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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1965)
MCffNtl CAXCTTC THE GAZETTE-TIMES MORROW COUNTT-1 KtWSfArtl The lUrpner Garett established March 30. 18KX "The Heppner Time established November 1. 1897. Consolidated rebruary la, 1312. 'AIIOCUIION WESLEY A. SKX1MAM Editor and fubUah Subscription Rates: KM Year. Every Thursday and Entered at at Second Clasa Matter. Our Feelings on Teachers Salaries There oik wu an occasion when It"" ,fort! m Kim it skilled rrtltsman to do tome technical work In the Si'Si, p ini The price rt hu labor at W.75 per hour w.s htTrI v didn" feel that we could afford him but the Job had ?o be done, and wW grateful that we found the right man 'SJwVnKSrSU with him. but he replied, v k i. taiir ai the nrt-e we command. It nivr ii i u urn' w -- " ' allow for conversation." Needless to V. we pained respect for that man. wTlooked upon the teacher wlarV Increase rr.nted by the Morrow county vhool board In much the tame light The rolns 'rate for teachers seems high, but they do Job that muEtbe done" and we cannot afford to do without them If we vTlue our children's future. It Is necessary to pay them the salary that the times demand for to"Jfc& that At the same time educators must have a dedication that makes them worthy of their salaries. The teacher with a real Sealto do the most he can with his students, and for Jhem. Is Invaluable. He Is the one willing to give the utmost of hU knowledge, training and abilities to prepare the youngsters for life and help make them worthy citizens. 1.,vi- But we have little but scorn for the one who enters teaching with only the Idea that It is an easy field In which to find a Dor!e,nrfchtb' teaching U an occupation that requires the utmost skill, and it Is hard work. The current Increase In salaries comes after agriculture has had a bad year here, and it Is the principal substance of our economy. Thus, while teachers' salaries are destined to go up, others In the county are finding their Incomes dropping sharply, and the latter group largely pays the salaries of the educators. Looking at the matter objectively, the school board had little recourse If It Is to staff the county system with good teachers. Now that starting salaries are higher, it Is to be hoped that the county will have more applications from top young prospects who may find Morrow county a desirable place to remain and teach. Teachers In the system must know, as Mrs. Carmlcnael em phasized in her original report fran the teachers committee several weeks ago. that things have been tough economically in agriculture and business recently. They should constantly be aware of this and give full measure of their abilities in teach ing the youngsters of the county. The ones who do not should certainly be considered expendable. Supt. David Potter states that there are areas in the school budget that can be pared without hurting educational services. The auditors reported that the district has had too large a cash carryover for the past two or three years. Indicating some over budgeting. This can be cut Dr. Errett Hummel In his survey also pointed out some areas where economies can be made in the system. If these things can be accomplished and the salary Increase can be incorporated without a marked Increase in tax levy, . th district shall have aecomrjlished a pood stroke of business. Dollars spent for schools, after all. are primarily aimed at educating our children. Teachers do the educating and so it would appear that the best use of tax money which goes to schools is to devote as much as Is practical to teachers. Maybe the best situation is that when a teacher receives his salary check, he knows and feels deep within himself that he has earned every bit of it If this is true. It will be evident in future years In accomplishments of his students, and the harassed taxpayer can be assured that his money was well spent Arbuckle Gains Momentum Arbuckle Mountain had its best day Sunday with 60 skiers "on the hill" and perhaps 30 other visitors. This was encouraging to those who have been working to develop the recreational facility, knowing that skiilng is an ever more popular sport. Starting where the Arbuckle Mountain ski club left off, the new Arbuckle Mountain Corporation has been attempting to make a first rate ski run that will attract skiers from a considerable distance. The attendance Sunday came after some promotion had been undertaken with small advertisements in some six east ern Oregon papers. Among the outsiders were some from as far as the Tri-Cities. However, directors