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LI1IART v tr EUGENE ORE;; PkiKj - Eighteen important ideas for future study durng the town and country planning conference were presented yesterday afternoon at the kickoff meetng held in the court house in Heppner. They, and many more, will be consder ed by the various committees during the coming weeks. County judge Garnet Barratt gave a resume of what had been done at a similar conference held here 10 years ago, then went on to suggest six points he felt should be given consideration by the working committees. They were: 1. timber conserva tion; 2. extension of the county road program; 3. work to get the Copies 1 Oc Farm Program to Be Talked at Wheat Meeting The annual fall meeting of the Morrow County Wheatgrowers as sociation has been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 21 reports N. C. Anderson, county agent and sec retary of the association. The meeting will be held at the Lex ington grange hall and will get under way at 10 a.m. During the day the six committees will meet and recommendations will be made which will constitute work that the county association and Oregon Wheatgrowers League will carry out during the year. Committees to meet during the day will be the federal agricultur al programs which will get under way promptly at 10 a.m. Max Bar clay, chairman and a member of the Oregon Wheatgrowers League will discuss the proposed farm program drafted by the National Conference of Commodities Org anization which was presented to Pacific Northwest Wheatgrowers by Herb Hughes, president of the National Association of Wheat growers, recently. , Other committees meeting will be youth activities, chairmaned by Bernard Doherty, Heppner; domestic wheat utilization, Mrs. Vernon Munkers, Lexington; tax ation and legislation, Norman Nelson, Lexington; production and land use, Tad Miller, Lexing ton; and wheat disposal and marketing, Kenneth Peck, Lex ington. These committees will meet during the afternoon wiffi a general session at 3 p.m. when all committees will report their recommendations for general dis cussion. Election of officers will take place with a nominating committee composed of Bernard Doherty, Kenneth Turner and Kenneth Peck giving their re port. Present officers are, Vernon Munkers, chairman; Milton Morg an, vice chairman, and N. C. An derson, secretary. The association will be host for the noon lunch which will be served by the Lexington grange home economics committee. All wheatgrowers are urged to attend. o WEATHER Hi Low Pr. Thursday 60 34 . Friday 52 26 . Saturday 46 26 . Sunday 57 29 .01 Monday 61 44 . Tuesday 57 41 22 Wednesday 53 42 .56 Rainfall for the week .79; for November .79; for the year 15.29 inches. I ' ' C7l it,& I applet r -K fF l --- ft - ' A -I I o o o v ' : ' " BUCK CONTEST WINNERS Shown receiving their awards In the big buck contest sponsored by Lexington VFW post No. 6098. are Fnri Whiteman. second from right, who won a 30.06 rifle for coming up with the largest deer, He is being presented his gun mander. Sr. vice-commander Jerry Rood, Heppner, with a smallest buck. It dressed out .7- CoBfcreEKe Sums bombing range returned to the county for private development; 4. development of recreational areas to attract more tourists; 5. industrial development and river transportaton; 6. development of water resources. Following Barratt's talk, Jean Sclieel, assistant director of the extenson service, and Art King, conservaton specialist for the ex tension service, presented a flannel-graph on the "Challenge of Change." Those in attendance serving as a committee on the whole, then assembled a group of 12 more points which the committees will study and later give recommenda Heppner, Oregon, Thursday November 200 YOUNGSTERS GET AWARDS AT 4-H ACHIEVEMENT PARTY Some 200 4-H club members, parents and friends attended the annual achievement party and presentation of awards to 20 clubs and outstanding individuals Nov. 2nd at the fair pavilion. A pot luck dinner preceded the pro gram. "A total of 196 Morrow county youngsters were enrolled in 4-H club work and carried 270 pro jects during the past year," Mrs. E. M. Baker, mistress of ceremo nies and president of the North Morrow council, said, "Of these, 177 members or 90 percent com pleted their projects." The Danforth foundation aw ards to the outstanding 4-H boy and girl for the year in the county were received by Dennis Doherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Do herty, Lexington and Connie An derson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Heppner. Business Awards Given National awards from business corporations were presented to Mardine Baker, Meredith Thom son, Karl