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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1967)
LIBRARY U OP 0 tUQENE. ORE . 97403 i WOMENS LOCKER ROOM SHOWER CITY OF HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL IMPROVEMENTS THIS IS architect's sketch of ths propoMd Keppnr Municipal Pool after rebuilding lob is completed. Th pool walkways would bo widnd. ths pool Itself would bo rebuilt and a now bath houso would bo prorldod. This Is a tentative design and othor changes might be made. Sketch of the design of ths Swim Pool Vote Due on May 31 Future of the Heppner munic ipal swimming pool will be de ckled Wednesday, Mav 31, when voters within the city limits will cast ballots at a special city election on a $110,000 bond Is sue. The funds would go to wards rebuilding the pool Itself, for construction of a new bath house, and for Improving or add ing other facilities Incident to the operation of the pool. The Issue to be placed before the public will be in the nature of a charter amendment to per mit the issuance of the bonds. Voters will cast ballots either In favor of the charter amend ment or against It. If they vote yes, they will vote In favor of rebuilding the pool. If they vote no. they will vote against re building the pool. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 31. and the only polling place will be the old cltv library, adjoining the cliy hail. Clark and Groff, engineers of Salem, made a study of the pool and said that cost of rebuilding tho pool would bo $104,000, In cluding a new bath house. Cost of building a new pool, slightly smaller than the pres ent one, would be $144,000. Dif ference In the cost, of course, Is the amount of work on the pool Itself. Under the rebuild ing plan, gunlte would be used to make permanent needed re pairs to tlie concrete sides and bottom. Walkways around the pool would bo enlarged to pro vide a more spacious lounging area, except on the north side. Bath House $13 Sq. Ft Cost of the new bath house Is figured at approximately $28,000. To be a structure of 27 ft. 6 Inches by 76 feet, this means that cost per square foot would be about $13. While the bath house Is not planned as a lavish structure, It would be designed to be spacious and ad equate. Plumbing needed in the structure is probably one factor that adds to the cost. Tho city council, In the squeeze between the State Board of Health, which threatened con demnation of the pool, and the lack of funds required for re placement or Improvement, de cided to place the Issue to the voters in the form of a bond election. A study committee, headed by Councilman David McLeod, recommended that the city rebuild the pool rather than construct a new one at the add ed $40,000 cost. The State Board of Health left the city little alternative. It no tified the council by letter that unless voters had approved funds for Improvement before the summer, no license would 76-0 TOWEL ROOM SHOWER tx issued for the pool's opera tion. Since the progress towards the election, the board's posit ion has been modified. A license will be Issued for the summer to allow time for improvements to be made. However, the board has emphasized that this will be the last year that tho pres ent pool will be licensed. Mayor Clarence Rosewall snld Monday that he is hoping for passage of the bond Issue and is anxious that a good turnout of voters casts ballots in order that tho desire of the citizens on the matter be determined. The bonds would cover a 20 year period and would retire at the rale of some $5500 per year plus Interest at whatever rate Is asked when the bonds are sold. It Is estimated that on present valuation, the bond is sue will cost tuxpaycrs living within the city a levy of ap proximately six mills the first year. This amount would de crease In ensuing vears as bonds are retired and Interest payments drop. Stores to Close On Memorial Day Stores will be closed on Tues day, Mav 30, for Memorial Day except for some service estab lishments. All public offices, banks and the post office will also close for the day. However, virtually all busi nesses and public offices will be open on Monday, May 29. There was some movement to close for the day in order to make a 3-day holiday, but a check reveals that very few plan to close. The post office, courthouse, banks, city hall will all be open on Monday, as well as the business establishments. Harley Sager Gets Gold Heart Award Harley Sager, who has served as chairman of the Morrow county Heart Fund for three years, received a gold heart award for his service at a din ner meeting In the Sheraton Ho tel, Portland, Thursday night. He was one of some 25 who were recognized by presenta tions of the gold pins for doing an "outstanding job" for the Heart Fund. Mrs. Sager accompanied him to the meeting. They left very early Friday from Portland for an 8 a.m. meeting In Hermls ton with the Northwest Hereford Congress, which Sager attended both Friday and Saturday MENS LOCKER ROOM 27'-6" bath houso Is shown at tho top. Work of rebuilding tho pool depends on outcome of the bond election Wednesday, Mar 81. An ctflrmaUre rote would empower tho dry to soil $110,000 la bonds for tho project Mrs. Buschke Makes Gain After Surgery Mrs. Claude (Margaret) Buschke Is convalescing at Providence hospital this week after