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I I BR ARY u or 0 EUGENE, ORE 97403 School Board Awards Bus, House Contracts Contract for tht conKtuctlon of tcnchorago at lone was awarded to Eastern Oregon Con Rtructltin Co. of Pendleton by the Morrow County school din trlct after bid were opened Mondny. The firm's hid wa SI a compared with $15,970 submit ted as tho hid of Keith Walker mid Associate and $10,9-13 of Hod I Cut Home of Portland. Director awarded the contract to the Pendleton firm at the regular meeting Monday night. The tcaeherage will house prin cipal Harold Hoggs and hi fam ily, ami they will pay rental to me (iixiriiT. Low hid of Kulleton Chevrolet Co. of llrppner on n 30 passen ger school bus wait accepted by the director. Kulleton' hid was $5,073, including tradcln. The Chevrtdet bu will have a -Superior body anil Schctkv cmilp incut. t)tlier bid were by Mor row County Grain Grower with a delivered price of $5122 and Far ley Motor Co. which enter ed two bid on different bodies, the lowest being STHilHi with trndeln. The director rejected all bids on a panel vehicle, designed til carry eight persons and the driver, because of a misunder standing on specification. Hid tlinit on the panel were Mirrow County drain Growers, Kulleton Chevrolet Co., and Karley Motor Co. SieclflcatlonK called for an engine of 310 cubic Inches, but representatives of the Grain Grower said that Kiev had been tidd bv Leonard Toll, bus umt visor, that their 301 cubic Inch engine would be satisfactory. Hoth Kulleton and Karley bids were qualified bv clause stating that If 17 models were not available. It would be necessary to add any factory charges that mnv be made as additional for VMM models. New bids were requested by the board on the same specif I callous as those previously ad vertised. Six Teachen Needed Superintendent David Potter reported that nIx teachers are still needed to fill vacancies In the system for tho 17-tlH year. These Include one at Heppner Muh school, two at lone, one at Klverslde High and two at A. C. Houghton school, Irrlgon. The number of vacancies was down to threw at one time. Potter ex plained, but three contracts pre viously offered were declined. The board voted to transport students In the Ordnance area to north end schools for tho coming year rather than to pay tuition to Umatilla county to send them to Hermlston. The district has been paying some STi'iO tuition per student to Uma tilla county district. Since the number of students has gained, It Is felt that It will be more economical for tho district to furnish transHirtatlon to Mor row county schools. The dis tance Involved Is 41.6 miles per day, or 7.938 miles per year, Buses, with drivers, are operat ed at 32c per mile, making a cost of $25-16 per year In addit ion to the outlay for buying the bus. In the coming year school, perhaps 10 or 11 students from the area will bo transported. Zone Chang Eyed Attorney Hob Abrams, In an swer to u previous question from the board, pointed out that .ones In the county school dis trict mnv bo changed once per year. This question was asked In connection with the possibil ity of expanding the city zones In Heppner to Include some ad jacent rural areas. There has been considerable difficulty ex perienced in getting director candidates from the city zones. It was decided that possible zone changes should be discus sed with Heppner people and then recommendations for chan ges be made to the board. McEUigott Chairman Don McKlligott of lone was elected chairman of flic board to start In that position as of July 1, succeeding Irvln Uauch, who has been chairman for two years, Ralph Skoubo of Board man was chosen vice chairman. This was the last regular meeting for Director Ken Batty, whoso term expires at the end of this month. Mrs. Beverly Gun derson will become a member as of July 1, having been elect ed by writeln at the school elec tion in May. The hoard acted on other "housekeeping" chores In the balance of the meeting. It auth orized calling for bld on serv ice, bulk gasoline, fuel oil, anti freeze, and contract bus runs. It authorized bond for Alice Vance, clerk, and it instructed Mrs. Vance to balance the books and call for the annual audit. It was reported at the meet ing that two vacancies exist on advisory boards. Jerry Sweeney has declined to serve on tho Heppner-Lexlngton board, and Supple Chosen Chamber Treasurer Norman Supple, new general loan officer of Heppner Branch, First National Bank, was elect ed treasurer of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the board of directors Monday. Supple will succeed Harley Sagor, who has been promoted to the position of commercial loan officer at the Merrill Branch, First National Bank. Sager was treasurer of the Chamber of Comerce for several years. Mrs. Vesta Kilkenny has moved from the county. In an executive session, the board reviewed candidates for superintendent, but a special meeting has been set for Thurs day, June 22, to consider the applications. Supt. Potter said that about 20 