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Newspaper Page TextL t BRAKY u or 0 EUGENE . ORE 1mm Offlff r- i ts funds County Get For Road Repairs Mrrw county ha teci-lvrd SlfrtUM Hi V,X advance from the f init ial I'uxif ntiuni fur re lrlritr damage to road from Hit m-crrnUr (Imm County Jude Paul June sal.l Monday. The miiii iitM tuil Include dam age frttm Hi January ttorm, nr damage l public facilities lfi r i hart road. r'und fur two ix-paral emer gency IVdi-ial Aid ifo)-1, ro. tided Uiruuifh another channel, are additional to the 75 and Mill be ued on IUk Cfrck road tei.alr ami probably to replace bridge washed out on Wutlrr liit during Hit January alorm. I". II Jrllurn Contractor, Inc., i elel la In-irln work hciitly on the II'.hm) Itm k I'lifk prohTt. of which some $l2f) Mill l ai-nl on grading, (ridge Survey Mod Met I Hewitt, resident enjrln W of the regional office, Hurrau of Public Koada Portland, ha come lo Heppner anil U cur rently working on detailed aur tcy on I ho Itork and Butter ( reek "l. IroMiala on the Butter C reck bridge have been nl to tht rck-lonal vttUv for mnddcratlon. In IhU Instance, however, ih emergency relief provide that I ho bridge will l brought up lo only minimum Mandarin ly the federal govern- mem undir lubhc Law 873, which would mean using un treated tlmtcr, Hewitt aald. Judge Jones aald that the county court doe not want lo u untreated timber on the Butter Creek bridge, preferring jmore permanent type structure. It la rcmervlng the right to check final floured after tho matter ha tccn proceawd through the rtK (Continued on page 8) Mrs. Newt O'Harra Taken by Death Monday Morning Mra. Martha Gertrude Wheeler O'lUrra. 7.1, daughter of pioneer parents of 'oail and resident of Morrow county since Hl.lY died early Monday morning In the C ommunity hltal. iVndlo ton. after being there for bout a week. Funeral service were Wcdnca day, Marrh 21. at 2 pm. In the f'olaom Funeral Chain' I, pendle ton. with the Key. Mclvin Dixon. paMor of the Heppner Methodist church, officiating. Interment wa In the Wcikton cemetery. Mra, O'Harra waa born No vember 13. IK'JI. In Foaall. Her parents owned a cattle ranch nine mlln aouth of Koall. Mov ing lo Wcton with her parent by wagon at the ane of two yrara. he went through grade county school board positions and advisory committee mem lera m l for May 3, deadline 1 at hand for filing xtltlona and acceptances. The filing deadline Is Friday, April 2, and acceptances must also e received at that time. They should bo turned Into the district school office In the court hot: c. Form may be obtained In the office. Three directorships on the hoard, one for a 4 -year term and one fr a 5 year term, come up for election. Included are th Zone 1 potdtlon (Boardmnn) with term to expire June 30, ltn.li; Zone IV position UrKlna. tn l with term to expire June .. 11)70: and Zne III iwsltlon tlonel with term lo expire Juno 30. jy?0. Present directors from tlw.se zones ure Halph Skoubo, who became a director following the death last year of Koy Part- low; Irvln Itnuch, Lexington; and Milton Morgan, lone. Seven advisory position ore to be filled, nil but one for three- year terms. One of two advisory neppner is Awarded Sportsmanship Trophy Hejipner Hih has won the good ijortman ship award at the state A-2 hasketball tourna ment in Coo.- Hay. Thin was the word telephoned late Wednesday nitfht from Kd Dick to Clyde Allstott The award is based on conduct of students, playem and fctaff throughout the tournament, both at the games and elsewhere. Pete Glennie, athletic director, had ttaid in a phone call Tues day that he thought Heppner had a good chance for the award because the band and cheerleaders were "tremendous" and the students had been showing an excellent spirit during the tourna ment. This honor is a fitting climax for the band, cheerleaders and players who have worked ro hard all Beason and always evidenced the best in good sportsmanship. J. M 1 'I'v GENE HCUKER Ud H appear acoreri at the itat A-2 baakat ball touroaznent with 32 point la two gamaa. Tba S I Jun lor yuard tolllod IS oach ojainjt Fbooolx and Doytoa. Woyn Ercm acorod 26 ond Jim Doharty wu third high with 2S. School Election Petitions Now Due For Vole on May 3 I With election for Morrow and htk'h school and attended one year of normal school In Weslon. She finished her school ing at I-cwlMon. Idaho, and laucht primary grades two years at ('uldi-ftac. Idaho. On November 2, 1913. Martha (ertrude