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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Whert Heppner, lone Graduations Set (See pictures, pages 2 and 3 section 2) Classes of 1963 will bid fare well to their high school days at lone and Heppner High schools' commencement exer cises to be held next week, fol lowing baccaleaureate exercises at each school on Sunday even ing, May 26. Heppner High's class of 1963, which had planned to graduate in the new high school build ing on the hill, received the dis appointing news this week that the new gymnasium will not be completed in time for the event to be held there. It is all fin ished except for the hardwood flooring which was to come from Wisconsin but has not arrived as yet. Even if it should appear, it would hardly be possible to get it laid, sanded and sealed prior to the time of commence ment. So, the Heppner commence ment will be held Wednesday night, May 29, at 8 p.m. in the old high school gymnasium. About half the seating in the gym will be reserved for par ents and near relatives of the graduating iseniore. There are only about 500 seats in the gym, and the graduates will need ap proximately half of this amount for their relatives. Thus, seating for the general public will be limited, and those who wish to attend are advised to come early. Commencement at lone will be in the school gym there on Tuesday night, May 28, at 8 p.m Baccalaureate exercises will be held simultaneously, that at lone Sunday night at 8 p.m. in the lone gym and that at Hepp ner at 8 p.m. in the Heppner Rym. Ann Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones, Jr., is valedictorian of the class of 1963 at Heppner high and Martha Doherty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Doherty, is salut atorian. Commencement address will be by Dr. Henry Tetz, professor, Oregon College of Education. Gordon Pratt, principal, will pre sent the awards, Mrs. Violet Lanham will present the class and L. E. Dick, school director, will present diplomas. Invoca tion and benediction will be by the Rev. Kenneth Robinson. Principal Pratt will sing a solo, and the high school band will play the processional and re cessional. At lone high valedictorian is Louise Pointer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexing ton, and salutatorian is William Akers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers of lone. Dallas Shockley, director of Urban services, Ore gon Education association, and former lone school superinten dent, will give the commence ment address. Principal Gene Harryman will present awards, and Harvey Warner of Irrigon, school director, will present dip lomas. Invocation will be by ' Father Raymond Beard and ben ediction will be by the Rev. Charles Knox. Mrs. Glenn Biehl will sing the class song, "Climb Every Moun tain," and a second selection, "The Lord's Prayer." Procession al and recessional will be played by Gene Rietmann. At Heppner High baccalaur eate, the sermon will be by the Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor of the Methodist church; and the Rev. Charles Knox will also partici pate in the service. Mrs. Marion Jonasson will be vocal soloist and processional and recessional will be by Mrs. Ola Mae Gro shens, vocal music instructor. Sermon at the lone baccalaur eate will be by The Rev. Walter B. Crowell, pastor of lone Com munity church, and Father C. Bruce Spencer of All-Saints' Episcopal church will partici pate. Mrs. Glenn Biehl will sing two selections, and Gene Riet mann will play the processional and recessional. lone will graduate 13 seniors: William Edward Akers, Ronald Leroy Crabtree, Roland Keith Ekstrom, Sandra Lea Eubanks, Leslie Duane Madden, Evelyn Katherine Marick, James Leroy Martin, Ralph Alfred Martin, Gary Allen Morgan, Cheryl Anne Morrison, Marvin Robert Pad berg, Mary Louise Pointer, and Katherine Anne Rea. Director Candidates File; In the wake of the turmoil that has beset Morrow County School District R-l, resulting in the recalling of Director Fred rick Martin, resignation of four directors and of Supt. Robert Van Houte, the district during the week started the job of fit ting the pieces together and to prepare for a new administra tion. Names of six candidates for director positions were filed with Beverly Gunderson, clerk, by the deadline date, Tuesday, for the special election to be June 22. Those to be on the ballot are as follows: Boardman (one to be elected), Roy Partlow and Ralph Skoubo; Heppner (inside city limits one to be elected), Kenneth Batty and Elmer Heath; Heppner (outside city limits Program L Heppner High's class of '63 in cludes 32 students: Daniel An derson, Shan Applegate, Rodney