HEPPNEB GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July 2. 1959
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MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1S97. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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ASSOCIATION
Published Every Thursday and
Subscription Rates: Morrow and
From The
County Agent's Office
By NELS
Perhaps the first calf to be
born from artificial insemination
outside of the Boardman-Irrlgon
area of Morrow county was a
Guernsey heifer calf born Sat
urday at the Roy Martin farm
near Lexington. The mother is a
Guernsey heifer bought by Jim
my Martin from Tillamook two
years ago. Virgil Attebury of
Hermistin was the inseminator,
arrangements have been made
for artificial insemination of
dairy and beef animals by con
tacting Mr Attebury who serves
the Hermiston, Boardman, Irri
gon area.
Last week's 411 workday was
a success with work planned for
two days completed In one. Glen
Campbell, Butter Creek area
rancher, as chairman of the im
provement committee lined out
work for men, women and child
ren present, During the day a
permanent water system was in
stalled, skylights put in the kit
chen, five tables made as well
The back hoe furnished by Ken
neth Smouse made quick work
of digging two hundred feet of
trench for the pipe and in re
moving a number of stumps
which have been in the way on
the grounds for a number of
years. Those taking part In the
field day in addition to Glen
Campbell were: Mrs Campbell
and family, Kenneth Smouse and
family, Bill Nichols, Fred Nel
son and Karen and Keith, John
Towards, Rol Lindstrom and
Sleven, Doug Drake and Alfred,
and the county agent. A general
workday and picnic has been
planned for Sunday, July 5. Tents
will be put up and other arrange
ments for the camp made at
that time.
Unless someone has slipped in
unbeknown, Max Barclay holds
the distinction as the first farm
er to begin harvest this year.
Max harvested part of an acre
of Flynn barley Sunday after
noon, he reported good plump
grain and a high yield. As this
news is being prepared early
this week we don't have a chance
to check on him to see if his
prediction of being in full swing
on Tuesday is right. Barley har
vest is near, however, in the
north country most of these
farmers are planning to get
started Immediately after the
4th. As in past years no doubt
there will be some that get over
anxious to begin harvesting.
While moii'ture content tests are
available at our elevators there
may be some who would like
to run a simple moisture lest to
satisfy their own curiosity. A rec
ommended moisture test fur
wheat at harvest time can be
run. Obtain a small jar and
some flake salt, place a small,
amount of wheat in the jar, pour
salt on top of the wheat and
shake the jar for about a minute.
If the salt clings to the side of
the jar, the wheat has a moisture
content of more than 1KI, and
should not be combined until
the moisture content is lower.
The government will take a
farm census this fall the 17th
in our history. From IS 10 to 1920,
agriculture census was taken
every ten years since 192n it
has been taken every five years.
Someone will visit every farm
to gather the detailed facts a
nation and its people need to
know about an activity as basic
as agriculture. Some areas can
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THEATER
Thurs., Fri.. Sat., July 2. 3, 4
Snowfire
Molly, Melody and Don Mc
Gowan. FLUS.
Never Steal
Anything Small
Shirley Jones, James Cagney.
Sun,, Mon., Tues., July 5, 6, 7
The Sound And The
Fury
Yul Brynner, Joanne Wood
ward, Margaret l.eighton, Stu
art Whitman, l.'thel Waters,
John Real. Sunday at 4, (5:10
and 8:20,
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Mattel
Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
ANDERSON
expect the enumerator In Oct
ober, others in November. The in
formation to be collected this
year will again give us a county
by county count of all farms In
Oregon and in the rest of the
nation. It will tell us the amount
of land used for crops and pas
ture in each county, the kind
and quantity of crops harvested,
the number of livestock on farms
and the kinds of equipment and
facilities that our farmers have.
It will furnish information on
time worked off farms, on the
amount of fertilizer and lime
used, on the amount spent for
farm labor, custom work, feed,
gasoline and oil, in short, it will
supply information about farm
ing that is necessary to the good
management of our farms, our
businesses, and our government
these facts are needed to meet
the demand of change. The cen
sus helps to provide these facts.
The more accurate the census,
the better the job of problem
solving.
Chats With Your
Home Agent
By ESTHER KIRMIS
"I'm back from the Wars"
so to speak. Have just completed
a vacation in North Dakota, a
stint of church work at Valpor
aiso, Indiana, and 4-H summer
school at Corvallis. It's good to
be back to normal things again.
Did you ever see Mount Hood
from the air by moonlight? It
is truly the most breathtaking
I've yet to see! Flying directly
from Chicago to Fortland on a
night flight on June 19 took me
right over the mighty Columbia
and Mt Hood. It truly made me
proud to point out Oregon's
"wonder of wonders" to fellow
passengers.
