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L I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE , ORE 07403 83rd Year Mumber 51 T"1" HEPPN GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 16, 1967 10 Cents R-l Board Considers Increase " r"7 ' THE dim T EM . .. .-tan It mine MMWi Ml w Wiii Blmill "" "' m GIRLS can be Future Farmer, tool Kathy Melby. daughter ol Mr. end Mr. Arnold Melby, demonstrate the point as she trie her hand at weldtnq while Hal Whltalcer. vocational agricultural Initructor. watche. Kathy li enrolled In agricul ture at Heppner High, the only girl taking the courie at pret erit. The Heppner High FFA chapter will obterre National FrA week from February IB to 25. (See page 7. eecuon 2). Favor Expressed j For Co-op Merger At Tuesday Meet Membership at Tuesday's an mini meeting of the l-cxlngton Oil Cooperative favored a mo tion to have the board of dir ectors proceed with plans for Invest l(ntlna the proposed mer cer with Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. The board will .onslder the matter at a later time. A number of the Oil Co op members spoke In favor of the mercer, and none spoke In op position Attending the meeting were more than 1(H) members and liuests. Cliff Amick. regional mana ger of region No. 2 of Pacific Supply Cooperative, addressed the group ami gave the pros and cons on the proposed mer- '" Albert Jentzsch and William Walton, auditors of Walla Wal la, Wash., gave the audit re port. Releected to two year terms on the board of directors were Pat Cutsforth and Bryce Keene. Elected to the board wag Mar cel Jones of Heppner. At the ensuing directors meeting, Al Bunch was chosen president, succeeding Hob Kil kenny. Gene Majeske was cho sen vice president and Keene was reelected secretary. Ladles of the Lexington Grange served a delicious din ner to 110 members and guests. Ken Smouse showed a motion picture film during noon recess of a new farm supply center, built by Pacific Supply, at Cur ry. Idaho. Merrilee Jacobs Wins UN Contest Memlec Jacobs Is the winner of the annual Odd Fellows Lodge "United Nations" essay, in local competition. She Is a junior at Heppner High and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs. Entered In the competition this year were Nancy Doherty, Merrilee Jacobs, Louellu Roaik, John Rawlins, and Steve Petty ohn. Ja'-k Sumner of the Odd Fellows was head of the con test with assistance from J. W. Fielder of the English depart ment. "The United Nations It's Fu ture" Is the theme of the essay lor this year. -These essays are between TOO and 1000 words in length and are judged on org nnlniioii. content, grammar, and originality. Judges this year wex Fielder. Adrian Cook, nnri Mrs. Justine Weatherford. The winning paper will be si.nt to Hcrmlston to be judged with papers from other schools. ThA flnnl winner will he sent with other winners from the northwest on a four-week trip hnrk to New York to see the United Nations In action next summer. County History Fund Hits BOO The fund to publish a Morrow county history book has erown lo itpproxlnmU'ly $I',U. according to t.ene Pierce, treustner. He vtiid that the nmnev has all t ic from 10 or 12 mailed con Irlhutiont through coupons pub hshed In the G;i,etteTtmcs. In Salaries for Morrow Teachers School directors of Morrow county district Rl voted Mon day night to recommend to the budget committee that the teacher salary schedule be In creased to the base of $5800 for a teacher with a bachelor de- free and no experience and that increments for each step on the salary scale be at the rate of four per cent. This action was taken after considerable discussion with the professional negotiation com mittee of the county, of which Mrs. Violet Lanham Is chairman. Teachers at a previous meet- Inn had proposed a schedule that would start at $6000 and would provide 4 Increments. Other features were also Included. Current base for a teacher with a bachelor degree, Is $5,200. It Is estimated that If the scheduled Is finally adopt ed and approved, the addition al cost to the district lor in struction next year would be some $80,000. Mrs. Lanham and committee members. In proposing the $iNH) base schedule again Mon- clav night, emphasized the need to hold good teachers In the system and make this an at tractive location' for them. "We need to keep them here and need to have them grow with us," she said. Others spoke In similar vein. Jim Marvin, teacher at lone, said that the committee work ed hard and conscientiously In developing