Ayers, Jacquelyn Brindle, Shir ley Carlson, John Cleveland, Bill Cox, Martha Doherty, Marlene Fetsch, LeRoy Gardner, Tom Gonty, Harold Gray, Bob Hager, Judy Hamilton, Fred Harnden, Frances Heath, Cecilia Ann Jones. Leanne Joynes, Lorraine Leon nig, Michael Lesser, Patricia Malion, Shannon M a h o n e y, Larry Monagle, John Porter, John Privett, Mike Smith, Rich ard Springer, Virginia Springer, Bill Struthers, Laura Sumner, Carol Tholberg, Gene Wallace. Two to Support Dam in Capital; Fund Drive Set Oliver Creswick, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce de velopment committee, and Judge Oscar Peterson will leave next week for the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D. C, to support the Willow Creek Dam project and enlist support from Congressmen and governmental agencies. Creswick is scheduled to leave Tuesday, May 28, and Judge Peterson will depart on Satur- day, June 1. Both will travel by plane, going from Pendleton, Voluntary contributions from the community are solicited to help pay for Creswtck's trip, while the judge will represent the county. r As of this writing the needed $400 is far short, and Dr. C. M. Wagner, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, has appointed a committee composed of R. G. (Pete) McMurtry, Orville Cuts forth and Randall Peterson to collect funds to help make the trip possible. Anyone interested in sharing may give the dona tion to any of these or to Bert Huff. Chamber treasurer, at the First National Bank. The two'men visited with Herb West, executive vice president of Inland Empire Waterways as sociation, and W. E. Sively of the U. S. Army Corps of Engin eers early this week on plans and strategy for their appear ance in Washington, D. C. The Engineers provided a pictorial brochure to be used in making presentations. It shows pictures of Heppner before and after the 1903 flood and as it is today. " They expect to appear before innumerable committees and to contact many governmental of ficials and agencies on the trip. Creswick expects to go by way of Salt Lake City, New York City and Providence, R. 1., where he will spend a few days visit ing relatives before continuing to Washington. Judge Peterson will go via Omaha, where he hopes to see a sister, and then on to the nation's capital. Rummage Sale Due To Open Friday Civic League members sorted rummage at the Old Bakery building Monday night and re port a good assortment of items and all are in excellent con dition. The doors will open Friday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. and wiil close at 4:00 p.m. Some of the things available are: upholstered club chair, glassware-bud vases, relish dish es, and figurines, new and good used dresses, bathinet and bas sinet, shoes, pictures, stainless steel cookware, childrens cloth ing, records and books, just to name a few. Anyone still having items they wish to donate may bring them to the sale Friday or Saturday. The members will sort and price the rummage Thursday evening in preparation for the opening day, Friday. one to be elected), Howard Cleveland; and Lexington (one to be elected), Irvin Rauch. A director to replace Martin must be appointed by the school board, and petitions have been filed with the clerk recommend ing Milton Morgan of lone for the position. Resigning directors include D. O. Nelson, Lexington; Mrs. Esther Anderson, Heppner; Bob Sicard. Boardman; and Dick Wilkinson, Heppner, (outside city limits). Mrs. Gunderson reported that there had been "two or three" inquiries about the county ad ministrator's position but only one formal application, that from Idaho. No further resig nations have been received from teachers or administrators. Sev eral vacancies that were expec 80th Year THEW mm1 HEPPNER GAZ. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 23, 1963 Campaign Started 4 FIRST POPPY to be sold in Heppner for the 1963 Poppy Days, conducted by the American Legion auxiliary, was to Roy Stamps, a veteran, who is undergoing treatment in Pioneer Memorial hos pital. Making the sale are (left) Mrs. Richard Wells, poppy chairman of the local auxiliary, and Mrs. Frank Hamlin, president of the group. Srle to the public will be Friday and Saturday. Big Crowd Expected At Memorial Picnic Morrow county's annual Mem orial Day picnic, to be held at the fair pavilion on Thursday, May 30, with potluck dinner at noon, Is expected to draw a bumper crowd this year. Ham, rolls, coffee and punch will be furnished by the picnic organization, and those attend ing are asked to bring vegetable dishes, desserts, salads, or cas seroles. There will be prizes for those coming the farthest distance and for the eldest person