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LIBRARY U 0 F 0 EUGENE. ORE. Hearing Set Monday On School Budget Hearing on the 1962-63 budget for Morrow County School Dis trict R-l will be Monday night, March 26, in the circuit court room of the courthouse. Any who wish to remonstrate against the budget or speak in favor of it are asked to be present at that time. The budget committee, which is composed of seven citizen members as well as the directors of the school district, will be present to answer any questions concerning the budget. Citizen members of the com mittee are Warren McCoy, Irri gon; Mrs. Roland (Donna) Berg strom, lone; Mrs. Max Barclay, Lexington; Leonard Bedord, Boardman; Mrs. Howard (Jo) Pettyjohn, Frank Anderson, and Dr. Wallace Wolff, all of Hepp ner. School directors are D. O. Nelson, Lexington, chairman; Dick Wilkinson, L. E. Dick and Mrs. Nels (Esther) Anderson, all of Heppner; Robert Sicard, IJoardman; Fred Martin, lone; Harvey Warner, Irrigon. Although expenditures will be up slightly for the coming year, the amount to be raised by taxes will bo down slightly because of greater anticipated receipts from sources other than taxes. Total expenditures estimated in the general fund are $895,238, up about $24,500 from the cur rent year's budget. However, the amount outside the 6 per cent limitation which will be sub mitted to vote in the district is $484,160, down $13,002 from the $497,162 which was approved on the third vote last year after 1 he budget had been twice voted down. Fred Ely Dies Here Wednesday; Services Slated Fred J. Ely, 83, lone,, died in the Pioneer Memorial hospital, Heppner, Wednesday, March 21, alter being in ill health tor some time. He had been a resi dent of Morrow county for 77 vears, having come to Morgan in 1885 with his parents, David and Mary Ely. Funeral services will be Sat urday, March 24, at 2 p. m. in the lone Community church with the Rev. Rod MacKenzie offic iating. Interment will be in the Morgan cemetery. Friends are advised that they make make contributions to the IOOF Home Elevator fund in lieu of flowers. These may be made to Edith Matthews of lone. Mr. Ely was born in Iowa on March 9, 1879. He was married to Myrtle Dowty in 1904. Follow ing his wife's death a number of years ago, he moved to lone from Morgan. He was formerly storekeeper and postmaster at Morgan for many years. Mr. Ely was a mem ber of IOOF lodge No. 91, Mor ion. A brother, George Ely, died only about two months ago, on January 13, 1962. Surviving are a son, David, Ilermiston; a brother, Charles. Portland; a sister, Mary Betheus of Custer, Wn,; three grand children; and four great grand children. Max McCormacs Buy Moyer's Cafe Mr. and Mrs. Max McCormac are now operating the cafe form erly owned bv Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mover following their pur chase of the business recently. McCormac formerly was cook for the Elks club for three years and has been a cook for about ;!2 years in all, moving to Hepp ner from Hood River where he had been a cook for 10 years. Prior to that the McCormacs op erated a restaurant in Kansas for five years. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer owned the cafe since 1954. They expressed thanks to all their customers upon the sale of the business. The new owners will maintain a daily schedule from 6 a. m. to S p. m. but will be closed on Sundays. Thev have extended an invitation to the public to come in Fridav from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. for coffee and doughnuts "on I he house." Band Carnival Plans Progress Plans are progressing well for the annual band carnival set for April 14 with the goal set for a Hgor and better than ever carn ival, states Eud Peck, Band Par ents' club president. Prizes have arrived, tickets will go on sale soon and a few chances have been made in the boot lis offered for entertainment. The dunk tank is back with other games and booths for voung and old alike to enjoy. dinner will be served between 5 and 7 p. m. with the school 'band furnishing musical enter tainment at this time. Proceeds are used to purchase new band uniforms and for a summer scholarship to Wash ington State University for a month to deserving band stu- ll' t! change in the Country store committee is Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown in charge. Budget election is set for Mon day, April 16. The complete bud get was printed in the March 8 and 15 issues of the Gazette Times. Any in the county who wish a copy may obtain it at the paper office. Wrangler Spring Meet Billed For Third annual Heppner Wrang lers' Spring Meet, featuring cow cutting, jackpot roping and bar rel racing competitions, will be April 28 and 29 at the Morrow county fairgrounds, Jim Valen tine, manager of the event, an nounces. Open, $500 novice and $1000 novice divisions are offered