Observer, La Grande, Ore., Mori., Dec. 39, 1958 p3g 9
Loqcil Youth j Describes
Trip To 4H Congress
By David Schaad
If anyone should ask me to
tell them about "The 'Time of
My Life," 1 would tell him about
the 37th National 411 Club Con
gress in Chicago. From the
time I left by bus on Nov. 27; un
til 1 returned 10 days . later by
train, I was royally entertained
bv the many sponsors of the
Congress as well as by my" own
sponsor, The Firestone Tire and
ltlibber Company, which paid. all.
expenses for state soil and water
conservation winners.
! At Spokane, I boarded the Env
plre Builder and met the rest
of the Oregon delegates who had'
gotten on at Portland and. way
points. Our train- trip took us
through Glacier National Park
and the plains of eastern Montana
Where we saw an oil refinery
Then farther on in Minnesota we
Were intrigued by people fishing
through the ice on the Mississippi
river, and by the forests of
broad-leafed 'trees which are
such a contrast to' our own for
ests. ' ,A
' Saturday afternoon our train
pulled into the Chicago union
Station from where we were tak
en by taxi to the' Conrad Hilton
hotel, the headquarters for the
Congress. Along with three oth
er boys I drew, a 12th floor room
which was to be our home for the
next five days of this exciting
adventure. Later that evening the
Oregon delegation posed for' our
official picture.
.The next day being Sunday the.
entire Cpngrcss , attended serv
ices of the Central Church of Chi
cago held in the grand ballroom
o the hotel with .Billy Graham
as speaker. r '
! That afternoon everyone assem
bled again in the ballroom for the
official opening of the National
4-H Club Congress. This impres
sive ceremony was opened by a
salute "to the flag. The lights in
the huge chandeliers weighing al
most a thousand pounds faded
out as a spo'tlight threw its beam
on the National Flag while a fan
blew a. gust of air against it.
The entire' group joined in
singing "The Star Spangled Ban
ner.". Later the donors of the
national. 4 BL awards were .intro
duced to the audience.
This ceremony was only one of
JO memorable- ceremonies and
banquets' held in our honor dur
ing the session in Chicago. Each
donor gave a get-acquainted din
ner fop the winners in the par
ticular 4-H program he sponsor
ed.! ainner was given by Fire
stone on Sunday from 4:30 to 7
p. m. in the Sheraton room of the
Shenitpn-Blackstone hotel. '
During our stay in Chicago the
delegates visited the Museum of
National History, the Museum of
Science and Industry, saw the
Cinerama showing of "South Sea
Adventure' at the Palace thea
ter,, were tken on a sight-seeing
tour . of Chicago, attended a con
cert presented by the Chicago
Lyric Opera Orchestra, and
spent some time at the Chicago
Livestock Exposition.
Each ol these events was spon
sored, by a different well-known
ous companies went all out to
see that we had the best of en
tertainment and education while
we .were there. ' : .'i '" '"
The session on choosing a car.f
eer .was especially interesting;
Capable speakers gave us infor-'
matiOn on future careers in bus
iness; industry and professional
fields.! - '. " ..
Meeting such an outstanding
group., of young people was an
other,,of the factors that helped
maKp.ims tne outstanding exper
ience of my life.
Magazine Contains Pictures,
Article On Phone Employes
The West Coast Telephone phones in service in-this division;
Company magazine "Crosstalk" in
tne December issue devoted two
pages of pictures and a short ar
ticle on the telephone office in
Ln Grande. . '
In another section of the mag
azine a'special picture "was print
cd of Lorene Wlnzcr. who rcceiv-
cd recognition for 15' years'- of
service to: the company,
In the two-page spread on the
La Gandre office, 4t is explained
that this is, a division of the Beav
erton District, comprised of 10
exchanges in Eastern Oregon.
The article recalls that prev
ious to, 1928 the telephone ex
change 'here J was known as the
Home Telephone Company, oper
ating about "3,200 telephones in
"our. entire. La Grande Division."
"At present," the article relat
es, "there are over 7,142 tele-
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
National Guard, Ar-
MONDAY
7:30 p.m
nory.
. 7:30 p.m., Air Force Reserve
Flight meet, commission room of
oily hall. ; , , t
TUESDAY
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Drivers' Lic
ense Examiner, 106 Depot street.
Noon, Rotary Club, Sacajawea.
6:45 p.m., Kiwanis Club, Saca
jawea.' '
7:30 p.m. La Grande City Com
mission, city hall.
Transparent Suit
CauseForDamage
' MUSKEGON, Mich. (UPI An
attractive- 25-year-old mother of
four who said her new bathing
suit was fine until it got wet has
filed a. $2,500 damage suit against
a Muskegon store.'1 '- ,
, Blonde Mrs. m Donna Dibble
charged that the swim suit be
came transparent the first time
she went swimming at crowded
Muskegon Stale Park beach July
29, 1957.
"I was humiliated, embarrassed
and publicly disgraced," the trim
hpusewife contended.
She; charged "you could see
through the wet balhing suit," but
said she did not realize it until
she left the water and other bath
ers began "calling and staring
and pointing at your plaintiff in
a- shocked manner."
She said she plunged back into
the water and waited for her sis
ter to bring her a towel. Mrs.
Dibble said then she ran to her
car" with "the-' towel ' wrapped
around her. , "
James Dibble, the plaintiff's
husband, said "this is a big joke
ta everyone around here except
my wife."
', COMPLETE INSPECTION
-NEW YORK (UPD The Fire
Department has Completed an in
spection of all' 2,004 schools in
New York City. Durmg the 20lay
inspection, 36 schools were closed
as fire hazards.
4,208 of them in La Grande,
The article explains that dial
conversion was made July 15,
1957,'.under the direction of John
Cavannugh, who retired after 40
years- of service with the com
pany;; 14 of -which' were at La
Grande. !
