Three Counties Join
In Welfare Service Plan
Three counties, Gilliam,
Wheeler and Morrow, will com
bine welfare services under one
administrative unit next month,
County Judge Oscar Peterson an
nounces. The action followed formal
approval by the Gilliam and
Wheeler county public welfare
commissions and the Morrow
county commission in a joint
discussion last Thursday. Par
ticipating in the discussion were
Eugene Pugh of the State Public
Welfare Co m m 1 s s i o n, Dale
O'Hara, administrator of the
Gilliam-Wheeler county offices,
and Lowell Chally, administra
tor for Morrow county.
Combining the services of the
three counties is a new concept
in welfare services, Chally said.
Primary benefit anticipated from
such a consolidation is economy
in administration.
Chally was appointed admin
istrator for the tri-county area,
and his salary was increased
Sr0 per month above that as
Morrow county administrator.
Savings by the combining of
the services will mean about
$3500 per year in the three
counties of which some $1300
to $1800 saving will be made to
Morrow county.
Tiie only increase in staff an
ticipated will be a half-time sec
retarial position. Services will be
available out of offices to be
maintained at ileppner, Condon
and Fossil.
Secretaries presently serving
with the commissions are Betty
McDonald of Ileppner and Janet
Phillips of Condon.
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ority of each county commission
is in no way lessened, ana an
actions taken during each month
in public assistance matters
must still meet with their ap
proval as before.
Hermiston Check
Given to Support
Dam Project Trip
A check for $.T was presented
to the Ileppner -.Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce at its
Monday luncheon meding by
Joe Bums, president of the
Hermiston Chamber of Com
merce, to be added to a fund
to send a delegate to Washing
ton, D. C, in early June in the
interests of the Willow Creek
dam protect.
"We supported the dam at the
hearing earlier this year," Burns
said, "and we are willing to go
farther." He added that he wish
ed the Hermiston group was In
a position to give more because
their feeling is that the project
will be of definile benefit to
the entire area.
Oliver Creswiek, chairman of
the development commit tit1 of
the Heppner-Morrow Chamber
and a stalwart promoter of the
dam, has been chosen to rep
resent the group at the forth
coming Rivers and Harbors Con
gress that begins June 3. He has
received a schedule from Herb
West Jr. of the Inland Empire
Waterways association for the
Congress! listing appointments
at the White House, at a House
appropriations hearing, Senate
appropriations hearing, Bureau
of the Budget, Interstate Com
merce Commission, Fe d e r a 1
Power Commission, Department
of the Army, Department of In
terior, U. S. Corps of Engineers,
and Department of Commerce.
County Judge Oscar Peterson
will represent the county at the
Congress and Mayor Al Lamb
may possibly attend in the in
terests of the City of Ileppner.
The fund being solicited to
send Creswiek is lagging and
any sufficiently interested in
promoting the project are asked
to forward contributions to Bert
Huff, treasurer of the Chamber
of Commerce, or Wes Sherman,
secretary.
Mothers Are Guests
Of 4 H Cooking Club
Kettles and Spoons 4-H club
entertained their mothers and
some other guests at a coffee
hour April 27. We held it around
the fireplace tit the home of our
leader, Mrs. Robert Abrams.
We served apple crisp which
she had made that morning, and
coffee. Our mothers had an op
portunity to become better ac
quainted and to learn more
about our club.
Present were a special guest,
Miss Margaret MeCarter. our
track teacher from school,
Teresa Wright, and members
Mareia Lovgren and mother,
Mrs. Marshall Lovgren; Kathy
Matthews and mother, Mrs. Ver
lin Matthews; Susan Starks and
mother, Mrs. Charles Starks;
Susan Chally and mother, Mrs.
Lowell Chally; Linda Cooper and
mother, Mrs. Estel Field; Susan
Melbv and mother, Mrs. Arnold
Melbv: Frances Abrams and
Mrs. Abrams, and Debbie Young,
whose mother was not present,
On Mav 1 we planned to en
tertain the Golden Stitches club
but Mary Pierce was the only
member of our guest club who
was able to come. We played a
sewing game and a cooking
game.
Susan Melby, reporter
Mr. and Mr. Miles Doris and
family, Sacramento, Calif., vis
ited her sister and family. Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Jonasson. They
were here the week of April 22.
Each county presently has pro
grams covering old age assis
tance, aid to dependent child
ren, aid to the disabled, aid to
the blind, general assistance,
foster care and child welfare ser
vices. In addition all three counties
participate in the surplus food
program.
