of the law.
This new Interpretation can
cause a real hardship to many
organizations in the state and
It is Important to find out just
what it will mean before the
beginning of the next legisla
tive session, Cutsforth Indicated.
Haskell & HasUett. Inc.. local
TV' and musclal store, Is respon
sible for the Christmas music
heard In the shopping area every
afternoon during the holiday
season.
They are broadcasting from a
putllc address system placed on
lop of their building anil have
a Ided a large selection of Christ
mas records to their stock for
use In this "present" to the shop
flng public.
When asked why they were
doing this at their own expense,
a spokesman for the company
said they "just thought It would
be nice and add to the Christ
mas spirit." They started their
project last year and resumed it
this past weekend.
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CHRISTMAS TREE PERMITS
REQUIRED
Ranger. Vie Krelmeyer, of
the U. S. Forest Service, re
quests that all people desir
ing to cut Christmas trees
on Forest Service land for
their personal use, please
stop at the Forest Service
office, above the First Nat
ional Bank and pick up a
Christmas tree permit. There
will be no charge for trees
cut for personal use.
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Christmas Gifts
Needed For
Mental Patients
An urgent appeal for gifts for
the 6,000 patients In the State
mental hospitals has been Is
sued by the Mental Health As
sociation of Oregon.
"More gifts are needeed if
each patient Is to receive at least
one cut on cnrisimas, Mrs.
Thomas T. Denison, chairman of church.
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VAN MARTER
defects and arthritis in addition
to continuing to seek total con
trol of paralytic polio," the new
campaign director declared.
'The people of Morrow county,
through their splendid support of
the March of Dimes for more
than 20 years, have contributed
substantially to a great health
program that resulted In the
Salk vaccine.
'The 1961 New March of Dimes
offers opportunity for all of us to
be a part of work aimed at pre
vention of still more of the great
cripplers that afflict so many
millions of Americans today," he
said.
"I am confident that the peo
ple of this county will continue
to fight for better things for
themselves and their children
through the New March ol
Dimes, both as volunteer work
ers and through their contribu
tions." -
McGhees Honored
On Anniversary
The Rev. and Mrs. Austin Mc-
Ghee were honored Sunday fol
lowing the morning service at
the Methodist church on the oc
casion of their twenty-fifth wed
ding anniversary, which was
Dec. 12. Mrs. Carl McDanlel pre
sented them with a set of silver
on behalf of the Women's Soc
iety of Christian Service of the
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown and
family were In Spray Sunday for
inner with Mrs. Howard Evans.
Going w ith the Browns was Mrs.
Evans mother, Mrs. Morgan.
Hoop Action Here
Thursday and Friday
The Heppner High fresh
men will meet the Pilot Rock
freshmen in a basketball
game here Thursday night
Dec. 15, starting tmie at 7:00
pjn. There will be a small
harge for admission to the
game.
On Friday there will be
lots of action on the maple
courts here with the Junior
high teams meeting Board
man starting at 1:30 p.m.
Then Friday evening, the
high school "A" and B"
teams will tangle with Grant
Union of John Day in a
league game with the "B"
team starting things off at
6:3a
Registration Deadline
In Lighting
Contest Nears
Those who are Interested In
entering the Christmas decora
tion contest sponsored by the
chamber of commerce are re
minded that Tuesday Is the
deadline for registering.
To date only a few business
houses have entered and no out
door or private home entries
have been made. Judging will be
December 21 between the hours
of 6 and 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Harry Duvall has not!
fled the chamber that the love
ly outdoor nativity scene at her
home will not be entered In the
contest
The time for Judging this
contest has been changed to
6 to 7:30 p-m., Dec. 21 to
avoid conflict with the Grade
school Christmas program at
8.
Boardman School
Superintendent III
Jack Flug, superintendent of
schools at Boardman, was taken
to Good Shepherd hospital in
Hermiston on Monday afternoon.
He has pneumonia and will be
In the hospital for several days.
Mr. Flug was county school
superintendent and lived in Hep
pner before moving to Boardman.
Forrest Deatsman from Indiana
has been here visiting his sister,
Mrs. Myles Martin.