Wheeler married Newt OJI.irra at Weston. She anil Newt owned and operated a farm east of Weston until June 2d. 1917, when a cloudburst com pletely wiped out their home, f.irm. garage, mNchlncry and all. She showed her pioneer fortitude then, with nothing to start again but a summer dress and undergarment for her, a pair of coverall and a shirt fur Jfcwt, .and some plasult for tho child ren. Hut they started anew, farm ing there until l'J.TY From W'eston, the O'llarra moved to Heppner Flats on the old Andy Kudo Ranch, where they got caught In a bailout the first crop, without Insurance. The local banker and good credit carried her and the rest through, and again she was willing to go 82nd Year ; Number 4 i But PwsIj Rivals Heppner's Mustangs bowed out of the state A-2 basketball tournament Tuesday afternoon after their second loss in two days, but they left their mark in Coos Bay. They threw a scare into tournament-wise Dayton Monday night before losing, Go to 68, and pressed tall Phoenix, rated No. 1 in the state in the final A-2 poll, to the limit Tuesday afternoon in consolation before retiring 81-78. The Heppner-Phoenix game wrote two records for he 10-year old tournament and tied another. It was he highest single game total (159 points), and the highest total for a losing team (78). Phoenix 81 points tied the mark for a winning team. THE 6f GAZETTE ETEPFBIEO TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 25, 1965 10 cents locsnJ 'eveirses ahead and win. farming there! committee positions expiring at until early 110. when the O'llnrras moved to Klamath Falls for a short lime. Happy to come back to East ern Oregon and 1m? among "the best tx'"lle on enrth." they re turned to Heppner, and In 1911 moved to Lexington which was her home until her death on March 22. Gertrude O'Harra loved every inch of their ranch and of Mor row county. She was a true con servatlonlst and naturalist, lov Ing the great outdoors and cs peclnlly their fishing trips. iut ing the last 17 years of her life she was a devoted piano teacher. Known and loved by scores young people in this area. Mrs. O'Harra was a member of the Heppner Methodist church of Holly Rcbckah lodge, Lexlng ton; and of the Morrow county harm Bureau: and Morrow coun ty Farmers Union. Besides the husband. Newt O'Harra, she Is survived by son. John Robert O'Harra. Irt land; a daughter, Mrs. Mary ratrlcla Darnlello of Mllwaukle four grandchildren; and nephew. Spring Vacation? Snow on the Ground It must be spring. The calen. dar says so. March 20 was of. ficlally tho first day of spring. Heppner merchants had their spring opening: over the week end. And this is spring vaca tlon isn't it? If this Is all true, though, what's that white stuff coming down today? It looks like snow. It falls like snow, It is as cold as snow. It is snow! And it's coming down this Thursday morning at a pretty good lick, too. The ground is getting a nice white covering. Only thing a person can fig ure is that it is coming by special arrangement of Ken reck and Bob Henry for the spring ski carnival at Arbuckle this week-end. Temperature dropped as low as 13 degrees Wednesday, that's cool for spring! Weather observer Leonard Gilliam Is keeping mum about It, disclaiming responsibility. Ills official report for the week is as follows itoarclman win be for a one your term. The position is now held by Robert Slcsrd who was chosen lo succeed Skoubo when the lutler became a member of the .county school board. The term to be filled will expire June 30. I'Xitt. Terms of the other six will ! nil expire June 30, 1968. Pos itions to be filled, together with Incumbents, are as follows: Heppner, Clarence Rosewall; Lexington, Mrs. Robert Kilkenny; lone. Don McKlllgott; Cecil, Jack Hvnd Jr.; Boardman, Mrs. Dewey West; and Irrlgon, War-j ren McCoy. Carnival of Fun Set for Arbuckle Ski Area Sunday Several trophies will be at stake Sunday afternoon when ski enthusiasts of all ages will compete at Arbuckle Mountain In races at the skiers' Spring Carnival, marking the end of the skiing season. Skiers are asked to assemble nt the Arbuckle area at 2 pm, Minaav ror a fun-filled after noon. Races will include slalom tor both boys and girls: fun- tyie team races, with Don Wise In charee: the Arbuckle "down hill'; the "no nlabi" slalom for men over 30; numerous races for younger skiers, and others, ac cording to co-chairmen of the day. Bob Henry and Ron Rcld. Two traveling trophies for ex pcrlenced skiers. and