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Budget Set
$246,979
For College
Total estimated expenditures
of $246,979 are called for in the
1962-63 budget for the newly
approved Blue Mountain Com
munity college that will serve
the Umatilla-Morrow district.
The budget committee, of which
John Mulligan, Pendleton, is
chairman, approved the budget
at a meeting last week. It is
printed on page two of this paper
and calls for a public hearing
on July 2, 7:30 p. m., at the
Pendleton Technical School, S.
E. Third St., Pendleton.
Special budget election will be
on Friday, July 20, in the two
county district.
Voters will approve or reject
the $103,704 that is to be pro
vided by taxation. Receipts for
the year are estimated at $143,
275 of which $88,775 would come
from the state's community col
lege fund. Fees and tuition are
expected to bring $35,000 and
sale of textbooks and supplies
$8,000. A total of $11,500 is bud
geted to come from the National
Defense Education Act.
Using a tentative figure of $88
million for the total assessed val
uation of the district, the tax
levy would figure out at about
1.18 mills, somewhat higher than
original estimates.
Reason for the higher figure is
primarily due to capital outlay
that is considered necessary for
purchase of equipment, rental of
buildings and expansion of the
adult education program. Expen
diture for capital outlay is listed
at $52,560, including items for
professional service for site and
building, remodeling and new
equipment.
Administration cost for the
year is listed at $15,600, instruc
tion at $143,769, operation of
plant $8,350, maintenance of
plant $3,000, fixed charges $12,
500, non bonded interest $1,200,
and emergency $10,000.
During the first year of oper
ation of the community college,
it is expected that 200 students
will attend and the budget is
based on that figure.
Any persons who have ques
tions' or remonstrances on the
budget may appear at the July
2 hearing.
The college was approved by
vote in the district recently by
a 4 to 1 margin.
Fair Premium Lists
Printed for Event
Premium lists for the Morrow
County Fair have been printed
by the Gazette-Times and have
been delivered to Mrs. Glenn
(Lenna) Smith, fair secretary.
She set about immediately this
week to mail them out.
The 52-page booklet contains
all rules, divisions, superinten
dents for the fair, including 4-H,
FFA and open classes. Also in
cluded are events of the Wrang
lers Horse Show.
The fair will be August 21-24,
and the Horse Show will be on
August 31 with the rodeo follow
ing on September 1 and 2.
Anyone interested in obtain
ing a premium list should con
tact Mrs. Smithy
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DARK-HAIRED and vivacious "Miss lone," Michelle Morrison,
shown here in a portrait and in formal dress, will enter the
quest for Miss Oregon title next week in Portland in the first
step of the Miss Universe contest. She is sponsored by the lone
Lions club. (Also see picture on page 1. section 2).
(Coles Studio)
'Miss' lone to Start
Quest for
Michelle Morrison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Morrison of
lone, will plunge into the fes
tivities and fanfare of the Miss
Oregon contest in Portland next
week carrying the banner of
"Miss lone," sponsored by the
lone Lions club. She will be com
peting with some 18 other
comely candidates for the state
title and the right to enter tne
Miss Universe contest in Florida.
First event for Michelle, who
has completed a week's course
Six Budget Hearings
In Next Twelve Days
Six budget hearings of con
cern to Morrow county tax
payers are scheduled within
the next twelve days. All of
these budgets have been pub
lished in this paper. Any
person who pays taxes for any
of the budgets has a right to
appear at the hearing on that
budget.
Here's the scheduler"
June 21, Thursday (tonight),
Port of Morrow budget hear
ing, 8 p.m., county courthouse.
Budget lists expenditures of
$66,604 and a total tax levy
of $28,100, all inside the 6
limitation.
June 25, Monday, Heppner
Rural Fire Protection District,
8 p.m., fair building annex,
Heppner. Total estimated ex
penditures, $6,095; total tax
levy needed, $6,245 (including
estimate of $150 that will not
be collected), all within 6
limitation.
June 27, Wednesday, Hepp
ner Cemetery Maintena nee
district, 7 p.m., at district of
fice, 630 N. Main St., Heppner.
Total expenditures, $14,849.39.
Tax levy needed, none.
June 29, Friday, at 10 a.m.
Morrow county budget, in
courthouse. Total expenditures,
all funds $314,647. Total tax
levy needed $162,213, all in
side 6 limitation.
