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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1961)
L I 5TARY ! or o OS ft in 10c Copy Rep. Weatherford Seeks Federal Funds For Area Reo r e e n t a t i v Frank M Weatherford said today that he U setting up program fur the enactment of fundi from we Federal Impact Area Fund. whkh. he understands, are avail able for Impact areas such as federally built dams, and other federal Installations, and which he believes should be made available to the Boarder : Space Ace area when the influx people will become greater as the Boeing operations enlarge. According to reports. Senator Wayne Morse, has been insiru mental In other Oregon areas having Federal Installations to rcive this kind of money, and Representative Weatherford has written to him. and also senator Maurlne Neubereer. and Repre sentatlves Al Ullman and Edith Green so that Morrow County and vielnltv. will be In a position to receive this money at the time of need. City Provides Special Pickup Service For Cleanup Days Victor Groshens, superinten dent of the city crew, has an nounced that refuse pickup through the CleanupP a I n t u p month of May will be done Dy the city, as an additional service to the public. Special pickup days will be May 15 and May on a -ursi call, first served" basis. To ar ran rva fnr this service the house holder may call the city hall and leave the address 01 wnere the load is to be picked up. All refuse should be left at the Mirhtnir . In a neat stack, so that it can be loaded onto city trucks from the street. If large amounts it should be sorted for burnable and non-burnable piles. Airport Improvement Included In Long- Range Planning . snminvi and aoron for tne Lexington airport are inciuaea In the five-year program by the """""j" .line annual iwu Federal Aviation Agency, actum r eueiiu nvianun nb..v,, I , - r-.AMAf.omari Al Tillman. I ing 10 uncoi.... ... - D-Ore. The same program calls olrrvnrf at PnndOn. airport at Condon The "National Airport Plan" proposed for the five-year period will be from 1962-66 for con struction. It also calls for im provements at airports serving 12 other communities in Ore gon's Second Congressional Dis trict. The proposal for the new air port at Condon calls for a 3,000 foot runway, Intended to be ade quate for the basing of an esti mated 15 aircraft at the location by 1966. Also on the recommended list are new runways, taxiways and lighting at the Pendleton airport. 1961 Boat Licenses Should Be Obtained Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman has reported that less than 50 per cent of the owners of boats reg istered last year have renewed licenses for 1961. Bauman pointed out that all small boats must be licensed and that owners should not wait until they wish to use the boats to apply. . Licenses are obtained through the State Marine Board. The ap plication for the 1961 license was mailed to the owners last year and is on the reverse side of their I960 registrations. Those who have misplaced or lost, this form may apply to the State Marine Board by letter, enclos ing the fee. Fees for boats less than 16 feet are $3.00; 16 feet and oyer but less than 20 feet are So.00; ''O feet and longer. $5.00 for the first 20 feet plus $100 per foot or part of a foot over 20 feet. NEW FAMILIES ARRIVE Six new families have moved house trailers into Heppner in the trailer court in the past few da vs. . . the men are employed on the 5u;iaLii'fe n Klnzua, highway. 6 AZETTE-Tl M ES Sandra Eubanks Places At Rodeo Sandra Eubiik. lone, won the Sunday bam-l racing event a the Arlington Rudeo. Mi Eubank, a 16 ear olJ M)iihomor at lone hlch school Is an excellent horsewoman and a wlncvss of the 19GI Morrow "County Fair and Rodeo. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Eubanks. Riverside High's Top Students Are Announced Linda Warner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner, Irrl gon, has been chosen valedictor ian of the Riverside high school graduating class at Boardman. Salutatorlan is Sandl Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis of Irrigon. Linda is vice-president of the senior class, and held class of fices all the other years of her high school also. She has been . LINDA WARNER active in sports, playing volley ball, belonging to G.A.A. for four years, cheer leader three years. She was secretary 01 A.A. one year, eaitor 01 tne school paper one year, editor of I,, , .., anA ic the annual two years, and was in the speech festival play dur ing her freshman year. She has been a memDer 01 uie schuui . . . i been a member of the school Iband lour years, ana sings m gchool chorus She ais0 Is I . - 1 pianist at the Assembly or uoa Church in Irrigon. t tnda nlans to further her edu cation by studying secretarial science at college. Sandi has also been in many activities, was secretary-treasurer of the student body two years, class secretary her sophomore w t 6 r SANDI DAVIS year, cheer leader three years, played volleyball three years, member of G.A.A. four years, and was vice-president of the latter one year. She was in the speech festival play two years, on the school paper staff one year, and on the annual staff two years. She was carnival queen In her sophomore year, and has sung In the school " chorus and been a member of the school band for four years. She has been a member of 4-H eight years, and been a Junior leader three years. She was Morrow county delegate to Sa lem this year to the annual "Know Your State Government" conference. Sandl clans to take up elemen- j tary teaching at college. Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, Moy 11, 19c? AGREEMENT REACHED FOR ADDITIONAL LAND AT BOARDMAN SITE The State Dfxutmtnt el Planning and Dtleproent an nounced today on agreement bad been reached with the land owner wboee land will be needed wel of the Boardman rang "to put together tho package necessary lor Booing Company UM." No Durthau el land south ol tho range U anticipated. Tho neceuary butter tone will be Included In the rango proper. Governor Hatfield bad earlier announced the plan of dividing the range down the middle, leaving the west half lor Boeing and allowing the Navy remain on the east portion. It Is understood that options are now being taken for land necessary on the Navy's us east ol the range. School Board Budget Publicity Now Restricted 'It is now ud to the public to inform themselves on school budget affairs." So stated a member of Morrow county school board Monday night when com menting on the failure to pass of House Bill 1550 which would have allowed school districts to use Dubllc funds for spreading Information on budget and bond elections. School board members were of the opinion that passage of this bill would have made It easier to explain the budgeted Items to members of the public. The board is now restricted to the of ficial publication of the budget and to one public hearing. This makes it possible for many members of the voting public to respond to rumors In stead of learning the true facts about the necessity for various items in the budget if they do not find it possible to attend the public hearings and get the facts, board personnel stated. Beneficial Rain General Over County A heavy rain which fell gen erally over the county Tuesday night has greatly Increased pros pects for a good crop, according to Al Lamb, Morrow County Grain Growers manager, and N. C. Anderson, county agent. Most of the county has deep soil which will absorb and carry over the moisture until the crops mature, Lamb said. Anderson reported that .99 of an inch of rain fell on the Ken neth Smouse farm north of lone in the period of Tuesday after noon and night. The U. S. Forest Service office reported that rain had created bad conditions in the forests. Though no lightning fires have been reported all side roads are becoming impassable. Work of planting young trees has been slowed up and fishermen were warned they should not attempt to drive off surfaced roads. C. A. Ruggles reports that a heavy hailstorm damaged sev eral hundred acres of wheat and barley on Mrs. Harry Duvall's ranch about five miles north east of Heppner at noon yester day. He said the hail was so hPflw on the road that he was forced to put his jeep in 4-wheel drive to get through. Little League Plans Workday Saturday A Little League meeting is called for Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the Turner, Van Marter, and Bryant insurance office. All roaches and board mem bers are urged to attend as plans will be made for the workday on Saturday.