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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1954)
NEWS OF THE lone Schools Chester L. Ward, Superintendent The annual freshman initia tion was held all clay Monday Sept. 20. lhe freshman repre sr nted different characters. They afforded to the rest of the school a great deal of amusement dur ing the day with their foolish and silly acts. During a short assembly they sang the school song, gave the preamble to the Constitution of the United States and did stunts to carry out the meaning of their characters that they represented. In the evening initiation was held in the old gym after which a party was held in their honor and they were guests of the student body. The school policy on initiation is for one day only and no instruments are used to harm or injure the student. We have been very much pleased to have the visit of the elementary and high school in spector with us this week. They are always helpful and are doing the things that the school needs. He was accompanied by county school superintendent, Jack Flug and Fredrick Martin. They were guests at lunch Tuesday at the school eafetorium,, An acedemic side of the pro gram were tests given by the teachers on reading, word mean ing, comprehension and spelling. We are pleased with the co operation of the people for the preparation for "Presidents Day" Thursday Sept. 23. We are also, proud of the re cord made and the number of the 1954 class that are attending in stitutions of higher learning. They are Tom White is attending Portland State; Virginia Jepsen, Nurse Training in Portland; Jerry Bristow, Eastern Oregon College of Education; Duane Baker, Stan ford University; and Janet How ton, Pacific University. We are very happy to see so many from the community enrolled, thus, and hope it will continue in the future. The first football game of the season will be Sept. 24 at 2 p. m. in Heppner. Many students and patrons pla nto go to Portland Saturday Sept. 25 to the game between the University of Oregon and Stan ford University. o Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 23, 1954 Page 3 USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS Morrow Stock Bring lop Prices HERMISTON- Morrow county stockmen drew many top prices at the Hermiston livestock auc tion Friday, Delbert Anson, man ager of the sale, reports. Paul Webb of Heppner topped the market with 4 fat hoes 875 lbs. that sold for $22.50 cwt.; Marion Finch, Heppner, consign ed a 2 year old whiteface buck that sold for a top of $18.50 hri John Kennv. Heonnnr in ft lambs, 1115 lbs., $17.00 cwt., and Fred Hoskins, Heppner. 1445 lh. whiteface bull. $14.80. Vernp Evans of Irrigon topped the mar ket with a 845 lb. grain fed steer that brought $22.90. Largest steer of the day was a 1380 lb. Guernsey which brought $14.30 and was consigned by F. G. Ma Gill of Cecil. Volume of cattle consisted swung upward in a brisk sale.1 Prices were generally steady, but nogs regained strength follow ing the recent drop in prices, Fat hogs were up $1.40 to a top of V w, feeder pigs up $1.15 to $23.40 cwt.; and weaner pigs up 75c to $16.25 hd. These increases were apparently due to a tem porary west coast scarcity, as west coast markets remained steady to stronger in contrast to eastern hog price drops. Consigned were 444 head of cattle of comparable quality was in feeder steers, . which moved readily at lower prices, down 70s to a top of $18.40 cwt. Particularly in demand for next Friday are fat steers and fat heifers. Others topping the market were Oscar McCarty, Echo, 250 lb. sow, $19.80 cwt. and 5 feeder hogs. 410 lgs., $23.40; Mike Ren niger, lone, 3 ewes, 465 lbs., $4. 40; Jack Howenstine, Hermiston, 50 ewes, $10.75 hd.; Ray Allen Hermiston, 300 lb. veal, $19.00 cwt.; A. C. Heise, Ritter, 4 feeder steers, 3675 lgs., $18.40. Calves: Baby calves '7.00-18.00 hd.; weaner calves, steer calves 17.75-17.90 cwt.;heifer calves 16.- 50-17.60; veal 17.80-19.00. Steers: Stocker steers 16.75-17.-90 cwt; feeder steers 17.90-18.40; fat slaughter steers 20.10-22.90; fat heifers, commercial only, 15.