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L I 3RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. 80th Year Number 16 HEPPNER GAZETTE-T fa 7 ."few ' -. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 20, 1963 10 Cents County Budget Holds Within 6 Percent - " hi.iwje1 IM MEL BOYER came out of this plane with a back i ljury after snagging wires of a power line while weed spraying early Friday morning. Ed Gon.y is shown looking over the damaqe. The plane, which was carrying a full load of spray at the time of the crash, was considered a total loss. Spray Pilot Hurts Back In 'Pancake' Mel Boyer of Lexington suffer ed a back injury Friday morn ing when the light single-winged Piper plane that he was pil oting on a spraying job hooked a power line wire and crashed about 11 miles from Heppner near the Willow Creek road. Boyer, who with Armin Wih lon operates Gar Aviation, was making his last pass about 8:30 a.m. on the weed spraying job and veered to the left over a hill. At that place, a Columbia Basin Electric Power line comes across the hill, and the dip of the hill hides the lower pole from view. Boyer had crossed a telpehone line but hooked the power line with his wing. The plane pulled the wire for several hundred feet until It was finally pulled to earth. Boyer was able to "pancake" the plane on the sidehill to avert serious injury, but it was damaged ser iously enough to be considered a total- loss. No insurance was carried on the airplane. Boyer was working for Dick Wilkinson who heard the crash and came to his aid. Boyer was able to get out by himself but was in considerable pain and partial shock. Wilkinson and Wihlon, who reached the scene first, took the pilot to the hos pital where he remained as of Wednesday. A brace is being prepared for him to wear. Loss of the airplane was a severe blow to the operators of the flying service since it rep resents an investment of close to $10,000. There will be a little salvage, but it will not be a great amount Rodeo Court Cops First In Portland Rose Parade : Morrow county's fair and ro deo court brought home high honors from the Grand Floral parade of the Portland Rose Fes tival Saturday, winning first place in the Queen's Court div ision. Queen Sandra Eubanks receiv ed a plaque and each of her four princesses received a blue ribbon. The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo received a certificate of appreciation as did Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks, chapernes, and each girl in the court. Also going to the queen and her court was a traveling plaque which must be won three times for permanent possession. Win ner of this plaque on two prev ious years, 1960 and 1961, was the Molalla Buckeroo, with St. Paul Rodeo winning last year. Had Molalla won this year, it would have had permanent pos session. The Buckeroo court came close this year, taking second place behind Morrow county. The courts were judged 40 on dress, tack, equipment and fresh floral decorations; 30 on appearance of horses with spec ial emphasis on matched colors; and 30 on appearance of the riders working as a unit. Ron Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sumner were on hand Sat urday morning at 6 o'clock to decorate the horses which were to be pre-judged at 8 a.m. Breast collars were decorated with gold Esther Reed daisies with a large white daisy in the center, sprinkled with gold glit ter. On one side of each saddle hung a canteen covered with Esther Reed daisies and a large white Killiam daisy in the cen ter with gold glitter. On the other side was a coiled lariat made of Sweet Williams. On the BILL SHERMAN Two High Named to Bill Sherman and Steve Peck, both of whom will be seniors in Heppner High school next year, have been chosen to attend Boys' State, sponsored by the American Legion, in Corvallis from June 23 to 29, Bill Blake. chairman of the committee of the Heppner post, announces. Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, will be student body president of Heppner High next year, and Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peck, will be student body vice president. Both young men have been ac tive in a variety of school ac tivities. The 27th annual Beaver Boys State will be on the Oregon State University campus, start ing after lunch on Sunday, June 23, and continuing until Satur day afternoon, June 29. Like others attending Boys State, the Heppner youths will be assigned to a mythical "city" and mythical "county" upon ar rival and will join other youth ful citizens in the practice of city, county, and state govern- back of the saddle was carried a bed roll covered with Esther Reed daisies and on each end was a large white daisy with gold glitter. Each girl had a brown serape with her name and "Heppner Rodeo" in gold letters. The horses were very well matched, each owned by its rider. White leggings on all four legs set off each horse. The decora tions all fit in very well with the parade theme, "Highlights