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U OF 0 E U 3 E f .' E , ORE. Many Special Services Planned For Easter And Holy Week In Area Churches Joyous Easter services are planned in churches of the area for Sunday, and other special services and events are sched uled for the evening of Holy Thursday (today) and Good Fri day, a check with churches of the area reveals. Churches of the South Morrow County Ministerial association are cooperating in the Good Fri day service starting at noon in the First Methodist church. An other story in this paper gives details of the service. In St. Patrick's Catholic church, Holy Thursday mass will be at 5:30 today (Thursday), Father Raymond Beard announces. Stations of the Cross will be at 2:30 p. m. on Good Friday, and the Unveiling of the Cross and communion will be at 5:30. Easter vigil service will be at 11 p. m. Saturday at St. Pat rick's followed by mass. Sun day masses will be at 7:30 a. m. and 11 a. m. confessions will be from 3 to 4 p. m. Thursday, from 3 to 4 p. m. Friday and from 3 to 5 p. m. Saturday. At St. Williams in lone, Stat ions of the Cross will be at 7:30 Friday and mass will be at 9:15 a. m. Sunday. At Hope Lutheran church, the Rev. Kenneth Robinson, pastor will follow the sermon theme, "Behold Him Risen," at the 11 a. m. service Sunday. Music will be by the children's choir, and Mrs. Gerald Jonasson will sing an Easter solo, "I Walked To day Where Jesus Walked." Sun day school will be at the reg ular 9:45 a. m. time. Valby Lutheran church will have worship and Sunday School at 9 a. m. Sunday with special music by the children's choir and the senior choir. This will be followed by a special Easter coffee hour. Hope and Valby churches wlil join for a Good Friday service at 8 p. m. in the Heppner church. Worship theme will be, "Behold Him Die." Candlelight communion and baptism will be at the First Christian church on the evening of Holy Thursday at 8 p. m., Charles Knox, pastor, announces. Easter worship services will be held at 8:30 and 11 a. m. Sun day with Bible School in between at 9:45. Sermon topic at the worship services by the pastor will be, "Our Relationship to the Resurrection." First Methodist church will also have two morning services for Easter, 8:30 and 11. Bap tism of infants will be at the 11 a. m. service. Rev. Austin MeGhee will preach on the topic, "Power Belongs to God," at each Methodist youth will be in nounces. High mass will be Sun day at 7:30 a. m. with Holy Eucharist at 11 a. m. The all girls choir, directed by Mrs. Gor don Pratt, will sing and Mrs. Hillard Brown will be organist Primary and intermediate boys and eirls Will nrovidp an Faster charge of the worship and the e nnstian youth will serve break fast. Intermediate and high senooi groups win participate. Holy communion is being ob service, and special music by the choir will be "Open the served each morning through Gates of the Temple." Vocal duet, "Come Unto Me," will be sung by Mrs. Sam Miller and Oliver Creswick with Mrs. Fred Gim bel as organist. Church school uoiy weeK at ah saints' epis copal church at 7:30 o'clock. Two Maundy Thursday services are on the Holy Week calendar, a 7:30 a. a services having been hold and another service at 7:30 p. m. today (Thursday). A good Friday service will have three hours of meditation from 12 noon to 3 p. m. in the church. Father program in opening exercises at the Church of the Nazarene Sun day School, 10 a. m. Sunday, the Rev. M. Carlton Sober an nounces. Mornins wnrshin sr. will be at the usual time, 9:45. Young peoile of the Methodist and Christian churches will join for a sunrise breakfast and wor ship service Sunday at 6:30 a. m. in the Christian church. The Vice at 11 fl. m. will fpntnro special music. Easter observan ces will continue at the Nazarene young people's society meeting C. Bruce Spencer, rector, an vvuaunuea on rage b) Easter Egg Hunt Slated Saturday Children of pre-school age through the sixth grade are in vited to turn out Saturday at 10 a. m. to see if thev can find what the Easter bunnies have left for them on the egg hunting grounds. Elks lodge is sponsoring the annual hunt under the chair manship of Bob Brindle, enter tainment chairman. A total of 175 pounds of candy eggs will be hidden in three locations, sep arated among the children by age groups. Pre-school children will go to the city park. Those in grades 1, 2, and 3 will report at the courthouse, and those in grades 4, 5 and b will hunt at the fair grounds. In each place the hunt will start promptly at 10 a. m. All children of the county are wel come to take