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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1964)
L I D r A R Y u or o nno n (7 n i 2 J rAl rrrr m fS fi if : dvj Vj U C 'J vS7 u u u j?- 8Ut Year THE GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 8, 1964 Firopeirfy c 9 imb Hoi Mmmw Cmiyz Property tae ff all iw-fl on the l'.i CD roll In Mor row county ttal 1.274.XH)W. according to figures released by Awn Kol Thomson this ftk. This It an Incrraw of 8KI over the l'.3M roll of Il.i71j0-Ui.75. he Mid. Awwd value of the county ctlmted to new high at M.li;'M as compared with $16, lOIJiA an Increase of H.'JtJ.' XTJ. or 296. Principal rfwn (r thta Increase n a II.MU. ( Increased valuation on farm limU because of a 5uJ blanket Increase. Thomson aald. Other factor trulude JIM.OUJ valuation placed on the iweing land lca not before on the rolls; an In create of Jo43.0" In public util ities, because of the ratio t hang from 19 to 2"t thta vcar; and the Increase due to new con strut lion. Total true canh value of the county Uet at pa.Sl I.T70 by the aewior ai compared with .7.4l7.4o( last year in-fore the blankt-t Increase on farm prop erty. Taxes for county purposes how a pain of 3 00 , climbing fnm .7'J,7X2 40 Ut car to SJxm .220.70 for 1961 C5. or $a,-55-1 JO. Taxra for county schools, how ever, take G5.73 of the tax dol lar for the coming year and have cllmhed 7.40. going from f77!.7W.6j to $x:r7.47ti 93, or an Increase of 157.710.33. Highest percentage gain on taxes la that for the Blue Moun tain Kducatlon district As a re ault of the aerial levy approved by votera for new buildings and an Increased budget, the Increase IS 113 1 17 over l kuiiik to 1S.977.97 from J26.9tti.98. ThU now takea 4 63 of the total property tax In Morrow county. As In other areaa. the Increase In the tax load atcma from the defeat laat fall of the atate tax referendum, shifting aome state baale school aupport back to the county level; to Increased ex emptions; and to Increased costs of government. Veterans and widows exemp tlons this year climbed to $06, &M from $60,730 last year. Sen ior citteens exemptions, estab lished for the first time for the 1964 65 fiscal year as a result of action of the 1963 legtRlature, are set at $23,715 In Morrow county. There were none last Because of the considerable Increase In county valuation, mlllagc levies In all code dis tricts of the county are down this year. However, the lower levies In many cases will be ap plied against higher property valuations, and many taxpay ers bills consqucntly will be higher. Highest mlllagc levy for tax payers of any part of the county Is that In Heppner at 72.5 al though this Is down more than 10 mills from the 82.9 mills of last year. The levy for city pur poses alono In Heppner Is 13.8 as compared with 13.9 last year. Lowest levy in any pan oi mc county Is that In code district 10-2. outside lrrlgon, at 44.8. Valuation of total personal property In the county lor 1964 65 is placed at $2,676,245 as compared with $2,691,990 In 1963-64. Of the total, merchan dise and stock In trade (Inven tory) Is set at $289,855, down approximately $10,000 from last year; furniture, fixtures and equipment. $77,350 (up $1500); farm machinery and equipment, $1,054,320 (up $30,000); and other machinery and equipment, $385,985 (up $1600). Also includ ed are horses and mules, $37, 110; cattle, $794,505; sheep and goats, $30,875; swine. $8-40; poul try, $2,875; and miscellaneous, $2,530. All but swine and poul try show an Increase In num ber, cattle counted at 31,696 for WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM ' Weather report for the week of October 1 through 7 is follows: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday HI 69 76 63 64 67 75 76 Low 37 32 30 34 37 40 47 Prec. .10 Taxes ?ewmt A3 as compared with 29. Tti laat year, and horses and mule going to 7V7 from 7Vt. Value of the horses and mulrs shows an Increase of over S-H.OHO but despite the increase In num ber, value of cattle shows a de crease of ime m.OtW. Thomnon Mates that tax statements will be In the mall on or tcfore October 15. Accom par.ylng them will be complete tax summaries which show breakdowns of the taxes in all areas. Set For New Bridge Monday Morning Dedication ceremony for the new Main street bridge over Willow (reek will be held at the bridge Monday at 11 am. with the lleppner-Morrow Coun ty Chamber of Commerce spon soring