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LIBRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE 07403 Mewitefe Tireoadls ITuesdh mis 1 O ILLiLLJ 85th Year Number 14 GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 30, 1968 10 Cents econd Budget Vote WARREN WILLIAMS ilitary Rites Set for Williams, Accident Victim Word was received May 25 by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. wu liams of Lexington that their son. Warren Williams, age 21 had died early that morning (Saturday) in Hazen, Nev., of injuries resulting Irom an autO' mobile accident. Second Class Aviation Ma chinist Mate Williams had been transferred from Moffett Held, Calif., to the Naval Air Station In Fallon. Nev.. last December. He would have completed his Navy duty in June or I9b9 ana had planned to attend a voca tional school or to seek employ ment with Boeine when he re ceived his -discharge, according tn his Darents. He attended the seventh and eighth grades In Heppner, prior to graduating irom .cno nign school with the class of 1965. He entered the U. S. Navy tnat June, and had served a year and a half with the Naval Ke serve Unit in Pendleton prior to that time. . Funeral services will be Fri day, May 31, at 2:00 p.m. In the First Christian church, Heppner. Officiating will be the Rev. Al Boschee and the Kev. ai Boyer. Interment will follow in Hepp ner Masonic cemetery, with Sweeney Mortuary in charge of arangements. Graveside mili tary honors will be by the U. S. Navy. Contributions in his mem ory may be made to the Warren Williams Scholarship Fund, in care of the Bank of Eastern Ore gon. Warren was born August 14, 1946, in Wenatchee, Wash. Besides his parents, he is sur vived by two brothers, Butch Williams, a junior at Eastern Oregon College, La Grande, and Albert Haviland of Sandpoint, Idaho, presently in the U. S. Navy.' Williams and Haviland were reunited three years ago, after having been adopted by different families at an early age. . ... ...... - ' New Pool to Open With Free Swim Saturday, Sunday Heppner's "new" municipal swimming pool will open to the public Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, from 2 to 7 each day, and all may enjoy swim ming without charge on the op ening days. From then on through the summer schedule, however, the swimming will be on a "pay as you go" basis, Season tickets will be on sale at the citv hall beginning Mon day, June 3, and daily tickets mav be purchased at the pool Schedule of fees is given in an advertisement on page 4 of this section of the paper. Summer schedule calls for the pool being open on Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays it will be open from 2 until 7 p.m. It will be closed on Mondays. Lifeguard will be Stuart Dick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dick, student at Eastern Oregon Col lege. He Is also water safety instructor and is a veteran life guard, having also done the work here last year. Assistants at the pool will be Marsha Lovgren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lovgren, 1968 graduate of Heppner High school and a senior life saver; Bill McLeod, son of Mr. and Mrs. ' David McLeod, 1 968 graduate of Heppner High school and a junior lifesaver; and Kay Huson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Huson, junior at Hepp ner High school. Smaller children going to the pool must be accompanied by a person capable of being respon sible for their safety, Mrs. Elaine George, city recorder, states. Swimming lessons are sched uled to start about mid-June. Further announcement on them will be made at a later date. The new pool was formally accepted by the city council on ly Friday, May 24, after McCor mack Construction Co. had done the work of rebuilding it and constructing a new bath house. " 1 . , - I . ,. . f'kJ .Vr HAPPY is the rancher who brings in an artesian well! (Even hap pier man one wno gets an incn or so ot rain at a critical Urns). Such an extra-happy rancher is Don Evans who is shown Sat urday working at capping the new well on the ranch owned by himself and his mother, Mrs. Milk Evems; between Hepp ner and Lexington. The well, 250 feet deep, is figured to be flowing at the rate of some 800 gallons per minute and, with pumping, would produce considerably more water. Hidden by the ilow of water here is the valve that Don is applying. (See oiner piioios on page o;. (G-T Photo) Freedom Keynotes Heppner Graduation Tour to Honor Carlsons June 12 By JOHN WELBES Executive Vice President Oregon Wheat League ., A tour honoring last year's state winner in the Conserva tion Man of The Year Contest, sponsored by the Oregon Wheat that time In 1966) the firm bought the Heppner Shell dis Paul Pettyjohn Co. Marks Anniversary Twenty-first anniversary of the Paul Pettyjohn Company of lone and Heppner is being ob served this week, and the own ers, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petty