attending, Don Turner, general chairman, announces. He and members of his committee have been work ing for weeks making arrange ments for the picnic. Pictures of Morrow county pio neers will be displayed by Mrs. Jim Hager. Among organizations assisting to make this event a success are Soroptimists club, helping at the registration table; Three Links club members and Rhea Creek Grange, both helping in the kitchen; Odd Fellows lodge and American Legion post, as sisting with tables and chairs; Rainbow Girls, who will serve punch and coffee and assist about the dining room. Early Paper Slated For Memorial Week Because of the fact that Memorial Day falls on Thurs day, the Gazette-Times will be published a day early next week in order that subscribers may receive it on or prior to the usual time, and also to give. the staff a holiday. Those wishing to submit news or place advertising are kindly asked to bear the earl ier publication date in mind. It would be appreciated if ma terial is received in the office not later than Monday in all possible cases. Budget Meeting Called ted for different reasons came about on the teaching staff prior to the administrative turmoil. It has been learned that the resigning school board is re quired by law to serve until their successors are elected. A meeting will be called in early June to take care of routine bus iness. Van Houte said, includ ing payment of bills, acting on any resignations and similar matters. Controversial matters will not be discussed, he said. The retiring administrator said that he plans to remain on the job until June 15 when he will take a two week's vacation. His resignation is effective July 1. Frank Anderson, chairman of the district budget committee, said that he has called a meet ing of the committee for Mon day night at 7:30 in the new Despite ETTE 4 Registration will start at 10:30 and the potluck will be at noon. Donation jars will be placed around the dining room to help pay for food at coming picnics. Helping Turner with advance plans has been Mrs. E. E. Gonty, secretary-treasurer. Visiting and reminiscing will be highlights of the afternoon as old friends from far and near meet again at the picnic. Lions Club Offers Auto Seat Belts To Public at Cost lone Lions club will install seat belts on autos on a near cost basis at Jack Van Winkle's Chevron Service Station here all day Saturday, May 25, Ray Boyce and Bert Huff, chairmen, announce. Seat belts for one person will be sold and installed for $6, making a total of $12 for the two in the front seat. Legislation passed by the Ore gon legislature will require seat belts on all new cars sold in the state beginning next year. Those without them on their present cars, while not required to install them, may wish to do so because of the safety fac tor. Statistics have shown that many lives could have been saved and many serious injur ies could have been averted if occupants of autos involved in accidents had been using seat belts. Anyone wishing to take ad vantage of the Lions' low cost offer may bring his car to the station any time during the day Saturday. Recently the Lions staged a seat belt day in lone, and the response was excellent. Heppner High school building. He said that he is anxious for everyone who has an interest in the budget to attend. Anderson said that he hopes to have a budget prepared so that it may be voted upon at the time of the special election June 22. Two meetings were held last week under sponsorship of the development committee of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce to discuss the school situation. At the second meeting repre sentatives from several parts of the county were present. Two motions were passed, one thank ing the board members who had served, and the other recom mending that the budget com mittee work to get a budget to gether as soon as possible. In -TIM) for Bowling Lanes (G-T Photo) Poppy Days Sale Due on May 24-25 Poppies will bloom again on Heppner streets Friday and Sat urday, May 24 and 25, as thelta Kilkenny. An additional $925 American Legion auxiliary con ducts its annual sale for bene fit of hospitalized and disabled veterans and for needy children of veterans. Mrs. Richard (Sib) Wells Is chairman of the local poppy committee, and those on assis ting committees are Mrs. Gene Ferguson, Mrs. Harry Tarnblyn, Mrs. Clarence Bauman, Mrs. Jack Flug, Mrs. Earl Gilliam, Mrs. J. O. Rasmus, Mrs. Riley Munkers and Mrs. Frank Ham lin, chapter president. Junior members who will help with the sale are Jennifer Blake, Karen Blake, Kathy Blake, Lynn Sawyer, Kathy Melby, Sue Mel- by, Janet MeCurdy, Karen Mc- Curdy and Linda Heath. A stand will be set up