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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1961)
LIBRARY u or 0 r?:cT, osr. REGISTER NOW FOR "LUCKY BUCK" DAYS Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 13, 1961 Whirlybird Visits lone gaz fttp Pf Br LORRAINE BALL Fur khurt apace of time on Monday afternoon the cltUena of lone gthcr?d In the center tf town to lnHHt a "uhlrlyblrif that let down on a vacant lot 10c Copy Board Dates Election For mar the telephone exchange beginning at 3 p, m, MtJ ' building. The ooca.lon - they N'- . "iSj,, "SjJSrt 2 had run out of gas! Schobl banda will provide re. titration i neeiieu ior A !trw pr-t-m will go iflta r((e-t among the merchants cf Heppner with the rnoring tf Lu.hy Buk Paa. the tint ot which will be Saturday. April 22. Lucky Buck Day a will ik the ftevund. and fourth Saturday of every mown, for tne nci an month. according la Pete Me- Murtry. chairman. At the end of The annual Ki,.l Carnival that time, if tne program is tnonaorwJ bv the Ran, I faronta Working uc-.fuHy. It Will be Club will be helJ at the fair jcontlruetl on an Indefinite baala. Fun For All I At Band Carnival Next Saturday one the Budget May 19 a public hearing on the re vised school district budget will be held at the courthouse at 8 p. m.. April 23 as a result of action taken by the school board Monday night. Voting on the budget has been M-t for May 19 between the hours of 2 and 8 p. m. at the regular Mhool voting places In the county. Four matters were brought be fore the board by delegations. Lew Robblns, agriculture in structor from Heppner stated that In his opinion $1800 would te lost by the district In state funds If the agriculture program at the high school were cut from the previous 12 month basis to an 11 month program. Kecne Bryce, lone, requested the hoard make n policy decision regarding retirement of teichers on reaching the age C5. He was told that previous action of the board stated teachers would be retired at the end of the year In which they reached 63 unless the teacher filed for request to continue teaching, and the lo cal advisory board recommen ded retention of that teacher. Each case would bo handled on an individual basis and no bind ing action to retain any teacher could be given by the board un til the final year of teaching. Mayor Joe Tatone, Boardman, requested that the board meet with the Army Corps of Eng ineers and officials of Board man to determine the site for the new school at Boardman. He showed the board a plat of the proposed new townsite Includ ing a 37 acre plot left tenta- Linda Halvorsen 'Girls State Representative whole time. m.i t.iL..i . .. .i.- ...... I muaie during the s to 7 scrvlnc occupanti eA 1 ItaS and '" "f "Buck Day , '5 Jowih M Revnolda of ihe tta. A fu" evening of enterta n- rjun Lutky buck Vy at J M t nuMn ment is provided for the pleasure P-m- -nnounced In ? V.."n.u .m!" of all with the dunk i.nk in Mch Participating merchant s liviu .uauiai wiinc wiry mrv I I . i . I .1 t tKat htti All u lnnart tloned In connection with the ?P"."'.' ?"? " I k' Y nl V ,7.. . natural eaa oloelln w hlrh will pvcr Popular country More, wer-1 v"v v ' " naiurai gas pipeline wnicn wui . .... at ih tlme and muni r a m the oon be romnt through our '"" n""J nu ------- - --- -- - - I ,4 1 . .1 I ... i - - . I nn iw n m. ni inai oiv. area ! uiuiviuuaia cvmriouicu I r---- - t- tO the prizes. I i.uiny outu ? it-ui-v-uiauic raul Warren, uresldent of the merchandise at any oi tne par- Band Parents Club, tainted out tuipaiing nrms. that members of the club are lve l"1 win ,M K'ver 00ch doing all the work Involved In Lucky Buck Day. rirst prize will making this event a success, be 25 Lucky Bucks; second prize No mention of dates thev ex liaivorsen. lo year oid pect to be here was made. Mr. lively for the use of the school, i worked out with the city, county Tatone wai told by the board and school district co-ODeratlnc I Linda that they would meet here with In financing the project Abrams daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Simpson said thev were on the Engineers, possibly April IS, I was instructed to continue his Halvorsen. has been chosen by routine flight Inspecting the ter- men woum mm w un me Hoard- attempt to determine ow nership I the lone American Legion auxh- rain and progress of the pipe man ami Irrlcnn a.IvWiirv hoards Inf th faiHu'iv I larv aa hlr nnrSinlarK'a tnlli.,- .. kiK i. ..i n. 1 , i -i--- -- i ...r is iwiimiu iiuiii mau- i.... .