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Board Changes
School
School children of Morrow
county were given a few days
reprieve by thex board of direc
tors of school district R-l when
they convened at the regular
meeting Monday night. The di
rectors reversed their previous
action on a tentative opening
date of August 30 and decided
upon the date of September 4
the Tuesday following Labor
Day, to open classes in the
county.
Robert Van Houte, county
school administrator, said that
the teachers' workshop will con1
vene on August 28 rather than
August 27 as previously planned.
Although not set by board
action, spring vacation may be
cut to three days because of the
later opening date.
Dick Wilkinson was elected
chairman of the board in this
the first meeting of the 1962-63
fiscal year. He succeeds D. 0.
Nelson and presided at the
meeting Monday night. Harvey
Warner of Irrigon was elected
vice chairman.
Van Houte said that finan
cially the district concluded the
year with total expenditures of
$861,907.11, which is $8,866.89
below the $870,774 budgeted. Re
ceipts beyond those estimated
bring the cash carryover to
something in the neighborhood
of $15,000, he reported.
Director Harvey Warner re
ported on building progress on
the A. C. Houghton elementary
school addition at Irrigon, stat
ing that the work is proceeding
very well with most of the
framework up, foundation and
steel work done. Beams for the
ceiling were expected later this
week.
Van Houte reported on the
National Education Association
convention in Denver, pointing
out the attempts being made to
unionize teachers and the resis
tance of the NEA to the move
ment. The action has gained a
strong start in parts of the east,
however, and in New York city,
18,000 of the 40,000 teachers
there are members of the union,
he said.
Date of August 15, a Wednes
day, was set for the regular
board meeting in August due
to conflicts around the regular
date of Monday, August 13.
However, the board voted to con
tinue with the second Monday
of each month as the regular
meeting night through the com
ing year.
Formal action was taken to
authorize the opening of bids on
the construction of the new
Lexington-Heppner school on the
night of Tuesday, July 24, at
8 p.m.
Contracts were offered two
new teachers in the system, and
only one girls' physical edu
cation teacher remains to be
hired to complete the staff, Van
Houte said. The board approved
contracts to John Cummings as
a science teacher in Heppner
High school, and to Larry
O'Rourke as a Spanish and
English teacher in Heppner high.
Cummings previously taught at
Sweet Home and Salem. He is
married and has one child.
O'Rourke has had no teaching
experience but earned his de
gree at the University of Port
land after attending St. Joseph's
Academy in Pendleton. He is
married and has three children.
The board accepted a recom
mendation submitted by petition
of Hardman-Ruggs citizens to
appoint H. C. Lesley to the ad
visory committee to fill a va
cancy, and he was unanimously
appointed by vote of the direc
tors. Harold Wright and Barton
Clark who had tied in an elec
tion this spring for the post each
submitted statements to the
board that they did not wish
to serve.
Little Leaguers
Named All-Stars
Fourteen outstanding Little
League baseball players from
the four league teams here were
selected Friday night for the
All-Star team roster which will
play an All-Star team in The
Dalles in the area playoffs. The
games will be played July 20
and 21 with two games each
night.
The local All-Stars will play
in the second game, at 8:00
p.m. Friday, July 20. Winners
of the Friday night games will
meet Saturday night at 8:00
p.m. for the championship, and
the losers will meet at 6:30 p.m.
for third place.
The Braves, tied with the In
dians for first place in the sec
ond half of play, landed the
most members on the All-Star
team with five. They include
Steve Pettyjohn, David Hall,
Randy Stillman, all 12 years
old, and 11 year-old twins,
Kevan and Kent Pratt. The In
dian members are Jeff Turner,
Chris Lovgren, Russell Kilkenny,
and Ken Nelson, all 12. The
Giants have Roger Leonnig,
Rick Johnston, Dennis O'Donnell,
and Steve Baker, all 12. The
Dodgers placed Mike Smith, 12,
on the team and Kit Anderson,
11, as alternate.
The team will practice the
week preceding the games in
preparation for the playoffs in
The Dalles.
Date
In a formality, the board auth
orized Van Houte to apply for
funds for the district under Pub
lie Law 874. which assists dis
tricts where children of federal
employees attend schools and
work some additional hardships
on the district. It also authorized
application for funds under the
National Defense Kducation Act,
The board meeting was ad
journed about 10:30, earliest of
any meeting for many months
MRS. ELAINE ESSELSTYN
Executive secretary, Mid-Colum
bia Planning Council.
