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HtrrNEH CAXCTTC TIMCI TttuitdaT. rbruUT la THE GAZETTE-TIMES Aappaat. Oroa tTttf . ininii urwtiliri MORROW buuniii ,, .. NATION At NIWSPAMI 1 ,-v NIWSMMt pUtUIHIIS ASSOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor end ruMuovv BELEK C SHERMAN AaaocJat fttbUabaf Offlo Hour: 8 m. to 6 pm, Monday through Friday; 9 -ra. VJlJtotoU30 Year. Single Cory 10 Cent. rublUhed ?Si SSrJKS tS Art OlU at Heppner. Oregon, a Second Claa Matter. Assistant Superintendent Needed Morrow county school board U aware that the plan for the county Ide -kerf district. h" J1!? people a number of year. ago was -sold' In part a. i atep Crds economy. In at least some areas, however. snot reduced school costs, rerhap one of these Is that of idn n. Station. It has proved to be a blf Job toadmlnUtcr a dls trlct as sprawling as the Morrow county district Because of this sensitivity to economical operation, the board has been reluctant to Increase costs In the area of ad ministration, and has turned down proposals that would pro vide the district with an assistant superintendent. Several years ago. a step was taken In this direction, and the assistant was given the title of -director of special serv ices" One of his responsibilities was to oversee the district transportation system. This proved to be an unpopular step that brought considerable criticism, and the board abolished the Job at the administrative level. Lat year. Supt. David Potter, feeling that someone should have the responsibility of authority when he had to be out of the county or was unavailable, suggested that someone with other duties In the system be groomed m an asswtant superintendent and proposed a sum of several hundred dol lars to be Included In the budget for this purpose The budget committee or the school board, still sensitive to the criticism, turned down the request Recently the matter came alive again when Supt. JoiXet had to be hospitalized and was gone for about a month. The district suffered rather severely by his necessary absence. Mat ters came up that required urgent attention but there was no acting head to turn to. This left the school board and local school administrators groping. So once more, we heard at the budget committee meeting Tuesday night a proposal to include a small sum for an as sistant superintendent. But the committee, in turn, feels the school board should act either pro or con since it is in tne nature of a policy decision. .... , It is Supt Potter's proposal that one of the local school administrators be named to carry the additional title of as slstant superintendent and that an assistant principal be named in the particular school to carry administrative duties when the assistant is backstopping the superintendent This assistant while handling the work of his principal ship, might devote a few hours per week to become acquaint cd with the county administration. This is a reasonable proposal and one that should lend itself to businesslike and efficient operation of the district The complications of operating a district the size of Morrow county have increased considerably in Just a few years since the administrative district was organized. In one area alone, consider the amount of new federal programs which have been created that require the attention of the superintendent These require attendance at meetings around the state. It takes time to become versed In their ramifications, to deter mine how they may apply to this county, to make necessary applications, and so on. From them considerable financial as sistance is available to the county which in turn helps cut the property tax load. At one recent board meeting, a letter was read from the State Department of Education saying that Morrow county district had missed out on federal assistance in one area because its application had not been received in tInThe superintendent's duties are so broad that it is almost impossible for him to cover the area conscientiously without assistance. He has the responsibility of recruiting teachers, supervising administrators, working out the financial pro gram, handling supplies and purchasing, working on curric ulum, keeping up with school legislation, supervising build ing programs, attending dozens and dozens of meetings, and many other tasks. The district is now on the verge of entering another con struction program at Riverside High. This will demand a great deal of time and attention. It is our feeling that rather costly mistakes made in previous building programs could have been avoided if the district superintendent had been free to devote closer attention to the construction. In just this one phase of the job, the district could save the budgeted amount for a part time assistant superintend ' ent by freeing the system's head to keep an eye on build ing as it progresses. , It seems to us that these are some of the matters that