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1961-62 School Budget Vote Monday
Heppner
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, Morch 23, 1961
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iScience Fair
April 7-8
Dt ff the Struml Science
Fair hue bwn wt lor April
? & The Fair will be held at
th fair pavilion and Mill be
April 3 Set
for Annual
C. of C. Banquet
10c Copy
78th Year, Number 3
Blood Drawing
March 27
Ministerial Group
Plans Good
Friday Services
A Good Friday wrvlce will be
The quota for the Red Cross
blood drawing next Tuesday la
90 plnta for Morrow county, ac
cording to Mr. Orvllle Cutsforth. ippnilorwt bv the South Morrow
county blood program chairman, county Ministerial Association at
The drawing will take place the Heppner Christian church
at the Catholic parish hall be-1 from 1 to 3 p.m. March 31
twccn me noun oi i ana a p.m. wrvlce will be divided In
Many organizations of the to 15-mlnute Intervals with
community will co operate in the fVe minute break between each
program. Women of Pioneer Me- during which worshiper may ar
morlal Hospital Auxiliary will rive or leave the sen ice
ao me canteen service, nurses oi The theme of the wUl
me county win w on nana io CoriSCCnce t the Cross
assist me ciocior wno win come
with the Bloodmoblle. Girls from
Cooperating pastors and their
null I ht: uiuvtiiiivuiiv uu ia a i vi i . . . s t
. .. -.ii churches and the theme of each
Heppner high school commercial . .
.1 . . ...Ill A (,!. UU-M will ur. mc ill . inu
and record keeping, and high
MacKenzle, lone Community
school boys will help with the '.,7" . " rVri-t i
custodial work.
The Altar societies of the
Catholic churches of South Mor
row are In charge of donor recruitment.
Mrs. Cutsforth stressed the ne- Nazarene. The Conscience of Bar
cesslty of meeting the quota and abbas; the Rev. Austin McGhee,
stated that last year more Diooa Methodist church. The Con
was used by residents of Mor- science 0f Peter; the Rev. Joseph
church. The Conscience of Judas;
the Rev. Walter Smith. Lexington
Christian church. The Conscience
of the Dying Thief; the Rev.
Robert Whybrew, Church of the
row county than was donated.
Riverside High
Student Wins
State Farmer Degree
Jim Miller, Riverside high
school senior, was awarded the
State Farmer degree of the Fu-
Groschoupf, Hope and Valby
Lutheran churches, The Con
science of the Centurian.
Boy Scouts
Receive Awards
Receiving badges at the Board
of Review last week for Troop 86
ture Farmers of America at the of the Boy Scouts of America
state convention in Salem last were six boys who had fulfilled
week. qualifications lor ine nonors
The decree is Given to two Der Larry Wildmen was presented
rent of the FFA bovs in the state his First Class badge. Awarded
for work of high standing during Second Class badges were Urey
the hleh school years. Jim is Howell, btopnen Bauer, Kicnara
Heart Fund
Collects $631.25
A total of $631.25 was contrlb
uted to the Morrow County Heart
Fund according to Mrs. Cecil
Thorne, lone, county chairman,
and Marlon Green, Heppner,
county treasurer.
Chairmen for the various com
munitlcs and the contributions
of each were:
Heppner, Mrs. Alice Soward,
$233.40: lone. $239.14. with the
Beta Omega Epsilon Sigma Al
pha sorority collecting $132.61;
Lexington, Delpha Jones, $94.03;
Boardman and Irrlgon, Mrs. Bill
Seehafer, $37.26; Cecil. Mrs. E. R.
Schafer, $27.42.
Mrs. Thorne expressed her
thanks to all those who gave so
liberally and to all the people
in the county who helped In the
drive.
president of the Riverside chap
ter. He accompanied Ronald Black,
FFA Instructor, to Salem for the
convention, along with other
members of the class, who were
Richard Watts, Bill Getz, Keith
Gronquist, Larry West, Johnnie
Partlow and Jim Hoffman.
Clark, David Morris and Earl
Ayres, Jr.
Charles McLean, Scout adviser,
took the first class scouts on an
outing Friday through Sunday to
Bull Prairie guard station where
they passed qualifications for
their cooking merit badges,
School Bid Opening
To Be Tuesday
Bids will be opened Tuesday
night at the courthouse by Mor
row County District School Board
for the six to eight room unit
of the new high school to be
built on the Parker site.
