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County Tax Millages
Show Slight Gain
Property taxpayers in Morrow
county will find that their mil
lage rates, on the average, will
be slightly above those for 1962
63 when they receive their tax
statements in the fall.
Assessor Rod Thomson has re
leased figures to show that 16
of the county's 20 code areas
will have moderate gains in mil
lage, but the remaining four are
down.
Some of the increases, how
ever, are not as much as had
been expected in view of the
budgets approved for the various
taxing bodies. In Heppner, for
instance, the total millage will
be 82.9 for 1963-64. Last year it
was 80.7, thereby showing a
climb this year of 2.2 mills.
Some had feared that it would
reach 90 mills.
Taxpayers living within the
city limits of Boardman will no
tice the greatest millage hike
going from 74.4 mills last year
to 87.6 for the 1963-64 year. This
is largely due to the fact that
only about $10,000 worth of real
property remains on the rolls
there because the Corps of En
gineers has purchased the major
part of the property for relo
cation. Balance of the $72,305
valuation listed for Boardman is
comprised largely of personal
property.
In other incorporated cities of
the county, the total millages for
the coming year are as follows
(with last year's millage in par
entheses): Irrigon, 71.9 (64.0);
Lexington, 74.3 (69.5); and lone,
82.0 (76.7).
Principally because the coun
ty's public utilities assessment
was decreased this year from
$2,760,457 to $2,135,395, a drop of
$625,062, the county's total tax
able value is down. Last year
the figure was $17,400,042, and
for 1963-64 it is $16,854,365, a
drop of $545,667.
However, the county's real
property valuation shows a
slight gain, going to $12,087,710
as compared with $12,027,415 last
year. Land inside corporate lim
its is up about $23,000, reaching
$276,630 as compared with $253,
720 last year. Land outside corp
orate limits shows about a $30,
000 increase, going to $8,331,500
from $8,303,840 last year. Im
provements inside corpo rate
limits are placed at $1,760,400
for 1963-64 and Improvements
outside corporate limits are set
at $1,719,130. . . .
In the area of personal prop
erty, merchandise and stock in
trade is down somewhat, to
$299,680 as compared with $323,
235 for 1962-63. Furniture, fix
tures and equipment is down
from $84,435 to $75,885; farm ma
chinery and equipment is up to
$1,024,460 from the $1,008,050 of
last year, and other machinery
and equipment is down to $384,
375 from $415,150.
In the way of livestock, cattle
show a substantial gain in num
bers climbing from 26,318 head
to 29,252 head. However, sheep
and goats continue to decline,
from 19,761 last year to 16,884;
swine is down from 620 to 299;
and horses and mules show a
slight drop in number, from 786
to 758. Poultry is up to 14,685
from 13,199 last year.
Of the taxes to be collected
for county purposes, $127,511.70
will go to the county's general
fund: $17,439.21 to the county
school fund; $113,950.68 to the
county road fund; $5,959.70 to
the county rodent fund; $5,991.73
ot the weed control funds;
$8,710.33 to the hospital main
tenance fund; and $291.11 to the
law library fund.
Taxes to be collected for the
Morrow county school district
will be $662,997.56 as compared
with $667,473.46.
Valuation of property in the
Portland Woman
In Auto Accident
Mrs. Dorothy Robertson of Port
land, a lumber buyer, escaped
serious injury Friday morning
when her car went out of con
trol near the Kinzua Corporation
mill, spun around on the high
way and clipped off a power pole
at the side of the highway.
Mrs. Bill (Nona) Sowell wit
nessed the accident from the
Kinzua office and immediately
called the Heppner ambulance.
Mrs. Robertson apparently suf
fered no injury other than shoe's
and was released after treatment
at Pioneer Memorial hospital.
The' car was severely damaged
on one side.
The woman was leaving Hepp
ner for Portland after spending
the night in a motel here on the
business trip when the accident
happened. Mrs. Sowell said that
she believes seat belts that Mrs.
Robertson was using prevented
serious injuries.
Stores to be Closed
For Coming Holiday
Stores in Heppner will be clos
ed Monday for Labor Day, last
holiday of the summer, and
many will be closed on Saturday
afternoon during the rodeo per
formance, it is announced by
Randall Peterson, chairman of
the merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Customers are reminded to
shoD early for the Labor Day
week-end and be prepared to en
joy the events of the rodeo.
city of Heppner shows an in
crease, going to $1,705,989 from
$1,651,633 last year, and the mil
lage levy for city purposes is
down slightly, to 13.9 mills from
14.3.
