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LIBRARY u or o EUGENE , ORE 07403 I 3derry Christmas cAnd a Happy Yectr f. 3 9 9 zf ,'r i r& .V' Ml WW Teachers Present Proposals 84th Year Number 43 GAZE HEPPNER to Board R-l Directors Set Workshop For January II ETE-TIMj 10 Cents ----J.V . ...... , ., ... " X-'-'- T.. . " - . V. . . .... ' !- . t " .-k & Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 21, 1967 Frow e Gazette-Timest If riRFFTINf; TARD FDITION) e4 or? DAVID McLEOD (left), manager of the ASCS office for more than nine years, was presented a certificate of merit and quality pay increase by Ronald W. Haguewood. chairman of the Mor row county ASC county committee, at its December meeting. McLeod Receives Merit Certificate For Work in ASCS David McLeod, office manager of the Morrow county Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser vation Service, received a U. S. Department of Agriculture cer tificate of merit and quality pay increase at the December meeting of the ASCS county committee. Ronald W. Hague wood, chairman of the county committee, made the presenta tion. Citation on the certificate was, "For outstanding perform ance in office management and ASCS program administration in Morrow county." The award is given at the dis cretion of the Oregon ASC state committee and seldom is more than one given in the state each year. The certificate of merit is not always accompanied by a quality pay increase, which was given for sustained outstanding individual effort by McLeod, not only in ASCS but, as well, in service to farmers and people within the community. McLeod's civic work includes service on the Heppner city council, a member of Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358, a volunteer fireman in the Heppner depart ment, chairman of the USDA de fense board, manager of a Lit tle League baseball team, in structor in a gun safety course, and member of the Heppner Methodist church. In the church he is a member of the official board, sings in the choir and served as treasurer of the Meth odist Men. He started with the ASCS as a fieldman in November, 1956. In May, 1958, he was appointed office manager and has served in this capacity since that time. A certificate of service in rec ognition of the completion of 10 years of service as an ASCS county office employee of the U. S. Department of Agriculture was presented to McLeod in 1967 by the Oregon ASC state committee. Case Furniture Holds Moving Sale One of Heppner's longtime businesses will move to a new location next week when Case Furniture Store will transfer its stock to the Gilliam and Bisbee building at the corner of Main and May streets. Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Hedman, owners, have announced a re moval sale, reducing all items in the store by one-third begin ning today (Thursday). "Those who buy at the sale will not only receive fine bar gains but they will help us move," they state. "The more items that are sold the less we have to move. That is why we are making this big reduction." Dozens of fine items for Christmas giving are included in the stock. Case Furniture has been In hnsiness for manv vears at the location of 249 N. Main. It was operated for many years by Mr. and Mrs. Allen case, ana ioi lowiner his death, Mrs. Case con tinued in business for a time before selling the store. At the new location, the build ing is being redecorated to ac commodate the furniture busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buschke are owners of the Gil liam and Bisbee building. Paper to be Late Next Two Weeks; To Close Saturday Because of the Christmas and New Year holidays com ing on the next two Mondays, The Gazette-Times will be al most a day late for the next two issues, it is announced. The paper will be In post of fice boxes in Heppner late Thursday afternoon on the dates of December 28 and January 4. It will also go in to the mail for distribution to other points at that time. Office of the Gazette-Times will be closed on the next two Saturdays, December 23 and December 30, to permit the publishers and members of the staff to enjoy the holi day week-ends with their families. Falling Plaster Closes Stores Open Again Friday Evening Heppner stores will be open late again Friday evening, De cember 22, to provide shoppers with another last-minute oppor tunity to do their Christmas shopping. Many of the stores will be open until 9 p.m., and eight of them are offering special bar gains for the evening period on ly. Their announcements are on page 5 of this section. Included are J. C. Penney Co., Gonty's, Elma's Apparel, Van's Variety, MiLad i e s, Murrays Rexall Drugs, Peterson's Jewelers and Gardner's Men's Wear. Merchants report a brisk bus iness during the Christmas shop ping period, and they had a good response at the Friday , evening opening last week. Because of danger caused by plaster falling from the ceiling of the auditorium portion of