July 2, Monday, 8 p.m.,
Heppner city budget, city hall.
Total estimated expenditures,
$120,365.50; total tax levy
needed, $23,554.50, all inside
6 limitation.
July 2, Monday, 7:30 p.m.,
Blue Mountain Community col
lege budget, Pendleton Tech
nical School, Pendleton. Total
estimated expenditures $246,
979; total tax levy needed
$103,704.
July 4 Vacation Week
Cancelled at Kinzua
Kinzua Corporation mill will
not close for a vacation for all
employees over the Fouth of
July this year, it has been an
nounced. Rather, employee va
cations will be rotated this year
and the mill will continue in
operation.
The mill at Kinzua also will
continue operation through the
holiday, it is reported. The va
cation over the Fourth has been
the practice in former years at
the Heppner mill.
Paper to Publish
Series of Pictures
Beginning next week, the
Gazette-Times will print a
special picture feature, "Amer
ica's Future," consisting of
pictures of Morrow county
children.
The pictures were taken sev
eral weeks ago by Jack Fixter
of Woltz Studios, Des Moines,
Iowa. Engravings have been
furnished by the studio to the
paper. Printing all of the
pictures will extend over many
weeks because of the large
number taken, but all whose
pictures were taken will ap
pear in print at some time
during the course of the
feature.
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State Title
in charm school in preparation
for this exciting pageant, will
be a press conference Tuesday at
the Thunderbird Motel, Portland.
She will be accompanied there
by Mayor and Mrs. Charles
O'Connor of lone.
With the Lions club backing
her in force, Miss lone will re
turn to Portland Friday for the
bathing beauty contest that will
be held at the Continental Mo
tel. Lions and wives, number
ing 23 in all, plan to go to Port
land for the event. They will
have special jackets and badges
bearing Miss Ione's picture.
Parade of the pageant will
start at 10 a.m. Saturday from
Lloyd Center, and an lone
Booster band, the Sagebrush Six,
will also be in the line of march.
In the band are Marvin Padberg,
Wayne Hams, Tass Morrison,
Roland Ekstrom, Bobbie Lee De
Spain and John Swanson.
Finals of the judging will be
Saturday and Oregon's winner
will be announced Saturday
night with appropriate ceremon
ies. Herb Ekstrom Jr. is chairman
of the Lions committee in
charge of this project.
Movies Draw Well;
Second Bill Set
First showing of Friday night
pictures to the public by Hepp
ner post, American Legion, drew
a capacity crowd at the Legion
hall Friday night, Glen Ward
of the post said. More than 100
children and adults were present
to enjoy the bill.
Because of the response, an
other feature is, on tap for Fri
day night, "Abbott and Costello
Meet Captain Kidd. ' A cartoon
will also be included. Show time
this Friday has been moved to
8 p. m. in order to permit those
attending to go swimming at
the pool during the evening
period prior to the show.
Concessions are on sale at the
show, including candy, gum, pop
and popeprn, Ward said. The
post is providing the movies dur
ing the time the town is with
out a theater following the Elks'
building fire.
Youth Service
For Jobs Eyed
Possibility of forming a youth
employment service in Heppner
for the summer months is being
considered by the Heppner-Mor-row
County Chamber of Com
merce after the idea was pre
sented at the meeting Monday
by R. G. (Pete) McMurtry.
He told of the operation of
the service elsewhere. A secre
tary is hired and students may
register for work for any of a
number of different types of jobs.
Businesses and residents of the
area are encouraged to place
orders for workers wanted with
the service.
McMurtry was asked to ob
tain more information, and Mrs.
Avon Melby and Mrs. Gene Case
were named by President Fred
Gimbel to serve on a committee
to consider the matter.
Douglas Gunderson
Home For Two Weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunder
son brought their son Douglas
home from Emanuel hospital,
Portland, on Sunday, where he
had undergone bone surgery on
his left leg during recent weeks.
Even though still in a cast, he
enjoys being up and around in
a wheel chair.
He will return to the hospital
in two weeks for a repeat of the
same type of surgery to his right
leg.
10 Cents
Board Okays Plans
For High Building
Plans for the new Heppner-
Lexington high school were
given approval uy tne Morrow
County School District R-l board
of directors at a special meeting
last Thursday night after several
hours of reviewing the plans.
