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Front Page 10, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, April 1, 1978 THE AWodWod tUiiikitil ItJLi.J HISTORIC LOOK AT MORROW'S SCHOOLS By Justine Weatherfori Very early schools in this county were operated only part of the year, were not compulsory and thus irregularly attended. They had pupils from 4 to 20 years old in a single room where one teacher struggled with up to 40 or 50 pupils. At first classes were held in homes, then often in abandoned cabins and as soon as possible in school buildings. At one time there were as many as 59 school districts, about one to a township, and the residents of each district assumed heavy responsibilities for its school. The school was the community center pre-dating the Granges, and often church services, special speakers, holiday programs and parties were held there. The district residents erected their buildings, kept them up, furnished the wood to heat them, served on the board that made all decisions, and provided low-cost room and board to the teachers who served the schools at salaries from $18 to over $50 per month. Parents substituted for teachers who were ill or called away by family emergencies; they monitored during state examinations (some for subject areas in the three upper grades and especially for the most important state testing of 8th graders.) Parents helped with inter-school and inter-county spelling bees and always assisted with programs and parties. Teachers were usually the janitors of their buildings. The typical school was painted white (it is doubtful that any in the county were any other color) as white lead paint was the best and cheapest paint available. Heppner had a school in 1873 and bachelor Henry Heppner gave very generously to provide the first building and persuaded others to join him in equipping it. This building is still in use on Center St. as the home of Rachel Harnett. As ranchers propspered they often bought homes in town where they families stayed during the school year. A three-year high school opened in Heppner in 1888. The little school that has been moved to Heppner City Park is typical. It is No. 22 Democrat Gulch School, which replaced an older school. Idea School, Morrow No. 22 and Gilliam No. 27 which stood very close to the county line and served families from both counties. Two of District No. 22's teachers Delia Scrivner and Marguerite Glavey are able to tell about early years there. Schools nearest to No. 22 over in the southwest part of the county were No. 21 Missouri Ridge and No. 36 Gooseberry a little to the north. No. 29 Rocky Bluff and No. 31 Eight Mile Center were to the east, and east-by-south were No. 59 Hale Ridge and No. 19 Rood Canyon. Higher in the mountains were No. 40 Hardman, No. 51 Burton Valley, No. 56 Parkers Mill, No. 7 Camas Prairie and No. 59 Dee Cox schools. In the area west of No. 1 Heppner and No. 12 Lexington districts were No. 15 Clark's Canyon, No. 38 Bunker Hill, No. 11 Liberty, No. 54 Social Ridge, No. 32 Rhea Creek. No. 30 Shiloh, and even further west, No. 4 Davis and No. 14 Pleasant Vale. The two closest districts south of Heppner were No. 6 Golden West at Ruggs, and No. 3 Willow Way. East of these were No. 13 Coplinger, No. 42 Twin Pines and Balm Fork, No. 34 Upper Willow Creek, No. 2 Lena and No. 33 Gurdane. Three schools east of Lexington were No. 17 Blackhorse, and out near Little Butter Creek, No. 48 Pleasant Point and No. 24 McDonald Canyon. lone was No. 35 and to its east were No. 23 Devine, No. 50 Hodsdon, and No. 26 Pine City, where Little and Big Butter Creeks join. The schools north of these, from west to east were No. 52 Hardesty, No. 28 Four Mile, No. 18 Strawberry. Still further north were eight districts, again from west to east. No. 37 Fairview, No. 41 Morgan, earlier Saddle. No. Cecil. No. 16 Ella, No. 9 Lone Tree, No. 20 Juniper, No. 27 Alpine, and to Alpine's northeast, No. 54 Matteson. The most northerly schools in the county were No. 39 Willows, No. 25 Boardman and No. 10 Irrigon. Other district schools are mentioned in various accounts including Galloway, Pettysville. Juniper, Sand