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WINNERS I $200 Union FoclHe colleae scholar.hips are Richard f. Hall (right).
MUrt L. Stoddard. H.rmLton. Charles W. Mankt. UF agricultural ag.nt presented lramed
certtilcates to 13 FTA youths at itate eoentl w.
Sports Round Robin
Eyed in A-2 Circuit
To be or not to tie."
That I the question on the
protMmed round robin schedule
In the Greater Oregon athletic
league, which Includes A-2 high
schools of eastern Oregon.
A ioxsed at a meeting at
the time of th district basket
ball tournament In La Grande
recently, the league might be
unified o that all schools would
Slav round robin schedules In
nsketbnll and football, elimin
ating the two divisions.
ThU brought some oposltlon
from ome of the eastern coach
es, but was approved bv a ma
jority vote. This would mean
that Heppner and other teami
of the west would Include Vale,
Nvssa and Enterprise on their
regular schedules. In turn, the
three eastern schools would play
full schedules including those
of the present western division.
This would make it possible
to eliminate the district basket
ball tournament and league
football playoff since the league
winners would earn the right to
go to the state tourneys as the
district tltllsts.
But when the matter reached
the Oregon School Activities As
sociation at a meeting Inst Fri
day, It caused a stir In the ranks
of the board members with
some opposition coming from
a Nyssa member. Instead of
being endorsed the matter was
left unsettled.
. Supt. David Potter of Morrow
county schools and Athletic Dir
ector Bob Clough of Heppner
High attended the OSAA meet
ing and a league meeting again
early this week at La Grande.
They reported the vote count
now stands 7 to 2 In favor of
the round robin schedule, but it
still cannot be resolved.
Clough said that Enterprise
Is allying with the schools of
the western division.
However, because the OSAA
has decided to leave the mat
ter open for study until Novem
ber, 1966, it apparently cannot
be settled until that time.
Maureen Doherty
Chosen Princess
Maureen Doherty. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Doherty,
has been selected as a princess
of the Spray rodeo, which will
be held In May, It was an
nounced this week.
Maureen. 17, Is a senior at
Heppner High school and Is a
blond. She Is a member of the
National Honor Society.
Active In 4-H, Maureen won
many prizes at the county fair
last year. Including all-around
showman. She has been riding
horses for five years and Is very
enthused about It, even riding
In snow storms, her mother
states.
Maureen will have a chance
to become queen of the rodeo.
Selection Is based partly on tick
et sales and she will be con
tacting many of those in this
area who may be interested In
the rodeo.
Ruby Fulleton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton,
was a princess at the Spray ro
deo last year.
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Ernie Stranz of Wahtonka.
president of the western dlvts
'on. expressed the fi-ellng of the
division at the OSAA meeting
IhsI week when he said, "We
lust want a representative num
ber of games plavcd by the
team that goes Into the play
offs from our district, so we
have voted to play five league
games or a representative sched
ule." As the lineup seems to stand
presently, the following will
comprise the west: Enterprl.ni,
Heppner, Sherman county. Wah
tonka. Bums, Grant Union, and
Madras. In the eastern division
remain only Vale and Nyssa.
Buchanan Says
State Aid Needed
Property tax relief must come
frnm i ho Ktnti level In the form
of additional aid to education,
said Martin Buchanan of Milton-
Freewater at a meeting of
the Morrow County rarmers un
ion Tik.viIhv niht tit the home
of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. CuLsforth.
Buchanan, candidate for rep
resentative from the 28th legis
lative district and a memoer oi
I ha ninth's tnv Mtudv LTOUl). 8Uld
that the proposed l1; per cent
tax limitation would only mul
tiply present tax problems.
He said that wnen more man
t-irw.friiirtha nf t llr tax dollar
Is used for educational purpos
es, the jocal property owners
must have adamonai neip in
shouldering the local and state
wide tax burden.
State aid will have to be in
croiised to 50 Der cent of the
cost of education, he said.
Where to get the additional
aid money Is getting close study
by the State Tax siuay lomrau
li it is hooed to have a
recommendation for the next
session of the legislature.
Some of the farmers present
stated their opposition to a sales
tnv Thpv stated that such a
tax would have to be paid by
the farmer even tnougn nis op
eration for the year showed a
loss. They expressed the opin
ion that a tax on ability to pay
is more fair.
