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. m- U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE Petitions Ask Recall; Martin Tells Position 513 Persons Sign Documents; Four Charges Listed Petitions carrying the signa tures of 573 persons asking for recall of Fredrick T. Martin of lone from his position as a Mor row county school district direc tor were filed last Thursday with Mrs. Beverly Gunderson, clerk of the district. Four reasons for the action were listed in the petitions: "Failure to respect the will of the majority of electors in the zone he represents (lone); fail ure to represent the will of the majority of electors of the dis trict; failure to maintain ade quate physical standards at the lone school; and sanctioning duplication of school transporta tionV routes." Legal notice of the filing of the recall petition is published, as required by law, by the clerk and is printed on page nine of this paper. Vote on the recall will be Mon day, May 6, which is also the time of the annual school elec tion, and all registered voters of the county are eligible to cast ballots. Signatures on the 31 separate petitions, which have been circ . ulating for some time, came from fall parts of the county. They included names of 172 from lone, and 119 who listed Heppner ad dresses. The balance were from Hardman, Cecil, Echo, Boardman and Lexington. Mrs. Gunderson said that the petitions had been checked and of the 573 names, 16 were fount not to be registered voters. Martin told the Gazette-Times Wednesday that he does not plan to resign in the face of the petitions. "I didn't run for the office in the first place, and any removal should come by the ballot,'' fii said. "I think resigning would deny the democratic processes." The director said that he would "bear no ill will" against anyone if the voters choose to recall him and added that he could use the time that he now devotes to school business for other purposes if he is removed from office. Martin's term of office does not expire until July 1, 1965. He was chairman of the county's school reorganization committee prior to the formation of the county unit system which later became the county administra tive system. He served on the county's rural school board prior to that time, and was first chair man of ti'iv. cunly schooi ooarcl after reovgi ligation. He was elected a.'xia to the boairl in 96u for a five-year term. Martin also served on the lone schcol board prioi n ltorganizatia:;. He ,.s a meirb'T of the legislative committee of the Oregon School Board association. Should the director be remov ed by recall, the school Doard would appoint a new director to fill the vacancy until the time of the annual school election in 19'4 when a director would be elect' 6 to the posiucn. Tach of the recall petitions in addition to listing the four reas ons lor the action, said, "We, the undersigned citizens and le gal voters of Morrow County School District R-l in the County of Morrow, State of Oregon, re spectfully demand that Fred T. Martin, holding the office of di rector, be recalled by the people for the following reasons," and the charges were listed as above. WEATHER During the week of March 14 21, which was not reported last week, maximum high was 69, minimum low was 27, with pre cipitation of .12 inch on Sunday, March 17, Hi Low Prec. 66 34 65 39 .05 60 28 .04 60 38 68 31 58 37 .02 58 38 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Second Article Explains 12 Parts of School Budget By ROBERT VAN HOUTE County School Superintendent How is the school money used? The school district budget is a guide of the school board, esti mating how the money avail able should be spent. There are 12 parts to the operational bud get and these will be examined one by one. Administration The area of administration is shown in the budget in the amount allocated for the school superintendent's office and op eration. During the current year and for next year the amount involved is less than 3 of the budget. The present budget al lows $25,850, the new budget request is $26,650. The salary of the superintendent, the school district clerk, and secretary are in this section as well as legal services, travel expenses of the superintendent and school board members, printing, postage, audit and other expenses of ad ministration. In Oregon, 3.8 of the average school budget is for administration. The 1963-64 bud 1 i. - X r- t , " t 1 ?r t V DOROTHt HASH Riverside High Valedictorian JANICE PARKER Riverside High Salutatorian Riverside Names Two Top Seniors BOARDMAN Dorothy Rash has been named valedictorian of the graduating class of River side High school, and Janice Parker has been named salut atorian. Miss Rash is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash of Boardman, and has a GPA of 3.46. Miss Parker is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Park er of Irrigon, and has a GPA of 3.30. Miss Rash has been active in many school activities. She has been editor of the annual, cheer leader, president of GAA, held office as class secretary and class secretary and class treas urer, and a member of the band. She plans to attend Northwest School of Commerce in Portland after graduation. Miss Parker has been cheer leader, student body secretary, secretary of GAA, assistant newspaper editor, member of the band, majorette, and