part. Assisting with the hunts will be Bert Huff, Roy Erickson, Her man Stroeber, Gordon Pratt, Pete Glennie, Randall Peterson, Shorty Hudson and Jerry Jonasson. Trout Opening To Call Hundreds To Local Streams A goodly number of Morrow county residents will be among the some 360,000 Oregon anglers who will take to the outdoors over the week-end for the open ing of the general state-wide trout season on Saturday, April 21. Practically every lake, stream and creek opening on that date will get a good working over before the week-end is done. A cinch to draw an abundant supnly of anglers from this area is Bull Prairie Reservoir, open for the first time following com pletion earlier this year. Some 5100 legal fish, averaging nine inches, were stocked Tuesday in the lake and 3000 more will be placed there at a later date, Glen Ward, state game agent, said. Motors are not permitted on boats to be placed on the lake at Bull Prairie. Others will take rod andi reel to find favorite holes on Willow, Rhea, Rock and Big and Little Butter Creeks for the early season angling. Some will seek out more remote spots on trib utaries such as Skinner creek and Balm Fork. Anglers are reminded by the state game commission that with few exceptions, the high lakes within national forests along the Cascades will remain closed un til May 26, as will all coastal streams in Zone 1. Car Wash Saturday Girls of the Rainbow Assembly will sponsor a car wash Sat urday at the REA Tire Service Shop, next to Ford's Tire, on Main Street. The girls invite the public to get their cars cleaned up for the Easter parade, and will be open for business be tween 9:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. They will charge $1 for an out side wash and $1.50 for clean ing both outside and inside. Weather, Crowds, Top Acts Make Spring Salute Success Perfect weather, a big crowd and a festival air combined to make the first annual "Salute to Spring" of Heppner merchants a big success Saturday. The planned events of the pro gram were aided by impromptu innovations, typical of spring time, that made it more enjoy able. Feature of the afternoon was the big parade which includ ed Salute to Spring Queen Ronnie Belsma and her court. Princesses Rose Nash and Julie Pfeiffer, riding in an open car. Queen Marlene Fetsch and her Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court rode horseback in the pa rade, the princesses including Dianna Pettyjohn, Jacquie Brin dle. Diana Fulleton and Irene Potts. Funny costumes of children were one of the parade features and Bob Wonderly and Art Os min were judged the most hil arious with their oldtimers get up of Nephew and Uncle. They received a $5 prize. Second was Susan Proudfoot and her dog, "Babette," and third were Kim Valentine, Rita Pettyjohn and Paula Siewert, dressed as senior- Blood Bank Set; Donor Plea Made "Make a pint investment in your Blood Bank." That is the desire of the Mor row County chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross Blood Bank when it appears here Monday, April 23, at the Catholic Parish hall between the hours of 1 and 5 p. m. Registration for the drawine has been carried on throughout the county during the past weeks through work ot Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, county chairman, and members ot the Pioneer Memor ial hospital auxiliary. Many, no doubt, have not been contacted personally that would like to be a donor. Any resident between the ages of 18 and 59 is urged to register ahead, or at the Parish hall Monday afternoon and if physical requirements are met, will be accepted. A quota of 90 pints has been set, but is hoped that the county can well surpass this mark. Previous quotas of 100 have not been reached for three years. During the fiscal year 1961-62, patients at Pioneer Memorial hospital and Morrow county pat ients in other hospitals used a total of 82 pints of blood in transfusions, 20 pints more than were drawn at the last Blood Bank drawing last March 27. Sixty-nine pints were used at Pioneer Memorial hospital and six Morrow count patients used 13 pints in other hospitals. Requirements for blood could never be met without donations from the public through blood bank drawings, keeping a fresh supply always available. Many times rare types are discovered which contribute greatly to the "walkingvdonor" list. All physically capable persons are urged to come to the drawing Tuesday to assist in this im portant medical need. Womens Fellowship group of the Lexington Christian church will do canteen work and serve refreshments to donors after the drawing. itas with a burro. Second carried a $3 prize and third was $2. Each of the some 300 children participating received an ice cream bar treat, 100 each being furnished without charge by Morrow County Creamery and Hager's Dairy. The sponsoring merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce paid for the rest. Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, 4-H, the Heppner and lone High school bands, new cars, farm equipment and other entries added to the parade. A hit of the afternoon was the act put on by Tom Heimbigner and the boys of the Lewis Halv orsen family, lone, on the tram poline. After they had finished their act, they gave youngsters an added thrill by letting them get up on the trampoline in turn and giving them some informal instruction. The style show, arranged by Esther Kirmis, and with local stores cooperating with new spring merchandise for the at tractive and handsome models, (Continued on Page 6) 10 Cents School Budget Wins By Slim Cow Cutting Event Gets Top Interest Wide interest is being shown n the Heppner Wranglers Cow Cutting spring meet, Gene Pierce, secretary-treasurer, states. The event, scheduled at the Morrow county fairgrounds April 28 and 29, already has brought requests tor entry blanks irom as far as Nez Perce, Idaho. The Wranglers are expecting many from out of town to come for the two-day program, which is approved nationally, on the Pacitic coast, and also by the Northwest association. Points earned in this event can apply to totals in competition in each of these associations. Cow cutting will be held Sat urday afternoon and Sunday morning with finals to follow Sunday afternoon. Worn en's cow cutting will also be Sunday afternoon, together with barrel racing and calf roping. A minimum of 30 top horses will be working in the cow cutting, Pierce said. Entries are accepted until post time, 1 p. m. on opening day. Tickets purchased for $1 admit the holders to the grounds as well as to a chance on the colt that will be given away. Added attractions for the week-end are the supper and cake auction Sat urday night and the public dance at the pavilion. Roy Quackenbush will furnish music for the dance. There will be three classes of cow cutting the open, $500 novice and $1000 novice. Rocky Goodhue of Emmett, Idaho, will be judge. Three decorated horse blankets have been received to be given as trophies to the winners in the three cow cutting events. Local Children's Photos are Free Under Paper Plan April 26 and 27 are the big days for the picture taking of local youngsters. The Gazette-Times is having pictures taken of all children who are brought by their par ents or guardians to the places designated in lone and Heppner absolutely free of charge. Pictures will be taken Thurs day, April 26, at the banquet room of Stefani's Fine Food, lone, from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m., and on Friday, April 27, at the Hepp ner Hotel, also from 10 until 7. The Gazette-Times would like to have a picture of each child to print in its forthcoming feature, "Citizens of Tomorrow," a series of photographic studies of local children. Those who have been photographed for this feature in previous years are es pecially invited to return so that it may be seen how they have changed. The more pictures ob tained the better the feature will be, so the cooperation of mothers and fathers is urged. There is absolutely no charge or obligation for taking the pic tures. Parents do not even have to subscribe to the Gazette-Times to be eligible. They do not have to purchase pictures, though they may arrange for additional prints by working directly with the studio representative if they wish to do so. This is entirely up to the parents. No appoint ment is necessary. There is no age limit. Parents may bring their child ren at any time during studio hours. All children must be ac companied by a parent or guard ian. Photography will be han dled by Woltz Studios of Des Moines, Iowa. GAZE ! . ; t , : ; ; '.