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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March' 8, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Beppwr 9tMtt, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Time, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 13, 1912. V5 NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCllATIAN zy KJ Bjiim.'.n.'.inw Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $100 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. ODD ENDS... We'll be glad to see Friday's deadline for the filing for political office pass maybe then we can have a couple of days of quiet to catch up with just who has filed for what. The filings have come so fast In the past couple of weeks that it has been nearly a full-time job just trying to keep them straight. Along that line, It did not surprise us much when Walter Norblad finally withdrew his peti tion for governor and filed for re-election as rep resentative. Always didjhink Norblad leaped be fore he looked at that one. Puts Eastern Oregon's Elmo Smith in a decidedly better position now. Norblad's withdrawal from the governor's race undoubtedly came as a result of extreme pressure and could cause one of the wildest scrambles dur ing this last few days that the state's ever seen. Who may now file for what office between the time this Is written (Wednesday) and the filing dead line we won't hazard even a little guess. Head, Heart, Hand and Health . . ." those are the words behind the H's of the 4-H clubs. 203 of these boys and girls are club members in Morrow county and with their 46 volunteer leaders, ye celebrating National 4-H Club week. Their goal . . . "Improving family and community living," is worthy of commendation. WHAT'S IN A NAME The state of Washington has long boon noted for its many unusual city, county, river, etc. names and the other day we ran across a couple of new ones in the state that are dandies. One in particular deserves to be at the top of most any list of unusual place names. It is "Whoop 'Km Up" Hollow, and is located some where around Waitsburg. Must be a second cou sin to Snuffy Smith's Hootin' Holler. Another unique name in the same vicinity is a place called Sorghum Gulch. RAIN That stuff which this year we speak of in subdued tones, can be controlled, at least in part, it was reported recently by President Eisen hower's committee on weather control. The item, which should be of particular interest to farmers of this area some of whom are somewhat sceptical as to the results of hired "rainmakers", said: "Rainfall can be increased by 9 to 17 per cent or more by seeding clouds with silver iodide smoke. "There is enough evidence that cloud seed ing will prevent hailstorms to justify further ex periments. 'Very possibly' seeding will also pre vent lightning ..." Noticed the Oregonian again editorially threw up its hands this week in what it called "Tem porary Sui render" to the weather. It had dropped some mild comment a few days earlier that It was about time for spring to arrive and then, who-ooe-y, Portland got slapped in the face with another snow storm. They'll just never learn, we guess, that you can't fiddle with Oregon's weather. After our luck of a couple of months ago in calling a weather shot we have since discreetly kept our trap shut. We will hardly even go so far as to call attention to the fact that we've had two more snow storms this last week shhh, might offend the powers that be. From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson This is National 4-H Club Week. Since this largest of all rural youth programs Is so im portant to the development of our boys and girls who will be our future farmers and home makers, it is fitting that every one in Morrow county thoroughly understands what these boys and girls are doing and what contri butions they are making to a better world for us to live in. The theme of this year's club week Is, "Improving Family and Community Living". Our 4-H club members are doing just this. For those who do not under stand 4 II club work, a little back ground material might he help ful. 4-H clubs are made up of both city and rural boys and girls be tween the ages of nine and twenty-one. They are organized clubs of young people engaged in farming, homemaklng, or com munity activities. Club mem- Venetian Blind CLEANERS & REPAIR TAPES SLATS CORDS CLEANED LIKE NEW CALL 6-9996 Free Pickup & Delivery hers learn to do by doing, and all 4-H'rs own what they woik with. Their programs are based on the needs and interests of the young people themselves. 4-H clubs hold regular meetings in every county of the United States and in Alaska, Hawaii andPuerto Rico. Participation in 4-H club work is built around the completion of projects. Projects are numerous, including entomology, field crops, electricity, forestry, horticulture, livestock, marketing, poultry, tractor, wildlife, child care, cloth ing for boys, clothing for girls, food preservation, foods, home making, knitting, crafts, health, junior leadership, photography, safety and woodwoik. There are a number of divisions under each of these. Each club member chooses one or more projects which he is expected to own, keep detailed records on and ex hibit at the close of each club year. Of course, participation in his club meeting is also part of the project in leadership and achievement. The club organization, through its meetings, train boys and girls in parlimentary piocedure and gives these boys and girls an opportunity to learn first hand how to preside at meetings. l'his in itself is an Important function of 411 club work when we stop to think of the number of adults who have difficulty in presiding over a gathering. Over two-hundred thousand men and women throughout the United States are volunteer leaders of this large oiganization. It has been said, "Service is the rent we pay for space on earth". There is no greater service than that given by these volunteer local leaders of boys and girls. Throughout the forty-eight states and territories of Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto RiCo there are more than two million members. This natural and practical program of educa tion for young people is free to those who want to belong. 