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I ! p r a n y or o i v ; .-. , o 82nd Year Number 1 1 iPENER m mm ETTE' fumes Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 13, 1965 10 cents City 13m Witt 0 .. ysi- 1 nv u ., ,. r . '.T.y Holds ugef 7 Resign Faculty Jobs In Schools Hoard of Dtrerbirs of Morrow eounty MhiMil dli'rht II I ac cepted seven r'kt?tintliin from various jinn i'f tin system at III tnceling Tuevlay nlghl. Included arc the folltrwlii;;: Cordon I'rMlt. Heppner High irlmliMl hi ha tv.tid a lniil n at (Vntral High prim I t I, Monmouth lndci,cndenrc, Vrrnila TaliKtt, IcIvt.UU High Ulr!' phynlial education tenth--r: William NcMn and Mar caret Met 'art cr, lleppner High School trarhrrs; Harry M IIm l r an Clarence and Mary Hare, lleppner Klcmmtary teachers. The board atrcpled Kirk Horn i.f Forest Grove for a -HI'n u biology u-ncner ai iicppncr High. ll comes with a liailx lor ili gtet 'lua 4 hour and i-xli-n-klvi wrk In biology In research and as a lo1urcr. Some ten "itiori remain lo he filled, Intituling principal r i 1 librarian at lleppner Hlgn Mhool; two teacher at lleppner Klementary; two at lone High school; two at lone Elementary mIhhiI; and one each at Board man and A. C. Houghton school. Sinerliitendcnt David potter said. The board hrard rd a idea lo ihiT for the hire a woman tea male-dominated faculty at lone lIH'h m-IkkiI, and Supt. Potter said that every rffort Is being mailt- to find a good woman H-acher who will bo able to fill the nerds there As a resut of a recent Incident at lone where high school stu dent were Involved in a break In of Bistow's Market, the board decided to meet with the city council there In an attempt to review the situation antl set up regulations which tnltfht r-evel recurrences of such Incidents. Supt. Totter said following n nhtrt executive session on the matter that the Incident could not he attributed to a single Individual hut rather was n matter of community resonl bllltv In which all shared. In a .nut volt .'Mime of the lone ad visory committee had called for the resignation 01 me rug" school principal over the matter. Sunt. Potter an tl mat tne met tlent occurred on n Saturday night. In "off" school time and not follow! nit any school func tion. The board agreed with him and chose the course of meeting with the city council, upon mo Hon hv Director Milton Morgan AIko in the executive session the board acted to suspend for the remainder of the year, two lleppner High mhool students who had used abusive language to teachers. In the motion maun hy Director Andy Van Scholack It Is stated that the two will be prosecuted if thev trespass on the school grounds. The board adopted the 15 school calendar, calling for 17S Ktiulent davs antl 181 teacher (III vs. Sunt. Potter called attention to . M . II ul .U the need tor a poucy wmw; would eliminate "senior sneak days. He said that serious sit uations have developed at var ious times In different areas be cause of senior sneaks and said that one such threatened on the Riverside sneak to Seattle this year, not because of action by the Riverside students but from "outsiders." lleppner High has not had such senior sneaks dur ing the nine years that Princi pal Gordon Pratt has been here. The board asked him to draw up a written policy on the mat ter that could bo presented at the next meeting. The superintendent also call ed attention to the need to re view replacements on busses and vehicles and suggested a special meeting with the trans portation committee at a "work session" shortly after school Is out for the year. He requested that the board grant permission to destroy old and useless records that have accumulated. According to law, certain records over seven years old and ballots of elections more than one year old may be des troyed. This was granted. Gray's Saddlery Wins NRA Contract Grays' Saddlery of Heppner has received a contract from the Northwest Rodeo association to make eight hand-tooled sad dles for various NRA events this season, John Gray said Tues day. The firm will make saddles for season's winners In bulldog ging, bareback riding, saddle 2 Named In lone CI Chcoh l.tindell. daughter of Mr. and Mr. l!.iymond l.undell of lone, will be valedictorian of the lone High whiml cU of 1!N..1 ii d Sid .inter, twin of Mr. and Mr Sidney C. Zlnter of lone, will ! kalotatorlan of the l iii. principal Kvcri tt IfuUtein announce. Chcryle ha