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HEPFHEB GAZETTE THE A - GAZETTE-TIMES Heppnet. Oregon STS34 Fhoo S7S-S22S MORROW COUXTTS NEWSPAPER The Heprner Gazette established March 3a 1SS3. The Heppner Times establisf-.t-il November IS. 1S?7. Consolidated February 15, 19 12. PUIUiHIll -ASSOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN EOD (SHEET) PARDEE Adverusic Manager Photographer MARION AERAM5 Society Circulation JIM SHERMAN Pressman Office Hours: S aja. to 6 p-ra, Monday through Friday; 9 ajn. cntil noon Saturday. Subscription Rates: SL50 Year. Single Copv 10 Cents. Published Every Ttursdav and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Cass Matter. Budget Support When one examines the Morrow county school district budget for the year 1967-65. it is difficult to see how it could be pared significantly under circumstances that prevail today. Mary of the requests for materials, supplies and equip ment were cut In early meetings of the budget committee, and additional items were trimmed as late as the public bear tegs on March 2S. The main item that has brought about an Increased budg et for the ensuing year is a higher salary schedule for teach ers. This is inevitable if the district is to maintain a level of instruction that guarantees quality education for children in the county. The directors, budget committee and teachers agreed to a schedule which places the district more in a competitive position with other school districts around the state but not as high as many districts of comparable size. It is interest ing to note that this schedule was agreed upon in a spirit of cooperation between the parties involved while other dis tricts in the state are engaged in bitter controversy yet over increases that are equivalent to or better than those plan ned here. Out of the general fund budget of more than $1,200,000 in the Morrow county district, mstruction salaries account for more than $700,000. Thus, it readily can be seen that expense of instruction is by far the most expensive item in school costs. This is as it should be, for teaching is the heart of education. The teacher is of paramount importance. Those who are seriously interested in providing the best possible education for Morrow county children recognize that emphasis must be placed on obtaining and holding top qual ity teachers here, and that is what is taking place now. Last week, this column pointed out the gains that have been made in education during the past year in Morrow county. To hold these gains, the district must have the nec essary financial support. The budget committee is asking for nothing more than this. Defeat of the budget would ser iously Jeopardize progress that has been made. Demand for teachers is the greatest that it has ever been. Many leave Oregon each year to go to states where more lucrative salaries are offered. Others are enticed by salaries offered by governmental agencies, such as the Job Corps. When the Morrow county district reached an agreement with teachers on the new schedule, it didn't offer them what they might be able to get by seeking out positions elsewhere on the market, but they did keep the range more nearly competitive. It is a difficult proposition indeed, to present a budget to the people requiring a rather sharp increase in tax levy when the public in general seems to be demanding reduc tions in property taxes, but there is no other way to go, short of curtailing a school system that is making fine prog ress. Many parents, who recognize the benefits of instruction their children are receiving, will be willing to make some additional sacrifice for their continuing good education. Their children's future is of utmost importance to them and they recognize that a solid foundation in elementary and second ary education is ever more a vital necessity in a world that is not only experiencing a "population explosion" but also an "education explosion." A higher budget is not so acceptable, perhaps, to those with no children in school. But they, too, benefit from the younger generation receiving good educations. They realize the importance of the school system, and thev take pride in it, too. When voters go to the polls Monday, they should realize that the budget will be up about $130,000 across the county as a maximum. This is on the condition that no relief is forthcoming from the state. If a plan is worked out by the legislature that is acceptable to the people to reduce prop erty taxes, the Morrow county budget will be cut proportion ately. It could be quite possible that the school budget might end requiring less in property taxes than last year with relief coming in the form of added basic school sup port. Unfortunately, no promises can be made at this time and the budget has to be presented as if there will be no relief at alL The old saying, "One can't have his cake and eat it," holds true in this case. We can't have good schools and not provide