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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1962)
LIBRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE. DfeMetf imd dh for Se on SuiM lOI(pjg b Mrs. George Quits; Used Bus Bought Mrs. Llalne Georce. a dlrw. tor of Morrow county school dis trict R.I ., Ik. . ..... . .... i jjo.,, lwu vrars.i ry - submitted her resignation lo the lUC CODV Uaril Monday night with EPPN COX Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 25, 1962 GAZ ETTE February 26 Set Election Bote As 78th Year, Number 47 statement indlcatlni? that ho could no longer afford the amount of time required from hit lamuy and business. She was appointed two years ku 10 nil a vacancy, and last year was elected without oono Kltion to fill the unexpired term. Her term would have been up in juiy 01 mis year. In resigning, Mrs. George stat ed her regret at the necessity if leaving and commended her fellow members for their devot ln to duty. The board placed the resignation on record and. in turn, expressed lis regret and cited her for her good work. In other actions at the special meeting called because of the heavy Influx of business facing I lie hoard, the directors consul ered an Index type salary ached ule for coaches, a salary schedule lor custodians, provided scholar ships for teachers In the system who take training for teaching the mentally retarded, turned down a request to sell teacher ages at Boardman to a private party, authorized purchase of a used activity bus, decided to in elude 3 and 37 new teachers In the budget, and voted to sub mit an $870,000 bond issue for school construction to residents of the district, which is told In another story. New Arrangement Praised The board won commendation from those present at the meet ing when they re-arranged their seating arrangement so that all face the audience. There had been complaint that the public could not hear and thus could not understand what actions had been taken. The new arrange ment proved much more satis factory. Some thought had been given to changing to a meeting place with better acoustics, but it was decided to remain at the court house location when those in the audience said that proceedings could be followed easily under the new arrangement. - The Index pattern for coaching would have tended to give a larger salary for coaches in lar ger schools of the district, allo cating extra pay for their extra duty. The proposal met with Warm Air Drives Away Icy Blast Mercury At II Below On Sunday Directors of Morrow eountv miiuui owner k.j unanimously kikmh resolution at the meeting Monday night to sub mil lo voters of the district an $S70,UIO bond Issue to provide ior w niKU construction at Ilepp tier. Irrigon and Boardman. late of the special election was set for Mondav. February . . . . -.u. iH-iwern me noura or i and a p. m. irr' -1 mvryif-i tj " " f ..... Ml (Krf k A ' ' f rKr '4 : J . "What did you think of it all hoes, several burlap sacks and a now that you re back in the objections from director Harvey states?" asked Mrs. James Lind Warner of Irrigon who said that say Ione, after h h d h a d rhnol take ns much time and uale Marun, uregon s to 1 . . ,1 ...11 i , u:.. T nave as mucn worK as tnose m uin.-, mi auuui ms imcuioi- the larger schools. He recom- ional Farm Youth Exchange ex mended that extra pay to coach- periences at the Willows Grange es be provided on a basis other I meeting on Sunday, January 21 than school enrollment. Chairman D. O. Nelson said "It goes against my craw that coaches are getting extra pay for doing the lob they are train ed to do." He said other teachers often do not receive extra pay for extra duties. It was decided to submit the matter to the coaches for their consideration and proposal. Custodian Scale Set After considering the salaries of custodians, the board voted to adopt a policy of starting them at $3900, advancing them to $4080 at the end of six months and to $4200 at the start of the second year. At the start of the fourth year they will go on a schedule of $4400 per year. Any advancement for service of merit beyond that point will be at the discretion of the board. Under the state's mentally re tarded program, the schools must provide for special teach ing for students in this group by 1964. The board decided to provide two scholarships of $150 each for teachers of the system who are willing to go to summer school to take training for this work. The feeling expressed was that this could be done for con siderably less cost than hiring specialized teachers from outside the district A program to provide extra pay to teachers who take ad vanced study beyond BA plus 45 hours or the master's degree was brought up for consideration. No action was taken