the board and budget committee should consider as they prepare the estimates for next year, and the public, before jumping to criticize, should weigh in their minds. Being superintendent of the Morrow county school district, . as now constituted, is an overwhelming Job. We need the guarantee of someone capable of stepping in when the superintendent can't be on the job, and we believe that the creation of this position would more than pay for itself in more efficient operation. Where Do They Go From Here? When Sgt. Tommy Erwin of the Condon Radar station was here last week to publish the monthly edition of the station's paper, "The Scope," he mentioned, while visiting, that 40 years ago one-third of the nation's population lived on farms. At the present, he said, the total has dwindled to five percent. Well, this was a little hard to believe even though we re ! alized the trend has been in this direction. But Sgt. Erwin today mailed us his source of information, : the "Oregon Observer," published in Portland with Carl W. ; Salser as editor. It is in the February, 1966, edition, and we reprint it as a matter of interest: "Should you have one or more friends who are farmers, give them a little extra thought; pay them . a visit or at least send them a 'get well' card. They may not be with us much longer. "Only 40 years ago, approximately 13 (that's right, one-third) of our people lived on farms. They com prised not only a vital but a dominant segment of our society and unquestionably exercised a stabil izing effect on the nation. "By 1930, their numeric strength had decreased to 24 of the population; by 1940, 23.2; by 1950, 15.3; by 1960, 8.7; and today, producing farmers make up only 5 of the total population. "Such changes cannot occur without having a pro found effect on the fabric of our society. As a matter of fact, while costs have risen, the farmer's income has dropped 33 since 1954; and as a direct result of this economic conflict Oregon alone is losing some 500 farm families a year. "It is true that mechanization has made It possi- Chaff nd Chatter Wes Sherman TllE NEW MAYOR of lone. Jim Burnett av the city has a nr.i..rn ...tilt., thi-f IUIW t X'fO- moling a city cleanup day rt the yrar." Public reaction to the plan ha oecn . anu re operation excellent. Thl idea is In Ueu of periodic emphasis on a spring, fall or aummer cleanup. An effort U being made to keep the resident conscious of conMMcnt program of commun ity cleanliness, and Eldon Tuck er, employed by the city, la de voting aotne time every day to Keeping the city neat and clean. One of the thine done at the start of the program was to re move some old car bodies and . ,r ni.i tiro located near the city limit. Mayor Jim says that a man arove imo n wr ii.vi Ktitli.n one dav and said that he noticed this eyesore wa gone, and wantea to stop in ana express appreciation to the new mavnr. In dolntf SO. he bought a tankful of gasoline. Thi i the kind of community rrlde that will produce divi dends. 't notice there la a move to- u-nr.u hcautification in rural areas through the conservation district, ano tne enure count could well get on the bam! wagon. Ilonnn.T ha i)mi real first class eyesores that surely should get the heave-ho. and the coun ty scat could very well follow Iones example on mis w round soil ol project. itarl.tv Vminrr annotated a Chamber of Commerce commit tee on cleanup and city beautl- r i . t it ficatlon. we sureiy nope proves active. Heppner' city council has al so been working towards elim ination of some eyesores. The ef fort Is good but needs to be pushed a little stronger. CONGRATULATIONS to two fine football bacKs. nm uriscou oi llannnor a nH Mark Italvorsen Of lone, on their selection to the East-Wet Shrine AU-Star team. These fellows led their respec tive teams during the recent grid season and are surely de serving of the honor. They will Drove to be good aaumons to the East team. We think there are others from our teams who might very well have been chosen as out standing players, but tne posit ion of the selection committee Is difficult one. having such a wide area to pick from. Mark and Tim win aaa some sparkle to the August game for the home folks who attend. NEVER HAVE we seen a school iwat the drums for their team as much as the zealous Wan- tonka rooting section at the Frl dav nieht basketball came here. They kept up a deafening din through tne contest, ana con sumption of aspirin tablets must hv been hieh when the fans got home that night! A person naa to yen io speaK to the person sitting beside him In order to be heard over the boom, boom, boom of the Wan tonka drums. The kids on the floor couiant hear the officials. The drums kpnt at it when a Heponer lay er was hurt on the floor and boomed on when the clock went haywire and those trying to lix it had to shout at one another. It's enjoyable to see enthus iasm and spirit of the competing schools. It's