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L I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. County Measure Seeks Among the three measures on the ballot for the primary elec tion on May 18 is the county proposal to establish a tax base of $115,000 for general roads. The measure, if approved by Morrow county voters, would per mit the county court to levy up to $115,000 annually for con struction, maintaining, replacing and repairing of the roads in the county. This was proposed when it was determined in February that the serial levy, approved bv popular vote for a 5-year period in 1958, is illegal because it calls for a fixed millage (10 mills) rath er than a specified sum, Dis trict Attorney Bob Abrams has explained. In so doing, it is in Chamber Resolution Asks for Road Work Improvement of a stretch of road from the Shaw Creek grade via Ellis Ranger Station to the Umatilla county line is asked in a resolution pre sented to the Morrow county court Wednesday by the Ileppner Morrow County Chamber ot Commerce. The resolution also request ed the court to improve a stretch of about two miles to tlie Grant county line via Sun flower Flats to complete a food route to Monument at a much shorter distance. Members of the Chamber passed the resolution at a meeting April 23, and it was endorsed and compiled at a meeting of the organization's development committee Mon day night. the two improvements would bring important economic rec reation benefits to Morrow county and its residents, the the resolution said. School Vote On Directors Set Monday A light vote is expected in the annual school election of Mor row county district R-l, which will be Monday, May 7, between the hours of 2 and 7 p. m. in . the regular polling places of the county. Two present directors seek election, each run n i n g un opposed. Dick Wilkinson, incum bent, seeks reelection from zone V, Heppner rural, and Mrs. Nels (Esther) Anderson is running for zone VI, Heppner. Mrs. Anderson was appointed to the board when Mrs. Elaine George resigned earlier this year. Each positon is for a 5-year term. Seven advisory committee pos itions come up for election. In three instances, no one has filed for the places, and they must be filled by writein votes. The four others have candidates. John Graves and Dr. L. D. Tibbies are not seeking reelec tion from the Heppner district, and no one has filed. At Board man, Roy Partlow is not seek ing reelection, and this, too, must be filled by writein. At Lexington, Stanley Kemp is retiring from the committee there, but Mrs. Robert Kilkenny has filed for the position. Three who are on the ballot to suc ceed themselves in advisory posts are Warren McCoy, Irri gon; Jack Hynd, Jr., Cecil; and Don McElligott, lone. Polling places are the same as for other school elections: Heppner, elementary school multipurpose room; Boardman, Riverside high school; Irrigon, old high school building; Lex- inoion. school caietena; ione, high school; Pine City, munity building; Ruggs, Creek grange hall. com Rhea Prowlers Enter Phil's; Get $49 Prowlers who forced their way into the rear of Phil's Pharmacy sometime last Saturday night took $49.20 from a till in the store, Jim Myers, owner, reported. He could find nothing more missing in the store but state liquor control commission offic ials were checking inventories this week to determine if any liquor had been taken. Entry was gained by con triving to release a metal bar on the inside of metal covered rear doors, and then breaking (he glass of a locked inner door. None of the store's stock seemed to be disturbed, Myers said. State police have joined Ileppner city police in working on the case. This is the third entry in the same general lo cation in recent weeks. Case Fur niture store and Central Market were both entered several weeks ago. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, Observer) Hi Lo Prec. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall 61 GO 53 58 68 71 67 for the 45 30 32 30 44 46 43 .07 .11 .07 .21 .06 up to week 9 00 a. m. Thursday was 01 an inch and still raining. violation of a rather recent state law. For the fiscal year 1961-62, the 10-mill serial levy brought rev enue of $165,000 for road pur poses. Union Pacific Railway Company called attention to the fact that the amount exceeds the statutory limit because it is more than 6 above the amount raised by the levy in the pre ceding year. County officials rec ognized the error and have been considering ways and means of making refunds of the $17,430.60 that was above the limit. No definite plan of refunding the money has been announced as yet. In 1960-61, the serial levy brought in $139,544.26. Because 10 Cents SHIRLEY CARLSON -w - 'a?