HEFPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January M-
Future Endeavors
Of Heppner Center
Discussed by Board
The advisory board of the
Heppner Neighborhood Center
met January 20 at Hits center to
discuss and answer question.
Kh ooard member wan aked
to talk to group and organizat
ion to which they belong to In
form people of the work being
done.
The center haa been a meet
ing place for children fr atorv
hour, for elderly people to meet,
for people to new or to read. Pro
grama that are hoped to be
M a r ted Include homo service
aids for elderly persons, youth
work programs, and others which
will qualify for funding. During
the previous week, three persons
had found employment through
the center, ana applications are
available for others who wish to
call for them and fill them out.
Attending the January 20
meeting were Bob Slangier, co
ordinator of Neighborhood Cen
ters In the Blue Mountain Coun
cil, Pendleton' Rev. Arden Frit,
community action board chair
man of Mllton-Krecwater; Mrs.
Pat Brindle. coordinator of the
Heppner center; Mrs, Bernard
Doherty, chairman of the board;
Mrs. Jack Loyd, representative
of the county welfare board;
Mrs. Barbara Jessmer, member
of the CAP advisory board;
Hubert Wilson and Don Bristow,
hoard members; Mrs. Klolse
Smith, center agent, Mrs, Snoda
Blake, Mrs. Eva Griffith, Mrs.
Con ley Lunham. school counsel
or Mrs. Dick Borman and Mrs.
Kd Gouty, appointed by Mayor
Bill Collins as city representa
tive at CAP meetings.
Coll Unites Women
After 57-Year Period
A reunion by long distance
telephone delighted Mrs. C). A.
Devin earlier this week, when
she was able to speak with a
cousin, Mrs. Lizzie McDaniel
Smith, who lives in Los Angeles.
The two women had lust con
tact with each other through the
years whin Mrs. Devin moved to
Oregon from Missouri in l'.12.
when she was 13 years old. She
had lived as a child with her
cousin, and the two were to
gether in the same family. Mrs.
Devin acquired the address of
her relative through her sister,
who lives In Medical Lake, Wn.
She reported enjoying quite a
nice visit with her cousin in Los
Angeles, whom she hasn't seen
for 57 years.
Farra Memorial
Equipment Here
A new piece of equipment fjt
the Heppner Klre Department
that wa purchased from donat
ions h a memorial to the late
J V. (Bill) Karra has arrived.
Klre Chief Forrest Burkenbme
mi Id Monday.
It U a S'oit Alx Pack, breath
ing niMurntua used by firemen
to enter burning buildings and
oiler protection against smoke
and giisMS.
M. 'initial plaque that will
-or..r llio memory of Farra, as
sistant ih.cf of the fire depart
ment for many years, will be
presented to the city council at
its meeting Monday night, the
tire chief said.
Coxt of the new equipment was
In ixess of $300. Donations
from local organizations and In
dividuals underwrote the cost
of the memorial gift. The breath
ing upptiatus, which was felt
to be in most needed equip-iii'-nt
in the department, may be
instrumental In saving lives of
volunteer firemen In the future.
Assistant Chief Farra died of a
heart attack In early December
Immediately after battling a
house fire here with other mem
bers of the department for sev
eral hours.
Burns Services Held
At Newberg Chapel
Funeral services were held for
Princess Harrison- Burns, sister
of Mrs. George (Helen) Currin
of Heppner, on Thursday, Janu
ary 23. at the Brown Funeral
Chapel in Newberg. Interment
followed at the McMinnville
.emeterv.
Mrs. Burns, who had been a
20-year resident of N'ewberg.
died at the McMinnville Hospi
tal on Monday. January 20, af
ter an extended illness.
She was born October 16. 1902.
at Pilot Rock, the daughter of
Alonzo and Daisv Knotts. She
resided there for many years,
and attended schools in that ar
ea. In 1915 she was married to
Ted Burns in Portland, and the
couple has lived at Newberg
since 1918.
Besides Mrs. Curnn, Mrs.
Burns is survived by her hus
band In Newberg; a son, John
Harrison, Jr., Lake Oswego; two
grandchildren; and two broth
ers, Clayton Knotts, Cresswell,
and Alonzo Knotts, Jr., Eugene.
District Board Offers Contracts to Administrators
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New contracts, were offered to tract He ha. n;;t MJ this P
M.tminUtrttlor In the Morrow
rouniv school system by direct
or of the district at the reg
ular meeting January 20.
Hon Daniels, county superln
tt ndeiil. was offered a new con
tract fur two years.
Four other administrators
have qualified for three yeai
contracts, and these have been
offered to Alan Martin. Heppner
F.lementarv principal; Dick Car
penier. Heppner High principal;
Michael Tolar. A. C. Houghton
school principal; and Harold
Hi-L'k-s. lone principal.
Dan Dalto), Riverside prlncl
pal. was offered a one year eon
slltoii long enough to quality for
a tliiee year coiurjc
In another tmpoit"1' ll'm
at the meeting, the board dis
cussed the possibility of retain
Ing an architect to consider long
rente remodeling and building
needs. Some time ago, a long
rang planning committee wa
named to consider the condition
of building and plans for the
future.
Professional Study Eyd
It Mas reported that thev now
have gone as far a thev can In
their deliberations without trie
services of professional help. In
the discussion Monday It was
nolnted out that an architect
could help "put a study togeth
er." particularly In regard to the
lone grade school and Heppner
lunior high school, to consider
the life expectancy of the build
ing, consider future enrollment
and to plan for the future.
