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I 1 DP ARY U OF 0 t u a c n r . os t , 6 Dr. Hummel Makes 37 Recommendations For Morrow Schools Thirty-M'vcn recommendations in a 103-pane re port have been presented to the board of directors of Morrow County School District IM by Dr. Knelt Hummel of Portland as a result of a htudy and survey of the county .school nyUm. In a presentation to the hoard and puhlic Tuesday niht after a session with the directors alone Monday nitfht, Dr. Hummel said that the district "is a million dollar business that is still operating as a very hmall district." 81st Year Number 39 GAZETTE-TIMES Hcppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 26, 1964 10 cents He said there Is urgent need fr ivntralled purchasing, elim ination of duplication In purch asing and need ltr centralized wart-hotmlng. "No firm that spend $ mil lion per car can run without an Inventory. Yet you do," lie ald. Ir. Hummel said that policies should lie written to aid all pa tron, school communities, and employees to Work together with tolerance, lie stressed the need for setting up a coat system. "You should know the con( of educating child for a year," he aald. All em ploy ees, both certified and non i-ertuled. ahould le pro vided with clearly worded state ments regarding the condition f their employment, he aald. Non certified employee ahould tie provided opportunities for their upgrading and Improve ment. More professional assis tance for teachers should be pro vided. He aald that the county It "several hundred dollar too low rot it salary whcdulti" and the district must face up to this If It cximtH to get rood teachers In eomjKtltlon with other dis trict. "Vou must atop putting off until mid summer the hiring of teachers." he declared. Dr. Hummel snld that at Portland State It Is extected that by Christmas of this year 20 of the graduating class of teachers will have been signed to contracts. You know which teachers are ehen first, and you know who will be left by summertime. I don't say till U Rood; I'm Juat trying to bo realistic." - The educator said that he had talked with two teachers who Indicated they planned to leave trie district la-cause of poor housing. 'This Is something that you simply are going to have to face ui to." he said. Prospective teachers must be convinced mat ine Morrow coun ty school offer hettcr-than aver ago professional advantages If they are to be attracted to em ployment, Dr. Hummel said. follcles and procedures rela tive to hiring teachers and as signing of staff should be re viewed, the educator recommend ed. "Staff members acquire a feeling of security, frequently of po..Hen.slvencss, about particular Job assignment!, and Ignore the ract mat tncy nave no innereni right to assume that they are always going to teach the fourth grade, or work In this building," he suld. "Like any other em ployec of any organization . . they can be transferred or shif ted If It appears tho best in terests of the organization may be served by such re-assign-ment." On the other hand. Dr. Hum mel said that In his Interviews "too many times I had teachers tell me that they were unsure of what they were supposed to (," Ho had some complimentary words for various schools in the district nnd their personnel but I also had some stern criticism. Sneaking of the Heppner ele mentarv school, ho said. "I was very Impressed with the very capable and very skillful way nf fiililnc reading. The teach ers were doing a good Job. But they were not doing a "good Job nf tonchlnff understanding or what is read." . ir nolnted out the trend to wards Junior high schools in the ... 1 A..U,n.t that tf Ihd couruy uim auiov mv v. district wishes to move Into a tunlor hieh school program, It with thoughtful otAnnlnc that considers such elements as: Academic curric ulum, guidance and counseling, and activity curriculum." nr trommel said that the Houchton school had a good program pointing towards a junior high without being one, and that It Is clear that the school "wants to do more for young teen-agers." "They are doing even more at lone, bringing over a high school teacher in biology to help those In the upper grades," he said. Heppner has the closest ap proach to a Junior high, he said, with a good upper grade depart mentalized program. All schools are attempting to do extra things for teen-agers, but he pointed out that there Is no coordination In the efforts between the schools. "You should decide on a pro gram and get all schools to do the same. thing without leaving It to the individual principals (Continued on page 8) Public Invited To Hear Report On School Survey Dr. Krrett Hummel professor of education at Portland State College, will be present at a Mnt meeting of the lone and Heppner Parent-Teacher assoc iation on Wednesday, December 2. at 8 p.m. to present a report on the survey he ha concluded on Morrow county schools. The meeting will be In the elementary school multipurpose nm. Dr. Hummel will present rec ommendations he ha made In the survey and will give the public an opportunity to ask question atxtut the rccommen elation and the report. The educator was engaged to make the study In connection