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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 17, 1956 Page 3 Boardman News Heppner High School SCOOP By Alice Peterson Heppner high school's new Continued from Page 2 serviceable condition retard de livery. The county extension unit mot Tuesday at the home of Mrs. cheerleaders are, Francine Fran Nate Macomber for an all day cis' Frances Slocum, Mona How meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. ard' and Judie Spaulding. Judie William Garner, Mrs. Nathan wa selected head cheerleader. Thorpe and Mrs. VA Kuna Eight members of thp HeDDner There were 10 members present nigh scho1 tennis team were miss eeveny Bradshawr exten- t"ueu ieiiers xuesaay. They sion agent, Heppner, was leader ,uc: uee aney, David Cox, of the meeting, subject beins Larry Prock- Marylin Munkers, JJi-tlAl All'nn Otn.. i. f . Glomes nemoaeiing". This was LC olctt reggy Appiegate, tne last meeting until next Sep- ueorRe Llttle and Carolyn llc tember. Daniels. Eighth grade exercises will be An athet'c banquet was held held on Thursday, May 24, at 4 xuesday evening, at the Legion p. m. In the school gymnasium. hal1- Arcnie Dunsmuir, football Members of the class are Susan coach at E- - c- E- and formerly Partlow, Tom Brown, Kurt Gan- of Redmond high school, was the tenbein, Jean McKenzie, Douglas pr' p sPeaKer- Shattuck, Victor Peyrollaz and aiuuw" ooay oincers were Dick Garner. sworn in at a student body meet- Mr and Mra t rox,t e' - scnaiinz Pnnv.' ? Presented the Future Business ast Thu s America trophy to from th Vi h, m I. ;;' ::; imrle7 Kononen, Shirley In turn, quarters in Hickman mils, Mo Jiw Bedford' and Dr' Mrs. Pharlio wll., .j u"4.ul. daughter Marda, Paa JSSt Tnd- ! " th Alice WeaTwif, ES5 Fades. ?rouP as President; Meredith Thomson will act as the new vice Mr. and Mrs. Charles Childers president, and Mary Stewart will and children Geri and Gordon, be the secretary-treasurer. Portland, were weekend visitors Twelve members of the Hehisch at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Joe staff were awarded pins, and six Tatone and Mr. and Mrs. Bill received certificates, for their Wilson. workmanship on the Hehisch Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bergseth staff- Tuesday, moved to Burns Mondav whpr Calendar of Events: Bergseth will be manager of a I Mav 18 journalism progres cable television svstpm. ThPV sive Party. have lived here for thP Dast 14 Mav 20 mother-daughter tea. months. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and daughters Sandra and Tere sa, and Mrs. Cecil Hamilton and daughters Lorelei went to Port land Saturday to take Larry Thorp there for his physical ex amination to enter the U. S. Navy. I SfJ!f"a"d0nday..,fr.Sfn By Mary Stewart iceu, oiii. yvneie lie win uute Tho l,,nl. ioe ,iDhQ his basic training Mr. and Mrs. tend tJheir appreciation to the 'r', 1" " eight eighth grade students who r: "'zr'ZnriTtz?: acted a servers the junior- "" u-ora 1UU1UC, con . nrnm Mat, 11 poster contest sponsored by the Morrow county forest service. The purpose of the contest was to publicize the destructiveness of porcupines to forest trees, and the porcupine killing contest of Heppners' Hunters and Anglers club. Bonnie Bright won first Drize and was awarded $7.50. Marlene Griffith received $5.00 for second. and $2.50 went to Nat Webb for third. me awards were made at a chamber of commerce luncheon May 14, by Vic Kreimeyer, head of the local forest service. Thursday, May 17, has been set as the date for the Junior Olympic track meet. The meet will last all afternoon, and will be directed by Jim Mallon, track coach. Girls' intramurals took another step toward the end of their tournament as Snyder's Girls beat Mallons' Sluggers 21-4. The PPCrL Tells Plans For $157 Million 5-Year Construction A five-year cinstruction program costing more than $157,000,000 is planned by Pacific Power & Light company to meet the continued growth in use of electricity in the area it serves, declared the util ity's annual report for 1955, which is reaching stockholders in this area this week. In addition, points out Paul B. McKee, president of Pacific Power other large lums will be required during this period for the com pany's proposed part in a number winner will be announced as soon as the tournament is over. The grade school baseball team beat Lpxineton. Mav 12. 