open heart surgery there on Tuesday, May 16. The oper ation was a complete success, her husband said Monday, and she is showing fine improve ment towards complete recov ery. A plastic valve was inserted during the operation to correct a condition that has troubled Mrs. Buschke for years. She had a first heart opera tion in 1955, but In recent years It became evident that the sec ond would be necessary. Her husband said that progress made In field of heart surgery has been remarkable in the past 10 years. After leaving the hospital la ter this week, Mrs. Buschke will convalesce at an apartment the couple has rented at 4718 N. E. Broadway. He has been in Port land through the time of the operation and ensuing days but returned here Sunday. Claude will spend part of tho time with her in Portland during the sev eral weeks that she needs to re main there before coming home. Five Cindermen Win Spots in State Meet By MAC HOSKINS Heppner's cindermen, the "Da vid" of Greater Oregon League track, shewed the "Gollaths" a thing or two last Saturday at the District 7-A-2 meet in Burns. Coach Adrian Cook took a con tingent ol only eight boys to the showdown, but five of them Qualified for the state meet this Friday and Saturday In Corval lis. They are Steve Wagenblast, Jim Jacobs. Dave Hall, Bill Mc Leod and Tim Smith. In addition, Heppner's com posite team score of 58 points placed them fourth behind much larger squads from victorious Vale (108), Madras (105), and Burns (89). Ranked behind the Horsemen were Sherman (34), Njssa (30), Grant Union (29), and Wahtonka (24). Vale, incidentally, in nipping Madras by a mere three points, made It a clean sweep of 7-A-2 athletics this year, for this was their fourth team district or better championship in as many sports. The others came, of course, In football, basketball, enl baseball. Evidently the Mustangs didn't like the old Heppner record book. Two school records were erased and another tied in the spikefest Steve Wagenblast, re gaining his form of last year, smashed his own discus mark by 11 V4" with a heave of 141'84'?. Ir. the other weight event, husky Jim Jacobs pushed the shot 47 bettering his own former Paper to be Late Due to Holiday Next week'sltsue of the Ga-zette-Tlrntt will be late be cause of the Memorial Day holiday. It will be printed on Thursday and will go Into the pout office boxes late Thursday afternoon. Out-of-town papers will go out In Thursday even ing's mall and local rural del iveries will bt made Friday. The late paper will be nec essary in order to give the rtaff Itr holiday Tuesday, i.Ince loss of the day's produc tion would make It very diffi cult to get the paper out to make Wednesday ev e n 1 n g mall and early Thursday city distribution. Churches rlold Drive To Aid World Relief; June 3 is Deadline All churches In the Heppner and lone area are cooperating with a Church World Service ef fort to collect 60,000 pounds of clothing and soap In the North west for world relief. Need is for any type of prac tical wearing apparel cold weather as well as warm wea ther, especially baby blankets, pajamas, sweaters. In good wearable condition. Bath or hand soap in bars is a much needed item. Umbrellas, high heeled shoes, hats or jewelry are not useful for this project. Contributors must take cloth ing to their own church in time for it to be packed in boxes marked with the church's name and the weight of the box be fore June 3. The Methodist church will act as depot for the boxes and must have them by June 3. A World Service truck will pick them up sometime during the following week. Anyone wishing to ask about the drive may call Rev erend Dixon at 676-9224 for fur ther information. mark by a fraction of an inch. Dave Hall's 14.9 clocking equalled his previous high hurd les mark, set last year in the state meet His performance won bim first place in the district. The junior speed merchant also qualified for state in the low barriers by skimming them in 20.8. good for second behind Bill Rayne of Burns, timed in 20.4. A fourth Heppner win went to Hvo-miler Tim Smith, who took' his specialty in 10:22.2. The fifth state qualifier for the Mustangs, junior Bill Mc Leod, captured second in the 8S0 with a time of 2:03.2. Ron Wayne of Vale nabbed the blue ribbon in 2:01.6. Two other boys, although failing to qualify for state, accounted for more Hepp ner points. Stan Rauch grabbed a sixth place, in the shot, as did Steve Baker in the javelin event. Marks posted by other schools' athletes included an excellent clocking of 44.5 seconds in the 440-yard relay by Madras' four man crew. In the long jump, Perkins of Bums leaped 21 feet Vale's Ron Wayne toured the one-lapper (440-yard dash) in 51.1 seconds, barely edging out Sherman's Gene Lanthorn, who sprinted 51.2 In a fast race. Perhaps the outstanding race of the day was the high hurdles, where second-place finisher Don Boyle equalled Hall's time of 14.9 seconds, and third-place Bill Rayne of Burns cleared the barriers In 15 seconds flat. 84th Year THEW " HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 25, County Budget inside Limit Despite Increasing Costs (Budget on pages 6, 7, section 2) Indications are that the tax millage levy for county purpos es in Morrow county for the en suing fiscal year 1967-68, will be about the same as for 1966 67, County