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Mothers March
Date is Set
For January 27
Bad News Greets Board at
School
Meeting
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a in ill uH-iiitnirni i-hmi, ( .ni'iiiiw tuuiuy bkm-kmt k inure nutr io irpny jii..vi.
nnilrV Mr Daniel started with T had Ht-d the mark.! value m! The county has . d; in
JUIIUUIJ LI i,-.1 ..i.if Kt n-w and bad $..1.3;i;i0. an twreM of $1.. , w hit h to appeal Ihf decision.
nrv" ittrn proceedttj lu rt-port i ;vj.M over the !; aiwraUal. I lUxud member th.un.-ht If thl
The Mutht-r'- March ha Ixi-n i,n Ihf ie appraisal of the land j Th IVpiwtmcni of Veteran' AMwa the good new they didn't
d.itid f"f Jan. Jf7. Anyune wth- t r.lrd to the H-tntf Co, fr thejf.iii which control the land know whether they wanted to
me in ij in n !' i jrm vi uiu, niv ai'iiiaiiK-ii , iuf Ine Slaie appcaitHI ult' new
n.i VrrgMrom at tfTti-KaJ day j1uc of the land ha Ix-rn low-! figure. Morrow County ha been
time. ei-d by rU05 by the State, ordered to lower the value on
(Kru-r Mother March rhalr lputmenl of I'evrnuc, the tax roll fur 1?0 to $2,-
men are Mr, Dan a!wo all I ruler a m-w sppraual the 41 1.76,1, The School District will
Ifcwmtmiin, Mr. Vi-rn Evan at
Irr.t'on and Mr. Tom While a
liMir,
Lora Lee, daughter of Mr
Margaret A. Ilcnsley lormerly
of IrrU'on w Moisted with
trunhMria!i.n to lortlnnd to
the t'nlveraity of Oregon Med
hnl School tbroueh the Mothers
March Morrow County fund
Hie wan deaf from a birth de
feet
hear any more,
Mr. Daniel then told them
alniut replacing the r.xif on the
lone Shd Cafeteria and shop.
The 30x113 Cafeteria roof wax
repaired at a root of $1575 and
(he 30x50 (.hop roof ut $400, fur
a total of $2173. Keller Roofing
of llernilkton begun the job on
Thursday of last week. The 3
ply roofing had base. liiKula
Hon and then the rooflnc with
a 15-year guarantee. Under nor
mal maintenance they aay It
hou Id liict 25 year. Mr. Pan
leU noted that thin roofing com
pany haa done mot tKl.utdr
work for the tlUtrlet.
Another iiihnppointment wa
the negative report on the Mar
row I' nun lll.i County prtoial
lor a vH-atlonai eonjuuant.
Another heavy expense, relat
ed in hla reivirt waa on the heat
lnj kytitem at Rivernlde Sthtnd
CimpreHor valve dnmage wa
dlsctiveretl In a routine cheek b
Water Vote
Here Jan. 25
GRAIN PRICES
(TOO Lexington doaa not In
dud warchQua chga)
Ceurttr MCCO
Soft whit wheat 14iVi bu.
(Pott (trlks MttUment)
Bed wheat l.48i bu.
(pott atrlk ttlomnt)
Br tli ........... 46.03 ton
68th Yeor
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Price 10 Cents
GAZETTE-TIMES
HEPPNER
Number 48
Election for five directors ol
i he new lleppner Water Control
District will be held next Tues
day, Jan. 25 here. Voting open
at 8 a.m. all day ut the Old
Library adjacent to the llep
pner City Hall.
Candidates are Donald L.
Bennett, E. O. Ferguson. Jewel
L. Hager, Fred Hosklns, Jr.,
Chailes M. Jones, Larr Mills.
Gene Pierce, Richard T. Wilkinson.
Morrow 4-H Leaders
To State Meet
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 20, 1972
New Cigarette Tax Voted In
Foster Homes
Needed in County
The Children's Services Divi
sion is now looking for families
who are willing to open their
homes to children, according
to I'eter Sundln, Family Service
I Worker who Is manning the
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nn-rrow vuuniy oiiicc in riep
4-H leaders pncr. Occasionally, a child Is
Morrow County
will join more than 200 ot hers una bio to stay with his parents.
from throughout the state for and needs someone to provide
tne J7tn annual Oregon l ll!i""i and sneiter tor him, as
Leaders Conference at OSU this
week (Jan. 19-21) rcKrts Don
Stangel, Morrow County Exten
sion Agent.