- President LaVerne Van Mar ter asks all fathers of boys tak ing part in the Little League program to meet at the League field Saturday morning at 9:00 a. m. armed with hammers and shovels to help get the field ready for play which starts Mon day. First game, starting at 5:30 p. m., will be Braves vs Dodgers; Tuesday, Giants vs. Indians; Wednesday, Dodgers vs. Giants; and Thursday, Indians vs. Braves. HEPPNER VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Bosshardt of Cougar. Washington arrived In Heppner Wednesday evening to visit their daughter and son in law, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Raymond for a few days. 78th Year, Number 10 luckt buck dat Saturday The second drawing for Lucky Bucks will be held at participating store In Hepp. ner at 2:30 p. m, Saturday. Look for Lucky Buck special buys. Chamber Discusses Communism Film International affairs were dis cussed at Heppner-Morrow Coun tv Chamber of Commerce Mon day following the showing the past two weeks of the film "Com munism on the Map." Don Turner presided at the dis cussion which covered the value of foreign aid, the slowups and strikes at Cape Canaveral, the monev expended In Laos, the Cuban situation, and many other aspects of the present condition of world affairs. "We cannot purchase friend ship for our country." "We are in a struggle for men's minds." 'We should be selling democ racy." These and other state ments Indicated that those pres ent were not confide: J that there is no room for improvement in American foreign policy today. A fairly unanimous opinion that the film showed a need of the American public awakening to what Is actually happening In the world was expressed. Turner said that Glen Green, nn associate Droducer of the film, was now known to be a member of the John Birch So ciety. Most of those present seemed to agree, however, that the facts shown were ones the public should know. The possibility of showing the film at Heppner High School was brought up and KoDert van Tinnto indicated he would dis cuss the matter with the school board, provided time could be made available before the end of the school term. Wee TV Shop Opens At Gale and Riverside Haskell Sharrard and Wesley Haskett, former owners of Has kell and Haskett, Inc., announce the opening of The Wee TV Shop at the conjunction of Gale and Riverside streets. The firm no longer carries ap pliances but will spend full time at servicing of TV sets, phono graphs and radios. Mrs. C E. McQuarrle and son took her mother, Mrs. Lucy Leh ner, to visit in Hermiston and motored on to La Grande and brought Susy home for the week end from her studies at E. O. C Gene Ferguson is at Gold Beach for a week of fishing. t a , V:: ? 4 t 1 k r V A Morrow county advisory council (Homo Economics) poao with the display. "Building Blocks of the Homo Economics Exten sion prograxa." which will be a part ef the program they bare planned for the annual Homemaker's Fettiral held at the Boardman Grange hall on May 18. (Left to Right), Mrs. Warren McCoy. Irrigon; Mrs. WlUend French. Echo Mrs. Earl Brlggs. Boardman; Mrs. Ed Baker. Lexington; Mrs. John Bergttrom. Heppner i and Mrs. Paul Warren. Heppner. SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS METING; I0NE CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT UPON PASSAGE OF BUDGET MAY 19 Additional foiwtrutlUn in the county Ihm.1 dUtrUt was (lit cut'J at the board meeting Mund.ty nlirht A U-ntattve date of July M for opening bids for cviiktructioit at lone. A mem U-r f the arvhittHtural firm u Havtllii it Tuft It bhedult'd to show the final plant tf the ad ditional room, llbrtrv and office to tht lone building committee and board members at a meeting June lu. Construction of this project cannot be started until passage ol the budget, which will be voted on May 19. Attorney for the school board stated that al though the $130,000 construction cost would be provided throuch funds from the second year of the special serial levy, it would le necessarv to borrow money until those funds were available but money cannot be borrowed unless funds for Interest have been budgeted. Purchase of two 48-Dassencer busct will be made II the budget passes. June 12 was tentatively set for the oocnlns? of bids. One of these Is a replacement bus for one worn out, another Is for an additional bus considered neces sary. A reauest to the city council of Boardman was made by the board to set aside a tract of