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Ayres Purchases
Heppner Auto
Sales, Inc.
Earl Aviv, manager of Hepp
ncr Auto Sale. Inc., announced
today that he has purchased the
bu&lnew from Griffith Enter
prises Corporation.
Avres. who for the past 16
month has btnn manager of
the local automobile agency for
Griffith, Mid he does not plan
anv Immediate chances In the
over all operation of the com
pany, with the exception that
more emphasis ulll be placed
upon customer relations and
shop sen Ice than was possible
under the former operation.
Ayres came to lli-ppner In De
cember of 1959 from Milton-Free
water where he was the sales
manager for another Griffith
enterprise. He has built a home
here and has been exception
ally active In community affairs
during his residence.
C. of C. Banquet
To Be Held Monday
Tom Trideaux, vice president
of the U. S. National Bank, Port
land, will be the main speaker
at the Chamber of Commerce
annual banquet at the Legion
hall next Monday night. Frl
deaux Is public relations and
education chairman of the Ore
gon Bankers Association.
The lone championship bas
ketball team members and coach
will be guests of honor.
Festivities will begin at 6
p.m. with dinner for members
and their wives served at 6:30.
Tickets are available at either
bank, or from chamber mem
bers. J.rol Boiler-
Klnzua ai - "
Meadows, shop foreman at Kin-
. fivo rtav motor
Tf rm or I lI'DIIIlt I . Uliu vv
ed a five day motor
intenance conference
zua. aufiuiu v.
vehicle ma
at the University of Washington
at Seattle last week
Mayor Al Lamb has pro
claimed the week of April
10-15 as Cleanup-Palntup
week for the City of Heppner.
A full-scale cleanup cam
paign will be waged by the
city, chamber of commerce,
businesses, and residents.
Bull Prairie
Will Begin
nrPMn anglers will
caaic... - - A
nave a iicn '
their angling skin oeiore :
other year is out as a result of
the game commissions reaction
last week in accepting a bid by
Morrison-Knudsen Co. for con
struction of Bull Prairie reser
voir located on the headwaters
of Wilson creek in the Umati la
national forest about 4d miles
south of Heppner.
The Bull Prairie impoundment
tivi undertaking by
is a i-wyc.- -- .
.mwi ccmn ana me
the game . .
U S. Forest bervice
created specifically for recrea
tion. Construction costs of the
dam and maintenance of the
Sshery will be borne by the
eame commission. The Forest
lervice will develop camping
Vvea. pcinic sites, and other im
provements for the use of camp
ers and anglers. The Heppner of-
f
for
T. (EAUTtfUL
6 Azr
Airplane Spots
Little Lost Boy
Thrre -year-old Ricky Andcr
ton. son or Mr. ana Mrs.
Anderson, wandered from the
family home on Morgan Street
about 11 a m. Monday ami wa
not futind until 1:30 p.m.
The chl Id had decided to pick
some flowers, he told his mot net
and after crossing the new
school site Just kept going.
Mrs. Anderson and their
daughter, Carol Ann, hunted for
the boy both on foot and by car
and were unable to rind him
Andi-rson was out of town so
Mrs. Anderson called the high
school where about 50 boys were
excused from class to take part
In the search.
About 11 o'clock Gar Aviation
was called and Gar Leyva spot
ted the child from the air ana
directed searchers to the spot
where Ricky was filling his
pockets with flowers.
rvsnlte all the excitement
Rlckv has promised his mother
that he "will not do It again."
Varsity Letters
Awarded Team
At Banquet
By NEAL PENLAND
Donald Campbell, assistant
nmfossor of physical education
and assistant football and bas
ketball conch at Eastern Oregon
College at La Grande, was guest
speaker at the basketball ban
quet Tuesday night Campbell's
topic for the night was "Do You
Want To Be A Champion". He
covered many points about
training, conditioning, practice
and thinking like an athlete.
