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I I OP ART u or o Six-Year Plan (See Editorial, Page 2) TroiMwul to make lx year Hch'MilN at llcnpner Elementary ami Heppner illgh will be pre sented lo I lie Morrow county iH'hiKil dltitrlct Monday n1ht Ht the regular January meeting to be held In the llcppner High library. Under thi plan, grade one through alx In the Heppner area would go to school at the pres ent primary and Junior high chool building (the old high whool). Grade seven through 12 would so to school In the now Heppner High building. Although (lie high Nchool would contain the lx upper grade levels, the proposal la that grade aeven through nine would compime a Junior hlKh 83rd Year Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January m w mrr r HERMAN WINTER (seated, center) took the gavel as president of the Chamber of Commerce for 1967 at Installation ceremonies Monday. Harley Young, retiring president (standing, center), was presented a past president's award by Winter and will continue as a member of the board of director. First vice president for this year is Wos Sherman (standing, right) while Judge Paul Jones (standing, talt) will be second vice president. Secretary is Al Boschee (seated, left) and treasurer Is Harley Sagor (seated, tight). Al Boschee Installs Chamber Officers "Commi.nlly spirit doe ju'l 'Just happen." It happens be cause we work at it. This is what the Chamber of Commerce li ICS to lll." So said Al Boschee In a talk at the Heppner Morrow County Chamber ol Commerce Monda y Iti Installing officers for 1907. Officers of the organization have a high responsibility, Bos chee said, not only for their work In the Chamber but for their part In shaping the com munity. Ho Installed Herman Winter as president, Wes Sher m a n first vice president and County McDaniel Injured As Horse Falls Carl McDaniel, for many years a government tranper here, suf fered a broken right leg Tues day when a hewse lie was riding lost its footing on steep, rocky ground and fell back over on him. McDaniel, accompanied by Tommy Campbell, was In the Uudio canyon area near Klmber ly. Campbell had been having coyote trouble and was taking McDaniel to look at his sheep. The horse McDaniel was rid ing kHpihmI on an icy spot and toppled back on the rider, break ing both bones In McDaniel's right leg between the knoe and ankle. The mi.':hap occurred before 3 p.m. and Campbell went back to Ills runcli home to get a Jeep to bring the Heppner man out. It was about 8 p.m. before Mc Daniel (reached IMoneer Memor ial hospital for treatment. Mrs. Campbell Is a nurse and was able to assist In making the In jured man more comfortable. McDaniel is expected to be confined to the hospital for at least two weeks. He also com plained of his back hurting from the fall. But most painful to the outdoorsman is being con fined inside for a long period of time, his wife, Sylvia, said. EUGENE, ORE. 0 school and grade 10 through 12 would compose the aenlor high whool. The junior and high schools would operate aa separate en title although under the ame principal, according to Rich ard Carpenter, Heppner High principal, and At Martin, ele mentary principal, who told the Gnzette-Hmcs Tuesday of do tnilN of the propooal. Advliorr Board Approves lite six-year school plan haa been presented to the Heppner advlMory board and received ununlmoua endorsement by the lionrd. It wa to be presented at the elementary ITA meeting Wednesday night to determine the reaction of the parent. It will officially reach the county Nchool board at the regular the mmw he GAZETTE-T a Judge l'aul Jones as second vice president. Winter took the gavel from Harlev Young, retiring pres ident, aim In turn presented Young with a pait president's plaque. Boschee will become secre tary fur the year, succeeding Jerry Sweeney who asked to be relieved after serving two years Harley S;ger will continue as treasurer. Boschee spoke in both light and serious vein In seating the officers, acknowledging each vith a humorous story. "Each community has its own personality." lie said, Contribut ing to this "personality" are people their value system, moral eooc, ethical code, and how they relate to each other and Institutions, including churches, lodges and civic or ganizations. "A community Is nothing more than a group of people living together, and relating to each other" Boschee characterized Heppner as having a warm and friendly personality. Others are cold and indifferent. Tough Tilts Set For lone Quintet Two tough games are sched uled for the lone Cardinals as they rush Into the stiff compe tition of the Umatilla-Morrow B league on the basketball court. They play Echo on the Echo floor Friday night and entertain Umatilla in the Cardinals' gym Saturday night. Already the league has turn ed into a "dog-eat-dog" race. Echo has beaten Pilot Rock, which was heralded as a B team power In the state, and Uma tilla has beaten Echo. The lone team, though, has been Improving as rapidly as any team In the league with the sophomores that dominate the squad getting more experience In each contest. Jayvee games start at 6:30 each night with varsity contests to follow. 