Page $ Thurs., March 14, 1963 THE V HEPPNEB GAZETTE-TIMES HEPPNER. OREGON Marcia Rands Takes Top Honors In I00F Speakoff Marcia Rands, Ileppner High school junior, was judged first place winner Sunday over six other contestants entered in the annual United Nations Pilgrim age for vouth speech contest in Pendleton, becond place hon ors went to Doris Ditlow, of Uma tilla High school and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ditlow, Ilermiston. Marcia is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Groves, Heppner. In winning the top award, Marcia will be the recipient of a month-long, expense-paid, ed ucational trip east to visit the United Nations in Washington, D. C, taking In other historical places of interest on the tour in Canada, eastern and southern United States. The pilgrimage is sponsored each year by the Odd fellows and Rebekah lodge or ganizations. Oregon youth will meet in Port land July 3 when students, chap erones and parents will get ac quainted, then leave the follow ing morning by bus for Spokane where they will pick up Wash ington delegates, continuing north to add delegates of British Columbia. The trip will include parts of Canada, the Great Lakes, one week in New York City, Washington D. C, then returning through the southern states. Mr. and Mrs. Pete McMurtry were among those attending the speak-off, and have served on the cpmmittee In charge of its arrangements since 1952. This is the fourth year that Ileppner has had a first place winner. Jack Sumner won the trip in 1952; Mrs. Sally (Palmer) Green, and Mrs. Joan (Brosnan) Richardson in later years. A good crowd attended the contest, held in the IOOF hall in Pendleton. Contestants were en tered from Umapine, Riverside, Pendleton, Umatilla, Helix, Mil ton -Freewater and Ileppner. Fair Board Eyes Flooring Job Morrow county's fair board is considering installation of wood flooring over the concrete in the county fair pavilion, Orville Cutsforth of the board told the Chamber of Commerce at the Monday meeting. Plywood would be laid over 4x4's on the concrete, and the flooring would be placed on the plywood. This would make it possible to use the building for roller skating when the structure was not in use for other purposes. It would also broaden the versa tility of the building so that it could be used for other activities with more comfort and conven ience. The floor area is 60x90 feet. There is some problem with moisture, and because graveling outside has caused the ground level to be higher than the con crete floor, water seeps in dur ing times of storms. The board and county court are now con sidering ways to alleviate this problem. Cutsforth said it is estimated that the job would require about $5000. St. Patrick's Day Dinner Set Sunday All members of a family may enjoy a fine roast beef dinner for only $6 at the St. Patrick's dinner Sunday at the Catholic parish hall, those who do not have a large family may buy individual tickets at $1.75 each and 75c for children under 12. A large crowd is expected for the dinner School Budget Shows Increase Medical Self-Help Class Still Open Those interested in taking the medical selt-help training pro gram in connection with Civil Defense may still take part al though the first class was held Wednesday night, Joe Hay and Bill Crqoke. instructors, state. Because of conflicting meet ings and activities only six were present for the opening session. Hay discussed radioactive fall out and Crooke gave instructions on treatment of shock. These first phases will be re view at the coming session on Wednesday night at 7:30 in the circuit court room of the court house and all are invited to at tend to become Informed. Justice Court News March 12 Jessie Miles John son, 31, failure to stop for school bus, $.J0 bail and $15 suspended. March 11 Ronnie Leonnig, 20, no vehicle license, $5 bail for feited. ANNOUNCING OUR OPENING Saturday March 1 6 From 10 to 5 p.m. rnPP COFFEE AND iKCC DOUGHNUTS HOTEL GRILL RAYMOND AND OPAL PETTYJOHN iContinued Irom page 1) school supreintendent's salary is the same as last year at $11,000, but administrators will receive an additional $7200, divided among them largely in accord ance with their increments on the salary schedule. Instruction al services for 1963-64 total $603, 492, by far the largest part of the budget. Division for operation of plant is up about $9,000, due to ad ditional custodial staff needed, supplies, heat and utilities. Fixed charges climb because of addit ional