pending further study. More information is expected to be presented on this matter at the March meet ing. Offer Declined . A letter from a private party at Boardman asked the board to sell him the teacherages (three district -owned houses) there. The board had previously accepted tha nffor nf the Corns of Engin eers for $17,500 for the three houses and lots, which will be casualties of the John Day res ervoir, preferring not to attempt to move them. The private party a:ked that the board reconsider, accept the offer of the Engineers of $16,250 with the privilege of salvaging and moving the houses. In turn, the board would sell the houses to the indJv'duI?1 for the difference plus $250. He enclosed a $500 check to show good faith. . Director Bob Sicard of Board man immediately opposed the sale to the private party, now ever, on the grounds that it would leave the board "wide open for criticism" as f favoritism to this individual. He pointed out that the Engineers will have the houses up for bid Continued on Page 6) DOLLS in authentic Greek costumes are admired by Mrs. Lewis Halvornn and Mrs. Eulenna Corlev. Ilf ; 1 1 A 1 J M W T mm a: N . ... uiuui) oimeis 01 mue, as L-aia mania, wregan 1 it il 10 ireece aitenas tneir Grange meeting January 21 to tell of his International Farm Youth Exchange experiences in Greece last summer. Berl Akers (left). Willows Grange master, looks on. Granges Hear Exchange Youth e Experiences in Greece At the end of a day's work Dale joined the family teaching his 'brothers and sisters rock and roll as they accompanied him on his accordion. He says that social and cul tural improvements, centuries old, indicates that Greece is in the midst of change. The Grant County IFYE ex plained how the county of Greece suffered mass destruction of its homos and public build ings during World War II. He witnessed the gratitude of the native people to America who had supplied the aid through the Marshall Plan to rebuild. "I feci Americans have a ten dency to be self-critical of them selves when it comes to foreign aid. They tend to exploit the incidents of mis-use of our aid rather than the good that it has done for the majority of our foreign neighbors," says Martin. Dale is spending the months of January and February report ing his experiences in 10 Oregon counties. He had slides, music and other mementos to show during his talk. He was a houseguest of the Harold Wright family, Rhea Creek, over the week-end and appeared at the Rhea Creek Grange on January 20. "I'd go back tomorrow, if it were possible, was his answer, "I'm sure if I would return in five years I would see many changes. Electricity is just be ginning to come to the villages. This means that lights in the home, running hot and cold water, bathroom facilities, etc. will soon be a part of their rural life." The 1961 Oregon State Uni versity graduate returned home at Christmas after five months of living with farm families in Greece. During the time he was there he lived with various fam ilies taking part in both work and recreational activities. One of the things he did was to help a family harvest potatoes. Here is his description of it: 'With our one horsepower tractor and four-wheeled trailer with iron rims and wooden spokes, loaded with a walking plow, half a dozen short handled lunch basket, my host family and I were ready to commence a days work. "Mid-morning we stopped work and went to the wagon. There my host mother spread the lunch out on a freshly laun dered, white cloth over burlap sacks with the ground serving as a table. White cheese made from the milk of sheep; bread which is brown and home baked; sliced tomatoes; a bean dish with olive oil, onions, peppers, and tomatoes; and olives. I refer to the meal as break-lunch. since no food had been - eaten earlier in tne morning and a light meal would follow In mid afternoon. "In the west the sky glows red as the sun bid its final fare well for the day and we walked down the dusty road behind a wagon load of potatoes. Just ahead was a wagon with a 10-15 foot high load of corn and to bacco stalks which will be used as fuel for cooking and heating the farmer's home. To the rear was a wagon loaded witn bar rels and baskets of grapes ready or making juice, and to the left a farmer preparing his field for seeding with a Massey-Harns tractor and plow." Thursday Truck-Train Crash Kills Driver A man identified tentatively as George Hoard, address un known, was reported at press time today to have died in the Hermiston hospital after the truck he was driving crashed into a train at the cutoff crossing of highways 30 and 730 near Boardman and Irrigon Thursday morning. Harlan McCurdy, assis tant manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, said that the