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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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