L I 3RARY
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EUGENE, ORE.
80th Year
Number 16
HEPPNER
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 20, 1963
10 Cents
County Budget Holds Within 6 Percent
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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