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Three High Schools
Set Baccalaureates
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Number 12
Students in the classes of ISHtf
In Morrow county three high
schools win nave tneir Dacca
laureate services almost simul
taneously Sunday night, Muy 19.
Heppner High's baccalaureate
will be In the high school gym
naslum starting at 8 p.m. and
Riverside High's service will be
In the Board man community
cnurcn, also at 8 p.m. lone High s
program will be In the lone
High School cafctorium. starting
an hour curlier, at 7 p.m.
The Rev.' A. H. Hazzurd, Inter
im pustor of the lone United
Church of Christ, will give the
baccalaureate address at the
lone High service, and the Rev.
George Neeley of the Boardman
Community Church, will address
the Riverside seniors. Speaking
to the graduating class nd aud
ience at the Heppnor High ser
vice win ue ine Kev. Dirk Kino
hart, pastor of All Saints' Kpis
copal church.
Father Raymond Beard will
participate In the lone service
with invocation and benediction.
Teresa Tucker will sing "Born
Free" and Darrell James will
play the processional and re
cession n I,
At the Riverside service, the
Rev. Herbert E. Vaughn of the
Community Baptist church of
Irrigon will deliver the Invoca.
tlon and the Rev. John H. Kenney
of the Assembly of God Church,
Irrigon, will pronounce the ben-
Memorial Day
Pioneer Picnic
To Draw Crowd
edict ion. Soloist will bo Mil.
Terry Pummel, and processional
and recessional will be pluyed
by Mrs. Albert Part low, organist,
and Mrs. Lavcrn l'arllow, plan
1st.
The Rev. Melvln Dixon will
give the invocation and pro
nounce the benediction at the
Hepimer service. Mrs. Dale Hol
land will be soloist and Mrs.
Ola Mae Groshens will play the
processional ana recessional.
Commencements of the schools
will be on successive nights In
their respwtlve comm unities,
Ione's coming on Wednesday
night. May 22: Heppner on
Thursday night, May 23, at 8
p.m. in the high school gymnas
ium; and Riverside's on 'Friday
night, May 24, at 8 o'clock In the
A. C. Houghton cafeteria.
The public Is Invited to at
tend the baccalaureate services.
THjTW " HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 16, 1968
10 Cents
Same School Budget
Slated for Re-vote
Farm Land Use
Reappraisal Cuts
County Cash Value
Plans are well underway for
the annual Pioneer Memorial
Picnic, to be held on Memorial
Day, May 30, at the fair pa
vilion, according to announce
ment by Harold Cohn, this year's
chairman.
Pioneer residents of Morrow
county, who are now living in
either district or nearby areas
are urged to make plans now
to attend, and enjoy a time of
reminiscing and visiting.
Registration will begin at
10:30 a.m., with members of the
Soroptimist club in charge. As
sisting Chairman Cohn with ad
vance arrangements and con
tacts are Mrs. Claude Graham
secretary, and Mrs. Cohn.
A potluck dinner will be serv
ed at noon, with members of
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge . in
charge ol the kitchen. The Mem
orial Picnic Association will fur
nish the meat course, rolls, ice
cream and beverages with those
attending asked to complete the
dinner with varieties of potluck
dishes. Contributions will be ac
cepted at the time of registra
tion to help take care of the
day's expenses. Members of
Ruth Assembly, Order of Rain
bow Girls, will help with serv
ing the tables.
Chairman Cohn promises to
keep the program of introduc
tions and acknowledgements to
a minimum following the din
ner to allow plenty of time for
visiting among the old-timers
present. Recognition will be giv
en the oldest pioneer attending
and the one coming the farth
est distance. Door prizes are al
so planned.
Republicans Get
Democrat Pamphlets
In Machine Mixup
Republicans in the Heppner
area should be well versed
on both tickets in the coming
primary election. When the
Voters' Pamphlets came out
from the state last week, reg
istered GOP voters here re
ceived Democratic Voters'
Pamphlets.