- . . i. .... . . . -.1 ...u to get their wishes. Following Letters of resignation were ac- Girls' State. This Is held at the Iran through Condon and lone Pe n've S001" cooper- y V' , ' itaiMm " . itlon from the ouhlle in the and lift t prizes will Be nve "- I " a" - j 1 --- ...---v 1 itimiiiK vsiiii 1 1 1 v All iV l)rI lliri . ..." Is. 1 meet with officials of Boardman White, music Instructor at River-1 12 to 18. Ililni-l nmi.wi Pai ana anticipate a success- and the Engineers as requested, side and Irrlgon who will teach Linda Is active In school af- Mr. Simoson mentioned In fuI farnlval again this year, Phil Blakney, member of the in Idaho; Dallas Haverland, fairs, placed on the honor roll, passing that the Dloellne had "rrrn ia- I . a . . a. I I .. . a . ... aal. 1 -a B... . . I I 1 M a vata city council, requested inai me main teacner ana DasKeiDau piayi in me lone Dana ana is two helicopters for use In con- board reconsider its action In coach at Riverside who will re awarding a bid to Columbia Ba- turn to school; and Margaret sin Co-op to provide electric ser- Lewis, Irrlgon, who resigned vice at the new school site In from teaching for personal reas Heppner. He pointed out that the ons. building will be entirely within In a review of the building the city limits and said that program In the district it was the board was going against stated that contractors arrived wishes of the city council by Monday and work on the Hepp making a duplication of services ner 8-room unit was to start within the city. He reminded Tuesday. Administrator Robert board members that the city Van Houte said that in about council had refused a franchise two weeks the architects. Hay to the Co op to serve in the city slip & Tufts, would have com- nd said it was his opinion that pletcd plans of the lone addition if the board did not wish to co- to be shown the lone advisory operate with the city, the council committee for any recommends might re-consider serving the tions they might wish to make, site with city water and sewer. Jack Flug, assistant admlnis Attorney for the school board, trator at Boardman, was report Robert Abrams. reported that ed too ill to continue the school there still Is a doubt as to the year and Ron Black, teacher at ownership of the road serving I Boardman, was named acting the school site. It is a public administrator for the balance of way, is not a city street, and the year A hail time office girl does not seem to be a county land a half time teacher were road. Determining ownership of also added to the Boardman staff acive In the Rainbow for Girls, the road is Important because to carry on the program for the The elrls are chosen on the It is necessary to rebuild the balance of the year. basis of leadership, character, road bed, widen to 40 feet, and Plans were laid to hold in- Coura?e honestv scholarshlD. surface. Who is to pay the ex-1 formal information meetings at fco-operattVeness and "physical pense or mis wont win De ae- eacn community in xne county fitness. terminea Dy ine ownersnip oi ine ioiiowing me neanng on inei The auxiliary la allowed to road. Board members stated that budget, to explain the revised I choose one girl per fifty mem possibly something could be j budget to the voters. bers and as an' alternate Diane Pettyjohn, daughter of Mr. and Van Matter President SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS LISTED UL-C; JT Uirne B-eague onn t- t land If they send two this year t r- u.. ll",: " C 7u:r W11" u,c" Bu Diane will accompany Linda. Lavcuie van iviaiici naa uccu oiiciivc ran wcitr v itrwcu uy 111c i cuiieciion. b.a nectlon with their work. It was quite a thrill for those who had never seen or been near a 'copter. Funds raised at the carnival are used to purchase band unl forms for music students of the Heppner schools. LINDA HALVORSEN New Teachers Hired For 1961-62 School Year Most teachers of Morrow coun ty school district have Indicated their Intention of teaching In the system, according to Robert Van Houte, administrator. Ronald Daniels, 27, has been hired as the administrative prin cipal replacing Jack Flug, who Is retiring, at Boardman. Daniels comes from Harper, Ore., where for the past two years he has been superintendent. Previously he was instructor In social stud ies and physical education for two years at Harper. He received his BA degree from the College of Idaho at Caldwell In 1957 and expects to Tax Ratio Change In Morrow County Lucky Bucks each. Any first prize not claimed will be