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Tolling a trip? See the pastor
Worn an rescued
by newsboys
Ron Young and his brother,
Bruce, w ere delivering papers
along linger Street early
Sunday morning when they
heard faint calls for help
coming from the home of Mrs.
Eva Robinson. 74, who lives
alone.
Quick action by Hon Young
mav have saved the woman's
life!
"She yelled at me through
the screen door after she hod
partially opened the front
door," Ron told the Gazette
Times. "I ran up and asked
what was wrong. She said she
was very sick. I took her Into
the room and asked her to lie
down on the floor. Then I
asked if there was someone I
could notify. She asked me to
call her son, I tried, but there
was no answer. I then called
the hospital and asked that an
ambulance be sent."
Mrs. Robinson had gone into
the bathroom Saturday night,
fainted and fell on the floor.
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She tried to use the phone on
the bathroom wall to call for .
help, but could not reach it.
She spent the night on the
floor, but managed to crawl to
the front door and gel the
attention of the newsboy.
Mrs. Robinson was admit
ted at 8: 10a m., and was listed
Monday ns being in "fair
condition."
Ron. 13. is the son of Mr. and
Mrs, Hurley Young, Heppner.
He attends Heppner Elemen
tary School, 7th grade, and is
active in the Boy Scouts. His
brother, Bruce, was recently
made an Eagle Scout.
Alt Till It VANCE
Arthur Vanre, 53. Hepp
ner. died unexpectedly
rally Wednesday morning
tit St. Anthony's Hospital.
Pendleton. No details were
mailable at press time,
and funeral nrrangeiiients
are pending.
STARK BEAUTY. This gnarled and twisted oak displays
tiny branches (hut form a lace-like pattern against winter
skies.
Charles Sherman Gilman,
Heppner, who was arrested
Jan. I in connection with the
theft of a fur coat valued at
$2,700. w as sentenced Tuesday
in circuit court.
Judge Wells sentenced Gil
man to s)cnd the next four
weekends in jail and to make
restitution of $100 per month
toward the damages to the fur
coat. He was also placed on
one year's probation.
150 brave cold to
Despite one of the worst
nights this winter, a cancelled
basketball game and a bus
breakdown which caused the
choir to be an hour late, some
150 music lovers turned out
Saturday night to hear the
College of Idaho Concert
touring Choir.
Those who braved the snow
and ice were rewarded with an
hour of excellently performed
music with Dr. James Gab
bard conducting.
District school budget studied
The Morrow County School
, District Budget Committee
met Tuesday night under the
leadership of Ken Belcher to
continue work on preparation
of the district's 1975-76 pro
posed budget, which will be
presented to the voters on
March 18,
Additional money in the
amount of $17,786 in receipts
was reported from state aid
and added to the receipts
section of the budget, thus
reducing the amount to be
raised by taxation.
The committee reduced the
amount of district obligation
for student insurance with the
recommendation that stu
dents be required to pay a
larger share of this insurance. '
Until recently, students had
been expected to pay one-half
of the cost, but as costs have
risen over the past few years,
the district has borne a larger
share of this cost.
For residents of Morrow
County, does the cost of local
government run higher or
' lower than it does for people in
other communities?
How much is spent locally,
per capita, for all municipal
and county operations and for
all special services? How
large is the local debt com
pared with the average in
other areas?
A voluminous new report,
just released by the Census
Bureau, sheds light on these
The 50-voice choir perform
ed at Heppner High School as
part of its 1975 tour of Idaho,
Oregon, Nevada and Cali
fornia. This weekend segment
of the tour took them to
Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Hepp
ner, Pendleton and Baker. The
Heppner branch of AAUW
sponsored the visit to Hepp
ner. Particularly responsible
for their visit to Heppner were
Mr. and Mrs. Buckendorf,
teachers in the Heppner
school system, who sang with
Cuts were made in the
instructional portion of the
budget in the amount of
$11,503. The proposed budget
includes funds to hire addi
tional staff in the event that
predicted population in
creases continue. The district
student population has shown
a net increase of 30 students as
of Dec. 30 and it is anticipated
that this growth will continue.
