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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
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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
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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.