attained a 3S'J grade point average and Sid tiaa a 3 I') average. The valetlicturlan I ai-crc-tary of the band, layout manager of the yearbook and a memin-r of both Quill and Scroll and the MctUm rourull. She participat ed In the Soil CoriM-rvation fN'e'ti content. Active In mu.c, the ha Ix-en chtirua and glrln' rnnemble ac coiniuiniM during her high MhtM ytart a well as playing in the Lund. During her junior year the wan china prellent. ntudt-nt tnjily tM-cTctary-treaurcr, year tKMk cttltor and nerved on the iaicr ktaff. Also mi a junior she represented the Mhool at Girls' Mute and win winner of the Male VS heat 1-ague essay con tet.t. Ai a Miphornore is he wa as sistant student hody secretary, trcaxurer and wa secretary treasurer for ber class during her freshman and sophomore years. Mr has liecn a niemoer of Citrls' league all four years. Chery le hat won awards In scholarship, Kngllsh and Journ alism and hu utleni'icd regional press conferences. Sho was a homecoming princess her fresh man and junior years and was queen of the .March of Dimes i dance her sophomore year. Misi Lundell plans to attend the University of Oregon and major In Journalism. I Zlnier is student IkkIv presi dent of lone High this vear and Is characterized by Principal llolsteln as a "real good school citizen and a mature 18 year old." Sitl plans to attend Kastern Oregon College at La Grande after graduation. Busy Buddies Tell Of Leathercraft Clinton Krebs antl Gary I homas, members 01 the Bee Busy Buddies -1 11 club of Cecil. provided the program at the .iiceiing ot the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Montlay, giving a team demon stration of leathercraft and showing progress made during the past year. The boys were Introduced by their club leader, Mrs. Kwing iiea) Hynd. Ihey showed some beautiful hand-tooled zippcrcd notebooks and purses that they nad made and also demonstra ted the making of a leather tie holder. A display of tools will also be shown to the member. together with an explanation of how they are used. Hurley Young reported to the chamber that there is a nossl bllity of obtaining the hot line training school for linemen for Heppner If housing can be ar ranged, ihis wouiU be in Sep tember, sponsored by Ruralite magazine as a safety course, and some GO linemen would be present for the short course. At the Invitation of President Randall Peterson, each member present submitted a guess on the time that the legislature will close the current session. Herman Winter, chairman of the legislative committee, re ported on a promised change of tho senior citizens' exemption on property tax now in the legis lature. At the present time, older citizens with a small income are exempt from payment of prop erty taxes on their homes under certain conditions and to certain degrees. Under the pending pro posal, they, would pay the taxes to the counties, but t h e state would reimburse them for the amount of exemption in order that the counties not lose the revenue from property tax or im pose more burden on other prop erty taxoayers. bronc riding, calf roping, wild cow milking, bull riding, and for all-around cowboy. They are to be delivered September I. BUI Ward, president of NRA, signed the contract. Competitors for tho saddles will take part In events In four states during the season. The business is a good boost for the new saddlery here. for Honors ass of 1965 CHERYLE LUNDELL X SID ZINTER X'V ' High School 'Army' to Spur Citywide Cleanup Friday A young army bent on the beautiflcatlon of the City of Heppner will swing Into ac tion Friday afternoon as a part of the city-wide Clean-itp-Paintup-Fixup emphasis this week under the statewide theme, "Company's Coming." All students of Heppner High school will be dismissed for the afternoon Friday to en gage In the cleanup campaign downtown. Following a sack lunch at school, they will dis perse to the task at hand. The town has been divided into four sections, and each class will have one of the sections. Thev will pick up paper, trash Kinzua Awards Logging Contract Kinzua Corporation has award ed its logging contract to Oris Crisp of John Day, it was an nounced Tuesday. The independent operator will begin operations lor me com Danv as of June 1. It was under stood that Crisp will move to Ilemmcr with his family ana will bring seven men with him. lie is looking for eight good rental houses In Heppner. Other men for the operation will fce hired locally. Tho comDanv discontinued its loccincr operations earlier this year and the current supply of logs on hand is getting low. Hiatt and McDonald will truck Iocs to the mill to bolster the supply until the new operation gets underway, according to the report from the company. Tryouts Saturday For Farm Team Tryouts for a Little League farm team in Heppner have been announced for Saturday afternoon, 1:00 p.m., at the Little League field. All bovs who are eligible for regular tryouts (ages 9 through 12) and those who will attain the cage of 8 before August 1. 