with the trosed relocation of the Riverside High school and at the same time consider matters in the district. Ills extensive report comprises 103 pages and Includes 37 rec ommendations. Forrest Burkenblne. president of the Heppner ITA. will preside at the mi-cling. Refreshment will le served. Engineer Board Gives Approval To Willow Dam dam for Santa Claus to be Saturday Guest Here Postmaster Urges Careful Wrapping Of Mail Parcels With the Christmas mailing period at hand. Postmaster Jim urlscoll urges all postal patrons io wrap and tie parcels care fully. "While the Increasing piles of parcel post being received at the post otflce Indicate that many local citizens are preparing early for the Christmas season, It Is evident from the condition In which many parcels are ar riving that somewhere In tran sit the gremlins are busy shak ing boxes apart, tearing wrap pers and splitting the seams on numerous parcels that are not securely wrapped and tied," he suld. Paper tape alone does not seem to withstand the shuffling that the mall receives In transit. Urlscoll said. All fragile Items must be pro tected with corrugated card board or the equivalent In ad dition to a strong outer carton. "We strongly urge that all valuable Items be Insured," Driseoll said. "Do not send money In an envelope. Purchase a postal money order, a conven ient lorm in wnich to send money to loved ones, If making a gift In this manner." Hcppncr'a Willow Creek Probst took another step ward to remain on schedule last week when the Hoard of En gineer of Klver and Harbor approved the project In Wash ington. D. C. according to a l- Ij.f tin .tiM miiNki am In ttut ....... .... K - . Caret le-Timea from Hon Ahern. assistant to congressman Al un man. Friday. The project must now be ap proved by the Oilcf of the U. S. Army Corps of h'nglneer. after which it will he Mnt back to the Northwest for a period of ! day for review by all Inter ested agenile. Following this. It will go to the Public Works committee in Congress for consideration, and It I hoped that It will be In eluded In the next omnibus bill In Congress. Should the project be approved In the omnibus bill. It still must go up for ap propriatlon before It can be con tlnued for construction. County Judge Oscar Peterson, In commenting to the Chamber of Commerce here Monday on the matter, said that Mai. Gen. W. W. Lapsley. Portland, division engineer of the Engineers, has stated that It was one of the mo! feasible projects under consideration by the Corps. Hurls Minor for 6 As Vehicle Rolls Six young people suffered minor injuries when a roadside bank in the Johnson creek area gave away Sunday evening, causing meir car to roil over twice down a 40-fL embank ment. . - . . the fcix Ifad been hunting and were returning home In the dark near the Paul Ulster place. Stuart Dick, 17. driver of the car. pulled to the outside edge of the mad and stopped when he saw lights of another car ahead. He expected to wait for the other car to go by. However, he was closer to the edge than he realized. The oc cupants could feel the ledge start to give way and the ear slowly rolled over, then gained momentum and rolled over a second time as It went down the embankment x. Christmas -Opening Features CoBniest with. $250 in Prizes Six-Year Plant Due For North Old Santa Claus. who hasn't been seen around these parts since the same time last year, will make his first call of the season to Heppner Saturday as special guest at Heppners Christmas Opening. He is due to arrive at 1 p.m. and will be escorted to the main corner on a fire truck. Santa will have candy treats for the kids and has said he is looking forward to meeting and visiting with all of them. Stores of Heppner will blossom The ca7 "landed on Its wheels. 15!!"".; The occupants had managed to nrace themselves when they felt the car starting to roll and all remained inside. Three of the 195-1 station wagon's doors were nearly ripped off. however, and four rifles were thrown out The car rolled over the rifles and they were In badly damaged condition. Stuart suffered cuts to the mediately after Thanksgiving and displays of fine gift Items will be prominent in most of the business houses. Twenty firms have announced participation in the annual win dow guessing contest which has attracted keen interest in former years. Prizes offered in the con test total more than $250. Full details are announced in the coming to the community. There will be free parking downtown Saturday with meters hooded. Harley Young, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, states that he hopes to have Christmas street lighting install ed by the opening event Sat urday to give a festive air to the community. Santa Claus will return to Heppner on future Saturdays, in accordance with a schedule to be announced later, and a free show for kids is also being con sidered for a later date, accord ing to L E. Dick, chairman of the merchants committee. Copies of this issue of the paper are being mailed to all boxholders in the Kinzua, Spray and Monument areas as an in vitation for folks there to come and loin the fun of Christmas Opening in Heppner. head that Squired Vseven Pitches Ch"bcr ot 'Commerce 'advertise to close. Others in the car suffer-1 mtIni " KA-iS?..?:- Case Furniture Co., Central Mar ed bruises. Included were Sue IJllen Greenup, Terryl Greenup, Jerry Greenup, Bill Snyder and L'arl Struckmcier. Jerry's back was scraped and bruised, and Earl was temporarily knocked unconscious. Don Greenup was In a fol lowing car, and he, together with occupants of the stopped car, stopped to give aid. Greenup brought the injured to Heppner for treatment. UNITED SERVICE Heppner Nazarene Church Heppner, Oregon November 25. 