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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1963)
I I 3 R A R Y ' U 0? o City Council Okays Envelope System Heppner's city council Mon day night approved an envelope system for parking violations which would "ease the pain" for those who are caught with the meters red flags up. The plan was recommended by the merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, with Randall Peterson as chairman, and is patterned after a system used in Nampa, Idaho. When an officer finds a car parked in a stall wherie the meter shows time has expired, he is to leave a standard citation of violation together with an en velope. The violator will have 24 hours in which to put 25c in the envelope, together with the citation, and deposit it in a metal box that will be located on several meter posts through out the downtown district. If he fails to deposit the 25c in the envelope before the end of the 2-day period, a regular citation will be issued and he win iace a fine in municipal court. It is expected that the system will be placed in operation as soon as the metal boxes are in stalled and the envelopes are printed with instructions. This compromise plan was de vised after considerable discus sion by the city council and the Chamber of Commerce about the meters. Some felt the $1 fine, together with a formal munici pal court record, was too stiff. Others felt that the "nickel sys tem" used several years ago through the courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce was too lenient. Chief of Police Dean Gilman told the council that he feels the proposed system "sounds reasonable" and will be better than the "nickel system. Some councilmen were somewhat skep tical but it was approved with out a dissenting vote. The city dads also considered the imminent matter of replac ing some of the meters, since many are in bad shape. It was decided to contact a firm for costs. In any event, within a short time the public may expect a considerably more strin gent checking of cars parked on downtown streets. Herman Green appeared be fore the council and asked that it consider a change in his san itary service franchise so that he could charge 50c per month additional to residential sub scribers to the service whose gar bage exceeds 30 gallons per week. Green makes one pickup per week for the present $1.50 monthly charge. Green pointed out that the bur den has become increasingly heavy. In the past home owners burned much of their refuse, but this has declined, and his job has become proportionately heavier. Some residential users of the ser vice deposit their garbage in 50 gallon drums which are heavy to handle and exceed the standard 30-gallon garbage can upon which franchises in many cities are based. The matter was turned over to the sanitation committee by Acting Mayor Ed Gonty, presi dent of the council, and it acted immediately after the general meeting to approve the request. Letters from the State Board of Health were read, pointing out that plans and specifications for the new city well must be received, before it can be ap proved. The communicati o n s said that the board is still get ting occasional unsatisfactory bacteriological reports from the Heppner water supply, and point ed out that protection of the source of water is imperative. The council instructed Record er Ted Smith to write to the board to arrange to send it the information desired. Attorney Herman Winter ap peared on behalf of two clients, the first asking that the city grade a 16-ft. dedicated alley off Alfalfa Street which has never been used as a thorough fare. He was advised that the city never does such work ex cept at the expense of the prop erty owners. the second request was for help for Mrs. Ada Booker whose property on Chase street was hard hit by the early year flood ing. The water flow undermined a retaining wall on Willow Creek, cut into her yard and did extensive damage, the attorney Seal Campaign Falls Short of County Goal Morrow county is about $40 short of realizing the goal set to at least match total re ceipts of the 1961 campaign in the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal drive, according to latest reports by Mrs. Herman Stroeber, county chairman. To date a total of $1,218.60 has been reporttd. Final records will be closed March 31, and until that date anyone still hav ing returns to send in, may mail or give them to a community chairman or send them to Mrs. Stroeber, Heppner. All but 26'! of money re ceived remains in Morrow county to finance the free monthly chest X-rays at Pioneer Memorial hos pital, to give skin patch tests for school children and help in many other services throughout the county. Mrs. Stroeber expresses apprec iation to her five community chairmen: Mrs. Ruth Coy, Irn gon; Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, Board man; Mrs. Paul Tews, lone; Mrs. Gene Orwick, Lexington, and Mrs. Harry O Donnell, Heppner. said. The matter was turned over to the street and property com mittee for investigation. Bill Farra asked for informa tion about trees over streets, stat ing that in some areas, a truck could not drive down the street without going into the opposing lane of traffic because