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1 1 BP AR Y u or 0 tUGENE. ORE. Friday is Moving Day at New lone High Schoe jn Tev?s ftvors ftvcrn ffvJ Job Is Done 1 1 1 1 ! Jin i w thertord Utters Plan for Fair Funds Hep. Frank WYathcrfurd. re torting on his work at two legis lative interim subcommittee midlines In Salem recently, said thut he Is planning to propose legislation that will help some counties, Including Morrow, re lain revenue from parimutuel betting funds that might other wise be lost under another pro losal now under consideration. 'The sub-committee on coun ty fairs had the problem of mak ing a study of the pari mutuel money derived fiom racing and its distribution according to taw, the representative said. "Splinter on.niw siii-h ns nutain snows poultry shows and minor rodeo groups have splintered off by legislation some of the money that was previously allocated out of pari mutuel funds to the fairs and 4-H clubs, thus greatly re duiing the money available to county fairs. 'There is a great likelihood that in the next session ther will be strong pressure exertti to try to put all parimutuel funds In the general fund and have them disbursed by per ratio of attendance," he con tinued. "This would adversely ef fect Morrow county In as much as Multnomah and other larger counties would take the ll-in's share with much of the remain der going to the state fair." The representative from the 22nd district stated he had an alternative proposal which he felt would be a more fair dis tribution. "I am proposing that a min imum standard of money re ceived from par'-mutuel funds be established for each county fair, and the county be reward ed with additional funds for the quality of its fair and the good it does towards promoting agii culture and 4-H In that partic ular county," he declared. "I will make this recommendation to the lull interim committee on agri culture to stabilize and equalize the money and also I will rec onimend to repeal all splinter groups not originally mentioned in creation of the distribution o! pari-mutuel funds," Meat Inspection Explained "Public misunderstan dings regarding the state meat inspec tion program were discussed by Kep. Weatherford In his report on the sub -committee meeting on meat inspection. He said costs were popularly believed to be too high and unequal among those being inspected. The truth is according to the represen tative, the cost is equitable de pending on the ability of the packer to handle his meat ex pediently and to process it quick ly. Chamber Elects Five Directors New directors were chosen Monday at the annual election meeting of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Serving two year terms will be Ed Gonty, James Myers, Gene Pierce, Harry O'Donnell and Gordon Pratt. Holdover directors are Fred Gimbel, Al Lamb, Earl Ayers, Robert Van Houte and Dr. C. M. Wagner. Officers for the chamber for 1962 will be appointed by the board members at a meeting la ter this month. Morrow Merchants Extend Greetings Stores and other businesses of Lexington. lone and Hepp ner are extending greetings of the season in this Christinas Greeting edition of the Gazette Times. Many of them are clus tered in section 2. and others may be found throughout the paper. Each carries the sincere sen timent of the sponsor, and each Gazette-Time reader is invited to consider each greet ing as a personal message to him. Post Office Holds To 6 p. m. Schedule Mail will be received and distributed at the Heppner post office through this week, in cluding Saturday, until 6:00 p. m. However, there will be complete closure of the o I lice on Sunday. December 24. and on Monday. December 25. ac cording to James DriscoU, postmaster. To the charge that small pack i r ciinnnt minnlv state institu it. .nu uith m.'iil. he said that ih iniih is. mini boutht by tl kIjiIa mimt Im Purchased by hi, in hv KiMK-if Irnl ion. and be federal crude." lie explained a federal irM,!..r must witness the meat belnc packed and graded. "Any packer may participate In hi. Mm 17 and sellillir but margin is generally so low and deliveries so tntermmeni aurui the month that the small pacK i.rtt iiwtm llv do not bother bid ding." They also find It difficult to make a profit and pay the lea I rr.