on Main street, and everyone is ask ed to stop and buy a crepe paper poppy. Mrs. Wells said that poppy making gives beneficial em ployment to hundreds of veter ans unable to do other work. IOamings of the poppy makers in Oregon last year amounted to $8,596.00. In addition to the earnings of the disabled veterans, the pop pits brought $24,546 into the Rehabilitation and Child Wel fare funds of the auxiliary last year, helping make possible the auxiliary's vast program of ac tivities for the disabled veterans and needy children of veterans. The poppies are a replica of the wild European poppies which grew in such profusion on the World War I battlefield and cemeteries in France and Belgium. Poppy Days traditionally are observed nationally on the Fri day and Saturday before Mem orial Day. Governor Closes Forested Areas State of Oregon's fire season has been proclaimed by Gov ernor Mark Hatfield to become effective May 23 under the new state law (HB 1112) and ORS 477.152, the Heppner Ranger dis trict office announces. The closure will cover all land within the protective boundary of the Heppner Ranger district. Fire permits will be required on all land within this area. Harold E. Williamson, assis tant district warden at Fossil, adds that permits are in order for debris burning and other open fires outside established camp sites but in organized pro tective units and districts. All woods operations must have fire tools and equipment as required by the fire laws of Oregon. Areas affected by the closure include the Central Oregon fire district, and Umatilla, Malheur, Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests, Williamson said. envy Iml hmv Number 12 10 Cents Advance Sale Of Tickets Underway With the possibility of bowling lanes for Heppner coming closer to realization, a campaign to subscribe $10,000 in advance ticket sales for play was init iated tins week. This development followed af ter Joy, Higgins and Henderson, a Spokane firm specializing in the building of bowling alleys, reported that it was ready to come to Heppner and construct a building for bowling lanes as soon as the community showed sufficient interest to support it. An indication of this support, they said, would be the sub scription of $10,000 in advance ticket sales. However, no money would be turned over to the firm for these sales, but it would bo held in escrow in a local bank, until, as Hank Higgins of the firm put it, "the balls start to roll down the alleys. An informational meet i n g Tuesday night at St. Patrick's parish hall brought out about 40 interested persons who heard details of the company s pro posal from Higgins. Art Dyke, op erator of one of their alleys in Cheney, Wn was introduced as the man who would come to Heppner to operate the lanes, and he spoke on his plans. As of early Wednesday, $2450 had been subscribed for the tickets, of which $1525 had come In from the Lexington-lone area, sparked by the interest of ardent hritvloi-K find hp.lrlprl hv Mrs. Ves. came out of the Tuesday meet ing. Joy, Higgins and Henderson, whose relerences have been checked by local banks and have been found to be excellent, have been instrumen t a 1 in bringing into existence, more than 20 bowling establishments in the last five years, Higgins said. As proposed for Heppner, the alleys would be a modern eight lane establishment, with the building including air condit ioning, acoustical tile, carpeted foyer, and a modern block build ing of approximately 50 ft. by 140 ft. They would seek a downtown location for the structure, poss ibly the site behind the Hotel Heppner which was the choice of the community committee that had planned to ask for a (Continued on page 8) Town Team Baseball To Organize Sunday A call goes out to all men and boys interested In playing base ball for the Town Team of Heppner. The first practice is scheduled for Sunday, May 26, at the Rodeo field starting at 2:00 p.m. High school boys may partici pate following the completion of the school year. They are in vited to take part in the base ball program. Games will be scheduled with teams in the sur rounding areas and enter league competition. Russell O'Donnell, Mother Die Suddenly 2 Days Apart Death came twice In the O'Donnell family here this week to sadden surviving relatives, friends and the entire commun ity. First was the unexpected death of Russell O'Donnell, 38, in his sleep early Monday morning. This was followed by the death of his hospitalized mother, Mrs. Claire E. O'Donnell, 71, who passed away in Pioneer Memorial hospital Wednesday within minutes after the fun eral services for her son were held at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Russell