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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1961)
LIIKARY u or 0 cuacNC. OKC Third" Vote Expected to Big Turnout Vein ( Mm" County wilt k to Ih poll Monday to cast ihrir .al!.i in the VM C3 school luuiil H I budget fur the ihlrd lime. Firl tiling on the budH viu luM March 27 and 349 yes tites and 519 no uir tw cast Fol lowing the turndown at the pulls the nhiw-l tu Jtrel committee -l;a-d $13,103 frvrni the $KSV) riflnal amount. This was ac-i-omplwhi-d mainly by rutting $.1u) (run the amount needed in cort)!-tf twi additions! Monu at the M'hiKil now under con struction at Heppner, Otlnr smaller cut were made from various Item on recom mendation of the public. and the budget Ma re submitted May 19. It wan again voted down, thouch by a narrowing martin. The count 4M e vote and 503 tut votes. Al a Mu'dal inti-ling May 25 the liurd trimmed another S4.3MO f .in the figure and decided to n--submit the same budget. By decreasing the total by thl par ticular amount the board was able to offer a budget which can be taised without any Increase in taxes for school purposes. The revised budget I Increased over the. 11C0 C1 figure but the In creased revenues and tax offsets from the basic school fund bal ance off the budget Increase. Actual vote win oe on $497, 1C2.0O. the amount beyond the 6 per cent limitation. Those working on the budget have stated that the lower fig ure represents the minimum needed to carry on the operation "of the schools for the coming year. Curtailing of the school program has already resulted from the two reductions In the budget, they state, and further cuts cannot be anticipated. Though many reasons have been advanced for rejection of the budget, no one reason can be pinpointed which seems to cover the subject. It Is apparently generally felt by those opposed that a loss of incnl control exists In this pivotal first county-wide administrative ..nit rin iho other hand, school hnnri members say that reject ing the budget cannot dissolve New Teachers Hired By School Board Three teachers were hired for the lone schools at the District o.i hnnrd meetine Monday night. Glenn Beihl will teach social studies at lone high ana wiu be the new coach. Beihl, a 1956 graduate of Montana State, taught for one year at Dixon, Mont., and for the past three years has been teaching and coaching at Missoula. Employed to be physical edu cation instructor and to teach English was Aletha Grytness, Huntington. Miss Grytness has taught for several years and is an experienced PE instructor. Grace Mullen, who has been a teacher for several years in Washington, will be second grade teacher at lone. She comes from Spokane. Resignations were accepted by the board from Dick Haworth, coach at Heppner; Lewellyn Rob bins, vocational agriculture in structor at Heppner; and Roxie Moeck, second grade teacher at l0BUls were reviewed and paid bv the board. "A special meeting was sched uled for Tuesday night, June 20, at 8 p.m. at the courthouse, to "analyze the final bills and de trrmine a course of action." Church Organist Shows Improvement After Mixer Bout Betty Gimbel is recuperat ing from an unusual accident suffered three weeks ago. She got her hand caught In her electric mixer when she start ed to bake a cake. The hand .J.,. in so tightly that the mixer blades had to be. cut away by ine """win phvsician. and her wedding and engagements ""P Major damage in the acci dent was to the "ring" finger of the left hand. It is now healing nicely and Betty ex SIS to be able to continue aTchurch organist at the Meth odist church next Sunday. In commenting on the acci dert aid. "The only nice thing about it is that as soon as mv finger has healed enough Twill be sporting new rings." Her husband Fred is making her a present of a new set. on Budget Attract Monday the Mvrtow county unit at siul oprfalkiO, Pulling i4acr will be H e reg ular voting place of the county for school ftccllon. lUppm-r, lone. Lklngitn. IUardman and rrion resident will vote at the trhooU In thre town. Kit and llardinan icidrnt at the Ifhea Owk crafge hall at IJuit Tt.f poll will be fpeit f'om 2 to t p.m. Alt registered oter In th county are eligible to vote. Chamber Campaigns To Get Voters Out A flt-ut-tha-Ot" cam paign U to ba carried on bf Heppnsr-Morrow County Cham ber of Commorco for tho school lection Monday during the voting hours of 2 to p. m. A sound truck will patrol tho stmts of Heppner ond taxi enrlco will be provided to the polling place located In Heppner elementary school for that who wish it Purposo of tho campaign U to get all registered voters to the polls. Chamber members have noted that though the last vote was on of tho heav iest In school elections. 