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WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY
Bargains Offered
Friday and Saturday
Once again Heppner merch
ants will commemorate George
Washington's birthday with ex
tra special values lor shoppers
in a manner that Is becoming
traditional across the country.
On Kriday and Saturday they
will "take the hatchet" and
"chop prices" In keeping with
the legendary traits of the Fath
er of Our Country.
Many of these special bar
gains are heralded in their ad
vertising in the second section
of this paper. Shoppers will tind
bargains in all lines, and Jerry
Adamson, chairman of the mer
chants committee, extends a
hearty welcome to all from far
and near to come and enjoy the
two days.
Board Okays Contracts
For County Teachers
Three teachers submitted res
ignations for various reasons to
the county school board at the
regular February meeting at
Riverside Junior-Senior High
Monday night.
They are Malcom Johnson cf
Heppner High who hopes to
teach at the college level; Cur
tis Achziger of Riverside High;
and Edwin Kesslcr of lone Ele
mentary. The resignations were approv
ed by the board.
Teachers whose contracts win
be expiring at the end of the
current year were considered tor
new contracts, and action was
taken as follows:
Approved tor one-year con
tracts Heppner High: Patricia
Cassidv, Mary Ann Hildeibrand,
Shirley Jucht, Dennis McKay,
Dean Naffziger, Robert Sirnkins
Hope Temple. Heppner Elemen
taryJoan Thompson, who at
her request will be transferred
to a lower grade within the dis
trict. She formerly taught sec
ond grade at Heppner Element
ary and has been teaching sixth
grade the past year. Biverside
High Sharon Donovan, Nikki
Grossmiller, Roberta Jenkins,
Victor Marchek. A. C. Houghton
Mildred Baker. lone Schools
William Flechtner, Anna Lee
James. Darrell James, Linda Mc
Kay, Betty Rietmann, Darrei
WApproved for three-year con
tracts Heppner High: Adrian
Cook, Rachel Dick, Edward
Hiemstra, Terry Lincecum, Jane
Rawlins, Gary Thompson, Elmer
Weitzel, Hal Whitaker. Heppner
Elementary Judy Gochnauer,
Kathryn Hoskins, Inez Meador,
Lucile Peck. Riverside High
Robert Byrd, Robert Chilman,
Nancy Leroux, Edith Partlow.
lone Schools Eugene Dockter.
On second year of 3-year con
tract (not up for renewal)
Heppner High: Dorothy Agee,
Arnie Hedman, Dale Holland,
Madge Thomson. Heppner Ele
mentary Alena Anderson, Jes
sie Faye Morris, Cleo Robinson,
Clifford Williams, Frances Wil
liams. Biverside Delia Lindsay.
Houghton Gladys Hobbs, La
Verne Partlow, Eleanor Sergent.
lone Schools Beth Hynd, Jack
Loyd, lone Martin, Jerry Martin.
On third year of 3-year con
tract (not up for renewal)
Heppner High: Robert Clough,
Band Carnival
Set for April 19
"Mr. Bandmaster" (Arnie
Hedman) assembled an idea-
-iV. nlonninor pnmmlttee WeQ-
nesday evening, February 12, at
the Heppner Elementary school
to make plans for the 1969 band
carnival. , . , ,
Committee members, includ
inr Hortman. Mrs. Bud E. Mar
shall, Mrs. Bill H. Johnson, Mrs.
c-. Mnaniol and an invited
observer, W. W. Weatherford,
pooled their ideas aDoui wuu
could help and what can oe
done to make the 1969 Heppner
Band Carnival more helpful and
more fun than the fine band
carnivals of previous years. They
agreed that the success of this
year's carnival depends on the
generous efforts of many citi
zens. ... ,
Saturday, April 19, will be
the night and the Morrow Coun
ty Fair buildng will be the lo
cation. All county residents and
friends from adjoining counties,
or from anywhere, are urged to
red pencil April 19 on their calendars.
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Mnrrhnnis have made an ef
fort to provide an outstanding
shopping event for the public,
hi Kfjites.
Visitors will notice that some
nrlros are cut bv one-half, some
are cut bv one-third, and some
are offered at nearly giveaway
nrlwc.