class sec retary. She plans to attend Ours wald's College, Northwest Court Reporting School at Seattle, Wn. this fall. Hehisch Gets First Class Honor Rating The Heppner High school He hisch has received notice of being awarded a first class honor rating by National Scholastic Press in competition with other papers in its class over the na tion, according to Mrs. Roy Kirk, advisor. The highest rating of "all American" went to only three high school papers in the nation. get allows no increase in the superintendent's salary, and he is not on a salary increment schedule. Instruction The largest budget expendi ture is for instruction. For 1962 63 it accounts for 62.9 of the budget; the proposed budget for 1963-64 allows 63.6 for instruc tion. In Oregon, the average is 71. The instruction item of the budget has been increased from $548,572 to $603,492. Teachers' salares, including three addit ional, account for almost $506, 000. Principals and supervisors receive $41,650 for administra tion. An additional $21,000 for teaching times goes to princi pals who also teach. Six of the seven principals work full time except for four weeks vacation during the summer. Their con tracts are figured on the basis of 11 months pay. Other items included in instruction are teach ing supplies, textbooks, library books, periodicals, substit u t e teachers, secretarial help, and other expenses of instruction. For example, the district purchases Director Affirms Stand for Entire School District Dircetor Fredrick T. Martin of lone, whose recall is asked on petitions submitted to the olfice of Beverly Gunderson, Morrow county school district clerk, Wed nesday night issued the follow ing statement on his behalf': "This is a statement in re gard to the petition to recall me from my position on the Morrow County School Board. "Charge No. 1: 'Failure to re flect the will of the majority of electors in the zone he rep resents.' "In answer, I am convinced personally and believe it the in tent of the school law that school boards shall function in a non partisan, broadly representative, team-spirited manner. Ev r y member of a school board shall represent open-mindedly the en tire school district, and, in con sequence, must let his consider ation for the entire district take precedence over every form of partisanship and special inter est political, racial, religious, geographic, economic, soc i a 1, civic, or other. To do otherwise would violate the oath of office. "As a member of my local Board of Education, representing all the citizens of my school dis trict, I recognize: "1. That my fellow citizens have entrusted me with the edu cational development of the children and youth of this county. "2. That the public expects my first and greatest concern to be in the best interest of each and every one of these young people without distinction as to who they are or what their back ground may be. "3. That the future welfare of this county, of this state, and of the nation depends in the largest measure upon the qual ity of education we provide in the public schools to fit the needs of every learner. "4. That my fellow board members and I must take the initiative in helping all the people of this county to have all the facts all the time about their schools, to the end that they will readily provide the finest possible school program, school staff, and school facilities. "5. That legally the author ity of the Board is derived from the State which ultimately con trols the organization and oper ation of the school district and which determines the degree of discretionary power left with the Board and the people for the exercise of local autonomy. "6. That I must never neglect my personal oblgiation to the people of the county and my legal obligation to the State, nor surrender these responsibilities to any other person, group, or (Continued on page 10) Trapper Gets 28 Coyotes in Month Carl McDaniel, government trapper, reports that he has killed 28 coyotes in Morrow county this month, a time of the year that they are espec ially bad because of lambing and calving season. Noting news reports from Benton county, Washington, about killing of some 100 young calves by coyotes, Mc Daniel says that he feels his efforts are rewarded by the good record here. The trapper said that he wants to keep the use of poison control although some effort is being made in govern ment to eliminate use of pois ons. Constant work in keeping coyotes under control has paid off in protection to farmers' sheep and cattle, McDaniel declared. "It saves them seve r a 1 thousands of dollars in loss each year," he added. about 1800 reams of duplicating or mimeograph paper. New textbooks for 1963-64 will cost about $9,000. The new budget provides for 85 teachers and prin cipals and five secretaries. Three smaller sections of the budget provide for the follow ing: a. Health services, which allows for student insurance and first aid supplies, $4500. b. Stu dent body activities, which help meet some of the expenses of the three high school student bodies and include payment of game officials, some equipment and paper for the school papers, $3800. c. Tuition payments to other districts. At present some students near Ordnance attend school in Hermiston and we pay the tuition, current cost $3600. It is proposed that next year these students