in the cow cutting contest with a $200 added purse, it is announ ced. Rocky Goodhue of Emmett, Idaho, will be judge. Entry fee for the open is $35, for the $500 Red Cross Fund Drive Lags Here With only $327.50 reported in collections for the first week of the Morrow county Red Cross fund drive, the campaign still has a long road to go to meet the assigned quota of $1,778, ac cording to Mrs. H. J. (Rosemary) Stroeber, publicity chairman. Solicitors started on the job late last week, making calls to business houses, homes in the county's towns and in rural areas. In some places the cam paign will be undertaken by mail. Mrs. Edna Turner and Mrs. Lena Kelly, co-chairmen for the county, this week pointed out some of the services given by the Red Cross to show the impor tance of supporting the drive. Across the United States in 1900-61 a total of 2,508,000 pints of blood were collected, and 1,148,000 units of gamma glob ulin were distributed without charge. Also, 29,300 units of ser um albumin were distributed, as well as 3,100 units of fibrinogen, also without charge. Throughout the nation 59,300 first aid courses were conducted in 1960-61. In all, 1,009,500 cer tificates were awarded for com pleting one or more first aid courses. First aid classes have been and are being conducted in Heppner under the direction of Bob Can tonwine, and another story in this paper tells of those who have just received certificates under this program. A total of 1,861,300 certificates were awarded to individuals completing water safety courses in the nation in 1960-61, and 5,800,000 persons were given in formal first aid and water safe ty instruction. During the sum mer of 1961 between 90 and 100 children of the Heppner area received swimming instruction and cards. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes were instructors. In the nursing services cate gory, zUs.TUU certuicates were awarded to individuals complet ing home nursing courses. Also, 2700 certificates were awarded to ndividuals completing volunteer nurse's aid training. There are 5800 nurses, both volunteer and staff, serving in the Red Cross blood program each month. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, Observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 61 38 Friday ' 56 31 Saturday 58 32 Sunday 60 39 Monday 52 39 .20 Tuesday 52 33 Wednesday 47 35 .05 Rainfall for the week totals .25 of an inch. Talk On College F A delicious chicken dinner, an address on plans for the Blue Mountain district community college, review of accomplish ments of the Heppner-Morrow Countv Chamber of Commerce in 1961. and payment of $600 on field lighting bonds featured the annual dinner of the Cham ber of Commerce Monday night in the American Legion hall. The Legion auxiliary prepared and served the dinner to the 65 present, including members and their wives and guests. President Fred Gimbel was toastmaster of the banquet and musical entertainment was fur nished by a trumpet trio, com posed of John Cleveland, Lyle Hopper and Dick Struckmeier, accompanied by Mrs. Gimbel. Pastor Ken Robinson of the Lutheran church delivered the invocation ana presiuem uimuei introduced directors and officers of the Chamber. In presenting the payment of $600 to LeRoy Gardner of the Elks towards the balance of the field light bonds, the president b EPPNER 10 Cents April 28-29 novice $20, and for the $1000 novice $30, including office charges in each case. Entries will close on April 26 at 8 p. m. for the jackpot roping which will have a $20 entry fee, including office charge. A trophy will be given for first place in the Oregon Girl Barrel Racing association barrel racing competition. Entry fee will be $10 with an added $2 office charge. Public dance will be Satur day night at the fair pavilion and a supper and cake auction will also be held. A quarterhorse colt will be given away, and a ticket on the colt will be good for admission to the Spring Meet. The admissions is $1. Gene Pierce is secretary-treasurer and anyone seeking further information may contact him. Bill Blakes Sell Heppner Variety To Harold Lairds Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laird have purchased Heppner Variety Store from Mr. and Mrs. Willard (Bill) Blake, it was announced Tuesday. The deal was effective as of March 12, but the new owners just started operating the store this vtl'k. The Blakes have owned and operated the store for the past 11 y2 years, having bought it from James Healy. They will continue to own and operate Wilson's Men's Wear and give it full time and attention, Blake said. The Lairds have been in Heppner for the past 6V2 years. He has been employed by Hum phreys Rexall Drug store during that time, and Mrs. Laird (Aro lene) is a teacher in Heppner Elementary school. Before coming to' Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Laird lived in