Beach, Dennis Doherty, for achievement; Jerry Anderson, Tom Martin, Kenneth Nelson agriculture; Grace McCabe, Helen Graham, Karen Lundell, clothing; Jimmy Martin, dairy; Steve Lind strom, Kenneth Smouse, electric ity; Marilyn Morgan, Shannon Mahoney, Rose Nash, Dianna Pet tyjohn, food preparation; Janice Martin, Shirley Van Winkle, Rose Ann Ayers, frozen foods. Connie and Carole Ann Anderson, home economics; Kenneth Smouse, Gary Van Blokland, meat animal; Martha Doherty, Roger Doherty, poultry; Jerry Anderson, breeding livestock summer school scholar ship; and Janet Palmer, Shirley Van Winkle, Libby Van Schoiack, Bernice Thomson, Sheryl Harris, Sandra Campbell, Geraldine Swaggart, Jane Martin, Carole Ann Anderson and Brenda Town send, dress revue. Janet Wright Gets 10-Year Pin Janet Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright was the only county member to receive a 10-year membership pin this year. Junior leaders to receive pins were 1st year, Connie Anderson, Celia Boulden, Russell Dolven, Dennis Doherty, and Brenda Townsend ; 2nd year, Carole Anne Anderson, Karl Beach, Janice Martin and Janet Wright; 3rd year, Mardine Baker and Carlene Rhea. Several clubs received their 4-H club charters and certificates of achievement for 100 percent com pletion of projects and cards. Among them was the Lexington livestock club, largest in the county, wjth 16 members carry ing 27 projects. Leaders were Harold Beach and Kenneth Palm r i a 5 pointer weighing 201 pounds, by James Angell, jr. vice conv George Irvin, left, is presenting pair of binoculars for getting the at 682 pounds. (GT Photo) E F I i A tions on. These included: 1. A Need for more recreation facilities. Much money is being spent in the state for recreaton, but the county needs more fa cilities to get some of that money. 2. A study of the effect of the John Day dam on county resource development. 3. Development of livestock feeding using local grain. 4. Survey the effects of more people living within the county. 5. Survey the future needs of the county education program. 6. Investigation of potential Ir rigation projects in the north end of the county. 7. Investigate whether the er. Other clubs receiving awards and membership pins were the Teen Age Stitchers, lone, led by Mrs. Louis Carlson; Gay Little Cookers, Heppner, Mrs. N. C. And erson, leader; lone Livestock club, Kenneth Smouse and Alfred Nelson, leaders; Fit It-Stitch It, lone, Mrs. L. A. McCabe; Lex ington Sewers, Mrs. Kenneth Pal mer; Merry Cookers, Heppner, Mrs. Claude Graham, Mrs. P. W. Mahoney; Butter Creek Junction Livestock club, D. O. Nelson, Carl Rhea; Merry Tailors, lone, Mrs. C. E. Brenner. Sweet Preserves, Lena, Mrs. Randall Martin, leader; Stitch and Chat, Heppner, Mrs. Andy Van Schoiack; Hinton Butter Creek Livestock club, Robert Brindle, Don Greenup; Busy Sew and Sews, Heppner, Mrs. William Heath; Chat-Chat, Hinton Creek, Mrs. Robert Brindle; Lexington Fur and Feathers club, Mrs. Bern ard Doherty, Mrs. Eugene Ward well; lone Electricity club, Joe Hausler; Busy Stitchers, Heppner, Mrs. Walter Wright; Jolly Chefs, lone, Mrs. E. M. Baker; Rhea Creek Livestock club, Wilbur Van Blokland, Frank Anderson; and Heppner Hoof and Horn club, N. C. Anderson, Marcel Jones. Program Numbers Listed Program numbers Included group singing led by Mrs. Nor man Peters accompanied by Lin da Heimbigner; a skit by the fifth and sixth grades of Lexington, directed by Mrs. Dick Meador; tap dance, by Charlene Jones, Martha Doherty and Beverly Dav idson; a song, by Linda Halvor sen, Diana Pettyjohn, Jean Mart in, Darlene McDonald and Lona White, accompanied by Mrs. Lloyd Howton; and songs, by the Gay Little Cookers and the Junior leaders. A candlelight ceremony was held at the close of the even ing. Elmer H. Scottf 84 Dies Here Wednesday Elmer Hanner Scott, 84 years of age, died early Wednesday at Pioneer Memorial hospital. He had been hospitalized or in a nursing home for over two years. Mr. Scott was born January 17, 1878 in Marion county, Oregon and had lived in Morrow county since 1898. He had been a sheep herder and cattleman all of his life. He had never married and had only one living relative, a niece living in California. It is thought a brother- and sister pre ceded him In death. Funeral arrangements are pen ding. o Boardman High Slates Three-Act Play Students of Boardman high school will present a well known three-act play, "The Goose Hangs High", Saturday evening, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at the school gymnasi um. The play, a Samuel French production, is very well known and had a long run on Broadway. Top students in the high school have been working for over a month to prepare the sets and costumes, according to Harold Gauger, director, who states that the play will be one of the best presentations ever given by the students. SHOOT PLANNED SUNDAY The Morrow county gun club will hold a public merchandise shoot Sunday, Nov. 17 at its club house south of Heppner. The shoot will start at 10 a.m. and continue through the day. o Mrs. Loyd Burkenbine is in Spo kane this week visiting her sister, Miss Velma Brassfield. Sidy of public is gettng value received for money spent on taxes, 8. Continue the study of the eradication of livestock diseases. 