of the corporation know that this is Just a start. If the Arbuckle facility is going to become a mecca for ski enthusiasts, it is going to have to offer the facilities avail able at other popular resorts. At this time, the corporation is seeking ways and means of providing some type of lift that will replace the present rope tow. This permanent lift would represent an investment of $15,000 or more. Work to the present has been done for a few thousand dollas from these investors who have had enough .faith in the project to share in the initial financing. There is still available at this time a current small offering from the first issue of stock, and proceeds from the sale of this stock could be used to good benefit now. Progress that has been made at Arbuckle has been sur prising for the small amount invested, with the ski run doubled, the beginner's slope improved, the 1200 foot tow rope bought and installed, permanent toilets erected, shelter moved and im proved, and other work accomplished. There have been, and will continue to be, problems facing the supporters. Financing Is the big one, solution of which would make other problems seem small. There have been difficulties with the tow, and it has been a task to keep the road up Shaw Creek grade open for travel. Directors of the coporation feel sincerely that recreation is an industry that can most readily be promoted here and one that will pay great dividends by bringing more people here. They need more support by others who have faith in this area and who realize the potential that recreational development will provide. The sun was shining at Arbuckle Sunday, and it was a great day for skiing. With the 60 paying customers on hand, it was the brightest day to date for the young corporation and it seemed to justify the thinking that the skiers will come when the hill is properly developed. With faith and development the time will come when hundreds will be at Arbuckle on a day such as this National Ski Week is here and there will be a few special events at Arbuckle on the coming Sunday. At this time the road is clear, and with some five feet of snow on the moun tain, the skiing is fine. It would be a good day to take the family up after church and see what is developing there. Picture Quality Low Recent difficulty in getting a clear picture on Portland TV channels has been due to the poor receiving quality coming through locally, according to Don Wise of Heppner TV. Inc. It Is believed that it will be only tern porary. Accompanying the poor picture quality will be noticed a buzzing sound on audio, when receiving difficulties are exper ienced at the local transmitter. TlMtA. TWsdorr. )it.f tl, mi hepfnch NATION At fOITOIIAl HtLTN C f BtXMAIf Single Copy 10 fJ the ixt Office t Hrnoer, Oregon. I dont doesnt Completes Course Marine Private First Class Mer ritt H. Gray, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt H. Gray, Sr., Hep pner, completed a Welders Course December 16, at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He re ceived training in welding, work ing with various types of steel and various military subjects. Tell the advertiser you saw In the Gazette-Times. it Chaff nd Wes LAST WFFICS letter from Mrs. Annie lan U Ithaca. New York. scckm information on how Butter lYeek got Its nam bruutht forth four accounts, all simitar, and !!. quite naturally. Involving Incidents concerning butter. Barbara I Mrs. Orvtllel Cuts forth kked up Butter Creek la Lewis McArthura "Oregon Geo. graphical Names Immediately Iter she received the paper and read the letter. Tarn" McArthur had two vet. tlons, one saying that the name came about, when on September 9. 1SK2. some volunteer soldiers ok some butter from the of. fleers' mess while the soldiers ere camped along the creek. The other described an Incl- dent when a party of pioneers supposedly found some stale butter on the banks of the stream. Incidentally. Barbara re ports that the post office In Heppner was known as Butter Creek post office for some years and for some unknown reason. John Kenny, who was born here and has been here for SO years, has a version that tends to agree with the second account He said that a freighter tipped over while crossing the stream and spilled Its load of butter. Barbara Wltherrlte of Fxho writes: "In the History of Mor row County there Is an account In the Pine City Community sec tion that Is thus: 'Butter Creek was named prior to the settling of the Pine City Community. The Cavalry detachment of the U. S. soldiers stationed at Walla Walla. Wn, and The Dalles rode back and forth over the