I ! DPARf u or 0 EUQCUE. ORE. 81st Year Number 15 THE HEPFNER GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 1 1, 1964 10 cents College Serial Levy Vote Slated Monday ll-Mill!Tax juiii uearora Promoted; Venard Here FAMIER I.-Jk- t L- JiJm Iledfnrd. nianarer of llir Jl-Iinnr tirnnrh of First Nat ional Hank of Oregon, will nu llum new duties during July at the bank's head office In Portland, It was announced by lUlph J. V. pn-nliliia of the statewide banking system. Voss natil Bedford will be In volved In l he adminlMration of all First .National branches ciut of the Cascades. fUslfurd'a replacement In Hepp ner U John Venard. who his wrved a manager of the First JNu'loruil tiiricp Iti M.wlrm since i the branch ictwd It) July of YM'2. Venard was central loan officer In ifeipnrr !m-iv"'T April, y:i7. and April. 1'rV.l. A FIrf National employer Mncv r.i7. hViiford unikcil at te banking offlre In I'endleton until apiMiintment a IN-ppner manner January, J ...!. He mil promoted to pro assistant rashler In l'.MO and to assistant I'lohli-r In 11M5. after returning from military service. Bedford It pnt ireldtnt of the lleppner Morrow County ChamlxT of Commerce and him served a treasurer of local chap ter of both the Oregon United Apix-al and te Oregon Srlcty for CrllKded Children. In addition. lie lias acted as Morrow County chairman of U. & Savings Bond Sale. .r I ri rN l I . iL!. He ha Ixen active for n num- dCC 3DCCIQI rainCT S UOY OQS inrouqnour iniS lcr of years In the Morrow Coun- SHOP FOR FATHER'S DAY Coming Sunday, June 21 IN HEPPNER THIS WEEK-END Proposed I- lV ! for Duiiamg Vote on a twb year aerial levy in Umatilla and Morrow coun ties that would make It possible to construct a classroom uu!W Ins for Blue Mountain Urnimun Ity College In Pendleton is scheduled for Monday from 2 to H p m. at polling places In two counties. The levy would provide a to tal of $240,000 in the two-year period. $120,000 per year. This money, together with $2-18,260 that has been approver py me State Department of Education following passage of the col lege bond Issue In May and ex pected Federal matching money of an additional $210,000, would irlve the college a chance to start construction on its new site, according to Wallace McCrae, college president. Proposal to ORk for the serial levy was authorized at a recent meeting of the board of direc tors. McCrae said that they kept the levy proposal as low as they could to provide for needed fa cilities without imposing hard ship on property taxpayers. Spread over the 2-county dis trict with total valuation of Boardfiian kshs Decision On School Site in Mew Tows, Need for a decision as soon as posMblo on plans for the school silo owned by the Morrow Coun ty school district In the new Boardman townslte was Impress ed on the board of director by Molly Cornell, engineer for Boardman. and Mayor Dewey West at the regular board meet ing Monday night. t ornell explained In consider able detail the plans for the new city and stressed the fact that, size of the sewage tem to be Planned will depend to some extent on whether a school will I? built on the site. "We can't build a lot of ca- paelty on a hot for the city. he aald. "We must build what the city can afford." Cornell pointed out that th ty Livestock (.rowers Associat ion and the Oregon Farm Bur eau. Venard joined First National In 194H an4 served as Install ment loan officer at several branches prior to coming to Idvpner In 1!7. 1U left the lo cal banking office to become manager at Merrill. Ills banking career began In 19.W. when he went to work for the National tank of Chehalls In Washington. ll served with the U. S. Army btween Feb ruary. 1941. and April. 1916. and worked for another Washington bank before Joining First Nat tonal. Whil in Madras he served as director of the Jefferson County Chnmter of Commerce. Beef Club leader for the Jefferson County 4 II and member of the Madras Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Jefferson County Livestock Association and the Central Ore gon Banking Group. He belongs, to Elks, ltotary, Masons, Order of te Eastern Star. Bert Huff will be transferred from the lleppner branch to Klamath Falls beginning July 1. His last day in the local bank will bo Friday, after which he will be on vacation for two weeks. Replacing him I. Jack Locke, assistant cashier and gen eral loan officer, who comes from Portland. Locke and his family have already moved to Ilopnrtcr. Formal announcement tit this chance hns not yet been mado by the head office of the bank. I Vi """ . J v. e r my - - - J- '-- CtC "aerial 'levy would i MATOH DEWET WEST of Boardman Is shown signin, $380)00 FREE PARKING SATURDAY Plans Move Forward For Sidewalk Bazaar Some 25 persons representing seemed high for the coming lleppner businesses and organ izations were present" at a meet Ing in the city hall Monday night to discuss plans for Ilepp ner's Sidewalk Bazaar, sched uled for Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11. Several organization represent atlves told of their plans for the Bazaar, and from the number of Ideas presented, enthusiasm Welfare Services Reflect Savings A continuance of the consoli inrinn of the Morrow-Gllltam Wheeler Welfare services that has been In effect the past year was approved by me maiviuuai nniv nnhlio welfare commis sions last week. Substantial B!.vin(r in the program have been Indicated with a recom mended decrease of approximat ely $25,000.00 In the 1964-65 fiscal year budget for public assistance. In addition admin istrative costs have been cut as a result of a reduction in