411 club work originated in Oregon in 1905 as industrial clubs in schools. In 1911 two men were hired by the state department of education to work throughout the THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times March 11, 1926 A deal was closed this week for the transfer to Ferguson Chevrolet company by Dennis McNamee, of the corner on Main and May streets south of the First National bank. Plans are practically completed for the organization of the Mor row County Pomona Grange which event is to take place at iieppner on Fiiday April 2. One of the attractions of the meet ing is to be an address by Gover nor Walter M. Pierce. J. O. Turner and wife spent Monday and Tuesday in the city, there being too much rain out their way for plowing. Mrs. B. P. Doherty and son Ber nard drove to Portland for a few days visit last week. At the Star Theater Sunday and Monday Charlie Chaplain in "The Gold Rush". Manager Cox of the Morrow County Creamery company is in stalling an ice plant which is of sufficient capacity to meet the needs of cold storage and ice cream manufacture of the busi ness for some time to come. I STAR THEATER, Heppner Admission Prices: Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c Including Federal Tax. All children occupying seats must buy tickets. Sunday shows continuous from 4 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxoffice open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278. Thursday Friday-Saturday, March 8-9-10 SANTA FE PASSAGE John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens in a good rugged outdoor drama. Flus QUEST FOR A LOST CITY A travel feature, the story of Dana and Ginger Lamb, who set out to find a mys terious city in the jungles of Latin America. Both featutes in color. Sunday-Monday, March 11-12 TRIAL The picturization of Don M. Mankiewicz's controversial and thoroughly absorbing Harper's prize novel. See this gripping motion picture FROM THE BEGINNING and then ask yourslf what would you do if you were on the jury! With Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak.Katy Jurado. Sunday Shows at 4, 6:15 and 8:30 Tuesday-Wednesday, March 13-14 THE WIZARD OF OZ Color by Technicolor. We're off to see the Wizard again the picture of 1CXX) de lights! There is a school holiday March 1340 so lot's go "Over the Rainbow" with Judy Garland and all the original great cast of Oz characters! (Here's a secret we want to tell the world! "Wizard of Oz" Is sheer delight for kids from 0 to 100!) National 4-H Club Week ; . i HAPPY BLUEBIRDS The Happy Bluebirds gave a tea for their mothers and small hmfhprs and sisters on Valen tine's day. We sang songs and conducted our regular business meeting and Mrs. Riley Munkers our sponsor, pinned Bluebird pins on two new members, Tamara Smith and Vickie Kreimeyer. Committees for the party were: table decorations, Karen Mc- furdv. Patricia Van Winkle, Tamara Smith. Chairs: Diane zation which is "Learning to do by Doing." Warren, Lynn Burkenblne, Vickl Barratt. Trays: Vicky Kreimeyer, Joan Stockard, Nancy Cleveland. Children's table: Barbara Blake, Kay Carpenter, and Jean Stock ard. We finished our furniture made from boxes and are practicing for our Campfire ceremonial in March. Patricia Van Winkle, reporter BOARDMAN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Bob Miller went to Sacramento, Calif., last week to take Miller's mother, Mrs. Er fie Miller, there to visit. They were accompanied by Mrs. A. B. Vannoy, who went on to Long Beach, Calif., to visit her brother, and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Earl Vannoy. On their way they also visited at the home of the Miller's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Matt, at Klam ath Falls. state organizing industrial clubs in the schools. This juvenile work in agriculture and home econo mics was conducted until 1914 when Congress passed the Smith Lever Act, and 4-H club work be came a part of the federal cooper ative extension service of the land grant colleges of all states. The program has been carried on as such, with an increase from 1914 of about two hundred boys and girls enrolled until 1955 when there were more than twenty five thousand enrolling in 4-H club work. In Morrow county 4-H club work, as such, was organized in the early 20's. Enrollment varied during the first few years. Re cords available in the office show that the biggest enrollment was in 1932 with two hundred eighty five boys and girls enrolled in 29 clubs. With 1932 being the biggest year, 1934 and 1935 were the smallest years of enrollment with only twenty-one members in clubs in 1934 and fifty-nine in 1935, Enrollment has varied con siderably over the past twenty five years here. Enrollment fig ures have been fairly constant for the past ten years, with an average of around 200 boys and girls enrolled each year. While the number of boys and girls en rolled has been around 200, pro jects in which they have enrolled in have been considerably more, averaging out about one and one half per club member. While membership has not increased a great deal over these past years, the number of 4-H members com pleting their projects has in creased considerably. From a low of 40 completion in the middle 40's, completions have been increased to as high as 97 in 1952 and has averaged well over 90 in the last ten years. In 1955 there were 247 projects car ried by boys and girls. This week these 203 boys and girls are encouraging others to join them in this wide variety of club projects. To show what they are doing, they have teamed with their leaders in window dis plays throughout the county. Those enrolled are proud to be 4-H club members and are wear ing 4-H emblem cards to school during the week. To encourage this, their leaders are providing prizes to the club members who get the greatest number of sig natures on these emblem cards, as well as prizes for the best window displays. If you would like to see what 4-H club work Is, we invite you to inspect these windows. Hats off to this organi- The home of Ruby Nichols in lone is open for Prayer Meeting every evening. Will YOU come and join in Prayer for revival? THE OFFICE OF DR. E. K. SCHAFFITZ OPTOMETRIST WILL BE CLOSED Thursday - Friday - Saturday MARCH 15-16-17 Heppner Hotel Bldg. Phope 6-9465 l In Spor"C ""ine" record 3 01. I for American prxu y The Ford V-8 again showed its taillight to nil competitors in the "Olympics" of stock car racing at Daytona Beach, Florida. In blazing across the finish line Ford demonstrated once more the sizzling per formance that keeps it the largest-selling V-8 in the world. 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