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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.