staff. , . The commissions also endors ed the surplus commodity pro gram presently in effect! which makes surplus foods available to low Income families at no cost Amtnietrntor of welfare ser vices is Lowell Chally. Secretary for the- lleppner office te Betty McDonald and Janet rhiUlps Is secretary for the Condon-Fossil offices. Food store managers are Nancy Dixon In Heppner for Morrow county and Margaret Grabenhorst in Condon for Oil-liam-Wheeler counties Doctor in Virginia In a post card written from Charlottesville, Va., on June 8, Dr. A. D. McMurdo writes: Had a nice fast trip out to Virginia and to my dellcht have had It cool. It is very dry as In Hepp ner but the whole country is onH honutiful. Have been on the co at the University of I to an announcement received Virginia and visiting relatives from the Department of Motor mrif r tne lime. ... Red Cross Needs $48 to Hit Goal; Annual Meet Set Only $13.59 is needed by the Morrow county chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, to reach the fund drive goal of $1287, Mrs. Matt (Joan) Hughes, drive chair man, Males. Being this close, the chapter would appreciate it very much If anv who were not contacted for membership would send their contributions to Mrs. Hughes in order that the goal might be achieved. Thev may be mailed to her in Heppner or may be left at the M&K Company here. "We would verv much like to make 100," Mrs. Hughes said. Annual meeting of the Morrow countv chaoter. which was re juvenated at recent meetings of a pro tem board of directors, will be June 22 in Heppner, ac cording to plans made at the last board meeting. Narce Caliva of Yakima, field representative, Is expected to bo present It Is planned to nave as sneaker a nurse who has been working in Alaska following the earthquake, and It is nopea mac she will have pictures to show of the disaster. All of those who have con tributed In the fund drive are members of the Red Cross and are invited to attend the annual meeting. They are eligible vote on the directors to unique went. L. R. (Bob) Henry', chairman of the Bazaar, was In charge of the meeting and Ed Gonty show ed slides of a Sidewalk Sale that he took some time ago in Ren ton Wn. It was decided to use- a western theme In order to help stimulate interest In the fair and rodeo and because the rodeo klckoff dance will be on the same Sat urday night. Henrv displayed a chart and told of plans of each of the merchants who have agreed to participate and tentatively mark ed snots selected bv various org anizations for setting up their displays and booths. Some of the booths planned or considered by organizations are: A book sale, white elephant sale, selling faces painted on rocks, sidewalk cafe, food sales, car wash, cotton candy sale, coffee break stands, and others. Among groups who are plan ning to participate or who have expressed interest are Lexington Altar Society, Jayceos, women of the Episcopal church, Women's Society of Christian Service (Methodiat), Christian church women, Soroptimlsts, American Legion auxiliary, and women of the Elks club. Henry says that virtually all merchandising businesses in town, as well as many of the service establishments are plan ning to take part with sidewalk sales and other festival ideas. amount to about one mill in taxation each year. The building to be construc ted would be phase I of the pro posed development plan. It would Include classrooms, lab oratories and one of the rooms would be used temporarily as a library. It would be hoped that con tract for the construction couM be let this fall, and when the structure is completed, it would allow the college to move Its lib eral arts sectlor. our of John Murray junior high school where it has been occupying the secona floor under a temporary arrange ment with the Pendleton school district. In Morrow county, polling places will be at five locations: Heppner Elementary school, Irri gon Elementary school, Lexing ton Elementary school, lone High school and Riverside High school. There will be no polling places at Pine Citv and Kuggs for this special election, but voters who reside In those areas are xo voie in the same towns that they voted for the primary election, Beverly Gunderson, clerk of Morrow County school district R-l, said. This would be in either Heppner or Lexington. In addition to the construction of the building, funds would be utilities contract with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers whil Major E. J. Williams. Jr.. district engineer pro tern, looks otw Contract was negotiated Monday. (See story also on pag 5) Cleveland Heads R-l Board; Teacher Contracts Offered Howard Cleveland of Heppner was elected chairman of the Morrow County School board at its regular meeting Monday night. He succeeds Milton Mor gan of lone and will serve in that capacity for the coming year. Roy Partlow, director from Boardman, was elected vice chairman. Mrs. Beverly Gunderson was re-appointed as clerk of the district. The board honored the resig nation of Supt. Wayne Brubacher who has accepted a position with the Boise, Idaho, public schools. Applications are now being re ceived for a successor. Contracts were offered five teachers. Mrs. Conley Lanham, back after a year in Europe, was offered a contract to return to the Heppner High school fac ulty to teach English. Marv Lou Bare, who taught at Maupin last year, was approved oc a fifth m-arla toarhpr at HPDD- provided for an access roaa, ner Elementary school, and Mary a number of years, was offered a contract as sixth grade teacher and coach at Irrigon Elementary. The