50 per cent on a county-wide basis. It represented only about 35 per cent of the possible vote In Heppner. Anyone properly registered for voting 30 days prior to election can vote in a school election. It U not necessary to register separately. Mrs. Earl Evans Wins $75 Top Lucky Buck Prize The $75 Lucky Buck top prize of the Chamber of Commerce won bv Mrs. Earl Evans, HeDDner, In the drawing last Sflturdav. Mrs. Evans was a cus tomer at the Gilliam & Bisbee Hardware store when her name was called. . . Others claiming prizes in the last drawing were Toussent Du buque and Beverly Sherman, both of Heppner, who were $5.00 winners. Unclaimed prizes were a sec ond prize of $10 to Dave Richie; fourth prize of $5.00 to Georgia Burres; and five special $1.00 prizes to Gladys Snider, Norman Florence, Shirley Baker, Mrs. Ray Massey and S. E. Shirley. The $75 first prize had accum ulated over three drawings. Each Lucky Buck day is ouereu and when not claimed it Is car ried over and added to the next drawing. Other prizes are not cumulative. Next Lucky Buck day in Hepp- ner win oner a v- r and will be held June 24. Com ittPA Chairman Pete McMurtry said special prizes will be con tinued with live qi.uu lu be awarded as well as the first nrize; a $10 second prize; anu three $5.00 prizes. Registration need only be made . v. Anna at thP places of business of any of the 61 participating merchants in trra aflfl rail Ut: uuuv the city. 'Watch for the red and wnite cards In the windows announc ing that the merchant is taking part in the Lucky Buck program, Chairman MCMurtry uu. School Election Vote Qualifications Cleared Oualifications for voting in school elections have been ex plained by Sadie farnsn, wum, Mprk. Mrs. Parrish said that any one who voted in the last gen eral election, or who nas prop- lv reeistered lor voting w ud, thp scnooi eietuuii, ..oiifiAH it is not necessary to telv for school itrgiaic v t' plections. The law was changed many years ago so that it is not nec essary to be a taxpayer to vote on any school matter, Mrs. Par rish added. Anvone who is quaimea iu vote in any election at that time, is permitted to vote on me ouu get June 19, she said. City Mayor Al Lamb In Hospital 10 Days Heppner Mayor Al Lamb was admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital Saturday. The mayor is in trartion due to a bacK injury- pected to be able to I for special training and under genital about June 20; standing of boys who have be- He is expected leave the hospital i .i-Ht rotnrn to his duties as . Mnr-na- Cour.tv rfJ T nrowers 'at that time. r 17 10c Copy - f f t -hOaWk . ' - DON REYNOLDS. Purchasing agent lor Wm"JJ l and Truck Mechanic Weldon Hudson or. Inspctla9 a ioU ol bucket drag cable used In th. swing machines digging the gas pipe line. Fifteen ol the big swing machines or. In operation on the Job near lono. Headquarters for tho company were moved to Heppner Sunday. Western Pipe Crew Locates in Heppner By AVON MELBT Employees of Western Pipeline. Inc., moved Into Heppner and lone over the week end when the headquarters for the ditch digging crew moved here from Condon. The company has rented the county school bus terminal ad jacent to the fairgrounds In Heppner. Don Reynolds. Purchas ing agent, said that all available places had been inspected In both lone and Heppner and the school facilities best met the needs of the company. The shed will be used to service trucks, nMnh start coming in for this nightly work at 4 p. m. Adequate ground for parKing irm.i buses is available. The men leave Heppner by each morning, dig cers in one bus and blasting ...., in nnnther. The blasting crew is taken to their field of operations separately because they work quite a ways ahead of the digging crew. A total of 42 pieces of major equipment are In use by the ditch crew on the big SSgs. The 115-man crew started dig !,, on mtipa south of Bend In November and has kept going since. They shall have dug 181 miles of ditch when they reach the point 10 miles south of Stanfleld at which their contract terml rfpvnolds said that though their contract calls for the line to be completed by the middle of September, they now expect to be finished