the event. Victor K. Wolfe. Salem, ad- mlnUtratli-M auslstint to the Oregon State Highway Commis sion, and A. r . fanton. aivinon engineer, of La Grande will be irtnenL iwinry juugo uscar demon made arrangements for their attendance. Randall Petcntnn. Chamber of Commerce vice president. Is co ordinating the program. He said that Mayor Al Lamb and Judge I'eterson will be called on for remarks. A ribbon cutting cere mony will be held, ana it is hoped that the high school baud will be present to play. Mayor Charles O'Connor of lone and Mayor Mervln Leonard of Lexington will be given spec ial Invitations to attend, as well as councilmen of Heppner. Wolfe and Parson will be guests of the Chamber of Com merce at the regular luncheon meeting following the ceremony. The bridge, completed about two u;wk a en. and the reno vated Hinton Creek bridge make nuiiA an imnrovemeni ai inc entrance to the city. They elim inate a nazara mat naa ocvn present for years. Rep. AI Ullman To Visit Heppner On Tuesday Night Congressman Al Ullman will appear in Heppner for a pot luck supper at the county fair annex on Tuesday, October 13, at 6;30 p.m. Following the meal, the congressman will visit with his many friends for a short time, then close the meeting with an address. The subject of Cong. Ullman's talk has not been announced, but It Is assumed he will re view some of the work of the recent Congress and probably give a general review or the ag ricultural act and the progress made towards authorization of the proposed Willow Creek dam. The second district Democrat is a member of the Ways and Means committee and as such had much ot do with the passage of the Import quotas on beef recently enacted into law. Ull man was one of the leaders of i h rtmimn Hplpcatlon at the Democratic National convention In Atlantic City. AS sucn ne played a malor part In getting the convention to settle the seating arrangement for the Mississippi delegation, inciuauiK the so-callea treeaom pany, m a manner satisfactory to most of the delegates and others In- terested. Th vnrrpssman Dians on a hi.ntinir tnn in the HoDDner area wth local friends immediately following the Ian campaign. Everybody Is welcome at the pot luck meeting. This Is a chance to get better acquainted with your representa tive In Concress and to make your views known to him," says Al Lamo, democratic central committee chairman. Dedication t TOTI I, .... - 3 ! j. . . Z f ' ..."'.'' ,v fj-";; " ' " m. tm'it a. .n- f ' 1 " ' THIS LOOK of dsttrmlnatlon U what an opposla rod m.Lf!? Homecoming Pits Heppner vs. John Day . t Picture Also onPage.4) , -Henpner IIIh school's home coming Friday has billed full schedule of activities Including i v.. fnafnrnH football cime with (Jrant Union of John Day at 7:30 and a dance toiiowtng mc game. High School Parade, Rally Cancelled Heppner High school's pep parade and rally, which had been scheduled to be held Fri day at 4:45 for homecoming, have been cancelled in re spect to the memoir of Diane Warren, senior student ot the school, who died in an acd dent Wednesday night the school announced at noon, Thursday. Other homecoming activities will go on as planned with the football game starting at 7:30, halitlme activities and the dance following the game. Festivities will be held dur ing halftlme of the Grant Union game. Featured will be presen tation of the court and announ cement of the queen who will reign over the dance after the game. The queen will be chosen from one of three seniors nom inated by the H-club, including Barbara Blake. Anna Marie Brlndle and Jill Cline. Football team will vote for the queen. Princesses from the Junior class, not eligible to be queen are Joan Healy and Barbara Crib ble, but they will be included in the Homecoming court. The high school band, directed by Arnold Melby, will play at half time, and the drill team, direc ted bv Miss Virginia Buch, will A top football game with a near-capacity crowd is expected. Grant Union has a 1-1 record in league play, having defeated Sherman county, 13 to 6, and Ballots Printed For November 3 DaiiAta vr tho Wnvpmhpr pen- eral election have been printed h., tv,a nn7ftt.Times and are now in the hands of Mrs. Sadie Parrlsh, county clerk, to be maoe fnr HUtrlhntlon to the var ious ' precincts in the county. The Danois, rnucn simhh thon thnca o tho nrimarv elec tion, contain national, state and pnuntv offices, as well as the Judiciary ballot, state measures and the one county measure, that asking for a three-year road serial levy. Absentee ballots were prepar ed and delivered early and have been sent to some of those vot ing by this method. Sample ballots are available at the county clerk's office 'in the courthouse. Number 32 10 cents huHno Irwf In Wfthtonk. 