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Newspaper Page TextL I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, 81st Year GAZETTE-TIM Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 26, 1964 Princesses Chosen For Fair and Rodeo With the selection of four prin cesses from various parts of the county, Morrow county's 1964 Fair and Rodeo court is now complete. Joining Queen Shannon Ma honey of Heppner, whose selec tion was annouced some time ago by the rodeo board, are Princesses Martha Doherty, rep resenting the Lexington Grange; Terryl Greenup, representing the Lena community; Judy Sherer, representing Willows Grange of lone; and Dewena West, rep resenting the Tillicum club of Boardman. Princess Martha, a freshman at the University of Oregon, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Doherty of Heppner. She was salutatorian in the Heppner High school class of 1963 and was winner of the State Soil Conser vation Speech contest. She has been active in 4-H work for more than 10 years. Princess Judy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer of lone, is a senior at lone High school. She was a princess at the Pa cific International Lives t o c k show in Portland last fall, and is an excellent rider, having com peted at the State Fair last year. She also is active in 4-H. Princess Terryl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, is a junior in Heppner High school and has been active in 4-H club for nine years. Like Judy, she is at home in the saddle and has much opportunity to ride on her parents' ranch on the Hinton Creek highway. She has a quarterhorse named "Tiny." Princess Dewena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey West, is a junior at Riverside' High school, Boardman. She is a member of the Pep band there, of the Girls' Athletic association, and is a class officer. Dewena has a palo mino, "Dutchess," and also rides her father's palomino, "Star." Petitions Due For School Posts; 5 to be Elected Filing petitions for director positions on the Morrow County School District R-l board and for advisory board positions are due not later than 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, Beverly Gunderson, dis trict clerk states. Five directorships are up for election, as well as seven advis ory board members. All directors who came on the board last year to fill unexpired terms must now be elected if they wish to retain their posts. Terms for the positions are for various lengths as follows: Roy Partlow, Boardman, five-y ear term; Howard Cleveland, Hepp ner (rural), 3-year term; Irvin Rauch, Lexington, and Milton Morgan, lone, both 1-year terms. " Only holdover directors are Andy Van Schoiack, Heppner, elected last year, and Harvey Warner, Irrigon. To qualify, filing peitions must bear names of 40 registered voters who may reside anywhere in the county. Petitions may be obtained from the county office in the courthouse, Heppner, or from principals at lone, Board man or Irrigon. Terms on advisory boards ex piring are as follows: Heppner (2), Mrs. Paul Brown and Clar ence BakeT (both were appointed to fill vacancies); lone, (2), Bob Rietmann and Mrs. Earl (Helen) McCabe; Lexington (1), Eldon Pad berg; Boardman (1), Earl McQuaw; Irrigon (1), William Parker. Those elected will all be for three-year terms. Only 12 names are needed on petitions to qual ify the candidate for advisory board filing. Cecil Post Office Status to Change To Rural Station Effective Saturday, March 28, the Cecil post office will be reduced to the status of a rural station, operating in connec tion with the lone post office, it is announced. . The post office has a long and venerable history. Had it remained in existence three more years, it would have cele brated its centennial in 1967 for "Yesteryears of Morrow" re veals that it was first estab lished in 1867. F. M. McClintock is post master. It is expected that he will continue to operate the rural station. ORE. Her father is mayor of Board man, where they live, but the family also has ranches which provide Dewena with an oppor tunity to ride. Queen Shannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney of Heppner, is a freshman at Pacific University. She was elected queen by the rodeo board at a meeting earlier this year. As rodeo time nears, each member of the court will be feat ured in separate articles in the Gazette-Times with her picture. Student Increase Causes Some Gain In College Budget Increase in student enroll ment at Blue Mountain Com munity College is largely respon sible for an increase in the 1964 65 budget of the two-county dis trict (Umatilla and Morrow) that supports it, according to Director Robert Abrams of Heppner. Budget of the Blue Mountain Area Education District is pub lished on page 4, section 2, of this paper. It calls for total bud get requirements of $432,714, of which $195,988 is to be levied to taxes, all