I I OPARY
U OF O
r u 1 1 v. r , out.
Directors
Contract
Ikmrit of directors f Morrow,
county nhool cllatiM It I Voted
!V to 1 at meeting Monday
tilht not In renew the contract
of lltllant Urown, rlrmentary
mIhm admtnlKtrator In 'lnr
for the iHt ai years.
The action tame In an
meeting after the malirr
had
ln-en tlliMiiwd In an executive
m'mIihi. 11t advtoorv hoard hail
otcd 6 2 attalnM lh renewal
In recommending the action to
the school iMiard.
No naon i stated by the
dlrriori for the art ion, but It
wia clear that itl uixlorii had
centered on administrative mat
ters. Director Irvln Itaurh of !
tritrton was Iho only one to vote
In favor of retaining Urown.
c halrman Howard Cleveland did
not vote, alnce It Is customary
that ti Vole only In breaking
a tie
Tle action came aa a surprise
to many In Ihe romtnunlty, ami
number rapreajied their feel
Ings t Ihe i;an tte Tlmra In per
son or by telephone. Consensus
of these comment was to the
effect that Urown haa aerved aa
a conscientious and responsible
administrator.
Contacted Wed""SY night,
Riuwn aald that he did not wl;i
to comment on the matter but
ha Id that he had not been of.
fWlally notified nor Riven the
rcaaona for Ihe action. He aald.
JIM DOHEHTY thrUlad local
baakatbaU tana r rid ay niqht
whan be fired four long ahota
to a row te ecore eight quick
points aqalmt the Sbermaa
Huaklea. He will be to action
rrtdar nigh here avatnat
Wahteoka
Wahtonka Hoopers
Due Here Friday;
lone in Showdown
Important games face both the
Heppner MiiHtansa and the lono
CnrrtlnaN In basketball Friday
nlk'ht with the Heppner five
playing Wahtonka here while
lone travels to Umatilla In a
showdown for the leadership of
the Umatilla-Morrow B league.
Then, having done battle In
their separate leagues, the Cards
and Mustangs will turn to each
other to go at It In a return game
of their home-and home series
Saturday night. Thev will meet
In the lone gym with the Hepp
ner Frosh playing the lone Jay
veca In the preliminary at 6:.I0
and the main event following.
The Mustangs will entertain
DeSales of Walla Walla at home
Tuesday night, February 2, In
a return game. The Heppner
lads topped DcSalca In their first
game on December 11, and a
scheduled return game here on
December 19 was postponed on
account of bad weather. Jayvee
teams will open the evening at
6:30.
In Wahtonka. the Heppner
five has a highly respected ad
versary In the Greater Oregon
league although the team from
The Dalles took It on the chin
from rilot Rock Friday night,
58 to 43. This brought the
Rockets into second place In the
western division, behind Grant
Union, which defeated Burns,
now in third. Wahtonka was
scheduled to play Grant Union
Saturday night but the game
was postponed because of bad
weather.
Heppner's klngs-X games with
Pilot Rock, also scheduled Sat
urday, were postponed, too, no
cause of Ihe Icy conditions.
Coach Bob Clough's team Is
surging back after Its rough
road trip to the southland and
they hope to add Wahtonka as
another rung of the ladder in
their climb towards the top of
the loop.
Coach Gene Dockter's ramb
ling Cardinals, defeated only by
McEwen of Athena in league
play, would like nothing better
than to defeat Umatilla for un
disputed first place in the 2
county B league. Their game
Friday night will complete the
first half of play in their circuit
and a win would set them up
good for the coming eight games.
While the game with Heppner
Saturday night has no bearing
on their league standings, the
Cardinals would like to even the
loss they took In the Mustangs
corral recently. It is certain that
they will be a harder team to
beat at lone, despite the fact
that they cannot match the re
serve strength of the Heppner
club.
Kefase
Renewal
however, that Chairman Ove-
land had come li see him hut
thai he vtii gone at the time,
Supl. David Puller kald that he
aliM had gone Id Mf Urown hut
roii Id not reach I. in..
iiupt. l"otler aald lhal there are
no candidate for Ihe iltlon
In mind al Ihe present II me.
