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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 16, 1963
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Firm Calls
Bowl Meet
An organization meeting call
ed for "the purpose of deciding
whether there is sufficient in
terest for finalization of plans
for an eight-lane bowling alley
in Heppner has been called by
the Spokane, Wn., firm of Joy,
Higgins and Henderson.
The meeting will be at the
Catholic parish hall Tuesday
night, May 21, at . 8 p.m., the
firm announced. It was stressed
that it is important to have a
good show of interest in determ
ining whether or not the con
cern will continue plans.
Hank Higgins will represent
the company and also present
will be Art Dyke who would
be owner-manager of the pro
posed operation.
Higgins told the Gazette
Times Wednesday that the
company would construct a
building in Heppner if plans ma
terialize. It would be large
enough to accommodate eight
lanes with AMF or Brunswick
pin spotting equipment. The
building would be air condition
ed and heated. Adequate park
ing would be provided on the
site which would be in down
town Heppner.
He said that the company has
been instrumental in building,
leasing or operating more than
20 bowling establishments in
Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
In this state, their lanes are in
Dallas and Burns. They operate
the Atomic Lanes in Washing
ton. Oliver Creswick, who has in
dicated considerable interest in
opening bowling lanes here, said
Wednesday that he had not
heard of the plans of the Spo
kane firm, to go ahead on their
own although he had talked
with them about other possibil
ities. He said that he and his
wife are still interested in setting
up lanes in Heppner and have
been negotiating with a con
tractor on construction of a
building to lease.
Response to a recent survey
that Creswick conducted was
good, he said.
Music Groups
To Stage Concert
Heppner High school band and
chorus will appear in spring
concert Friday evening, May 17,
at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium.
The band, under the direction
of Arnold Melby, will be heard
in a variety of numbers includ
ing march, semi-classical and
popular. Richard Clark will be
featured as baritone soloist.
Chorus and vocal ensembles,
with Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens di
recting, will add variety to the
evening's program. The mixed
chorus will present five numbers,
and a boys ensemble, composed
of John Privette, Douglas An
derson, John Pfeiffer, Spencer
Sampson, Gene Olson and Roger
Schoonover will be heard in two
numbers. Another vocal group
is the girls ensemble, composed
of Pam Cochell, Judy Hamilton,
Lorraine Leonnig and Shirley
Carlson.
Accompanist for the choral
groups is Marti Dixon.
A special feature in the pro
gram will be a piano solo by
Mrs. Groshens. Her number will
be "Sextette from Luciadi Lam
mermoor" by Conizetti, arranged
for left hand alone.
Admission is set at 75c for
adults, 50c for high school stu
dents and 25c for grade school
students. Tickets purchased for
the grade school concert Monday
night will also admit for the sec
ond concert.
Awards Night Due
May 22 in Gym
Awards Night at Heppner High
school will be Wednesday night
at 8 p.m. in the high school
gym, Principal Gordon Pratt an
nounces. At that time each department
of the school will present honors
and awards for student achieve
ments throughout the year. Ath
letic, scholastic and activity
awards will be given.
Awards Night was tried for
the first time here last year, and
it proved so successful that it
was billed again this year. The
public is invited.
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FIRST OFFICIAL photo of Morrow
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appearance at the Arlington Rodeo recently. F rom left are Princess Sharon Donovan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Donovan, Boardman, rep resenting the Tillicum club; Princess Shannon
Mahoney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney. Heppner, representing the Wranglers; Queen
Sandra Eubanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo hn Eubanks, lone; Princess Louisa Pointer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexington, rep resenting the Lexington Grange; and Princess
Nancy Cleveland, daughter of
district.
Plans for 1963 Rodeo
Already Taking Shape
One sure sign that summer is
coming on is the fact that plan
ning is well underway for the
1963 Morrow County Rodeo un
der the leadership of Floyd
Jones, chairman.
At a meeting earlier this
month, details already seemed
to be pretty well in hand for the
various events, although the
August 31-September 1 date is
still a long way off and some
Changes may be made.
