Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, May 25, 1961, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnor A!?Y or o HEPPNErVz 10c Copy Graduation Week Program Announced William Southworth. Stw, will five the addres at com mencement exercliK'n fur tl.o VMjl das at Heppner high school gymnasium Wednesday night. May 31 at 8 pm. Southworth, a rancher. U a well known speaker. He U Grant county' educational citizen of the year. U active in community affair, wa recently appointed to the governor' juvenile delln ,i!in y committee, and a assis tant director of livestock services for the state department of ag riculture. Allen Dennis Kergcsoi' and Larry Lyman Tibbies share the valedictory honor. Salutatorlan of the class of '61 Is Lydia Van Houie. Presentation of awards will be mai'.e by Gordon Piatt, high school principal. L. E. Dick. Jr.. chairman of the school board, will give the graduates their di plomas. The Uov. Bruce Spencer will offer the Invocation and benediction, the high school chorus will sing and the high school band will play the pro cessional and recessional. Commencement week activities will start with baccalaureate services at the high school gym nasium at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 28. The Rev. Bruce Spencer will give the address. The processional and reces sional will be played by Miss Joyce Mesler. The Rev. Charles Knox will give the Invocation and benediction. The Rev. Ray mond Beard will read the scrip ture and offer the prayer. Final Spring Concert Set For Friday The music department of Hepp ner schools will hold a spring concert Friday under the direc tion of Arnold Melby, at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the business men of Heppner who have made contributions to a scholarship fund for financing summer school work for music students. Arnold Melby, director, announced that both graduating eighth graders and high school students of the music depart ment are planning on taking these four-week concentrated courses In music and other sub jects of their choice on two cam puses this summer. Some will go to the University of Oregon. Already accepted for four week sessions at Washington State College at Pullman are graduat ing eighth graders Douglas An derson, Chris Brown, Wayne Evans, Don Munkers, Dean Rob inson, Bruce Thomson and Kathy Ray. The varied program will be made up of individual solos as well as band and chorus num bers. Featured will be Elaine Laird In a soprano solo with the high school chorus, a sousa phone solo by Dennis Campbell, a girls' trio made up of Pam Cochell, Virginia Moore and Ginny Lou Turner . Four bands will play numbers the fifth grade band, the sixth grade band and the grade school honor band as well as the high school band. In a special closing number the high school band and high school chorus will Join forces in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Accompanists for the evening will be Judy Cochell and Judy Schmidt. New Elks Club Manager In Heppner New in Heppner are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lawrence who re cently moved here from Pendle ton Lawrence Is the new club manager for the Heppner, Elks. Previous experience Includes the Elks club in Pendleton and sev eral vears as manager of the Golf and Country Club in Lew iston. Idaho. They are now at home at 36o N. Medlock street in Heppner. n v Gaze Culot for the Heppr.er high school iias of 1961 are gold and white with yellow gUdlolu the cln flower. Claw motto I "Life belongs to the living, and he who live must be prepared for changes." Making up the graduating das are: , Fern Marie Albert. Jerry Dale Anderson. Judy Ann Brlnda. Daniel Klrby Brosnan. Gerald Allen Bunch. Robert Den nis Campbell. John Albert Cason. Donald LeRoy Craber. David Oliver CreswLk, Dennis Kemp Dick. Roger Paul Doherty. Allen Dennis Kergeson. Thomas Eu gene Glass. Ronald Dean Gray. Thomas Lee Green. Stuart Mills Cribble. Mable Marlene Griffin. Sheryl Lynn Harris. LcNona Rae Hopper, William Omer Huston, Sandra Marcine Jones. Kenneth Merlin Keeling, Sharon Lee Keithley, Elaine Colette Laird. Effie Cordellia Lane. Charles William Monagle. Dori Ann Morris. Francine Jan Moyer, Nancy Kay Moyer, Robert Lee vihia Rrvnn Rov Neistadt. Mar- Jorle Peck Graves, Leroy Neal Penland, Jeannette June Schmidt, Barbara Ann Siewert, Mary Kathleen Siocum. cnanes mnn