"Oregon 4-11 Listens" will be
the theme of the conference as
the volunteer adult leaders
learn how to work more effect
ively with the 43,000 young poo-1
pie enrolled in the 4-H program
in Oregon.
Older youth will be in the
spotlight at the conference dur
ing a panel discussion moder
ated by Dr. J. Richard Connel
ly, of the OSU family life de
partment, and again when Con
nelly leads a discussion entit
led 'Teenagers Times and
Troubles".
The leaders will spend a ma
jor part of their time in work
shops which were planned by
OSU extension agents ai.d spo-
cilists and leaders. The work-
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r nuj, wiui-ji include Illll.i mi
nutrition, finances, Community
Pride and publicity, were re
quested by the leaders working
on the planning committee.
The conference opens Wed
nesday afternoon, Jan. 19, with
registration and the traditional
international night dinner and
program featuring Oregon In
ternational Farm Youth Ex-
well as give him love, guidance
and Krsonal service.
Foster homes are needed for
children of all ages: for an in
dividual child or for several
troMiors and sisters, or for
children with special problems.
raster homes are needed that
would provide care for various
periods of time. The foster home
may donate its services, or re
ceive payments from the stale.
For foster home certification,
or for further information, con
tact Mr. Sundin in the Gilliam
fiisbce Building in Heppner.
The phone number there is C76
0211. ' , ,
any type talent are urged to
change (IFYE) delegates. Larry , appear and plan with Dennis
Tafent Show Tryouts,
Practice, Monday,
At 8:00
Dennis Cass will conduct try
ou's and a practice session this
Monday, Jan. 24, at 8:00 p.m.
in the Elementary School multi
purpose room in preparation for
the amateur night fun show
corning in Heppner on Sat., Jan.
29.
Persons of any age and from
any part of the county with
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Morrow County voters cast
their votes Tuesday on the ex
tra nickel cigarette tax. 602 said
NO and 534 said YES.
State-wide it was close at 9:15
p.m., Tuesday. At that time the
Oregon Election Service in Port
land told the G-T the vote stood
at 50.7 voting NO and 49.33
voting YES.
However, the final tally over
the state showed 51 favoring
the new tax which adds a nick
el to the present cigarette tax
of 4c.
There are 2,208 registered vot
ers in Morrow County.
In lleppner 264 voted YES and
2"4 NO. lone voters: 73 YES and
114 NO. Boardman: 62 YES and
75 NO. Irrlgon: 80 YES, 78 NO.
Lexington: 55 YES, 81 NO.
DON PAPINEAU, 6'1" and Craig Munkers, 6'2", heft the ball an
other foot and may add another 2 feet or so with a jump.
I.arwood, Independence. IFYE to
Japan in 1970, will preside.
Other IFY'E delegates schedul
ed to participate include Candy
Penedetti, Grants Pass; Cecil
Waldron, Beaverton, and Mrs.
Larwood.
Welcoming the delegates to
the OSU campus and the con
ference will be OSU President
Robert MacVicar, Alden Vog--nild,
Dallas, president of the
Oregon 4-H Leaders Association,
and H. Joe Myers, assistant di
rector, 4-H and youth, OSU Ex
tension Service.
Guest speaker at the Thurs
day night banquet will be Mrs.
Fern Kelley, assistant director,
4-H and youth development,
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Extension Service. Her
t pic will be "A New Day A
?-w Way".
New officers of the Oregon
4-H Association will be elected
daring the conference.
Leaders planning to attend
from Morrow County include:
n-se Wilson and Mayko Bu
chanan of Irrigon, Virginia
Gneb of Lexington, Kelley
Wolff of Heppner and Nancy
Myers of Butter Creek. Don Stan
rel and Eirdine Tullis will ac
company the delegation.
'he committee for this fun-type
community program states that
only those who practice on
Monday will be put on the pro
gram on Saturday night, Jan.
29.
Fun-type prizes will be a
warded the winners of the big
shew. This will be the first time
in several years that a show of
this type has been offered in
Heppner. It is being arranged
by the three TOPS Clubs of
South Morrow County. i
ome Game
Frid
ay
The Mustangs have a home
game here Friday night with
Sherman. The game should be
a pretty good match. Coach
Clough says their team is pretty
good size and DeMarsh is a
Officials Eye
Vacancies
The deadline for filing for of
fice for the May Primary is
March 14, 1972. Last Friday the
first two filings for office in ' commun
Morrow County were made for
the primary election. County
Clerk Sadie Parrish and Treas
urer Sylvia McDaniel filed for
reelection.