about 30 days ahead of schedule. Headquarters for the operation will remain in ina ritv until the contract Is fin ished, with the pipe laying crew of 250 workers to use the same facilities. This crew will follow v.f uvn weeks behind the ditch crew which expects to be here about one montn. tv,. v,nw interested in view ing the operations of this big Ron Reid Purchases Dick's Flower Shop Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Dick have sold their business, Dick's Flower Shop, to Ron Reid, son of Mrs. Ruth Reid, Heppner. The Dicks have been in the florist business in Heppner for 10 years, and 18 months ago bought the Heppner Flower Shop from Joe and Maryette Wright to extend their operations. The new owner has announ ced that plans are in progress to move the business to a down town location soon. Chamber Hears Talk on MacLaren Operation of MacLaren School for Boys, state training school, was explained by Harold Schey er. Pendleton, at the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce meeting at the Wagon Wheel Monday. Scheyer is field representative for the state oper ated school. MacLaren is not a penal instl i . - s a. n i"rFnrtnn1tv f tution, dui "ft- , come involved wltn tne law, ' Schever said. Purpose of the ! school Is to make good citizens - : rf sf outfit, the 7- to 8-foot ditch U being dug close to lone this week. Monday operations start ed about six miles south of lone and the expected rate or prog ress Is one and one-half miles per day, according to Edward Levesque, office manager. All those Interviewed connect ed with the pipe line were high In praise of the reception given them here and the help they re ceived In finding a headquar ters location and living quarters for the men. Reynolds said everyone has been cooperative He cave credit to the newly or- crnnized Chamner Ol wmnimr ifrtnAtinn center and those working there especially. Th Chamber '1 , Commerce has done a terrific job and we or.nrolate their eirorts," ne siai- on "Without their help it would have been impossible to mane the move so smoothly. Big Loan Allowed For Electric Co-op Columbia Basin Electric Co op at Heppner will receive $272,000 to build 17 miles of distribution lines to service 34 new rural cus tomers plus making general im provements to present facilities, according to a telegram received Tuesday from Maurine Neuberg er, U. S. Senator. Mrs. Neuberger said she had been advised by REA Adminis trator Norman Clapp that th s was included in nearly one half million dollars of REA loans ap proved for Oregon. Old Timers To Play Town Baseball Team Here Friday Heppner recently organized a town baseball team under the coaching of Bert Corbin. The team has played games with lone and the Mission Indians and has scheduled a game with the old-timers town team for Fri day night at 7:30 p.m. under the lights on tne ruueo Following the game, they will sponsor a dance in the fair build ing with the Leonnig orchestra .,Mlner the mUSlC. ThU Friday evening of fun and frolic should interest everyone from 6 to 60 and is a benefit to purchase unirorms ior me team, Corbin said. "Come out to watch the old fellows' attempt to show the youngsters how to play base ball," the coach Invited of these boys. The work at this school has been so successful that it has become a model in the nation and Is visited by peo ple working with young people from all over the nation, he said. Scheyer outlined the general program given each boy. "There are no typical boys; each is an individual case needing Individ ual attention." he said Boys are committed by the county court and no decisions are made concerning that boy with out the consent of the commit ting Judge, The boy remains a ward of the court during his stay. Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, June 15, 1961 Wheat Growers Meet To Name Man of Year V.v.ial ,4tu i.f tlal i.mt tAtulirtf omnuttee rc.rti ,ll mvup the time the M"if niwtlni; ! Morrow O.mnty Win- thrower t ine wv Ingti prsne hall Monday nlfhi The pr(i(Hsl wheat leg- ll;itl.n tl! be epUln1. n.nmrrrwnl made ft the 1!G1 iVncrvMlon Man of the Year. Ticks Responsible For Auto Wreck; Two Youths Hurt ' A tick that had planted It self on the nock of Bonald Oeswlck, 16. whllo tho latter was driving an auto homo from a fishing trip resulted In a wreck that caused Injuries to Creswlck and his compan ion. Kit George. 