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u or o 4-H is a Family Affair . . . Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 8, 1962 10c Copy 79th Year, Number 1 Mq Tx Increose Seen in Sdmd Mgef HEPPN r. " GA2ET It" i - 4W " -' " BILLY STOCK A RD (left) shows ! mad at a member ol the enrolled in clothing and foodt. and Tommy, 7. The Stockardt are a typical family in 4 H which it mar king itt national week. March 3 to 10. under the theme. "4-H it a Family Affair." Section three oi thle paper and page tour oi tection two are devoted Spring Carnival Slated Sunday at By KEN PECK Spring carnival of the Ar buckle Ski club will be at the ski area beginning at 1:30 p. m Sunday, March 11. In previous years the carnival has been called off for lack of snow, but this year there is four feet of snow at the course. A ski carnival consists of fun races and festivities, including dress-up costumes. Each club family should come to the area dressed In their very best cos tumes in order to take full part in the days fun. The costume should be such that you can still ski in it. A rotating trophy goes to the winning family. Sien up for the races starts at 12:30. First race over an ob stacle coursa. begins at 1:30. Two relay teams will carry a pack sack to a point and return in the following race. The Fresi dpnt's cup race, for club men over 30, is a modified slalom race and will be limited due to the short hill. All entries shouid have a real chance to win the trophy. Hearing Favors College District; Boundary Okayed Only one man of some 20 speakers voiced opposition to the formation of the proposed Blue Mountain Community college at a public hearing by the State Board of Education in Pendle ton Monday night. More than 100 attended the hearing, in cluding a busload from Morrow county. In view of the response at the hearing, the Statt Board acted promptly at its meeting in Pen dleton the next day and approv ed the boundaries or the Uma tilla and Morrow county as com prising the Blue Mountain dis trict. Next step in the formation of the college, scheduled to be set up in Pendleton, will be an elec tion to be held in June to estab lish the boundaries and elect a seven-man board at large from the district. The permanent location will be determined by the board, but it is pretty well understood that in the Blue Mountain district the college will be at Pendleton, taking over the Pendleton tech nical school. Lone dissenter at the meeting Monday night was Kirk Casper of the east end of the Umatilla county who objected to his sec tion being included in the dis trict on the grounds that most of the attention in that area turns to Walla Walla. Gene Pierce presented a res olution from the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce endorsing the proposal, D. O. Nelson, chairman of the Morrow county school board, spoke in favor, and Judge Oscar Peterson also talked in support of the plan. Dr. Leon Minear, state super intendent of public instruction, presided at the hearing. Source of funds for the first year of operation, say propon ents of the plan, is as follows: State aid. $92,662; student fees, (at the rate of $200 for each nf 214 students) $42,800; and local area support, $14,338. This latter sum would be raised by a district tax throughout Morrow and Umatilla counties and on present valuation it figures at about 2 mill. It is anticipated that by 1967 68 the college enrollment would reach 538. at which time the district s share of the cost would be S22.59& the ret of tho Stockard family how "Sparklet" 4-H club. (Everett Stroeber, leader). Jeanne Stockard Mrs. Anita Stockard. Joan Stockard alto In clothing and foodt to 4-H. Arbuckle Probably the most spectacular race of the dav will be the running of the first annual Ar buckle downhill, a race open to juniors 10 to Is years of age. This will be a race for both speed and control in going through gates. A perpetual trophy will be awarded the win ner by Peck's Ski Shop. Last race will be a cross country run over a distance not to exceed a third mile. Open to all ages, the contestants will start at one minute intervals and travel a course laid out so as to give one third uphill, one third downhill, and one third level. Climaxing the activities of the day will be the annual meeting and election of officers for next year. A committee is in Charge of the potluck supper to be serv ed at five. There is no charge to view the fun races and this may be a good opportunity for those who haven't been up the mountain to see some fun skiing. Members are especially urged io come as a quorum is needed to trans act club business. Curtain to Rise on PTA Talent Show Ed Sullivan may not be the master of ceremonies for the lo cal Amateur Talent Show on Fri day evening, but it looks as if there will be at least an equal variety of talent on hand to com pare favorably with his popular program. Interest has been growing the past week and the committee feels there will be enough entries Court Approves Zone Ordinance A county zoning ordinance for the area lying north of the base line in Morrow county and ex eluding a portion of the north east corner of the county was adopted by the county court at its regular meeting Wednesday, Judge Oscar Peterson said. In corporated cities are not Includ ed in the ordinance. Public hearings had been held recently on the ordinance which was prepared by the county zon ing committee over a consider able period of time. Vernon Rus sell of Boardman was appointed to