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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1963)
L 1 BRAR U OF 0 EUGEt'E . 0? z- c 80th Year . m n m iTirrw GAZ Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 4, 1963 Plea Made for Red Cross Donations City Orders Park Meters; Due May 1 One hundred new parking meters are due to arrive in Hepp ner for installation about May 1, 75 coming from the Park-O-Meter Co. and 25 from Traffic Appliance Corp. The city council approved the additional 25 at its meeting Mon day night after ordering the 75 previously to replace worn out and broken meters now on the streets. The new envelope system, which will permit parking vio lators to pay 25c and deposit envelopes in collection boxes in lieu of payment of fines or $1 oi more, will be placed in oper it on soon. Envelopes have been printed, and the collection boxes have been received and a.e ready ;cr installation. At the meeting Monday night the city budget for 1963-64 was diici ifed briefly. The cuncil committee will prepare the bud get at meetings in May, anl .hs citizens' com.uittee will joir. Willi the council at a later meeting for consideration and approval of the budget. Citizen members of the com mittee are Alvira Irby, Glen Ward, Clint McQuarrie, Gene Pierce, Pirl Howell and Jim My ers. The council approved a re quest of Bud Peck and Bud Marshall to grade Linden Drive in front of their homes. New city well is being drilled on the Florence property up Wil low Creek, and the council is seeking to satisfy the State San itary Authority which has asked for plans and specifications on the well for its approval. The matter was turned over to Clark and Grofft, engineers for the city, to discuss with the state group. Council authorized purchase of a lawnmower for use at tha upper well. Building permits of Tom Hughes, Bill Alsup and the Gazette-Times for small pro jects were approved. Reisch Reports On School Buses, Testing Program Operation of activity buses on three runs in Morrow county for lone and Heppner schools cost $284.69 for the school year to date, Darrel Reisch, director of special services of the school dis trict, reported at the board meeting Monday, March 11. In his detailed report on all bus operations, Reisch said that gasoline cost for the activity buses totaled $79.19. The run from lone to the Townsend place made 61 trips, from Heppner to Lexington 28 trips, and from Heppner to Pine City 18 trips. Of the total cost, $205.50 went to salaries. Total mileage was 2,868. The Aero activity bus, which takes students on trips for ath letic contests and other activities often outside the county, has traveled 5,701 miles this year on 34 different trips. Total cost for diesel fuel and salaries was $540.35, he said. Since the bus uses diesel, the fuel cost is con siderably lower than if it used gasoline, he reported. The total diesel consumption came to $111.35 and salaries of drivers were $430.00. Reisch said that he has kept complete records on buses to date and will be able to give a complete breakdown at the end of the year on costs, mileage ob tained by each bus, and which ones are giving the best service to the county system. For the vear 1961-62, total transportation expenditure was $88,521.80 in transporting 629 students, a per pupil cost of $124. The special services director reported on the testing program, which he administers in all parts of the county. Achievement tests have been given to the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades in Hepp ner. lone and Riverside High school, among them the Iowa Tests of Educational Develop ment, California Test of Mental Maturity, General Aptitude Test Battery, and Kuder Preference Inventory. One result of the testing pro gram so far has been to show that students in the county ap pear to be weakest in reading, Reisch said. Other conclusions may be drawn as the work progresses. tt rm rrr I HP Id " , & f hi i - - 7 r TASS MORRISON lone and Heppner Bands Slate Combined Concerts Combined bands of lone and Heppner High schools will be heard in public concert tonight (Thursday) and Friday nights, under the direction of their band instructor, Arnold Melby. The mass band of 80 instru ments will play in lone tonight at 8 p.m. in the high school aud itorium, after a combined practice there during the afternoon. There will be no admission charged. On Friday night the same pro gram will be presented in the Heppner High school gym. Band numbers include a variety of traditional march numbers, folk numbers, semi-popular and nov elty numbers. Cancer Crusade Follows Easter Rev. Kenneth Robinson, county chairman, announces that the 1963 Morrow County Cancer Crusade will begin the week af ter Easter and will continue un til the end of the month. A meeting of all team captains and crusaders, who are the vol unteer workers, will be at Hope Lutheran church on