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Board Talks
Of Budget
,J,Ieii.minarv Planning for the
j.oj-m scnool budget and a
wide variety of other matters
were considered by the board of
directors of Morrow county
liiuui uismct k-1 at its January
meeting Monday night.
The meeting followed b hud.
get committee session held last
week at which time possibilities
01 smiting some school enroll
ments in the interests of econ
omy and better school efficiency
were consiuerea.
These matters were discussed
again at the board meeting with
alternative proposals offered for
me Lexington grade school and
elementary pupils at Boardman
and Irrigon. (See editorial, page
Proposals under consideration
on a tentative basis for Lexing
ton are: 1. Use two teachers,
shift fourlh and fifth grades and
first grade or sceond grades to
Heppner, have each teacher han
dle 20-22 students, use the two
remaining teachers in the Hepp
ner elementary. Consider clos
ing the Lexington cafeteria.
Part-time custodian.
2. Close the Lexington school,
transfer all students and teach
ers to Heppner elementary, giv
ing a net gain of two teachers
to Heppner. Keeping all teachers
for places in other parts of the
system would mean no savings
in this department, but savings
on closing the plant, less cost
of transporting the students,
would mean savings of about
$2500. If teachers were not trans
ferred, an additional saving of
$17,500 would result.
3. Make no changes in teach
ing staff. Part-time custodian.
Consider cafeteria operations.
After short discussion on
these points, Director D. 0. Nel
son moved that nothing be done
until the board arranges a meet
ing with school patrons at Lex
ington and with the advisory
committee. This was approved.
As to the Boardman-Irrigon
problem, there were also three
proposals on the agenda: 1. Send
all elementary students to Irri
gon, using teachers for replace
ments in Irrigon, Heppner and
lone. This would result in sav
ings of about $15,000.
2. Move fifth and sixth grades
to Irrigon, transfer one leacher
to Irrigon. Net saving of about
$6,000.
3. Make no changes.
Director Bob Sicard stated the
opinion that no move should be
made with the elementary
children there until the new
Riverside high school is built.
"We would be sacrificing
more than we save," he said.
He added that he was afraid
that Boardman people would
vote almost solid!?' against the
1963-64 school budget if the
change were made now.
Both Riverside and A. C.
Houghton administrators, Ron
Daniels and Don Olmscheid, said
they, felt the fifth and sixth
grades would benefit by a better
educational program if classes
in the two towns were combined.
The district approved sale of
the Hardman school and prop
erty to the newly-formed Hard
man Community Center at the
token price of $1. The property
is to be used for civic purposes.
H. C. Lesley is chairman of the
new center and other officers
are John Graves, Mrs. Percy Ce
cil, Mrs. H. C. Lesley, Esley
Walker, Mrs. Esley Walker and
Dean Graves. Herman Winter,
attorney, was there to represent
the center in completing the
transaction.
He also represented Paul
Brown in asking transfer of deed
to a small parcel of property on
Brown's ranch back to his client.
The deed was niven in 1892 for
the 120x80 ft. plot and was des
ignated to be used for school
purposes only, or to revert back
to the property owners. A motion
approved the transfer.
The board voted to exercise its
" option on an alternate under the
contract with The Timber Co.,
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Morrow Cities
Show Some Growth
Four of five Morrow county
cities showed population
growths during the period April
1, 1960, to July 1, 1962, according
to a report trom tne uregon Mate
Board of Census.
Heppner gained 30 persons
fliiririCT thp nprinri. and climbed
from 1661 to 1691, the report
showed, an increase ot l.sv
Irrigon registered the best
gain with 6 although only 12
npw residents were added,
climbing from 232 to 246. lone
climbed from 350 to ibo, an in
crease of 4.3, and Boardman
picked up four residents, from
1W tn 157 for a 2.67c growth.
Lexington was the only town
to decline, dropping to 236 from
240, a decrease of 1.7.
whilp the urban DODulation
climbed to 2,695 from 2,636, the
residents outside incorporated
areas decreased to 1.991 from
2,235, a decrease of 10.9.
As a rpsult of the rural de
crease, total population of the
county dropped 10 "J.ooo irom
4,871, or a 3.8 decline.