outside the 6 limi tation. The young district has never had a tax base established, and this cannot be done with out a vote of the people, Ab rams explained. Thus, all that levied to taxes is outside the limitation. This levy is up some $48,000 from the $147,683.25 levied to taxes last year. Probably the largest single factor responsible for the increase is that estimated for instructors' salaries, which is placed at $234,961 for the com ing year as against $199,260 for the current school year, an in crease of more than $34,000. The increase in student enroll ment requires more instructors. Another factor is the fact that additional qualified personnel is required to provide for the sec ond year of the 2-year college transfer course just started with the current school year. An item listed for administra tion shows $30,049 for the coming year as compared with $21,720 for the current year. However, Abrams explained that a portion of the administrators' salaries last year were included under instruction and this year they are all under administration. One item included in last year's budget, $18,543 for sites, is not needed in the 1964-65 bud get. Fixed charges, however, are up from $14,834 to $37,934 to in clude equipment that needs to be purchased. On the budget resources side of the picture, revenue from state sources is listed for the coming year at $149,650 as compared with $136,500 for 1963-64. This would indicate more support, but actually it is less support due to the increasecr enrollment. For the coming year the state will pay but $412 per student on a full time equivalency of 15 hours while for 1963-64 it pro vided $433 per student on a full time equivalency of only 12 hours. This, then, will mean con siderably less revenue from the state per student. Abrams estimated that the in crease in the budget will rep resent about a .3 mill hike in the district-wide tax for the college. Taxpayers were levied on the ba sis of 1.6 mills for the college for the year 1963-64. Budget hearing will be Wed nesday, April 1, at the Umatilla county courthouse, room 114', starting at 7:30 p.m. Anyone with questions or desiring to dis cuss the budget is invited to ap pear at that time. Articles to Tell Of Office Seekers Feature articles on candi dates for the primary election will start in a series in the Gazette-Times beginning with the next issue. April 2. All local candidates and those seeking offices in districts of which Morrow county is a part have been invited to sub mit pictures, background ma terial and statements for the series. Most of them have re sponded with this material. The paper is running the series in an effort to acquaint voters with the candidates, giving each cm equal oppor tunity to present his qualifi cations and views. If some are not included in the series, it will be because they are without opposition in the primary. All have been given the opportunity. ? '. V. t- . :TV P 1 1 I' urn lift ii n i .unni niM i mmmi M I CRESTON ROBINSON of Heppner became a member of the Gallon club at the blood drawing Monday when he donated his eighth pint. Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, blood chairman is shown pinning his club membership pin on his shirt. (G-T Photo) Bert Huff Remains With Neck Braced After Freak Mishap It may be true that lying on a davenport at home may be one of the safest things a per son can do, but beware of jumping up too quickly. Just ask Bert Huff, who has been suffering since last Wed nesday from a pinched nerve. He was resting at home on the davenport while two daugh ters, Brenda and Linda, were playing nearby. One had a candy sucker in her hand, and dad suddenly became aware that the stick of the sucker was pointed towards an eye of the other girl. He jumped up quickly to grab the sucker. Not only was he too late, but the sudden movement pinched a nerve. Bert was virtually "frozen" in the position he had assumed and in considerable pain. Meanwhile, the daughter poked the other near the eye, but fortunately missed the eye. Huff went to a doctor and was then sent to Pioneer Mem orial hospital where he was in traction until Saturday. An ap pointment was arranged with a neuro-surgeon in Port land Tuesday, but he was back in Heppner Wednesday night, wearing a neck brace. Bert, assistant manager of Heppner branch, First National Bank, expected to be back on the job for at least part time duty today (Thursday). And by the way, don't mention the word, "sucker," to him. Parcel Post Rate Increase to Start Increase in nnrrv1 nnof rata will be effective April 1 of this year, Postmaster Jim Driscoll an nounces, ine rate increase was authorized hv tho Tntorotn Commerce Commission at th tp. quest of the postmaster general. ine increase is based on the estimated required receipts to maintain this feature of the pos tal service on a paying basis, the postmaster said. Under present rates a one pound parcel