added to the first prize for the next Lucky Buck Day. Registration can be made at any participating store, or cy clipping and mailing the coupon on another page of this paper. Registrants must be 13 years or older, cannot be merchants, man agers, professional men or de pendent members of their fam ilies. To get the program off to a good start 25 extra Lucky Bucks will be given away April 22, the The office of the county asses sor has announced that property beginning Lucky Buck Day, in tne county win oe assessed at 25 percent of true cash value. "Purpose of this promotion la to increase the number of visitors mis is a raise oi lour percent, .to trie town ami to encourage as previously property was I jocai people to visit their stores assessea at percent oi irue and see the displays of mer- casn vaiue. The action is being taken to comply with the 25 percent ratio law enacted by the 1959 legls lature. It states in part, "all property shall be assessed at its true cash value, or percentage thereof, applied uniformly to all classes of property within each county." Sub-section (2) states that "beginning with the assess ment date January 1, 1961, all property shall be assessed at 25 percent of true cash value.' True cash value, as defined Daniels Is married and has elected president of the Willow public Friday and Saturday at Creek Little League for the com- the fairgrounds. Chosen to com ing season. Mrs. Bill Sowell was pete in the Regional Science Fair re elected secretary treasurer, at Pendleton were 24 projects. Other officers, and coaches will The numerous prolects entered be named at the next board ranged from proving a scientific meeting. theory to Just showing how President Van Marter has set things function. a meeting lor naay, Apru ii, ti,i i tua -in rmr Mn and winning gold medals for displays were entries from grades 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Mrs. Kenneth Peck's second graders placed in the primary bl- 7:30 p.m. in his office. This will be a meeting of the board of dl rectors, officers, coaches, um pires and anyone else interested in the Little League program. Tibbies Makes Honor Roll Warren Lance Tibbies, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies, Hepp ner, was on the school of law Cancer Fund Raising Campaign To Get Underway April 20 Mrs. Harlan McCurdy, Jr., Mor- m7 rVinntv CanrfT rhnlrman an. nounces a new idea to be used hnor rH at the University of ir, ha -tmt tMc voar tho Oregon by maintaining a 3.0 fund raisin camnaln. eTade point average or higher A door-to-door canvass will be for winter term made in the towns of Heppner, Tibbies, a first year student Lexington, and lone on Thurs- in the school of law, was one dav. ADril 20 at 6:30 d. m. of 18 law students initiated into The rural areas will be con- Phi Delta Phi, national legal fra tacted during the month of April ternity, April 1 in a ceremony s ran be arraneed bv the vol- held in the Supreme Court u ntppr workers. Chamber in Salem, Mrs. Cecil Thorne is chairman T,-i- anrl TLfro T.otirtc TTo 1 Vnr. sen is chairman of rural lone. I CI KS Lodge Holds l"L!ln.n JSf ;che," Officer Installation Will Otr lvus. Dm van n umic in town and Mrs. C. C. Jones Heppner Lodge No. 358, for the rural area. Mrs. Don Ben- b.P.O.E. held installation of of nett will work witn Airs, mc- ficers last Thursday night, with Curdy in and around Heppner. members of the Condon Lodge Those people mat may De as installing officers, miu uuiii.s iiic t.Fa.B New Exalted Ruler LeRoy 11Sua,illccu lv. "' Gardner presented outgoing ex tUIllIlUUUUHS IU lilt coju.v. , In dual intermediate physical section Carol Rawlins and Gale Malcom, sixth graders, won with their plantets-sun-moon project. Under intermediate physical, Nonda Clark, sixth grade, placed with a motor; fifth graders Vickie Robinson with coal; Lar ry Richmond with limestone caves; and John Rawlins with a water house. Firemen Respond To Calls Friday And Saturday Heppner volunteer fire depart a. I aall. 1 Tn na1 informlAfA KUIaM Uieill flHSWCreU IWU W118 itt&l cal section, Jack Ray and Urey week end Fr,day aft"n1 ab?u u.ii e ioj tu . 