Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, February 10, 1966, Image 1

Heppner gazette-times., February 10, 1966, Image 1

Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR

About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1966)

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextI ! OPARY U OF 0 t U 5 t! r t c z 0 7 10 3 Number 50 Willow Creek Project 82nd Year BDEPENER N ds THE ow D epen on Loca GAZ Heppner, Oregon, 97836, Thursday, February No Big Hike Seen on Council to Apply Again For Morgan Street Funds By resolution passed at the Monday nliiht meeting of the Heppner city council, the city la oih more repeating fundi from the Mate Highway Depart ment fur Improvement of the Morgan atreet extension to the high school. The mate had tentatively ap. proved prcvloua request late taut year but akcd the city to share bv providing $nim of the rout fr sidewalks and curbs. The city turned to the school district for the fund, but neith er had the amount budgeted. Without the aha re to go with aome gM.UX) to be irovlded by the atate, tha matter was then dropped. Clarence Rosewall. prealdent of the council who waa In charge of the meeting In the abiwnce of Mayor Al Lamb, who la 111. aald that the current requent would (five an opportu nity to make allowance at budg et time, and he aald that the arhool dlktrlct could make thin pro via Ion. The atate aid cornea under a provUion of the law that pro vtdea the help within city Jim Hi on atrceU where audden un unual use ia causing extra wear. Add Insurant ("mi net apirovcd placing SlOO.OiJO liability insurance on the boiler at the swimming pool with a three-year premium of $133. Thla waa recommended by the elty'a accountant at the time of the annual audit. ro action hai been taken on hla further recommendation to provide the Mustangs to Meet Buffaloes Here, Sherman There By JIM BARCLAY Basketball head toward the stretch drive In the Greater Ore Kan league rare as the Mus tangs face Madras here Friday night and Sherman at More Saturday night In a home and travel week-end. The two game may well de cide whether the Mustangs break their first place tie with Wahtonka to claim an undivid ed title or drop to a lower spot. Since the league teams all play two Barnes this week end the actual positions in the Greater Oregon League won't be decid ed until the results are In for all teams. The Buffaloes of Madras have been coming up the ladder since Hcppner last met them. They mauled Burns, 00-41, and Grant Union, 81-42. last week-end to give themselves a 2-3 record. With a win this Friday they could pull up and possibly see it clear to claim first place In later battles. The Sherman team also has a 2 3 record and the Saturday night game will be played on their court. The home floor us ually gives some advantage to them and since the team has lelled, the Mustangs may be in for a battle even though they felled the Huskies here Janu ary 28. Although the Mustangs have been rated seventh by the Ore gonian and eleventh by the Journal, they have not proved to be the threat the ratings Im ply. The Heppner five is the only Greater Oregon league team on the charts but their last really well-played game was at Madras. The Friday night game with Madras Is to be played here so one advant age should be given to the H men. This game might not be won by free throws like the last one with Madras because of the trouble the Mustangs have had lately at the line. . If the local five can pull the two .games off. they should be sitting well for first place with a 61 record while Sherman and Madras - will both be cooled somewhat for the second part of the season. . . , . Big guns for Madras should be Ron Hill. Ron Vanek. and Don Stevenson. All three hurt the Mustangs in their first en counter. If Mac Hosklns can manage to beat 6'8" Hill on the boards while Gene Hellker and Jim Doherty tie up the Madras guards, the Heppner club can triumph. , Gene Lanthorn and Ray Eak In should be real threats for Sherman although their shoot ing was cool tit Heppner. ETTE city with false arret Innuranre. It waa explained by City Re corder Elaine George that aurh coverage may be Included In other Insurance carried by the city when companies make planned changes In their policy provlnlona soon. Mrs. George reprted on old city records, which she has been sorting, and requested permla aion to dcuroy some of the old records. Bv law, many of those more than aevrn years old may be destroyed on action by the pub lic body. The permission was granted, but old ledgers, jour nals and similar permanent record will be kept. A letter from L. C. Smltton. In charge of atate highway maintenance, approved Installa tion of a atoo sign at North Barratt Blvd. and Court St. In tersection, and this has been In stalled In accordance with ap proval given at the last coun cil mee'lng. A letter from the University (Continued on Page 4) Meeting Called On Civil Defense At -1:30 Tuesday An Important Civil Defenta meeting is scheduled at the county courthouse Tuesday. Feb ruary 15. at .1:30 pm. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. Civil Defense coordinator, announces. At this time it is expected to take steps to complete forma tion of an active Civil Defense organization here and get the program underway, the sheriff said. Considerable Interest In the program was shown several months ago when a state-sponsored meeting was held here on a workshop basis with many taking part in the all-day ses sion. This laid groundwork for perfecting the local organiza tion. The sheriff said that mayors or representatives of city gov ernments of Morrow county towns, county officials, school officials, other public officials and professional people are urged to be present. In addit ion, all others who are inter ested In Civil Defense arc In vited to attend. The sheriff said that it may be necessary to conduct a sur vey soon to determine which buildings are suitable for fall out shelters, including residenc es. Speech Therapist To Direct Clinic A speech clinic for Morrow county schools has been sched uled for Saturday, feoruary i. Ernest Cilstler, speech therapist and director of special educa tion. Intermediate School Dis trict. Umatilla county schools, will direct the clinic which has been scheduled for Boardman grade school and A. C. Hough ton Elementary school at Irrl gon at 9:00 a.m.; lone grade school at 12:00 noon; Heppner grade school at 2.00 p.m. Twenty-tnrce cnncircn wun various speech problems have been referred to tne clinic Dy their teachers. A parent is also asked to be present at the ap- olnted time, as wen as tne re erring teacher. Scheduling of the speech clinic referrals was arranged by school principals and Mrs- Low ell Chally, R. N., Morrow Coun ty Health Department. Arlington Branch To Host Open House Arlington Branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon will move into its newly completed build- In? th s week-end. it is an nounced by Gene Pierce, presi dent Public ODen house Is announc ed for Monday, February 14'. be tween the hours of 10 a.m. ana 3 D.m.. with visitors invited to call and view the new quarters, enloy refreshments ana partici pate In contests for door prizes. The new bank building is one of the first business structures to be completed in the new town area of Arlington. TIME 10, 1966 '66-67 School Costs ,' : x ; ...V j , . ; U r ,'.v . J. "4 COMMISSIONER GENE rERCUSON Seeks Reelection Officials File For County Post First filings for elective of fices in Morrow county were completi-d In the office of Mrs. Sadie Parri.th. county clerk, this week, she reported Wednesday. Gene Ferguson, county com missioner, filed for reelection. He is a Republican and has served on the county court for eight years. Ferguson will com plete his second term at the end of the current calendar year. Gar Swanson. also a Republi can, filed for releectlon as port commissioner. His term also will be completed thla year. To date, these are the only two local tilings, and It appears that 1906 will be a quiet elec tion year. Deadline for filing for office Is March 15. George Washington Promotion Coming Here Next Week By George, we'll have to ad mit it we cannot tell a lie. Heppner merchants are going to sponsor another George Washington Days sale on Fri day and Saturday, February 18 and 19, bringing outstand ing values in bargains of the season. Bob Henry, merchants committee cha I r m a n, an nounces. There will be free parking in Heppner on Saturday, Feb ruary 19. Next week's paper will give details of the sale and adver tise many of the bargains to be offered. Cooperation of merchants is asked in getting advertising ready, so that the paper may be published ear ly. Sample copies of the edition will be sent to Spray, Monu ment and Klnzua areas as an invitation to the folks there to come and Join the fun. Driscoll, Halvorsen Selected For Shrine East All-Star Squad Two sparkling backfleld stars, one from lone and one ixom Heppner, have been chosen as members of the Shriners East West All-Star A-2 and B foot ball team. They are Tim Driscoll, Hepp ner senior, and Mark Halvor sen, lone High senior. Each was outstanding for his team dur ing the football season of 1965. Driscoll and Halvorsen are both triple threatens, being good at running, passing and kicking, but each was especially out standing at packing the pig skin. Driscoll probably set new rec ords for Heppner High if rec ords had been kept good enough to make comparisons. Halvorsen led his team Into district competition for state playoffs, but couldn't take part in the crucial game because he broke a finger prior to the con test. These wore the only two from Morrow county to be chosen for the East squad, although oth ers In the area were selected. Included are Rick Schaffer, end, of Wheeler County High, Fos sil; John Welmer, guard. Con don High; Bill Durand, fullback, Umatilla High; and John Brown, guard, Pilot Rock. Few were chosen from the Greater Oregon League. Bill 10 cents Teacher Pay Due to Hold To Schedule Propects are that the 19G6 C7 Morrow county school district budget, now being prepared, will call for expenditures total ing approximately the same at for the year 1963 66. David R. Potter, school superintendent, reports. If nothing comes to change this prediction by the time the final budget U submitted for election. It will be the third consecutive year that the coun ty school budget will "hold the line" with no significant In crease. Giving a substantial boost to the outlook was the announce ment by teacher! of the system that they will not expect a sal ary Increase this year beyond the normal Increments provided in the salary schedule. Mrs. Violet Lanham. Heppner High teacher and chairman of the recently-elected professional negotiating committee for cer tified personnel In the system, appeared at a budget meeting at the Lexington school office Tuesday night to tell the budg et committee that teachers plan to respect an agreement made last year. The agreement at that time was that If raises were allowed for 1905-GG, teachers would not ask for increases beyond the salary schedule In 1966 67. Adjustments