In lone, valuation shows a
slight drop, to $367,567 from
$377,335, and the millage levy
for the city purposes is up slight
ly, to 15.9 from 15.1. .
Valuation of Lexington is also
down about $10,000, going to
$257,278 from $267,904, and the
levy is up a whisker, to 5.7 mills
from 5.5 for city purposes.
Irrigon shows a slight valua
tion decrease also, dropping to
$138,889 from $139,295 with a
slight increase in levy to 8.1
mills from 7.8 for city purposes.
Boardman's valuation, with
the Corps buying property there,
is less than half that of last
year, plummeting to $72,305 as
compared with $151,190. The tax
levy consequently soared to 33.9
mills for city purposes as com
pared with i6.5 last year.
Two Men to Open
Skate Rink Here
Roller skating will come to
Hpnnnpr hpeinnins Fridav. SeD-
tember 26, when Glen Ward anl
D. E. (Shorty) Hudson will open
the fair pavilion as a roller rink.
They have obtained 140 pairs
of shoe skates and 75 pairs of
rlnmn-nn skatps for use in the
rink, which they will operate un
der lease trom me Morrow
County Fair Board.
According to their plans, they
will operate the rink on Fridav
and Saturday nights from 7 to
10 p.m. and on Sundays from
2 to 5 D.m. through the wincer
months.
A nominal admission will be
charged and $5 and $10 tickets
will be available to those who
wish to purchase them for skat
ing over a period of time at re
duced rates.
The rink will cater to private
Darties and will offer special
features for birthday parties.
snack bar will also be in oper
ation. The skates will be rented
io those who participate.
Ward and Hudson have been
in charge of showing the Friday
evening movie at the Legion hall.
Whether the movies will be con
tinued depends upon whethei
some others will volunteer to
show them.
The pavilion was improved
during the summer with a new
floor laid to accommodate thr.
skating rink and new lighting
was also installed.
Auxiliary to Offer
Eats, Pop, Candy
American Legion auxiliary of
Heppner has the food and soft
drink concession at the 1963 Ro
deo and will operate from the
4-H Snack Shack building near
the fair pavilion, Mrs. Frank
Hamlin, president, states.
Added to their menu this year
will be foot-long hot dogs. Tuna
and ham and cheese sandwiches
will also be served, as well as
hamburgers. Pop, ice cream,
candy bars and gum will be on
sale at the Snack Shack.
The auxiliary also has the
concession in the rodeo stands
and will have boys circulate
through the crowd with refresh
ments. The Snack Shack will be open
all day Friday, all day and into
the evening Saturday, and from
10 a.m. until the rodeo's con
clusion Sunday.
Swim Pool to Close
Here Saturday Night
Heppner's swimming pool will
close for the season after the
swim Saturday night and will
not be open on Sunday or Labor
Day.
It will conclude a light season
because of the cool weather.
Number of swimmers was down
from last year except for the
warmer month of August, which
was about on a par with previous
weeks.
Call Proves Dry Run
Heppner firemen Wednesday
morning answered a call that
took them to the Phil Mahoney
place, only to find that it was
a "dry run." Harold Evans and
Mahoney had burned some stub
ble for a fire guard, and some
one saw the smoke and reported
it. A number of men responded to
the alarm with the- big rural
truck and the Jeep, leaving their
work to go. They said that they
would appreciate it if those
burning stubble would call the
department and report it in ad
vance to save the time and in
convenience of a false alarm.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Weather report for the past
week is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 78 52 .14
Friday 70 45 .05
Saturday 77 43
Sunday 75 46
"nnv 78 45
Tuesday 79 45
Wednesday 84 51
80th Year
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 29, 1963
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STUDENTS WILL pass through the doors of th new Heppner High school on a regular school day
for the first time Tuesday when the fall semester starts. Except for finishing touches, the new
school is ready and will provide spacious and initing quarters for those attending there.
(G-T Photo)
Tuesday
Day for
Ready or not, it will be back
to school for students through
out Morrow county Tuesday at
9 a.m. after they have enjoyed
the last holiday of the summer
Labor Day on Monday.
Wayne Brubacher, county
school superintendent, announ
ces that teaching staff is now
complete with 87 instructors on
the county roster, including ad
ministrators, and 88 including
himself.
At Heppner, high school stu
dents will go to their brand new
Principal Writes Greetings
From New High Schoo
Principal Gordon Pratt has
written greetings to students
who will be the first to attend
school in the new Heppner High
school building, just completed.
