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U OF 0 EUGENE ORE Lanes to Open 80th Year Number 32 On Wednesday HEPPNER gazette-tim: Morrow county's long awaited dream of a bowling lanes will become a reality Wednesday, Oc tober 16, with the opening of the brand new Fiesta Lanes in Heppner at 7:30 p.m. that even ing. Announced last week for Fri Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 10, 1963 10 Cents day, October 11, the opening was necessarily postponed because of failure of some of the equip ment to arrive, but Art Dyck, owner, has been given every as surance that it will be ready to go by next Wednesday. Grand opening of the estab lishment will find coffee and soft drinks offered free to every one in attendance, and there will be free prizes for all while they last. Other special features for the opening are being plan ned, Dyck said. Located on Chase street at the Willow street intersection, the lanes will contain eight alleys and will feature double leagues each night of the week. Most modern bowling equip ment from the Brunswick Gold Crown pinsetters with under lane returns to the AMF tele scorers will be included in the plant. The management will handle several lines of bowling equipment, inc 1 u d i n g balls, shoes, bags and shirts. Dyck said that 40 AMF lockers have been purchased for rental to area bowlers but they are going fast with a very few left unrented. He plans to get more lockers to cope with the demand. In addition to the night leagues, others are in the plan ning stage, including Saturday morning league for youngsters and an after school league for high school students. The nightly leagues will all be five-man leagues with Tuesday and Thursday night leagues reserved for women. Interest in league bowling has come from as far away as Kinzua where a women's league is in the process of formation. A Monday night league for men has been formed and officers elected. The Tues day night league for women is also organized. The business will have candy and soft drink dispensing ma chines for customers and infra red prepared sandwiches will be sold at the counter. General contractor on the con crete block building was Wally Green of Hermiston. Everyone is invited to attend the grand opening, Dyck said. Mrs. Devine Dies Following Surgery Mrs. Pearl Devine, long-time resident of Heppner, died in a Seattle hospital following surg ery Wednesday, according to a report received by the Rev. Charles Knox, pastor of the Heppner Christian church. Mrs. Devine had entered Providence hospital, Seattle, re cently for major heart surgery. The operation required from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, and she died after the surgery. She was a member of the Heppner Christian church for many years and was a long time member of the Soroptimist club here, being still active in the organization. Mrs. Devine was a sister of Oren Wright and the late Del bert Wright. Funeral arrange ments are pending. A complete obituary will be printed in next week's paper. City Attorney Ends 40 Years' Service With Resignation City attorney Jos. J. Nys, who has served as official legal counsellor for 40 years, tendered his resignation to the city council Monday night. Through the summer, Mr. Nys has been ill and has been unable to serve regularly. He has not been able to return to his office to this time. Recently the council appointed Ma honey and Abrams to act on a temporary basis until Nys was able to resume his duties. In his letter to the council, the city attorney said, "It is with considerable regret that I hereby tender my resignation as city attorney, effective im mediately. "I have greatly enjoyed the associations of the past 40 years with the city, and I thank each of you present in cumbents and the city em ployees for the fine cooper ation while we were working together. I know you will con tinue to work for the best in terests of the city." Councilmen and Mayor Al Lamb, in acceptance of the resignation with reluctance, expressed appreciation for the outstanding service rendered to the City of Heppner by Attorney Nys over the 40-year period and directed Recorder Ted Smith to express this grat itude in a letter to him. During his span of office, the attorney has witnessed many changes in the city, has assisted with many improve ment projects of benefit to its citizens and handled many problems that occur continu ously in the conducting of city business. ART DYCK, owner of Fiesta Lanes, has extended a wel come to all to attend the open ing of the new bowling alley on Wednesday night, October 16, postponed to that date from previously announced opening of October 11 because of failure of some equipment to arrive in time. (G-T Photo) Yellowjackets Lose Grade School War But Take Casualties Pestiferous pugnacious yel lowjackets, perenn i a 1 nuis sances in the old high school building, won a few battles in the school this fall but lost their war. Reinforcements for the upper grade school students, who now use the building, came from a pest control service after the youngsters in upstairs rooms had been buzzed and bombed by the insects since shortly after school started. The matter came to a head when Nancy Doherty, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Doherty, was stung eight times in school one' day. She was taken to a doctor for treat ment. Hillard Brown, princl pal, then called a-, pest control ser-, vice and the attic of the build ing was sprayed to result in virtual obliteration of the yellowjackets. . Although the yellowjackets have tried to claim the build ing for their own for several years, they weren't bad this year until all of a sudden they became mean and ornery. 