Judge Paul Jones said Tuesday. Total budget requirements for Morrow county for the coming year are figured at $692,290 as compared with $670,978 for the current year. This is an increase of $21,612. Pioneer Memorial Picnic Due Sunday When old -timers and former residents join with present res idents of the area Sunday at the county fairgrounds for their an nual picnic, it will be the 14th time that the group has met for the Pioneer Memorial Pic nic. MTJSE0M TO BE OPEN ON MEMORIAL SUNDAY Morrow county's museum will be open from 9:30 a.m. Sunday until 5 p.m. for the convenience of those coming for the Pioneer Memorial Pic nic, Mrs Rachel Harnett, cur ator, states. Their record book shows that the first meeting was in 1954. Four years later an account of the meeting of 1958 says, "Like Topsy, the Pioneer Memorial Picnic just growed and growed. A total of 185 had registered in 1957, and In 1958 the total was 222. Last year, some 223 came lor the event, but this wasn't a rec ord number. Nearly 300 attend ed in 1960. On another year, 278 attended. It isn't known Just what to expect this year, but the committee in charge is planning for a large crowd. Don Turner, as chairman, is in charge of arrangements, and Mrs. Nora Turner, his aunt, is secretary for the occasion. Soroptimists and the Golden Age Club will be on hand at 10:45 to register those coming for the picnic, and prior to the buffet picnic luncheon, a short service will be held to honor Morrow county's war dead. Don Munkers of the Heppner Amer ican Legion post will preside over the honor guard taking part. Mike Hedman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Hedman, will play taps. Rebekahs will assist in the kitchen, according to Mrs. Turn- Road-E-O Entries To Go to State Heppner will be represented in the state Auto Road-E-O, sponsored by the Jaycees, by Jim Sherman, Heppner High School junior and Kathy Melby, a senior at the school. The state event will be in Baker on June 17, according to Clyde Allstott, Morrow county Jaycee president and chairman of the Road-E-O here. State win ner will receive $500 in schol arships and a trip to the na tional event in Ann Arbor, Mich. Ironically, there were only three entries in the Road-E-O here, a disappointing response for the Jaycee sponsors. Sher man, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, was the only boy, and Kathy, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby, and Sue Chally, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Chally, were the only girl entrants. But although these were the only entrants, Allstott said that all three did exceptionally well, and he said that the Jaycees want to take them to the state contest, knowing that they will be worthy representatives. The Road-E-O consists of driv ing and written tests to dem onstrate driving skill and knowledge. Jim scored a total of 303 out of a possible 350 points on the combined written and driving tests. Kathy scored 279 and Sue 208. Allstott said that Sue was a real good sport about being the only loser. He said she did a fine job but had not had as much opportunity for driving experience as the other two. FOR MORROW COUNTY High School Graduation DETAILS, PICTURES, SEE SECTION 2 However, budget resources (receipts) are also up by $11, 878, Eoing to $402,489 for the coming year as compared with fKjfi CI 1 Tkl. k.lTM thai gap. Contributing to the In creased resources are such It ems as the new cigarette tax. Total taxes to be levied are placed at S318.014 for the com ing year, of which $193,014 is within the 6 limitation and $125,000 (the serial road levy voted by the people) is not sub ject to the limitation. XT 7 er. There is no formal program planned during the picnic lunch, nor following, in order to allow maximum time for visiting and reminiscing. However, there will be a period for announcements and recognition of those com ing long distances, the oldest, and others, Turner said. An Innovation this year will be a Memorial Picnic brochure that will list the names of war dead, county officers from the start of the county's formal or ganization, a short history . of the county and other informa tion. These will be available at the pavilion. Election of officers for next year's picnic will be held at about 2 p.m.. Turner said. The Pioneer Picnic is one of the highlights of the year's ac tivities in Heppner. All local persons are welcome to come and extend hospitality to the former residents and old timers, and a special invitation is ex tended to all those now Uving elsewhere who still think of Morrow county as "home." Group to Check School for Home A group of community lead ers and others interested in juv enile work will gather at the Alpine school in north Morrow county Saturday at 9 a.m. to discuss the possibility of mak ing the school building into a juvenile home for joint use by Morrow and Umatilla counties, County Judge Paul Jones said Tuesday. Larry Mack, juvenile director of Umatilla county, arranged for the meeting there. A busload is expected from Umatilla coun ty. and any local persons inter ested are urged to contact Judge Jones. He will arrange transpor tation to take them to the school. A special appeal is made to business people, ranchers, or ganizational leaders and others who may take an interest in the project and would like to