Mrs. Parrish. a Democrat, was
firt elected to her office in
Jaycee Week Noted
In Heppner
Mayor Bill Collins has pro
claimed Jan. 16-22 as Jaycee
Week in Heppner. Local organ
zations are to cooperate in the
bservance. The purpose of the
week is to focus attention on
the young men and the work
they do and to emphasize that
the Morrow County Jaycees have
done a big job in improving
the community.
The week celebrates the
founding of the Jaycees in 1915.
By 1S20 24 cities were represent
ed in the U. S. Junior Chamber
f Commerce.
Morrow County Jaycees were
formed in 1964. They are part
of the national organization
which is built on a solid foun
dation of creating opportunities
'or leadership training through
ommunity betterment projects,
Joe Cunhas Buy
K. Cutsforth Place
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunha are
now settling on the Ken Cuts
forth place they purchased on
upper Willow Creek. The Cun
has had ranched at Gonzales,
Calif., which is about 20 miles
below Salinas. Joe Cunha per
formed on the rodeo circuit for
about 15 years and has ridden
and bulldogged in various Ore
gon rodeos.
The Cunhas bought about
4200 acres that are known as
the Bruce Kelly place. They are
living In the house close to the
road. The Kelly family home
steaded in Morrow County up
at Kelly Prairie where their old
log cabin still stands. That place
was sold to the U. S. Forest
Service in 1970 by O. W. Cuts
forth.
pretty good shot. While they
haven't seen them play since
the Christmas tournament, they
haven't been faring too well and
the outcome of the game is a
"toss up".
The Varsity will go to Stan
field on Saturday night. JV's
will play their preliminary
games.
Heppner Frosb
Jan. 20. Echo, there, 6 p.m.
Jan. 25, Pilot Rock here, 6
p.m.
Heppner Grades
Jan. 22, At Condon, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 27, At Stanfield, 2 p.m.
County Champ
Close in State Finals
Morrow County's free throw
hamp, Kim Gutierrez, lone, had
fine time at Corvallis last
Saturday, hut didn't score close
enough to make the final-
throw-off between halves at the
OSU game.
Kim and his dad really en
joyed the banquet at the new
Corvallis Elks lodge. Speakers
hero included OSU basketball
Coach Ralph Miller, OSU foot
ball star Dave Schilling, and
OSU athletic director Jim Bar-
itt, who was especially friend
ly to the young champ from
im s home county.
Kims 36 out of 50 was poor
compared to the 46 and 48 out
of 50 he had thrown. He won
the county contest with 40 out
of 50. At Corvallis he olaced
20th in the group of 50 champs
wno tried lor the state champ
ionship. Kim and his dad rushed back
from Corvallis to see lone play
Arlington. They made it back
to that game Just as the start
ing whistle blew at 8:00. lone
lost that non-league game by
55-59.
Wheat League
Committee
Chairmen Named
Jerry Myers, President of the
Morrow County Wheat Growers
Association, announced the fol
lowing committee chairmen for
1972. Vice-president is Dick Me
Llllgott; Harold Kerr, secretary
Committee chairmen:
Domestic Wheat, Mrs. Betty
(Carl) Marquardt; Federal Ag
riculture, Don Peterson and Ron
Haguewood; Production & Land
Use, Bill Rletmann; Marketing,
Don McElllgott; Transportation
Fred Martin; Taxation and Leg
islation, Jack Sumner; Public
Affairs & Membership, George
Luciani; Conservation Mnn,
Marcel Jones and Wheat Use A
Research, Dick McElllgott.
The Oregon Wheat League
has scheduled an executive
committee meeting for Friday,
Jan. 21, at 9:00 a.m. In Arlington.
Land Use Up
For Discussion
Film Set For
Chamber Program
A stimulating and fascinating
film "There's a Little Bit of
Genius in Everyone" will be
shown at the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
meeting next Monday. Dale
Slusher of Pacific Northwest
Bell is bringing the film over
from Pendleton.