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LOCATION of the proposed Willow Creek dam and an idea of the magnitude of
the $6 million project are shown in this aerial photo of Heppner with the outline
of the dam superimposed. The photo shows how the city is susceptible to floods
in time of heavy runoff from Balm Fork, extending to the right, and from Willow
Creek to the left. Relocated highway is shown. It would cross the top of the earth-
Stock Growers Panel
On Dislike of Property Taxes
Seven panelists who partici
pated in a discussion of "Taxes-
Today and Tomorrow" Friday in
a highlighting session of tne
Morrow County Livestock Grow
ers association annual meeting
agreed at least on one point:
They had few good words for the
property tax.
Fifty-five ranchers and busi
nessmen heard the discussion
that lasted about four hours.
Panelists were L. E. Dick and
Jim Farley, representing local
businesses; Allen Nistad of Kin-
zua Corporation; Fred Hoefke,
member of the State Tax Com
mission; Senator Lloyd Key of
Umatilla county; Dr. Grant
Blanch, department of agricul
tural economics, Oregon State
universi ty; and Raymond
French, rancher, who also acted
as moderator.
The Friday afternoon meeting
at the fair annex here followed
the morning's colt training dem
onstration put on by Jim Gor
man, Gorman Training Stables,
Walla Walla, Wn. Thirty-five in
terested persons braved sub-zero
weather to watch the event and
agreed that Gorman had an un
canny way with colts in getting
them to respond to his training
procedure.
Many ranchers were forced to
stay home to attend calving
herds Saturday, but despite this,
a fair attendance was on hand
to participate in the sessions at
the Elks temple.
Balloting during the afternoon
resulted in election of Frank An
derson, Bob Peterson, Ron Currin
and Bob Van Schoiack as direc
tors to serve for three-year terms.
Peterson was elected to replace
Jerry Brosnan, and the others
were reelected. Officers will be
chosen at the first meeting of the
executive committee to be Janu
ary 22.
President Ron Currin presented
the Livestockmen of the Year
award, the traditional Hereford
statuette, to Hynds Bros, of Ce
cil at the climaxing annual ban
quet at the fair pavilion Satur
dav night. Again the cold tern
peratures reduced attendanc e ,
with about 100 present. Enter
tainment was by Lorraine Leon
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nig and Judy Hamilton, playing
and singing a duet. Jim Hill,
manager of Pendleton Grain
Growers, was featured speaker.
Animal industry and agricul
ture are predicated on natural
resources," he said. "Your 'critter'
i a factory that makes grass in
to meat."
Hill said, "We cannot continue
to ignore, waste and use re
sources we have in our hands."
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom,
lone, were honored as Premier
Beef exhibitors at the 1962 Mor
State Highway Crew
Finds Skull, Bones
On Hinton Project
A state highway road
crew uncovered a human
skull and other bones Tues
day while widening a curve
on the Hinton creek highway
near the Albert Connor place
about six miles from Heppner.
They brought the skull to
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, medical ex
aminer. His opinion is that it
is that of an Indian being so
identified by high cheek
bones. He apparently was a
very old man at time of death.
All teeth had been gone for
some years before his death,
for bones in the mouth were
smoothed over.
The skull was not damaged,
indicating no blow to the
head, and the doctor surmises
that the man had been buried
for many, many years.
Dr. Tibbies said that this is
about the fifth such skeleton
that has ben uncovered in the
past 10 years.
Dr. McMurdo Heads
Staff at Hospital
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was elec
ted president of the medical staff
at Pioneer Memorial hospital
at a meeting of the staff De
cember 26. Dr. L. D. Tibbies is
vice president and Dr. H. S.
Huber is secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Wallace Wolff is retiring
president of the hospital.
79th Year
Agrees
row County fair and also receiv
ed a Hereford Statuette.
Mrs. Pat Brindle, outgoing
president of the CowBelles, pre
sented Mrs. Mary Doherty as
new president. Raymond French
was toastmaster at the banquet,
which was served by the Lex
ington grange.
In the panel discussion on
taxes Friday afternoon, French
opened the session by declaring
that "property taxes are most
unfair," and he found little ar-
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Mustangs Depart
On Crucial Trip
Powerful bid for a division
title in the Greater Oregon bas
ketball league will be made by
the Heppner High Mustangs
when thev leave Friday at noon
for a crucial week-end trip to
John Day and Burns.
