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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, April 30, 1959 32 COUNTY 4-H'ers CHOSEN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS Thirty-two 4-H members were chosen by committees of 4-H loaders and parents as delegates to attend 4-H summer school at Oregon State College, June 20 27, according to Miss Esther Kir- mis, Morrow county extension agent. 4-H summer school will give the county's 4 II youth a chance to go to college for a week along with 2000 other 4-H members In Oregon. A quota of 32 delegates was given to Morrow county. This was divided, according to mem bership, into a quota of ten for Boardman and Irrigon clubs and 22 for clubs In the South Mor row area. To qualify as a delegate for this annual event 4-H boys and girls must be at least 13 years of age on January 1, 1959; must have successfully completed two years of 4-H work, and must have completed all projects en rolled in the past year. Letters were sent from the county agent's office on April 20 notifying the fortunate boys and girls that they were chosen to attend. Several alternates were selected in case of drop-outs from the first 32 chosen. A 4-H scholarship committee is in the process of gathering $25.00 scholarships from business pla ces and organizations in the county to help defray the cost of room and board during the week's stay at Corvallis. Each 4-H member chosen must provide $10.00 for their own bus fare. Arrangements are being made for buses to take the dele gation to the Oregon State Col lege campus. This fee must be in the county agent's office by May 15 to insure a full quota of students. Class registration cards have also been sent to the delegates so they might select classes that will interest them. Leadership classes are offered to members over 15 years of age. Morrow Near Top on Cancer Drive Goal First to roach its goal in the April crusade of the American Cancer Society's Oregon division is Lake County, according to James T Nibley of Portland, state crusade chairman. Lake County chairman is Mrs Arthur Eva, Lakevicw. Second of the state's 36 coun ties to go over the top was Clack amas County, under chairman ship of II Paul Newman, Mil waukle. Jackson, headed by Dr Orville Eaton, Modford, and Mor row, headed by Mrs Harlan Mc Curdy Jr, Heppner followed closely. Chosen to attend are, from Heppner: Fern Albert, Jacquelyn Brindle, Martha Doherty, Julie Ann Pfeiffer, Libby Van Schoiack, Bernice Thomson, Shirley Van Winkle, Dennis Doherty, Roger Doherty, Kenneth Wright, Dan Wardwell. From Irrigon: Ann Schmeder, Penny Jones, Lynn Hobbs, Gary Schaad, Janice Parker, Sharon Franke. From Lexington: Sandra Beach, Bernard Doherty, Jimmy Martin, Tommy Martin, Kenneth E Nelson. From lone: Sherry Corley, Ger aldine Morgan, Marilyn Morgan, Kathy Rea, Roland Ekstrom, Kenneth L Smouse. From Boardman: Irene Potts, Chloe McQuaw, Richard Watts, Patti Partlow. Justice and Municipal Courts Roger Dean Brandhagen, fail ure to stop at through highway, $10 fine. Timothy Carl Vincent, exces sive motor noise, forfeited $15 bail. Shaw Creek Grade Getting Face Lifting 5 V. LIQUOR STORE HOURS CHANGED Business hours of the state liquor agency store in Phil's Pharmacy have been changed to 10 a m to 8 p m, it was an nounced this week. The store has been opening at noon. :. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrival To Mr and Mrs William Rawlins, lone, a 9 lb oz boy born April 23, named harlos Mark. Patients Patricia Adams, Spray, dismissed; Jennifer Brin- lle, Heppner, dismissed; Linda Halvorsen, lone, dismissed; Loy al Parker, Heppner; Agnes Flug, Heppner; Richard McRoberts, Heppner, dismissed; James Boyce. lone, dismissed; Peter Farley, Heppner; Mabel Howell, Monument; Claud White, Hepp ner (deceased); Judith Potter, Condon, dismissed ; Carolyn Barnes, Spray; Edna Filvey, Con don; Tamara Coiner, lone dis missed; Robin Hewitt, lone; Den nls Shelton, Kinzua. NEW ROAD UP SHAW CREEK GRADE, on uooer Willow creek doesn't look much like the old one since Heppner Pine Mills crews started rebuilding the 3.7 miles of the narrow winding "cow trail" which used to carry the traffic into the mountains. This photo shows a section of the nearly completed road which will be rocked during the summer. if ' St 1 EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty In Heppner Tuesday, May 5 from 9:30 to 3:30 p m at the court house. WEDDING NEWS RECEIVED Word has been received in Heppner by relatives of the mar riage of Mrs Lydla Ray to Roy Lieuallen of Salem on April 6. They will make their home In Salem. TOURNAMENT SLATED Women golfers who are inter ested in playing in a spring tournament are asked to contact Mrs Kenneth Peck, Lexing'cn, before May 5. Penney's NEARLY 100 FEET WIDE in places, this section is five to six times the width of the old Shaw Creek road. The Heppner Pine woods crew has been rebuilding the road under terms of the Black Mountain sale of timber by the Forest Service. Here a grader is putting on some of the finishing touches. POMONA TO VISIT UMATILLA The Morrow county Pomona grange will visit the Umatilla county Pomona grange on Sat urday, May 2 at 10:30 a m at Westland grange. All grange members are urged to attend. SUFFERS STROKE O A Devin is confined to bed at his home after having recently suffered a stroke. He is reported to be improving. Mrs Devin suf fered painful burns early this week when a stove exploded at their home. Penney's greater-than-evcr summer dress carnival! 