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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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