.The- article reports that Cava
naugh was replaced by Ed Watts,
formerly traffic engineer in Ev
eret. Watts has been with. the
company since :1947. .'' , ;,.--.
The two-page ' layout includes
lb pictures, showing ' personnel,
working in the La Grande office.
Pork Production Up
POrtTLAND (UPD - The Agri
culture ' Department's crop and
livestock reporting service said
that-'Oregon's 1958 pork produc
tion . . .was estimated at 296,000
head," bp 19 per cent' from 1957.
Oregon's spring pig crop, esti
mated, at 148,000, was up 8 per
cent while lall pig production to
taled :ihe same and was up 32
per cent from 1957. :
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TIIR STORTl AltkaKk DTe
RbradlB foajcht with the Con
federate tavulry during- the war,
he aympnthlea ot hla father
Utuett Sharadla were with the
North. Xow Uuve ! returning to
hta father' Arlxoaa ranch with
hitter meniorlea of the tlfrht he
had with Tnrlor Kaln, hta fM
ther'a foremaa.
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LATER during the morning
Captain Crotch hunted Dave
Sharadln out. v There was - a
grimace on the captain's sun
browned face."-
"hls Sherry Burdette might
need' some lookin' after. I think
you're the man to do it."
Already he could ' fed his
pulses beating faster but be kept
a bland look to tils expression.
He said, "Captain, I'm not ex
actly her keeper."
"Strange," Crotch murmured.
"Mighty strange. When a man
spends time in a woman's state
room, she ougtita mean some
thing." Dave met his searching stare
head on. He was conscious of a
flush creeping up beyond bis col
lar. Crotch had something lying
neavy on nis mum ana Kept on
talking. "You'll be taking the
stage to Wolf Creek. Long time
ago a fellow drifted into La Paz,
when the line first started.
Wasn't much of a fellow, I
judged, scared and nervous of
his own shadow. Claimed to
have a way about horses and
the stage line put him ' on. It's
a swing station, about '30 miles
on . the desert. Jils name hap
pened to be Burdette."
tlave said slowly, "You men
tioned this, to ber??
"TEe captain spread his hands
along the guardrail, taring
straight ahead oo the river.' La
Pax .was only a few miles beyond
thfl next bend.- Crotch looked as
though he would be glad when
they sot there.' x
"I ain't sure if I done the rlghtl
thing," Tie admitted. "She'll b
Outrfeutea- bjp NEA Serrlu,
going where I figure she'll regret
going. I m worried about her.
"You had to tell her your
worry."
The captain lifted his shoul
ders. "Her husband well ev
eryone chooses his own way, so
who am I to stop her? Maybe
he isn't the same man. I don't
know what she wants with him.
She looks like the sort would
stand the acid test."
He' Swung his gaze squarely
'around at Dave. There was a
heavy frown on his face and a
perplexing doubt In his stare.
Shes bound on takm' the .La
Paz stage redskins couldn't
hold her from it. But, Sharadln,1
you'll be goin' along. I figure
you re not one to let a woman
down."
LA PAZ sent Us thrust of sur
prise through Jpave. He had left
It a bawdy camp spawned of the:
excitement of newly found gold.
Coming home he found it
stretching far back from the low
river banks, a crowded, teeming
city that had every indication of
becoming Queen of tne Terri
tory. A hot sun hammered down
mercilessly on rows of brown
earthen buildings lining
churned streets. Freight ' men
yelled - constantly at braying
mules drawing neavy wagons.
Dave understood more graph
ically the foresightedness of his
father fnr being among the first
to establish himself in this coun
try. - Sharadin beef would De
feeding these markets, going into
the bellies of these men moving
along the walks. By this time
Bluett Sharadin had become a
power In this country. It came
hdme to Dave bow the scheming
ol Tay Kains had been paying
off while men on the eastern
battlefields bad been dying over
at lost cause.
, A ' battered slouch hat moved
more sharply Into focus. Lou
Brayl He reached after his sad'
die and ran toward the gang
plank thinking this time he
wasn't going to let Bray get
away. All this time his gaze
held fast to the sidewalk. As he
ran forward Captain Crotch was
helping Sherry and she had one
foot lifted . to the gangplank.
Dave struck the captain a glanc
ing blow with his shoulder that
sent him colliding lightly with
Sherry. She cried out in brief
alarm. The captain recognized
him and yelled out: "Go ahead
get yourself killed!"
DAVE lifted a hand back at
them as he ran, his saddle over
his shoulder. Bray had reached
an intersection and was follow
ing other men down a side street.
There was an alleyway four or
five doors, north of this corner
which Dnve suspected ran
through to the next block. If
he took his chance a'nd ran down
this he might reach the other
street before Bray and thus sur
prise him. The building next to
the alley was an eating house.
Into this "Dave pelted, dropping
his saddle behind the door. .
"Be back directly," he called
to the waiter at the counter.
Nothin' ain't that important,"
the man grumbled.
Dave lunged through the en
trance and around the restau
rant. He ' hadn't made up his
mind what he would ' do when"
he caught up with Bray: it was
thepnore than likely "La Pas had
some sort or lawman, consmer
ing its size. He didn't want to
kill Lou Bray. Making a martyr
out of a nester' would scarcely
further the S h a r i d 1 n cause.
Nevertheless there might be no
choice and Dave's' hand pressed
heavily against his gun as be
sped through the passage. '' In
coming out on the street, he'
spun to his right Almost at one
he spied the younger' Bray ana
the sullen-faced man spied htm.
Both Brays by now would know
he was following.- . "-' .''
The man ducked around the
corner of the block on which
Dave expected to come up with
Lou Bray. ' , '
(To Be Continued)
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