Sunt. Ron Daniel said that
an Ontario architect would be
willing to sign an agreement
with the board for three year
period. If building Is dune a
a result of his work, he would
receive a regular fee, but If
there Is no construction, he
would receive only a token pay
ment of $500 for his work for
the three year period.
Reading Program Started at lone
Br JOYCE HOWTON
A student reading Improve
ment program for grades 7 to
9 began on January 20 at lone
High school. The purpose of the
program Is to improve the read
ing abilities of the student. Stu
dents were given the opportun
ity to drop out, but thev all
agreed to stay in the program.
Fifteen students have been sel
ected to participate in the pro
cram at this time. These stu
dents will not be graded on
'heir work, tut each student will
re encouraged to do his best
work. The program will run
frt.m 1:30 to 3:30 each day. Each
student wilt participate from
two to five hours per week.
Money for the program was
providede bv the Federal Gov
eminent through the Public Law
89-10. The program will begin
January 20 and run through
Mav 23. The Instructor for 'his
reading program In lone will he
Mrs. Diana Klncaid.
This program Is designed to
Improve the reading speed, com
prehension and vocabulary of
the participants. Several new
types of materials and methods
will be used In the program.
A similar program will begin
at Piverslde High M-hool on Jan
uary 27.
Harold Beggs, principal of
lone schools, is the PL 89 10 pro
gram coordinator for the Morrow
county schools.
Some of the materials to be
used In this program will be
controlled readers for Individual
use along with tape recorders
with earphones. The tapes used
for the recorders are called skill
tapes which help improve the
readers skill for reading.
PTA Congress Sets
Two-Day Conference
The Oregon Congress of Par
ents and Teachera Board of
Managers will hold two day
conference January 31 and Feb
ruary 1 at the Mallorv Hotel In
Portland. Mrs. Jesse E. Herbert
will conduct the meetings which
will be In the Crystal Room.
The training session on Child
ren's Emotional Health will be
from 8:30 a m. to 3:00 p.m. on
Saturday. February 1. This ses
sion will be led by Mrs. Jen
nelle Moorehead, immediate
past president of the National
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. Mrs. Paul Marlow, Baker
council president; Mrs. Lester
Cleaver. Nyssa; Mrs. Charles
Heard. Pilot Rock; Mrs. Keith
L. Young, La Grande; Mrs. L.
E, Dick. Jr.. Heppner; and Mrs.
James Conro of Haines will attend.
The board advised Daniels to
arrange for a meeting wnn ar
chitect of the area to continue
discussion on the matter.
In hi superintendent1 report.
Daniel told of the difficulty in
providing home Instruction for
students, who because of pro
longed Illness, are unable to at
tend school. The district is now
providing Instruction for two
such students, and two more
should have It. he said. Cost U
about $90 per week per pupil.
He said that the board needs to
review It policy on home In
struction with the thought of
setting a time limit on the In
struction. He reported that school clog
ure on account of the weather
on January 2 and 3 still leaves
the district within the 173 re
quired days of Instruction. Since
177 days had been scheduled,
175 are left and tt was not nec
essary for the district to apply
for emergency approval for tho
closure.
Incineiator Authorized
After the superintendent re
ported on the Intricacies of ob
taining permission for Installa
tion of an Incinerator to burn
trash at the new Riverside
school under state pollution
icgulations. the board approved
purchase of a $1250 Incinerator
fiom the Metz Engineering Co.,
with the provision that it com
ply with all state regulations.
Regulations are now very strict
on burning trash, Daniels point
ed out after consulting with
slate authorities. Their recom
mendation that the trash be
hauled away to a dump in lieu
of burning is not feasible at
Boardman because of the Infre
quent pickups and the fact that
there la no way to store trash
In the meantime. Open burning
Is In violation of regulations,
and If the district hauled the
trash to a dump, It would cost
considerably more than the ap
proved Incinerator. DanleU said.
He also reported on checking
Into the costs of power consump
tion at the new school and out
lined ways In which the electric
Ity cost can be reduced. Action
will be taken to Implement
these steps. The power cost has
been running about $550 per
month for heating and $350 per
month for lights, according to
figures arrived at after consul
tation with the Umatilla Elec
tric Cooperative.
Reading Program RtUwod
Principal Tolar of Houghton
school reported on a reading
program In progress at the
achool where students of the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades
are combined, then separated
Into groups according to read
ing ability rather than by grade
for the reading instruction. The
program Is now In its 10th
week and It appears to be work
ing very successfully, he said.
At a special board meeting
on January 13, the board agreed
to budget funds for an addit
ional primary teacher at Hepp
ner Elementary and for one at
A. C. Houghton because of In
creasing enrollments In lower
grades. Directors also approved
hiring a counsellor for Heppner
Elementary for the coming year.
The board also adopted a pol
icy on determining what stu
dents qualify for free lunches
in the schools.
Concert Cancelled
Because of Snow
The scheduled concert by the
70-piecc band of Pacific Luth
eran University, planned for
Sunday evening, January 2u,
was cancelled clue to the bad
weather conditions. Paul Tews,
of the sponsoring Hope and Val
by Lutheran churches, said.
The hand was at Battleground.
Wash., on Saturday and had
planned to come to Heppner
Sunday morning. Church lead-
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ers nere, nowevi-i, um-1 m-i. ,
ing road conditions, tcit tnai n
should be cancelled in the in
terests of safety for all concerned.
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