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Meet Set to Define
Advisory Board Role
An attempt to more clearly
define the duties and responsi
bilities of advisory school boards
in Morrow county will be made
at a meeting with the directors
of the Morrow county district
R-l at a meeting scheduled for
Monday night, December 2, in
the lone school at 7:30.
All advisory boards in the
county and school administra
tors are asked to be at the meet
ing. It was called for at the reg
ular school board meeting Mon
day night when Director Andy
Van Schoiack said that such a
sseslon is needed so that ad
visory boards may know what is
expected of them.
His sentiments were echoed
by several board members in the
audience, including Wm. Parker
of Irrigon, Bob Rietmann of lone
and Homer Hughes, Heppner.
Names of Phillip Mahoney and
Mrs. Paul Brown were submitted
to the directors upon recommen
dation by Administrators Gordon
Pratt and Hillard Brown to fill
vacancies on the Heppner ad
visory board that occurred when
Howard Cleveland and Van
Schoiack were elected as direc
tors. Van Schoiack objected to this
method of filling the vacancies
and said that it should be done
by action of the advisory board
itself rather than by recommen
dation of administrators. He
moved that Homer Hughes be
appointed acting chairman of
the advisory board and that a
meeting of the remaining mem
bers be called to recommend
names to the district board for
appointment. The motion was
carried.
Parker, in supporting Van
Schoiack's proposal on the meet
ing with advisory committees,
said that the Irrigon committee
formerly met regularly but de
cided it was "wasting its time."
Rietmann said that there has
been a "hit and miss" policy
about the role of the advisory
groups. He said all advisory com
mittees in the county should
have the same authority.
P. E. Expenses Eyed
Amount of funds spent in the
district for physical education
supplies came under scrutiny
when Director Irvin Rauch point
ed out that the amount spent
for P. E. supplies so far this
year is listed In the district's fin
ancial report at $2,209, already
exceeding the $900 budgeted by
$1,309. Persual of the point re
vealed that one bill was paid
for $1187 for such supplies in
September and $965 for another
In October. Chairman Milton
Morgan asked Mrs. Beverly
Gunderson, clerk, to look up the
itemized bills at a later time
so that they may be reviewed
by the board. Highest sum bud
geted in the 1963-64 budget for
physical education supplies for
any school was $400 for Hepp
ner. Pay Day Changed
Monthly pay day in the district
was changed by the board from
the last Friday in each month
to the last school day in each
month. The change was made
because bank interest is figured
on the balance at the end of the
month, and the move is expected
to bring in more interest money.
A new pay scale for activity
bus drivers was adopted, fixing
the wage at $1.75 per hour from
departure time to return time
with $10 additional allowed for
expenses on overnight trips.
Insurance List Reviewed
Upon recommen d a t i o n of
Turner, Van Marter and Bryant
Agency, the board passed a mo
tion that a list of participating
agents handling district fire in
surance be limited to those still
active in business and residing
in Morrow county. It was pointed
out that several now listed are
no longer in business here and
three are listed who are located
in Umatilla county. .
Report from Attorney Robert
Abrams was read, pointing out
that a deed from original donors
of Pine City school property
limits use of property to school
purposes only. In case it is sold
or used for other purposes, heirs
of the donors have the right to
purchase it for a sum of $50.
This revelation tempo r a r i 1 y
stymied the board's plan to sell
the property. It is now rented
for $25 per month, but a recent
bill was paid to a plumber for
$300 and the board has consid
ered it a liability. Matter of dis
posing of the property was
tabled until a later meeting.
George Property Discussed
Some consideration was also
given to the matter of selling
the "George property," now
owned by the district in Hepp
ner. A standardization report
from the state indicated that
since the high school has moved
to the new building and both
the old high school and grade
school serve elementary pur
poses, the George property could
be disposed of without affecting
standardization.
