Page 8 Thurs., April 18, 1963
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GAZETTE-TIMES
H2PPNER. OREGON
Article Explains
School Budget
Special Funds
By ROBERT VAN HOUTE
County School Superintendent
Special School Budget Funds
The previous three articles in
this series dealt with the general
operating budget of the school
district. This last article deals
with special funds in the bud
get which do not influence the
financing of the regular budget.
A. Bond Interest and Redemp
tion Fund. This account provides
for the payment of the princi
pal and interest, according to the
schedule established, of the
bonds of the school district. Dur
ing 1962-63, the amount of pay
ment was in excess of $100,000.
This was divided as follows on
bonds: Heppner (For elementary
building $15,000), Boardman, for
gymnasium, $4,000 and for the
entire school district $44,000. The
interest payments totaled $33,
827. All the taxpayers paid on
the county-wide bond levy but
not on the first two.
For 1963-64, bonds and interest
total $95,550. The Boardman
bonds are retired and only the
Iicppnor elementary and county
wide bond issues remain. Board
man residents will have a sub
stantial reduction, while other
taxpayers will have a very small
drop of one-tenth of a mill. The
Morrow county school bond levy
is estimated at 4.4 mills with
no change In the Heppner school
bond levy.
The county assessor places this
levy on the tax rolls regardless
of any vote on the operating
budget. The bond redemption
fund requirements will grad
ually go down over a period of
several years.
B. The School Lunch Fund.
The operation of the school lunch
program is actually divided in
two parts. The school cooks and
helpers plus some suppliers are
paid from the regular budget
with tax monies, the other part
deals with school lunch money
received from the state and the
money from the sale of meals in
the cafeterias, Nearly 150,000
meals were served during 1961
C2. State funds are about 56500
while lunch receipts are expec
ted to be $38,000. This account
shows that $44,500 will be re
ceived and spent during the year
on school lunches aside from the
regular budget.
C. Construction Fund. This
fund authorizes the spending of
bond money for school building
construction purposes. From the
original $870,000, nearly $480,000
has been expended. Over $135,
000 at Irrigon and the rest at
Heppner. The new budget auth
orizes the expenditure of the re
maining $390,000. Most of this
amount will be spent on tne
Heppner High building, about
$270,000. The balance of $120,000
Is available for the school dis
trict share of the builV.ing to
replace the existing Boardman
facilities. The major portion of
the cost of the new Riverside
building will be paid by the
Corps of Engineers; this is es
timated at 85.
D. The Teacherago and Spec
ial Buildings Fund. The school
district owns several houses in
Irrigon, Boardman and lone, in
addition to a building in Pine
City. These are usually rented
and the income placed in this
special account. Recently, th
houses in Boardman were soil
to the Corps of Engineers and
this money has also been placed
in this teacherago account. From
this fund, the district pays for
taxes and repairs to the build
ings. Funds have been budgeted
to build new teaeherages in the
proximity of the new Riverside
High school. The amount in tins
account at present is $2t).atHi, in
come from rentals is estimated
at $2700 and this, with oilier
minor income, brings the total
to $29,350, potential expenditures
for new housing would use virt
ually all the funds in this account.
Board to Call for Bus Bids;
Hires New Teacher for lone
Bedford's Sister
Dies in Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford re
turned from Portland Wednes
day night after attending the
funeral services in that city for
his sister, Mrs. Ora Beatrice
Hepner, on Wednesday, April 10.
The Bedfords had gone to Port
land on Sunday, April 7, in or
der that he could attend to bank
business there the following day.
Mrs. Hepner had been salmon
fishing, and when the Heppner
folks arrived they found her ly
ing on a couch. They believed
her to be asleep, but she had
died of a heart attack.
Mrs. Ida Beatrice Bedford,
mother of Jack and Mrs. Hepner,
had been visiting here with the
Bedfords, and they were taking
her home. She and her daugh
ter lived together. The discovery
came as a shock to the Bedfords
and particularly to the mother.
Funeral services w ere at
Caldwell's Colonial Mortuary
with burial in Lincoln Memorial
Park.
Mrs. Hepner was a native of
Portland, having been born there
February 18, 1912. She was em
ployed as collection manager Tor
the Portland Medical Clinic for
the past five years. I
Call for bids for a 48-passen
ger school bus was approved by
Morrow County school district
R-l directors at their regular
meeting on April 8. The ses
sion, considerably shorter than
most In recent months, was con
cerned mainly with routine busi
ness. The bus will replace another
In the district's fleet, and the
call fr bids will carry a pro
visional 30-day clause for rejec
tion in case the 1963-64 budget
is not approved at the election
April 22.