'They got bad right now," Brown said. Upstairs rooms proved to be particular "hot spots" but now that the spraying job is done, peace is restored and the youngsters once again can concentrate on their school work. JUDY SHERER of lone has been chosen as a princess for the Pacific International Livestock expositon in Portland. See story on page 1, section 2. Residents Four residents of Morgan street, with Bill Sowell as spokesman, appeared at the Heppner city council meeting Monday night and requested that action be taken to control traffic going to and from the new high school. With Sowell were Mrs. Gerald Rood, Mrs. Larry Cook, Sr., and Claude Cox. The group also spoke for the Glenn Smith fam ily and the William Zinter fam ily, Sowell said. Stating that there is no traffic control in the city during the two peak hours before and after school because Chief of Police Dean Gilman is driving a school bus, Sowell declared, "It is just by the grace of God that a little kid hasn't been run over in the north end of town." Morgan street has become "practically a race track," Sowell said. He added that the difficul ty doesn't come alone from young drivers but from adults as well. Councilman John Pfeiffer, also I i State Tax Measure Election Slated Columbus Day Time For Bargain Days In Heppner Stores With Columbus Day week end at hand Heppner merch ants are using the occasion to offer special bargains and shopping offers to the public. Their regular monthly pro motion will be Friday and Saturday of this week and tying in with the Columbus Day sale will be fall clear ance specials, closeouts on some merchandise and big re ductions on other items. Free parking will be feat ured again on Saturday, and parking meters will be hooded for the day. Some of the specials are ad vertised in this paper. They may be found on the full page advertisement on page 5 of this section as well as on the facing page and throughout the paper. County Tax Statements Go in Mails Tax statements for approxi mately 4,000 separate accounts went into the mail Tuesday af ter work preparing the Morrow county roll had been completed by Rod Thomson, assessor, and turned over to Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman for collection. The total roll this year is for $1,213,569.30, an increase of $19, 840 over last year., " Statements Include taxes for personal and real property. Some of the larger taxpayers in the county will receive as many as 100 statements each for various properties owned. Thus, while there are about 4,000 separate accounts, there are far fewer taxpayers. Taxpayers have until Novem ber 15 to pay their taxes in order to take advantage of the full rebate. They also may be paid quarterly. Deputies Elvira Irby and Lil lian Sweek completed the job of preparing the statements Monday and placing them in the mail Tuesday. Included in each envelope is a complete summary of taxes for the 1963-64 year which gives full breakdown for all code areas of the county, summary of the assessment roll, details of the taxes levied for each taxing district, summary of valuations, and other informa tion. Statistics compiled by Assessor Thomson show that 68.89 of the Morrow county property tax dollar goes to schools, while 10.89 goes to general county. Roads take 9.73, cities 2.96, Port of Morrow 2.73, cemetery districts 1.97, rural fire dis tricts .96, hospital .74, vec tor control .09 and miscellan eous 1.04. Many taxpayers will notice in creases on their statements since millage levies are up in varying degree in a good percentage of the code areas. However, a few show decreases. Urban reappraisal completed last year and entered on this year's roll will mean higher taxes for some because of in creased valuation placed on their properties. In some instances, however, the evaluation decreas ed, and these tax payers may benefit by some decline in taxe3. Ask Traffic Control a Morgan street resident, said that he believes the situation is worsened because there are no sidewalks on Morgan street. Social functions at the school in the evenings are also occasion for some speeding by those at tending, he said. After the delegation left, the council voted, at Chief Gilman's recommendation to post Morgan street extension as a 15-mile-per-hour zone. The matter was also turned over to the police com mute, headed by LeRoy Gardner, and with Councilman Clarence Rosewall and Earl Ayres as members, to consider it further. They were given power to act. They discussed the situation with Chief Gilman after the meeting, and Gardner said that they will report recommenda tions at the next council meet ing. Also discussed was the possi bility of recommending to the county that a stop sign be placed on slaughterhouse road, enter ing Riverside. w its M a - 1 ' m - w ""wi m- - jrtamt. B rr.. ' -1. 7 "T""WHMMjw".. '-l'"-, WMwwfe. inn iron m -Vt "Won A ' IS tJl.. . 