Council, Ebasco
Work on Survey
Of South Morrow
C. R. Cavanaeh, project direc
tor of Ebasco Services, Inc., and
Mrs. Elaine Esselstyn, executive
secretary of Mid-Columbia Plan
ning Council, met with repre
sentatives of Heppner and Mor
row county Tuesday night to
compile information for a study
of resources of the southern part
ot the county.
The group was particularly
concerned with park and rec
reational possibilities in the
southern part of the county, to
gether with developments of
roads and highways.
1 Ebasco currently is conducting
a resource survey for the six
county planning council. Morrow
is one of the six participating
counties.
Meeting with Mrs. Esselstyn
and Cavanagh were Fred Gim
bel, president of the Heppner
Morrow county Chamber of Com
merce; Robert Van Houte, county
school administrator; Clarence
Rosewall, president of the Farm
ers Union; and County Judge
Oscar Peterson.
They reviewed work that has
been done on roads, parks and
recreational facilities and pre
sented possibilities for future
development.
After the Ebasco survey is
completed later this year, public
hearings will be held in various
localities as a phase of the de
velopment plan for the area.
Next meeting of the Mid-Columbia
Council will be at The Dalles
in early August, tne meeting
being changed from the prev
iously scheduled date of July
20, Judge Peterson said.
Youth Held in Jail
On Auto Theft Count
Wilbur Wade Warren of Hepp
ner has been held in the Uma
tilla county jail on a charge
of auto theft in lieu of posting
$2000 bail, Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man said Tuesday.
The youth was arrested in
Klamath Falls last week and
admitted taking a 1955 Ford
from Heppner Auto Sales, Inc.,
used car lot here, the sheriff
said. Sheriff and Mrs. Bauman
made the trip to Klamath Falls
and returned Warren here last
Friday.
Warren was being held in jail
for the grand jury, he said.
Fire Danger High
But No Trouble Yet
Conditions in the Heppner
district of the Umatilla Nat
ional Forest are not good from
a fire danger standpoint, but
as of Thursday no fires had
been reported, Sam Miller, dis
trict ranger, said.
Because of dry conditions,
the hazard is considered as
high and extreme precautions
are necessary for fire preven
tion, he said. Lightning has
been forecast daily for the past
six or seven days and is fore
cast again through Friday at
least, but none has come as
yet, Miller said. The report is
that there is a 60 or 70
chance of a lightning storm.
Foresters have their fingers
crossed particularly because
they are approaching the an
niversary of the big Ditch
Creek fire that hit the area
last year. This started on July
14 of last year.
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Barley
10 Cents
Kickoff
Dance Set
Saturday
Fair and rodeo season will be
ushered in Saturday night in
Morrow county with the Kick-
off Dance scheduled in the fair
pavilion, Heppner, starting at
10 p.m.
This will be the chance for
the public to meet and congrat
ulate Queen Marlene Fetsch and
her court of princesses, Diana
Pettyjohn of lone, Irene Potts
of Boardman, Jacquie Brindle of
the Lena community and Diana
Fulleton of Heppner.
Leonnig's Orchestra will fur
nish music for the dance, and
the Degree of Honor will serve
lunch. Admission is $1.50 per
person, and dancing will con
tinue until 2 a.m.
The Kickoff Dance is the first
of seven dances that will be
held on Saturday nights from
now on until rodeo is over. Each
of the princesses will have a
dance in her honor, the Queen's
dance will then be held prior
to the rodeo, and the rodeo dance
will complete the schedule on
September 1.
Dollar Days Set
Here Saturday
Heppner Merchants are join
ing in offering special bargains
to the public in city-wide Dollar
Days here this week-end. Some
list their offerings for Friday
and Saturday but others are
good only on Saturday.
Virtually all retailers in the
city are participating in the
event, which was authorized at
a recent meeting of the Merch
ants committee of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Advertisements list the bar
gains on pages 4 and 5 ot tnis
section and others are scattered
throughout the paper.
Free parking will be a special
privilege for Dollar Day Satur
day, Mrs. Elma Harshman, chair
man of the Merchants commit
tee, announces. Hoods will be
placed over the meters Saturday,
through cooperation with the
city, and no one will have to
pay the usual parking fee.
Wranglers Slate
Ride, Campout
Some 70 or 80 members of the
Wranglers club and guests are
expected to participate in a ride
and campout this week-end with
the destination being the Ernie
Winchester place on Ditch Creek.
Riders will leave Cutsforth park
at 2 p.m. Saturday and go
through the mountains to the
Winchester place.
