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EUGENE ,
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97403
84th Year
Number 34
EPPNER
GAZETTE
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 19, .1967
10 Cents
THE! kGhY
TIMES
ONE OF THESE Heppner High school girls will be queen ol Homecoming here Friday. f
27. when the Mustangs play Madras In the last regular game 1 the football seasoii.Star.dtog
(from left) are Jill Chitty. Nancy Doherty and Ginny Clough. Seated are Sheila Uari (left)
and Kathy Matthews (right). Noise parade next Wednesday, pep rally f
rade on October 27 are planned. Tug-of-war between classes will beheld J"Mdar. ad bonfire
wiU be Thursday evening. October 26. Homecoming queen will be crowned at halMm. of the
Mustang-Buffalo game. (Photo by John Rawlins, Heppner High).
Board Considers Many Items
At Regular District Meeting
Morrow county's distrl c t
school board again ran the gam
ut of a wide range of problems
and business matters when It
convened Monday night in the
library of lone High school for
its regular October meeting.
It heard of progress being
made on construction of River
side School. Supt. Ron Daniels
reported that most of the out
side walls are up and -that good
progress is being made in other
areas.
After having declined to in
clude a fireDlace in the build
ing, as shown in the architect's
plans, the board decided to ac
cept Architect Howard Glazer's
offer to install the fireplace at
his expense. The item is Iigur
ed at $2300 and will be located
in the Commons section of the
structure. Some directors were
reluctant to approve the fire
place even though it is to be
at the architect's expense, and
one voted against accepting the
offer.
It was approved on the con
dition that the fireplace be con
tracted between the architect
and the contractor at no ex
pense to the district and with
the stipulation that the contrac
tor accept a waiver of responsi
bility by the board.
The board had taken the po
sition that the fireplace was an
unnecessary expense, but Gla
zer is reported to favor it as a
feature of all his designs.
Teacherage Talked
The problem of paying for the
new teacherage at lone was dis
cussed by Supt. Daniels. The
teacherage was constructed with
the thought that the district
could borrow the money on a
mortgage to cover it, with re
payment coming from rental, he
said. The amount for the teach
erage was included in the 1966
67 budget as an expenditure but
there was only $6000 in a teach
erage fund to show as a receipt.
After Daniels took over the
superintendent of the district,
it was learned that the district
could not legally borrow money
H tt-feSEPfSfJ.
iod. Thus, it had $6000 in funds
to pay an indebtedness of !jl7,
000, he reported.
Daniels said that he had tak
en the Droblem to the State De
partment of Education, and four
proposals were suggested, only
two of which might be feasible
in this case: 1. If there were
excess money in the general
fund, it might be transferred to
the teacherage runa, ana in
come from- the rental would be
used to repay the general fund.
2. Prepare a supplemental budg
et and pick up $8000 on deposit
with the City ol Heppner wnicn
is earmarked for improvement
of Morgan street extension (a
project which essentially has
been abandoned). The prepara
tion of the supplemental budg
et would comply with legal re
quirements. Money from rental
would go to pay back the gen
eral fund.-
The board decided to defer the
matter until spring for final ac
tion to see what the financial
condition would be at that
time.
Money Runs Low
Financial report showed that
it has been necessary to borrow
$100,000 to pay salaries and oth
er expenses of the district and
it was necessary to authorize
further borrowing until time of
the first property tax turnover
late in November or early De
cember. This is a usual condition that
affects such public agencies as
a school district due to the "fi- j
nancial drouth" between the
Meet Set Tuesday
On Standardization
Because of a conflict with
the Farm-City banquet on
Wednesday night, October 25,
a meeting to hear reports
from state representatives on
school standardization has
been changed to Tuesday
night, October 24, at 7:30 in
the Lexington school adminis
trative office, Supt. Ron Dan
iels said Wednesday.
The representatives will
visit lone and Heppner Ele
mentary schools on Monday
and Tuesday and will make
their reports at the meeting.
