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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1959)
HEPPNER GA2ETTE-T1MES, Thursday. May R 1959 Chats With Your Home Agent By ESTHER KIRMIS I spent the past week in Cor vallis attending the state home makers council which met for the 27th annual meeting on the Ore gon State College campus. Mrs Richard Waymire, Boardman, was Morrow county's delegate and accomnanled me to the meeting which had as Its theme 'Frontiers, Family and Future." Mpariv !Wi women from 30 counties attended the three day meeting, ending Thursday. Wheeler and Sherman counties were represerted for the first time. The council began on Tuesday evening. with Mrs Azalea Sager (former state home economics coordinator) showing pictures of the Sager's recent trip to Aust ralia and New Zealand. That same evening, Sarah Car ver, a home economics student from Santa Barbara, California, was encouraged to continue her desire for an extension career with a gift of $100 from Oregon A Eefreshing Tradition i Your neighborhood tavern is part of the American tradition. Like the inns of olden times, today's tavern provides a friendly haven for relaxation and refreshment. Some equally refresh ing traditions have been established in connection with light Olympia Beer. It has been brewed by three successive generations of the founding family . . . under the original policies and quality standards . . . with the 6ame source of naturally perfect artesian brewing water ... since 1896. The brewers of Olympia salute the modern tavern proprietor for keeping alive the traditions of hospitality for which the tavern has always been noted. "Its the Water that makes Olympia Beer refreshingly different n extension women. Extension wo men have collected more than $1000 for the Eleanor Trindle memorial fund for this scholar ship. Marion county women con tributed $700 to the fund. Miss Trindle was a former assistant slate extension leader who died of lancer. Laura Waymire and I met such outstanding women as Mrs Armas Jakku, Hood River, state council president; and Mrs K E Kilpatrick and Mrs Vesta Smith, tenner state presidents. They are nil very dynamic women and v.oik hard to give leadership and purpose to the organization. We had a chance to wear our ('triennial costumes at the Wed liesday night basnet held in the Memorial Union of Oregon State College. Marshall Dana, U S National Bank, Portland, ad dressed us that night on the theme of the convention, "Fron tiers, Famliy and Future." We had a Centennial costume par ade after the bmquet and you can well imagine the attention I caused In my "bust led" cos tume. Some time was spent in plan ning details for the National Home Demonstration council meeting to be held in Portland, Octoler 11-14. This is tie first time national has met west of the Pocky Mountains and Ore gon women are going all out in entertaining women from all over the United States. Elections at state council this year Included Mrs Howard Lill, Benton county, as first vice-president; Mrs Jean Davenport, Coos county, as secretary; and Mrs Ronald Leinbach, Umatilla coun ty, was elected director of dis trict VII which includes Morrow, Umatilla, and Grant counties. Laura Waymire returned with the Umatilla delegation on Thursday evening while I stayed over for another day to attend an evaluation meeting of the Great DJsions progra.n. Attending this session were Great Decisions" county chair men or representatives who gave a review and summary ol what 4-H Club News HAPPY STITCHERS CLUB The Happy Stitchers club met May 7 at the Leathers home. Susan Baker led us in our flag salute and 4-H pledge. For roll call we gave sugges tions for our Mother's tea which will be held May 14. There were 7 members present. We were glad to have Mrs Da vid Baker as our guest. The girls sang the song, On Top of Old Smokey. The members worked on their bean bags. Susan Baker was our hostess. Karen Nelson, reporter Local Shriners are reminding residents of Pacific North west states and British Columbia that Sunday, May 17, is National Shrine Hospital Day, and that they are invited to visit the hospital at Portland, Ore. Since its founding in 1924, the Portland Shrine hospital has treated more than 9,000 Northwest children. Race, creed or color makes no difference. Thanks to Shrine Hospital treatment, James (above) from Irrigon, Ore., now knows his leg will permit him to play footbalL Financing of Soil, Water Conservation Available From FHA Soil and water conservation measures can be financed by eligible farmers through the Farmers Home Administra t i o n loan program. Loans can be for such improve ments as reservoirs, dikes, pipe lines, sprinkler systems, pumps, drainage of present farm land, ditches, leveling, and other prac tices. Loans are made only for types of soil and water conser vation practices that are in ac cord with extension service and Soil Conservation recommenda- national problems. Returning home on Saturday tions. To be eligible, the applicant must be a farm owner or oper ator, with necessary experience, whose credit requirements can not be supplied through private credit or cooperative lenders. The agency has completed over four years of making soil and water conservation loans under the present program. During that time approximately 7,250 Indi vidual farm families throughout the nation, plus 141 associations serving approximately 5,200 fam ilies, have borrowed $43,100,000. About 80 percent of this total helped farmers develop farm water and Irrigation systems. This included buying pumps, motors and piping, drilling wells, and constructing and repairing irrigation ditches and laterals. Farmers used the rest of the loan happened in Great iXciions in I stopped into The Dalles to funds to develop livestock and visit mis Beiva uvejf, ium nousenoia water sysiems, ana ior 1959 In their counties, evaluation of the results of the program and plans for 1960. The program has been running for five years now. Most coun ties, like Morrow, are strufjgli g to get a toe hoiu, but such coun ties as C003 and Multnomah wun 327, and 664 cople participation, shows you naf once citizens re- nlize the wonderful purpo ct the progam it will mushioon. ReDrcsenta'.'