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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1962)
. k a h r u or o c u a c m t . ORE. K K U r Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 8, 1962 G A2ETT 10c Copy 78th Year, Number 49 ff loffl TCwd WDD .' v-x- 1 1 M ES - "T. any THIS SKETCH shown what Heppner Hlnh chol will Iok like when fully completed. Gymnasium is at right. Three level are provided on mrih Mde of gun. with band room on lower level, dressing rooms on second leel and K'm balcony on top level. I'resent I'nlt A tused as grade school Ihl yenrl Is that part at left of lower wine, extending left from niirrow sidewalk. Vocational and electrical hop, In separate building, ds In background t left I. Bond Leaflet Printed; Election Facts Given (See floor plans, pace 6) lots must make' application to ....... I the school 'istrlct clerk in the nrocnurcs giving rans 01 me courthouse at Heppner lor such proposed SS70.000 (jond Issue fori ballot. Applications must be Morrow county school construe-1 made at least five days pre ,.., hn.' t,.,.. .v,i, j . coding the election. I'mler cor- i - Vi . A Y .k ,aln rmersency conditions, il now being distributed by the I, nosslhle to ..htnln an abler.. Morrow County Committee fori tee ballot within the five days Better Schools. Dr. Wallace Wolff, preceding the election, but this chairman, states. lis a limited situation. Thn i.nfi,,t. ti.ou n,, r.i.n. I People who are physically un- a picture of Heppner high school hU' ",u'n ' th,c P''linK placei and Rive many facts on the pro posal, its effect on taxes .and needs of the system. Copies of me brochure may be obtained from the office of the county school administrator, from Dr. Wolff or from the Gazette-Times office. Floor plans of the building at Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon, are printed in this paper. Date of the special election Is on the day of election may ob tain an absentee ballot provid ing they have a certificate from the physician indicating that thev are unable to go to the polling places. Certificates from physician is not reauired if ap plication is made more than five davs before the election. Lo cal school administrators have application blanks and addit ional information for those who wish to have more details In Year's First Grass Fire Calls Volunteers Firs! grass fire of the year called volunteer firemen to about a two-acre patch across the highway from the Morrow county rodeo grounds early Saturday afternoon. No dam age was done and the blaze was quickly controlled. . Fire Chief Charles Ruggles, though noting this was the first grass fire of the year, said that except for January th? firemen have answered at least one call to a grass fire every month since May. Rep. Weafherford, Oliver Creswick File for Offices A little stirring on the political scene was evident this week with I ings at this point by v the filing of Kep. Frank Weath- having played one less Final Home Tilt Friday; lone Travels Last home game of the ren ular basketball season Is on tap tor the Heppner Aiustangs Fri day night when Sherman County (Morol comes here for a Jayvee- varsity doubleheader with the curtain raiser at 6:30 In the Heppner High gym. The Mustangs then travel to Mom for a return game with the Sherman County five, also with the Jayvee prelim starting at 6:30. Meanwhile, Ione's Cardinals, at the top of the Umatilla-Mor row H league with wins over Riverside and Echo over the week-end, will take to the road meeting Umatilla there Friday night and Maupin on the letter's floor Saturday night in a non- league contest. The game with Umatilla is a crucial because each team has just lost one contest In league action. Umatilla stands one-half game behind lone in the stand- lrtue of ess game. Monday, February 26. from 2 to reeard to the absentee voting erford of Olex ii.s a candidate The Cards have a 51 mark and 8 p. m. and every registered I procedure. I'or reelection to the legislature I Umatilla 4-1. Dr. Wolff said that every cf- " serve uii iam, merman, mot- Af(er Umatilla, the only game fort is being made to reach the row. Wheeler, and Umatilla remaining for lone in regular public with facts on the bond counties and with the filing of Ueamin is the came with Stan- issue. It is hoped that a large 'liver Creswick for election as fjpM Kridav. February 16. at crowd will attend the IT A meet- Morrow county assessor. lone. ing in Heppner February 15 to Rep. Weatherford, Democrat. iior will C4rlr in ot'on ftirn discuss the proposal. Members