applications have been received. Also In the exec utive session the board further considered the matter of bids on the Klverslde High school construction, Supt. Potter said, but no action was taken. A spe cial meeting on this matter was scheduled for June 21. It was also reported at the meeting that district funds are running low at the end of the fiscal year, hut Mrs. Vance said that there Is sufficient money to pay hills, with another tax turnover coming In. Tho finan cial report shows a total of $1,0TK.H!)5 expended for the year as compared with a total of $i,0Hl,HOl budget, leaving a bal ance of $22,913. Gaicttc-Timcs Gets Editorial Award In State Contest First place award for the best editorial In Its division in the state for 1966 was pre sented to The Gazette-Times Saturday at tho convention of the Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers association at Gear hart. The editorial that won the award was "Governor Makes Impact Here," written by Wes Sherman, editor, at the time Gov. Mark Hatfield, running for U. S. Senator, visited In llcnpner. It explained tho can didate's position on the Viet nam war. The Gazette-Times compct ed among weekly papers of less than 2500 circulation. This competition for best edi torial was one of two contests that the paper entered. Salem Capital Journal won first place for the best editor ial In the dully division and The Itemlzer-Obscrver, Dallas, won first for weeklies over 2500. Sixty awards. Including a first, second and third In each of 20 categories, were present ed at the awards luncheon Saturday noon In the Gearhart Motor Inn. Each winner was presented a plaque. The Eugene Register Guard won three first place awards In the dally division, Includ ing one for general excellence. The Salem Capital Journal won two firsts. In the weekly field the Hlllsboro Argus and the Cot tage Grove Sentinel each won three first places. Other weeklies winning first place awards were: Valley Times. Boavcrton, best wom en's page; Forest Grove News Times, best news story; Clats kanle Chief, best local col umn. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman at tended the convention Friday and Saturday. Sherman was reelected to the ON PA board of directors. Mrs. Sherman won several prizes In the women's golf tournament on the Gearhart course Saturday morning. Fire School Set At Tupper Center Forest fire control school at the Tupper Work Center Is scheduled for June 26 to 29, ac cording to Loron Lucore, fire control officer on the Heppner Hanger district, Umatilla Nat ional Forest. Attending the school will bo employees of the district and those of the Dale and Uklah districts. About 70 trainees In all are expected to be on hand. Included in the training will he fire fighting, lookout prac tices, and other skills needed for the fire season In the for ests. A total of 15 Instructors will assist at the school. Thirty-nine new employees have been hired here for the fire season, and for the pres ent they are working on roads, in camps and parks, and clean ing up until fire season activi ties begin. Fred Andrews Applies For BLM Land Purchase Fred Andrews of Echo, who owns lands In the northern part of Morrow county, has made ap plication for purchase of Bureau of Land Management lands con tiguous to his property, County Judge Paul Jones said Monday. The BLM lands are In the pro cess of being classified for dis posal by sale, and a public hear ing has been set at the Morrow county courthouse for Wednes day, July 12, at 2 p.m. Judge Jones said that he un derstands that the Andrews ap plication is for 8960 acres of BLM land that is contiguous to his private property. The judge said application for the land purchase was made the same day that the BLM announced it would classify the lands for sale. 95-Degree Weather Hastens Harvest Time 84th Year the my mmr m GAZEr Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June TlH 967 I ff 0 MORROW COUNTY 4-H CLUBS were represented at this year's Summer School session the week of June 11-17 by the above group of 26 4-H member. Front row, left to right Julie Arret. Deniis Bloodsworth. Kathleen Sweeney. Marda Young. Kris tine Peterson. Kristin Nelson. Maureen McEUigott Cwen Drake. Deb by Warren. Second row, Leonard Munkers. Linda Early. Linda Lumber, Trailer Burn at Hardman Fire of undetermined origin that broke out on a trailer load of lumber on a Brltt Bros, truck coming from the Spray sawmill of Heppner Lumber Co. destroy ed the lumber and the trailer about a half-mile south of Hardman Saturday evening. Elmer Steers, driver of the truck, stopped when he noticed the flames in his rearvlew mir ror, but apparently the load had been ablaze for some time. Mo torists who arrived upon the scene from the south said that they had noticed burning bits of lumber beside the highway for some distance back. After stopping, Steers was un- able to start his engine to pull away from the trailer, but Del riper came along and hooked his rig to the truck tractor to pull it out of danger. At its height, tho