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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1962)
ems Mrs. Anderson; Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 15, 1962 1 "V Gives Guarantee n Levy b Board PPPN s, N 10c CoDy 78th Year, Number 50 Mallicoat Says Boeing Se When Land Deals Done The IWIng Company, which would have Ikvn on the Board man h.tt iv month ago If land deals had been completed, will be ready in tnoe In with de vi lopment shortly after these Is are finalled, probably by Ihe end of March Sam Mailt- ial. director of the Stale l pnriment of Development and I'l.-mriintr. told a group of t5 iH-rsons at Konrdmnn Tuesday nigtn. lie sMk nt annual rawt ini! of SI'ADA 'Space Age In dustrial luk Association! and tin croup Included mayors t hamher of Commerce presidents .mi other inviied guests. I lie speaker predicted that mere wount no no "boom at lirst and said that his depart ment would feel satisfied if 150 t. -fini men were Included In me early Boeing contingent. iii)h mat contracts for the .aiiirn )roect. won by Boeing. wouiu onng activity here were lost when it was required that the work he done In Louisiana. it is possible that a chance may ne lot incoming In government requirements wnicn still may mean some worn wil' be done on .saturn on the Eoardman site, Mallicoat said. son, Imie. At trie conclusion of the meet inc. the new moiiui piciun uiogon 1111: 0 , designed to miow Ilils stale haulage t industry and made under spon siirsiitp 01 nanus and iu li uliut.es In the slate, was shown Cards at Heme Friday in Finale; Mustangs on Road ine director asked SPA DA to consider two protects: 1. Work ing with the state department to seeK to nave the Army En pincers raise the Willow Creek bridge to 65 feet to permit access by water to the Willow Creek basin. 2. Look Into the possibility 01 aeouinne me txno grazing lands ior iuiure industrial ex pansion. Boeing will have 11 miles of waterfront and arrangements are being made lor a highway over pass to haul heavy equipmcn to the project from the river. Mallicoat told of the intense interest in this area and of the great number of inquiries com ing inlo his office about it. He said that industrial development is still the prime project of Gov ernor Hatfield's piogram.vAs to himseit, Mallicoat said tnat ne has devoted 75 of his time to the Boardman project while Rup ert Kennedy of the department has spent nearly 100 of his time on it, doing the bulk of the work on completing land transactions. Bill Belt, of Hermiston, presi dent of SPADA. was in charge of the meeting and Rave a progress report to the group of the past vear's activities. Three directors whose terms are expiring were reelected. Thev include Bui Ba ratt, Heppner, Dallas Dusenbery, Umatilla, and uariana swan Meets to Discuss Zone Ordinance Slated Monday Two meetings will be held in the county Monday. February 19, to discuss draft of an interim county zoning ordinance, it is announced. One will be at 2 p. m. in the lone Legion hall to discuss the ordinance with the people between the south boun dary of the bombing range and the baseline, which is located one-quarter mile north of lone, according to County Judge Oscar Peterson. All interested are in vited to attend. The second will be Monday evening at 7:30 at the Board man city hall and is intended to provide information to the public on the content of the ordinance. The county planning commis sion and the county court spent several months on tne develop ment of the ordinance which thev feel is a necessary part of a sound development pro-cram. While the ordinance does not regulate land while it is being used for agriculture, horticulture, crazing or the growing of timber, it does provide for control of development of a more urban type that is likely to come with new growth. The ordinance only affects areas outside incorporated cities and only as far south as the baseline. It will not be applied to the bombing range or to the land acquired by the state in the Boeing development. The public is invited to the meeting. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Basketball fans can look with some sj'dness on the coming week-end for it marks the etui f regular seasons of local teams this year. lone s ( animals finish at home Friday night against .tanfiold in a western division contest of the Morrow-Umatilla B league. Heppner, which played Its last home game Friday night against Sherman county (Morol, has two on the road at John Day for lis last action of the season, a pa with the Grant Union five. lone will then prepare for the tournament m district i-B but here will be no tournament for the Mustangs. Although thev have become stronger as the season progressed, they are 1:0. m contention for the Greeter Oregon title (western division) which Madras has clinched. Coach Glenn Biehl's lone lads have an earlier victory over Stan field and hope to repeat to nail down at least second place hi their division. If they win and 'Jmatilla loses to Riverside, the Cards and Umatilla will be tied or first in the tinal standings. Coach Bob Cantonwine's boys have split with John Day in a pair here earlier in the season. They