19G4 7:30 p.m. (ORDER oFsERVICE) The Piano Prelude Call to Worship (100th Psalm) Rev. Dixon Hymn "Come Ye Thankful People" 222 Invocation Rev. Alsup Responsive Reading (Page 3-15) Rev. Boyd Ministers' Trio Thanksgiving Proclamation Fr. Spencer Welcome and Announcements Rev. Weller Offertory Prayer Rev. Weller Our THANKS-GIVING The Doxology Reading of the Holy Scriptures Rev. Dixon (Philippians 4:1-20) Prayer of Thanksgiving Rev. Robinson Vocal Solo - Mr. John Schmidt "Give Thanks and Sing Harris" (Accompanist: Mrs. John Schmidt) Sermon Rev. Crowell "THANKSLIVING" Hymn "America the Beautiful" 228 The Benediction , Ft. Spencer The Postlude The congregation will please stand! ket. L. E. Dick. Elma's Apparel, Gardner's Men's Wear, Gonty's, Humphreys Drug, Lairds', Mi Ladies Apparel. M & R Floor Covering and Heating Co., J. C. Penney Co., Peterson's Jewelers, Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply, Heppner. Auto Parts, The Gazette-Times, Phil's Pharmacy, C. A. Ruggles Insurance Agency, Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., Red and White Store, and Western Auto store. Each store will offer a prize In the contest, and in most in stances the store's contest will be to eucss the retail value of gift merchandise in a display. However, some of those busi nesses of a type that does not lend to this sort of contest will have other contests, such as guessing the number of pennies in a Jar. There is no obligation and guessing slips are available at each of the stores. While guess ing, however, tne public is in vited to take a good look at the merchandise the local stores of fer for Christmas shoppers. Merchants - are making a real effort to provide the very most attractive gift items this year to accommodate all shoppers Rain, Snow Adds Needed Moisture Combination of over one-half inch rain and between one and two inches snow over the past four days has brought welcome moisture to farm and range land. Mr. Rain still has a lot of catching up to do during the coming month to bring the yearly average to a normal year, i but recent precipitation has been an aid to ranchers in preparing for winter seeding. Official weather report for the past week as given by Leonard Gilliam, weather observer, is as follows: Hi Low Prec. Thursday 36 25 Friday 33 27 Saturday 34 29 02, 1" snow Sunday 48 32 .14 Monday 58 48 . .05 Tuesday 61 31 .23 lone Community Plans for Fourth Annual Festival Festival spirit Is in the air among organizations in lone, preparing for the fourth annual Community Festival on Sunday afternoon. December 6. at Wil lows Grange hall. General chair man again this year is Mrs. Her shal Townsend, assisted by members of Willows Home Ec onomics club. Opening the afternoon of fes tivities is a bountiful ham din ner, served the public from 12:30 until 2:00 D.m. Tickets will be $150 for adults and high school An area In-between Irrijjon and Boardman was selected by the directors of Morrow County School Dutrlrt K 1 Tuesday night a the it for relocation rf Rivenlde High school. In arrordanrr with a report presented bv Dr. Err-tt Hummel, iroi"or of education of lort and State College, prl"f to the division, the alte will he some where In the area bounded roughly bv the Patterson Ferry Junction, the Ordnn-e property and the newly relocated high way Wl.V. At the same time. Dr. Hummel recommended, and the board later approved, that the school to be constructed on this location be a six-year junior and senior high school. Including seventh and eighth grades and four grade of high school. He further recommended, and the board also approved, that six-year elementary scrjooU be provided In each community of the northern end of the county. The boards approval will mean that It must construct a build ing for the first six grades Ire Boardman. while the existing A. C. Houghton school will be used for this purpose In Irrigon. David Potter, school superin tendent, asked the board for per. mission to hire a qualified en gineer to study the proposed Riverside site area and to rec ommend three or four sites that appear best as to drainage, water supply, and other factors that must be considered. The board approved a motion to this effect. All motions were passed unan- mously. Director Roy Partlow of Boardman made the motion to place a 6-year high school in he City of Boardman. Director Harvey Warner made the motion to construct a 6-year Junior- senior high school at the 'In- between' site. Director Milton Morgan had made the motion to accept Dr. Hummel's report, and Director . Andy Van Scholack made the motion to hire en gineers to check for a suitable pecuic site lor tne tunlor sentor