17. Sunday morning. Tho accident occurred on Court street Ronald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Creswlck. lost control of bis parent's small foreign car when tho tick distracted his attention. It struck a telephone polo and completely wrecked tho auto, George, son of Mrs. Elaine George, was admitted to Pio neer Memorial hospital for treatment for mild concussion, minor bruises and lacerations. Creswlck sustained a badly sprained ankle, which was placed In a cast He was al lowed to go homo Monday af ternoon and George was re leased Tuesday. Chamber Divides Paintup-Cleanup Award Three Ways Mr. and Mrs. Avery Taylor and Tom Gonty, son of Mr. and Mrs. E E. Gonty, received the prize for contributing the most to the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce sponsored Paintup-Cleanup program. The winners spent a great deal of time transforming the un sightly weed patch In the Island located on May and the south end of Gale streets Into a well tended badminton court. The area has long been a fire hazard in summer ana me uii... grass and neat appearnace adds greatly to the attractiveness of the town, according to commit tee members. The award was made at tne chamber meeting Monday. The Paintup-Cleanup commit tee chairman, E. E. Gonty, thank- ed the general pumic ior u good cooperation in the program and said that the decision or awarding the prize was difficult to make with all the Improve ment made by property owners of the area. Bicycle Accident Hurts Tabor Child Six-year-old Brenda Sue Tabor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Roy Tabor, is convalescing at the family home from a bicycle acci dent at 6:30 Tuesday evening. Brenda, a passenger on a bike being ridden by a neighborhood child, was thrown to the street when the cycalist lost control ,,v, Mttintr a rock. She suffer ed abrasions and bruises to her head and left arm, and a deep cut in the left knee. The lacer ation required several stitches to close. i nuestion and answer pe rind the sDeaker said that he feels moral deterioration of some r,f th neoDle of the country and lack of parental authority were the leading reasons ior Doy b unn intn trouble today. Parents are asked to pay what hv ran of the cost of keeping each commited boy. The boys ,..,! on the school gardens, and the labor from the school raises enough produce to leea me in mates of two state owneu wiw ,,t!r,na ho Said. He was Introduced by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman IMES 7Sth Year, Number 15 - " I " ...i...,. Alien imii. iiiv i- of the Oten Wheatjjroweri Lrague. The Dsllci, will be dls cukUm leader and will Rive progress rcrt of wheat and farm rroi-ram legislation. Tom U one of the leading suthoritles on this legislation In the Pacific N.uthWfM. The manner In which he explains the wheat program makes it eay lot everyone io understand the many details of this proposed legislation. rrowntatloti of a special con servation plaque to the 11 Con- servi Hon Man of the car win follow the announcement or me choice of the selection commii tee. Of interest will be the show Ing of colored slides depicting the conservation practices which von him the award. Reports on results of recom mendations and activities of the League since the last annual meeting will be given by com mittee chairmen. Taking part will be Louis Carlson for the Fed eral Agricultural Programs com mittee; Mrs. E. M. Baker for Domestic Wheat Utilization com mittee; O. W. Cutsforth for Tax At Inn Ann Leelslatlon committee; Kenneth Turner for Production and Land Use committee; Harold n..anl, fnr Youth Activities COm- - i...,. rvinntd Peterson tor ti-hf nicnnsal and Market ue ..innmont romm ttee: and Boo Jepsen for Public Relations corn mi Mee. nrr,hr of the executive com mittee of the League urge that business men and otners aeiHM.u .,n ihe wheat Industry at tend the meeting so they will be better Informed on programs ol the wheat farmer. The meeting will begin at 8 p m. The Lexington Home Econ omics committee will serve strawberry shortcake and coffee at the end of the meeting. Paul Tews, In charge of attendance, states there will be a number of special prizes awarded. Conservation Day Of Wheat League Slated June 16 The Oregon Wheat Growers League's annual conservation field day will be held Friday, June 16, on the Hall and Belshee ranch east of Moro in am-rnm.. "mIcHeII and Russell Belshee owners of the ranch, were I960 winners of the Oregon Conserva .. TUan nf the Year competi tion sponsored by the Wheat League. ,,,, The Sherman coumy iiw , brothers-in-law, have been farm fng partners since 1943 Their farm operation totals 1900 acres of which 1637 acres are cultivat ed. . ...,., Th txxrn men became ul-uvcij Interested In land conservation practices when a ciouuuu.ov 1947 caused severe eru&iu" .uu -onr-h and forced abandon- ment of some ol tne 14 years since, Han anu ccia.. have conducted continual con ,0Mnr, pvnerlments and adopt- ed farming practices w i ,oorvottnn to a minimum. "'""" - r ..... ,l,,s,a Their conservation piai. Include 700 acres or, u ih BOO acres of cross-slope seeding and 4 -mile-long grass waterway. . .,aM The Friday conservation n av will eive other grain grow ers and all Interested persons a ,Mnrp to Inspect the conserva- tlon and management VF underway at the ranch. The Held day commences at iu:oo ... Is open to tne puDui;. Assessor s Ottice Starts Map Project A map maintenance program i. i .rttnn at the county as sessor's office beginning this week. tv. nii records are being microfilmed to verify ownership of plots of land in tne coum,. The program win o 1 ation for some time. A new set of maps of the coun ty will be made when It Is fin Ished. Swimming Lessons Set In City Poo! Re eikttstkin for swimming les sons at the city pul will be at 9 a.m. Monday with firnt clauses hrl4 the same time. Turn Hughes, water f-ty in- ktiurtor. rrprUtl thst fcloii wilt Ut for two weeks, nd rMn will be given through out the summer. Tucnys through Fridays. P-ck-inner will meet regular- y at the 9 am. hour, iiugncs ,.tf.n.-d i). at the child prefer ably should U U e.ir olJ and should nut be afrsld t get his fm-e undir wster. Intermediates will meet at 10 a.m. each morning. Requirements aro that the student be able to pass the deep water test as these lessons are all given at nc rml of the pool. Swimmers, who have paei me Intermediate course, win ieceie Instruction at 11 a.m. Successful completion ol any ft these courses entitles the stu dent to ficd Crews certificates. Hughes said that any swim interested in organizing a swimming team for competition should be at the pool at 11:45 Monday. He will give instruc tions to such a group 11 enougn are Interested. . Those wishing to take aauit . - ...,, l.l .Atitnrt sw imming ie.un wi""" JoAnn Hughes at home after 5 p.m. Evening classes wm ue im,i a soon as enough stu dents have signed up with Mrs. Hughes. Life saving classes will also be given u miercsi tints. .. . All lessons are P'"' regular admission. Hughes reports that many youngsters have enjoyed use of the city swimming facility dur ing the short time It has been open. He said an average of 200 have been there each afternoon Sandra Harshman To Attend FHA National Meeting Sandra Harshman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harsh man will be among the 900 teen age delegates and 240 1 adult ad visers who will attend the 1961 national meeting of Future Home, makers of America at the Chase Park Plaza Hotels In St. Louis, Mo., July 3-6. Miss Harshman is attending as state parliamentarian, a pos Itlon she was elected to at tne state convention this spring. She Is a voting delegate and will also usher at one session. She was president of the chapter at Heppner high school this past ye"Youth Measure Vour Val ues" has been chosen as the theme of the meeting. Delegates from , every state, Puerto , R co a nd the Virgin lsianus wm tlclpate. Heppner-Spray Road Change Eyed struction of ku. iTnnnr.Snrav route was made before the state Highway Commission in Salem Friday The proposed road would give Heppner an outlet south of the 'tSedeLgaUoZ-lncluded Judge Oscar Peterson and Milton Kegel of the county court; u Heppner; and members of the Wheeler county court. They said tne precu. nrrnw and curvy, and that expected development of the area makes a gooa ronu The commission said it wou d consider the request next fall, when It plans Its forest road pro gram for the ioiiowing Jepsen Gets Degree FranK jepsen i.,- - soclate degree In applied sciences with a major in oie ""- ogy at graduation ceremonies at Oregon Technical Institute on v-',c'i t, i marinated Friday, June r s-------- from lone high school In 1959. J. 4- th son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jepsen, lone, Oregon. WEATHER Hi Low Prec. 75 44 -15 67 44 75 52 10 63 47 .23 73 45 85 50 90 57 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Maximum temperature, 90. Minimum. 44. Rainfall for the week was .48 of an inch. Total for the year Is 9 54 inches.
