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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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The game will be played in
Pendleton on August 20.
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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
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