O'Donnell's death was attributed to a cerebral hem orrhage.. He had come home Sunday evening and said that he did not feel well. A doctor was summoned later in the evening and medication was given, but he died early the following morning. Mrs. ODonnell had been in the hospital about Vk weeks after suffering a heart attack. Her death followed another at tack Wednesday. Mrs. O'Donnell apparently had been rallying County Polls 91 Yes To Top State Morrow county ranchers ap proved the 1964 Wheat Program by the largest margin of any county In the state Tuesday, but despite the affirmative votes by principal wheat-producing coun ties, the referendum bowed to defeat. Neither on the state or nation al levels did the referendum carry. Nationally, the affirmative vote was only 47.9',"e and in the state it was 47.5, both less than a majority and far less than the two-thirds required for passage. Morrow county's early unof ficial tabulation showed 437 in favor and 39 opposed, giving the county a 91 affirmative vote, highest in the state and prob ably among the highest in the nation. This does not include absentee ballots which had not been counted by Wednesday after noon. David McLeod of the ASCS office said that there were about 30 absentee ballots to be tab ulated. Of the 39 "no" votes, 26 were tallied In the Alpine and lone districts, McLeod said. Lexing ton recorded four in the negative, Heppner area eight and Board man one. Other Columbia Basin and Eastern Oregon counties voted as follows: Wasco, 307 yes, 131 no; Sherman, 384 yes, 95 no; Gilliam 207 yes, 110 no; Uma tilla 685 yes, 216 no; Baker 92 yes, 119 no; Grant 10 yes, 7 no; Harney 10 yes, 26 no; Malheur 133 yes, 660 no; Union 282 yes, 276 no; Wallowa, 164 yes, 104 no; Crook 25 yes, 49 no; De schutes, 24 yes, 25 no; Jefferson 101 yes, 188 no. Indications were that small acreage growers in the state sounded the death knell of the wheat program with their no votes. This can be seen in the count in counties of the Willam ette Valley and elsew here around the state where large wheat randies are non-existent: Polk, 198 yes, 477 no; Washing ton, 211 yes, 374 no; Yamhill, 225 yes, 494 no; Benton, 51 yes, 163 no; Douglas 17 yes, 38 no. Klamath county voted 24 yes and 190 no; Douglas 17 yes, 38 no: Jackson 25 ves, 9 no; Jos ephine, 3 yes, none no;Lane, 50 yes and 74 no. Total early unofficial vote In the state was 5,032 yes and 4,637 no. Defeat of the referendum was a crushing blow to many ranch ers in Morrow county, most of whom had strongly supported the administration's proposal. While results will not be re flected until next year, one of the principal effects this year will be a decline in available money to borrow for purchases and operations, McLeod said. Speaking of the Morrow coun ty vote, McLeod said, "The re sult reflects that they knew what they were voting on. Ap parently in the rest of the coun try they didn't." He said that if the county has a bumper crop this year it would "help a lot" by giving ranchers an opportunity to "clear up" and get on a sounder basis for next year's financing when the price of wheat is scheduled to drop because of the defeat of the program. Now that the defeat has come, another point will be determ ined. The Farm Bureau, oppon ents of the 1964 program, have contended that Congress would develop a new and better pro gram if the referendum met de feat. On the other hand, pro ponents f the administration's plan have contended that there is little liklihood of another pro gram being submitted In Con gress. Sen. Allen Ellender of Louisiana,, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said Wednesday that there def initely would be no "bail-out" legislation. Wednesday, following the re (Continued on page 8) and seemed to be making pro gress towards recovery when the fatal attack came. An overflow crowd attended requiem mass for Russell O'Don nell at St. Patrick's church Wed nesday morning. Father Ray mond Beard officiated and inter ment was in Heppner Masonic cemetery. Recitation of the ros ary was Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the church. Recitation of the rosary for Mrs. O'Donnell will be tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock in St. Patrick's church and requiem mass will be Friday, May 24, at 10 a.m. In the church with Father Beard officiating. Inter ment will be in Heppner Ma sonic cemetery. Members of a well-known family that had engaged In the restaurant business here for many years, both Mrs. O'Donnell and Russell were active and popular in the community. Mrs. O'Donnell was born in Lone Pine, Calif., December 12, 1891, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on page 8)