If they should succeed in win
ning both of these games, the
Mustangs shall have overcome
one of the big hurdles towards
a championship although the
league season is just beginning
for them.
They have defeated Sherman
county there, and all tnree
teams will have to come to
Heppner later in the season, not
discounting Pilot Rock, of
course, which has the only vic
tory of the year over the Mus
tangs, a non-league fray in De
cember. Coach Dob Cantonwine's boys
take oti Grant Union Friday
night and then play Earns Sat
urday night. Sherman county
has defeated both of thew clubs,
but just squeaked by Grant Un
ion, and the Mustangs know
they have their work cut out for
them.
The Mustangs will depart at
noon Friday and expect to re
turn some time Sunday. On the
trip will be Lee Padberg, John
Porter, Shan Applcgate, Dick
Springer, Fred Harnden, Ken
Wright, Ken Smith, Bill Sher
man, Ray Nichols, LeKoy Gard
n r and Richard Clark.
10 Cents
fill dam and continue up Willow creek, with a branch (center, right) going
up Balm Fork. Spillway of the the dam would be 300 feet wide and would feed
back into the Willow Creek channel. The photo, by the way, was taken In
December, 1962.
Wave of Breaks
Beset Residents;
Left Arms Jinxed
A rash of broken bones took
the area by storm over the
week-end. As physicians got
one patient taken care of, an
other one was waiting in line.
To start the whole thing off,
Gladys Beckett entertained
her pinochle club and slipped
' while getting up to get coffee.
She fractured a small bone
in the ankle in the mishap
Friday afternoon. Thinking
she had only a sprained ankle,
she continued to play and won
high score!
Saturday afternoon Thelma
Smethurst was helping hus
band, Bill, chase calves on
their Thorn Hollow ranch
when she slipped and fell,
breaking her left arm at the
wrist. And waiting in line,
with a fracture of the left
arm at the wrist, was Steven
Lane, 10-year-old son of Mrs.
Robert Cossitt, Lexington. The
young fellow was sliding
down a hill when the accident
occurred.
As the "disease" spread,
Sunday morning the Pirl How
ells went to Bull Prairie to
do some ice skating. Mrs.
Howell (Verna) put on her
new skates and took off, for
a spill that is, which caused
a fracture of the arm at the
wrist. She was determined to
learn to ice skate and even
borrowed her granddaughter's
(Marsha Sowell) roller skates
to practice on her kitchen floor
the week before. She even was
heard to say she was going
to learn if she had to "break
an arm in the attempt."
Note that this "disease" ap
peared only in the left arms at
the wrists until Nancy Ann
Pettyjohn, 7-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Pettyjohn, lone, fractured
both bones below the elbow
of the right arm. The accident
happened as she was running
during the noon hour at the
lone school Wednesday.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec,
Thursday 13 -11
Friday 6 -8
Saturday 18 0
Sunday 40 18
Monday 46 33
Tuesday 43 30 .01
Wednesday 48 24
One inch of snow fell
Number 46
Entries Urged
For Soroptimist
Citizenship Award
The second Soroptlmlst Foun
dation Citizenship Award Con
test is announced by Mrs. Jim
Hager, president of the Soroptl
mlst club of Heppner. She says
that this International contest
is open to all high school seniors
who will graduate In June, 1963.
After qualifying for the prelim
inary citizenship awards to be
presented by the Soroptlmlst
club of Heppner, the students
may win one of the Soroptimist
district citizenship awards; one
of the Soroptlmlst regional citi
zenship awards; and then vie
with candidates chosen by other
Soroptimist regions throughout
the nine nations comprising the
Soroptimist Federation of the
Americas, Inc., for the grand
prize of $2500.
The Soroptimist Foundatl o n
Citizenship award is given in
recognition of outstanding ser
vice In the home, in the school,
and in the community. Each
candidate must be of good moral
character, and must submit sub
stantiating evidence in the form
of letters from three adults. In
addition, the student Is to write
a short essay of 250 words on
"My Responsibility as a Citizen."
Applications with rules govern
ing the contest may be obtained
from Mrs. Roice Fulleton. All
entries must be in the mall not
later than January 31. They are
to be mailed to Mrs. Fulleton.
Heppner. For further information
telephone her at 676-sa21.
Lamb Back Home
Al Lamb returned from the
balmv climate of Florida Frl
day after attending the meeting
of the National Farmer Coopera
tives at Miami during the week.