The mothers of the boys pre
pared the banquet and the FHA
eirls assisted by Mrs. timer
given by coacn cum ftgn;. c-
letters were: Larry Tlb-
( - elvI"K t, r.o .
Tom Green Ron Gray stu.
r,hhiA Dave Creswick, Den-
nis Dick, all seniors; Bruce
Moyer, Sonny Biddle, Kit George,
vo wohh iunlors: LeRoy Gard
ner, sophomore; and a manager's
letter to Neai renianu.
Coach Bob Cantonwine presen
ted eight Junior varsity letters,
these going to snan nyyiai,
Rod Ayers, Bill Cox, Archie Ball,
Dick Springer, Eddie Howard,
Mike Lesser, and a team man
ager's letter to Gary Van Block
land. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
Good Friday services spon
sored by the South Morrow
County Ministerial Associa
tion, will be held at the
Heppner Christian Church
beginning at 1 p.m. and con
tinuing until 3.
The services will be in 15
minute intervals, with a dif
ferent pastor speaking each
20 minutes. Those attending
need not stay for the whole
service.
Construction
In Summer
and toilet facilities finished by
i tr. Tnlu 1 mans will
ho huilt through tne camp
ground by the Forest bervice,
with the west side road being
re-located to move It above the
high water mark of the new
When completed Bull Prairie
dam will impound a lake of
some 25 acres in extent and will
provide lake trout angling in an
area where no other lakes exist.
Knudsen will move
onto the site as soon as possible
to begin construction. Cost of the
impoundment will be $53,315.
It is not anticipated that the
lake will be usable this year
as the boggy ground in the area,
which contains many natural
springs, prohibits moving m
haw MiuiDment until the area
has dried out. By the time the
25 acre tract
TTE
Red Cross Given
63 Pints of Blood
rv.i.u-nu J the Heppner ares
donated 63 pints of llwd to
Red Ctu at the Dlootl arawmg
Monday at the Catholic parish
hall
Mrs. Orvllle CuUforth. county
chairman, said she wished to
thank all those who gave of their
blood and added that she hoped
the need for blood wouia noi
ovi'inh! the amount available
t.irinn ih next car. Though
we did not reach our quota of
90 pints we always hope for a
iwiier response next year. Mrs.
fiiitfiirth said.
Manv organizations helped
with the work Involved in me
.inuinn rohimbla Basin tlec
trie Co-op donated the use of
their truck and put the banner
in r,i.ic at the narlsh hall. Judy
Brlnda. Shannon Kelthley, Joan
Rnhinson. Nancv Moyer ana
nrU Morris of the high school
commercial department acted as
receptionist and registrational,
donatlne their services
were Irene Jacklcy. Leona Mc
Lachlen. Alllene Ring. Mrs. D.
R. Martin. Mrs. W. J. Kenny, Mrs.
Phii Rinknev. Mrs. Mervln Leo
nard and Mrs, Sam Nagel. They
...or aacUtod bv Barbara Me-
..pf Ppm Albert. Edna Fetsch
and Mary Slocum. of the high
school. Pioneer Memorial hos
pital Auxiliary members oper
ated the canteen with Velma
Glass, Mrs. Clarence Rosewall
and Mrs. Cecil Thome In charge.
o RMHlo and Nat Webb of
iJVIH'J " " .
the high school helped unload
and set up the equipment.
Vniii ntoora were lined up by
members of the Altar Societies
of the Catholic church at iiep
o T nvinirtnn and lone. These
..n.m'n rnUpd everyona listed In
the phone book In these three
communities in tneir euoru w
get enough to fill the quota.
Will uiaKncy " -
rrv of their blood
Wer Vemer Troedson. Beverly
Gundcrson, Mimrea
Robert Abrams. Charles Ruggles
Elwayne Bergstrom,
Beard, Jeanne eerry,
Josephine Fox, Eddie Cuijtejon
Jr Elizabeth Van Scholack, Ber
nard Marshall. Gena Leonard,
Sliver Creswick. Cecil Ott. Daisy
McDaniel, Ruth Hogue . Barbara
Cutsforth, Earlene Miller, Ralph
Richmond, Doris w"".