-i,lr tn he on hand for packing and grading when they cannot keep him empioyeu k ularly. (Continued on Page 6) Saturn Contracts To Cause No Boom On Boeing Site Boeing will not use the prop yl, it ia lencln? from the state In Morrow county In filling its contract to build the main part of the Saturn rocket, company officials have stated. They added, however, that gaining the con tract from the government last week increased the company need for the test site near Board- man. Boeing's new $300 million con tract is to develop and test 24 moln.ctnoa rnrkets for Saturn, which is designed to launch a manned U. s. space capsuie a mission to the moon. The work ...in h ,inno 95 miles from New Orleans with approximately 5000 highly skilled tecnmcians oi we nnnnomr mnulnir there for the project from the Seattle and the Wichita piams. In commenting on the contract, a Boeing official said that al though the Boardman property may not be used in me aaium program, the company's entry intn the hooster field "reinforces our need for the site." The State of Oregon recently TMi)ip:rri twn nieces of prop erty totalling 12,250 acres to put together the land package for Boeing. Only two major pur chases remain to be made. 19,9oo acres from the Frank Wilkinson estate and 960 acres from Ira Barnett . The original agreement be tween the state and Boeing called for the land to be put to use "within five years of completion of the lease." State's New First Family of Higher Education ,i i -f-" ' - '' ' Y, r' -'4 ' ' ' f y V K III ?J I I ' ' : . I Is If ' t ' - " I ,rf. - 1 r . 1", i -fc. : .IVJ 1 '? f II f r f i t, u i 1 i s y J j I : THE ROT E. LIEUALLEN foonUy. Oregon's new -first family" la t.TKhoArv after Dr. Ueuallen was named ChanceUor of the fast week (Dec. 12). A native Oregonlan who gradual frwn. ouen U the sixth chancellor to , head Oregon'. aUen is the former Barbara Wale, of Klamath Falls. The children from left are: Douglas William. Barbara Ennls, Margaret Amita. and Scott Elwayne. EPPN 10c Copy Winter Comes and Cattle Move Down From ! " " ' ' k- ' , " $ ' ' , 1.- ( jJ ; lhrr .... - ,A SAs? "" '-" , .v 5. y vv - . jv , - v v . . - ' ,l "',',m.m(f'r- i .-,rJ.:: r,.i:..:::i....i.J,;;:-,,,r.i i :....i.,-.,mc'ta3i J HEADING FOR winter quarter on the Hynd Bros, place at Cecil U this herd of tome 650 Hereford which moTed through Heppner Friday on the 55-mile drive from the Freeieout area. The drive was making about 10 or 12 milee per day until ice slowed them up and they didn't arrive at the destination at Cecil until Tuee- Decoration Contest Deadline Set Friday There is still time to enter Heppner's holiday decoration contest. Original deadline, which was December 18, has been ad vanced to Friday, December 22, at 5 p. m. and registrations will until that time at the Gazette-Times office. The change was made Mon day when members of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce decided that they had not given sufficient notice to the public and voted to extend the time of registration. Three classes are open: 1. Out door residential decorations. 2. Indoor residential window dec orations. 3. Indoor (window) bus iness decorations. Outdoor resi dential and indoor business classes each offer prizes of $10 first, $7.50 second and $5 third. Indoor residential has prizes of $7.50 first, $5.00 second and $2.50 third. , Bill Collins, chairman of the contest, said that the impartial committee of judges will pick up slips Friday at 5 p. m. at the Gazette-Times office and will make the rounds between 5 and 8 o'clock that evening to deter 6 AZETTE mine winners. - , - Prize money of $60 ia given by an anonymous local donor. Everyone is encouraged to en ter, and by doing so, each will not only have a chance to win a prize but will also contribute to the beauty of the community during the holiday season. Among those entered so far are Opal and Larry Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williamson, Case Furniture, Lois Winchester, Farra Shoe Shop, Minnie McFerrin, Glen Ward, Alice Lettrell, and Elma's Apparel. For those who find it incon venient to come to the newspaper office, a telephone call (6-9228) will suffice. Schools to Dismiss Morrow county schools will be dismissed at 2 p. m Friday for the Christmas and New Year's vacation period, Supt. Robert Van Houte said Wed nesday. Vacation will extend through January 1 and school will take up again on the morning of January 2. h'Jber education, po fortW. State System of Higher Educjrtton one SlSM. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, day of this week. The picture shows the herd going past the county fairgrounds as it enters Heppner. Among those working on the drive were Mr. and Mrs. Cwing Hynd, Leo Ledgerwood and Ralph Beamer. They spent the night at the Newt O'Harra place. Lexington, after leaving here. (G-T Photo) Believe it or Not, Grass Fire Calls Crew Believe it or not: A grass fire called out the fire department at 2:25 Wed nesday afternoon to the Steve Thompson place about two miles up Willow creek. Ap proximately 40 acres of pas ture land was burning when Fire Chief C. A. Ruggles and six men arrived. Ruggles said the fire was on too steep land to use wheeled equipment and the flames had to be extinguished with pack sacks. The seven firemen were occupied about one hour in putting out the fire in the high wind which was blowing at the time. No buildings were in the area and the fire was reported by neighbors. Origin of the fire was not determined. Chief Ruggles warned that although the ground is wet, cheat grass, foundi extensively throughout the area, will burn "after the wind blows on it awhile" and that caution should still be used with matches and cigarettes Employees Give $600 To Bereaved Family TTollnw workmen of Robert F. Campbell, 55, who died December 6 in a Richland, Wn hospital, have given more than $600 in a collection for the widow, Mrs. Ellen Campbell of Heppner, ana family. Campbell, a resident of Hepp ner for 24 years, was employed by Kinzua t-orporaiion as a lug ger. The contributions given in his memory came from employ ees of the company in the mill and woods crews and from friends. Judge Discusses Road, Serial Levy County Judge Oscar Peterson, noting a recent proposal that the county serial road levy be re duced and that equivalent funds be used for school construction purposes, has written an article discussing the background on the road levy, how it has been used, and what he believes wiU be needed in the future. In submitting the article, he said that he is concerned about roads In the county that are unimproved. The article follows: In an article in last week's Gazette-Times, headed "Board to Check Cost of School Addition," it was stated someone had made the suggestion that the county might be persuaded to take off a serial levy now used for roads and use it for needed schools. Also, "that right now it looks like we can't operate without the schools but we can without the road tax" Further, that the lrv nn marts had DfO- duced more revenue than was in- tended when it was initiated and said that funds .from, other said that funds from other r.iirrfj would suffice for the county for roads for a number December 21, 1961 'fit 78th Year, Number 42 Freezeout County Chairmen Announce Reports Of Sale Returns Results of Christmas seal sales are coming in slowly, according io .Mrs. l. c. luck, iviorrow coun ty chairman, with a total of $938.20 rpnorted to date. Resi- dents of the county are urged to send in contributions for the seals into the association by the first of the year in order that work can be continued in fight ing TB and In carrying on the county's health program. Many do not realize that 74 of seal contributions stays In this coun ty for work which is done here, as well as use In providing schol arships for young people. The Morrow County TB and Health Association has bought the X-ray equipment used in making the monthly check X rays at the hospital, which are done free of charge to county residents, but which cost the as sociation $1.50 each, paid to the hospital, plus a fee paid to the technician who reads each film. Several hundred X-rays are made each year. The association also furnishes material for skin tests made In the schools, for health education materials, and for other county health projects. Heppner chairman, Mrs. Harry O'Donnell, assisted by Mrs. Annie Healy, report $513 received; Mrs. Garry Tullis, lone chairman, re ports $200; Mrs. Gene Orwick, Lexington chairman, reports $80 (as of two weeks ago); Mrs. Ruth Coy, assisted by student chair man, Sandie Thorpe, Boardman, report $76; and Mrs. Coy, assis ted by student chairman, Susan Coy, Irrigon, reports $69.20. of years. Now before we go too far in such assertions, let's check what the serial levy ac tually brings in and what road funds from other sources are. The serial levy, 10 mills, has been for three five-year periods, each time approved by the vote of the people. It has been on an approximate $13 million dollar assessed valuation up until this year, when it is on a valuation of approximately $17 million