The board anticipates begin
ning of construction early next
month.
"COMMUNISM ON THE MAP"
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
First showing of the documen
tary film "Communism on
the Map" will be Tuesday, March
28, 8:00 p. m. at the Lexington
Grange hall.
This film is being sponsored
by the Morrow County Farm Bur
eau and will be available for
showing to any group by contac
ting Don Turner or Mrs. Jack
Barak.
Grade School
Music Concert
Set For Wednesday
A spring concert will be pre
scnted next Wednesday night by
students of vocal and instrumen
tal music at the Heppner ele
mcntary school. The 8 p.m. pro
gram will be held In the high
school gym.
Miss Joyce Mesler will direct
first and second graders In a vo
cal and rhythm band number;
fifth grade students will sing;
solos will be given by Susan
Proudfoot and Kathy Melby; and
a duet will be sung by Kathy
Melby and Judy Jones.
The sixth grade intermediate
band will play several numbers
followed by the grade school
honor band, both under the di
rection of Arnold Melby.
Proceeds from the concert will
be used to provide scholarships
for graduating eighth grade mu
sic students for a summer four
week course at Pullman this
Christian Church
To Have Services
Preceding Easter
open to th public both night ti
Judging mIH be In four claw t
with qualifying winner entering
competition at the dlitrlc
Science Fair at Pendleton later
In the month.
The primary group covers first
throuch third graders' projects
Intermediate Includes fourth
through tUth; Junior group is
seventh and eighth graders: sen
lor group Is for high school stu
dents.
Tills Is the highlight of the
year for science students. Parents
Mr. Henry L. Searle. executive the general public have
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secretary of the Christian iwuna many exnion oi worn
churches of Oregon will be the by these students exciting.
guest speaker at the Heppner
Christian Church beginning Palm
Sunday and concluding Easter
Sunday morning. Mr. Searle will
speak each evening. Sunday
through Friday, at 7:30.
His Easter topic will be "Christ
Triumphant"
Thursday evenings sermon is
based upon The Lord'a Supper
and the service will conclude
with the observance of the Com
munion.
There will be a nursery at
tendant each service. The public
Is cordially Invited to each of
the services. There will be no
service Saturday evening.
LITTLE LEAGUE
Little League meeting on
Tuesday. March 28. Heppner
High library adults only.
Election of officers lot this
season.
Special Holy
Week Services
At Catholic Churches
Apiil 3 w mI the jie U
the unnual lltiiiti-r Morrow
our.ty Chamber of IVmmerve
banquet at the tmntU-r meet
Ing Mnta Tom Pridraux
vlie pfeIlrnt f the V. S Na
tlonat Bank. IViil.m.l, Mill be the
main .ckcr. rrldcauv who li
a!o public n-Uiion and eilura
Hon chairman -f the Oregon
Rankers' Association. Mill teak
n The Magic of Tomorrow.
A decision to continue citing
awards a they have twen In the
past on the bais of Improvement
to buklncMi building was made.
A committee wa Inotructcd to
develop a program of giving
awards for outstanding citizen
ship.
A motion was made that the
mayor be requested to proclaim
clean up, paint up week for
the city, and wa pasned. A com
mittee was apKiinted to carry
out the program. It was agreed
that merchants should clean the
Idewalks in front of their stores
regularly, and pick up trash
rather than sweeping It Into gut
ters.
Holy Week services at St. Tat
rick's Catholis church will begin
with Palm Sunday mass at 7:30
a.m. Before the 9 a.m. mass
palms will be blessed in the hall
and a procession will follow to
the church,
Holy Thursday confessions will
summer.
Morrison-Knudsen last night
was awarded a contract fox
construction of the earth fill
dam at the site of the pro
posed Bull Prairie Reservoir
on Wilson Creek. The bid
was reported at $53,000.
Action Mapped
By Mid-Columbia
Planning Council
Judge Oscar Peterson attended
meeting of the Mid-Columbia De heard from 3 to 4 D.m. with
running council in Arlington mass at 5:30. Adoration of the
Tuesday. blessed sacraments will follow
He reports that organization of I until mldnlcht.
the group is progressing, witn Good Friday services will start
representatives of Umatilla, Was- with stations of the Cross at 2:30
co, Sherman, Gilliam, Hood Rlv- p m. Confessions will be heard
er and Morrow counties In at- from 3 to 4: at 5:30 there will be
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tenflance. Innvollintr rif fho rrn5 a mm
The Ebasco study, which Is to munlon 8ervlcc. and other rites.
be underway soon, win be co- I!oiv Saturday Is a dav of fast
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orainaiea wun me jocai pian- and comDlete abstinence: con
nmg commissions oi ine six fpssion. wni be heard from 3 to
counties, Peterson jsald. , 5 D.m. The Easter vieil service
Rupert Kennedy, Eastern Ore- Lni h hpM at 11 n m. consisting
gon representative oi ine state f the blessing of th new fire.