Carlson, Riley Munkers, Glenn
Ward, Jean Bennett .John Keg-
fer William uaonan,
Doherty. Lola Ann Pettyiohn,
Marie Steagall, Kooen
Louis Dick. Alfred Nelson Ger
ald Bergstrom, Alien .ss-'
Donald Bennett, uiaaya v - .
Winkle, Patricia oemry,
Tews, Joanne warn ...
t TatviAC liriSCOll. Tta-"-
Viall, LeRoy Garaner, ;
Leonard, William v. ""-
Clifford William Wallace Lamb,
Clinton Agee, rminp
Art Warren, Gordon Pratt, Paul
Brown, Clarence jonnsou.
a, Marlorle Eckman,
David Eckman, Marion Green, D.
H. Jones. Thomas j.
Creston Robinson, iran. ww.-
son.
Little League Sets
Important Meeting
The Willow Creek Little League
met Tuesday night for the pur
pose of electing officers and dis
cussing the plans and problems
of the coming summer season.
D.c thp rjarent turnout
was so small, the business was
postponed until tne nii..
r . inHi a at 8:00 p. m.
lne set L'-L t' - . .
at the hign sen'-
Fred Glmbel, urges all parents
of boys between the ages ot
8 through 12 to be present at
this time and neip get u.e oc
underway. .
.triii h piven enroli-
ment cards soon, and tryouts will
be the first part or may,
exact date to be set later.
Injured In Wreck
u. tHrmr HpnDner. was In
jured in a head-on crash on high
way 207 near Hermisiun
day evening.
pital at Hermiston where she is
reported to have suffered leg and
Korf lapprations and a fracture
of the right arm.
Her condition today was re
ported as satisfactory by mem
bers of her family.
78th Year, Number 4
Students Place
High In Nationally
Recognized Tests
Rraults of recently given Calif
nrn li Achievement Tts show
students of Heppner elementary
school placing far above their
age groups.
Thc tests were given students
in the second, third, fourth, sixth
nd elchth trade cUsrs Feb.
13. They covered the iubxls of
reading, arithmetic and Ung
uac. Not all cl!Mi In each
grade participated but no effort
was made on the part or the
authorities to give the tests to
hotter students only, and a true
picture of the rating of students
of the local schools against stu
dents on a national average Is
the result.
Grading In the California
Achievement Test Is made to
the time of year when the stu
dents take the testa. Results of
those students graded at the lo
cal schools show a much better
than average placement In the
three subjects tested.
Of 40 second traders who
should have been placed at sec
ond year, sixth month to be
averace. 43 placed above the
average In reading. The highest
score rated the student In the
fourth year, fourth month level.
In arithmetic, this picture was
repeated with the same ratings.
In language, these second gra
ders showed 42 above the nat
ional average and the highest
at the fourth year, ninth month
level.
Flftv third traders took the
tests. They should have had a
grade placement of 3.5 or third
vear. fifth month for normal. Out
of the 50, 49 placed above the
of the 50, 49 placed above the Lar Monday morning while drlv
national average In reading with , to HeDDner on hlehway 207
the high being on the sixth
grade level. In arithmetic, o
IzlZZ: ,nr
...no mi tne hum tiaut
nth IovpI. In laneuaee 49 were
lliumu .
above, the highest placed at the
fifth grade, ninth monin icvei.
tuo. attorn of doubllne-their
normal level in reading contin
ued in the fourth graaers. iney
received a 4.5, or
fourth grade fifth month, rating
to be average. Actual wuk
In reading were, 53 of the 55
taking the test placed above av
erage. The highest placed at the
eighth year, second month level.