However, Director Van Schoi
ack suggested that the board
look further into the matter be
fore offering the property for
sale. Some of the land includes
shop property and a part is used
for parking buses in summer, he
said. The matter was tabled for
the time being.
Rambler Bid Accepted
Bid of Farley Motor Co. on
an 8-cynnaer Kamoier seaan
was accepted ior a new district
auto to replace the old car of
the administrator and the red
station wagon. These two cars
and an older vehicle were ac
cepted as tradeins and the bal
ance of the bid price on the
Rambler, with power brakes,
power steering and other feat
ures, was $1084.85. Farley also
entered a bid on a Pontiac Tem
pest and Fulleton Chevrolet en
tered bids on two Chevrolet
models. The Rambler bid
low of the four.
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Morrow County
Grain Growers
To Meet Monday
Robert Tanke of Spokane,
president of North Pacific Grain
Growers, will be featured speak
er at the annual meeting of
Morrow County Grain Growers
Monday night, November 18, Al
Lamb, manager, announces.
During his presentation, Tanke
will show colored slides on his
travels to India.
Some 300 persons are expected
at the meeting, which will be
gin with dinner in the fair
grounds pavilion, Heppner, at 6
p.m. Women of the Rhea Creek
grange will prepare and serve
the dinner. The grand champion
4-H steer from the county fair
will provide the choice main
course.
In the business session three
directors will be elected to serve
3-year terms. Nominees are:
Walter Jacobs, lone; Elmer
Palmer, Heppner; E. H. Miller,
Jr., Lexington.
Seven associate directors will
be elected for one-year terms.
Nominees are Larry Lindsay,
Gene Majeske, Al Fetsch, and
Stanley Kemp, all of Lexington;
Charles Doherty and Raymond
Lundell, both of lone; Robert
Jones, Heppner; Archie Bech
dolt, Hardman; and Leo Ash
beck, Butter Creek.
President Paul Jones and Man
ager Al Lamb will give their
annual reports, and there will
be some open discussion on pol
icies of the association.
Ten door prizes, consisting ,of
one whole steer divided into six
prizes and other gifts, will be
given.
Group Proposes
5-Member Board
A request to enlarge the Mor
row county Fair Board from
three to five members was pro
posed at a session of the county
court last Wednesday. Asking
for the action were Don Robin
son, Wilbur Van Blokland, both
of Heppner, and Kurt Ganten
bein, Boardman, all representing
the fair committee. They asked
that a woman be one of the
members.
It would be the intention to
give the north end of the county
representation on the board, and
the inclusion of a woman would
be designed to give better con
sideration for home economics
for the fair.
The request was taken under
advisement until those assoc
iated with the fair and rodeo
could be consulted. On the
present fair board are Al Fetsch,
Bernard Doherty and Orville
Cutsforth.
Gantenbein and Art Allen,
also of Boardman, asked that
$5500 of the money received for
North Morrow fair buildings be
placed in a separate account for
use on a new 4-H building in
the north end of the county. The
money has been budgeted by the
county for this purpose.
District Attorney Herman Win
ter advised placing the sum in
a savings account, deposited in
trust at a bank. The money
would be turned over to the
North Morrow 4-H club council
when it is ready to replace the
Linn-Gillespie Memor i a 1 4-H
building in the new townsite.
state Engineer
Okays Application
Application for assistance in
planning and carrying out works
of improvement under the
Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act (Public Law 566)
for the Rhea Creek watershed
has been approved by the Ore
gon State Engineer, T. P. Hel
seth, state conservationist, has
advised the Heppner Soil Con
servation district.
"We are now transmitting this
watershed application to the ad
ministrator of the Soil Conser
vation Service for his consider
ation," Helseth said.
After gaining the administra
tor's approval the application is
returned and the state places a
priority on it with studies to
follow.
Interest in developing a Rhea
Creek project has been evident
for some time. Several meetings
have been held to consider possi
bilities and proposed sites for
ouities and proposed sites
dams have been discussed.
