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LI CKARt u or o IUCEHE. ORE School Board to Meet Morrow county hoo district board voted Monday night to tart Itt regular monthly meet Ingt at 7:30 and adjourn at 11 p. m. during inhaol months. PteUoul I he board had started meetings at D:(U p. m. and thta hour will be continued during summer months. The early clon ing time w III enable board mem bers coming from the north end ( thy county to be homt at a more reasonable hour. . A meeting with all school ad visory committees was set for the Lexington grade school at 7:30 p. m., Oct. 18. To be discussed llh this group will be how to Farm Meet Hears Talk On Schools "We are exporting about $800. 000 worth of county products each year In the high school graduates who migrate to urban areas. You pay for their educa tion, and someona els reapH the benefits." - Thus said Robert Van Houte. Morrow county school admin istrator, at the Farmer's Union meeting in the old library build ing Tuesday night. Van Houte stressed that each individual should have the edu cation to bring out his greatest pctential, and that everyone should help pay for that edu cation. 'Taxes on the land can no longer carry . the burden," he said. Pointing out that "we are not providing today . an adequate education to train our young sters to live In- the world to morrow." he said It Is necessary to provide a broader education program. "A far more expansive and expensive program," he termed it. He said the world is getting smaller all the time and that what happened In any part of it was vital in its Influence on all other parts. A high school education is not enough and training beyond high school will become even more important in the future, he added. . , "By 1970 there will be no de- niand for unskilled labor. The unskilled and the untrained will I find nothing to do. Either we educate them or we operate a welfare state to take care of them," he warned. He forecast that future stu dents will have to have high averages, B or better, to get Into college and said it would be nec essary In the future to provide specialized training through the schools beyond the high school level. "Many say the Russians are making tremendous strides and we should educate only the top students who can lead us. Re sults for every country that tried that have been catastrophic. The great challenge of America In the 60's and 70's is to provide education for all our children to the best of the capacity of each to be educated," he em phasized. "The tremendous advances taking place demand we train our youngsters to live and work in urban areas," he said in bring ing his reference back to local conditions. He said students In our local . high school should be taught in electronics, IBM operation, and should have much more offered them in the field of science. "We have neither the facilities nor the room to give the program wo should be providing in the field of science," he warned. Ernest Heliker Stricken, Dies At Home in lone (Obituary on page 7) Ernest C. Heliker, 79, prom inent retired lone rancher, died suddenly at his home at lone Friday night, victim of a heart attack. He had been hunting, then atended the lone-Helix foot ball game, and drove home where he was fatally stricken. Funeral services were Tuesday at the lone Community church. Relatives and friends overflow ed the church and some were standing outside. Interment was in the Lexington IOOF cemetery. Active pallbearers were Mel vin Timm, Stewart Rankin, John Eubanks. Clifford Aldrich, Her man Blettell and Riley Munkers. Honorary pallbearers were E. Markham Baker, Ed Buschke, Oscar Lundell. Jack FarrU, James Lindsay and William C Improve the educational program in the dlitflct and how to met tti'.l-ilrij rer!s. rWibiiity of moving the dU trlct to the Lexington athout ai again discussed with advantage and disadvantages U'lr.g weighed by board mem tr. Robert Van Houte, school adtnlnUtritor. said he thought adequate of J ice could be con structed n the top floor of the Lexington school at a "rough com of 12000." He was Inntrucled by the board to get an accurate estimate and to outline the type of I ice he had in mind and to iiuwiit It to the board at Its next meeting, as well as to look Into HEPPHBrV 10c Copy I - am THIS NEW substation of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. now in service three miles west of Condon, was constructed at a cost oi $57,000 and has a capacity of 3750 kilowatts, according to Harley Toung. manager. It replaced tha Mayvills sub ;tation which was located about eight miles south of Condon. Ths new station, which transforms I rem 69.000 volts to 7200 volts, wa necessary lb order to iers fh radar base at Condon. Co-op Tells of Plan To Serve Boeing Area "So far as we know there are no objections to our serving the Boeing Company," Harley Young, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., Hepp ner testified at a hearing in the Morrow county courthouse Mon day, conducted by the state Pub lic Utility Commission. The hearing was attended by representatives of many electric companies from the north eastern part of the state. Presiding of ficers were Malcolm L. Jones and C. L. Leierer, both of Salem, Pub lic Utility Commission examin ers. No objections were presented the examiners by any oi me representatives present. Young was followed to the stand by Robert - Welty, The Dalles, " engineer who designed the Co-op