Old Emigrant Trail at the emigrant crossing from one fort to the other, camp ing on the creek each trip, which Is about 10 miles south of Hermiston. The captains had butter at their mess but the sold iers had none. At one time the soldiers stole the captains' butter and hid it in the creek, causing considerable trouble. Hereafter It was called Butter Creek.'" I Well, that version agrees with McArthur's first explanation. Old timers in the area might want to argue for their respec tive versions, but leave us out! We're neutral! Mrs. Wltherrite concludes her letter. The people of this area are proud or the name or the creek. There are still four pine trees in this area of Pine City, also two of the huge landmarks are dead, and we must cut them down. But there will still be two of them left. They are vis ible from the road as people drive by." WHEN JERRY SWEENEY be- came secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce and came to get the filing cabinet that has reposed at the G-T office for three and a half years, he start ed quite a chain reaction, un known to him. Stashed around the C of C archives were piles of material which can only be called "stuff." When the cabinet was moved, this "stuff came tumbling down and had to be cleaned up. The cleanup resulted In get ting us poking into an old cab inet that has been at the G-T for time Immemorial. Hitherto we hadn't the time nor courage to invade Its venerable sanctity. But It revealed some Interest ing things. We found teachers' directories and Institute pro grams going back to 1914 and turned these over to School Supt Dave Potter. We found a brochure saying "Why You Shouid Attend Hepp ner High School" that contain ed pictures which would frighten the most hardy student of to day. A county statement of taxes for the 1928 rolls shows a sur prisingly high valuation in the county. $13,979,729, and nice low taxes! Total of special school taxes (59 districts in the county!) was $124,652.74. A general school tax brought $14,818.51, and there was also an item for union high schools, $5,894.51, plus high school tuition, $6,938.59. We found a copy of Heppner's Water Rules and Regulations for August, 1924, and rodeo pro grams from way back. There was a premium list of Morrow County Poultry Assoc iation's first annual show, De cember 24-27. 1912, with E. G. Noble as president and Vawter Crawford, secretary. There was a program of the Umatilla and Morrow Odd Fel lows convention of February 26, 1921, and a charter night pro gram of the Heppner Lions of March 15, 1930, with Lion Cal Sweek giving the address of welcome and Lion Sam Notson responding. Meat course was listed as "Raw Zebra Breast with Jungle Dust Dressing." We discovered a Hehisch of 1920-21, at that time being an annual instead of the Heppner High paper. We found some printed statements of Rachel Dick, florist. There are programs for annual Elks' Memorial Service for many years. And a brochure, eviden tly put out by J. O. Turner, says, "Save Your Grain by Keeping Your Combine Level," and it de. scribes the benefits of the "Combine-Harvester Level." THEN WE came upon some printed copies of the Heppner High paper, "The Hehisch," when it was printed in 1945 and 1946. Some of that material, par ticularly in the gossip columns, might make good dope for black- mail now. , Among the editors were coi- leen Miller, Marlene Turner, Chatter Sherman Marvlou Ferguson. anJ tWhal do know. Joe! I Jo Grave, now ivttvjohn On measure of the worth of school paper Ued to b Its J.4r. Remember thes knee latpers? Now. Tommv. how do you know th world Is round and hangs on nothing In the alrT How do you prove It?" -I don t have to prove It. I never said twas Roy Carter's mother hopes he ll grow up to be president, but his dad. who Is a staunch Rrpub.. wants htm to amount to something. "Samuel!" "Mummwrnpf." -Samuel! Wake up!" -Lh . . . mppff . . . wassa matter?" "Samuel. I'm certain I heard g mouse squeak!" "Waddva want me t dor uet up and oil Ut ile: -You look like Helen Green." She: "I look worse In pink." Lady (at almond counter): "Who attends to the nuts?" Glen: -Be patient, mam. I'll wait on you In a minute" Passerby (to motorist at side of roadl: "Hav a puncture?" Motorist: "No thanks. I Just had one." 1st hunter: "Hey Bill." 2nd hunter: "Yeah." 1st hunter: "You all right?" 