good, too, to see the kids get excited and one doesn't mind their beating the drums when a basket Is made or their team makes a good play. But the constant, incessant drums of Wahtonka were toujh on 'he htf crowd. We know thU wasn't malic lounly Intended, The only lime th drum fcti-HK1' '" some player of either lde Hep ped to the free throw line, which was courteous and alo gave the spectators bit of relief. Certainly Wahtonka has a fine band and the itudenls demon strate a great deal of commen dable spirit but we think the drummers overdid H. We'd think it would make playing more difficult for both teams and It certainly as taxing on the crowd. WELL, IT had to come. IM dog have been an American tradition for years, but now, we note from the school lunch menu at Boardman. they are serving -Hot Dlv Dofi.M BOB HENRY reports another good week-end at Arbutkl Mountain with nearly 100 fckl era on hand. He figure there will be four or live more good week-end before the iort starts to wane. Anion those contributing to the suoocsa of the season at Ar buckle, in addition to "One Man Gang" Henry, are Tim Tullls and Avery Taylor. Tim has been giving hi time to give free skiing lessons to aid the cause, aiding greatly to the fact nrnvTKt of the beginning skiers, and Avery has been working like a waver on mr project. We knew thl when we wrote the recent editorial about Hen ry' work on the hill and cer- llvr tvUh tn adit a Word Of commendation to them. too. Bob Is very appreciative or tneir ho,D- . ... Purpose of the editorial was to point out how Henry had grab bed hold of the proji'Ct when it seemed destined to failure and made a go of the season. We had Tullis and Taylor In mind as big helps on the project but did n't mention thim because we didn't know where to stop. There are others down tne line. u. who have helped, but the T Men are entitled to this extra mention as "Tight hand men on the hill. Jim Myers Better; Blokncy Helps Here Jim Mvrrs. who underwent delicate brain surgery at Good Samaritan hospital. Portland. recently, continues to make pro gress after the operation, his wife. Mary Ellen, said v cones dayj ' . ; He is up and around some ana has been able to go down the hall and take a bath. Plans are undsrway to transfer him to the Veterans hospital this week. Several visitors have been to see him, and he has enjoyed getting cards and messages from friends, Mrs. Myers said. It is expected that he will be able to return to Heppner in about a montn. Phil Blakney. former owner of Phil's Pharmacy, came from Prosser. Wn.. this week to helD out temporarily in the Heppner store as a registered pharmacist. He Is staying with Father Ray mond Beard, ana oia incnas have been taking care of him real well at meal times, ne says. RlaWnAv will return to his hnme anil rimer store business at Prosser this week-end. Gilbert Hoffmann Hprmiston bharma cist, who helped as registered pharmacist nere prior to ma npv'i pnmlnc will be able to re turn next week to work at the store. TO THE EDITOR... ble for fewer farmers to produce more and more. Caught in the vise between higher general costs and higher taxes, small and medium-sized farms have been squeezed out of existence with mostly giant op erations now remaining." While we appreciate this plight of the farmers, as report ed in the Oregon Observer, we think a few sympathy cards are in order for small business, too. It is our position that it is among the really neglected segments of our society. Small business seeks little and gets little in way of government help, but it gets government com petition, and it has to contribute taxes to pay for the gov ernment's losses on the competition. It is increasingly squeez ed with higher costs for government-sponsored programs. Just this year being staggered by substantially higher social sec urity anK medicare payments. The really small businessman today congratulates himself if he can only make a living from his business. In many in stances, husband and wife teams as seen in our commu nity work together to make what might be considered a fair salary for a normal working man. It is a little hard for many of these people to accept (the socialistic concepts of the Great Society. The small business man is placed in the position of working himself to death to provide for future security that he may never live to enjoy. Yes, the ranks of the farmer are diminishing. But do you see any young people going to college with the idea of es tablishing a small business? They are turning towards oppor tunities In government or big business. So, on both agricultural and business levels, the trend Is strongly towards socialism. A recent proposal, made in all se riousness, is to guarantee a minimum income for all fami lies. , " . That's not far f rom- setting up a system where a number of families could work on the same farm or business unit and share in the proceeds at the discretion of the government. What