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LIBRARY u or o EUGENE ORE 07403 hi mu wiw v win I mumm ihii'iiiiiihiiiiiiiii i.i in ii l i' i il ii 1 wiiin -f V ' I ii ii i in i CO-CHAIRMEN of the Civic League's annual spring rummage sale peek through some of the merchandise being prepared for sale at the Gilliam and Blbbeo building. At left U Mrs. Lyle Jensen and at right Is Mrs. Roy Davis. The sals starts Friday and continues through Saturday. More Items are nedoed lor the sale, and those who care to donate are Invited to call lor pick up (see classified ad page). The sale supports the Heppner kindorgarton. (G-T Photo by Pardee). Bargains Galore Offered At League Sale Kindergarten mothers are hoi'ful of getting last minute rummage to swell their collec tion which has been a little mailer than usual this year; however, they stress that there are many bargains ready to be picked up by smart shoppers at the Civic league Spring Rum tnuge Sale which begins tomor row l Friday I at the Gilliam h lllshce building. Auction Plans For OMSI Gain Momentum Here Plans for the county-wide auc tion for the benefit of Oregon Museum of Science and Indus try gained momentum this week, Gene Pierce of the spon soring committee said. Throughout the county, fine cooperation is being received towards the auction which will be at the Morrow county fair grounds on Saturday, May 13, Pierce said. A letter was due to be mail ed Wednesday to residents across the county, telling of the plans and seeking donations for the auction everything from "a shoe shine to a ton of hay." Typical of the cooperation being received was that In re gard to the letter. The Future Business Leaders at tho high school mimeographed It anil will place the letters In envel opes for mailing. Columbia Basin Electrlc's crew addressed the letters. Meanwhile, Granges In the county have started to work preparing for the dinner that they will serve as n benefit for the project. The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. on May 13, and all proceeds will bo donated to OMSI. Admission will bo $1.50 for adults and 75c for children or $5 for a family. Occasion for the auction and dinner Is to share In the cost of building an agriculture ex hibit hall at the museum. The exhibit hall will toll Oregon's agriculture story to the public und provide classrooms and lab facilities for experimental pur poses. Every county In Oregon has boon asked to help with this protect, and Morrow county Is one of the few which have not already done so. On April 24 committees will begin contacting people for do nations for tho auction, Pierce said. Those who have no items to give for the auction may share by donating cash, he said. Loreri McKlnley, director of OMSI, and Clint Gruber, also associated with the museum, expect to be In Heppner for the event. They plan to bring a pickup load of items to be auc tioned, among which will be two refrigerator air condition ers. Two exhibits will arrive from OMSI within the next few days to be placed on display, show ing some of the type of thing that is being done there for the benefit of all Oregonlans. One is a seed identification ex hibit with an electric system that Illuminates lights when the viewer correctly Identifies seeds. Bob Runnion has agreed to be auctioneer at the event. Pierce and Mayor W. C. Rosewall are serving as co-chairmen of this county OMSI committee. Hours of the sale will bo from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on both Fri day and Saturday with kinder garten mothers working as salesludles. In the past, bargain-hunters have competed for antiques, choice material1) and repairable appliances during the early hours of the sale and school children have crowded In to buy dress-up clothes, knick-knacks and tMK)ks In the afternoons. Generully rummage continues to be contributed during both days of the sale so there Is a renewing supply. Material and objects which are not sold during the two-day sale will be traivsiorted to Pen dleton bv Mr. and Mrs. Bill Far ra for the use of the Salvation Army there. Nothing contribut ed Is wasted. Proceeds from this rummage sale as they have for a number of years, will support the op eration of the kindergarten, making it possible to have a qualified teacher and excellent equipment at a low tuition rate. 'I aCfcD BILL LOWE Bill Lowe Retires From Hospital Post After Sixteen Years "Well, you know, a lot of fish have got away from me," Bill Lowe mused when he was ask ed the other day how he Is going to spend his time from now on. He had Just announced his re tirement from his position at Pioneer Memorial Hospital af ter working as a custodian there for mare than 16 years, vlrthal ly since the hospital was first built. On Friday, March 31, he was guest of honor at a retirement party, arranged by Mrs. Mallle Harris, Mrs. Leona Hale and Mrs. Bob Stcagall. Mrs. Steagall mode the scrumptious chocolate cake. The party was In the hos pital dining room and members of the staff attended. Bill was given an electric clock as a going away present. Like his brother, Bob, who is engineer at the hospital. Bill came here from England. He