Monday, Ap ril 15. Purpose of the meeting will be to give instruction and distribute literature. A film, both entertaining and instructional, will highlight the meeting. Among the team captains are: Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, Mrs. Gar ence Johnson, Mrs. Matt Hughes and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy Jr., all of Heppner; Marilyn Berg strom, Rt. 1, Heppner; Mrs. Betly Brown, Rt. 2, Heppner; Mrs. Pete Klinger, Lexington; Mis. Gene Cutsforth, rural Lexington; Mis. Herbert Ekstrom Jr., lone; and Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, rural lone. The captains have been in charge of recruiting crusaders who make home contacts. "Concern of the 1963 crusade is primarily education," Rev. Robinson said. "Families will be given literature and be made aware of the seven danger sig nals. It is the hope that all fam ilies will give generously to the work of conquering this killer disease." Band Carnival Date Moved to April 20 Because the previously an nounced date for the Heppner Band Carnival, April 13, falls on Easter week-end, the date has been changed to April 20, Bud Peck, president of the Band Par ents' club, announces. Festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the supper at the Sat urday event and will continue with fun on the "Gay-way" at the fair pavilian. The old fav orite "dunk-tank" will be open as well as the fish ponds, dart throws, spinning wheels, cork guns, and many others for the youngsters and oldsters, too. An other popular spot is the "Coun try Store" with many bargains offered. Anyone having litems to donate for the "Store" is asked to call the Paul Browns or Howard Clevelands. Band students are now selling tickets on the Marlin Lever matic 22 rifle with scope and the chaise lounge. Persons hold ing the winning tickets need not be oresent to win. The prizes are being displayed in the Wil son's Men's store window. Proceeds from the carnival are used to buy new band uniforms and send deserving students to a 4-week summer school at Washington State University. H TTTMTk ii M.m. , V . jA - Yf - LAURA LEE SUMNER Soloists for the two nights will be Laura Lee Sumner, Heppner, playing a tenor saxaphone solo, "Premier Solo de Concours,' and Tass Morrison, lone, playing a snare drum solo, "Drumnastics." Both girls are outstanding lead ers in their respective bands and have been active in band work for several years. Accompanists will be Marti Dixon and Cheryl Lundell. On April 11 the grade school honor band, made up of seventh and eighth grade students, will present a concert at 7 p.m. be fore patients and administration of the Pendleton State Hospital. Two special numbers will be a saxaphone solo by Martha Peck and a trumpet quartet composed of Ricky Johnston, John Dubuque, Dennis Carlson and Ricky Gim- bel. Solo accompanist is Maitl Dixon. Bands will also play for the annual Band Carnival, Saturday evening, April 20. Rev. Ken Robinson Cancer Chairman Appointment of Rev. Kenneth Robinson of Heppner, as Morrow county chairman for the April crusade of the American Can cer Society's Oregon division has been announced by Dr. Orval Eaton, Medford optometrist and state crusade leader. In acceplin;; the appointment. Rev. Robinson said the "fight to control cancer, the nation's No. 2 killor, cLserves the all-out support of every person, and I ?.m most happy to accept the responsibility for Morrow coun ty's participation in the crusade." Rev. Robinson reported the crusade will reach its climax in April when volunteers stage a door-to-door campaign for sup port of the American Cancer Society's programs in education, research and service, At the end cf the last fiscal year, Rev. Robinson pointed out, cancer crusade funds totaling $195,250 were being expended for research at Oregon institut ions. Oi riiis tola!, $141,000 came rrom the rt.ili Ji;al society and $54,250 from tht society's Dra gon division. Tl'.e crusade has two obiec tives, the Moirow county chair man explained: (1) to raise funds to support society pro grams, and (2) to bring the pub lic life-saving messages about cancer. Volunteers will cuttnb iue euucalionai literature wii'le seeking funds. "This is a good time," Rev. Robinson said, "for every person 10 make certain that they and members oi tlioir families know cancer's seven danger signals." Phyllis Nelson Named Delegate Phyllis Nelson, Heppner High school junior, has been selected as one of two chapter members from the state at large to ac company the state officers of the Future Homemakers of America to the national meeting at Kan sas City, Mo., in July. Ten girls will form the Ore gon delegation. Eight are state and district officers. The two chapter members were selected after these officers were chosen. Phyllis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Nelson, Lexington, is secretary-elect of the Heppner chapter