HEPPNER GAZETTE
School Board Hears Bus
Charges; Riverside Site
(Continued from page 1)
"I am sure that if you had seen
what I saw that night, you would
understand why I am here," Van
Schoiack said, referring to charg
es that he had made in last
week's letter when he allegedly
found brake system and other
parts of the Hardman bus In an
unsafe condition.
As a result of the letter, the
Hardman bus came down empty
Monday morning and parents
brought their children in cars to
meet another bus that hauls
them the rest of the distance.
The board took note of the rec
ommendations but Director Dick
Wilkinson pointed out that it
would take more time than avail
able on the single meeting night
to study the recommendations.
He moved that they be placed
on file for study and action. This
was apparently agreeable to Van
Schoiack and the Hardman resi
dents present when the assur
ance was made that the bus had
been fully cheeked and will be
checked every two weeks.
Cecil McDanlel of Hardman
(old the board that he had in
spected the bus Saturday and
found "several little things-
nothing very serious but all
(hat were hazardous for it to be
on the road." Among them were
inadequate tail light, insulation
on wiring about to short out and
in one place twisted together
where it had been broken, nyu
raulic hose not in hangers but
"just flogging" against the
frame, and slack in front wheels
that would make the bus diffi
cult to drive.
"I heard all the rest of the
buses are in top shape, Mc
Daniel said. "I want to ask you
fellows why bus No. 4 was no
elected."
Chairman D. O. Nelson replied,
"I didn't know It was.
Also speaking briefly on the
matter was Junior Leather who
asked about Insurance on child
ren who ride the buses.
Hillard Brown, who is In
charge of the buses in addition
to his duties of being admin
istrative principal of Heppner
and Lexington elementary
schools and Unit-A, said that the
bus was placed in the garage
the next night after the com
plaint was made and said, "I
had the garageman's assurance
that the bus was safe."
Director Wilkinson opened the
matter of a supervisor when he
said, "We have been talking
about a bus supervisor for some
time. This might be the time to
consider it. This is not against
Hillard Brown, but he Is snowed
under."
Van Schoiack replied that
school bus drivers should "be a
little more responsible" and
should take buses to the garage
when needed.
Director Fred Martin replied,
"That won't work. Some drivers
will have them in the garage all
the time. Others will run them
until they lay down."
Brown pointed out that under
the present system the bus driver
does have responsibility for
maintenance of the vehicle he
drives. Each is furnished wan
n comnlalnt sheet.
"None of their requests have
ever been turned down." he said
Mrs. Irelta Dooney, driver of
the Hardman bus, told of inci
dents of things going wrong with
her bus In the past. On one oc
casion when a car started to en
ter the road ahead of her bus,
the horn wouldn't honk, she
said. Another time the lights
would dim every tune the ve
hide hit a bump. It was thought
that the generator had become
loosened and was about to fall
off.
Jim Farlev brought up tin:
view of the garageman in re
marks to the board.
"I've been watching this sit
nation closely," he said. "We're
forced in on bids, and we can't
do the work as cheap as you
force us to. We must pay our
mechanics a living wage.
"You say you've been running
the buses for 30c per mile, true
hut you are running thorn in an
awful cheap way.
The garage owner said that
In- did not believe any of the
srhool employees should be
blamed for the situation. He said
that private car owners cannot
operate their own vehicles on
the same cost that the school
district pays for bus maint
enance. Director Martin strongly
agreed with Farley's point and
added, "This Is one place where
we have been penny wise and
pound foolish." He emphasized
however, that pressure has been
constantly on the board to cut
costs. "When we have to put up
the budget three or four times
per year we are forced to make
cuts," he declared.