filed his candidacy Monday with ,r.,i,,0 !,,,,-. t of the community are on call to I the state elections division in I...,!, r, r i r 0h ai uin ua meet with any organization or Salem. At present he represents U0ing after its fourth league win - group to explain the matter, he Gilliam, Sherman, Wheeler and hPre Friday Havine lost two voter may east a ballot. Polling places are Heppner elementary school multipurpose room, Board man high school, Irrigon (old high school building), Lexington school cafeteria, lone high school. Pine City community building and Rhea Creek Grange hall, Kuggs. Absentee voting will be per mitted in the election. An absent voter is a registered school eleo tor who will be absent from the district on the date of election, or who lives more than 15 miles from the polling place or who is physically unable to attend the election. Those desiring absentee bal said. Forest Meet Date I Tentatively Set Morrow counties, but under the m0i,.fl0 nrtur onnonra that reapportionment plan that goes tne White Buffs pretty well have PTA Sets Talent Show For March 9 into effect for the coming elec tions. Umatilla county is in eluded In the -district Creswick, Republican, was ap pointed last year to the position of assessor to fill the unexpired term of Harry Dinges. who re signed. Under the law, the appoint Vtaia nf IToKriifirv 0 haa hcon set tentatively for a meeting to h""1 f .tectiYe until the discuss fire fighting and forestry h,xt, lection, but Dinges term problems involving State of Ore gon and U. S. Forestry Service, W. S. (Sam) Miller, ranger In charge of the Heppner district U. S. Forest Service, said Wed nesday. It is expected that both ure- gon and U. S. Forest Service of ficials will be at the meeting to this year March 9 is the date set for the PTA Amateur Talent Show at the Heppner High school gym Any person, of any age, with I discuss with logging operators talent in the musical line, ability and other interested persons what to present readings skits, imper-1 might be done to coordinate fire . sonations, pantomimes, aances, i fighting activities ot the two or any other type of entertain-1 agencies. ment is invited to start prepar-1 The matter originated when ing now for the show and too. W. Cutsforth several weeks enter. Prizes will be awarded ago brought up the matter at winners in different age groups, the Heppner-Morrow County including pre-schooi, g r a a e I Chamber of Commerce, declaring school, high school and adults. J that waste resulted when one Names may be entered by agency was unable to fight fires contacting Mrs. Ed Dick, Mrs Mary Bryant or Robert Hopper, would have expired anyway. filing by the assessor was completed Monday in the office of Sadie Parrish, county clerk, by petition. Candidates for the primary election must complete filings by March 9, Mrs. Parrish said. the Greater Oregon western div ision championship sewed up. Final games tot- Heppner will be against Grant Union at John Day on February it ana 11. V J 1 r - .... - r ii v'v! QUEEN MARLENE FETSCH Students 'Tapped' For Honor Society PTA president. Entries are en couraged from surro u n d i n g towns, as well as Heppner An applause meter Is expected to be in use to help determine winners in each division. The show is being sponsored by the ways and means commit tee of the PTA as a benefit for the scholarship fund and other spring functions of the or ganization. Sale of tickets is expected to begin at 25c for grade school students, 50c for high school stu dents, and 75c for adults. Junior hieh grades have a ticket con test planned. Those selling nine tickets will get one tree. Apartment Fire Damage Heavy Fire in an apartment house owned by N. D. Bailey at the corner of water ana jones streets did heavy damage about 8 a. m. Thursday. The blaze broke out in an upstairs apart ment occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Stacev Lovgren and center of the fire was near a stove in the liv ing room. Firemen responded quickly and confined damage pretty much to the one apartment, al though some smoke and water damage may be felt in other parts of the house. Fire Chief Charles Ruggles said that water was used sparingly. He credited good work of about five key men in the department with quick suppression of the blaze. Although little structural dam ace was noticed walls and cc'l ings were burned and much of the furniture in the apartment was hurt, the chief said. The building is covered by insur ance but it was not determined if contents are covered. i within