three smaller ones, donated by Ran dall Teterson. will be awarded permanent possession to some of the young enthusiasts. Good ski conditions Drevail. wan to 5 it. packed snow on the run. roads are clear and chains are not needed. Community College Budget Estimate Set III Low Prec. Friday 40 16 Saturday 47 28 Sunday 53 31 Monday 61 33 .04 Tuesday 50 22 Wednesday 44 13 Thursday 39 23 Working budget for Blue Mountain Community college, Pendleton, serving the two- county district of Morrow and Umatilla counties, has been com pleted, according to Wallace Mc- Rae, president. The budget calls for total ex penditures of $670,503.67, of which an estimated $424,310 will come from receipts other; than taxes. Amount necessary to balance the budget will be $216,193.67, and another $10,000 is added for delinquent taxes and discounts, making $256.. 193.67 to come from taxes in tho district. It is estimated that millage assessment for the college in 1965-66 in the district will bo .13 as compared with 1.70 mills tor 1964-65. an Increase of .43 mill. Plans for the coming year are based on 470 fulltime equivalent students at the growing college, s compared with the Dlan of ji3 ror the current year, which actuauy turned out to be 400 with an unexpectedly high, en rollment. Receipts shows cash on hand of $20,000 which comes about, rresiaent Mcurae explains, be cause the current year's esti mates were based on 365 full- time equivalents at $410 per stu dent , reimbursable from the state. The actual experience was 400 FTE at $433. Of the $670,503 expenditures for the coming year, it is antici pated that the state will reim burse $203,510 (470 FTE at $433) and student tuition will provide another $112,800. "We will be occupying our new building which requires cer tain Investments," President Mc Crae said, "and we will be strengthening the second year offerings in the transfer pro gram particularly expensive being that of chemistry and the lab equipment It requires. We are starting on a part-time ba sis the agriculture Droe-ram which our board has been anx ious to get started, feellnc that this can play a definite part in improving agriculture In this region. We, likewise, will bel starting a course in oollco science ana expanding our prac tical nursing program." The president said that the board of directors and budget committee was gratified that the proposed millage increase could be held to .43 mill in the dls- trlct in light of the new demands placed on the college. The budget provides $377, 512.97 for Instruction and $77, 187.70 for capital outlay for new equipment, $27555 for op eration of plant, $29,500 for slu dent services, and $39,732.00 for administrative expenses as the 1 maior Items of the budget. The new college building is now well underway across from the state hospital in Pendleton. on tho hill above the highway. and is beine constructed on funds from the state and federal governments as well as district funds voted in a serial lew. Homer Hughes represents Mor- row county on the budget com mittee and Bob Abrams of Hepp ner is on the board of directors. Bob Zerba of Athena is chair man of the budget committee and Mrs. Verne Dale of Helix I is secretary of the committee. EST ( F MAKE A DATE TO GIVE Riverside Junior-Senior High to be at Boardman A six-vear lunlor-seninr hll'h recarHinir ariHitinnat mct In school to serve northern Morrow third school development in the county will be located in Board- man, it was decided at a meet ing of the county school board in the courthouse, Heppner, last Wednesday night. The action re versed a previous decision to locate the school at a Patterson Fern Junction site between Irrl gon and Boardman. At the same time the board voted to modify the A. C. Hough ton school in Irrigon to provide for all students in grades one through six from the Boardman Irrigon area. The two proposals were Included in the same mo tion, and it carried, four yes to two no. Dissenting votes were cast by Directors Harvey Warner of Irrigon and Andv Van Schoiack of Heppner. The Patterson Ferrv site was chosen in November after Dr. Errett Hummel of Portland State College made a survey and pro posed this site. Factors Weighed In reversing itself the board Donors Needed For Blood Bank Here on Monday Many more donors are needed to register for the bloodmobilc visit here Monday. Goal for the visit Is 80 pints, decreased 10 pints from the last visit, and urgent help Is needed to fill this goal, according to wei