Th IMiard eel Iho dale of Tuee
ilav. February 23. to consider the
matter of teacher contracta.
I !(' tora approved a contract
between Architect Howard Leon
ard i;i-r of Portland, aubleet
to the approval bv Attorney k.b
Ahrams. ;ia-r was rhoM-n a
architect for new buildings to be
constructed for Itoardman and
Irrlgon. r' will te on the fee.
Kiited arale of 7' tut the
lliftt JIKKnnl of construction
coat. TX for Ihe neat 1'MM)
and 6S for cost above $,jU,.
Following the aiMMial meeting
'directors considered budget mat
tcrs In a w ork session, pan if
ulqrly tlioiu sections relating la
buildinc and ground, and alv)
discussed salaries of non ccrtl
fled la-rsonnel to considerable
length.
Heart Campaign
Seeks $800 Goal
In Morrow County
The WA Heart Fund cam
paign, earhea(ilng force In the
iiHtlonwiile fight agalntt heart
and blood vrac illneaws which
now accounts for 55 per cent of
all deaths, will get underway
here and In li.V other Amer
lean communities. Monday. Feb
ruarv 1. Continuing through the
month. It will reach Its high
point with a residential canvas
during Heart Week, from Mon
day. February IV through Sun
day, February 21.
General chairman of the Mor
winty campaign la Harley
? Sager. Other Important post in
the at ! I re being filled by
1 Mrs. Frank Hamlin, chairman of
the Heppner campaign; Mrs.
, John Lcdbctter. campaign chair
man In Lexington, ann vjiroi
Miller, heading the drive In
lone. Mrs. Hamlin will work
i cloudy with the local American
Legion Auxiliary in me Dusiness
establishment canvans. an im
iMrtant phaM of the month
long drive. The American Legion
Auxiliary was the first organi
sation to donate to the American
Heart Aaaoclation on a national
bttKl. donating (r.0.000 in 11K8.
and has continued each year to
play an Important role toward
the success of the appeal.
The local Heart Fund goal Is
A vear ago the total realiz
ed was $0-13.23. These public con
tributions are used to support
research, education and com
munity service programs of the
Oregon Heart Association.
PTA to Sponsor
Show February 10
Favorite hobbles and collec
tions which persons have and
wish to share with others will
be welcomed at the PTA-sjon-wired
Hobbies and Collectors
Show, set for Wednesday even
ing, February 10. at the Hepp
ner High school multipurpose
room.
It Is hoped that a wide var
iety of crafts, art, historical or
any lavorlte collection 01 Doin
adults and youth will be en
tered. There will be tables set
up for display, and those en
tering are asked to bring articles
between 3 and 5:00 that after
noon, and are asked to pick them
up immediately after the meet
ing. Information may be secured
from Mrs. Clint McQuarrle or
Mrs. Lowell Grlbble, committee
chairmen.
A short business meeting will
begin at 8 p.m., and observance
of Founder's Day will be during
the evening and social hour.
Wranglers to Plan
For Cutting Event
The Wranglers club will make
plans for the spring cow cutting
event at a meeting Tuesday
night, February 2, at the fair
grounds. The cutting event Is
to be held this year on April
17 and 18.
Also at the meeting a motion
picture film, "The Horse Amer
ica Made," concerning the Amer
ican saddle horse, will be shown.
Jerry Dougherty, club president,
will be In charge.
Group Considers Forming Mental Health Clinic in County
As a result of a Tuesday night
meeting with representatives of
the Mental Health Division, Ore
gon State Board of Control, a
committee of citizens will study
the possibilities of forming a
mental health clinic to serve
Morrow county.
Judge Paul Jones will act as
temporary chairman of the
group, working with doctors,
teachers, ministers and other
county officials as the volunteer
committee Interested In the mat
ter. At a no-host dinner meeting
In All Saints' Episcopal parish
hall Tuesday night, Robert E.
