HEPPNER CAZETTE'TIMES. Thursday, rebmorr 19. I97Q
THE
HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon oojo
Prion 676-9228
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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
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; 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.
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Forn
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