7 4 03 Proposed for Heppner meeting Monday, The two princlpala state that teachera In both achoola are heavily In favor of the plan. Benefit would Include a full er uae of buildings and facil ities here, better educational op portunities for atudents, balance the load between the achoola, permit teachera to Instruct more fully within their apeclallzed fields, smooth the adjustment from elementary school to high school, Implement better fluid' ance and counselling programs, provide for Individual differenc es and ability groupings, elim inate problems between the present primary and Junior high levels, and eliminate congestion In the present Junior high build inc. While there would be no In 12, 1967 if McCarty Chosen For CD Position Don McCarty, who Is serving as Morrow county Juvenile counsellor, recently was ap pointed also to the position of county Civil Defense director, it was announced this week. He succeeds Sheriff C. J. D. Bau man who acted as Civil Defense director for many years. McCarty, who is pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, Hepp ner. says that he is working now on a shelter survey and with Sheriff Bauman's assist ance Is working out details of a Civil Defense program here. Also In progress is the emer gency operations center being prepared In the basement of the courthouse. Need for such a center was demonstrated In the widespread state flooding of December. 1964. The McCartys have been in Heppner about 18 months. He will receive $50 per month as Civil Defense director. JANUARY In Heppner It's January Sale time in Heppner, and merchants are offering exceptional buys as they clear their stocks at the start of the New Year. Six firms are joining in a January Sale as advertised in a full page display in this section. Those participating are Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company, J. C. Penney Company, Gonty's, Peterson's Jewelers, MiLadies and the Gazette Times. Section two of this paper announces Murray Rexall Drugs' "Cut Cost of Living Sale" with four pages of ex ceptional bargains. And not to forget that Friday of this week is that Black Cat day, Friday the 13th, Central Market is adver tising a "Friday, 13th" Sale on page three of this paper. Those living out of town are Invited to come to Heppner to enjoy shopping in a friendly atmosphere where bargain prices prevail this weekend. termingling of Junior and sen ior high school students In classes, present high school teachers in at least some in stances would also teach some of the junior high students. This would keep the teachers with in their specialized fields with out broadening out to cover oth er subjects with which they are less familiar In order to com plete a teaching day. Facilities Adequate Carpenter and Martin said that facilities are adequate to handle the additional enroll ment at the high school, and the teaching staff la also adequate to accommodate the change. At the present time, at least four classrooms at Heppner High are not In use during any period of the day. Carpenter said PPNER IM Assurance On Riverside High Morrow county school officials in Washington, D. C, Monday received assurance from the U. S. Armv Corps of Engineers tthat a "favorable agreement will be reached In the Immed iate future" on the Riverside High school project. David R. Potter, superinten dent of Morrow county schools, and Irvin Rauch. chairman of the directors, made the trip to Washington, D. C. to contact the Corps In the hope of reach ing a decision on the school They were accompanied by How ard Glazer, architect, and Ivan Luman of the standards divis ion of the State Department of Education. The Walla Walla district of fice of the Cons Tiad rejected all bids recently received for the construction of the new school as being higher than ap proved estimates.; Low bidder was the Timber Company of Hermlston at a basic bid of $1,799,000 which Included con struction of the school and land scaping but not the equipping of the school. In the capltol city Monday, Senator Wayne Morse and his executive assistant. Bill Berg, met with the Morrow county school delegation and a General Leber and a Colonel Pike of the Corps of Engineers, as well as other members of the Corps. At the meeting the district was assured that the Corps would work with the district to the "fullest extent of the law," and as reported by Supt. Pot- ter In a telephone conversation with Ron Daniels, Riverside High principal, "the district re- ceived every indication that a favorable agreement would be reached in the immediate fu- ture." Action of the district office Of the Corps In finding the bids unacceptable was In the face of , the fact that the design memo oi tne school had previously been approved by the Corps of engineers. Supt. Potter and Chairman Rauch flew to Washington from Portland Sunday on instruc tions of the district's directors who held a special meeting on the matter January 4. They were instructed to ap peal the decision of the con tracting officer to the Chief of the U. S. Army Corps of Engi neers. The board reaffirmed a decision of December 12 request ing Sen. Morse's assistance in that five classrooms are not in use during period A, six during period B. five during period C, four during period D, four dur ing period E and five during period F. Meanwhile, at the primary school, even the stage In the multipurpose room has been converted to a classroom. The stage has been partitioned off from the multipurpose room, and the space, although unheat ed, Is used for classes. Conges tion is particularly heavy on the second floor of the old high school building where upper grades in the elementary sys tem go to school. Martin envisions using some of the space on this floor for other needed purposes: A study hall, audio-visual room, storage Number 46, 10 Cents Given obtaining an adequate educa tional facility to replace the ex isting Riverside High building. Delay on the school project puts the district in a dilemma time-wise. It is faced with meet ing the Corps' schedule in aban doning the old school building but must have a facility to re place it before the John Day dam pool rises. Potter told Daniels that the Morrow county visitors in Wash ington had received an invita tion to attend ceremonies in augurating Mark Hatfield as U. S. Senator. They expected to be back in the county Wednes day. Burns, Grant Due This Weekend For Big Series It's a big basketball week end for the Heppner High Mus tangs. Leadership in the western division of the Greater Oregon league will be at stake. Currently, Grant Union holds two victories in the circuit against no defeats while Hepp ner has one win and no loss- es. Aithougn only one week of league competition is over, these . are the only two undefeated teams in the division, ' The John Day five will play . here Saturday night after the Burns Hilanders have faced the ' Mustangs here Friday night, i One of the two leaders is bound tr fall if not in their Friday I night games, one will trip the otner Saturday night. The Prospectors go to Wah- tonka at The Dalles Friday night, and although the Eag les lost last week-end to Enter prise, last year's state tourna ment team could have some surprises for the vaunted John Pay outfit In Burns, the Mustangs will face a team that has lost to powerful Sherman, 58 to 48, but smacked Madras, 62 to 47, so it appears that Coach Bob Clough's team will have its hands full each night. The Mus tangs need to win these home games in order to be prepared for what might happen on the long road trip later in the sea son. It is tough to win against both Burns and John Day on the road. A former Heppner lad, Chris Labhart, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Labhart, could well be the big gun against the Mustangs for John Day. The P-2 junior scored 28 point against Madras and 13 against Sherman. He and Mac Hoskins should be a well-matched pair in the Saturday night encoun ter. Hoskins, at 6-3, put in 24 points against Enterprise in Heppnor's first league game. Top performance from a HI lander has been that of Mike Figg, 5-10 senior guard, vho pumped in 21 against Madras. While having trouble hitting in the first half of their game against Enterprise, the Mus tangs showed the best team play they have displayed so far this year and appeared ready to get into the tough compet ion of the western division. WEATHER Official weather report for ES the week of Jauary 4-10 is as follows: HI Low Prec. Wednesday 57 33 .01 Thursday 38 29 Friday 43 25 Saturday 45 33 .01 Sunday 55 36 Monday 48 33 Tuesday 45 33 Snow School of equipment, and a reading room. He would like to restore the stage In the multipurpose room to Its original purpose and use the room for school pro grams and presentations. At the start of the current school year, enrollment in Hepp ner Elementary, including the primary and the junior high buildings, totaled 460 pupils. Enrollment In the high school was 184. Would Balance Enrollments Removal of the seventh and eighth grades to the high school building would bring enroll ment In the Junior and senior high schools there to 300 or 310 and would cut the enrollment In the primary school to about 340, grades one through six. The change would bring about .; - . 