13-7. Heppner has a 10 mark In the league to date with it 14 0 tri umph over Wahtonka last Fri day. For this game only the starting time will be a half hour earlier, at 7:30. There will be hot coffee, pop and other refreshments served from the concessions stand dur ing the game. With the popular Jaguars. 5 piece orchestra of the Tri-Citles furnishing the music, the home coming dance will be In the high school multipurpose room from 10 until midnight Friday. All alumni are Invited, and there is no charge. The dance is spon sored by the H-club. Alumni are invited to corre to school Friday and see the dec orations which have been set up by the Junior class. Chamber to Ask Spray Road Work HeppnerMorrow County Chamber of Commerce is plan ning to take steps to press for continued improvement of the highway to Spray and Monu ment after the matter was brought to its attention at the Monday meeting. Gene Pierce reported that Spray residents had asked for help In seeking further improve ment to the highway. They had tiooi-,4 that funrU to be used for such purpose had been cur-'. tailed. Provimislv. ravlner has been undertaken at the rate of about three miles per year, but a con ciHnmhia section remains un- paved. The matter was turned over to the organization's develop ment committee, headed by L. R. (Bob) Henry, and he was working on steps to pursue the matter this week. Washington, D. C. Preaching School Calls Fr. Spencer Father C Bruce Spencer of All Saints Episcopal church is In Washington, D. C this week, called there by the Epis copal dean of the Washington Cathedral. Fr. Spencer is one of 15 advanced ministers to be summoned for an advanc ed school in the Cathedral where he will preach three ser mons. The Heppner clergyman left by Jet airplane from Portland Monday at 12:50 a.m. and was due in Baltimore, Md., at 6 a.m. He expected to be back Satur day in time to be In his pulpit here Sunday again. Before departing, Father Spencer said. "I'm grateful lor the chance to go." He felt it would be an enriching exper ience. Half of the cost of the trip is paid as a scholarship. - I J Diane Warren Final Services Set Saturday Diane Warren. 1. daufhter ff Mr. ami Mrs C A. Warren of ll'oprM-r, died as a result of a ooe car aetldent about six miUm llfn.ni-r on Ihe WUloW i'frk highway about 7; 30 Wed- ne.Uy rilcht. The suio In which she wai rifling was owned bv her par ent and was driven bv hrr twin brother. Dennis, with r-ui ?waf. part. 1H. and Dan MrBride, 16. other pa.engrrs in the car State Polke Officer J.m Cor don, who with Sheriff C. J D. Bjuman and I. L. U. Tibbies merllral examiner. Investigated the accident, said that the ve hicle apparently went out of control on a curve as the young iH-oole were going southeast from town. The officer, who studied tne wene Thursday morning, said that marks showed that the car hit the gravel on the shoulder and appeared to go into a skti ih driver attemoted tj Dull back on the highway. The rear end went over the bank, and the .tarloH rnlllnP. It traveled down a 38 ft embankment and came to rest near Willow Creek some VX) feet from tne start oi the skid. Apparently all four thrnun fmm the vehicle. Diane was thrown some 50 feet from the car and was found lace aon In Willow Creek. Dr. Tibbies said that she sustained a basal skull fracture. The water was esti mated to be only about iour Inches deeD In the spot she was found. i, TiKKi. uia that the car evidently rolled over Swaggart, and Dennis was unaerneavn wie .,i,.lo uhon It came to rest. The auto had to be moved be fore he could be xreea. Tom Wilson, who lives near- k.. kaar4 t ho rrach and W3S first to reach the scene of the accident. Officer Gordon saia. rwk,,, rnslHonto nf the BTCS re- UUU I ...v. vs sponded quickly to give aid. Diane, a iteppner ihk" senior, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pioneer Memorial hos- pital where she was tanen in the ambulance. c....nr anri MrRride sus tained only minor injuries and were released irom. ui nwnii' Thnrcriav mornln after an over- nioht stav. mev naa some Dennis - remained hospitalized with an apparent