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Board Gives
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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