80th Year
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 14, 1963
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JOE BANKS, Veteran comic star
of the Harlem Clowns, will
lead the famed fun-makers
into town for an evening of
basketball wizardry and
laughs. The Court Comics will
be here Monday, November 18,
when they play the Morrow
All-Stars at the old high
school gym. Game time will be
9:00 p.m.
Clowns To Meet
All-Stars Monday
Basketball at its funniest will
come to Heppner Monday, No
vember 18, when the Harlem
Clowns invade town for a game
with the Morrow All-Stars. The
affair is slated to start at 9:00
p. .m at the old high school
gym.
The Harlem team has been
in the business since 1934 and
really know its stuff. The clowns
entertained crowds from coast
to coast and have played in sev
eral foreign countries. Their an
tics have drawn the raves and
laughs of thousands.
The opposing All-Stars will
be composed of local netters
who will be out to put the skids
to the Clowns but will probably
have just that done to them.
On the local casaba team will
be Bob Cantonwine, Pete Glen
nie, Don McClure, Jerry Jona
sson and Harley Sager of Hepp
ner; Ted Talbott and Ron Dan-
ials of Riverside; and Dick
Strait of lone. Another possible
player for the locals will be Clint
Agee.
Refereeing the tussle will be
Jim Sutherland, Heppner High
football coach, and Tom Hughes
or Don Cole from the Heppner
Elementary school teaching
staff.
Schools Sound Call
For Substitutes
Substitute teachers are in de
mand in the Heppner schools,
and anyone with teaching ex
perience who may be interested
in acting as a substitute is asked
to apply to Mrs. Beverly Gunder
son, clerk of Morrow county
schools.
Greatest need is for elemen
tary teachers, Mrs. Gunderson
said. Hillard Brown, elementary
principal, was unable to find
anyone to work as a substitute
early this week when he needed
to replace regular teachers who
were absent because of illness.
Kinzua Man Kills
1 000-1 b. Bull Elk
KINZUA What is thought
to be the largest bull elk killed
in this area was taken last
week by Bob Slinkard who
went hunting one evening af
ter work. He shot the elk about
three miles from Kinzua.
Its estimated weight was
1000 pounds and it dressed out
500 pounds. Horns were almost
a perfect match and were 48
Inches across and 43 inches
high.
Dick Richards to Speak
To Wheat Growers
Dick Richards, manager, North
Pacific Grain Growers will be
the featured speaker at the
lunchon during the annual fall
meeting of the Morrow County
Wheat Growers association, to
be held in Willows Grange hall,
lone, Tuesday, November 19.
This meeting will be a work
session, N. C, Anderson, county
extension agent and secretary
of the association, states. It will
start at 9 a.m.
Seven standing commit tees
will meet during the day, draft
ing recommendations which will
be of county significance as well
as resolutions requiring state
Merchants Slate
Holiday Opening
November 29, 30
Christmas Opening in Heppner
will be November 29 and 30,
Randall Peterson, chairman of
the merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, announ
ces, j
It is planned to have the
Christmas window guessing con
test for the third consecutive
year, and stores participating
will give prizes to those guessing
closest to retail value of merch
andise displays or variations to
suit the type of business.
By that time, stores will have
Christmas gocds on display with
selections it, their best. Santa
Claus will arrive to greet child
ren, and it is hoped that Heppner
streets will be fully decorated
for the holiday season.
Peterson said that each busi
ness will be furnished with a
mimeographed sheet on plans
for the opening within a day or
two. Each is asked to select a
prize for the window contest with
value in the neighborhood of $10
suggested.
Further announcement will be
made in the next two issues of
the Gazette-Times. Christmas
Opening, as in the past two
years, will be on the week-end
after Thanksgiving. The Gazette-Times
will be printed on
Wednesday of that week so that
it will go in the mail ahead
of the holiday.
