l i c r a n y u or o i u a n j. r . o Wraragueir's Calls Big Another record numlxT of en tri.- I likely for tl lleppner Wrangler aprlng row rutting uhli h la uheduled for Hal unlay and Kundav a one of lh prln hlirhlif M n lleppner. jik year there wire 42 en idt-a i Ida mrrt. but early In rilcatln are Hint thl may be toi.it in the tith annual meet I Ma ur k rnit. On I'lcrre of II. Wrancler Mid that cntrk had lfn coming In good. In cluitintf aome from Idaho. The mM'l will irrt underway at the county fairground at 7. 30 pm. .Saturday and will con iinut until Sumlay afternoon. Cinilntf event will be In the new covered arena at the fair ground. 12 fl. addition to the aide of the building thla year provide room lor bleacher eral for ectalor liudde for the flrt time. A fence aeparatr the a pec taior area from the arena pro-r. In cow rutting there will le five divUlon Junior novlie, registered, Junior rcgUtcrcd, novice and oten each, with two go round. Cutting event will be at 7:30 p.m. haturday, 9:30 am. Sunday and I2.W) m. Sunday In the covered arena. Women' cutting I et for Sun day with an H entry fee and $2 office charge. Thla year there will be $73 added money to the novice l tv tsl.in and added money to the oiwn pure. Home Man kit trophic will ! provided fur the Junior novice. reglntcred and Junior reentered divllon. Barrel racing and team rop ing will Imi at the Wrangler ground Sunday at 1:30. In the bam I raring there will be two K rnumli with $10 entry fee and J'di cfflce charge. Thla U OUHA approved. In team roping. Wrangler only may participate. Kntry will te $7.30 per man, iu Board Employs 2 More Teachers Two vacancies In the Morrow county if hool system were filled at Meclal meeting of the hoard .f director of the ytcm Tu dav night. Two new tenrhcr hired were Mm. Janet ttlchardflon Dock weller of La Grande, who will te aw. I i;nrl to the A. C. Hough ton achool. Irrlgon, and Mr. I'atrlcla Bushwav of Salem who will tearh art at lleppner Hlk'h school and lleppner Junior high Mr. Dock weller. who ha a B A. degree In elementary edu cation from Eastern Oregon Col lege, come with two year teaching experience at Union. Her huithand, who worka for Un ion Pacific Ita II way, ha been transferred to Hlnkle. Mr. Bushway, who hold a It. A. decree In art at I'ortland State College, also has two year' teaching cxerlcnce. Mr. Richard Meador present ed four pupil to the board In an Interesting discussion on the teaching of Modern Math. The four are In an "Early Bird Math class" which come to lleppner Elementary schoool voluntarily at 7:30 a.m. each school morn. Ing to participate In the explor ation of modern mathematics. The four. Bob Peck. Terry Peck, Robbie Abrams and Mark Lov gren, assisted In explaining the subject to the school board. Mrs. Fred Hosklns talked to the board on the need for a special class in high school for the retarded. She now teaches such a class in the elementary school. Architect Howard Glazer was nt the meeting to present pre llminarv plans for Riverside High school and an addition to the A. C. Jlougnion scnooi, un pun. A tentative school calendar for 1905-66 was presented but was not adopted. It calls for opening of school on September 7, 19Gf, and closing on June 3, with Christmas vacation from December 23 to January 3 and a week for spring vacation, March 1418, 1966. Baseball, Track On Sports Slate A doubleheader in baseball here Saturday and a dual track meet here Tuesday top the schedule of spring sports events for the week, lleppner High's dlamondmen will play Grant Union of John Day in the league doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the rodeo grounds. Meanwhile, the lleppner High track team will travel to Uma tilla for the Athena Invitational meet there Saturday, lleppner has won the' meet in the past two years and has two legs on the rotating trophy which must be won three years in succession for permanent possession. Grant Union trackmen will furnish the opposition at the dual meet here Tuesday. This will start at 3 p.m. at the new high school track. lone High's baseball team Is scheduled to play Riverside t lone at 3 p.m. Friday and will be host to Umatilla at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 4. Today (Thursday) Heppner's jayvee track team Is at Hermls ton for a three-way meet with Hermiston and Baker. 