of low hanging trees. Acting Mayor Gonty said that this is a respon sibility of property owners, and that complaints should be issued in order for the city to follow up. Alteration and repair permits were granted to Oma Cox, 260 Court, for building a patio, aibu; and to Patrick O'Brien, 760 A street, for alterations. Paper Has Birthday Coming March 30; 80th Year Starting Nameplate of the Gazette Times reached four score years with this issue, being one of the oldest weekly newspapers in the State of Oregon. This March 7 paper finds the "79th year" coming off the name plate and "80th year" going up. However, actual birthday of the paper is not until March 30, since it was established on March 30, 1883. Reason that the change comes at this time is because of the deviation in the number of Thursdays in the year. Some years have 53 Thursdays, instead of 52, and during its 80 years of exist ence, the Gazette-Times has gained a couple of weeks. O. M. Yeager, now of Castle Rock, Wn., has written a his tory of the Gazette-Times and states that it was founded March 30, 1883, as a joint stock company with J. A. Stine as the first editor. It was sold after a few months to Colonel John Watermelon Redington, one of the most colorful editors of the state's history. At a later date, Mr. Yeager's history may be published for the interest it may hold to local persons. Deadline Tuesday For Talent Show; Rehearsal Set Those wishing to enter the PTA Talent Show, Friday, March 15, are asked to get entry blanks returned before the deadline, Tuesday, March 12, according to the committee in charge. A re hearsal meeting is set for Tues day night at 7:30 in the high school gym and it is necessary foi all those entering the con test to be present. Lntries are being returned to the schools, to Mrs. Emile Gro shens, Gordon Hutchen s , or others on the committee, Mrs. Lowell Gribble, Mrs. Fred Gim- bel and Gordon Pratt. Individ uals or groups, with entertaining acts, musical or acrobatic num bers, dancing skits, or any other type of entertainment are en couraged to participate. frizes in the amounts of 55 (first), $2.50 (second) and $1 (third) will be given in each division of pie-school, grade school, high school and adult ages. An additional grand prize of $5 will be awarded the grand champion winner, first over all divisions entered. An applause meter, similar to that used last year, will determine the winners. Gene Pierce will direct the show as master of ceremonies. During intermission a group of fourth grade students will pre sent a dance number. Mothers of fourth grade students will sell concessions during the evening. Admission prices are set at 75c for adults; 50c for high school, and 25c for grade school child ren. Advance ticket sales are be ing made by school students, with Clint Agee as ticket sale chairman. A prize will be given the boy and girl who sell the most tickets up to the night of the show. Callers Cautioned On Use of Fire Phone Fire Chief Charles Ruggles this week issued another word of warning to those who use the listed fire telephone number for other than emergency calls. The number listed in the front of the telephone directory is for emergencies only and is not to be used in calling for informa tion or any other purpose. After each general fire alarm, a number of calls are received through the emergency number, which impedes work of the de partment. Requests for informa tion should come through the business number of the C. A. Ruggles Insurance Agency (676 9625) or through the city hall (676-9618). If there is no answer at either of these numbers one may call Bill Farra, assistant chief, at 676-9446. At times when the fire chief and Mrs. Ruggles are gone and no one else is on duty, the emer gency number is set on auto matic and thus will sound a general alarm when the number is dialed. This, then, would be the same as sounding a false alarm, which is a federal of fense and punishable as such. 80th Year GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 7, 1963 oard Adopis Mew Salary NEW HEPPNER-LEXINGTON high school, with a completion dote set tor May 15. looms high on this northeast side of the gymnasium. Top row ol windows at right look into the gym balcony. Smaller windows below are ior dressing rooms, and the band room, surrounded by concrete, is be low. At lower left is the new lower wing of the school taking shape. (G-T Photo) Work Goes Fast On New School; Completion Eyed Work towards completion of the new Heppner-Lexington High school building is right on sched ule with good progress .being made every day, a visit to the structure on Monday reveaieu. Paneling is in place in the large gymnasium, brick veneer is being applied to the wings to match the existing structure and is nearing completion, and plas- tei board is in place through much pf the big building. Workmen were applying insul ation to the ceilings early this week, and much of the rough electrical work has been com pleted. The large central switch ing panel and controls have been installed. Stage is in place in the multi purpose room, and final appear ance in classrooms can be visula- fced by the visitor Sheet metal men are on the job in connection with the air conditioning and heating system. It