Smallwood. Kathleen Grace Spencer. William James c,,ii nrnir Fav Thomson, Larry Lyman Tibbies, Mary Eve- lyn Tucker, i-yaia ruiu Houte, Shirley Lois Van Winkle, Richard Elsa Vinson, John Fred- ii. tiraitann nnrthv Marie Vin ci 1L i iiawu.vi - J son Wilson, George Timothy Yackley. Q The program win ucy" clock. Ski Club Invites , Residents to Inspect New Site At Arbuckle . ii i.,.;ifitinn i extend- ed to Forest Service personnel, their families, and other Inter ested people to join with the ski club in a potluck picnic at the proposed new ski area site at Arbuckle Mountain Sunday, May 28, at 1:30 p. m. This will af ford an opportunity to look over the new site for those who have not already done so. In event that the weather Is foul the picnic will be called off. Area is about 5V miles on the Ukiah road from Willow Creek junction. 1961 Barley Price Support Set Prices for the 1961 crop of barley will be supported at $1.04 a bushel In Morrow County, Da vid McLeod, office manager, Itural Stabiliza tion and Conservation office, an nnnMri tnriav. This compares with a support of 90c per bushel for the 1960 barley crop. The basic rate is for barley rnAra Nn c? nr better. It is ad justed by discounts for grade and quality to determine support prices for individual producers. Discounts are the same as for the 1960 crop program. For major producing areas, county support rates reflect term inal rates less the freight and handling charges needed to get the barley to terminal markets. Terminal rates are available at the county ASC office for farm ers who wish to store their grain in a terminal elevator. As in past years, price support will be carried out through farm and warehouse stored loans and purchase agreements. Support will be available from harvest time through Jan. 31, 1962. Corn and grain sorghum pro ducers will not be eligible for price support on tneir iii crop barley unless they participate In the 1961 feed grain program. Producers of barley who did not produce corn or grain sorghum in 1959 and 1960 and who do not produce these crops in 1961 will be eligible for support on their 1961 crop barley. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edward ited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Edwards in Fossil over the week end. Hcppner. Oregon, Thursdoy, May 25, 1951 i V "".h i V" - r v . N , ' f v" ' V v I" J- '' "' - ii wr -- i-.v.n ii ' Sn bera, with Clint McQuarria In front ol Central Maikt ara Jort ol tt. owd who enjored th. pancak. breakfast rerred last Saturday during tha canned food ala. ; March Of Dimes Report Given A total of S2.072.08 was col lected In the New March of l:?n. renorts La- Verne Van Marter, Jr., campaign director. Postage expenses run to $52.80, leaving a net of $2, 019.28. The money is being divided three ways with $504.82 going to the March of Dimes Medical Research Fund. Identical amounts of $757.23 go to the National Foundation and stay In the local chapter account. The money re tained here Is to be used on the local basis for any polio or birth defect case. nf, Turk Lovd. chairman of the Morrow county chapter of the National Foundation, reports that during the past year in the coun ty two small children suffering from after-effects of polio had been helped from local chapter funds. In one instance braces were purchased for the child. The other case Is at an ortho pedic hospital where treatment Is being given. In the case surgery may be come necessary, Mrs. Loyd said the local chapter would assume all expenses Involved even though it would be of a very expensive type. In this manner, money collected from county residents is returned to them, she said. The public U Invited to the Pioneer Picnic at the fair grounds at noon Memorial Day. Local residents are asked to bring vegetable dishes, salads or desserts. Other food is provided. National Wheat League Program Wins Approval Morrow County Farm Bureau adopted the National Wheat League program as the one to back at a meeting at the Gene Cutsforth home Tuesday night. The program, a two-price plan based on unit control, will be presented to the Oregon Farm ronnintinns conference June 8-9 at Redmond and the lo cal group will promote accept ance as the official program of the Oregon Farm Bureau. Robert Kirk. Pendleton, field supervisor of Farm Bureau in surance men for seven counties, explained the expansion and re