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GAZETTE-TIMES
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Phone 676-9221
MORROW COONTTS NEWSPAPER
Te Heprnrr Gazette established March 30 1S83. The "'J""?
Times estaolisnea ixmrmwi o. t.
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K?ry Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon,
as Second Class Hatter.
Office Hours: 8 ajn. to 6 pm.. Monday through Friday; 9 am
intil noon Saturday.
Happenings in Irrigation Here
We strongly urge everyone to read the two page annual
report of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District
that is in this Issue of your Heppner Gazette Times.
Some new things are happening. Of great interest Is that
a county-wide irrigation development committee has finally
been formed. Ken Turners article also points out the three
leading possibilities for supplementing Irrigation pumping
and delivery costs. The Blue Mtn. RC4D has been designated
and funded and the area should get top priority for resource
development. The USDA and the Nixon administration are
officially committed to help rural areas grow and reverse the
trend of Increasing city congestion.
A number of other articles are equally Interesting.
And speaking of interest we should all attend the bi
annual meeting at 7:30 p.m.. next Tuesday, Feb. 3 at Lex
ington Grange Hall.
Hope for the Post Office Dept.
Chatting with a friend of ours from another county who
has been working for the Post Office for more than 30 years,
we learned of a few ideas that seem to make sense on post
office reorganization.
He said first there was a need for re-organization and
that it should be taken out of politics. There is a bill before
congress that ir it goes through would be a solution to some
of the problems. This would call for the formation of a com
mission such as the FCC and others. He said he felt a com
mission was better than a corporation.
Primarily the Post Office Is a service and should not be
required to show a profit, as it would have to. if it became
a corporation. He said to form the corporation would require
borrowing 80 billion dollars. Then he said letters would go to
15c and magazines and newspapers would be prohibitive in
order to show a profit and pay back the loan plus interest.
He went on to say that there would be seven members
on the proposed commission with staggered terms of office so
that eventually, as on the Supreme Court, various presidents
would have an opportunity to make appointments to the com
mission. . . . , ,
Postmasters would no longer be appointed but would
come up from the ranks. He said the beginning salary for
postmen Is so low that young men aren't going into the serv
ice. He said the chance of promotion is limited. He used as
an illustration that a mail carrier wanting to become a clerk
in the same post office can't do so without losing his senior
ity. He favors electronic equipment to speed up the sorting
of mail. , , ,
Something else out of the past Is the restriction of post
office employees talking and giving news before groups. All
they can do is talk to their friends and write their congressmen.
Why? Teachers Salary Increase
By RON DANIELS, Supt. of .Morrow County Schools
hfld on .were $331 below the state ave
ai a nTiai mtt-wnK w"i
1-n -hi ih TwnlipK profrfckion- rage
nl nconomlcs ltrrflitt.-e a no
the Morro-v County School Board
reached an agreement en the
1m7o.11 teachers salary schedule
The Heppner Gazette-Times tar
ried the story which Indicated
that beginning salaries would
be $6,700. an increase of $0U
over this year.
I'm sure the initial reaction to
the Inereaw m varsd with
Mime people filling the raise
was too small, others feeling it
was about right, and many oth
f.lm.. ihst the salary In-
The up tep on our salary
schedule was $9,760. compared
to the state average of $:1.1S1.
Our last vcars teacher com
jmittee agreed to accept this low
salarv settlement because tney
recognized that the economy of
the county was down.
While the economic picture of
the county has not greatly im
proved, both the teachers and
the school board realized that
we must Improve our salary po
sition if we hope to retain our
present teachers and find suit
able replacements for those
crease was far loo large.
The purpose of this aiticle H i..vinu the district
IZL Tr Teacher turnover In Morrow
r. County was 202' last year
in oeierminiiiK ......,,
Increase should re.
Last vear our salary schedule
was Increaseil irom .iaj
to
SrVlOn. This was the smallest
raiso rant i-d in anv first class,
school district in the State of
Oregon. It also left Morrow
County as the lowest paying
first class school district in the
state.
The average suiting salary
in all Oregon school districts for
!; 70 was S6.431: with our
starting salary of $6,100
TO THE
EDITOR.
Dear Editors:
Please change the mailing ad
dress of our paper to 2020 W.
Sherman Ave.
We moved into our new home
four days before Christmas, so
we spent the holidays enjoying
it. Our daughter Betty was
home from Oregon State Univer
sity and our sons, Larry and
Ladd. and his family, were with
us also.
We enjoy the paper and the
news of our many friends in
Morrow County, and look for
ward to it each week.
Yours very truly,
LaVerne Henderson
2020 W. Sherman Ave.
Hood River, Ore. 97031
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Dear Editors:
Here is some news which will
be of interest to "old timers"
in Heppner.