The Farmers Union meeting
was held at the Cutsforth home
because of a conflict In sched
uling at the announced meet
intt rtinr-o tho old cltv library.
A civil defense class on radio
logical monitoring was held
there Tuesday night.
Floyd Jones Champ
In Cow Cutting
Floyd Jones entered the Cen
tral Oregon cow cutting contest
at Madras over the week-end
and emerged as champion In
the novice class.
He rode the 4-year old geld
ing Tat Brady and competed
with 182 entered from several
western states.
Jones, former chairman of the
Morrow county rodeo committee
and presently a member of the
fair board, received a trophy
and a cash award.
John Venard also attended the
Madras events.
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in School Budget
;Dick Flaiz Wins
;UP Scholarship
' Two FFA voulh In this aw
have been named winners of
j$2n0 Union Pacific college schol-
a rsklil f tit
j Richard F. Flaiz of Heppner
and Herbert L. Stoddard of
llermlston were among 13 vo
n.ni norir-itlfiiro ntudents In
Oregon to receive scholarship
certificates at the FFA conven
tion lat week at Bend.
Both are seniors. Each plan
to enroll at Oregon State Unlver
r,ltv this fall and maor In ag
rlcultural education. They will
receive their check at that
time. The railroad requires that
recipient attend one of 15 ag
ricultural colleges In the west.
Mnce the Inception of the
scholarship program In 1921 the
Union Pacific has awarded
SsiKMMiO to approximately 10.'
(XX) FFA and 411 youths In the
198 counties that It serves.
For FFA the seohlarship is
awarded on the basis of a su
perior farming program, schol
astic record and leadership In
community affairs.
Meeting Called
For Republicans
An Important meeting of the
Morrow County Republican Cen
tral Committee has been called
by Mrs. Herman VS'lnter, county
chairman, for Wednsday even
Ing. March 31). at 8:00 p.m. It
will be held In the conference
rooms of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon. ,
Called to the meeting are all
members of the central commit
tee, the executive committee,
and Republican candidates for
county offices, and (or) their
campaign managers.
Proposed Zoning
Ordinance Printed
Proposed Morrow county
zoning ordinance, designed to
include all lands north of the
Base Line is published on
pages 2 and 3 of section 2 of
this issue of the Gazette
Times. , A . .
The ordinance Is printed in
full In order that all In the
county may have access to a
copy for study. A limited sup
ply' of reprints will be avail
able through the county court
house. , ,
At the present time hearings
are being held on the propos
al with one set for the A. C.
Houghton school, Irrlgon,
Monday, March 28, at 8 p.m.
At this time, those Interested
may state their views on the
proposal and give suggestions
for or against the ordinance.
This hearing Is for Informa
tional purposes only. Formal
hearings will follow at a later
date. Sometime ago a similar
meeting was held at Board
man. Those receiving the paper
are requested to save the copy
of the ordinance. While It is
not the Intention to establish
it at the present time In the
southern part of the county,
it Is quite possible that a sim
ilar ordinance will be pro
posed at a later time for this
part of the county or the same
ordinance may be amended to
include also the southern por
tion of the county.
Number 4
B W aT m 1 m aBw
10 cents
Hearing
Proves Calm
Session
Morrow county's whool budg
et fr lfi i7 rvoki-d no srrlous
ohjortlon when it was present
ed at the colled budget hear
ing Tuesday night at the Hepp
ner elementary school. i
Members of the budget roin
mittee and whool official pres
ent outnumbered the ret of the
audience. In fact, only three of
the six In the audience rould
be considered as "Interested cit
izens' and two of them Fred
Martin and L. E. Dick are for
mer m hool bnard mcmU-r. Mr.
Hill (Jane i l:awltns was the
third Newspatcr reporters and
Principal Jack Grossnickle were
the only others there.
Superintendent David Potter
went through the buduet. sec
tion bv Mil l.xi. pointing out
changes from the budget lor the
current year.
He stressed that except for
three areas, the budget is about
the same as for the previous
year, even showing a small de
crease In the total amount al
lowed for Instruction.
Thra Axaas Up 1
The three arras accounting
for the Increase of some $56.J00
In tax levy are; 1. Increase In
social security tup some ST.
no). 2. Increase In capital out
lay (up approximately 1X2.5001.