organization program of Farm Bureau insurance to the mem bers. HHS Classes 1925-30 Reunion Sunday Alumni of Heppner high school fmm Hasses of 1925 through 1930 will hold a reunion at the Terrill Benge ranch on Rhea Creek next Sunday, May 28. A notluck dinner begins at 1 p. m. and open house will be held after 3 p. m. Anyone wisn ing to visit old friends Is Invited to attend the open house. Fumes 78th Year, Number 12 7 T I POPPY SALE Tha American Legion Aux iliary assisted by Rainbow Girl from Heppner will bo telling popple on the troet of Heppner In observance of Poppy Day. Friday and Sat urday. Thl program 1 In honor of tha American war dead. Henry Happold, 72, Dies At Home Today Henry Happold, who celebra ted his seventy-second birthday Sunday, died at . his home In Heppner at 9:15 this morning following a long illness. He was born and raised in Sherman county and had lived in Heppner over forty years. He had been in the wheat treating busi ness here for many years and retired some time ago. Survivors are his wife Vera, Heppner; two daughters, Mrs. Oral Wright of Seattle and Mrs. Herbert Hamilton of Heppner; two brothers John and Dutch, Heppner; two sisters in Portland, five grandchildren, ana seven great grandchildren. ; The body Is at Creswlck Mort uary pending funeral arrange ments. Kinzua Makes Big Timber Purchase Near Ukiah Officials of Kinzua Corpora tion have announced that the firm was the successful bidder on 9,100,000 board feet of tim ber on the Thompson Creek sale. The timber is located about 14 miles southwest of Ukiah, and will be logged into the Heppner plant, company officials stated. virmia forDoration paid $109,- 360.00 for the timber. Bid prices per thousand board feet were. rvvnHArriQA nine. $16.65; Douglas fir, $3.85; western larch, $5.85; white fir and other .uu; puis an additionel $1.75 for slash dis posal. Four firms submitted bids. Local Students Win Honors Jean Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Collins, Heppner, i t nriupnll. son of Mr. anu inc3 , ---- -- and Mrs. James H. Driscoll, Hep- pner, nave Deen iiuui - participate in the honors pro- . tha iPfil-G2 academic groin iui m. - year at Eastern Oregon College, La Grande. The EOC honors program is de signed to offer a challenge to the superior student, school of ficials stated. Both students are Heppner high school graduates. Special Scout Meeting Tuesday There will be a special meet ing held In Heppner Legion hall Tuesday. May 30 at 7:30 p. m. for all Boy Scouts Interested In attending Summer Camp at Wal lowa lake. Further information will be given at this meeting. Board Wms Bu $4,380 Reduction LUCKY IOCK W1NKC W1LL ItCCCIYC ISO IN BUCKS Tb third Lucky Buck 4"rv id will t fctld Saturday at J: 30 p.m. ia tha itor of par ticipatiBf mercbaat. Bcum tha flttt plara wiaaet was set prtfteot ta collct m wianlogi at tha last drawtnf tha top prtif will b ISO. It U Dcarr la ba piaMol tn participatlna ttota ta win. MKbaatt ara ttaturlna. P clal values for tbeta aTant. Western Pipeline Vorkers To Move To Area Soon An official of Western Pipe line Company reported Wednea dav that the ditch crew will move Its head office either to Heppner or lone In about two week. The crew is preparing the ditch for pipe for Pacific Gas Transmission Company' b I g line. It Is made up of 115 men. hlsmt one-third living In trailer houses, one-third single men. and one third with famllle who will be looking for housing. The crew Is already working close to lone from the Condon base. They spent six weeks In Madras, about five week will be In Condon, and the stay here would be expeetPd ,0 about six weeks. The company official said that parts of the crew are now driv ing to Condon from Moro. lone, Heppner. Arlington, and other surrounding communities. He also reported that a crew of 9V) workers laying the pipe were working about two months behind tne aiicn laym crew. They would be followed by a cleanup crew. Laying of pipe started at Bend last week. Wranglers Hold First Play Day Of Season The Morrow County Wranglers club held their first field day ,. coicnn nn Mflv 21 at the Jerry Dougherty ranch under sunny skies. A potluck lunch was served at noon. A full schedule of events was held, making many points possi ble for the winners. In pole bending, Junior dlv lslon, Ruby Fulleton was first, Michele Miller second and Becky Fulleton third. In the intermed