high schooL Supt." Potter and Chairman Howard Cleveland each pointed out that some $900,000 wsuld be available for construction of the schools, including the payment expected from the Army Engin eers and $130,000 plus Interest that has been held from proceeds of a serial levy that had been earmarked for construction of the relocated school to fill the gaD between the expected En gineers payment and actual cost Two Boardman residents. Bob Sicard, a former school board director, and Earl McQuaw ex pressed the feeling that $900,000 would not be adequate to con struct two schools (the Board man elementary and the Junior senior high) when the amount had been considered sufficient for only one school. However, Supt. Potter said that he expected It would "come very close, pointing out that the entire Heppner High plant (including the original Unit A) cost about $900,000, while the proposed Junior-senior hi g h would be constructed for 100 less students. He also pointed out that an elementary school can be constructed at considerably less cost than a high school be- cause of the fact that require ments in facilities and equip ment are less for the smaller children. In general, the decision on the schools In the northern part of the county brought a favorable reaction. Warren McCoy of Irri gon said that while residents of both communities may be dis appointed that the high school will not be located in their, re spective towns, he felt that Dr. students. 75c for grade school P001- Hummel's report was sound and that the board should be corn- Booths at the festival will be open from 12:30 to 4:30. with games to provide entertainment for both young and old. One big door "prize drawing will be made at 4 p.m., and one must be present to win. by be Pecks' Ski Shop Opening Again Pecks' Ski Shop, operated the Ken Peck family, will open for the winter season start ing this week-end. Location is in the Main Street site formerly occupied by Fred's Cafe and ad- Joining Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, Insurance. All types of ski equipment and clothing for ski wear will be offered at the shop. The owners invite the public to come in this ti-fwk .nri tn see tho ro-rrwriAH I shop and the goods they are Baker, who captured iirst piace stocking. at the Baker County Fair, and Graves Threatens Women's Control of Cake Bake-off The ladies' contingent of the Oregon Wheat Growers League had better look to its culinary laurels when the farm organiza tion convenes its annual state meeting in LaGrande on Decem ber 3. For the first time in sever al years, a male hand will be stirring the cake mix in the Lea gue's bake-off for the state cake baking title. Dean Graves, a wheat farmer from Hardman, walked off with county honors at this summer's Morrow County Fair, and will compete with eight members of! the fair sex in the cake baking finals. Should his entry meet with the judges "taste" at LaGrande, Graves will cop a cash award of $100 as well as proving that female domination of the kit chen aint necessarily so. Competing lor tne baking prize against the male insurgent will be Mrs. Eunice Squires of Mrs. Floyd Palmer of Olex, the Gilliam County champion. Other county winners who will vie for the state title are Mrs. Josie Cross, Jefferson; Mrs. Kenneth Hattrup, Sherman; Mrs. Joe Gar cia, Umatilla; Mrs. Glen Henry, Union; Mrs. Cora Freundenberg, Wallowa and Mrs. Clarence Brown of Wasco County. Both Mrs. Squires and Mrs. Hattrup were runners-up in last year's state "bake-off," which was won by Mrs. Carol Wulff of Wallowa County. This year's finals will be held in the home economic kitchen at LaGrande Junior High school. The nine contestants will be re quired to bake a Silver White layer cake. Entries will be Judg ed on outside and inside appear ance, flavor and frosting. The contest winner and run-ners-up will be announced at the December 4th annual Wheat League banquet, which climaxes the three-day meet j mended for seeking his services for the survey. Others expressed the feeling that it was a fair solution. In presenting his recommen dations. Dr. Hummel candidly expressed his views that the schools should be designed and planned for education of the children, rather than for any personal or business reasons to satisfy the adults. "Unfortunately some people look upon the Riverside high school and its location as a means of personal achievement," he said. "Unfortunately personal emotions and personal desires have been allowed to run five years, and in five years people can build up some terrible emotions." Dr. Hummel interviewed many persons in the county and some 30 financial, business, govern ment and industrial sources in a background study for his rec ommendations. Among them were the U. S. National Bank. on future prospects for the area; the Boeing Company, the Port of Portland, and Inland Barge Co. He said that after interview ing many persons and sources, both in and out of the county, he was convinced that neither Irrigon nor Boardman would grow to sunicient size in tne foreseeable future to Justify a secondary school In either com munity. There are only two jusimaDie reasons tor Duiiaing a scnooi, (Continued on page 8)