He had left the previous Friday.
It was quite a change to come
from 75 degree temperature In
Florida to the sub-zero weather
being experienced here, but per
haps he brought some warmer
weather with him lor the mer
cury shot up here soon after.
Lamb reports a very good meet'
ing with the cooperative organi
zation.
Strong support from all but
two persons was given the Wil
low Creek project at the public
hearing of the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers in the elementary
school multipurpose room here
Monday. Only Steve Thompson,
who with his son Terry Thomp
son, owns land on which the
clam and reservoir would be lo
cated, and Dick Krebs, rancher
whose place is on Willow Creek
in the northern part or the coun
ty, testified against the project.
Some 22 others, ranging from
those whose memory dates back
to the 1903 flood to represent
atives of governmental agencies,
Dam Photo Displayed
In Courthouse Lobby
A large area view of Hepp
ner, with drawing of the pro
posed Willow Creek Dam and
reservoir superimposed on it,
is on display in the lobby of
the courthouse for all to see,
Judge Oscar Peterson said.
The enlarged photo, some
5x7 feet in size, was shown at
the public hearing Monday.
Army Engineers left it for the
public to view.
appeared to testify in favor of
the proposed $6 million project
or submitted statements which
wore read at the hearing. Many
other written statements were
turned In at the hearing and
others had been sent directly to
the Army Corps.
Among speakers at the hear
ing were W. S. (Sam) Miller,
Heppner district ranger, U. S.
Forest Service; Judge Oscar Pet
erson, on behalf of the county;
Mayor Al Lamb representing the
city and Congressman Al Ull
man; Oliver Creswick, who pre
sented a Heppner-Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce reso
lution, read a letter from Mrs.
Frank S. Parker, eyewitness to
the 1903 flood, and gave his own
statement ; Orville Cutsfo r t h,
bringing supporting statements
from the Lexington Grange, the
Morrow County Pomona Grange,
and the county parks commis
sion; Krebs, who said that a poll
of potential water users among
the farmers that he had conduc-
favor. "
Robert Van Houte, Morrow
county school superintendent,
who said that he feels the pro
ject would provide more occu
pational opportunities for stu
dents completing school here;
Ken Peck, rancher, who sup
ported the project as a citizen;
Thompson, who said that the
63 flood protection to be offer
ed by the dam would not be
sufficient to eliminate flood
threats and that the dam would
engulf the ranch that could not
be replaced; Clarence Kosewan,
who supported the project on
behalf of the Morrow county
Planning and Zoning commis
sion, on the basis of flood con
trol, irrigation and recreation
benefits.
Bob Corthell, biologist, Ore
gon State uame commission,
who said it would have much
value for fish runs and popu
lation and said that the com
mission would cooperate in de
veloping its fish potential and
wildlife to the lullest extent;
Ronald D. Ogden, biologist, Bur
eau of Sports Fisheries and
Wildlife, wno told of studies on
wildlife taken in connection witn
the project; Mrs. Bill Heath, who
brought a supporting resolution
from the American Legion auxil
iary; Frank S. Parker, who told
of floods that had occurred ot
threaten his home in the past
60 years; Herb Hynd, represent
ing Hynd Bros., or nortnern Mor
row county who said that the
company is very much in favor
of many aspects oi tne aam dui
is concerned about their water
rights and other points in con
nection with irrigation.
Russell Doran, Her m l st o n
Chamber fo Commerce, who said
that recreation and irrigation
would be of benefit not only to
Morrow county but also to the
west end of Umatilla county; D.
C. Mahoney, executive secretary,
Izaak Walton league. Pendleton,
who supported the project but
asked for ample access to me
lake line and sufficient water
level be maintained for wildlife
protection; William F. Sipfle,
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Cards Face Two
Games This Week
Now in gear with four straight
victories in league play, the lone
High school basketball team has
two games away from home this
week-end.
The Cards go to Umatilla Fri
day night for a league contest
there, the first meeting of the
teams this year, and Saturday
night they travel to Arlington
for a return game. The Cardinals
defeated Arlington earlier in the
year. This is a non-league battle.
Currently lone has a 4-3 rec
ord in the Umatilla-Morrow B
circuit, having lost to Weston,
Riverside and Athena in a row
before hitting the victory trail.