County Farmers
At Wheat Meet
Play Tryouts Set
For Thursday, 27th
The Heppner Community Dra-
Jaycees today are over 300,000 013 Club announces tryouts for
trong and are active in 6,400 1 u? nexr P'ay at me Heppner
ififxs ThPir hprimiart. scnooi caietonum
next
rs hie in Tulsa. Okla. weeK inursaay, at 7:u.
The Morrow County Jaycees, The play chosen is 'The Poo
meet every Wednesday night at 1 pie Next Door". It deals with
S:00 at the Gun Club about 2 , contemporary life and involves
mile.-, south of Heppner. They i such problems as drug addic
(.tend an invitation to voung!fion. Actors are needed for five
-en between 21 and 35 to comeni.-.le and three female parts
1954. Mrs. McDaniel. a Repub
lican. has served since 1958. ivolved. Any young man who is
Other offices to be filled are; :n"erested may telephone or
a county commissioner, county somehow contact one of the of-
sheriff and three Port of Morrow!:'
commissioner positions. I ii
o their meetings and to get in-! of varied ages.
People in the area who would
like to cooperate with high
school students in producing
rs or ar.y of the members ; this play should come to the
' i on pase 7. i trvouts.
Band Parents Meet
Tonight at HHS
An important meeting of
Heppner band parents will be
held tonight at 7:30 in the High
School Band Room.
All parents of grade school
and high school band students
are urged to attend this meet
ing. Attention Taxpayers
The annual Budget Mess
age of the Morrow County
School District will be given
-n Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at
the District Office in Lexing
ton. Supt. of Schools, Ron
Daniels is budget officer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crum, Bob
Jepsen and Jack Sumner are
home from the recent conven
tion of the National Association
of Wheat Growers held in Den
ver.
All reported a very fine con
vention.
Bob Jepsen has been since
1969, chairman of a standing
committee, "Special Protects."
This includes the International
Day of Bread.
Fourteen cooperative exten
sion service leaders had been
invited to the convention. They
sat in on Bobs committee and
discussed how to better help
tne nations wneat industry.
Highlight of the convention
was the banquet speaker. Dr.
Earl Butz, new Secretary of Ag
riculture.
lone Lion's Club
Ladies Night, 24th
The lone Lion's Club has ar
ranged its annual Ladies' Night
dinner and program for next
Monday night at Thel's Cafe.
Speakers for the evening will
be County Agent Harold Kerr,
Heppner, who will talk on Zon
ing, and political hopeful Dave
Green. Madras, who will talk
on legislative redisricting.
Herb Wright, president of the
Fossil Community Club was a
guest at Monday's Chamber of
Commerce meeting. He said his
group met the first Monday of
each month and invited all
Chamber members to visit them
if they are in the area on their
meeting nights.
He reviewed the progress on
Hwy. No. 19. This year they
worked to get the 2 million
dollar improvement through
Condon Canyon and this next
year they are working to have
the Service Creek stretch sur
faced to complete the oil to
Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager
will attend the Hermlston
Chamber of Commerce annual
meeting on Jan. 22. Jack Van-
Winkle won the pot.
Comprehensive Land Use
Harold Kerr explained the
Comprehensive Land Use plan
as an orderly development of
the Morrow County land in the
best interest of the county as
a whole. There are 8 general
categories: Farm, Forest, Recre
ation Residential, Residential-
Farm, Rural Commercial, Ur
ban, Industrial, Flood Plains
Each is described separately i
the book prepared by Cornell,
Howland, Hayes & Merryfield.
There are two important hear
ings to be held in February on
the Comprehensive Land Use
Plan. Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Lexington Grange Hall. It
important that people of the
county attend this meeting or
the one to be held Feb. 23 at
7:30 p.m. at Greenfield Grange,
There will be two additional
meetings in March on the Zon
ing ordinance.
Sherman County zoned in
1964-65. Wheeler and Gilliam
have adopted their zoning or
uinances. Morrow County as
Umatilla County Is making
progress towards that end. The
State Legislature passed a law
that the counties were to be
zoned by 1972 or the State would
come in and do it.
owning aoes not affect or
change anything now in exist
ence. The county zoning does
not include any zoning for the
five towns of the county.
The county Intends to con
centrate all new urban develop
ment In the existing five in
corporated cities, and not start
any new towns.
Mobile Homes are considered
the same as a traditional house
in the plan.
In the comprehensive plan for
Boardman, the present Wilson
Rd. is left as it is. A future
arterial road with 80 foot right
of way is proposed south of
the Wilson Rd.