19G5, will have the opportunity to try out for the farm team. Games are being played reg ularly among the four estab lished teams on Monday through Thursday evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. Little Change Seen in Costs For Next Year City budget for lleppner for the year l'jG5-ftt published for the lirt time In this paper on pages 2 and 3 of section 2, holds within the six percent limita tion and In general has few changes from the budget for the current year, Mayor AI Lamo Mates. Total budget requirements are shown as tXYi.'.HX 27. as com pared with JWI.ViaUI for Hi.,1 , ."i. However the budget resourv es Irecelpts other thn taxei an i I cash balance' have inert as d in about the same proportion, ' showing at $lKV77i.1 in th rww budget a compared with $1717J1 for i:610J. i While the new budget does not exceed the six percent lirn itatlon, and therefore will not riviulrn vrifii if tiiu-tt f?r i ' n fi j the six pem-nt limit. Amount loj be levied irom taxes is s.'o.vj'.i.ou as compared with $2IJ'.). an in crease of about JUM). No Increases In salaries for city employees re provided in the budget. Considerably greater expendi ture Is expected In the street and road department to provide for the rescalina and street Im provement program which Is expected to start this mmmiT. Total requirements in this de partment are placed at $2ti,5u0 as compared with J19.ZJO lor 1901 65. It had been intended to let bids for the program during this fiscal year but it was found that there were not sufficient funds budgeted tor this purpre. and it waa agTeed to consider the amount necessary in the forthcoming budget. Provision Is made or the pur chase of the new city fire truck through a reserve fund, and the truck is now on order. Because of the tight budget, a sinking fund started for the swimming pool last year with (Continued on page 8) and debris, and will haul away any trash left on curbs by resi dents and businesses. The plan is that after the day's work has been done, they will return to school for supper in the cafetorium, us ing their lunch tickets, and then enjoy a "Sock Hop" to end the day. All residents and businesses are urged to cooperate In the cleanup and to Join the stu dents in the campaign, each doing his part to brighten his residence or place of business. The campaign is endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce and has been proclaimed by Mayor AI Lamb. Auditions Slated For Talent Show Auditions will be Monday night at the grade school gym nasium for the PTA Talent Show which will be Friday, May 21. The auditions will start at 7:30 p.m. Registration slips for those desiring to audition are In every grocery store in Hepp ner, according to Forrest Burk- enbine, PTA president. "We're getting a pretty good response," he said. Both adult and children talent is desired for the show musical, novelties, skits, dancing, acrobatics, read ings or other specialties. The show will be in the grade school gymnasium Friday night, May 21, starting at 8 p.m. Oscar Peterson To Fly to D. C. Oscar Peterson, former Morrow county judge, will leave Port land by airplane Sunday morn ing for Washington, D. C, where he will attend the Rivers and Harbors Congress. Peterson, a director of the In land Empire Waterways assoc iation, will attend in that ca pacity and also will work in the interests of the Willow Creek project as development commit tee chairman of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce. He expects to return to Mor row county the following weekend. '''V s .-. I' ' 1 1 1 I ! 