10 Cuts Slated
On R- Budget;
Another Meet Set
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right at the state standard with
some as low as 21 (in first
grade) and some classes of 80 or
more.
Some in the audience sugges
ted that a savings might be
made by combining the eighth
grade! home economies program
with t')at of the high school.
Brown pointed out that under
the bus shut! If service required
to do this. 2IJ minutes of a 52
minute class period is lost,
making a "farce" of the pro
gram. The trip between schools
requires 12 minutes each way,
he said.
Fred Nelson asked why con
tracts must be let to teachers
before the budget election, and
he was told by Director L. K.
Dick that the date for offering
contracts to teachers is fixed by
iaw. i;n.seoii earner ii.ul pro-
Driseoll
))(;,s(.,i that the school budget be
inrst submit ed n the ta or
early winier so that if it is not
approved there would be more
time to revamp it to the public's
satisfaction.
Director Harvey Warner of
Irrigon suggested that a serial
levy be proposed for completion
of the Ileppner high school, de
leting it from the budget, and
including enough to build a
shop for the new school, together
with other possible needs in the
district.
" I feel the people should be
consulted more on thuse things,"
Warner said.
Director D. O. Nelson said that
to have the contractor come back
to do work left unfinished while
the building was in construction
would "cost double."
Mrs. J. L. Barak said that (lie
people had no confidence left
in the school proposuls and cited
the matter of establishing the
special services director position
as one breach of faith with the
public.
Terry Thompson pointed out
what lie considered to be some
small discrepancies in costs for
various items in the budget that
he felt should be explained,
among them six primary chairs
for lone at $!)0 as against 12
primary chairs at Irrigon for
$100, and a set of encyclopedias
at Ileppner for $250 as compared
with a set for Irrigon at $230.
Superintendent Robert Van
Houte said that the encyclo
pedias were for different levels
of attainment and therefore of
different cost. Some of the
it;ms asked for by the admin
istrators are not set exactly be
cause of varying costs, but are
"rounded off," he said.
Others had matters to bring
up in the 2'a-hour session with
an occasional heated exchange
but Chairman Anderson kept the
session well under control. At
the midway point, the meeting
took a recess while many en
joyed a coffee break at the urn
provided in the room.
Freedom Savings
Bond Sale Opens;
Quota is $34,000
The second annual Freedom
Savings Bonds Drive Is under
way all over the nation, accord
ing to Thomas S. Prideaux,
Chairman of the Oregon Savings
Bonds Committee.
"With the Nation deeply con
cerned over dangerous prob
lems in many parts of the globe,
and with most Americans much
more aware than they have
been in years of the importance
to them personally of our her
itage of freedom, it is hoped that
every family in the State with
a regular income will buy at
least one Savings Bond during
the drle period endng July
Fourth," Prideaux said.
A state wide feature of the
opening of this year's Freedom
Bond Drive will lie a radio and
television production of a spec
ial concert by the Eugene Glee
men, perhaps the best-known
male vocal group In Oregon. The
concert is composed of songs
known and loved by most Amer
ican adults and will be con
cluded bv the singing of two
old favorites, "The Land of the
Empire Builders" and "The Ore
gon Trail."
County Chairman J. 11. Bed
ford announces that while no
county quotas are being assign
ed for the Freedom Drive per
iod, all major cities and towns
in the State have been asked
to assume dollar goals equal to
their last years' sales In May
and June plus a small increase.
Quota assigned for this city is
$3-1 .(XX).
The concert by the Eugene
Gleemch has been entitled "The
Sounds of Freedom," and it is
hoped that the Freedom Bond
Drive can be climaxed in all
major towns and cities in the
state by the announcement or
quotas reached.
QUEEN
Large Crowd Watches
Crowning of Queen
A large attendance was pres
ent at the Masonic hall Satur
day evening for the crowning
ceremonies of Joan Marie Healy,
8-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Healy, who will
reign as queen for the Shrine
East-West football game in Pen
dleton August 24.
Joan was presented by Ruth
Assembly, Order of Rainbow for
Girls, including Dianne Schaf
fitz, associate worthy advisor;
Debra Young, Judy Jones, Mary
Pierce, Janis Baker and Jan Ha
ger. Janis and Judy sang their
own arrangement of "Around
the World," accompanied by
Mrs. Virginia Turner at the
piano.