and was a delegate to the recent state meeting in Cor vallis in March. Number 5 HEPPNER 10 Cents Public Asked To Mail Funds; Quota $1200 In lieu of an organized fund campaign, the Morrow County chapter, American Red Cross, is appealing to the public to send in donations by mail to the chap ter office, Box 773, Heppner, in the hope of reaching its quota of $1200. The chapter has been unable to find someone willing to take the chairmanship of the cam paign, and it is hoped that the appeal through the press may find a willing response to do me job. Checks should be made to the Morrow County Chapter, Red Cross. Membership cards will be mailed back to the contributors, the Rev. Melvin Dixon of the chapter said. He pointed out that the worth while activities of the Red Cross here, including the blood pro gram, water safety, swimming instruction, aid to servicemen and their dependents and other activities are in jeopardy unless the chapter reaches its goal. Contributions are welcome in any amount, it was pointed out, but everyone is urged to share in this cause. "We are using this method tu appeal to your generosity," the Rev. Dixon said. Sources of School Funds Explained By Superintendent (Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles to explain the Morrow county school budget, written by the county school superintendent). By ROBERT VAN HOUTE County School Superintendent Sources of School District Funds Where does the school district get its money for operating the school system? In Morrow County, 81 comes from local property taxes. Some what over 16 from state basic school funds, about 1 a from Federal sources and the re maining from various sources. In Oregon averages, many districts get a better div ision of funds with 35 from the state, 63 from local prop erty taxes and the rest varied. The school board and admin istration are working with the members of the Legislature In an attempt to get a greater share of school funds from the state. Local property taxes would provide about $750,000 for school funds in the 1963-64 budget. This Includes delinquent taxes also. The county, from its revenues, would provide $15,000, the stale about $165,000. Federal funds amount to $14,000. Children of Ordnance and McNary workers, and Boardman children living on federally owned property ac count for this source of revenue. Minor Sources of Funds The school district operates the lone swimming pool and receives around $1,000 a year in receipts from swimmers. However, the ex penses of the pool are around $2,000 a year. From Federal for est sales the school district ob tains about $4,000 annually. In December after taxes have been paid, the district deposits its funds in savings accounts and draws interest as long as a bal-1 ance remains. Interest is expec ted to bring in about $2500 dur ing the next year. Sale of minor items, insurance adjustments, tuition from other districts amounts to $1200-$150t annually. In some years, funds budgeted for some items are not fully ex pended and these accumulate and show as a cash balance for the following year. For 1963 tl this balance is $60,000, mostly from delinquent taxes, unexpend ed emergency funds and money reserved for school sites. In most years, this amount is nearer 12 to 15 thousand dollars. The local school property tax is mostly in excess of the 6 limitation. The proposed tax is $750,452, increased by 3 for rebates and makes the total levy $772,966, which is broken down as follows within the 6 limit $218,556, and in excess of the 6 limit $554,410. Rea Joins Bank Gerald Rea, formerly manager of Tri-County Equipment Com pany, has resigned and has taken a position with the Bank of East ern Oregon. Gene Pierce, presi dent of the bank, said that Roa is taking training and will b a teller at the lone bank with some of his time to be devoted to the Heppner branch. School Budget Gets Scrutiny at Hearing Morrow county's school bud get was given the scrutiny of more than two hours of questions and discussion at the public hearing on the budget Monday night in the courthouse. Most parts of the budget were covered in the questions and remonstrances, ranging from rel atively small items such as washers and dryers for the new Heppner-Lexington High school to major items such as teacher salaries, but the end of the hear ing found no . changes made. There were no additions to the BILL AKERS r - .. . -j auim (7 V i 1 iUA 1 lone High Names Seniors For Honors at Graduation Mary Louise Pointer has been selected valedictorian of the graduation class of lone High school, and Bill Akers has been named salutatorian. Miss Pointer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Pointer of Lexington and has maintained a grade point average of 3.50 during the past seven semesters of high school. Mr. Akers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Berl E. Akers of lone, and has a grade