the jurisdiction of the other. Rep. Frank Weatherford contacted State Forester Dwight Phipps and reported to the Chamber that the latter would be willing to appear or be rep resented at a meeting here. Miller said that Wright Mal lery, U. S. Forest Service super visor, Pendleton, wrote him that the meeting date of February 23 at 1:30 p. m. in the circuit court room, Morrow county court house had been set tentatively for discussion of the problems, but definite word had not been received by late Wednesday. Eieht Heppner High school students were "tapped'' for mem bership in the National Honor Society Monday anernoon. six juniors and two sophomores were approached during class periods and notitied or rne nonor Dy present members. They were es corted to other classes of the student body and introduced. Chosen for the honor from the junior class were Shan Apple gate, Shirley Carlson, Jacqueline .Brindle. Laura Lee Sumner, tv, d , o u t Martha Doherty and Ann Jones. The Rev. Walter Smith of Lex-1 Sophomores inducted were Bill ington will be guest speaker at sherman and Jennifer Brindle. the annual Cub Scout Blue an 1 rma,inn nf new members will Blue And Gold Banquet Slated Gold banquet Friday night, Feb ruary 9, at 6:30 p. m. in the fair pavilion. The Rev. Smith has been involved in scouting work for many years and he will also present the awards to 45 young Cub Scouts. Den mothers are In charge of the potluck supper and will dec orate the tables and room Thurs day evening at 7:30 p. m. Fol lowing the awards, 30 minutes of cartoons will be shown to the youngsters while the parents are clearing things away All Cubs, parents and families are invited Darrell Power is Cubrnaster. New Apportionment Plan Favored; Petitions Due Organization to support an in itiative measure that would es tablish a new plan of apport ionment in the state legislatuie was started in a meeting it Pendleton last Tuesday with rep resentatives from eight eastern Oregon counties, including Mor row, present. The proposal would provide senate seats from a minimum of 30 to a maximum of 35 and base apportionment on popula tion alone. In the house, mem bership would be increased from 60 to 65 with one member to each of 30 representative dis tricts established by the Con stitution, consisting of 25 singie county districts, four two-couniy districts, and one three-countv district. Balance of the seats would be apportioned on the basis of a strict population formula. A guarantee would be set up to provide that population per representative could ne.er exceed a ratio of 4 to 1. An additional representative wouU be apportioned to the district which exceeds this ratio. Under the proposal Morrow would share a representathe with Gilliam and Sherman coun ties. Under the present plan of reapportionment, in effect this year, Morrow shares with Wheeler, Gilliam, Sherman and Umatilla counties. In the senate the district would include Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman, Morrow, Crook and Jefferson counties, thus combin ing with counties of similar size and interest, proponents say. O. W. Cutsforth, who attend ed the meeting, said that 53,000 signatures will be necessary to place the matter on the ballot. Petitions will be out in March, and Mrs. Verner Troedson will be in charge of the distribution in Morrow county. Cutsforth said that he had agreed to distribute them in Heppner and asked co operation of the public in sign ing them. Net effect of the new bill would be that five more sen ators and live more members of the house would be added, Cuts forth said. Fred Gimbel, president of the Chamber of Commerce here, said that he would call a special meeting to discuss angles of the reaoiKirtionment plan at a later date. 1 be Monday evening, February 12, at 8:00 p. m. in tne nign scnooi cafeteria. The public is extend ing an invitation to attend. Requirements for the "tapping" of a student are to hold a grade point average of 3.0. (B) or better, and accepted by vote of the faculty on merits of character, leadership and service. The stu dent must carry two-thirds of the total faculty points. PTA Meet Moved To February 15 Tn keeping with the "Lights on for Education" theme throughout the nation, the Heppner PTA has moved its regularly scheduled meeting from February 14 to the 15th. Memhers of the Morrow Coun ty Committee for Better Schools will present a panel discussion on the coming ounaing oona issue. The fourth grade room mothers will be in charge of the "Foun ders Day" observance. The nominating