Escorting the little queen
elect was Tom Tuttle and Chris
Lasson of tiie Pendleton chapter,
DoMolay. She was crowned
Queen Joan I by Harry Myers
of Condon.
Father Raymond Beard gave
the opening prayer at the coro
nation, and Dr. C. M. Wagner,
president, extended greetings
from the Heppner-Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce. Bill
Isom of Pendleton gave a brief
history of Shrine hospitals, and
a large picture of Queen .loan
was presented to her parents by
Jack Saul of Pendleton.
John Porter, Ileppner High
school senior who will play with
tiie East team, was introduced,
along with Dennis Herbison,
Condon, and John Partlow, al-
Taxpayers May
Appeal to Boards
Oregon property taxpayers
have until May 20 to appeal this
year's assessments to their
County Boards of Equalization.
Each county board will con
vene on Monday, May 13, for its
annual review of assessments
and, under Oregon law, a prop
erty owner may appear in per
son or be represented by an at
torney before the Board when it
considers petitions for reduction
of assessments. Tiie Morrow
county board will convene Mon
day, May 13, at the courthouse.
On the board are Raymond
French, Henry Baker and Judge
Oscar Peterson.
Taxpayers cannot wait until
receiving their tax statements
in the fall to appeal their assess
ments. If they do not know the
assessed value of their property
at this time, they can learn it
i at the county assessor's office.
By multiplying the assessed
value by four (except in Mut
nomah county), they can de
termine the true cash (market)
value. Multnomah county will
use a 33-1 3 ratio this year
and property owners there can
determine the market value by
multiplying assessed value by
three.
If a taxpayer f.cls the asses
sor's market value is out of line
with comparable properties in
the district, he may appeal by
petition to the County Board of
Equalization. Forms for tlvs
purpose are available in most
assessor's offices or at the coun
ty clerk's office.
From the board the taxpayer
may appeal to the State Tax
Commission (or, in the case of
real property, directly to the Ore
gon Tax Court's Small Claims
Division if the market value as
determined bv the Board is not
more than $23,000).
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JOAN I
ternate, Boardman. Ron Crab
tree, alterate of lone, could not
be present.
The Rev. Charles V. Knox
closed the ceremonies with a
prayer.
Queen Joan attends Heppner
Elementary school and is a sec
ond grader in the room of Mrs.
Anita Stockard.
Joan has five sisters, Patti,
ll'i; Susan, 7; Mary Lynn, 6;
Janice, 32; and Maureen, 2.
Grandmother's are Mrs. John
Healy of Heppner and Mrs. Hen
ry Lazinka, Pendleton.
Joan's favorite pastime is rid
ing her horse. She loves all an
imals and living on a ranch
enables her to enjoy her animal
friends. She also likes music and
singing.
At the age of 13 months it
was discovered that Joan had
congenital dislocated hips. She
was treated from February, 1956.
to March, 1958, periodically at
the Shrine Hospital in Portland.
After surgery on both hips early
in 195S and in December, 1957.
she was able to learn to walk
for the first time normally since
her first hospitalization.
Joan's aunt, Miss Cecilia
Healy of Portland, is a former
Heppner Fair and Rodeo Queen.
Her mother. Kathryn, was 1950
queen of the Pendleton Round
up; her aunt, Jean Lazinka, was
Round-up princess in 1951; an
other aunt, Mrs. Ron (Judy) Cur
rin was queen of the Round up
in 195X, and still another aunt.
Mary Lou Lazinka. was queen
of the Round-up in 1961.
Out-of-town guests at the cor
onation included Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Isom, Mr., and Mrs. Jack
Saul, and Mrs. Henry Lazinka,
all of Pendhton; Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Gimhel, Hermiston; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Myers, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Jaeger, Mr. and Mrs.
John Jackson, Walter Jaeger and
Carl Myers, all of Condon.
Rainbow dignitaries present
were Mrs. Jim (Mary Ellen) My
ers. Uuth assembly mother ad
visor, and Mrs. Ruby Beckett,
grand chapter mother advisor.
Refreshments were served in
the dining room.
WEATHER
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(By Leonard Gilliam)
Weather report for the week
of May 2-9 is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 54 36 .08
Friday 55 35 .03
Saturday 65 39 .36
Sunday 02 43 .07
Mondav 62 40 .48
Tuesday 57 39 .03
Wednesday 59 43 .02
Total precipitation for the
past week was 1.07 inches.