point average of 3.20. Miss Pointer entered lone Hign school last September from St. Joseph Academy in Pendleton. During her high school career she has participated in nnuiy school activities. Included n ttiese are vice president of soph c;nore class, nasurer of oludeir. hody during Junior year, tfiry-treasurer of senior class this year, student council rep resentative for the Girls' League and is a member of the National Honor Society. Louise Is inter e:;ted in attending college and majoring in eiementary .jituca t on. She oiuns to attend Uni versity of Portland following graduation. Bill Akers has taken an active part in the lettermens club. He was selected to represent lone High school at Boys' State last year, has served on the Ionian staff and has participated in band activities. He was second Gun Safety Film On PTA Program . "Huntini? Safetv." a new sound, color film produced coop eratively by Oregon, Washington, and Idano will De snown at me Hcntnr PTA meeting Wednes day evening, April 10, by Glen Ward of the State Game Com mission. Students are invited to view the film. The 22-minute film presents a simple theme with a positive anoroach to safe gun handling during hunting trips afield. The film has been reviewed by tlu National Rifle Association who first designed and made avail able the safety training course used as a basis for the course taught in the three states that produced the film. Officers for the coming year will' be elected during the busi ness meeting, which begins Ht 8:00 p.m. Winners of the Science Fair this week-end will be presented, and time will be allowed for discussion of the county school budget. Rosco Cox Found Dead in Trailer Body of L. Rosco Cox, 77, who was employed by Orville Cuts forth as a caretaker at Cuts forth park, was found by Cuts forth In Cox' trailer house at the park Tuesday. Death apparently was self-inflicted from a .38 cal iber pistol which was found by the body. He had been dead for two or three days before being found, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said. A son of the deceased was not ified in the east and he was ex pected to arrive soon to make funeral arrangements. The body was taken to Creswick mortuary. Cox is a distant relative of W. C. (Claude) Cox of Heppner. Their grandfathers were brothers. budget and no deletions. Budget election will be April 22 at the district's polling places and legal notice of the election may be found on page 7 of this section of the paper. Andy Van Schoiack opened the questioning when he asked why $25,000 had been budgeted for completion of the music room at the new high school when he felt it should be possible to build an additional classroom for less than that. He also pointed out the absence of a shop which he said is very important to voca- ' LOUISE POINTER place winner of the boys divls Ion of the Heppner hiks ciud "Most Valuable btudent Award contest. Bill has participated in football, basketball, and base ball during his high school car eer. Following graduation, ho plans to attend college, selecting business education as his major field. Two From Heppner To Talk for Dam; Trip Aid Needed Plans are underway to send County Judge Oscar Peterson and Oliver Creswick, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce develop ment committee, to the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Wash ington, D. C. in June to appear on behalf of the Willow Creek project. Advice of the Army Corps of Engineers is that it is vital to have representatives at the Con gress to present local interest in the project. It is expected that much of the expense of the judges trip will be borne by the county, and the Chamber of Commerce directors have voted to sponsor the trip for Creswick. However, the or ganization docs not have the funds to carry the full expense r.eded, approximately $100, and businessmen, ranchers and oth eis interested in the projec: are asked to contribute to the pur pose in any amount. The contributions may be sent tn Ben I t:easurei, or Wes Sherman, secretary, Chamber of Commerce. Because the dam is expected to benefit everyone in the area, each may be willing to help in sending the men east so that a first hand account of the need and benefits of the dam may be given. In order to make a formal appearance at the hearing appli cations must be submitted 60 days in advance. This has been done for Judge Peterson and Creswick by the Inland Empire Waterways association. At the present time they are preparing maps and testimony to offer at the hearing. The project has had a good re ception to this point following hearing here early this year be fore the Army Engineers with a heavy preponderance of tes timony favoring the dam. Science Exhibits Shown Friday Science projects of Heppner Grade and High school students will be on exhibit at the School Science Fair on Thursday and Friday, April 4 and 