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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1966)
I ! I It A R Y U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE 97403 H Portions n raoer itii C we on Board Gives School Post To Sumner Jwk Sumner, who rnmhe in the KlHhlmllt! dlMrlet, wm rims en Thursday for the Morrow county school hoard to fill a vm-uinv created by (he n-slgna-lion of Howard t levelund. The ununlmouH H4Ut'llon was made- hv the hoard at this spe cial meetltiK after Sumner was nominated bv Director L. I). Tib bies. Uikw of resignation from Howard Cleveland hint bi-n read curlier In the meeting. In aiccntlliK the resignation, On board unanimously voted to end a letter of thanks to the former director. Cleveland's n-Algnatlon came loo lute In the year for nomi nees to 1m placed on the ballot for the Mav 2 school election to replace him. In tiuch u case, a Hilcwusor Ix elected hy (he hoard to iwrve until the end of the next fiscal year. The o mtlon. thus, will he U for elec Hon In the May, l'.HiV. election. Sumner graduated from Hepp ner High In l'.ttj and from Ore Kolt Stale University In I'.Mkl. lie tatiKht on a fellowship nt OSU In the agriculture (lciartnu-nt ihroiiKh the spring of last year. Housing, land purchasing and policies were oilier maor Items un the agenda at the mei-ting held In the l-oxlngton school of fice, Homing Conaldorod On mot ton of Director Max well June the board agreed to locate two lots In Bourdman ami one In lone suitable as tte for teacher housing. The motion also called for tt study of the district housing needs. Committee for the purpose in eludes Directors Jones, Ralph Skuoho and Don McKIUgott. Hon Daniels, llonrdman rlnclpiil, ml David letter, superintend out of schools. As to the land purchase, Dir ector Skouho moved that the board negotiate for 9.2 acres of laud adjacent to the northwest corner of the new Riverside High site, and this was passed. Director Kenneth Baity moved (Continued on page 8) County, College School Elections Due Monday P.M. Elections fur Morrow County School District K 1 and Blue Mountain Community College will be conducted simultaneous ly in this county Monday after noon. May 2, from 2 until 8 p.m. Two director of the district board and several udvlsory com mittee members are to be chos en in the county election, and two directors arc to bo elected for the Blue Mountain district. In addition, voters will cast bal lots on the college district budg et for i;HHi-67. All director candidates arc unopposed. Running for the county district board are Dr. L. I). Tibbies, Heppner, and Max well Jones. Irrlgon. Seeking re election on the college district hoard for four-year terms are Mike Kilkenny of Echo and Kuss Dnran of Hermlston. It was reported tlirough error In last week's paper that the terms are for five years. They are for four years. Blue Mountain budget lists to tal estimated expenditures at $H7.102. ltecelpts, other6 than taxes are $581,270. Amount to he raised by taxation Is $335, 832. spread over Umatilla and Morrow counties. Estimated levy to cover this amount is 2.74 mills across the 2-countv district. This Is an In- crease of some six-tenths of a mill above 1965-66. Increased enrollment of the college and a plan to bring the college library to standard are the principal reasons for the in crease. Construction of the vocational-technical building, now In progress, does not figure in the Increased budget since it is financed by a serial levy and federal and state funds. Polling places for the election are at Khea Creek Grange hall, Heppner Elementary sch o o 1, Ix?xlngton school office, lone High school, Klvcrside High school and A. C. Houghton school, Irrlgon. Voters will rec ommend two ballots one for the college and one for the county district. All registered voters are eligible to cast bal lots. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of April 21-27 is as follows: Hi Low Preo. Thursday 59 38 Friday 65 36 Saturday 72 38 Sunday 75 30 Monday 66 31 Tuesday 50 30 Wed used uy 61 35 83rd Year THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 28, lor- '.-!--.- : ARCHITECT'S SKETCH showi new vocational-technical building now under construction at Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton. This Is the second building on the new campus acroii from the state hospital. Enrollment at Blue Mountain J .' X PNwV ;.. A"1 MJRK BROWN S A LOTATORI AN Boy and Senior Class Named as valedictorian and saluiatorinn for Heppner High schools' June graduating class are Karen French and Mark Brown. Valedictorian. Karen Yvonne French, has a grade point av erage of 3.05 for the first seven .semesters of her high school career. During her years at HHS she has received only one sem ester grade lower than an A. Karen has participated In F1IA, I'ep Club, Girls' League, Science Club, and National Honor Soc iety. She held several offices In these clubs and was student body