Director L. K. Dick said that
he had talked to a number of
bus drivers after the matter was
brought to public attention and
said that there Is general satis
faction with the condition of the
buses. However, he pointed out
that No. -1 travels the roughest
roads with more low gear work
and that "something special
should be done right away to
see that it is properly maintain
ed." This resulted In the suggestion
by Chairman Nelson that the
bus be checked every 1,000 miles,
but Mrs. Donnev, the driver, sug
gested that this is not often
enough because it requires a
month to reach 1,000 miles on the
run. It was then ordered that
the thorough check be made
every two weeks, and the Hard
man residents present expressed
satisfaction with that arrangement.
- TIMES. Thursday. April 12. 1965
In later discussion, the board
decided to hire the director of
special services who would have
as one principal duty the respon
sibility and supervision of the
district's 33 buses and vehicles.
Administrator Robert Van Houte
said that there is a need to have
buses for their proper mainten
ance which no one is now able
to supply, such as "How far does
each bus travel? How far does
each tire travel? What type of
bus gives the best servicer
Studies of routing of the buses
need to be made, he said.
In agreeing with the proposal
Director Martin said, "It's the
price we're going to have to pay
for safety.
Director Robert SIcard moved
that Darrel Reisch, who had re
cently announced that he would
not return as administrative
principal at lone, be ordered
contract as director of special
services at a salary to be deter
mined at a later date. The mo
Hon was passed unanimously.
but Reisch has not yet inui
cated whether he will accept
Director Sicard, in regard to
the Riverside site, told the board
that he felt that the board
should not delay selection of
site for the school and presented
a letter from Ron Daniels, River
side administrative principal
pointing out that teacherages
must be vacated by July, 19b3,
and that the school must be va
cated by July, 1964. Construction
of new teacherages should be
started "within a matter of
months" and selection of a site
for Riverside would have to be
completed within a year from
now. he pointed out.
Daniels said that a delay of
one or two years will not give
a more complete picture on the
population injures tor Boarclman
Although the new townsite for
Boardman is scheduled to be se
lected by May 1, 1962, this will
not determine the population tig
ure that seems to be "the stumb
ling block," he stated. He sug
gested that the board refer to
population studies that have
been made in North Morrow
county.
Daniels said that Boardman
residents who backed the bond
issue on the theory that it would
facilitate an earlier selection of
the Riverside site may now have
the loeling that thev will be lg
nored until the Heppner plant is
completed.
"My only personal concern
with a delay in site selection is
that the present school is sub
standard and cannot possibly do
the best job under present circ
umstances, he said.
At this noint in the meeting
Director Martin said that it is
his feeling that the advisory
committees should have every
opportunity to pick a site. The
deadline dale of April 30 was
then set by the board with tne
special meeting of the directors
ca ed at Riverside lor May i.
The Daniels letter and bieards
comments touched on a short
debate between the Boardman
director and Director Harvey
Warner of Irrigon, who said that
there is some feeling that "no
townsite will be approved tor
boardman. "
"Certainly there will be no un
due delay to wait until May 1,"
lie said.
Director Sicard responded to
the "no townsite" comment by
promptly replying that $10,000
had gone into research on the
new townsite.
Don McElligott of the lone ad
visorv committee brought up the
matter of a state fire marshal's
report asking for corrections on
the lone elementary building.
"They took our building apart,'
he said.
He asked Hie board to have
an architect look into the sit
nation to see what changes
might be made on a long range
basis and give an estimate of
costs.
Election boards were approved
for the budget election Monday
and a short presentation by Cecil
Warner of Horace Mann insur
a nee Agency was made asking
board consent to contact teach
ers on a tax-sneiterea annuity
program. It was decided to con
sider the matter after hearing
recommendation from the county
teachers' association.
Kenny Services Call
Many Relatives Here
Funeral services for Joseph B,
Kennv were held Saturday, April
7, in St. Patrick s Catholic church,
with the Rev. Raymond Beard of
ficiating. Mr. Kenny, a lifelong
resident ot the Heppner area,
died April -1 in Pioneer Memorial
hospital.