Echo, where they lived for 10 years, and they operated a drug and variety store there. Harold will devote full time to the variety store here, but Mrs. Laird will continue to teach. For the present the store will be operated in about the same manner as in the past, but the name will be changed to "Lairds'." Gifts, notions and toys will be featured. Mrs. Snoda Blake, former clerk at the store will leave the store this week due to her hus band's health and Mrs. Maurice Elder will assist her husband with his agriculture business. Mrs. Don Bennett will be em ployed in the store as clerk with Mrs. Elder assisting on a part time basis. April 17 Deadline For Registration Deadline for registration for the May primary election will be Tuesday, April 17, at 8 p. m., according to Mrs. Sadie Parrish, Morrow county clerk, Residents who are in doubt as to whether they are registered should check with the county clerk. Anyone who did not vote at least once in the last general election year (I960) may not be registered. Anyone who has moved from one precinct to another within the county or who has moved to the county from another place must re-register, unless he has already done so. explained that only $600 re mains to be paid of the original S9000 cost. The lights are at the Morrow county rodeo grounds and were installed as a Chamber project. Past President Mike White smith reviewed 1961 activities in his report. Among them were: 1. Presenting the county's high way needs to the State Highway Commission; 2. Sponsorship of the Lucky Buck program; 3. Sponsorship of Cleanup, Paintup week; 4. Entertaining lone foot ball players at the annual Cham ber banquet; 5. Sponsoring two students to attend the Oregon Retailers' meeting; 6. Sponsor ship of a "Get-out-the-vote" cam paign for the school budget elec tion; 7. Sponsorship of the Hole-in-One contest that netted $70; S. Sponsorship of the Welcome Edition of the Gazette-Times in June; 9. Work on the fair and j rodeo and entertaining the Fair ! and Rodeo court at a Chamber (meeting; 10. Sending a student j to forestry land management ' school: li. Helping with the rodeo parade and sponsorship Gazette-Times win a - nii inimrTr n MUMtr-"- r LOGS for the new bridge at Willow Creek golf course are shown being yarded into place last Wed nesday by line trucks of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. Truck at left hauled log into place by means of a cable while truck on the right slacked off on its cable. The trucks thus kept log sus pended between them. Jack Loyd is visible standing on far end of the bridge. (G-T Photo) Paper Makes 2-for-l Subscription Offer To bring more friends into its circle of readership, the Gazette- Times this week is announcing a 2-for-l subscription campaign that will be open through March 31. In the "Friendship Subscrip tion Campaign" the paper will accept two new subscriptions at the regular price of one plus one cent. Thus, any new subscriber in the county may tai-e the paper for a year at the regular price of $4.00 and also subscribe for a friend or relative within the county for lc additional for the year. If the person is already a sub scriber to the paper, he may re new his subscription for a year, regardless of when the paper is due, and add the year's sub scription for a friend or relative for lc. However, the subscription of the friend or relative must be a new one. No renewals may be accepted for the lc. Any subscribers who have re newed since the first of March may add a friend or relative to the list within the county by merely bringing in lc to the Gazette-Times office. However, for papers that go out of the county, 50c must be added to each subscription. If the person takes the paper for a friend living in another state, Burglar Enters Central Market Central Market was entered Friday night through the rear door and $21 was taken from one of the tills. Police Chief Dean Gilman reported nothing else was missing and the door was left open. C. E. McQuarrie, Ceneral Market owner, discover ed the missing money Saturday morning after one of the em ployees said he found the back door open. No other merchandise appear ed to be taken. eafures Dinner of the Old-Timers picnic; 12. Setting up a booth at the Pacific International Livestock exposit ion; 13. Sponsorship of the Farm City banquet in the fall; 14. Sponsorship of the Christmas Opening event, providing for street decorations, and sponsor ship of a decoration contest. 