The public is invited. The rep
resentatives will remain here
Wednesday to visit classes in
the two schools.
start of the fiscal year, July 1,
and the first property tax turn
over after payments are made
in the fall. However, it is ag
gravated this year with the
school district because there
was no cash carryover from the
previous year and because an
ticipated receipts from other
sources have been slow in com
ing. One payment of $48,442 has
come from the state as roughly
one-quarter of the district's
share of the basic school sup
port distribution for the year.
Blacktop Approved
After considerable discussion,
the board approved a $1,960
blacktopping project at A. C.
Houghton school. The Percy Jel
lum company is operating at
Umatilla and can come and do
this work at less cost then
would be incurred in making a
special trip for the purpose.
Blacktopping was also re
quested this year for lone
schools and Heppner Element
ary school, but it was decided
that the work in Heppner was
not essential at this time. The
work at lone High, which would
rti-. on actimaforl C700 1VDQ Ho.
sired for this year, but the board
decided that it probably would
not be practical to get a con
tractor to come for this job un
less he was doing other work
in the area.
Original budget requests for
blacktopping had been pared to
a figure of $2000 in the finish
ed budget, and the project at
Houghton will take all but $40
of this. The board said that it
Health Council Hears Emphysema Talk,
Sharp rise in the incidence of
emphysema was discussed by
Dr. Gerald Jones of Heppner in
an illustrated talk as the prin
cipal program feature of a din
ner meeting of the Morrow
county Council of the Oregon
Tuberculosis and Health associ
ation in the Wagon Wheel Cafe
last Thursday night
Anthony F. Haberlach, pro
gram director of tne eastern
Region, OTHA, discussed work
being done to combat tuberculo
sis and presented plans for the
future.
Citations of appreciation were
presented by Haberlach to Dr.
L. D. Tibbies; to Harley Young,
manager of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative; and to Mr.
and Mrs. Wes Sherman, publish
ers of The Gazette-Times, all
for "outstanding service toward
improving community health in
the fight against tuberculosis
and other respiratory diseases."
would hope to include a figure
for the lone project in the budg
et next year.
Field Trips Approved
Some 40 field trips for the
school year, covering all schools
In the county, were approved
under a new plan initiated this
year, which requires that such
trips must be requested at an
early date and be included on
an agenda with dates, classes
involved, miles to be traveled,
and approximate cost.
(Continued on page 8)
Punt Pass, Kick
Winners Chosen
Sixteen boys won awards Sat
urday in the annual Punt. Pass
and Kick competition sponsored
locally by Heppner Auto Sales,
Inc.. and the lone Lions club,
Everett Keithley, general chair
man, announces.
The six first place winners
will go to the zone competition
at the Wahtonka High field in
The Dalles Saturday, October 21.
Winners in the contest there will
go to Seattle and top performers
will continue on to San Fran
cisco. Morrow county winners, jud
ged on accuracy as well as dis
tance, were:
Eight-Year Olds Kerry Har
sin. first: Jerrv Cutsforth, sec
ond; Jeff Cutsforth, third.
Nine-Year Olds Bill Tews,
first; Alan Boschee. second; Paul
Van Marter, third.
Ten-Year Olds Jerry Gentry,
first; Tommy Hamlett. second'
Jon Prock, third.
Eleven-Year-Olds Mike Frock,
first; David McLeod, second;
Mark Cutsforth, third.
Twelve-Year-Olds Dana
Sweek. first; Robert Moore, sec
ond; Douglas Gunderson, third.
Thirteen-Year-Olds Michael
Sweek, first. (No second or
third).
About 45 competed in the con
test here with Lions assisting
as officials.
At The Dalles, the boys will
compete with winners from five
other localities. First place win
ners in the local contest received
nice trophies and second and
third winners also received
awards.
Dr. Tibbies was cited for his
medical assistance in connection
with the county council's work.
Columbia Basin was given the
certificate for its contribution in
providing electricity and hook
ups for visits of the mobile X
ray unit. The Gazette-Times'
award was for publicity given
in furthering the work of the
association.
Mrs. Marcel Jones, president
of the Morrow county council,
was in charge of the meeting.
She introduced the speakers and
each of the some 30 persons at
tending. Dr. Jones showed slides to il
lustrate how emphysema at
tacks the lungs so that tissue
is destroyed, preventing the or
gans from performing their nor
mal function. He stressed a
sharp rise in the malady and
pointed out that of those suf
fering from emphysema, some
90 are found to be smokers.