In most cases, the prices are
good only on tne two uay.
melted and winter
starting to fade, this will be
a nnnd time to prepare for
spring and stock up on the good
hnv offered. Adamson states.
those who shop in Heppner
will find a friendly and cordial
reception wtih good service of
fered 10 ail, UK llic-n-iiaiiia
chairman states.
Violet Lanham. Heppner Ele
mentary.. ..Clint Agee. Velva
Bechdolt, Juanita i.armiuiaci,
inn Frwin. Mareuerite Glavey,
Ola Mae Groshens, Mildred Han-
na, Lorena Jones, raunne min
er, Frieda Slocum. Riverside
nnniri Rlark. James Harper,
Lester Leroux. Houghton Ruth
Bentley. Zoe Billings, Kose nuos
ier, Joyce Smith. lone Schools
Gladys Ely, Gordon Meyers.
Lloyd Johnson of lone schools,
who is serving his second year
of a three-year contract, resign
ed earlier this year to be effect
ive at the end ot tne scnooi
year.
Nuclear Plant
Study Meet Set
Representatives of state agen
cies and of a consulting firm
known as VITRO will meet with
members of the Morrow county
court, the Port Commission, the
Soil Conservation Service and
other local leaders on Thursday,
February 27, to discuss studying
the possible use of water from
a nuclear power plant for irri
gation use. .
The meeting was scheduled
by County Judge Paul Jones af
ter Don McKinnis, development
specialist, Agricultural Develop
ment Division of the State De
partment of Agriculture, learned
of local interest on such a plan
and asked for the meeting.
"For the past -year and a halt
I have worked with various
groups in developing a field
demonstration on the use of
...orm uiatpr for irrigation, Mc
Kinnis wrote in asking for the
meeting. "The Eugene Water
and Electric Board has a con
tract with VITRO, a consulting
firm, to study the beneficial us
es of warm water.
"Two areas need to be stud
ied: One, the economic benefit
of warm water for irrigation;
and, two, benefits derived from
using nuclear power plant ef
fluent and the need to locate
plants adjacent to agricultural
lands. If we can accomplish
this, public pressure will have
a beneficial effect on plant lo
cation." Judge Jones responded by
saying that he would be happy
to' give assistance in arranging
the meeting, at the same time
pointing out the "tremendous
growth of interest in the pro
posed project.
He announced Tuesday that
plans have been worked out and
the meeting is scheduled for 11
a.m. on February 27 at the
courthouse.
Otts Leave Cafe
To Move to Lapine
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ott have
sold their interest in the Hotel
rafo tn his brother, Elvin Ott,
and expect to move to Lapine,
where they have bought prop
erty, next week. .
The Otts have sold their home
in Heppner to Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Rood and they have purcn
ased a mobile home in which
they will live at Lapine.
Elvin Ott, formerly cook at the
Wagon Wheel Cafe, started op
eration of the Hotel Cafe this
week.
The Fred Otts came to Hepp
ner 12 years ago from Grange
ville, Idaho, they operated the
Wagon Wheel Cafe for some
time before re-opening the Hotel
Cafe a number of months ago.
Heoaner Lumber Gets
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ii.mimer Lumber Company re-
cm,.,! full ooerullomi Wednes
day morning after being shut
down since last Tuesday noon,
John Brandenberg of the com
pany said.
The closure was brought anoui
luwouuo nf tihorlUL'O of wide
door boxcars. At the time of the
shutdown. Bruce jviaicorn. Km
erul manager, said that there
were 35 carloads of lumber at
the mill awaiting shipment.
The situation was Ilevlutod
quickly when T. L. Roberts,
transportation inspector
Ion 1'aclflc Railroad, arrived here
Wednesday afternoon. He ar
ranged for six wide door cars
n h Hlrerted to the company
Thursday, and they arrived as
scheduled.
sine that time, three mote
wide door cars have arrived, as
well as 11 flat cars. Many ship
pers who normally would re
quest wide door cars have been
attempting to use the more nu
merous flat cars,
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February
R-l Board, Teachers Reach
Rhea Dam
Possible
In 3 Years
There is a good possibility
that a dam on Rhea creek can be
completed within three years un
der the small watersheds project,
David Hall, chief of the water
shed planning division, Slate
Engineer's office, told the Hepp-ner-Morrow
county Chamber of
Commerce Monday.
