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LIBRARY u or o o r. Irrigon Petitions one Reaffirms Board; Stand Delegations nearly filled the circuit court room of the court house Monday night at a tense and stormy meeting of the direc tors of Morrow County School district R-l. One group from Irrigon brought a petition bearing 21 signatures and a statement ask ing to withdraw from the Mor row administrative district for the purpose of joining with Uma tilla for their high school. A larger group from lone was present to reiterate firmly some thing that is already well known they do not wish to combine their high school with Heppner, and they want their high school program strengthened rather than weakened. Irrigon's petition was present ed and received without incident, but Ione's protest, aroused be cause of a duplicate sheet that had been sent by the county office to lone advisory members in answer to a budget commit tee member's question on what savings could be effected if the Heppner and lone schools were combined, brought some explo sive moments. Another group from Lexington also fearful of losing its ele mentary school, was on hand to request that it continue the same as at the present for the next two years. The board acted quickly on both the lone and Lexington re quests, passing a motion made by Director Fred Martin that the lone high school be continued for another vear, and another by Director Ed Dick that three teachers he allocated to the Lex ington school for next year. The latter action brought a lone dis senting vote from Director D, O. Nelson of Lexineton. The ele mentary school there has four teachers this year. The motion will apparently mean that pne teacher will take the 15 pupils In the first grade, another will have a combination class oi sec ond and third grade pupils, and the third teacher will have a combination of third and fourth grade pupils. Mrs. Albert Partlow presented the Irrigon petition and Mrs. Finest Jnrpensen read the state ment that listed five reasons for the action. The board accepted the petition on motion by Direc tor Dick. It was Dointed out how ever, that there is an apparent disparity in the statutes on pro cedure by the board with such a nptitlnn. one law stating that the petition should be submitted to the boundary board and the other stating that it should go to the State Department oi .au ration Sunerintendent Robert Van Houte said Wednesday that At torney Robert Abrams is checks intr to determine correct pro' of handling the petition. strnnpr feelings of the lone arm in nermeated the meeting. and an eruption came after the motion to continue the lone high school had been passed. Jack Hynd of Cecil started to read a manured statement that pointed out that students living in that area would have too far to travel hv hns to come to Heppner and declaring that they would be gone from home irom ( a.m. un til 5 n nv niirinp the reading of the ctntompnt. Director Martin stop ped Hynd by asking, ''What's your poini, nc ormnrontiv thought the state ment unnecessary because the board had declared that it had not discussed closing the lone school and had -just passed a motion that it would not close the school. On the other hand, Hynd, who came late, may not ko.ia hnorri nf the action. When the director interrupted the speaker, several in the aud ience shouted, "Let him speak. One person challenged Martin by declaring to him, "You're out of order." it ,. Hynd sat down, but other dir ectors urged him to continue. Martin apologized for the mis understanding after it had been cleared, and Hynd finished read ing the statement. A number of letters that were presented by the lone delegation to the board were not read but were referred to the budget com mittee and entered in the min utes upon motion by Director Dick Among those from lone were some who pointed out that the v,oot nrpnnrpd bv the county of fice on savings that might be effected by closing the lone school was pressure being used bv the boara to iorce me iwju, ri.tnra rpnlled that the mat- . h9H mt hpen discussed at a board meeting and that the -vt qc nrpDared in answer to questions directed by members of a budget committee at a recent meeting. , Asked what members made the request, Director Martin re plied that it was one member. He declined to give his name. When Supt. Van Houte latei in the meeting proposed that a ibrarian be hired to serve the 450 students of Heppner elemen tary school in conformance with state standards, protests came from both lone and Irrigon. Vn Houte replied that their needs for library work would not be overlooked but because the Mhooto were smaller the task could be done part time by exist- ,n&JfajfS- frpouentlv in- terrupted by Questions from the floor througnout me n-u. trriann lptter. signed Par nitons of North Mor row county " states, "We desire a Urger high school with a more tSs Curriculum." It cited a recommendation of the State De-1 partment of Education that "a high school of 300 be considered as the minimum that can pro vide a sound program of studies adequately preparing students for the world of today." It Dointed out that there would be no problem in transportation, since the highways are the "best in the area" and tne greatest distance would be 22 miles. It also reiterated that engin eers have declared that a pop ulation area should not be lo cated "nearer than 25 to 30 miles from a rocket testing site sucn as Boeing Company proposes." A high school at Boardman would be 11 miles from the pro ject, the statement said. "The present administrative law states that an administrative district should be established in accordance with economic and geographical conditions." it said. "To divide the county into two administrative districts would be in accordance with the ad ministrative law and eliminate thp traveling of excessive dis tances, and the conducting of business that is not familiar to board members of both ends of the county. a a nrnnosad bv the Irrigon res idents, the district that would (Continued on Page b) Benefit Games Tonight at lone Advance ticket sales at lone indicate that March of Dimes benefit basketball games there tonight (Thursday) may top the $252 turned over to the cause at the recent benefit in Heppner, Pete Glennle, coordinator for the county chapter of the National Foundation, said late weanes day. The doubleheader will find Ione's town team playing Herm- iston and the Morrow county Grain Growers' team playing Condon. The twin bill is sched uled to start at 7:15 p.m. with admission of $1 for adults, 25c for students and 10c for child ren. lone grade school chorus will sing at one halftime and the Heimbigner-Haivorsen trampo line act will perform at the other. The MCGG-Condon game has added interest because oi the keen competition between them. In previous meetings, each has won one. Chamber to. Hear Field Director Jack A Sutton, Jr., national field director for the men's work of the United Christian Mission ary Society, will be guest speaK er at the meeting of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce Monday, it is announced. Charles Knox, pastor of the Heppner Christian church, ar ranged the program. Sutton will speak on "The Chamber's Wit ness to its Community. The speaker is a former heat ing engineer and has also had experience as farmer, school teacher, athlete, salesman, elec trician and business owner. A native of Iowa, he attended Colorado State Teachers' College at Greeley, Colo. He has been a member of the board of man agers of the United Society and the board of Phillips University, Enid, Okla. Since going into men's work, he has served the Christian churches of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Since 1951 he has av eraged more than 40 speeches per month in this service. Dancing Lessons To Start Tuesday Dancing lessons, under spon sorship of the Elks, will begin Tuesday night, February 19, in the Elks hall. The class will be for beginning adults. This will be tne iourtn series of lessons to be sponsored by the Elks and Jerry and Geneva kick les of Pasco, Wn., are the instruc tors. Those seeking further infor mation may contact Mrs. coniey Lanham or Mrs. L. E. Dick. Mustangs Slate Tilts Here; lone At Home, Away With their victory string stop ped at eight straight by Sherman County Friday, Heppner High's basketeers hope to start another win streak this week-end when they face a pair of Greater Ore gon league opponents on the Heppner maplecourt, Grant Un ion of John Day Friday night and Burns Saturday night. Meanwhile, Ione's Cardinals, with three games remaining on its regular league schedule and a berth in the district tourna ment nailed down by its fourth place standing in the umatuia Morrow B leaeue. will play Uma tilla at lone Friday night and then go to Umapine for a jayvee and varsity doubieneaaer satur day night. The Mustangs have the task ahead of winning all three re maining league games against Pilot Rock and the pair this week-end if they plan to win the division championsnip. ay winning the three they will be in the Dosition of playing off with Sherman County for the title, provided Sherman downs Pilot Rock in its last game. At John Day, the Heppner five had little trouble in deteating Grant Union and took a rela tively close one over Burns on the Highlanders noor. HpDnner's final league game of the season is scheduled at Pilot Rock on Friday, December 22. The Cardinals of lone will nlav in the district 7-B tourn ament at Pendleton on February 28, March 1 and 2. Four teams of the north and four teams of the southern part of the district will compete for a state tourn ament berth. Episcopal Spaghetti Feed Set for Sunday The annual Italian Spaghetti Feed, sponsored by St. Albin's Acolyte Guild of All Saints Epis copal church, will be served in the parish hall Sunday, February 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. Assisting with the serving will be the St. Dorothea's Girls' League. Proceeds for the dinner will be used ior youtn wont ana the sending of youth to the three summer camps. A full course includes green salad, gar lic bread, spaghetti and home made pies on the menu. Tickets may be purchased from members of the youth groups, with John Pfeiffer, Jr., as ticket chairman, or at the door. They are on sale for $1.25 for high school and adults, and 75 cents for grade school children. 79th Year GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 14, 1963 Number SOlAl I uiamoer Hears Ideas On Meters 10 Cents Happy Valentine's Day Low Streamflow Forecast Because of Poor Snowpack Lexington Boy, 8, Severely Burned As Can Explodes Robert Hughes, ,8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hughes of Lex ineton. was severely burned on his face, hands, arms and his chest down to his waist Satur day evening when a 5-gallon easoline can exploded as he at tempted to pour ; a mixture oi fuel oil and gasoline onto a smouldering fire in a trash barrel. The boy, a third grader at Lex ington school, was taken im mediately to the Pioneer Mem orial hospital by his father and he remained there 'inursday. His physician said that the burns are second degree, but there may be some third degree burns on his hands. Bandages were to be changed Thursday morning at which time the severity of the burns could be determined. If there are third degree burns, some skin grafting may be nec essary. However, indications are that there will be no permanent scars on the face, his father said, Probably only about a quart of the oil-gasoline mixture was in the can when the boy tried to Dour it on the smouldering trash, located some 50 feet from the house. The explosion, which ripped open the can and sent the toD soaring 100 feet away, was apparently caused by the vapor being ignited. A sweatshirt that Robert was wearing caught fire and became pnveloDed in flames. The boy dropped to the ground and rolled as he had been taught to do in such a case. His father heard the commotion and came out of the house. He attempted to tear off the sweatshirt, then jerked it off over the boy's head. Robert is one of four Hughes children. He has two brothers and a sister. State Tax Aid Offered Tuesday Assistance in preparing Ore gon state income tax returns will be given by State Tax Commis sion personnel at the courthouse, Heppner, on Tuesday, eDruary 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. TaxDavers wishing help in filing their returns are asked to hrinc earnings slips and other information needed to determine the correct tax, including, if possible, a copy of their federal return inea ior me year The Tax Commission points out that in order to be eligible for a refund a taxpayer musi file a return. Refunds are issued on a "first come, first served basis. It is also emphasized that if a joint return is filed, both spouses must sign it. Deadline for filing is April 15. Opinion Kills Hope Of Recreation Building Streamflow in Umatilla Mor row and Gilliam counties dur ing the 1963 irrigation season will be considerably below av erage largely due to an extrem ely poor snowpack, which is close to the record low of 1934, according to a report released by W. T. Frost, snow survey sup ervisor for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, cooperating with Oregon stnto University and State En- erineer. In some cases, storea water will be sufficient to com plete a satisfactory irrigation season but most lands, espec ially where no stored water is available, will experience real water shortages. Water content of the mountain snowpack is near the record low. The snowpack now is 27 percent of the average ana is oniy one third of last year at this date. Watershed soils have Deen adequately re-primed and now hold up to e percent oi men tntal ranaeitv. Storage has Deen proceeamK ranidlv in Cold Springs Reser voir which now holds 32,700 acre feet compared witn za.wu a.i. available iust one year ago. The latter figure is also the average February 1 storage. , MnKav. which was fully drain ed last year, had caught 14,300 acre feet by epruary i mis year, just 1000 acre feet more than last year. The average Feb ruary storage is 33,700 acre feet. Streamflow on tne umauna has totaled only 63 percent av erage since October 1, (prelim inary data furnished by U. S, Cpnioeical Survev. Portland, Ore. gon) and the forecast for the April-September flow at Pendle ton is 70 percent oi me i-3 average. Cold Springs Reservoir should fill. Flow of McKav Creek is lore cast at 18.000 a.m. or 60 per cent average for April-beptem ber. The flow from February l through September 30 is forecast at 41,000 acre feet or b7 percent averaee. Adding the stored water, there will be only about 55,000 acre feet available from this source April tnrougn :sep tember. Smaller streams will have ex tremelv short flows with some lands receiving only one irriga tion. . Statewide, Oregon's water sup ply outlook for the spring and summer montns oi ismj is ex tremelv poor except where ade auate reservoir facilities can pro vide stored water. Reservoirs continue to gain storage from recent heavy rains and melting of snow up to elevations of 7000 feet. Snowpack is nearly record low and summer streamflow will be much below average result ing in drastic "shortages" for most lands without access to stored water supplies. A letter from Orval Etter, re search attorney for the League of uregon Cities, to Heppner city Attorney Jos. J. Nys virtually sounds the death knell for the proposal of a community com mittee to request a bond issue for a recreation building in Hep pner. under the plan, private arties would lease the facility rom the city to operate the mo- ion picture theatre and bowling alley that it would have contained. "In view of the intended leas ing and management of the building," Etter wrote, "I believe that financing and construction of it by the city would be of ex ceedingly dubious legality. It looks to me as if any court In which the project was challenged as to its constitutionality would very probably hold that the city funds expended on the project would serve private purposes only. 'If the building were con structed and thn let out for short periods of time to a variety of private parties for recreation al purposes, I believe that ex penditure of city funds to con struct and maintain the building would be for public purpose. In their aggregate, tne combination of the various private uses, none of them exclusive over a very long period of time, would con stitute a public use. "If, on the other hand, the city financed and constructed the building and then itself operated i it n i - a ; .. . . a uuwiniK aiiey anu a muuuii picture theatre in the building and made these facilities avail able to the public, I believe that the expenditure for the building would be for a public purpose. 1 believe that this would be true even if everyone who played In the bowling alley or was a spec tator to an entertainment in the theatre had to pay an admission price for the service. Under these circumstances. I could see no essential difference between the recreation center and the public, lv owned and operated swim niing pools that are increasingly common in Oregon communities "It would appear legally pos sible for a park and recreation district legally to finance and construct such a recreation cen ter and make the center avail able to the public on either of the bases just suggested for the city. I think, however, that it would be no more possible for such a district than for the city to finance and construct the building and then lease it to pro prietors of a bowling alley and a motion picture theatre. "An additional reason ior say ing this is the constitutional pro hibition in Oregon against pri vate use of public credit. The state constitution states: 'No . . . city ... or other municipal corp oration . . . shall . . . raise money for or loan its credit to, or in aid of, any such (joint) company, corporation, or association. ' Ore gon Constitution, Article XI, wo. 9. "For a city or district to fin ance and construct a recreation center and then simply lease it to one or two proprietors to oper ate as a bowling alley and mo tion picture theatre would ap pear to be a ratner baia raising of money in aid of a private concern, contrary to the constitu tional prohibition. "Mr. (Ted) Smith's Inquiry is similar to a recent Inquiry re ceived in this office from a city on the coast regarding use of public facilities." Attorney Etter included copies of the answer to the coastal town, elaborating on the points similar to those brought out in the letter to City Attorney Nys. The Heppner city council had received petitions bearing signa tures of more than 200 residents asking for the bond election. A council committee had reported favorably on the proposal, with some reservations, and Mayor Al Lamb 'had appointed a joint council-community committee to work on preliminary steps prior to the calling of the election. Motion Picture, 'The Big Blast Slated Sunday Willow Creek Club Bills Annual Meet Annual meeting of the Wil low Creek Golf club will be Sun day, February 17. at 7 p.m. in the Elks club room, Clint Mc Quarrie, president, announces. Officers will be elected and other matters of business will be considered. All members are urged to be present. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Freshmen Plan Two Fund-raising Benefits The Freshmen class of Hepp ner high school has set class nmlects as means of raising funds for the benefit of the March of Dimes campaign. A car wash will be held at Farley's Motor Co. irom iu a.m. to 4 D.m. Saturday, February 16, with freshmen class members doing the work at $1 per car. Thpv will also sponsor a cake Hrau; hptween cames and at half-time next Tuesday night when the Heppner-Pilot Rock makeup basketball game will be played here. Tickets will be on sale at the game ior &x eacu or four for 75c. Bert Huff Takes Course on Credit Rprt Huff of the Heppner branch, First National Bank, is in Portland attending a credit school at the head office of the bank. He started the course Mon day and will be in Portland for two weeks. During his absence, Bud Mol iter of Portland has been assign ed to the Heppner branch to as sist with Huff's duties. Manage Jack Bedford said. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi 51 49 42 42 45 34 40 Low 40 32 30 25 21 26 32 Prec. .06 .21 'The Bie Blast," a sound, color religiously-oriented film, will be shown at the Heppner elemen tary school multipurpose room Sundav evening. February k, starting at 7 p.m. under the aus pices of the South Morrow Coun tv Ministerial association. - i, . , it RHipri as a "coior SDectacuiar, the movie is 60 minutes in ipnsth. It was produced on lo cation in cooperation with the United States Department oi ue fpnsp and the U. S. Air Force. Whon Air Force Captain Bob Emory returns home, he finds not only the assignment or test Intr the hieh speed let inter ceDtor. the F106, in his line of duty, but also the more import ant task of breaking the barrier which has grown between him self and his younger brother, Jeff. . All of the action of Air Force activity plus suspense and grandeur or nazaroous ski iumDinff competition on the slopes of Mount Rainier make this full color feature a classic in presenting the Christian mes sage through the medium of dramatic motion pictures, the sponsors state. There win De no admission but a freewill offering will be taken. The public is invited. Chest Conference Calls Physicians Morrow County TB and Health Association has Issued invita tions to all physicians in the county to attend the Village Green Chest Disease Conference, set for February 22 and 23 at Cottaee Grove, according to Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, association president. The conference promises to be one of the most outstanding of its kind in the nation on tne study of repiratory diseases. It is planned to be unique In that there will be no formal lectures. The audience will participate in developing diagnosis and dis cussing therapy and surgical procedures. Pros and cons of parking met ers were discussed at the meet ing of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday. The matter was brought up at the request of the city council which had asked that businessmen give their Ideas on restoring an envelope system that had been used some years ago to - save the parking of fender a $1 ticKet tnrougn a courtesy loan" by the merch ants. Consensus of those expressing opinions seemed to be that the meters should not be taKen out because of the congestion that would result without them. How ever, an envelope system was favored by , those present. M ke Whitesmith presented an Idea for a variation of the en- celope system whereby a citation slip would be attached. At the time the officer noticed a vio lation he would place the en velope on the windshield and nut a nickel in the meter as a courtesy from the Chamber of Commerce. However, the envel ope would have a message say ins that if the nickel were not returned to a designated place in a stipulated time, the offend er would be subject to payment of a fine. The slip on the en velope would be retained by the officer as his record of the violator. Dr. C. M. Wagner turned the mnttpr over to the mercnanis committee for consideration and recommendation. It was sugges ted that a committee irom tne council meet with the merch ants. Orville Cutsforth reported on a legislative forum held In Pendle ton Saturday ana movea mm the chamber's taxation commit tee study H. B. 1033 which would cut personal property taxes, but through Its deimition oi inven tory" would not reduce tne farmers personal properiy wacb. At the same time it wouia ira nose n net receipts tax, an ad ditional burden to the farmer, Cutsforth said. Thn motion carried, and the taxation committee was asked to check the bill and Dring in a recommendation. Republicans Plan Future; Toast Lone '62 Victory Committee Talks 01 Parks District Overtures towards the forma tion of a parks district and parks commission in the county are underway through the Heppner Morrow county Chamber of Com mprcp as a result of discussions at recent meetings of the group. Orvllle Cutsforth, chairman of the current parks committee for the county, brought matters to tho attention of the Chamber where some financing is needed for Improvement of Cutsforth park and formation of others. The Chamber voted to contrib ute $25 as a share of a survey conducted for a proposed Chapln Creek park. Oliver Creswlck cited the need to have a parks organization with more legal foundation than the present committee, wnicn has no method of financing parks work, except for calling for donations. He suggested formation of a parks district and a commission, which would get a small tax levy for the purpose. It would be necessary to propose such a commission through petition, af ter which an election would oe held. The matter was turned over to the Chamber's development committee, and at a luncheon Wednesday it discussed prelim inary steps that mignt De taKen. it was decided to check into other counties where such com missions are in existence ana check with the State Parks Com mission for further inrormauon. When objectives are defined and needs more clearly listed, it is expected that a survey of interest will be taken in the county to determine what seg ments of the county would favor such a commission. Two Students Get 4.0 GPA at lone Morrow County Republicans were rather few in number when they gathered at Stefani's res taurant, lone, with their Lincoln Day dinner Tuesday nignt be cause of conflicting meetings around the county. But the 27 present made plans for better organization In the county and more active cam paigns in the future. Although the meeting had invited Demo crats at the advanced rate of $25 per plate while the Repub licans paid n.ao, not a single Democrat took advantage oi tne offer. Chairman Donald Turner re vipwed results of last year's elec tions and wryly declared that this could be considered a "vic tory dinner" although the lone vir'torv to which the party could point here was that of Governor Mark Hatiieia. Joe Burns of Hermlston, state treasurer for the G.O.P., was nrincinal sneaker of the evening and said that at present, the Republican party In Oregon is in a "weakened condition." How ever, he added that the future looks verv hrieht. "We can't start any sooner in being active in the party," he said. Burns told of organizational plans that will reach Into the counties and of fund-raising campaigns that will promote a more active party. He urgea mm the Republicans support their committeemen, committeewomen and county officers. "This is the best way ior vie torv in the future." he said. Oliver Creswlck. recently ap pointed by Gov. Hatfield as jus tice of the peace In the 6th dls trict, Morrow county, spoke brief lv about his new office. Chairman Turner sadi that this would be the last dinner meeting of the party in the county until Lincoln's birthday In 1964 at which time it is ex pected to have a speaker otf national prominence to stimu late interest for greater party work here. Two lone high school students made perfect 4.0 grade point av erages at the school for the first semester's work in the 1962-63 school year, Gene Harryman, principal, announces. The periect graaes were maue by Tom Helmbigner, junior, and by Cheryl Lundell, sophomore. In all, ten were on the honor roll and four received honorable mention. Juniors topped the list with four on the honor roll. Those on the roll are as 101- lows: Seniors Louise Pointer, J.ou; Bill Akers, 3.40; Tass Morrison, 3.33. ' Juniors Tom Helmbigner, .u; Arleta McCabe, 3.66; Judy Sher- er, 3.66; Merrie Jo Morrison, a.iv. Sophomores cneryi mnuen, 4.0. Freshmen Cherilyn Smouse, 3.83; Karen Hams, 3.6. Receiving honorable mention were the following: Junior Steve Lindstrom, 3.16. Sophomores Robert Emert, 3.0; Sidney Zinter, 3.16. Freshman Tim Tullis, 3.0.