The rise has been sharpest
Crazy Days
Parade Due
Crazy costumes for merchants
and kids will be the style in
Hoppner on Crazy Days, October
27 and 28. Bill Hust, chairman
of the merchants committee of
the Hoppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce, announ
ces. .
Merchants who dress In out
landish cct-ups on Friday, Oc
tober 27, will compete for priz
es with $5 in cash going to the
woman in the funniest costume
and $5 in cash to the man who
achieves the same distinction.
On Saturday, the kids will
have their turn. All those
through fifth grade age are in
vited to participate in the cos
tume parade which is scheduled
to start at 10 a.m. on October
Abrams Argues Case
In Supreme Court
In Washington, D. C.
Robert Abrams, of the law
firm of Mahoney and Abrams,
Heppner, is in Washington,
D. C, this week where he was
to argue a condemnation case
before the U. S. Supreme
court Wednesday. Accompany
ing him was Alex L. Parks of
a Portland law firm.
The two attorneys represent
R. B. (Buster) Rand of Board
man, who is defendant in a
condemnation suit The Unit
ed State government is plain
tiff. The case involves settle
ment for riverfront property
taken by the federal govern
ment in the Boardman area
because of the construction of
the John Day dam. P. W. Ma
honey of the local firm said
one of the main points of con
tention is the defendant's ar
gument that the district court,
where the case was originally
heard, failed to allow highest
value by best use for the
property
After the district court trial,
the idefiindant appealed to the
U. S. Cjrcuit Court of Appeals
in San' Francisco, which re
versed the district court. The
U. S. government then appeal
ed to the U. S. Supreme court,
which took jurisdiction of the
case in a rather unusual ac
tion. Mahoney said that it was
rather rare that the U. S. Su
preme court would take juris
diction in such a case.
The two attorneys flew to
Washington, D. C, Sunday
and were due to be back in
Heppner Thursday.
Two Students Place
High in Merit Tests
Letters of Commendation hon
oring them for their high per
formance on the 1967 National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test have been awarded to two
students at Heppner High
school, Principal Richard Car
penter has announced.
Those named Commended stu
dents are John E. Rawlins, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rawlins,
and Frances L. Abrams, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Abrams.
They are among 40,000 stu
dents in the United States who
scored in the upper 2 of those
who will graduate from high
school in 1968, ranking just be
low the 14,000 Semifinalists.
According to John M. Stalnak
er, president of NMSC, 'The
Commended students should be
encouraged to pursue their edu
cation. Their significant aca
demic attainment gives promise
of continued success in college."
Their names are reported to
scholarship - granting agencies
and to the colleges they named
as their first and second choic
es at the time they took the
NMSQT. They are encouraged to
make every effort to continue
their education.
among males but incidence rate
is also increasing among fe
males. Haberlach, who is director for
the region that includes Baker,
Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Un
ion and Wallowa counties, pre
sented a display board with
sections of lungs ranging from
healthy organs to those afflict
ed with severe emphysema. He
told of a campaign to enlist
well known non - smok e r s
throughout the state in leading
others to sign a non-smoking
pledge.
In his program director's re
port, he said that sale of Christ
mas seals in the region had in
creased by $2000 last year.
However, of the total, most of
the contributions came from
older persons. Only four percent
came from those under the age
of 30.
In Oregon this year, 247 new
cases of tuberculosis were re
ported as of September 30. Last
Dress-up,
Oct. 27-28
28. Thev are to assemble In cos
tume at the corner of Baltimore
and Main. Thev should bo on
hand at 9:30 so that the judges
mav get a good look at tnem.
The Heppner school band, un
Aor the direction of Arnle HeA-
man, will play, and the parade
w II come ud Main sireei. a
Heppner fire truck will also be
in the Da rade line.
Invitations to the youngsters
to participate have been sent
throueh the schools and indica
tions are that a large number
will take part, Hust said.