The proposal also includes
adding a district operated
special reading program at A.
C. Houghton to replace a
program that has been oper
ated with federal funds, and
adding part time staff at
Heppner Junior High, Hepp
ner High, and Riverside High
in order to provide work
studies supervision and some
Junior High counseling at
Heppner,
A part-time person is also
provided for lone in order to
assure a full offering of home
economics.
The Rev, David Blackaller,
pastor of All Saints Episcopal
Church, has an unusual hobby.
He plans trips for other
people.
At the Chamber of Com
merce meeting Monday he got
a chance to talk about it.
To date, he said, he has
planned trips for 60 or 70
people in the area. He
predicted that the chartered
plane flights are nearing their
end. Charter flights from
England to the United States
are already illegal, and he
predicted that flights to other
countries may soon be ban
ned. Some of the planned charter
trips advertised in news
papers are legal, he reported,
but said some companies are
asking customers for $50
deposits plus another $12 for
Insurance fees. Should the
City police nab check forgers
Alert city police officers
arrested three men Saturday
night on charges of passing
bogus checks to several Hepp
ner merchants on Friday and
Saturday.
Arrested were Lloyd Harold
Blue Jr., 18, Carbondale, Co.,
George Leroy Peters Jr., 13,
Glenwood Springs, Co., and
Jeannie Larry Wells, 22,
Zanesville, O.
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GAZETTE-TIME
Vol 91. No. 52
matters. R is based upon a
detailed study of local finan
ces, gathered from every
county in the United States.
The study, entitled Govern
ment Finances, is the first
made since fiscal year 1967.
They are conducted every five
years.
For people living in Morrow
County, the figures show the
total cost of local govern
mental operations came to
$611 per capita in the year.
enjoy choir
the choir in past years.
The choir's repetoire in
cluded both sacred and secu
lar music; traditional from
such masters as Brahms and
Mozart to the works of modern
composers. The Chamber Sin
gers, a smaller group of
madrigal singers, performed
six numbers. A full round of
applause was accorded an
arrangement by Jester Hair
ston titled "Hold My Mule
While I Dance Josey," for the
The committee reduced the
fixed charges area of the
budget by $1,879. The capital
outlay section of the proposed
budget represents a reduction
of $24,138 over last year's
budget and was approved as
Flu cases lew here
The flu that has become
epidemic in other parts of the
country hasn't reached Hepp
ner, yet, in other than normal
numbers.
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
reported only two cases ad
mitted Monday. Administra
tor Ilene Wyman said the flu
usually hits the nursing home
first, and so far they have
been "very lucky."
Five of the six members of
the Ken Turner family were ill
with flu Tuesday. Don Cole,
elementary school principal,:
person not make the schedul
ed flight, the money is
forfeited. Jn some cases the
balance of the fare money is
due 90 days prior to taking off,
and should a person not make
the trip the entire amount is
forfeited.
He has planned train trips
through the center of Canada,
and from coast to coast. He
advises a more scenic trip
would be a triangle, from
Vancouver to Jasper, to
Prince Rupert to the top of the
island, then back to Van
couver and Victoria.
"There is no way of seeing
all of British Columbia by
train because much of the
beauty and scenery is lost
because trains travel at night,
too" he said.
In other business. Judge
Paul Jones said the county
The trio gave the fraudulent
checks to merchants as they
purchased food and clothing
and paid for their lodging. The
checks were drawn on banks
in both Zanesville, O., and
Crescent City, Ca. During
their "paper hanging" spree
they cashed checks totaling
more than $370. The activity
came to a halt when one
Heppner. Ore., Feb. 13, 1975
In the rest of the nation the
average was $511 per capita
and. in the State of Oregon
$504.
It took a total of $106.5
billion to operate the various
county, township, municipal
and district governments in
the county and provide the
public with services in the
fields of health, welfare,
roads, sanitation, housing,
police and fire protection,
education and the like.
