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Heppn
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Pioneer Picnic
At Fairgrounds
Memorial Day
The annual Pioneer Picnic will
be held at the fair building at
noon Tuesday. June 30, Memor
ial Day. Registration will begin
at 11 a. m. with Mra. Cene Fer
guson, secretary, in charge.
This U the annual occasion
when local people are hosts to
visiting ex-resident of the coun
ty. The number attending has
steadily risen and last year 275
ttrned out. Many old friends
look forward to meeting each
year at this picnic, which has
been held annually for a num
ber of years. It was originally
held on the courthouse lawn, but
because the weather on Mem
orial Day cannot be depended
upon It was changed to the fair
grounds building several years
ago.
Gurnet Barratt. chairman, has
announced that the committee
decided against any program
this year. The picnic is held as
an occasion for old friends to
meet and the time will be spent
In talking and visiting.
The committee Is furnishing
the meat, coffee, Ice cream, bread
and butter. Local residents at
tending are asked to bring vege
table dishes, salads or desserts.
Those who wish can make a
contribution to help defray ex
penses of the food provided by
the committee.
The general public is cordially
Invited.
Administrative Cost
Of Schools Reduced,
P.T.A. Is Told
Reduction of costs of operating
the administration of the Mor
row district schools was outlined
at the Heppner P.T.A. meeting
last week by school district
board member Fredrick Martin.
Using figures taken from the
auditor's report for the last year
before consolidation,, 1958-59,
Martin said the amount spent
by the many districts in tha
county for clerks was $9,933.81
and the proposed 1961-62 school
budget calls for $4,400.00 for this
purpose. Administrative secre
taries in tho county were
$3,394.85. the new budget shows
9Km Th travel fund was
$2,841.91; the new budget shows
$2,600. One administrative sal
ary was taken out; the new bud
get shows $11,000 for county
school administration, the fig
ure at the 1958-59 period was
$17,000.
A panel discussion of the bud
get was held with Bill Barratt
acting as moderator. Dick Wilk
inson and Fred Martin, both
school board members, and
Frank Anderson, budget chair
man, also took part.
Mrs. Lena Kelly, who has
taught in the county for 43 years,
was honored and presented a
traveling bag by Mrs. L. E. Dick
on behalf of the P.T.A. member
ship. Historian, Mrs. Douglas
Drake gave a resume of Mrs.
Kelly's experiences as a teacher
in the early days of the county.
Robert L. Hopper, newly elec
ted president, was installed.
Hopper, who moved here in De
cember, 1957 from Spray, was
a two-term president of P.T.A.
there and held that position at
the time he moved here. He also
served on the school board at
Spray. He is employed by Mor
row County Creamery, and is a
member of the Spray Baptist
church.
Other elected officers for 1961
62 installed were Mrs. Ray Mas
sey, vice president; Mrs. ?els
Anderson, secretary; and Mrs.
Lew Robbins. treasurer.
Vernon Flowers' fifth grade
room won the room count.
Refreshments were served in
the school cafeteria by first
trade room mothers, Mrs. Clyde
Allstott. Mrs. Darrel McLachlan,
frc rimer Bern- and Mrs. Stan
ley to.
Mr. and Mr. P. W. MahoneT
aa Doranta' Week-end at
Pacific University In Forest,
Grove. They were appointed on J
the Parents' Board for 1961-6-:.;
G AZETTE
TRASH tlCXVT
The city crew will pick up
trash el the curb May 22 and
29. os a part el the cleanup
campaign.
Expect Big Crowd
For Class Reunion
Class member of the Heppner
hlch school classes of 1923
through 1930 will hold a re
union at the Terrll Benge ranch
on Rhea Creek Sunday, May 2tf.
A pot luck dinner will be held
at 1 p. m. and en house will
bo held after 3 for any non
class members In the area who
might like to visit with old
friends. Approximately 150-200
are expected to attend.
Main dishes will be furnished
by classmate of the Heppner
area, Harold Erwln, chairman,
and Irma Kelthley, secretary
treasurer, announced.
