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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.
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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
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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
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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)