Winn Crist will again act as
chef for dinner at the Winchester
place, and the group will cam
there for the night before re
turning sometime Sunday.
Kinzua, County Share
County Road Projects
With the help of Kinzua Corp
oration, Morrow county is pro-
ceding with two road improve
ment projects that will be of
significance to the county. Judge
Oscar Peterson said Wednesday.
Kinzua and the county jointly
are improving a three-mile sec
tion at the Shaw Creek grade
on the road that runs from
Heppner to Ukiah, and work is
expected to be in full swing
next week.
In the southern part of the
county, improvement of 2.3
miles of a county road to com
plete a stretch to the Grant coun
ty line is "definitely on the
county agenda," Judge Peterson
said. This will serve traffic be
tween Morrow county and the
Monument area, providing a
closer route between the points.
In this area, Kinzua Corporation
has offered use of 4.1 miles of
its graveled road to link with
improvements made by Grant
county to the county line.
It is planned to get the Ukiah
road in such condition that it
may be used most of the year
Harvest Now Getting info Full Swing
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TWISTERS ON A STICK were enjoyed at last year's 4-H camp at
Cutsforth park. Similar activities are planned for this year's
camp, now in session. Above from left are Kathy Blake. Leslee
Meador, both of Heppner, Toni Olin and Gerry Swearingen, both
of Irrigon.
Yogi Welcomes County
4-Her's to Summer Camp
"Welcome again to Jellystone"
will be the Yogi Bear chant
heard by 60 young boys and
girls who are camped this week
at Cutsforth Park, 20 miles
southeast of Heppner for the an
nual Morrow County 4-H Sum
mer Camp, according to Esther
Kirmis and Joe Hay, Morrow
county .extension agents.
The night before camp opened
the agents held an orientation
meeting for ten counsellors who
assist in running the camp.
Counsellors this year include
Douglas Anderson, Ronnie Bels
ma, Judy Smith, and Dale Van
Blokland, Heppner; Cheryl Cor
ley, Steven Lindstrom, and Ar
leta McCabe, lone; Penny Jones,
Shirley Jackson, Irrigon; and
Mitchell Ashbeck, Echo.
Nine to 13-year-old 4-H camp
ers met at the Heppner fair
grounds at 1:00 o'clock Thurs
day noon and were transported
to the site by two trucks fur
nished by Frank Anderson and
Don Greenup, Heppner.
The camp program is made
up of classes of singing, cere
monies, camp cook-outs, story
telling, and stunt night. Sports,
hiking, and crafts are on the
free choice list.
Special classes are being
taught by Mrs. Velma Glass,
Morrow county health nurse;
Lee Hanson, Pacific Power and
Light Co., Portland; Charles Mc
Lean, forest service, Heppner;
and Glenn Ward, state game
commission, Heppner.
"Camping is a recreational ex
perience that helps boys and
girls grow emotionally and de
velop well-rounded personal
ities," says the agents, "Camp
ing is a group experience that
is different from home and fam
ily or groups like school, clubs
and church. Camp shapes in
terests and abilities among the
youth and gives them a sense
of belonging that comes with
24 hours a day living together."
A Sunday morning service is
scheduled for protostant camp
ers at 9:00 a.m. Arrangements
except in periods of heavy snow
and severe weather, the judg
said. The three mile stretch will
be straightened and improved
with both the county and Kin
zua furnishing bulldozers and
other equipment.
Members of the Heppner-Mor-row
County Chamber of Com
merce had pressed the improve
ments of these roads and repre
sentatives of the development
committee urged the work at a
meeting of the county court last
Wednesday. They hope that
eventually the road to Ukiah
will provide a short cut be
tween the John Day highway
and Highway 30 (Interstate 80)
via Heppner and Morrow county.
The road to the south is of im
portance because of the resi
dents of the Monument area
who come to do business in
Morrow county.
Judge Peterson, Dick Wilkin
son, Milo Prindle, logging super
intendent of Kinzua Corp., and
Bill Scott, also of Kinzua, took
a trip to both project areas Wed-
nesday to plan for the work.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 12, 1962
are being made for Catholic
campers to come into Heppner.
Rev. Earl Soward, Heppner, will
be the Sunday speaker.
Alternating tours of coal mine
hill and fire fighting with the
forest service are also on deck
for Sunday morning.
Parents will come for their
children at noon on Sunday and
assist with the taking down of
camp. Sack lunches will be
served to the campers, but par
ents and guests will need to
bring their own. Coffee and
punch will be served to all from
the kitchen.
