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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 13, 1965
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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