business manager when a junior. As a freshman she was secretary of her class. Karen was March of Dimes queen her freshman year and as a junior was named an al ternate to Girls' State. She hus sung In the chorus this year. She was winner of the local American Legion essay contest this year and nlso of the Betty Crocker contest for girls in Home making. Karen, who has a younger sis ter, Verlna, a junior, and Sus an, in grade school, is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond French. She plans to continue her edu cation at Oregon Statu Univer sity. Mark Christian Brown, salut atorlan has a grade point aver age to date of 3.83. Mark has placed first in sev eral local speech contests In cluding the Soli Conservation and the United Nations Pllgrl- Abrams s a director of mace comnet t ons h wnniDf0' Aprams is a airecror OI mage competitions. He won Cv Speech 5SS fourth place In the state Soil year. He has represented the school in track, football, and basketball and was given hon orable mention as an all-conference end in football this year. He has been class president as a freshman and again this year, and Is senior class rep resentative to the student body. Last year he was student body sergeant-at-arms. Mark belongs to the National Honor Society and is vlce-presi dent of the H-Club. He has also I participated in the science club and in 4-H. I Last year Mark was chosen to m mm ;L!i!lbllLJkiilL, F' KAREN FRENCH VALEDICTORIAN Girl Share onor attend Boys' State and the Stu dent Council Workshop. He al so received a band scholarship to Washington State. He appear ed In two school plays and was master of ceremonies at the Junior-Senior banquet last year. Mark has one brother, Chris, a Heppner graduate last year who is now attending Oregon State University. The boys are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown. In the fall. Mark plans to en roll at the University of Ore gon where he will study speech and law. CowBelles Choose As Morrow Father Robert B. (Bob) Abrams. fa- ther of five children, has been selected by Morrow County Cow Belles as Father of the Year, it was announced today by the organization. A practicing attorney here for a number of years, Abrams is a partner in the law firm of Mahoney and Abrams and in this capacity serves as attorney for the Morrow County School district and for the City of Hepp ner. He is a director of the Boy Scouts and has worked for years Blue Mt. Community college, Iff ar of All Saints' Episcopal church. With mountain climbing as his hobby, Abrams has climbed 16 of the highest peaks in the northwest. He was selected from other nominees for the honor because of the job that he and Mrs. Ab rams (Marion) have done in rearing their children, because he is highly respected, and be cause he gives unselfishly of his time in community actlvi ties, with particular attention to youth projects. Typical of these activities is that of serving as 1966 1 I 1 I 1 i . I ,tn "ku 'i i, 1 1 . ,- 1 1. 1. i. J f l l l l l . I t4 ft pi ... I ;gjjlintnlnli' rBmt" 1'lt" Mmm!T!!!! ""'' m''1irK has more then tripled since It was started four years ago. Con struction cost of the voc-tech building, including parking lots, sewer system and equipment is figured at SIS per square foot a low figure for educational buildings. College Balance, Rapidly-growing Blue Moun tain Community College is stud iously seeking to maintain a balance between its vocational technical and liberal arts pro grams. Dr. Walter Palmberg, dean of Instruction at the col lege, told the Heppncr-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce here Monday. The tendency in community colleges, he said, is to drift heavily towards liberal arts, but Blue Mountain, realizing the need in technical-vocati o n a 1 fields, is working to avoid an over-concentration on the col lege transfer field. Enrollment at the college for this spring term shows that the program is in balance with the number in each field, coinclden tally, the same at 253 in vocational-technical. Another 111 are In government sponsored manpower training. of , oseTnlled in community colleges are in liberal arts, he Natlonawide. some two-thirds said. Growth Rate High Growth of the college since its first year was pointed out in enrollment statistics given bv Dr. Palmberg. In 1962-63. when the vocational-technical pro gram only was offered, 231 were enrolled. In 1963-64. total enroll ment was 273 wtht 161 in vo cational and 112 in the liberal arts program, its first year. In 1961I-65, enrollment jumped to 451. of' whom 206 were in the vocational program, 204 in liber al arts and 41 in other depart ments. In the fall term of 1965 66. the current year, the total reached a new high at 733 with Abrams of Year a Little League baseball urn .Pre' The Abrams children Frances, 15; Robbie, 14; Eliza beth, 12; Marv, 10; and Alice, 4. Frances attended summer school at Washington State Un iversity last year, and