'II'' : ' 'i'vV;- s- ,-. I HI. PATTI. I'M PATTir This night brv bn how Path Holt (Uft) dauqhtsf of Mr. and Mrs. William Healy of Buttsr CrMk. 9ftd FatU Hilt (right) cf Clenharcn SchooL Portland. wha th latter arrived TrldaY on th Portland Eiahth Crado tour. When It was found that ens of tho visitors bed a nam identical bo teamed for tho tour. Photo in tho background. ED SHANNON, popular and pet sonablo 4-H agent for tho City of Portland, thorough.lv en joyed tho Eighth Cradi- tour to Morrow county Friday and Saturday. (G-T Photo) McKinnon Seated As Jaycee Prexy; Awards Presented Presentation of awards and three special guest speakers highlighted the first installation banquet of the Heppner Junior Chamber of Commerce, held last Wednesday evening in the Wagon Wheel dining room. Larry Burd of Pendleton, vice president of district 11, installed the slate of newly elected of ficers for their 1965-66 terms. Seated were Charles McKinnon as president; Doug Gribble, vice president; Wayne Lamb, secretary-treasurer; and directors, Lyle Jenson and Don Hughes. Burd, president elect of the Pen dleton Jaycees, has been instru mental In the organization and success of the Heppner chapter. Harley Sager, president of the club during its charter year, was presented a plaque designating him as the outstanding Jaycee of the vear for 1964-65. Dr. Robert Todd was named Jaycee of the Quarter, and Charles McKinnon was presented the Spoke Award, both awards based on active participation in the club's many projects. The Heppner Gazette- Times was awarded a certificate of appreciation for its cooper ation and promotion of the Jay cees during its first year. Dr. Todd outlined In brief re view the various civic projects eneaeed in bv the Chamber dur ing the year. They included, among many, the promotion of new street signs to be installed by Jaycee members throughout the city; Little League Base ball, organized this year by a Jaycee committee; last summer's successful Sidewalk Bazaar and a Teenage Road-e-o, scheduled for later this month. InsDirinc talks to members and their wives by Mayor AI Lamb and Jerry Sweeney, past president of the Ontario club andf a life member of the Jay cees, culminated the enjoyable evening. Memorial Picnic Set for May 30 Annual Morrow county Pio neer Memorial picnic will be Sunday, May 30, at the county fair pavilion, and Giles French of Moro will be guest speaker. A door prize will be drawn instead of giving prizes as in previous years, according to Mrs. Ed Gonty, secretary. The dinner will be potluck, except for rolls, butter, milk, cof fee, soft drinks and ice cream. Oscar Peterson is president of the group this year and will be in charge of the program. The picnic is scheduled to start at noon and is expected to attract many from out of town. I 7 I with one of the host eighth graders. If was decided that they should was taken Just a bus arrived. Bob Jepoen. one of tour leaders. Is I! Visiting Kids Have Fine Time in 3 Days Here (Pictures Also Page 8, Sec. 1, and Page 1. Sec. 21 Thirty-five Portland eighth graders, bearing souvenirs of Morrow county and with new iiieas of wheat and cattle coun try, returned with their chap eror.es to the big city Sunday afternoon after a busy 3-day visit to the county. The second annual tour, spon sored by a number of county organizations, was a success in every respect, and the visitors were enthusiastic In their re sponse to rural life. No prob lems of any kind marred the visit, not even any cases of homesickness. They were kept too busy with Interesting activ ities for that. Highlight of their first day here Friday was a trip to the Dick Wilkinson ranch where they saw demonstrations of branding, vaccinating and marking cattle. Some of th- more venturesome tried their hand at these tasks. Dr. Jim N o r e n e, veterinarian, demon- strated how he treats cattle for some of their ailments. They al so s a w Wilkinson demonstrate his new hay loader which picks up bales from the field and stacks them automatically. Getting an early start Satur day, the youngsters and their hosts Morrow county eighth graders took a swing through the area west and south of lone. At the Gar Swanson place, they saw wheat being loaded into a truck from his grain bins, heard him describe use of farm equip ment and saw his strip-cropped fields. At the Walt Jacobs place they saw a demonstration of fire fighting . equipment, inspected his complete farm shop, and saw demonstrations of plowing. rod weeding and the use of a skew treader. Here some of the youngsters had chances to ride on Jacobs' tractor. Lunch stop was at the Valby Lutheran church where they ate their sack lunches in the parish hall with punch furnished