dollars. This change in valuation is due to a change from a 21 ratio to a 25 ratio, as made compulsory by state law. We have one more year to go on the third period and the 10 mills will be for a second time on the higher valuation, after which it will be up to the vote of the people again. Thus, for 13 years, the levy of 10 mills has been on a valuation of around $13 million dollars while for the last two years. It will be on the higher valuation of, say $17 million dol lars. It is easy to figure what revenue this should bring in, but it never bring3 exactly what the miiisao mvs it should. And cert- ainly not during this past year. . mm, J -, I '" ' Earlier Than Scheduled StudtuU oX lone Wtfh chool Mill move into their bisnd new lUO.uuU liUin school buildiruj rriday Juuuoon. but they wW have little chance to enjoy iu Ijcluues until Janury 1 when they return to school tujr station period. Moving Uuw U scheduled tot 10 . nu t ruiey. t'rlncipal Duxrcl Ufikch Mid. A school party ik1 Kill exchange will follow, Jd wen. tho student will be du-iui.vM.-d tor tho hulldaja. The new structure, which U separated from the imsscnl gym by a corridor, U computed ol tour classroom, library, science room, ulUco and let room. U ms built by au-ru Oregon toiu.truciion Company and wee linuthed somewhat ahead of schedule. Original completion date was set at December i&. Last work to be done thl week was installation of glass in doors and oilier places about the build ing. The move will mean that high school and grade school students, who formerly occupied the same building will be separated lor the lust time, except that' they will ahare Uie lunch room, ou the opposite end of the gymnas ium Irom the new building, and the music room. While the high school student are moving to the new building, the grude school students will move up from the basement ol the old building Into the rooms formerly occupied by the high schooL Don Clark la principal of the grade acliooL Modern In every respect, the npw Ktmctura incorporates the latest in lighting and other fa cilities. Dedication program at the school Is set for o p. nx Monday, January 15. Ullman Will Run Despite Injuries Rep. Al Ullman announced Tuesday he will run for re-election to Congress next year, de spite the fact that he lost hla left leg lust below the knee in an accident December 9. The accident will not interfere with his congressional responsibllitiea nor with his intent to run, he said. The congressman is recuper ating in Betliaeda Naval hos pital in Washington, D. C With in two or three weeks he expects to be released from the hospital walking on crutches, and will later be fitted with an artificial limb. For the past several years Rep. Ullman has managed to be in this area hunting with local per snni nart of each elk season. He does not expect his Injury to curtail mat activity, accoruing to his statement in Washington Tuesday. "My hunting and fishing days aren't over," he said. His condition is good enough that ho 111 able to work on DaDers delivered from his office while he is In the hospital. Mrs. Ullman was expected to ha rolflflanri frnm Winchester Va.. hospital Wednesday to return to the couples Arlington, va. nome. She suffered a fractured verte bra in the accident and has been in a body cast WEATHER Hi Low Prec. 25 19 .04 39 23 .06 46 33 .07 43 33 51 37 32 54 39 .06 58 35 .20 .55 of an inch of Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday A total i rain fell this week. We again expect to ask for the special levy, dui noi xo iuu Possibly something in the neigh borhood of from 5 to 8 mills. Here, as said, it will be up to the vote of the people In the next general election. Now what other funds are there, or other sources, as it was put? For the year 1960-1961, this was It: Forest rental, $21,295.28, sales and rentals, $2,990.53, gas refund, $3,329.58, sale of public ior,H nfil id liistlrp court fines. lanu, j - $129.00, in lieu of taxes, $53.54, trailer license, 4.o, moior li cense fund, $44,554.11. Total, $98,902.42. t Some of these fluctuate and must say the forest rental fund $21,295.28 is the largest we have ever had. Will not reach that this year. Also the sale of pub lic lands will be less. We might add here that 50 of funds re ceived from the special road levy, levied within incorporated cities, is spent within the cities. How justifiable Is all this road expense? No one can say that we have gotten 100 of value (Continued on Page 6) 0