This caused some to be
puzzled, some were a little
indignant, and still others
probably never noticed the er
ror, Mrs. Sadie Parrish, coun
ty clerk, said.
The error can be blamed on
the machine age. Lists of reg
istered voters to be sent to the
state are compiled from plates
that are run through an Ad
dressograph machine. Repub
licans are sorted from Demo
crats automatically as the
trays are inserted, but a small
pin must be placed in a proper
position to sort out the Republicans.
Mrs. Parrish said that oper
ation of the machine in the
courthouse is a "new wrinkle"
for her. She waited for a rep
resentative of the Addresso
graph firm to come and give
proper instructions, but he
didn't arrive before deadline
to send in the lists.
The confusion came when
she sent through the lists
without the pin in the proper
place, and the Republicans
were not properly sorted.
Mrs. Parrish, .upon discover
ing the error, called the state
office and announced this
week that Republicans will re
ceive their Pamphlets within
the next few days. With the
Demo pamphlets in their
hands, they can also become
well informed on the opposit
ion, even though they can't
vote on that ticket
"Most everyone was real
nice about it," said Mrs. Par
rish, who has been "snowed"
with work during hectic budg
et and election time.
Graduation Set
For lone Class
Next Wednesday
Graduation exercises for the
Senior Class of lone High school
will be held Wednesday, May
22, at 8:0U p.m.. in the high
school gymnasium.
William F. Maddron, speaker,
is a resident of Eugene. He owns
his business, Industrial Litho,
and has written a book entitled
"Vacation Air Mexico." He has
served two terms as Chairman
of the State Board of Aeronau
tics: is a member of Central
Lane Planning Commission.
which is concerned with the
long-range development of Cen
tral Lane county; and has long
heen active in community at
iairs. Mr. Maourons son is a
student at Harvard and his dau
ghter will graduate from South
Lugene High school this year,
Kathy Keene is the valedic
torian of Ione's Class of '68. Jan
ice Snider will give the saluta
tory address.
Music for the occasion will
be provided by Gene Rietmann
on the organ. The Choralettes
of lone High school will provide
a musical selection, and Darrell
James, a piano solo.
Don McElligott, chairman of
the district school board, will
present diplomas to the follow
ing graduating seniors: Neal
Christopherson, Willa Johnson.
Kathy Keene, Chris Loveren.
rim Loyd, Jim McElligott, Maur
een McElligott, Chuck Nelson,
Terrie O'Connor, Janet Palma
teer. Kerry Peterson, and Jan
ice Snider. I Open house at Morrow County
Baccalaureate is scheduled for Grain Growers in Lexineton is
Sunday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m., in scheduled for Monday, May 20,
ui June niu wiixi iree luncn 10 ue served
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Harlan
McCurdy, general manager of
the cooperative, announces. The
lunch will be served at the ma
chinery division
1 he cooperative last year
merged with Lexington Oil Co
operative and purchased Lexing
ton Implement Co. from Mervin
(Red) Leonard
Many prizes will be given
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iii vuuiik iiuexiseu unvers 01 p cnij 0, nnnnini
the Morrow county area who bargains in equipment and other
yC " ec uciuic items will be ottered.
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Morrow county's true cash
value was reduced by $3.551.U'.'5
as a result of the farm land
use reappraisal mude last
month, according to information
from the assessor's office.
The decrease in total property
valuation was not as much as
some had expected it to be. At
one time, it was thought that
the decrease might be as much
as $8,000,000.
Total valuation of the county
on the 1967-68 tax roll was
$98,339,688. This includes real
property, personal property and
utilities' assessments. Reduction
from the land reappraisal will
mean a cut of 3.61 in valua
tion based on last year's total.
However, the total true cash
value of property in the county
Is vet to be compiled for 1968-
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vu, aitui uiijk iu Din uuillisun,
appraiser in the office. Assess
ments for public utilities in the '
county are expected to be up,
and could go as high as
$1,000,000. This would cut the
loss from the land reappraisal
by approvlmately 30.