not less than 20 acres In the new townslte of Boardman for school site. This formal request was In Teachers Hired By Board Teachers recently hired by the Morrow county school district board are as follows: Lorena Jones, Heppner, to teach the fourth grade at Lex ington. Al P. Reeves, Jr., Pomeroy, Wash- to teach band at River side High school at Boardman and the grade school at Irrigon. Dante Daltoso, Harper, to teach social studies at Riverside High. James Harper, Adrian, to teach math and PE at Riverside High. Bernice Struckmeier, Sclo, to teach girls' PE at Heppner High. JoKenh Holmess. Freedom, Ind., to teach commercial and social studies and coach at Heppner High. Wlllard Staley, Powell, Ohio, to teach science at Heppner High. Glen Biehl. Missoula, Mont., to teach social studies at Hepp- Resignations have been ac cepted by the board from Har riet Hall, first grade at lone, and Kathryn Hosklns, first and second at Heppner. Henry Heppner's Grondniece Dies Word has been received of the death In Portland of Gladys Rea Lamley. Mrs. Lamley was the former Gladys Cohn, who was born In Heppner about 1894, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cohn. Her father worked In the Henry Heppner warehouse, her mother operated a millinery store here. She was a grandniece of Henry Heppner, and a cousin of Harold Cohn and Jackson Morrow. Hof snn Harrv J., is doing grad uate work at the University of Washington. Services for Mrs. Lamley were held last Saturday at Colonial Mortuary, Portland, with Inter ment at Rlverview cemetery. 7-r -?1 f 1 1 A rene to Boardman city coun til wanting to know If thlt would he Mt'kfactory with the board. No definite location was tpwlfled. 1 Wtlon of a tchutil advisory committer member to a three year term In the Boardman sone will be held In conjunction with the rrcular budget vote Mav 19. the board said. Thlt was made necessary because It wa not held at the May 1 achool elec tion vote. Earl McQuaw Is run ning for the vacancy created by the resignation of Bob Slcard. who was Just elected to the dis trict achool board Morrow county school district Investment It Insured for over one and one half million dollars. based on assessed valuation of all school nronerty. membera of the board were told by Howard Brynt, representing Turner, Van Marter t Bryant. Insurance apenta. The board last year changed the Insurance of all the school districts In the newly con solidated district to Insurance by an "agent organization." Under this plan those insurance agents who carried Insurance on the old district's uropcrtv still have a share In the total Insurance, but the policies are cut In number and will become payable on pre miums at a better synchronized date. Brvant reported that the 64 dif ferent policies turned In by all Umatilla Ordnance Depot To Hold Open House Commanding Officer Colonel Cam Longley, Jr., has announced that Armed Forces Day 19G1 will be observed with an "Open House" at Umatilla Ordnance Deoot on Saturday. May 20. be tween the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p. m. Durlnc the dav visitors to the depot will be able to Inspect military equipment ana supplies, Including guided missiles and conventional ammunition. Con struction and combat vehicles will be on display, and tours will be conducted to the more remote parts of the 16,000 acre establishment. Manv new exhibits are plan- nprt for this vear. lust two of which are an Army field kitchen and an 1800 square foot display of space and survival equipment used by the Air orce. Other displays and events Rrhpdnled for the dav are Nike AJax and Nike Hercules missiles, combat vehicles, guns ana com bat equipment, and many more interesting Items. A speaker's program will be gin at 3:15 in the afternoon, with Malor General F. R. Zlerath, commanding general, X U. S. Army Corps, scheduled to be tne guest speaker. Since the Armed Forces Day mission is to Increase public un rWstnnnMnt? of our national strength, all men, women, and children In the area are urgea to visit and participate In the day's activities. Lott's Electric Win Free Trip to Jamaica Randall Lott, owner of Lott's Flectric in Heppner, has qual ified for an all expense seven day trip to Jamaica and Panama, according to information receiv ed last week from the Gibson Refrigeration Sales Corporation of Greenville, Michigan. The