Regular staff members include
Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Heppner,
and Mrs. Ernie Kirsch, Condon,
camp cooks; and N. C. Anderson,
Esther Kirmis and Joe Hay,
county extension agents.
Rodeo Board Sets
Plans for Event
Morrow county's Rodeo board
perfected some of its plans for
the coming rodeo at a meeting
Tuesday night in the Gilliam
and Bisbee building with Floyd
Jones, chairman, presiding.
Randall Peterson, who has
been named by the Chamber
of Commerce to handle judging
and prizes for the parade on
Saturday, September 1, was
present to correlate plans with
the board, and Elmer Schmidt,
who will head ticket takers for
the Chamber of Commerce at
rodeo gates, also attended.
There will be no reserved seat
tickets this year and admission
will be $2 for adults and $1 for
students at the Saturday and
Sunday afternoon shows. Ad
mission at the Saturday night
show will be $1 and 50c.
Ray French was named again
to man the calf chutes, and
Chairman Jones said it will be
necessary to find another field
man to take the place of Gerald
Swaggart, who has acted in that
capacity in the past. He broke
his leg recently and will not
be able to function on the field.
It was announced that John
Van Belle will bring his famous
bucking horse, Blizzard, to the
rodeo again this year.
Plans were made for a flag
race with a $15 entry fee to be
charged.
Al Fetsch said that King's
Carnival had contracted to come
for the rodeo and is expected
to be in operation as of Friday,
August 31, for three days but
will not operate during the time
of the rodeo shows.
New programs for the rodeo
and fair have been printed and
were distributed at the meeting.
Copies of the program are a
vailable at the Gazette-Times
office or from Al Fetsch.
Jack Loyd was named to take
charge of the street decorations
for the coming event.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam, observer)
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 74 42
Friday 74 41
Saturday 82 49
Sunday 90 52
Monday 86 51
Tuesday 88 50
Wednesday 87 55
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79th Year, Number 19
Pre-Harvest
Fire Brings
Heavy Loss
A pie-harvest fire Tuesday
afternoon at the Melvin E. Moy
er place, Blackhorse Canyon,
caused loss estimated bv Moyer
and his mother, Mrs. Lora Moyer,
at somewhere between $10,000
and $12,000. This does not in
clude insured loss to a barn and
shop that was destroyed in the
fire, Moyer said.
Four trucks were destroyed
and two others were damaged.
A combine was saved from the
fire but one tire was ablaze
when firemen and neighbors ex
tinguished it. Also saved from
flames were two tractors, one a
wheel tractor and the other a
crawler type, and a pickup truck.
Moyer and his mother had
gone to Pendleton to get some
repair work done on a combine
radiator and were not at home
when the fire started.
Probably the first to spot the
smoke was Armin Wihlon at the
Lexington airport. He headed to
the scene with a tank truck and
water. In the meantime, calls
started coming in to Heppner
Fire Chief Charles Ruggles from
residents who had spotted the
smoke but none knew where
the fire was located. The rural
rig was dispatched from town
at 3:45, but when the fire was
located, the shop building had
been totally destroyed.
Neighbors and other volun
teers had succeeded in getting
the two tractors out of the range
of the fire and the pickup truck.
Two other small trucks by the
combine were ablaze. One
carried greasing equipment and
the other had a gasoline tank
on the back. The bed of the
gasoline tank burned enough to
dump off the gasoline, and then
the truck was saved, Ruggles
said.
The house, just a short dis
tance away, was threatened
from sparks but under the
watchful eyes of the volunteers,
it was prevented from catching
fire.
Fire burned in tne grass
around the building in a space
of about 150 feet in diameter.
Grain that was reached was too
green to burn, and the fire
stopped there.
No one could explain now me
fire started. Moyer expressed the
belief that it started in grass
just outside the building, but
Fred Gimbel, one of three Hepp
ner tinmen who answered the
call, speculated that it may have
started inside the building. Bin
Farra and Chief Ruggles were
the others on the call.
All shoD equipment and tools
were destroyed, together with a
considerable quantity of stacked
lumber in the building.
Moyer said all his equipment
was ' ouncned ragomer- as nt
was preparing for harvest. Had
it not been tor the lortneoming
harvest, the trucks would, have
been scattered and damage
would have been lighter.
The fire came as a severe
blow to the Moyers, but they
asked that their appreciation be
extended to those who pitched
in and battled the blaze.
