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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 6, 1954
More Local Cattle
Feeding Urged at
Farm Bureau Meet
V. W. Woatherford, chairman
iif I he livestock committee, told
the Morrow County Farm Bureau
Tuesday night, that cattlemen
should "he urged to feed out more
cattle in the county rather than lo
ship both feed and cattle lo other
parts of the country to be fed
and then ship the meat hack. lie
said that '."ith the surplus of feed
in the county this could be done
profitably.
A potluck supper opened the
monthly meeting which was held
at the Willows Granee hall in
time and was followed by several!
musical numbers presented oy
Judy llowton, Jean Ann Swanson
and Sue Coleman. They were
accompanied by Mrs. llowton.
Orville Cutsforth reported for
the Hells Canyon Association ind
told of the interest beiin' shown
throughout the country in the
proposed dam. He said that many
persons feel that if "we lose the
Hells Canyon dam we will lose
the lau;e dams all over the
country."
( (scar Peterson and darnel Bar
rail, candidates for county jude
spoke briefly and Newt O'Harra,
president of the organization.
uij.!od all voters to not out and
vote in the cotiiinj,' primaries.
Klnyd Tolleson, president of the
Morrow county Hunters and Ang
lers told that an increased num
ber of fish are lo be planted in
county streams this year. II was
also announced that the Western
regional training conference will
be held in h'eno, Nevada, .June :i
lo 12 and that arrangements will
have lo be made to have some
delegates at this meeting.
The next meeting will be held
at the Oddfellows hall in Lex
inglon, May 25.
School Spelling
Winners Listed
Top winners of the annual Mor
row county school spelling con
test were announced last week,
but the complete list of winners
is now available. The contest
was held at the Heppner school
and was under the direction of
Miss Marguerite (Havey.
Mrs. Lucy Kodgers, present
county treasurer and former
county school superintendent,
compiled the list of words used
in the contest, and for her ef
forts, the committee extends its
thanks. It was through Mrs.
Rodger's efforts that the contest
and speech festival were started
M'vera years ago.
The winners were: Kighth grade
superior: Iris Stickley, Irrigon,
Nancy Wright. Lexington. Excel
lent:' Michael Casper. Irrigon,
Donna Ferguson, Boardman, Bon
nie (rum, one. flood: Barbara
(lanienbine, Boardman.
Seventh grade superior: Janet
Wiglitman, Heppner; Dora Sue
Davidson. Lexington; Ruth War
ner. Irrigon. Excellent: Janice
Martin Heppner; Barbara Ander
eyg. Boardman.
Sixth grade superior: James
Driscoll. Heppner; Carol Ander
son, Heppner; Karen Lundell,
lone; Linda Ileirnbigner, lone;
I lennis Doherty, Lexington. ( mod: ,
John Wilson, irrigon; Jerry Mill- j
key, Irrigon.
Fifth grade superior: Donald,
Craber. Heppner; Evelyn Jepsen,
lone; Dale Stickley, Irrigon; Don
na Mae Want land, Iriigon. Excel-j
lent: Rosina Jones. Boardman; j
Lynn Thomas, Boardman. flood: j
Jean Martin. lone.
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Mrs. Arthur Erownlow, Miss
Opal Briggs ana Mrs. Anna Q.
Thomson motored to Pendleton
today 'Thursday) when
Conservation lour
Set for June 1
Plans for the annual tour of the
Heppner Soil Conservation dis
trict to be held Tuesday, June 1,
. , , i . . : r
were outlined at a meeting 01
district supervisors held Tuesday
night at the county agent's of-1
lice. A luncheon for those making
the tour will be furnished by the
Heppner Chamber of Commerce at
the fair pavilion at noon.
The purchase of a new (lilt i
paeker for use in grass-legume
seeding in the district and a pro
posed sale of the older briilion
.order was discussed at the meet
ing. The April progress report
showed new district farm plans
completed on the (Jerald Swag
gart and Pat Owens ranches with
a total jf 3,1110 acres and on Bar
ratt Ranches, Inc., for 4.756 acres.
Thirteen acres of land leveling
and 10(H) feet of stream channel
alignment were completed on the
Ernile droshens ranch; 91 acres of
grass -legume seedings made on
l lie Ray Dolven, Don Robinson.
John Kenny and Walter Wright
farms and 8201) feet of irrigation
j ditches staked on the John Wight -jman,
Paul Webb and Harold Peck
I ra itches.
Attending the meeting were
.Newt O'Harra. Lexington; Ray
mond Lundell. lone; John Wight
man. YV. E. Hughes. "A. C. Ander
son and Tom Wilson. Heppner.
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Lex Grade Students
Receive Letter Awards
Value of Tested
Bulls Indicated at
Condon Bull Show
lone Teacher At
Remedial Conference
will receh e medtea I a id.
Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Schaffitz,
Diane and Jimmy spent Sunday
in Portland visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Maiv Carter.
LAW-AWAY NOW!