-! $ r ifnrrTi !M!"ti rn-rr miinrr wim inrri imf Tjin i n ii'iiummuwjuiiimn v v; J : - -' ' Two Junior Girls Chosen To Attend Girls' State Shirley Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartle, and Shannon Mahoney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mahoney have been selected as representatives rom Heppner High school to Girls' State at Salem next month The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors the program here and expenses ot one girl are paid by the Soroptimist club. The Girls btate program otters unior girls an opportunity to realize the responsibilities of American citizenship, to arouse in each girl the love of democ racy and sense of freedom. hrough actual practice, the rights, duties, and responsibil ities of American citizenship be come a reality for a week. Girls are selected on the basis of their leadership and ability to benefit from a program of this type. At the conference the girls Groups to Press or Better Route Representatives from Arling ton, lone, Lexington and Heppner have been invited by the de velopment committee of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber ot Commerce to meet with that committee Monday night at 7:30 p. m. in the county court house to form a plan of action for seeking a better highway from Ileppner via lone to High way 30. Members of the Chamber of Commerce recently asked the State Highway Commission at a meeting in Salem to straighten and improve the lower Willow Creek highway or to consider a shorter route to Arlington. They plan to have a delegation to the next highway commission meet ing May 25 and are enlisting support of the neighboring towns to press for action. Mayors and civic leaders of the towns have been asked to be present at the meeting. Elmer Schmidt is chairman of the de velopment committee. 4-H Summer School Twenty-seven boys and girls over 13 years of age who have been doing a good job in 4-H were selected recently to rep resent Morrow county at the an nual 4-H Summer School, an nounces N. C. Anderson, county extension agent. Morrow coun ty's delegation will attend the event on the OSU campus during the week of "June 11 which will include classes, general assem blies and participation in social activities while learning to work and play together with over 1800 other 4-H boys and girls from throughout Oregon. Selected on the basis of having completed two or more years of 4-H club work, priority was given to those who had attended one year of summer school with the thought that their experiences would be more meaningful and helpful by attending the second year. Those selected were: Mitchell Ashbeck, Karla Luciani, David to Establish of the fact that the county's valuation so a re a with the changeover to the 25 ratio to confirm to state law, the 10-mill levy, which was approved by the vote in 1958, netted the total of $165,347.21 for the 1961 62 year. Now that the levy has been determined to be illegal, how ever, the county will be without funds for roads, except those coming from non-tax sources, un less the people vote for the tax base, County Judge Oscar Peter son explains. In setting up the $115,000 for the tax base, the county court has placed the figure at $50,000 less than was raised for the current fiscal year. Thus, the mil lage under the tax base proposal1 SHANNON MAHONEY are divided into two mythical political parties, the Nationalist and federalist. Interest in hold ing office is keen. Parties are also means of dividing girls for competition in election. Shannon Mahoney is the newly elected president of the Girls' League and is a past worthy adviser of Rainbow for Girls. She was high school drill leader, vice president and par liamentarian for FHA, grand representative pro tern to Florida at the Rainbow Grand Assembly ana was delegate to both the FHA state convention and to Tri- State Girls League convention. Shirley Carlson is the new FHA parliamentarian, a mem ber of FBLA, cheerleader, dele gate to the Seattle press con ference, a member of National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll. She will participate in Pacific University's Music in May Festival at Forest Grove this month and was a home coming princess. She is one of vice-presidents of the junior class and is in charge of the junior-senior banquet. Irrigon School Bid Call Given Call for bids by Morrow Countv School District R-l on construc tion of the addition to the A. C. Houghton school, Irrigon, has been issued by the district board of directors. Legal notice is printed elsewhere in this paper. Bids will be received until May 17 at 8 p. m. by Beverly Gunderson, clerk, on the project. The work will