Department or rianning ana lk- blessing of the paschal candle,
veiopmeni, ami iyu Aiiucraoii, Mossing nf the bflDt smal font.
cniei planning counsellor jor me it. will horln t miHnlirht
same organization, aaaressea me E,ster Sundav mornine mass
will be held at 7:30 and 11
At Saint William's Catholic
church In lone mass will be said
at 11 a.m. Palm Sunday. Good
Friday stations of the cross serv
ice will be at 7:30 followed by
confessions. Easter Sunday mass
will be at 9:15.
group.
New Ski Area
Requested By Club
James H. Hayes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Hayes of Heppner was
commissioned a Navy Ensign in
ceremonies held Feb. 3, at the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
Fla. He was commissioned after
completing six weeks of pre
flight training and has been as
signed to the Saufley Field Auxi
llary Air Station in Pensacola for
primary flight training. He is a
graduate of Oregon State College
at Corrallls.
House Passes Boardman Legislafion
Early Senate Action Anticipated
Legislation to make it possible
for Boeing Airplane Company to
sign a lease for the Boardman
Bombine Range passed the
House of Representatives yester
day by a wide margin. The vote
was 53 to 7.
The measure to appropriate
$900,000 to make it possible for
the state to acquire the land was
passed 56 to 4. The Senate Is ex
pected to act on both measures
today.
Of the $900,000 the first $400,
000 would pay the costs of mov
ing the Navy bombing range
from Boardman to Lake county
in the Wagontire area. The next
$400,000 would pay the differ
ence between the higher cost of
Boardman and the lower value
of the Lake county land. The re
maining $100,000 is earmarked
for appraisal costs.
Over a five-year period Boeing
is to repay $250,000 of the cost
of moving the Navy.
The lease is for 80 years, with
Boeing to pay an annual rental
of $60,000. The amount Is sub
ject to periodic re-negotiation.
Under terms of the lease the
state is to pay taxes on the land
and Boeing will pay taxes on the
improvements on the property.
Members of the joint House
and Senate Ways and Means
Committee were first told of the
terms of the Boeing contract at;
a meeting in Boardman Feb. 12.
Sam Mallicoat, director of the
State Planning and Development
Department outlined details of
the proposed lease and told of
its effect upon the state. Show
ing a large map of the Space Age
Park, Mallicoat said that consid
erable effort had been put forth
to obtain diversified types of in
dustry and that Boeing had pre
sented the best offer. At that
time the state department had
been negotiating with various
companies for over a year.
Mallicoat said that Boeing will
be under commitment to use the
land for industrial development
or research within five years.
Following a trip through the Boe-1
ing plant last week members of
the legislature have indicated
that they expect immediate con
struction on the site, following
completion of legislation and
signing of the contract. Some
said this would occur even be
fore the Navy was moved to the
Southern Oregon location.
Company officials at Boeing
have stated that the land would
be used for "testing and re
search." At the present time Boeing is
bidding on the contract to manu
facture boosters for the Saturn
satellite, which Is to be powered
by a cluster of eight rocket cham
and others on the planning
board, will be used in space
flight.
Big expanses of uninhabited
land are necesary to test such
rockets. Huge test stands are
built where captive tests can be
made with the engines tied down
to measure all-round perform
ance, Including heat and thrust
Boeing has announced that a
firm of engineers specializing in
such facilities had been employ
ed to search all possible sites for
areas best suited to these tests
and had found nothing meeting
their needs as well as the Board
man property.
No commitment by the com
pany has been made as to how
many people might be employed
on the Boardman site nor that
any use would be made of the
land other than "for testing and
research."
Some objections have been
made to the lease. Some legis
lators have called it a "land
grab," other people have raised
doubts about the 80-year term.
