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I I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. 07103 84th Year THE" Mm HEPPNER GAZETTE-TI Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 17, 1967 Superintendent Tightens School Expense Controls Hon Daniel, new ucrlntcn dent of the Morrow county school district, made It clear to the hoard of director at their regular meeting Monday night that he cxiwct to devote some of hi energies toward a tight er ronlrol of school expenses. Thin Is necessary, ho told the hoard, because the 1967-6H budget la expected to be a "rlose squeeze." An anticipated $7000 budgeted as a cash car ryover has not materialized, but instead lias turned nut to he u minus figure of some $.HK0. If i liln year's budget breaks "fair ly even," the $13,000 deficit will be noticed at tho start of the 1908 GU year. The legislature, expecting thai it will have to make up for a (W.OOO.OUt) deficit because of a lag In the state's economy that has resulted In a decline of anticipated revenue, may make cuts In basic school sup ort. This would not affect this year's budget, Daniels said, but would hit the l'.ttlS 69 budget. In view of these circumstanc es, Daniels reorted that he has held n meeting with scliool ad tnlnlstrators, Hilnttng out the necessitv for tighter control of expenditures and asking for tlieir cooperation. He noted that the school board. In u previous ac tion, has already taken' $ltXM from lis emergency fund for textbook and that it appears the buditct will bo overexpend ed on contract bus runs. No Surplus Expected In the 1!M"6 67 budget, there was a $13,000 surplus in the in struction budget, which made up tor deficits In other areas. However, Daniels said, "I am sure there will be no surpluses in the teacher salary area this year." lie has taken steps to imple ment this planned tighter con trol. Daniels said that ho plans to continue giving a district wide financial report monthly, and In addition, expects to at tempt to have an Itemized state ment from each school. Administrator have been asked to keep an accurate rec ord of this Information. Daniels said that he hopes that this will create an awareness of what money is left for each school Insulator Shot; Reward Offered Very few power users In the area realize it, but Morrow and Gilliam ccuntles Just missed a general blackout over tho week end as a result of malicious vandalism of someone who shot an insulator from the high volt age transmission line serving tho area. Harley Young, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, said that the help of a telephone company lineman prevented the outage. The man spotted a high voltage wire dangling nt a lo cation near the Lexington city dump. He notified the power company before a short-circuit occurred, und a crew was dis patched to repair the damage. Cost of the repairs was prob ably $2U0 or more, Young said, but this was light compared to what It would have been if un outage had occurred. The man ager said that only a high powered rllle could have shatter ed the supporting insulator. Columbia Basin has a stand ing reward of $250 for Informat ion leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who malic iously damages the power lines. Further details are on another Page. He said that the reward Is offered to apply specifically to cases like this and asks the co operation of the public In sub mitting Information- (Cut Courtesy of and will check a tendency to overexpend sums available that he felt previously occurred sim ply because administrators did not know what was remaining. lli told the board that he Is convinced (here are areas where economies can be effected. Drop Another S77 Hut at the same meeting tho board reluctantly took action to authorize an expenditure that slipped them another $777 te hind. Thcv had called for bids on intercommunications sys tems at lieppncr Elementary school and A. C, Houghton school. The budget committee had approved a totul of $3400 $2500 for lloppner Elementary und J'.HM) for Houghton for this purpose. However, the only bid came In at $1177 for the total Job. After considerable discussion and upon the superintendent's rather reluctant recommenda tion, the bourd voted, 4 to 3, to accept tho bid of the Manches ter Company on tho work. It was necessary for Chairman Don McKlllgull to vote to break a 3-3 tie. Daniels said that ultholigh he was loath to recommend accept ing the bid. he felt that wait ing a year would find costs higher. Principal Al Martin was called upon to explain the need lor the Intercom system, and he pointed out some of the prob lems involved in communica tions between the three elemen tary buildings here Including the gymnasium as well as In side each building. Tho superintendent said that he believed the $777 could be picked up by curtailing other budgeted Items. (Continued on page 8) School to Start In Morrow County On September 5 Classes In all Morrow county schools will start on a full schedule on Tuesday, September 5, the day following Labor Day, Superintendent Ron Daniels an nounces. A full day of school will