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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 25, 1962
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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
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"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
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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
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DOLLS in authentic Greek costumes are admired by Mrs. Lewis Halvornn and Mrs. Eulenna Corlev.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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