He announces that students
who drive to school must leave
cars parked all day, and they
may not be driven during school
hours. At the same time, he an
nounced that school lunch per
iods will be increased to 55 min
utes. Text of his message to the in
coming students follows:
"To students of Heppner High
school:
"As our school year begins, the
students of Heppner High find
themselves in a unique and en
viable position of occupying a
brand new building. Many of
you have already professed much
interest In the building by com
ing to inspect it. What a great
and wonderful challenge there is
for all of us!
"The people of Morrow county
have provided for you a place
to work and to learn a place
with many new features to fa
cilitate the learning process. We
all must meet this challenge and
repay these citizens by setting
our goals high and by doing the
very best we are able to do to
meet these goals. Remember, stu
dents, that this building repre
sents a sacrifice on the part of
our county citizens. You in turn
must make the most of that
which you so generously have
been given.
"We all, I know, are approach
ing this school year with much
enthusiasm. Let us hope that
this enthusiasm permeates every
project we attempt. You will oe
interested to know that our
lunch period has been lengthen
ed to 55 minutes. During the
lunch time we shall run an in
tramural program for both girls
and boys. Other events such as
chess, checkers, bridge, etc. will
also be held so that all students
who wish may participate in
some program during the lunch
period.
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Back - to
Morrow
building while upper elementary
grades will convene in the old
high school.
High school students living in
side the Heppner city limits may
ride to school on a bus. To do
so, they should be at the city
library where pickup will be
made at approximately 8:30. In
driving to the new high school,
buses will go up the new road
off the slaughter house road and
come down the Morgan street ex
tension, thus observing a one
way pattern. Private vehicles
"On the minus side for some
of you comes the announcement
that cars must be parked all
day and may not be driven dur
ing school hours. Those of you
who drive to school will please
observe a 15 mile per hour speed
limit on the school grounds and
also while approaching the
school on either road. Please
drive in front of the building
and around the end to park on
the level behind the upper level
wing.
"I welcome you back to school
with the hope that this year
proves to be, for each of you, a
golden year m your life. A hope,
too, that at the end of this year
you find yourself better able
to cope with the many prob
lems that you face by living
in the fast-moving, sometimes
precarious 20th century."
Local Cow Riders
To Open Rodeo Shows
Morrow county's rodeo shows
Saturday and Sunday after
noons will open with a new
punch this year. Nine local
men, most of them Heppner
businessmen, will participate
in a cow riding event to kick
off the afternoon shows, Floyd
Jones, rodeo chairman, an
nounces. Listed as participants are the
following: Bill Siewert, banker;
Jim Myers, pharmacist; Wes
Marlatt, service station opera
tor; Herman Winter, district
attorney; Fred Gimbel, power
company manager; Dave Bar
nett, auto sales manager; Bob
Mahoney, rancher; and Don
McClure, teacher.
Inspiration for this event Is
a little vague. It may have
started as a dare. One of the
r'ders remarked confidently
that the cows will be "gentle
old bossies" but this is not con
firmed. At any rate, friends agree
that this event alone will be
worth the price of admission
for the entire program.
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HEPPNER
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Kids
going to the school are asked
to observe the same one-way
route, although signs have not
yet been placed to designate it.
A regular schedule of classes
will be conducted in each school
of the county on the first day
and for each day ensuing.
Hillard Brown, elemen t a r y
school administrator in Heppner,
said that hot lunches will be
Served beginning on the first
day at the regular price of 25c
per meal. Gordon Pratt said that
hot lunches will also be served
at the new school at 25c per
meal beginning on the first day,
although new tables in the mul
tipurpose room may not be com
pletely installed by that time.
Teachers in the county system
are as follows:
Heppner Elementary: Hillard
Brown, principal. Mrs. Juanita
Duffy, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Cacek
(pronounced Saw-sick), and Mrs.
Hillard (Lucile) Brown, all first
grade; Mrs. Ken (Lucile) Peck,
Mrs. Peter (Jackie) Glennie, and
Mrs. Anita Stockard, all second
grade; Mrs. Adrian (Velva)
Brchdolt and Mrs. John (Mild
red) Hanna, both third grade;
Mrs. Floyd (Lorena) Jones and
Mrs. C. C. (Juanita) Carmichael,
both 4th grade; Mrs. Wayne
(Sara) Wilson, Miss Marguerite
Glavey and Mrs. Don (Lois)
Kirk, 5th grade; Mrs. Dick (Inez)
Meador and Mrs. Harold (Inez)
Erwin, 6th grade; Donald Cole,
7th and 8th science; Donald
Clark. 7th and 8th reading, lit
erature, spelling-writing; Clint
Agee, 7th and 8th social studies;
Mrs. Frieda Slocum, 7th and 8th
English; Tom Hughes, 7th and
8th math; Mrs. Clint (Janet)
Agee, girls P. E. and health;
Mrs. Don (Louise) Clark, librar
ian; Mrs. Elmer (Grace) Schmidt,
home economics (2 periods);
Mrs. Harold (Arolene) Laird, re
medial, grades 2, 3, 4; Mrs. W.