C R. (Cres) Maddock said he
had received a Christmas mess
age from Edith Thorley who
graduated from Heppner High
School and later on attended
Pacific University at Forest
Grove. She is about 73. Her
present name is Edith Thorley
Bowling and she lives on Pay
ette Lake. Idaho in McCall
where she owns property. Cres
visited her last summer in Mc
Call and says she Is teaching
music. She is also a friend of
Odile Groshens Luper, sister of
Emile Groshens.
And hv the wav Cres has sub
scribed to Ye Heppner Gazette-
Times so as to keep up on me
Morrow County News.
Very truly yours,
Josephine Mahoney Baker
Portland 97201
compared to a slate average of
17.9. Obviously a high teacher
turnover in a district results in
a poorer educational program.
Salaries may not be a factor in
some teacher resignations, but
'studies indicate that it is a ma
Ijor factor in most instances.
Our school board did not want
to get in a position of serving
as a teacher training ugeiicy,
where teachers would start here,
develop some experience, and
w,.;then move on to a higher pay
ing district. These then were me
major factors to be considered
in determining the salary in
creases that would have to be
granted.
The next question to be ans
wered Is. how does our new sal
ary schedule compare statewide.
Only 22 districts have reported
settlements, so it is too early to
draw any definite conclusions.
However, the 22 settlements re
ported have an average starting
salary of $6,866. and an average
maximum salary of $11,572.
Both figures are above the be
ginning salary of $6,700 and the
maximum salary of $10,320 pro
vided for in Morrow Counties
new salary schedule.
One other point that should be
cleared up is the contention that
all teachers receive a yearly
salary increase whether or not
the salary schedule is changed.
The fact Is that once a teacher
reaches the top step on their
column of the salary' schedule,
no raises are provided unless
the salary schedule is changed.
We have forty teachers in the
district this year that would not
have received any salary' in
crease if the salary schedule had
not been increased. With the
cost of living up 6.1 over 1968,
the purchasing power for those
teachers would have been less.
It was the feeling of the board
members that the salary in
crease was a must if we are
going to hold our good teachers
and attract good young teachers
into the school district.
CHUCK WAGON
rerhaps It Isn't quite cricket
to talk about our ailments. And
It may seem a little hard to be
lieve, but I finally figured out
what was wrong. Feller told me
I was glassy eyed out at the
fairground last Sunday. Some
cast iron butterflie in my turn
my. Well, sir ,as you already
know it had been pretty damp
for such an arid country. So, by
golly, the trouble must have
been seasickness.
There have been more folks
stopping at Morrow County Ab
stract and Title Co. to see Harry
O'Donnell's handsome counter.
Probably most folks In this
county have already seen it.
Harry and family labored hard,
long and carefully, rubbing and
polishing and have the best
looking counter I ever saw. If
I weren't such a big coward I'd
probably swipe it.
We were impressed Sunday by
our visit to the museum here.
You folks here already know it
is fabulous. If you have com
pany, they shouldn t miss the
museum. It is open Saturdays
and Sunday. Hours Sunday are
from 2 to 5 and on Saturday 10
to 12 and 1 to 5. They will op
en by special appointment for
out of state tourists.
The twenty-second birthday of
twins Leon and Leland Magill
will be celebrated at a birthday
dinner at the home of their par
ents on Feb. 1. Other guests ex
pected are Mrs. Leon Magill, the
former Vickie Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Creston Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Huson and family, Dick
Hvnd and Joe Halvorsen.
Now Birth Defects
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983-8134
JOE YOCOM
Lexington. Oregon
BBS
With near prevention of polio, the National Foundation
March of Dimes decided to focus on the long-neglected but
extremely serious child-health problem: congenital disease
or birth defects. .
This is defined as any malformation or defect of body
chemistry present at birth, except injuries occurring in the
process of birth itself. .
March of Dimes support research looking for ways to im
prove diagnosis and devise better treatment methods and re
research into the underlying causes of birth defects.
Support 111 Birth Defects Centers.
Support Salk Institute for Bioloican Studies.
Education health professionals. ine,anr4.
inform the public of advances in medicine For nstance
information about new vaccines against IUU
measles and Rh incompatability disease ) Each has the po
tential of preventing thousands of birth defects in the im
mediate future. v-.HK trfl-
Promote community service programs for health educa
tion. prenatal care and genetic counseling.
The Mothers March is tonight. Any amount you give is
most welcome.
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Our New Phone tiT
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School Lunch Menus
Presented
Through Courtesy of
Heppner Branch
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FIRST
NATIONAL
BA.XJ.K. Or CSE30J!
Heppner Elementary and
High Schools
Monday. Feb. 2 Potatoes and
urvv sninach. ereen salad.
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rolls, apple crisp, muk
Twtav Feh. 3 Pizza, green
beans, carrot and celery sticks.
fruit Jell C, topping, mntc
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Beans
and frankfurters, cinnamon
rolls, cole slaw, fruit and cock
les, milk.