the necessary support It looks to us that the school officials have done about the best possible Job under the cir cumstances. The 1967-68 school budget deserves support of the voters and it is to be hoped that they back it decisively at the election Monday afternoon, April 17. TO THE EDITOR. . . For Budget April 10, 1967 To the Editor: As we approach the day when the people of Morrow County vote on me k-i scnool budget 1 would like to make a few comments on the importance of its passage, especially to those of us in the lone area. We are presently offering curricula in both grade and high schools that has never been equalled in this area. We have a staff that is very well qualified and working as nev er before to educate our child ren that they may later com pete in a highly technical world. However, what is good can be made better! As most of us are aware, we are at present """"in? engaged in a relative - TIMES. Thurso 07. April II 1967 HEPPNER NATIONAL NIWSPAPII i...wiui:jni,i EDITOR AJTD rmUSEEI ASSOCIATE rUBUSHEX ARNOLD RAYMOND Shoo Foreman Printer REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STHLMAX Apprentice Needed ly new 6-6 program in lone. That is, incorporating the 7th and 8th grades into the high school as far as academics are concerned. This will make more efficient use of present school facilities inrlnriirw lah,,,. teaching stations, members ofi?atlonal Forest His assignment the faculty and time schedul- ?re was eflectlve as of March ing. In short, this will enable'12- , . . our students to take better art. I The n?w forester was born in vantage of opportunities offer ed within the school Tied within this program is I a new readins class desitrned especially for students in the lower hieh school omnn two. tofore, this has been a weak area in our school as the I.T.E.D. test has shown. New speed reading aids have been includ- ed in the new budget as well as a part time reading instruc tor. Individual studv ran-als will be placed into the library area for students who wish srje- cialized intensive study. Badly needed repairs are planned for the grade school building and incidental improvements will be made on the play grounds. In order that these improve- I W. S. CAVESKXU. Caverhill Writes Column for Paper W. S. Caverhill of Milton Freewater. author of "Road South," Cal Tuller" and other publications, will write a week ly column for the Gazette Times beginning with this is sue. It will appear under the heading. "Pioneer Poncienngs-" Caverhill has columns of in terest to East Oregoniarts ap pearing in a cumber of other weekly papers in this part of the state, and his articles often appear. too, in dailies. He ts intimately acquainted with the history of the area, and for a number of years serv ed as Grant county commission er. He is well known for the glimpses that he presents of the character and philosophy of an era that is past His experienc es as teacher, county and city official and outdoor enthusiast well qualities him as a writer. Pioneer Ponderings By W. S. CAVEHHUX During an overnight stop in Heppner recently. I was surpris ed at the evidence of its sound economy and steady growth. Sitting in the lobby of the ho tel brought back memories of fifty vears ago when Heppner was the focal point for trade and transport for much of the John Day country. At that time there was much interest in the Grant County court, of which I was a mem ber, for the improvement of the road from Monument to Hepp ner. In fact, a portion of a coun tywide bond issue was ear marked for that purpose. So far as I know that portion was nev er issued. When teams and wagons passed out of the picture the scramble was on for auto roads to tap the trade from the John Day country. Officially, I had no contact with the situation after 1924. but I have observed the sequence of events. When Ed Aldrich was a mem ber of the State Highway sys tem, work was accomplished on the John Day-Pendleton road. Dubv of Baker built Dooley Mountain feeder, Reynolds of La Grande took credit for the Ckiah-La Grande improvement When Barrett of Heppner was on the commission, the pres sure of outlet from the south had been relieved and Heppner lost its importance as a trading center for the interior. I believe there is still a need for a reasonably improved road from Parkers Mill to Monu rnent Perhaps it is already in the making. Forester Arrives In New Position Warren S. Plocharsky, former ly of the Chelan Ranger district near Chelan, Wash, has moved to Heppner to take a new po sition with the Heppner Rang er district of the Umatilla Na tional Forest He holds the po sition of supervising forester here. In his family are his wife, Irene, and three children. Car olyn, 3; Janet, 2; and Steven, Plocharsky served at Leav enworth, Wash., with the U. S. Forest Service in May, 1963, and remained there until September, 1964, when he went to the Chel an district in the Wenatchee Bristol, Conn., and has a bach elor of