Active pallbearers for the ser
vice were J. r. French, Barney
Doherty. Oscar Schultz, Eddie
Sheridan, Emile Groshen and
Jerry Brosnan.
Out of town nieces and neph
ews attending the funeral were
lutward M. Kenny, Spokane; Mrs.
Hone Richards, Areata. Calif.;
James Kenny, Oswego, John M.
Farley, John Day, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Monahan and family, Con
don; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kenny
and Susan, and Cecilia Healy,
all of Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
Fmmett Kenny and Kristine, Mr.
and Mrs. James Farley and
George, all of Pendleton; Mr. and
Mrs. I harles Erwin and Mrs.
Mary Jean Moon, all of Kenne-
wick, Wii.; Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Clark, Mrs. Rosanna Applcgate.
Air. and Mrs. Joe Farley and
family, all of Hood River, and
many other relatives.
Mrs. Denton Better
Mrs. Nellie Denton, mother of
Mrs. Raymond French, returned
U I if it
tox raws win
Year in Business
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as a stock company, and began
as manager. At that time the
creamery was located on Willow
street, present site of Economy
Market. He continued to buy
stock in the business as fast as
he could to expand his interest.
The creamery was moved to the
corner of Center and Main streets
in 1922, and in 1930, Mr. and
Mrs. Cox erected a new building
on the present location, Center
and Chase streets.
It wa sin 1938 that the old
corporation was finally dissolv
ed and Mr. and Mrs. Cox formed
their partnership that has been
in effect since.
The creamery today is the old
est business in Heppner that has
been under one continuous man
agement, Cox said.
During his 46 years in busi
ness hundreds of things have
happened that fill Claude's
mind with memories. His stories
might fill a book. One incident
was the flood of 1934, not nearly
so damaging as the 1903 disas
ter, but which nevertheless hit
the creamery hard. Water was
about four feet deep in the
creamery, and some $2000 worth
of supplies were lost.
Although one of the most ar
dent boosters of Heppner and
this part of the state, Claude
remains fond of his native Vir
ginia and has many friends and
relatives there.
But as he looks back on his
46 years in business here, he is
grateful for the success with
which he and his family have
been favored. They have paid
thousands of dollars to patrons
for butterfat and claim "thous
ands of satisfied customers."
The congenial josher wasn't
kidding when he said, "We want
to thank the public for their
faithful patronage that has made
our success possible."
Scoring Soars
As Heppner High
Edges lone learn
Tuesday afternoon at lone the
Heppner Mustangs edged the
Cardinals in a real slugging duel
and scoring marathon, 17 to 16.
Heppner opened the scoring in
the first with three runs high
lighted by Ladd Dick's triple and
Bill Cox' single. lone bounced
back with eight runs in their
half with Ron Crabtree hitting
a grand-slam home run alter
Ileppner's Smith hit four lone
batters.
In the third Heppner picked
up three runs with the help of
Bill Cox' home run. lone tallied
five with three hits including
Nelson's double and two errors
by the Mustangs. In the fourth
inning the Mustangs pushed
five runs home with three hits,
two walks and two errors.
lone had three singles in their
behalf but a double play by Dick
Springer and LeRoy Gardner pre
vented any scoring. The last of
the fitth the Cardinals racked
up three runs on errors to push
the score to 16 to 11 after five
innings of play. In the sixth
inning Heppner teed off on Ken
Klinger for five runs and five
hits, two going for extra bases
by Dick and Smith. lone was
shutout with the help of a double
lay started by pitcher bmith
to Shan Applegale to Bauman.
Finally the seventh inning ar
rived and the Mustangs started
with Green walking. Dick sacri
ficed Green to second. He stole
lird and came home with the
winning run while the Card
inals had a mental lapse. lone
started their last base with Akers
single. Wayne Hams flied out,
Rome Lkstrom struck out and
Klinger grounded out to end the
game.
lone.
leppner
303 505 1 17 13 7
805 030 0 16 11 6
R H E
lone
Fridav the Mustangs go to
Condon and on April 19 lone
will play here at 3:30.
