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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 19, 1949
Boardman Asparagus Growers
Use Beetles to Get Rid of Beetles
Like most commercai! crops, as the Nine Dotted asparagus bee.
paragus has its own particular tie, took over the fields and ap
klnd ot parasites, in fact many, parcntly destroyed the old gray
bul the common fray beetle has beetle. At any rate it disappear
been the eastern Oregon grower's ed.
worst enemy for the past several whj)e vprv iule is known of
years, often doing great damage ; ,h(? habj)s Jf the npw beet)e ,t
to the crop, until rotenone, a new tQ dQ very ,ite damaKe
non-poisonous dust, became com-,0 tn? (oliagei but destrov-s the
mon. I seed. But as the asparagus seed
Last year, however, a new red js a peSt in most fields, causing
beetle which has been identified them to be fouled with volunteer
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plants, Boardman growers are
watching the new beetle with in
terest, hoping for the best and
not daring to destroy the new
comer for fear the old enemy may
return.
The growers would appreciate
any information regaraing me
habits of the beetle in other dsi-
tricts where they lay eggs and
where the larvae develop. bile
the matured beetles increase,
there has been little or no sign
of eggs and larvae.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bali of Her-
miston visited one day last week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. L.
Blann, returning from Portland
where they had spent Mother's
Day with their daughter. Freddie
Jane, who is state supervisor of
nurses.
Mrs. Frank Cole was pleasant
ly surprised Wednesday when she
was called to baby sit for a
neighbor, Mrs. Willis Pierott. Up
on arrival she louna several
neighbor ladies had gathered for
Legion Auxiliaries
Of Monument, Long
Cr'k Install Officers
By Millie Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johns spent
Friday and Saturday at the Fred
Sharnk place on Cottonwood.
They gathered the cattle on Fri
day and branded and vaccinated
calves on Saturday.
Mrs. Effie Robertson from Pen
dleton is here visiting her sister,
Mrs. Minnie Gamble.
On Friday, May 13, the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary initiated 13
members and installed their new
officers. Mrs. Ernest Seilaff of
Burns, district president, was In
stalling otficer.
Long Creek unit No. Ill officers
were jointly installed with the
Monument unit. Officers elected
for the coming year: President,
Friendship party. Present w ere i Mrs. Florence Harrison; vice pres-
Mesdames Arnin Hug, lley Mdent, Mrs. Crystal Enright;secre
Brown, Vernon Partlow, Earl tary. Mrs. Martha Matteson; trea
surer, Mrs. Ouida Cook; historian,
Mrs. Helen Holmes; chaplain,
Mrs. Flossie Gilman; sergeant-at-arms.
Mrs. Mary Lee Lesley.
Mrs. Joe Simas from Rcseburg
is home for a visit with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cork, and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin, Mrs.
Downey, Ralph Earwood, Leroy
Fussell, Gust McLouth, and host
esses Mrs. I. T. Pearson and Mrs.
Pierott.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Allen are
the parents of a baby daughter.
Camille Louise, born at the St.
Anthony's hospital May 16. This
is the first child for the Aliens.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Allen, Boardman, and M.
Sgt. Harry L. and Mrs. Wickman
of Hamilton Field, Calif. This is
also the first grandchild for both
grandparents.
Mrs. Earl Bnggs left lor Fort-
land Thursday to attend the VFW
national president's luncheon at
Berg's Chalet. On Saturday, Mr.
and Mrs. Briggs motored to Con
don with the Briggs's and visited
VFW 12th district meeting. Mrs.
Charles Stoltnow motored to Con
don wtih the Briggs's and visited
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lindsay and
family returned to Kinzua Sun
day. Mrs. Lindsay and children
had spent a week with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fortner,
Mr. Lindsay coming Friday eve
ning. Saturday they visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lind
say in Hermiston.
H. E. C. met Wednesday eve
ning, having a potlucK supper
for the families. Guest speakers
were Eddie Sene and Lloyd Rus
sell of Hermiston, who brought
some new plans for raising funds
for the new hospital.
The Boardman baseball team
is really winning tne games.
Tuesday the score was 14-6 from
the Green Hut nine. Sunday af
ternoon they won over the Ore
gon State Hospital with a score
of 18-8 on the local field.
Mrs. George Gertson was on
the project Wednesday from
Heppner.
Henry Graves of Sparta was
calling on friends Thursday. He
was in company of G. Dickson
and Verna Montague. The two
men had been to Brownsville and
Miss Montague was returning to
her work in Baker after a visit
with her mother in The Dalles.
Charles Stoltnow and Vet Con
yers motored to Fossil last week
where Mr. Stoltnow attended the
funeral of Mrs. Charles Fox, a
friend of the family.
Sunday dinner guests at the W.
L. Blann home were Mrs. Blann's
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Marvel of Bickleton,
Wash., also Mr. and Mrs. C. Clark
of Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. John Partlow en
tertained at dinner Sunday in
i honor of Mrs. Partlow's eighth
grade graduating class. Attend
ing were the class: Fred Knight,
Robert Fortner, Jimmie Graham,
Franklin Delano, Bill Crisman,
Grace Miller, Marlene Fisk. El
len Cassidy and Shirley Waldron
and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Billings
and daughter Brenda. After din
ner all attended the show in
Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Bolson
were Sunday callers at the W. L.