chert several factors, accord Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, blood pro-.' ing to a statement issued by gram cnairman ior tne Morrow iSuDt. David R. Potter and Chair couniy cnapter, Kca cross. The bloodmobile will be at the Elks Temple from 3 to 6 D.m. Monday and Dr. A. D. McMurdo will be on hand as attending physician. Many volunteers will assist with the clerical duties, helping as nurses and other tasks, but at least 100 volun teers are needed to offer to give oiood to assure the 80-pint goal. The Rev. Bill Alsup, pastor of the Assembly of God church, is heading a group from his church In a campagln to recruit donors. Those interested in giving a pint of blood are requested to telephone him for an appoint ment or Mrs. Cutsforth. Appointments are desirable, but it is not necessary to have an appointment to give blood. Those who do not find it con venient to call in advance are urged to come anytime between 3 and 6 p.m. Road-E-0 Talked By Jaycees Here man Howard Cleveland. They said that the Morrow county planning and zoning committee had indicated that the Patterson Ferry Junction area should be reserved for in dustrial development; that the Morrow county citizens tax ad visory committee had strongly recommended that serious con sideration be given to any pro gram that would decrease the tax burden within the county; and that many individual tax payers had expressed concern north end of the county. As had been proposed in No vember, the six-year junior- senior high would be located be tween the towns and each would have a grade school, the Hough ton school serving Irrigon and a new six-year grade school to be built in Boardman. The statement from Potter and Cleveland said that having all pupils of grades one through six in a single building will pro vide opportunity to develOD a library and materials center with a fulltime librarian, that will provide greater use of exist ing facilities; and that it will bring sufficient numbers of children in the areas of special classes to make these classes economically feasible. Specialization Provided "By bringing an the junior and senior high school students under one program," the state ment said, "We can better de (Continued on page 5) Budget Hearing Turnout Light Javcees of Heppner have de cided to sponsor a local Teen Age Road-E-O, competition for young drivers, and have named Don McClure as chairman of the event. Various tests of driving skill are involved in the Road-E-O and both teen-age boys and girls may participate. Harley Sager said that the Jaycees may ask permission to use the rodeo grounds for the event. Local winners will be chosen for the state contest, and state winners are eligible for the nat ional event. Time of holding the local Road-E-O has not been set, but it must be held before the state contest in the summer. Only seven persons attended the hearing on the budget for Morrow county school district R l for 1965-66 at the appointed itlme Monday night in the court house. In the group were three school board members, Howard Cleveland, Andy Van Schoiack and Irvin Rauch; two advisory board members, Robert Sicard and Earl McQuaw. both of Boardman; Supt. David Potter; and Mrs. Jack (Shirley) Loyd, district secretary acting as clerk during the vacation of Mrs. Bev erly Gunderson, clerk. No citizens appeared to remon strate or speak on behalf of the budget Total expenditures esti mated in the budget are placed at $1,042,285. of which $733,620 will be levied as property tax. Of this, $483,051 is outside the 6 limitation. The amount levied as property tax in the current (1964-65) bud get was $732,417. Vote on the amount over the 6 limitation, $4S8,051, will be at a special election in the coun ty on April 13. Public notice of that election is printed elsewhere in this paper. First Mustangs Due Back Today 6 p.m.; Team May Watch A-l Two busloads oi Heppner High Mustangs, including the band, cheerleaders and others, are due back in Heppner about 6 pan. today (Thursday), ac cording to a telephone mes sage from Athletic Director Pete Glennie from the state A-2 basketball tournament at Coos Bay Wednesday morning. The Heppner team, however, may stop to see a game or tw0 at the A-l tournament at Eugene. II this is so, arrival time in Heppner will not be until 10 or 11 p.ra. today Glennie said that the team had won tremendous support at Coos Bay and was a gen eral crowd favorite In both the games it played. The band and cheerleaders have