Another parade will take
place in Heppner on Friday, Oc
tober 27, helping with the fan
fare for Crazy Days, when the
high school has its Homecoming
parade, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
The Madras-Heopner game,
looming as one of the season's
prep grid classics, win lane
place at the rodeo grounds that
night.
Meanwhile, merchants in
town will offer dozens of "real
crazy" bargains and special
values. These will be announc
ed in detail in next week's pa
per. There will be free parking to
make it easier for the public
to shop.
Crazv Days was started two
years ago and proved so popu
lar that It appears to nave won
a regular place on the merch
ants' schedule of annual promo
tional events.
At a merchants meeting Fri
day at the Wagon Wheel Cafe,
the attendance was best of any
vear. Plans were made for Cra
zy Days and for Christmas Op
ening which will be the week
end after Thanksgiving, ine
Chamber of Commerce has vot
ed to pay $80 for a new Santa
Claus suit, and the Christmas
window guessing contest will be
held again this year.
Many Bargains
This Week-end
At Rummage Sale
Doors will open at 9 a.m. Fri
day morning, October 20, for the
annual rummage sale sponsorea
by the Heppner Civic League.
The sale will run until 5 p.m.
Fridav and all day Saturday,
October 21, in the former Tryco
building on Mam street, u
chairmen of the event will be
Mrs. Ralph Marlatt and Mrs.
Mike Gray.
A baked foods sale will be
conducted along with the rum
mage sale by the Civic League.
A varied assortment of cloth
ing, toys, small household ap
pliances, and other miscellane
ous items are offered at this
year's sale to earn money for
their principal fund raising pro
ject of the year.
The rummage sale is produc
ed through the cooperative ef
fort of the mothers of kinder
garten children attending class
es taught by Mrs.- John Maatta.
Proceeds of the sale are used
to buy supplies and help with
the teacher's salary.
The Civic League will also
provide a scholarship for any
child whose family cannot fi
nancially afford the $8.00
monthly fee.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of October 11-17 is as fol
lows:
Hi Low Prec.
67 52 .09
65 45 .03
63 48 .06
64 44
75 37
72 40
68 37
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Gives Awards
year in the same period, 310
new cases were reported.
It is estimated that in the
nation 25 million persons are
infected with tuberculosis germs
and average age of those infect
ed is 55. Eighty percent of the
new cases come from those al
ready Infected.
Each one infected will infect
three more persons, he said.
Haberlach told of work being
done towards reaching those in
fected with distribution of pills
for treatment. To attempt to
reach the 25 million is an im
possible task, he said, but it
might be possible to reach two
million. He showed how the
cases might be cut in a 15-year
period if the treatment could be
given to the two million.
Unfortunately, many of those
persons who really suspect they
have respiratory trouble do not
take chest X-rays, and this re
duces the effectiveness of the
free mobile unit, he said.
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NELS ANDERSON, former Morrow county agent and now county
extension agent In Linn county, will be principal speaker at
the Farm-City banquet here Wednesday night October 25. He
will show sUdes and speak on his two Yean' work In Niger.
Africa, with the Near East Foundation. (G-T Photo).
Stockmen to Gather;
Anderson to Speak
At Farm-City Dinner
Rnmeone will Bet a free $100
diamond and will hear Nels An
derson, former Morrow county
agent, tell of his experiences
during two years In Niger, Af
rica, when tne arm-cny Dan
quet is held next Wednesday
nitrVit rv-tnher 25. In the cafe-
torium at Heppner High school.
The banquet will be the cul
mination of the annual Morrow
county Livestock Growers asso
ciation meeting which will be
Wednesday afternoon in the
Elks' Temple with Larry Lind
say, president, In charge.
The diamond is donated by
Randall Peterson, owner of Pe
terson's Jewelers, to add Inter
est to the banquet, which is
jointly sponsored by three or
ganizationsThe Heppner Soil
and Waier Conservation District,
the Morrow County Livestock
Growers association, and the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of commerce.
Each person will be given a
little envelope when he cornea
to the banquet. In all but one
will be a rhinestone, but mat
one will contain an nonesi-io-
Evening Classes
Bring Response
CnnA resDonse from the pub
lic was shown towards evening
classes which were organized
last Thursday night at Heppner
High school through Blue
Mountain Community College.