Arrangements for sleeping
quarters are being made for out-of-town
guests by the committee.
A check of records shows that
a large number of each class
remain in the Heppner vicinity.
In the class of '25, six are still
living here; in class of 26, 9;
In class of '27. 13; class of '28,
7; class of '29, 7; and class of
'30, 4.
City Zoning
Discussed At C. of C.
The possibility of zoning the
city of Heppner was discussed
at the Monday meeting of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce. The chamber
umnt tn rpftird as favorlnz the
'action by recommending that
the chamber planning and dev.
elopment committee make rec
ommendations to the mayor and
city council.
Elmer Schmidt, chairman of
the planning and development
nnmmiitM rpnnrtpd that the lo
cal trailer court was full and
that additional trailerhouses are
coming Into town with no place
set up for them to park. The com
mittee has recommended an or
ganized effort be made towara
locating trailer houses coming
tho ommnnltv In one loca
tion, with facilities for trailer
house living provided.
1961-62 P.T.A.
Committees Named
Robert L. Hopper, newly in
stalled president of Heppner
Parent-Teacher Association, has
announced the committee groups
for next year's program. They
are:
Parliamentarians, Mr. and Mrs.
L, E. Dick. Historians, Mr. and
Mrs. Hillard Brown. Scholarship,
Gordon Pratt, chairman, Mrs.
Roy Kirk, Dr. Wallace Wolff,
Mrs. Charles Knox and Dr. E. K.
Schaffitz. Legislation, Robert
Van Houte. School board repre
sentative, Andy Van Schoiack.
Program, Mrs. Arnold Melby,
chairman, Mrs. Marshall LoV
gren. Hospitality, Mrs. Robert
Abrams, chairman, Mrs. Wilbur
Worden, Mrs. Calvin Sherman
and Mrs. Gene Hall. Study group,
Mrs. Bill Barratt, chairman, and
Mrs. Dick Wilkinson. Room
v,tVior rpnrpsentatives, Mrs. Rob
ert Hopper, chairman, and Mrs.
William Brinda. Public relations,
Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn. Ways
and means, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Siewert, and Mrs. Toussent
n.,h,,o,,o wealth and safety,
Velma Glass. Membership, Mrs.
Glenn Smith, cnairman, anu iua.
Bill Olson.
The first meeting of P.T.A. in
iUr fall JL'l 11 he the reception
me ......
held for teachers, which has been
set for September 13.
Methodist Minister
In Auto Wreck
Austin McGhee lost
r,tfni of his car in eravel Fri
day afternoon and the auto went
over a bluff, turned over and
headed back in the opposite di
rection before coming to a halt.
Rev. McGhee was shaken up
and slightly bruised.
The accident occurred on high
way 74 about 11 miles south of
Heppner.
The car was extensively damaged.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Moy 13, 1951
$50 First Prize
For Next Lucky
Buck Drawing
Twenty dollars was won In
Lucky Buck at the Lucky Buck
day last Saturday In Heppner.
Sara Adkln won $10. the second
prize; Blanche Barlow won third
prize of $5.00; and Vivian Hague
wood won fifth prize of $5.00.
Mrs. Haguewood wa In the hos
pital so her prize was delivered
to her by member of the com
mittee. rirwt ami f mirth prize winner
were not present to claim their
money. Joan Moe. nrsi prize
ulnnAr U'lt h $25.00. was out cf
town being fitted for her Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo
queen' outfit. Her prize will be
added to the first prize for the
next drawing, making a uni
first prize of $50.00 on May 27.
Fourth prize winner, Kelthley
L. Blake, was also not present
for his $5.00 prize.
i ..iru Rnrk rfava are the sec
ond and fourth Saturdays of
each month. Anyone who ha
not signed up for them may do
so In any of the 61 participating
business houses of the city.