1 - - - ry I v v, - x'h 1 1 Li QUEEN VEHINA FRENCH Verina Chosen Verina French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond French of the Butter Creek area, was chosen queen of the 1967 Mor row County Fair and Rodeo by the Rodeo board at its meeting Wednesday, January 4. Queen Verina will reign over festivities of the fair and ro deo August 23 through 27, and with her court, yet to be cho sen, will attend and participate in other cities through the summer. Verina was a popular prin cess in the 1966 court, repre senting the Lena community. She is a senior in Heppner High school, where she participates in many school activities. She radiates pep and enthusiasm among fellow students, complet ing her third year as a popular cheerleader on the pep staff. She has served in several club and student body offices, is a member of the National Honor Society, F.B.L.A., Girls League, and Future Homemak ers club. As student body treas urer, she has served on the stu dent council, and last year was Chamber Proposes History Committee Directors of the HeppnerMor row County Chamber of Com merce, in their first action of the new year, urged the forma tion of a committee to raise funds and plan for the publica tion of a book on the history of the county. The action was taken by mo tion after Oscar Peterson, former county judge, appeared before the directors to ask their sup port. Directors felt that the size of the project is such that coop eration of every organization in the county should be enlisted to help. As proposed, the com mittee would be composed of representatives from each orga nization, including the Cham ber, farm groups, civic organi zations, lodges and others. Peterson will continue by seeking committee representa tives from these organizations. Groups around the county can help expedite the work by sel ecting representatives who may be interested. Names of the rep resentatives for the committee should be turned in to Peter son, or if more convenient, may be turned over to the Gazette- Times. System more effective use of resources and talents available, the prin cipals said. The schools would use their most inefficient plant (the old high school building) less and would use the efficient buildings more. Teacher time would also be used more effic iently. If the proposal were adopted, some of the teachers now In the elementary system would go to the junior high level in the high school building. The class period at the schools could be synchronized with seven per iods daily in each school This would mean a better coordina tion between the schools on time schedules, including bus runs. At the present time the (Continued on page 8) " 1 French wueen chosen Girl of the Month for Sportsmanship. As a Girls' State delegate Miss French represented the Legion Auxiliary in Corvallis last summer. The attractive miss was cho sen for the Homecoming court both her junior and senior years. The new queen is a native Morrow County girl, living all her 17 active years on her fam ily's ranch along Butter Creek. She has an older sister, Karen, a student at Oregon State Uni versity, and a younger sister, Susan, an eighth grader. She is an active cowgirl, rid ing since she was four years of age and helping her father with farm duties on their large rancn. She has been a member of 4-H riding clubs and toas competed in many horse shows. She has won ribbons and tro phies in horse showmanship, and has competed in state fair where she was second showman and third in horsemanship. County organizations who will be represented on the fair and rodeo court with princesses will make selections at a later date. Bluebirds Visit Twenty-seven members of the second-grade Bluebirds visited the Gazette-Times at press time Wednesday to see the paper being "put to bed." There was one little space left on the front page. They wanted to help us fill it, so we agreed to write this little story about their vis it. Leaders are Mrs. Judy Laugh lin and Mrs. Donna Bergstrom. Mrs. Ginger Keithley is assist ant. Stork Still Absent; Prizes Await Baby If anyone spots a lost stork flying around with Morrow county's New Years baby for 1967, he is advised to notify the Gazette-Times or Pioneer Memorial hospital at once. With eleven days of the New Year gone, the hospital reported Tuesday that no ba by had arrived to claim the bonanza of prizes offered by firms here, and the hospital staff knew of no prospects for the near future. Would you believe prizes for the first Fourth of July baby? But regardless when the first baby arrives here, he or she will get the prizes offer ed even though he is a slow poke.