8-3. Two games are scheduled for this week with Lexington and Condon. of large power developments needed in the Pacific Northwest region. The estimated five-year pro gram compares with a total of $150,000,000 spent in construction by Pacific Power & Light in the ten years since the end of World War II. Construction in 1955 re quired $14,300,000. Electricity delivered to custo mers on the Pacific Power system showed an all-time record in crease of 13.1 per cent during 195a, the report says. Total revenues for the year were $44,360,000, an increase of 9.3 per cent. Net income was $8, 9997,000 before provision for de ferred income taxes, compared with $8,080,000 in 1954. Direct taxes charged to the company's operations totaled $7, 335.000, a 29.4 per cent increase. Customers served by the com pany now number 295,660, of whom 271,641 are supplied with Ponderosa Pine, Firs Rates High For Tank Stock OREGON STATE COLLEGE In the search for new woods that will withstand chemical solu tions, ponderosa pine sapwood and the true firs show a sur prisingly high resistance, accord ing to the report of a chemical engineer at the Oregon Forest Products laboratory. J. D. Ross found resistance nf ponderosa pine and white and noble fir to acid, base and salt solutions to be as high, or higher, than that of many woods used for conventional tank stock. Species generally preferred for tank stock include Douglas fir, electricity. The company, which now has more than 30,000 stock holders, also provides telephone, water and steam heat services. redwood, southern yellow pine and cypress. Ross' tests show that ponder osa pine sapwood maintained the greatest strength against acid ac tion. Rating lust under the Dine were noble fir, Douglas fir, and white fir. They made up the top four woods in a list of 16 tested. Ponderosa pine sapwood also rated highest in resistance to bases. Noble and white fir showed the greatest resistance to salt solutions, followed bv pine sapwood. Ross pointed out that volume of lumber used for tank construc tion increased from 22.9 million board feet in 1933 to 63.8 mil lion in 1918. The Oregon laboratory is Forest Products a state-research agency mainly iinanced by a timber-harvest tax. It Is located on the Oregon State college cam pus. Copies of the report are avail able from the laboratory. May 19 & 24 class picnics. May 20 Baccalaureate. May 22 Graduation. May 25 School's Out. PONY KICKS Those serving were: Albert Os- J... nUi "I. 1 ...1 J J A I uuBulCi aiui, wno is a siuueiu mln Bm Irby Tom Howell, nurse at Providence hospital. Mickey Van Schoiacki ConnlJ v.ailuia ot uie iiome ui iviis. AnderSon, Mary Johnston, Flor- . ..v... iv,. a ence Morns, and Shirley Nash. we e ner orouier, Aivie wenora, Tom Howell has been chosen laiuma; ner sister, jvirs. Max as eighth grade valedictorian. ueweese, oranaview, -wasn.; ner Salutatorian will be Carol Ander- oroiner-in-iaw ana sisier, Mr.son. May 23 is the date set for unu iviis. ji iviacomDer, Aning-. graduation. ton; and her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root and sons Curtis and Maurice, of Athena. Mrs. Root's mother, Mrs. Olive Mefford, has returned here from Corvallis to make her home with Mrs. Root. Miss Zelma Cowan returned home Saturday from the Eman uel hospital in Portland after being there four weeks following surgery on her feet. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marlow, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow and son Darrell made a trip to Mary hill Museum Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Russell and children Danny, Stevie and Da- line, The Dalles, were weekend visitors at the home of Russell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rus sell. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gwinn and daughter Alice, The Dalles, visi ted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. An assembly sponsored by the eighth grade for the grade school, will be held Friday, May 18, starting at 1 p. m. The class his tory, will, etc. shall be read at this time. Parents are urged to attend. Sam Green is in charge. Three grade school students netted a total of $15 In a local Wayne Conyers over the weekend. 70 votes were cast here in the election of the Morrow county school budget Monday, with 53 votes in the affirmative, and 17 negative. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Downey visited at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Don Downey over the week end. They were on their way home to Prosser, Wash, after a I month's trip visiting relatives in Sheridan, Wyo., and Hardin and Lodge Grass, Mont. wiEl your crops be . . an insurea invesrmenr m '? ' j Lib - B r' r. or ? ? ? ? ?7P What if your crops were hailed out? 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