award was given because Lott has exceeded his quota for Gibson appliances for this area. However, Lott said that the press of business would make it Im possible for him to take advan tage of the award, but that some one else might be able to make the trip. WEATHER HI Low Prec. 55 35 5G 41 -15 62 39 .17 65 43 76 49 .06 59 37 .47 64 40 .07 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Maximum temperature, 76. Minimum, 35. Rainfall for the week was .92 of an Inch. Total for the year is 766 Inches. the original dbtricta had now been cut In number creatine tUeahl savings to taxpayer. Of M fire pt llclet the number hat been reduced to 34. Theae have been consolidated with two com panies, making a further lav inir All lUbllitiet In the district are In one policy. Bonda are now In two different bonding com. panlet: all boiler liabilities are In one policy. Bryant commended the district on the fire rate allowed by the Insurance companies. He said the rate of 1307 tier thousand was very low for thl type of lntur a nee and "tpeakt well for the housekeeping and facilities of the district" A bill presented by the county court for $540 for bulldozing the new road Into the achool site was discussed. Attorney for the board reported that ownership of thla road had still not been determ ined. There la a possibility that It Is a county road, and as such should be kept up by the coun ty. Board members voted to pay iiso of this amount which was for gravel used on other school roads but to hold the balance until ownership of the Morgan street extension road could be determined. Robert Van Houte, admlnlatra tor, reported that building at the Heppner-Lexlngton high achool site was ahead of schedule with floor beams and Joists and wall skeleton going up thla week. 4-H Summer School Delegates Selected Twenty-seven boys and girls over thirteen years old who have completed two or more yeara of 4-H club work will represent Morrow county at the annual 4-H Summer School, announces N. C Anderson, county extension agent, held on the Oregon State University campus during the week of June 12. Morrow county's delegation will attend classes, general assemblies, and partici pate in social activities while learning to work and play to gether with over nineteen hun dred other 4-H boys and glrla from throughout Oregon. Those selected from the qual ified list who are doing a good Job of 4-H club work In their respective communities were: MitptiPii Ashbeck and David Proudfoot, Echo; Patty Collins, Tony and Martha Doherty, Ron niA Jones. Jeanne Stockard, Ter- ryl Ann Greenup, Julie Pfeiffer, Jean Siewert, Judy Smltn. uavia and George Van Schoiack, Danny Wardwell, and Diane Warren, Heppner; Howard Callff, Fenny Jones, Mary Gerberdlng, Shar on Franke, and John Lathrop, Irrigon; Linda Daniels, Anna Mae McQuaw, Jimmy raruow, and npwena West. Boardman; Roland Ekstrom, Arleta McCabe, lone. Selected as alternates in case some of these boys and oiria nr unable to attend were Joe Hausler, Jr., Elaine Gaars- land, lone, Eric Anderson ana Leora Van Winkle, Lexington. Scholarships In the amount of $25 which takes care of board, room and Incidental expenses are provided by lnterestea per sons, organizations and busi nesses. The club member pays fnr Vila own transportation. Com mittees now soliciting for schol arships are composed oi oene Marcel Jones, Hepp ner; Bill Nichols, Lexington and Charles O'Connor, lone, for the south Morrow area, Mrs. Andrew Sklles, Mrs. Schmeder, irngon, and Bib Slcard and Don Bellamy, Boardman for North Morrow area. Scholarships have been received from the Rhea Creek Grange, Lexington Grange, Pine City Ex tension Unit, and lone P.T.A. to date. It Is understood that sev eral scholarships have been col lected in North Morrow County but have not yet been reported. Boys and girls selected to rep resent Morrow county are chosen by committees of 4-H leaders and parents. Those making selections for the North Morrow area were Mrs. E. C. Daniels, Boardman; Mrs. Charles Early, Mrs. Max Jones, and Mrs. Frieda Kenney. Irrigon, while South Morrow 4-H members were chosen by Mrs. George Luclanl, Echo; Mrs. Wal ter Corley, lone; Frank Ander son, Heppner and Alfred Nelson. Jr., Lexington. Hlllard Brown and Don Clark attended the elementary school principals' meeting at Tumalum school near Milton Free water Monday.