9. A study developng better general farmer-public relatons. 10. A study of the continuing withdrawal of federal and state lands from grazing areas; also problem of increasing population with continually less land for production; and, in connection, a study of highways and industrial development taking some of the best farm lands out of produc tion. 11. Problems of integration in agriculture, or contract farming whether there should or should 14, 1957 HEP. AL ULLMAN will be the main speaker at the annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers Monday. Vernon Munkers Lex Grange Master Officers were elected for the coming year at last Saturday night's meeting of the Lexington grange. The new master is Vern on Munkers. Other officers to assist Munk ers include Lyle JCox, overseer; Ola Ruggles, lecturer; Walter Ruggles, steward; Alvin Wagen blast, assistant steward; Lee Wagenblast, lady assistant stew ard; Mrs. Ella Burgoyne, chap lain; Jean Nelson, treasurer; Hel en Nelson, secretary; Earl Evans, gatekeeper; Millie Evans, Ceres; Anne Smouse, Pomona; Hortense Martin, Flora; and executive com mitteemen for a three year term, Kenneth Smouse. Kenneth Smouse, chairman of the agricultural committee, re ported on the REA meeting and said that the REA picture is chan ged somewhat. The REA is in a period of transition in which the majority of cooperators Is made up of suburban and rural home owners rather than farm cooper ators as in the past. There is still a great need for a better under standing of the REA especially in view of the adverse propaganda distributed by private power and misleading advertising pointed toward the urban population, he said. Smouse also reported on the Cauehart-Hiestand bill which was introduced at the last legis latnre. If this bill is passed it provides for an increase in inter est for REA loans to that of gov ernment long-time loans and would double the interest so that it would be 4 rather than the 2 now paid. He claimed this would work a hardship on the REA co operatives. Vernon Munkers, chairman of the legislative committee, urged all to attend the fall meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers League on Nov. 21. At this meeting the new suggested pro gram for wheat will be discussed. The program is a combination of the two price plan and bushel allotment. Faye Munkers, home economies chairman, announced that the group would serve dinner for the fall meeting of the Wheat League. This is the regular date for the home economics meeting and It is hoped a short meeting can be held for election of officers. The Christmas meeting and party will be held on Dec. 14 with a potluck dinner preceding the meeting. A turkey dinner was served to all members with the home econ omics club furnishing the turkeys. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Al Lamb were in charge. o Mrs. Algott W. Lundell of Port. land was in Heppner on business last week and visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lun dell in lone. s..- 'v-- ..trS ..-- Problems riot be more of this type. 12. Ways to keep professional people in a community to prevent such a high turnover of this type of population. The various committees will meet within a short time to take up the problems presented, and chairman N.C. Anderson, announ ced that committee chairmen had been named for all but two posts, and one new chairman was nam ed. He was George Weise, Board- man, who will head the off-farm resource committee. A complete report of all com mittees will be given after all studies are completed. 