truck belonged to Inland Navi gation Company and was haul ing for the Grain Growers. Wreckage of the truck was scat tered along the tracks. Man Breaks Back In Fall from Roof Lawrence Doherty, 47. who lives on the old Roy Neill place on Butter creek, some 25 miles from Heppner, suffered a frac tured lower back and a broken left arm when he fell from the roof of his house Friday while attempting to repair a chimney. Doherty climbed on the roof during the storm but slipped on the icy surface and fell some 12 or 14 feet to the ground. He lives alone and no one was near at the time. Somehow he made his wav to the home of his brother, Bill" Doherty. at Sandhollow. Dr. L. D. Tibbies said Doherty has a fracture in the lower back as well as the arm fracture. The injured man will be confined to Pioneer Memorial hospital for a month or six weeks. Abrams Will Not Seek Reelection to DA Post Robert B. Abrams, Morrow county district attorney for the past five years, will not seek reelection this year, ne announ ced Wednesday. His term expires at the end of the current year. He said that he plans to devote all of his time to the private practice in the firm of Mahoney and Abrams and added that he is hopeful that another attorney may come to Heppner who may be interested in the district at torney position and combine it with private practice here. Death of J. O. Turner, attorney here for many years, left Ma honey and Abrams and Jos. J. Nys as the only practicing law yers in Heppner. There are no others in the county. Abrams said that he feels that the district attorney should re side in Heppner in order to be available for counsel and close to county offices. Abrams was appointed district attorney to fill the unexpired term of Brad Fancher, who mov ed to Bend. The next year four years ago he was elected to the post on the Republican ticket without opposition. He said that he and his part ner, P. W. Mahoney, are trying to find someone interested in this location. In other news on the political front this week, E. O. Ferguson, Republican, filed on January 18 for reelection to the position of county commissioner. He is the first one to file for office here this year, according to Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk. In addition to other offices an nounced last week that are up for ; , . 1 inpn a . . . 1 election in xvv, iwu uuiuuiia sioners are to be elected for 4 year terms for the Port of Mor row. They file by party and must first run on the primary ballot before entering the gen eral election in November. Those w hose terms expire are- Garland Swanson and George Weise. Commissioners serving holdover terms who will not be up for election this year are Al Lamb, John R. Krebs and Dewey West. City to Skip Meter Reading Due to Cold Because of the cold weather, water meters in Heppner will not be read this month, and all users will be billed for the minimum, Ted Smith, re corder, said Monday. All over ages will be picked up at the next reading, he said. Cast iron lids are frozen on the meters, he explained, and when the meter reader at tempts to remove them, many of them break. Also snow cov ering hides many of the met ers, and the reader has to con duct a hunt to find them, the recorder pointed out Winter's Icy blast hit Morrow- county with full impact during tne week, and Leonard L. Gil. liam. lleppner's official weather observer, had to go back to Jan uary 26. 1957. in his records to find a colder day than the 11 dciow or early Ssunday morning. The temperature Plummeted below zero again early Mondav morning to six below. Then af ter two more chilly, but some what warmer days, the mercury suddenly soared as hleh as 49 Wednesday and melted the snow. But tor five days last Thursday through Monday the thermometer never climbed as high as the freezing point. Max imum temperature recorded in the period was 26 above on Mon day. Despite the fact that this was the coldest weather In five years, residents seemed to take it pretty much in stride. There were many cases of frozen water pines, car troubles and furnace difficulties but no cases were reported that resulted in extreme hardship. Services at the Methodist church were call ed off Sunday when it was found that the furnace had gone off and the church was at a near freezing temperature inside. The three inches of snow that 1 fell last week drifted In some areas ana caused trouoie. iwo Ione school buses went off the road Monday when they hit drifts at different places, but the children were taken out In other vehicles within a half hour. Farmers involved in lambing and calving had a tough time, In higher rural areas in Morrow county the temperature was re Dorted as low as 25 decrees be low. Bryce Keene was caught in the middle of calving