have hopes of taking both down south. The Grant Union five lost a pair to leading Mad ras over the week-end while j$ he Mustangs divifed M-iNvherniMt county. Prospects lor (he young Mus tangs look good for next year- Captain Bruce Moyer and Kit George will play final games at Heppner, being the only sen iors. A number of juniors, a strong contingent of sophomores and more underclassmen coming up from the jayvees hold pro mise for the future. lone will be a little harder hit by graduation. Although high-scoring Ron Crabtree will be back next year, the team loses Tom Pointer just now com ing into his own, Wayne Hams and Jerry Davidson. Ken Nelson, who did not turn out this season because of a football injury, will also graduate. The lone tinaie will be a uoubleheader wilh the jayvce curtain-raiser at 8:45. Special en tertainment, a trampoline act by the Halvorscn-Heimbigner per formers, will be at halftime of the varsity game. Washington Birthday Closures Scheduled rivaue Washington'! birth dav Is a holiday for Home imb hi' ol flees, the post office will be 1 loM-d here Thursday, Feb ruarv 22. All offices In the courthouse-, with the exception of ihe county school office, will be closed. Since public schools remain ocn. the county office will Slav open. Ted Smith, city recorder, savs that the city office will remain oien and both banks will also be open. The Gazette-Times will be published at the regular time but since the ost oince win be closed and no delivery will be made, most subscribers will not be able to get their pa-rs until Friday morning. The Gazelle-Times office will be open, however, on Thursday. New Members Join Honor Society itiation ne wt Following the motto of lleponer High school Honor Society, "Light is the ymooi of Truih," seven new members were initiated into the lo'.al hapter at candlelighting jit ices Monday evening, unieers f this vear's organization, as- isled by members, challenged n-coming candidates to live up the obligations under wnicn they were selected on merits of keeping a high standard of scholarship, developing and ex ercising qualities of leadership. nlisting In worthy service, and growing into suen characters as hall enrich the lives 01 an with horn they associate. The Heppner Society was or ganized in 1954 with five charter members. It is one of 6,000 chap ters in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Mem bership is limited to 15 of the fudent body ol any school and fo 1 hose students who maintain a B average or hetter. In ad dition, they must qualify on citizenship and be elected by fac.j uirvTTairuT . Officers taking part were Mary Shannon, president; Don Clark, vice-president; Ronnie Belsma, secretary; Beverly Blake, treas urer; Sandra Harshman, Kenny Daggett, Norma Ferguson and Beverly Davidson, guards. Judy Schmidt was chairman of the refreshments. Faculty advisor is Mrs. Ray Williamson. New members initiated wens Shan Applegate, Shirley Carlson, Jacqueline Brindle, Laura Sum ner, Martha Dohertv and Ann Jones, all juniors: Jennifer Brin dle and Bill Sherman, soph omores. Scholarship letters will be awarded at the end of the year in four academic studies; Eng lish, Social Studies, Math and Science, according to Mrs. Wil liamson. This is the first year for these awards. Members, parents and friends enjoyed a social hour at the close of the ceremonies. Returns Top Last Year On Drive Response to the Mother's March of Dimes campaign on January 31 was most encourag Ing and cooperative, according to reirts of me co -chairmen. Mrs. Don Bennett and Mrs. Gl Ward. Contributions in the total $-'118.33 were delivered to the chairmen at me close 01 ihe evening. This amount more than doubled that received last year but total overall receipts to date are below those of last year. A volunteer team of 31 mothers worked together throughout areas blinked out ahead of time bv the chairmen and public re spouse was very goon. The march is out one area 01 Ihe campaign. Schools are con luding contests among classes and work projects are sponsored iv students ior oeneiii 01 the irive. Residents who have not return ed the social mailing envclopts with contributions are urged to do so. Only $220.90 is in the hands of the treasurer, Larry rock, from this source. This Is he only way through which the rural areas and outlying com munities are reached so a special appeal is made by the county chairmen LaVerne Van Marter and Mrs. Jack Loyd, for prompt returns by mail. The drive will continue hrough February to take care of late returns. At least $2000 desired to carry on work in he county and to meet require ments of the National tounda- ion.. Volunteers taking part in the Mother's March included Mrs. im Irock, Mrs. Elmer Berry. Mrs. Frank Payne, Mrs. Roy Erickson, , Mrs. Clyde Allstott, Mrs. Fred Gimbel, Mrs. Gertrude Applegate, Mrs. David McLeod, Mrs. Haskell Sharrard, Mrs. Nels Anderson, Mrs. Bill Scott, Mrs. eorge Stillman Mrs. Bill Heath, Mrs. Judy Brannoft. Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mrs. Jim Myers, Mrs. Harry O'Donnell, Jr., Mrs. Tim Moore, Mrs. Bob Abrams, Mrs. Delmer Buschke, Mrs. Herman Stroeber, Mrs. Vern Evans, Mrs. Wayne Prock, Mrs. Bert Huff, Ti.fr nnrHnn Prntt. Mrs. Rilev Munkers, Mrs. David Eckman Mrs. Bud Peck, Mrs. Morgan Connor, Mrs. Don Munkers, Mrs, Ray Avers, Mrs. Bud Marshall, Mrs. Mike Whitesmith, and Mrs Kenneth Cutsforth. School Head Contracts Are Okayed - - - . x ,:i 1 v. . . '-Tit CONTEMPLATED rising of the John Day renetvoir on th Colum. Dia river and tn Boeing development are bringing problems o! relocation and adustmont to the Boardman and Iniqon schools. The Riverside High school and Boardman elementary school (housed In the building at top above) must be rebuilt on a new location. Some five or six feet of water will be on the ground where the present structure now stands when the reservoir rises in 1966. The gym. relatively new building (second from top), will also yield to the water. The old Irrigon high school (bottom photo) is not affected by the flood, but seventh and eighth grade classes, composed of Boardman and Irrigon pupils, will be moved into the A. C Houghton school (Just visible, right background) when new addition is constructed at the school. (G-T Photos) North End Confused By Site Uncertainty Dale Slusher Explains Direct Distance Dialing Hi Low Preo. Thursday 5 27 fog Vridav 53 31 fog Saturday 4 a"? trace Saturlav 54 33 rain T. Sunday' 43 31 -01 Monday 5ti 36 Tuesday 52 3.X trace Wednesday 53 33 .03 Total rainfall in February was .21 of an inch With direct distance dialing scheduled to come to this area within the next three months Dale Slusher, manager of the Pendleton distr'.ct of Pacific Northwest Bell, appeared at the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce meeting Mon day to report on plans and ex plain operation of the new sys tern. Thousands of pieces of new equipment have been installed and are being installed to make direct dialing possible, he said. When it is in operation, every one with a dial telephone can make a direct long distance dial call. Operators have been using DDD for some time, he said. Under the new plan, all long distance calls will be station to station, and the dialing will re quire three steps: 1. Dial digit "1" to throw the call into the long distance trunk. 2. Dial the three digits assigned as the area code in which the destination of the call is located. 3. Dial seven digits to get the particular station sought in the call. Under the accounting system to be used here, the operator will respond only after the num ber is dialed to' get the number from which the party is calling for billing purposes. This done, the party completes the call him self just as if he were calling a friend in his home town, al though there are more digits to dial. Each area served across the United States will have a code number of three digits. The en tire state of Oretron comprise one area, ana cfi ior 11 win he "5o3." However, when an Ore- eonian dials another town in the state, he does not have to include the code number in the call. When the caller does not know the number of the party he wants to reach, he merely dials the operator, Slusher said. If he gets a busy signal on his long distance call, he merely waits and tries again, and the account ing system automatically sees to it that he is not billed. Direct distance dialing elimi nates all letter prefixes in order to provide for more central of fices. Because of the rapidly ex panding use of telephones, the number of possibilities were fast running out under the letter pre fix system. Use of figures will also eliminate some confusion that occurs because of the sim ilar sounding letters in the old prefixes. Slusher said that Heppner, lone and Lexington will receive new directories ahead of the rest of the area, and they are due to arrive about April 28. At this time the three towns will switch to seven-digit numbers. Heppner will have the prefix 676. lone 22. Lexineton 989. Others will be: Echo 376, Hermiston 567 and Pendleton 276. Umatilla will add 922-3 to its present three digits. Ihe new directory will be in four sections, and one change will find all Heppner, Lexing ton and lone numbers together. the manager said The cover will he designed for fast location of the section desired. When the changeover is made. phone users will find that thev must dial all seven numbers in rr"r-r to complete local calls. Slusher showed the film. "Mr. Di?it." at the conclusion of his talk. He was introduced by Gene Pierce, program chairman. Apartment Hit In Saturday Fire The second fire to strike apartments in Heppner within a three-day period severely dam aeed an upstairs unit occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gray and baby daughter in tne Pettyjohn Apartments on Lourt street three doors north of the courthouse Saturday night. Firemen responded quicklv and had the fire extinguished in a very short time. The 11 volunteers remained at the scene, however, until all mopping up was done after 10 p. m. F'ire Chief Charles Ruggles said that damage may approxi mate as much as $1000. Con siderable damage was done to the living quarters and windows were broken out. A davenport, in which the fire started, ap parently from a cigarette, was a total loss, as was other fur niture in the apartment. Two or three units in the