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7th Annual Meet
Calls Cow Cutters
Cow cutters from throughout
the North writ will be In Hepp
ner Saturday and Sunday for the
M-vcnth annul M'rlng meet nixn
orr.l by the YVranuhvs rluh.
Advance entries Indicate thnt
the field thl year may reach
50 cutter, (ictie I'lcrce, ms-rc-tnrv.
nn lil.
The program will mart In the
covered arena at the fairgrounds
at 7:.K p.m. Saturday and will
resume at D:30 am. Sunday.
Chance have been mud' In the
program this year to ovlde
just four events Junior novice,
novice, registered and open.
Junior novice la for hnraea
which have won leaa than $100
and fof novice riders. Novice I
for horse which have won lens
t hn S.VM) and any rider.
Hila vear. $100 ha tccn add
ed to the oH'tt at a trophy for
the event and $.V) hnN been add
ed to the novice division. The
other two events will have horse
blanket as trophies, I'lcrce
said.
Women's cutting, team Top
Inu nd barrel ruclmi have been
removed from the lint of events,
but a Wranglers I'lovduy will
be held Sunduy afternoon at
the Wrangler grounds, sturtlng
at 1 p.m. During the pluyday,
a HtM-clul OiiltA barrel racInK
event will bo held.
Ralph Bcamcr U chairman of
of the cow cutting meet, and
Mrs. Alice Vance will help
I'lcrce as assistant secretary.
Hcrcc will also act as announ
cer. I Tho public Is welcome, to at
tend the cow cutting meet and
the Wranglers playday. There Is
no charge for spectators to either.
County Budget Total Set $670,00
Little League
Trials Slated;
Work Day Set
One sure sign that spring Is
here Is the announcement Irom
the Junior Chnmtwr of Com
merce that Utile I,cuKue organ
ization lime Is at hand.
The Javcees have scheduled
a work day at the Utile League
field at the fairgrounds Satur
day at 2 p.m. anil have set the
Saturdays of April 23 and 30 for
Little Lcacue tryouts.
Hurley Sager, who Is In charge
of the Little League commit
tee for the Jiivifes this year, said
that nil fathers and others In
terested are asked to be at the
field this Saturday at 2 p.m. pre
pared to help In getting the
field and facilities In shape for
the coming season. They will
clean up the field, mow grass,
repair dugouts and backstops
and do other work felt neces
sary. On the next two Saturdays
the 23rd and the 30th tryouis
will be held at 11 a.m. for 11
and 12 year-olds at the field and
at 1 p.m. on each of the Satur
days for the 9- and 10-year-olds.
On the same two Saturdays,
members of last year's teams
nre to report at 11 a m. to their
respective managers at the field.
These managers are Lindsay
Klncutd. Indians, Dave Method,
Dodgers; Dr. Robert Todd,
Braves; and Tom Hughes.
Giunts.
Last year's team members do
not need to tryoul for play this
year.
Indians were tho league cham
pions last year.
Any hoy who will be nine by
August 1 Is eligible to try out.
Those whb play may not be
come 13 years of age In-fore
August 1. Soger s ild, too, that
Insurance rates have gone up
this year, and It will be neces
sary to charge $1.50 Instead of
the $1 that was charged last
year.
Speaker Coming
For Annual IB,
Health Meeting
Dr. Samuel B. Osgood. Port
land, division director of local
health services for Oregon State
Hoard of Health, will be guest
luncheon spenker at the annual
meeting of the Morrow county
council of the Oregon Tubercu
losis and Health Association
next Thursday noon, April 21,
i at the Wagon Wheel dining
i room.
I Dr. Osgood will speak to the
council officers, directors and
siH-clal guests about current
health legislation proposed ft
the State of Oregon.
Members of the Soroptlmlst
club will join the health asso
ciation group (or the noon
luncheon, and will have the
privilege of hearing Dr. Osgood
talk.
Annual business meeting of
the health council will follow
the luncheon progrum.
Morrow county budget for
VX'IGI. printed for the first
time this week in this paper on
liitges 0 arid 7,' section 2, culls
tor total expenditures f $70,
97H, well within the fi limita
tion.
The budget was approved by
Hie budget committee on April
C, and public hearing has been
set lor Wednesday, May 4, at
1:30 p.m. at the county courthouse.
The total expenditures will be
some $131,000 greater than last
year's total of $539,585, but most
til the difference Is accounted for
In the general tnui fund where
resources, other than tuxes, art
placed at $2.'X),144 as compared
wllh $144,200 In 15 (Xi.