insurance for the build ings, additional Social Security and State Industrial Accident fund. Some of the climb in Social Security is due to the higher rate .set by the Federal govern ment and some is attributed to added staff. In all, fixed charges are up from $45,500 to $52,000. The budget includes expendi ture of some $60,000 that the board authorized from surplus to complete the Heppner-Lexing-ton high school building, includ ing the multipurpose room, the band room, equipment for the gymnasium and equipping the remainder of the building. Although this shows in the total expenditures, the cost is not included in the amount to be raised by taxes because it comes from cash carryover that was budgeted last year. Included in the carryover were unexpended items, trie unexpended emergen cy fund and collection of delin quent taxes in excess of that budgeted. Estimated receipts from other than taxes that will be applied against the general fund total $278,000, including the $60,000 surplus. Receipts from basic school support are estimated at $160,000. An item for textbooks is about double that of last year, climb ing from $4,450 to $9,000. Supt. Robert Van Houte states that the district buys its books in large quantities every other year. The coming year is the "heavy" year. The administration portion ot the budget shows a small in crease of $800. Transportation is down about $600, and health ser vices are up bv 3U0. The budget was approved by the budget committee last week after lengthy work, many meet ings and hearings. Frank Ander son is chairman ot the commit tee and Mrs. Roland (Donna) Bergstrom is secretary. Other cit izen members of committee are Jim Driscoll, Mrs. Howard Petty ilohn, Ralph Skoubo, Warren Mc Coy and Mervin Leonard. Mem bers of the school board are also members of the budget commit tee. Public hearing on the budget will be April 1 at 8 p.m. in the circuit court room of the court house. At that time any objec tions or remonstrances may be presented, and the committee (will answer questions or explain the budget to those interested. Illness lakes Fred Pettyjohn Final rites for Fred Pettyjohn, 75, of lone, were held Monday, March 11, at 2 p.m. at First Christian church in Heppner. The Rev. William Alsup offic iated, with interment following In Heppner Masonic cemetery. In ill health for several years, Mr. Pettyjohn died at his ranch home on Rhea Creek Friday, March 8. He was born February 2, 1888 in Ava, Mo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Pettyjohn. He was married to Laura Edna Jackson on November 2, 1907, in Missouri. They have lived on their ranch home on Rhea Creek for the past 16 years, originally coming to Morrow county about 48 years ago. Surviving him are two daugh ters, Gertrude Graves, Pilot Rock; and Hazel Hynd, Cecil; five sons, Earl G. and James C. of lone, Ellis L. and Clyde F. of Heppner and Claude J. with the Navy in Guam. Also two sisters, Minta Webb, Walla Walla, Wn and Mira Medlock, Ava, Mo.; three brothers, A.chie in Illinois, Raymond, Heppner, and Noah, Sparingfield, Mo., also 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. SAVE EVEN MORE NOW! PENNEY'S NEW LOW PRICE ON PENNEY'S YMODES A 3Fo,l 95 7 Single loop knit seamless sheers now at a new price to save you even More! 3Fo2 85 Doable loop knit in either seam less or self seam styles. Choose from stretchables on conventional styles in the most wanted colors. Directors Offer Teacher Contracts For Coming Year (Continued from page 1) for an opinion, but it may be six weeks before the ruling is handed down, Abrams said. On motion of the board, 18 teachers in the system, who had been given Day adjustments for special activities, were placed on their proper steps on the salary schedule. Director Fred Martin and Van Houte reported on legislative matters affecting the district, among them being bills affec ting basic school support funds, a transportation reorganization bill which would pay the dist rict 50 of the costs of trans portation instead of the present 30, and a bill that would allow school directors to serve even though the companies they rep resent have a pecuniary interest In the district provided the direc tor does not have more than 5 of the stock in the company. Pink-and-blue resignation of Gladys Hobbs, Irrigon teacher, was accepted by the board, ef fective immediately. The board approved a motion to provide trapsportation for stu dents to Morrow county schools for students living in the Ord nance area in lieu