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Newspaper Page TextHBXAR1 u or o CU3CNC. ORE. Id: u 17 Fan?: rr rr n S N M 10 Cents ' County fo Vole Monday on School Board Members County voter are reminded that they will caln go to th pulls next Monday, May 2 for a apodal school election. tm time It will lw for the purpose of naming four directors to the county school board, and the selection of the various local committee members. There are no contests In three ol the county rones. Irrlgon. where Harvey Warner Is unop posed; lone, where Fredrick Martin is seeking reelection; and Heppner, where Mrs Elaine George Is unoposed. Voters In the Lexington zone will have a choice between D O Nelson, the present board member, and Don Turner, who also seeks the position. Each community will name its own local committee members. rolling places will be in the school houses in each area, and all four Heppner precincts will vote at the multipurpose room of the Heppner grade school. The polls will be open from 2 until 8 pm. Co-op Homemokers Instruction Set for Tuesday, Wednesday Free classes In cake decorating and textile painting are start ing next week for all women interested In this area, announ ced Mrs L A McCabe, chairman of the Lexington Oil Co-op com mittee for the homemaker shows. Starting at 9 a m Tuesday, May 3 and continuing in two hour classes throughout the two days, instruction will be given by Inez of California, originator of a new kind of textile paints and painting method. The class es are to be held at the Lex ington IOOF hall. The schedule calls for: May 3- 9-11 a m cake decorating, les son one. 11 a m eat sack lunches. 12-2 p m textile painting, les son one. 3-5 p m cake decorating, lesson two. 7-9 p m textile painting, lesson two. May 4- 9-11 a m textile painting, les son three. 11 a m eat sack lunches. 12-2 p m cake decorating, les son three. 3-5 p m Tote bag lesson. 7-9 p m cake decorating, lesson four. Rural Fire District Prepares Budget Elsewhere in today's paper is published the 1960-61 budget for the Heppner rural fire district which is set up this time as a special one year levy to raise a total of $6,000 to be used to furnish fire protection for the district The special levy will be voted on by residents of the district living outside the city limits of Heprner at the same time as the Primary election May 20. The fire district was formed last year by a vote of the people, but it could not levy a tax until the coming year due to an un gual interpretation of the law. Tiie May 20 vote will provide a 1 year levy only, then at the peneral election in November, the district will vote itself a reg ular tax base which will apply in subsequent years. The budget of $6,000 will a mount to a levy of less than 4 mills on valuation of well over $1,500,000. The district plans to contract with the City of Heppner for fire protection, and the city this week rnened bids for a fire truck to serve the area. During the past -oar it has provided limited pro tection with its own city equip ment. SERVICES CHANGED The time for both worship service and Sunday school at Valby Lutheran church wi.I tie changed to 9 a m starting next Sunday, it was announced t.as week by Rev John Rydgren. ser vices will also be held every undy. rather than ever- other week as in the past Er1 !? 1 "V r ; GAZ MondoT night at the Lexington Grange halL Tad Miller. I960 CONSERVATIONISTS DO 'ABOUT FACE' IN PRACTICES .. ..-til m Hn and Datlence is .11 .u io nooiori'V This was the remark made by Morrow coun ty's Conservation Man of the Year when visited last week by a selection committee. t..i rirovoe Hardman was fnf thi honor because snnicu - of his grass seeding and stubble mulch farming program In an area that has been slow to a dopt practices of this kind. He is sold on the program and while his practices have been adequate At . . W mrA KoAn In the lew years uie "avc in effect, further refinements may be necessary. Buying the present ranch in 19"4, the Graves' found that too much soil had been lost from the cropland to trust to cnance in keeping what was left. That hrtan Dlannine for the present practices which are now proving practical in keeping the son wiwie longs. First, was a program of grass seeding on steep, badly eroded, 'draws" and irregular piei-ea. .i.i of thp!r seedines of Nomad alfalfa, Intermediate wheatgrass, aita iesque, uium- a tinihv nnrl meadow fox- II1UJ1U lliiiwi'V tail, used in various mixtures to suit the condition, one would that snmo of this nevei n""" " was almost beyond seeding with hardly enougn son it-it iu es tablish grass. Eighty acres of cropland, 15 