The board approved a contract
for Carol I. Miller to teach band
and other subjects at lone, and
it also approved employing of
Clarence Johnson for an addit
ional month's pay during the
summer to do needed library
work in making the shift from
the old high school to the new
building. He will make the
transfer of books 'in the library
arrange inem, and set up the
card index for the books.
A letter from Ray B. Osborn,
coordinator of standardization
services of the State Department
of Education, on the Irrigon
school was reported to the board.
Speaking of the standardiza
tion of the school, Osburn's letter
said, in part, "It is quite ob
vious from the scope of infor
mation and materials furnished
to this office that a vigorous ef
fort has been put forth by the
Board of Directors and school ad
ministration to provide the
school with good facilities and
a well-rounded school program.
Because of this it is likely one
can be assured that the School
Board and school administration
are cognizant of the educational
needs and desires of each com
munity." Osburn quoted Lyle Riggs, ele
mentary supervisor of the State
Department, who said, "The
Msrrow County School Superin
tendent, Mr. Robert Van Houle,
and the A. C. Houghton Ele
mentary School Principal, Mr.
Donald Olmseheid, as well as
the entire district, should be com
plimented upon the fine report
from thus school. Much progress
has been made in Morrow Coun
ty to Improve the schools and
the district school organization.
The addition of an administra
tive assistant, who is doing sup
ervisory work in helping with
special programs is of great val
ue to the District. The building
additions which have been com
pleted at the school should
make a re-evaluation of the
school's rating necessary. The
philosophy of education, the pol
icies concerning athletic activ
ities and the excellent organi
zation of the entire report is
commendable."
Supt. Van Houto reported to
the board on the financial con
dition of the district, and said
that indications are that the
year will close with about the
amount of surplus on hand as
had been expected, some $60,000.
In the new budget most of this
has been budgeted for complet
ion of alternates at the Heppner
Lexington high school.
The matter of signing a con
tract with the Army Corps of
Engineers on the reconstruction
of the Riverside High school,
cause of concern particularly to
Irrigon school patrons, was not
acted upon at the meeting, other
than to defer its consideration
to a later meeting. The proposed
contract provides for work of
construction to be started about
September 1, 1966, with the
Corps paying about 85 of the
building cost. The new structure
would contain some 15 more
floor space than would be pro
vided at goverrlment expense.
High school administrato r s
gave reports on student body
finances, and in all schools ie
ports were "in the black,' quite
different from last year at this
time. Good athletic years and
crowd attendance at ball games
helped make the healthy fin
ancial condition.
The board also decided to
charge $10 per month for renting
trailer space on school property
to staff members but limited the
action to one trailer at each
place in order to avoid legal
complications.
Three One Act
Plays Billed
For May Staging
An evening of one act plays
will be presented in the Heppner
High school gymnasium on In-
day night, May 3, at 8 p.m., un
der the direction of Mrs. Janet
Groves, speech and drama in
structor. The three plays are
varied in type of plot, from
farce-comedy to the highly dra
matic and suspense-type, all
promising good entertainment.
One play, "Roughly Speaking,"
is being put on by the student
body to substitute for the annual
three act play held in the spring.
Due to a busy spring schedule,
the three act play was cancelled
for the year and a one act play
substituted.
"Roughly Speaking' Is a farce
comedy about a family who
finds all its members wanting
to use an old shack behind the
houne at the same time not
only the family members want
it, but the hired man, the butter
and egg woman and a would-be
writer also want it. Cast of char
acters include: Richard Clark as
Mr. Fenton; Shirley Erwin, Mrs.
Fenton; Kathy Ray, Sherry Fen
ton; David Clark, Andy Fenton;
Laura Sumner, Fay Fenton; Bill
Sherman, James Fenton; Shirley
Carlson, Margie; Rodney Ayers,
Elmer Gorsuch; Mike Smith,
Larrabie Chatfield; and Spencer
Sampson, Uncle Fred Fenton.
The plays, "Mr. Vincent" and
"High Window" will be present
ed by the students in the speech
drama department. "Mr. Vincent"
tells the story of a girl who pre
fers painting to parties, and Van
Gogh, or bums who look like
him, to the local swoon kings.