science degree in 1962 lJR Unlverey of Connec- irzzz m.ents and forward looking plans might be implemented, it is imperative that the budg et be passed. The budget com mittee, composed of citizens from all areas of the county, has spent a conside r a b le amount of time to insure the most education for the tax dol lar spent. Our children's education In lone depends on your vote! Sincerely, Louis A. Carlson, Chairman Lone Advisory Committee Chaff Wes BILL HCST, manager of the J. C. Penney Co. More here, has an older brother. Doue Hust who is rr.an.ijcr of tbe big J. C Penney Co. store in Boise. Idaho. Monday Bill called Dou on the phone on some company business and asked big broth- er how things were going, Not so good" replied the Boise brother. And then Doug related how his store had been robbed Sun day night Bill figured he w.v Joking at first, but found out that he wasn't A lone gunman had come to the Hust home, demanded the keys to the Penney store and made Doug tell him the com bination to the at gun point Then he bound the Pen ney manager, his wife and children. Two daughters are 20 and 17. He used wire to tie them up. took the kevs to the store and left. The robber also took their car. A son was first to wriggle free of his bindings and then freed the rest of the family, but this took some time. Bv the tune they were free, the gun man had cleaned out the store of an undisclosed amount of money. The family car was found parked by the store. Quite a terrifying experience and similar to one that hap pened to a Safeway store man ager at Baker earlier this year. CONGRATULATIONS to Howard and Jo Pettyjohn on their grand opening! Their many friends wish them the best in their new business building at Pettyjohn's Farm and Building Supply. They have a fine grand op ening planned for the public, and we hope their bright new salesroom is Jammed through out the day Saturday. Heppner has been pretty hard hit in some hardware lines since Gil liam and Bis bee went out of business, and the Pettyjohn's are doing a good Job filling the gap with plumbing supplies and other needs. They're try ing to carry the things the pub lic needs in this line and can't find here anywhere eke. Their new building is a fine addition to the community of i Heppner and helps brighten the,'HOW tmeS HAVE CHANGED mam entrance to the city. WE'RE GLAD to welcome the column of W. S. Caverhill of Milton-Freewater to the paper this week. We first met him through Harryr Ringhand. pub lisher of the Valley Herald at Milton -Freewater. when several of the M-F men were on a Junk et to historical and scenic spots around this part of the coun try and dropped in for coffee about a year ago. Caverhill came back again the other day on another trip and proposed having us Join papers carrying his column. He is well acquainted in this coun try and his writings are slant ed towards Eastern Oregon, al though all of them are not on things historical. He brings out some of the philosophy he has gleaned in his four-score years in this part of the state. Many are acquainted with him as the writer of Cal Tuller. THIS ONE we swipe from Rev. Mel Dixon's mimeographed church paper, but note that he "swiped" it from a Lutheran Who's 'Clues Hidden in Any I. This 1 a funiir fun contest. En tna wtlootne from every mcmbtr of th funijy otd enc-uffh to fill out hi or her osni. You may submit one miry per person u ny OH AlL, 01 the Sponsoring Mrerh&nU whose di xe heTily bordered this week but only ooe entry per person t any one nore (more than one will dis qualify ail entries of that person for that week). 1 Anyone may enter unless a mem ber of your family Is employed by The Gazette-Time. Sponsoring Mer chants and their families, and their employees and family are most wel come to enter EXCEPT during the weeJts that the ad of your own store i beanly bordered in this section. . Nomina- to buy Use hit Use any slip of paper for entry blank. DO NOT put Not your entry Into an enrelon. necessary to be present at the draw. ing to win. Not necessary to be a mbsenber to The Gazette-Timea to participate. PETERSON'S JEWELERS tall Something From the Jewelers Is Always Something Special J. C. PENMET HEPPNER ALWAYS Glenda FIRST QUALITY JACK'S CHEVRON STATION HEPPNER We Take Better Care of Your Car PETTYJOHN'S FARM & BUILDERS SUPPLY HEPPNER Plumbing Hardware Educator Lumber Chatter Sherman j periodical. (That should give It j an ecumenical flavor! 1 "Once upon a time there j wr-tr four rwn who belonged to the simf church. Their name Joe Anybody. Jack Even body and j Sam Nobody. " 'Everybody" thoug h t h would like to eo to church and ' Sundav School rut he thought Somebody' wouldn't be friend ly with 'Anybody' so 'Nobody" went " 'Everybody" was asked to teach a class and lead a group, but he thought surely "Anybody would want to be a teacher or a leader and at least "Some body' would do It; but 'No bodv' finished up teaching and leading. "Whenever there is a Job to do, 'Everybody agree with 'Anybody' that 'Somebo dy would do it. but 'Nobody does it These four men died and went to meet their Lord. Guess who got all the rewards. You're right "Nobody!