operations, for instance, and didnt go to bed for three nights. Most live stock growers had heat lamps ready and watting for the new born animals, but several re ported that when they could not be there the minute the animals hit the ground, they froze to death. County Agent Nels Anderson said that it is hard to tell the effect of the cold weather on the grain crons. Some that was just coming through might have frosted back to the ground level He said that there is bound to be some damage, but the layer of snow in the southern part of the county helped the situation. Grain growers in the northern part of the county, however, did not have the snow cover. John Graves of the Hardman area reported temperatures down to 25 degrees below there. In the Monument area, a low of 28 below was reported, with nine inches of snow on the level. Kinzua Corporation reported that snow in the mountains was not melting as of Thursday, but it appeared that more may be on the way. Crews were still at work in the woods despite tem peratures as low as 20 below during the week. The City of Heppner threw in the towel on water meter reading this month and Recorder Ted Smith announced that overages would be picked up on next months readings. Frozen cast iron lids on the meters are sub ject to breaking when they are forced open in weather this cold. Ralph Richards of the Soil Con servation office issued a snow report relative to the snow course on Arbuckle Mountain. As of January 24 there was 24.2 Inches on the ground. At the same date in 1961 there were 18.4 inches on the ground and on January 24, 1960, 21.2 inches. The 9-year average at this time Is 26.7 with a high of 45.8 inches in 1956 and a low of 13.4 inches in 1959. Water content of the snow on the ground is figured at 6.7 in ches as compared with five in ches in 1961, 4.4 inches in 1960 on the same date. Nine-year average is 7.0 Inches. High was 12.8 inches in 1958 and low, 3.3 Inches in 1957. Density of the snow Is figured at 27 now, as compared with 27 in 1961, 21 in 1960, anr the nine-year average of 26. High was 34.3 in 1959 and low was 20.5 in 1957. Gilliam said that the coldest temperature he has recorded in his long history as weather ob- ( Continued on Page 6) Need to Register? Only One Day Left If you are a newcomer to Morrow county and have not registered, you have only to morrow t Friday) to register In tinier to vote In the school election February 26. Keglstra Hon closes at the end of the day January 26, 30 days prior o tne election. Were It not for he fact that January has 31 days, the closing time would have been 5 d. m. Thursday. January 25. If you are from out of state. It is necessary to reside here six months before being per- mutea to vote. However, those coming to the county from an other part of the state may register at once. Registration may be com pleted In the office of Mrs. Sadie Parrlsh, county clerk, or witn her registrars In other parts of the county: Ione. June ('rowel I; Irrigon, Marguerite Houghton; Boardman, Walt Hayea; and Lexington, Mrs. Emma Breshears. 1 : v ' . 1 wL ruruoMi of the bond uuue would be threefold: L To finUh the new hii;u school at lli j piur, aji a complete hiuh school unit 2. To provide funds beyond those to be reimbursed by the Federal government for th reconstruc tion of Riverside school of liosrd man as the John Day dsm makes relocation necessary, 3. To pro vide funds for two additional classrooms, a library and a car. etorlum at the A. C Uougtilon school, Irrigon. As proposed, payment of the bond issue would extend over a JO year period. It would em brace the current serial levy that la now Included In the budget and thus remove the serial levy from the budguL As originally approved, the serial levy was authorized for a year period and designed to ralso $130,000 per year. Funds for the first two years were to bo used in construction of the high school at Ione and to con struct the first wing of a new high school (Unit-AJ at Heppner. Both of these have now been completed and are fully puld from funds raised by the serial levy except for 10 Uiat is with held by Uie board until the di rectors are satisfied that con tractors have fully completed their work. Funds Earmarked Funds to be raised by the ser ial levy for the third year, an other $130,000, were to go to Irrigon for the needed additions to the school there, and the funds to come from the fourth year of the levy were earmarked lor the boardman relocation and reconstruction. The serial levy, according to administrator Robert Van lloute, requires 7.9 mills annually levied on property tax on the current county valuation. The proposed bond Issue, which would en compass the serial levy and re move it from the budget, would require a first year levy of 4.6 mi