Bill Jones has been hired as
announcer for the rodeo, a job
that he performed here in 1961.
Chuck Blalock of Redmond has
been hired as a clown and Rose
City Sound will take care of
speaking equipment.
Oregon Barrel Racing assoc
iation sanction has been given
to that part of the program.
It was decided at the meeting
to close the Morrow County
Derby entries to local compet
itors if at least five local en
tries signed up, otherwise the
field would be open.
Other events will be pretty
much the same as in past years
with perhaps a few changes. In
cluded will be the Northwest
Saddle Bronc riding, bareback
riding, bull riding, calf roping,
cow milking, head and heeling,
Morrow county amateur roping,
Calgary roping, Morrow county
derby, quarter-mile open race
(non-registered), wild horse race,
barrel racing, flag racing, pony
racing, registered quarterhorse
race, and exhibition riding.
Fred Gimbel, Chamber of Com
merce representative on the
board, has come up with some
new ideas on parking that will
be outlined at a later date. These
are expected to facilitate faster!
movement of the crowd at the
Dean Morris Speaks; Creswick Gets Award
"Good creative ideas are the
most valuable thing in the
world," Dean Victor P. Morris,
dean emeritus of the school of
business, University of Oregon
told the 72 members of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce and guests at
their annual banquet in the
Legion hall Monday night.
"They are more valuable than
discovering gold," he added.
"The whole area of develop
ment swings around really good
creative ideas. On such ideas
you folks will build this area
here."
The address came after Dr. C.
M. Wagner, president of the
Chamber, had presented the an
nual Certificate of Recognition
to Oliver Creswick, chairman of
the Chamber's development com
mittee, for his outstanding work
in that position. He cited his
work towards promotion of the
Willow Creek dam project, work
on highway development and
other projects.
Another important feature of
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County's 1963 F air and Rodeo
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cleveland,
same time keep gate crashing
at a minimum.
Queen Sandra Eubanks and
her princesses have already re
ceived their outfits for the rodeo
and are making appearances at
other rodeos and shows as they
occur. First publicity pictures
have been taken, and date of
first dance in the pre-rodeo sea
son has been scheduled for July
13.
Those on the rodeo commit
tee attending the recent meeting
included Chairman Jones, Ger
ald Swaggert, Gimbel, John
Eubanks, Jack Loyd, Wes Sher
man, Al Fetsch and Bert Huff,
secretary.
Main Street Gets
New Paying Job
Heppner's Main street, from
the Main street bridge over Wil
low Creek to midway between
May and Willow, took on a
smooth new black finish Wed
nesdav as statp hifhwav work-
men gave it a new asphaltie '
coating.
The paving job, which necessi
tated rerouting traffic around
the main downtown district for
a time, is a part of the improve
ment work now underway be
tween Heppner and points
north.
Due for reconstruction soon
are the two Willow Creek
bridges and the Hinton creek
bridge in Heppner. according to
Larry Smitton, maintenance sup
crintendent for this district of
the highway department.
the meeting was the final pay
ment of $600 to the Elks lodge
for retirement of field lighting
bonds at the rodeo grounds.
Treasurer Bert Huff made the
presentation of the check to Bob
Flatt, exalted ruler of the Elks.
Fred Gimbel reviewed the
work of the Chamber for the
year in his report of activities.
Included were resumes of the
work done in development, youth
work, work on forestry, merch
ants promotions, rodeo, and
many other projects. Text of his
report will be printed in the
May 23 edition of the Gazette
Times. ,
The meeting was preceeded
with a social hour with Bert
Huff in charge. After the meal
was served by the members of
the Legion auxiliary and their
Legionnaire assistants, Elder El
wood Boyd of the Seventh-day
Adventist church gave the in
vocation. Entertainment was by Gene
Heliker, who played a trumpet
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HEPPNER
10 Cents
Court is this on taken at their
Heppner, representing the Lena
(Lyons Photo),
Wheat Referendum
Vote Due Tuesday
Vote on the important wheat
referendum deciding on the
1964 wheat program will be
Tuesday, May 21, and a high
percentage of ranchers in Mor
row county are expected to
turn out to the polls.