I arrived in Corvallis on Sat
urday morning just early enough
to witness the entry of the 4-H
wagon train from Jackson county
enter town. The wagon train left
Jacksonville the former cold-
mining town, on June 8 and
traveled 225 miles in 13 days.
They averaged about 20 miles a
day stopping in parks overnite.
Townfolk of each city came out
to witness their campfire pro
gram in Hie evening. Betty J
Sedgwick, state extension agent,
and I went out to eat picnic
(tinner with them in Avery park
n Saturday. Talking with some
of the adults and 411 members
in the wagon train we found out
that the cook was a woman over
70 years, one horse had died
on the way and a ridine horse
hail to be pressed into service,
sacral had gotten sick with
stomach flu on the way, Douglas
and Curry county 4-H'ers had
joined the train at various way
stations, and that all had ex
perienced a taste of pioneer life
that would make them better fu
ture citizuns. Everyone bore evi
dence of the 13 day trek with
peeling sunburned noses and
tanned faces and arms.
The wagon train broke up In
Corvallis and the horses and
wagons were trucked back home
in modern fashion.
4-H summer school led us all
a merry pace. I liked the plan
this year of 4 -II members arriv
ing on Saturday and classes not
beginning until Monday. This I
From where I
Red Johnson, owner of the
local hardware store, likes to
keep business simple "pay as
you t o,H says Red.
Recently, to emphasize the
point, Red had a sign painted
for the store window. In big
red letters, it read: "Please
absolutely no checks accepted
pay in cash only,"
When the sign painter had
finished the sign, he delivered
it to Red and named his price
ten dollars. "Very reasonable,"
ald Red. And the next thing
you know he was handing the
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biinnig,i,n.m.
gave the agents, leaders, and
youngsters sufficient time to get
settled in their houses, make
new friends, and relax before
the fast pace began.
Sunday services in the col
iseum were conducted entirely
by 4 II members. Outstanding
boys and girls spoke on the four
symbols of 4 H "Head, health,
heart and hand". The afternoon
was spent with taking pictures
of the entire group and county
pictures. This year the entire
group made up a covered wagon
in celebration of Oregon's cen
tennial. Elsewhere in this paper you'll
find details as to classes, hous
ing, and special events of this
annual 4-H event.
This was the first summer
school attendance for about 15
of our Morrow county 4-H'ers.
It was also a first experience
for Mrs Walter (Eulenna) Corely,
our office secretary, who attend
ed as county chaperon. "I never
knew there was so much walking
involved," remarked E u 1 e n n a,
'Thank heavens they had buses
to take you back to our housing!"
Eulenna was leader of a group
of 25 young 13-year-old girls.
She took them from one class to
another each day. I noticed the
confidence the girls had in her.
Every once In awhile at assem
blies they would side up to her
and ask her a question. Eulenna's
daughter, Sherry, was wide-eyed
with new experiences. I can well
imagine the sharing of exper
iences that is going on In the
Corely household these days.
Five Morrow county 4-H'ers
and I had the opportunity to
appear on radio while on OSC
campus. We cut a tape on Friday
afternoon, along with Tillamook
county, which was used on
KOAC's "Roving reporter" pro
gram on Saturday evening, June
27, at 7:30 p m. Interviewed were
Dennis Doherty, Lexington; Lib-
by Van Schoiack, Heppner; Ann
Schmeder, Irrigon; Chloe Mc
Quaw, Boardman; and Kenneth
L Smouse, lone. Each told a
little about themselves and what
class they had enjoyed the most,
I'm hoping to get this tape so
that it may be played over a
Pendleton station so that more
of you might hear It.
I taught 11 classes of "Let's
Sing for Fun". The class dealt
mostly with the learning of new
songs and how to direct com
munity singing. As you can well
guess, I'm nursing a pretty hus
ky voice these days!
it you vvisn to nave your
presure gauges tested here is an
address:
Charlton Laboratory
Box 1048
2340 S W Jefferson
Portland 7, Oregon
Charges are 75c for one gauge
and 50c for each additional
gauge. We do not have the equip
ment in the county to do this
testing.
FOLLETT
MEAT CO.
Hermiston, Ore.
Ph. JO 7-6651
On Hermlston-McNary
Highway
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
WHOLESALE MEATS
sit ... ly Joe Marsh
Don't "Check"
With Red I
fellow a check for ten dollars!
From where I sit, some rules
we make boil down to "dont
do as I do, do as I say." It re
minds me of a friend who
drank nothlnf but iced tea and
criticised the fact that I pro
ferred (lass of beer. That's
not only annoying-, It's intol
erant. Good neighbors should
make tolerance the role with
more "do" and lew "say."