committee will report and nominations for new officers will lane piace. Principal HUlard Brown will discuss the bond issue at the Lexington PTA meeting in Lex ington February id. Band Parents Club Sets Meeting Monday Plans for a carnival to be staged April 14 will be made at a meeting of the Band Parents club Monday night, at 7:30, Bud Peck, president, announces, it will be in the music room of the high school gym building. Musical numbers will be play ed bv the sixth grade band. Com mittees will be appointed to start work on the carnival, the presi dent said. Marlene Of 1962 Queen Rodeo Her majesty, ruler of the 19P2 Morrow County Fair and Kodeo, will be Queen Marlene. Selection of Marlene Fetsch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, as queen of the rodeo was made at a meeting of Hie rodeo board Wednesday nlgnt. The Heppner High school Junior was a princess in last years court and is an excellent horse woman. She is a 4-H club leader, a cheer leader at the school, member of the Girls' League, Girls' Athletic association, Fu ture Business Leaders of Amer ica and of Ruth Assembly, Rain bow for Girls. Marlene also Is a member of the Wranglers and of the Oregon Barrel Racing as sociation. Princesses for the 1962 court will be chosen bv Willows erange. the Tillicum club of Boardman, the Lena community, and the Wranglers. Marlene represented the Lexington Grange when she was chosen last year. It was reported Wed nesday night that the Lexington Grange does not plan to select a princess this year. The early selection of a queen was only one indication that the rodeo board expects this year to get its plans rolling well In ad vance of the event, which will be September 1 and 2. Bert Huff has been named secretary-treasurer of the board to replace Max Barclay, who asked to be relieved of this duty but has been accepted as a boar J member, and Wes Sherman was added to be In charge of pub licity. Rod Murray represents the Wranglers as an honorary mem ber of the board. Chairman Floyd Jones got things moving fast at this first meeting. Director Bill Smethuist was named to be In charge ot the queen and court, Director Jack Loyd will be In charge of concessions, Director Barclay will take charge of trophies and prizes, Director Fetsch of the dances, Director John Eubank3 the races, and Director Gerald Swaggart the grounds. A plan to have a carnival op erate In connection with the ro deo this year was revealed. A Washington concern has been contacted to bring rides and concessions. The board approved the matter of asking John Van Belle to bid on furnishing stock again for the rodeo and discussed the selection of an announcer and clowns for the show. Those in terested will be contacted by letter. Several applications are in the hands of the board at this time. As tentatively agreed after last year's rodeo, the parade this year will be turned over to the Chamber of Commerce. Smeth urst has been in charge of thi3 job for years and asked to ba relieved last year. General admission prices to the rodeo were set at $1 for children and $2 for adults. Re served seats will be $2.50 and three rows in the main grand stand only will be reserved. None will be in the buckeroo stand. Admission to the Saturday night show will be $1 with children under 12 admitted free. Director Swaggart asked that he be permitted to obtain saw dust or shavings to be used on the grounds, except for the turf, to be applied after the close of school so as not to interfere with the high school track ac tivity. He also suggested that re pairs need to be maae to tne grandstand and pointed out the need for a paint Job. Ex-League Head Says More Crop Cuts Coming Additional reduction of pro ductive capacity through another 10 per cent cut in wneat acreage allotments can be expected next year, according to Jack Smith, former nresident of the Oregon Wheat League, who spoke at the regular meeting of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce Monday. Controls will be placed on a unit basis to tie in and make acreage controls "work," he said. The county Is faced with a problem of surpluses and has been for the past year, declared Smith, who has spent the past three years representing the Wheat League in foreign coun tries and Washington, D. C. Much of the time was in Argentina. "In the case of wheat, In the time the Commodity crean Corporation took over 4.2 years ago it had as much money in wheat as the grower." he said. 