S. (Pauline) Miller, remedial
readine. grades 5. 6, 7. 8; Mrs.
Emil (Ola Mae) Groshens, music
all grades, Heppner and Lexing
ton; Mrs. Fred (Kathryn) Hos
kins, special education; and
Arnold Melby, band (2Mt per
iods). Heppner High School: Gordqn
Pratt, principal. Robert Canton
wine, world history, boys' P. E.
and health, basketball coach;
Peter Glennie, commercial, social
science, baseball coach; Mrs.
Maurice (Janet) Groves, English;
Clarence Johnson, librarian;
Gerald Jonasson, vocational agri
culture and shop; Mrs. Roy
(Margaret) Kirk, English, coun
selling; Roy Kirk, social studies;
Rex D. English, English; Miss
Margaret McCarter, science,
girls' P. E. and health; Mrs.
Ed (Rachel) Dick, development
al reading V4 time; Arnold
Melby. band and commercial:
Mrs. Emil (Ola Mae) Groshens,
chorus: Donald McClure. science,
math, track coach; Mrs. Elmer
(Grace) Schmidt, home econom
(Continued on page 8)
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Morse Show Opens
Event; Parade Set
Cowboys from throughout the West wiil
come from all directions this week-end to join
home talent in the 1963 Morrow County Ro
deo, the show that dates back 41 years to its
inception in 1922.
Starting with the Wranglers club Horse
Show at the rodo grounds, Heppner, Friday,
events in the action-packed week-end will con
tinue through the afternoon Rodeo show Sun
day afternoon.
On Saturday will be the colorful Street
Parade in the morning, starting at 10 a. m,.
the opening Rodeo performance at 1:15,
special night show at 8 p. m. and the Rodeo
dance at 10 p. m.
Wranglers Cowboy Breakfast, beginning at
7 o'clock Sunday morning and continuing until
Parade Due
To Start
At 10 Sharp
At 10 a.m. Saturday, the big
street parade for the 1963 Rodeo
will get underway and travel
south on Heppner's gaily-decorated
Main street, Fred Gimbel,
chairman, states. '
Those who plan to be In the
parade must be ready to go at
that time for it is planned to
start the line of march without
delay, he said.
All entries are advised and
urged to be on hand by 9:30
a.m. General assembling point
will be on Main street between
th oltv nark and Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Company, and from j
there different types of entries
will be dispersed to different
areas. - t .
Kiddies In costume and those
with pets are requested to as
semble in the parking lot of
Ford's Tire Service. Floats will
group on Church street, west
from Main, and this includes
both those for adults and child
ren, Gimbel said. Farm machin
ery and family groups will be
on Gale street, and riding groups
will be on Baltimore, west of
Gale.
Grand Marshal Bill Smethurst,
who was in charge of the parade
for years, will be at the corner
of Baltimore and Main to lead
the long procession. Assembling
behind him on Baltimore will be
the Morrow County Fair and fti
deo court, visiting courts, form
er queens and courts.
Indications are that there will
be a bumper crop of entries in
all divisions this year. It is hard
to enumerate them because of
the fact that the parade requires
no advance entry.
However, some of them known
to be coming are the Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce float, the
Umatilla Ordnance depot float,
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany float, the Western Star
lettes of Pendleton which is a
girls' marching group sponsored
by VFW auxiliary, post No. 92,
representatives of Happy Canyon
(Continued on page 8)
HORSE SHOW RODEO
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, August 30
9 am. Wranglers Horse Show
opens. Rodeo Grounds, all day.
5 p.m. Rodeo entries close.
Drawings made.
Saturday, August 31
10 a.m. Downtown Street
Parade. Forms in vicinity of
city park on side streets. En
trants should be on hand at
9:30. Judging of floats, 9:30.
11:30 a.m. Luncheon for Mor
row county Rodeo Queen and
court and visiting queens and
courts in Elks club.
1:15 p.m. First performance
of rodeo. Admission: Adults
$2, students SI. No reserved
seats.
8 pm. Special night show
at rodeo grounds. Admission:
Adults SI, children, 50c.
10 pan. Rodeo dance in fair
pavilion. $1.50 per person.
Sunday, September 1
7 to 10 am. Wranglers Cow
boy Breakfast at clubhouse
near fair pavilion. Everyone
invited. Adults, S1.50 per pate;
students, 75c; children. 50c.
1:30 pjn. Final show of the
rodeo. Adults, S2; students, SI.
Comical will play through
out the week-end in grounds
beside the fair pavilion.
American Legion Auxiliary
will operate Snack Shack
with food and soft drinks
throughout the horse show and
rodeo.
10, will open proceedings on Sun
day, and the afternoon Rodeo
show, getting underway at 1:30
p.m., will complete the 1963 cele
bration. Bronc busters from far and
wide will compete again for the
coveted Hamley saddle in the
Northwest Amateur Bronc Rid
ing championship, one of the top
features of the rodeo. Last year
Buzz Seely of Arlington walked
off with the prize.
Morrow county amateur calf
ropers will vie for another prized
saddle, also made by Hamley
and Company, but given by Kin
zua corporation. Jim Farley
copped this prize last year.
As in the past, the rodeo pro
grams will be jam-packed with
thrilling events with humor mix
ed in. The rough and ready stock
of John Van Belle, Outlook, Wn
will again provide Ihe rip-roaring
challenge for the cowboys
and Chuck Blaylock, aided by
Benny Bidwell, both of Redmond,
will be on deck to provide mirth
as clowns for the shows.
A group of plucky and un
initiated Chamber of Commerce
volunteers will add some fun
and zest to the afternoon shows
this year in a special cow riding
event. Calf roping, bareback rid
ing, bulldogglng, bronc riding,
team roping, Morrow county
amateur calf roping, wild cow
milking, bull riding, girls' bar
rel racing, 2-year old futurity
for Morrow county owned horses,
pony racing, and flag racing will
be on the Saturday afternoon
program, and the Sunday show
will have similar events as the
finals. Morrow county derby will
also be on Sunday afternoon.
At the Saturday night show
will be Wranglers' wild cow rid
ing, team roping, Vi-mile cow
boy race, exhibition bucking,
cowgirl race, Morrow county calf
roping, and wild horse race.
Besides the saddles to be pre
sented, other trophies Include
handmade western boots made
and presented by Del Brown,
Pendleton, for second in the am
ateur calf roping; a Stetson hat
by Wilson's Men's Wear, Hepp
ner, for third in the amateur
roping; a pair of chaps from
Severe Bros., Pendleton, for see
on In saddle bronc riding; $25
certificate by Claude and Marg
aret Buschke of Gilliam and Bis-
bee for girls' OBRA racing; and
trophy buckle by Herman Green,
Heppner, lor first in cow riding.
Rodeo Chairman Floyd Jones
declares that his committee has
things well in hand for the Ro
deo. Working hard this week on
last minute preparations are Bert
Huff, secretary; Bill Smethurst,
veteran on the rodeo committee
who is in charge of the queen
and court; John Eubanks, in
charge of races; Fred Mankin,
new member but old hand at
the Horse Show, working on tro
phies and awards; Al Fetsch, in
charge of dances; Everett Struck
meier, Wrangler representative;
Gerald Swaggart, who is In
charge of the grounds; Raymond
French, in charge of the barns;
Wes Sherman, working on pub
licity and advertising; and Fred
Gimbel, Chamber of Commerce
representative who is working
on parking as well as being
chairman of the parade.
Huff said that entries by mid
week totaled 50, an unusually
high number for this early. Last
year's total entry list was 147,
but most of them came in on
the last day. This may top prev
ious records. Entries close at 5
p.m. Friday at the Wranglers
clubhouse, rodeo office. Huff will
be there to accept late entries,
aided by Mrs. Bill (Thelma)
Smethurst.
The Wrangler Horse Show Fri
day will bring out the finest
horses In the county for both
conformation and halter and
performance classes with Man
kin, superintendent for many
years, in charge once more. After
starting at 9 a.m. the event win
continue throughout the day
with a stop only for lunch.
Little Leaguers will sell pro
grams in the stands throughout
the rodeo and will share in the
proceeds.
Cascade Amusement Company
carnival Is already on hand and
will offer additional entertain
ment for crowds attending the
rodeo.
(Continued on page 8;