-1 30 16.90. Cows: Dairy cows 85.00-142.50 hd.; dairy heifers 21.50-32.00 hd.; no stock cows. Slaughter Cows: Commercial LLIABfi SOTTY c! A y ?,'f M ' - J Zfu Exhibits - Contests - Demonstrations Fri., Sat., Sun. Sept. 24, 25, 26 orse SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 4-H Fat Calf Auction - Parade Dance Saturday Night Show MEMORIAL HALL All Entries By 6 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 26 Except Flowers, 9 A. M. Friday, Sept 24 Saddle Horses, 9 A. M. Saturday, Sept. 25 Program Announced For Town-Country Church Conference Oregon ministers and rural leaders will meet at Oregon aiaie conege, October 18 to 21, for the eighth annual Oregon Town and Country Church con ference in a "workshop ap proach" toward improving church programs and religious leader ship in rural areas. Program chairman Dr. C. War ren Hovland, OSC department of philosophy and religion, says the conference theme "The Town ana Country Church at Work," will be developed through work shops on how the church can reach a larger percentage of rur al people. A recent state survey sponsored by the Oregon Council of 11.75-13.60 cwt.; utility 10.60-11.- o; canner-cutter 8.50-9.75, few heavy Holsteins to m fin- shin 5.50-7.30. Bulls: 13.25-14.80. Hogs: Weaner pigs 11.0016.25 hd.; feeder pigs 21.50-23.40 cwt.; fat hogs 21.90-22.50; sows 16.75 19.80; boars 8.10-9.20 hd. Sheep: Feeder lambs 13.35-15.-20 cwt.; fat lambs 15.30-17.00: ewes 7.50-10.75 hd. 18.50 hd. bucks 13.50- Churches showed about one out of eight adult rural persons was a church member although a larger percent attends church and gives active support. Con trasted fith this is a four-out-of-ten church member ratio for 48 Oregon cities and the metropoli tan area of Portland. Workshop on leadership, serv ing the church, and religious ' education will be headed by na-1 tionally-known religious leaders j including Re.v. Shirley E. Greene, director, inter-group relations, National Farmers Union, Meroin, Ind. He pioneered development of a regional rural church insti tute at Merom and assisted the Oregon committee in developing the Oregon Town and Country Church conference. He will also address the opening general ses sion, October 18. Other main speakers and work shop leaders include Rev. Burton Bastuscheck, recently appointed to the philosophy and religion department, Willamette univer sity; Rev. Mark Rich, Bible Col lege of Missouri, Rev. Alcuin Hei bel, O. S. B., Portland, president, Central Europe Relief committee; and Rev. William Spofford, of Payette, Idaho, director. Western Extension Center, National Town Country Church Institute. Sponsors of the inter-denomi- Council of Churches, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, Home Mis sions Council of North America, Oregon State college and its ex tension service, Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon State Grange, Oregon State Farmers Union, and Oregon Home Economics Exten sion Council. Ministers and rnurcii and com munity leaders serving rural areas are invited to attend. In terested persons can obtain fur ther information and advance registration blanks from local churches and county extension service offices. national conference are Oregon Agriculture Census Takers in Traininq Crew leaders for the 1954 cen sus of agriculture in this area will attend a training confer ence hcrp beginning Stpt. 20, it was announced today by Field Supervisor, Jack L. V. llalbrook. Census methods will be ex plained by a number of the cen sus bureau's staff. Topics to be covered include procedures for recruiting enumerators, enumer ation methods, enumerator train ing methods and supervision of cnumeratois to insure a complete and accurate canvass and the preparation and submission of reports. After a five day training ses sion, the crew leaders will return to their home counties and pro ceed with their tasks of recruit ing ad training enumerators prior to the start of the Census of Agriculture enumeration on Oct. 11. Those who have been selected for the participation in the crew leader's training conference here are: Mrs. Beatrice E. Scott, The Dalles; Mrs. Jean J. Jackson, Condon; Mrs. Charlotte White, Pendleton; Mr. Marion F. Mark ham, Enterprise; Mr. Ralph D. Shelley, Baker; Mr. Fred Shepard, Bend; Mr. Dale C. Montgomery, Klamath, Falls; Mrs. Mabel E. Ross, I.akevievv; Mr. Dudley L. Sitton, Vale. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis of Milton Freewater were business visitors in Heppner Thursday and Friday of last week. They were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van Marter. Davis is the former manager of the Turn-A-Lum Lumber company in Heppner. WHEAT TREATING NEW EQUIPMENT Owner Operated CONTACT KERR-GIFFORD ARLINGTON OH Phone 2226 Pendleton ; 1 Shell NH3 Service is so you net higher profits SHELL NH3 SERVICE puts 82 Nitrogen fertilizer .j cm '7 , . . directly in the ROOT ZONE O nly root zone application of nitrogen as Shell NII3 Service provides it assures you of uniform, all-season crop feeding. 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