fire made a spectacular blaze and halted travel on tho highway. It took from 6:30 until 9:30 to clear tho highway. Local residents and motorists attempted to battle the blaze with fire extinguishers but to little avail. A State Forestry truck arrived from Fossil after the lumber had burned out and the trailer was destroyed. Heppner Flro Chief Forrest Burkenblne said that the area Is out of tho Heppner Fire Pro tection district, and trucks are not permitted to be dispatched out of the district. Lass was estimated at be tween $3000 and $1000 and Is partially covered by insurance. There were some 13,000 board feet of 2x1 studs on the load. The load was onroute to the Heppner Lumber Co. plant at Heppner. Yet to be determined Is wheth er the lands will be sold under the act of 1964. which would provide for sale of the lands in blocks as large as 5,120 acres to the highest bidder, or wheth er they will be sold under the old act of 1874, which provide for the sale in parcels up to 640 acres. It is under the act of 1874 that contiguous sale is provid ed, giving private landowners the first opportunity to purchase adjoining property. To go under the act of 1964, the land must be zoned. Preliminary steps to wards zoning the north end of the county were taken by the county planning commission and the county court, but zoning was never culminated. Many protests were heard at hearings held on the matter. Ji Wv iTx , . m CowBelles Host Father of Year Barbecueiunday Doug Drake, Father of the Year for Morrow county, will be honored by the Morrow County CowBelles at the annual do-lt-yourself barbecue to be held j Sunday, June 25, at the Mor row County fairgrounds. Mrs. Waiter Wright, president of the CowBelles organization, cordially invites the public to attend the barbecue. Each fam ily is requested to bring steak or hamburger to barbecue, uten sils for barbecuing and eating equipment. Coffee, salads and ! dessert will be served by the : h barque pit behind the fair pavilion will have hot coals ready for barbecuing from 5:30 until 6:30 in the evening. The meal will be served outside weather permitting. Gonty Elected Heppner TV Head " Ed Gontv was elected presi dent of the directors of Heppner j TV, Inc., at the annual meeting of the cable system last Wed nesday night in the Elks' Tem ple. Conley Lanham, retiring president, was reelected as dir ector, L. E. (Ed) Dick was cho sen vice president, and Carl Spaulding was reelected secretary-treasurer. Holdover direct ors include Riley Munkers and Larry Prock. Ten members of the cable system cooperative were present to discuss items of interest. Some discussion centered on the present microwave system with points pro and con being offer ed from those attending. Some improvements on the lo cal facilities are contemplated for the future which may bene fit reception here, but it was pointed out that expenditures necessary to install the mivro wave system have used as much funds as can be devoted to the Improvements for the present Financial report showed that the cable system can continue to operate within its present rate structure without an Increase. There was no increase in rate at the time microwave was in stalled, despite a rather heavy outlay required. Principal Receives Master's Degree Principal Dick Carpenter of Heppner High school received his master's degree at com mencement exorcises at Portland State College on Sunday, June 11. The degree was in the field of science. Principal Carpenter had completed work for the ad vanced degree at an earlier date but watted until the commence ment for the degree to be awarded. E-TIME o r r o w T 4 . 'h'iJzM r Cooper, Cindy Harsln. Susan Melby. Sherri O'Brien, Ruby Ful leton. Tanya Tucker, Vicky Hobbs. Mrs. Marjorie Wilcoxen. Third row, Mrs. Bessie Kerlin. Sandi Carlson. Larry Pettyjohn. Kerry Peterson. Jill Padberg. John Hall. Dare HalL Melvin Ash beck and Leon Wilson. tSee Story on Page 5) Improvements Extension of the main runway by 1300 feet, making It an im proved strip 50 feet wide and 2600 feet long, is among Im provements planned at the Mor row county-owned airport at Lexington. County Judge Paul Jones said Tuesday. Mel Boyer, operator of the air port, said that the State Board of Aeronautics has authorized a grant up to $6700 for the im provement project The county will pay the balance and will do the work. Its fund for the improvement comes from revenue accumulat ed from the operation of the air port, including rental from the Boyers who lease the facility. Under agreement with him, all revenues accruing to the fund 1 'sV if . ' TPif if iMI'ii ' 1 HEPPNER'S TWO ENTRANTS in the Jcrycees' Oregon Auto Road-E-0 Join with Jerry Hollomon, secretary of the Morrow county Jaycees, in showing the awards they won at the state competit ion at Baker Sunday. Kathy Melby, who graduated with the Heppner High class of 1967. holds trophy and radio she received as second place winner in the girls' division while Hollomon (right) holds the S25 check she also won. Jim Sherman, who will be a senior at