4-H Livestock
Field Day
Saturday, May 20
a.u livpstork leaders of Mor
row county have set Saturday,
May 20, as the annual 4-H live
stock Field Day, according to
Joe Hay, county agent. The field
day will again be held at the
Alfred and Norman Nelson farm
north of Lexington. All 4-H mem
bers, leaders and parents are
Invited.
A Ma nrnrrnm for the day is
scheduled to start at 9:00 a. m.
(rhirid nf livestock. Dem
onstrations on fitting and groom
ing animals for show demonstra
tions will be given by several
members. At 10:30, 4-H leaders
will help club members with
grooming of their animals In
preparation for the Junior Live
ctnrir Show sDonsored by the
Oregon Wheatgrowers League at
The Dalles, June 4-7.
All who attend are asked to
bring a sack lunch. Tne nel
sons will furnlsn tne reiresn-
monts
The afternoon program will
start at 1:00 p. m. sharp with a
movie titled, "Your Lamb Goes
to the Fair." Following the mo
vies, 4-H members will be given
Instructions on showmanship
and judging of each class of
livestock. The program is expec
ted to wind up about 3:30 p. m.
Champion Coach
Resigns At lone
Coach Chuck Hudson, lone, has
resigned his position at the lone
high school to accept a position
at Rpnri hi eh school, where he
will be head basketball coach
and assistant football coach in
the A-l school.
it had earlier been reported
that Hudson was going to Battle
ground, Wash., but he said the
Bend offer was received while he
was considering the Battle
ground contract and since it was
- . . i - S Ma.
a better position ne accepted .
Hudson has been coach at lone
for four years. He coached the
Cardinals football team to a
state championship last fall and
won the district hoop champion
ship this year. His teams have
won the district football title
thp last two vears. won two di
vision basketball championships
and tied for another.
Ho is a Pendleton high school
and Lewis and Clark College
graduate. He taught at Milton-
Freewater five years before
going to lone.
BREAKS WRIST
Mrs. Walter Wright slipped
and fell while fishing Sunday
breaking her right wrist
She was taken to Pioneer
Memorial hospital where she
was kept as a patient until Tues
day.
78th Year, Number 1 1
Karen French Wins
Science Fair Medal
Karen French. 13. daughtrr cf
Mr and Mr. Raymond French.
Heppner. received a silver medal
for her Science Fair exhibit at
the Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry- ThU U part of the
Northwest Selene Fair being
held In Portland from May 6
through May 27.
Karen' winning exhibit was
The Body. Including free hand
drawing of the body and the
organ and gland. It will be on
display at the Fair until May
27.
100 Growers Attend
Striped Rust
Meeting Here
Approximately 100 wheat
prower attended a meeting last
night at the fair annex to de
termine the extent oi damage
from striped rust to the 1961
wheat crop.
Striped rust In tne county is
not as prevalent a at first
thought. Last night' meeting
showed that though some fields
are badly Infested, others are
in hptter condition. It Is thought
that this spotty infestation may
Indicate a difference in suscep
tihiiitv tn the rust snores due
to wheat varieties. N. C. Ander
son, county agent, said that this
possibility will be investigated
and plans are to watch carefully
those fields which show less in
festation. A record of wheat var
ieties will be made, showing
both those whtcn are most sus
ceptible and those with greatest
resistance.
Anderson said that with the
continuation of warm weather,
which arrest tha rust, only
about a 25 per cent ;oss wouia
be shown in those fields most
affected.
"Dr. Robert Powelson, Oregon
stt University, reported that
the infestation was worse than
usual this year all over the Pa
cific Northwest. It appears to be
lant in Washington,
where much loss Is anticipated
to the crops, ana in Morrow
f-nnntv la heaviest in the north
end. He said that normally the
rust spore is killed by the cold
winter weather, but the past
mild winter enabled the spores
to live on stubble and wild
grasses. It is known that about
10,000 spores develop In one pos
tule, which creates quick lnfes-.
tatlon. ,
There Is no chemical control
known, except sulphur, which is
prohibitive because of the ex
pense involved. It would cost
about $60 to treat one acre for
(ho hni season with sulphur.