from Heppner to Portland, Oregon, costs 33c. One pound to Chicago costs 58c. Un der the new rates one pound to Portland will cost 40c and noe pound to Chicago will be 66c. On five pounds, the present cost is 48c to Portland and $1.06 to Chi cago. The new rates will be 57c to Portland and $1.18 to Chicago. Budget Printed; Hearing Summary of the 1964-65 school budget for Morrow County Dis trict R-l is published for the first time this week on pages two and three of section two In this paper. Hearings were conducted on the budget at Heppner, Board man and lone last week. It was approved by the budget commit tee of which Frank Anderson is chairman and was adopted by the district school board, of which Milton Morgan is chair man. Public hearing on the budget has been set for April 13 at 8 p.m. In the courthouse in Hepp ner. At this time those interested in discussing the budget or ask ing questions pertaining to it are Invited to appear. Revisions can be made by the budget com mittee if it appears necessary and feasible to do so. Number 4 3PPNER 10 cents 51 Pints Given At Blood Bank; Flu Cuts Total Fifty-one pints of blood were given by donors at the Red Cross bloodmobile visit here Monday, according to Mrs. Orville (Barb ara) Cutsforth, blood chairman. This was far short of the goal of 100 pints, but the high inci dence of influenza and virus in fections in the area was believed to be responsible to considerable degree. Donors could not be accepted who had been ill within the past two weeks. About 10 would-be donors were turned away be cause of recent contacts with in fluenza, Mrs. - Cutsforth said. Several others were unable to give because of low hemoglobin or other reasons. A considerable number called to say that they could not keep appointments be cause of illness. Several new gallon club mem bers received pins and certifi cates, including Creston Robin son, Bud Peck, Marion Green and Robert Abrams. Eddie Gunder son started his third gallon at the drawing. Many persons donated in the name of Mrs. Stanley (Shirley) Cox, who is to undergo major heart surgery soon. Others gave as replacements for blood used by the late Mrs. Pearl Devine during her fatal illness and for other persons. Helping the regular blood mobile staff at the drawing were many volunteers including the Lexington Home Economics club with the canteen service, and commercial students of Heppner High school who helped with typing. Mrs. Cutsforth said that she expected to compile a complete list of volunteers for public "thank yous to be included in next week's paper. Another drawing may be held in the fall to help make up for the dinerence between that do nated and the goal, Mrs. Cuts forth said. Youth Set Sunrise Service, Breakfast A sunrise service for youth of the area is scheduled by the Christian Youth Council for Easter Sunday mornin to be followed by breakfast at the Heppner Christian church. Young people are asked to meet at the Christian church at 5:30 a.m. They will go in cars to the country tor the early ser vice which will be followed by the breakfast upon their return. Some changes weie made in the budget at last week's hear ings. At the present time the estimates show total expendi tures for 1964-65 in the- general fund to be down approximately $20,000 to $971,738 as compared with the $991,662 for 1963-64. This is $18,000 less than the decrease in expenditures was estimated in the first draft two weeks ago. Supt. Wayne Brubacher, bud get officer, said that some mem bers of the committee and ad visory board members felt that in some items the estimates were too low. One such item was for textbooks. At the same time receipts are expected to be down about $90, 000, making the amount to be levied by taxes to be some $70, 000 greater for the coming year, $836,176 for 1964-65 as compared iji ii , 1 Iv Tl iilMtiliillll I Ii J Special Services Planned To Observe Easter Here Holy Week, climaxing with joyous Easter Sunday services, is being commemora ted in churches of the county. Some be gin with Maundy Thursday com munion tonight, continuing into Good Friday services and early sunrise gatherings on Easter morning. Churches of the South Morrow county Ministerial Association join again for the annual Good Friday service, starting at 12:30 at Hope Lutheran church. Under the auspices of the South Morrow County Ministerial Association, a special Community Good Friday worship will be held March 27 at Hope Lutheran church, beginning at 12:30 and concluding at 3:20 p.m. Local pastors will conduct 20 minute periods of worship, with the Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross as the theme. Organ accompaniment will be furnished by Mrs. Paul Tews, Mrs. Gerald Jonasson and Mrs. Charles Knox. THE SEVEN LAST WORDS 12:30-12:50, Elder Elwood Boyd 12:55-1:15, Rev. Guy Wright, 1:20-1:40, Rev. Kenneth Robinson, 1:45-2:05, Rev. Bill Alsup, 2:10-2:30, Rev. Melvin Dixon, 