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HEPPNER CAZETTE'TIMES. Thursday, rebmorr 19. I97Q THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon oojo Prion 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER MEMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OKKUON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD. Editors & Publishers AUCVANCE & SuKscdptlon iTates: $5.00 Year Slnulo ..JXSSi rilniiw 15 Cents In Advunce.; M nimum Billing 50 cents. luniiMiej Every TluiVXy and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon. a ScconJ Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Monday throuch Friday. 9 a.m. uitil noon Saturday. Morrow County Jinxed On Friday the Thirteenth Friday the 13th and people of Morrow County went into a state of shock and disbelief at the charts made on Mo row County Schools in the Oregon Tax Research bulletin tit Ed ''Morrow Schools Use Illegal Tax" and subsequently car ried in the dally papers and over the radio. It concerned the 19raShocbkU1umed into righteous indignation at the false im pression U-ft in the article. They wrote of "serious errors and abuse of statutory authority". They credit themselves with fmd ng the error. An error had been made but had long been righted according to directions from the Oregon State Tax Emftiels discovered the error In March of 1969 when ho becan working on the budget comparisons. 8 The school district had certified in proper orm to ho County assessor the amount of money to be levied for the Gen al Fund $1,044,118. and the amount to be levied for pay ment of bonds, principal and interest $87,015 and the tola of these two figures for the amount of money to be raised by s'formwassnt to the County Assessor's office at the time when Joyce Ritch had just been appointed as acting lessor and a member from the State Tax Commission office MdCn called in to assist her. Mr. Daniels points out how fhe error was apparently made. They took the amount of moncv to be raised by taxation $1,131,133 (which already had Kdcd in it the Bond, principal and interest figure) and added to it the amount of the Bond money again. The wires were kept hot for a few days between he dis trict office, the assessor's office, the state tax commission and tw r...nt rourt after the error was discovered. thG Se Tax Colm s on gave the County Court two alterna-tives- they could make refunds to individual taxpayers or !he money would be retained and used as a tax offset the f0llTheg Court' recalled an earlier similar situation when $162000 road levy had to be returned to the individual tax PaveT Many of these checks weren't over $1.50 and some Rase check, never were cashed. This. .UZern al task of computing the refunds and cost of mailing them out promptedX Court to decide to retain the money which was used as a tax offset the following year. Ron Daniels, when he became superintendent, 1967-1968, inherited an unrealistic budget which had underestimated expenses and which he knew would end with a deficit. Be cSse work on The next year's budget was completed before .h Ann nf the 1967-68 year, the exact amount of the deficit I'as no't known and wasn't picked up in the 1968-69 . budget Si deficit when known, was $96,000. The district picked up SfoS in the T 1968-69 b'ugdet towards the deficit which left $81000 to be made up in the 1969-70 budget Thoueh taxes are levied, 90 is collected. Of the $87,015 nver lew m the error, only enough was collected to wipe out Mr Daniels" inherited deficit to start the 1969-70 budget year with a zero in budgeted cash carryover. ,iih ,i If the court had returned the money to the individual taxpayers! Tn amount equal to the deficit which the over collection had wiped out would have been added to the 1969- 70 Tseems so simple. How the Oregon Tax Research could blow it alT out of proportion is beyond the clear thinking of most of the people of Morrow County. t,,i We have a profound respect for Ron Daniels his knowl edge of school budgets, and his understanding and good judg- men!ie and Joyce Ritch have both volunteered to talk with anyNno0washya.rr anholdur breath until the next Friday the 13th rolls around . . . next month? No Excuse for Disloyalty A great many people have become heartily sick of the dally diet of pictures and stories concerning ranting dissent ers and unreasoning abuse of the U. S. system and its insti tutions A top business leader, in viewing "The heat and ex tent of the debate going on . . .". says that it is a daily re minder "that our system allows considerably more room for dissent than is to be found in the systems erected by the followers of Marx. Lenin, Che Guevara, Comrade Mao, and the other heroes of the militant Left." This business leader readily admits that we have such things as ". . . poverty, MoZ education, Ji5Wy. nd urban decay-whlch are as pld as civilization itself. , n However" he adds, "none of these is new, and al . , . , wecr, nc . d outside the United Smthhn lhat the faCt tYl? we are trying "to eradicate some of these age-old evils s ever much of the opposition of today lacks any trace of a spirit of loyalty to the U. S. CHUCK