Polling places are T r i
County Equipment Co. in
Heppner, Lexington Grange,
hall, lone Legion hall, and
Boardman city hall. Polls will
be open from 8 a.m. until 8
p.m.
To be approved, the refer
endum must pass by a two
thirds vote of farmers and
ranchers casting ballots across
the country. Today (Thursday)
was the deadline for obtain
ing absentee ballots from the
ASCS office by those who ex
pect to be out of the county
on Tuesday.
Those who have questions
regarding their eligibility to
vote should check with the
ASCS office. Other details are
on farm pages of this paper.
Kinzua Coming
For Golf Tourney
Willow Creek Golf club will
be host to Kinzua golfers for a
day of play Sunday on the Wil
low Creek course, Clint Mc
Quarrie, president, announces.
Play will start at 9 a.m., and
all members, both men and wo
men, are asked to be on hand.
"This will be a fun event,"
the president said. There will be
various prizes to be awarded at
the end of the day. No joint
luncheon is planned for this
event.
OLIVER CRESWICK. chairman
of tht Chamber of Commerce
derelopment committee.
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Martin Recall Spurs Move;
Only Two Members Remaiw
Four directors of Morrow
County School District R-l, in
censed over the recall of Director
Fredrick Martin on May 6, tend
ered their resignations as direc
tors at the regular May school
board meeting Monday night.
Following closely after the
action came the resignation of
Robert Van Houte, county school
superintendent, to be effective
July 1.
The resignations leave the dis
trict with only two members re
maining on ttoo board, L. E. (Ed)
Dick of Heppner, whose term ex
pires July 1 of this year, and
Special Election Slated
June 22 for
Election of directors to fill
four vacancies on the Morrow
County District R-l board will be
held on Saturday, June 22, Robert
Abrams, attorney for the school
district, announced Wednesday
after conferring with Supt. Rob
ert Van Houte by telephone.
The administrator was on a trip
to Salem and the valley.
Previously the date of May 24
had been set for the election,
but it was found that to have
the election at that time would
be illegal because insufficient
time would be allowed between
filing deadline for candidates
and the date of election, and also
insufficient time would be al
lowed to comply with statutes
on giving legal notice of the
election.
The procedure of calling for
an election to help work the dis
trict out of its dilemma In the
wake of the mass resignations of
directors Monday night was rec
ommended by Jim Turnbull of
the State Department of tduca
tion when Supt. Van Houte tele
phoned him Tuesday.
Filing deadline for those seek
ing the four director positions
is Tuesday, May 21. Those to
be chosen must come from the
following zones, , one from each:
Lexington, Heppner (inside city
limits), Heppner (outside city
limits), and Boardman.
The vacancy left with the re
call of Director Fredrick Martin
will not be filled by vote at the
election. It Is the responsibility
of the school board to appoint a
successor for this position. The
new director must be from the
lone zone, and he will be chosen
after the new board is elected.
It has been reported that Milton
Morgan will be recommended by
petitions being circulated in
lone for the position.
Petitions must carry the names
of 40 registered voters to be
legal. This is 3 of the total
who cast votes in the last school
election. Some had the impres
sion that 18 names were suf
ficient, but this was because last
year's school election did not
poll nearly as many votes as
this year's election. Thus the
greater number is required.
Two petitions already have
been submitted for Heppner can
didates, each bearing 21 signa
tures, Clerk Beverly Gunderson
said, but they will have to be
re-circulated for more names.
One nominates Howard Cleve
land for the position outside the
Heppner city limits, and the
other nominates Ken Batty for
the post inside the city limits.
Mrs. Gunderson said that
forms for at least eight petitions
have been sent out from her of
fice. They are also available at
11 school offices in the various
communities of the county.