Fifty-one were above average In
arithmetic, highest was on the
seventh year, first month level,
in language, 53 were above av
erage, with the highest at eighth
grade sixth month level.
In the sixth grade, 51 took
the tests. Their expected place
ments were 6.5 or sixth year,
fifth month. Actual placements
4uA0a cttirtpms were iwm
grade, ninth month In reading
and language; leruu '
u in nrithmetlc. Of the 51
taking the tests, 44 placed above
average in reacting anu
lit- OH" . . , - . ,u.
i- a Bhove in laiiKOKt.
Eighth graders raKing
teSlS snuuivj
,i.u .,.r fifth month for nor
placed above with the highest
1 n oiorripni. ill i cauinhi
at the iweiii" ---
month level. In arithmetic, 51
m?n., il., with the highest
at the same twelfth year, ninth
month level. In language,
Kr nnd the highest
piaceu ,v,
was at the eleventh year, ninth
month level. Seventy-eigni nu
thu test.
smtun nrinclDal OI
Hinaiu
,r eipmentary s c,h o o
... hat these tests were glv-
ii etnrients in me no"
taKing nr . nm
, . it. tnete ino eiiori IU
" " r i
-La ctnrtpnts. in the opinion of
their teachers, was made.
The California Acnicvenmu
ar. one of the three main
nationally to measure
how well students are doing in
their class work, iney are uu
,i.,.iti nn the west coasi ttiiu
are kept up to date by revision
every ,
. .."- .'oars
Students Ot Heppner m-i
are given these tests each year
and have continually made high
ratings in the tests, according w
principal Hillara crown.
T h Hospital Auxiliary
meeting scheduled for April
3 has been postponed to Ap
ril 10. 8:00 pjn. at tha Lx
lngton city hall.
Morrww count v uter re kvtd
the pn. ttMd 11M 62 hool j:a
tiM budk'rt ty a majority of
170 at the boll Mondav.
The turned down budget had
reneral fund expenditure of
S.vSA.VJ. with 4VUJ,W7 ouuld
the 6 pt cert limitation. This
was a total tnrreak to tax
payers of 33.M over thla year'a
budget, as the addl'.ional Increase
was offset with Increased re
ceipt. S all areas voted against
the measure. It passed by nlna
votes in HfDoner: bv flvt In
Boardman and by 52 In Irrlgon.
Ruggs, Lexington and Ion turn
ed It down with 3U8 against
and 71 In favor.
Actual votes by area wer:
Heppner. 181 yes. 173 no; Board
HHS MATHEMATICIANS RATE
HIGH IN STATE CONTEST
Students of Heppner High
School placed above all enter
Ing schools In Eastern Oregon
in the 19Gi high school mathe
matics contest sponsored Joint
lv hv the Mathematical Asso
ciation of America and the So
ciety of Actuaries.
Twenty-five students or the
local school took the test. Hrrp-
ner rated tenth among the top
17 in the state, witn ail tnoae
above belne laree high schools
In the Willamette Valley.
Dennis Fergcson, Heppner
hlch senior, placed fifth In the
state on Individual scoring.
Mrs. William Weatherford.
Heppner mathematics Instructor,
said that a total of 4.200 par-
Monument Man
Dies While Driving
To Heppner
Edwin M. Gienger. 66, Monu
ment, died at the wheel of his
Tne death occurred eight miles
thvif0mi f.tmmm...fUmmmmm m..
pronounced aeaa ai me w-r.io uj
medical examiner, Dr. L. D. Tib
bies. A passenger, Mildred Warren,
Monument, was shaken up but
otherwise unlnjurea wnen me
auto plowed Into a barrow pit
following the auacK, nu iu "
ed over with the driver's side
down. Mrs. Warren was unauie
to open the door to gei oui i
the vehicle. Mrs. Viola Springer
came by shortly, driving to work
in Heppner from ner nome i
Ruggs, and opened the car door
and helped Mrs. Warren out,
then drove her down town, where
an ambulance was seni w n
Gienger. Neither woman realized
he was dead at tne ume
though he had told Mrs. Warren
that he "had pains uu.m
heart" just before tne atx-iuci.