in History." Awards were given at a luncheon held for the eques trian division at the Elks club after the parade. The trip to Portland was made Friday, Eubanks taking the horses and Mrs. Eubanks, offic ial chaperone, taking the girls. Also going and of great help were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cleveland, Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, all of Heppner, and Mrs. Ber nard Donovan and daughter Beverly of Boardman. Much of the credit for winning first place should go to Mrs. Helen Cox and Reid, Mrs. Eub anks said. "Without their help and hard work, all of this wouldn't have been possible. Each girl in the court Princess Nancy Cleveland, Princess Shar on Donovan, Princess Shannon Mahoney, Princess Louise Point er and Queen Sandra Eubanks certainly appreciate the interest they showed." Queen Sandra extended thanks to everyone who helped make the trip a success. "It is a memorable experience along with lots of fun, and will always be remembered," she said. Plaques, certificates and rib bons are on display in the win dow of Peterson's Jewelry. (G-T Photo) ' STEVE PECK Students Boys' State ment. The boys will elect officers for each of these units of govern ment. For the first time this year, a public inauguration of the Boys' State governor will be held, in Gill Coliseum on Friday, June 28, at 8 p.m. William R. Stevens is chair man of Beaver Boys State and Robert Holmes, former state gov ernor, is vice-chairman. Mem bers of the Oregon State Uni versity faculty will assist with the program. Selection of Boys' State dele gates is made on the basis of character, service and leadership with emphasis on scholarship and participation in school ac tivities, Blake said. ESTHER KIRMIS Esther Kirmis Gets Scholarship Esther Kirmis, Morrow county extension agent, Heppner, has been awarded a $100 scholar ship from the Horace A. Moses Foundation, Inc. to attend a three week summer school ses sion (June 17 July 6) at Col orado State University, Ft. Col lins, Colorado, according to C. L. Smith, state training leader of OSU Extension, Corvallis. Jul ius Binder, Madras, and Lou Os ter. Gold Beach, are other Ore gon Extension agents who re ceived scholarships for further training. An inspiring experience awaits these three who participate in the Western Regional Extension Summer school, says Smith. A vigorous program of fruitful class work under the most able faculty will strengthen their pro fessional competence. Miss Kirmis will be studying Principles in the Development of Youth Program" under Ru dolph O. Monosmith, state 4-H club from the University of Cal ifornia, Berkeley and "Extension Communicat ons" instructed bv Maurice White, journalism and assistant extension editor, Uni versity of Wisconsin, Madison. l ' i 13 i :.. . v . - :-J School Director Election, Budget Vote Set Saturday Voters of Morrow County School District R-l will choose four new members of its 7 director school board at a spec ial election Saturday, and in a concurrent election will decide on the district's revised budeet n excess of the 6 percent limi tation. Candidates on the ballot for the four director positions are as follows: Roy Partlow and Ralph Skoubo, seeking the one position open at Boardman; Irvin Rauch. seeking the Lexington position unopposed; Ken Batty, seeking the position inside the Heppner city limits unopposed; and How ard Cleveland and Elmer Heath, competing for the one Heppner rural post. Winners in the election will join three on the board, only one of whom is a holdover from the board that served during the past year. He is Harvey Warner of Irrigon. Two others are new, including Andy Van Scnoiack, elected at the regular school election in May to succeed L. E. (Ed) Dick, long-time mem ber who decided some time ago not to be a candidate for re election, and Milton Morgan, ap pointed last week by the retiring school board to fill a vacancy created with the recall of the former director of the lone area, Fredrick Martin. Morgan was recommen d e d both by the lone advisory com mittee and by petitions circula ted among school patrons at large. At the same time voters will cast ballots on the revised dis trict budget which exceeds the 6 per cent limitation by $484,431. The budget was soundlv defeat ed when it was. first presented to voters, but in ensuing budget committee meetings has been pared so that the general fund, which originally called for ex penditures of $1,028,452, is now well below the $1 million mark at $991,662. Revised estimates show great er receipts for the coming year and pare some expenditures so that the amount in excess of the 6 limitation is cut below the original budget for 1963-64 by $69,979. Frank Anderson, chair man of the budget committee, said that the budget being voted upon Saturday will impose no more taxes than the 1962-63 bud get. Polls will be open from 2 un til 8 p.m. in the following voting places: Heppner High school cafeteria, Riverside High school, lone school