Deadline Friday
On Tax Payments
Friday, November 15, is the
deadline for payment of 1963-64
property taxes in order to take
advantage of rebates offered,
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman state
Those who pay their property
tax bills in full by November
15 will receive 3 rebates. Those
who pay half will receive 1
rebates. Taxpayers may also
elect to pay quarterly, but no
rebate is offered under this
method.
Mrs. Elvira Irby, tax deputy,
said that payments through
Wednesday totaled $674,612.42,
well over half of the total
amount to be collected of $1,
213,521.05. However, some larger
paments were being received
Thursday (today) and a rush of
payments was expected on the
final day. Many of the larger
concerns and utilities do not pay
until the last day of the rebate
period.
Those who payments are mail
ed with a postmark of November
15 will receive rebates although
the payments may not be re
ceived in the office until Mon
day. Bands to be Heard
In Two Assemblies
Grade and high school bands
will present assembly programs
in their respective schools Friday
under the leadership of Arnold
Melby, band instructor. Grade
school students will demonstrate
their band instruments, telling
what they are and how they
are played. The assembly will
start at S a.m. in the multi
purpose room. Parents and
friends of grade school students
are invited to be present.
In the afternoon, high school
students will be heard in a con
cert, starting at 1:30 p.m. Be
sides band numbers, solos and
novelty numbers will be played.
This is also open to the public,
with parents and friends Invited.
and national attention. These
will be passed on to the Oregon
Wheat Growers League for ac
tion at their annual meeting in
Portland December 5, 6 and 7.
Morrow county ranchers have
often asked who sets export sub
sidies, how often and the reasons
for the various price fluctuations
in these subsidies. These are
only part of the explorations of
world market prices that will
be considered by Richards at the
luncheon. He will outline the
steps that a producer's wheat
goes through from the time he
sells it at approximately $2.00
per ousnel on the larm until it
reaches the destination at the
export market. With the recent
Russian sales and increased
world market, wheat growers
will want to hear how these
wheat export sales are made.
Standing committees are fed
eral agricultural programs, pro
duction and land use, marketing
and transportation, taxation and
legislation, public relations,
youth activities and domestic
wheat utilization. Some of the
items on the agenda of these
committees are: Do farmers need
an accelerated public relations
program? If so, what do you
suggest? Should the league con
tinue to support the junior live
stock show as in the past? What
are your suggestions for main
taining present levels of research
in view of tax reductions as a
result of the October 15 election?
Do you favor a sales tax? If
so, what items should be ex
empt? What are your ideas for
a new wheat program? Should
the League ask for a price dis
count on Burt wheat, because of
its undesirable qualities? Do
you agree with ICC that freight
rates should go back to the 1958
level?
These are but a few of the
issues that will be discussed.
Husbands and wives are invited
to attend and take part in the
day's program, Anderson says.
County Officials
To Attend Meet
County Judge Oscar Peterson
and Commissioners Gene Fer
guson and Milton Biegel are
scheduled to attend the annual
convention of the Association of
Oregon Counties in Portland next
week. The meetings will begin
Wednesday after registration
Tuesday night and will continue
through Friday.
Among topics to be considered
will be water pollution, current
legal problems, budget proced
ures, county parks, and county
road classification and priority
systems.
Bernard F. Hillenbrand, exec
utive director of the National
Association of Counties, will be
keynote speaker. Frank Leahy,
former Notre Dame head foot
ball coach, will be banquet
speaker Thursday night.
Resolutions to be considered at
a business meeting Friday in
clude a proposal to increase the
state gasoline tax one cent and
another to provide for payment
to counties of a shrae of federal
fees charged for grazing priv
ileges on federal lands under the
Bureau of Land Management.
Committee to Request
Study on Irrigation
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
will be asked to make a detailed
study of irrigation possibilities
from the proposed Willow Creek
dam project, it was decided at
a recent meeting at the Morrow
county courthouse.