WHERE TO GO
FOR BETTER CAR SERVICE
FOR ONE STOP SERVICE
TAKE YOUR CAR TO
Wayne's Chevron
STATION
Open Daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Building Permits
Show Spurt Here;
Five Homes Start
Five new homes are now un
der construction in Heppner, it
was revealed at the city coun
cil meeting Monday night when
building permits were approved.
The five new structures are list
ed at a total of $51,500, and six
additional permits for repairs
or improvements brought the to
tal approvals to $61,900.
Two homes are being built on
cemetery hill by the A and R
Construction Company, being lo
cated on Skyline Drive, each at
a cost of $13,000. Haskell Shar
rard is listed as owner of a new
residence in progress at 580
Chase Street, for which a $0500
permit was issued. Carl W.
Thorpe is building a new resi
dence in lot 9, block 4 at a
listed cost of $10,000 and R. B.
Ferguson is constructing a home
on Hager Street with cost placed
at $9,000.
Permits approved for alter
ations and repairs were these:
Glen Ward, 535 South Chase,
$4,000, addition of bedroom,
bathroom and carport.
Lyle Matteson, 575 Hager
Street, $200 for repairs.
I Don Bellenbrock, 175 North
Court, $3,400, new siding, roof,
windows and porch.
Joe Wright, 160 N. Gilmore,
$300, alterations and repairs.
Archie Padberg, $1000, garage.
Methodist Church, $1500, car
port and storage room.
The sudden spurt is quite a
change from 1962 when not a
single new home was built in
Heppner.
Graduation Dates
Set in County
End of the school year is fast
approaching, and Morrow coun
ty high schools are in the pro
cess of making plans for com
mencement and baccalaureate
exercises.
In Heppner, the class of 1963
did not have the privilege of
attending school in the new
building, but it will have the
honor of being the first class to
graduate from it. Both com
mencement and baccalaureate
will be in the new high school
gym with baccalaureate set for
Sunday, May 26, at 8 p.m. and
commencement following on the
night of Wednesday, May 29,
also at 8 o'clock.
In lone, baccalaureate will be
at the same time as that in
Heppner, on Sunday, May 26, at
8 p.m. in the lone gymnasium,
but commencement will be on
Tuesday night, May 28, at 8
o'clock in the gymnasium.
Riverside High's baccalaureate
will come early, scheduled for
Sunday, May 19, at 8 p.m. in
the gym and commencement
will be Friday, May 24, at 8
p.m., also in the gymnasium.
New City Well
Shows Good Flow
Heppner's new well for domes
tie water supply, located on the
Norman Florence property up
Willow Creek, has come in with
a good flow of water, Vic Gro
shens, city superintendent, re
ported to "the city council Mon
day night.
The well was undergoing tests
Wednesday afternoon. At the
Monday meeting. Groshens said
that the initial flow at the well
was about 500 gallons per min
ute but had tapered off to 231
eallons after the initial surge.
The Wednesday tests were to
check out its capacity with
more accuracy.
The water was of 56-degree
temperature and is good and
soft, he said.
HOSPITAL
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital for medical
care during the past week are
the following: Claire O'Donnell,
Heppner; Gary Couture, Fossil;
Betliene Denton, Kinzua; Laur
ance Williams, Heppner; Clyde
Cole, Heppner; Lota Wallace,
Fossil; L. D. Vinson, Kimberly;
Harry Coghill, Condon; Jeanne
Lovgren, Heppner: Norma Naley,
Condon; Russell Stroube, Spray,
and Martha Cole, Heppner.
Patients dismissed during this
same period were: Floyd Jones,
Heppner; Lucinda Hudspeth,
Condon; Rodney Whitesmith,
Heppner; Gwen Randall, Hepp
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Hedman
were in Seaside over the week
end as chaperones for the lone
senior class trip.
HEPPNER GAZETTE
Council Group
To Eye Plans
For Development
A special committee, appoint
ed by the mayor and responsible
to the city council, will seek
ways to promote recreational
and other development here, it
was decided at the Monday
evening meeting of the council.
In taking the action, the city
dads acted on a request by Clar
ence Rosewall to continue efforts
toward recreational development
to stimulate activity here.
He proposed that the special
committee look into the possi
bilities for obtaining a skating
rink, a motion picture theater,
or other facilities that will make
the community more attractive.
With improvements on the
highway to the north, it will be
come increasingly easy for res
idents to leave to find enter
tainment elsewhere, he said.
"I hate to see us dry up,"
Rosewall declared.