was from Durham and came to the United States in 1913. Through the years, he work ed at various jobs cook, sheep herder, barber, even as a sol dier, until taking the work at the hospital more than 16 years ogo. Besides trying to land those fish thnt have slipped the hook, Bill will keep in touch with the hospital on a relief basis. He expects to "fill in" on Sundays working with the boiler and en gine room. Board Approves Six lone schools will probably be Hit' flint In Morrow county to convert to the "six-six program" which liu been under discus xlon In school circles In the county for some months. At tlii request of a commu nity committee and the lone ad visory committee, tho county Kchool board Monday night ap proved tho new program for lone and will ask the State De partment of Education to op prove It. Tho department has already approved the. applica tion for the new system. Under tho plun, the first nix grades will go to the grade school, while grade 7 and 8 will go to the high achool, mak ing nix trail cm In that building. Kssentlally a Junior high school will be operated concurrently with a senior high school. Principal Ilurold Beggs out lined advantages that he could see In Mich a plan at the bourd 84th Year Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 13, . .... ' v ' """V DENIECE MATTHEWS one Twin Senior Class Honors Denlece and Bernlece Matth ews, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Matthews of lone, will share scholastic honors at Rain Gives Boost To County Crops By DON GILLIAM Onerous spr'nK rains and light snowfall during the past month, together with an abun dance of warm spring sunshine, have combined for an Ideal and welcomed good start for the county's grain crops. Precipita tion has been a little above nor mal, with mild range of night and daytime temperatures, be tween 30 and Wi. Ranchers con tinue to be optimistic about an Ideal growing season, with hope of continued good moisture. Officio! weathec report for the week ot' April 5-11 Is as fol lows: HI Low Prec. Wednesday 55 37 .05 Thursday 58 31 triuay 3 Saturday 58 34 Minuay d ai Monday 49 38 .16 Tuesday 57 40 Services Continue Eostern Oregon Freight is continuing its trucking services In the area, it Is announced by Cene Orwick of Flatt's Truck Line. Freight deliveries will con tinue to be made out of Portland but until the strike is terminat ed there will not be Interstate freight services coming into Portland. Who's Who Contest Starts Today Is C day! . . , "C" standing for clues or cash pos sibly both. You ve been looking forward to it (If you've been reading the Gazette-Times), and now It's here the "Who's Who in Morrow County" contest. Turn to page two of this is sue and see what kind of lat ent detective skills are now lurking within you Just wait ing to be discovered! It's simple (at least, we try to make It look that way). All you do is start looking for clues in the "Who's Who" section. All the clues will relate to one local person. See if you can Identify him (or her). Then, see if you can locate all the clues in this issue that apply to that person Check first the little ads in the "Who's Who" section . . . meeting, held at Riverside High. tie nald that It would provide for more efficient use of the teuchlng stuff. Grade and high school teacher now work back and forth between the school, but their scheduling is differ ent and does not coincide, caus ing delays In some causes and overlapping In others. Under the new system, teachers would re main In the same building. There would be more effic ient use of the physical plants, he said. Seventh and eighth grade science classes could use the high school science lab, for Instance, when It Is not in use by the high school students. This Is not feasible under the present system. Library materials also can be better centralized and will re ceive better use, he said. If approved by the State De partment, the new slx slx pro gram at lone probably will be the 'Hw mm1 m GAZETTE-TIMES in iiiiiuMi. mi mil I ...iwwwn mum mm f .. k fc . " 'if ! . -1 BERNIECE MATTHEWS Girls Share commencement exercises of the Class of 1967 of lone High school Prncipal Harold Beggs announces. Deniece will be valedictorian of the class and Berniece will be salutatorian. The valedictor ian has attained a grade point average of 3.83 for her four years of high school, and the salutatorian has achieved a 3.79 throughout her high school career. "In addition to their fine achievements in their studies, both girls have been active in all phases of student life," Principal Beggs said. "They have been excellent school citi zens, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews and the community of lone should be proud to have these fine girls selected as the val edictorian and salutatorian for 17." Deniece is president of the honor society, secretary-treasurer of the student body, and is secretary-treasurer of the senior class. She is vice president of the Girls' Athletic Association, Is editor of The Cardinal (school paper), is a member of the annual staff, accompanist for chorus, and a member of the pep club and the band. Berniece is