Cemetery Vote
Slated Monday
Special election on the for
mation of the lone-Lexington
cemetery district will be held
Monday, July 16, from 2 to 7
p.m. with polling places in the
lone and Lexington city halls.
Voters in the lone and Lex
ington precincts will decide
whether to authorize the dis
trict which would Improve and
maintain cemeteries at lone and
Lexington. At the same time
they will vote on three directors
for' the district. On the ballot
are Albert Lindstrom, Ellwynne
Peck and Carl Troedson. If the
voter chooses, he may vote for
other candidates as wrlteins.
Should the district be ap
proved, directors would then set
up a budget that would be sub
mitted for approval. Until the
budget has been established, res
idents will not know the amount
of the tax except that a stat
utory limit of four mills is set.
However, they have the right
to reject the budget if they wish.
Ballot on the formation of
the district and election of direc
tors is published in this paper
on page 4, section 2, as required
by law.
Late Rain
Lack May
Hurt Yield
Barley harvest is In full swim?
in the northern part of the
county, and Al Lamb of Morrow
county Grain Growers said
Thursday morning that every
grower in the area around North
Lexington is in harvest. Some
also is coming in at lone.
The harvest is "beating a
ton to the acre," Lamb said.
Although the yield is good, the
barley is good, the barley is
not running too heavy, ranging
from about 40 to 45 lb. Weight
of 40 is necessary to make loan
and 45 is necessary for top price,
the grain growers' manager
said.
D. O. Nelson, one of the first
to start, has been in harvest
for about a week and said his
crop looks very good. He expec
ted to continue through most
of this week before getting into
wheat.
Some growers said that their
fields have been "running out
of moisture" and this is hurt
ing the crop. Mrs. Andy Van
Schoiack said Thursday that
their crop of barley in the north
ern part of the county is not
running as good as was ex
pected.
There is some fear that wheat
may be pinched by the time of
harvest. Although weather has
not been excessively hot, the
moisture has run low. without
rain during the past month, and
drying winds have hurt. It will
be difficult to tell lust how
much the crop is hurt until time
of harvest. No wheat is coming
in as yet but probably will start
In the north end of the county
by next week.
College Budget
Election July 20;
Plans Outlined
Voters of the Blue Mountain
Community College district com
posed of Morrow and Umatilla
counties, are reminded to mark
the date of July 20 on their
calendars. Special election on
the community college budget
will be held on this date, and
polls will be open from 2 until
8 p.m.
Polling places in Morrow
county include those at Heppner
Elementary school, Irrigon Ele
mentary school (A. C. Hough
ton), Riverside High school,
lone school cafeteria, and Lex
ington Elementary school.
The district was approved by
the voters In the two counties
recently by a 4-to-l margin and
directors were elected. One of
their duties was to set up a
budget to be submitted to voters.
The budget as prepared calls
for total expenditures of $246,
979. Eslimated receipts are
$143,275, and the balance to be
raised by taxation is $103,704.
Millage levy is estimated to be
in the neighborhood of 1.18
mills.
At the budget hearing in
Pendleton recently no one ap-
peared to remonstrate nor speak
on the budget, director Robert
Abrams, Heppner, said.
To this date, approval has
been gained by the directors
to assume the entire operation
of the Pendleton Public Schools'
program in vocational-technical,
business and adult education for
the new college. Agreement has
been reached, also, concerning
rental of building, purchase of
equipment, and transfer of staff
contracts for 1962-63.
The district has reached agree
ment with the Pendleton Public
Schools so that one-tenth each
of the superintendent's and
clerk's time shall be devoted to
the administration of the college
program.
Next step in the formation of
the college is obtaining voter
approval of the budget. If this
is done successfully, the district
will develop plans to assume
and expand the existing tech
nical school program for the
opening of community college
classes in September.
Mack's Cafe Sold
To Mrs. Randall
Mrs. Celestine Randall, Uma
tilla, took over operation of
Mack's Cafe here Monday. Mr.
and Mrs. Max MacCormac sold
the cafe to Mrs. Randall due
to the recent illness suffered by
Mr. MacCormac.
Mrs. Lloyd Moyer, former own
er of the cafe, will do the cook
ing. Assisting Mrs. Randall in
the front will be her two
daughters, Arletha, 19, and
Gayle, 18. She has another
daughter, Gwendolyn, 21, who
Is training as a practical nurse
at St. Anthony hospital in Pen
dleton. Mrs. Randall, recently widow
ed when her husband suffered
a fatal heart attack In February,
lives with her daughters in the
Thompson cabins.
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