Pnconrph is belne carried on and
a meeting of research men from
Oregon State University, univer
citir nf Idaho, and Washington
State University is planned for
later this week at Fuuman. iney
will speed up the program at the
three schools to find a chemical
control and to develop new
wheat varieties which It is hoped
will be more resistant to the
spores.
Following Dr. Powelson s talk
the evening was spent in Infor
mal discussion and a question
npriod. No further
meetings are anticipated at this
time. The county agents ouice
will keep ranchers of the area
informed on developments.
"All we can do right now is
hope the sun shines brightly,"
Anderson said.
CONCERT AT IONE
A combined concert by the
lone grade and high school
ha been announced for Fri
day. May 19. 7:30 P-"
the lone gym- No admission
will be charged. Refresh
ments will be served by the
band mother.
Mr. nd Mrs. William E. Smith
are living In lone where he is
wnrkine for Gus Jannsen. Mrs.
Terrel Benge Is the daughter of
Mrs. Smith.
BUI Hecly and hi mother. Mrs.
Annie Healy, were in Portland
over the week-end to visit his
daughter, Susan, in the hospital.
Mr. and Mr. Phil Blakney
took Mrs. George Blakney to
Adams Sunday to stay with her
sister, Mrs Lee Carlson, for a
few days.
budget
Preliminary Zoning
Plans Presented
Preliminary plan for ronlng
the county north of the Base
Line were presented the county
court and th county planning
commission by Lloyd Anderson,
chief planner for the State De
partment of running and Devel
opment at a meeting here last
week.
Member of the court and the
county planner went over the
suggested ue In each rone, re
viewed the limitation on uses
allowed, and looked Into the pro
cedure for variances, condition
of use, and zone chance. Agree
ment was reached on the pre
liminary report. Final plan for
th Interim zoning ordinance
will be drawn up by Anderson
and presented to the group with
in two week. This i to be fol
lowed by a public hearing and
the zoning Is expected to go
Into effect Immediately after.
Poppy Day Will
Be Observed Here
May 26 and 27
The American Legion Auxil
iary announced today that 1961
Popdv Days will be observed
here May 26 and 27.
Auxiliary Poppy chairman,
Mrs. Loyal Parker said the an
nual observance is held to honor
the more than 500,000 Americans
who died, and the nearly 1,000,000
Americans who were wounded,
In both world wars and the Kor
ean conflict.
"Memorial popples, made by
Hisahled veterans of this coun
try's past three wars, will be
worn both as a memorial to our
twor iload. and as a tribute to
the disabled," Mrs. Parker said.
She added the red paper poppies
supplied in this area were maae
at the Veterans hospital in Rose-
Kiirrr
Tha American Lecion AUXUituy
ka Bnnnv Tinv ha one basic
saiu i t J .r - .
purpose to provide a personal
i tua nation's
means oi "-
war dead. Volunteer worKers
frm fho Auxiliary and other
groups have donated their time
to hold tnis annual prugiam.
Anviiiarv officials said that al-
.i..,v. ail funds received from
uiuuk" " - , , ,
Poppy Day go either to disabled
veterans or their families, the
in ruirnnso of the observance
is to honor America's war dead.
Dennis Fergeson
Wins $500
Scholarship
Allen Dennis Fergeson, age 18,
senior student at Heppner high
school, has won a $500 National
Honor Society Regional Scholar
ship, provided by the National
Association of Secondary School
Principals, Washington, D. C, it
was announced today by Gordon
R. Pratt, high school principal.
This scholarship was won In
a national scholarship competlt
ion of 65,000 high ranking sen
ior members of the National
Honor Society In over 8,700
schools throughout the nation.
The scholarship winner is the
cn of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fer
geson. He Plans to enter Oregon
State University, majoring in
civil engineering. Dennis is tied
. . . 1 . . AO
for first in nis ciass oi to mem
bers. Lutheran Pastor
Suffers Mild
Heart Attack
The Rev. Joseph Groschupf,
Spokane, who has been acting
as interim minister at Hope and
Valby Lutheran churches, suffer
ori heart attack last week. He
is recuperating at his Spokane
home and is expected to De aoie
to resume his duties here in
about a week.