However, the contract calls for
re-negotiation periodically, and
the great majority of House
members voted overwhelmingly
in favor of the Boeing offer. In
the words of Rep. Clarence Bar
bers. The thrust developed by : ton. there may be some risk in
these chambers will reach 1.5 i volved but It la the kind of risk
million pounds. These rockets, of which dreams are made.
Members of Baldy Butte Ski
Club have voted to apply for
use permit for a ski area on Ar
buckle Mountain. Kenneth Peck
and Donald Peterson motored to
Ukiah where they presented the
application to Ukiah District
Ranger F. G. Whitney, In whose
district the tract lies.
Located at about 5400-foot ele
vation on the northeast side of
Arbuckle Mountain, the site has
had excellent snow pack all sea
son witn eacn new measure
ment showing an Increase in
depth. March 19 it was 37 Inches.
The summit of the mountain Is
about 6000 feet, which gives
600 foot drop in one-half mile.
If the club Is granted a use
permit from the Forest Service,
members will develop the area
under a tentative five-year plan,
The site offers several distinct
advantages. It Is easily reached
by the improved Shaw Creek"
road and is only 200 feet from
Chicken Spring, a good source of
water. Lower terrain is suitable
for beginner skiers and advanced
ski trails will be cleared using
the natural clearings on the
mountain.
A good ski lodge location is
available near the spring. Ample
parking space can be built by
widening the road.
Snow records for the past eight
years Indicate the site Is in a
reliable snow zone. The snow
coursp is located a mile south
on Jones Prairie.
Members plan additional clear
ing of lodge pole timber from
the site and will erect a 500
foot rope tow with safety gate.
Little earth moving will be nec
essary so the new area should
be ready to ski by next winter.
DRIVERS' EXAM TUESDAY
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
April 4, 196L at the court house
between 9:30 and 3:30, according
to information received from the
Department of Motor Vehicles of
Oregon.
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Wednesday. March 29 at
7:30 p. m. Heppner legion
halL
Elks Easter Egg
Hunt April 1
Rural Fire
District Proves
Worth Its Cost
The annual Easter Egg Hunt
sponsored by Heppner Elks
lodge for children of the area
will be held at 10 a. m., April
1.
The hunt is divided into three
divisions, with numerous prizes
provided In each.
Small fry, aged two to xour
years, are to report at the City
Park. Rules allow parents to par
ticipate fully If accompanied by
a child.
Kindergarten through second
graders, five through seven years,
are to report at the courthouse
lawn. Here parents can remain
at perimetors of the park and
are limited In participation to
vocal instructions.
Children aged eight through
ten vears: 3rd, 4th, and 5th gra
ders: will report to the Wrangler
section of the fairgrounds. Par
ents are requested to remain in
the graveled parking area out
side the hunt zones.
Hoopster Banquet
Set For Tuesday
The high school basketball
awards banauet will be held next
Tuesday night at 7 p. m. in the
high school cafeteria.
Don Campbell, assistant bas
ketball coach at Eastern Oregon
College at La Granae win De
main speaker of the evening.
Awards to upperclass basket
ball players will be presented
by Clint Agee and Robert Can
ton wine.
Grand Master to Visit
The Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows of Ore
eon. Stanley Oldham, Lake
Grove, will make an official vis
itation to the local lodge Wed
nesday night
Lodge No. 66 will hold a reg
ular meeting at the IOOF hall at
7:30 p. m.
The Heppner Rural Fire De
partment has answered seven
calls In the Rural Fire District
involving buildings at an esti
mated value at risk of $71,460.
Estimated loss In all fires was
$4,5G0.
These figures were given by
Fire Chief C. A. Ruggles in a re
port covering the period from
July 15, 1959, to the present. "Es
timates of value to buildings at
risk are on a conservative basis,"
Ruggles said.
Most of the calls answered
have Involved grass or grain
fires. No estimate has been given
of the risk or loss on these.
Actual alarms covered during
the period are: all grass fires in
1959. They were fought by a
jeep built and furnished by the
city until the rural truck could
be purchased.
In 1960 eight more alarms
were answered by the jeep. One
fire outside the seven mile radi
us was a highway bridge. Of the
eight calls two Involved build
ings with $14,760 at risk, and a
loss of $760.
In early September of 1960 the
newly purchased fire truck for
the rural district was delivered,
tested, and placed in operation.
On Sept. 9 the first call came on
which this was used, with $35,-
000 at risk and an estimated loss
resulting of $2,500. At the time
of this fire, Ruggles said, with
out the new equipment it would
have been impossible to control
the fire.