Health Association
Sets Special Meetings
Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, pres-
dent of Morrow County TB and
Health Association announces
hat Kenneth Ross, executive sec-
tarv of Oregon TB and Health
Association, will be in Heppner
on Thursday, April 12, to meet
with officers of the local assoc-
at ion regarding new program
policies which have recently
been adopted by the National
.uberculosis Association and
which may affect our county pro-
ram.
The annual meeting of the
Morrow County TB and Health
Association will be held on April
I in the Methodist church base
ment. The meeting will be pre-
eued by a potluck dinner at
:3l). Guest speaker for the even-
ng will be George C. Dimas,
xecutive Director, Alcohol Edu-
itum Committee for the state
f Oregon. Anyone wishing to
ttend will please contact Mrs.
Weatherford or Mrs. Herman
recti, secretary of the assoc-
ition.
to St. Anthony's hospital, Pen-
lleton. Saturday after suffering
relapse tollowing major surg-
ry two weeks previously. She
emed to have developed an
Infection In her lungs. Mrs.
tench visited here as late as
Wednesday and said that she
showing fine improvement and
Is expected to be home in a few
ays. Mrs. Denton lives with the
rench family.
Host Tracksters Win
Invitational Cinder Meet
Scoring six first places in the
14 events and setting two new
meet records, the host Heppner
High school track team Satur
day won its invitational over
seven other schools of class A-2
and B size.
Led by Archie Ball, who won
three first places in the meet,
the Mustangs racked - up 56
points to edge second place Pilot
Rock with 51. Third was Athena
with 35, followed in order by
Arlington, 23 Mi, Stanfield 17,
Umatilla 12, Riverside 8y2, and
Grant Union 8.
Ball scored new meet and
school records in the 70 yard
high hurdles at 9.2 and in the
120 yard low hurdles at 13.9.
Gilliland of Pilot Rock high
jumped 5 ft. 8 in. for another
meet record.
Eddie Howard of Heppner set
a school record in the 220 at
23.9, although he came in third
in the event, behind Games of
Pilot Rock who was first at 23.7
and Hemphill of Pilot Rock, sec
ond at 23.8. Dan Brosnan form
erly held the 220 record at Hepp
ner high in 24.0.
Howard turned the tables on
Carnes in the 100 yard dash,
barely edging the Pilot Rock
speedster in a near-dead heat.
They were so close that each
was timed at 10.3.
In addition to his win in the
low and high hurdles, Ball won
the pole vault as he crossed the
bar at 10 ft.
Lee Padberg copped the half
mile for Heppner in a time of
2:10.3, edging Smith of Athena
at 2:11.7, but Smith gained the
nod over him in the mile at
4:41 with the fourth meet record
of the day, while Padberg was
second at 4:44.4.
Bruce Moyer broad jumped 18
ft. 9 in. to win that event for
Heppner. Ellis of Pilot Rock won
the javelin and his team mate
Carnes took the discus event.
Pilot Rock had five first places
in all, including the relay, and
Athena took two with Smith's
win in the mile and Moore
taking the 440 in 56.4. Arling
ton's Gettle won the shotput with
a heave of 43 ft. 3 inches.
Despite the raw day, a good
crowd was on hand and an esti
mated 140 trackmen took part.
Results: 70 yd. low hurdles-
Ball (H), 9.2; Gilliland (PR),
Welp, (Ar), York (U), Hamilton
(PR).
Broad jump Moyer (H) 18'9";
Pambrum (AT), Banker (S).
Obermeier (R), Weatherford (H).
Shot put Gettle (Ar) 43' 3",
Partlow (R), Porter (II), Shields
(AT), Youncs (AT).
10()-yd. dash Howard (H),
10.3, Carnes (PR), Banker (S),
Hemphill (PR), Weatherford (H).