Most of the land that was re
appraised was grazing land, and
cattle operators will receive the
most benefit of the new method
of evaluating farm lands.
Johnson said that the decrease
In the county's true cash value
will not cause a great overall
tax adjustment. The difference
in the valuation, figurine the
$3,551,995 decrease on last year's
true cash total of $98,339,688
would amount to a tax levy of
a Pout Joe per S1000 true cash
value to the property taxpayer
who must make up the differ
ence.
In Morrow countv there wew
144 applications for re-evalua
tion and 583 tax lots were reap
praised.
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MCGG Open House
Planned Monday
the cafeteria
school.
Jaycees' Teenage
Auto Road-E-0
To be Saturday
JOHN VENARD
Manager, Heppner Branch, First National Bank of Oregon
Bank Project Near Finish;
Open House to be May 23
Customers and friends of the
Heppner branch of the First Nat
ional Bank of Oregon are invit
ed to an all-day open house a
week from today, on Thursday,
May 23, to commemorate the ex
tensively remodeled and expand
ed banking facility. Doors will
open at 10 a.m. and refresh
ments will be. served by the
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it is for the best
interest and benefit of the res
idents of Heppner that their
City present a clean and at
tractive appearance, and
WHEREAS each of us
should strive to create a fa
vorable impression upon our
visitors throuph well cared-for
homes and properties, and
WHEREAS it is necessary
that ALL citizens work to
gether in a spring-cleaning
project for the beautification
of the buildings and grounds
of homes, business houses
and vacant lots,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, W. C.
ROSEWALL, Mayor of the City
of Heppner, do hereby declare
the week of May 20th through
the 25th, 1968, to be Clean Up
Week in Heppner and urge
every citizen to join now, and
in the future, in the care and
maintenance of his property
for the greater enjoyment of
all.
W. C. ROSEWALL, Mayor.
participate Saturday in the Mor
row county Jaycees' annual
Teenage Road-E-O, which will
be held at the county fair
grounds, starting at 1 p.m.
The Road-E-O is a test of driv
ing skill for the young drivers,
with prizes offered to the win
ners, and the top drivers here
will be eligible to compete in
the state finals at Milwaukie,
Oregon, on June 9. All expenses
are paid for the winners going
to state in this Jaycee-sponsored
project.
State winners go to a national
contest that will be held at the
University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, Mich., during the week of
August 3-8
Co-sponsoring the event with
the Jaycees are Lincoln-Mercury
dealers. John Privett. chairman
fnr the Mnrrnw Javnane ctntoc
that entry blanks are available
here at Hpntinw Antn Ralpc Tnp
at Van Winkle's Service Station;
from Jerry Hollomon at Herjpner
carDer &nop or irom the hieh
scnoois in tne county.
There are categories for both
boys and girls. Last vear. Kathv
ivieiDy oi Heppner won second in
the state for girls and Jim Sher
man of Heppner won tenth in
the state for boys with the com
petition being at Baker.
Those competing here Satur
day will take a simple written
test to determine driving know
ledge. They then will drive a
car, furnished by the sponsors,
over a prescribed obstacle course.
Privett urges those interested
to get their entry blanks at once
and they may be turned in,
when completed, to Privett at
the service station, to the Ford
garage, or to Jerry Hollomon.
The public is invited to come
and watch the Road-E-O.
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Episcopal Church Ladies group
through 5 p.m., according to John
Venard, branch manager.
New banking facilities include
six teller windows, a conference
room, bookkeeping room, and an
employee lunch room. Parking
spaces are provided for 17 ve
hicles. Work on the $135,000 modern
ization project began in Decem
ber of 1967 when the contract
was awarded to McCormack Con
struction Company of Pendleton.
Architect was Wesley V. Korman.