All has gone smoothly on tne
planning for the project to date,
but there is keen competition
for funding. Under the act, the
government assumes the major
cost of the project, allowing 50
for irrigation and 50 for rec
reation. .
Core drilling was to be under
taken this week, Hall said, to
study samples of foundation for
the middle and both abutments
of the dam, which would im
pound some 6800 acre feet of
water.
"There is not much worry
with the Columbia River basalts,
but the drilling will help de
termine what leakage might be
expected," Hall said.
In working with residents
along Rhea Creek to locate a
site, the engineers have ' re
searched everything that looks
like a possibility," the speaker
said. .
A location that seems to be
"head and shoulders" above any
other is that 1 miles above
the junction of the creek with
Sanford Canyon.
Hall said that he could only
hazard a guess as to the possi
ble cost of the project but said
that he felt $1 million might
be close. The minimum pool
would be 50 surface acres and
water would be backed up some
three-fourths mile.
In discussing benefits of the
project, the speaker pointed out
the' irrigation possibilities and
at the same time said that the
state's residents must look for
ward to a ceiling on the drill
ing of wells. He mentioned the
declining ground water which
in wells 400 feet deep or more
is dropping at the rate of four
to six feet per year.
Hall noted the extensive use
of Bull Prairie reservoir and said,
"These days anything that looks
like a reservoir gets fished in,
swum in and boated on!"
He also discussed the Rock
Creek project in Umatilla coun
ty in answer to questions and
said that it is rapidly moving
forward in the planning stage.
It could have a dam 130 to 140
feet high and impound as much
as 11,000 acre feet of water, he
said.
Skiing is Good
At Arbuckle Mt.
Skiing is good at Arbuckle
Mountain.
This is the report from Loren
Lucore of the U. S. Forest Ser
vice after viewing the weekend
activities at the local ski course.
He said that there were 29 ski
ers each day Saturday and
Sundav on the hill with four
spectators on Saturday and 14 on
Sunday. .
Snow was near perfect for ski
ing with the depth measuring
45 inches near the base and 59
inches higher up.
Jaycees operate the tow on
Sundays and the 4-H clubs op
erate it on Saturdays.
Eaitcrnart Frown en flats
Brnndenberg. sales manager
of the company, said that buy
era east of the Mississippi are
very reluctant to aeeept lumbe'
ghipix-d on flat cars and many
won't accept nuch shipments.
"They say the lumber gets too
dirty, and they are rigged for
unloading box cars." he said.
However, he htis arranged for
some shipments to Oklahoma
and Texas on flat cars, as well
as three or four carloads to Mis
souri. .
Huberts, who rushed to Hepp
ner as soon as he received word
that the Heppner Lumber opcr
atlon had closed because of the
car shortage, said that the wide
h,!- mm are In very short sup-
nlv for several reasons. The
i..nhoreman'8 strike on the
east coast has thousands of cars
Idled and severe weather con
ditions have slowed the return
mr to the west from east
ern points. Roberts also said
that some rawuuus nm unu
t INUmDer j.
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Three-Way Communication
Seven PTSA Groups
Discuss School Topics
"We ought to do this often
er" commented a number of
Heppner High students after
last week's Parent-Teacher-Student
Association meeting. The
occasion was the second meeting
this year for the group, which
has grown in size each time un
til this, when it numbered 3o
students and 44 parents and
teachers.
Seven groups, each composed
of students and adults but with
no combinations of husband
wife or parent-child within a
group, were formed at the start
of the evening. A parent headed
Assessor Gives
Farm Filing Data
Recent stated regulations in
the filing of application for spe
cial assessment of unzoned
lands and penalties invoked for
late filing, are announced by
Special Assessor Joyce Ritch.
Those who filed for special as
sessment last year are required
to file again this year unless
they wish to revert back to mar
ket value.
She states that the assessor
is not required to notify any
property owner of the duty to
file an' application on or before
March 31. However, any prop
erty owner who received the
special assessment during the
last assessment year, will be
notified by the assessors office;
he can then file on or before
May 1 upon payment of a $10
penalty. . .