the zoning committee to suc ceed Art Allen, also of Board man, who has resigned from the committee. The court also went ahead with plans to call an election on the matter of establishing a tax base for county roads, seeking $115,000 as the base. Since the serial road levy, which has been voted every five years since 1948, has been determined to be illegal under a new state law, the court has determined this method of attempting to finance its road program. Some $165,000 was raised by the serial levy last vear. although it is expected that approximately $17,500 must be refunded to taxpayers. The $115,000 sought by the county as a base for roads is consid erably less than the amounts raised during any of the past several years for roads, the judge pointed out. The election will be held at the time of the primary on May 18. MjfV-- I r f- v.: ' 1-7 ' r to work thn electrical quit, which Cow Snaps Guy Wire, Causes Power Outage A Hereford cow In Black horse Canyon was only trying to enjoy the comfort of a back scratching in the wee hours Tuesday morning, but the Inci dent caused widespread trouble in the southeastern part of Morrow county. The cow broke a guy wire that it was rubbing against, causing a power pole to snap, severing the power lines and thereby bringing an outage on Columbia Basin Co-op lines throughout a large section of southeast Morrow county, liar ley Young, manager, said. The incident happened about 1 a. m. Parts of the area were out until 2:15 and others un til 4:35 a. m. while crews roust ed out to repair the damage. Some farmers, in the process of raising baby chicks, got up to do what they could to keep the chicks warm. Such was the cause with Jerry Brosnan. Other farmers, had different Inconveniences from the outage. Young and his men were sleepy-eyed throughout the day Tuesday. At last report the guilty cow was innocently chewing its cud. Friday Eve to make up a full two-hour show. Still somewhat light on pre school and adult entries, the pro gram will still offer a good var iety in high school and grade school participation. Winners will be awarded cash prizes in the four divisions. In addition to the invitation to appear on the TV show, "Teen Time," winners will also par ticipate within the next week or two in the Amateur Show in Spray, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion auxiliary. The local show, under the sponsorship of the PTA, will be staged in the Heppner High school auditorium, starting at 8:00 p. m., Friday. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students are conducting a ticket sale, and they may also be purchased at the door. Admission prices are 25c for grade school students, 50c for high school students, and 75c for adults. Arlington Fires Bring Emotions (Ed. Note: The following ar ticle was contributed by Charlie Kendall of Hermiston, who explains, "The building burning by about 400 firemen from all over Oregon at Ar lington Saturday and Sunday impressed me. I witnessed it Saturday, could not refrain from jotting down the feeling it all gave me. Thought you might like my impressions of it. I have followed both the dam and Arlington with great interest during the past five years. While it all makes Its impact felt, the burning of the church has hit me hardest) By CHARLES KENDALL Hermiston Writer The multiplicity of details in volved in the building of the John Day dam had left me numb until Saturday when firemen burned the Methodist church for practice. Heretofore, tne details had been a clutter mat was necessary in getting the huge job done. Saturday this one de tail seemed to sum up the whole job. The passing of time sud denly hit me. something like the sound of a bell tolling the Smith Enters Race; Filing Ends Friday " (AUo see story page 6) Entry of Jack L Smith of Con don into the race for state rep resentatlve from the 2.sth dis trlct Thursday enlivened the rxl it leal scene her that otherwise had been serenely quiet. Smith a Democrat, will oppose Incum bent Frank Weatherford In the primary election on May 28. Rep Weatherford, whose home is at Olex. filed some time ago for reelection. On the Republican Ride of the representative race, Gay lord Madison of the Echo area is the lone entrant to date in the dis trict which now embraces Uma tilla, Morrow, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. Otherwise, little activity was apparent on the political scene In Morrow county, even though the filing deadline for the pri mary is Friday, March 9, Mrs. Sadie ParrLsh, county clerk, said. Incumbents have riled for re election for local offices but in none of these has any opposit ion developed. Latest filings were by George Wlese, Board man Democrat, for reelection to the Port of Morrow commission on March 1 and by J. O. Hager, ustice of the peace, on March Hager runs on a non-partisan ballot for reelection. Gar Swanson, Republ lean, previously filed for reelection to the other Port of Morrow com mission post on February 26. Oliver Creswick, Republican, will seek election to the position of assessor, which he has served by appointment since last year. No opposition has developed for this Dost either. Gene Ferguson, Republican, will seek to succeed himself as county commissioner, having filed some time ago. As of Wed nesday he was the only candi date. District Attorney Robert Ab rams. Republican, announced a month ago that he would not, seek reelection as district at torney. To this date, however, no one has filed and no other candidates seem to