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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ,
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