president of the Girls' Athletic Association, secretary-treasurer of the honor so ciety, business manager of the annual, is on the annual staff, a member of the pep club and is in the band. The girls represented their school last year at Girls' State, sponsored by the American Leg ion auxiliary. They both plan to attend Ore gon College at Monmouth fol lowing their graduation. Commencement at lone High school will be Friday, June 2. then go on to any other ads of any of the sponsoring mer chants in this issue. Merchants featured this week are Peterson's Jewelers Wagon Wheel Cafe, Murrays Rexall Drug and Gonty's, all in Hepp ner. Entries may be left only at these businesses this week. Don't get complacent if you find a clue in an ad. It's pos sible that there may be more of them in that same ad . . . we'll tell you right now that some ads don't have any clues in them (your only problem is to figure out which ads they are). Entering the contest Is the simplest thing you can imag ine. Just take any slip of paper and write down the name you believe is correct for this week's Who's Who. Under that name, list every clue you can find in - Six System for lone Schools Implemented In the fall of this year. Eight Vacancies Noted Supt, David Potter reported that there are eight teaching va cancies for the coming school year known to date. Six of these are In the lone schools, one at Riverside High and one at A. C. Houghton. Joan Thompson, who has taught at Wilder and Mountain Home, Idaho, as well as at Vale, was offered a contract In Hepp ner Elementary school and this takes care of one previous va cancy there. She has a bachel or degree and three years exper ience. Arnle Hedman, band Instruct or at lone, will be transferred to Heppner at his request. Pot ter said. This will create a va cancy in band at lone. Others at lone High include one posit ion for English and Junior high reading, one for high school li 1967 School District Budget Election Slated Monday . Voters of school district R l will go to the polls Monday af ternoon, April 17, to decide on the Morrow county school budg et for 1967-68. The budget, which was pared by some $30,000 at the time of the re cent public hearing, would re quire $652,285 above the 6 limitation and is up $138,833 from last year when the levy outside the limitation was $513, 453. Polls will be open from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Lexington school office, lone school, Hepp ner Elementary school, River side High school, A. C. Hough ton school (Irrigon), and the Rhea Creek Grange HalL Bulk of the increase in budg et is attributable to higher sal aries for teachers in accordance with the new schedule approv ed bv the budget committee. Starting salary for teachers with bachelors degrees and no ex perience would be $5900. This is less than that requested by the professional negotiat 1 o n committee, which would have started the schedule at $6000. The Increased salary schedule would keep the Morrow county district salaries for certified per sonnel more nearly at the state level. Considerable pressure from outside the teaching ranks towards this end has been no ticed in an effort to get and hold good teachers for the sys tem. The 1967-68 budget has been thoroughly scrutinized by the budget committee, which in cludes the directors of the school board. Only other cate gory in which noticeable in creases occur is that of capital outlay. Some fixed charges are up in areas over which the dis trict has no control, such as So cial Security contributions. All registered voters are eli gible to vote on the budget in the precincts in which they are located. Election on board mem bers and advisory committee members will not be held un til Monday, May 1. It Is almost impossible to de termine at this time what the tax increase would be for school purposes If the county budget passes. This is due to the uncertain ty of what the state tax pro gram will be, depending on ac tions of the legislature and out come of possible statewide elec tion at a later date. Moves are now underway to increase bas ic school support, which would cut the amount of local taxes to be paid for school purposes. but this remains indefinite at this time. The budget as pre pared and printed recently Is based on present basic school support payments. all ads, of all sponsoring mer chants in this issue. Don't look for clues in news items, editorial matter, or any other places other than ads of m&prhnnts. It's nos- sible that, by coincidence, there could be clues elsewhere in the Daoer but these would not count as clues in this contest. Count only those you find in ads of sponsoring merchants (every sponsoring merchant has a little ad in the "Who's Who" section). Don't forget to list your own noma inH nrtrirpss on vour en try! Also your phone number would mane it quicKer 10 no tifv vmi if vnu arp the winner. You can drop your entry at any of the four merchants whose ads are bordered with the (Continued on page 4) brary and English, one for high school science and math, one for commercial subjects and girls' physical education. In lone elementary school there will be a