cafeteria, Lexington cafeteria, Rhea Creek Grange hall, Pine City school, and Irri gon school. County Fair List Printed, Mailed Printing of the 1963 premium list for the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo has been completed by the Gazette-Times, and many copies have already been placed in the mail by Mrs. Lenna Smith, secretary of the fair board. This year the booklet, with green and brown cover, is prob ably the largest that it has been, containing 61 pages as compared with 52 in each of the years 1961 and 1962. A particularly noteworthy ad dition to the booklet that is ex pected to attract more interest at the fair is he Children's Corner for children 6 to 14 years of age who may participate with their clothing, needlework, knit ting, hobbies, canning, foods, candy, flowers, fruits and vege tables, and rockhounds exhibits. Those who do not receive premium booklets in the mail may obtain them at the county agent's office in the Gilliam and Bisbee building. Lions Club Sets Ladies Night Officers will be installed for the coming year and one new member will be initiated at the lone Lions club Ladies Night to be at Stefanl's Fine Foods in lone Saturday night, retiring president Jim Barnett states. Amo FJeliand of Pendleton will be installing officer and will assist Barnett as master of ceremonies. Charles O'Connor will be installed as the new pres ident. Social hour will be at 6:30 with the banquet following at 7:30. Dancing will be after the banquet. r7 '.TXj it ,.'v r"1 ""! . k i DR. ED SCHAFFITZ is shown receiving a desk pen set from Mrs. Bill Doherty, president of the Morrow County CowBelles, as Morrow County Father of the Year. (G-T Photo) Dr. Schaffitz Feted As Father of Year Dr. Edward Schaffitz, Heppner optometrist, was named tihis month as Morrow County Father of the Year by the county Cow Belle organization. He was nom inated and sponsored by the Ruth Assembly No. 50 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. Members of the Schaffitz fam ily were guests of the Cow. First Field Fires Strike This Week In North, South First field and range fires of the season hit the county this week, one striking in the north end and the other in the Hepp ner area. A stubborn grass fire on Cor- nett Green's and Paul Warren's land Saturday afternoon brought out a good-sized crew of Hepp ner firemen who battled it throughout the afternoon on the northern outskirts of Heppner. Mrs. Paul Warren said that three-fourths of their 48 acres of pasture land was burned and said that it came close to their home. Mrs. Warren theorized that the fire may have started by some one target practicing there. Empty shellboxes were found in the area. The Warrens expressed thanks to the firemen who so diligently battled the fire. An electrical storm set several fires Sunday evening on range land in the northern part of the county belonging to Van Hubbard. Some 1000 to 1500 acres were burned and many pertions came to fight the fire. Ordnance fire department and some Navy rigs also responded. The fire started about 5:30 p. m. Foresters Meet For Fire School Foresters from several districts of the U. S. Forest Service are assembled at Tuppcr Guard Sta tion this week to participate in the annual fire school being con ducted there. Attending are men of the Heppner, Pendleton, Ukiah and Dale districts with Instructors from Pendleton, Portland and other cities. The session started Tuesday and the attendance swelled Wednesday with expectations of about 120 to participate. 1 rain ing sessions were in progress throughout the day in the field, and evenings are devoted to meetings in the mess hall. Mrs. Owen Leathers is cook, assisted by Mrs. Dorothy Brom ley of Bickelton, Wn., and Sue Vinson of Heppner. WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 83 51 Friday 87 52 Saturday 92 57 Sunday 94 55 Monday 91 53 Tuesday 92 52 Belles at their meeting last Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Walter Wright. The CowBelles presented Dr. Schaffitz with a desk pen set and also gave a vase to the Rainbow girls with Diane Schaffitz and Rogenia wuson accepting the prize. Dr. Schaffitz was one of the organizers and former executive advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America. He is past member of the Rainbow advisory board, and worked diligently on the lighting for the Rodeo which made it possible for night ath letic games. While on the Rain bow board, Dr. Schaffitz was chairman of the Rainbow float committee which won numerous prizes in the Morrow County Ro deo parades here. He is also an active member in the Masonic lodge AF&AM, worked with the Elks scholarship committee, and the Willow Creek Golf club. The Rainbow girls and many other young people drop into his office often to talk to him about their problems and ideas, and he has dealt with each individ ual with great care and concern. Dr. Schaffitz family includes his wife, Helen, daughter, Diane, 14, current worthy advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls; and