15. Entertaining members of the Heppner football team at a ban quet; 16. Work towards getting changes made in the new state ambulance law. In his address on, "Education at the Post High School Level," Ken Stanhope, superintendent of schools in Umatilla county, said "The community college is going to be one of the greatest ad vancements in education that we will see in our area." At the present time throughout the United States there are 600 such 2-year college programs with 850,000 students enrolled, he said. In citing reasons that the com munity college is needed in the Blue Mountain district, Stan hope said that it reduces cost of education for the student be Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 22, 1962 for example, he must pay 51c for the additional subscription in order to cover the cost of pos tage. Regular rate for subscrip tions outside Morrow and Grant counties is $4.50 per year. Those wishing to take ad vantage of this offer by mail may do so merely by sending a check for the full amount, to gether with addresses, and stat ing whether the principal sub scription is a new one or re newal. To take advantage of this offer the subscriptions must be paid in advance. Those interested are advised to act at once because it is plan ned to discontinue the offer after March 31, and it will not be repeated for at least three years. Case Furniture Prowler Thwarted A prowler who entered Case Furniture Co. in early evening Monday escaped without appre hension but was thwarted in any attempt to steal anything from the store. The apparent burglary at tempt was halted when Matt Hughes, store employe, entered the building to do some work about 7:30 p. m. He heard foot steps upstairs and thought at first that Ray Ayers, another employe, had also returned after hours. When Matt called the Ayers residence he found Ray to be at home. The latter came down, and Police Officer Floyd Hutchens joined the two. They went up stairs, found a door leading to an attic to be unlocked, al though it is always kept locked. There was no sign of the prow ler, but they theorized that he had opened a window on the north side and jumped to the Tryco roof, just a matter of a few feet down. Hughes found the drawer of the store's cash register to be pulled out when he arrived, but nothing was taken. There was only a small amount of change in the drawer. cause he will live within com muting distance. It will serve as a "self-evaluation" center for those who are still uncertain of their futures, he said. Classes will be small, and in dividualized instructions will be in order. It will also work as a screening agency for the 4-year college and will relieve the sen ior college so that it may stress upper division work. Stanhope discussed the back ground work that has been done towards the formation of the Blue Mountain district. Now that boundaries have been approved by the state to include all of Morrow and Umatilla counties, the next step, following a wait ing period, will be an election to approve the college and elect directors, probably in early June. The costs of the college will be financed two-thirds from tlK state level and balance at the local level, the speaker said. Although to start as a vocat ional and technical school, the liberal arts program will follow if there is a demand and need for it, Stanhope said. 79th Year, Number 3 Friends Help Build Golf Links Bridge With the help of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op and Kin zua Corporation, Willow Creek Golf course has a sturdy new bridge that was erected last week, Clint McQuarrie, club president, said. The Kinzua Corporation gave two big logs to use as stringers Golf Teacher Due To Give Lessons John Snyder of Fossil will be in Heppner Saturday, March 24, 9:30 a. m., to register golf ers for lessons and make plans for local instruction. Anyone interested in taking lessons is asked to be at the Willow Creek course at that time, whether just learning or im proving. It is not necessary to be a member of the club to take advantage of them. Children and adults are both welcome. Those wishing addit ional information may contact Clint McQuarrie, Dee Gribble or Donna McCurdy. for the bridge and also furnish ed decking to plank it. Crews of Columbia Basin used two line trucks to place the logs on the bridge piers and did a slick job of it. One truck was placed on either side of the creek, and by using cables, the logs were suspended between them and lifted into place. Maurice Groves of the club volunteered his knowledge as a construction contractor to en gineer the project, and he re ceived strong working' support from Lowell Gribble. Other vol unteers dropped around to help out. This is one of the first pro jects to be undertaken for im provement of the course follow ing its recent purchase by the club. Previously it had been rented from a private owner. Al so contemplated in the way of improvement is the addition of grass greens and eventually a new clubhouse will be built. The new bridge didn't come any too soon. When the old stringers were pulled out, some of the rotten timbers crumbled to pieces in the creek. Diana Fullefon Chosen Princess Diana Fulleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton, will represent the Wranglers club as