Architect Stuart Tuft of Hay
din onH Tuft was nresent tn en
over the plans with the board
and Administrator Kooert van
Houte.
The building is essentially the
same as that presented in pre
liminary design when the bond
issue was voted in February. One
Sudden Illness
lakes Wightman;
Funeral Today
Funeral services for Robert C.
Wightman, 89, were held today
(Thursday) from All Saints' Epis.
copal church at 2:00 p.m. Rev.
Father C. Bruce Spencer offic
iated, with interment following
in Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Creswick Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wightman would have
reached his 90th birthday June
24. He was born in the year
1B79 thA snn nf John and Jessie
Wightman, in Schomokin, Pa. He
had lived in tne Heppner area
for 57 years where he engaged
in wheat and cattle ranching,
and formerly operated a dairy.
He was never married.
Mr. Wightman died at 9:40
a m Tupcrlav. June 19. In thp
Pioneer Memorial hospital from
an apparent strone. tne uociy
layed in state at the mortuary
until Thursday noon.
He was a member of the Pres
byterian church; Paxton lodge
jno. bzu luut, uaupnin, ra.;
AF&AM; Heppner chapter 26,
kam; umatnia council xno. d,
R&fiM. Ppndleton.' and Ruth
chapter 32, OES, Heppner.
He is survived by two brothers,
Tnhn nf Hunntinr nnri William
of Dauphin, Pa., one sister, Agnes
wigntman, uaupnin, i-a., aiso
one nephew, Marvin, Concord,
Calif., a niece, Mrs. Claude
fAnnn Graham. HpDnner. and
several grandnieces and
nephews.
Court Pays Visit
To Umatilla Event
Morrow county's rodeo court
went to the Umatilla Sageriders'
annual rodeo Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon. Queen Mar
lene Fetsch and Princess Diana
Fulleton entered barrel racing,
and on Sunday afternoon the
girls entered in a royalty event.
Competition consisted of the
girls racing to a goat tied on
a long rope. They then milked
the goat and raced PacK to tne
judge.
Princess Diana won the event
and received a nice head stall
for her horse. Next appearance
of the court will be in the Miss
Universe parade in Portland next
week-end. Michelle Morrison,
"Miss lone," is entered in the
Miss Universe contest under the
sponsorship of the lone Lions
club.
Touring Mayor Now Homeward Bound
After Completing Mission
Mayor Al Lamb, touring in
Central Africa with a U. S. Trade
Mission, was due to start his
homeward trip today (Thurs
day), Mrs. Lamb said Wednes
day. However, it is not known
how many stops he will be
making en route nor how long
they will take, she said. It is
possible that she may meet him
in Pendleton Saturday night.
Another letter to friends of
Morrow county arrived from
Mayor Lamb from Pointe Noire,
Congo, written June 11.
T am here at Pointe Noire,
Congo, spending time in the
American bootn at tne Inter
national Trade Fair," he writes.
The booth has pictures of Nat
ional Park scenes, pamphlets,
pictures of Washington, Lincoln
and Kennedy and runs a reel
of movie film telling and show
ing the John Glenn globe en
circlement story. The crowds
simply swarm the booth so that
they have roped it off to spare
it.
"These people of all classes
are simply fascinated by the or
bit movie and certainly the pres
tige of America is very high as
a result of the successful flight
into space of Glenn and bhepard.
They can't understand why we
change made at the Thursday
night meeting was to provide
for heavier concrete floor in one
portion of the shop to provide
for working on heavy equip
ment there. No changes at all
were made in the exterial design
of the building, the administra
tor said.
The structure will be located
on the present site of Unit-A,
and the existing unit will be
come one part of a classroom
wing. Gymnasium, home ec
onomics room, science rooms,
classrooms, library, multipurpose
room, shop, offices and other fa
cilities will be provided in the
structure. Cost is expected to ap
proximate $500,000 exclusive of
architects' fees and furnishings.
Van Houte said that the archi
tects are now preparing final
specifications and plans and call
for bids on the structure will be
issued perhaps as early as next
week. Construction is expected
to get underway shortly after
bids are opened perhaps a month
hence. The structure could be
completed, by the second semes
ter of the 1962-63 school year.