There were no Sunday mcrn
incr services at Hope Lutheran
last Sunday. Services next Sun
day, May 21. will be hell at tne
usual hour with John Hartman
acting as lay leader.
Kenneth Robinson has been
chosen by the congregations as
th npw minister for the two
churches. He will be graduated
In June from the seminary at
St. Paul. Minn., and will report
for his duties here about the
first of July following his ord
ination at his home church In
California.
Outmoded School Tax Boio No Longer
Realistic; Needs Revision
f.it ru- r.iumv s.hm.1 DiitiUliihe lessl basis for borrowing."
buiU-et, which will be voted on
Friday. May 19. discussed
Heppner Morrow County
St
Chamber f Commerce Monday
noon.
I Duk. Jr.. school board
chairman, presided at the dl
russlon and told the member
that the tvai her pupil ratio In
the county-wide district '
pood. In the Heppner school
there I one teacher for each 20
ktudents: In the rest cf the
county there I one for each 12
students.
The kind of schools you want.
the kind of program you pro
vide. Is up to you." itotcrt van
Houte. administrator, said. The
people should be aware of their
resMinslbilltle. It Is Impossible
for the schools to operate with
out a budget, reopie sttouu
know where they stand and
what the choice Is." he added.
In outlining the alternative
if the budcet I turned down
again. Van Houte stated that a
hudeot must be approved by
July 15 in order for the money to
be Included on tne tax rous.
"No tax for school purpose
hove the 6 percent limitation
can be on the tax roll unless
it Is in tho assessor hands by
July 15." he stated. He explain
ed that warrant cannot oe is
sued until a budget ha been
approved by the voters, and
stated that there wouia De
onnueh monev within the 6 per
cent limitation, plus Income from
other sources, to operaie me
schools only until the middle of
November. A warrant can be Is
sued only when the money is
borrowed, and money cannot be
borrowed until a budget na
been approved, he said.
"The school msmcr coum
find Itself in the position of not
having enough money to oper
ate the schools, and not having
Clean-up Paint-up
Results
Noticeable
Many property owner in rais0 the tax base alter tne
Heppner are taking advantage present budget has been adop
of Cleanup-Paintup Month of ted Dick stated the board will
May to change the appearance definitely have to consider this
. i. . . 1 1 J I nn Ortsvi a a fa iLiiu..
of thnir hulldlnes. home are
going in for bright colors, some
are repainting tne same wwi,
h.it nil look briehter and
cleaner and more attractive.
Phir Pharmacv painted tne
inforinr nnrno time ana and the
woodwork is now being finished.
Heppner Auto sales, inc., is
redecorating the showroom and
the shop.
Th rinTPttP.TImes front has
hon romodpled and painted out
side and repairs made on the
Interior.
Tho nHiflPont citv fire hall
front has also been painted.
HeDDner Variety atore nas a
new metal awning.
wiionn'a Men's Wear is redec
orating the inside of the store
and the upper part of the out
nf fho hiilldlne is being re
furbished, with plans to paint it
later.
Lott's Electric Is putting new
sldlne and trim on the outside
of the building.
All Saints' Episcopal church
is being painted a lighter shade
of grey.
Some rooms at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital are being re-decorated.
,
Many alleys and vacant lots
are being cleared of rubbish. The
city crew will continue pickup
of trash on Mondays, May 22 and
29.
Pipeline Right-of-Woy
Completed In Area
Charles O'Connor, mayor of
lone, has reported that the right-of-way
crew clearing the road
bed for the gas pipe line fin
ished work in the lone area yes
terday and will be leaving the
location. He said he understood
the right-of-way Is now cleared
to the Columbia River, and that
the crew had completed this con
tract
Approximately j.u xommca
i cinai mpn had lived In lone
for a short time wnne empioyeo.
on this work.