1 f-v . it - . i i. SIXTH GRADERS of the area learned a lot on the Conservation Field Day conducted last Wednes day to Bull Prairie. In the photo upper right David Barnett of Condon and Vickie Wham of Fossil learn how to build a safe camp fire from Chuck McLean, chief fire officer, U.S. Forest Service, Heppner Ranger district At top tight Bob Booth of the Forest Service conducts a class on timber management At bottom left axe leaders on the tour. County Agent Nels Anderson; Dick Gra ham. Kinzua Corooration forester; Glen Ward. State Game Commission agent; Bob Booth, U.S. Forest Service Halph Richards, Heppner Soil Conservation district; and Henry DahllL State Board of Forestry. At lower right Graham tells Frank Bur res, Condon, and Flint Gross, Fossil, about lum ber made from glued scraps at Kinsua plant First Forest Conservation Tour Goes Off 'Like Clockwork' By N. C ANDERSON Everything, including schedul ed flight of several hundred low flying cranes, went off like cIock work at the first annual Bull Prairie Forest Conser v a 1 1 o n School tour, held last Wednes day. A hundred and sixty-eight sixth grade boys and girls from Heppner, lone, Condon, Fossil, Kinzua, and Spray participated in programs at eight "stations" where reprentatives of several agencies had 12 minutes to briefly explain related aspects of forest conservation. Ralph Richards and Dick Patchings, Soil Conservation Ser vice, explained the importance of forest soils and illustrated with a soil pit the different soil profiles. L. J. Marks, Wheeler county agent, told the boys and girls about important range grass and shrub species and how they are managed for best use between livestock and wildlife. Henry Dahill and Howard Kline of the State Board of For estry had an Interesting exhibit on forest fire fighting tools and explained how each is used and the responsibility of the State Board of Forestry In fire control. Outdoor Manners, a station on camping manned by Chuck Mc Lean, Forest Service, outlined good and bad manners in camp ing. Bob Booth, Forest Service, had a demonstration plot set up to show how forest stands are thinned and pruned and ex- Water Mains Proposed A committee working on the matter of furnishing additional water supply to the high school reported on progress to date. Councilman Pfeiffer is chairman. It is proposed to run a 6-inch main in front of the high school building, tying in with a 4-inch main on either end. Fire hyd rants would be located at each end of the 6-inch main. In ad dition, school directors who met with the committee asked that another line be laid from the new main towards the athletic field at the side of the gym. The latter would be done at the cost of the school district if the matter is approved by the schoul board which meets Monday night. City and school district would share cost of gttting the addit ional supply to the school, need ed for fire protection and irri gation. Councilmen felt that cost lo the city would approximate (Continued on Page 4i lfc'rHfBTiri1"jlllia t . J - t'-M l Ml m in plained the Importance of these practices, Dick Graham, forester Kinzua Corporation, had an excellent display of products manufactur ed from lumber at Kinzua and pointed out the importance of forestry in the state of Oregon and commercial forest manage ment practices. Ray Williamson, Forest Service, identified the different shrubs and trees com mon to the area, and explained a little about the value of each of these species. Last, but not least, Glen Ward, State Game Commission, found Legislature's Ironic, Rep. It is ironic that members of a legislature which was condem ned for its niggardly attitude towards major branches of state government during the 1903 session are now being critici.cd as spendthrifts, Rep. Stafford Hansell of Umatilla county told members of the Ileppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday. The Hermiston legislator spoke to the local organization on the October 15 special election on tax measure No. 1 and was in troduced by Wayne Brubacher, Morrow county superintendent of schools. With a 1& growth in pop ulation through each biennium, the people of the state must ex pect a l'a inflation, Hansell said. "We can't expect to look for new services if the budget gain is less than 67o," he declared. While the state's budget Is stated as approximately $404,000, 000, actually it is well over $1 billion, the representative ex plained. More than $800,000 is in dedicated funds which are not included in the $404 million general fund budget, ihc forth coming tax measure will have virtually no effect on the agen cies under the heading of "ded icated funds" because they are not dependent on income taxes nor other revenues that are car marked for the general fund. Eighty-five ptr cent of the budpet increase approved by the legislature goes directly to edu cation, which takes 60 of the i general tuna, including support (to higher education and the money spent for basic school 'sur-port of rmhlic education. ' Rep. Hansell pointed out how basic school was first voted over X4t MY 'Ionium i.T I IMM ii ,'A if : till m, mtiJimi the Wildlife Station a popular one with the boys and girls. Getting special attention was the live beaver he had trapped the evening before that 168 boys and girls had to pet as they went by. They were also inter ested in furs and antlers on dis play as well as the information Glen had for them