Progress on the Western Route
Rd. was explained by the For
est Service. The proposed route
is shown on a map in the plan.
Ray Boyce Is
Lion Secretary
Ray Boyce has been riiimed
ecretary of the lone Lions Club.
He succeeds Jim Barnett who is
mm ing to Pendleton.
Tran Co. Ono nan been replac
ed for $73.1 and the board ap
proved repair of the other one
at about the same com. The
board U anxious to determine
the rnuxe of the trouble.
Then In closing Mr. Daniels
ald "and If the Cigarette Tax
doesn't pas, It will cost the tax
payer 12c per thousand to make
up the 2"c cut In basic school
KupjHirt to Morrow County."
Ntw School Bu
Failey Motor bid on the 51
pnsenger chassis bus wa low
at $3413 for a 1972 CMC which
Included a $l.V) delivery charge.
Other bidder were Wright
Chevrolet at Fossil and Morrow
County Grain Growers.
There were 5 bids on the body
with the low coming from W. J.
Roots to., for a Carpenter body
for $3875 to put the total cost
of the bus at $92SO.
Contracts
Barbara Talley was given a
contract to finish out the year
at lone High School replacing
Jackie Wagenblast who has re.
signed. Her contract for 105 days
has a base salary of $3195 plus
$233 for directing girls sports
for a total of $1218. She Is a
graduate of Portland State.
The board approved a one-
year contract to Principal Don
Cole and three year contracts to
Principals Mick Tolar and Jim
Bier. The board voted to wait
to hear the recommendation of
he lone Advisory Committee on
he contract for Principal Bran
don. The board approved a $500
salary increase for Supt. Daniels.
Field Trip to Harvey Aluminum
The hoard approved the re
uest of a field trip to the liar-
ey Aluminum plant on Feb. 4
for 35 Junior and senior stu
dents of Heppner's Physics and
Chemistry classes. Cost for bus
nd driver would be $40. Ob-
ectives as given by the In
structor Stan Addison: provide
chance for the students to
tour a modern metal refinery
nn view the practical applicat
ion of the chemical process.
Adopts 1972-73 Calendar
School will start the Tuesday
following Labor Day and end
June 1 of the 1972-73 school year
men is similar to the current
year.
The board approved the
speech therapy contract with
Umatilla I ED but Mr. Daniels
noted that In a year or two Mor
row County may have need of
a full time speech therapist.
The board accepted Del Pip
er's resignation from the Hepp-ner-Lexington
Advisory Committee.
Budget Consideration
Mr. Daniels noted the difficul
ties in coal heating of the Lex
building but the cost of convert
ing the furnace to oil, a tank
and other costs appeared pro
hibitive to consider for this
year's budget.
Heppner Advisory Committee
recommended $1250 be put in
the budget for a lawn mower
for the Heppner area. Later
Principal Bier reported that the
School District could use the
Fair Board tractor and mower
for the football field and agreed
on a rental of $5.50 an hour for
its use. He said that the high
school area could be covered in
about lVa hours.
Face Lifting at Football Field
Mr. Bier reported on a meet
ing with the Fair Board and
on the recommendation of an
Oregon State specialist, the turf
nt the football field would not
be dug up. They were advised
to haul in dirt and liehtiv
spread the dirt across the grass
to fill in the pot holes but nor
so deep that the grass would
not grow up throueh it. Thf.
high ridges are to be cut off
and rcseeded. The center of the
field where it is impacted Is to
be aerated. Mr. Bier said t
loads of dirt had been delivered
and he expected two more
loads this week.
The entire field will bo seed.
ed and fertilized and irrigated
with the expectations it will be
n good shape to withstand the
rigors of rodeo and be ready for
football in September.
Dates Set
Budget message Jan. 25. at
7:30 p.m. District Office.
Planning CommlUee meeting
Jan. 27.
Eudget meetin-'i Feb. 1, 7:30
at lone; Feb. 8, 7:.0 p.m. Irri
gon; Feb. 15, .7:30 p.m. Hepp
ner High School.
Next regular meeting Feb. 21,
:30 p.m., Riversiue High School.
WEATHER
By DOW GILLIAM
I HI Low Pree.
Wednesday 46 32 .12
Thursday 31 23
Friday 6
Saturday 57 29
Sunday 57 45
Monday 53 34 -
Tuesday 5S 32 .20