john, Sr., are expressing their thanks to customers and the public in an advertisement on page five of this section. Pettyjohn first purchased a General Petroleum bulk plant in lone in 1947 from Ernest Lun dell. In 1957 he became affili ated with Shell Oil Company and has been distributor since Growers League and John Deere Co., will be held June 12 at the Louis Carlson larm near lone. The program and tour will commence at 10:30 a.m. A free lunch will be sponsored by Paul and Helen Pettyjohn of lone. He has been a Shell jobber in the area for 21 years serving pro ducers in Morrow county. .Louis received this recognit ion for the successful use of adopted conservation practices and wise use of land for which it is best suited on the 2,760 acres under his management. Conservation practices in elude trashy fallow, eight miles grass seeded diversion ditches, three acres sod waterways, con tour farming, rotation deferred grazing, water developments and fencing for better range management Carlson has 1,628 acres cropland with approxi mately 750 acres in wheat and barley each year and 750 acres of stubble mulch. Anyone interested in conserva tion is cordialily invited to at tend, according to Louis and Betty Carlson. Killed in Alaska Dick Calvin of Anchor age, Alaska, and former resident here, was killed instantly in an auto mobile accident near Homer, Alaska, on May 26, according to information received by Mrs. Frank Hamlin on Wednesday from the family. His wife and three married children survive. tribution from A. L. (Jerry) Dag gett, and the company now serves the entire county with Shell products. The Pettyjohns state the fine cooperation of customers has been responsible for the growth of the business, and on the an niversary, take the opportunity Freedom was the keynote of the Heppner High school com mencement in the school gym nasium last Wednesday night. Not only is it included in the class motto, "Free to Follow our Hearts," but it was the theme used in addresses by Gordon Pratt, former principal here and now principal at Central High, Monmouth-Independe n c e,- and by John Rawlins, valedictorian. Merri Lee Jacobs, salutatorian, also used the class motto in her address. Thirty seven scholarsh i p s awards and honors were pre sented and announced, not in cluding four state scholarships. The latter, under a new policy, are no longer publicly announc ed. Forty-one students of the Class of 1968 received their dip is pitted against love of coun try. "We need to establish again in the minds of all the original precepts on which this country was founded," he said. "It must be through us that Others learn honor, trust and truth." In developing his points on national freedom. Pratt declar ed, "Our nation must survive as a bastion for the brave and the free." ,, r Responsibility Stressed Turning to personal freedom, the former Heppner principal said, "We each have the free dom to choose that which we want to do as long as it does not infringe on the rights and freedoms of others. "Somehow we must begin to think in terms of responsibili ty . . ; to safeguard our own personal freedom, we must first lomas from Jack Sumner, dir- safeguard the freedoms of oth- ector of the school board, at fer ers. Bob Mather, a hign school teacher, . presented the class. . "The story of freedom in our country today seems to be con siderably different from the past," Pratt said in the princi pal address of the evening. "We can see our national freedom decimated by prejudice, ignor ance and misdeeds." He pointed out that today the cnurcn is pitted against the un Rawlins stressed the value cf (Continued on page 8) Monday Polls Open From 8 to 8 In 6 Places Second election on the 1968- j 69 budget for Morrow county school district R-l is scheduled for Monday, June 3, and poll ing places are the same as those in the election held May 6. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. with the polling places as follows: Heppner Ele mentary School, lone High School, Rhea Creek Grange Hall, school district office in Lexing ton, city hall at Boardman, and A. C. Houghton school in Irn- gon. The Question is on the amount of the school budget above tiie 6 limitation. Of the total gen eral fund budget of $1,313,876, the amount of $801,698 is above the limitation. Expressed as a rate of levy, this is estimated at just over $9 per thousand dollars of true cash value of tax able property in the district. At the first election, the an nounced result of the vote was 286 yes to 283 no. However, five votes were in question since it was determined that these vot ers had failed to register the re quired 30 days prior to election. Since their votes were placetf in the ballot boxes through error it could not be determined whether the result would be changed. Consequently, the board of directors of the school system invalidated the election and scheduled the second elec tion. , At an ensuing