acres of range land of bottom land, on Rock Creek, which has been previously drained, have been seeded to grass legume mixtures. These seedings are used to provide winter hay supplies and pasture for the 160 cattle run on the ranch. With water-erosion patterns well established on the ranch a trashy fallow program was initiated in 1957, but not before many other practices designed to stop water erosion were tried, unsuccessfully. Although neigh bors advised against it, a second hand tool bar, which Mr Graves savs he bought "cneap sianeo. him in tne presem biuuuic mulch program on his 642 acres of grain land. A skew treader added later completed the only expenditure in this changeover to conservation wiuiu The program consists of two operations using spike points on the tool bar, skew treading when conditions are favorable, and rod weeding as needed. The rod weeding, which many times i i.,irv,0H tn he the trouble- 15 dLLJaJiin- some operation is done with . . i . "old ena-anven vct..o. t- i,- 1 (tnnfl with a conven- tional disc drill modified from seven to ten incn spacing io get Creswick Takes Over Ambulance Service Creswick Mortuary, owned and operated by Mr and Mrs Oliver Creswick, this week announce the inclusion of the Creswick Ambulance Service with the company's business effective Mav 1. Creswicks will take over the operation cf the Morrow county ambulance which for the past several vears has beon rperated !y Pioneer Memorial hospital. Thev will provide 21 hour service and" Alex Thompson and Robert Lowe will serve as rt-lief drivers. All calls t-jT arr.bular.ee ser vice af:er May 1 will be taken at the Creswick Mortuary num ber 6-9600. Heppner, Oregon. Thursdoy, April 23, I960 PTTE-TH M through straw normally pro duced in an 18 men raimau. Tho vprsatilltv of the winner In chnwn In adaDtine machinery to establish these conservation practices. In converting tne aisc Hriti tr wider snaclnc all work was done In the home shop which Is used every aay. Tnhn nrimits that this conver- cin war made bv the "trial and error" method and that it in volved many trips to tne snop ...ith drill ononer attachments for changes to go through straw. Th ranch chosen as winner consists of 3200 acres of most of which Is used for the quality herd of commercial Herefords and a small herd of registerea Shorthorns. The livestock oper ation won for the uraves- me title Cattleman of the Year in 1957. ATakinf? the selection -for this annual Morrow County Wheat growers Association project were Tad Miller, Heppner; Raymond Lundell, and Bod jepsen, wne. thA annual SDrinn nL-3Lll - - meeting of this assoclatloin held at tha Lexington Grange hall on April 25th, Emco, Inc. paid tri bute to the conservation worn hin(T done bv the Graves by awarding them with the tradit ional plaque. GOP Majority in County Narrowed TJot.nhiipnns still hold an edee In registered voters in Morrow county, but their majority is gradually narrowed by Demo nmia final registration figures compiled last week by Sadie Parrish, county cierK, snow. The total registration of per tone A p-ihle to vote in the May 20 Primary election is 2199, the lowest in many years, ana oi these 1,148 are Republicans, 1,036 Democrats and 15 non partisan. The Democrats hold a majority in only two precincts in the county. In 1958 registration figures were 1210 Republicans, 987 Dem ocrats and 13 non-partisans; ana in 1956 there were 1267 GOP's, 935 Demos and 25 listed as non partisan. County Bond Sales Show Big Jump "During the first quarter of 1960, residents of this county purchased a total of $54,081 worth of U S Savings Bonds", county chairman Jack Bedford said here today. "March sales were $11,107. This is one of 17 Oregon counties where both fig ures were ahead of the 1959 figures. March 1959 figures were only $10,906. "E and H sales for the whole state for March amounted to $3,074,295, 9.0 ahead of last year. State sales for the first quarter improved, too." In discussing how the local record of continued investment in savings bonds is benefiting the community, the chairman fintrd that 'Yesterday's savings are bf-ins spent for today's want; today's savings will be stimulating the economy to jrr.orrcw. So we volunteers in the treasury's bond program like to av. The time to save and en- j courage others to save, is always NOW"'. 