A steering committee, com
posed of ranchers who irrigate
along the creek, will ask for the
comprehensive survey, On the
committee, which was appointed
by the county court, are Earl
Evans, Kenneth Palmer, Lewis
Halvorsen, Herb Hynd and Dick
Wilkinson.
It is planned to form a corp
oration to implement the study.
This will provide a legal entity
which can do business with the
government In requesting the
survey, and , if irrigation is
deemed feasible later, in sign
ing a contract for water to be
held in the dam for the purpose.
Bureau of Reclamation repre
sentatives, E. Carl Huish and
Lee Robinson, both of Spokane,
explained there is nothing bind
ing on the corporation or any
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Marcia Rands Talks
Today in Finals
Of Speech Contest
Marcia Rands, Heppner High
school senior, won the semi
finals of the Soil Conservation
speech contest at Hermiston
last Thursday night, and is
competing today at the state
meeting of the soil conserva
tion districts in the state
speech finals.
This is the third straight
year that a Heppner student
has gone all the way to the
state, which requires winning
a local, area and semifinal
contest first. Beverly David
son placed third in the state
in 1961, and Martha Doherty
won first last year.
The competition among
semi-finalists was scheduled at
1 p.m. today on the topic of
"Woodland Management in a
Soil Conservation Distr i c t."
Marcia was judged best of six
local contests here two weeks
ago, won the area at Herm
iston and then won the semi
finals, also at Hermiston. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Groves. Her
mother and sister, Anita
Groves, accompanied her.
Ralph Richards, soil conser
vationist, is also attending
the meeting.
Radio KUBE Aids
Post in Staging
Hop November 22
With the cooperation of Radio
Station KUBE, Explorer Scout
post No. 600 of Heppner will
sponsor a "Record Hop" in the
American Legion hall triday,
November 22, starting at 8 p.m.
A disc jockey of the station
will be on hand to be master
of ceremonies at the event and
spin latest dance records, accord
ing to Paul Warren, leader of the
post.
Purpose of the "Record Hop" Is
to stimulate more Interest in the
rejuvenated Scout moyem e n t
here, and to raise funds for the
post treasury. Anyone over 14
is invited. There will be no ticket
sales for the event but admission
will be by donation.
All persons interested in the
Scouting movement are urged
to support the event. The post
assures a good time for all.
Co-op Bills Hill
For Annual Meet
Jonel Hill, Public Utility Com
missioner for the State of Oregon,
will be the speaker at the annual
meeting of the Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative Friday, No
vember 22, at the Morrow county
fair pavilion, Heppner.
Registration for the meeting
will start at 10:30 a.m., Harley
Young, manager, states. Lunch
eon will be served at noon by
women of the Rhea Creek
grange, and the regular meeting
will be at 1 p.m.
A $100 gift certificate which
may be applied towards the pur
chase of any appliance of the
winner's choice will be grand
door prize, and small electrical
appliances will be given as ad
ditional door prizes.
rancher on the creek until a con
tract requesting irrigation is
formally presented the govern
ment. Quentln Bowman, Salem, rep
resentative from the State Water
Resources board, emphasi zed
that the purpose of the study
would be merely to gain infor
mation about irrigation, and no
one would be obligated In favor
of or against formation of an
Irrigation district as a result of
it
Nell F. Meadowcroft of the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
told of progress on the report of
the dam project. It is now being
completed in final form in the
Walla Walla office and is ex
pected to go to the Portland reg
ional office in the very near
future. It is expected that it will
be sent to Washington, D. C, by
mid-December or the first of
January.
If no obstacles arise, the re
port should be included in the
omnibus bill in Congress next
year.
Co-opto Buy
Existing City
Systems
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op,
Inc., and Pacific Power and
Light Company announced Wed
nesday an agreement for sale
and exchange of electric facil
ities and service areas to con
solidate their respective systems
In Gilliam, Wheeler and Mor
row counties.