hearing on the budget, consensus of the some 30 persons appearing appeared to be to submit the budget again without change. The budget committee voted to re-submit it with one member opposing. Consideration was given to some suggested cuts of various items, but it was decided that these would not give significant relief and that major cuts would impair the school pro gram. In a series of three articles Supt. Ron Daniels of the school district has attempted to fully explain the budget with the hope of answering questions that some may have on it. The last of the series accompanies this story. The budget is printed in the March 21 and 28 issues of The Gazette-Times and copies may be obtained at the newspaper office. Copies of the budget are also available at the school of fice in Lexington. Supt. Daniels stressed again that he will be glad to answer any questions regarding the budget. Any with questions may call the school office (Ph. 989 8123). Winners Here Include McCarthy, Duncan, Myers; Mollaliari Victor Morrow county voters apparently followed state trends in the primary election Tuesday, giving Eu gene McCarthy the edge over Robert Kennedy for president on the Democratic ticket, strongly support ing Richard Nixon on the Republican side, and giv ing a slight margin to Robert Duncan over Senator Wayne Morse for the U. S. Senate seat on the Demo ballot. The latter race, neck and neck on the state level, was still in doubt at this writing. A late re port Wednesday morning said Morse was winner by a very slim margin. Voters here favored Clay Myers, incumbent, over F. F. Montgomery for secretary of state on the GOP ticket The main local Morrow county race, which pit ted Bert Corbin against John Mollahan for the sher iff nomination on the Democratic ticket, found Mol lahan a strong winner with 501 votes to 229 for Corbin. j(W EVERETT HOLSTEIN Ex-lone Principal, Wife Die in Crash or expressing appreciation for churched, children are pitted this support. I against parents, and love of self I j j f J' f Supt. Daniels Gives More Information on Budget ANTIQUE AND PAINTING enthusiasts will be attracted to the lone bommunitv Auction on Saturday, June 1, when the above items will be a part of an interesting collection offered to high est bidders. Included are oil paintings, lamps, vases, bottle3, steamer trunk, windows from ths old post office, and others. (See Story On Page 4) By RON DANIELS Superintendent, Morrow County Schools The law provides each school district with an operating tax base without requiring a vote. However, the tax bases were es tablished many years ago and have not been adjusted over the years to compensate for mcreas ed enrollments or increased costs. When the tax base was estab lished the law provided for an increase of 6 per year without a budget vote being required. The law also permitted school districts to raise funds above this amount by submitting the budget to the voters. In Morrow county our tax base this year within the 6 limitation is $292,476. Funds needed in excess of this amount must be submitted to the peo ple on the tax ballot. This amount in Morrow county is S801.698 and is the amount that appears on the tax ballot. The other S292.476 is not listed on the ballot because voter approv al is not required on this figure as it is the amount inside the tax base. The law provides that the amount outside the 6 limita tion ($801,698) must be listed on the ballot and it must also be expressed in terms of how many dollars per one thousand true cash value must be levied to raise the money. Our budget ballot listed this figure as $9.85 but because the decrease in true cash value due to land reap praisal was less than had been anticipated this figure can be decreased to $9.35 per one thous and dollars of true cash value. The total budget including the amount inside the tax base ($292,476), the amount outside the tax base ($801,698) and bonds ($87,015), will require a total levy of approximately $13.10 per one thousand dollars of true cash value. This repre sents an increase of about $2.00 per one thousand of TCV over the tax figures for last year. While this figure seems ex cessive it is still lower than most school districts in the State of Oregon. It should also be pointed out that the $13.10 figure will only apply to the highest taxing code in the coun ty and will be less in most tax areas. Both Everett Holsteln. former lone High school principal, and his wife, Joan, died as a re sult of a one-car accident two miles west of Rocky Ford. Colo., on Friday, May 17, according to reports received here. Holstein was 43 and Mrs. Holstein was 39. Holstein apparently died al most instantly after his auto went out of control, struck a concrete abutment and crashed into a ditch. Mrs. Holstein died two hours later. It took firemen nearly two hours to extricate her from the wreckage. The report indicated that Hol stein appartntly fell asleep while the couple was westbound towards Manzanola at an early morning hour. None of their seven children was with them at the time of the accident. Their youngest child, Tara, was born just 1U weeks ago. Oldest of their child ren is Sandra, who is 21. Others are Stan. 20. who grad uated with the lone High class of 1966: Wes. 19: Brenda. 