include a library, cafetorium and classrooms to be added to the building. Bond issue for this project, to gether with construction of the Heppner-Lexington high school and supplementary funds for the relocation of the Riverside school, was approved by voters in Feb ruary. The bond issue totalled $870,000. The Irrigon project will be the first of the three to be undertaken. Proudfoot and Julie Smith, Echo; Sherry Corley and Elaine Gaars land, lone; Martha Peck, Lex ington; Douglas Anderson, Eric Anderson, Patti Collins, Tony Doherty, Terryl Ann Greenup, Ronnie Jones, Jean Siewert, Jean Stockard, Dale Van Blokland, Diane Warren and Rogenia Wil son, Heppner; Elberta Carpen ter, Kerry Daniels, Anna Mae McQuaw, and Dewena West, Boardman; Mary Gerberding, Shirley Jackson, Dee Ann Mc Elroy, Jenlece McElroy and Penny Jones, Irrigon. Selected as alternates in case some of these boys and girls are unable to attend were Susan Drake, Hepp ner; Connie Coppinger, Echo; Janice Baker, Heppner; Sheridan Wyman, Heppner; Karen Hams, lone; in this order. With 73 boys and girls eligible to attend and a quota of only 27 delegates to represent Morrow GAZ $115,000 Road Tax Base would be approximately seven mills as compared witli the 10 mills under the serial levy. Once the voters approved the tax base, the county would be empowered to levy that sum, plus six per cent in each succeed ing year, without vote of the public in ensuing years. Should the measure be de feated, the pudge said, the county would have to operate its roads on approximately $60,000 per year that comes from the state and other sources, for it has no road tax base at this time. ' Defeat of the measure would mean that the county's road pro gram would be in dire distress and very mue improvement could be undertaken, Judge Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 3, 1962 Direct Distance Dialing To Start Saturday Eve Direct Distance Dialing (DDD) starts from telephones in Hepp ner, lone and Lexington at 11 p. m. Saturday, May 5. "To dial a long distance call to an Oregon phone, just dial the digit i' plus the seven-digit phone number," says Dale Slush er, Pacific Northwest Bell's man ager In this area. There is no change in the way local calls are dialed. Complete instructions for dial ing a call to any one of 76 million phones in the U. S. can be found in the front of the new phone book, Slusher said. "If a wrong number is reached, find out the name of the place Staging Dates Set For Student Three-Act Comedy Rehearsals during the coming week will get the student body play, "The Little Dog Laughed," ready for production on the high school gymnasium stage Friday and Saturday nights, May 11 and 12. The three-act comedy is a pre sentation bv Heppner High school student body, made up of a cast of 15 students under the direction of Mrs. Janet Groves, speech Instructor. Linda Van Winkle is assisting as stu dent director. 'Here I am home from col lege," declares Laurie Hunting ton, a sophomore majoring in psychology, "expecting to find a normal well adjusted family. And what do I see Instead? A bunch of psychological knots!" This sets off the theme for the highly entertaining com e d y, centered around interesting de velopments in the Huntington household. Taking the part of Laurie Huntington, a sophomore, home from college, is Marcia lianas; Sidnev Huntington, her father, is played by Don Clark; Martha Huntington, charming put anx ious mother, by Marie Petty john; Wally Huntington, her brother, by Richard Clark; Miss ( Gus ) Giistavisky, Mart h a ' s part-time helper, by Linda Van Winkle: Joan Wood, Wally's one and only, by Ginny Lou Turner; Ted Wood, Sid's competitor in used cars, by Nat Webb; Llddian Wood, Joan's culture conscious mother, by Christine Spencer; Mark Bradford, Joan's cousin and medical student, by Bill Sher man; Horatio Honeywen, a oiro. fancier, by Rodney Ayers; Amelia Dennis, a catty kibitzer, by Anita Groves; Caroline Blakesly, a foolish matron, by Kathy Ray; Grace Shoenbeck, wife of a department store own er, by Karen McCurdy and Wol ola's maiden sister will be play ed by Nancy Cleveland. Delegates are Chosen county, the 4-H selection com mittee, composed of Mrs. Walter Corley, lone; Mrs. George Luc iani, Echo, and William Collins, Heppner, found it difficult to make their selections. 