quir ills, 33 mills less than the AL LAMB Al Lamb Named Ullman Chairman Congressman Al Ullman In Washington D. C, last week an nounced selection of Al Lamb of Heppner to serve as chairman of his 1902 campaign for reelec tion. Lamb, manager of the Mor row County Grain Growers, Inc., will head a committee of 2nd district citizens supporting Ull man's candidacy. Lamb has served as chairman of the Morrow County Demo cratic Central Committee for eight years. He was also Ull mans chairman In 1960 when the 2nd District Congressman won a third term by a margin or over 2U.U00 votes. In making the announcement Ullman stated, I am very pleas ed that Al Lamb will be working in my behalf during the coming campaign. It is a source of great pride that he and many other outstanding citizens in the 2nd District have offered to serve on he campaign committee." Lamb has indicated that he will immediately begin organ izing a "Committee to Re-elect ongressman Al Ullman" In the 18 counties of the 2nd Congress- onal District He said Monday that he did not know of any opposition developing against Congressman Ullman for the pri maries, which will be May 18. Boy, 12, Gets Hooked Watching Program Dennis Warren, 12, brought a touch of realism to a tele vision program on steelhead fishing that he was watching Wednesday night While watching the program, he got out his fishing tackle, and while absorbed In the fisher men on the screen, snagged his finger on one of his hooks. It was embedded so deeply that it was necessary to call a doctor. The doctor decided that the hook could best be removed by giving an anesthetic, and so Dennis went through this before the damaged digit could be patched up. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren, felt that though painful, the Incident might serve as a good lesson. They said the boy was watching TV when he was sup posed to be studying. serial levy despite the larger indebtedness because it would extend over the 20-year period. interest rate is figured arbitrar ily at 3.7, approximately the present market rate. Director Fred Martin said at the meeting that some recent school bond Issues have been sold at more favorable. Interest rates than that Thus, result of removing the serial levy from the budget and adding the bond issue would be that mlllage levy would drop for property taxpavers bv some 3.3 mills the first year. As the bonds were paid on over tne ensuing years, the interest would decline continuously and the millage levy would decline cor respondingly, it was pointed out. Breakdown Given Breakdown of the $870,000, which is estimated would be re quired for construction needs is as follows: For Heppner high school: building cost, $545,800; archi tects, fee, $32,748: contingencies, $16,374; furniture, $12,000; total. $606,922. For Irrigon construction, sijo, 000. For Boardman reconstruc tion, $130,000. Add for grounds improvements as needed, $3,078. Grand total, $870,000. The board reviewed revised plans of Architects Hayslip and Tuft for the Heppner construc tion before passing the resolut ion. Directors had previously turned down plans offered by the architects as being some what too large and too elaborate. The present plans Include class room additions to me present Unit-A, totaling an additional 5,000 square feet; a gymnasium and physical education plant of approximately 8400 square feet, including dressing rooms, bal cony, and band room under the balcony; a wing ior nomemaK ing and science labs and a multi purpose room (which would also be used as a caietoriurru ; ana an agricultural ana electrical shop. Van Houte said that archi tects figure costs currently to be in the neighborhood of $12.50 to $13.50 per square foot, and the total construction project at Heppner would approximate 50, 000 square feet in addition to the 9800 feet now encompassed bv Unit-A. Some of the area will be at a lower cost figure. Drawings To Be Printed Drawings of elevations ana floor plans for the three projects at Heppner, Irrigon and Board- man win De puDiisnea in tnis . paper as soon as architects are able to reduce the drawings to scale small enough to include in the paper and have engrav ings made. In speaking for submitting the matter to a vote. Director Martin said that the bond issue would have the effect of speeding up progress In the north end of the county because it would not be necessary to wait to start con struction until funds from the serial levy accrue. They would be available as soon as the bonds were sold, in the event the Issue is approved by the voters. Director Bob Sicard of Board- man said that he feels it is the school board's responsibility to face up to the building program. and he made tne motion that called for the bond election. (Continued on Page 6)