'This pointed out the need to move out of CCC storage and do something about production." He reiterated the prediction that there will be additional reduction next year with con trols tighter. Smith, whose home Is In Con don, said it Is Interesting to note changes made in home com munities after three years' ab sence. "Our thoughts should be cen tered now on plans and projec tions for the next five years," he said. The businessman should be aware that support from the agricultural economy Is starting to slip away, he said. President Fred Gimbel was In charge of the meeting. Councilmen Defer Dam Water Idea To add more water for ever growing consumption for do mestic purposes In Heppner, a third well to supply the city will be drilled near the mouth of Skinner creek. It was decided by the city couiuil at Its regular meeting Monday night. At the same time the council derided not to ask for reservation of water In the provosed Willow Creek dam, for which a survey Is now underway by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the present. Councilmen unanimously ex pressed the feeling that costs involved in the latter course would be high for the benefits involved. Cost of the stored water Itself would not be the major immediate factor but the necessary construction of a fil tration plant would be in the neighborhood of $100,000, it was brought out In discussions on the matter. The Willow Creek dam water would cost the city approxi mately $180,000, including inter est, over a 50 year period. This would reserve 300 acre feet per year at a cost of $8 per acre foot. City Superintendent Vic Gro shens said that the third well could be drilled and placed in operation for approxim a t e 1 v $3000, since the city now owns enough equipment to pump the water. Noiman Florence, owner of property on which the third well would be located, has given con sent to deed land for the well to the city, Sunt. Groshens said, on condition that he be allow ed to use the city water tor his home, it will take several months, however, to prepare for digging the well since the mat ter must be approved by the State Engineer and legal steps must be followed through on procuring of the deed, together with arranging for contractors. Actual drilling of the well may not be undertaken for several months with the cost Included In the 1902-63 budget. Groshens reported to the coun cil that water consumption in Heppner has increased every year for 12 years, running to 792,000 gallons per day and to a peak of 880,000 gallons one day last summer. An increase of 70 gallons per minute is needed at peak per iods to avoid excessive draw down of reservoirs, he said. The growing use is due to larger population but the addition of big users to the city system, such as the cemetery and the school buildings. Groshens said that he had hopes that the new well would produce a flow of 350 gallons per minute. He pointed out that the present pipeline from the city to the first well, three miles out, must be replaced probably within 10 years and suggesrea a 12-inch line. If the Willow Creek dam is erected, it would cover a considerable portion of the present line and it will have to be replaced at least partially at the expense of the dam pro ject, he said. The superintendent said that he believes that a third "good" well would be adequate for the city's needs for some 30 years. Councilman Ed Gonty made a motion that City Attorney Jos. N. Nys draw conveyance for ac quiring property from Florence for the well and that prelim inary steps towards drilling the well be started. Jack Van Winkle and Calvin Sherman appeared on behalf of 10 families who live on Condon Heppner highway, just outside the city limits, asking for city water. It would be the plan to form a water district, and they agreed to take care of all ex pense of constructing mains, buying a fire hydrant and pipe, as well as provide meters and take care of hookup charges. In a previous meeting the council had approved formation of the district, and they confirmed this approval to Van Winkle and Sherman. Water will be furnish ed to their homes at a charge of $1 per month above that for users In the city. Supt. Groshens also recom mended that a concrete block house be constructed around the present weir house and lift sta tion on the water system, lo cated on Dick Wilkinson prop erty, to keep cattle away from the weir bouse, ine Mate eoara of Health had informed the city that the cattle are believed to be a source of bacteria that sometimes In dry seasons brings an unfavorable report on tne water's purity. The new build- (Continued on Page 6)