attend Irrigon and Riverside, the school district to transport them, $2,000. Transportation Transportation is important in Morrow county schools. A large item in the budget is for Bloodmobile Due 80th Year THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 28, 1963 E v. : I : Ss 4i ft) t ra . o - .i . i -.rS mr lySt n1?mw.. is.. ,,i i iff- h i Vm vT5ft3"- v i , ftU fK t4i n lli fill iU lkwaLj4Xi,,. n n nnniil.il, I i JiwM.nT . n.i .. , JP GEORGE BENT, Portland machinist and press erector, is shown putting finishing touches on the installation of the Miehle newspaper press in the Gazette-Times shop Saturday. With all equip ment in place the press weighs approximately 1 0 tons. As soon as final adjustments are made, the Miehle will print the paper by automatic feed. (See additional photos on page 2) (G-T Photo) Agreement On Waterfront Plan A preliminary plan for the de velopment of waterfront facil ities for the Boardman Space Age Industrial Park in Morrow county has been prepared and submitted to the Corps of En gineers, the Oregon Department of Planning and Development announced today. Preparation of the plan was called for under the understand ing reached at a recent meeting among representatives of the Corps, Governor Mark Hatfield, Senator Wayne Morse and Sam Mallicoat, director of the Depart ment of Planning aniTDimielop ment. The agreement "provides for the state to acquire S miles on the John 'Day darrg pool for industrial use, and the Corpoo acquire 3 miles for public nd recreational use. County Judge Oscar Peterson, In. Portland to attend a meeting of "the Mid-Columbia Planning Council executive committee, tel ephoned Thursday morning to say ttjat the waterfront agree ment Would mean "definite as surance" Mliat the Boeing Com pany would be going ahead with plans at the Boardman Indust rial park. He had conferred with Sam Mallicoat of the State Depart ment of Planning and Develop ment. The eight miles of water front is adjacent to the indust rial park and just east of 3:f Mile canyon. "This should end the long drawn out negotiations, and the industrial development should now become a reality," the judge said. He planned to continue on to Salem this week to appear at hearings at the legislature rel ative to apportionment of racing funds to county fairs and on the Small Watersheds act. The waterfront development plan was prepared for the State by Holly A. Cornell, Seattle, and James Howland, Corvallis, part ners in the regional engineer ing firm of Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merrifield, after con transportation, about 10 of the budget, and $94,795 is in the current budget for this purpose. The state average is 6.4. The new budget is down slightly to $94,000. The regular bus runs total 1,500 miles per day, a total of 270,000 miles during the year. Added trips bring this total to about 300,000 for the year. A total of 629 students are trans ported daily. The district uses about 55,000 gallons of gasoline annually. Some students are brought to the bus lines or to school in private cars; the cost of this, $9,580. Generally, buses are replaced after seven years and two or three are purchased every year. This year $11,500 is allocated for this purpose. This is for one bus and two station wagons. Operation of Plants Operation of school buildings. Another large segment of school money is needed to pay for the operatioa of the school plants. In Morrow county this takes 11 of the budget; statewide aver- (Continued on page 10) N earing sultation with interested parties, The proposal calls for barge docks, tuel storage areas, as sembly facilities, rail and other utilities required for develop ment of the 100,000-acre site as a testing and development cen ter for large rocket engines. Special School Board Meet Set A special meeting of the Mor row county School Board will be Wednesday, April 3, at 8 p.m. in the Heppner Elementary multi purpose room to officially receive the petition of Irrigon residents which ask to remove part of the county school district to Uma tilla School District No. 6, Uma tilla, according to information from the county school office. The board will accept written statements and petitions for in clusion in the record and will allow five minutes oral comment for each written position state ment, it is announced. j wmmu m t . L i, - v ' arm i it. w n ' fa '''' V" l i III l r 1 rii f- C i , : v ' I ; I . . - J u JOHN WAGENBLAST, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wagenblast, shown here with some of the awards he won at the recent banquet of the Heppner chapter. Future Fanners of America, last week won first place in the state on his first year record book at the state FFA convention at The Dalles. (G-T Photo) Wagenblast lakes First at Conclave John Wagenblast, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wagenblast of Heppner, won first place in the state on his first year Future Farmer record book in compe tition at the state FFA conven tion In The Dalles last week. He had previously won first in the district. Five boys of the Heppner FFA chapter attended the convention, together with their advisor, Ger ald Jonasson. Included were Wagenblast, Ken Wright, Chris Here Wednesday Number 4 HEPPNER 10 Cents Conley Lanham Files for Post Conley Lanham of Heppner has filed as a candidate for di rector Of the Morrow