be on the horizon. He reiterated Wednesday, "I am not running." However, if no other candidate files he must continue in office until a suc cessor is appointed or elected. City offices in Heppner are not on the ballot In the pri maries, but four councilmen and Mayor Al Lamb have terms ex piring this year, and if they seek reelection, must run in Novem ber. Absolute deadline for filing for the primaries is 5 p. m. Fri day. County office seekers file in the office of the county clerk, and those seeking state positions file with the Secretary of State in Salem. VEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, Observer) Hi Low Prec. 42 22 .04 40 26 trace 43 32 .15 51 30 trace 48 33 .14 45 25 .12 54 34 the week was .45 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall f of an inch. hour. The time had come. This was it. The 400-odd firemen represent ins ei departments in Oregon and three in Washington were there to learn methods or con trolling fire. This was a big mo ment for them; they were at tending school. Some were new at handling a fire in a build ing. Their instructors shuttled in and out, setting thermometers with long extension cords that led to a control panel on the sidewalk beside the building. They escorted teams of firemen wearing masks and carrying tanks of air strapped to their backs. They lighted fires inside. Smoke and flame belched through windows and around door jams. 'Mike' Tells Heat A fireman with a mike an nounced the rise in Interior tem perature as the flames licked at the ceilings, partitions, door casings, etc. He announced it bv degrees as the needle on the dials on the control panel in front of him jerked sharply up. Firemen in bright helmets. water canvas coats, trousers and boots stood around watching ANN JONES, daughter of Mr. president oi Oregon Future Homemakers of America at the FHA conTention in Conrallis last week. Ann Jones State FHA Ann Jones, 16-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones, was elected state president of the Future Homemakers of America at the state -convention in Corvallis, March 2-3. In her capacity as state presi dent, Ann will preside over an organization of more than 4,000 girls in 110 chapters throughout the State of Oregon. She will meet with other state officers in July and August at DeLake to plan and prepare for next years FHA activities. Her main duties will be to attend the var ious district meetings in the state and to preside at the an nual meeting of the organlzat ion in Corvallis next spring. Ann, a Heppner high school Oh, Joy! School's Out Tuesday for Vacation Come rain, snow, hail or sunshine, school children will look upon the coming Tues day as one of the best days of the year to date. For it is on that day that school dismisses in Morrow county for spring vacation. It will be a short vacation, to be sure, but it will be a cherished time. Administrator Robert Van Houte said that schools will dismiss at about 1:40 p. m. Tuesday around the county, and classes will not take up again until Monday, March 19. Some of the teachers will attend Oregon Education As sociation convention in Port land. Some families will take trips with their youngsters, and some may even attend basketball tournaments In pro gress although no local teams are entered. while the team got final instruc Hons. The needle swung to 1500 degrees; they pushed in the door, crouched low to keep below the heat and vanished into the smoke and flame, meanwhile spraying a path of fog before them. The announcer explained the fog would turn to steam on contact with the hot gases and the steam would extinguish the flames. He read the downward curve of the needle to represent the work of the men inside to the waiting crowd. At 200 de grees the fire was considered as being out. Pulling their hoses with them, the team emerged. When they had peeled off their masks and removed their helmets, they revealed sweaty and reddened faces. They ex changed experiences and report ed to instructors. The fire was rekindled and another team took its turn. Little by little the build ing was consumed. By the time the Interior had been gutted and the roof and floor were about to come tumb ling in, the instructors called off fhe trips Inside. They direc- tt thf men tn kwn the fire under control by fighting It with and Mrs. D. H. Jones, was elected Elected President junior, won over Jean William son, Aurora", at the state meet with 350 girls present represent ing all the chapters. In high school, she has held offices of secretary of photography club, treasurer of freshman class, stu dent council representative, sec retary and vice president of the FHA. This year she is secretary of the junior class, student body historian and concessions chair man, besides maintaining a 4.00 grade average. She plans to en ter the University of Oregon af ter graduation and study for doc tor of medicine. Heppner FHA chapter boasts of another state officer, Sandra Harshman, state parliamen tarian, who completed her term of office as she presided over two sessions at the state meet. She conducted the nominee In troductions on Friday and acted as toastmistress at the luncheon on Saturday. She was recently named valedictorian of the Heppner High senior class. This year's theme was "FHA In Today's Changing World," which was carried out during the meetings. Other girls at tending from here were Laura Sumner, local chapter president elect; Shannon Mahoney, and Jackie Brindle. Adults accom panying them were Mrs. Cal