building were occupied but dam age was very light in them. Chief Ruggles said only 75 gallons of water was used to put out ine fire. .. Just three days earlier, Thurs day, February 8, fire hit an apartment occupied by oeraid O'Malley at the corner of Water and Jones streets. Occupants were erroneously listed as Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Lovgren in the story last weeK. ine iovgrens occupied an aparimeru in ine building and sustained some damage out noi me upstairs unit that was the source 01 the blaze. First Aid Classes Hold Registration Pert Cross first aid classes got underway last Thursday evening at the Heppner grade school multi-purpose room. Registration was taken for the course which will continue tor two weeks, meetins? on each ruesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00 p. m. Tonight's (Thursday) class will meet in the nign scnooi norary room. A three week pdvanced course will follow and those interested may contact Mrs. H. J. Stroeber. All of the rlasse? are sponsored by the American Red Cross, and instructors are Bill Crook of the Forest Service i-nd Bob Canton wine, high school coach. By WES SHERMAN Uncertainty of the future by cnanges inar are certainly on the way is the big problem fac ing residents of the Boardman and Irrigon areas. That the changes are coming is as sure as death and taxes. But just what they will be, and how they will come is the confusing part, in company with I). O. Nelson Morrow county school board chairman, we spent Friday after noon in the area to visit the schools and talk to some of the residents. We found varying ideas of what they expect and of what to do about it, but un certainty reigns. The John Dav reservoir will wipe out the present town of Boardman, and a new townsite is now under study. The waters will make it necessary to aban don the Riverside high school that serves both Irrigon and Boardman and which includes the Boardman elementary school. Water is expected to be about five or six feet deep where the school now stands, according to Ralph Skoubo, whom we met on the school grounds. Since the Army Engineers will reimburse some 80 percent of the cost for a new building and the old Boardman school has definite shortcomings for education in this modern day, there probably will not be too many regrets over this, except in the way of memories. Loss of the big con crete block gymnasium, which was built only in 1953, will hurt more Were it only for the fact that the town will be flooded out and no increase in population were anticipated, the problem might not be so great. But com plications arise with the devel opment of the Boeing Company site on the Boardman range. Among the questions which apparently no one can answer perhaps not even Boeing are: How many people will come to the area? Where will they live? What additional industries will come? Where will they locate? Will the noise of Boeing's oper ations be such that the town and public buildings should be far removed? These are just a few. Scratching their heads under the weight of these problems are members of the school board who are in the position of an irresistible force meeting an im movable object. They know that they have to abandon the school system at Boardman and have new facilities ready for occupan- growth will spring up in its area. Those at Boardman seem willing that the school be moved near the present junction of In terstate Highway 80 (old high way 30) and the new highway to Irrigon (730), now under con struction. Cloverleaf construction is proceeding now at the junc tion where the Bomb Range road from Lexington hits Interstate tn. School site ' B under con sideration by the school board is about a half-mile south of this junction and lies just to the east ot the Bomb Range road The junction Is five miles southeast of the present town of Boardman and will be eight straight miles from Irrigon when the new highway 730 is com pleted. . , , While those we met Friday in Boardman seemed satisfied with establishing the school on site B, Irrigon residents make no bones about the fact that they want the school closer to their town. Site "A" that had been given strong consideration was located along hlehwav to 730 about 14 miles or 2 miles closer to Irrigon but this, according to Nelson, brought problems of access. The State Highway De partment would require some $10,000 for installation for access to the school from the hiehway. he said. Prospects of a boom of pop ulation in the near future seem remote. Sam Mallicoat. director ot the State Department of Plan ning and Development, reiter ated this In a talk to the Space Age Industrial Park association uesday night at Boardman. He said that he did not expect more than lau men in Boeing's initial work on the site. Thus, the school board, like others, will have no pportunity to see where the pop ation "sits down" before the squeeze comes the necessary relocation from the reservoir. II the water is due in 1966, as the lme table now Indicates, tne Riverside school must be vacated sometime in 1965, and there must be some place to go to hv that time. The school board believes tnai the proposed bond issue, which