Earlier another small crew had
laid the Jackets for the pipe
under the roadbeds and bridge.
The pipeline Is part of the
Pacific Gas Transmission Com
pany's Canada-California natur
al gas line. No information as
to when the actual laying of the
pipe will take place has been
available. O'Connor said a
spokesman for the right-of-way
crew said they expected the fol
lowing crew would be working
this section "soon."
1MR
Van Houte Hated.
About $. u will U nee-
f ry beyond the fl percent Urn.
nation. If the budget U passed
loo late to get on the tx roll
this year the Interest for thl
amount wuM be added to next
yeaf taxe.
I retceat limitation Explained
Questions from the audience
Indicated that there 1 a wide-
spread misunderstanding about
the u percent limitation ana
what It mean. ome even saia
that they were under the lm-
.rt.iin that thl meant if the
budget Is not passed the school
will have the ame amount of
money, plu 6 pet ,h,t theV
had for operation last year. Thl
I not true. Dick stated.
tt,.hrt Abrams. attorney tor
the school district, explained the .
six per cent limitation. He au
a tax base was established for
district when they were orig
inally organized. These tae
were carried on during the ex
istence of the district. Tax law
say that no tax can be levied
more than 6 per cent higher than
the highest tax base m tne pasi
three year. Because the original
base Is so much lower than the
..fu.ni roots nf operating the
.-hrtnia Hue to Inflation, heavier
student loads, and similar caus
es, we no longer have a realistic
nlrture of school operational
cost In the old tax base.
Some school districts in tne
state have raised the tax base
for their school. Thl Is done
by a vote of the peP'e
budget committee can then have
figures within which they must
build a budget. They are restrlc
ted to not going beyond the tax
base plus 6 per cent, in uioi
case the public no longer must
vote on the school budget each
year. However, If the budget com
!,! wishes to eo beyond the
6 per cent limitation the vote
W ...... - 1I.,Ia (.V
1 necessary, w nn a reni.
h.. hrs U more Incentive to
atempt to make the budget with-
out putting tne aisinci i w
expense of a vote. ...
Abrams suggesxeu uii "
would be better for the school
district and for the taxpayers to
nnoclhllltV.
Van Houte said that the cost
of holding a school election was
i.f Awn hv uslnflr the schools
as voting places, but still ran
tvi for each election held.
This year we will have two votes
on the budget, last year was one,
and the year oeiore mere
. rn.ti of crpttlncr a budget
LWU. vuaw o "
passed could be avoided If the
tax base were raised by a vote
of the populace,
iirttt. 4h unrealistic tax base
which Morrow ounty School Dis
trict now has an Item oi Dtra,wo
is outside the 6 per cent 11ml
otinn. and it is this amount on
which the vote is held.
Mrs. Elaine George, a member
of the school board who worked
on the budget, said, -u w
good budget, there are no uu
in it." She stressed tnai
would be necessary to pass this
u.,,of tn nrovlde an adequate
education for the children of the
county.
Vote on the budget win De
held at schools of the county on
Friday, May 19, between me
f o. nd S d. m. At Hepp-
ner the voting place has been
changed from the high school to
the stage oi tne jmumpuiyvac
room in the elementary school.
Heppner TV, lnc.f
Holds Annual Meet
HonnnAr TV. Inc. has 417 mem-
occota nf S62.351.28 ac-
cording to the financial report
given at the annual meeting re
cently. $23,368.01 Is reserved for
depreciation and $17,392.40 Is
held as an operating rcseivc. vu-
ligations amount to ;ou.oi.
Conley Lanham, Heppner, was
elected president with E. E.
Gontv to serve as vice president.
Haskell Sharrard, last years
board president, was eiectea to
the vacant five-year term on the
board of directors at the annual
i
meeting
WEATHER
HI Low Prec.
60 37
62 37
65 40 .04
63 43 .02
67 40
73 45
69 41
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Maximum temperature,
73.
Minimum. 37.
Rainfall for the week was .06
of an Inch. Total for the yar
Is 7.72 Inches.