princess in the annual Fair and Rodeo court. She won the honor Sunday at tryouts con ducted by the Wranglers at the fairgrounds. Diana was selected on the ba sis of horsemanship, appearance and personality, the points con sidered by the judges in the com petition. In charge of the try outs were Mrs. Rod Murray, Mrs. Floyd Jones and Mrs. Fulleton. Another candidate for the princess honor. Shannon Ma honey, rated high in the com petition. Picture and background of the Wrangler club princess will be printed in this paper at a later time. Merchants Plan Spring Salute Here Merchants in Heppner will sponsor a "Salute to Spring" on Saturday, April 14, with a num ber of special events planned for the pre-Easter event, Randall Peterson, chairman, announces. Talent from both Heppner and lone will appear in a Saturday afternoon parade and program, Peterson said. Both Heppner and lone High school bands will play, and boys of the Heimbig ner and Halvorsen families, lone, will present trampoline and unicycle acts on the street. Arrangements are being made to select a "Miss Salute to Spring" as queen for the day. This is being done through Heppner High school. Peterson said plans are also being made to offer treats to children who take part in the spring parade, and the possibility of holding a style show in the downtown area is being considered. In the evening crowds may attend the Band carnival to be held in the Heppner High school gym. Merchants will cooperate in promoting the event through their advertising in a sDecial section of the Gazette-Times, in which they will announce spring merchandise and bargains. It is planned to mail reprints of this section to nearby towns which may be interested in coming here for the "Salute to Spring." This event is an outgrowth of the meeting of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce at the Wagon Wheel Cafe Friday with Mrs. Elma Harsh man, chairman, in charge. Additional details will be printed in ensuing weeks. Peter son said that he plans to send letters to all merchants to inform all those who were not at the meeting of the forthcoming plans. Welfare Adopts Tentative Budget At March Meeting A tentative public assistance budget in the total amount of $109,628.00 for the period July 1, 1962, to June 30, 1963 was approved by the Morrow County Public Welfare commission at its March meeting, according to County Judge Oscar Peterson, chairman. Of this amount, it is antici pated $55,739.00 will be derived from federal allocations, $37, 722.00 from state funds and the county share would be $16,167.00. Direct grants and medical ven dor payments for the aged ac count for $71,401.00 of the bud get, while $25,242.00 is allocated for aid to dependent children, $7,627.00 for the disabled, $3, 858.00 for general assistance and $1500.00 for foster care. Public assistance in Morrow county has remained relatively stable for the past several years, Judge Peterson said. An increase in expenditures during the next fiscal year is anticipated due to a medcial assistance for the aged program initiated last fall for which $20,655.00 has been earmarked. Of this amount, $2,950 is the county share. There are approximately 100 cases a month receiving some type of assistance in the county. To date there has been no dis tribution of surplus commodities in Morrow county due largely to the relatively high cost of pur chase, storage and distribution for a lightly populated county. No work relief program has been initiated for general assistance cases but may be in the future if the commission feels there is a sufficient number of able bodied men for a crew. School Director Petitions Out Petitions for two school direc tors were being circulated this week for election to Morrow fnnntv Srhnol District R-l board. Dick Wilkinson will seek reelec tion for a 5-year term and Mrs. Nels (Esther) Anderson will seek plection. also for a 5-year term, after her recent appoint ment to tin tne vacancy creaieu with the resignation of Mrs. Elaine George. Both are of Hepp ner. These are the only terms expiring this year. No other candidates for the positions have been announced to this time. Any who wish to seek the directorships have until April 6 to return completed petitions to Beverly Gunderson, clerk. Petitions for advisory com mittee members are also due at that time. To the present only one has been filed, that from Don McElligott, lone. Examiner Coming A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, April 3, at the courthouse be tween the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 3:30 p. m., according to an announcement received from the Department of Motor Vehicles of Oregon. . Persons wishing original li censes or permits to drive are asked to file applications well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure time for completion of the required li cense test.