Venard reported that the at
tractive structure adds some 2,-
au square leet or tioor space
and "is one of which all our
customers and employees are
very proud. We have a lot more
elbow room' and we plan to
make our new conference room
available for community meet
ings."
Visitors are also invited to
take complete tours of the new
banking office during the Thurs
day open house.
(Also see page 2)
Dlrector of the Morrow coun
ty school district last Thursday
nigni declared the school Dudg
et election of May 6 void be
cause five ballots were cast In
the election by voters who had
not registered 30 days prior to
me election. I he action was ta
ken because of the close vote
on the budget, which was 286
yes and 283 no.
At a meeting of the directors
and other members of the budg
et committee Monday night,
jway id, at the Lexington school
office, it was decided to put the
budget before voters again,
without change, at an election
on Monday, June 3.
The action was taken after
considerable discussion. Some
30 persons, In addition to the
Construction Set
On New Stands
At Rodeo Grounds
Construction is expected to be
gin soon on a new all-steel
grandstand at the rodeo
grounds, the Morrow county
tair Board has announced.
A meeting was held Monday
night to complete the planning
and McCormack Construction Co.
has been tendered the contract
to do the job at a cost of ap
proximately $39,700. Paul Hisler
Is chairman of the fair board.
The contract has been drawn
and was awaiting signing by the
construction nrm, according to
Floyd Jones of the fair board.
The new stands will accom
modate 630 persons. This Is con
siderably less than present ca
pacity, but to build stands to
provide for 1,000, which is about
the capacity of the present
wooden stands, would cost $75.-
000 or more, Jones said. The fair
board did not have that much
money available.
The construction is expected
to be finished by August 1, in
time for this year's rodeo events.
Last year the most tickets sold
to a single performance of the
rodeo was 540, and with the
buckeroo stands across the field,
which will seat 350, it is ex
pected that the new stands will
be ample to accommodate rodeo
crowds.
Provision is made in the
planning so that the grandstand
may be enlarged if the need is
apparent and if the funds are
available. Ample leg room will
be provided with 30 inches, al
lowed. This was one of the
complaints against the present
grandstand.
A metal roof will be install
ed on the new structure.
Work of razing the old wood
en stands will begin in the very
near future.
9 Polling Places Listed
For Primary Election
Polling places for the primaryt The clerk urged the public
election on Tuesday, May 28, in to plan to vote early on
Morrow county will be the same election day in order to avoid
MISS TERESA HARSHMAN
MISS SARA MILLER
Delegates Chosen For Girls' State
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of May 8-14 is as follows:
Hi Low Free.
Wednesday 71 35
Thursday 76 46
Friday 74' 42
Saturday 75 50 .01
Sunday 64 42
Monday 58 43
Tuesday 61 45
Two Heppner High school
junior girls, Teresa Harshman
and Sara Miller, have been sel
ected by the local unit of Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary as dele
gates to attend the 27th annu
al session of Girls' State. The
state youth convention will be
held on the Willamette Univer
sity campus in Salem from June
9 to June 14.
Teresa is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Harshman. and
Sara's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Warren S. Miller, all of Hepp
ner. Altenates selected are Sheryl
Britt and Patti Holt.
The young ladies are rated
highly by faculty members on
citizenship and various charac
ter traits. Qualifications set up
by the sponsoring organization
include character, leadership,
scholarship, courage, honesty,
cooperativeness and physical
fitness, displayed in school, at
home, and in the community.
Active in many student af
fairs, and at the same time an
honor student. Miss Miller is
kept busy. She has been, vice
president of the junior class, is
a varsity cheerleader, member
rof the Honor Society, active in
Girls League and Pep Club, and
in her sophomore year was
chosen Girl of the Year for qual
ities of leadership. Active in the
Methodist church, she is a lead
er in the United Youth Fellow
ship, and is presently serving
as worthy advisor of Ruth As
sembly, Order of Rainbow for
Girls.