.'fs from tn-) for elgn policy staff of New York city and San Francisco were there to obtain the teellng or the state on the material they had written. The majority of us agreed that they had done a magnificent job In writing the fact sheets on state and inter- county extension agent. I found them in the midst of a 4-H May Day festival. They were barbe cuing chicken on the courthouse lawn for the entire countryside. John Grimmes, Polk county agent, had scheduled a big day of exhibiting, judging and dem onstrations on canning and freez ing. Jeff Jackets, 1FVF. student spoke, 4-H Leaders met for train ing, and the local theater enter tained the 4-11 youngsters at the close of the day with a feature movie. I left, rather exhausted, at the close of all the activities. But it surely shows you what a coun ty can do for its 4-H boys and girls. soil conservation practices such a terracing, Improved pastures, drainage, clearing and tree planting. For the present fiscal year, Congress made $5,500,000 avail able for direct soil and water conservation loans. Further, information on the QMS CENTENNIAL ALBUM 01 1019-1887 WILT A FORTUNE AS THE STAGE COACH KING .... SOUP TO WELLS FARGO AND CAME TO OREGON ENTERED WATER NAVIGA TION AND RAILROAD BUSINESS.... BUILT LINE FROM PORTLAND TO ROSEBURG.... SECURED GREAT ( OANPC LAND GRANT mk r tea M MWfwk- Sue BOASTED OPEN LV :. fil i.. " i r Tit BOASTED OPEN LV THAT JUDGES, LOCAL OFFICIALS AND US. StNAlUKs WcKt UN no Hill PAVR0LL STAGGERED BY PANIC OF 1673, 1 HE LOST CONTROL OF RR. (1876) TO VULARD....HE DlEP STILL STRUGGLING TO SALVAGE SOMETHING FROM THE RUINS OF HIS ONCE-GREAT FORTUNE OtYMPIA IRIWINO CO. Olympia, Woihv U.S. A. hmmmmmmmmmmmm INVENTORY REDUCTION Clearance Sale - OF -MAJOR APPLIANCES AND 1958 EVINRUDE OUTBOARD MOTORS , HiiiiiiiHiMtmiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiMiiHiitiiiiimiiiiMiiiin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiMHHmmiHm him GENUINE SAVINGS , miimitmm mimmmiimiiiiiim i milium miimmii I iiiiimiim MELENA'S BUILDERS SUPPLY IONE PHONE 8-7242 4-H ROUGH PIDERS The Heppner Rough Riders will meet Sunday, May 17 at 2 p m at the fair and rodeo grounds to ride to the Howard Cleveland ranch. At this meeting they will discuss plans for the various horsemanship and showmanship events at the fair and rodeo horse show which is scheduled for Wednesday evening, August 26. Members and parents are en couraged to attend. loan may be obtained at the county office of the Farmers Home Administration located on 105 S E Byers Avenut, Pendle ton, Oregon each Monday. HEPPNER KOOK-ETTES The Heppner Kook ettes met April 23 at the home of Mrs Herb Case, their leader. Members attending were Peg gy Snyder, Linda Warren, Me laine Bailey, Kathy Melby, Ter esa Monahan, Amanda Smith, Claudia and Joyce Noland, Mel ody Frye and Betty AngelL We had a table setting dem onstration and also we made some sliced oranges with all kinds of sugar. At our next meeting we will make some Mothers Day pres ents. Betty J Angell, reporter LEXINGTON LIVESTOCK CLUB The Lexington Livestock club met at the Harold Beach home, April 12. All were present but one. The Dalles Livestock show was discussed. Sandra Beach gave a report on sheep and types. No further business, meeting was adjourned. Refreshments were served by Mrs Beach. Sandra Beach, secretary Birthday Celebrated With Dinner Party Mrs William Sowell celebrated her birthday last Wednesday evening, with a dinner party at Stefani's in lone. Others attending were Mr Sow ell, Mr and Mrs Bill Turner, Mr and Mrs Paul Koenig and Frank Morrisette. The Rev David Hazen, of Pen dleton, was guest speaker at the St Patricks church adult dis cussion class Tuesday evening. About forty people attended the meeting. The discussion was on psychiatry and mental health. AYERS PEST CONTROL PHONE 8-7133 IONE, ORE, TREE YARD SHRUBS CATTLE Domestic and Commercial Fogging Insect and Rodent Control Grain Elevators and Bins Sprayed and Foggwd Newest Methods used for the control of pests Free Estimates on Request All Work Guaranteed Ayers for the Finest in Pest Control "Heaven Help The Man Who Will Not Act" By Phil Blakney There are times in every one's life when lack of act ion may result in great harm. When a person is sick and pain, sleeplessness or other annoying symp toms persist it is time to act quickly to discover the cause and proper cure. Delaying to consult a physician can often prolong illness. Self treatments us ually do not permanently cure the cause of sickness. Let your physician pre scribe the medicine his ex perience and knowledge judges is best for you. YOUR PHYSICIAN CAN PHONE 6-9962 WHEN YOU NEED A MEDICINE Pick up your prescription if shopping near us, or let us deliver promptly with out extra charge. A great many people entrust us with their prescriptions. May we compond yours? PHIL'S PHARMACY 105 N. MAIN PRESCRIPTIONS CHEMISTS Quotation by Sophocles (496-405 B. B.) 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