Stevens, mental health plan
c
realms on Pi
81st Year
THE
GAZE
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Jonuory 28, 1965
REP. IHVIN MANN of StanJield. a member of the legialature a a
frethman rcpreaeatatlTe from the 28th district including Morrow
county. U shown conferring with Governor Mark Hatlield In
Salem as the leglalatlre session gets undarway.
Bank of EO Shows
Gains in Deposits, .
Loans, Earnings
For the eighth consecutive
year the Bank of Eastern Ore
gon made substantial gains In
deposits, loans and earnings. It
was reported at the regular an
nual meeting of the stockhold
ers held Wednesday. January 20.
at Arlington in the new city hall.
Of the 1500 shares of stock
outstanding. 1203 were either
present or represented by proxy.
During the business meeting
the plans of the new Arlington
office were presented to those
present and the financing of the
building was discussed. It was
pointed out that some $17,500
was set aside in the bank's re
serves and undivided profits
during 1964 in contemplation of
having to build and move in
1965 or 1966.
Directors elected to serve dur
ing 1065 were John W. Krebs,
Karl P. Hoag, D. L. Lemon and
Dave Childs. all of Arlington.
Arthur A. Allen of Boardman,
Gar Swanson of lone, and How
ard Brvant. R. B. Ferguson and
Gene Pierce, all of Heppner.
John Krebs was re-elected as
chairman of the board of direc
tors and Gene Pierce was re
elected president. William F.
Slewert of Heppner was elec
ted vice president and cashier.
James F. Green was re elected
assistant cashier and manager
of the Arlington office and Mar
lon C. Green was re-elected as
sistant cashier and manager of
the lone office.
Advanced First Aid
Course Starts Monday
An advanced course in Red
Cross first aid will start Mon
day, February 1. at 7:30 In the
Junior High school library, ac
cording to Bill Crook, instructor
and chapter chairman.
Over 20 persons successfully
completed the first session of
standard first aid classes last
Monday night and are eligible
for the advanced course. The
class will last two hours of each
Monday evening through the
month of February.
ning coordinator; Dorothy Col
lard, psychiatric nursing con
sultant; and Dr. Clement Vlck
ery, assistant administrator of
the Oregon State hospital, Sa
lem, discussed the matter of
mental health and the possibil
ity of setting up a clinic here.
Some 25 citizens, including doc
tors, county officals. teachers,
nurses, attorneys, and others,
were present to ask questions.
After a three-hour session, it
was apparent that enough in
terest was expressed on the mat
ter to warrant further investi
gation. A volunteer committee
of some 10 persons agreed to
meet again on February 24 in
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Tax Study Bill
Pleases, Rep. Mann
A decision Friday of the
House of Representatives tax
ation committee to Introduce as
a committee bill a measure
creating a permanent legislative
tax study committee was report
ed by Irvln Mann, Jr., of Stan
field, who represents the 28th
legislative district and is a
member of the taxation com
mittee. Mann expressed pleasure that
the measure would have the
nrestlee of being a committee-
sponsored bill.
"The success or tnis dih wouia
be the first concrete step to
ward needed tax reform and ar
riving at base-broadening tax
procedures that will be able to
withstand the inevitable reier-
endum that awaits any new tax
law." he said.
Mann added that although no
new taxes might be needed lor
the next biennium. it was ap
oarent that normal increase in
education's requirements would
bring about a necessity for new
taxes in the 1967 session and the
Dormanent tax study committee
would be the "ideal vehicle to
study such base-broade n i n R
taxes that are needed in order
that we may have some mean
ingful reduction in property
taxes."
Old Hearing Aids,
Eye Glasses Sought
In a campaign being staged
for the charitable organization,
"Eves for the Needy," the Altar
Society of St. William's church,
lone, is seeking old eye glasses
and discarded hearing aids. Mrs.
Dick McElligott is chairman of
the local project.