2:35-2:55, Rev. Earl Soward, 3:00-3:20, Rev. Jack Wellcr, The community is invited t0 worship at will during the after noon. Freewill offering at the entrance. Easter Egg Hunt At Three Locations Here Saturday Morn Children of pre-school age through the sixth grade are invited to participate in the annual Easier Egg hunt, spon sored by the Heppner Elks lodge, Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The hunt will be in three locations: For pre-school child ren, it will be at the city park; for pupils in grades one through three it will be at the courthouse lawn; and for those in grades four through six it will be at the fair grounds. Darrell Padberg is chairman of the committee in charge, and other members are Pete Glennie, Gerald Rea, Bob Flatt, Clint Agee, and D. E. (Shorty) Hudson. Candy and chocolate-covered ggs will be hidden at tho hunting grounds, and some will have small coins attached as an added incentive for the young hunters. - Election Signup Deadline April 14 Any who expect to vote in the primary election on May 15 but who may be uncertain as to their registration status have only un til April 14 to check it, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, re minds them. Those who are not registered and wish to do so should con tact the registrar nearest them. Registrars are as follows: Hepp ner. Mrs. Sadie Parrish in the courthouse; Lexington, Mrs. El Hnn (Eileen) Padbercr at the nost loffice; lone, Charles O'Connor at his insurance office; Boardman, Mrs. Zearl (Daisy) Gillespie, in her home; and Irrigon, Mrs. Marguerite Houghton at her home. Any who have moved to a dif ferent precinct will need to re register, and women whose names have been changed by marriage must also re-register. While it Is necessary to be a res ident of the state for six months to register, those coming to the county from within the state may register here immediately. The clerk's office will remain open until 8 p.m. on the dead line day, Tuesday, April 14, Set April 13 with $766,253 (total of all funds). Few attended the three hear ings last week except for board members, advisory committee members and the budget com mittee, Supt. BrubacheT said. Form of the printed budget Is considerably different under the new law enacted by the 19C3 legislature and in effect for the first time this year. Detail of the budget computations is shown, but portions of the bud get are in summary form only. One innovation is that salaries of the district's employees are listed by range of salary and the number Included in each range. A final section shows how sup plemental pay for other services is included in the total salary. Election on the tax levy above the 6 limitation Is scheduled in the county for May 4. Three Heppner churches, All Saints' Episcopal, the First Meth odist and First Christian, will observe Maundy Thursday with evening communion services, at 8:00, 7:30, and 8:45 p.m., respec tively. Ioiw United Church of Christ will receive new mem bers at an 8:00 p.m. service, fol lowed by communion. Lexing ton Christian church will hold Easter communion services, start ing at 7:30 p.m. A Good Fjiday worship service The Seven Last Words' "The Word of Intercession, Luke 23:34." "The Word of Authority, Luke 23:43." "The Word of Remembrance, John 19:27." "The Word of Loneliness, Matt. 27:46." "The Word of Suffering, John 19:28." "The Word of Victory, John 19:30." "The Word of Refuge, Luke 23:46." RUPERT KENNEDY Planning Council Names Kennedy To Director Post Rupert Kennedy, for the past four years with the State Pe partment of rianning and De velopment as Eastern Oregon in dustrial representative, has been chosen by the Mid-Columbia Planning Council as full-time director for the agency. lie will begin in this position on April 1, according to Morrow County Judge Oscar Peterson, chairman of the agency. The six-county council in cludes Hood River, Wasco, Sher man, Gilliam, Umatilla and Morrow counties and Ports of Hood River, The Dalles, Arling ton, Morrow and Umatilla. Kennedy was president of The Dalles Chamber of Commerce in 1956 and was Man of the Year in that city in 1953, the recog nition coming as a result of his activities particularly on the in dustrial committee. He is credit ed with being largely respon sible for location of the Harvey Aluminum plant in The Dalles. During the past two years he has been working with projects of the State of Oregon, includ ing land acquisition for the Space Age Park in Morrow county. Port districts and county courts In the six counties already have pledged $12,000 for the Coun cil's budget of $20,000 for 1964. Private industry and Individuals are expected to make up the balance of the amount required. Kennedy said the principal goal of the agency under his di rection will be to "attract the investor and job-provider to the industrial sites in this economic area, the advantages of which hinge largely on the accessibility of the Columbia River." WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM . 1 i ' V iJ I . t -urn t ,v, t " ,; " ' - v Mr. Hi Low Prec. Thursday 63 30 Friday 48 33 .08 Saturday 49 30 .03 Sunday 42 22 .49 Monday 33 21 Tuesday 42 25 Wednesday 44 37 will be held at Hope Lutheran church at 8:00 p.m., with the Rev. Kenneth Robinson center ing his message on the Cross of Christ and its significance for man today. Included will be the chanting of the ancient Litany, public order of confession, dis tribution of the sacrament, veil ing of the cross and silent re cessional. Festival Easter wor ship will be held at Valby at 8:00 a.m., with Easter breakfast cooked and served by the men in the fellowship hall under the di rection of Carl Troedson. Hope festival worship will be at 11:00 a.m. Special music will be heard at both services. Identical services of worship will be conducted at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Sunday at the First Christian church, Charles Knox, pastor, announces. Guest speak er for both services will be Dr. Guy Wright, who will bring his series of Bible lenten messages this week to a close, speaking on the subject, "He is Risen as He Said." Special music is plan ned. First Methodist church will also have two morning services the first at 8:30 and the second at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Melvin Dixon will present a special Holy Day message, special music by the choir under the direction of Mrs. Wes Sherman, vocal solo by Mrs. Sam Miller and special or gan meditations by Mrs. Fred Gimbel will be heard at both services. There will be reception of new members at the 8:30 hour and baptism of little children at the second service. Church school at 9:45 will feature the Easter theme. High school youth groups of the Methodist and Christian churches will join for a sunrise breakfast at the Christian church at 7:00 a.m. A sunrise service will follow on TV hill, weather permitting. Good Friday mass at All Saints' Episcopal will be held at 7:30 a.m., with meditations in th afternoon from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m., Father C. Bruce Spen cer, rector, announces. The church will be open through the day Saturday for Holy Vigil. Easter Eucharist will bo celebrated at 7:30 a.m. and at 10:00 a.m., with soloist Gordon Pratt and organist Mrs. C. C. Carmcihacl, partici pating. .Holy Week will be observed at St.' Patrick's and St. Williams Catholic churches in Heppner and lone by services led by Father Raymond Beard. Stations of the Cross will be observed at both churches Friday; Easter vigil service at St. Patrick's at 11 p.m. Saturday, followed by mass. Sunday masses will be at 7:30 and 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's, and at 9:15 a.m. at St. Williams. Constituents of the Assembly of God church will meet at 6:00 a.m. for a special sunrise ser vice, followed by communion. Young people are planning spec ial musical numbers for the 9:45 Sunday School hour. Rev. Bill Alsup will deliver a special mes sage at the 11:00 a.m. worship hour. Church of the Nazarene will observe its first Easter in its new sanctuary Sunday. A special children's program, with recita tions, skits and musical numbers in keeping with the spirit of Easter, will begin at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. J. G. Weller, pastor, will speak on the story of the resurrection at the 11:00 a.m. service. Special observance of Easter will be in the 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, meeting in the American Legion hall. Easter services in lone will begin with a sunrise service in the City Park at 6:30, followed by breakfast in the social rooms of the lone United Church of Christ. Sunday school classes and morning worship services will follow at regularly sched uled hours, with emphasis placed on Easter. Services at Lexington Christ ian church will open with a special sunrise service at the church at 6:30 a.m., under the leadership of Carl Marquardt. Regular Sunday School and morning worship will follow with Rev. Earl Soward bringing the Easter message. John Runyon of McKlnlev Indian Mission at Toppenish, Wn., will show slides at an evening service bunday, starting at 7:30. O'Brien Elected Exalted Ruler Pat O'Brien was elected Ex alted Ruler of Heppner Lodge No. 358, BPOE, at the annual election of officers meeting held last Thursday evening at the Elks Temple. Serving with O'Brien are the following: Dr. Wallace Wolff, es teemed leading knight; Jerry Daggett, esteemed loyal knight; Bob Brindle, esteemed lecturing knight; GJen Ward, secretary; Terrel Benge, trustee; Ed Dick, treasurer; Claude Graham, chap lain; Clint Agee, esquire; Gene Orwlck, tyler; Kenneth Turner, organist; Darrel Padberg, inner guard, and Bob Flatt, past ex alted ruler. The above officers will be In stalled at the next regular meet ing on April 2, which Is opea to the public.