will come to a vote February 26. will provide them an oppor tunity to be prepared sooner to o what must be done, since they won't have to wait for the serial levy, that was approvea for inclusion in the budget over he next two years at the rate f $130,000 per year, to mature. ne year's levy of $l3U,uuu is rv uhon flr-H .i-ofr.ro rise, hut fa rma rked tn eo for the addit ion planned 10 ine a. nuus" ton school at Irrigon, to get classes out of the old high school building there, and the second year's levy of $130,000 was de signed to go with the Army En gineers' reimbursement for re location of Riverside school. (Continued on Page 6) where shall it be to best the two communities? Irrigon residents are prone to think a new high school should be located near their town. They contend they have the most stu dents in school and expect the growth to be there. On the other hand, Boardman believes that Mr. Ncl Andetsoit was seated an a ntemU-r of tht Morrow County District It 1 school hoard t the regular nuvlinu Monday hU'lil. Idling the vacancy left with the recent resignation of Mrs. Fl.iine ta-ornt. Since Mr. George' term wi uld have ex pired at ttu conclusion of this fiscal ear. Mrs. Anderson will need to run for election In May f she wishes to continue on the board. Term of Dick Wilkinson also expires at that time. Mrs. Anderson was npiKilntcd by the board to the position uhii recommendation of the Heppner advisory committee. Discussion of the forthcoming bond election took much of the Interest at the board movtlng. In this connection. Administra tor Robert Van lloute said, "We ask voters of the district to con sider out basic needs as a single district resKnsible for education f all children in the district. We face the responsibility of provid- ng educational opportunities re gardless where the children live n the county. 1 feel this Issue presents a real challenge to voters of the district. It was brought out at the meeting that the plans for River side High school. whin auso now includes the uoarutnan elementary school, are purely tentative and have not been studied for final approval by the board. Consideration Is being given to moving classrooms out of the building for separate use by grade school pupils. It was also brought out tnat the gym In the Riverside build- ng will be approximately as large as that proposed for the Ileppner-Lexlngton high school and will seat 960 spectators. Klection on the bond proinjsal, which would call for an issue of $870,000 to be paid over a 20- year period, is scheduled lor Monday, February 26 throughout the county, and polling places will be open from 2 until 8 m. Attorney Robert Abrams, in a report to the board, cited Oregon law (ORS 294.100) that would prohibit the board from levying the serial levy in addition to the bond issue, if the latter is ap proved by voters. The board also passed a resolution that entered in the minutes the guarantee that no attempt would be made to use the serial levy. Director Harvey Warner of Irrigon made a strong plea to his colleagues on the board to consider a separate elementary school for the Boardman pupils and for permitting the River side school to be placed closer to the community he represents. The board voted an expression of thanks to the County Com mittee for Better Schools for work being done to reach the public with the facts on the proposed bond issue, and for the brochure that was sponsored and is being distributed by the committee. Van Houte said that the school budget has been completed and will be presented at a public hearing on March 26. It will call for no Increase in taxes over the 1961-62 budget, he said. Total expenditures will be approxi mately $895,000. While this is some above last year, receipts will also be up, offsetting tne climb in costs. Administrators of the system were offered contracts, after de liberation by the board, with salaries in conformity to the sal ary schedule as follows: Darrel Reisch, lone, 1 year, $8,348; Ron Daniels, Riverside, 1 year, $8, 276; Hillard Brown, Heppner and Lexington elementary. 3 years $8,848; Don Olmscheid, Irrigon, 3 years, $7,527; and Robert Van Houte, county administrator, .3 years, $ll,UU0. uordon rraii, Hennner-Lexineton h eh princi pal, who will be on his second year of his current 3 year con tract, received approval for sal ary increment to $9,917 in ac cordance with the salary sched ule. Consideration of contract for Don Clark, lone elementary prln cipal, was deferred until the March meeting. The board voted to expand the advisory committee for Heppner so that the Hardman area was enlarged to include Ruggs and Lightmile. Panel on Schools At PTA Tonight Members of the Morrow Coun ty Committee for Better Schools will present a panel discussion on the coming building bond issue. They will have printed brochures available which ex plain the buildinjr plan and show sketches of the proposed plants to be erected in Irrigon, Boardman and Heppner. There will also be a report from the nominating committee and nominations of new officers for the coming year. Fourth grade room mothers will be in charge of the annual "Founders' Day" observance fol lowing the meeting.