Hollow. Wilmot, and Green Cottage. By 1889 there were 29 teachers and the school cost was $11,892. In 1892 the county superintendent received $40 per month. There were 53 schools reporting an average of 4 and four -fifth months of teaching: 12 of them reported having a Webster's dictionary. In Oregon's Centennial year, 1959, Morrow County was the first county in the state to come under the County Unit Administrative system. JUST ARRIVED 4-bedroom 28 by 70 over 18,000 sq. ft. 2 full baths large living room with family room unbelievable spaciousness Under $14.00 per sq. ft. MADISON-PACIFIC Mobile Homesof Hermiston Hermiston McNary HiWay 1 I i 567-2360 j CHEMICALS Bronate $34.50 per gallon In 5's Ouctrll $30.50 per gallon In 5's Dutyl Ester 6 lb. $10.75 per gallon In 55's Pettyjohn OH Company HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL 197S-76 BASEBALL SCHEDULE March 26 Scottie-Rocket March 27 Invitational March 30 Riverside April 1 Adrian April! Riverside Aprils Echo April 6 Umatilla April 9 Umatilla April 10 Umatilla April 13 Sherman April 15 Echo April 20 lone April 23 Wasco April 24 Stanfield April 27 Condon April 30 Sherman May 1 Stanfield May 7 lone May 11, Wasco May 4 Condon Pilot Rock, 12:30 there, 4:00 Here, 4:00 Here, 4:00 Here. 4:00 Here, 4.00 There, 4:00 Here.i:00. Here, 4:00 There, 4:00 Here, 4:00 There, 4:00 There, 1:00 There, 4:00 There, 4:00 Here, 1:00 There, 4:00 Here, 4:00 Here, 4:00 HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL GOLF SCHEDULE April 8 Wahtonka April 15 Riverside April 22 Umatilla April 29 Wahtonka May 6 Hermiston May 10 John Day( Boys) May 13 Hermiston, Riverside May 17 District (Boys) May 17-18 State (Girls) May 24 State Boys May-25 Stale (Boys) IONE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL March 26 Echo March 31 Arlington April 2 Adrian April 5 Riverside April 6 Arlington April 8 Riverside April 13 Condon April 16 Sherman Co. April 20 Heppner April 27 Wasco Co. April 30 Condon May 4 Sherman Co. May 7 Heppner May 13 Wasco Co. Heppner, 2:00 There, 2.00 Here, 1:00 There, 2:00 There, 2:00 There, 1:00 Here, 2:00 John Day Glendoveer Glendoveer Glendoveer There, 3 p.m. Here, 2:30 Here, 4 p.m. There, 4 p.m. There, 2:30 Here, 4 p.m. Here, 4 p.m. There, 4 p.m. There, 4 p.m. Here, 4 p.m. There, 4 p.m. Here, 4 p.m. Here, 4 p.m. There, 4 p.m. leglor's Horner RESULTS OF HEPPNER WOMENS CITY TOURNAMENT TEAM: 1st Place Merry Makers 2nd Place Peterson's Jewelry 3rd place Fiesta Bowl 4th place Gardner's Mens Wear SINGLES lst-Hazel Kandle 2nd Barbara Morris 3rd Jo Pettyjohn 4th-Roberta Klaus 5th Darlene Klinger 6th Floss Watkins 7th Evelyn Coulter 8th Darlene Arington 9th Jean Ball 10th Susan Johnston DOUBLES 1st Hazel Kandle 2nd-Pat Hyatt 3rd-Barbara Morris 4th Ann Schwanin 4th Roberta Klaus 6th Jo Pettyjohn 7th Dorris Graves 8th Darlene Klinger 9th Darlene Arington 10th Faye Ruhl DOUBLES 1st Ann Schwanin k Susan Johnston 2nd Millie Hanna k Sue Greenup 3rd-Jackie Alstott k Ann Melland 4th-Melba Quakenbush k Faye Ruhl 5th Betty Galbraith k Marie Turner 6th-Jo Pettyjohn k Dorris Graves 7th-Delores Stewart k Barbara Morris 8th-Doll Campbell k Evelyn Coulter 9th-Marg Eckman k June Bellenbrock luth-Pat Hyatt k Janice Paustian Fiest Bowl won 3 games from Morrow County Grain Growers. Central Market lost 3 games to Gardners Men's Wear and Peterson's Jewelers defeated Coast to Coast in their 3 games. Janice Paustain. Fiesta Bowl took high honors with a 196 for individual high game. Inetia Canton. Petersons took high honors with a 507 for individual high series, with Jo Pettyjohn with a close 500 series. Fiesta Bowl rolled an 897 to take high team games and 2539 was rolled by Gard ner's to take high team series. Team w Petersons 30' i 17' Central Market 27 21 MCGG 26' s 21'i Gardners 22 26 Coast to Coast 22 26 Fiesta Bowl 16 32 There will be a Hermiston Women's Bowling Association meeting April 7. Hermiston at the Caravan Broiler. There will be a no host dinner at 6: 30 p.m. followed by the meeting. Please attend. Ftsz A Ccerd Laitr 2X6-2X8-2X10 tun$ Iota Ycvr tenses Ccn!nsJcn Stcrm & ' .