Proposed Supt. Potter proposed two ad juKtmenU In the salary sched ule and said that one addition al teacher will be needed at Heppner Elementary. But even with these .factor, and Includ ing the increment increases that accrue to teachers as they ad vance with an additional year of experience, the total sum for instruction salaries is now set tentatively at $636,567. an In crease of only $8,625 over the $627,948 In the current school budget The additional teachers salary Is figured at approxi mately $6000. Also, the item lor teacher of drivers education Is Included in the salaries figure (for 1966-67) but was listed elsewhere in the 1965-66 budg et. The superintendent pointed out that the position of one lone principal was eliminated after the formation of last year's budget and one teacher who re signed was not replaced. This will contribute to a cash carry over In the instruction estimates for salaries of some $28,000, he said. The salary schedule adjust ments he recommended relate to teachers with one year of ex perience in the system and to those who have advanced to the top of the scale In experience. Provision for these adjustments is included In his estimate of expenditures. In the current salary sched ule, teachers with one year of experience with either a BA de- (Contlnued on page 8) TIM DRISCOLL Hammel of Wahtonka, a tackle, joined Driscoll on the squad as representatives of the league and Butch Kinder, halfback, of Burns was named as an alter nate. Also chosen as alternates were Jerry Wood, end, and John Johnson, halfback, both of Con ( : i -. . 'ft ' - I i I People, 'Progress on the Willow Creek project from now on depend ujon the lo cal people. This h just pure and simple." So said Howard Preston of the Walla Walla district, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the conclusion of an informational meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Heppner Elementary multipurpose room with some 100 interested per sons in attendance. "It will now go on the table until action Is determined by you jwople in the Willow Creek Valley," Preston said in his summary of the meeting. "If you decide one part is something you can't 'buy you make the decis ion. We can't force you. We're not going to. If you want it, I think the proj ect is yours." Preston said the Federal government "isn't coming in just for the fun of building a dam." Verina French Chosen As Rodeo Princess Verlna French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond French. will represent the Lena commu nity as Its princess on the 1966 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court. She Is the first of four princesses chosen for the royal court of Queen Erna Winches ter. The vivacious. 16 year-old miss displays enthusiasm in all that she chooses to do, and the enthusiasm for riding is no ex ception. Riding has been her main interest since she was four years old. Her many school act 1 v 1 1 1 e s keep her busy throughout the school year, but during the summer months she is anxious to help her father with cattle and ranching chores on their big ranch in the But ter Creek area. As a member of the Saddle- ites 4 11 riding club, she has competed in horse shows, win ning the all-around showman ship trophy in 1963, and also a showmanship trophy for inter mediates tn 1964. She rode in State Fair competition on her favorite horse. Duchess, and was a pennant bearer In the county rodeo parade the past two years. Besides riding, her interests turn to dancing, cooking and sew Ing. Her activities In school are many, including varsity yell leader, assistant student body treasurer. National Honor Soci ety, Future Homemakers club. student council, and others. Born July 24, 1949 in Pendle- ton. Princess Verlna has an old er sister, Karen, 17, and a young er sister, Susan, 12. Her grand mother. Mrs. Nettle Denton has Jamboree Tonight Aids March of Dimes Boys In the 5th and 6th grades will show their basketball skills, and at the same time help a worthy cause, in a basketball lamboree tonight (Thursday) in the grade school gymnasium, starting at 7 pjn. All proceeds collected at the jamboree, including audience contributions, cake walk, pop corn ball sale, concessions stand, and others sponsored by various rooms, will be turned over to the March of Dimes. Eighth grade boys will serve as coaches and referees. There will be seven games played dur ing the evening. don; and Larry Benson, tackle, Umatilla. Coaches of the East team are Alva Brown of Serra Catholic, Salem, and Joe Miller of Elgin. Other players on the team are: Ends Dave Malpass, South Umpqua of Myrtle Creek; Rod McRae, Wallowa; Greg Meyers. South Umpqua; Bob Rogers, Serra Catholic. Tackles Bob Olson, Pleasant Hill: Larry Rust, Glide; Ron Williams, Serra Catholic. Guards Jim Mack. St. Fran cis of Baker; Brian Reed, Elgin; Jerry Scott, St. Marys of Med ford. Center Glenn McDonald of Elgin. Quarterbacks Bill Koenig, Serra Catholic; Bud Scohbes, Elgin. Halfbacks Del Brown, Union; Bill Hammond, Merrill; Skip Johnson. Drain; Mike Van Blockland, Joseph. Fullbacks Steve Angel. Mc Kenzie; Gary Kama. Vale. The alternates Include 29 players. West squad will be coached by Dick Sutherland of Bandon and Robert Harris of Jefferson. It. too, is composed of 26 players- . , . The game will be played in Pendleton on August 20. ErugDneeir i : PRINCESS VERINA FRENCH made her home with the fam . v until her recent hospitaiiza- tion. - and her paternal grand mother. Mrs. Rose Francis, re sides in Pendleton. An uncle, Joe French, also lives in Pen diet on. Ski