The statutes contain no pro
vision for extending these filing
deadlines, she states. State
l,.., it the responsibil
ity of the taxpayer to file these
nn time or incur the
penalty provided by law.
Cars; Mill
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iuv hnut nhevinff the regula
lion to direct shipments In car
towards the line ihut owns the
cars.
Anxious to Accommodate
Roberta said that the Union
Pacific is very anxious to pro
vide cars and do Its best to ac
commodate shippers. On any
particular day under present
conditions, however, maybe on
ly 30 or 40 wide door cars will
be available to serve the entire
division, only a small fraction
of the demand.
Heppner Lumber Co. needs
the wide door cars because ot
its method of packaging and
handling its lumber, principally
the 2x4 studs In which it spe
cializes. ,
Roberts said that he and Har
ry Crawford, superintendent of
Iranwlmrtatinn. both of Portland,
can be counted on to do all they
can to expedite movement of
cars here, allotting from those
available a number proportion
ate to the total demand.
20, 1969
the other, had more students
each group, as the parents were
in charge.
After 45 minutes of discussion
on a variety of topics posed by
thr.se within each eroup, re
freshments of cookies, coffee,
and punch were served.
Then the leaders summarized
the topics that had been dis
cussed within their groups. Men
tinned were sex education,
grades, student-parent - teacher
communication, courses lor coi-lege-bound
students as compar
ed with those for trade-bound
students, and subjects required
for graduation from Heppner
High school.
Gene Pierce then summed up
the leaders' comments ana init
iator! a niiestion and answer per
iod in which a number of the
laree group participated.
Bill Weatherford, president of
the Heppner High flA last year,
brought up the matter of the
organization's funds, and it was
decided to put the fund into the
student body bank account
where it will be accounted for
as a special fund.
Mrs. Ed Dick, high school ser
vice chairman for the Oregon
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, objected to a comment that
the PTA was dead, stating that
PTSA's are an extension of PTA s
and that she had never seen
the Heppner High organization
more alive, more vibrant than
it was last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Garry Tullis was chair
man for the parents' program.
Group leaders were, in addition
to Mrs. Tullis, Mrs. Jack Healy,
Mrs. Max Barclay, Mrs. Howard
Pettyjohn, Ed Dick, Bill Weath
erford, and Dr. Wallace Wolff.
"We'll have to work hard to
come up with a meeting as in
teresting as the students and
parents' meetings," commented
one of the teachers, who are to
plan and present the next program.
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Resumes Operations
Af,..r ,h.. mill cl,ed Tuesday. I as follows: Your telegram
After the mill closed Tuesday
MaKom wired E. 11. Bailey, bn
ion Pacific president In Omaha.
Nebr., Governor Tom MeCulli
and members of Oregon's Con
gressional delegation, in the
hope of getting relief on the
problem.
Others Ask BelUI
Others also Bought to help,
realizing the economic Impart
on the community of having the
mill shutdown with some 55
men out of work.
County Judge Paul Jones con
tacted Cong. Al Ullman and wa
In contact with the Portland of
fice of Union Pacific. The State
Employment Service requested
his help in getting cars In or
der to keep the mlllmen em
ployed. .
Chamber of Commerce Presl
deent Jerry Sweeney sent tele
grams, including one to the tn
inn PHflfie nresident. He receiv
ed the following reply from
Bailey: .
"Your teleeram February 12th
I have wired Mr. Maleom today
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Salary Agreement
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Much Nicer
Complete weather report for
the week of February 12 through
18, as compiled by Don Gilliam,
official observer, is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 41 34 .28
Thursday 41 29
Friday 46 30
Saturday 39 28
Sunday 49 30
Monday 41 29
Tuesday 35 30
Mustangs to Play
Rockets, Madras
In Crucial Tilts
By MARK POINTER
Pilot Rocks' Rockets will test
the skill of the HHS Mustangs
on the Rockets' home court Fri
day night, and the Mustangs
will invade Madras to battle it
out with the White Buffaloes
Saturday night.