type of system do we call that? (In case you don't know, it starts with a C). The ironic thought comes why fight it in Vietnam if we encourage it at home? We need to fight it at home, too. No matter how you frost it, or how enticing it may be made to sound, socialism is still distasteful to us. For the farmers and the small business people who have the fortitude to bow their necks, grit their teeth and plug away, we say, "Blessings on you!" To us, these are the people who form a sturdy segment in the backbone of a great nation that was founded on an in centive system, where perseverance and hard work was to be rewarded with a sense of achievement and a fair living. To the Editor: Lat week Alert Thompson. State repreenlam fiom thl dutrlct, and the owner and pub li.her of The I'owlili Advo cate" and the "Wtnlovk Nug gel" dropped IM to - roe we compared til paper with the -Heppner Gaette Time'. He thought they w about the lime but I think The Garette put out the bet paprr. But then 1 thought that he ha to compete with a very Rood dally. The Longview Dally New." which ha to tvmprte with the Oregonlan and the Oregon Jour nal. A few da ago 1 receive.! a card loiter frm Owcar Peter on alng he waa In Lima. Peru, but woulj be home on the Wh of thl month. He eem to be having a good time. Also got a nice letter from another very good friend. Mr. Allha Klik of HermUton. I am mak ing arrangement now to be In Heppner for the ncM Pioneer celebration. Mv niece and hus band will take me when they go. I want to stay a little long er thl time. My twt brother that are left are getting along fine and I hear from them of ten and mv Uster. Mr. Myra Peck, never mle writing at least once a month. Here are a few more name of early dav settler In the county: George INobie; uiiiv Beard; George Vlncln; Judge Kill; Bob (Kills) Stout; Judge Rhea: Joe William, land agent for Morrow rounty; Llshe Slur ry; George Shipley; Lou I Sum-merfletd- Albert Leland; Sea and Tom DMkell; Prof. PV.S Retd; Tom Matlock; fas Mat lock; George Gray, deputy sher iff u ruler Tommy Aver; John Hughe; Jean Campbell; Tom Howard; Joseph llocket; Ada Jones; Jim Mitchell; Clyde Brook; George Fell; Sterling and Grover Smith; Molly (Gilliam! Johnson; Ike Bascy; Al Kmer on; Billy Stewart; Old Blind Jim. Indian; Rev. Pot wine. priest; Gertrude Janes, married Hank Vance; Fred Bartholomew; WiUa Minor; Essie Leezcr: Nel lie and Minnie Phillip: George and IMrry Phillips: Forest Crlan; Harrv Brian: Ora Vaughn, den tist's n; Elmer and Reuben Wills: Judd and Fred Hart, lived upstairs at depot; Jim and Fred Elder: Hansen and Florence Huches: Phronia. Tracy and Liz zie Litchlnthal. Ora Vaughn. Zoe Patterson: Bessie and Klza Sutton: Nellie Gordon ; Joslo Danner; Pre Looney; Cora and Mabel Shipley. These are Just a part of some of the old timers, like me. Sincerely. (). M Yeager Castle Rock. Wn. i hfi.it ch In our t'nlted State ol America. The children would be interr.ied In getting anwer from our law maker. The Ani mal IVfcnder l-eague, tU ILU Htland. On-iron, would be In terealed In the anwet they re ceive. , t Sincere bet wUhea fur trying to maka a better world to live In. Mr l-'U Wlinhesler liox 4d Heppner, Oregon Dear Editor, What could be more shame ful or disgraceful as a nation under God to allow such detest able conditions to exist, as people all over the United States are doing by advertising am mats for sale for laboratory use such as the new February Ltfa magazine describes, shows pic tures and exposes the atrocities. To think our government al lots thousands and thousands of dollars (taxpayers' money) to buy these animals for such cruel purposes Is hard for the human mind with any compas slon or conscience to com pre hend. Life magazine should be comollmented and hk'hlv Drain ed for exposing these horrid facts to the public. Now, per haps, something can be done to protect the negleced animals who have been neglected long too Ion?. Who knows, It may be your pet next. I m afraid to let any of my four dogs out of my sight now. Three of them are Heinz mutt varieties, but wouldn't take $1000 a piece for any of them if I thought It would end up in a vivisection experiment laboratory to be tortured to death. Even in town the size of Heppner many dogs are disappearing Into thin air. . Some people are indifferent to tne suffering of dumb animais. Your concern makes tne diirer ence between hope and despair for these creatures, who cannot talk or say one single thing to defend themselves. Please write at once to your Representatives and ask for their help in making national laws to end these damnable evil atrocities to helpless creatures all over the United States from having to exist in dog camps as inhumane and cruel as tne uer man concentration compounds. People who have surplus, un wanted animals should have them put to death painlessly by vets and not just dumped some where for the dognappers to pick up and chain