of paying their tuition to Hermiston as has been the case this year. Budget for 1963-64 was form ally adopted by the board. (Story on the budget is elsewhere in this paper). A policy in regard to substi tute teachers was adopted. Un der this plan, a substitute teach er who serves more than 15 days continuously will have his pay computed on the basis of his proper step on the school salary schedule, according to his train ing and experience, but no high er than step 6. Supt. Van Houte asked the board for permission to destroy outdated school records, includ ing old ballots, and this permis sion was granted. In so doing, he files a legal form that lists the material destroyed in detail. Teachers offered three-year contracts are: Michael Tolar, Irrigon; William Spohn, lone; Lucile Peck. Inez Meador, Violet Lanham, Robert Cantonwine and Grace Schmidt, all of Heppner. Offered one-year contr acts were: Ellen Caudle, Ted Taibott, Al Reeves, all of Irrigon; vernita Taibott, Evelyn Mclnnes, Dante Daltoso, James Harper, Board man and Riverside High; Lyla Ash, Beth Hynd, Esther Herrick, Les Mathews, Glenn Biehl and Dick Strait, all of lone; Juanita Duffy, Jackie Glennie, Pauline Miller, Lois Kirk, Don Cole, Ola Mae Groshens, Kathryn Hoskins, James Sutherland, Be r n i e c e Struckmeier, Larry O'Rou r k e, Don McClure, Gerald Johasson, Janet Groves, Peter Glennie, John Cummings, Margaret Mc- Carter, all of Heppner; Fordyce Hills, Lorene Jones and Cleo Robinson, all of Lexington. Contract for Aletha Grytness, lone, was rejected. Currently serving on three- year contracts, which do not ex pire this year, are the follow ing: Clint Agee, Velva Bechdolt, Ruth Bentley, Zoe Billings, Ron Black, Millard Brown, Lucille Brown, Juanita Carmichael, Don Clark, Louise Clark, Ruth Coy, Gladys Ely, Inez Erwin, Marg uerite Glavey, Elsie Gugle, Mil dred Hanna, Joe Hausler, Tom Hughes, Clarence Johnson, Marg aret Kirk, Roy Kirk, Donalda Knighten, Arolene Laird, Les Leroux, Delia Lindsay, Jack Loyd, Gilbert Lujan, Arnold Mel by, Donald Olmscheid, LaVern Partlow, Gordon Pratt, Frieda Slocum, Joyce Smith, Helen Stitzel, Anita Stockard, Robert Van Houte and Lucile Weather ford. Olmscheid, LaVern Partlow, Gor don Pratt, Frieda Slocum, Joyce Smith, Helen Stitzel, Aanita Stockard, Robert Van Houte and Lucil Weatherford. Get restaurant guest checks and salesbooks, both carbonized and non -carbonized, at the Ga Oliver A. Devin Dies March 8; Services Tuesday Oliver Austin Devin, 81, resi dent of this area since 1884, died at his home in Heppner Friday. Funeral services were Tuesday at the Heppner Christian church with Rev. Charles Knox offic iating. Interment was in the Ma sonic cemetery, Heppner. Born November 12, 1881, near Boliver in Polk County, Missouri, he was the first child and only son of M. J. and Sarah Devin. ' In the spring of 1884, when Austin, as he was known, was a small lad, the family moved west. At that time the closest railroad to this area was Uma tilla. The Devin family settled in the Blackhorse vicinity. At that time, the area there was all waving bunchgrass and had no fences. Morrow county was yet to be designated as a county. The young man attended high school in Heppner after having gone to grade school in country school houses. He worked hard on the ranch that he and his father acquired in the Sandhol low district, engaging in sheep and cattle raising and later wheat farming. In September, 1935, he mar ried Estella McRoberts and they made their home in Heppner. He was employed at the saw mill and also did farm work. He later worked on his timberland near Parker's Mill. Several years ago he suffered a series of strokes which para lyzed his right arm and later his speech was affected. This caused confinement and eventually re sulted in his death. Devin was truly a pioneer in the settling of the Heppner area, and he had a full share in early day history. In the flood of 1903 he barely escaped but remained in town, working shoulder to shoulder with those helping to relieve the havoc. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Estella Devin, who cared for him throughout his illness; a son, Oliver; a grandson; a grand daughter; several stepsons and step daughters; and six sisters, Mrs. J. E. (Vella) Walton of Yak ima, Wn., Mrs. Letha Archer and Mrs. Ora Wyland of Heppner Mrs. O. M. (Tena) Scott and Mrs. M. N. (Altha) Kirk of Herm iston; and Mrs. W. H. (Dessa; Hofstetter of Monmouth; to gether with many nieces, neph ews, other relatives and friends. HOSPITAL Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital this week are: Brian Rietmann, lone; Shkby Kackley, Condon; Ethel Frank, Kinzua; Jack McVaughn, Lex ington; Frank Botts, lone, and Harold Erwin, Heppner. I hose dismissed during th Mustang Baseball Slate Released Heppner High school's base ball schedule will start on Fri day, March 29, with a game with Riverside at 3:30 at Hepp ner, Coach Pete Glennie announ ces. Nine other games are sched uled through the balance of the season. Heppner will go to River side on Saturday, March 30, for a 12:30 game, and then more than a week will elapse before the diamondmen see action again when they plav Mac Hi at Heppner on April 9 at 3:30. Other pre-league games will be as follows: April 12, at Stan field at 7 p.m.; April 16v at Mac Hi at 3:30 p.m.; April 17, Stanfield at Heppner at 3:30. Four league games are sched uled as follows: April 20, Sher man County on the lone dia mond at 1 p.m.; April 27, at Pilot Rock at 1 p.m.; May 4, Grant Union at Heppner at 1 p.m.; May 11, at Burns, 1 p.m. Group Again Asks Work on Highway Bearing resolutions and letters from several organizations of the county, another delegation of businessmen and county officials went to Salem Thursday to ask the State Highway Commission again for Improvements to the Willow Creek highway and con struction of a short cut route d Arlington via Four Mile canyon. Scheduled to appear before the commission were Oliver Cres wick, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce development com mittee; Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman; Allen Nistad of Kinzua Corpor ation; Robert Van Houte, super intendent of schools; County Judge Oscar Peterson, and others. same period were: Jimmy Am nions, Mayville; Max Woods, Kinzua; Susan Chally, Heppner; Vern McCowan, Heppner; Edna Garrison, Heppner; Earl Pap ineau, Lexington; David and Dan Vaughn, Monument; Lucille Weatherford, Heppner; Tracy Gimbel, Heppner, and Michael Medlock, Kimberly. Services Held For Jack Flug, Retired Educator Services were held Tuesday afternoon, March 12, for Jack C. Flug, 68, at Hope Lutheran church, Heppner, with the Rev. Kenneth Robinson officiating. Organist was Mrs. Marian Jon- asson and vocalist was Gordon Pratt. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic Cemetery with committal services by American Legion Post No. 87. Death came to Mr. Flug Fri day, March 8, at Pioneer Mem orial hospital. He had been in ill health with a heart condition for the past two years. A retired school administrator, he was well known in Morrow county after serving as Morrow county superintendent of schools, coming to Heppner in 1954. He was principal of Riverside High school at Boardman from 1959 to 1961, then retiring due to ill health. Previous to administra tion, he was athletic coach at Minot High school, North Da kota, then served as coach and principal at Waterton, S. D., for 17 years. Coming to Oregon in 1944, he served as superinten dent at Reedsport for several years. Mr. Flug was born January 21, 1895, at Chippewa, Falls, Wis., the son of Gustav and Hen rietta Flug. On June 11, 1924, he was married to Agne.s Lee at Minot, N. D. He was a member of Hope Lutheran church, Elks Lodge 358, Heppner; American Legion Post 87, Heppner, and Aurora AF&AM No. 59, Reeds port. Survivors include his widow, three daughters, Jacqu e 1 i n e Pitcher, Bend; Coleen Ellison, San Mateo, Calif.; Vienne Hath away, Portland; four sons, Jerry, Salem; Steven, Corvallis; Rod ney, Boardman, and Ronald, Heppner. Four sisters, Ann Bar rows, Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Minnie Krahner and Adele Fina, Kenosha, Wis., and Margaret Holthaus, St. Louis, Mo,, and nine grandchildren also survive. Pallbears were Dewey West, Jr., Ronald Black, Robert Strutz, Clarence Johnson, Lowell Crib ble and Harlan McCurdy, Jr. For Best Car Deals SEE DAVE BARNETT HEPPNER AUTO SALES PHONE 676-9152 HELP US CELEBRATE At Our Special OAST DINN SUNDAY, MARCH 17 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. St. Patrick's Parish Hall Heppner Brrr BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY For Only $6.00! BUY SPECIAL FAMILY TICKET AND SAVEI ADULT TICKETS $1.75 ea. CHILDREN UNDER 12 75c SPONSORED BY HOLY NAME SOCIETY THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BY YOUR HOME-OWNED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE ANK OF D astern Oregon HEPPNER IONE MEMBER. 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