Collection boxes are to be
placed in Hick's Market and
Bristow's Market, lone; Del's
Market. Lexington; Phil's Phar
macy. Bank of Eastern Oregon
and First National Bank, Hepp
ner. All who have glasses or hear
insr aids of no further value to
them are asked to give them to
this cause. The lone Lions club
Is cooperating in supporting the
project.
the parish hall at 7:30 to con
sider what steps might be taken
towards the formation of a clinic,
what scope it might include, and
possible ways and means of im
plementing it.
Father C Bruce Spencer, who
called the meeting and presid
ed, introduced Stevens who or
iented the group on the subject
of mental health, tracing pro
gress made in the field from the
times that those with mental
problems were considered "out
of reach" to opportunities now
existing for prevention and
treatment
Stevens said, "Exciting things
are happening in mental health.
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Number 48
HFPPNEn
10 cents
Club Leaders
Receive Awards
For Achievement
Mrs. L. A. McCabe. lone, was
given a diamond and gold pin
In honor of her 20th vear of 4 II
leadership at the Morrow County
Ml Leader's banquet, January
27.
Others receiving- recognition
for the 19C3 GI 4 II year are:
13th vear Mrs. K. M, Baker.
Mrs. Louis Carlson, ana Everett
Struf kmoier; 12th year Mrs. N.
C. Andervin; 11th year Mrs.
Andrew Skiles; 9th year Wilbur
Van Blokland; 7th year Mrs.
Mildred Davidson, Marcel Jones,
and Mrs. John Swearlngen; 6th
year Charles Daly, Mrs. F. J. i
Murtbihaw. Mrs. W. E. Rawlins.
Gary Tullls. and Mrs. B. J. Do-1
herty; 5th year Mrs. Roland i
Bcrgstrom, Weldon Wltherrite, i
and B. J. Doherty; 4th year-
Mrs. Gene Cutsforth. Mrs. Keith
Ilea. Kurt Gantenbein, Mrs.
Louis Shade and Barbara Wlth
errite: and 3rd year Rachel
Harnett and Pat O Brien: Mrs.
Leo Ashbeck. Mrs. Howard Crow-1
ell. Andrew Skiles and Chester,
Wilson. I
Second year recognition was !
given Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs.
Robert Abrams. Mrs. Larv Cook,
Raymond French. Mrs. Bill Gen
try', Floyd Jones. Gene Hall, Mrs.
William J. Doherty. Mrs. Nor
man Nelson. Gene Harryman, O.
J. King. Mrs. George Sawyer,
Mrs. Harold Van Horn. Harold
Van Horn, and Mrs. Arnold Hoff
man.
First year leaders are: Robert
Bergstrom, Mrs. Harriett Evans,
Dean Graves. Mrs. Lorine Led
better. Mrs. Dave McLeod. Mrs.
Wallace Wolff. Mrs. Ernest
Chrlsto p h e rso n. Mrs. Ralph
Crum. Herb Ekstrom. Jr.. Jim
Pettyjohn. Mrs. William Spohn,
Mrs. Ewing Hynd, Mrs. Henry
Krebs, Mrs. Harold Baker, Harold
Baker. Mrs. Floyd Hobbs, Mrs.
Max Jones, Oils Lathrop. Mrs.
Charles Mead. Mrs. Wilbur Olin.
Mrs. Richard Ryan, and Ted Tal-
bott.
Chamber to Have
Lunch at School
Heppner - Morrow county!
Chamber of Commerce will have
luncheon at the high school
Monday, it is announced by
Randall Peterson, president.
Members and guests will be
transported by bus from the
Wagon Wheel Cafe. Those plan
ning to go on the bus are asked
to be at the cafe at noon sharp.
Mike Benge Home
From Vietnam Duty;
To Leave Sunday
Mike Benge of lone, who has
been working with Internat
ional Volunteer Services in
Kontum province, Vietnam,
arrived home Saturday for a
week's visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge, and
friends here.
He will leave again Sunday
for Washington, D. C, flying
from Pendleton, to prepare for
an assignment in federal em
ployment after which he will
return to Vietnam for two more
years under the new program,
this will not be associated
with International Volunteer
Services.