595 95 Come see America's roost wearable fashions picked for you by Penney's own fashion experts I Superb cottons to new wonder fabrics. Beloved hirt dresses to stunning fonnals. Penney's Dress Carnival Wul mak9 you Iook liko the best cressea woman in iowni Mists', junior, half sixes. BIG DIG Two of Heppner Pine's Cats are moving a mountain of dirt into a fill to take some oi the many kinks out of the road. Considerable work remains to be done on the construction project, but trucking was started Monday over the route which is still a little rough in places for regular passenger cars. It is expected that it will be fall before the entire project is com pleted. The mill purchased about 16,000,000 feet of timber in this area which it is now logging. (GT Photos) WHEAT GROWERS (Continued From Page 1) Concern was shown by the national president In the qual ity of wheat being shipped Into foreign markets. He warned that white wheats would need to be kept separate from western whites if foreign buyers were to get what they demanded and the Pacific Northwest continued to keep their market. Commenting on the conservation reserve pro gram he explained that there were many problems in admin istrating such a program which 'applied to all farms of the coun try. While the Oregon Wheat Growers League had asked for an unrestricted limit on the a mount that farms might earn under the program in an attempt to take more land out of pro duction, Mr Root explained that Congress was receiving many , complaints on whole farms being taken out of production in the I mid-west which disrupted the ' life and economy of entire com munities. Sighted as an example jwas a group of farmers in the veterans project in a mid-west state where REA was forced to disrupt their program by un hooking 185 farms where farm ers had moved away. Conservationist Named Raymond Lundell, Gooseberry community farmer, was presented as the County Conservation Man of the Year winner by Walter Jacobs, chairman of this com mittee. Mr Lundell was honored with a presentation of a plaque presented by Jack Wightman, manager of the Empire Machin ery who commented on their In terest In the conservation of soil and water in the Columbia Ba sin. Discussing a public relations program for farm people it was pointed out that the farmer could do most in such a program. A nationwide program of public re lations requires hundreds of thousands of dollars which is not available explained Floyd Root. Jack Wightman commented on the need for starting a pub lic relations program at home servatively estimate that not one out of 20 business men in the city of Pendleton know of the farmers situation, their return for investment invested. He sugges ted that every farmer be an anv bassador on public relations and that Instead of talking to each other about their problems that they make this known to others not closely associated with their business. The association went on record favoring, with only one dissent ing vote, the addition of a assis tant agricultural agent. SUIT OVER Continued trorn Page 1 if the board would consider a compromise increase of about $500 per teacher, which Robert Penland, Gazette-Times publish er, said he felt would make the budget more acceptable to the voters. No action was taken on this request. In answer to a question about what the county school tax mil lage would be next year under the proposed budget, Van Houte said it would be about 46 mills, compared with 41.4 for the pres ent year. The special $130,000 building fund levy, which is not included In the overall budget also came In for some discussion during the evening. The budget Is again published elsewhere in today's paper and the vote on it will be held on Monday, May 18. MOTHERS-DAUGHTERS TEA SATURDAY The Maranatha club of the lone Community church will have their annual Mother-Daughter tea Saturday, May 2 from 2:30 to 4:3o P m. There will be a continuous program during the afternoon and all mothers and daughters of the community are welcome. REPUBLICANS TO MEET There will be a meeting of the Morrow Countv Republican central committee Friday even ing at 8 p m at the Heppner city SETS TRACK RECORD Bob Kerr, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Kerr of Heppner, a fresh man at David Douglas high school in Portland, recently set a school track record at a Port land track meet hold at David Douglas. He ran the 220 in 23.9 seconds to establish a new rec ord. He spent the past weekend here with his parents. SPECIAL SPEAKER DUE Dr Burton Bastuscheck, head of the Town and County depart ment at Willamette University, Salem, will be the guest speaker at the morning service Sunday at the Heppner Methodist church. VISITS AT THOMPSON HOME Mrs Dora Reed of Spray was in Heppner Tuesday visiting with her sister, Mrs Robert Thompson. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Corner Hawes and Mrs C R Cypher and Mrs Lloyd Hall all of North Plains. They were on their way to North Plains, taking Mrs Reed to the home of her daughter to spend the summer. Mrs Dick Well and Eva Jean Codrey left for Boise Sunday and expected to be home Tuesday. Mrs Henry Krebs, Mrs Sarah Keister, and Mrs Mary Holland, all of Arlington were luncheon and afternoon guests Thursday at the home of Mrs Robert Lowe. Mrs Ed LaTrace left Monday for Walla Walla where she will undergo surgery. Mrs Richard Meador visited relatives In Portland over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Clarence Hall of Camp Five visited at the home of their son Gene Hall on Sat urday. Mrs Elaine George returned to Heppner from Portland on Fri day afternoon. Mrs William Smith of Reed- ville is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Terrel Benge. Mrs Charles Trowbridge of John Day visited at the home of her daughter, Mrs Jack Loyd for a week. Mrs ( Robert Hales of Adams, sister of Mrs Loyd was also a visitor on Friday. Mrs Trowbridge accompanied Mrs Hales home Friday evening. Mrs Olin Applegate and son Richard of Hood River were Sun day visitors at the home of her mother, Mrs Sarah Farley. Mrs Farley returned last week to her home in Heppner after an ex tended stay at the home of her daughter, Mrs Frank Monahan in Condon. Mr and Mrs Max Buschke were in Pasco and Connell over the weekend and visited with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Sammy Shipps while there. Bill Bairatt was in Spokane the first of last week to attend a business meeting. Mrs Laura Hare of Detroit, Michigan is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Stan Holmes. Mrs Joe Wright and Mrs Del- mer Buschke visited Miss Joan Wright in Spokane for the week end. John Hartman and Bob Flatt were in Portland for a three day business trip the first of last week. Phone Company Asks End to Excise Tax The 10 per cent Federal ex cise tax on telephone service Is costing telephone users in Hep pner, lone and Lexington an es timated $886.08 a month, D A Short, Pacific Telephone man ager, said today. ''Last year the company took In about $5,650,000 from tele phone customers in Oregon and turned this money over to the government in its role as tax collector," Short said. Pacific Telephone, other Bell System companies and indepen dent telephone companies are urging repeal of the telephone tax by Congress. A joint reso lution passed by the Oregon Leg islature recently also asked this action. Short pointed out that savings brought about by elimination of the tax would go directly to tele phone users. Mr and Mrs George Thomas of Portland are here visiting with Mr and Mrs Dallas Craber. Mr and Mrs Allen Springer and family of Hood River were week end guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Archie Padberg . Mr and Mrs Glen Parsons and family of Elgin, former Heppner residents, were Sunday visitors here. Mrs Stanley Dougherty of Cot tage Grove was a weekend guest at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Wil liam Collins. She was accompan ied by the Collins' daughter, Judy from the University of Ore gon and Karen Valentine from Oregon State College. Emile Groshens, Paul Hisler. and Ambrose Chapin were a mong those attending the quart er horse sale in Hermiston Sun day. Mrs Paul Hisler flew to Indian- napolis for a months visit with her sister, Mrs John Barrie the former Patricia Monahan. Mrs Joe Causey the former Mary Mon ahan of Texas is also visiting there. Still some great buys remaining in our fabulous BUY NOW-PAY LATER MM, Pi Mi 31 NAME YOUR OWN TERMS! You buy our tires -we'll buy your terms I NO PAYMENTS 'TIL JUNE! PREMIUM QUALITY GENERAL NYGENS ALL SIZES WHITE TUBELESS on both of these safer GENERAL TIRES LIKE ON NEW CARS GENERAL TYREX TIRES ALL SIZES TUBELESS BLACK OR WHITEWALL X- off list price plus tax and tsobe casing mm Mil 1 I At i , I I BAt $H195 ships JiiLss SILENT GniPS 6.70x15 $1225 7.10x15 $4?i PLUS TAX AND RECAPPABLE CASING DIG 14" TUBELESS 0(6)95 t& U I VI W other iliet proportionately low YOUR GENERAL TIRE HEADQUARTERS FORD'S TIRE SERVICE HEPPNER PENDLETON LA GRANDE , pointing out that he would con hall.