The car was aamaijcu
el VlV
:tnt nolice said the accident
would not be listed as a traffic
fatality as Gienger was vv"
ently dead before the car was
wrecked.
Funeral arrangement
made through the Drlsklll Mor
tuary, John Day.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Tht Elks Club Easter Egg
hunt Is scheduled for this
Saturday, at 10 a. m. Cbil
dren 2 to 4 years, city paxk
5 to 7. courthouse lawni 8
throijh 10, Wranglers sec
tion of the fairgrounds.
Lt James Dominie wonaau
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mona-
han, Heppner. was recently c-
a in ih Air Fore ana
UUMWum - n
U now stationed at ntum
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Mmmamltf OBa aa
minlmtratlTS officer. Uautsnant
UMihmi frraduated from Happ
nr high school In 18M and from
Portland unnrarsiry m
i l t
- ; .
man. ?9 )c. 24 no; Inigun.
vea. 13 no; Rues. 16 yes.
no; U-kington, ?J yes. 103 no;
lone. 71 ). 1"0 ho,
Robert Van lluute. county ad
mlnUtrator, aald. "I am afratj
th pec-ple didn't have a com
tdrt tuiur ot the needs ft the
srhonls. We hope that all lho?
with euestlons will cxme to
thur qualified to give accurate
answers about tha budget
An amount tf UO.000 to com
plete two additional rooms for
the new unit which Is to t con
structed this spring w as Included
In the budget. Van lloute said
th school board otened bids
Tuesday night and Bechtcl Bros.,
La Grande, were awarded the
bid for the first unit of the new
school. Their basic bid was
.tlclpated In the contest, state
wide, and entries were made by
105 schools.
The score for a school Is ob
tained by totalling the scores
for the three best contest ex
amlnationa In the school Re
ceiving top scores here were
Dennis Fergeson, senior; Bever
ly Blake, lunlor and John Ca-
son, senior. Their total points
were 152.
Schools who won top ten rat
ings were:
1. Central Catholic (Portland),
23125.
2. Lincoln (Portland). 192.00.
3. CorvallU. 185.50.
4. South Salem. 183.50.
5. South Eugene. 178.75.
& Lebanon Union, 177.75.
7. Grant (Portland). 166.75.
8. Lake Oswego. 163.25.
9. Wilson (Portland), 153.00.
10. Heppner. 152.00.
Cordon Pratt, principal of
Heppner high school, stated "I
am enthused concerning our
rating In this math contest and
I feel that this placement re
fleets the fine teaching being
done by the mathematics In
structors in the Heppner school
avstem. We recoenlze the out-
standing efforts put forth by our
students, many of wnom were
able to Dlace so hleh. This type
ment.
Easter Services
Planned In City
rh.irohpa of the Heppner area
will hold special services in oo-
servance of Easter sunaay. Min
isters of all churches have issued
an Invitation to the public to
worship on this special day.
Easter celebration will start at
the Methodist church at 6:30
a.m. with a special worship serv
Ice for the Methodist and Chris
tlan young people, followed by
a breakfast. Hours oi me iw.
lng services will be 8:30 and 11
a.m. with both services being
identical. Special music will be
provided. The Rev. Austin Mc
Ghee will speak on Gods Tri
umph and Man's Salvation.
Services win pe nnu "
anri 11 a.m. at tne iii3
.u....h iith the Rev. Henry L.
Searle. Portland, oringing u
message on Christ Triumphant
i.i ...oi. uUi he Dresented
. ...ill ranoiVfA
New lamuies wm
into the church Easter Sunday
T nthomn at the regular
ai nui : , ...