back Injury. a ratner severe oruiae " right leg. and other injuries. Dr. t-. kKl xoiH Thtintriav that X- rays will be taken to determine nature of the nacK injury. rtfr CLnrrinn issued a Ci- tation to the young driver Thurs day morning, charging mm wjlu reckless driving. Funeral services for Diane will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church. Heppner, with Vort AurArd. nastor or the Lexington Christian church. officiating, miermeni wm ue " a family plot in tne lone cem etery. Sweeney Mortuary naa (Continued on page 8) Work is Underway On New Ski Run On Arbuckle Mt. Work is underway at Arbuckle Mountain on extending the ski course with the goal to double the length of the course by the time the snow flies, according to C K. (Ken) Peck, president of the Arbuckle Mountain Corpor ation. , t ' . As the first phase of a project started by the new ski corpor ation, it is expected to lengthen the course this year to 1200 feet from its present 600 feet. . nixir MoaHnr has been hired to move dirt with his tractor at the beginner area this week-end, and a crew of men and boys worked at the course over the week-end clearing trees in an area 300 -ft wide -and 100 ft. long. Included in the group were Peck, Bob iienry, Avery layiur, Ron Reid, Jim Sherman, Kit An derson, and Bruce Thomson. Tho on rornoration was form ed recently to enlarge and ex pand the facilities at Arbuckle. tinn turwrii have been executed, and currently the con cern is seemng to gei a use per .v,! fmm th It S Forest Service. The permit formerly was held by the Arbuckle Mountain Ski club. . . While It had teen noped io fact snmioh t have a platter lift in operation for the coming season, it is now ap parent that this cannot be done Kio voir Pa-1t said. However. it is expected that the course will be doubled from what It was last year, reaching 1200 feet and a rope tow will be set up. Meanwhile, stock 13 being nffarof fnr sale in the corpor ation and at the present time some $5000 in stcck has been subscribed or paid. It Is expected tv,at th Mmnalun tn sell stock will be Intensified within the next few weeks. Meador, who will work in tne oraa nKnnt five riavs. will cut the grade at the beginner's area from about A)7 siope to a iv slope. t 'n ." fzi: if" AMONG HAFFICST hunters on opening drr of deer asoa was Oaude Cok. 71. who bagged a nice 4 -point buck a lew hours otter the teasoo elUctaUy opened. (G T Fhoto) Deer Hunters Score Very Good Ir..1i-f lfin Iat uwk of a good opening week-end for deer season proved to be true with a high percentage of success re torted bv local hunters Satur day and Sunday. Glen Ward. Democrats Climb In Registration With 150 Majority Democrats in Morrow county cracked the nip and tuck race for registration by the time ot the deadline Saturday, pushing into a majority oi iu in me county. Co-riDlete count shows a total of 2331 registered. Just six be- low the peak of the 1960 Fresl .Wllnn r.f 9TV7 Mr, Sadie Parrish. county clerk, re ports. Of the total. 1217 are Demo anrt IfV. are RpDubllcans. There are 49 registered as inde pendents or in otner parues. . The suge of. the , Democrats gives them the most favorable rmitinn thev have enloved in the county. At the time of thedown a jeep to help him. primary election the count how- ( He descended to a spot close to 1 - I . .n. Af1fTiTra i . . . . a I 1 V. . Irlll ed ony a few votes difference between the parties. Oddlv enough, however, of the county's nine precincts, only three have Democratic majori ties. Irrigon runs nearly 3-to-l in its Democratic reistratlon with 234 as compared with 93 Republicans, and eoarsunan friva. tho rvmiu a 2.to-l mar gin with ISO as compared with 99 Republicans. Lexington has a smaller Democratic majority with 150 as compared with 115 Republicans. Boardman and Lex ington each nave n oi ouier rptistration and Irrigon has lone remains the county's Re publican stronghold with 223 in the G.O.P. as compared with 160 Democrats and 11 of other reg utratinn Hardman has 24 Re publicans and 15 Democrats with I none in ouier yai uca. All Heppner precincts have small Republican edges, as fol lows: Northeast Heppner, 121 Republicans. 115 Democrats, 1 other; Northwest Heppner. 156 Republican. 152 Democrats, -2 others: southeast Heppner, 100 Republicans. 