United Statu Brtvtrt Foundation
By Jackie
AHOY! I have Just come float
ing in off the No 6 fairway and
feel somewhat water-logged at
this point; so if this column
seems a little "drippy" this week,
please have patience and maybe
next week I can stay out of the
water. The course Is In beauti
ful shape except for that under
ground seepage area, and it can
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
July 4, 1929
Fred Mankin has joined the
ranks of the tractor farmers. He
sold his mules last week to Skip-
ton and Todd of Sunnyside,
Wash.
With the arrival of Gordon
Ridings, U of O athlete and Red
Cross swimming instructor, the
Legion pool was opened yester
day in his charge, and many
folks took advantage of the oc
casion for a cool dip.
Mrs Lee Sprinkel returned
home the first of the week from
a visit with relatives at Glen-
wood and Goldendale, Wash
where she spent several days the
past week.
A lawn party was given Wed
nesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs Daisy Shively, honoring
Mrs Etta Parker, a bride of the
month.
Josephine Mahoney departed
this morning on a vacation trip
that will take her to San Fran
cisco and probably Los Angeles
before she returns. She will vis
it the Misses Elaine and Ber
nice Sigsbee at San Francisco.
IT'S DANCE
TIME!
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SATURDAY
NIGHT-
FAIR
PAVILION
HEPPNER
Over The
Tee Cup
Labbart
certainly play havoc with one's
score. (Some of our golfers have
tried playing down the fence
line on that hole, but usually
end up going over the fence,
which is a two stroke penalty,
so you just have to pick the
lesser of two evils.
Monday afternoon, Bonnie and
I Dlaved the finals match in our
spring handicap tournament and
Bonnie emerged victorious. She
was awarded the traveling golf
trophy by last year's winner, Ha
zel Mahoney.
At ladies day Tuesday, old
"Sol" greeted us with his smil
ing face while we "chopped" and
"splashed" our way around the
course. The sun-struck seven
teen were Helen Shaffitz, Delores
McDowell, Cork Norene, Dee
Gribble. Bonnie Mattoon, Sue
Valentine, Gene Case, Vi Lan
ham, Kay Robinson, Hester Cres-
wick, Gladys Snyder, Hazel Ma
honey, Roberta Dougherty, Max
ine Gray, Carma Koenig, Viv
ian Williams and myself. New
golf balls were awarded to Sue
for shooting low net score and
Dee for having the least number
of putts on the nine holes.
I WONDER: how Vivian sur
vived the sun this week (last
ladies day she really got "burn
ed" . . , and not by the sun . . .
she was almost at the "boiling
point" she was so upset over her
golf game. But this week she
birdied a hole and shot a 47, so
guess she must have "simmered
down") .... if Gladys had a
grudge against her ball (she hit
it four times in one place) . . .
how in the world Delores got
so excited that she literally
"split her seams" ... if maybe
we shouldn't turn the lower end
of No 6 fairway Into a wading
pool for the younger set . . . If
Carma enjoyed playing with us
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July
With The Music of
Johnny
ORCHESTRA
for the first time this spring . . .
how Helen manages to steadily
improve her game when she is
allergic to dust and weeds (guess
she is smarter than the rest of
us, and stays out of the rough).
Next Tuesday ladies day will
start at 8:45 and all golfing gals
be sure to attend for we have
something special planned and
it should be quite,hilarious.
Sorry I don't have any tee talk
about the men this week, but
the tea leaves didn't reveal any
"male" link lore this time.
Mr and Mrs Jim Mallon re
turned the end of the week from
Portland where they visited his
parents and the Centennial.
ffSTlVA
JULY 5 & 6
1-10 p. m.
Exhibition
Water Skiing
Horse Drill
BOAT PARADE
AIR SHOW PAGEANT
BOAT RACING
AMATEUR WATER SKI
COMPETITION
FREE PARKING
FIRE WORKS
On Wallula Lake Bt 730
Near Hermiston &
Hat Bock State Park
Admission by numbered
Booster Buttons $1.00 & 75c
good for both days
Tickets at gate ,75c
& 35c each day
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Morrow County
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Dannie
Queen Sharon
And Her Court
Admission $1.50
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LEXINGTON
The Lexington fire department
was called to the O E Baker
home on Tuesday- for a grass fire.
Mr and Mrs William C Van
Winkle have been visiting their
son, Alfred In Spokane this week.
Mr and Mr9 Frank Messenger
and girls were Grants Pass visit
ors over the weekend where the
girls will stay to visit relatives.
Mrs Clarence Hays and daugh
ter Candy, are visiting her par
ents, Mr and Mrs Earl Warner
from her home in Corvallis.
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