the i schedule and genuinely had the best Inter ests of the district afid the tax payers at heart as well as the teachers. It was stressed that such a salary schedule Is need ed to retain teachers that will give children here the kind of education that , their parents want them to have. Director Maxwell Jones of Ir rlgon said that he doubted if taxpayers would "go $."50,000 per year, let alone $100,000," add ing. In reference to the $0000 plus 4 increments, "We might as well forget that part of It Mrs. Lanham .suggested that the directors consider the total budget with the thought that other reductions might be forth coining in other areas, but SupL David Potter said, "It can't be down much." ( A question from the audience posed the query, "What will we eet from the teachers for the In crease?" , This brought out a discussion Ruby Fulleton Selected Princess for Wranglers I, eves thai the funds will grow f,ist when some solicitation is undertaken locally. The (tiiixin is printed again en pae 2 of section 2 for the 1 1 in vc m le i ic of those w ho wish u. share in Hie expense of get ll'ig out the book Contributions should lie mailed to I'iejie Those who contribute $25 it more n r- entitled to a free copy ol the heck upon publication. Ruby Fulleton Is the first princess to be chosen for the 17 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo court of Queen Verina French. The 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rolce Fulleton will represent the Morrow County Wrangler club, of which she and her family have been members since coming to Hepp ner from Vale In 1952, when Ruby was two years of age. She was chosen Sunday In tryouts of the Wranglers, with five girls competing. Mrs. Percy Reynolds as official While this is only a Mart to-j "i3ay Served rds the needed M.m -f $7: ,lt of , d !r more. Pierce s;ild that he he- ' , Scouts and Cubs To Hold Dinner, Court of Honor Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and their parents and leaders will Join In a potluck Scout Ban quet Saturday evening, Febru ary IS, at ti:3t) p.m., in ine nign school cafetorlum. Court of Honor will be held so that scouts and cubs may be awarded badges, honors, ranks that they have earned during the year. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Stephens are making arrangements and will be assisted by the boys of Heppner Troop bbl and cub scout den mothers, Mrs. La Verne Van Marter, Mrs. David McLcod and Mrs. El m e r Schmidt Each scout family is asked to bring food proportionate to the number of family members who are attending. Coffee, milk and rolls will be furnished. Many outstanding riding hon ors have come to Princess Ruby, I he second daughter of the Ful leton family, who prides them selves in raising fine quarter horses, as well as efficiently op erating the Fulleton Chevrolet garage. Ruby began riding at a very early age and through the years has become a familiar compet itor In horse shows and rodeos, participating especially In bar rels and track racing. She join ed the Wrangler 4 H Horse club at age nine, has won several trophies and ribbons In county Ml shows; was a blue ribbon winner in showmanship and a red ribbon winner In horseman ship at the State Fair show last year, where she had also com peted in 1964. She Is now a Jun ior leader In her 4-H horse club, For the past three years she has won awards and buckles in , v Hi,.. i -' 4 17- ) una. PHINCESS RUBY FULLETON t'r horse stallion, "Boy Doll." Princess Ruby is In her junior year at Heppner High school, where she is a very popular and active student. She is a mem ber of the school drill team, is a member of Future Homemak ers Association, and enjoys helping with duties in the school office. One of three girls in the fam ily, she has an older sister, Mrs. Archie (Diana) Ball, Pen dleton, a princess in the 1963 rodeo court; a 13-year-old sis ter, Becky, who also is "at home in the saddle"; and grandpar- Maralee Murray Winner of Award The Soroptimlst citizenship award h.is been presented to Maralee Murray, HHS senior. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Murray of lone. Mara'ee entered the contest through tin composition courses along Willi various other mem bers of the class. The papers were judged ac cording to the person's citizen ship in the community, school and home, as well as the honors and activities of their high school years. Contestants an swered numerous questions on their application forms on cit izenship responsibilities. This entitles Maralee to enter her form in the district contest to be held at a later date. nnk Tr unr frc CI C Rtir. OBRA (Oregon Barrel Racing ncPr" of Los Angeles, Calif'., and n.iii.iuiii uuiin.