son, Jim, 9. They moved here from North Bend and have been Heppner residents for 11 years. DEAN LOVGREN Welcome Home Set for Lovgren Dean Lovgren will welcome a visit with friends and relatives here Saturday afternoon when a welcome-home potluck supper is planned in his honor at the courthouse lawn at 5:00 p.m. Dean is being released from medical care at the Rehabilita tion Center, Portland, Friday evening to come home for a week-end visit. He will return to Portland on Sunday. Recently transferred to thr center from Good Samaritan hospital. Dean has been making steady progress, although slowly, from a serious back injury and is now able to be around most of the day in a wheel chair. He will be especially anxious to see many of his school friends, who are urged to come to the courthouse lawn after 5 p.m. to greet him. UUI11"""1" I ... i .. Q Fair Plans Told; Salary Scale Same Hearing on the Morrow county budget will be on Friday, June 28, in the courthouse at 10 a.m. at which time any person sub ject to the proposed tax for 1963 64 may discuss the estimates which were published in this paper in the past two issues. The county is within the 6 limitation and thus no election is required. It calls for total es timated expenditures of $543,878 as compared with $129,647 in 1962-63, but receipts are also up, climbing from $282,180 as com pared with $387,810 for the com ing year. Thus, the amount of the tax levy needed will be $171,674 as compared with $162,213 last year, a raise of $9,461. Not sub ject to the 6 limitation is an additional $115,000 that was vot ed by the people as an annual serial levy for roads. One of the most apparent Items of difference in the new budget as compared with the 191.2-63 budget is the expendi tures for the county fair. Last year the amount budgeted was $29,300, and the 1963-64 budget shows $78,000. Receipts for the fair are similarly stated, $29,300 last year and $78,000 for the coming fiscal year. A large part of the difference is due to the fact that the Fed eral government is buying the North Morrow fair building be cause of the John Day Dam, Orville Cutsforth of the fair board explained. The price is approximately $34,000, which, of course, Inflates the revenue shown in the budget. Of this sum, $5500 will be al located to the Boardman area for 4-H purposes, and $1200 goes to reimburse for a county road and building, payment for which is included in the $34,000 to be received from the government. This leaves $27,300 which will be used for capital investment, Cutsforth said. The board proposes to build a steel building on the county fair grounds in Heppner for stock at a cost of approximately $15, 000, and is in the process of lay ing a hardwood floor in the pa vilion at a cost of $5,000. The sum of $650 will be spent for oiling grounds and streets, and $750 will go towards some new lighting. This will leave about $4,000 than can be used for other improvements. Included in the receipts listed Is about $19,000 in cash carry over. For years the fair has sought to accumulate enough cash to put it on a "pay as you go" basis, Cutsforth said. Rev enue from the state's parimutuel fund, which goes to fairs in the state, often is not received until after tine fair is over, and there is no money on hand to pay for staging the event. This year, the fair board has enough to pay for the fair before the money is received from the state, and it hopes to carry a similar sum for reserve in the future for this reason. Parimutuel receipts from the state for the coming year are figured at $17,500. Other in come expetcted is broken down as follows: Grandstand and dan ces (rodeo income) $11,000; rentals, $1200; state millage, $800. Other expenses listed are grandstand attractions (rodeo prizes) $11,000; fair premiums, $4500; judges, $500; payroll, $3500; premium books, $500; rib bons, $450; advertising, $750; feed and straw, $350; supplies, $2000; repairs and maintenance, $1800; administration (insur ance bonds, audit, etc.), $1,000; capital outlay and reserves, $51, 760 (includes amounts for build ings and improvements men tioned above and a reserve for future carryover). Cutsforth pointed out that the fair board has been careful not to make any major capital ex penditures for several years in order to achieve a better cash position. In other respects, the county budget is quite similar to that of last year. A number of the county employees requested sal ary Increases, but none was granted by the budget commit tee. County commissioners mile age and per diem was the only raise, going from a total of $2200 to $2400. Office clerk in the assessor's office shows $3600 for the coming year as compared with $2400 for 1962-63, but the previous figure was for work during only a part of the year, County Judge Oscar Peterson ex plained. The assessor's office shows an item of $3000 for farm reapprais al which is new in the budget for the coming year and is to carry the county s share of the (Continued on page 8)