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fiouae, feeore anci after, almost Left, the school arrives in Heppner one year ago. Right,
The one room school
'Terry Campbell adds some paint to the school
Democrat Gulch school
! dedication Sunday morn
(G-T photo)
City library
lists changes
The Heppner Library Association board of director held
its final meeting of the 197V76 fiscal year at the library
Thursday evening, June 24. Randall Peterson, board
chairman, presided. Members Pauline Winter, Ed Struthers
and Myrna Johnson along with Librarian Justine
Weatherford were in attendance.
After several reports and careful consideration of next
year's budget, the board agreed to instigate several changes
which become effective on July 1, today. The daily fee on
overdue books was raised to five cents, from its historic two
cents.
Because the library is open two hours each Monday
morning for the Story Hour and to permit children and their
families to checkout and return books, it was decided to
temporarily dgaway with the 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon
opening until after Sunday, August 15. The library is still
serving the public 15 hours each week. The librarian asked
for these summer Sundays off until the Story Hour ends ort
Aug. 9.
Mrs. Weatherford reported that about 200 children's books
have been loaned to the library by the Heppner t-iemeniary
i This Sunday morning, on America's 200th
- birthday, the dedication of the little, one-room
Demoral Gulch School in Heppner's Main
Street Park will prove that a good idea and
I cooperative, contributed efforts can produce
i a community shrine.
Sj The idea came from Barbara Denslinger
j Cutsforth who inspired much of the effort on
? the project put forth by her husband Orvllle
W. Cutsforth. Jim Farley owned the building
and offered it to the Culsforths when they
I were looking for a little school to restore and
: exhibit.
' The Morrow County Historical Society
accepted the responsibility of assisting its
parent body, the County Bicentennial
: Committee in the restoration. The committee
; asked that representatives of the county,
I cities, churches, and many organizations
assist with the bicentennial effort.
There are several experts on this old school
. living in this community. The foremost is
1 Mrs. Delia Smith Scrivner who taught there,
; married former student and whose two sons
attended the school located on their
grandfather's and father's ranch. Marguerite
Clavey of Rhea Creek did some of her early
; teaching there.
: Democrat Gulch School is listed as Morrow
: County District No. 22. It was its area's new
' school. Originally the area was a joint district
i shared by Gilliam and Morrow Counties and
t was known as the Idea District No. 22 and No.
27. There was also an Idea Post office nearby,
: many yean ago.
I Delia Scrivner tells. "We gave room and
' board to Joe Fanger, the carpenter who built
' that new school all by himself. Part of the
lumber and nails used in it came from the old
Idea School. I taught at Idea in 1915-18 when 1
was Delia Smith. I was paid $55 a month,
i School was only held six months each year. I
soon married Lee Scrivner whose father had
; settled there in 1885 and who had donated the
land for the school. There were many families
in the area when my husband attended the
school. All the school's furnishings were
'homemade. Four generations of Scrivners
lived on the ranch before it was sold to Mr.
Farley..
"Lee told me that there were over 50 pupils
in the old. larger school. This new school was
much smaller as many of the settlers were
gone when il was built."
With a twinkle In her eyes she said. "I don't
know whv it became known as Democrat
Gulch-all the families I remember were
Republicans."
Mrs. Scrivner recalls that as a young
mother out on the ranch she enjoyed watching
her two boys as they walked from their home
to the schoolhouse and that she could see the
children during the day playing around the
school at recess and lunch time.
Most of the teachers had room and board at
the Scrivner home. "Boarding the teacher
was a privilege and a fine source of additional
family Income. We got $20 a month for giving
her room and meals, and several families
wanted the income-$20 was so much then."
Parents kept the school in shape, they
chopped and hauled the wood to heat it. They
took the responsibility for seeing that their
children got there and carried adequate
lunches. They served on the district school
board and hired the teacher. They cleaned
and repainted the school during the summer.
Among the citizens who have helped with
the restoration of the old school have been
Albert and Millie Connor, W.W. Weatherford,
Terry Campbell, the members of Ed
Heimstra's Heppner High School construction
class. Tammy Lucas, Dr. Janet Green and
Cathy Green (new residents of Heppner).
Two O.W. Cutsforth sons, Pat and Fritz and
Ron Haguewood contributed the paint for tho
restoration.
Farmer-Judge Oscar Peterson pyed for
the shingles that were put up by the shop
class. ,
Amanda Duvall is paying for the cement
block foundation which was partly the result
of physical effort by O.W. Cutsforth. Many
citizens are considering donating or loaning
furnishings. Several persons have made cash
contributions.
Terry Campbell's efforts deserve special
mention. He stopped some of the early
vandalism of the property and rescued early
school records and charts from the little attic
before they were all completely destroyed.
Mrs. Harnett is guarding them very carefully
in the museum at present. Terry has also
been one of the dedicated few who gave time
and effort to the painting of the exterior of the
school.
The careful observers of early schools
declare that in this part of Oregon they were
always white. The "Utile Red Schoolhouse"
was immortalized by citizens of some other
area. Therefore, Heppner's Democrat Gulch
School was repainted in its original white
during the hot days preceeding the Fourth-of-July
dedication.
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Monday
legal
holiday
Monday, July 5, Is the legal
holiday for Oregon's 1976
Bicentennial 4th of July.
Federal, state and county
offices will be closed. Also all
banks, retail stores and the
post office will pot Is open for
business.
Morrow, Gilliam & Wheeler
Area lacking doctors
The tri-county area of Mor
row, Gilliam and Wheeler has
received the designation of a
Critical Health Manpower
Shortage Area for Dentist this
past week from the National
Health Service Corps in
Washington, D.C.
This designation was re
quested by the Tri-County
Health Services Commission
on behalf of the counties so as
to make the area eligible to
apply for federal assistance in
the recuirtment and place
ment of additional dentists in
the counties.
The Director of the Tri
County Health Services Com
mission explained that now
that designation has been re
ceived, the necessary applica
tions will be forwarded to the
Seattle Region office of Heal-'
th. Education and Welfare,
who will review the appli-'
cation and make the official
grant award. Preliminary
plans call for the location of
one additional dentist in
Heppner, initially, with other
areas yet to be fully evaiuai
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