-imuii. usi Mrs. E,llth Fulleton, Of ValC lur iiu; rxpcnciiei:, sne rmcreu barrel racing at the Calgary Stampede last summer and achieved a tie for fifth place, to end "in the money." This is the second occasion that Ruby will have served as a princess. In 19G5 she repre sented Morrow county . as a princess on the Spray Rodeo court. For court appearances and pleasure riding Ruby prefers "Hoolihan," a registered quarter horse that she broke for herself. For barrel racing, her preference Is the family's registered quar- WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of February 8-14 is as fol lows: Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 58 28 Thursday 52 38 Friday 53 34 Saturday 54 32 .02 Sunday 64 32 Monday 51 34 Tuesday 43 28 George Washington's birthday is coming next Wednesday, and a number of Heppner merch ants will observe the event In advance with bargain sales on Friday and Saturday. Several of the businessmen are pictured in George Wash ington costume in their adver- of tisements on pages 4 and 5 section 2 In conjunction with the Washington's Birthday week end, Central Market is holding its seventh anniversary sale, feat u ri n g Standby canned piods, and this is announced on page 3 of this section. Gonty's also has a special sale the semi-annual 2 for 1 sale on shoes. This is described on page 4 of section 2. There will be all kinds of bargains In Heppner this week end and shoppers are Invited from far and wide. Free parking is offered all day Saturday. of the merit system and the dif ficulties of making it work The Question of extra pay for extra utles also arose, and it was suggested that the board might check Into eliminating some of this extra pay as well as to de termine if some staff reduc tioas could be made by making classes larger and taking sim ilar steps. The board did not consider the salary schedule in detail, hut a meeting is scheduled for Thursday night with the nego tiation committee to consider further aspects of the schedule. The committee at the Monday night meeting distributed a duplicated sheet showing sal ary increases adopted around the state. Highest base adopted is $0200 and lowest is $5100. Many are listed at $5800 and $5900. In ii proposed increase in one district, not yet adopted, would be $6800. Lasts 4t Hours The board considered many other matters in the session that lasted 4 '4 hours. Riverside High school student council's recommendation on a policy for second offenses for students in the county who ap pear at school sponsored activ ities under the influence of al cohol was adopted by the board. As presented to the board at a previous meeting by Mike Part low. Riverside student body president, the - recommendation calls for any student appearing j-at a school activity the second time under the influence of al cohol be expelled. However, he may request a hearing with the rchool board, and if the board feels the student is innocent, it should readmit the student. The ad ion also provides for read mittanee at a later time on a probationary status if the stu dent "exhibits a real desire to return to school and complete his education." ' Policy on first offenses that had been made previously by the board was revised to cover anv student in the county at tending school activities at any other school. It calls for sus pension of the student by the administrator after parents have been notified and requires that parents bring the offend ing youngster in to see the principal before re-admission. Considerable discussion cen tered on the point of "When is a student under the influence?" Some felt that if he had liquor in his possession or had taken a drink he would be In viola tion because he was breaking the law and scnool rules. Principal Dick Carpenter of Heppner High school expressed the reeling tnat a lirm policy on second offenses with a less severe policy on first offenses might tenc". to indicate to the student that he had one chance to break the law without fear of severe punishment. Carpen ter said that he felt there was need for a "tough policy" on this. Jepsen Request Granted Reversing a previous action, the board after considerable dis cussion granted a request if Bob Jepsen which protested the charge that he has been pay ing for bus transportation to Heppner schools. ' A bus travels an additional 2.9 miles to