81 Democrats, 3 others: southwest Heppner, 134 Republicans, 130 Democrats, 7 others. E. W. Rhea, Last Charter Elk, Dies; Services Slated E. W. (Waldon) Rhea, 92, last surviving charter member of the Heppner Elks lodge, died in Spokane, Wn., Satur day at the home of a daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Lou Shoemaker. Mr. Rhea was the son of Mor row county pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rhea, first settlers on Rhea creek, and he was born on their place November 22, 1871. He later engaged in livestock ranching there. When the Heppner Elks were chartered nearly 68 years ago, Mr. Rhea was among the orig inal members. Funeral services will be Fri day at 1:30 P.m. at the Burns Mortuary, Hermiston, with the Heppner Elks lodge partici pating with a memorial ser vice. . Burial will be In the Echo cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Hugh Rhea of Walla Walla. Wn.. and Columbus Rhea of Eugene; the daughter, Mrs. Shoemaker of Spokane; a brother, C C. Rhea of Phoenix, Ariz.; and a sister, Mrs. Josle Jones, Heppner. Carl Rhea of Lexington Is a nephew and Mrs. Leo Ash beck is a niece. Several grand children and other nieces and nephews also survive. After leaving this area, Mr. Rhea lived in Canada for a time before going to Spokane to be with the daughter. tea ;' .. ""' ; "V , v. .' .J 1 1 -. ; i Success state game agent, said that he would estimate local hunters scored 30 to X on kills. As of Wednesday, local mar kets and cold storage units were pretty well swamped with deer. Central Market reported 4i hav ing been brought in as of Tues day with "more waiting." Fxon omv Market reported nearly 50 to date, and Court Street Market had about 30 as of Wednesday. Although a few local hunters complained that they hadn't even spotted a pair oi norns, most of them came tack from week-end Jaunts with tags fill ed. An unusually high number of young hunters In their teens baeged bucks. Veteran hunters like Carl Mc Daniel had their bucks early Saturday morning. Vern Nolan checked in the first at Court Street Market at 9 a.m. Saturday. One of the happiest numcrs was Claude Co who baEKpJ ' 4 point Saturday morning. Gene ni . -J tu nna fit Piorr turned out to be one of the hardest working hunters. He shot and wounded a big buck from some 200 to 250 yards and It bounded down into a doep canyon. He could see it through field glasses lying under a tiee. Two of his children were with him and he told them to wait and try to get someone to come tho Kiir-ir and finished the kill and waited for help but none came. So he climbed all the way back up. got his own rig and went down again. He was still stiff and sore Monday. One of the area's most enthus iastic women hunters scored, Mrs. Ed (Rachel) Dick got a nice buck, and her husband, Ed, was also successruL One of the largest deers re ported was a buck that dressed out to 146 pounds, shot by Gary Dick of Corvallis and formerly of Heppner. Another by young Sidney zinier oi ione was i pounds. An unfortunate few hunters. either knowingly or unknowing ly, shot the hornless kind does and come into the hands of the law. Economy Market reported that game officers had brought two does in during the young season to date. The meat will go to welfare. Weather, though dry, favored bruises and lacerations, hunters better than last year. On opening day In 1963 it was so hot that hunters had to act (Continued on page 8) Punt, Pass, Kick Contest Slated At Rodeo Grounds Sponsored by Heppner Auto Sales, Inc., with Dave Barnett in charge, the annual Ford Punt, Pace and Kirk contest for bovs 8 through 13 will be on the rodeo grounds, Heppner, Saturday, starting at 2 p.m. The boys will compete for 5rizes, including footb alls, ackets and other football equip ment Winners will be eligible for consideration with other winners around the state to ad vance for regional and national prizes. Nearly 100 boys In all partici pated in clinics held at Heppner and lone two weeks ago to prac tice for the coming event Coaches at lone and Heppner as sisted. , , . The lone Lions club has -charge of officiating at the Sat-, urday event Barnett said. There is still time for boys ages 8 to 13 to enter and tiey may sign up as late as Friday at Heppner Ford or at . Jim s Chevron Service in lone. . Last year's winners were Dae Hedman, in the 8-year-old brack et; Tom Stockard, 9-year clds; rtoan Wrtcrht 10-vear-olds: and John McCabe, 11-year-olds, This year two nigner age oracucia have been added, for those 12 and 13. Th nnhlie Is Invited to come and watch the interesting event