bv the host church. Oscar Peterson welcomed the visitors there and gave a short history of the church. At the Henry Peterson ranch they were given demonstrations 1965 Easter Seal Total Tops $500 Total received in the sale of Easter seals and lilies in Mor row county this year was $514.01, Mrs. Arthur Lindstrom of lone, chairman, announces. The sale supports the work of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. Both sales of lilies and collec tion in coin containers exceeded last year's totals, she said. Mrs, Lindstrom extended thanks to all those who helped, including the Heppner Gazette- Times for publicity, the lone Rainbow Girls and Heppner Rainbow Girls for selling lilies, and the following establish ments for allowing coin contain ers to be placed there: Lexington Care, Dels Market, Phil's Pharmacy, Humphreys Rexall Drug, Western Auto, Lairds' Variety, Peterson's Jew elers, J. C Penney Co., Thom son's Grocery, MiLadies, Cal's Tavern, Turf Billiards, Heppner Hotel, Heppner Grill, Bucknam s, Elks club. Hamlin's, Wagon Wheel, Central Market, Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner and lone, Case Furniture, Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, Gonty's First National Bank. Elma's Ap parel, Stefani's Cafe, Bristow's Market, Ling's Cafe, and V and G Tavern. The chairman also extended thanks to Harley Sager of the First National Bank, county treasurer of the Easter Seal campaign. x (G-T Photo) of cattle feeding by Herb and Don Peterson and were showed how the feed was mixed. In a field across from the Val by church they witnessed a dem onstration of airplane spraying by Paul Hanson, operator of Ranch Aero, who made several passes over the field for their benefit Before the demonstra tion, he told them about the op eration of the airplane and al lowed the youngsters a chance to sit in the cockpit. Their final stop of the day was at the L. L. Howton ranch where Keith Rea demonstrated the operation of a farm grain el evator and the use of a hillside combine. Again the kids had the ODDortunitv to clamber over the machine. A roller skating party In the (Continued on page 8) Father Spencer To Leave July 1 To Serve Coquille Father C Bruce Spencer, who In September would have com pleted seven years service as rector of All Saints' Episcopal church in Heppner, has accepted a call to serve St. James Epis copal church in Coquille. Father Spencer and family will move July 1 and his last service here will be on June 27. The parish at St. James has more than 300 communicants and two parochial missions. His first service in the new position will be on July 4. At St James he will replace Father Robert Chedwick who has been called to the Good Samaritan hospital in Corvallis as chaplain. It is not known at this time who will be appointed by the bishop to serve All Saints' church, Father Spencer said. It may be that the church will be without a rector for an In definite period of time. The Spencer family has been active in community activities as well as church affairs during their time here. Both Mr. and Mrs. Spencer worked to organize the former Morow County Youth council which resulted in the county's juvenile counsellor pro gram. Father Spencer was In strumental In forming the men tal health advisory committee which is now working towards a mental health program in con junction with Umatilla county, and he has developed the Aco lyte and Servers Guild for boys, open to all denominations. Mrs. Spencer has been active in the Morrow county Tubercu losis and Health association and was a memDer or me noneer Memorial hospital auxiliary be fore it was disbanded. She also is active in the All Saints' Altar GuildL Their son. Bruce Spencer, will graduate with the high school class of 1965. He was a member of the state tournament basket ball team this year. Three daughters all married local men. Kathy is Mrs. Ned Clark of Ruggs, Joan is jvirs. Robert Brvant of Portland, and Christine is Mrs. Ellis Ball whose hushand is a career man in tne Air Force, and they are at the air base at Ogden, Utah. The SDencers formerly served in a parish in the Coos Bay area and so are familiar with that Dart of the state. Bruce will at tend Coos Bay Junior College. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of May 7-13 is as follows: III low i-rec. Fridav 58 30 Saturday 65 33 Sunday 63 37 Monday 74 40 Tuesday 78 41 Wednesday 81 44 Thursday 80 40