4-H mem bers who had attended summer school two years or more in the past were disqualified. The re maining of the delegates were filled by older 4-H members who had not yet had the opportunity to attend. Alternates were chosen according to their age. The com mittee urged that consideration be given to those who did not get to attend this year In making selections for 1963. Scholarships in the amount of $25 which takes care of board, room and incidental expenses are provided by interested per sons, organizations and busi nesses. The club members pay for their own transportation. Committees who are now solic Peterson said, Many of the road crew, now consisting of some 17 or is men, would be out of work. and only bare maintenance work could be done. The serial levy approved in 1958 was the third time that the voters had backed such a 5-year levy, the others having been voted in 1948 and in 1953, each time for 10 mills annually. Two other measures on the ballot are state referendums. The first seeks to revise the consti tutional provisions eovernine the 6 per cent limitation, and the other would amend the consti tution by providing that legis lators' salaries shall bo estab lished and paid In the same manner as the salaries of other elected state officers. 79th Year, Number 9 and the phone number if possi ble," Slusher said. "In any case, hang up, dial the regular op erator, '(),' so that she can see you are not charged for the call. Operators will continue to handle long distance calls such as person-to-person, collect, credit card, coin or others re quiring operator assistance. DDD service and ANC (all number calling) will be in use in all Umatilla, Morrow and Gil liam county exchanges of Pa cific Northwest Bell after Satur day night, Slusher said. "The average long distance call dialed by a customer will be ringing at the end of the line in about 25 seconds," Slush er said, "whether the call is to Florida or La Grande." Harryman Hired lone School Head Bill E. (Gene) Harryman of Parma, Idaho, has been offered a contract as administrative principal of the lone schools by directors of Morrow County school district R-l. The action was taken at a special board meeting Wednesday night. Harry has served as principal of the Parma high school for one year. Prior to that he was elementary principal and coun sellor at Kuna, Idaho, for two years, and has also served as elementary principal for one year and high school principal for four years at Middleton, Ida ho. The new administrator Is married and has three children, ages 14, 6 and 4. He was to be notified by toiepnone inursuay. If he accepts the contract, it is expected that he will move to Morrow county about July 1. Harryman will succeed Darrel Reisch. who has served as ad ministrative principal at lone for the past year. He has been offer ed a contract as director of special services, a new position, with the county school system but has not accepted as yet. At the Wednesday evening meeting the board spent some time defining duties of the new position, which will include supervision of buses in the dis trict, handling the mentally re tarded program, remedial read ing and other duties. Leonniq Takes Post With Station KUBE Ronnie Leonnig, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Leonnig of Hepp ner, has taken a position with radio station KUBE, Pendleton, as announcer. The young man has completed a course in radio broadcasting at Northwest Schools, Portland. Among the programs on which he is heard is Heppner Hayride each Saturday from 10 a. m. until l noon. iting for scholarships in the Heppner-Ione-Lexington area are Willard Blake and Gene Pierce, Heppner; Mrs. Eldon Padberg, Lexington; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tullis, lone. Scholarships for North Morrow delegates have been collected and are being provided by: Umatilla Electric, Inland Empire Bank, Fredrick son's Market, Pendleton Grain Growers, Irrigon PTA, U. S. Nat ional Bank, Mayflower Milk Company, Irrigon Grange, Stew art's Grocery, Easton's Cafe, Home Economics club, Boardman, Hitchin' Post Cafe, Mother's Club, Boardman, and the Nugget Mo tel. This year 4-H members will travel to 4-H Summer School by Morrow county school bus which will cut down on their trans portation costs, as well as making schedules more conven ient for the delegates. I R ;,"5"!VW,'lf ""WW'S Wf f W (fWpn! , . ill . J -i. "'SlffcMlit 111 liVi FRANK BATES of Boise. Idaho, and his horse, "Hell Cat B " teamed for championship honors at the Heppner Wranglers' Srnnn' c,ontes here ov week-end. They took both the $1000 novice and open classes. (q.t Photo) "TSK. I T! JOINING o happy family is the quarterhorse colt held here by Leo Ashbeck, winner of the Wrangler raffle. Ashbeck'g three sons are in the foreground. (G-T Photo) Boise Man Repeats As Cutting Champ Weather was as cantankerous as some of the cutting stock Saturday when the Ileppner Wranglers annual spring meet opened at the Morrow county fairgrounds. But the sun smiled through on Sunday, and the Morrow County Has $20,000 Goal In Freedom Drive