One of the pressing matters
facing the district that of gain
ing approval of a school budget
may be acted upon ahead of
the special election for direc
tors. The budget committee, as in
terpreted by Attorney Abrams,
may meet as a legal entity even
though only two directors re- j
solo, accompanied by Marti Dix
on, and by Laura Sumner, who
played a saxophone solo, also
accompanied by Miss Dixon.
Dean Morris, who has visited
Heppner on probably three oc
casions a number of years ago
twice as a commencement speak
er, told of his work on an ec
onomic mission to Korea for two
years and tied the problems of
that country in with develop
ment problems in America.
"Biggest problem is getting
people to cooperate and work to
gether," he declared. Empha
sizing the significance of good
local leadership, he said that an
area may have the best of nat
ural resources, but with poor
leadership, it "won't get any
place."
Looking to Morrow county, he
declared, "Some areas are des
perately shy of important re
sources. Population is often too
great in comparison with the
resources. But I cannot say you
are shy on resources. Your first
great resource is living space
Harvey Warner of Irrigon. Those
quitting their positions were D.
O. Nelson, Lexington; Robert
Sicard, Boardman; Dick Wilkin
son, chairman for the 1962-63
year, Heppner; and Mrs. Esther
Anderson, Heppner.
Van Houte tendered his res-,
ignation to Mrs. Beverly Gun
derson, district clerk, Tuesday
morning. He said that he will
remain on the job. until June
15, then take two weeks vacation
that he has coming and will re
tire from the position as of July
1.
"In a democratic society,
Directors
main in office. The committee
is composed of the seven mem
bers of the school board and
seven citizen members, all of
whom have equal status on the
committee. Since two directors
remain in office, they, with the
citizen members, would bring the
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Little League
Opens Saturday
Little League baseball sum
mer action gets underway Sat
urday afternoon with a double
header at the Little League park.
The first game will start at 1:30
p.m., pitting the Giants against
the Braves. The second game
will follow with the Indians and
Dodgers battling it out.
To start the afternoon off, the
four teams will parade down
Main street in uniform and with
a marching band of junior high
band students at 1 p.m. They
are asked to assemble at Farra's
Shoe Shop at 12:45 in full unl
form.
Some 60 young boys between
the ages of nine and 12 inclusive
will start this summer season of
league bsaeball. Also playing
during the summer are iarm
teams in Heppner, Lexington, and
lone which will include 30 to
40 more boys. The League Is
divided into two 18-game halves
with each team playing nine
games each half. At the close
of the season 14 outstanding
11 and 12-year-olds will be se
lected to play on the AH Star
team which will enter compe
tition in The Dalles in mid-July,
Schedule for next week's play:
May 20 Braves vs. Dodgers
May 21 Giants vs. Indians
May 22 Dodgers vs. Giants.
May 23 Indians vs. Braves.
Ed Dick Elected
Heppner W Head
L. E. (Ed) Dick was elected
president of Heppner TV, Inc.,
for the coming year at the an
nual meeting held Tuesday
night. Harry O'Donnell was cho
sen vice president.
E. E. (Ed) Gonty was reelected
to the board of directors and re
tires as president of the corp
oration. One driector is elected
every years for a five-year term.
Besides Gonty and the two of
ficers, other directors are Has
kell Sharrard and Con ley Lan
ham. Carl Spaulding was reappoint
ed by the directors as secretary
treasurer. The group heard a
financial report and discussed
the poor quality of signal being
received from channel 6 (KGW
TV). Only five stockholders, In ad
dition to the directors, were
present for the meeting.
you can go you have freedom
of movement."
Dean Morris said that the
State of Oregon isn't "exactly
situated" for great development
at the moment. "I think it is
going to come but not for a
while."
He took the new brochure of
the Chamber of Commerce, point
ed to the map It contains and
discussed the "great recreational
potential in the county."
Standard of living has risen
tremendously In this country in
the past 100 years, he said, and
now "threatens to outrun us."
One form that it is taking is
that related to recreation.
In the United States today, for
industry not to grow and change
is for it not to survive, he said
in quoting an article in Time
magazine.