Resources In general roadti
show a cash carryover of $133,-
274, primarily from relief funds
that came following lust year's
floods.
Expenditures In Hie road de
partment are figured at $.'(44,144
lor the eorrdng year as compared
with $257,200 for the current
year.
Total taxes to he levied to
balance the budget will be up
li ss Hum $9,000. Taos levied
for Wi5 C6 were $20H,710 as com
pared with $'107,127 for the com
ing year. Of the latter figure,
$125,000 that approved by vot
ers as thj road serial levy will
not be subject to the 6 limita
tion, leaving $1)0,127 within the
six per cent limitation.
The county fair and rodeo de
partment budge In listed In de
tail for the flmt time this year.
Total expenditure arc placed at
$70,040, all coming Irom sources
other than a tax levy.
Hospital operating and main
tenance fund Is placed at $13,000
Oils year as compared with $9,
000 last year. General school
fund Is at $23,170 as compared
with $21,250.
As reported previously, the
county welfare budget Is down
from $15349 to $14,b72. A sum
of $2,000 Is allowed for county
parks, as compared with $1,050
for 1965-66. Also In the budget
Is $1,000 for repairs to the Ditch
Creek channel to divert water to
Willow Creek under the county's
water right.
The fair and rodeo depart
ment shows a sinking fund of
$25,000 and a $14,840 fund for a
grandstand, a start towards con
struction of a new grandstand
at the rodeo grounds.
Most of the county officials
will receive no salary Increases
for the coming year, the budget
shows. Commissioners will be
raised from $1450 per year to
$1000, but other elective offlc
ials hold to the same salaries as
for 1965-66
At the May 4 hearing, the pub
lic Is Invited to attend and ex
press suggestions, criticisms or
proposed changes to the budget.
83rd Year
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Number 7
GAZE!
W HEPPNER
TC-TTME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 14, 1966
10 cents
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Voter Signup
Deadline Nears
ThoM who are not registered
to vote have only until April
23 to register If they wish to
vote In tho primary election on
May 21. Mrs. Sadie I'arrlsh,
County clerk, states.
Registration may be complet
ed nt the courthouse In the of
flcfl of the clerk, or with any
of the registrars elsewhere In
Ihe cour.ty. These are as follows:
lone, I'narles O'Connor; Board
man, Mrs. Zearl Gillespie; Lex
ington, Mrs, Klden Padberg;
and Irrlgon, Mrs. Marguerite
Houghton.
Any who voted here In the
elections of 1!K4 will be regis
tered, but uny who came new
to the county, any women who
have been married and any who
have moved to different pre
R-l Board Reverses
Action, Hires Coach
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Directors of Morrow county
school district R-l reversed a
previous action and offered a
one-year contract to Coach Jim
I li I Potter when it met in regular
session Tuesdav nleht at Riv-
' J3( , erside.
I '4 Two directors voted In favor
j oi ouenng tne contract ana
tnree aixeaors anstainea irom
i voting. At a previous meeting
i 1 two directors voted for rehiring
iiic luaiu aim iviu wicu
against.
I At the Tuesday meeting a del
egation of Heppner High stu
dents and parents came to speak
and request that Potter be otter
ed a contract Tim Tullls, stu-
j aeni ooay presiaeni, preseniea
4 a petition which reportedly car
4Sj , ried the names of 179 students.
"DIMICO" la tha noma of this custom-mad hardtop which Dick Roblsoa, ibowu with tb racr,
will enter at th Rockat Spaadwar. Pilot Rock, at it makes its debut on the trade. The name U
a combination of th names of Dick TlbbUon, Mike Gray and Gen Col who mad It In spar
tlm ho ws oyer th past srwrri month. (CT Photo).
Heppner Hardtop
To Make Debut
At Pilot Rock
19 Schools to Compete
In Heppner Invitational
Heppner High's invitational
When the racing season opens .track meet is growing by leaps
at the Rocket Speedway, Pilot 'and bounds.
Rock. Sunday afternoon, a brand This was apparent with an-
n urillrh.!""' l"op from Heppner will 'nouncement by Coach Don Mc
right to register and vote
the
for
Un
first time.
Highway Job Here
Faces Some Delay
Work of reconstruct Ion of the
highway from the Hinton Creek
bridge In Heppner to some three
miles north of town will be de
laved several months. This was
the information given to the
Chamber of Commerce Monday
by Gene Pierce, president of tho
Bank of Eastern Oregon.