the Heppner junior high gym, the spectator portion of the build ing is now closed to the pub lic, Principal Alan R. Martin announces. It will remain closed until further notice. An 80 lb. section of plaster fell in the entry way recently, and again last week another small patch fell in the auditor ium section. More is loosening, the principal said, and plaster on the walls, too, is very loose in places. There is no danger in tne Dig stage area where basketball and other games are played by the pupils, and this win remain op en for their participation. The matter was discussed at school board meeting in Irrigon Monday night, and it was agreed that school district em ployees will do the work of re moving the plaster. Further con sideration must be given to per manent repairs, since it will re quire considerable outlay of funds to do the job. Martin es timated it would take $2000 to cover the ceiling with plywood. The principal expressed the hope that the auditorium sec tion will be usable by time of the next home basketball game of the Ponies on February 2. A game scheduled with Arlington here on January 5 has been switched to February 2, and the Ponies will go to Arlington on the earlier date. Spauldings First In Light Contest; Ward Scene Wins Cartoon characters Snoopy and Charley Brown are depicted in a Christmas decoration theme on the lawn of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spaulding, 625 S. Alfalfa, judged Tuesday night as first place winner in the 1967 outdoor Christmas lighting contest. First place in the residential window and indoor contest was won bv Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ward, 535 Chase street. A frost ed window there frames a light ed cross made from egg cart ons- and angel hair. Each of the first place entries will receive $15 through the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce, sponsoring or ganization, with the prize mon ey being given by an unidenti fied donor. Second in the outdoor contest are Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffith, 820 E. Fairview. A manger scene highlights their religious display. The Griffiths will re ceive $10 as their prize. Third are Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brien, 760 North A street, whose display features a big gift-wrapped package and a Christmas tree. They will receive. $5. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Culp, 235 W. Baltimore, took second in the indoor window contest with their "Santa's Tailor and Boot ery." One window is centered with Santa's boots and the oth er has Santa's suit on display. They will receive $10. The Ken Methvins, 475 Chase street, built their indoor display around a train silhouette and a silver Christmas tree to win third in the indoor contest. A committee of judges toured the displays Tuesday evening after entries were closed at 5 p.m. on that day. Those who received honorable mention included Mr. and Mrs. Len Ray Schwarz whose display featured Christmas boughs and lights at their home, 140 Chase street; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Con nor, 715 N. Shobe, whose entry has Santa Claus welcoming guests and flanked by Christ mas candles; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bailey, 350 Gilmore, where San ta and his sleigh decorated their lawn. The judges were taken on their rounds by Al Boschee, committee chairman for the Chamber of Commerce. Comment of the committee, he said, was that many more should have entered the contest since so many fine displays were observed. All those who entered the contest were excel lent, and it took the judges some time to come to a decis ion on the winners. iff V9d SANTA NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD I Maybe Old St. Nick will wish he had a mechanized sleigh like this when he comes to deliver his packages on Christmas Day. Bill Scott ol Morrow county Grain Growers insisted on giving Editor Wes Sherman a spin around Heppner's snow-covered streets Monday on the Ski-Doo. which will go up to 40 miles per hour. This trip by motor driven sleigh on Heppner's main streets might have been a "first" for the community. (Fortun ately Police Chief Glen Kolkhorst didn't observe it!). Incidentally, itf you want to buy a Ski Doo, MCGG might just be good enough to accommodate you. (G-T Photo). White Christmas Here Just One Week Early ...... v f White Christmas came early in Morrow county as it did in many parts of the state. A total of 2.3 inches of snow fall was recorded in Heppner Monday by Don Gilliam, official weather observer. It seemed likely that more may be on the way, and other parts of the state were reporting heavy snowfalls. Highways were particularly slippery, and Portland Tuesday nignt was reporting extremely hazardous conditions as snow and cold hit there. On and off ramps on the freeways were par ticularly troublesome, it was reported. Those expecting to leave for holiday trips are advised to be extremely careful and to go pre pared with snow tires and chains. Temperature hit another new low during the week with the mercury dropping to four de grees above zero in the early morning hours riaay. Decern ber 15. The previous two nights recorded temperatures of five degrees and seven degrees. Despite the snow, school bus ses were able to continue oper ation and school continued as usual. Farmers were happy to see the snow because of the moisture, but their wish was that the ground had not been frozen when it arrived. Complete report for the week is as follows: . Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday (2.3 inches snow) Hi Low Prec. 27 7 27 5 30 4 37 11 38 26 33 23 .20 27 13 .02 mm mtmtmmmtmmm mm iimi to -; - , Chamber Chooses New Officers; Elects Directors CLIFFORD WILLIAMS elf Heppner Elementary school. Morrow county's Teacher of the Year, received a fine trophy from the student body Friday to recognize his selection. Dean Wright, student body president, made the presentation to the surprised Mr. Williams. Pupils Present Teacher of Year Trophy Community Invited To Outdoor Caroling The yuletide season is al ways more complete with the singing of Christmas carols especially out-of-doors, with snow on the ground. The entire community will be given this opportunity to join voices in singing the familiar carols Saturday evening, De cember 23, around the commu nity Christmas tree on Main street, starting promptly at 7:00 p.m., using an ampifying sys tem and musical accompani- Clifford Williams, Morrow county's Teacher of the Year for 1967-68, was a surprised and happy man Friday when the Heppner Elementary school stu dent body presented him with a nice trophy for the honor he had achieved. Presentation was made at an assembly with Dean Wright, student body president, unveil ing the surprise. The trophy was purchased from student body funds after being author ized by the student council and was a well-kept secret at the school until the time of the assembly. Inscription on the award is "Mr. Clifford A. Williams, Mor row County Teacher of the Year, ment. Everyone, voung and old. is invited to take part. In case 1967-68, from the Heppner Grade of a heavy rain, it will be nec-; School Student Body." But be essary to cancel it. the high respect and esteem in which the teacher is held by the pupils. - . Williams responded to the presentation with a short talk thanking the students, Program attraction at the as sembly was the appearance of George Eiferman, who was "Mr. America" in 1948 and "Mr. Uni verse" in 1962. Eiferman, now 42, came out of retirement to win the Mr. Universe contest and, sponsored by National School Assemblies, recently has been devoting his time to tour ing schools to demonstrate and teach children proper exercises to maintain good health and condition. He demonstrated feats of strength at the program, which was presented through Nation- Wes Sherman, Gazette-Times publisher, was elected president of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce for 1968 at a meeting of directors fol lowing the regular luncheon meeting Monday. He will suc ceed Herman Winter, attorney, who was president . for 1967. County Judge Paul Jones was elected first vice-president, and Jerry Sweeney of Sweeney's Mortuary, was elected second vice-president, Harlan McCurdy, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc., was elect ed secretary and Norman Sup ple of the Heppner Branch, First National Bank, will continue as treasurer. Elected for two-year terms by the general membership as new directors are: . Dick Carpenter, Heppner High school principal; Elma Harshman, owner of El ma's Apparel; Gene- Pierce, president of the Bank of East ern Oregon; and Dr. Wallace Wolff, physician and surgeon. Reelected for a two-year term was Judge Jones. Bin mist, manager of the J. C. Penney store here, was elected as a dir ector for one year, taking the place left vacant by Bod Hen ry. Holdover directors, witn one year left to serve of their two- vear terms, are: Sherman, Mc Curdy, Sweeney and Gene Win ters, Morrow county extension agent. On the committee to nomi nate directors were Harley Young, chairman, Bob Abrams, and Nona Sowell. Installation of officers is scheduled for Monday, January 8. There will be no meetings for the next two weeks because of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Lorin O'Gara of the Blue Mountain Economic Devel opment Council is to be the speaker at the first meeting in January. Al Boschee, secretary for the past year, asked to be relieved of his duties, and McCurdy was then chosen to fill the position. Sherman served as first vice president during 1967 and Judge Jones was second vice-president. Supple has been treasurer since he came to Heppner to take the position with the First Nation al Bank here. neath the formal words were al School Assemblies. Schools to Dismiss At 1 :30 p.m. Friday Morrow county schools will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. Fri day as children and school personnel start their Christ mas and New Year vacation period. The school buildings will be lonely and quiet for the most part, until the morning of Tuesday, January 2, when school resumes. Some schools will hold room parties immediately after lunch Friday before leaving for home at 1:30, Morrow county's school teach ers Monday night through the professional consultation com mittee recommended to the board of directors of district R-l that the base salary for begin ning tcnchers with a BA or BS degree be increased to $6200 starting with the year 1968-69. This was one of five proposals made at the regular meeting, held in A. C. Houghton school, Irrigon. They asked that the annual Increment be 5 percent and that teachers with master degrees or bachelor degrees plus 60 addit ional hours of graduate work, and the master degree plus 30 hours graduate work, have the year 13 be added to the salary schedule. In 1969-70 they pro posed that the year 14' be add- ed, and in 1970-71 that the year 15 be added. The r proposals would moan a starting salary of $-100 than at present for teachers with bachelor degrees, and a one per cent increase in increments. At the present time, a starting teacher with no experience re ceives $5800 In the county sys tem and Increments are at tne rate of 4 percent per year. Addition of the years 13, 14 and 15 to the salary schedule columns indicated would extend the maximum pay for teachers with those educational qualifi cations when their years of ex perience in the system reached those points. Other proposals made to the board by the committee with Vi Lariham, Heppner High school teacher and chairman of the committee, as spokes man were: That the school board purch ase health insurance for each teacher in the district. That the board re-imburse teachers for summer school work. This re-imburseme n t would be in the form of a cost-of-living adjustment for actual class work at the rate of $2.50 per day for a maximum of 40 days. That the board adopt the pol icy of three-year continuing contracts for teachers. That the board, when a teach er's contract does come up for review, take definite action on that contract, as contrasted with no action. In the case of the continuing contracts, the committee's re quest means when a teacher qualifies for a three-year con tract and has taught for one year on that contract, that it be reviewed each year and ex tended for the full three years if that teacher's work is satis factory. By this means, Mrs. Lanham pointed out, the teacher knows that his work is satisfactory and has additional incentive to con tinue to do good work without the uncertainty of what the fu ture may hold. 1 At the same time, she point ed out that the committee feels that the board should not side step action on a teacher con tract. When . contract renewal is due and the board takes no ac tion, the contract is automatic ally renewed. But this failure to act, either to re-hire the teach er or to discharge him, leaves him with a feeling of uncer tainty and insecurity, she said. The board members had some questions and comments on the suggestions but the matter was deferred for further study to a special work session (not a closed session) Thursday even ing, January 11, at 7:30 in the Lexington school office. In presenting the salary pro posals, Mrs. Lanham said that teachers in other districts are understood to be asking for considerably more. The professional consultation committee system was author ized by the 1965 state legislat ure for negotiating with school boards, and the practice is now followed in districts throughout the state. Mrs. Lanham wa3 elected chairman of the com mittee by her fellow teachers and acts in the capacity of spokesman in presenting their proposals. Custodial Schedule Accepted The board accepted a custod ial salary schedule that pro vides a starting salary for as sistant custodian of $4600 per year with $100 per year incre ments through five years. Other increments given in the next 10 years of service eventually would bring him to a salary of $5600 with 15 years service. Head custodians will receive a starting salary or 40O witn. a similar scale of increments to reach a maximum of $5800 with 15 years service. Present salary schedule for custodians starts at $4400 and attains $5000 after 10 years. In adopting the new schedule the board accepted the propos al that a head custodian be hired for each community not each building). This new cus todial schedule will bring sal aries for custodians in the dis trict to $68,700 per year as com pared with the present $63,900, Supt. Ron Daniels said. Salary schedule for secretar ies and teacher aides was also established, starting at $280 per month and reaching $310 per month after four years. A sched ule for the district clerk was set, starting at $5200 and pro viding $200 additional for each (Continued on page 8)