6sEi Spring iffleeff Field f Cow CoStecs Jack pot. and $) officii charge N-r tram. Titer U no admlln char go for tertator, and all are in vited to attend, Kieclal entertainment I pro vided IhU tear for the row rutter. Wrangler and tht-tr gueat with a dance at the Atn-r-lean legion hall, starting at 9 p m. Mr. Iol Wlni heater I in charge of arrangement. Mie Mate that two grout will furnlah live mimic, atartlng with that of Roy Quackentuli, a long lime favorite In thla area: and to be followed by TERRY LYNN McCOY ROY RAYMOND OBERMEIER Three Boys Top Honor Students At Riverside High BOA RDM AN Terry Lynn Mc Coy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bcnne K. McCoy of Irrlgon, will be val edictorian for the 1M5 graduat ing class of Riverside High school. He has a grade point av erage of 3.91 for seven semesters of high school work. Terry has boon very active in school sports, and was named Inspirational football player of the year. He has held numerous offices in the FFA. and wa awarded the State Farmer's Award, and received a scholar ship award from both the Union Pacific and the standard uu Company. IK has also served In many class and student body oiflces, this year as student body pres ident. Terry plans to enroll nt Ore con State University at Corval lis, where he plans to major in chemical engineering. Co-saUitatorians for the class of 15 are Lyle Dexter Hohbs and Roy Raymond Obermeler. Both boys have Identical CPA's of 3.74. Lyle. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hobbs of Irrlgon, has Clayed both lootbail and basket all for four years. He has also been active In many school ac tivities, and served as senior class president this year. Roy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Obermeler of Boardman, has been active In sports, par ticipating In basketball and track. He has also been active in FFA and has held various class offices. 1 f r I A 7 J LYLE DEXTER HOlBS .1 1 lmard Toll and M mualdan Three old faahloned Kjuare daiMe caller will le on hand for thoae who enjoy njuare rtanrfng. Mr. Wlnchealtf aaid. The hall will be (Wurated In Weatern ttyte and theme of the party iliiiiD will te "Happlne.4 The party will ex tally honor Kw new member of the Wrangler who Joined the or ganization In a recent member kliln drive. liud Kofktrr and John Tange minn, twth of Yakima, Wn . will be Judge fur the row rutting event ihl year. I Temblor Noticed Hero Thursday Morn A alight temblor, apparent ly from the name earthquake that ahook Seattle, wa no ticed by er.me In llener IhuMoay morning f today I. J t Probably Ihe majority, how- I j ever, never felt the quiver as ; ' they went about their dally j I chore. i City Sujerlntendent Vie j Grofthcn wa at the M-wage . j dlsMmal plant about 10:.K) a.m. ! when he nothed a wave form j! on Ihe water In one of the 1! huge concrete tnnka. Another I I city employee wa w Ith him. ' and aked. "What on earth , j caused that?" : Grohen replied. "If an earthquake." ! Wave on the water were prutuhly six Inches high, Gn.hen aald. "Nothing other than an erthiuike could cause that In Unit big concrete tank." Grohhen ld At the (;azette-Tlmes. the temblor win not noticed. The big pre apparently wa run ning, and it create It own earthquake. , Boards to Hear Taxpayer Appeals Oregon property taxpayers have until M.iy 17 to appeal this year' assessments to their County Boards of equalization. Kach county board will con vene on Monday, May 10. to be gin It annual review of assess ment. Under Oregon law a prop erty owner may appear In per son or be represented by an at torney or other agent before the board when it considers petit ions for reduction of assess ments. Taxpayers cannot wait until receiving their tax statements In the fall to appeal their as sessments. If they do not know the assessed value of their prop erty at this time, they can learn It at the county assessor's of fice. By multiplying the assessed value by four t except In Mult nomah County I. they can de termine the true cash (market) ; value. i If a taxpayer feels that the assessor's appraised value of his property exceeds market value, , he may appeal by petition to j the county Board of EqualLza 1 tion. Forms for this purpose are available in assessor's offices. From the board decision, the taxpayer may appeal to the State Tax Commission (or, in the case of real property, direct ly to the Oregon Tax Court's Small Claims Division if the market value as determined by the Board is not more than $25,000). WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of April 23-30 Is as follows Mi Low Prec. Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 64 68 6S 69 72 82 68 37 45 40 40 41 53 37 .05 .02 Water Supply Excellent Despite Post-Flood Drouth Water users in Umatilla, Moi- rov end Gilliam counties will have excellent to average waicr supplies In 1965 despite two months of severe drought whl .n followed two re cord-breaking early-winter floods, according to a leiKirt released today by A. J. Webber, State Conservationist lor the Soil Conservation Service and prepared by W. T. Frost, State Snow Survey Supervisor representing co-operating feder al, state, and private agencies. The mountain snowpaeks are near average and He on water shed soils that are well welled Morcd water supplies are excel lent. Water content of the mou.i : ain snowpack is 90 percent of tne 15-year average 1943-62) on the Walla Walla, 10-1 percent on tht Umatilla, 119 percent on McKay Creek and 125 percent on the Birch-Butter-Willow Creek watersheds. There Is iej snow than last year at all sta tions except at Arbuckle Mount tin and Lucky Strike snow counes. wet under the snowpaeks but' 82nd Year THE Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 29, 1965 A NEW BARBECUE grill 0t the Heppner City Park U presented (a Mayer Al Lamb (rlqht) by John VenotnL manager f the Heppner branch. Tint National Bank, on behalf of the bank, while LeRoY Gardner, chairman of the city park committee (left) looks on. 'Good Old Days' Is Parade Theme Theme of the 10i5 Morrow county Rodeo parade will be "The Good Old Days." This idea was submitted by Mr. Ralph Scott of Lexington, and as the winner, fche will re ceive two tickets to each after noon perform am- of the "rodeo. A number of entries were submitted after announcement was made of the contest two weeks ago. A vote was taken by members of the sponsoring Chamber of Commerce here at the Monday meeting, and "The Good Old Days" proved to be the most popular theme. Unfortunately several Ideas were submitted too late to be considered. Deadline had been announced as April 24. Jaycees to Install At May 5 Banquet The local chapter of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce is combining a banquet with an evening program that will in elude the installation of recently elected officers, Wednesday, May 5, at the Wagon Wheel Cafe, beginning at 8 p.m. Slate of new officers to be seated are Charles McKlnnon, president; Doug Gribble, vice president, and Wayne Lamb, secretary-treasurer. Don Hughes and Lyle Jenson will be install ed as directors. Pendleton Jaycee officers will conduct the install ation. Jerry Sweeney, life member of the Jaycees and past presi dent of the Ontario chamber, will be guest speaker. Harley Sager will preside as master or ceremonies. are drying rapidly on the siu face elsewhere. McKay Reservoir now coii taiAs 63,380 acre feet compare.! with 22,100 acre feet a year ago in this date. Cold Springs Reservoir is fi.ll with slightly more than 50.000 acre feet which Is the same fig ure as last year at this time. Flow of the Umatilla near Umatilla was about half aver age in March but has been "'1 percent average from October 1, through March 31, according to prohminarry t d a t a from U. S. Geological Survey, Portland, Oregon. . Forecasts of flow for the six month season, April through September, are all close to ave rage with the lowest lorecast for the South Fork of the Walla Walla River where 70.000 acre feet are expected for 92 percent of the 15-year (1948-62) ave- rage. Flow or the umauna Kiver ar Pendleton is forecast 190,000 acre feet or 104 percent of lue average. McKay Creek dw i (Continued on page 5) BUTE I r Bank Gives Grill, Tree to City Park On Anniversary Heppner' city park has a new barbecue grill and a new red meplc tree, presented In com memoration of the 100th anni versary of the First National Bank of Oregon. John Venard. manager of the Heppner branch of the bank, made the formal presentation to Mayor Al Lamb and Councilman LcRov Gardner, chairman of the committee on parks, Monday The cast metal grill is set in concrete near a picnic table In the park, handy for those who would like to use It for their oicnics. A marker in the con crete base explains that it was presented by the first national Bank. Orieinal idea to mark the an niversarv was that the bank would Dresent a tree In every community in the state where it had branches. However, Man ager Venard found that the most expensive tree that he could buy here still left enough money oui of his allotment to buy the grill, and he thought this would be a fitting memorial that could be enjoyed by many in the park. Grade School Sets Musical Program All children in grades six, seven and eight in the Heppner Elementary school will present a musical program for the ob servance of Music Week on May 4 at 8 p m. in the junior high gymnasium. Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens and Arnold Melby will direct the young musicians. Admission of 50c for adults and 25c for stu dents will be charged with the money to be used to purchase honor pins for general music classes and letters for the band. On the program, as well as choral and band numbers, will be solos and ensembles from the music classes and the band. Music Week is traditionally observed the first week in May. Plans Readied for 8th Plans for the Portland Eighth Grade Tour to Morrow county were virtually completed at a meeting of the local committee last Thursday night. On the tour, 36 Portland eighth graders and their vchaperones will be guests of host families in Morrow county, and during the three days the visitors are here, they will see typical farm operations, enjoy a party on Sat urday night and learn of living in trie rural area. Assignments of host families have been made, and a schedule has been prepared for the tour. It will get underway at 11 a.m. Fridav. May 7. when the young sters are due to arrive at lone. Orientation, showing of a mm on wheat, and luncheon will be among the first items at lone on Friday. Visits will be made to farm operations Friday after- - mr w i. 3 TIME School and College Elections Monday Two school election are on election for a 4 vrar term. Alo tap Monday in Morrow county and all registered voter In the county are eligible to cast bal lot. Election of directors and ad visory board member for Mor row County School district will be held, and at the same time the vote on the Blue Mt. Area Education district budget will be held. In addition, two direc tor of the two-county college district will be elected. Robert B. Abram of lleppner, who ha served as a director of the college district ince It In ception. I a candidate for re- Marion and Linn Proposal Backed J By Chamber Vote I Proposal that the second Con gressional diktrict be enlarged bv the addition of Marlon and Linn counties rather than by the addition of a portion of Mult jnomah county was supported by : the . Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at its Monday meeting. A resolution proposed by Her man Winter, chairman of the legislative committee, was pars ed to that effect by unanimous vote. The Marlon and Linn proposal is in a House bill In the legis lature, while the Multnomah proposal Is in a Senate bill. Winter Dointed out that the pre dominantly agricultural area of the 2nd district has much more in common with Marion- and I inn rviiintifia than it HrwvB with j Muitnomah county, a non- agricultural area. Charles Hoover of the State , Employment Service, Pendleton, wa speaker at the luncheon meeting and discussed the Uma tilla-Morrow Manpower . Re sources study now. in progress. He said that It Is a study of employment problems to de velop a plan for the future. Among problems to be faced are the oversupply of unskilled labor, the undersupply of skill ed labor, the lack of employ- ment for youth, and changes being made in the employment picture with the Increased auto mation. Manpower studies are now in progress in four other counties in the state.. Being considered are total la bor needs for the next five years and the amount and quality of the labor supply in the next five years. Communities may seek to forestall occupational shortages, encourage more to prepare for jobs in occupational growth fields, improve schools' vocational training, improve and expand community training fa cilities, and improve and expand in-plant training. The study could be helpful In attracting new industries, he said. Proofs of Pictures Ready for Showing Proofs of children's pictures taken for publication in the Gazette-Times recently will be back for showing to parents on Monday, May 3. Those who had pictures taken in Heppner may see them at the Heppner Hotel on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those who had them taken in lone may see them at Stef ani's Restaurant on the same day from 