Heppner High this fall, holds check he was awarded as 10 th place finisher in the boys' division. (G-T Photo). Kathy Melby 2nd, Jim Sherman 10th In State Driving Kathy Melby of Heppner won second place in the girls' divis ion at the Oregon Road-E-O, safe driving competition, Sun day at Baker, the event being sponsored by the Oregon Jay cees and the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Co. Jim Sherman, also of Hepp ner, the Morrow county winner for boys, placed 10th in the boys' division. Kathy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby, missed first place by just nine points. If she had won, she would have re ceived a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., to the national finals in July and a $500 scholarship. For taking second, she won a tro phy, $25 in cash from Georgia- Number 16 EPPN 10 Cents Due at Airport are to be placed back In 1m- provements. In addition to extending' the runway, improvements will be made to present aprons, and new aprons will be installed for a cross strip. Parking area near the hangars will be repaired. The longer runway will make it possible for larger planes to come in and leave, the judge said. He said the Board of Aer onautics told him that planes valued up to $100,000 are using the airport, and their owners are reluctant to use the facility un til the runway is lengthened and paving is completed. Boyer said that the Improve ments will make the county fa cility a "No. 1 airport." Use of the airport Is steadily on the increase, he added. ". .r J Pacific Corp. and a transistor radio. Kathy also is the alter nate for the first place winner, and would go to the nationals if the first place winner, a girl from The Dalles, is unable to compete for any reason. Jim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, received a $10 check, given by Nehalem Valley Motor Freight, for his good showing. The state winner in the boys' division was a youth from Mil waukie, and second place went to an entrant from Springfield. Twenty-three county winners from around the state competed in the event, nine in the girls' division and 14 in the boys' division. Mr. and Mrs. John Privett and I it cr Wednesday Rain Halts Hot Streak A soaking rain Wednesday morning, accompanied by re freshingly cool temperatures, changed the complexion of the weather pattern lor the past week. Prospects were that it might slow the start of bar ley harvest for a day or two, after it had been predicted that the warm weather would open the harvest by the first of next week. With five consecutive days topping 90 degrees in tempera ture, crops are maturing fast and first barley is expected to be harvested by the first of next week in Morrow county. Three days hit 95 degrees in Heppner, according to the re port of Don Gilliam, weather ob server. They were Friday, Sun day and Monday. Saturday was close behind with 93, and Tues day recorded 92. Last Thursday reached 88 de grees after Wednesday's maxi mum of 83 had given the tip off that hot weather was on the way. Minimum temperatures also climbed and ' nights became warmer. Mercury did not fall below 65 degrees Monday night and early Tuesday morning. But a threatening storm Tues day night brought some cooling to perspiring residents. Whether it would materialize and bring some measurable moisture or fade away after some rumblings of thunder and lightning re mained to be seen at this writ ing. Harlan McCurdy, Jr., general manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, said that he ex pected barley to start coming in to North Lexington at the first of next week and that the Lex ington elevator would be in op eration shortly after. He said that the barley looks very good. Meanwhile, wheat is also turning fast with the hot weather. The rise in tempera- iture is not helping the harvest outlook, but is to be expected at this time of the year. McCurdy, like Gene Winters, county extension agent predict ed that this year's harvest will be a very good one in both wheat and barley. However, it will not be a bumper crop, Mc Curdy said. While there is some concern elsewhere that the harvest will exceed storage, the MCGG gen eral manager said that there Is plenty of storage here. Complete weather report from Gilliam is as follows: Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 83 88 95 93 95 95 92 46 49 51 55 57 60 63 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Li Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hollomon took the Heppner contestants to Baker. It was an all-day event that began with registration and was followed by written competition in the morning. A picnic luncheon was held at noon, after which the driving competition took place. Skills In handling a car and parking were tested in a series of difficult maneuvers, and then a road test was conducted In a course around the City of Baker. Banquet concluded the event Sunday evening with a well known race driver being the principal speaker. Some 100 per sons attended the banquet, and (Continued on page 8) li 1