The Mustangs, who dropped
two important league tilts
against Sherman and Wahtonka
last weekend, will look for re
venge this coming weekend. The
hard-charging Rockets have won
two after losing their first
league counters. With Tim Mc
Mahan, Bill Quaempts, Vic Raci
cot, and Larry Brannon provid
ing consistent support, the Rock
ets have been tough all year.
Madras' White Buffa 1 o e s,
western division cellar-wdellers
could provide their home crowd
with some excitement with Jeff
Vanderveldon and Ollie Sande
ville giving their team a balanc
ed scoring and rebounding duo.
A fairly well-balanced starting
trio will back them up.
Sherman County's Huskies will
face the Mustangs at Heppner
in the Mustangs' final league
contest of the season. This game
will be played on Friday, March
1.
m. H'o-
ruary 11th. relative to car short
age. The severe car shortage U
due to the longshoreman urine
at Eastern porta, as wen
severe weather conditions In me
Fast. However, there haa been
Issued an ICC order for return
of our ownership of 50 ft. equip
ment and meanwhile we mint
apportion cars so that all ship
pers receive a fair share until
the car shortage la overcome.
We have six of the desired type
of cars moving on our local to
day to Heppner. I have Instruct
ed our people to do everything
possible to assist in supplying
your firm with cars, and I ap
preciate your calling the mat
ter to mv attention. E. H. Bail
ey, UP RR Co."
The local company produces
about three carloads of lumber
per day and needs that many
cars to keep up with produc
tion. Klnzua Corporation has
less problem because it can use
cars with narrow doors and there
Is no acute shortage on m-av.
Price 10 Cents
$6100 Base
Established
For '69-70
Board of directors of the Mor
row county school district and
the teachers' negotiation com
mittee Monday night reached
agreement on a salary scale for
teachers for the coming year, it
ended more than two months ol
periodic discussion on the mat
ter. Base salary Is to be set at
$611)0 per year for a teacher
with a bachelor degree and no
experience. Salary increments
will remain at 4 of the base
salary. The district will pay
$6.50' per month towards the
health insurance plan fr Pac,.
teacher.
Current base salary Is $6000
per year. Teachers originally
asked for $6400 but after con
siderable negotiating withdrew
this request. In paying $6.50 per
month towards the Insurance
plan, the district will be pay
ing half the plan's cost. Teach
ers originally had asked that
the board "participate" in the
plan, and after rejection of their
first proposal, came back with
another that the district pay the
entire $13 in lieu of a higher
salary scale.
Previously, the school board
had granted a proposal of the
committee that administrators
be placed on an 11-months In
dex instead of 94 months. This
means that they will receive the
extra pay for administration one
and three-fourths months long
er than currently.
At the meeting at Riverside
Junior-Senior High school in
Boardman Monday night, the
directors also agreed to increase
salaries of secretaries and cooks
by $5 per month and added $100
per step to the salaries of cus
todians in the district.
Settlement of the salary Is
sue paved the way for final con
sideration of the 1969-70 budget
by the budget committee, a
meeting was set for Tuesday
night to go over the last half
of the proposed budget in de
tail. First publication is sched
uled for February 27 in The Gazette-Times,
public hearing is
slated for March 17, and elec
tion is set for April 7 on the
amount outside the 6 limita
tion. Directors spent considerable
time discussing the cost of heat
ing and electricity at Riverside
High. A representative from the
firm of Lee Kroeker and Asso
ciates, heating engineers, was
present as was Howard Leonard
Glazer, architect. The discussion
centered on methods that might
be used in the operation of the
heating system to keep costs
down. Electric bill at Riverside
has been running in the neigh
borhood of $900 per month.
At the request of the lone ad
visory committee, the board
agreed to a transfer of funds
in the 1968-69 budget. A sum
of $1700 had been set aside for
paving in the area of the play
ground at lone. Since the dis
trict planning committee has
recommended changes that
would involve the paved area,
the committee asked that the
sum be diverted for use in in
stalling plastic floor covering in
the boys' and girls' dressing
rooms at the high school, and
to replace two outside doors.
Lee LeBlane was appointed
to the Irrigon advisory board to
replace W. H. Parker who has
resigned.
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