$crccn Dscra- 32 Inch cf 'SI Jsxh,rf22i .. CL0S2 OUT trJCZ Z3" HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL 1971 GIRLS TRACK SCHEDULE Aprils John Day Invite. April 6 lone, Umatilla Riverside April 9 Pilot Rock April 13 Wahtonka, lone Wasco Co., Condon April 20 Pilot Rock, Condon lone, Wahtonka April 24 JFK Invite April 27 Sherman, Wasco Co., Condon, Wahtonka Apeil 30 Pilot Rock Relays May 7 Pendleton Invite. May 15 District May 21-22 State There, 10:30 Riverside, 4:00 Here, 4:00 Condon, 4:00 Here, 4:00 Mt. Angle, 11:00 Condon, 4:00 There, 1:00 There, 1:00 Pendleton Portland HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL 1976 BOYS TRACK SCHEDULE Aprils Willamette Relays April 6 lone, Umatilla, Riverside April 9 Carnival of Speed April 10 Condon Invite April 13 Wahtonka, lone Wasco Co., Condon April 17 Morrow Co. Invite April 20 Pilot Rock, Condon lone, Wahtonka April 24 JFK Invite April 27 Sherman, Wasco Co. Condon, Wahtonka May 1 Umatilla Invite. May 4 Pendleton Invite May 10 Pendleton JVs May 15 District May 21 State May 22 State Salem, 12:00 Riverside, 4:00 Milton-Freewater, 12:00 There, 11:00 Condon, 4:00 Riverside, 12:00 Here, 4:00 Mt. Angel, 11:00 Condon, 4:00 Umatilla, 12:00 Pendleton, 4:30 There, 4:30 Pendleton Portland Portland rJIOKUWENT NEWS Mrs. Bud Engle 1 r A panel discussion in re gards to volunteer fire depart ment will be held Saturday night at the school cafe. Fire chiefs from different fire de partments will attend to help answer questions pertaining to a volunteer department. A potluck supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. with the public invited. The fire truck which the city recently purchased is in Salem for a paint job. Mrs. Mike Corley accom panied Mrs. Carl Cox to Walla Walla Monday to bring Mrs. Corley's brother Johnny Cox home from the Veterans Hospital where he has been for two weeks. He is visiting at the Corley home in Hamilton at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nick ols spent Saturday at Nampa, ID where they visited his mother. Miss LaVelle Boyer and Miss Lorie Guerricogoitia of LaGrande spent the weekend at the Stanley Boyer home. They spent last week at Lake Tahoe. Mrs. Stanley Boyer spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of her son and family, the Jerry Boyers, in Arlington. Floyd and Mark Peterman. Mill City, visited last week with their grandmother. Mrs. Katie Hinton. Hamilton. Mrs. Hinton returned home with her grandsons. Mrs. Robert Cox and child ren and Mrs. Darrell Farrena spent Tuesday at The Dalles. Mark and Michael Price, Her miston spent last week at the home of their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dahill. The Dahills took the boys home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis spent the weekend at the home of their daughter and family, the Aaron Harris in Prine ville. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jewel and daughters returned home Saturday after spending sev eral days in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Caven der went to Bend Friday where Mr. Cavender had a medical checkup. Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Helms returned to. their home in Jefferson Saturday after spending nearly two weeks at the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wil liams. Mr. and Mrs. George Stub blefield spent Friday in Hep pner, where Mr. Stubblefield had a dental appointment. Vera Gardner. John Day is visiting at the home of her aunt. Mrs. Maltie Stubble field. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Camp bell returned home Saturday after a week's trip to Hawaii. lr. and Mrs. Don Griffel and family moved to town last week in the house where the Arnold Beamer family lived. The Gnffels recently sold the ranch, the former Don Norden place on the river, to Mr. and Mrs Eldon Powell of Cheshire who moved last week. The Powells have three small children. The Griffels plan to move to Halfway when school is out. where they purchased a ranch. Mrs. Bernard Fitze. Mrs. Mickey Cox. Mrs. Marvin Nickots and Mrs. Bud Engle tied three quilts for the M M M. Club at the home of Mrs Henry Dahill. Miss Sherrl Warren spent last week at the home of her aunt. Mrs. Gayle Engle. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Englt and children returned home Sunday evening after spend ing 10 days in Portland, Mol alia. Bay City. Waldport and Corvallis. Mrs. Wanda Taylor recently left for Reno. NV to be with her father, Fred Miller. LUBE SPECIAL $14. Due to the good response to my' $14 lube special where I furnish oil, filter, and give a complete lube Job, I have decided to continue It indefinitely. The only change will be $15 for 4-wheel drives. Also see me for new or used tires and recaps, exhaust system work, shocks, sport wheels, batteries, wheel packs, etc. Competitive prices. Last year some of our customers 1 enjoyed a 5-10 bushel per .acre increase with early spraying of Bronate over a late spraying of, 24-D. Bronate can be sprayed early while the weeds and grain are small. The grain only needs to have 3-4 leaves. Early spraying Is the one that helps. Bronate can be sprayed In colder weather (any weather that your nozzles don't freeze). Every day you delay In spraying your weeds, is costing you money. Kill them while they are small. Act now, give us a call, 4227254. We have a good stock of Bronate, Buctril, 24-D, and other chemicals. Pettyjohn Oil Co. lone, Oregon 422-7254 Mr. and Mrs. Rubeun Pat zer returned home Wednesday after spending three days at the home of Mrs. Patzer's mother at Mosier. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright, Heppner. spent Sunday at the Patzer home. Mrs. Carl Cox and Allen spent Saturday in Walla Walla and enroute home they stayed all night at Dale. Gwen Geil, Weston, is visit ing at the Grace Rice home. The women visited Sunday at the Bud Engle home. The M.M.M. Club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Rubeun Patzer with 7 mem bers present. Absent were Doris Tippett, Loiselle Dahill and Flo Fitch. Members approved to donate $150 for the fund toward obtaining two more TV channels. Refresh ments were served and the rest of the afternoon was spent playing bingo. The next meet ing will be April IS, at the home of Mrs. Bud Engle. Mrs. Jack Cavender. Mrs. Paul Jewel. Mrs. Bill Gienger. Mrs. Bob Cox. Mrs. Bob Cockerel. Mrs. Phil Murphy and Mrs. Gary Engle attended the Home Extension Achieve ment Day at Long Creek. Thursday. Fifty-nine persons attended the potluck dinner at the Grange Hall In honor of Mae '. Mc Willis' 86th birthday. Mr."4 and Mrs. Bob Gienger and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gienger. Bak er. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Gienger and Mrs. Sophie Leasy. Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Lllburn Hunt and children, Halsey; Mrs. Will Martin and Leslie; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Splvey and Heather, John Day. Mr. and Mrs. Arlle Leasy. Fox; Mrs. Lester Gienger and infant son. Fos sil ; Brenda and Joanie Gieng er, John Day; Mrs. Janet Lewis. Pendleton; Mrs. Rick Benson and son, Klnzua; Mr. and Mrs. loyd Gienger and family; Mr. and Mrs, Bill Gienger and children; Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Engle and child' ren and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reynolds and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nichols; Gene Hunt, Long Creek; Mrs. Reeta Hinton. Grace Rice, Mrs Freda Tubbs and Ricky and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Engle attended. A large crowd attended the dance at the Cottonwood School house Saturday night. The music was furnished by Gene Vaughan, Fox and Dallas McDaniels. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schick recently returned from BiiiiiHiiiiiiiiinnuiiiimii ir The Spring Cotillion April 3, 1976 lone American Legion Hall Dancing to Rod Esselstyn 9:30-1:30a.m. Admission: $12.50 per couple $7.50 singles Midnight Buffet Happy Hour 0:30-9:30 pan. sponsored by Beta Omega Chipter. of E.S.A. All proceeds will go to the lone Volunteer Fire Dept. 4 ?3 Til ( WMMiaHy mlr Mrt Ifmtwri It w fr.lsrroiv Ccunfypfifi 2J. Grain Grci7orsLy J. : LExir:aTon ., , i ; ? veihts UHIC STATION 422-7254 lone. Ore. Heppner, OR. rsiM Hsm42tiltjnf Mary. 8372223 hi pmiiiiiiiiiiiitinniilltlti