Miss Harshman, also an hon
or student, has been active out
side school in the Christian
church, in 4-H livestock clubs.
in Rainbow Girls and in other
community groups. Her school
offices have been treasurer of
Future Homemakers of America,
vice president of Future Busi
ness Leaders of America, treas
urer and vice-president of her
class, as well as active in Girls
League, Pep Club, Honor Soci
ety, speech and dramatics. Ter
esa was this years winner oi
the local speech contest for the
Conservation District and placed
second in the area contest.
Girls State expenses lor bara
will be paid by the auxiliary.
and those for Teresa will be
taken care of by the Soroptimist
club.
as at the last election with one
exception, Mrs. Sadie Parrish,
county clerk, announces.
Voters of the Northwest Hepp
ner precinct will cast their bal
lots in the Assembly of God
church. They formerly voted in
the Case Building which has
been razed.
Other polling places are as
follows: Hardman Hardman
Community Hall; Boardman
Greenfield Grange building; Ir
rigon Old Irrigon school; lone
lone city hall; Lexington
Lexington city hall; Northeast
Heppner Old city library (next
to city hall); Southeast Hepp
ner county courthouse; South
west Heppner county court
house. Polling places will be open
from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on elec
tion day.
Mrs. Parrish also points out
that those who do not expect I
to be in the county on election
day or who may be physically
unable to go to the polls are
entitled to vote by absentee
ballot. Application must be
made for these ballots at least
five days prior to election and
the requests should be made in
the voter's own handwriting.
The absentee voter, of course,
must be a duly registered voter.
The completed absentee bal
lots must be returned by the
voter in time to be counted on
election day. If they are not,
they will not be counted, Mrs.
Parrish said.
the usual last minute rush that
hits the boards. She said that it
will be appreciated if all those
who can vote early will come in
during the morning and avoid
the rush that develops, or those
who are working during the day
come, in after their quitting time.
The long ballots will be dif
ficult to count, particularly be
cause of the many candidates
for delegates to the national
conventions. An early vote will
expedite the counting. In all
precincts but Hardman counting
boards will be called and they
will begin work at 9:30 a.m. it
is expected to take well' into
the night before the counting
job is done.
Porflander Dies
In I-80N Mishap
A Portland man, Nairn Mit
chell Teeny, 36, died in a Herm
iston hospital Monday from in
juries received when his auto
went out of control on Highway
I-80N in Morrow county about 14
miles east of Arlington.
The Associated Press quoted
State Police Officer Gary Sheri
dan as saying that Teeny's auto
went out of control as he was
driving east. Witnesses said a
tire on his vehicle apparently
blew out. He was driving alone.
Ballots Printed
In This Paper
Facsimile ballots for the pri
mary election are printed on
pages 2, 3, 6 and 7 of section
two of this paper. Publication
prior to election is required by
law to afford the public an
opportunity to study the bal
lots before voting.
The Democratic ballot,
which is actually 36 inches
long, starts on page 2 and
breaks over on page 3. The Re
publican ballot starts on page
6 and breaks over on page 7.
The nonpartisan ballot, which
includes measures and Judic
iary, is printed on page 7.
The printed ballots are
identical facsimiles with the
official ballots except for the
fact that names may be found
to be in different order on
the official ballots. Law pro
vides that in printing the bal
lots the names must be ro
tated so that name of each
candidate, as nearly as possi
ble, is at the top of the list
on a number of ballots equiv
alent to each other candidate.
Readers are advised to save
these published ballots for
their study and to assist in
making choices prior to going
to the polls. Because of the
fact that ballots are rotated,
it is well to remember num
bers of the candidates desired
to be selected in casting ballots.
director and citizen budget
committee members, were pres
ent. Several spoke and asked
questions about the budget, but
consensus was, both from the
budget members and the public,
that the budget be submitted
again "as Is."