Timber Severance
Tax Meet Billed
Timber reappraisal and the
new Eastern Oregon timber sev
erance tax law, passed by the
1961 legislature, will be discuss
ed by State Tax Commission rep
resentatives at a public meeting
in the Umatilla county supreme
court room, county courthouse,
Pendleton, at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday,
June 26, the commission announ
ces. Umatilla County Ass e s s o r
Lloyd Stafford said that all tim
ber owners and others interested
are invited.
Timber revaluation is one
phase of the county-wide reap
praisal of all classes of prop
erty now in process by Umatilla
county and state appraisers.
New timber values, based on
information gathered in the in
ventory of all private timber and
timberlands, will be the basis
on which Umatilla county's
share of receipts will be deter
mined under the new severance
law. The new law will com
pletely replace ad valorem
(value) taxation of timber
throughout Eastern Oregon after
July 1 when it goes into effect.
In Morrow county, funds have
been provided, $45(X) annually
for three years for the county's
share of cost of reappraising all
timber in the county, but work
has not vet started. It must be
done by January 1, 1964.
Service Station
Work Started
Teller Construction Company
of Portland has started work on
the remodeling of Jack Van
Winkle's Chevron Service Station
here after being awarded the
contract for the job by Standard
Oil company. The project will in
clude construction of a new of
fice and renovation of the lubri
cation building, Van Winkle said.
The construction company took
out a permjt from the City of '
neppner estimating cost of tne
project at $10,680. Men were on
the job Wednesday to start on
foundation work.,
were worried during the flights
for after all, the rockets and
capsule were made by Americans
to encircle the earth. So much for
their confidence in Americans'
ability to do things.
"They seem to only know of
three American presi dents
Kennedy, Roosevelt and Lincoln.
Of the three, Kennedy is the
best known with Roosevelt run
ning him a close second. We hear
the Voice of America and the
Voice of Moscow almost every
day on the radio. Both are quite
similar in that each present the
news very factually. Both have
good music and singing but now
and then the difference shows
by way of emphasis. As far as
Central Africa is concerned, I
would say we are winning the
battle for men's minds.
"I went swimming in the At
lantic ocean yesterday and to
day. The water was fine and so
is the weather here. Tomorrow
I am going with one other man
by train through the jungle for
about 100 miles to visit some
cooperatives started among the
natives and to see a sugar fac
tory. The other man is a timber
expert and will look at logging
and mill operations. This jungle
is Inhabited by Pigmies, ele
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REV. MELVIN DIXON
Methodists Plan
Reception Picnic
For New Minister
Members and friends of the
Heppner Methodist church will
meet in the picnic area on the
courthouse lawn Sunday after
noon following church services
for a get-acquainted reception
and picnic in honor of the new
minister and family, Rev. and
Mrs. Melvin W. Dixon and
daughters Sharon and Martha.
The informal occasion will
start with a potluck dinner at
12:30. with coffee, punch and ice
cream furnished by the church
committee. Those attending are
asked to bring their own table
service and prepared food.
An invitation has been ex
tended other ministers in the
area and their families to be
present and enjoy the fellow
ship. )
The Rev. and Mrs. (Nancy)
Dixon and family, arrived in
Heppner last week to begin their
tenure of pastoral service at the
Methodist church. They lived in
Medford for the past five years
where he served St. Luke's Meth
odist church. During the past
year he was president of the
Medford Ministerial association.
Before going to Medford he serv
ed four years in the ministry
in Michigan and five years at
Sliedd.
Mr. Dixon has served in the
ministry since 1945 when he re
ceived his master's degree in
theology and Biblical literature
from Pasadena College seminary.
He earlier earned the bachelor
of arts degree in philosophy and
religion.
The older daughter of the par
sonage family, Sharon, will
leave for Asbury college, Will
more, Ky in September. Martha
is a junior in high school.
Sharon is a licensed amateur
radio (ham) operator and plans
to take psychology in college.
Martha is particularly interested
in music, both instrumental and
vocal.
Hobbies of the Rev. Mr. Dixon
are hunting and fishnig.
Emergency Meet Set
For 4-H Leaders
South Morrow 4-H leaders are
urged to attend an emergency
meeting of their council on Tues
day evening, June 26, at the N.
C. Anderson home in Heppner
at 8:00 o'clock.