4:30 they were called to the project on snakes and Jennifer Heppner Clinic Apartments on Blake and Marsha Lovgren, sixth Gale str,eet wfere a shox ,n an grade, with the heart. Mrs. Don Munkers, Hepnper. LAND BOARDS SIGNS LEASE The Oregon State Land Board signed the agreement Tuesday which will permit ac quisition of the Boardman Bombing Range and leasing the land to Boeing Airplane Co. The lease was taken to Seattle for signature of the Boeing officials. SALE DATE CHANCED lone Garden Club plant sale will be April 29 Instead of April 22 as planned, according to Mrs. Fredrick Martin. alted ruler. Everett Keithly with a past exalted ruler's pin on be half of the officers from last year. William Labhart gave him a gift for sponsoring Labhart's membership in the lodge. Newly installed elected officers were exalted ruler, LeRoy Gard ner; esteemed leading knight. Conley Lanham; esteemed loyal knight, Kemp Dick; esteemed lecturing knight, Eob Flatt; sec retary. Glen Ward; treasurer, William Labhart; tiler. Robert Brindle; trustee, William Collins. Appointed officers were: Inner guard. Jerry Daggett; chaplain, Wallace Wolff; esquire, Pat O'Brien and organist Ken Turner. Individual intermediate bio logical winners were sixth grad er Jill Schmidt with molds; Mar tha Peck with ferns, and fifth grader John Van Winkle with corn. In individual junior physical classification gravity of falling objects won for eighth grader Warren Williams; strove llghte for eighth grader Dale Van Blok land; sea water distillation for eighth grader Butch Williams oscillator for eighth grader Don Munkers; Grand Canyon for sev enth grader Brenda Young and geologic formation for seventh grader Theresa Munkers. Under dual Junior biological classification a project on the fly won for Barbara Blake and Judy Smith, eighth graders; and on wheat for Anna Marie Brindle and Pat Van Winkle, eighth graders. In individual junior biological section three seventh graders placed: Sheridan Wyman with wood chemistry; Karen French with human senses; and Diane Schaffltz with the heart. Eighth graders placing in this division were Lynn Burkenbine with in side of a worm, and Terryl Greenup with the heart Wranglers Set Outing, April 16 The Wranglers riding club have planned their first outing of the season on Sunday. April 16. Members are to bring a sack lunch and meet at the Wrangler grounds for a trail ride to start at 10:00 a.m. Other riding events are sched uled for the afternoon. automatic washer caused smok ing of the machine in the Roy Erickson apartment. Erlcksons had Just moved into the apart ment Monday. No damage was reported and no actual fire exist ed. Saturday night about 11:30 night officer Floyd Hutchens saw flame emerging from the roof of the home of Judge J. O. Hager at 675 E. Hager Street. Hutchens turned in an alarm and the fire horn awakened the Hagers who were asleep in a downstairs bedroom. Three trucks were called to the blaze, which was thought to have started from the furnace flu. Firemen had the fire out in about 30 minutes but remained at the scene some time longer checking for sparks. Extensive damage resulted to the roof and several rooms of the house. No estimate has been made of the loss, but Judge Hag er reported it was covered by insurance. Fire Chief C. A. Ruggles stated that the police officer who spot ted the fire should be highly commended for his action in spot ting and reporting the fire. Had the alarm been delayed a few minutes the house would have been a total loss, according to Ruggles. complete the work for his mas- bv law means market value as ter's degree there this summer. 01 le assessment ate- , j j noperiy owners are reminaea that this will not increase their taxes, it will lower the amount of mills necessary to raise the same amount of tax monies. Workers In the county office are busy re-evaluating all the property in the county in com pliance with this new law. W RONALD DANIELS SPECIAL SERVICES A 7:30 a. m. dally Eucharist has been added to the schedule of services of AH Saints' Epis copal church. Confirmation classes are also meeting each Tuesday night at various homes of the congrega tion. The April 18 meeting will be at the parsonage. chandlse oftener," McMurtry said. Cleanup Program To Be In May Mayor Al Lamb announces that Cleanup-Palntup Week will not be extended to Include the balance of the month ot April but will be proclaimed during the month of May. The decision was reached be cause of lack of burning facilities at the city dump, which the state fire marshal has ordered closed. Work is progressing on Instal lation of a new incinerator at the dump. The 20 by 20 foot area will have a back which can be opened to push rubbish that it will not burn into the pit. Part of the present framework will be used and the city crew is doing the construction. A new tractor will have to be purchased by the city to operate