"What troubles us is how to
grow and in what direction to
change."
The Chamber of Commerce
holds the key point of economic
life in the area, he concluded.
strong piiblic support is essential
if our schools arc to be effective."
Van Houte said in a statement.
"I sincerely trust that the people
of this district will give strong
support to their new school
board and now superintendent."
He has served as administra
tor for four years.
Director Nelson read a state
ment giving the feelings of the
four who resigned. Its text is as
follows:
"Since the advent of the ad
ministrative district in Morrow
County, there has been increased
resentment against the admin
istrative district, against mem
bers of the board, and against
the administrator of the district.
"Direct results of this have
been the v recent recall of Mr.
Martin and the defeat of the
budget by a three-to-one vote.
"In our opinion the admin
istrative district is here to stay
and should be supported by the
people of Morrow county.
"The recall of Mr. Martin was
unjust. The recall should have
been instituted against each
board member and not just Mr.
Martin. We,, the members of the
board, are equally as guilty of
the charges made by the recall
committee as was Mr. Martin.
"For these and other reasons
we take this opportunity to pre
sent our resignations to Mrs.
Gunderson, clerk of the district.
"It is our hope that by his
action and by subsequent actions
when new members are appoint
ed to this board that better sup
port, unity and harmony will
prevail throughout the county."
Although there had been rum
ors of possible resignations be
cause of the stormy and bitter
strife that has marked school
operations here recently, and it
was also rumored that other re
call petitions would be circu
lated, the mass resignation came
as a surprise to even those
closest to the operations of the
board.
Administrator Van Houte had
said after the recall of Director
Martin that he would not be
surprised if other directors re
signed but said alter me Mon
day meeting that the joint action
of the four coming as it did, was
a surprise to him.
Wilkinson and Mrs. Anderson
were both elected for five year
terms last year after previous
service on the board and thus
had four years left to serve.
Wilkinson had been elected for
a one-year term In 1961 and
then reelected in 1962, and Mrs.
Anderson had been appointed
early last year to fill the un
expired term of Mrs. Elaine
George and was reelected at the
May, 1962, election.
Nelson was elected three years
ago to serve for the Lexington
zone and thus had two years
left to serve on his regular term.
Sicard was elected two years
ago for a three-year term and
had one more year to serve.
Dick, one of the two remain
ing members, was out of town
because of his father's death at
Helena, Mont., and thus was not
at the meeting. Me was due
back in Heppner today (Thurs
day). Warner was the only one
of the board members at the
meeting who did not resign. On
the shoulders of these two men
currently rests the responsibility
for the school system, and Dick's
tenure is short-lived because he
will be replaced by Andy Van
Schoiack on July 1. Van Schoi
ack, currently a member of the
Heppner advisory board, was
elected to the school board po
sition at the May 6 election.
Van Houte, who has weathered
a stormy time almost from the
inception of his administration
here, said that he is looking for
another position elsewhere In the
state and currently is being con
sidered for two. He served as
president of the Oregon Educa
tion association for the 1962-63
year and has worked on commit
tees of the National Education
association.
Other resignations may be
forthcoming. Robert Abr a m s,
school attorney, said that Ma
honey and Abrams will resign
as school attorneys as soon as
there is a quorum on the board
to whom they can submit the
resignation. Their resignation
must be acted upon by the board,
and since there is not a quorum
on the board, it cannot meet
and conduct business.
The resignations have intensi
fied a situation of unrest
throughout the school system.
Administrators of some of the
schools are known to be look
ing for positions elsewhere.
The district faces the job of
getting a budget passed for op
erational needs for the system
for 1963-64, of getting new direc
tors elected to replace those who
have resigned, of finding a new
administrator, and of filling va
cancies that will occur on the
school staff.
A report that Frank Anderson,
chairman of the budget com
mittee, had resigned, published
In a daily paper, is Incorrect.
He has not resigned and has
not given any indication that
he Intends to.
Attorney Abrams said that
members of the budget commit
tee probably would find them
selves in the same position that
he is in, should they wish to
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