Benge, 29, arrived by bus in
Arlington where he was met
by his parents. He left Viet
nam by air and came via Hon
olulu to Portland, spending
two weeks in Hawaii en route.
Mike lost weight in work
ing with the Montagnards in
Vietnam but regained some of
it on his vacation in Hawaii.
He was away from the con
flict in Vietnam, and he said
that he enjoyed his work very
much.
A graduate of lone High
school and Oregon State Uni
versity, Benge also stopped to
visit at OSU on the trip home.
He is making several talks at
schools and local organiza
tions while he is here.
We are making progress even
if it is just that we can now
talk about mental health."
He said that everyone may de
velop a mental health problem.
One out of every 10 has such
a problem and one family in
four is involved Mental illness
fills more beds tnan all other
illnesses combined.
Also, mental disorders may
strike any age a child in
school, a college student, or an
elderly person. Incidence is as
great in small towns as it is
in large cities.
Stevens said the mentally ill
may roughly be divided into
two categories the neurotics.
Rampag
Lena Bridge Out;
Fairground Covered
This will be known as thelfome four Inches
winter in the iuxmu mat would
n't quit.
Illnton Creek, which behaved
lUelf In the Chrlxtmaa floud,
and Little Butter Creek went on
rampages early Thursday (to
day), fed by heavy rains In the
mountains and melting anow.
The atate highway bridge at
Ix-na was washed out on the
Heppner Pilot Rock road and
aevrral bridges on the county
road up Little Butter Creek were
taken out. County Judge Paul
Jones aald. The flay French and
Paul HUler families were Iso
lated by the flooding, and
French asked the county to re
pair damage as quickly as poss
ible because he must haul hay
to feed his stock.
County shops and Ihe fair
buildings were surrounded by
the swollen Hinton creek early
Thursday. Water came In the
shops, but it was swept out by
the county crews. Little damage
was done.
The flood waters came up
VEELE KAISER. Spokane, agron
omist with the Soil Conser
vation Service, will be the
speaker at the annual meet'
lnq of the Heppner Soil Con
servation district WeanesdaT
night at 7:30 at the Lexington
Grange ball.
Top Interest Due
In Annual Meet
On Conservation
(See Also Pases 4 and 5)
Unusual Interest is expected
In the annual meeting of the
Heppner Soil and Water Conser
vation district Wednesday night
at the Lexington grange hall at
7:30 because of heavy damage
done in the county by the De
cember flood.
Problems brought by the flood
and measures to stem reccur
ence will be considered in the
evening's program.
Verle Kaiser, Spokane, agron
omist for the Soil Conservation
Service, will be the principal
speaker. He will discuss the
place of terraces, waterways and
diversions in a complete soil and
water conservation program.
Although working out of the
Washington State office, Kaiser
works throughout the dryland
farming areas of Idaho, Oregon
and Washington. He has had 30
years service in conservation
work in the Northwest, first
starting with the Soil Erosion
Service, which became the Soil
Conservation Service in April,
1935.
For 13 years he was area con
servationist with headquarters at
Colfax, Wn., but has been at
Spokane since 1955. His first pos
ition was at Moscow, Idaho,
where he worked under Leo An
derson, brother of N. C Ander
son. Morrow county agent
Kaiser has made three trips to
Iran in a consulting capacity to
help with their conservation pro
gram, just getting underway.
"They are working to develop
the land enough to produce food
enough to keep alive," he said.
Slides of the Christmas flood
will be shown at the meeting,
and a motion picture on Conser
vation will be shown. One super
visor will be elected at the busi
ness session.
Refreshments will be served
with the compliments of Lex
ington Implement Company and
Central Market.
stemmine from nervous disord
ers, the constant worrier, and the
psychotics, those who live in a
dream world.