77th Year, Number 8 Local Science Fair Entry Wins Gold Medal Award Pan Wardwell. Hfppru-r Hth grade ntudent. ! rcelvid on of the "6 cold tnedil wrd at the Northwest Selene Fair In Portland this week. HI entry was cloud chamber which showed th formation of clouds and the cause of rainfall. Dan won a top award at the Heppner Science Fair alut three weeks ago, and entered his dis play In the district fair the fol lowing week in Pendleton where It received a vtind top place certificate. This entitled him to enter hU exhibit at the Portland showing which will continue Mav 6. The exhibits are on display at the Oregon Museum of Science ana inaustry. Seventy-six gold medals and 122 sliver medals were awarded . th final ludctnu. Both a- wards signify outstanding work In the sciences. The gold medal winners, who represent nearly 80,000 students local science fairs throughout the area this year, will be guests or nonor at ine annual science awards dinner to be held May 28 at Portland State College. At this time win ners will be given OMSI trophies whlrh svmbollze outstanding work In scientific fields. Morrow County OEA Officers Installed At Heppner Banquet The Morrow County Oregon Education Assn held the final dinner meeting of the year Mon day evenins. April 18 at the caf eteria at the ' Heppner high school. Officers installed were Ronald Black, Boardman. president; Joe Hausler, lone, first vice presi dent; Juanita Carmlchael, Lex tncton. second vice president; Helen Stitzel, Irrlgon, secretary and Katherlne Hoskins, Heppner, treasurer. Velva Bechdolt is the outgoing president. Two delegates to tne jsauonai Education Assn' conference to be held In Los Angeles in June were elected. Robert Van Houte, county superintendent, was named NEA delegate and Ann Reynolds, lone, was chosen del egate to the department of class room teachers. Following- the banquet, which was prepared and served by the Heppner P-TA, a mm oi me Fairview Home at Salem was shown. The program consisted oi two ,Yihnr hv a trio. Pam Cochell, Ginny Lou Turner and Virginia Moore. They sang "I Passed by Your Window" and "Moments to Remember." Sharon Bunch sang 'Trees" and there were three numbers by the Heppner owpnth grade square dancers, Barbara Blake, Dennis Warren, Bruce Spencer, Pat Van winKie, Karen McCurdy, Sherrill Mc Donald, Tanna Valentine and Ken Evans. County Welfare Medical Advisory Committee Named A county welfare medical ad visory committee, composed of county medical vendors, has been appointed by the Morrow county Public Welfare Commis sion, according to Oscar Peter son, chairman and county Judge. Tho mpmbers Include Doctors Harold S Huber, Darrel Martin, David Baylink. C M Wagner, W H Wolff, A D McMurdo, L D Tibbies, Robert Pfelffer and Ed ward K Schaffltz; pharmacists Phil Blakney and Rod Murray; Harry Bongers, hospital admin istrator, and Faye Munkers, rep resentative of the county public welfare commission. The first meeting is scheduled for 8 pm. May 5 at the board room of the Heppner branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon with Mis Munkers as temporary chairman. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner at the court house Tuesday. May 3 from 9:30 a m to 3:30 p m. Gen Pierc went to Portland Sunday on business and return ed to Heppner on Monday. In Bombing tage Art-!h-r hur.il tl,rd lt at wn-k in the M, Cfttlnj," the Ftsli-fl Mrrnmrnl to rtleaw th Biiardman B'm blrj: Uir.ge (. IndiuirU! u. uh'ii the U1 emrftfetu-y U-ard tri-! t rerr fU2. tit i. lnlmre the Navy fr any rv l-nM in mnc H equipment fn-m the rn; to the new ulte Jtj u'.itheaotem Oregon. Through the rffort f Gover nor Hatfield, the tt depart ment of planning and develop ment. nl other, the ijuvetn ment ha agreed to t vhainre the aor Boardman ranj: fr an equal amount of land In Northern Lake county in the Wae.tntlr area. Th emergency fund appropriation appears to tn inr f the final step In com p!i ting th transfer. Rural Fire Truck Bids Are Opened The lletumer city council Mon day night opened bids for a new Ha A fire numpcr truck which will be designed to serve the Heppner rural fire district. Rids were received from three Portland area fire apparatus firms and varied from $19,723 to 523.000. The specifications called for a large 4 wheel drive tmrk with 750 eallon per minute pump, at least a 750 gallon water tank, two high pressure nose reels. 