. . hMi. vnpria l inuatw
li, a.m. nvu. r .
planned and the Bev. wose.i
Groschupr win give u "-'"
a ah Saints' Episcopal there
...in h Fast of the Resur-
rectlon with early tucnansi
m.nn. - Mmn hleh mass win
Will -
i;OM B.iii. - ------ - .
be at 10 a. m. The sermon will
be Who Comes Here, at
Acolyte and Servers Boy's choir
j , v a n I rDTTinn ui uuuw
KDeclal music,
rran " .
Vfllll .
hurrhpn will oe nuiuine
tnr mpmbers Oi xneu
SC 1 v iLca AV. - -'
faiths and visitors.
SDccial Holy
Weekend Services
At All Saints'
Ices at All
VJWU luiJ
Saints' Episcopal church will be
Sllln.-- . . -
Hours of Agony ana wjr
the Cross will be at 11:30 a.m.
m 2-30. n.m.. with a recitation oi
U1C itl-.v ... ,l
Holv Saturday is tne vign
Expectation, a continuous serv
ice of meditation, Holy Penance
and Preparation.
Anyona Interested In Join
L09 Morrow County roping
club, contact Cornett Green
or Jim Farley.
7 ,S1X1.44. l'utnitur and arthitnt
Utet- would make this total
$111,300 far the complete -lght
rtwrns and paved roadway. Tti
choiil tMard aecrted a contract
for eli;ht nn.ms. six cf which
will be completed. The u-naln-Ing
two will b flnUhed on the
Inside when additional funds be
come available.
Work on the new school Is
expected to start April 5 and be
completed by the end w Aug
ust.
Van lloute said a achoot hoard
meeting has been called for 8
p. m. Friday night at the court
house at which time the budcet
will be reconsidered by the board
members. Ha emphasued that
the meeting Is open to the pub
lic.
Sandra Eubanks. 1961 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo princess.
selected by Willows Grang.
Miss Eubanks. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Eubanks. is a
Junior at lone High SchooL
Easter Seal
Drive Underway
past four
vpara. ' The drive Is
annual and sponsored locally by
the Soroptlmlst CluD.
nf nthor south Morrow
i. mil j - .
county organizations are help
ing with the fund collection,
Mrs. Gonty said. Members of Fu
ture Business Leaders of Amer-
i tmm TTinnnpr hleh school
it. a -xi "
t...,A raran of collection in tne
schools. Cannistcrs In which the
public may deposit money ior
hnpfit of crippled children
were placed In business houses
by members. oi ine
Rainbow for Girls. Epsllon Slg-
Ainha anroritv members
have charge of collection in the
lone area. Soroptimisr, memuei
have a manned collection sta
tion in the Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon on Fridays and memocrs oi
.u m,,. nirrts Are scheduled to
sell Easter lilies next Saturday.
"All women of tne area nave
been wonderful in offering their
help," Mrs. Gonty said. She add
ed that a lot of benefits result
from the Easter Seal program
and mentioned especially the
school of Eugene for crippled
children of Oregon ana xne sum
mer camp at Ten Mile Lake In
Coos county where crippled chil
dren enjoy outings eacn sumni.
"I urge the public to give gen
erously to this cause which needs
their support so much," she said.
LOCAL NEWS
-a ufrm Pnlnh Richard
JVlt- UM .
Jr. and daughter Kimberly, of
Belllngham, Washington wei
guests of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Richards for a week.
Another son, Paul and wife and
Hautrhter. Tammy ot renaiewi.
were week end guests.
ha been received by
Mrs. Letha Archer that her son,
a..i t smith is In the Port
land Sanitarium recovering from
major surgery.
WEATHER
HI Low Prec.
53 34 -04
53 38 -07
56 34 -16
51 33 -12
50 31
60 34
62 35
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday.
Tuesday .
Wednesday
Thursday
Maximum temperature.
62.
Minimum, 31.
Rainfall for the week was .39
of an Inch, for March is 3.44
Inches, and total for the year
Is 6.03 Inches.