5 to 9 p.m. The pictures were taKen Dy Woltz Studios, Inc., of Des Moines. Iowa, and they will be published in the Gazette-Times over a period of weeks alter finishing work is done and en- gravings are made. noon and again on Saturday morning and afternoon. Lunch eon Saturday will be at historic Valby Lutheran churcn. The party Saturday night will be in the fair pavilion with roller skating as the principal entertainment All eighth grad ers in the area will be invited to attend the party. As was done last year, bro chures will be prepared and sent to the visitors as souvenirs. Other souvenirs will be given to them from local frrms and org anizations in a packet when they depart Sunday. Identification badges have been made for all those on the tour with the com pliments of the Gazette-Times. Exnense of the tour is shared by several organizations and as sociations. Among those who have already contributed to this years tour are tne xviorrow Number 9 EDHPPrNiEn 10 cents running for reelection for a 4- year term I Ralph McKwen of Athena. Neither ha opposition on the ballot On the college budget, the vote will be on the levy of $25v 193 In taxe for the lfM5 G6 fl cal year. Legal notice on the college election 1 elsewhere In thi paper. Three director of school dis trict R l will be elected for Mor row county, and there Is no op position on the ballot for the three position. Donald MeElllgott aeek elec tion to a 5-year term In Zone III tlone. Mdton Morgan, pres ent director from lone. 1 not a candidate for reelection. Ralph Skoubo of Boardman seeks elec tion for a 4 -year term In Zone I. He currently I filling the unexpired term of Roy partlow. d-ceased. Irvln Rauch eek re election In Zone IV (Lexington) for a 5-year term. Advisory committee member will be elected In zones where some term are expiring. The county school and college district elections will run con- currently and use the same poll ing places. Folia will Be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Polling places are Heppner Elementary school cafeteria, A. C, Houghton School In Irrlgon. lone Hieh school. Riverside High school, Lexington city hall, and Rhea Creek Grange hall at Ruggs. Awards Assembly . Set for Wednesday At Heppner High - Heppner High school students who have made achievements during the year will be honored at the annual awards assembly, set for Wednesday evening, May 5. at 7:30 In the hieh school multipurpose room, it is an nounced by Mrs. Margaret Kirk of the faculty. Awards will be given in ill areas of athletics for both var sity olayers and jayvee, as well as for speech and drama, jour nalism, band, commercial suo- jects, citizenship, attendance, and others that will not be announced the evening of grad uation. Parents of high school stu dents are especially urged to be present, with the assembly open to the public. Hillard Brown, principal oi the grade school, is planning the awards assembly for grade and Junior high students for late May. Seven are Chosen For Scholarships Four Heppner High school seniors and one lone High sen ior have been chosen to receive one-year fee remission and state cash scholarships for 1965 66, it is announced by E. B. Lemon, chairman of the Oregon State Scholarship Commission. These scholarships are award ed annually by the commission to graduating seniors to be used at the institution of their choice. Applicants this year number 5000, an all-time high. Those from Heppner High In elude Carl Bauman, Annamarie Brindle, Alice Jean Stockard, and Bruce Thomson. From lone High is Cheryle I. Lundell. Mary Susan Wheelhouse, Ar-. lington High senior, and Mary E. Herrick of Stanfield High will also receive scholarships, the commission announced. Grade Tour County Livestock Growers assoc iation, the 4-H club council, Heppner Soil and Water Conser vation district, Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, Morrow County Farm Bureau, Elks lodge, First National Bank, and ' Morrow County Wheat Growers. The visitors will come by bus from Portland, leaving early Friday, May 7. Refreshments will be provided en route by the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers. Lindsav Kincaid Is chairman of the committee In charge. N. C. Anderson, tour director. and Kincaid will outline plans for the tour and show pictures of last year's tour as the pro gram feature of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce luncheon meeting Mon day.