Sumner, Mrs. Elmer Schmidt, ad visor, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Ann presided at the closing session of the state meeting. When questioned about her re action as top state officer of such a large organization, she said, "It is wonderful, but I would not be in the position without the help I have received from my advisor, Mrs. Schmidt, from my own club's members and from the many others who have made this possible." six streams of high pressure water directed from around the building. Alternately they let the building catch fire and then they worked it over with the hard hitting hoses. Techniques Taught In the course of burning the church, three residences and the Masonic hall, the instructors taught the latest techniques In the use of chemicals as well as water. The director of it all, Cecil Dill, state fire marshall and a member of the vocational division of the Department of Education, viewed his firemen's school with approval. ! This was a calm, orderly scene which was witnessed by an esti mated 1000 people including the firemen. Noticeably absent were the shouts and excitement of a routine fire. No one rushed, ex cept perhaps the Instructors in keeping the work going. No one raised his voice. Light wet flakes drifted lazily down in the quiet air; late in the afternoon a light drizzle fell. Old residents harken ed back to the old days with considered thoughtfulness. Flre- ( Continued on Page 6) Hearing Set March 26; Vote in April A gain In estimated receipts will offset a slight increase in estimated expenditures in the l2 t3 school budget for Mor row County School District 111, and tax levy will be no great. . than that for the current year, a review of the proposed budget shows. The budget, prepared by the school district's budget commit tee, is printed for the first of two times this week and may be found on pages 2 and 3 of section two of this paper. Public hearing on the budget Is set for 8 p. m. on Monday, March 26, and any resident has the right to appear at that time to remonstrate against or speak on behalf of the budget. Elec tion will be April 16. Total expenditures in the gen eral fund of the budget will be $)5,238 as compared with $H70,T74 for the current year. The $25,000 increase is due largely to additional teachers asked for by various schools and advisory boards in the county. Kicured in the budcet Is an other teacher for Riverside high school to cover girls' physical education, commercial and li brary. An additional teacher is also planned for lone with the Intention of providing for shop instruction. At Heppner, two more teachers are asked to take care oi fc.ngn.sn, matnemancs and French. Some of the additional cost in the $28,000 increase shown in the Instruction section is due to the normal increments provided for teachers under the nystem's salary schedule. School Support Up An increase in receipts from th hosic school supoort fund, climbing from $141,000 for the current vear to an estimated $160,000 for the coming year is nrnhablv the bleeest factor off setting the expected increase in expenditures. Coming from the Federal government under Pub lic Law 874, too, will be $8,000 as compared with $7,000 this year. Under the provisions of this law, the government helps defray cost of education for stu dents brought in as a result of government projects, in this case for those whose parents are em ployed at Ordnance and at Mc Nary dam. Added to the receipts Is an estimated $15,000 in the form of cash carryover, $5000 more than the $10,000 that was on hand at the beginning of the 1961-62 year. Total estimated receipts, other than taxes, for the 1962 63 year are placed at $22j,ikjo, as compared with $200,000 fig ured for the current year. Transportation Climbs The total provided for trans portation services for the coming year is set at $94,795 as com pared with $85,160 for 1961-62. The increase is largely due to an item of $7,515 for contracted services, providing for contract transportation of students. At the same time, salaries for trans portation show a decrease from $45,900 to $41,000. Offsetting this, though, is a larger sum allowed for supplies and repairs, climb ing to $25,200 as compared with $20,900 for 1961-62. Replacement of vehicles for 1962-63 is set at $14,000 as compared with $12,500 for the 1961-62 year. Lending some distortion to the transportation expenditures for tho wiminff vpar is the fact that some of this expense was includ ed in other categories last year, Administrator Robert Van Houte said. , , .,, Under "operation- of plant an ofiHiHnnol .eiisrodian is provided for, and greater expenditures for fuel and electricity are taken in to account because oi ine new facilities in the county, includ ing Tnno hleh school, and the structures that are expected to be ready for at least part of the fiscal year at Irrigon, Hepp ner and possibly Riverside. Total expenditures provided in "operation of plant" are set at $92,800 as compared with $87,300 for the current year. Maintenance Down Th rnteenrv of "maintenance of plant" shows an estimated de crease tor tne coming J down to $20,200 from $23,650. Materials and supplies are cut from the $10,600 for the year 1961-62 to $6,500 for 1962-63. Fixed charges are also down from the current year. The to tal provided is $45,500 as com pared with $47,294 for the cur rent year. Principal decrease is on the insurance item, dropping from $6,900 to $4,600. This is one area that the county consoll (Continued on Page 6)