In dump yards to die slow deaths of star vation. freezing, smothering to death or being cramped into cages so small that they could not even stand, such as was pic tured and described in Life. My sympathy and compassion goes out to any old scroungle mutt of a mongrel as much as a well bred pedigreed dog, be cause they are all made of the same stuff: flesh, blood, bones, and nerves; get hungry, thirsty, lonely and feel fright, discom fort and pain Just as you do "Do to animals as mougn you were an Animai. You are one yourself! Teachers, why don't you have some of your science classes write their views to me wnue House on what they think of the vicious treatment animals go r -I r .11 ramny rarewen Honors Member By MARTHA MATTXSON MONUMENT A farewell par ty wa given by the family of One Hunt last TuewUy even ing at the home of hi brother and family, the Kill Hunt. The party honored him before lie left for service In the army. ThoM present were hi moth er. Mr Recta Hlnton. Mr. and Mr. Pale Hunt and two daugh ter. Mr. and Mr Ltlburn Hunt and daughter Sallv. Mr. Gra de Matteon and three child ren. Mr. and Mr. Kill Hunt. Dianne and AMn. Charlie Hunt and the honor guet Gene Hunt. Mr. Freda Tulih and Mr. L Inghels of Pendleton were host for a tupperware party la.M Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mr. Fred McWllli. Three were 12 ladle and three men pre- ent. . Mr. and Mr. France Ft and Mavnard Hamilton motored to Boise. Idaho last week, return ing home Friday evening. Kill Hunt took hi brother. Gene Hunt to John Day early Wednesday morning where he left by bu for Boise, Idaho to be Inducted Into the army. Mr. and Mr. Dale Hunt and two daughters came from Burn last Wednesday f a visit wnn hi mother, brother and lter. t mn.i tr it W Scott and non Robin drove to Portland last Tuesday on busines. returning home Wednesday night. Mjs. Ann Cow den of Portland arrived last Thursday evening to spend the week-end with her four grandchildren and their mother, Mr. France Noland. Elmer Mattcson and Bill Chance made a buslne trip to Long Creek on Saturday. Mr. and Mr. Dale Hunt ana family moved from Burn on Saturday Into the Cloe Page house while he will be employ ed at the Tom Campbell ranch. Cub Scouts neid a meeting i the home of their den mother. Jessie Scott, on Monday after noon. ... A birthday party was neiu Sunday evening after church services for Mrs. Kllen loore. College Program To Aid Children t'malllU and M.wrow county ......... i .-1,11.1,-m khn have dllll cultle In reading and learning re now w-ing given uii menlarv whoollng at Blue Mountain Community College, The additional training la being conducted at lb college under a program adopted lat month fHho.il official In the college' twoOHinty dutrlct were notified of the program I at week Fifteen children are now enrolled and everl more are being tested for later en rollment. ... The proaram I Intended l uiHl'ment the child formal achoollng and to mvw in-n on Ivm ituur lecnmqur. Children may ( piacru in mm ............ ..itlixr tiv narenta or by Mhool official with paren tal approval. Student may be enrolled directly with the l paitmcnt of Psychology ami CounM-llng. Blue Mountain Col lege, or througn me oui inm-m clinic. Eatern Oregon Hpital and Training Center. lVndleton. Test and evaluation are u.i.w.i t.u ta mlli-ir and tTJlluwi it a ' ' - - the hoapltal before children are accepted In the iwogram. Indi vidual student help elon are conducted at tne rviirgr. won hour to Ik? arranged by Don ald AmsN-rry. Blue Mountain College program director. COMMUNITY I ) BILLBOARD V, Two More Make Roll Turn hnvi were Inadvcrtcntl V omitted from the Heppner High school honor roll for the second nine weeks, rnev were kuskcu Kilkenny and Steve Wagen hi act hnth with 3 33 crade point averages. Steve also wa on the semester honor roil wun a o jj CPA. Coming Events HEPPNER HIGH BASKimiAIX Friday. February 11. Heppner v. Madra Heppner High gym Javveea, 6:30 p.m., Varsity 8:00 pm. Saturday. Feb. 12. Heppner v. Sherman County at Moro Support the Mustang! COWBFLLE MCTmNG Morrow County Cow Belles luncheon meeting Friday. Feb. 11 Heppner Grill dining room. 1 p m. Visit of slate president. SCOUT BANQUET Cub Scouts. Boy Scout, joint pot luck dinner Heppner High cafetor I u m. 6:30 P.m. Scouts and parent. GOLDEN AGE CLUB Tuesday. Feb. 15 Episcopal Parish Hall Potluck dinner. 7 p.m. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency r. O. Box 247 tH. 676-9625 Bsppaac PERSONALIZED STATIONERY GIFT THAT LASTS ALL YEAR LONG I Give beautiful Art Point Personalized Stationery It reflects the writer' special charm . . . makes her letters so much more intimate and precious. Many lovely original designs to choose from lrt dainty vellum or delicate sheers, smartly plain, decorative and colorfull Your good taste will be appreciated! TUT? Zuam .&8iS3 A 11M -"17 ..TL....' HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES
