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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, 0 3 E 07403 Local Churches Schedule Special Easter Services 85th Year C3 THE gazette-tim: Easter the most Joyous of ail religious holiday will bo ob served Sunday In services In lo cal churches with special pre' sentatlons In messages and mu Number 7 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 1 1, 1968 Two Seniors For Class John Rawlins, son of Mr. an Mrs. Willium Kawllns, has been chosen as valedictorian of the Heppner High school class 1968, and Merri Lee Jacobs, dnu ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs, has been chosen snluta torlan for the class, Principal dick carpenter announces. Rawlins' accumulated grade point average for his high school years is 3.88, and Miss Jacobs' average is 3.81. The valedictorian Is student body president at Heppner High this year, and Miss Jacobs is secretary of the student body. Both have compiled outstand ing records in scholarship and student activities, bach is I IU cents ; ; I ir 11 " j" - i (chosen - . . If . 'i .T II ib m m m i IP m - - fc. It MA m J I r n r . X. I 3 MI I I ii i j . . iir ii ' II f r - v I I IE - I I 1 If .? II I J '.7 I I L . -L- II onors t YUL. i JOHN RAWLINS ' "mitm ii w ii .mil .j i i ii member of the National Honor Society. Rawlins represented the school at Boys' State last year, and Miss Jacobs represented Heppner High at Girls' btate. The salutatorlan won local Elks leadership and scholarship awards and has won local and district Soroptimist contests this year, the first district winner to be sponsored by the Heppner club. Rawlins has also received a local Elks scholarship and was third in the Elks' district schol arship contest. He served as vice f resident of the student body ast year and has held a num ber of class offices as well as a place on the student council. He has participated in football and basketball, is photo editor of the school paper, and is a member of Quill and Scroll. Merri Lee has participated in the drill team activities, has been a member of the pep club, member or Girls League and of the Girls' Athletic association. She has also participated in the speech club and in chorus. The two will address the class with their valedictory and salutatory talks at commence ment on Thursday night, May 23. Rawlins plans to attend Ore gon State University next year and plans to major in zoology. Merri Lee also will attend Ore gon State and expects to major in pharmacy. MERRI LEE JACOBS Full Evening Of Carnival Fun Due Next Week An evening out for the whole family, with something of in terest for everyone is planned for Saturday evening, April 20, when the PTA units of both Hencner Elementary and Hepp her High school present their annual band carnival. Dinner will be served at the fair pavilion between the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., under the direction of Mrs. Arnie Hedman, Mrs. Riley Munkers and Mrs. Ernie McCabe. Booths will begin operating at 6:30 and will be open until 10:30 p.m. A dance will be held im mediately following the carni' val with music to be announc ed next week. Dance committee members are Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Agee, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gentry, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fol lensbee, Mr. and Mrs. Syrll Gal liher, Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins. Among the game booths open for enjoyment of both young and old, are penny toss, shuf fleboard, fish pond, dart throw, hoop toss, roulette bowl-a-ball, and the penny drop to name just part of them. Other favor ites are the country store, op erated by band members and the ever popular dunk tank. Special attractive door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, with patrons being given a ticket for the drawings, with every dollar's worth of cou pons spent at booths. Proceeds of the fund raising event are used by the PTA un its for special scholarships. Anotheer popular contest is the king and queen contest with this year's chairmen, Mike Hedman and Becky Doherty for the fiign school, and Barbara Allstott and Craig Munkers for the grade school in charge. Dohertys Offer Highway Wayside On Route 207 William J. (Bill) and B. P. (Barney) Doherty have offered to donate a one-acre site about halfway between Lexington and Butter Creek for a highway wayside on Highway 207, Or- ville W. Cutsforth announced at the Monday meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce. Cutsforth is chairman of the Chamber's parks and recreation committee which recently rec ommended establishment of waysides on the highway to Hermiston and on the Willow Creek highway. The site offered by the Do hertys would be located about a mile northeast of the Bill Do herty place at what was once the "Doc" Condor place. There is an old well on the place, now sealed, that might be relocated and restored for a water sup ply. If it is found that this can not be done, another site closer to an existing water supply will be offered. The hope is that trees may be planted on the site, a picnic table or two set up, electric plug-ins installed from power lines there, and rest rooms pro vided. At this time it is not known who will improve the site. The Chamber of Commerce made its proposal to the State Highway Department on the waysides, but received a reply that lack of funds would make it diffi cult for the state to assist. How ever, the reply stated that the department would be willing to consider any proposal. The one-acre tract to be given by the Dohertys will be long and narrow to parallel the roadside. JACK HTND (left), secretary-treasurer of Columbia Basin Elec trie Co-op, presents check or SS637 to Mrs. Sylvia McDanieL county treasurer, and County Judge Paul Jones. The check is a tax donation to the county given as a result of an agreement made at the time transfer of properties was made between Pa cific Power and Columbia Basin. (G-T Photo) Annual Egg Hunt Due on Saturday Annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the Elks lodge of Heppner, will be Saturday morning at three locations, it is announced. Starting time is 10 a.m. for each of three age groups. Pre-school children will have their hunt at the city park; first and second grad ers will take part at the courthouse lawn; and third and fourth graders will hunt at the elementary school play ground. Members of the Elks will supervise the hunts. All youngsters through the fourth grade in school are in vited to come and take part. Annual Meeting Of Resource Area Set for Boardman First annual meeting of the Columbia-Blue Mountain Re source Area will be at Board man Grange Hall at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 15, Martin Bu chanan, Jr., chairman of the publicity committee, announces. The resource area includes Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties. Original sponsors are six soil and water conservation districts, including Boardman, West Umatilla, Gilliam, South Umatilla, Heppner and East Umatilla. Mayor Dewey West of Board man will extend a welcome, and Stafford Hansell, state rep resentative, will speak on "Re source Development." Maxwell Jones of Irrigon, chairman of the Boardman SWCD, will describe resource action by the soil and water conservation districts. Committee reports and discus sion will follow. Chairman of the various committees who will make reports are: Ralph Saylor, community deveopment; R. E. Irby, cropland; Martin Buchan an, publicity; Raymond French, rangeland; recreation and wild life, Glenn Thorne; M. R. Johns, water resources; James Nelson and Wayne Bowman, woodland. Columbia Basin Presents County Check for $5637 Assessments Now Stated At True Cash Value Property owners receiving not ices of changes of value this year are reminded by the Mor row county assessor's office that assessed values are now stated at 100 of estimated true cash (market) value rather than at the former ratio of 25. The office points out that this is purely a "bookkeeping" change made necessary by the 1967 State Legislature's passing of the so-called "truth in taxes" law calling for the substitution of "tax rate" for "millage rate" beginning last year and 100 assessments starting this year. As a result, taxes for the 1968 69 year will be expressed in dol lars and cents per $1,000 of true cash value for the first time. It is emphasized, however, that this mechanical change by it self has nothing to do with the amount of taxes involved. This can only be determined after all the county, city, school and other budgets are finalized and deliv ered to the assessor next sum mer. He then, will divide the total of true cash value of each dis trict into the amount to be raised in that district and the result will be the tax rate. This will be applied against each parcel of property in the district. The Legislature passed the "truth in taxes" law in an effort to make values and tax rates more readily understood by the public. In the case of a bollot title for any levy requiring voter ap proval, the explanation must give both the dollar amount of the proposed tax levy and the anticipated maximum addition to the rate of levy, stated in dol lars and cents per $1,000 of true cash value, required to raise the proposed levy. Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Friday delivered a check for $5637.91 to Morrow county as a tax donation for the year under an agreement made at the time the exchange with Pacific Pow er Company took t place in 1964. ' Secretary-treasurer Jack Hynd and Manager Harley Young of the cooperative delivered the check to Mrs. Sylvia McDaniel, county treasurer, and County Judge Paul Jones. The judge said that he expected that the tax donation will go into the county road fund. It is not in cluded as a receipt in the coun ty budget for the year. At the time of the utility ex change, the board of directors of the cooperative passed a reso lution that there would be no loss of tax revenue to any of the counties affected. Pacific Power, a private utility, paid ad valorem property taxes, and the cooperative pays a two per cent gross revenue tax, which is con siderably less than the proper ty tax. Thus, the difference is contrib uted by Columbia Basin in the form of the tax donation. This year the tax donation to Mor row, Wheeler and Gilliam coun ties totals $16,305.11, including the $5,637.91 to Morrow. The two per cent gross reve nue tax paid by the coopera tive amounts to $13,518, and lo cally assessed property taxes for land and buildings of the co-op is $1,005.81. In addition, the co op pays city franchise taxes to four cities in which it provdes service, totaling $6,275.31. Thus, total taxes paid by the cooper ative for 1967 are $37,104, Young said. By counties, Morrow receives $13,701.86: Gilliam, $11,461.33; and Wheeler, $5,665. The city franchise taxes are in addition to these figures. Young said that Morrow coun ty has received more than $20,000 in the past four years from tax donations from the cooperative as a result of the agreement made at the time of the exchange of utility proper ties. Apparently the reason the sum is not included in the coun ty budget as an anticipated re ceipt is because it is not legally required for the payment to be made; instead, it is made by voluntary agreement. sic. Some denominations will have other services prior to Sunday to observe events of taster week On Friday, denominations in cluded in the South Morrow Ministerial association will pre sent its annual community Good Friday Service In All Snnts Episcopal church from 12:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., and the public Is Invited. Seven ministers will partlel pate with each speaking 20 minutes, and special music will be presented through selection of each church. Ministers taking part Include the Rev. Dirk Rlnehart, pastor of All saints'; the Kev. 11. b, Preston, Seventh-day Adventlst; the Rev. Donald Pederson, Hope and Valby Lutheran; the Kev. Paul Tesch, Church of the Naz arene; the Rev. Al Boschee, Christian; the Kev. Melvin uix on, Methodist; and the Kev. Robert Wolfe, Assembly of God. Mrs. Dirk Rinehart will be or ganist. Offering to be received in the foyer of the church will be used by the ministerial association for religious community activi ties. Holy Week worship at All Saints' Episcopal church will be on Thursday evening and Eas ter bunday moning, according to announcement by Rev. Dirk Rinehart. "Remembering the or iginal last Supper when Jesus and His apostles gathered to gether for a final meal togeth er, a very simple Lord's Supper will be celebrated at 8:00 p.m. on Maunday Thursday," the pastor announces. Celebration of Holy Eucharist will be at 7:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, with choral Holy Eucharist and ser mon at 9:00 a.m. A Maundv Thursday candle light communion service will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Heppner Christian church, the Rev. Al Boschee announces. The choirs of the Heppner and Lex ington churches will combine to provide special musical selec tions for the services, under the direction of Mrs. Fred Hoskins, Jr. Special scriptural readings will be heard, along with de votional readings by the young people of the church. Youth will attend a sunrise service and breakfast with the Methodist young people on Easter morn' ing, followed by worship serv ices at the individual churches. Special services at the United Methodist church start tonight with a Maundy Thursday com munion at 8:00 p.m. in the sanc tuary. Devotions will be led by Rev. Melvin Dixon, assisted by John Maatta, lay leader, and special music will be furnished by the sanctuary choir. Two Easter morning services are scheduled, at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Dixon speaking at each on the message, "What Have They Done With My Lord?" Baptismal service will be held for children at the sec ond service, and special organ and choir numbers will be heard at both services. Church school will have regular classes at 10:00. Easter will be observed at the Church of the Nazarene with a special Sunday School program at 10:00 a.m., with Harold Beggs, superintendent, in charge. Mrs. Elmer Weitzel will present the Easter story and Bible memory work will be given by church school classes. At the 11:00 a.m. worship service. Rev. Paul Tesch will speak on "The Res urrection Life," and the service (Continued on page 8) i.ii.t ii i m. 1 1 nm r-. f 1 Mr IT THE COAM4UNITY GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH Sponsored By SOUTH MORROW MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION April 12, 1968 ORC.4NIST 12:30-3:00 p.m. - MRS. DIRK RINEHART (ORDER OF SERVICE) 12:3012:50 (1) THE WORD OF INTERCESSION: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34) (The Rev. Dirk Rinehart, All Saints' Episcopal) 12:501:10 (2) THE WORD OF AUTHORITY: "Today shalt Thou be with Me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43) (The Rev. H. E. Preston, Seventh-day Adventlst) 1:101:30 (3) THE WORD OF REMEMBRANCE: "Woman, behold thy son: Behold thy mother." (John 19:26-27) (The Rev. Donald Pederson, Hope and Valby Lutheran) 1:301:50 (4) THE WORD OF LONELINESS: "My God, My God, why hast thou foresaken Me?" (Matt. 27:46) (The Rev. Paul Tesch, Church of the Nazarene) 1:502:10 (5) THE WORD OF SUFFERING: "I thirst." (The Rev, Al Boschee, Christian Church) 2:102:30 "(6) THE WORD OF VICTORY: "It is finished." (John 19:30) (The Rev. Melvin Dixon, United Methodist Church) 2:302:50 (7) THE WORD OF REFUGE: "Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit." (Luke 23:46) (The Rev. Robert Wolfe, Assembly of God) Youth Group Plans Sunrise Service United Youth Fellowship of the Heppner and Lexington Christian churches and the Methodist church will hold an Easter Sunrise service Sunday morning at 5:15 on Cross Hill. The young people will gath er at 5 a.m. at the Christian church prior to going to the hill. They will be in complete charge of the service, and the public is invited to attend. Immediately following the service, the youth will return to the Christian church where they will be served breakfast by the UYF members from the Heppner Christian church. The service originally was planned for 5:30 a.m. but was changed to the earlier time when it was found that the sun is already up by 5:30. District Superintendent Explains School Budget Early Summer? Temperature climbed to a balmy 75 degrees Tuesday, re port of Don Gilliam, official weather observer, shows. Resi dents enjoyed the beautiful weather but hoped for more rain to end dry conditions. To tal rainfall for the week was reported at .08. Report for the week of April 3 through 9 is as follows: Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 56 36 T Thursday 58 36 .01 Friday 51 23 .05 Saturday 54' 32 .02 Sunday 54 31 - Monday 62 30 Tuesday 75 36 Sizeable reductions in budget receipts other than taxes and increasing costs in a few areas are responsible for a substan tial increase in the proposed Morrow county school budget for the year 1968-69, Ron Daniels, district superintendent, told members of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Mondav. He explained how the district started the year 1967-68 with a $15,000 deficit when a $7,000 cash carryover had been expect ed, making a difference of some $22,000 In the financial picture. This will contribute to the fact that the receipts other than tax es will be down somewhere be tween $60,000 and $80,000 for the coming budget, he said. Some sources of receipts have not met expectations, including aid from the state and federal govern ments, and so smaller receipts figures have been budgeted for these. Daniels said that the district has realized for some time that the situation would be tight for the coming year. "We have been attempting to hold costs down in every way," he said. "School administrators in the district have been ad vised to use every caution on spending." The superintendent said that the district budget committee has tried to correct deficiencies in the past budget by using more realistic figures in the coming budget. On the expenditures side, in struction will be up $38,710: fixed charges will be increased because or hikes in social sec Tum-A-Lum Lumber To Close Yard; Sale Announced Tum-A-Lum Lumber Compa ny, which has been in the building supply business here for 48 years, has announced a closeout sale and will close the yard here, Tim Moore, mana ger, said Wednesday. The sale will begin Friday, April 12. All stock on hand will be sold at a 20 percent discount. Buildings, land and fixtures are also for sale. The business has been In the same location throughout its long history here. At one time the Tum-A-Lum firm had 55 or 60 yards, but most of the small er yards in various towns have been closed. The only other small yard still in business is at Pomeroy, Wash., he said, and this is considerably larger than the one here. The yards have been consoli dated into those at larger cities and the company now operates 18. Moore will become manager of the Pendleton yard after the Heppner yard is closed, me family plans to remain here un til school is out tnis spring. urity and retirement fund, over , n Wnl -rAtarv fnr fanhn. which the district has no con trol: and operation and main tenance of plant will be up to cover costs of doing remodeling work at Heppner elementary and lone elementary schools. The latter is required to meet state standards. As to instruction, Daniels said that this part of the budget would be considerably greater for the coming year, but the board and administration have consolidated some teaching po sitions so that four less teach ers will be needed. The certi fied staff thus will drop from 91 to 87. "We can do this without sub stantially affecting the school program," he said. borne categories oi tne Dudget will be down somewhat, includ ing transportation, improvement of sites, health, instructional equipment and non-instructional equipment. Overall increase on the budg et Is $97,614, or 8 greater thaji last year. Tax Increase will amount to about 16, he said. It is difficult at this time to state the percentage of true cash (Continued on page 8) nev and Abrams, attorneys. The Moore family has been in Heppner for more than nine years. Moore grew up in Pen dleton. Tum-A-Lum' Lumber Company was founded by the Crawford family in Walla Walla, Wash., Moore said, and ownership has remained in the same family throughout its history. It is now in the third generation of man agement. April 27 Deadline To Register to Vote Saturday, April 27, will be the last day that a person may reg ister prior to the primary elec tion on May 28. Mrs. Sadie Par- rish, county clerk, reminds the public. Anyone who may be in doubt as to whether he is registered properly In Morrow county may check at the clerk's office in. the courthouse. The office of the clerk is open every week day, and it will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. on the Saturday deadline day, Mrs. Parrish said.