In a joint statement released
by Walter Jaeger, Condon, presi
dent of the co-op, and D. It.
McClung, president of PP&L, it
was explained the consolidations
would result in each system op
erating in contigous portions of
the three counties and would
avoid duplication of facilities
and intermingling of service
areas.
Subject to approvals by the
Oregon Public Utility Commis
sioner, the Federal Power Com
mission and the Rural Electric
Administration, the transfers
would become effective January
1.
Terms of the agreement pro
vide for the co-op to pay a net
amount of $1,492,000 to Pacific
Power for the company's distri
bution properties in Olex and
Condon in Gilliam county, Fos
sil in Wheeler county and lone,
Lexlgton and Heppner In Morrow
county and their neighboring
rural areas.
Pacific Power would acquire
two sectors of the co-op's present
service area bordering the Col
umbia River in Gilliam and
Morrow counties, including the
major portion of the Boardman
bombing range and the adjacent
Space Age Industrial Park.
As a result of the transfers,
Pacific would serve a consoli
dated area along the Columbia,
reaching from a point nearly six
miles west of Blalock eastward
40 miles to the eastern edge of
the Boardman range and varying
from six to 14 miles in depth.
PP&L would continue serving
Arlington, which is near the
center of the consolidated area.
The co-op would acquire some
2,000 customers now served by
PP&L, who would continue to
be served at their present rates,
according to the co-op. The
power company would serve a
group of the co-ops customers in
and near Blalock.
The joint announcement said
both utilities have agreed to con
tinue to deliver energy for one
another's systems to make the
most beneficial ' utilization of
their facilities.
A 69,000-volt transmission line
owned by the co op, reaching
from Klondike In Sherman coun
ty to a substation near Blalock,
would be transferred to pacific
Power and become a part of
that company's transmission net
work.
If the sale and transfers are
consummated after approval by
the agencies involved, Fred
Glmbel, who has served as lineman-agent
for Pacific Power
here for about 7 years, said
that he plans to remain with
Pacific Power, and with his fam
ily will move to a position with
the company elsewhere.
Harley Young, manager of
Columbia Basin, said that the
Pacific Power employees would
be absorbed into the co-op org
anization should they elect to
stay in the community.
Gimbel said that he expects
to remain for a "reasonable
length of time" to help acquaint
Columbia Basin men with the
Pacific Power systems in Hepp
ner, lone and Lexington.
Both Mr. and Mrs Gimbel have
been very active in the commun
ity. Gimbel is a past president of
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce, is a
member of the Morrow County
Rodeo Board, the Elks lodge, the
Masons, and served as chairman
of the trustees of the Methodist
church. Mrs. Gimbel is an of
ficer in the PTA, a member of
the Order of Eastern Star, and
is organist for the Methodist
church.
To explain the proposal, rep
resentatives of the two firms
met in informal sessions this
week with city councils of Hepp
ner, Condon, Lexington, Fossil
and lone and with county judges
and Chamber of Commerce of
ficials. In the group were Gimbel,
Young, Homer Beale, Oregon di
vision manager of Pacific Power,
and Jack Hynd of the Columbia
Basin board of directors.
Four-H Judging Day
To Be November 16
Four-H livestock members will
be "learning by doing" when
they attend the first 4-H live
stock judging day of the 1963-64
4-H year on Saturday, Novem
ber 16, reports Joe Hay, County
Extension Agent. The judging
day will be held at the Weldon
WItherrite farm, mile north
of Pine City, starting at 1:30.
Learning by doing is one of
the basic teaching methods of
4-H club work, Hay noted. Four
H livestock members attending
the Judging day will be judging
several classes of livestock,
learning how to give oral and
written reasons for their placlngs.
Scores from this judging day
will be used for selecting 4-H
judging teams for the State Fair
and Pacific International Live
stock Exposition.