Despite progress made in men
tal health treatment, there are
still in this country some states
where a person must be crim
inally prosecuted for mental ill
ness before he may be hospit
alized. Tranquilizing and energizing
drugs have aided dramatically
in treating cases and those hos
pitalized in Oregon now have
dropped to 3430 from a peak of
some 5000 patients about 1958,
Stevens said. The most signifi
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kills of the fair pavilion, but
Glen Ward and Shoriv Hudwin
said they were able to blick off
the water, and contrary to some
reports, the floor was not cov
ered. Ward aald that they were
able to mop up st-rpage around
the doors as It rame In.
The rodeo ground looktd
more like the setting for a water
carnival than for the rodeo or
football games. It was a big
wlndxwept lake Thursday morn
ing. At the Bill Barratt ranch, the
torrential Hinton Creek waters
washed out dams and rattle
were In Jeopardy. One woman
reported seeing a cow swept In
to the creek and It tumbled In
the torrent going downstream,
apparently to drown.
The Willow Creek polf course
appeared to be taking more
damage and the creek seemed
to be trying to cut a new chan
nel across the bend where the
bridge Is located.
Fields below town on the Frank
Parker and Fred Hosktns places
and the Wlghtman place were
covered.
Tuesday night brought dam
age in other parts of the county
when heavy rains came and
snows melted on the frozen
ground. Several culverts and
fills on county roads were wash
ed out. a culvert In Juniper can
yon, another near the Milt Mor
gan place, fills by the Crabtree
place at lone and another by
the Markham Baker place. Judge
Jones said that It was also re
ported a temporary fill that had
replaced December damage near
the Oscar Peterson place went
out
Willow Creek did not overflow
Its banks above Heppner but It
was rolling strong. Ken Peck re
ported that a culvert had filled
with rocks about a quarter-mile
above the pavement's end on the
Willow Creek road, and it ap
peared that the creek would
wash out the road at that point
County Agent Nels Anderson
was making a check of damage
Thursday, but said that it would
be difficult to assess until the
waters went down. By noon, they
were receding and it appeared
the crest had past unless there
is more to come from the floods
that apparently won t qutt:
Heppner itself had only mild
rains and there was no trouble
Inside the city.
As of 1 P.m. Thursday. lone
had no trouble. Rhea Creek ap
parently was not flooding sub
stantially. Mayor Charlie O'Con
nor said he had checked and
didn't expect any trouble.
"Maybe we're living right for
a change," he said.
Ai tn th rountv road damage.
Judge Jones was very concerned.
We Just can t keep aneaa or
it," he said.
Complete weather report irorn
Hi Low Prec.
48 31 .09
42 26 .19
36 27 21
38 32 .05
snow
40 33
49 37
52 41 .11
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Three Towns Set
Mothers' March
Plans are underway for the
annual Mothers' March as part
of the March of Dimes campaign,
according to Mrs. Len Ray
Schwarz, county chairman.
A group of mothers will call
on residents in Heppner, Lex
ington and lone for donations.
People wishing to donate are
urged to turn their porch lights
on that evening.
Wednesday evening, February
3. is the date set for the March
by mothers in Heppner and Lex
ington. Mrs. Dick Robison and
Mrs. Stacy Lovgren have been
selected as co-chairmen of the
drive in Heppner, with Mrs. Del
bert Piper in charge in Lexing-
t0Mrs. Ralph Kincaid. head of
the volunteers in lone, announ
ces that mothers will call on
people in lone on Monday even
ing, February 1.
Contributions to the March of
Dimes help finance birth defect
study and treatment centers
throughout the nation, along
with polio care.
Merchants' Meet
To Plan for Year
All Heppner merchants and
any others interested are called
to a meeting of the merchants'
committee of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce Monday night Feb
ruary 1, at 7:30 in the old city
library, Bob Henry, chairman,
states.
Promotion plans and merchan
dising events for Heppner will
be discussed. Among items to be
considered will be another Side
walk Bazaar, a "Moonlight Mad
ness" sale, events surrounding
the rodeo, crowning of the rodeo
queen, and other monthly pro
motions. Henry urges all merchants to
be present in order that an effec
tive program for the year may
i be worked out.