.1. An allowance recommended
by the auditor to provide for
S',,. of the contemplated tax
levy as being uncollectable In
the current year as compared
with only 3"i allowed in previ
ous years. This Increases this
Item in the budget by some $18,
000. Other sections of the budget
show small in Teases In some
parts and siriM decreases in
others.
Only change voted at the
hearing was to include $3,000
more under resources contem
plated from state basic school
support. The budget estimated
that $193,500 would come from
this source, but the state, since
the budget was prepared, has
notified the district that its
share will be In the neighbor
hood of $198,000. The addition
al sum is to be Included in the
budget to reduce the amount of
the tax levy required by the
amount of the additional sum.
Supt. Potter pointed out that
some of the items under cap
ital outlay were set up as "star
red Items" and could be reduced
if the public and the budget
committee chose to do so.
Laundry Talked
Among these Is the item of
$6000 for laundry equipment at
Heppner Elementary schooL the
plan being for the equipment
to serve the high school as well.
This figure would be for 'pur
chase of new equipment but the
board has not yet determined
to make the purchase. Second
hand equipment might be ob-
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Public Invited
To Band Festival
Heppner High school will be
host Friday and Saturday for a
Spring Band Festival, with high
school bands from six schools
participating.
Schools taking part are lone,
Riverside. Umatilla, Stanfield,
Echo and Heppner.
Friday will be devoted to su
pervised Individual and section
rehearsals, with an evening con
cert featuring each band In two
numbers, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Massed band, made up of all
the schools, will be heard In a
concert of 10 numbers Saturday
evening, starting at 8:00 p.m.
Admission tickets of $1.00 and
50c will be good for both even
ing concerts.
Season's Final
Skiing This Week
If vou haven't had your fill
of skiing at Arbuckle Mt. this
season, vou have only one
more chance to enjoy the sport
here, Bob Henry announces.
Tow will operate "on the hill"
this week-end. and then it will
close for the season.
The bus will operate on its
last trip on Saturday.
Although snow is still some
five feet deep, the coming of
spring brings other Interests,
and it is expected that turnouts
from now on will not be suffic
ient to cover cost of operation.
Death Claims Al Lamb;
ervsces Held Today
t Pictures on Psge 41
Al I-arnb, C2. one of Morrow
county's foremost citizens and a
man of statewide and national
prominence, died In providence
hospital. 'lland, Monday.
March 21, after an Illness of
some two months.
lie was mayor of Heppner,
manager of the Morrow County
Grain Growers. Inc., and sect,
tarv of the Morrow County port
('(iiumi!vftlon.
Funeral service were todav.
Thursday. March 21. at 2.0U
pm. at the Heppner Mks tern
i.le with Walter Nelson of th
ihrl-tin Faith. Fruitland. Ida
ho, officiating. Vault Interment
was at Heppner Masonic ceme
tery. Judge Jones Says
'Loss Deeply Felt'
Loas of Al Lamb will t
deeply fM not only In tha
county but lUawhtrf as wall.
County Judga Foul Jonas aaid
attar haanng of Mayor Lamb's
death Monday.
"Al'f daath comes as a qrvat
shock to me." tha Judj said.
"It has bn a pririlags to
hart ben associated with him
ever tbo yaars that h has
lived in Heppner.
"I do not remember any
other person who, coming as
a stranger to our county, has
had tho impact on It that Al
Lamb has bad through these
few, short years.
"His loss will be deeply
felt In all the many areas of
locaL county and state activ
ities to which be gore so free
ly of his time and ability."
County Welfare Budget
To be Down in Coming Year
A tentative budget of $93. !
11 nn na acLictanrfl u.n ATI
1 1 1 .VJ t 11 a.wJiMii.v r W
proved for the 1906 67 fiscal
year at the March 3 meeting of
the Morrow County Public Wel
fare l-ommission. accorainK oj
Judge Paul Jones, chairman. Of
this amount. $14,672.51 is the
county share. Federal and state
monies fund the balance. The
v... . f iQT..ftfi u.-n alinrat.
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ed at $110,833.00 with the coun
ty fchare being i3,w.'ju.
- Lowell Chally, administrator,
savs the anticipated decrease in
expenditures appears to be
largely due to Increased OAM
.rail ohm 1 1 nf surnlus
IM-Ut-lllS. OT.w..j -
foods and a general healthy eco-
citniliAn in thp COUnt V.
