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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, Meurch 22, 1962
MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
PHONE 6-9228
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher
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Class Matter.
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Time to be Heard on the School Budget
Hearing on the 19G2-G3 school budget for Morrow County
District K-l will be Monday night at 8 p. m. in the county
courthouse. This is the lime lhat anyone who has a question
or who feels dissatisfied with any part of the budget should
appear and make himself heard.
The budget has been published in full in the last two issues
of the paper. However, it is difficult for the average citizen
to understand all of its provisions without getting some in
terpretation on it.
We reiterate the lime to get these questions answered, to
query the district on its expenditures for the coming year, and
to get explanations of sums budgeted for any particular pur
poseis ut the budget hearing.
Changes may be made in the budget after the hearing
and before it comes up for a vole on April 16.
It Is a costly thing for a taxpayer to have objections and
keep mum about them. When a school budget is voted down,
the budget committee has no other recourse than to attempt
to revise it and re-submit it, for it is impossible in this day and
age to operate within the six per cent limitation. The election
costs money, and the delays exact a toll in efficient operations,
too.
When voters cast ballots on the school budget, they actually
are not voting on the whole budget but Just that amount in ex
cess of the six per cent limitation, which for 1JW2-63 an the
budget now stands, would be $184,100. That which comes inside
the six per cent limitation may be levied by the district without
a vote of the people.
Also, the amount voted by the people in the recent bond
election is not subject to the six per cent limitation; hence, the
vote on the budget has no bearing on the approved bond Issue.
The school board not only is now empowered to provide for
the bond issue, but by the recent majority vote of the people,
However close, is required to do so. The budget election will have
no bearing on this.
It cannot be too strongly urged at this time that anyone who
has a question, has an objection or who wants to know more
about the budget appear at the meeting Monday night.
If he leaves the meeting still dissatisfied, he certainly has the
right to vote No on April Hi. Hut it is logical and sensible to get
as many objections and remonstrances as possible ironed out
at the hearing.
Recreation One Key to County's Future
A trip through the snow to Bull Prairie reservoir Sunday
revealed that the lake there has now reached almost its full per
imeter. Thick ice covers the water except for the edges where
the constantly rising surface keeps the ice broken.
It is rather astonishing to see the change that the lake will
make. Before water started filling behind the new darn, one
could visualize to some extent what it would be like, but the
realization is better in this case than the anticipation. It is
truly a winter wonderland now.
This is going to be an excellent outlet for recreation. The
lake is surprisingly large. A new gravel road has been graded
around one side ot the lake, and a large picnic ground is located
on another side witii Hie ground gently .sloping towards the
water.
Bull l'rairie furnishes us with a clue to the future for needed
development. When summer comes we have no doubt that
hundreds from many miles around will flock to the cool lake
side for recreation. They will funnel from Pendleton, Ilermiston
and from the Tri-Cilies area. Other visitors to Heppner will go
there as guests of friends.
In thinking of the economic future of our area, recreation
must certainly be considered to have a major part. Other sites
are being considered for development. The Willow Creek dam,
now being surveyed by Army Engineers, may become a reality,
and it, too, will have recreational benefits to attract visitors. The
Willow Creek lagoon, formed by backwater of the John Day
dam, will provide a boat basin. Another site for development is
on Cbapin creek, now being looked into by the county parks
commission.
As one local man wisely said the other day, "We need 10
Hull Prairies." He is right. With the fine fresh water resources
of Willow crook and other streams available, and the cool Blue
Mountains u "stone's throw" away, we have the undeveloped
resources for added recreation that will luing enjoyment to many
and at the same time give some added economic balance brought
by tourists' dollars.
While we pause to applaud the efforts of those who brought
Bull l'rairie, let's look ahead to more recreational possibilities.
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WHILE CONGRESS is pursuing
the matter of raising postal
rates with the avowed purpose
of eradicating a deficit in the
department, we wonder how
much is lost by abuses of the
franking privilege government
officials and agencies mailing
(supposedly on official business
only) without charge.
Shortly after we took over the
paper, we sent notices of the
change to all groups who sent
regular mailings to the G-T. We
were getting mail addressed to
editors as far back as O. G.
Crawford. A lot came addressed
to Bob I'enland, and even more
to our immediate predecessor,
W. O. Wildman.
Among those notified was
Senator Morse. Now we not only
get the letter addressed to Bob
I'enland but the one to ourselves
and a third to us as secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, the
latter, of course, through no fault
of the senator.
We think the postmasters in
towns and cities could tell quite
a story of franking abuses if
they cared to do so.
BUSINESSMEN should give a
rousing cheer to Vic Groshens
and his crew for the fine job
they did cleaning the streets of
the downtown section last week.
They went at it lickety-split and
covered a wide area, leaving
the town looking neat as a pin.
VISITOR in town Friday was
State Police Officer Bill Lab
hart, formerly of Heppner and
now of Canyon City. During his
visit he said the rumor is wide
spread that he is planning to
quit the force and go into busi
ness, hut such is not the case.
His wife, Jackie, who formerly
authored the column "Over the
Tee Cup" in such a nice chatty
manner here, will be writing
a similar column for the Blue
Mountain Eagle over there soon.
IN THE MAIL comes a letter
. from someone regarding the
small attendance at the KUBE
western program in the Heppner
Inch gvm Friday night and
chiding the sponsors of the
Heppner radio program over
KUBE. for not taking tne time
to attend themselves.
We would have been glad to
print this letter to the editor if
the author had signed his name.
It is signed merely "Name With
held." We will not print a letter
lhat comes to us anonymously. If
I he author wants his name with
held, we mav publish it as such,
but we must have it on file. If
this person would like to identify
himself, we will run the letter
next week.
ANOTHER communication ad
vises us that a lot of new
culinary talent was discovered
in Heppner when members of
Willows lOOF No. GG served the
Rebekahs at dinner.
It said, "The kitchen staff of
last Friday proved C. J. D. Bau
man could wield an electric skil
let and turn out eggs done to
a turn; flipping feathery flap
jacks with an artistic conception
is a talent of Pete McMurtry;
and Frank Payne can keep John
Wightman and an electric mixer
busy getting batter to just the
right consistency."
Glenn McMurtry served coffee
with a practiced hand and others
in the crew were Randall Peter
son, Lincoln Nash, Jerald Rood,
Herman Howard and Joe Dan
iels. Hut something doesn't quite
jibe in this story. When we ad
vised Pete McMurtry that we
had received the letter, he murm
ered with some relief, "What!
Hasn't anyone died yet?"
QUITE A FEW of our readers
noticed and were discreetly
silent when the editors in our
early days here kept referring
to Pioneer Memorial hospital as
"Santiam Memorial hospital."
This was due to constant ref
erence to the latter while at
Stayton, and it continued to slip
out unconsciously in news stories
here.
Well, we got it on both ends
of the stick last week, and we
should have learned enough to
keep it straight from here on
out.
Gale Christensen, administra
tor of Santiam Memorial, and
Will O'Harra, administrator of
Pioneer Memorial, met here for
the first time, when the former
came on a visit and each chided
us on the error. If we make the
mistake again, we'll' give four
bits to the first one who calls
it to our attention. But we don't
think we're ever gonna do it
again.
SAY, we were mighty proud that
Christensen got to look over
our local hospital. Will and En
gineer Bob Lowe and their staff
keep it looking slick as a
whistle. You can see your face
in the polished floors, and Bob
even keeps his shop and furnace
room looking as neat as an old
maid's bedroom.
Water pipes in the furnace
room are all color coded a dif
ferent color for each temperature
of water (and there are water
faucets for several different de
grees of temperature in the hos
pital). Bob can manufacture any
part he needs when he can't
find it any place else recently
melted down some old alum
inum pistons to make an alum
inum casting that he needed. He
has several hundreds of old
Alka Seltzer bottles with all
manner of screws, nuts, bolts,
washers and the like contained
therein.
If any of our readers get
around the Santiam country,
they might drop in for a visit
at Santiam Memorial, too. It's
also quite a place and was built
as a community project. Just
completed is a campaign to
raise $100,000 for a large addit
ion to the building.
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NOW WE'VE Seen Everything
Dept; In Phil's Pharmacy are
some little leather or plastic
bound albums with "S. O. G.
with P. I. P." engraved on the
cover. The Interpretation: "Silly
Old Grandmother with Pictures
in Purse."
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
Mrs. Jimmy Prock and child
ren visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Albert in Union during
spring vacation and returned
home Sunday. Mike and John
Prock remained for a visit and
returned Tuesday with their
grandfather.
Mrs. Jack Cushman and
daughter, Jeanne, visited her
mother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Art Watkins, last week and
Jeanne remained iiBtil Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mm Anderson
visited in Hood "iver Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mills, son,
Randy, and daughter, Mrs.
James Bowlin, and daughter
Jam!, all of Salem, were week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Low
ell Gribble.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Kincaid
drove to Idaho over the spring
vacation. They visited her par
ents in Payette and with friends
and relatives in Boise Valley.
On Thursday evening they were
honored with a wedding shower
in Caldwell where the bride at
tended college.