The $106.5 billion outlav re-
spirit and comedy the choir
gave to the piece. The choir
received a standing ovation
for its performance at the
close of the concert.
Members of the Heppner
High School Honor Society
served a spaghetti dinner to
choir members and the public
as well. Members of AAUW
housed the choir Saturday.
Jane Raw lins w as in charge of
arrangements for the choir's
visit to Heppner.
proposed by the committee.
The committee will meet
again on March 4, at which
time a formal public hearing
of the budget will be held, and
final adjustments made, prior
to the election on March 18.
reported that absences from
junior high and elementary
schools "are about normal for
this time of year." About 10
per cent of junior high
students were absent Monday,
and 37 were out in the
455-student elementary
school.
The annual banquet of
, Heppner High School's Future
Farmers of America will be
held Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1975 at.
6:30 p.m., at the high school
cafetorium.
court has tentatively set
location of the proposed new
clinic across the street from
the hospital, in Valley View
Estates subdivision. Kinzua
Corporation has agreed to sell
either one or two lots to the
county for the clinic. He said
the two Pendleton doctors are
expected in the community
soon.
Orville Cutsforth pointed out
that corporate farming has
spent $15 million in the north
end of the county, and not one
cent has been spent in lone,
Lexington or Heppner. "15
million is the equivalent of two
good wheat crops in Morrow
County, yet the wheat farmer
spends more of his money
within the county," Cutsforth
said. "If corporate farming
continues the largest corpora
tions will eat up the small
merchant got suspicious and
made a long distance call to
California to verify the check,
and found it to be forged, and
called city police.
" Police Officer Chuck Holt
and Wayne Maxam soon had
the trio in custody, and lodged
them in Hermiston city jail.
The three appeared before
Justice of the Peace Charles
presented an increase of $47
billion in a period of five
years.
In some communities, the
amount spent for local gov
ernmental operations was
adequately covered by reve
nues. In many others, how
ever, more was spent than
was taken in.
The figures for Morrow
County show that the direct
expenditures, $611 per capita,
were offset by general reve
nue receipts equivalent to $635
per capita.
Some $513 of this revenue
came from local taxes and
charges and the remainder
from federal and state
sources.
In order to finance their
expenditures for capital im
provements and provide their
residents with necessary ser
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SEN. MIKE THORNE
Sen. Mike Thome of Umatilla County will be principal
speaker at the annual meeting of the Morrow Soil and
Water Conservation District, Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30
p.m., at the A. C. Houghton Elementary School,
Irrigon. Chairman of the Oregon Senate Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee, his speech will
deal with SB 13, which would amend state conservation
laws to give authority for setting standards at the local
level.
farmer. This worries me, and
it should worry you."
Acting President Ray Boyce
reported he had visited John
Ekstrom in a Portland hospi
tal. Young Ekstrom is still in a
coma, although he opens his
eyes and appears at times to
be aware of people present in
the room. He is taking food
and is able to be in a wheel
chair.
Boyce told members that if
they had any undeposited
checks passed last week by
three men, drawn on banks in
Zanesville, Ohio, and Crescent
City, Ca., to give them to
Police Chief Dean Gilman.
The checks are worthless. The
three men were apprehended
Sunday after passing approxi
mately $400 in worthless
checks among Heppner merchants.
O'Connor Tuesday morning on
two charges of criminal con
spiracy each. Wells and Blue
were also charged with for
gery in the first degree.
O'Connor, pending court
appointed counsel for the
defendents. set bail for Peters
at $7,505 and for Bells and
Blue. $10,500 each.
Trial date was not set.
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vices, many communities
have been forced to go deeper
in debt.
Morrow County's debt is
placed at $214 per capita in the
report. Nationally, the debt of
local governments averaged
$580 per capita. Throughout
the state it was $336.
MAN FINED $305
FOR DRINK DRIVING
James Mathew Healy, 22,
Heppner, was arrested by the
City Police Saturday night and
charged with driving while
under the influence of liquor.
Healy appeared in justice
court Tuesday and pled guilty
to the charge. Justice of the
Peace Charles O'Connor fined
Healy $305.