Robbie Is a member of the senior patrol for the Boy Scoquts. He partlci pated In the Early-birds' math class far 7th graders and is a member of St. Alban's Acolyte and Servers Guild. The three older girls, Frances, Elizabeth and Mary, are 4-H club mem bers. Also cited by the CowBelles in announcing the selection is the fact that the family works to gether with excellent coopera tion. Abrams, who served as Mor row county district attorney for several years, is a member of the Masonic lodge, of Royal Arch Masons and of the Clks. He was nominated for Father of the Year by St. Alban's guild. Because of his selection he will be considered for Oregon Fath er of the Year. Winner will re ceive a $100 beef gift certificate, a week-end at the Hilton Hotel, Portland, and will be guest at a luncheon of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Number 9 HEPPNER 1 0 cents 1 -,-. ted. - ?- Seeks Program Says Palmberg 319 In vocational-technical, 302 in liberal arts and 112 in other fields. Projected enrollment under the current building program is an eventual 1000 full time equiv alent students. Dr. Palmberg said. One of the problems faced by the college is to find qualified staff members. Standard of a master's degree for all Instruc tors has been set "Competition Is real stiff, and it Is hard to find quality qual ified personnel," the dean said. At the present time Blue Moun tain has 36 fulltime instructors and a half-dozen part time in structors. Expansion in the fields of art, chemistry, social sciences (ad ding anthropology), and science (adding botany) is planned for the near future. At present, vocational-technical courses in clude those of automotive, busi ness, electronics, civil engineer , ln pohre sc ence to the college In Pendleton need considerable guidance, Dr. Palm berg said. (Continued on page 8) Youthful Driver Unhurt in Wreck Stan Rauch, Heppner High school junior, was able to per form in a track meet at the schol Wednesday afternoon af ter emerging from a car WTeck that brought a total loss to the vehicle earlier in the day. Rauch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rauch of Lexington, ap parently lost control of the car on curves about a mile south of Lexington as he was driving to school. The car rolled over probably twice and was de molished, according to State Po lice Officer Curtis Culp who in vestigated. Rauch apparently was thrown from the car, a 1955 Chrysler. He was the only occupant of the car, and his injuries were 1 superficial. He attended school uuiiiiR uie uay unu was in wit: track meet. Students to Write 'Best Mom' Letters For Mothers' Day All school pupils from grades one through eight are invited to write letters telling why their mothers are the "best mom" in a contest spon sored by the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Randall Peterson, chairman of the Mother's Day promo tion, said that the winning let ter will receive free meal tick ets to take the family out for dinner on Mother's Day, May 8. Entries are to be mailed to the Chamber of Commerce, Box 161, by May 5. Merchants will observe Mother's Weekend with a pro motion on Friday and Satur day, May 6 and 7, offering special values and gift ideas. Further announcement of this will be made next week. Free parking is scheduled in Heppner on Saturday, May 7. Tour of Ranches To Highlight Trip liy GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent All Morrow County extends a welcome to the Portland 8th graders this week-end for the third annual visit of outstanding boys and girls from the Portland city schools. This year for the first time students from the Oregon School for the Blind of Salem will accompany the Portland group. Final details for the tour were worked out in Heppner and Portland last Monday night. Thirty two Portland 8th grade boys and girls representing x ainerent scnoois, their two chaperones and two boys from the Oregon School for the Blind will be guests of 22 Morrow County host families. These 34 students are a part of a contineent of 130 Port- land students and 8 students from the Blind School to visit farms and ranches in the Columbia Basin counties of Wasco, bherman, Gilliam, and Morrow. The Portland 8th Grade Tour program was initiated by Gilli- am county in 12 in an effort to acquaint young city people with a first hand look at the industry furnishing their food and a substanital amount of the fiber needed in their clothing and shelter. This successful pro gram encouraged by the Oregon Wheat Growers League and oth ers was expanded into the three counties in 1964. In an undertaking such as this there is urgent need for sponsors and supporters. Spon soring this event in cooperation with the Portland- city school sysem are the Morrow County Schools, Morrow county Wheat growers Association and the Morrow County Extension Serv ice. Cooperators are the Morrow County Grain Growers, Morrow County Livestock Growers Asso