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State I
Reduces
Morrow county's school district
tax levy for 1963-64 took a $34,
127 drop this week when the dis
trict R-1 board Monday night re
duced the approved budget after
being notified by the State De
partment of Education of in
creased basic school receipts.
These will be forthcoming as a
result of action by the 1963 leg
islature to increase state sup
port. Effect of the additional re
ceipts is to cut the amount of
tax outside the 6 limitation
to $449,281 from the $484,431
that had been approved in the
recent vote on the revised bud
get. The cut will mean that the
tax in the school district for
1963-64 will be well below that
for 1962-63 when the budget was
$484,431 in excess of the 6 lim
itation. Expenditures in the general
fund of the budget remain as
approved at $991,662, but the
property taxpayer will benefit
because of the additional re
ceipts from the state level.
Motion to revise the budget
was passed unanimously by the
board. Beverly Gunderson, clerk,
said that the reduction would
be $41,727 but later revised the
figure to $34,127 after she re
alized that she had been work
ing with the original budget
through error, rather than the re
vised budget.
The last member of the "new"
board, Director Andy Van Schoi
ack, was sworn in at the meet
ing Monday by Harvey Warner,
acting chairman. Van Schoiack
was not eligible to take office
until after the term of L. E.
Dick expired July 1, since Van
Schoiack replaces Dick. Others
elected recently were to fill va
cancies created by resignations
and took the oath of office at
a previous meeting.
Taking care of organizational
matters quickly, the board elec
ted Milton Morgan of lone as
chairman and Director Warner
of Irrigon as vice chairman.
Teacher contracts were ap
proved as follows: Mrs. Roy
(Edith) Partlow, second grade,
Boardman elementary; Rex D.
English, as English teacher,
Heppner High; Mrs. Clint Agee,
part time physical education
and health teacher, Heppner
elementary; and Mrs. Lindsay
Kincaid, half-time reme dial
teacher, lone. The contract of
Eugene Dockter, Ruper, Idaho,
as health, biology and general
science teacher at lone was also
approved. It had been held up
at the previous meeting pend
ing arrival of his credentials. He
will also coach one major sport,
according to present plans.
Results of the budget and di
rector elections were certified at
the meeting. Final count on the
budget vote was 540 yes and
216 no.
On motion by Director Irvin
Rauch, pay for Acting Admin
istrator Gordon Pratt was set at
$25 per day during the time he
serves in that capacity. Pratt,
Heppner High administra tor,
Health Nurse
Resigns Position,
Leaves for East
Mrs. Velma Glass, resigned
Morrow county health nurse, will
leave Friday for Worthington,
Indiana. Mrs. Glass completed
her eighth year as county nurse
the first of May, and with the
objective of working toward a
degree in nursing education,
plans to enroll in the Indiana
University School of Nursing in
Indianapolis at the beginning of
the fall term. She will also be
employed in the offices of the
Indiana State Board of Health
in Indianapolis.
In Worthington, she will visit
relatives and friends during the
coming weeks before starting the
fall term. .
No successor has been named
by the county court to fill the
county health nurse position,
major part of which is taking
care of school health needs in
all schools in Morrow county.
Chris Brown Gets
National FFA Bid
Chris Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Brown and a junior
in Heppner High school, has
been chosen as a member of the
national Future Farmers of
America band that will play at
the national FFA convention to
be held during the forthcoming
school year.
Gerald Jonasson, FFA advis
or here, said word of the selec
tion was received Monday. As
a member of the band, Brown
will receive a partial scholar
ship to defray his expenses to
the convention, Jonasson said.
Brown, who plays the trumpet,
submitted his qualifications for
the band and was recommended
by the school instrumental mu
sic teacher, Arnold Melby. He
will be one of not more than
five to take part in the band
from Oregon.
After playing at the FFA con
vention, it is expected that the
band will also take part in the
American Royal parade in Kan
sas City, Mo., a feature of the
American Royal Livestock show.
ask School
R - 1 Levy
normally is off duty in the
month of July but was named
to handle administrative duties
in the county until a new sup
erintendent arrives.
It was reported at the meeting
that work on stairwells at the
lone elementary school and the
old Heppner high school will be
enclosed as a fire safety measure.
A sum of $500 for each school
for this purpose was allowed in
the budget. Doors for the en
closure at lone have arrived and
Wallace, Idaho, Man
Chosen as Administrator
Wayne Brubacher, who since
1956 has served as superinten
dent of schools at Wallace, Ida.,
has signed a two-year contract
to be administrator of the Mor
row county school system.