Chairman Elden Padberg of
the budget committee and
School Director Irvin Rauch said
at the start of the meeting that
they favored at least "token"
cuts In the budget. Later, Dir
ector Jack Sumner listed a num
ber of Items that he felt might
oe considered lor cutting.
As Sumner presented the
Items, however, Supt, Ron Dan
iels explained why the items
were in the budget. Sumner al
so said that he realized that
cutting them would only make
a few cents difference in lax
levy on each $1000 true cash
value of property.
Most Favor No Cuts
Most of the members of the
committee, which includes the
directors and an equivalent
number of lay members, felt
that the budget should be sub
mitted again in its entirety. It
was reiterated that there is "no
fat" in the budget and no place
where a major cut may be made
without taking out something
important to the school program.
Bob Sicard of Boardman, com
mittee member, said that he
felt taking anything out of the
budget would bring additional
"no" votes because it might
eliminate something that is of
special significance to children
of some of the voters.
Bryce Keene, a spectator at
the meeting, said that he felt
that it should be resubmitted
in its entirety because of the
fact that the number voting
was only about 25 of the coun
ty's registered voters. This, he
said, was not a true expression
of the wishes of all the people
in the county.
If, after the budget is resub
mitted, it gets a negative vote,
then ' stiff cuts of major items
should be made, Keene said, al
though they may hurt the school
program.
Bob Rietmann, another com
mittee member, said, "We can't
afford not to offer subjects that
our children need to compete in
areas outside of Morrow county."
This came when it was propos
ed that teaching loads be com
bined and teacher cuts be made.
Program Said Improving
Chairman Don McElligott of
the school board pointed to the
fact .that the school program
here has been making steady
progress and that students are
receiving better education than
in the past.
"We have fewer student drop
outs in the county, and more
students are going to college
than ever before," he said.
Supt. Daniels gave a review
of he budget and some facts
on taxes and the budgets ef
fect on taxes at the start of
the meeting. He pointed out that
a cut of $1000 in the budget
would mean a reduction of lc
per $1000 of true cash value in
the levy to the taxpayer. Hence,
a reduction of $35,000 to $40,000
in the budget which totals
$1,313,000 in the general fund
would save only 35c to 40c per
$1000 of property at true cash'
value. Consequently, a person
with a home or business as
sessed at $10,000 would save
$3.50 to $4.00 per year on such
a cut.
He also pointed out how the
budget committee and board
had diligently labored to offer
a budget that was "tight" and
declared that a conscientious at
tempt has been made to hold
it to necessities.
The superintendent told of
the committee's attempts to pro
pose a realistic budget which
would correct deficiencies in the
receipts section and accrue to
the good of the district in future
years. For various reasons, re
ceipts have not met expecta
tions in the past two years with
the result that deficits have oc
curred. The 1968-69 budget seeks
to correct this situation and put
tne district hack on a solid
footing," Daniels said.
While the 1967-68 budget year
will end with a deficit, this is
not due to overexpending the
budget, the superintendent said.
It is due to the fact that re
ceipts have not held up as an
ticipated. The certified person
nel around the system have
been admonished to keep costs
to a minimum, with the result
that this year's budget is ex
pected to be $10,000 to $15,000
underexpended, but the deficit
will still occur because of the
shortage of receipts and the fact
that the year started with a def
icit.
School Aid Drops
Daniels said that state basic
school support has dropped to
a low of 27 of the cost of ed
ucating the children after once
being at 37.
When it came to a vote of
the budget committee on the re
submission of the budget in its
present form, only Sumner vot
ed in the negative on the voice
vote, apparently feeling that
token" cuts might be' made.
In his statement followine the
school board meeting last Thurs
day night, when it was decid
ed to call for another election.
Supt. Daniels said:
"This decision was made be
cause five ballots were cast in
the election by voters who had
not registered 30 days prior to
the election. Since the law re
quires that voters must be reg
istered at least 30 days prior to
election, these five votes were
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