the new set-up. Operation of the new facility will be possible before the end of the month, and the cleanup program will be continued at that time the mayor said. STATE PLANNER FORECASTS BRILLIANT COUNTY FUTURE A brilliant future for the Fisherman's Night Set By Elks Lodge Fisherman's Night will be ob served at the Heppner Elks lodge April 20. Special prizes will be awarded and fish stories will be told. A 6:30 dinner is planned. Past Exalted Rulers will hold a meeting following the dinner. one small child. He and his fam ily will move to Boardman where he will assume his duties Aug ust 1. Effie Johnson, Lexington, has rpclcmort no third PrnrfA tfarhlT tn nnv fmm th rnmmunitv county was outlined at Monday's ,ith hor famiiv pffoettvA Mar. Chamber of Commerce meeting " " - - ' I u.. t t tr. j.. ru. T-.ll 31. Mrs. Floyd Jones has been nupi .:uy, me aiCa, hired to fill out the term. A con- Eastern Oregon representative trart has hepn offered Mrs. Rob. of the State Department of Plan ert Johnson, Glen's Ferry. Idaho, nln and Development. to fill this position next year. Kennedy said he could fore A contract has been offered see the possibility or 120 minion Mrs. Keith Slone, Aberdeen, Ida- dollar Investment on the land in ho, to teach the first grade at the Boardman area within ten Lexington next year. She will re- years and 10,000 new Jobs ere place Miss Fern Bonnell, who Is ated in the county witnm io retirine. years, as a result e stated mis Janet Groves. Heppner, has would not an evolve irom acuv been hired to teach language ity of Boeing Airplane Company, arts and typing at Heppner High but would be the result of com School. Mrs. Groves Is a gradu- blned action of Boeing and allied ate of Pacific University and has Industries which would locate in taueht several years at Klamath the Space Age Park, Falls before moving to Heppner He said that agriculture, for with her famllv the first of the estry, and tourism, the three vear. main industries of the state, Nina Smith, Kinzua, has been could not provide the necessary hired to teach the third grade 65,000 new Jobs required by Ore next year at Irrlgon, replacing gonlans now in school and said Marcaret Lewis who has resign- that supplying jobs for Oregon- lans was tne cnauenge oi tne ed. Mrs. Smith has been teach ing second grade a number of years at Kinzua. This is the only change in the Irrlgon faculty. WEATHER Friday 55 27 Saturday 69 43 Sunday 57 37 Monday 54 30 Tuesday 63 38 Wednesday 67 41 Thursday 56 39 .38 Maximum temperature, 69. Minimum, 27. Rainfall for the week was -38 of an inch. Total for the year is 6.14 inches. state planning board, "Many trained people have found It necessary to move out of the state to find the work for which they are trained," he said and indicated that many of these would return to Oregon 11 the jobs were available. He said that full authoriza tion to go ahead with the Boeing contract had now been granted both on a state and federal level and that the development at Boardman would be "orderly, without any sudden large influx of people." Morrow County Judge Oscar Peterson, members of the coun ty court and the county planning and zoning commission were complimented by Kennedy for their action in starting proceed ings to zone the north end of the county. Orderly development de pends on such zoning, Kennedy implied. The Boardman area Is "a tre mendous area which seems to have been set aside by God Al mighty for industry," Kennedy said in citing the advantages nature has showered on the area which contribute to its desira bility as an Industrial location. In other business N. C. An derson gave a report on the an nual chamber banquet held last week. Members of the group voted to extend Cleanup-Paintup Week to include the balance of the month of April and the commit tee was instructed to see what could be done about setting aside one day for a major effort to remove trash and unsightly accumulations from the business area. (Later in the week the committee found that the city was planning to improve trash disposal facilities, and had re quested the cleanup campaign be postponed until May.) A motion was adopted to write to the Forest Service urging the granting of permission to Baldy Butte Ski Club to develop a new ski area on Arbuckle mountain. Phil Blakney gave a report on progress of the city council com mittee on plans for a new incin erator at the city dump. He said that a land fill type of disposal was not feasible in the area be cause of shallow topsoiL