The Ways and Means com
mittee has formed a plan to
build a food concession booth
on the fair grounds which will
necessitate drawing on the coun
cil's savings. Approval or dis
approval is needed by the group.
in Africa
phants, rhinos, baboons, etc. I
hope I get to see some of them
but not too close. I have been
instructed to wear old clothes
and will stay over one night
before returning here by air Wed
nesday. "We leave for Libreville, Gab
on, Thursday where I end my
journey by starting home the
20th. This has been a thrilling
and satisfying trip. It also has
made me more satisfied with
Heppner and the good old USA.
"In Tchad the men did most of
the work but in most of the
other countries its the women
who do the work. If a man is
working, he will get up to a dol
lar a day American and prices
are higher here than In America.
That doesn't give them an in
centive to work, so usually they
will work not over a year or two,
then return to the tribe in the
interior where the women do the
work.
"I met with boys from the
Agriculture college yester day
and they appeared very bright
and asked intelligent questions,
so it seems that education is the
thing most needed by the masses.
If they have a chance, they can
do all right but their know-how
is very limited,"
79th Year, Number 16
Road Serial
Levy Vote
Due July 2
Special election on proposed
three-year serial levy for Morrow
County roads will be held on
Monday, July 2, in the nine pre
cincts of the county.
The measure would authorize
the levying of a tax in the
amount of $115,000 annually
over a three-year period, begin
ning with the fiscal year 1962
63 for the purpose of construc
ting, improving, maintaining, re
placing and repairing county
roads.
This proposed levy would sue
ceed the previous 10-mill levies
voted for 5-year periods three
separate times, the last in 1958.
It was discovered this year that
the 10-mill levy could no longer
be Imposed because of a change
in state law that requires the
levy to be expressed in terms
of a specific amount of money
rather in terms of millage.
The 10-mill levy for the year
1961-62 brought proceeds in ex
cess of the 6 limitation and
thereby was illegal. More than
$17,000 must be refunded to tax
payers by the county as a re
sult. County Judge Oscar Peterson
has pointed out that the $115,000
that the county would be em
powered to collect annually un
der the proposed levy Is con
siderably less than the proceeds
brought by the 10-mill levy and
this will not require as high a
millage levy.
Without any tax support for
the road program, the county
would have to depend entirely
on sources other than taxes.
This would be adequate only for
minimum mainte nance, the
judge said.
Voting places will be the same
as for the primary election, and
the list of these polling places
will be printed next week.
New Car Stolen,
Wrecked Tuesday
A new Galaxie 500 with only
about 25 miles recorded on the
speedometer was stolen from the
lot at Heppner Auto Sales some
time Tuesday night and was
found wrecked and abandoned
on the highway near Lexington
just after midnight.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said
that he was called about 1 a.m.
Wednesday by City Police Officer
Floyd Hutchlns after Larry
Prock and John Piper, who had
come by the scene, reported the
wreck to Hutchins. It had plowed
into a bank on the highway
near the entrance to the Lex
ington airport. Sheriff Bauman
said. Skid marks showed that
the auto had gone out of control
on a curve and weaved back
and forth across the road before
hitting the bank. Indications
were that it had been driven
at a high rate of speed.
It was abandoned with the
rear stiking on to the highway in
such a manner as to be a bad
hazard to traffic, he said. The
front was rather severely dam
aged but there were no signs of
blood inside the car or other
evidence that any occupants had
been hurt. Few clues were avail
able that might lead to the thief.
The car apparently was stolen
after 11 p. m. because a mech
anic was working at the garage
until that time. The auto had
been shown to a customer by
Sales Manager Dave Barnett
about 10 p. m. Keys apparently
were left in the ignition. They
were still there when the car
was found abandoned.
Three Youths Unhurt
In Tuesday Wreck
Three youths were shaken up
but unhurt following an auto
accident in Clark's Canyon about
six miles west of Heppner Tues
day evening. The old Packard
auto, driven by Chris Burken
blne, went into a ditch and
through a fence after the driver
lost control of the vehicle. With
him were Burton Peck and Gay
lord Sampson.
At first it was feared that
Sampson sustained a back in
jury, according to an account
they gave to Police Officer Floyd
Hutchins. They borrowed a pick
up from a place nearby and
came to town to contact Hutch
ins and report the accident to
him. It was reported that the
auto was badly damaged.
Little League Meet
Scheduled Friday
President La Verne Van Marter
has called a meeting of all man
agers and board members of
Little League basbeall for Fri
day, June 22, at 8:00 p. m. In
his offices.
He asks all above personnel
be present for this important
business meeting.