5, in the multi-purpose room. The school will be open to the public Friday evening between the hours of 7 and 10:00 p.m. The fair is held each year in connection with the Oregon Mu seum of Science and Industry, and the local event is a prelim inary to the regional fair held soon in Pendleton. Exhibits are judged and certificates awarded the best ones. High school science teachers overseeing the fair are Don Mc Clure, John R. Cummings and Margaret McCarter. tional training. Van Schoiack al so expressed dissatisfaction with the amount of money being spent for the gym. He suggested a different system of retirement of buses, and said that six of the 19 school buses have more than 70,000 miles on them. "I feel there are quite a few ways you can cut down on the budget and not hurt the schools," he said. Board members described the plan of completion of various parts of the new school build ing that had been left out as alternates because of lack of suf ficient funds under the construc tion contract. They said that some shop facilities may be pro vided under the gymnasium but welders and combustion engines cannot be placed there because of fire restrictions. Van Schoiack said he felt that $1300 for lights at the multi- Dumose room platform was ex cessive and criticized $7900 for folding bleachers in the gym. He was advised that the bleachers will be the only seating in the gymnasium. Budeet Committeeman Frank Anderson told Van Schoiack that school building costs were con siderably higher than for pri vate construction because of safety regulations imposed oi. schools and the durable type of construction that is needed be cause of heavy traffic and use. Director L. E. Dick explained the position of the board in pro posing completion of some of the alternates because they felt there was no use building a school and leaving it unfinished. Director Fred Martin, in repiy to criticisms for not building th? shop building now, said that he heartily agreed on tne need lor a shop and added, "We have a long way to go on vacatlonal education. FFA is only a part of it. We should take a long look at vocational education and consider correlating our program with the community college." Martin said that some areas of vocational education are being totally neglected at the secon dary level, one being that of electronics which is so import ant in the world today. William Parker of Irrlgon said that he objected to spending so much money on gymnasiums at the expense of "more needed things." It was pointed out to him that physical education is a required part of the high school program and that all stu dents in school use the gym in stead of just athletic teams. Board chairman Dick Wilkin son, in answer to Van Scholack's query on the buses, said that the board had found that just be cause a bus is a certain age does not necessarily mean that it needs to be retired because some give better service than others. "We are attempting to set standards on an individual basis," he said. Under this plan records are kept on each vehicle to determine its serviceability. Bob Rietmann of lone, member of the advisory committee there, said he had studied the budget carefully and felt that there was a "little more money lor every thing in the budget than is ab solutely necessary." "It could be cut 2 to 47o with out curtailing any activities," he said. Rietmann felt that the board has a tendancv to over- budget and pointed to surplus funds that have accumulated in the current budget. He added with credit to the board, how ever, that the directors had not spent the excess funds. Director Dick pointed out mat most of the surplus came from under-estimating cash receipts and not from over-estimating ex penditures. Considerable discussion loc- used on the FFA program be cause of the exclusion of the shop building at this time. Mrs. Bill Heath asked a number of questions on the FFA program. Teacher salaries brought com ments pro and con, some expres sing the idea that the trend was too high in view ot the tact that many taxpayers' Incomes do not climb in proportion. Another (Continued on page 8) Van Schoiack Files for Board Petitions seeking election of Andy Van Schoiack as a direc tor of Morrow County School dis trlct R l were received by Bev erly Gunderson, district clerk, Monday. Twenty-three namei were on the petitions. Van Schoiack will oppose Con ley Lanham as a candidate for the zone within the Heppner city limits, each seeking the spot that will be vacated by L. E. (Ed) Dick at the conclusion of his term June 30. He has an nounced that he will not seek reelection. Van Schoiack is a member of the Heppner advisory board and formerly served as a local school district director. WEATHER Hi ' Low Piec. Thursday 61 39 Friday 63 35 Saturday 57 26 Sunday 50 25 .04 Monday 45 22 .12 Tuesday 56 34 Wednesday 56 43 .11 About Va" snow fell Monday afternoon, April 1.