Thu.sday, Feb. 5 Macaroni
and cheese, beets, muffins, veg
etable sticks, pudding, milk.
Friday. Feb. 6 Creamed tuna
and toast, peas, lettuce wdge.
upside-down cake, milk.
Dorothy and yours truly are
real impressed with the friend
ly and very fine young people
in Morrow County. This happen
ed once again at the Fair
grounds when nine lovely girls
were competing for places on
the Morrow County Fair and Ro
deo royal court. It is apparent
that graciousness runs in fam
ilies and is one of the hallmarks
of you good folks of Morrow
County. Now we learned that
students at Heppner High are
starting a project to raise mon
ey to build a school in an un
derprivileged country!
Giles French, the sage of
Moro, came in Monday and said
he was expecting to finish his
history of Morrow County some
time this year.
Knowine of his ability we are
sure this will be a fine book.
We've almost finished a His
torv of Umatilla and Morrow
Counties which was loaned by
Barton Clark. "Yesteryears oi
Morrow", published in 1959 by
Morrow County Extension units,
is another very fine book. We
recently finished a charming
book, "Shamrocks and Shep
herds: The Irish of Morrow
County" by John F. Kilkenny.
It is available at Murrays, al
though they may at times be
temporarily sold out.
One lady said she had been
thinking of writing a history of
the Scandinavian settlers of
Morrow County. This seems like
a real good idea, too.
Wp kind of eet a few kicks
just looking around and admir
ing things in stores. You might
think there was nothing unus
ual around here. But one trav
plin salesman said there was
something different at Randall
Peterson s: a silverpiatea para
keet casket! (Aciually, It's a very
dazzling butter dish.)
lone Honor Roll
Posted for Semester
The following students have
been placed on the A and B hon
or rolls for the first semester at
lone High School by Principal
Harold Beggs. A Honor Roll des
ignates a student who has esrn
ed a CPA of 3.5 or better. Stu
dents with a CPA of 3. 3.49 are
placed on B Honor Roll.
A Honor Roll Seniors: Joy
COt ITS. Kristin Nelson, Linda
Pettviohn.
Juniors Jane Krebs, Jerl
Snow.
Sophomore Mary McElll
gott.
Seventh Joel Peterson, Sherrl
Wilson.
B Honor Roll Seniors: Anita
Crawford, Lynn Justus, Kris Pe
terson, Gene Zinter.
Juniors Carley Bergstrom,
Kathy Holtz, Marianne Petty
john, Tanya Tucker.
Sophomore Shauna Bergs
trom, Cheri Carlson, Wendy
Christopherson, Jackie Howton,
Toni Justus, Clint Krebs, Ann
McElligott, Julie Zinter.
Freshmen Christina Linds-
trom, Kathleen McElligott, Da
vid Warren.
Eighth Joan McElligott, Dor-
Is McCabe, Kathy Gilbert, Don
na Flack, Jan Ekstrom, Mary
Pat McElligott.
Seventh Greg Christopher-
son, Charles McElligott.
I'm burning the candle at both
ends," said the patient to the
doctor, "I came for more wax."
M. V. Nolan was in the other
day, commented on the big
rain. Said he wished instead of
planting wheat he'd tried rice.
(Bill Weatherford could prob
ably write a poem about this.)
Guests at
C. C. Carmichaels
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Giese of
Hailey, Idaho, were house guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carmich
ael for a few days. Mr. Giese,
nephew of Mrs. Carmichael, had
been through the University of
Oregon Medical clinic.
While here they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Leathers and
Mrs. Vern Leathers.
Ralph Taylor TUited at the
Stan Magill nome one day this
week. Mr. Taylor is an old friend
of the Magllls and lives in
Roseburg.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
IONE GARDEN CLUB
Feb. 11, 10:00. Potluck dinner
at noon
Pruning demonstration by
Tom Zlnn of Condon at 1:30
Public Invited
MARCH OF DIMES
Bowling Tournament
Jan. 31, Fiesta Bowl, 6:30
MOTHER'S MARCH, Jan. 29
Leave your porch light on.
HEPPNER HIGH
BASKETBALL
Jan. 30, Wahtonka at Hepp
ner PTA MEETING
Heppner Elementary PTA
meetine
Wednesday, Feb. 11 at Grade
School Multipurpose room,
8:00 p.m.
SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, Feb. 3
Lexington Grange Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Amos L. Oleson, guest speak
er SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. a Box 247 PH. 676-9625
If no answer call Ray Boyce,
676-5384
Heppner
"I didn't come here to be told
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Tri-County and Blue Tag Combined Sale
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RANGE BULLS BEING OFFEBXD ARE THE TOPS
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Sale 1 :00 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 1 1
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Show at 9:30 A.M.
Auctioneer: Ken Troutt
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HOMER ABELL, Sales Manager. RL 2. Box 95B
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