2nd hunter: "Yeah." 1st hunter: Then I've Just shot a bear." Curtis: "Young man. are you the teacher of this class?" Don G.: "No mam." Curtis: Then don't talk like an idiot. AFTER ALL this on the old days. we 11 have to explain that It is Just by coincidence that we're A Heppner R. Salem Scene bt Robert I. Owned J "Property Us relief congress lonal if'iHiiioiuirit. tViulitu Mortal revuum. wwkiwti'i coin ensatton and the Governors rtviM.I bu.K'rt are Issues v4 prvtitt rii.i.rn." This i the ni'l) ffm lltue P-k- V. K. Muni fmmfv lit Lane rMintvl (then akkdl What he tnttJer are major problems fat-in the VMA tiegm lxjU Utuie. Montgomery said property tat.i haM IlklMlTll 105 ltf cent during the ten year period from lUSaM to I'M -6. Akcl what he hopes the legislature would do to relieve the serious lit- of (his trend. Montgomery taut he desires a return to coun ties of surplus General Fund monies exceeding 15 million as a direct offset against county levies Suable surtiluses have evlst ed n the state s General Fun at the close of nearly every ol mnium during the last ten years. Although several proposals have been discussed. Montgom ery Indicated he favors "tying down" these surplus funds as a.i offset against existing county budgets, thus providing "dirixt relief to the property tapacr II- feels this proposal is "good, sound business manage ment" for the state and predic ted It would get favorable con tldcrallon by the legislature. "Congressional reapportion ment will have a murh greater Impact on this session than most would believe." the Republican House Speaker declared He starting the 10 20 30 Years Ago column again this week. Many folks wrote and told us that they used to enjoy it very much, and getting a little better organized now. we hope to keep It going. Co-publisher Helen Is digging it out and writing It. She gets so Interested In reading those old papers that she almost rorgeis to write me column. MODERN Business Operation Demands QUALITY JuuUuliu HOW IS YOUR STOCK OF . . . LETTERHEADS Gr MATCHING ENVELOPES . INVOICES STATEMENTS WINDOW ENVELOPES RULED FORMS BUSINESS CARDS PROGRAMS ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . Whatever Your Printing Needs May Be See Us Guaranteed Satisfaction Prompt Service The Gazette-Times Dealer For Moore pointed out that some IS differ rut plans have already bee aufKcsteJ. ''d It aPPr " J" end up being more "geograph ical problem" than one 'l l nature. Whatever the IrgUlature fin ally decide. It Is almt reitalti District Three IMultnomaii oouniy. and pusaibly District Due. will have to yield some if I; territory. Montgomery assert ed. Oregon's congressional dis trict ptesently vary a widely r. v.-JHlS In lMtrict Thre ! 'X4.lt In District Two tesstern IHvgont, a difference of over ;S0.UM based on l'.! frderl census figures. "Constitutional revision, sail Montgomery, "is almt a mut It has been three legislative sessions since a UMM nujotlty In IVM voted the legislature U come up Hh a Constitutional revision plan." The House Speaker said the same revision bill Introduced during the last session Is now before the VM& legislature. Referring to the defeat of Bal lot Measure No. 3. at the No vember elections, Montgomery said the "avenue Is now open for a competitive system oi workmen's compensation." lie said there Is great nceo to strengthen employee saiery programs and that a competi tive system would assist lm mcaiurably toward this gal. A bill providing lor benetlt in creases of INNS, per ceru iu broadened coverage under a oomjK-tltlve plan has been Intro duced. "Budgets." he said, "are al ways serious prooiems lor me legislature, and Governor Ha'- field's record 4'I9 million pro posal Is no exception. He Iihii- latod It would grt a thorough examination and that It Is pos-- lbl some reductions can be mi. ie Although It Is too early -a knew the Impact of IVcvmt. flood damagea on Income tax re Phone 676 Business Forms tort s. Montgomery said tit rd Mature, at this junction, would b, nwxe Inclined to make use of bonding prfnta raplUl M.nMiu. un than Increasing lasi-a should a substantial amount of Income las revenue t, , to the floods. COMMUNITY I BILLBOARD V Coming Et-tntt llFTTNr-R HIGH BA3KLTBALL Friday. January 23 Sherman to t llrppner First home league gam, jayvc game. .TO P m. Varsity game. R.U) p m. Support the Mustangs! RAINBOW INSTALLATION Ruth Assembly No M. Sun day. January 21. Masonic hall. 2 W Prn. PublU? In vlted. SKIING AT ARBUCJCLH Observe National Ski Week this week end. Tows operating Rat, Sun, from 10 a m. to 4 p m. Snow 5 feet deep tskt Lessons Available. 4 II LEADER'S BANQUET , Wednesday, Jan. 27. 130 pm. Fptscopal parish halt. Theme: Fifty Golden Years of 4 II In Oregon. YOU ARE WlXCOM13-to pick up a calendar andor an Almanac at Ruggle In, office. 5PONSORFD AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency t. a ox 147 til n Kll BeppOM - 9228