be held on the opening Tuesduy with buses running their regu lar routes on their usual sched ules. Cafeterias In all schools will also be In operation be ginning with the first day. At Heppnor High school a counsellor will be available from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug ust 21 through August 25 to discuss scheduling and other problems with those students desiring help. Mrs. Violet Lan- ham will give thus assistance. Heppner Elementary school will register new students and first grade students on Thurs day, August 2-1, from 9 a.m. un til noon and from 1 until 4' p.m., Al Martin, principal, an nounces. All other schools will hold registration on September 5 during the morning classes. Parents are reminded that first grade students must pre sent birth certificates at the time of registration to verify age. Klrst and ninth grade stu dents nre also required by law to have physical examinations prior to starting school. The ex ams must be confirmed on Ore gon Pupil Medical Kecord forms provided by the school or the county health office. Teachers In the Morrow coun ty district will begin work on August 29 with a television in stitute being conducted In Pen dleton. Tho days of August 30 and 31 will find the respective school faculties In their individ ual school buildings where fuc ully meetings will be held and classrooms will be prepared for the start or school. Hermiston Herald) T ' ' " ' ' ' - " 1''" ,i " ' ' " ' '' . f!i , .." . - 4 " " ' ' ' W o AJ m J oj y yxx, j fx! yJ'f EAST SQUAD for the Shrine football game la Fondle ton Saturday night includes (top row, from lr ft) Wm. Correll (68). Neil Knlskern (70). Nll McMillan (72). Tom Such (74), Tom Frazier (76), Richard Rasmussea (78), Cordon Winters (80). Steve Cox (82), Kenneth Matlack (84), Store Bonson (86). George Moody 88) center row) Shriner Ron Baker. Jim Doherty (34). Larry Clas en (40), Neal Hammel (44). Lynn Schaier (SO), Wendell Kroder (52), Jim Recla (60V Roy Mow er (62). Richard Richmond (64). James Batter (66). Assistant Coach. Pat Fleming; (front row) Manager Jack McConneL Manager Kirk Brown, Craig Raecker (12), Dennis Davidson (20). Dan Courtney (22). Head Coach Amis Lewis. Joe Ericluon (24), Gary Johnson (30), William Steber (j2), and Trainer Archie Dunsmoor. (Turner-Jensen Photo). pgr. ,11 JIM DOHERTY. outstanding Heppner High back, is sched uled to play fullback on of fense and halfback on defense for the East in the Shrine A-2 and B All-Star football game in Pendleton Saturday night (Turner-Jensen Photo). Mel Moyer Home Destroyed; Monday Fire Hits Bunch Land Two ranches of the Heppner area suffered In destructive fires that hit during the week's hot weather. Home of Melvin Moyer on a ranch that he and his brother, Ellis Moyer, own in Blackhorse Canyon was destroyed by fire last Wednesday afternoon with loss estimated at $12,000. In cluded In the fire was a truck loaded with 180 bushels of wheat and n shed. Fire broke out Monday near the Bob Mahoney residence in the Clarks Canyon area and wouldn't quit even though it was thought extinguished after burning less than five acres on the Al Bunch place. The alarm was sounded during the noon hour, and Heppner firemen took the rural truck and Jeep to the scene. With neighbors who came to battle the blaze, the firemen soon had it checked and apparently out. They returned to Heppner. But a whirlwind fan ned some embers and tossed them in other grass and stub ble, and the blaze took off again. This time it swept over some 500 acres on the Bunch ranch, going clear to Cason Can yon and taking an unused old barn in its path. Firemen hustled back out and fought the blaze, along with a large crew of volunteers who came to help, until after 4 cm. This time, the firemen stayed ana waicnea ior anotner hour or so. Bunch had completed his har vest, and so lost no wheat, but he had expected to use the area for winter range. Number 25 10 Cents Jim Doherty Spurs Interest In Shrine AlhStar Game t Spurred by the Interest In. school for the East and Coach Heppner High's sparkling ath- jonn partanen of Harrisburg lote, Jim Doherty. tickets to the High for the West Shrine All-Star football game in! Pendleton Saturday night have h ciiin fnvt t.rc. been selling fast, and a large group of Morrow county fans will be on hand to see the game in Round-Up Stadium. Dr. L. D. Tibbies, who has been handling sales here, re ported early this week that all the choice tickets had been sold, but he still had some avail able at the going price of $3 each for those who had not yet made purchases. Any who still want to buy, however, will have to hurry for heust turn in his sales by nodiAloday (Thurs day). All proceeds go to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland. Doherty Is scheduled to plav fullback on offense and half back on defense for the East A-2 and B squad, which is coached by Arnold Lewis of Vale High school. Game time is at 8 p.m. but most of those attending will go early to watch the parade at 3 p.m. and to see the pageantry beginning at 7 p.m. "No man stands so straight as one who stoops to help a