board accepted th resig nation of Clarence Johnson who has taken a position in Eugene. In other matters the board dis cussed the sprinkler systems for fire protection at Heppner Jun ior high and lone Elementary schools and authorized contin uance or efiorts to lease lana from the Corps of Engineers at Irrigon. A meeting of the curriculum committee has been set for next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Hepp ner High school, and a special board meeting will be Tuesday, June 23, to take care of bus iness at the end of the fiscal year. sewer connections ana wani system. Although the state money has h.n definitely committed to the eolletre. McCrae said that teaer al matching money has not been authorized as yet by congress, beini? delayed by debate on the Civil Riehts bill. In addition to the $248,2(30 granted by the state, the college is hopeful of getting some S20.000 to 5JU.U0U more from funds which as yet have not been committed. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi 72 74 64 66 57 69 74 Low 54 51 50 38 46 52 50 Prec. .40 .32 Ann Reko of Minneapolis, Minn., was offered a contract as Eng lish teacher at lone High school. Harry McAllister, whose home is in Idaho but who taught in Vernonia last year, was approv ed for a sixth grade class in Heppner Elementary and James O'Connor, Hermiston teacher for High School Asks Donations of Iris Plans for landscaping the bank by Heppner High school are underway and iris is to be planted there, Gordon Pratt, principal, states. Donations of more iris are needed, and anyone who would like to contribute any that they may have are asked to contact Mr. Pratt. Dr. W. H. Wolff has given a sizeable quantity but more are needed. Jaycees Slate Activity Nights In School Gym 13 Lucky Number on England Trip chosen. Bv-laws will also be adooted at the meeting, and di rectors will choose chapter of ficers for the coming year. Additional Information on time and place on the meeting, together with other details, will be published next week. Examiner Coming A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, June 23, at the court house between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., according Superstition went out the win dow when Bob Lowe of Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Krebs and Jane Ellen Krebs. all of Cecil, took their trip to England during the past month. They ar rived home Sunday. Lowe, who was born on Aug ust 13 and originally left Eng land In 1913. said that he cot to 'tickets for the trio in Pendleton be on April 13, left on May 13. had seat No. 13 on the jet airplane for the crossing going over, had apartment 13 on the ship, tjueen Elizabeth, on the return trip, and there were 13 decks on the ship. None of this was by design all by coincidence. And the four couldn't have had a more wonderful trip! They visited the northern part of England, went to Scotland, spent a night in Dublin, Ireland, saw the changing of the guard in London, went to the rebuilt city of Coventry and toured many old churches and places of his torical interest. They went to the old family place, High Buterby, where the Hvnd famllv came from and found it remaining in excellent repair but considerably modern ized from the old days. It no longer is in family ownership. The foursome visited many rel atives, finding that they had more trips and entertainment planned for them than they could squeeze in for the time they had. On the trip to England, they flew by jet over the polar route requiring only nine hours to make the trip. It was a great thrill when they landed at his birthplace, but just as great a thrill when they landed back in the U. S., Bob said. In England they traveled both by air and by car. Their return was by the R. M. S. Queen Elizabeth of the Cun ard Line. They enjoyed the water crossing more than the air flight. "It took five days by ship but it seemed shorter than the nine hours by air," Bob said. 'There are no strangers on the ship. The food was great, the service was wonderful, and it is just so lm mense, it s hard to believe. A great deal of entertainment is provided aboard ship and a daily bulletin is printed to ad vise passengers of things sched uled that day. Weather was fine through most of the month's trip. "In England it is just like it Is here now," Bob said. It was foggy about a half-day aboard ship when one couldn't see half the length of the ship, but the Queen Elizabeth, safeguarded by radar, plowed on at full speed. Lowe did say, however, that the insulated underwear from J. C. Penney's came in very handy aboard ship. He noticed Idaho potatoes on the ship's fare but said he looked in vain ior Claude Cox's "Pride of Oregon" ice cream. Bob said he did some advertising for the Morrow Coun ty Creamery. 