-. J I . v - " 4 I ' , - " : I , ' L , 1 1 . ! : " ; - "-we; p- J , -.1 1 V- v i x s r ... I . - j ; ' ' ' ' v , . , . . . . , - -, , , , f . - , , : w - - SV - , t t ' ' . ? ' -. ' . ;. : ' " . ' i ' " ; 'J PRINCESS Till icumvnooses P rmcess Princess Irene Potts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Potts, Board- man, another farm girl who has ridden a horse since she was eight years old, has been selec ted by the Tillicum club of Boardman for the 1962 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court. Final one of this year's royal family to be chosen, Princess Irene joins Queen Marlene Fetsch of Lexington, Princess Dianna Pettyjohn of Willows Grange, Princess Diana Fulleton of the Wranglers club, and Princess Jacquie Brindle of the Lena community to add glamour to the coming event. Seventeen years old and a sophomore at Riverside High school, Princess Irene has lived on a farm near Boardman all of her life. She is know for her riding ability andi will be with her horse, Judy, through the coming events at the fair and rodeo. Southern Morrow County Ministerial association invites the public to attend Good Friday services from noon until 2:30 p. m. Friday in the Heppner Methodist church. Theme for the services will be, 'The Many-Sided Cross." Five ministers of cooperating churches will speak on various subjects of the theme. Music will be furnished from the par ticipating churches, and Mrs. Charles Knox will be organist for the first part of the service and Mrs. Fred Gimbel will play for the concluding portion. Those attending may come and go as they wish. Speakers and their topics are: Rev. Kenneth Robinson, pastor of Valby and Hope Lutheran churches, "The Many Sided Cross;" Rev. Austin McGhee, pastor of First Methodist church, "The Unchanging Love of God;" Rev. Rod MacKenzle, pastor of lone Community church, 'The Central Mystery of the Cross;" Rev. M. Carlton Sober, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, "Christ as Victim ani Victor;" and Rev. Walter Smith, pastor of Lexington Church of Christ, "The Cross of Identification." Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 19, 1962 TTE-Tl M IRENE POTTS Irene At Riverside, Princess Irene is a member of the Girls' Athletic association and of the Pep club. Her ability in athletics is shown by the fact that she is on the first team in volleyball. Her interests are many. At the present she is in her ninth year in 4-H work, being a member of the Stylish Stitchers and a member and junior leader of the Boardman 4-H Livestock club. In competition, she has received several blue and purple ribbons and two trophies for her work in cattle club. She "loves" to swim andi is near enough to the Columbia river to have plenty of oppor tunity to enjoy this sport. Fish ing is another favorite sport. In the way of crafts, she par ticularly likes leather carving and stamping. Her mother ap preciates the fact that Irene en joys cooking and sewing and therefore helps in these depart ments around the home. good M$ 79th Year, Number 7 Margin Light Vote Gives Edge 285-262 Morrow County School District R-l budget for 1962-63 was ap proved by voters Monday by the slim margin of 23 votes, 285 yes to 262 no, almost as close an ede as that given to the $870,000 school construction on bond issue which passed by a six-vote mar gin recently. The budget rolled up a size able edge in the early report after polls closed Monday, Irrl Ron being the first in with a 10 to 6 affirmative margin. Pine City, next to report, cut the lead by one vote with its nine yes and 10 no, audi Rugg jumped strongly into the no column with 10 yes and 28 no. Heppner's count of 138 yes to 60 no then gave the budget a 2-to-l lead and Boardman boost ed it farther with 31 yes and eight no. Lexington and lone. last to report, nearly overcame tne anirmative votes with their resounding negative tallies. Lex ington had 26 yes to 57 no, and lone reported 31 yes andi 93 no, an exact 3-to-l vote for the negative. Vote was light throughout the county. The pre-election period had been quiet until criticism arose recently concerning oper ation of the school buses, and this apparently had an adverse affect on the vote. However, this was only the second time in the four-year history of the countywide system that the budget was approved at the first balloting. Last year it was necessary to vote three times before it was passed. Total estimated expenditures In the general fund1 of the bud get are $89',000. Amount above the six per cent limitation is $184,160. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Lo Prec. Thursday 69 44 51 42 29 37 41 46 Friday 80 81 60 61 74 80 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Cow Belles Pick Marcel Jones l962Father of Year Marcel Jones, Heppner rancher, who was born and reared in Morrow county, is Father of the Year for 1962. He was named this week by the Morrow County Cow Belles after being nom inated by two youth groups, Super Suture 4-H Sewing club and the Hoof and Horn Livestock 4-H club. Jones and his wife, Dee, are parents of two children, Ronnie, 14, Heppner High school fresh man, and Judith, 13, Heppner eighth grader. Ho has been active in many farm, civic and church groups and has been keenly Interested in youth ac tivities. He Is an active member of the Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, Rural Fire District board, Rhea Creek Grange, Cattleman's As sociation, Band Parents' club, Chamber of Commerce andi Hepp ner Wranglers. Jones is a mem ber of the draft board as well, and recently he and his family enrolled in the Baldy Butte Ski club. An active member of the First Christian church, Heppner, which he and his family attend reg ularly, he has been instrumental in the church-sponsored youth organization, "Chi Rho." Deacon In the church and superintendent of the Sunday school, Jones often takes youth groups on outings. His lodge affiliations include membership in the Masons, of Reappraisal Notices Due In 3 Towns Notices of new assessed val uations will be mailed next week to property owners in lone, Lexington and Irrigon as part of the county's reappraisal pro gram, Oliver Creswick has an nounced. As the program con tinues to other parts of the coun ty, other property owners will also receive notices of new assessed valuations at a later date. Assessor Creswick pointed out that state law requires that re appraisal be completed in each county every six years. Morrow county is two years overdue, he said, since the last appraisal was in 1954. New valuations will be used on the tax rolls for the 1962-03 fiscal year. Reappraisal work in Heppner is yet to be done by Bill John son, appraiser but will be under taken soon. "One thing citizens must re member," Assessor Creswick saidi, "Is that while under the new appraisal program assessed value of some property will in crease, this does not mean that taxes will go up. "The entire thing gets a bit complicated, and one cannot use past formulas as a means of arriving at his taxes. For in stance, under the reappraisal program, all property in the county is being revalued on the basis oi what It will brine on the market. This establishes new figures on much property al though not necessarily all of it. liy tne same taken, however, it will also drop the county's millage rate in the same pro portion, and taxes are figured on milluge. Valuation in itself has nothing to do with the tax rate except to set an overall base on which to determine worth of property. "The thing taxpayers should not do when they receive their notice of valuation is to attemDt to apply last year's millage rates against it. The assessor pointed out that the main purpose of the notice which will be sent from the assessor's office shortly is for the property owner to check against his own determination of what is considered the "mar ket value" of his property. "II this seems correct, then the reappraisal estimate is cor rect," he said. Some properties in the county In the past have been over-valued, the assessor declared. "On these the tax rate will drop," he said. Others have been carried on tax rolls under-valued. On these the tax rate will rise. The entire purpose of the re appraisal program, now being used by all Oregon counties, is to equalize the tax burden. It doesn't always mean that taxes will rise, nor that they will necessarily drop. Either may happen to an individual piece of property, depending on how it was carried on the tax rolls in the past, and how it measures up to current market value. "The amount of taxes the (Continued on Page 6) which he is past master, and In the Eastern Star. He has work ed to promote Rainbow for Girls. Active in 4-H work, Jones has served as leader of a livestock club, giving not only of his time and talent, but also money and material by taking club mem bers and their stock to fairs and sales auctions. The Jones home, located Just south of Heppner on the Con don highway, Is a favorite meet ing place for 4-H andi youth church groups. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are PTA members and have served on the ways and means committee. He has also worked with youth in helping to get Little League baseball start ed as well as in helping the fair building and the 4-H building. Mrs. Jones has been equally active In farm, youth and church work. The Father of the Year was picked from 12 men nominations by various youth groups. A com mittee of three local business men acted as judges for the con test. As Morrow county winner, Jones will be honored at a coun ty luncheon at a date to be an nounced by the Cow Belles. He also has been entered in the state contest. Mrs. Donald Rob inson is chairman of the Cow Belles committee for the contest and Mrs. Herb Hynd is president of the county organization.