High jump Gilliland (PR), 5'
8", Clark (S), and Ellis (PR),
Youncs (AT) and Dubuque (II),
three way tie for third.
Javelin Ellis (PR) 110 5", Du
buque (H), White (U), Davidson
(Ar), Richardson (U).
Mile Smith (AT) 4:41, Pad
berg (II), Grant (Ar), Estrada
(PR), Peal (AT).
Discus Carnes (PR) 121', Sin-
mtitd,. 'X,
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tay (GU), J. Gettle (Ar), Moyer
(11), Phillips (PR).
440 Moore (AT) 56.4; Phillips
(PR), Hudson (GU), Whitney
(AT), Moyer (H).
120 low hurdles Ball (H)
13.9; Davis (Ar), York (U),.Ham
ilton (PR), Blackwell (AT).
220 Carnes (PR), Hemphill
(PR), Howard (H), and Ober
meier (R) and Pambrum (AT),
tie for fourth.
880 Padberg (H) 2:10.3; Smith
(AT); Peal (AT), Grant (Ar),
Wallace (H).
Pole vault Ball (H), Banker
(S), Clark (S), and Ashcroft (AT)
and Davis (Ar), tied for fourth.
880 relay Pilot rock 1:40.8,
Heppner, Umatilla, Athena, Riv
erside. On Friday the Mustangs go to
Arlington for the invitational
meet there, competing with
seven or eight other schools. The
Mustangs won this meet last
year and are favored to repeat.
McMurdos In Nevada
For Medical Assembly
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo,
accompanied by Mrs. Frank
Turner, left Hinkle station by
train Saturday for Las Vegas;
Nevada, where the McMurdos
are attending the Fourteenth An
nual Scientific Assembly this
week, Monday through Thurs
day. The national convention, spon
sored by the American Academy
of General Practice association,
is being held in Convention Cen
ter and offers a full four day
program to physicians attending
trom all over the nation, twenty
seven outstanding medical lec
turers and panelists, many scien
tific and technical exhibits and
di.sulavs offer the latest in scien
tific medical study. Several
chapter social functions have al
so been planned in the West's
leading entertainment center.
Auto Parts Salesman
Joins Heppner Firm
Chuck Starks, formerly of
Camas, Wn., has joined Heppner
Auto Parts as parts salesman,
R. G. (Pete) McMurtry, owner,
announces.
The new man moved his fam
ily to Heppner Friday in a house
owned by Mrs. liene wyman.
Mr. and Mrs. Starks have two
daughters, Susan, 12, and Linda,
10, both in grade school.
Ralph Taylor, who formerly
was associated with McMurtry
as parts salesman, is now in
Moses Lake, Wn., working as an
electronic technician.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients this week at Pioneer
Memorial hospital are: Mary
Potter, Condon; Robert Dobbs,
Heppner; Joseph Cornelison, Lex
ington; Barbara Nichols, lone;
and Ed Sanders, Spray.
Those dismissed for the week
were: Grace Drake, Heppner and
Sherman Stanbery, Portland.
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State, Assessor
Reach Agreement
On Range Taxes
Property taxes will be paid
to Morrow county on lands leas
ed to the Boeing company by the
State of Oregon, using appraisals
of the Bureau of Land Manage
ment on valuation, Assessor Ol
iver Creswick said after conferr
ing with Governor Mark Hatfield
and Legal Advisor Loren Hicks
in Salem Friday.
The 78,000 acres under lease to
the company probably will be
added to the rolls for the 1962-63
fiscal year. This land has not
been on the county tax rolls
since World War II because of
the fact that it was under federal
ownership as the naval bomb
in" range and Bureau of Land
Management lands. Eventually,
as final land deals by the state
with private owners are culmi
nated for the Boeing project, the
total acreage will increase to ap
proximately 100,000.
An original plan that had
been set up would have paid
the county $8000 annually from
the state in lieu of taxes from
the $60,000 in rental that the
state will collect from Boeing.