13: Alvin, 9; and Rhonda, 6. Sandra and Stan are students at Colo rado State College, Greeley, and Wes is in the army at Ft. Mc Clellan, Ala. Holstein was principal at lone for two vears. coming in the fall of 1964 and leaving in the spring of 1966, being succeeded by the present principal, tiaroiu Beggs. Holstein currently was principal of Manzanola High school. Principal Beggs. who received the information here about the fatal accident, said that any who wish to get in touch with the family or to send messages of condolence could send them to Stan Holstein, Manzanola, Colo. 81058. It is a small town, and this is a sufficient address, Both are Heppner city police officers, and Mollahan will run against Sheriff C J. D. Bauman, Republican, who has been in office for 36 years, on the gen eral election ballot in Novem ber. Zearl Gillespie of Boardman failed in a challenge to take the justice of peace position from Ernest Jorgensen of Irri gon (fifth district). Jorgensen was reelected on the nonparti san ballot, with only two pre cincts Boardman and Irrigon voting on the contest, 233 to 130. Boardman voted for uniespie, 102 to 61, but Irrigon backed Jorgensen strongly, 172 to 28. ELECTION TABULATION PLANNED NEXT WEEK A complete election tabula tion for Morrow county is plannpd for the next issue of The Gazette-Times, the June 6 issue. This will give a complete precinct by precinct tally of votes for each candidate with the exception of those for dele gate positions. Doctor to Show Slides at Chamber Dr. Gerald Jones, Heppner physician and surgeon, will show colored slides of Alaska as the program feature of the Monday meeting of the Hepp- ner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce on June 3. The meet ing will be in the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet room at noon. Dr. Jones took the slides while he resided in Alaska where he practiced medicine for a few years. Kenneth Jernstedt of Hood River, Republican nominee for state senator, 18th district, of which Morrow county is a part, will speak at the Chamber meet ing on Monday, June 10, Wes Sherman, president, announces. All Measure Supported Morrow county voters gave good yes margins to all three measures. The most important the college bond measure (No. 3) passed here by a vote of 892 yes to 684 no. Measure No. 1 on the school fund won, 915 yes to 570 no; and Measure No. 2 (concerning the number of names for initiative and refer endum petitions) was approved, 746 to 651. McCarthy, who surprised the experts by topping Kennedy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon, won ev ery precinct in Morrow county. He polled 386 votes in Morrow to 250 lor Kennedy, rresiacnt Lyndon Johnson, on the ballot but who stated tie is not a candidate, received 127. Hubert Humphrey had 21 writeins for president here at last tabula tion but this does not include all precincts. Humphrey, only candidate on the Demo ballot for vice presi dent, polled 369 for that posit ion. Senator Race Close The Morse-Duncan race was a very close contest here as it is around the state. With- five pre cincts reported in Morrow coun ty about midnight Tuesday, they were tied, 237 to : 237. When eight of the nine had reported, the count showed 335 for Dun can and 333 for Morse. Irrigon, last to come in, turned the mar gin more sharply to' Duncan, giving him 85 votes to 42 for Morse, and the total unofficial count in this county is Duncan 423, Morse 375, and Phil McAl mond 33. Duncan and Morse each won four of the county's precincts and one N. W. Hepp nei? found them tied at 64-64. In the Eepublican party Rob ert Packwood, easily carried Morrow for the U. S. Senate nomination, getting 575 to 95 for John Boyd. Richard Nixon, opposed by Governor Ronald Reagan for president on the Republican ballot, tallied 547 votes in Mor row county, sweeping every pre cinct. Reagan had 182, and Nel son Rockefeller at last counj: had 68 writein votes, and probably some were not included in the compilation. Myers Favored Clay Myers, Secretary of State, took every precinct but one here from the challenger, F. F. (Mon te) Montgomery, for the Secre tary of State nomination on the Democratic ticket. Hardman had the two tied with 8 votes each. Myers polled a total of 471 votes and Montgomery received 308. In the Secretary or Mate race on the Democratic ticket, George Van Hoomisscn was a walk away victor with 549 votes over M. A. (Cap) Yegge wth 146. For Representative in Con gress, second district, t,verett Thoren of Elgin led the Repub lican nomination here with 323. (Continued on page 4)