Durlne the balance of 1960
seven more rural calls were an
swered, five grass and stubble
and two buildings, estimated at
$11,700 risk and loss totalling
$600.
The rural rig also answered
the distress call for help at the
Emmert elevator fire in lone.
In 1961 two house calls have
been answered, estimated risk
$1,200 and actual loss $700.
The Rural Fire District was ap
proved by voters in May, 1959,
and costs those in the district a
3.5 mill levy.
Polli Opn From 2:00
To 8:00 P. M.
KelJeM of Morrow county
will vote on the VX,1 C2 tihool
budget next Monday.
The budfc-t-t ltkt gpiieral fund
espetuitture of $i.553. The In
errae to taxpayer over lait
year budget i about U5.5M.
At the me time Voter will
deride on which la out-
!d the 6 per cent limitation
Balloting will tie at the cafe
teria in Ili-t pncr; and at school
f Lexington, lone, Irrlgon and
Boardman. and the Rhea Creek
Grange hall between the hour
of 2 and 8 pm.
Ld Dick, chairman of (he
school board which worked with
the seven man budget commit
tee making up the budget, said.
It I my opinion that passage
thU budget Is necessary to
guarantee full service and cur
riculum for operation of our
school. "
The Heppner-Lcxlngton School
Building Committee has outlined
some important fact relative to
the school budget. This Commit
tee I composed of Frank Ander
son, chairman. Gene Tierce, Her
man Green, Mrs. Marcel Jone.
Jerry Brosnan, Raymond French,
Claud Graham. Clarence Rose-
all. Mr. John Pfelffer. Mr. N.
C. Anderson, Dr. Wallace Wolff.
nd Orvllle Cutsforth.
Member of the committee
ave agreed that the budget 1
sound with no provision for lux
uries or frill.
They further stated:
Eight new class rooms will be
needed next fall If the grade
school multipurpose room Is to
be returned to the uses for which
it was constructed.
That portion of the first year
of the three-year serial levy
which remains will be adequate
for six or more rooms but defi
nitely not for eight rooms.
An additional $20,000 Is needed
to provide adequate funds for
eight rooms. This money Is In
corporated In the budget.
Construction Is expected to be
gin In Heppner In April.
Initial construction will In
clude only one finished road to
the school site. Additional access
Is needed but will have to be
provided at a later time.
The new rooms will initially
be used by the upper grades.
They are basically designed a
hlch school rooms, and therefore,
are better adapted to Junior high
than primary level.
All pupils using the new rooms
will have to be transported by
hus between them and the pres
ent school for lunch, gym and
band until the new high school
can be completed.
Elcht new class rooms at Hep-
Dner represent the most urgent
school need in Morrow county.
The additional $20,000 neeaea
for eight rooms could be taken
from other funds, but not with
out slowing construction else
where in the county. The overall
program can best be promoted
bv including $20,000 In the cur
rent budget for new construction.
It was felt that heat pumps
with supplementary electrical re
sistance heating would provide
the most useful, the most adapt
able and the most economical
form of heat for the new rooms
if suitable electrical rates could
bt obtained.
The school budget was made
by the following budget commit
tee members: Howard Bryant,
chairman, Ralph Skoubo, Frank
Anderson, Mary Ann Barclay,
Warren McCoy, Jerry Daggett,
Gar Swanson, and the school
board.
The abbreviated form In which
the budget appears In the offi
cial county newspaper notice Is
determined by state law. Detail
ed breakdown of any item may
be secured from the county
school office.
Palm Sunday dinner at
Ion Cafetorlum, March 26
at 12:30 p. m.
Arlington Rodeo
Court To Be Named
The Arlington Rodeo has been
scheduled for May 6-7 with se
lection of the court to take place
next Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at
the rodeo grounds in Arlington.
Entrants will be judged on rid
ing ability, appearance, and cos
tume. Five girls will be selected
with the queen to be chosen from
this group at a later date.
WEATHER
HI Low Prec.
Friday 56 42 .09
Saturday 51 40 .07
Sunday 57 34
Monday 60 37 .10
Tuesday 53 27 .05
Wednesday 56 40 13
Thursday 52 39 58
Maximum temperature, 60.
Minimum, 27.
Rainfall for the week .72 of
an Inch. Total for the year is
5.64 Inches.