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Dear Mr. Sherman:
The county extension office in
Heppner was kind enough to
send us the issue of Thursday,
March 8th, of your newspaper
in which there are various ref
erences to the 4-H eradication pro
gram as it operates in Morrow
county.
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation for the keen
interest that you and your pub
lication have in the affairs of
the young people of Morrow
county and their adult volunteer
4-H Club leaders.
Thank you kindly for the trib
ute to these young people and
their volunteer leaders which
appeared on your editorial page.
We of course are grateful to
the members of our county ex
tension staff for the splendid
leadership that they provide for
the 4-H education program in
your county, as well as other
phases of the cooperative exten
sion work. We recognize, how
ever, that the interest of the
business men and women of
your Morrow county town and
the volunteer leadership through
out the county also play a very
important part in the success
that has come to your local 4-H
program.
I am looking forward with
pleasure to the opportunity of
visiting with you personally
when I am in Heppner. This I
hope will be possible in the near
future.
Sincerely,
Burton S. Hutton
State 4-H Club Leader
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Sherman:
As chairman of the Morrow
County Extension Staff I would
like to take this opportunity to
thank you for the most excellent
coverage by your paper of "Nat
ional 4-H ' Club Week." While
there were many contributions
made to the success of the issue
it could not have been possible
without your interest and added
effort.
Our members, leaders and
others interested in 4-H did a
"bang-up" job in observing the
national week. Window displays
in all of the towns and com
munity centers; various appear
ances at service clubs, farm or
ganizations and other events;
observance in the churches as
well as the special edition gave
added recognition to our fast
growing 4-H club program. There
were few businesses and organi
zations that did not make a con
tribution toward saluting the
4-H'ers during this important
week.
Again, thank you for your con
tribution. Very truly yours,
N. C. Anderson
County Extension Agent
Agriculture
Dear "Friend of 4-H"
Thank you for your support
of the 4-H program. It is through
your interest that 4-H can con
tinue to teach the rural youth
of America practical skills in
Agriculture, Home Economics,
Wildlife, and Hobbies; and the
responsibilities of leaders h i p
and citizenship. We now have
42 clubs with close to 400 mem
bers enrolled in Morrow county
in 4-H club work.
It is a satisfying and reward
ing experience to watch these
4-H boys and girls grow to ne
come useful and responsible cit
izens.
At a time when the Nation
is saluting these boys and girls,
we would like to thank you
especially for your fine support
that is helping to make this
4-H work possible.
Sincerely,
Joe Hay
County Extension Agent
4-H and Agriculture
Esther Kirmis
County Extension Agent
Home Economics
Tim Loyd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack. Loyd, visited his grand
mother, Mrs. A. E. Loyd, at La
Grande over the week-end. On
Sunday, the Loyds met him at
the train in Pendleton and vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trow
bridge, parents of Mrs. Loyd.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ayers and
family visited in Salem and Port
land during spring vacation and
returned home Sunday.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Riley Munkers were her
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Simms and-Bobby, Ar
lington. Mr. and Mrs. John Dalke and
family, Salem, were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Marshall. Mrs. Dalke and Mrs.
Marshall were college room
mates. Mrs. Ed Schaffitz and daugh
ter, Diane, and Mrs. Phil Ma
honey and daughter, Shannon,
were in Portland Thursday and
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Schroed-
er and family, Kinzua, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunderson
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Bob Abrams drove to Port
land Saturday to me.et her
mother, Mrs. Sara Morrow, who
had arrived from Arizona. Mrs.
Morrow continued on to Hawaii
via boat Sunday.
Josephine Mahoney Baker,
Kennewick, Wn., is staying at
the P. W. Mahoney home while
the Mahoneys are vacationing in
Hawaii for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Pratt and
family spent spring vacation in
Portland visiting relatives. They
returned Saturday.
Roice Fulleton, owner of Fulle
ton Chevrolet Co., was in Walla
Walla, Wh., Tuesday attending
a meeting of the Chevrolet Company.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
Coming Events .
Benefit Spaghetti Dinner
By Lexington Women's Fel
lowship IOOF Hall Saturday,
March 24. From 5:00 to 8:00
p. m.
$1.25, 75c, Pre-School Free
GOLF LESSONS
For Young and old Start
Saturday morning at 9:30 a.
m., March 24 By John
Snyder, Willows Golf Course.
10 lessons, $5.
DANCE AT HARDMAN
Saturday Night, March 24.
Roy's Western Band
Good skiing at Arbuckle
Mountain this week-end.
This space will be used
each week to announce com
ing events of a public service
nature at no charge.
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