He signed the contract, calling
for annual salary of $11,000 per
year but with provision for ad
ditional if he proves satisfactory,
when Directors Milton Morgan,
Irvin Rauch and Kenneth Batty
went to Wallace Tuesday to
close the transaction.
Brubacher, who has been in
educational work since 1936, said
that he expects to be on the job
here within 10 days. The school
board at Wallace, a town of
2400 population, has released
him from his contract there.
The new administrator has a
master's degree from Colorado
State College of Education,
Greeley, Colo., and during his
27 years' experience has been
in educational work in four
states Colorado, Washington,
Idaho and Alaska.
From 1936 to 1945 he held
teaching positions in Del Norte,
Colo., and in Alaska. From 1946
to 1950 he was a principal at
Chelan, Wn., and for the next
two years was principal at An
acortes, Wn. He became super
intendent of schools at Friday
Harbor, Wn., in 1952 and held
that position until he went to
Wallace in 1956.
Mr. and Mrs. Brubacher have
four daughters, the eldest of
whom is an airlines stewardess.
Selection of the administrator
was made Monday night at the
July board meeting, and the
contract was taken to him by the
three directors Tuesday who
made the 683-mile round trip
to Wallace by auto on auth
orization of the board to check
on details and to be sure that
he could be released from his
position at Wallace.
Interviews had been conducted
by the board during the previous
week when the number of appli
cations were reduced to five.
These were called for interviews.
Two board members, Directors
Phyllis Nelson
At National FFA
Meet, Kansas City
Phyllis Nelson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Nelson of
Lexington, is at the 1963 nat
ional convention of the Future
Homemakers of America at Kan
sas City, Missouri, one of 10
delegates from the state of Ore
gon. She left by train at Hlnkle
Saturday evening, joining other
girls on the train who were
convention-bound.
Phyllis called her parents
Wednesday and said that she is
having a "wonderful time." The
girls at the convention all at
tended a stage play, and it took
32 buses to take them there.
The convention is from July
811, and she will be home Sun
day. Delegates come from all
states of the Union, as well as
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is
lands. The meetings center around
the objective, "Contributing to
the Joys and Satisfactions of
Family Living" with special em
phasis on the national project,
"Focus on Family Friendship."
Oregon's delegation to the
convention is accompanied by
Mrs. Estelle Van Cleave, home
economics education consultant
in the State Department of Edu
cation, and Miss Jeanette Roake,
homemaking teacher at Newport
High school.
Morrow Queen Wins
In Lake County
Sandra Eubanks, Morrow
county's 1963 Fair and Rodeo
queen, proved that her title is
more than an honorary thing
when she won one event and
placed in three others at the
Lake County Junior Rodeo June
29 and 30.
She won the goat tying cham
pionship, placing second in the
event in the Saturday show and
first on Sunday. She took second
in the girls' barrel racing on
Saturday and fourth on Sunday
and placed the same in pole
bending, second and fourth.
In each day of the senior V
mile race she was third. Sandra
is daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John
Eubanks of lone and will appear
at the Kickoff Rodeo dance in
the fair pavilion, Heppner, Sat
urday night.
Support
$34,000
are ready to be installed, Direc
tor Morgan said. Work will be
done when Ray Barnett, janitor,
recovers from an operation on his
heel.
Pratt broached the matter of
pay schedule for janitors partic
ularly those who do double duty
as bus drivers. He pointed out
that the district is in danger
of losing some of this custodial
help unless an adjustment is
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WAYNE BRUBACHER
Howard Cleveland and Kenneth
Batty later made a trip by air
plane to Klamath Falls to further
consider a candidate there, but
he advised them that he could
not accept the position if elected
because he could not be released
from his present position.
The Brubacher family will
have as its first task finding
a house to rent in Heppner.
They would like to have a 3
bedroom house, but if this can
not be located, might be able
to use a 2-bedroom house. Any
one who knows of a suitable
place is asked to contact Mrs.
Beverly Gunderson, clerk, at the
school office in the courthouse.
Chamber-Backed
Contest Seeks
Theme for Parade
Can you suggest an approp
riate theme for the Morrow
county Rodeo parade that will be
held on August 31?
If so, you will not only do
the Chamber of Commerce a ser
vice but may win for yourself
two tickets to each afternoon
show of the rodeo on August
31 and September 1.
Suggestions must be made
quickly, though, for deadline of
entries is Wednesday, July 17,
at noon, and they must be sub
mitted to the Gazette-Times of
fice. Decision to sponsor the con
test was made by the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber at its
meeting Monday. Randall Peter
son, chairman of the merchants
committee, said that he has been
receiving inquiries by organiza
tions which plan t0 enter floats
in the parade. They need to
know the theme in making their
plans.
Last year the parade had no
theme, but in the parade of 1961
it was "The Soaring 60's."
An entry blank for submitting
ideas is printed elsewhere in ths
paper. It is not essential to use
the blank in suggesting a theme,
just as long as the name and
address of the person giving the
idea accompanies it.
A committee of judges will
choose the winner, and it is ex
pected to announce the theme
and winner next Thursday.
It is suggested that the theme
be something general enough in
nature so that it could easily
be applied for floats from a wide
variety of organizations and
businesses.
All-Stars
Managers and officers of the
Willow Creek Little League met
June 28 to select the outsanding
11 and 12 year-olds from the
four Little League baseball
teams to play on the All-Star
team. The team will enter area
tournament play in The Dalles
Friday and Saturday, July 19
20. The Willow Creek All-Stars
will tangle with The Dalles
Western All-Stars in the second
game Friday evening, July 19, at
8:00 o'clock. The winners of the
Friday night games will square
off at 8:00 p.m. Saturday with
the losers playing at 6:00 p.m.
This will be the third meeting
of these two teams with the Wil
low Creek lads taking the first
two games. In their first meeting
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Residents Protest Budget Cut
Coming from all parts of the
county, 89 persons assembled in
the fair pavilion annex Wednes
day night to voice strong pro
test to the county budget com
mittee's $3400 cut in the county
extension service budget.
As a result of the meeting,
the county court will be pre
sented with petitions bearing
names of many in the county
who wish to have the money
restored to the extension service
and asking that it be taken from
the emergency fund if it cannot
be restored in , the regular bud
get. A large delegation of residents
will be present at the court meet
ing next Wednesday to make
their wishes known.
Scheduled as a meeting of the
extension service advisory com
mittee, the Wednesday night
session proved to be more than
this. It brought out an outpour
ing of citizens who expressed
their feelings about the cut and
what it would do to the exten
sion program here. None spoke
in defense of the reduction.
A number of them carried pe
titions that had been sent by
farm organizations and other
80th Year
GAZ
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 1 1, 1963
Kickoff Dance Set Saturday Night
Storm Stalls
Harvest;
Loss Light
Early harvest operations in
Morrow county were brought to
a standstill b'j " week-end rain
and hail storms, but damage
was generally light, a check
around the county indicates.
Heavy rain squalls Sunday
pretty well covered the county
with .50 inch reported in Hepp
ner by Leonard Gilliam, weath
er observer. Some hail hit in the
city, too, but stones were small.
In other parts of the county, they
were bigger and some damage
to standing crops was reported.
Two insurance agents said
that most of their claims each
having four or five were in the
Eightmile area but damage does
not appear to be great. Charles
Ruggles said that some hail
damage was also reported along
Rhea creek but it did not seem
to hit the wheat that lies back
from the creek.
LaVerne Van Marter said that
although the claims he received
were principally from Eightmile,
he had one from Butter Creek,
showing the widespread nature
of the storm. Hailstones "half
as big as hen's eggs" were re
ported by Claude Cox near his
cabin in the mountains, and Bob
Jepsen said that he had heard
of some about the size of mar
bles in the west central section
of the county.
Only a few grain growers were
in harvest when the storm came,
but others were expecting to get
underway. It is expected that the
moisture will cause about a
week's delay, but if the weather
holds from now on, the rain
could be of benefit.
Riley Munkers of Morrow
County Grain Growers said that
wheat of D. O. Nelson, first to
get underway, was showing very
good both in quality and pro
duction. It tested about 44 to 45
lb. per bushel at the North Lex
ington elevator as compared
with about 42 last year. His
yield was running about 35 to 36
bushels to the acre.
Some barley has been brought
in, but it is running close to the
deadline on moisture at about
11, he said. Most wheat is yet
too wet to harvest but some may
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Picked for
in 1060, the two teams met in
the first round with the local
All-Stars winning 12-3. In their
second meeting last year the
Willow Creek boys won via the
home run route after each team
had lost to other opponents in
first round action.
Howard Pettyjohn, manager of
the Braves has been named All
Star coach. His assistant will be
selected at a later date. The
Braves placed five boys in the
All-Star lineup: Kevan and Kent
Pratt, Larry Pettyjohn, Bill Mc
Leod, and Larry Bellenbrock.
Four came from the Dodgers:
John McCabe. Mark Lovgren, Kit
Anderson, Bill Baker; two frm
the Giants: Terry Prock and Bill
Stockard; and three from the
Indians: Keith Nelson, Jim
Meeting with Court
Set for Wednesday
Those wishing to appear be
fore the county court on the
matter of restoring the ex
tension service budget should
be at the courthouse at 2 p.m.
Wiednesday, July 17.
The appointment was made
Thursday morning with Judge
Oscar Peterson. He said that
he had tentatively planned a
mid-month county court meet
ing and in response to the re
quest by those interested in
the extension budget matter
definitely set the date after
contacting Commissioner Mil
ton Biegel in Irrigon. Commis
sioner Gene Ferguson is out of
the county on vacation but is
expected to be back by that
time.
groups. OthPrs expressed actions
of the organizations they rep
resented. Still others came as
private individuals to point out
how they felt the extension ser
vice had helped them and their
belief that it would be poor
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REV. AND MRS. CHARLES KNOX are presented the Minister of
the Year award from the Rev. Harry Atkins at the annual State
Convention oi Oregon Christian churches in Turner July 5.
Marcia Rands Now
On Trip to U. N.
Marcia Rands, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Groves, left
Portland Tuesday for New York
City where she is visiting the
United Nations after winning the
IOOF-sponsored United Nations
Pilgrimage trip.
She was in Portland Monday
evening for a get-acquainted
party with other girls making
the trip, and the group departed
the following day.
Marcia, who is a senior in
Heppner High school, is one of
16 girls from Oregon who will
spend a week in New York and
then visit Washington, D. C, and
other points in the east.
They are traveling by chart
ered bus, and with the Oregon
delegates are other representa
tives from the state of Wash
ington and British Columbia.
Still Out of Office
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, who has been
suffering from an attack of in
fectious neuritis, returned home
from Pendleton Community hos
pital Friday but expects to return
tomorrow (Friday) for a checkup.
Although he is showing im
provement, indications are that
he will not be in his office next
week. He first entered the hos
pital June 25.
Playoffs
Swanson, and Gary Kemp. Alter
nates are: LaVerne Van Marter,
Giants; Mark Pointer, Indians;
and Jon O'Donnell, Dodgers.
The team has been practicing
the past week and will continue
to hold workouts this week-end
and next. They will practice at
4 p.m. Friday and should wear
uniforms and bring birth certifi
cates. Some of the boys have
been on vacation and have not
had any practice so far.
Little , League president La
verne Van Marter reminds the
All-Star team members to have
their birth certificates to turn
in to him next week.
If any of the boys need rides
to The Dalles or a place to stay,
they are to contact Van Marter
at his office as soon as possible.
economy to cut the budget.
Mrs. E. Markham Baker of
lone presided in the absence of
the president and vice president
of the council. She explained the
purpose of the meeting, stating
that the reduction would amount
to the loss of one county agent.
This was confirmed by Jerry
Nibler, state extension agent, of
Corvallis, who said that the
county contributes 30 to the
program, the federal govern
ment 20, and the state 50.
Loss of the county's $3400 would
mean loss of proportionate
matching funds, he said.
A sizeable representation was
at the meeting from the north
end of the county to protest the
cut. They pointed out what gains
the 4-H program has made since
the third agent was added to the
staff and emphasized the added
attention that the north end had
received since this was done
They said that reduction of the
staff would probably hit them
hardest because they are farthest
from the county seat.
Many from all parts of the
county testified spontaneously
about what the extension service
meant to them, ranging from
(Sidwell Photo)
Knox Selected
Rural Minister
Of Year in State
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Knox, pastor and wife of the
First Christian church, Heppner,
were presented the Rural Min
ister of the Year award at ser
vices Friday at the State Con
vention of Oregon Christian
churches in Turner.
The award, given each year to
one of its ministers in Oregon
for outstanding service in church
and community, was presented
to the honored couple by the
Rev. Harry Atkins of Dufur,
chairman of the Town and
Country committee. The conven
tion was in session through the
wpek of July 1-7.
The Rev. and Mrs. Knox have
served here for 7 'a years and
have given outstanding service
in increasing membership, stim
ulating interest in youth activ
ities, and participating in civic
activities. Rev. Knox currently
serves as juvenile counselor for
the county and is constantly
called on to aid in juvenile prob
lems. In 19G1 the local church re
ceived the rural church award,
presented this year to the
Athena church. It is given in
towns with population of 2,500
or under.
A total registration of 2500 was
expected by the close of the con
vention oii Sunday. The Knox
family lived in their house trail
er during their stay, returning
to their home here on Saturday.
Clearing Underway
For Bowling Lanes
Clearing of the property for
the bowling lanes, to be located
between Willow and Chase street
near Inland Chemical company,
was progressing this week.
Old buildings on the property
have been removed and Jeff
Walker was in the process of
removing stumps and trees prior
to actual start of construction
Wally Green of Hermiston has
the construction contract and
will start on the actual building
very soon for Joy, Higgins and
Henderson, promoters of the 8
lane alleys.
TIMES
Mrs. Fay Munkers' story of how
an extension asent had once
sewed her injured dog's tail back
on, to Dick Wilkinson's report
of how weed control assistance
through the county agent had
cut his costs from about $15
per acre to $1.50 per acre and
saved him $11,000 to $12,000 in
the aggregate.
Kenneth Smouse of lone said
that he figured the budget cut
would save him about $6 per
year in taxes but declared that
he had just phoned the county
agent for a bit of advice on live
stock that alone would save
him two or three times as much.
Ken Batty of Heppner was the
only one who had been at the
budget hearing who attended the
Wednesday night meeting. He
said that he was for a reduction
in taxes but went to the hearing
under a misconception and did
not realize what was happening
j there. He apologized to County
Agent Nels Anderson and to the
extension service but said that
he felt others in the county were
delinquent in not attending the
hearing to express their feelings
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Number 19
HEPPNER
10 Cents
New Floor
Completed,
Set for Use
First event of the upcoming
1963 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo season will be the Kick
off Dance Saturday night in the
fair pavilion, Heppner. Arrange
ments are being made for a
large crowd expected to be on
hand for the event.
Danoers will be pleasantly
surprised with the new hard
wood floor that was installed in
the pavilion by the fair board
with Arnold Melby doing the
work on contract. The new pe
can flooring is smooth and pol
ished and ready for the dancers.
Queen Sandra Eubanks and
her court, including Princess
Louise Pointer, Nancy Cleveland,
Shan Mahoney and Sharon Don
ovan will be present as official
royalty for the Kickoff Dance,
attired in their new costumes.
Music will be furnished by
Leonnig's orchestra, ever popu
lar here, and refreshments will
be served. The dance will start
at 10 p.m. and will continue un
til 2 a.m. Admission will be $1.50
per person.
The Kickoff will be the first
of the series of dances which will
continue each week, except for
one, until the fair and rodeo at
the end of August.
All dances will be in the fair
pavilion this year. On July 20,
Princess Nancy Cleveland will
be honored at the dance spon
sored by the Lena community,
and this will be followed on
July 27 by the dance honoring
Princess Shan Mahoney, spon
sored by the Wranglers club.
The Tillicum club's dance on
August 3 will honor their prin
cess, Sharon Donovan, and on
August 10, the Lexington
Grange-sponsored dance will
pay tribute to Princess Louise
Pointer.
Queen Sandra's dance will be
on August 17. There will be no
dance on August 24, the night
of the East-West Shrine foot
ball game in Pendleton, and the
final dance of the season will
be the Rodeo dance itself on the
night of August 31.
The fair will be August 19
through 23 and the rodeo will
be August 31 and September 1.
Chief Issues Plea
For More Firemen
Fire Chief Charles Ruggles
this week issued a plea for
more volunteer firemen for the
Heppner department He said
that personnel is needed to bol
ster the department whose
numbers are at a low ebb.
Those signing for the service
should be available for fire
fighting duties and be willing
to devote a reasonable amount
of time to training and drills,
be said.
partment is down to 10 men.
At the present time the de
asd this number is not suf
ficient to meet a major emer
gency, the chief pointed out.
Men between 21 and SO are
sought for the service.
The chief has written a let
ter, iitmi on page two of
this paper, which further ex
plains the need. Men inter
ested are urged to contact him.