Students of I he elementary
grades, 5 through ,X. of the Lex
ington school were guests at the
; 1 1 i 1 1 1 . ; i i award banouet held last
""'yj Saturday evening. It was spon
sored by the Lexington I'-TA.
I Eighteen students were award
led letters for their grade school
I activities. They were: basketball,
(iiegory Leyva, Dennis Doherly.
j Dexter Miles, Laddie Henderson,
' Lee Cm nelison, Henry Pointer
and Earl Papineait. Volleyball,
j Nanc y Wright. Louise Bolts. Bar
bara "steagall, Patricia Sleagall.
Mil key (hay. Dora Sue Dav idson,
Inez Mel'addcn and Dorothy Way.
Yell leaders, Patricia Sleagall,
Mickey Cray, and Louise potts.
Following the letter awards the
students- were entertained with a
j film entitled "Kill the Empire".
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Mrs. Mabel Faris, special edu
m.tinn teacher at lone, was in
The program presented at lno ennewick Fridav and Saturday
bull testing field day of the d . conference of North-
Wheeler-Gilliam Slockgrowers j v,(,s, j.eme(ijal Education Asso
Association on May 1 emphasized I pjatjon- The conference was held
the importance and value of jjn Klnnewjck-S Eastgate school
using tested bulls and carrying ;m( was attended by teachers
out a tested program on yiur herd. m Washington, Oregon and
sires as well as your breedmg 1(j.(j,0
stock. Among the speakers were Dr.
Of the 30 bulls on feed -fici- Alice Hayden, director of eduea
encv test, two graded 2 at the end tjon research. University of Wash
of the feed period. Until were inf,ron; rjr. Homer Burroughs,
Morrow county bulls ow ned by professor of elementary education
Harvey Smith and Steve Thomp- at IJ of W, and Dr. Jack Breen,
son. i Seattle University.
Harry, Lindgren. extension live- j The activities of the associa
slock specialist, Or-gon S'ate I'd- tion, as outlined at the conference
lege, pointed out the value of,m.: to acquaint educators and
testing bulls. Lind'ien discus - parents with the results of re
sod the inauguration of a pro- search in teaching practices and
gram on individual animals and 1 technique; seek out and publish
told those present that Oregon r(sUlls; to encourage professional
Slate Col lege 1s now working with 1 growth among teachers and ad
over fifty individual ranchers ' ministrators; to provide informa
oer the Mate of Oregon in help-pi, ,n or remediation in reading,
irg them carrv on a selection pro- arithmetic, spelling, writing, lan-
toam on their own ranches.
Dr. Ralph Bogarl, professor of
animal husbandry. Oregon Siate
College, explaining that three
factors are important in carrying
out a program evaluation such as
is doi.e at the Condon lest. Equal
emphases is giwn lo conforma
tion, grade, gaining ability of the
animal, and efficiency of the ani
mal is converting feed to meat.
Professor Bogart developed the
formula which is used to evaluate
the test results at I he Condon
program.
Jim Hennings. the feeder (lut
ing i ho year's test, discussed tiie
management program that was
carried out this year and shoved
the sanitation program ;i"d car
ing of individual animals is high
ly necessary in order .to have
each animal perform at its capa
city. C. K. Barker, chairman of the
committee of the Wheeler Cilliam
Stockgrovers Association in
charge of the bull testing pro
gram, discussed seine of the or
ganization and management de
tails which must be considered in
setting up a bull testing program
such as is carried on at ('o"don.
Stu Bledsoe, el the Flying B.
ranch at Kllensbur:, Washington,
explained how he is using a test
ing program to increase the pro
duction from his commercial
ranching opera' ion. Bledsoe
showed that he is able lo increase
profits per cow by oer $.'!0.00 per
year by keeping an accurate re-j
cord of animals that make gains
quickly and efficiently.
Bledsoe stated that every cow
in his herd has got to tip the
scale in his favor every year or to
niarket she goes. If she does not
produce a calf to top the scale
then the cow has to tip it herself ,
or olf to market she goes.
Bledsoe's ranching operations:
i s carried o u t o n a dry!
rata 'i much the same as foimd
in Kastein ( !; in and Washing-;
Ion. .'n his sel"ctio'i program. !
cows that produce calves at wean- 1
in;; age that weigh less than -130
to pounds are headed for mar
ket. The selection program goes.
like mis: Anility to procure a
good strong calf every year, eas
to handle, good foragers, able to
withstand diseases, and grade.
Bledsoe stated that for replace
ment stock. good gaining ability
end good grade conformation are
both highly important. Sentiment
slid figure fascination hold no
place in keeping non-producers
on the Bledsoe ranch.
The six bulls on efficiency test
from Morrow conntv indexed
il-.x !,. -; ci- u mill i (diverted V.
feed to meat for an average cf
HOSPITAL NEWS
.ew Arrivals
Charles Nelson.
! II o.'. boy horn
.lames Arthur.