Pierce snld thnt ho had talk
ed with A. K. Parson of La
Grundo. division highway super
intendent, and wns informed
thnt some difficulty In connec
tion with railroad rights-of-way
ulong tho highway will cause
temporary delays.
It was originally planned to
let contract on the Job this
sivrlng, but Indications are now
thnt t!ie State Highway Com
mission will not let the contract
until August or September,
Pierce snld.
Two Dogs Victims
Of Poisoning Here
One of the most despicable
acts of s human being Is to de
liberately poison u dog or any
other pet.
Two dogs were poisoned in
Heppner Wednesday and suffer
ed painful deaths before the I
eyes of their owners,
School Budget
Passes, 208-70;
All Areas Favor
be entnred. Itlure that 19 schools will par
This Is the creation of three tlcipate In he meet here Sat
racing enthusiasts here - Dick Surday 13 of them class B schools
Roblson, the driver; Mike Mc-fll.slx ,n,,h,t,A 2 ranks; u
Cov and Gene Cole. L Lhe !hA yeaf nl.
Dick, who raced at Pilot Rock : "clu ,Bl ,'"L wa Kaunas wun
last year, has developed an en-1 , ie , Ilcl.d events .8l.aurtinR Pfe
thuslnsm for the sport. nnu clsely at noon and the running
Mike and Gene, each of whoraev, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
operutes his own local garage I 'tc w111 b.c Parate com
and repnir shop, combined their Petitions for class A and class
mnhnni,.ai oKiiin... ir. iii n 1 B schools, the track coach said.
the racer j First National Bank of Oregon
Powered by a Chevrolet 6 cyl-lfnd Ban ?f Eastcn OreRn
Indor motor, the hardtop has 100 ; lve each Riven a trophy, one
hnRi.ni., whii .i.u i ( to go to the winning B school
One whs Clndv. the cute black 'great in comparison to today's a"d the others to go to the win-
spnnlel owned by the Kil Gontyjhigh steed cars, Robison points J fv !i!v i ,i
out that Its horse-power-to- . , V .
weight ratio Is "terrific." The ra- lncllvidual winners for the first
cor weighs 18(H) pounds. Tills, he six places in each event. McClure
scheduled for the big meet.
It is expected that some 250
athletes in all will be taking
part.
A-2 schoolj entered include
six from the Greater Oregon
League Sherman county, Grant
union, Burns, Madras, Wanton
ka and host Heppner,
Class B schools scheduled to
take part Include Weston, Hel
ix. Stanflcld, Riverside, Colum
bia Christian of Portland, Cas
cade Locks, Condon, Echo,
Wheeler, Umatilla, Pilot Rock,
Athena and lone,
The public is Invited to come
and watch the meet.
family am' a constant compan
Ion to members of the family
for tlii' past five yens.
The othei was a dog owned says, makes the ratio equivalent
by John Gray, who with his! to f00 or tiOO horscKwer for an
f.'ither, Nick Gray, operates ordinary car.
Grnv's Kmldlcry. Chassis for the low-slung ve-
The Saddlery and Gonty's ! I'lelo was obtained from a "fel
store are located In ndinlnimr ! low in Pendleton." The three
buildings
tionty snld that the manner
In which Cindy died made It ob
vious that she was poisoned by
strychnine, and this was con
firmed by the veterinarian.
Gouty snld that a cat In the
neighborhood also died from
poisoning.
Others with pets In the nren
were warned that some coward
ly human Is nt large putting
( lit nolson food. What would he
dc if r small child were tempted
by his bolt?
Mayor Says City Zoning
To Help Solve Problems
Zoning, now In the process of had had planning In the past.
then custom built the "Dimlco"
from there, equipping it with
racing slicks Hires).
Robison, who operates a bar
ber shot) here, says that It is
built for safety as well as speed.
It has roll bars over the cock
pit, Is equipped with safety belts
and shoulder straps, and partic
ular attention in construction
was given to its cornering.
At the Rocket Speedway, Rob
ison will compete against rac
ers from Umatilla, Milton-Free-water,
Pendleton, Baker, La
Grande, Pilot Rock and other
places.
The program Sunduy Is ached
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formation in Heppner, might
helD control problems thnt could
come with the construction of
the Willow Creek dam. Mayor
W. C. Rosewall told members of
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce Monday.