performed in excellent fashion and have received many fine compliments from the public Glennie said. While the team played in a manner to bring pride to everyone in Morrow county. Glennie said, they were a "little Jittery" in the opening stages of the two games and this proved their undoing de spite their superb comebacks in each game. He said that Wednesday's Oregonian reported that if a trophy for courage were given at the tournament it should go to the Heppner team. About ISO students and adults are in the contingent that has been supporting the team at Coos Bay. Weather has been excellent, the students' conduct both at the tourna ment and around town has been fine and Glennie said that he felt Heppner should be in the running Sor the sports manship trophv that was to j be awarded Wednesday nlgnt In each game, a slow start probably spelled defeat for the Mustangs, but also in each con test they came back with a rush to perilously threaten their op ponents. They never ault until the final buzzer made them do so. Lack of tournament experience trying too hard may have ac counted for the bad first quarters. In each case the opposing team had a bigger lead at the end of the first quarter than It had at the end of the games. Against Dayton it was 17-9, an eight point spread, as compared with the seven-point final margin, 65 to 58; and against Phoenix it was 23-10. a 13 point spread as compared with only three at the end. But In both games the Pirates prevailed. Dayton and Phoenix both carry the nicknames of Pirates. Buc Get Fast Start Dayton's Bues got off to the fast start Monday night, and for a time it appeared that the Mus tangs would be smothered. Led by Captain Mike Freeborn and Bill Darnell, Dayton tallied seven field goals and three free throws while Heppner made single buckets by Wayne Evans, Gene Heliker. Carl Bauman and Jim Doherty, plus one free throw by Heliker. This put them down. 17 to 9, as the first quarter ended. Things picked up for the Mus tangs in the second quarter with Evans sparking the play on a pair of field goals and two free throws, while Heliker, Bauman, Dohertv and Bui Snvder each hit for one. But while the Hepp ner five was getting 14 points in the period. Dayton tallied 16 with Freeborn and Darnell get ting strong scoring support from Roger Hildebrandt and Bob Jen sen. At the half, it appeared that Dayton had things well under control at 33-23. Mustangs Buck But the Mustang came out bucking in the third period. Dar nell widened the gap to 12 points as he opened the period with a bucket, making it 35-23. Then came the fast break rush and ball stealing tactics so familiar to Heppner fans. Heliker open ed with a swlsher from outside. Bauman scored on a free throw. Heliker scored on a rebound, and Doherty rippled a long push shot. Heppner was now right back in the ball game, just four points back, 35-31. But Darnell, Dixon and Jensen started hitting again and tem porarily stopped the Heppner surge. Quarter ended with the Mustangs trailing by seven, 48 to 41, but more dynamite was yet to come to singe the whisk ers of the Pirates. Dick Sparks Rally Stu Dick didn't hit the scoring column until he tallied two field goals in the third period but he was to come on in the fourth to nearly scuttle the Pirates. With just over two minutes to play, the Heppner team was down by that same seven points. 59 to 52. Snyder brought last ditch hope for Heppner when he connected on two free throws. and then Dick ran rampant. pitching in a pair of one-hand- ers that brought the count to 59-58 and only 1:07 to go. A foul was called on Heppner and converted by Dayton. With time against them, the Mustangs oattied lor the ball, and in so doing committed per so n a 1 s which gave the winners their final spread. In the waning mo ments the Pirates racked up four free throws and a layin on a re bound from a missed free throw. Davton had four in double figures, led by Freeborn's 18 and followed by Darnell's 17. Gene Heliker had 16 for Heppner. Each team scored 24 field goals, so the final margin was the dif ference in chances on the free throw line. In this department Heppner scored well with 10 of 14 put in the bank but didn't have the opportunities that they provided Dayton, which made 17 of 25. Nineteen personals were charged to Heppner, most of them in the first half, while only 10 were whistled on Day ton. Mustonq Hit J75 The Mustangs hit their 24 bas kets on 64 tries for a .375 aver. (Continued on page 4)