-To Mr. and Mr'
Jr.. Fossil, a 7 lb
April ,'!l). named '
To Mr. and Mrs.
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Quick Tripper . . . $19.50
Two Suiter... $25.00
A!f pmt plv$ muting foxf
1 1 f 1 'Hfi J IS lliP
t Uw
I!. C. Peleis, Spray, a 10 lb. 7 oZ.
j boy born May L'. named Kichanl
l I a le. To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
! Morgan. Condon, ;i 7 lb. .'i oz. hoy
I born May .", named Keith Cordeli.
To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Me Daniel.
J Koiua. a 7 lb. 13 oz. boy born
i May ri, named Wayne Scott.
Medical Mrs. Joyce Hertin,
Ilei mistou, dismissed: Mrs. Ce
celia llucknam, Heppner; Robert
Betise. Kinzua; Kobocca Doherty,
Heppner; Stephen Shell, lone;
Mrs. Kleanor Das is, Condon, dis
missed. Minor Singers Miss Nancy
Cunningham. Condon, dismissed.,
Major Surgery Mrs. Kay Mil-j
ler. Umatilla, dismissed; Mrs.
Mildred Morris, llepper; Ralph'
Akers, lone; Mrs. Ceraldine Ham-
i iner. Condon; Mrs, Martha Tripp.
! Kiiiu.i ; Henry I Ho st. M.inunieni ;
Mrs. A I.ce I'ierson. Kinzua.
( tut I aiicnts William L.
A'-tnriu;
Mis. Ida
Thoma'
Ksteb,
Spray.
Ober,
lone;
guage and speecn correction in
the schools; to enable interested
educators to meet and discuss
techniques.
HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT
The Heppner extension unit
will meet with Mrs. Ray Drake on
Tuesday, May 11 for a demonstra
tion on dry cleaning. It is to be
an all-day meeting and each
member is reminded to bring her
own sandwiches.
Ordnance Depot
Sets Open House
Umatilla Ordnance Depot will
observe Armed Forces Day, May
13 with an open house, it was an
nounced this week through a let
ter received by Dr. L. D. Tibbies,
Heppner mayor.
The Depot will be open to the
nublic between the hours of 9 a.
m. and 3 p. m. and two main
speakers are planned during that
time. Thev are Senator Wayne
Morse and'Maj. Gen. Thomas K.
Rilea, state adjutant general.
The public will be given the
opportunity to take a general
tour of the depot and will be able
to watch operation of the various
departments, as the open house
will be held on a regular work
day.
Lt. Col. J. O. Guthrie is com
manding officer of the installation.
CALLER SCHEDULED HERE
Mel Strickland, Bend, one of
the top square dance callers in
Oregon will call the dance of the
Heppner Square Dancing club
next Saturday night, it was an
nounced here this week.
MISSIONARY MEETING
The Union Missionary meeting
ssill be held at Valby Lutheran
church on Sunday May 16 at 2:30
p. m.
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GRANGE TO MEET
The regular meeting of the Lex
ington Grange will be held Sat
urday at 8 p. ni. with a special
speaker and piogram scheduled
at 9:30.
Lt. Jg. Eon Bennett of the U. S.
Na'y left Thursday for the Philip
pine Islands where he is to be
stationed, after a three day visit
with his father, Ed Bennett.
$1()50 per hundred weight. High
cost was $22.-12, low $11.93 per
hundred sseight gain.
Glen Ward left Thursday for a
three day trip to Corvallis, Rose
burg and Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Meador had
as their miests during the first
part of the week, Mrs. Elmer Hill
and son Jim of Tendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rose
wall returned Monday evening
from a business trip to Portland.
Mrs. Mary Van Stevens re
turned Tuesday afternoon from a
fesv days in I'ortland.
Mr. and Mrs. Onez M. Parker
and son David of Everett, Wash.,
spent last weekend visiting with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
E. Parker. Mr. Parker recently
suffered a heart attack, but is
recovering slowdy at his home.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Riley Munkers svere Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sims and son Bobby
and Francis Sherrard and son
Dwayne ,of Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Lcuis Pyle of Arl
ington ssere weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Case,
Mrs. D. A. Wilson returrwd on
Monday from a two weeks visit
in Hood River. She was met at
Celilo Falls by her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marshall left
Saturday for a tsvo weeks vaca
tion to Ontario and other points
of interest in central Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner
had as their guests last week. Mr.
and Mrs. James Slusher of Dufur,
Oregon.
WILLOW CREEK CHEFS
The Willosv Creek Chefs held
their meeting at the home of Bar
bara Warren. We decided to each
bring 10 cents toward the 4-H
foundation near Washington D. C.
We had a cookie recipe ex
change. Our hostess served us a
luncheon to the following Lucille
Kendall. Sharon Case. Margaret
Kendall, Virginia Andresen, Di
ane Grant, Mrs. Andresen and
Mrs. Warren.
Lucille Kendall, reporter.
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