Rosewall, who was named
chairman of both the county and
city planing commissions prior
to his election as mayor, dis
played maps showing proposed
areas for zoning in the city, In
cluding limited commercial, cen
tal commercial, residential, and
Industrial.
At the same time he pointed
out that the consultant from the
engineering firm of Cornell,
Howland, Hays and Merryflcld
had complimented Heppner be
cause it appeared as if the city
Each of the various classes of
structures are pretty well bunch
ed, and residential and commer
cial areas are not very much
In conflict. Tho consultant is
Richard Ivey, who also is doing
similar work for the county.
Mayor Rosewall explained
that the law requires an en
gineering firm to make a study
prior to a city's establishment
of zoning. The study here is fi
nanced on a matching basis
with the city, state and federal
governments sharing In the cost.
A proposed zoning ordinance
has been drawn and the city
commission is currently review
ing it. This will be completed at
ttie next meeting of the group,
Rosewall said.
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WEATHER
Official weather report for the
week of April 713 Is as follows:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
111 Low Phh;.
"2 40
TO 43
W 44 .00
62 40 .02
3(i
M 25
63 38
Forest Grove Man
Chosen Principal
James Kohl of Forest Grove
has born offered a contract as
principal of lone schools by the
directors of Morrow county
school district R-l. The action
was taken at their meeting
Tuesday night at Riverside High
school.
Kohl has served as vice prin
cipal of Banks High school for
l'j years. He will obtain his
master's degree from Pacific Un
iversity, Forest Grove, this sum
mer. Kohl is married and has
two children.
The new principal will suc
ceed Everett Holsteln who has
resigned after serving as high
school principal one year and
principal of both lone schools
lor two years.
Kenneth Batty and Dr. L. D.
Tibbies voted in favor of offer
ing the contract. Maxwell Jones,
Ralph Skoubo and Don McElli
gott abstained. Howard Cleve
land was absent. Irvin Rauch,
chairman, customarily does not
vote except to break a tie.
One speaker said that parents
felt it unfair for board mem
bers from towns other than
Heppner to tell Heppner schools
which coach they should hire.
Six Teachers Resign
Resignations of six teachers
were received and accepted by
the board. Gerald Jonasson, vo
cational agriculture teacher - at
Heppner High for a number of
years, resigned to go to ranch
ing with his father.
Roy Kirk, history teacher at
Heppner for several years, re
signed to go to Colorado, where
he will be with a sister.
Other ' resignations include
those of Elaine LaCombe, Board-
man; Harley Harris, Heppner
High social studies teacher; Mrs.
Naomi Leishman, Heppner first
grade teacher; and Dianne
Stone, Heppner High English
teacher who plans to be married.
Morrow county's 1966-67 ContracU Offered
school budget was approved by Contracts were offered to five
nearly a 3-to-l margin Tuesday i teachers. Mrs. Justine Knell of
with only a small percentage of iCorvallis will come to the sys
the county's registered voters, tem wtih three years teaching
casting ballots. experience. She has a maser's
The count was 209 yes to 70,deeree and both secondary and
no, i elementary teaching certificate.
Fnr-h of the s areas in the Her position nas not oeen as-
county where a polling place .signed as yet
was established returned affir- Robert Chilman of Caldwell,
mative margins for the budget laano, wui re nana instructor ai
Boardman s count was 36 yes ruversiae nign ana a. v.. nuugn-
to 3 no. At Rhea Creek, 11 voted j ton school, Imgon. He has a
Dacneior s aegree pius 43 nours.
Dorris Morris, now of Pendle
ton and formerly of Heppner,
will teach English at Heppner
High school.
Charles Carr of Monmouth is
to teach social studies at Hepp
ner High school. He has a bach
elor's degree.
Robert Byrd of Irrigon will
teach eighth grade and coach
at A. C. Houghton school. He
is presently teaching there,
being hired recently to fill a
vacancy. Byrd has a bachelor
degree.
Land Purchase Talked
Superintendent David Potter
reported that at a meeting with
representatives of the Boardman
Land Company Monday, no de
cision could be reached on a
mutuallv satisfactory Drice for
occurred last Wednesday near; the proposed purchase by the
Lovellet Coral, Loren Lucore, fire district of adjoining land to the
comroi omcer oi me aisirici, re-. Riverside High shcool site. The
In favor and only two were
against the budget.
Heppner brought out 83 affir
mative votes and 23 against,
while lone had 38 yes votes and
22 no votes. Irrigon approved
the budget. 27 to 18.