-" THERE'S A nice article In Northwest Ruralite, April Li sue, on the Met Bo vers of Lex ington. The piece is entitled. "What s It Like to Run an Atr port?" Most everyone around here gets Ruralite now eince all are customers of Columbia Basin Electric. If you haven't noticed the article, you'll find it In the center spread of your magazine For years, we have heard a lot about Henrv Alderman ed itor of Ruralite. He was the one who has developed the In creasingly popular magazine which is devoted to consumer owned electric utilities. Alderman dropped in the oth er dav on a visit, and It was the first time we had met him. Web Allison of the staff gen erally makes the rounds in this part of the country. We had a nice visit with Al derman, who says that Rural He is now being published In 23 different editions with a to tal circulation of 65.000. The East Oregonlan does the print ing Job. It carries a lot of home spun features which are a lot I at interest to a lot of noonle. Principals Ron Daniels and Harold Beggs reported Monday night at the Morrow county school board meeting on how they had attempted to recruit teachers at an Inland Empire meeting in Spokane set up for that purpose. Talk to them about the experience and you'll find how tough it is to get teachers these days. At the Davenport Hotel In Spokane, each district represen ted at this meeting rents a room and posts its sign on the door. Prospective teachers go from room to room to hear the stories that each district tells about the fine advantages of teaching In its schools. Each district Is well prepared with colorful brochures and oth er information, and It Is nec essary to have reservations ear ly to get the choice rooms. The Morrow county men didn't get their reservations in early enough, they said, so they had to set up shop In another hotel. One stayed in the room to interview prospective teach ers, and the other posted him self at the Davenport, giving Who In Morrow County? Ad in This Section or 4. WHO'S WHO may be anyone In Morrow County. Clues to his (or her) identity will be hidden ONLY In ads of Sponsoring Merchant (every pon sonng Merchant has a little ad In this group ad). Clues may be hidden In ANT ad of ANY name you think the WHO'S Sponsoring merchant. ANYWHERE In the paper. Clues will be scattered many ads will hare no clues, while others may have as many as five This is a contest of kill, and we Intend to do our best to outwit you. We'll be delighted If you succeed in outguessing us. In spite of our best efforts: &. If by coincidence, the name ol the WHO'S WHO (or other facts about him) happen to appear In news items, editorial matter, or other plac es In this newspaper, these will cot count as dues. f. To enter, write down the WHO Is List ail the clues you can find tn ail the ads of the Sponsoring Merchants In this issue. Don't forget MURRATS REXALL DRUGS HEPPNER Fresh Patent Drugs Skillfully Compounded TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. "MATERIALLY YOURS" Building Materials Boysen Paints GARDNER'S MEN'S WEAR THE STORE WITH PERSONAL SERVICE B.P.O.E. No. 358 C A. RUGGLES Farm Mortgages Arranged Phone 676 9625 P.O. Box 247 HEPPNER TO THE EDITOR Professional Rodeo To the Editor. t hi rc.nl about iIhk. frm- inu at the North End I Hoeing Land Lea-el nd ,,l,,,r r,u1' in your pnnT. I would Ilk" to . - ..,l fur irofrsoii(ll NJ j j 'aau the Pacific Indoor Ito- In Portland a mri u"' Champion like l..rv Ma linn, Ned Londo, Shawn Ivl. Jk Roddy and timnv other Kvt a fine performance before a en pacltv crowd. Contestant from out card to direct the prospect ive teacher there. They didn't have any luck. They Interviewed alxiut a do en prospects, but none evidenc ed much Interest In coming here They talked to one teacher who had 10 or 12 contract from different districts In her purse She took them all and would figure out later which one he would accept "She probably could have had that many more before he left." ld Ron. School district from all over Oregon. Washing ton and probably Idaho are rep resented at this recruiting ' slon. When Ron and Harold were making this report we couldn't help but think back 30 year when we were fresh out of col lege, a sheepskin In one hand and a list of schools that might need teachers In the other. When we sent out a letter of annlleation. It was with the knowledge that it would be one ; In 60 to 100 that might re re ceived for the httmc position. Our secondary etl. prof , Ir. Kl win Ingles, suggested a subtle little truk that might get one's application letter to the top of the stack and get a little more attention. line alwavs closed his appli cation with a paragraph that he was em-losing a self-addressed envelope to facilitate a re plv "But don't put It In your first letter," said