WAGON Feller told us nothing prompts the payment of an old dental bill like a new toothache. Boys will bo boy at will a lot of middle aged men. Surprised the paper got out ugatn this week? Me, too! Bruce BethweU has built a beautiful fireplace of petrified wood and apparently some handsome rocks In his new house Just off Hager Street. We understand the rocks and pet rified wood came from various places such ns Big En My. at the head of Pot am us Creek ome from Opal Butte. and An advertising club in Fort land wanted wme little news papers to Ktve l'rUl' Jn draw' Ing they had this week. They wanted thlmj typical of the area. After scratching our nog gins fur a couple of wwks. Dor othy (nmo up with Uie Idea of hendlng a $5 B-ef Certificate. Attached was a note "From Mor row County. Where the Big Beef steaks Grow". FRED LONG. representative of Capitol Lifo Ins. Co. will bo In Heppner Ten. 26 & 27. He may bo contacted at the Northwestern MoteL TeL 676-6167. LETTERS the EDITOR Dear Editors: Valentine's Day and Valen tines all over the ranch and I never sent any. Ah me. I got all kinds all the way from gold hearts and flowers with n love ly hankderchlef enclosed to a toy horse under the door. In a note from U ta Thomas in Tucson. Ariz. She says she follows the news letters careful ly and Is glad to see my notes in them, reminds her of the "old days". They need rain down there but the weather is won ,i.rfiil with niehts often cold. Says she hasn't seen many Ore gon people but did see Marjorie Worden's brother and wne in r-hnrvh und one woman from Willamette View Manor at Tu- bac where she attended an uhnw. The place continues to grow with mobile homes com ing every week, the most elab orate being a triple wide cost ing $65,000, but most are doub le which Is what Leta has. Lota has a new car this winter. Hills Saturday. She used to be bertson's Market in Kaieign Hills Saturday. She use dto be a roommate oi iwary wnue, u former Heppner girl, who now has a verv responsible position with the Oregon Railroad Asso ciation. Her twin sister, Frances Moon, on her Valentine says that what with a new line of work with the Telephone Com nnnv in which she is in the ex ecutive branch and with raising a teenager 'Meredith' in mis "difficult aee for the voung" her life is really at "sixes and sevens ' ' (whatever that isj. Fran wonders if we were 'ag gravating at the age." (ah yes and how) Ellis Thomson writes from New York City saying his younger brother, Earl, has re tired from the Portland Police force and he and his wife have purchased a camper and "goeth where they listeth". Have spent part of the winter in Florida and are now in Mexico. He apparently sees Ted Young, a former Heppner lad, son of Lutie Farnsworth Young fMnrfinnl ns he savs Ted Is comfortably retired but did not say where and what he did. 1 wrote and asked him if he tells me I shall let you gnow. The Farnsworth tamuy is an old pioneer Morrow County family with a home in south Heppner. Had a telephone call from Ed Nikander Saturday morning. Nice. It was wonderful hearing from someone from "home". He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikander of Heppner. Also one morning in Meier & Frank's I ran into Florence Beckct. It did indeed seem like "old times" when I "covered the waterfront" regarding harvest news from the Eightmile and other wheat districts. So life goes on. Cordially yours, Josephine Mahoney Baker 2545 S. W. Terwilliger, Apt. 525 Tel. 226-4911 Portland 97201 Portland, Ore. Feb. 16. 1970 To the Kditor: We really missed last weeks Issue for some reason. We look forward to the paper since you folks have taken over. You have more local news, like the old Gazette-Times when the Craw tnrA fnmilv owned it. and Jo sephine (Mahoney) Baker wrote such interesting columns anoui the local people. I am a sister of Victor Grosh ens who Is your city water su perintendent. Our father Victor and Emile's father were early day pioneers coming from Al sace Lorraine, France. Our dad took up a homestead on the Pot amus. the old Groshens cabin .till stands. Dad panned for gold in the John Day. Later he own ed the whole corner block where the Gilliam and Bisbee brick building stands now. I am writing this letter es pecially to let our Brother Harry Groshens friends up there know that he is slowly recovering from a very serious heart attack. Our niece on the Dempsey side yx I ' 1 t ' ft", :-r. .mmi Fiesta Bowl Saturday Momlng Goof-offs Won 29 28' i 22 20'i 16'A 15H Lost 15 15V 22 23 Mi 27 'i 28','i Team Nine Pins Ten Pins Uncolas Cardinals Killers Lyons High Ind. Game Sheryl Mas sey, 158; High Ind. Series David McLeod, 365; High Team Game Nine Pins, 448; High Team Scries Lyons, 1214. Trade at home whew your dollars have more sense. r COMMUNITY BILLBOARD at thp SoroDtimist Valentine party at the Nursing Home Sat urday. Fourteen men anu women enjoyed the party complete with favors and gifts, Valentine dec orations, Valentine cakes and red punch. ThrmiPh contribution of green jur niece on me unn-y oiui- - , . is Virginia Kelso of Kinzua who stamps by members of the Sop for almost every road in morrow "- orr,timit rtv ' each Saturday as Soroptimust couniy. , ; tua wnmnn of the llonine vou keep adding more!, . i-,tt ,ith a 1 . . . Innnl nmHC Tnf IIG AV . . allU IIIOIC lULai lltng ' ' Heppnerites who are in various towns now. Yours truly, Blanche (Groshens) Dempsey 4727 S. E. Lincoln Portland, Ore. GUESTS SEATED at the tables at top from left: Mrs. Clara Kincaid. Mrs. Mary Becket Mary Wright and Mabel Davidson. The middle picture from left William Mess and George Smith. The lower picture shows Lenna Smith and Betty Doherty presenting the hair dryers (the hand is Mrs. Pierce's . . . we're sorry) Guests still at the table are Mary Healy. Myrtle Smith and Imogens Mooney. Soroptimists Give Valentine Party Everything was fun and gay When vou patronize Gazette- Times advertisers, you help make a better paper, leu tnem vou saw it in tne uazeue-1 imra Postal News By JAMES H. DMSCOLL Postmaster A new order from Postmaster General Winton M. Blount will mean substantial Improvement In mail delivery service for an estimated 4 million Americans. According to information re ceived at the local office the department plans to expand service now provided by Rural routes. To be eligible for rural route service prior to the cur rent change one must have re sided at least one half mile from the post office. Under the announced change, this require ment will be reduced to one fourth mile thus making many niirMtinnal residents eligible for home delivery. Although Hepp ner dws not have any Rural routes the contract Star Routes perform all the services provid ed by rurals and it is believed the policy will bo implemented by their expansion. The program will be under the direct Juris diction of the Regional Office of the Post Office Department in SeSattle, but those patrons who are eligible and desire the serv ice may make application for same through the local office. School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy of Heppner Branch "first NATIONAL Jt3iJM i. or criucn uPPklv hair-do. Mrs. Gene Pierce RN accepted the dryers on be half of the Pioneer Memorial hospital. A delight to the guests were Tract Boner and Mary Daly from one of the Heppner Blue Bird groups. They handed out the gifts to each guest and then sang their "Goodby" song which they sing at the close of each mpptlner. Their leader accompan ied them and she is Mrs. vera Keithley. Soroptimists giving an assist were Mrs. Phillip Doherty, Mrs. Glen Smith, Mrs. Conley Lan ham, Mrs. Charles Heard and Mrs. Bill Weatherford. Another Mistake Now before the Oregon Tax Research blows it sky high, we must apologize for the error in last week's budget story which gave the teachers a base pay of $7800. A double check of Supt Ron Daniels' article a few weeks back was made to be sure the right figure was used. Then the old type lice, gremlins, Friday the 13th and what-have-you struck the wrong keys and in stead of $6700 out came the wrong figures. Gazette-Times want ads pay. Phone 676-9228 for G-T want ao service, CHILI FEED Heppner Civic League for Kindergarten rvh 20. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. High school preceding Pilot Rock game $5.00 Family Tickets Adults, $1.25; HS, $1.00; GS, $.75; under 4 free. Also serving Macaroni and cheese, tossed salad and homemade desserts WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY SALE DAYS FEB. 20-21, HEPPNER HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL Feb. 20, Pilot Rock at Hepp ner Feb. 21 Madras at Heppner Last home game BPOE NO. 358 73rd Annual Celebration Feb. 21, Elks Temple HHS SENIOR CLASS PLAY "You Can't Take It With You" Feb. 26-27 SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 If no answer call Ray Boyce, 676-5384 Heppner thom nnH she is Mrs. vern service. ' I , i reu 1 1 . v. . . . v...u i bbbmihhh - B i pmwt-"-- 1 - ; 15 v -etterheads I Envelopes I . tAK Ynur ADOLFO C BARDI. representa tive of Mutual of New Torn, r-ttleman Assn. 4 Livestock Assn. will be In Heppner Feb. 26 4 27. He may be contaciea t the Northwestern MoteL T. G7S.9167. 9c Heppner Elementary and High Schools Monday, Feb. 23 Barbecued pork, baked potato, tossed sal ad, hot bread, fruit, graham crackers, milk. Tuesday, Feb. 24 Hot dogs, potato chips, pickles, cole slaw, fruit cobbler, milk. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Hambur ger gravy with rice, peas, cin namon rolls lettuce wedge, ice cream, milk. Thursday. Feb. 26 Tizza. green beans, Waldorf salad, ap ple crisp, milk. Friday Feb. 27 Fish sticks and French fries, peas and car rots, rolls, purple plums, gra ham crackers, milk. V 7 t J I Moore xvS-!Sl!X Forn THE GAZETTE-TIMES-- WeMI Do Your Job Promptly Expertly Economically WE ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE ALL KINDS OF SPECIALTY PRINTING JOBS. SEE US BEFORE YOU GO OUT OF MORROW COUNTY FOR YOUR WORK. IF WE CANT DO IT FASTER AND MORE ECONOMICALLY WE'LL TELL YOU SO. Letterheads Envelopes Statements Form Letters Business Cards Business Forms Signs Brochures Handbills Booklets Tickets Checks Wedding Invitations Napkins NCR Forms Sales Books Programs Tally Sheets Bulletins Time Tickets Menus Announcements Posters You Name It