'There were 1100 crew mem bers aboard so that alone would use a lot of butter." he said. On the next trio. Lowe saia ne would change only one thing. He wouldn't take so much lug gage. "I had entirely Joo much," he declared. School board advisory com mittee has given its consent to having the high school gym open ior two nignts auring eacn week for both adult and youth activity. These activities will be under the supervision of the Morrow County Jaycees. The Jaycees will set up various pro grams and schedules for use of the gym. according to Don Mc Clure, chairman of the Junior Chamber committee for the gym. McClure said that the gym will be open to adults and youths alike but that the Jaycees will set up a program for the activities to prevent some of the younger youths from being over run by the older persons during the hours that the gym is open. He said that this will probably be done by setting aside a port ion of each evening, possibly earlier in the night, for the ac tivities of the smaller youths and leave the later portion for ac tivities of older youths and adults. Nights of the week that the gym will be open will be published next) week along witn the schedule of activities. Jaycees also announced that they will sponsor a car wash this Saturday, June 13, weather permitting, at van Winkles Chevron Station from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Price for a wash job is $1.50 while a wax job for the family buggy Is $5.00. Proceeds from the car wash will be used for community projects by the club. Reservations may be made for getting a car picked up and washed by calling twb-xo. One such project, which the Jaycees have taken on within the community, is to provide en tertainment for the Sidewalk Ba zaar. Jim Gordon and Jim Mor ris, chairmen of the Jaycees com mittee for this function, said that work on providing entertainment for the affair is now underway and announcement of part of the entertainment schedule will be announced at a date in the near future. new highway Is trhedulcd for completion by January, 19U5. and commercial development must r outlined for the relo cated city by that time. The problem is to develop plana fur the new city feasibly economically, and rapidly, the engineer kald. and the city needs to know If a school will need to b serviced. "Frankly, we're In a real f'Hjgh position," Cornell said. "We need to know what to do." He pointed out that time sched ule rails for advertising for con struction bids on streets, drain- age, water system and aewer sytem by August of this year. Const ruction of the utilities 1 to tie started by September and it is necessary to know about sewer loads by July. Mayor West and Cornell as sured the board that hookup charge to the sewer system for the school district If a school is located there will be offset bv the allowance of the Corps of Engineers for Installation of septic tank. However, Cornell added, "It may not be quite as blank a check as that" As a matter of Interest to the board and audience at the meet ing. Cornell explained that the city will have 90 nsldentlal lots of 15.000 square feet each. Total cost per lot has been tentatively figured at $1100. including cost of sewer and other utilities. Commercial lots, each of 15.000 square feet or more, will be $o000 per lot Allowance has been made for 20 such lots, and there are already subscriptions for all lots. Mayor West said that because of publicity on the Boeing pro ject there has btt-n a great de mand for business lots In the new townslte and said that If all applications had been ac cepted, the town would need 80 more. "But we have to kp our thinking realistic," he said. Lots in the new townsite may be put up for sale after July 15, he said. Contract on a city well, water system, streets, overhead struc ture to the waterfront and legal costs, totaling $380,000, was signed with the Corps of Engin eers' Monday. The board did not act towards deciding on the school plans, having previously scheduled date for a decision on the River aide school in September. Cor nell and West indicated, how ever, that delaying until that time will work a distinct hard ship on planning for Boardman. At the end of the meeting. Di rector Harvey Warner of Irrigon gave out copies of a letter from the State Department of Edu cation reaffirming its position on recommendations made to the district board In 1959 on location of the school. The letter had been requested by the board as a result of a motion made by Director Warner some months ago. Recommendations Included these: 1. That consideration be given to the formation of an admin istrative subdistrict combining the "North End" with the north west corner of Umatilla county. 2. One high school plant lor the "North End" area. 3. This plant should be locat ed in the area of greatest sec ondary pupil population. Certain economies could be effected by locating the building; on a new site adjacent to the existing Irrigon Elementary school. 4. These savings could be made by a reduction in number and type of facilities required for the Irrigon Elementary build ing. 5. Care to be taken to obtain a site sufficient in size to ade quately support a secondary school program. The letter of affirmation said, "We believe that the above statements are sound and we will continue to support them." It pointed out that responsi bility for making a decision rests with the school board. "We can only advise," the let ter, written by Leonard P. Min- ear, superintendent or puoiic instruction, said. If the high school Is located In Irrigon, it makes it possible to use the facilities In the future for junior high school purpose if consolidation with Hermiston Is effected. -This perhaps should be considered in reaching the decision." Auction Proceeds Total Near $2000 Proceeds of the Community Auction, sponsored by the lone United Church of Christ at lone Saturday, totaled nearly $2000, it was reported by Bob Jepsen, chairman. Almost identical pro ceeds were made at the event last year. Some 250 were served at the barbecue dinner with Jack Loyd. Garry Tullis and Fred Nelson in charge of the pit barbecue. Stage coach rides proved as popular as the year before with Buck Lieuallen furnishing the authentic coach for the occasion. At the auction a pony donated by John Eubanks brought $100. An old buggy lantern, freshly sprayed with gray paint, proved an article in demand and brought $9.