Morrow county's goal In 1962 Freedom Bond drive will be $20,000 in Series E and II bond sales, Jack Bedford, chairman of the volunteer bond committee for (his county announced today. The campaign extends through May and June. But besides dollar sales, the participation of more families in a regular bond-buying program with extra purchases during the drive period is urgently needed, Bedford said. "The question for each of us is: What can I do to help the cause of peace and freedom?" he said. "It is a question of sur vival of our way of life against a triple threat: military, ideal ogical and economic. "Selling more Savings Bonds helps our Treasury meet the mounting costs of keeping the peace in a way that braces our economy against the strains that defense puts upon it. And we know that a strong economy is the base upon which our military and idealoglcal force both rest. We have to keep showing the uncommitted peoples of the world that our kind of economic system, under the four freedoms, still produces more benefits for more people than does the com munist way. Propaganda won't prevail over positive proof." March of Dimes Totals $1512 March of Dimes collected $1512 in Morrow county in its cam paign early this year, LaVern Van Marter, finance chairman, said last Wednesday. This sum Is about $400 less than the $1900 contributed last year. However, Van Marter pointed out that conditions generally were depressed here this year somewhat and said that the to tal was "pretty good" in view of this fact. Ileppner High school students contributed nearly $500 in their drive, and another $300 was rais ed by the local Mother's March. lone High school contributed $135. The balance came through coin containers, mailed contri butions and funds collected in Boardman, Irrigon, Lexington, lone and Cecil. Of the total, half stays In the county for use on polio cases requiring treatment, and half goes to the National Foundation. Vv : ".r' r J i " - I 3B - ,'t mi I: i - ' .V t il.ilmlll...,.l Mm i vK. - 'J" event reached a happy and successful climax with good par ticipation, good attendance and a fine crowd. "Hell Cat B," well-trained horse owned and ridden by Frank Bates of Boise, Idaho, proved to be the champion in both the open and $1000 novice cow cutting events. Mescale Taylor," owned by John Car michael of Yakima. Wn and ridden by Buster Smith, copped t lie 5:)()U novice event in the meet, which is approved by the national, Pacific coast and north west cutting associations. Bates went home with the hon ors for the second year in suc cession, having won the cham pionship here last year also. "Frank Buck" brought the ladles' cow cutting champion ship to Mrs. Buster Smith of Naclics, Wn and she won a belt buckle donated by Cor n e 1 1 Green. Bates received a blanket do- naled by O'Brien Bros, m the $1000 novice and one donated by Ronald Leonnig in the open finals. Smith won the blanket from Humphreys Drug store in the $500 novice. Jan Beamer of Ileppner kept some ot tne nonors ai nome when she won the barrel racing event with times of l'J.8 seconds n the first go-round and 19.3 in l ie second, biie received a gold and silver buckle given by the Bank of Eastern uregon. lion Currin had the calf roping all his way, winning both go rounds, the first in 29 flat and the second in 29.5. Climaxing the spring meet was the awarding of the raflle quarterhorse colt, and Leo Ash beck of Butter creek was me happy winner. Four sons in the family were as happy as their father. Twcntv-three horses were en tered in the cow cutting, eight harrel racers competed, and 12 calf ropers took part. Dance and cake auction Saturday night con tributed to the week-end. Other finalists in the open class cutting were "Ml. Snip," owned and ridden by Ray Hay som, Selah, Wn.; "Socio Bailey," owned and ridden by Frank Me Guire, Yakima; and "Frank Buck," owned by E. R. Fowler, Naches, Wn and ridden by Buster Smith. In the $1000 novice were "Pacos," owned by Melvin Me Guire, Yakima, and ridden by Charley Nix; "Domino Melody," owned and ridden by Ralph Beamer, Heppner; and "Maestro," owned by Ralph Beamer and rid den bv Buster Smith. In the $500 novice were "Sally," owned and ridden by S. E. Phelps, Baker; "Pacos," owned by Melvin McGuire and ridden by Charley Nix; and "Domino Melody," owned and ridden by Ralph Beamer. Second in barrel racing was Evelyn Broun with a total of 39.5 in two go-rounds; third was Sandra Eubanks, 40.9; and fourth, Marlene Fetsch, 41 flat. Second in calf roping on the first go-round was Jerry Dough erty with 38 flat, and third was Charles Daly with 60.4. In the second go-round, Sherman Mur ray was second with 36 flat and Jim Farley was third with 39.5. -ail