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SCOUTS HOLD SUCCESSFUL
FUND DRIVE
Robert Abrams, chairman
for the Boy Scout fund drive,
reports that close to S500 has
already been turned in by
those who collected for the
organization, He urged all
persons still holding money
to turn In their collections
as soon as possible.
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Special Prices
Offered For
Rabies Shots
Pets should be innoculated for
rabies in the state of Oregon due
to the recent discovery of rabid
bats. Bats are known to pass the
disease on to cats and dogs.
The Oregon Veterinary Med
ical Association has recommen
ded a reduction In fees charged
by its members In the state from
the normal $5.00 fee to $3.50
to encourage all pet owners in
protecting their animals against
this dread disease.
"The most effective method of
prveentlng a large-scale out
break of rabies in Oregon," the
OVMA board has said, "is the
creation of a large reservoir of
vaccinated animals."
Dr. James Norene, local veter
inary, has stated that he Is going
tilong with the state association
In the lower charge in order to
make It easier for people to ob
tain this protection.
Four rabid bats have been
found in Medford, two In Kla-
math Falls and one lr ine
Dalles. Curry county had one
case of a rabid dog. Rabies are
quickly passed from bats to dogs
and cats and the state neaun
department has said that "Ore
gon Is wide open for a rabies
epidemic due to the lack of vac
cination of pets In the state."
Pet owners should take advan
tage of this offer. Parents should
warn children not to touch sick
animals.
Rabies cannot be cured in hu
mans, but witn care u can oe
prevented.
the gift project, emphasized.
Individuals and organizations
who can participate In this pro
Jcct are urged to take their gifts
to local extension unit members
or to the county agent office.
Gifts should not be wrapped,
so they can be sorted and the
"right gift for the right patient"
selected. Gift wrapp'ng materials
are welcome as are cigarettes,
toiletries, costume Jewelry,
names, craft materials, clothing,
books, musical Instruments and
sports equipment
Donations of money are par
tlcularlv needed, according to
Mrs. Denison. Money received
will finance Christmas parties
in the wards, decorate halls and
rooms, purchase large gifts such
as record players and pianos,
and meet special needs of pat
ients. Checks may be made out
to "Christmas Glfts-MHAO" and
mailed to the Mental Health As
sociatlon of Oregon, 427 S. W,
11th, Portland 5, or left at the
local county agent's office to be
sent to the Pendleton hospital,
Countv agents, Esther Klrmis,
N. C. Anderson and, Joe Hay at
tended the annual extension con
ference at Oregon State College
in. Corvallis last week. Theme
of the week-long meeting was
Agriculture Adjustment.
When they returned to their
home after church they were
greeted with a surprise party,
planned by their children. Their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Hauser and
small daughter of Pasco had
decorated the house in pink and
silver, set up a wedding table
with silver candelabra and cen
tered by a wedding cake.
The honorees were given a
sciapbook "This is Your Life,"
compiled by Mrs. Hauser and
containing cards and letters
from persons in all the churches
the Rev. McGhee has served dur
ing his pastorate. Members of
the congregations of the Meth
odist churches at Miller, Colony,
Welda, Redfield, Everest, Pied
mont, Severy, Fall River, all of
Kansas; and Yoncalla, Oregon,
as well as relatives of the Mc
Ghees, had sent donations to the
scrapbook.
Only members of the Immed
iate family were present for the
family celebration.
The Rev. McGhee has served
as pastor of the Heppner Meth
odist church for two and a half
years.
ATTEND STATE MEET
Five Heppner high school girls
and Mrs. Clint Agee attended
the Girl's Athletic Association
tate meeting at Wy-East high
school at Hood River last weekend.
Making the trip were Diane
McCurdy, Beverly Davidson,
Martha Doherty, Llby Van
Scholack and Sherron Bunch.
shopping week left
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FIGHT TB
WEATHER
15C0 S
Hi Low
26 13
29 22
24 20
24 15
31 19
42 23
43 23
Prec.
Thursday
Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Maximum temperatures, 48,
Minimum, 13.
No precipitation this week. To
tal for the year Is 12.89 Inches.