She keeps her family in a tur
moil until the right "bum"
comes along. The cast includes
Pam Cochell as Penelope Gra
ham; Mary Johnson as Caroline
Graham; Don Majeske as Henry
Graham; Ginny Moore as Susan
Graham; Nancy Cleveland as
Cynthia Dalyrimple; Lee Pad
berg as "Mr. Vincent" and Doug
Dubuque as Ted Mathews, the
swoon king.
The third play, a suspense,
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Michael Benge
At Vietnam Post
Michael Benge, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Terrel Benge of lone, is
now at Ban-Me-Thuot, Vietnam,
where he is serving with Inter
national Voluntary Services. He
teaches at a technical college
there and goes to villages to
teach such subjects as agricul
ture, welding, English and an
imal husbandry.
A graduate of Oregon State
university in 19C2, Benge also
served in the Marines for two
years, having been stationed in
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He went to Vietnam in Decem
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Vector Control
Officers Chosen
BOARDMAN Officers of the
newly formed vector control dis
trict were elected by the board
of directors recently. Vernon Rus
sell is president, Arthur Allen,
secretary and Zearl Gillespie,
treasurer.
At the meeting the board drew
up its budget for the coming
year, the first year of its operation.
will be "High Window" which
centers around an invalid wo
man in a wheel chair whose
husband has mysteriously fallen
from a high window. The cast
include Marcia Rands as Emily
Winthrop; Aaron Smith as
Stephen Craig; Kitty O'Harra as
Judith Ware; Larry Muessig as
Walter Hodge, and Anita Groves
as Linda Norton.
All three plays will be judged
and the best play will be given
an award. A girl judged the best
actress and a boy judged the
best actor will also receive
awards.
Co-op Directors
Take D. C. Trip
Several directors of Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op, together
with Manager Harley Young and
Bob Welty, The Dalies, engineer
for the co-op, were in Washing
ton, D. C, from Tuesday through
Friday of last week on business
for the cooperative.
Directors making the trip were
Walter Jaeger, president, of Con
don; Dick Krebs, vice president,
Cecil; Dick Wilkinson, Heppner;
and Ken Smouse of lone.
They had a breakfast meet
ing with Cong. Al Ullman and
assistants of Senators Wayne
Morse and Maurine Neuberger,
discussing the Northwest-Southwest
intertie. Columbia Basin is
one of 27 cooperatives in the
northwest which form an organi
zation that has submitted a pro
posal to Bonneville Power Ad
ministration to construct the in
tertie line.
They also zpent some time in
the offices of the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration, working
on future financing for the co
operative. They are concerned
with expansion of services in the
future to provide power for the
Boeing Company, extending ser
vice to mountain cabins, recrea
tion areas, and other desiring
service who are not now reached.
This week the cooperative is
asking any who would like elec
tric service to contact the office
here. An advertisement may be
found elsewhere in this paper.
The men spent most of Friday
sightseeing in the nation's cap
ital but found people generally
unfriendly as contrasted with
those of the west. They made
the trip by airplane, and on the
return trip, Manager Young left
the group for a side trip from
Kansas City, Mo., to visit his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Young, at Marysville, Mo., stay
ing with them a day and a night
before coming home.
HOSPITAL
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital for medical
care during the past week are
the following: William Cunning
ham, Heppner; Irene Padberg,
Heppner; Gladys Aide r m a n,
Heppner; Colleen Greenup, Hepp
ner. Those dismissed during the
same period were: Frank An
derson, Heppner; Edna Struthers,
Heppner, and Dallas Dalzell,
Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dougherty,
Heppner, became the parents of
an 8 lb., 6 oz. son on Easter
Sunday, April 14. He has been
named Clifford Joel.
A son, James Lee, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Damon Hogan,
Condon, on Easter Sunday, April
14. The young man weighed 9
lbs., 12 oz.
Death in Portland
Takes Fred Booker
Fred Booker, 73, died Wednes
day, April 3, at the Veteran's
hospital in Portland after an ex
tended illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, April 9, at the A. J.
Rose and Son Funeral Home,
Poitland, with interment at Wil
lamette National cemetery, Port
land. Mr. Booker and his wife, Iva,
have made their home in Hepp
ner for the past 20 years. He had
been employed by the county,
and had been a patient in the
Veterans' hospital for the past
year.
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