lines. He testified that In his opinion the area could "most feasiblv and most econ omically be served by Columbia Basin." Welty, who has been engineer fnr Columbia Basin since 1946. gave a description of the co-op's facilities and comparea u witn other utility companies serving the area. He said the Boeing Company request of 900 kilowatt load to supply development could be supplied at the present by REA. "The nature of the area is such that in my Judgement REA present facilities with probably minor extensions, could most ec onomically and feasibly serve the area," he explained, showing on a map where the necessary extensions would be made. The request for 900 kilowatts was not the maximum load Boe ing indicated it might need for development of the area. Young said the Inquiry received by his company Included information that the need might extend to 1300 kilowatts. Welty testified that "if the 900 kilowatts were the maximum load the site could most eco nomically be supplied by the Umatilla Electric Co-operative, Inc., at Hermiston. 'He added that the 1500 kilo watt load would necessitate a separate transmission line. "This would make It more eco nomical for Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-op to serve this area." he said with Advisory Groups; the possibilities offned by tfc Gorge houw for office space. rul(?i t-t the proposed wing to complete the new high khuul building at Heppner were I nwnted the tard for it con fttanatlon by Stewart Tuft cf Tuft 1 llaylip. Portland archi tects. lie aured the lord that nec csnary repairs would b made by contractors to the flooring of I'nll A tf the new school and that any other pessary adjust ments would b made. I to ssld the lone building was 'coming right along" and predicted that It would be ready fur occupancy early In lVcemt-r. 7 u Both Columbia Basin and Uma tilla Co-op are REA lines. Young said the board of direc tors of the two co-ops had agreed that Columbia Basin could best serve the Boardman range lo cation. . The hearing was held on Col umbia's application with PUC for an exclusive allocation. Addit ional territory is included in the application which would provide an exclusive certificate for about one-fourth the co-op's territory. Further testimony that the pe titioning co-op is able to serve (Continued on page 6) Boeing Official Attends Chamber "It is the policy of our com pany to participate In local and community affairs," C. M. Weav er, Seattle, base manager for the Boeing Company's Boardman test site, told the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce Monday. Weaver was in town to attend the Monday mornine PUC hear ing on the Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-operative, Inc. applica tion for exclusive certificate to serve the proposed Boeing site. Following the morning hearing he conferred with Judge Oscar Peterson and others. Judge Peter son was his host at the chamber meeting and introduced him to the group. . He said there is no further information available on pro gress of the Boeing Company nlans for the Boardman space age industrial park site at this time. Conservation Speech Contest Due Monday Annual Soil Conservation t-r...--Vi rnntrtct with stlldpnts of c.. lone and Heppner high schools participating will be Monday, rwK. ic ut fi n m in th multi-purpose room of the Hepp r.er grade school. Three winners will be selec tid and trophies will be pre sented by Marion County Grain Growers. The public Is invited and it is hoped that a large crowd will attend. (Complete de tails on page 10). GAZE The board K-ned bid on sci ence equj'inu-iit (r the lone tu'l1lii t,ll awnrdi-d the bid to J. K. t.ili. Pott land. Tii bid wa f.-r $1571 which Includes the prior of a teacher" s demon tratlo tbh and fur student laboratory tables. Cilia bid wat low. Homer Hughes. Lexington, brought up 'he subject of the activity bus to Lexington again snd a!d that all the parents of students Involved felt thev . t..-u i.romlM-d such a bus would operate when the Lexing ton school was ciooea. The school wa taken away from Lexington ana students Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 12, 1961 TTE Paper's Special Issue Featured in National Trade Publication The special Welcome Edition of the Gazette-Times, which was sponsored by the Develop ment committee of the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, received recog nition on a national scale this week when It was featured in "Plus Business," a trade pub lication distributed by Metro Associated Newspaper Services of New York. A full page of the November Issue of the publication, which is sent to newspapers through out the United States, was de voted to the Welcome Edition and to" the Gazette-Times. Four pages of the Welcome Edition were reproduced In miniature and the article con tained a picture of the Gazette Times staff. The story was printed under the heading, "New Publisher makes first Community Pro ject Success." A headline across the page said, "20-Page 'Welcome' Issue is Produced in 19 Days." Copies of the edition are still available in the Gazette-Times office for those who did not receive them or wish them to be sent to friends or relatives by mail. Boys Attending FFA Convention Two members of the local FFA chapter are among those repre senting Oregon this week at the National FFA convention in Kansas City, Mo. Archie Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball, and Bob Fetsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, both seniors at Heppner high school, left Sunday, October 8, by train for the convention, and will return next Monday, October 1D- The two are students of Ger nirt Jonasson. agriculture in structor. and qualify by having been outstanding FFA students during their high school years and maintaining high scholastic grades. They will work with del egates from other schools over the United States in formulating an Improved national FFA program. nMMMaMb1 -r '" " ' . i twit fM f VV r.i w Eyes Move; Sets Shorter Sessions ere sent to lltppiier." he said. "We reel all children nav a riht to participate in activities" lie t,d the bus should b J scheduled to run only between the two towns and should not deliver students to their homes. Civil defense program which would be put Into effect in school of the county In case of kltack was discussed. Board member stated they felt a good start had been made on this plan and Instructed the admin istrator to continue co operating with civil defence officials in getting the bent program possi ule for caring of students. I'lsns were laid for board it $r 78th Year, Number 32 Grid Teams Face Tests On Friday (More sports, page 8) Outcome of the Umatilla-Mor row 8 man football league may well be decided In Pendleton Fri day afternoon when the circuit's two powers lone and St. Joseph of Pendleton clash In a battle of the undefeated. lone, state B champs last year, have won four In a row this year, a mark matched by St. Jo. Each team has an outstand ing quarterback, Wayne Hams for lone and Jordan for St Jo. The Pendleton club Is noted for its passing, but lone has a ver satile attack, capable of both running and passing. , While the Ione-St. Jo same is in oroeress. Heppner's Mustangs will face Condon In a Friday afternoon contest at Condon. Al though three-times defeated, the Mustangs are given a good chance to down their Gilliam county rivals and hit the come back trail. Game time at Condon is set at 2 p. m. Coach Jim Sutherland said the Mustangs suffered some Injuries acainst Madras, but spirit is good and he feels that they can bring home victory. Coach Glenn Biehl of lone has been particularly pleased with the manner his Cardinals have improved in blocking, citing Lee Hams, a sophomore halfback for outstanding play against Helix, as well as Tom Helmbigner, soph, end, and Ron Crabtree, Jun ior end. Heppner has two games left after the Condon battle Burns there next week and the finale arainst Moro (Sherman county) here October 27. Echo, scheduled to play lone October 20, has can celled this tilt and so the St Jo game is the last regularly scheduled one for the Cards. Jinxed Friday Gets High School Note. Friday the 13th will be ob served by members of the high school sophomore class as "Clash Day." The Idea Is to wear as many clashing colors as possible. The "colorful event" will be followed by a school dance In the gym on the "fateful" even ing with the theme to be "Black Cat Walk." Morrow County Booth Sent To Pacific International Morrow county's booth at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition, provided by the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce, will feature agriculture and lumber Indus tries and the Boeing develop ment, according to Jim Farley and Wes Sherman, co-chairmen of the booth committee. Under arrangement with the P I. staff, the Chamber collec ted and sent the materials, and decorators at the exposition will arrange and erect the display. Pacific Power and Light fur-r.if-lied a big picture of Heppner to be Included in the booth. The Boeing Airplane Company fur rished large colored pictures of its missiles and alrpl"9- iIor row County Grain Growers loan- members to attend a meeting In Pendleton Wednesday night with Dr. Leon Ml near. suterlntendent of publU' Ir-itmrtion. Most board members planned to go early to mend an informal dinner meet It'g preceding the regular even ing meeting. The board voted to drop dis tinct liability Insurance ss a re cent decision of the State Sup reme Court states that a school district board lose its Immunity to suit as a state agent when it arrles liability Insurance. Van Houte advised that many school district In the slate are taking this action and that costs of dis trict liability Insurance are rap- FrGiiers The .46 Inch of rain during the past few days was welcomed by farmers of this area who had In en holding off planting be cause of the extended dry spelL All areas In the county received some Dieclrdtatlon. Forecast for the next several days are for con tinuing showery periods. Hunters and foresters, too, were glad to see the rain come. "Temporarily the fire danger has been alleviated In the forests by the recent showers which were general througnout the dis trict," reports Sam Miller, Hepp ner District Ranger. Two Lost Portland Hunters Walk Out State Police Officer James McPherson reports two hunters were lost In the Five Mile area Saturday afternoon. They walked to a road on Johnson creek and were picked up and returned to their camp about 11 a. m. Sunday. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman had organized a search party which started looking for the lost men about 10 a. m. Sunday. Bob L W ha ley, 28, Portland, and John Flske, 14. Portland, were reported lost when they failed to return Saturday night to join their party from an afternoon trip Into the woods. Building Needs PTA Meet Topic School building needs In Hepp ner will be aired at a panel dis cussion at the Parent-Teacher association meeting In the multi purpose room of the elementary school, Wednesday, uct. is. The need for additional class rooms will be preseniea Dy Frank Anderson, chairman of the building committee. Dr. Wallace h Wolff, member of the Hepp ner advisory commltte, will ex plain possible financing of the project. Moderator for the evening will be Mayor Al Lamb of Heppner. Taxpayers and parents win m renresented on the board by n;ivmnn(t French, area rancher. and Mrs. William Sowell, Hepp ner business woman. During the evening questions from the floor will be accepted and answered. Also present to help in answering any questions will be members of the district school board and school admin istrators. Parents of all students of Heppner or Lexington schools and all Interested taxpayers are urged to attend this meeting and take part In the discussion. The program will start with a business meeting at 8:00 p. m. with PTA President Robert L. Hopper in charge. Refreshments will be served by eighth grade room mothers following the meeting. ed a large model of a grain ele vator and Jack Loyd supplied a working model of a sawmill. Ra'ph Richards of the Soil Con servt'tlon furnished large aerial pictures of strip cropping in the county, and the booth will point out that Morrow county has more strip cropping than the rest of the state combined. A limited number of copies of the Welcome Edition of the Gazette-Times will be given from the booth, and two-color bro chures, extending a welcome to the county were especially prin ted under sponsorship of the chamber's development commit teo foi free distribution from the booth. The exposition opens Satur day and runs through the follow ing Saturday. Illy ruing a a result of this tlH Uiun. A letter from the Lexington rTA utiva board opposing the carry 1"? of hot prepared lunches from Heppner to Lexing ton school wa read. The letter mated that "the cvonomy of this change cannot be appreciated by the group." Fd Dick suggested, and the board agreed, to consider con tracts for administrators at the Nuventer meeting. Iclhlon was reached to name a budget commute at the next meeting and to start work on the budget this year during tha month of November. Hunters Miller said the woods were "wet," but pointed out that not much drying would be necessary to again bring the danger of fires. He also said that the rain had not penetrated deep enough to keep fires from "creeping" under the thick forest carpet We are still finding an oc insional abandoned camp fire," l.e added, In stressing that the rain is no excuse for being care less with fires In the woods. Klnzua Corp. holdings were opened to hunting at 7 a. m. Saturday according to Glen Ward, state agent This does not mean that the fire, danger was completely gone but the com pany considered the risk small enough that hunters may again use the 156,000 acres of choice hunting land the company holds. Ward said that few deer had been bagged in the area in the past week-end and that few hunters showed up. He credited the extreme dry condition of the forests, which had been widely publicized, as the contributing factor. 'The deer are still there and in numbers," he said. .46 Rodbi HI Low Prec. 82 47 .07 63 37 .16 53 28 trace 59 36 69 49 .05 51 40 .15 58 45" - .02 the week, .46 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday (Leonard L. Gilliam, Observer) $25 First Prize To Be Awarded Lucky Buck Day The Luckv Buck drawing Sat- nrdav will be for $55.00 with the top money $25.00 In sheep skins. The regular additional of $10 second prize and three $5.00 and five $1.00 will be awarded to those present whose names are called, test held every second and fourth In order to qualify for this con Saturdays in Heppner one must be registered and present In any one of the 61 participating busi ness estaoiisnmems wnen uie names of winners are announced at 2:30 p. m. Free parking la provided by the city and special buys are available at stores of the town. The siren is sounded to desig nate time to open the sealed envelopes delivered earlier to each merchont, holding the names of winners. Those whose names are called have two min utes In which to identify them selves to store managers before the second siren sounds, and they have until 4 p. m. to pick up their winnings. A new twist on Luck Bucks was started this week by L. E. Dick Appliance store. The firm is replacing trading stamps with Lucky Bucks, as of Oct. 20. The Lucky Bucks will be given as premiums after that date. Judge is Appointed To Advisory Council Bonneville Power Administra tor Charles F. Luce today an nounced the appointment of Judge Oscar Peterson of Heppner to the new Bonneville regional advisory council. The first council meeting will be held at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. Friday, October 15, from 9:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Luce said the purpose of the council is to advise the Admin istrator on policy matters and to serve as a bridge between BP A and the various communi ties of the Pacific Northwest The council consists of 119 members, including two former Bonneville Power Administrators, five university presidents, and representatives of public and private power, business, labor, agriculture and the professions, from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Senaier.- -