iate division, aged 13 through 17, Diane Fulleton was first, Sharon Bunch second and David Proud foot third. In the senior group Bob Steagall was first, Cornett Green second and Bill Smethurst third. The stake racing events saw Becky Fulleton first and Ruby Fulleton second for Juniors; Diane Fulleton first, David Proudfoot second and Sharon Bunch third for intermediates; Jerry Dougherty first, Bill Smeth urst second and Marion Finch third in seniors. Placing in barrel racing were Becky Fulleton first, Michelle Miller second, Ruby Fulleton third In Juniors; Sharon Bunch first, Diane Fulleton second and David Proudfoot third In inter mediates; Cornett Green first, Pat Dougherty second and Ben Steagall third in seniors. Calf roping winners were Jim Steagall first and Tom Martin second in Juniors and Jerry Dougherty first and Cornett Green second in seniors. In the Junior sack race Ruby Fulleton was first, Mark Miller second and Becky Fulleton third. Musical rope race winners were Becky Fulleton first and Ruby Fulleton second In Junior division; Diane Fulleton first and David Proudfoot second In intermediate division; Bob Steag all first, Pat Dougherty second: and Roice Fulleton third in sen iors. The winning team in the bat relay was made up of Bob Steag all, Jerry Dougherty and Bill Smethurst. Placing second were Diane Fulleton, Roice Fulleton and David Proudfoot Timers for the day's play were Thelma Smethurst, Dimple Mun kers and Edna Fetsch. Jim Mil ler was flagman, Al Fetsch an nouncer and Wilbur Steagall was gateman. School Budget Rejected For Second Time Tn virtei .f Morrow County at:aln rejected the budget for l'.cl 62 operation of the county m hooU. Turned down at the poll Friday was a revised budget which ha J been reduced $13,405 from the one rejected March 27. The vote wa one cf the hev lei on record In a school elec tion. A total of 455 approved and 503 turned down tne ouugei. Filday" vote showed the same trend a the previous one. Bal in Henmier and Irrliton ap proved the budget; those In other communities turned the tide to "no." The rejection vote was narrow ed to only 4! votes In the last trip to the poll"- This is the result ny towns in Morrow county: Heppner Yes 202; no 173. Haniman Ruccs yes 16; no 47. Lexington yes 26; no 104. lone yes &5; no Boardman yes 31; no 41. Irrlgon yes 95; no fi. lone Surveyed For New Homes A reliable source reported to day that the engineers building ih Parlfle Gas Transmission Company's Canada-California natural gas pipeline were in me lone area surveying the town. Working at lone both Friday and Saturday last week the com pany representative Interviewed people of the town about the schools, city facilities, recreation and other aspects of the area. He said that due to a change in the company plans, which was not explained, permanent cm ninveea wore exDected to be lo cated at either Condon or lone. Surveying for construction of between 14 and 26 houses was reported made. Decision as to whether the new id be located at lone or Condon was expected to be made by company officials and announced at an early date. C. N. McLaughlin Services Held Tuesday r rnrnnliniia N. MC Laughlln, 79, was held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at St. Pat rick's Catholic church here. celebrated IVftJUlClll luunj at 10 a. m. Tuesday by Father Raymond Beara, at i. nf rT niicrhlln died May 19 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe rs.i.... nnor VlnQOn He was uont-iiy, --- born in County Donegal, Ireland, Feb. 28, 1882. He came to this area in 1900 and settled on a farm near Vinson which he oper ated until a few years ago. He was married to Mary L. Doherty July 6, 1915. He was a member of St. Agnes catnonc nmiui " Pilot Rock. , , Survivors are nine sons: uamei d DMnowir! N. Y.. James C, Spokane; John F., Nampa, Idaho; Hugh K., Spokane; Joseph C, Pendleton; Robert P., Heppner; Herbert A., Pendleton; C. Michael, Pendleton; Terence E., Pendle ton; four daughters, Kathryn M. Wright, Kodiak, Alaska; Nonle L. Pointer, Lexington; Virginia A. Conlon, Pendleton; Sally Springer, Spokane; IS grand- children, ins wue unu one .. preceded him in death. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mexico" Theme Of Local Program t-r. i on,! Mrs. Robert Belle- ..in., ttt vornov. pa., will elve a report on the Mexican people showing their cnurtu their needs at the All Saints Episcopal parish hall Tuesday, May 30, at 8 p.m. The speakers will wear Mexi can costumes, show colored slides, play taped music, and suggest methods of teaching with the use of props. The report is based on a recem my of the songs re corded have not been heard out side the country beiore. The public is invuea auu rnOT-om wtii nrove of interest to children as well as adults. Ilinrfrrnnrten Picnic A change in the kindergarten picnic should be. a potluck din r.t m arw lunch, as was previously stated. The youngsters lie i .'J. -- will ne piCKcri up oi a.j" dgeJ Again; Made night many Idea were prented a M why the voter had. far the second time, rejected the county school budget. The spec Itl meeting called to can tat vote on the lat election and to decide en a course of ctlon. Agreement nwmed general that the "no vote wa not a monetary vote. Stating that they Uhed to know the reason jH-jlty imu min .... - . vised budget the board aked for comment from the ome 100 Ia nrounl and that tl When y V . t . I " . . the opinions came to light A mtement wa made tnai .i... a.hnM mthletle pro gram la the dUtrlct U highly unpopular, but ome preent de fended; it. i- .i. ... I mumtw-r PredrlcK KIWI , , Martin. lone. ald the people in Heppner voteu ... . ...... iKm kail not been gei uimiuk in- - - allowed to vote on the location for the new tcnooi. oui mu that the state law had recently been changed and the board could not permit the people to vote on sucn mi' . ...nn..iUn ilh made that the singing class In the grade schools be discontinued and the regular teachers Instruct singing. u ...r- alnxt that bU v. j i hi i a v - service was provided for one or . . i . knmn 11 til two cnuuren 10 tu - ... i .-.' r than thev su niiiiui" - could on a later, regular-run bus. . ,L.i v. a T Avlnff. It was ataiea wmi ton vote was lost because the a nnn b 7.1 1 ust advice uouru now - of the Lexington advisory com- t !-. Ia nraeflnr mittee in re niring mc administrator. . , tt Lexington peop.e n.-et and stay away from board meet- t "i .trip no pood uig to Indicate their wishes." Eldon Padbcrg said. .i i..ii. nf iha litem school buniiiiauu" .-!-- athletic program was suggested until athletes are willing to keep In training." r-.l rtloL. Knarrl chairman. SalU CU V-ll . - that he personally felt the schol- astic requ.ren.ema ii - In Heppner high were too low. Don McElligott, lone, stated he was In favor of cutting the number of games permitted in the grade school athletic pro- Kenneth Peck suggested that ui hnnrit attf-mnt to lWa tne Bunoui ' out why people were voting against the budget. Msr. Paul Brown suggested the . j mil- a nuestionnalre Doaru bciiu wv - - to find out what the peop e dis approved of In their schools and what it would take to pass a bUOrvllle Cutsforth said that In li. ii,i-i1T tn manv Deople BU Ilia miw"B - ' .-.,- he had not heard any criticism of teachers or teachers' salaries, except administrators. ,...,., tn whv the George 111 aiioTT- .... property was not sold now that a building is being constructed on a new site, board chairman Dick said that the property might be neeaea i a -----J? thu two-hour dls- cusslon period the board made S5y one school district policy change in operating the schools. Members voted to discontinue the practice of the school district v r .. frnm Tone transporting wuueuu ----and Heppner to Lexington after athletic practices. Deciding to uiapco convening the budget committee, . action was taken to cut the bud get by $4,380.00. The board said this would make the levy for he new budget the same as th 1960-61 budget required. This . j . v., oVinc into was arnvea m " - - . consideration addUonai funds Which Will oe rewc.cv. ... ftld- i ttroo A vote on the new duuB scheduled for Monday, June 19. Board .member,agreed not to campaign ior iob -budget except as individuals, in A motion was made and passed to exercise the option calling lor .nmnletlon of the eight room unit at Heppner. Piano Recital . . t postal Knox riano biuucuu. j - ... ... .....noil In recital at Will oe --- - the Christian Church at 3.00 p. m. Sunday. May 28. The puDuc ia invjicu. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. Friday 74 u Saturday 79 46 Sunday T7 50 Monday 73 43 Tuesday 76 40 Wednesday w Thursday 73 43 Maximum temperature, 79. Minimum, 34. No rainfall for the week. To tal for the year Is 7.66 inches.