county school board from Zone 7 (with in Heppner city limits), Beverly Gunderson, clerk of the district, said Wednesday. The filing was by petition bearing 28 names. Lanham seeks the position that is now held by L. E. (Ed) Dick who has an nounced that he will not seek reelection at the conclusion of his term June 30. The directorship is for a five year term. Lanham Is a member of the Heppner city council and has served for the past year as the exalted ruler of Heppner Elks lodge. Mrs. Gunderson said that sev eral other blank petitions have been issued from the school of fice but no other completed pe titions have been returned. April 5 is the deadline for filing for the office. Eighteen names of registered voters are required to enter a person's candidacy. t; Brown, Harold Gray and Dean Robinson. All but Gray alter nated as delegates to the con vention from the local chapter at the 2-day session. The boyy also served as members of the courtesy committee and In ol.ier capacities. Wagenblast received a banner for the honor he won. One of the highlights of the trip for some of the boys was a tour through The Dalles dam. Need Great; Quota Set At 90 Pints Quota of 90 pints of blood is sought at the blood drawing when the American Red Cross bloodmobile comes to Heppner on Wednesday, April 3, at the Catholic parish hall from 2 to 5:30 p.m., Mrs. Orville (Barbara) Cutsforth, blood program chair man, states. Age limits are 18 to 59 in clusive, and single minors, 18 to 21, must have written consent of a parent or guardian on a form provided by the chapter. Those making donations may do so in the names of those who have had occasion to use blood through the Red Cross pro gram. Among them is Dean Lov gren, who was seriously injured in an auto accident near Hepp ner on December 29 and has used blood during his hospitali zation. Dean expects to undergo a second operation soon in Good Samaritan hospital, Portland. The family would appreciate any blood donations given in his name. Mrs. Cutsforth points out that during the calendar year 1962, 81 pints of blood have been used through the program in noneer Memorial hospital, helping 38 patients. In addition, 13 people of Morrow county used 29 Dints for treatment at places out or the county. Since June. 1958. the Heppner hosnital has used 387 pints of whole blood at the hospital, and Morrow county residents used 96 pints elsewhere. This does not include blood derivauves inai were also used under the pro gram. If whole blood is not used within 21 days, it is processed into one of four derivatives: serum albumin for shock and burns, fibrinogen for certain childbirth hemorrhages and ex tensive surgical procedures, fro zen plasma for heophiliacs, utid gamma gioDunn to ngm measles and hepatitis. Mrs. Cutsforth said that one unit of fibrinogen, for instance, requires eight pints of whole blood. One Heppner woman re cently used two units of fibrin ogen. During the time since June, 1958, a total of 424 pints have been donated here, closely ap proximating the amount used lo cally, except for derivatives. If the program is to be continued, it Is vital to meet the blood quota at the drawings. Canteen service at the April 3 drawing will be furnished by the Maranatha club, lone. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, and eight week3 must have elapsed since his last donation. It is necessary to wait six months after receiving a transfusion or undergoing suiir cry before donating, wait two weeks after vaccination or treat ment with antibiotics and o,e week after taking allergy shois. Tiie donor should wait 24 hours after immunizations or vitam'n Infections and women should wait for one year after preg nancy. '10 make a successful blood drawing we must have protec tive oonors present themsewos at the place of the drawing," Mrs. Cutsforth said. "I know this Is a busy time of the year for most people, but it takes such a little lime to give so much." Appointments may be made by calling Mrs. Cutsforth at 989 8473 but it is not essential to have an appointment to donate. April 13 Date Set For Band Carnival Fun and prizes for all will be featured at the annual Band Carnival Saturday, April 13, at the fair pavilion. The supper will be at 5:30 p.m. with the Heppner Junior high band entertaining during the supper hour. The "Fun-Way" will begin op erations at 6:30 p.m. with such favorites as the dunk-tank, fish ponds, dart throws, gold fish, cork guns, door prizes and the king and queen crowning cere monies. Another popular spot is the Country Store which will dis play many bargains. Band students will sell tickets on the Marlin Lever-Matic .22 rifle with scope and the chaise lounge with pad. The winners need not be present to win. Stu dents participating in the ticket sale contest are vieing for prizes given for selling the most tickets on the gun and lounge. Proceeds from the carnival are used to buy band uniforms and scholarships to send deserving band students to a summer school at Washington State Uni versity. FHA Members Sell New Dessert Book Heppner High school chapter of the Future Homemakcrs of America is now selling the des sert edition of the cookbook, "Favorite Recipes of Home Ec onomics Teachers." Copies of this new edition may be secured by contacting any member of the chapter or by calling Mrs. Elmer Schmidt, ad visor, at 676-9280.