Dr. Ingles. "Then write another ami sav that you neglected to put In the enve lope and so with thl letter ore correcting the overnight." Theory was that the district clerk or aupt. would have to dig out the original letter to get it with the return envel ope, and It was hoped, might think the sender was a real thoughtful person and there fore a good prospect. Well, no school districts lined up to admire our talents. We could have taken a lob at Gas ton, but girls' P. E. was part of that teaching assignment and that didn't seem to fit. We went In the model A from Per rydalc to Coqullle, and from Dallas to Waplnlta before land ing a Job in the fall of 1938 at Elkton. Incidentally, when a teach ing recruit went barnstorming those days, we sought out all the board members to tell his qualifications, as well as the ' superintendent. ' Later on, after moving to Nyssa. we applied once lor a I Job at Lexington but didn't i make the grade. I At Elkton that first year, the ! salary was $.f.K) per year on a ' nine months' basis with coach-1 Ing, the school annual and the works thrown in. Didn't know at first how to get rid of all that money! Hmmmm! Yep, times have changed. in Any Ad by Merchonts in This Newspoper' your own name and address! Then .Imp your entry at any Hponsnring Merchant whose ad la between the heavy borders In this group ad this Issue. You may enter at all four If you wih! There are no other place, where entries will be ai-cented -and mail entries will n.t he accented Any member of the family may bring in all entrle. for (hat family. Child ren under 1J must be accompanied by an adult. . This week's contest Mart when you receive this Issue, and clones at 4 P"1-. Tuesday of the following fj'i. iJA,,,,.,lme- urlng wm iJ"f T.h.,'Jm ntry ,lr '" correctly Identifies the Wllo'H WHO wll win SAM). It THAT entry also lists every clue hidden In all ads of Sponsoring Merchants, a IHINUH of RoviTi". b Whenever thl. BONUS Is not won, It will he added to next week's HON I '8 which will continue to grow until It la ,., iV!"?, " UONtm require. . I'm,: FtCT list of clues the eiact num. GONTY'S SHOES For ALL Seaside ELMA'S APPAREL HEPPNER Brand Names for Infimlo To Ladles VAN'S VARIETY HEPPNEIt There's Somellilng For Everyone At Van's Beth I0NE CHEVRON STATION JIM BAKNKTT St. Paul RPM Motor Oil, Alias TIich, Batteries and Accessories. IVn. Hi-Inn. sin h an Kamni, mid Jim lliitliurn did their part, mid a lurce itrmip from IVnille tim win In nttendnnco with their queen and rourt Ci-ne McLaughlin gave a flno performance f trick and fancy roping on hf skate, and Been, wax and the Moore Family fur niheil the comedy. Pete Logan and l-ex Connelly announced. The crowd rnloye.l a good fast show. Cenerul admission wa $1 r41 (They honored RCA. Gold Cards! Heppner charge U (xl admission fr an amateur iliow. Last year In Heppner H)0 wan sM-nt on advertising, and the gate wa a little over (.1700, A number of year ago our ad mission wa $1 V) and our gate wa over Hzm for an R.C.A. show. These figure apeak for themselve. I'd like to ri a professional rodeo In Heppner again, Harold Erwln John tMtUt. son of Mr. and Mr John Ifeiffer was ahlo to make a brief trip horn on week end leave Friday and Sat urday of last week, ill ship the coast guard Ice-breaker Staten Isiund Is In port at Se attle for refitting. Ubby Coming Events SPRING RUMMAGE SALE Friday, Saturday, April 14, IS Siwnsored by Heppner Civic I-eague C.llllam Blsbee BIdg. HEPPNER HIGH BASEBALL Saturday. April 15, 1 p.m. Madras at Madras Saturday. April 22, Sherman nt Heppner, 10 a m. HEPPNER HIGH TRACK Trl -School Track Meet. Grant L'nlon, Sherman, Heppner here, Friday. April 14. LITTLE LEAGUE TRYOLTS Saturdays, April 22 and 29 Little League Field, fair ground Boys 9 12 years of age BAKED FOOD SALE Bv St. Patrick's Altar Society Saturday, April 15, Central Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. SCHOOL BUDGET rXECTION Monday. April 17. 2 to 8 p.m. Six Morrow County Precinct GRANGE BUFFET DINNER Lexington Grange Hall Sunday. April 23, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Auction sale to follow SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 247 Pa 678-9625 her. and all copied eiactlr as In the fP" t watch thes clpiul " .,,h b.7ik.'nry. M Precaution will rnV. thai r7rnV P"r.'hlcaJ e " c i but er.'" " m'n for m f $ 'pZZsmX'r el" U t'" "1 tbeir d- Family participation (Ivea you a h'tter chance to win th jackpot Tour wife, husband, or some brlght yed youngater MAY spot a clu. that you mlas! Got any Terry Mason In your . . . Think YOU can outwit th contest? -Remember, you can't wtn tf you don't enter! WAGON WHEEL CAFE Skyline HIED and CECILE OTT Featuring Fine Food Every fy oi inc week . CENTRAL U ' O MARKET HEPPNER For The Most Complete Food Service Hrcndit HEPPNER INLAND CHEMICAL To Keep You (irowlng Better In Our Business MILADIES APPAREL "Kverythlng In Ladles Heady-to-Wrar" Hill HEPPNER J community! yj BILLBOARD C Vt -w rr 1