Blann home.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harwood
had as their guests over the week
end Mrs. Harwood's aunt, Mrs.
Myrtle Munkers, and a cousin
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Churchill of Kellogg, Ida. Sunday
the party motored to La Grande
for the day.
Mr. and Mrs..N. A. Macomber
motored to Pendleton Sunday,
taking their two grandchildren,
Beverly and Pat Pettys, home
after spending the week-end
here.
Sunday evening the Commun
ity church observed "Rural Life
Sunday" by having the 4-H club
with the leaders, attend in a
group, also having charge of the
special numbers. Rev. Charles
Eble delivered the sermon.
Sunday evening, May 22 will
be baccalaureate service with
the Rev. Eble officiating, The
public is invited.
Grangers, don't forget that
Saturday, May 21 is the regular
grange meeting. Be sure and be
there. You are conspicuous by
your absence. Henry Baker of
Icne will show pictures of a vol
canic eruption in Hawaii.
Maxine Ely and Mildred Miller,
students at Eastern Oregon col
lege at La Grande spent the
week-end at their home and at
tended the play "Miss Jimmie"
presented by the high shcool Fri
day evening.
Mrs Charles Anderegg who un
derwent a serious operation in
St. Anthony's hospital last week
is recovering nicely and will re
turn home in a few days. She is
able to receive visitors. Mrs. An-
deregg's son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. James Garrison of Portland,
drove up to see her Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen were
pleasantly surprised at 11:30 p.
m. Monday by a telephone call
from their son Gene who has
been in service and in Japan for
the past two years, stating that
he was in San Francisco. He will
arrive home in a couple of days
for a 41 day leave.
Mrs. Blanche Hayes of Chicago
arrived last week and is a house
guest of her son-in-law and dau
ghter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith.
Mrs. Hayes will remain for
awhile for the results of the con
dition of Mrs. Smith who was
taken back to St. Anthony's hos
pital Tuesday, where the cast
will be removed and x-rays tak
en. Mrs. Smith was injured last
January in a car wreck and has
been in a cast most of the time,
but was able to be removed to
her home some six weeks ago.
Daisy Simas and granddaughter,
Jeannie Williams drove to John
Day Saturday. Jeannie consulted
her doctor while there. On the
way home they ran into a cloud
burst and had to return to John
Day to spend the night.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Shaw vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Wilson Sunday.
Long Creek's baseball team
played Monument here Sunday.
The score was 9 to 4 in favor of
Long Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carter from
Long Creek were town Wednes
day on business.
Bill Elder from Vale and John
Carter from Long Creek were here
last Tuesday. Bill spent the night
with his mother, Mrs. Margaret
Elder.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patterson
and daughter Phyllis spent sev
eral days in Umatilla.
Mrs. Louisa Fleming took her
daughter, Shirley May, to John
Day Tuesday for medical aid. It
was found she was suffering from
an infected tooth.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill and
small son, George Charles, Mrs.
George Capon and Harry Capon
were in John Day Tuesday at
tending to business and receiv
ing medical check-ups.
Mr and Mrs. Boyd Hinton took
their two daughters, Sharon and
Mary Ella to Dayville to stay
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. To mThroop, while the Hin-
tons were gone to Portland to be
with his father, Doc Hinton, who
underwent major surgery at the
St. Vincent's hospital on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floy Hinton spent
Sunday visiting at the home of
his sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Durst.
It is understood that at the
cgular May school board meet
ing District No. 8 sent contracts
to Mrs. Beulah Farrow and Mrs.
May de Ette Hinton. This fills all
vacancies in the Monument
school.
Union high school district No.
1 gave contracts to Mrs. Ona May
Leathers for cook and Orval Wy
land was rehired as janitor.
Mrs. Roy Munkers has been
quite seriously ill at her home
this week. Dr. Downs was called
and at this writing she is improv
ing quite satisfactorily.
The small son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eldon Cummings was quite ill
the first of the week. Dr. Downs
was called and the baby is much
improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Williams
and daughter Joyce from Echo
are visiting their son, Dick Will
iams and family.
The Wilson Hotel is being dres
;ed up with a new roof.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ely went to
Jimmy and Delbert Cochran,
sons of Mrs. Vera Cochran of
Portland were visitors here over
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glasscock
of Arlington were visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers Sr.
Sunday. They had come to Kin
zua to see the ball game.
The Three Links club met at
the home of Mrs. Harvey Ring
Tuesday, May 10. Several guests
were present. Mrs. Ring was sur
prised with a kitchen shower and
received many lovely and useful
gifts. She lost all her kitchen
utensils in their fire last winter.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Ring and Mrs. Gordon White.
Mrs. Ethel Stewart received the
door prize.
Mrs. Archie Munkers of Lex
ington and Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen
and children left last week for
Salem where they will visit their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Job Crab-
tree.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pound of
Portland are staying at the Er
nest Heliker home. Mr. Pound is
working on the Bonneville sub
station here.
Mrs. Lela Johnson of Willits,
Calif, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
William Zinter.
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