ciation, Heppner Soil and Water Conservation Dis t r i c t, South Morrow 4-H Leaders Council, Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Comm e r c e, Heppner Branch First National Bank of Oregon, Morrow County Fairn Bureau, Heppner Elks Lodge; Heppner Gazette-Times, Jordan Elevator, and Morrow County Granges. Other groups and indi viduals, including the host fam ilies will be called upon for sup port during this tour period. To Arrive at Cecil An exciting program is plan ned for the visitors when they arrive at Cecil Friday morn i n g about 11 o'clock. They will be welcomed by Al Boschee, chair man of the Chamber of Com merce youth activities commit-1 tee. Then for the first time Port land 8th graders will meet Mor row County 8th graders With whom they will stay for the next two days. Name tags pre pared oy Mrs. H. K. Krebs will be presented to the visitors from Portland as well as students from Heppner, lone and A. C. Houghton grade schools. Beforet lunch an outline of activities for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be given. The afternoon piogram will be centered in the Cecil area. The Krebs Bros, sheep operation will be seen through the use of slides presented by Mrs. H. R. Krebs. The slides will be view ed in the upstairs room of the Cecil store through the courte-1 sv of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Thomas. The next stop on the tour will be the Hynd B r o s. i ranch. There the boys and girls will see what makes up a beef operation, including the irrigat-, ing and production of hay and1 pasture as well the actual work- ing with cattle. Saturday morn- ing the visitors will visit the D. O. Nelson wheat ranch op-1 eration on the Bombing Range Road. There an inspection will be made of the equipment nec- essary for the operation of theDiaaue. accordine to Tim Tul. ranch. A visit will also be made to the wlndstrips. bird guzzlers auu wuu iiic (finiiuiiKa iu auisw me results or sucn cunseivauun practices. At the North Lexington Ele vator the tourists will watch the unloading of a wheat truck. Loading a truck may also be shown at the elevator. To Sea Combines Just before noon Pat Cuts- forth will demonstrate a com bine harvester and a large four- wheel tractor. Students will be given a cut-away sheet show ing the working of a combine at the demonstration. Luncheon will be served at the Lexington Grange Hail. Dur ing the lunch period boys and girls will see a wheat spraying demonstration. The afternoon portion of the tour will be at the Lindsay ranch. Larry Lindsay will des cribe the feedlot operation and show the different lots of ani mals fattening for market. No organized activities have been scheduled for Saturday evening. This time is being left for host families and visitors to become better acquainted with each other and farm life. After church and starting at 1:00 p.m. in Heppner the Port land boys and girls will load (Continued on page 8) . h'--.,... 1 . i - r DR. EO SHANNON, 4-H club ex tension agent of Portland, is coordinator of the annual 8th grade tour to eastern Oregon. Four counties, including Mor row, will be visited by the students, some 35 going to each -county April 29-May 1. Gene Winters. Morrow county extension agent is tour dir ector here. Get Trash Out! School Students Will Pick it Up Here's your golden opportuni ty to get rid of all that trash around your house or yard. Heppner High school students, doing the major function of Clean-up, Fix-up week in Hepp ner, will pick up all trash around the city that they can find Friday afternoon. All vou need do is to put your debris on the sidewalk or curb and they will do the rest. Students will start their clean up activity with a lunch Friday at school with dod furnished hv tne Chamber of Commerce. The cleanup will begin at 12:30 with the town to be divided into sections for seniors, juniors and sophomores to work. Freshmen will clean up around the high school. Seniors will take the section from Mav street south; juniors will work east of Main from May north; and sophomores will work west of Main from ; May north. class judged t0 have done tho hoct ir,h will fnnniua n ; no. crnHont vAxr cAant ,v, helping to organize the ac tlvltV. Demos Lead County In Registration With 1094 Signed Democrats lead registration In Morrow county by a mar gin of 105, report from Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, shows. Registration deadline for the primary election May 24 was Saturday. A total of 1094 Democrats are registered as compared with 989 Republicans. Thirty three are registered as inde pendents or in other parties, making a grand total of 2116 eligible to vote in the county. Registration of the leading parties by precincts is as fol lows: Demo. Rep. 165 90 Boardman Hardman lone Irrigon Lexington 10 148 204 21 204 85 105 114 150 96 124 126 Northeast Heppner 102 Northwest Heppner 149 Southeast Heppner 68 Southwest Heppner 122 TOTAL 1094 989 l