The council acted favorably
on his proposal and authorized
the mayor to appoint a commit
tee of three, including two coun
cilmen, who in turn would elect
two citizen members. Mayor Al
Lamb appointed Councilman
Earl Ayres as chairman, Coun
cilman Conley Lanham and Ol
iver Creswiek as a citizen mem
ber. The latter is chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce de
velopment committee.
Ayres and Rosewall were
among leaders in the recent pro
posal for the city to float a
bond issue to build a bowling
alley. The proposed plan was de
clared illegal by a League of
Oregon Cities attorney just as
it was entering the point of be
ing formally proposed to the
people.
The council also considered a
proposal, also submitted by
Rosewall, to send Mayor Lamb
to the Rivers and Harbors Con
gress in Washington, D. C, in
June in the interests of the Wil
low Creek dam.
Mayor Lamb said that he
would be in Washington to a
meeting of the board of the Nat
ional Farmer Cooperatives later
this month and may be able to
serve the additional purpose on
the one trip.
The council authorized him to
speak for the 'city in meeting
with governmental officials in
the capitol.
The councils committee oi
three to make preliminary prep
arations of the 1963-64 budget
composed of Carl Spaulding, Le
Roy Gardner and Ed Gonty,
scheduled a meeting for Wed
nesday night to discuss the bud
get. The council will consider the
proposed budget at its meeting
Monday, June 3, and will meet
with the citizen's committee on
Wednesday, June 5. .
In another action at the meet
ing, the council discussed
whether it wished to apply for
stored water trom the Willow
Creek dam if it is completed.
The water committee was in
structed to find out how much
is available and what the charge
would be. Consensus of the coun
cilmen was that it would be a
wise move to apply for some
of the stored water.
The council went on record as
favoring a bill in the legislature
that would allow cities to do
business up to $500 per year
with its elected officials.
Considerable discussion cen
tered on trailer houses at the
meeting and this led to consid
eration of possibility of enact
ing a zoning ordinance. It was
decided to consider including
money in the budget to provide
for taking steps towards a zon
ing ordinance.
Roy I. Norene, Portland, vis
ited here four days last week
with his son and family, Dr. and
Airs. Jim iNorene.
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Referendum Vote
Details Given
Information on the 1962 wheat
program which is the concern of
all wheat producers, is avail
able at the Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation Ser
vice office in Heppner, Dave Mc
Leod, manager said. For the con
venience of all producers, the of
fice will be open Monday
through Saturday from now un
til May 21, the date of the refer
endum vote. Absentee ballots
are available for those voters"
who will not be able to go to
the polls on Tuesday, May 21.
Absentee ballots must be obtain
ed in person, from any ASCS
office, and prior to May 16 or
five days before the referendum.
All producers on a farm with
less than 15 acres for wheat in
1964 must sign at the ASCS of
fice no later than May 13, 1963
to be eligible to vote. These
small growers, if eligible to vote,
would also be eligible for price
support and diversion payments.
All producers should be famil
iar with the alternatives and
then indicate their decision in
the May 21 referendum, McLeod
said.
Polls will be open from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the follow
ing locations: Tri-County Equip
ment Co., Heppner; Lexington
Grange hall, Lexington; lone
Legion hall, lone; Boardman
city hall, Boardman.
New First Graders
To Visit in Schools
Visitation day for children
who will enter their first year
of school at Heppner or Lex
ington elementary schools next
year has been announced for
Tuesday, May 14, according to
Hillard Brown, administrative
principal.
Children are invited to visit
one of the first grade rooms
from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. in either
Lexington or Heppner.
A general meeting is sched
uled for 2:40 p.m. in the Hepp
ner multi-purpose room when
policies and procedures of the
schools will be explained and
children and parents will have
an opportunity to meet the first
grade teachers.
To be eligible for first grade
enrollment the child must have
reached his sixth birthday be
fore November 15 of this year.
Typewriters Taken
At Riverside High
Burglars entered Rivers i d e
High school at Boardman some
time Tuesday night and stole
eight typewriters with a value
of about $1500 to $1600, Robert
Van Houte, county superinten
dent of schools reported Wed
nesday. Entrance was gained by
breaking out a window of the
building and the typewriters
were removed via the same
route. The school had 20 type
writers in the classroom from
which the eight were taken.
They were not insured because
of the high cost of burglary in
surance, the superintendent said.
Administrator Ron Daniels re
ported the loss and state police
are working on the case.
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