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The present budget for the com
ing year would have been even
less, he explained for the In-
elusion oi a wui coum un
derpayment for 1964-63.
Aid to Dependent Children
ftiWUIIIS v - - -
ditures at $20,375.00, followed
bv Old Age Assistance ui i"c
amount of $18,437.00. The bal
ance is distributed over General
Assistance Foster Care. Aid to
the Disaoiea. ana iueun.i
to the Aged. The surplus food
costs are absorbed by the coun
ty, Judge Jones said. Adminis
trative costs relative to adop
tions, rent salaries and other
expenditures are absorbed by
the State.
Concerning surplus foods, the
commission encourages all ell-
Spring Opening
Event Next Week
Heppner merchants will stage
their Spring Opening and pre
Easter merchandising events
next week as a combined pro
motion. Mrs. Everett (Elma)
i m nrA Hnntv CO-
chairmen, announce. Dates will
be Friday ana ;aiuiuajf,
1 and 2. .
Spring opening was uriK"'"'
ly scheduled for mid-March, but
It was decided to postpone it
and combine the events into
Special bargains, new spring
merchandise and other attrac
tions are scheduled for the
event. There will be free park
ing in town on Saturday, April
2.
Merchants planning to run
advertising in the Gazette
Times in connection with the
event are urged to have eppy
ready early because of the lar
ger paper expected.
Big Wind Causes
Power Outages Here
High winds Saturday morn
ing caused power outages of a
total duration of about a half
hour, Harlev Young, manager of
Columbia Basin Electric Coop
erative, reported.
Crews had been engaged In
moving a powerline from near
the highway on the north side
of town above the highway. A
wire left dangling was blown
into the highllne, causing a
short-circuit. Some delay was
experienced because service
had to be restored by switching
nt Hermiston.
Il'.ni.farv pall M-arers were
Congressman Al L'llman. John
Savage, I'larence ftoM-wall. Paul
Jones Walter Jacobs and Har
lan M'l'urdy, all close friends
and asMKlatc.
Casket bearers were men of
Morrow County Grain Growers.
Including Donald Bennett. Ja k
Healy. Hugh Salter. George Still,
man. P.lley Munkers and Klwyn
lluk'hrs
Mayor Lamb's activities ex
tended Into many areas. Includ
ing agricultural. buines. rlvlc.
political, fraternal and youth
work. Besides being mayor,
manager of the Grain Grower.,
und an elected commissioner of ;
the Morrow County port torn
mlilon. be was chairman of the'
M.rrow County Democratic Cen-!
LAMB
gible persons to apply for them.
The store is open the first two
Thursday afternoons of the
month at the Case Building in
Hennner. Presently the follow
ing "take home" monthly In
come to qualify Is as follows:
1 person $128.00, 2 persons
$193.00. 3 persons $22L00 4
persons $258.00, 5 persons
$288.00. 6 persons $328.00. 7
persons $357.00, 8 persons
$386.00, 9 persons $411.00. 10
persons $426.00. Income scale
will tw increased S25.00 for each
additional person above 10. Cash
reserves or SjOO.oo ior l aaun
and $1000.00 for 2 or more
adults, are allowable!
PTA Group Eyes
Ways of Securing,
Holding Teachers
First in a series of Heppner
PTA study groups on the sub
ject of attracting and retaining
good teachers for the Morrow
County school district was held
Monday March 21, In the ele
mentary school multipurp o s e
room.
Mrs. William Rawlins was
chairman and attendance in
cluded three other parents, one
administrator, ana wo ie
era. The meeting was a general
consideration of school policies,
public attitudes and desirable
improvements as preliminary to
more detailed treatments of
certain subjects in later meet
ings. Subjects to be studied during
the course are: teacher turnov
er, community responsibilities
to teachers, inservlce training
and counselling for teachers,
policies of hiring teachers and
renewing contracts, and what
good teachers look for in a job.
It was resolved that the pur
pose of the meetings be prac
tical measures of improvement
in the treatment of teachers
rather than trying to attach
blame for past mistaKes, ana a
policy of consulting past and
present school board and advis
ory members was decided upon.
the next meeting of this study
group will be held on Monday,
March 28, 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the
multipurpose room of the ele
mentary school.
A report will be given by Ed
Dick on the history of the dis
t.u. artA ha riovplnnment of
board policies which affect the
present worKing conaiuoiu oi
our teachers. This will include
figures on teacher turnover in
recent years. The meeting will
be open to all members of the
school district and group dis
cussion will follow Dick's report
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of March 17-23 is as fol
lows:
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Hi Low Free.