Creswick sought the confer
ence with the governor to point
out that state-owned lands leas
ed to private corporations must
be returned to the tax rolls, as
provided in state statutes. He
asked that the Boeing company
pay taxes directly to the coun
ty rather than for the county to
receive any part of the rental.
Creswick said that the governor
agreed to the request.
Although some of the bomb
range land has been classified as
desert land and has been in
cluded in the county's valuation
as low as 78c per acre, the val
uation will be considerable high
er under a recent Bureau of Land
Management appraisal, the as
sessor said, running over $10 per
acre. Reason for the difference is
that conuty appraisals have not
been kept up to date because
the land was off the tax rolls.
The state purchased private
land in the area at a price av
eraging $20 per acre, Creswick
said.
Because he does not have all
ihf valuation ficrnrps at hnnrli as
yet and because the land lies in :
at least four different code areas
for tax purposes, each calling
for a different millage levy,
Creswick is unable to state at
this time what the total amount
of taxes from the lands will be.
He said, however, that it will
far exceed the $8,000 figure in
the original plan. He predicted
that in five to 10 years the state
will not receive any of the ren
tal figure from Boeing because
it will go to the county for taxes.
The land should go on the
roll when the leasing company
takes possession, Creswick said.
Boeing is scheduled to turn the
first shovelful of dirt on July
1," he pointed out.
Sunday visitors of Mrs. Loyal
Parker were her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Har
lan Devin, Condon.
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Committee Named
For Rummage Pickup
Heppner Civic League is stead
ily gaining a good assortment
of clothing and useful articles
for the spring rummage sale,
set for April 27 and 28 in the
old Central Market building.
Anyone having donations they
would like picked up may con
tact Mrs. Loyd Burkenbine, 6
5333, Mrs. Roy Erickson, 6-5517,
or Mrs. Mike Whitesmith, 6-9254.
Clothing needing cleaning must
be in no later than April 16.
The sale will start at 8 a. m.
Friday, April 27.
Heppner Man Flies
Supersonic 'Talon
Wins Pilot Wings
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and Glenn received their initial
pilot training in similar aircraft.
When considering the type of
equipment these astronauts are
now using, it is fairly easy to
project the future these T-38
trained pilots, like Lieutenant
Turner, will have in this nation's
forthcoming space ventures.
The T-38 was designed to
bridge the critical speed gap be
tween trainers and the first-line
fighters. The tandem-seat Talon
provided, for the first time in
Air Force history, Lieutenant
Turner and his fellow students
with a chance to explore the
realms of supersonic flight even
before they had won their wings.
It provided its students with ex
perience in high-performance
take-off and landing techniques
peculiar to the Air Force's century-series
fighters, as well as
unprecedented experience in
supersonic multi-jet operation,
aerobatics, formation flying,
night and cross-country navi
gation. A tribute to the quality of
these pilots, as well as to the
T-38 itself, can be seen in the
Talon's flight safety record. More
than 7,400 hours Hying time nave
been logged in the Randolph
based T-38's without a single
accident. The aircraft has been
lauded by both veteran and stu
dent pilots for its exceptional
stability and handling qualities
throughout its perfo tmance
sphere.
The graduation of Lieutenant
Turner and his classmates also
marked the end of the T-38's test
phase. Now the worlds first
supersonic jet aircraft designed
specifically for use as a trainer
will become standard equipment
at each of the Air Training Corn-
Rand's eight undergraduate
pilot training bases.
Lieutenant Turner is now as
signed to Luke Air Force Base
in Arizona for advanced train
ing In the Air Force's supersonic
F-100 fighter.
A 1956 graduate of Heppner
High school and a 1961 graduate
of Willamette University, Lieu
tenant Turner is married to the
former Edith M. Morris, also of
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Van
Marter returned Monday from a
three day business trip to Port
land and Oregon City.
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