vacancy for first grade teacher. Resignations approved at the meeting from lone were those of Cecilia Adams, Rita Kerr, and James Marvin. Two of these had previously said that they planned to stay at lone for on ly two years. Marvin had stat ed that he is seeking1 a posit ion In northwestern Washing ton to be closer to the family homes of both himself and his wife. The resignations were accept ed with letters of commenda tion for their teaching work to be placed on file. A vacancy at Riverside Is- In commercial subjects and girls' physical education, and one at A. C. Houghton is In girls' phys SPPNER MR. AND MRS. HOWARD PETTYJOHN will be hosts at the grand opening ot Pettyjohns Farm and Building Supply m tneir location on Linden Way Saturday. The couple bought the bus iness more than three years ago and recently completed the new building near the Heppner Union Pacific depot They are pictured in the paint section of their spacious salesroom. (G-T Photo). Pettyjohn's to Hold Grand Opening Saturday Heppner's newest business building, which houses Petty john's Karm and Building Sud ply, will make its formal de but Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, owners, will be hosts at grand open ing. It will be a gala occasion and the public is invited, the own ers declare. There will be cof fee and doughnuts for all, bal loons and bubble gum for the kids, and many fine door priz es will be given away. Drawings will be held each hour throughout the day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. for the door prizes. Among them will be a barbecue rotissierie, claw ham mers, Universal steam and dry iron, kitchen aluminum step stool stainless steel serving platter, metal saw, carpenter's rule, and other items. Special bargains, attractive to all, are offered for the grand opening and some of them are advertised in their full page an nouncement on page five of this section. The Pettyjohns bought the business in November, 1963, from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ham lin, who operated it as Barratt Sales Company. The Hamlins had previously bought the bus iness from Garnet Barratt Ae fVi rvi i KncinACO ovnan A o1 the Pettyjohns decided to build new and larger quarters and constructed the present facili ties, across the street from their former location on Linden Way. The salesroom is 40x32 feet, and the lumber yard is 50x100 feet. In recent months, the firm has expanded many of its hard ware, plumbing and building supply lines. When Gilliam and Bisbee Hardware discontinued business, Pettyjohn's sought to help fill the local need for plumbing supplies and now carry a good stock. They have also enlarged lines of tools, sports goods, electrical needs, and paints. Among the well-known lines that they carry are Toro lawn ical education and fifth or sixth grade. New Buses Approved The board approved the pur chase of two new 66-passenger buses and declared an emergen cy so that the purchase may be completed at once. Supt Pot ter said that circumstances are such that the new buses are available now. In the past, long delays have been experienced in delivery of buses, causing a hardship in the district It was stipulated in approv ing the purchase that they would be bought through local dealers. Three old model buses will be traded In on the new ones. Cost of the new buses is $17500 less the trade, and the district now has $12,000 In its current budget for replacement of buses. This is less than need ed but invoking an emergency (Continued on page 4) ' Number 7 10 Cents mowers, General and Glidden paints, Olympic Stain, McCul loch chain saws, P & C carpen ter and mechanic's tools. Mill er Falls and Black and Deck er power tools, Irrco Steelume irrigation pipe and fittings. Cornell Pumps, Rainbird sprink lers inoroiyte iibergiass panels and others. Throughout the day Saturday, a representative from General Paint Co. will give antiquing demonstrations, and will offer the public a chance to make abstract paintings in a novel demonstration. Store hours at Pettyjohn's will be maintained as 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on week days and from 8 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Assisting Howard and Jo Pet tyjohn at the business are Dean Connor and Tom Harris, both of whom work part time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pettyjohn are life long residents here. He work ed for Kinzua Corporation for many years before quitting to devote full time to the busi ness. Mrs. Pettyjohn was em ployed by the Gazette-Times be fore joining her husband in the business. Chest X-Ray Unit Here for Two Days All adult residents are re minded to get their free chest X-rays taken at the visit of the mobile chest X-ray unit of the Oregon State Board of Health here Thursday or Fri day. The unit will be stationed near Murrays Rexall Drug. Hours on Thursday will be from II cm. until 2 p.m. and from 3 P-m. until 6 pan. On Friday, the hours will be from 9 ajn. until noon. Everyone is Invited to bar a chest X-ray 4or possible early detection of tuberculo sis, lung defects and abnor malities of the heart , r A . - AS?