Five classes will meet regu
larly in the program, and otn
ers may be started. Two propos
ed classes were dropped, one be
cause of lack of interest and
the other due to textbook and
teacher problems.
Ten signed for nome aecorai
ing class, and it will meet from
9 to 12 a.m. each Thursday at
the high school.
Fourteen were out to enroll
for drawing and painting, and
this will meet from 7 to 10 p.m,
each Thursday at the elemen
tary school.
Ten signed lor iarm weiaing,
which will meet Thursdays, 7
to 10 p.m. at the vocational snop
npar the elementary school.
Class limit for this course Is 12.
Six enrolled for basic educa
tion and others will enter
through the Office of Economic
Onnortunitv Droeram. It is
scheduled to begin Monday
night. October 23, and win meet
four nights each week from 7
to 10 p.m. This course Is to pre
pare students ior ine niga
school equivalency exam, and
success rate has been high, run
ning from 90 to 95 in places
where it has been taught.
A class of ten will start His
tory of Western Civilization
from 7 to 10 p.m. inursaays ai
the high school. This is a col
lege transfer course.
Developmental reading, sug
ppstprf as a oossible course, was
cancelled because of lack of in
terest. A general sociology
course was cancelled for the
present because of textbook ana
teacher poblems. It may be
scheduled winter term, Dick
Carpenter, Heppner High princi
pal, said.
A course in conversational
Spanish needs a few more to
enroll before it may be started.
goodness $100 diamond.
But there will be many more
attractions at the banquet. Lou
is Carlson, Conservation Man ot
the Year for 1967, will be hon
ored, as will his wife, Betty; the
Livestock Man of the Year for
1967, kept secret until time of
the banquet, will be announced
and presented, together with his
wife; and the Chamber of Com
merce will present awards of
recognition for outstanding work
of citizens.
Anderson will show slides of
his work with the Near East
Foundation in Africa, and Mrs.
Anderson, who also had inter
esting experiences in Niger, a3
revealed in periodic articles in
the Gazette-Times, will be with.
him.
Herman Winter, president or
the Chamber of Commerce, will
be master of ceremonies.
It Is honed that the LlvestocK
Growers' annual meeting in the
afternoon will bring a record
attendance. The program has
been streamlined in the hope ot
improving attendance, accord
ing to President Lindsay. An at
tempt also has been made ta
keep the date away from other
conflicts and to hold it at a
time when most livestock grow
ers can attend.
One of the Interesting hlgn-
lights of the meeting will be a
panel discussion on "Cutabili
tv," the new theory of raising
cattle for maximum meat util
ity of the animal, rather than!
stressing show points.
Taking part in tne discussion
will be Dean Rischknecht, ex
tension livestock specialist, ore
eon State University; Dr. Wal
ter Kennick, also of OSU; Brent
Horn, feedlot operator of Herm-
iston; and Frank Anderson,
purebred breeder, Heppner.
The meeting will start with
reports of committees at 1 p.m.
and a report from tne uregon
Cattlemen's association will fol
low at 2 p.m. Bank of Eastern
Oregon will be host at a coffee
break at 2:45, after which Tom
Davidson, superintendent of the
Umatilla Experiment station,
will give a report on calf breed
ing trials there. The Cutability,
panel will be at 3:30, and a
business session is scheduled at
4:30.
First National Bank, Heppner
Branch, will be host for a so
cial hour at 5:30.
The Farm-City banquet will
start at 7:30 p.m. at the high
school and admission is $2.50
per plate. Tickets may be pur
chased at any of the places list
ed in the announcement on page
five of this paper. It is request
ed that they be bought early
so that the committee may,
know how many to plan for.
Anderson to Speak
At Pomona Meeting
A full afternoon program la
planned for the meeting of Po
mona Grange on Saturday, Oc
tober 28, at the Lexington
Grange hall. Following the din
ner at noon, a snort Dusiness
meeting will Include the elec
tion of officers.
A sDecial feature of the after
noon program will be a talk by
Nels Anderson, former county
agent, and the showing ol pic
tures of his two years' work In
Niger, Africa.