Fair Slated For February 27 At Arbuckle Run Arbuckle Mountain Ski Fair has been scheduled for Satur day, February 27, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m Bob Henry an nounces. Four trophies will be award ed to winners in each of four races one for men of 18 years and over, one for boys under 18. one for girls under 18, and one for a handicap race. The date for the event is scheduled earlier this year so that those coming from farms will have a chance to partici pate, Henry said. Spectators are lnvitea to come and support their favorites in the races. Progress of children learning to ski through free instruction given by Tim Tullis and others has been outstanding, Henry said. Some 100 persons on the ave rage nave oeen enjoying me ski course each week-end. There has been some trouble with breakdowns on machinery op erating the tow, but new heav ier parts should be installed by Saturday. "We hope this will prevent further breakdowns," Henry said. . . Water Outlook Said 'Only Fair' Outlook for spring and sum mer water supplies in the Uma tilla. Morrow and Gilliam coun ty areas is only fair at this midwinter date, according to a report released by A. J. Webber, state conservationist, ioii con servation Service, Portland, and Drepared bv W. T. Frost, state snow survey supervisor. Remaining winter storms will have to bring much above average moisture if this region is to have average water sup piles, they reported. Water content oi tne moun tain snownack is now 72 per cent average on the Walla Wal la watersheds, 81 percent on the Umatilla and 94 percent on Butter-Willow Creeks. This is less than half the amount of last year's snow now present on the Umatilla. Butter Creek is expected to flow 86 percent average in the March-July period. Flow of small streams head ing in lower elevations will be much below average, they said. Says The Army Engineers are glad to help all they can. he said. Next step needed la action by Congress for the appropriation, but Preston added. "Congress doesn't usually act until you ask for if AU FeoturM Needed Howard Hog an of the Corps had pointed out In a presenta tion that elimination of any ma jor feature of the multipurpose project would make it unfeas ible since It would swing the balance of the benef it-cost ra tio to the side of more cost than benefit Formation of a local organi zation for irrigation is consid ered a requisite for future ac tion. As expected, principal inter est at the meeting centered on the Irrigation feature. Many questions were asked relative to irrigation, and Carl HuLsh of the Bureau of Reclamation and Quentin Bowman of the Oregon Water Resources Board did most of the answering In the 2 hour session. Hogan said that the Engi neers are ready to start on pre construction planning as soon as the Congressional appropria tion for the purpose is forth coming. The pre-construction phase will include determining the exact location of the dam. developing plans and specifica tions, surveying the channel through town, determining ex act relocation for the Willow Creek road, which would tenta tively cross the top of the 153 ft high dam, and other steps. Pre-construction would take some three years, and actual construction would require about two years. Start Could be 1968 Unless funds are added by Congress this year, the earliest we could start would be the fis cal year of 1968, which would be the fall of 1967," Hogan said. He outlined costs that would be borne locally, including half the cost of the recreation and wildlife feature. This would to tal $114,000, and $37,000 must be provided locally on some form of payment plan. The share could come from users' fees at the two recreation areas that would be provided one on Balm Fork and one on the Wil low Creek side. It is estimated that annual benefits from rec reation would be $26,500. Hulsh told irrigators that the Bureau of Reclamation had not been provided with funds for a thorough study but had made a "rough stuay oruy. "We do have enough answers to determine that this is a good project from the standpoint of irrigation," he said. Preston al so had said that this is a "good and feasible project." Total of 3900 acres in the creek valley have been classi fied for potential irrigation, all of which now have valid wa tor rights. Some 275 acres will be inundated with the rising of the John Day pool at the north end of the creek, leaving some 3700 acres open for irrigation. In answer to a question, he said that not all these lands need to be included in the pro ject, but there must be enough to make the irrigation plan feasible. He presented charts to show how water is presently being used for irrigation and how it might be used if the dam is constructed. Maximum need is in the summer growing months when supply currently Is the smallest. Runoff in the creek is heaviest in the late winter , and spring months. Overlays Show Use By the method of overlaying the charts, using a projection aid. Hulsh showed the group how much water he feels is cur rently being used effectively. Only a small percentage of the flow, hitting in early summer is getting maximum use, he said. Hulsh made the presentation using charts for wet, dry and average winters. The dam would store water at peak runoff per iods in the winter and early spring and would be released at the time most needed in the growing season for most effect ive use, he said. Herb Hynd, who Irrigates in late winter to give his land a soaking in lieu of having the water for summer use, said that he feels this method has been (Continued on page 8)