74th Year, Number 36 Rep. Al Ullman To Speak at MCGG Meeting Monday Representative Al Ullman of Oregon's second district will be the main speaker at the annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers to be held next Monday, November 18 at the fair pavilion in Heppner. Rep. Ullman has not announced the subject of his talk but he Is expected to touch upon the proposed farm legislation. The meeting is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m. and during the morning, election will be held for three regular directors and seven associate directors. Nominated for the regular posts are Vernon Munkers, A. C. Lindsay and Lloyd L. Howton. Those who have been nominated for the associate posi tions include K. C. Peck, Al Bunch, Lloyd Rice, Walter Jacobs, Kenneth Kamerer, Elmer Palm er, and Barton Clark. Following a free lunch at noon served by the women of the Rrea Creek grange, the program calls for the managers report at 1:15, auditor's report and at 1:45 a talk by A. M. Camp, president of North Pacific Grain Growers. He wili be followed by Rep. Ullman at 2 o'clock. A big group of door prizes have been made available for the meeting with drawings scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and at 2:30 p.m. The operating report of the co operative will show that a total of 3,630, 900 bushels of grain was handled during 1957, the largest in th history of MCGG, and a gain of nearly one-half million bushels over 1956. Net earnings for the year ending May 31, 1957 amounted to $131,118.90, the re port shows and the total assets now amount to over $1,300,000. The depreciated value of the sev en elevators now owned by the Grain Growers is $846, 275.30, and there are 375 members In the co operative. The Monday meeting is open to the public. 300 Red Tulip Bulbs Given To City Park By Soroptimist Club Addel to the service projects of Soroptimist International of Heppner is the contribution of 300 Red Emporer tulip bulbs which have been planted In an appropriately designed flower bed at the new city park. This Is in line with one of the club's alms to cooperate in any way possible with civic betterment. City employees Victor Groshens, Bob Dobbs and Wayne Harsins have accomplished a great deal in developing the park which adds much to the appearance of lower Main street. PP & L Check Adds To County Funds Payment of Pacific Power and Light Company's 1957-58 prop erty tax in Morrow county am ounting to $14,254.67, will be made by November 15, according to J. R. Huffman, Heppner local manager for the utility. A check for the tax payment will be mailed to sheriff C. J. D, Bauman in Heppner. The county payment was part of Pacific Power & Light's total property tax bill of $2,574,438.72 for the year. This was an increase of .8.3 per cent over the company's 1956-57 state property tax of $2,377,669. Mrs. Jean Mallory and daugh. ter Donnelle were in Seattle from Thursday until Sunday. 'rA'f J i f 4 t ! . i BLUEBIRDS HELP WITH CHRISTMAS SEALS This group of girls, members of the Fairy Flock Bluebirds are shown taking an active part in the big job of stuffing hundreds of envelopes with sheets of Christmas seals and letters which will go out to all county residents within a few days. The seals are sent out by the Morrow county TB and Health association and Mrs. L. E. Dick, Jr. is county chairman. Shown seated around the table, (1 to r) are Erin Dick, Linda Hubbard. Martha Sowell, Jill Schmidt and Krlsty Koenig. Standing are Verina French, Jan Hager, Linda Thompson, Linda Warren and Kay Daggett. (GT Photo) Near-Normal Number Of Students Report For Tuesday Classes Heppner schools resumed clas ses Tuesday after a six-day forced layoff due to a heavy absentee ism because of flu. Superintend ent Joe Stewart reported Wednes day that when classes opened there were only seven students missing from the high school roll and 40 in the grade school. When school was dismissed on Nov. 4 there were 82 out of high school, a percentage of 61 ab sent and 112 out of the grades. The 40 still ill in the lower grades is a much higher percentage than normal, it was reported, but it was not felt that the percentage was sufficiently high to require further postponement of classes. Most of the new absentee list is in the primary grades, Stewart said, a group which had not been pre viously affected by the epidemic. All teachers were back on the job Tuesday except for Mrs. Roy Kirk, who has been hospitalized until late Wednesday with pneu monia. One casualty of the epidemic and school shutdown, was the high school's final season foot ball game which was to have been played Monday against Echo. Coach Jim Mallon had hoped to be able to field enough team members to play the game, but late last Thursday, a second practice call turned up only 11 able-bodied athletes, two less than had turned out that morning. As a result the game was for feited. OSC Man to be Banquet Speaker A talk on farm-city relations will be given by J. Ralph Beck, assistant director, Oregon State college extension servlce,,Corval lis, at the farm-city banquet Mon day, Nov. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion hall, it was an nounced at a meeting of super visors of the Heppner Soil Con servation district Tuesday night at tne bank building. The event, in observance of farm -city week, is sponsored jointly by the Heppner-Morrow chamber of commerce, the Mor row County Farm Bureau and the Heppner Soil Conservation dist rkt. Tickets are on sale at the county agent's office, the First National Bank and members of sponsoring agencies. The dinner will be prepared by the women of the Lutheran church. Presentation of awards to Burt on Peck and Son, Lexington, Mor row county "conservation farm ers of the year," and to Dick Wilkinson and George Rugg, "county grassmen of the year", will be featured. The conservation winners will receive a pen and pencil set given annually by the Heppner soil district. For the first time this year a large plaque de signed with a ceramic figure of a man with a sheaf of wheat, made by Mrs. L. J. Feves, Pendleton, will be presented by the Empire Machinery company. The Farm Bureau will honor the grassman of the year with a plaque. Past supervisors of the Heppner district will be special guests and receive service plaques. A film will close the program. The monthly progress report given at the meeting showed 81 acres of land leveled on the ranch es of Don Greenup, Raymond Fer guson and Harry Proudfoot; 54 acres surveyed for land leveling on the Krebs ranch, Cecil, 1275 ft. of diversion ditches staked on the Van Schoiack ranch and two farm ponds constructed on the George Currin ranch. Attending the meeting were Raymond French, chairman; Don Peterson, Raymond Lundell, John Wightman, N. C. Anderson, Tom Wilson and John Denlson, area conservationist, soil conserva tion service, Pendleton. Jinn a , Christmas Seal Drive Under Way Mrs. L. E. Dick Jr., cou nty Christmas seal sale chairman, this week announced her community chairmen for the coming seal sale drive sponsored by Morrow County TB and Health Associa tion. Heading the campaign in Lex ington will bo Mrs. Randy Lott; lone, Mrs. Noel Dobyns; Irrigon, Mrs. Keitli Coy; and in Board man, Mrs. Russell Miller. Mrs. Dick will serve as Heppner chair man also. Envelopes containing the fund appeal and sheets of Christmas seals will be put in the mail the next few days is was announced. SLANTS FROM THE SESSION By Nicky Tom After a week or so of stalemate around here, with conference committees rapidly getting no where on the question of amount and method of tax reduction, the tempo seems to be picking up. Governor Holmes' appearance on television Sunday undoubted ly increased the determination on both sides to stand fast on their tax programs. I had the fooling on Friday that we were drawing near to compromise, but when we came back on Monday the picture had changed. Republicans and the few Demo crats who are standing with them were strengthened In their con viction that a 30 reduction in taxes Is called for by an informal poll of citizens over the state dur ing the weekend. An overwhelm ing majority of taxpayers favor a heavy cut at this time. At a Sunday meeting of mem bers of the Columbia river district" council of the longshoreman's union the members "generally ex pressed favor for a small surplus over a large surplus," according to Ernest Baker, legislative rep resentative for the organization. "They were agraid that some free spenders not yet elected might come into the 1959 legislature and give away a large surplus." The $64,000 question seems to be if a $9 million surplus was deemed sufficient when the leg islature adjourned less than five months ago, why is it suddenly so terribly necessary to maintain a $50 million surplus? The reason obviously is that the projected budget for the next biennium is over $330 million. Last session, in a speech on the floor of the house, Allen stated, "The only way to cut government spending is simply not to provide the money.' Here is an opportunity. So far this special session has not reduced taxes but has In creased state spending with the passage of House Bill 2, which in creased basic school support. Al len was the only member of Ways and Means to vote against the bill. After the bill had passed both houses Allen voiced his objec tions as follows, "This special session was convened to reduce taxes, and House Bill 2. will mean the next legislature will have to increase the general fund budget to provide for this increase. Basic school support will be increased from $91 million to $109 million, and means an increase in the general fund budget of $18 mil Ion. .... The surplus we are dealing with is a result of an overcharge of the taxpayers and, therefore, should only be used to reduce those taxpayers' taxes. The taxpayers are entitled to equal treatment. This bill does not treat all taxpayers equally because monies under this bill are distributed under the basic school support formula. (Continued on Page 8) 1