48 35
62 33 .10
40 31 .04
48 31
43 24
51 26
55 28
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesda:
Snow
tral committee and was cam-
Calgn manager fr Congressman
llman. having served In this
role during the campaign of the
past two election years.
National Director
He was a director of the Na
tional Council of Farmer Coop
eratives and had attended a
meeting In Washington, D. C.
In that capacity In January, J tut
prior to suffering his fatal ill
Lamb was a past president of
the Oregon Council of Farmer
Cooperatives and formerly was
president of the managers' asso
ciation of North Pacific Grain
Growers. He was a director, too,
of the c r cgon-Was h I n g to n
Farmers Inion.
Ht was a past international
counsellor of the Lions club and
had also served as a district
giA'crnor. He Joined the lone
Lions club when It was formed
in lone M-vcral years ago and
continued his activity in that
organization In Morrow county.
His Interest In youth was
shown by his work as an exec
utive board member of Blue
Mountain touncil. Boy Scouts of
America.
In Hsl he served as president
of the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce and had
txin a director as well as serv
ing In other capacities in that
organization. He was also a
member of the Elks lodge No.
3o8.
On Trod Mission
One of the most notable rec
ognitions he received in recent
years was his appointment to
serve as a member of the U. S.
Trade Development Mission to
Africa In 19W tor the United
States Department of Commerce.
On that trip he and other mem
bers of the mission met with
heads of governments in middle
Africa. He also Journeyed on to
Lambarene in Gabon to visit
with Dr. Albert Schweitzer who
died last year.
Albert Franklin Lamb was
born December 10. 1903. in Yam
hill, Oregon, son of Alva F. and
Clara Mae Thomas Lamb. He
was married to Bernice Baldwin
of Hamsburg in Salem on Sep
tember 2a 1327.
From 1939 to 1919 he was as
sistant manager of the Blue
Lake Packers In Salem, and
then went to Puyallup, Wn,
where he was manager of the
Farmers Union Berry cooperat
ive for three years. Lamb then
went to Denver, Cola, for a short
time before accepting the po
sition as manager of the Mor
row County Grain Growers in
late 1952.
Elected Mayor
He became a city councilman
in Heppner on January 21, 1955,
and was elected mayor in No
vember, 1960. He started in that
office on January 3, 1961, and
held it until the time of his
death.
Because of his civic, commu
nity and Agricultural interests.
Lamb had an important part in
many developments oi signifi
cance to Heppnens. and Morrow
county. He had worked actively
on planning for development in
tne north end of the county
through the port commission.
Tnrough the Chamber of Com
merce and. his mayoralty .he
played an important part on
progress made to date on secur
ing the Willow Creek project
He became a recognized author
ity in the grain industry and
had outstanding influence on
its development in the North
west as well as helping to form
legislation of benefit to grow
ers. Lored Outdoors
He loved the outdoors and en
joyed spending time In the
mountains southeast of Hepp
ner. After one such outing he
leported sufiering a "blackout"
while driving on a mountain
road and entered a hospital for
treatment He had previously
been troubled with a blood clot
on his leg.
After the hospital treatments,
he said he felt much better and
within a month or two took the
trip to Washington, D. C, in
January, going by air.
After returning to Portland, he
attended some meetings and vis
ited with relatives for a day or
two. Then, upon driving home,
he felt ill at The Dalles and
called for his family to come
and get him.
Within a few days he enter
ed the hospital here apparent
ly suffering from a stroke. He
was transferred recently to Port
land with the hope that spe
cialized treatment would bring
about his recovery and he seem
ed to be improving until last
week when a fever developed.
Although his family and
friends realized his condition
was serious, his death Monday
came as a severe shock.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bernice Lamb of Heppner;
three sons, Harry of Seattle. Wn.,
Kenneth of Irrlgon and Wayne
of Heppner: a daughter, Dorothy
Cunningham of Ontario; nine
grandchildren: his mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lamb
of Salem; and three brothers,
Roy and Virgil of Salem and
Lester of Albany.
The family advises that those
who may wish to express them
selves in his memory may make
donations to Pioneer Memorial
hospital. ,
Sweeney Mortuary was In
charge of arrangements.