will not be long until finish ing work will be underway, and completion date is set for mid May. It is hoped that graduation exercises for the high school may be held in the gymnasium this year. The Timber Co. has had a large crew on the job since it started work on the project, Farley Motors Marks 15 Years Farley Motor Company will observe 15 years in business here on its anniversary Friday and Saturday, J. J. (Jim) Farley an nounces, Dealership for Pontiac has been held since March, 1948. Others include Willys for 13 years, from November, 1949; Buick and GMC for 11 years ecch, from August, 1952' and tne newcomer Rambler from Nov ember, 1960. Farley has been dealer for Shell Oil Products for more than the length of his dealerships, dating back 17 years. He has also been Goodyear Tire dealer tor 15 years. Beta Omega Forms Easter Seal Drive Beta Omega sorority, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, of lone, has been appointed chairman of the Mor row county Easter Seal drive, which begins March 7 and con tinues through Easter Sunday, April 14. Co-chairmen of the drive are Betty Hausler, mail campaign and lily sales; Joyce Snider, coin containers, and Marilyn Riet mann, publicity. The lone Rainbow girls assis ted in the mail campaign and will hold lily sales on Satur day before Easter. Heppner Rainbow girls will distribute coin containers in Heppner and will also hold lily sales on downtown streets the same date as in lone. ' .,. K THIS INTERIOR VIEW of the new high school building shows present stage of progress. This is in the library of the building. Plasterboard is on walls and most of the insulation is in place in the ceilings. Rough electrical work has been done. Rooms will be well-lighted and spacious. (G-T Photo) I iz - , j I. J.lm't' "i-!- w J-, if ' 1 -rr '""'""r t "I , ' , 1 j 1 BRICK VENEER finish is being applied to the west side of the upper wing of the new Heppner-Lexington high school in this photo. Inside this wall is the multipurpose room. In background at left is the upper side of the gym. (G-T Photo) Spring Opening March 22 Spring opening in Heppner will be Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, Randall Peter son, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce merchants' committee announced following a recent meeting of the group. At that time, merchants will have new spring merchandise on display and will advertise in a special promotion for the occa sion. This will be the second in a series of events to be sponsored by merchants this year, and will be followed by a Spring Festival on April 26-27. Spring Festival, held for the first time last year, proved to be an outstanding success with a large crowd attending. 'mm1-'.' HEPPNER i t" . ,.,- M l 1 I a. i tiiim,. .....: -.T -mnm,, , t ' s 1 ... f 4 ' " On May 10 and 11 the mer chants will observe Mother's Day promotion and on June 14 and 13 will have another event for Father's day. A summer promotion and bar gain event will be on July 19 and 20, to be followed by a Back-to-School wee k e n d on August 16 and 17, Peterson said. In September, a Friday the 13th Sale is scheduled for Sept ember 13, and a promotion in October will center aro u n d Columbus day on October 11 and 12. Christmas Opening on Novem ber 29 and 30 will complete the year's schedule of merchandising events. Number 1 10 Cents Schedule Starting Pay For Teachers Set $4600 Board of directors of sohnnl district R-l revised the salary schedule for district teachers at a special board meeting held ex pressly for salary action Wed nesday, February 27. The board met at that time so the results of their action would he avnil. able for the budget committee meeting to be field the following week. By action of the board the beginning salarv for a tfArhr With an AB decree was chnncrpA from $4500 to $4600, and the be- ginning salary tor a teacher with an MA rieprpp frnm blSUV in $1900. The board made the modifica tion of the schedule within the framework of the present sched ule, maintaining the present number of steps on the schedule, allowing for eleven annual in crements at each of the four levels of preparation as provided in the previous schedule. The four levels of preparation are; less than an AB degree, an AB degree, an AB doereo nlus 45 quarter hours, and an MA de gree, ine maximum number of years of experience at which a teacher may transfer into the district was left at six years as in the previous salary schedule. leacners presently employed bv the district will repoivn In. creases, above their regular in- LTi'iucnis varying irom $50 to $150, depending upon their teaching experience and college degree. Teachers with less than an AB win receive from $50 to $75, those with an AB and those with an AB plus 45 quarters will receive $100. Teachers with an ma ana less tnan eignt years ex perience will alsn repot vf $1(1. Teachers with an MA and with eigfit or more years experience win receive $i&o. A teacher with an AB degree anu eleven vears pxrfrinr'p may now reach an annual salary oi $i8uu, ana a teacher with an MA degree and the same exper- (Continued on Page 6) Grand Opening Of M&R Company Slated Saturday Grand opening of M & R Floor covering and Heating Co. will be Saturday in its new location in the former Pacific Power and Light Company office in the Col lins building on Main street, the space occupied by Pecks' Ski Shop through the winter. Matt Hughes and Ray Ayers, owners, offer four door prizes to inose wno come in during the day, including an upholstered rocker as first prize, a step stool. electric can opener and an elec tric clock. Coffee and doughnuts wiJi also be served. The two, who formed their company on November 1, 1962, after long service with Case Furniture company, have ex panded their business to include furniture and other lines. They handle Williams Furnaces, lempo iurniture, carpeting by Lees, Gullistan and Firth, Fuller paints, Ken-Tile floor tile, Arm strong Congoleum-Nalrn lino leum, wallpaper and rcadymade cabinets. The company offers complete heating, refrigeration and appli ance service, and installs all types of floor coverings. Hughes is a specialist in floor covering, having had many years experi ence in this field, and Ayers is a specialist on heating and appli ance service, with similar long experience. During the day of grand open ing, the company will give 2 discount on any purchases and also gives S and H green stamps. For four months M and R was located in the Case building at the corner of Main and Center streets. Moving has been com pleted to the new location and they invite everyone to come in for the special event Saturday. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 61 35 .19 Friday 50 32 .01 Saturday 45 23 Sunday 47 22 Monday 49 33 Tuesday 52 26 Wednesday 53 25 Rainfall for the week was 50 of an inch with temperatures aipping xo i degrees. Youth Win 4-H Honors, Year Shows By JOE HAY County Extension Agent National 4-H Club Week (March 2 through 9) is a time when the nation pavs tribute to 4-H club members everywhere. WE SALUTE NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK MARCH 2-9 Some 43 clubs, including Morrow county with nearly 40u mem bers enrolled, will join the cele bration this week. National 4-H week is one of the highlights of the 4-H year. This is the time when 4-H mem bers have a chance to publicize 4-H work and their individual clubs through window displays, programs for organizations, and wearing 4-H identification tags to school. Morrow county 4-H members have received many honors dur ing the past year at various events throughout the state. Gary Van Blokland, Heppner, ex hibited the champion pen of 3 hogs in the 4-H division or tne Junior Livestock Show at The Dalles in June. He also was judged reserve champion beef showman. Penny Jones, Irrigon, was selected as one of six 4-H members to serve on the 1963 4-H summer school advisory council in Corvallls. Jeniece McElroy, Irrigon, Jeanne Stockard and Carol Raw lins, Heppner, Jill Padberg and Leora Van Winkle, Lexington, were all proud blue ribbon win ners on their home economics exhibits and demonstrations at State Fair in Salem last Sep tember. Terryl Greenup, Hepp ner, received a blue ribbon for her efforts and Byron Hobbs, Irrigon, exhibited a blue ribbon woodworking project. Martha Doherty, Heppner, anu David Proudfoot, Echo, have re cently returned from the Oregon 4-H club conference on "Know Your State Government" in Sal em. They will be telling of their experiences at the Rhea Creek and Lexington Granges Friday and Saturday evenings, March 8 and 9. The variety of 4-H projects being carried by club members in Morrow county increases each year. This year, Chester Wilson, Irrigon, organized a beekeeping club. This project helps boys and girls to learn how to care ior bees and produce honey. Mrs. Harold Van Horn, Irrgion, has started a woodworking club for girls. They are making small projects that are useful around the home. The county agents office re ports that 4-H clubs can still be organized until June 1 of this year. Need for 4-H leaders in electricity, entomology, forestry, gardening, gun safely, wood working, photography, automo tive, child development and food preparation was reported. Dinner Features Family Ticket A roast beef dinner Is sched uled for Sunday, March 17, at the Catholic parish hall, in ob servance of St. Patrick's day. The dinner is open to the public and will be prepared and served by the Catholic Men of the local Holy Name Society. Tickets went on sale last weeK and prices are $1.75 for adults and 75c for children under 12. A special feature ticket is offer ed for families at sti.oo. ine public Is welcomed and the din ner will be served from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Newlv elected officers for tne 6t. Patrlck's-St. Williams Holy Name Society are Tad Miller, president; Bill Rawlins, vice president: Francis Doherty, sec retary-treasurer. James Healy is acting chairman of the March 17 dinner. AAU Hoop Tourney To Open Friday The state AAU basketball tournament, which will include foimer stars from virtually every college in Oregon, will open Fri day at Hemiston- The first game will be at 6 p. m. between Theme of Portland and Truax Oil of Corvallls. At 7:30 Salem will meet Mil-ton-Freewater on the opening night. At 9 p. m. Prletsly Oil of Portland will play Redmond Music Center, and at 10:30 p. m. Claudlas of Portland and the Wheeler Loggers of Medford will conclude opening round action.