There are some 2100 register
ed voters in the county; hence
with 78 voting, only about 12
percent took the trouble to cast
ballots on the budget.
The budget calls for total ex
penditures during the fiscal
year of 51,381,543.
First Forest Fire
Covers Two Acres
First forest fire of the year
on tne Heppner ranger district
ported
The mn-caused fire started
from burning of slash. It was
brought under control quickly,
Lucore said.
Under rain of this week, some
of the district has been unus
ually dry for this time of the
I year, he said.
Students to Scour City on Cleanup
Good Samaritan
Banker Better
John Venard, manager of
the Heppner branch of the
First National bank, was dis
missed from Pioneer Memorial
hospital Tuesday after suffer
ing a painful injury while
rushing to aid a bank patron
a week earlier.
A man fainted in the bank
on Monday, April 4. Venard
ran to get a doctor and in so
doing snapped the Achilles
tendon near the heel of one
foot. He returned to the bank
with the doctor but had to en
ter the hospital himself and
remain there for a week.
He is in a cast from, his
thigh to his toes on the leg
that was involved In the In
jury, but Is making satisfacto
ry progress towards recovery,
Heppner High school students,
who In tho spring of 1965 came
out full force one day to con
duct a cleanup of the city, will
do the same thing again on Fri
day, April 29, Student Body Pres
ident Tim Tullls told members
of the Chamber of commerce at
their Monday luncheon meeting.
The high school will coord
inate its cleanup with the city
wide Cleanup, Fixup week pro
claimed by Mayor W. C. Rose
wall and with activities of
cleanup week, April 22, to 29,
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Tullls said that the school had
planned to conduct the spring
cleanup this year on May 13, but
changed the date to coordinate
with the Chamber and the city,
Students will divide the town
In four sections and classes will
compete to see which one does
the best Job.
Principal Clayton Norton said
that he would like adults to be
responsible for pickups and ve
hicles used In the cleanup and
said that faculty members will
work with the students,
Tullls said that students ap
preciated soda pop furnished
last year by the Chamber of
Commerce and Indicated that it
would be welcome again. The
students will conclude their
cleanup day with some gaiety
and games at the school,
Earl Soward reported on the
good work being done at lone
on a cltywide cleanup with
Mayor Jim Barnett spearheading
the project
"They're getting rid of all the
old cars, The garden club Is
really going at It there, and
Mayor Barnett Is proud of the
way people are going out to get
the city cleaned up," Soward
said.
Mayor Rosewall told members
of the Chamber, "Heppner will
be just as good as we want to
make it.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS It Is for the best
interest and benefit of the cit
izens of Heppner that their
'City present . a clean and
attractive appearance for the
better enjoyment and economy
of the residents and to create
a favorable Impression upon
our visitors, and
WHEREAS it Is necessary
and propei that ALL citizens
work together In cleaning up,
fixing up and painting up the
buildings and grounds of their
homes, business houses and
vacant lots;
NOW, THEREFORE U. C.
ROSEWALL, Mayor of the City
of Heppner, do hereby declare
the week of April 22 to April
29, 1966, to be Clean Up Week
in Heppner and earnestly so
licit the cooperation of every
citizen in this important pro
ject and In the continuing
care and maintenance of his
property for the beautification
oi our City.
W. & ROSEWALL, MAYOR
board has been seeking 9.2
acres of a 16.3 acre plot.
The company asks $2,850 per
acre for the land, but the dis
trict contends that average price
on lots in the new townsite is
$1,250. Representing the school
district at the meeting were Dir
ectors Rauch, Jones and Skou
bo, Supt. Potter, and Ron Dan
iels, Riverside High principal.
At the directors meeting Tues
day night, Skoubo moved that
the board hire an appraiser to
place a value on the land as
a basis for further negotiations.
Attorney Bob Abrams outlined
procedure necessary for the dis
trict to obtain the land by con
demnation. Other Actions
Skoubo gave a brief report on
the matter of teacher housing
in the Boardman area. He will
give a further report at the spe
cial meeting called by the board
to consider school policies on
April 21 at 8 p.m. at the Lex
ington school office. His report
will be relative to costs for the
district to build houses for the
teachers.
Jack Grossnickle, Heppner
elementary principal, said that
the committee on the laundry
at the elementary school is con
tinuing its study on the mat
ter. They have found it diffi
cult to find a time to meet.
A portion of the George prop
erty near Heppner elementary
school will be offered for sale
as a result of an action approv-
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