about the management and importance ol wildlife. Glen says that he scheduled the cranes to fly over his station, but a few of the in structors think maybe this was (Continued on page 8; Tax Situation Hansell Says whelmingly by the people who seemed to endorse the princi pals that not all cost of edu cation should be paid by prop erty taxes. The original vote was for $50 per student to come from state support, and in a later elec tion, the people voted to increase this amount to $80 per student In the succeeding years the leg islature increased the sum to' wards an ultimate goal of 50 of the cost of public education. At the recent session of the legislature, the sum was raised to $129 per student, bringing the support to a level of about 36 of the total cost of edu cation. Rev. Hansell emphasized that he has been one of those most critical of higher education but said that three problems are mainly responsible for the cur rent legislative program: 1. In creased number of youngsters In public schools. 2. No surplus for the legislature to work on. 3. More students continuing on to higher education than ever be fore. "Correctional institutions are not like our youngsters," he said. "You can't turn them away from these institutions." This statement was made to indicate that the state could not make a very severe cut in bud gets for the correctional insti tutions, but enrollments may be curtailed for higher education if money is not forthcoming to pro vide for the increasing number of students. The 1 increase in welfare funds approved by the legisla ture was principally to provide for investigating teams to check on alleged cases of fraud that reputedly are taking 5 of wel- (Continued on page 4) Tuesday Light Vote Predicted In Morrow Although there has been strong controversy over the Ore gon state tax referral measure, prospects Indicate that a light vote will be cast in the special election Tuesday, October 15. Only the one matter will be faced by the voters at this elec tion the question of whether to uphold the 19C3 legislature's pro gram for raising some $60,000, 000 to meet the state's $104,000, 000 budget or to defeat it. There will be nine polling places in Morrow county and the polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The voting places are as follows: Hardman IOOF hall; Boardman Grange hall; lone city hall; Irrigon A. C. Houghton school; Lexington city hall; Northeast Heppner old library (city hall); North west Heppner city hall; South east Heppner county clerk's office; Southwest Heppner county judge's office. Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, predicted that the vote would not exceed 50 of the registered voters in Morrow coun ty despite the interest shown on the measure in some quarters. Measure No. 1, upon which voters will cast their ballots, was referred to the people after 55,000 signatures had been ob tained to call the special elec tion. This was done after the legislature had worked out the tax program which incorporates a number of changes in the state income tax law, in corporation taxes and on capital investments. Proponents state that many of the features of the tax bill are in the nature of reforms. Income tax rates would be lowered, but the federal Income deduction would no longer be allowed from the state income tax if the leg islative program is sustained. A "yes" vote on the measure is in favor of sustaining the legislature's proposal and a "no" vote is against the proposal. Many state agencies, partic ularly in the field of education but including many others, have told of cuts that must be made If Measure No. 1 is not sustained. Opponents have declared that cuts in state spending can and must be made. Those In favor of Measure 1 point out that some basic school support money from the state, which comes principally from in come taxes, will be lost and that this will revert to property taxation if the proposal does not carry. Others against the measure have expressed the belief that this program would give only temporary relief and that the state should adopt a sales tax or some other program with a broader base. Because of the fact that there will not be sufficient funds to meet the budget If Measure No. 1 is defeated, it is a virtual certainty that a "no" vote on Tuesday will result in a special session of the legislature at which time an attempt will be made to seek other means of raising revenue and take what ever action is necessary in the financial emergency. Lions Club Sale Response Good Excellent response to the lone Lions club broom and light bulb sale Is reported by Jim Barnett ot the club On the house-to-house cam paign in Heppner Monday and Tuesday nights the club grossed $400 on the sale. They expected to complete the campaign m lone and Lexington on Wednes day night. Proceeds go to funds for schol arshios for Heppner, lone, and Lexington students and for other civic projects. The Lions were enthusiastic about the response and asked that their thanks be extended to all who helped make the project a success. "We believe that this sort of work and cooperation is helDing to tie the communities closer to gether," Barnett said. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Thursday 72 47 Friday 61 48 .02 Saturday 70 43 .19 Monday 66 40 Monday 68 41 Tuesday 69 44 .01 Wednesday 72 48