crippled child" and "Strong legs run so that weak ones might walk again" are the game mot tos of the event which Is spon sored by all the Shrine clubs of Eastern Oregon. Harry A. My ers of Condon Is general chair man. Coach Lewis of the state champion Vikings will pit his stars from the best of the East's nign scnooi seniors oi iywj-b ' in graphic illustration oi the against Coach Marv Delplanch- J game's mottos. e's West aces. Delplanche .coach- Haiftime activities will tea es at North Catholic High in ture the Baker Elks Boy Scout . n u jDrum and Bugle Corps, which Assistants are Coach PatwiU perform several musical Fleming of Wallowa High numbers on the field. Topping The old barn was on the Bob Jones place, he said. The fire ran into the Marcel Jones place. Although it started near Maho ney's it didn't hit the Mahoney place. Origin of the fire remains undetermined. The fire at the Moyer place apparently started from sparks from a trash barrel where ref use was being burned. Melvin Moyer and his son, Bruce, were there at the time, but Heppner firemen were delayed because the person who relayed the mes sage on the fire over the tele phone failed to give the loca tion. By the time the department arrived, the house was gone. Neighbors came when they learned of the fire, but they, too, were too late to be of help and virtually all of the house hold goods and personal be longings were destroyed. Moyer said that insurance partially covers the loss. He is consider ed buying a house trailer for a residence on the place, he said, since he lives alone there. Moyer said that he tried to drive the truck to safety, but tires were ablaze and he had to give up. Gusty winds swept the fire through dry grass to spread it quickly. About two acres of grass and stubble were also consumed. Another fire in stubble was reported by Ken Batty on a ranch he operates at Hardman. The fire occurred Saturday and was confined to 20 acres through the help of residents and Forest Service men who happened to drive by in a rig at the time of the blaze. WEATHER By DON GILL LJ AM August 9 15 ill Low Prcc. 95 53 95 59 97 CI 96 59 9S 59 97 58 99 58 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Continued dry and hot weather persists, claiming to equal the dry years of 1929, 1931 and 1919 when no precipitation was re corded In the month of July and August. j tJ u"""" u?slt ' teams have been in training Pi. O I - . . s s, t U. with the East working out at La Grande and the West in Pen dleton. In the 15 year history of the All-Star event the West has ta ken quite an edge in victories, posting nine as compared to five for the East One game end ed in a tie. Queen of this year's pageant Is Darlene Kuehn, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehn of Milton-Freewater. She is in the eighth grade at Milton-Freewa ter. Darlene was first admitted to the Portland Shrine Hospital on June 2, 1966, for treatment of curvature of the spine. She wears a body brace and will continue to receive out-patient treatment at the hospital. Queen Darlene was a distinguished visitor In Heppner at the time of the Sidewalk Bazaar in early July. Parade in the afternoon Sat urday will feature more than 35 colorful bands and marching units from the El Katif Shrine Temple of Spokane, and Al Ka der Temple of Portland. The pa rade will go through downtown Pendleton and will end at the Round-Up grounds. Pageantry will begin in the Round-Up Stadium with the fir ing of a sky bomb at 7 p.m. Massed flags from all units will lead the procession. When assembled, almost 1,000 persons will have places on the field off the mid-game entertainment will be a fireworks display con ducted by the Pendleton Fire Department. l 1 V" f ; -.- ' "f "-ill's M, .... . . . .. lAam STUART DICK (center) received a Certificate of Recognition from the American Red Cross at the . Monday meeting of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce with Bob Abrams. Mor row county chapter chairman, making the presentation. The certificate cited Dick, lifeguard at the Heppner municipal pool for "extraordinary personal action in saving the liife of Judy Devore on July 13. 1967." The lifeguard pulled the young woman from the bottom of the pool and ad ministered mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration until she regained consciousness. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick. Stuart's parents, witnessed the presentation and were honored at the meeting. (G-T Photo). Morrow Fair Due to Open Here Tuesday Morrow county's 1967 fair will open Tuesday morning at 9 o' clock, and before Its four-day run Is completed with the coun ty open horse show Friday, Aug ust 23. it is a certainty that a large share of the county's pop ulation shall have passed through the new ornamental gates. Among them will be hundreds of exhibitors and a large num ber of spectators including vis itors from out of the county. Some 65 or 70 department su perintendents have been work ing on plans for the fair, along with the fair board, the fair committee and Secretary Le:ina Smith. Events which have been so popular In the past will be on the program again with one ex ception. The Rhea Creek Grange dinner, which In the past has been held on the Thursday even - ing of the fair, will not be held this year. Illness and other prob lems have cut the available crew from the Grange, and it w ri-idfi in rannoi it ihi year. i vegetables, hay, and crops. At But the 4 11 Dress Revue will ! the sam? tin 4-H Junior and be back with some 50 girls par- intermediate Dress Revue judp ticipating on a new stage in theine will start, as will 4-H live Wednesday night event It will : stoek Judging, be held at 8 p.m. on that even- Senior Dress Revue judging Ing. The pig scramble, livestock will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, auction sale, and livestock At P-m. Wednesday, 4-H awards program is sure to at- 'knitting Dress Revue Judging tract a capacity crowd in the ; will be held. At 3 p.m., FFA live livestock arena Thursday night 'stock will be Judged and rab with proceedings starting at b"s and poultry will be Judg 7:30. ed. The event of the evening The parade of pets will bewi11 e the Dress Revue at 8 earner on inursaay, starting at 11:30, and the pet show will be from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. All manner of exhibits, in eluding 4-H, FFA, open classes, community booths and others, will attract interest Tuesday , 'he Judging arena at 11:30. The through Thursday. On Friday, ; all-around 4-H champion show Morrow county's open horse j manship contest will be at 1 show for county horses only P-m- and open class livestock will be the big event at the i will be Judged at 2 p.m. The rodeo grounds with Superinten-1 evening program features the dent Fred Mankin and his crew i livestock auction, youth awards in charge. Like all events of the preram, and the pig scramble. fair, this show is open to the public without charge, and all are invited to come and see Mor row county's best horses. At 9 a.m. on Tuesday morn ing, 4-H and FFA entries open at the fair, and they close at 10:30. Judging will then begin immediately on all 4-H home Grain Exhibits Due August 22 All grain, hay and grass en tries for the 1967 Morrow Coun ty Fair should be at the fair grounds by Tuesday afternoon, August 22, according to Bill Rawlins, division superintend ent. Field crops judging is sched uled to begin Wednesday morn ing by Vance Pumphrey, Agron omist at the Union Experiment Station. Grain exhibits will be one peck. Entries should be more than this to account for clean ing losses, Rawlins said. Hay entries should be about 10 pounds or a a to 6 inch bale slice. Full bales will be accept ed. Grain, grass and hay sheaves to be eligible for the state fair must be 3 to 4 inches in dia meter, cut near ground level and tied with 3 strings. Small er sheaves will be accepted for local exhibit economics exhibits. A special food preparation contest will be at 11 a.m. At 12:45 on Tuesday a special meeting of all 4-H members Is scheduled, and all are urged to attend. Livestock Judging contests for 4-H and FFA begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday. At the same time Judg ing contests will commence In 4 H home economics, 4-H foods, 4 H clothing, 4-H knitting, and 4-H home improvement A flow er arranging contest will be held. Open Class flower and veget able entries open at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 3:30 p.m. 4-H agriculture and 4-H home eco nomics demonstrations begin. Open class flower and veget able entries close at 8 p.m. Tuesday but open again at 8 a.m. Wednesday, when all open 1 class entries are open. Closing will be at 9 a.m. except for flowers, which will be open un til 11:30 a.m. Judging will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday on open class fruits. Showmanship Judging in 4-H will ytart the third day of the fair, Thursday, at 9 a.m. after which will be the pet show at 10. and the parade of pets in Attracting keen interest is the cake baking contest sponsored by the Wheat League. Cakes will be brought to the pavil ion at 8 a.m. Wednesday and Judging will be at 9. Cakes are to te made at home, following the recipe for both cake and frosting printed in the fair pre mium book. Winner will not on ly receive the local premium but will continue on to state compe tition. Mankin Lists Prize Donors for Show Donors of prizes for the Mor row Countj Horse Show to be held Friday, August 25, at the fair grounds were announced Tuesday afternoon by Fred Man kin, show superintendent Those donating prizes for the show include The First National Bank, cow cutting; Bank of Eastern Oregon, western pleas ure; Cornett Green, pony class! Gardner's Men's Wear, western pleasure: Elma's ADDarel. trail class; Murrays Rexall Drug, bit reining; jacK van winkle's Fly ing A Motel and Chevron Station, hack a more reining class; Fred Mankin, OBRA; Turner, Van Marter and Bryant; Columbia Basin Electric Co-op; Marv Mai com, Heppner Lumber Co.; P. W. Mahoney. Helping Superintendent Man kin to run the big show will be Mrs. Frank Anderson, secretary" Gene Pierce, announcer; and Howard Bryant, ringmaster.