hear it discussed or participate in a discussion. There will al so be a need for volunteer la bor in developine the site. Judge Jones states that he be lieves this to be a very sound proposal and that such a home would fill a real need for both counties. Similar farm homes have been established in other counties of the state. Glen and Larry Campbell own the property but have agreed to give it to the county lor tnis use. The judge says that it has been maintained in good con dition. Most of the cost of the home would come from the State of Oregon and Umatilla county. Morrow county would furnish the site r.d would contribute perhaps $1500 per year. Anyone interested in making the trip to the site Saturday is asked to call the judge at his office (676-9233). WEATHER Br DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of May 17-23 is as fol lows: HI Low Prec. Wednesday 80 50 Thursday 76 43 Friday 79 45 Saturday 87 47 Sunday 85 51 Monday 83 48 I Tuesday 72 39 Number 13 1967 10 Cents For the current year, the to tal taxes levied are $10,887 low er at $307427. Of this total sum, $182,127 Is within the 6 lim itation and $125,000 (the road serial levy for the year) was not subject to the limitation. Near 6 Limit Last year's budget was well below the 6 limitation, but the budget for 1967-68 comes within a few hundred dollars of the amount that the county can levy without a vote. Some in creasing costs and some new items that the budget commit tee felt must be Included are responsible for the increase. However, the millage levy Is expected to hold fairly close to that of last year because of an ticipated increase in the coun ty's assessed valuation. This figure has not been compiled as yet, but some additional valua tion will be added in the north end of the county as well as in otner areas. Items that were added or in creased in the budget for the coming year include these: Weed control, ud from 56.050 to $8,250; increase In salaries for county officials and office help; increase or the operating and maintenance fund for Pioneer Memorial hospital from the $13,000 of last year to $23,000 for the coming year; Increase in the county parks fund from $2000 in 1966-67 to $8000 in 1967 68 to take advantage of match ing state and federal monies available; provision for a full- time deputy sheriff: provision for a micro film machine in the county clerk's office at $5,300; increase in the civil aeiense de partment budget from $1500 to $3900 to provide for equipping the emergency operations cen ter In the courthouse and to pro vide for emergency shelter fa cilities; and an item of $1000 to help publish a history of Morrow county. Other expenses are up in les ser amounts, and a considerable number are down from last year. Salaries Raised Salary of the county ludee will be raised to $7800 under the new budget, as compared with $6300 for the current year. Salaries for the county clerk, sheriff ancj assessor will go to $6,900 as compared with the for mer 56,300. The treasurer will receive $4500 as compared with $4120 for the current year. The county health nurse will receive $3,960 as compared with $3600 lor the year 1966-67, and her office clerk will receive $2,475 as compared with 52000, for the time she works in the office. Justice of the peace salary for the 6th district (Heppner) remains the same at $3400, but that for the justice of the peace 5th district (Irrigon) will be in creased to $2600 from $2500. County commissioners will re ceive $30 per day for each day they meet as compared with $25 for the current year. This means that the total allowed for the two commissioners for the com ing year is $4000 as compared with $3200 for 1966-67. Other changes in salaries in clude the following: Deputy as sessor, to $4,500 from $3,900; deputy clerk's salary, to $4,950 from $4,700; office clerk's sal ary for justice of the peace 5th district, to $1400 from $1300; sheriffs office deputy, to $4,950 from $4,700; sheriff's office clerk, part time, decreased from $2,100 to $1,750; office help in treasurer's office, reduced to $120 from $150; part time help for county court reduced from $600 to nothing. The position of full time dep uty sheriff, which would be es tablished through this year's budget, would carry a salary of $6,300. This would take the place of the north end deputy, formerly held by Phil Goodall, who resigned. The new deputy would cover the entire county on both criminal and civil mat ters in assisting the sheriff. Hospital Up $10,000 The budget for the hospital has held within or below $13,000 for most of the years it has been in operation, being nearly self sustaining. However, this year increased costs and need for im provements made it essential to add $10,000 in this department The $2200 increase in the weed control budget comes from what Judge Jones terms as "exe plosion of weed growth" in the county and urgent requests from ranchers to do something about it. The judge said that Uma tilla county with 2500 miles of roads has a budget of $48,000 for weed control along the roads. Morrow county has nearly half the road mileage (about 1220). but will only have one-sixth the amount to use for weed control in the new budget. The increase in the parka fund from $2000 to $8000 will make it possible to get match ing funds from the state and (Continued on page 8)