furnish transporta tion for their children to Hepp ner above the distance tnat a bus to lone covered in taking them to lone, which is the Jep- sen's attendance area. Board's policy has been for parents to pay for transportation to a reg ular bus run when they send tnelr children out or their at tendance area. In the Jepsen case, the bus travels 5.9 extra miles to reach his plice, which is 2.9 mil?s more than the lone bus traveled. When the matter was first con sidered in the fall last year, there was a misunderstanding. Some members of the board felt that it was agreed he should pay for the full 5.9 miles (a total distance of 23.6 miles per day) because he was transporting the children out of his regular attendance area and thus must comply with the school oolicv to pay for the to tal distance to the regular bus run. However, Jepsen and some of the boi'M members understood that he was to pay extra for only the distance beyond what a bus must travel to take the children to lone, which would be 2.9 miles (total 11.6 miles per day). One motion affirming the previous action was defeated, and a second motion which es sentially granted his request was passed. Under this agree ment, Jepsen will pay $185.83, as compared with $840.16. The charge is based on 20c per mile for the 11.6 miles per day and gives Jepsen credit for 55c tran- Itt llfc i r mm ,,, J jff ? in " ' i SHIRLET 23ELINSKL dry clerk at Boorrdman, hoists the Amer ican llag in front oi the new city balL symbolizing a new era for Morrow county all-new town . r -'. r-'"' Hur-r !. - - ' .t - " f -a"" ' . - - ' , - , 1 s . - . "I MAKING WAT for the forthcoming reservoir o! the John Day dam are structures in old Boardman. The two story structure shown here is a landmark. It was used for many years as an inn and was transported down the Columbia River by barge to be erected on this spot BOARDMAN STORY: From Sand Hill to City n Eighteen Months (SEE PAGES 2, 3, SECTION 2) By WES SHERMAN "When you think that this was nothing but sand hills just 18 months ago, we haven't done too badly." This was the way Mayor Dewey West under stated the achievement of Boardman in its transfor mation from the old town by the side of the Colum bia River to its new location about a half-mile to the southeast. Forthcoming rising of the reservoir of the John Day dam made it necessary to abandon the old town and start all over again. . 1 .' ' . . ' (Continued on page 8) The mayor, elected last year for his second term, was Inter rupted in his work at his new home on the windy Saturday afternoon to give us the high lights of the Boardman story. He hastily donned a white shirt for a picture, at our in sistence, and at the city hall summarized what has been done so far and what is planned for the future. "Oh, we have had some mi nor set-toos," he said, "but all in all, It has gone very smooth ly." No Big Controversy At least, Boardman's prob lems of readjustment and de velopment never broke Into headlines at some controversy. Rather, the story is one of co operative effort. Mayor West told of the hard work done by the Corps of En gineers and of the many meet ings and work sessions wlthi them and others that were nec essary to get all details ironed out "For a while we were having a meeting at least every other night," he said. "We'd have as many as 30 meetings In a two months period." The new start has given Boardman the opportunity of being a truly planned city, and its planning commission, head ed by Verhon Russell, has done an excellent job. The firm of Cornell, - Howland, Hayes and Merryfield (popularly known as CH2M) did the engineering and has' been invaluable in plan ning and guidance. Mayor West's desk is still piled high with CH2M reports and studies. All utilities are underground at Boardman. The only poles in the new town are the ornamen tal metal street light poles at intersections. Transformers are housed in small metal struc tures, a neat contrast to a tan gle of wires and dangling transformers from old wooden poles. Telephone lines, too, are below ground. Sanitary sewer system dis charges waste into a lagoon to the northeast of town where it is treated. The new town also boasts a storm sewer system, separate from the sanitary sys tem. Water is Problem Currently, one of the biggest problems to be faced is that ot adequate water supply. The city has a well capable of pump ing 800 gallons per minute be hind the city hall, but it has only a 5,000 gallon control tank located in a room of the city (Continued on page 8)