1300 feet of fire hose and much other equipment. The bids wnre turned over to the fire com mittee for study and the council Is expected to make the award at its regular meeting next Mon day night. Delivery of the truck, wnicn U honed for within 90 to 120 days, will give the Heppner fire dnnartment a niece of equipment specifically designed to fight fires In the rural areas wncre it Is frequently necessary to pump while the truck Is in mo tion it will also add materially to the protection the department can offer within me city. Th enulnment will ultimately be paid for from funds received from the rural district wnicn ninno to contract with the city to provide fire protection for the rural area. Even thougn xne ais trlct has not yet voted its tax levy for next year (to De aone r.n M..v 20). directors and the council felt there would be no difficulty, so the city is going ohm.,! with olans to purchase equipment. If it were to wait until al! formalities were com pleted it would be impossible to get the new trucK in time ior ,iiiiinor the comine fire season when it is needed the most. Even now it will be wen int.. Julv at the earliest before delivery can be expected. Minstrel Show Planned by P-TA May 13 and 14 the Heppner T-TA will present its second an nual minstrel show featuring lo cal talent from the lower grades through high school, and teach ers, parents, and grandparents. End men are being selected by Oliver Creswick. Gene Pierce is assembling the dialogue for the show and will again be in terlocutor. Other chairman include Mrs Jim Angell, ticket sales; Mrs Roy Kirk, make-up and pro grams; Mrs Ken Keeling, prop erties; Mrs Oliver Creswick, cos tumes; Mrs L E Dick, coordinat ing chairman. John Copeland is director and Mrs Fred Gimbel will be ac companist. Arnold Melby is music director and much of the music will be fumlshea Dy mem bers of the high school band and orchestra. Grade school tumbling and singing are being rehearsed un der the direction of Mrs Harold Laird and Mrs Fred Hoskins, Jr. Cemetery Cleanup Set of lone, Morgan A general cleanup of the lone and Morgan cemeteries will be held May 14 beginning at 9 a m and everyone in the community has been urged to assist. A pot luck dinner will be served at noon at the Rebekah hall. The project is being sponsored by the IOOF and Rebekah lodges and Willows Grange. Anyone who has plots with unmarked graves and wishing to make a donation for markers may contact Mrs David Rlet inann, lone. Big Svep It wan r lltn-d tlmt no iw it.lually eit lb 't mtwy li b Mnt iiiutry u e evtd to !'' '" H)olnjr Ct land 1 tHHic' t n me toaia man tane In th pc at In dutrtl ! th create out if th Tanfi t4 ad jacent property. Th Navy. h'W ever, had to be aw.urel that i .oiu-y would b avaitabl from fco r. guaranteed iwMjrce to cover It moving eMnM'. T. department of planning MRS HAROLD DUNCAN to be fMtured at Hommakri M tWal hare. Festival Speaker To Be Delegate To ACWW Meeting Homemaker festival speaker, Mrs Harold Duncan, Carlton, Oregon will speak at the Catholic parish hall, Heppner, at noon on Friday, Apru 3. Her toolc. "On to Scotland" will Include a report on the In ternational Associated country women of the World's conven tion held In Edinburg. Scotland last summer. She will show colored slides of her trip. "Homemakers Around the World" will be the featured theme of the festival, which will begin at 11:00 a m with the Rhea Creek extension unit as hostesses. There will time for roTistratlon and to view the ex hibits of each unit, before the luncheon which will be served at noon by the women of the Catholic church. In addition to attending the eonference. Mrs Duncan took a post tour and visited eight other European countries. This Yamhill county resident, has been active in extension work for 16 years. She served as ACWW chairman in tne county for four years and served as United Nations chairman on the state council for three years. This active extension woman lives on a 30 acres English wal nut farm In Carlton and is in partnership with her brothers who raise over 10,000 turkeys a year. Mr Duncan passed away in 1949. WEATHER HI Low Thursday 60 31 Friday 54 24 Saturday 48 33 Sunday 59 36 Prec, .18 .02 .25 .08 Monday 57 32 Tuesday 60 38 .07 Wednesday 60 40 .01 Precipitation (rain and snow) for the week .61; for April 1.11; for the year 5.10 inches. AUXILIARY BOARD TO MEET The executive board of the Pioneer Memorial hospital aux niarv will meet Monday after noon at 2:00 p m at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Mrs Wayne Chas of Redmond i vlsltiner this week with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Ted Smith. j T - . ! m. HOLE-IN-ONE CONTEST PLANNED TO RAISE LIGHTING BOND FUNDS A hole-in-one contest to raise money for retirement of the Heppner rodeo field lights was announced this week by the chamber of commerce. The contest, which is designed for all comers, even though they may not be golfers or have even tried, will be held for four days sometime late in May. During the first three days of play, five golf balls may be purchased for $100 and the purchaser then can try to drive them onto a green 100 yards away. For every Program nd development h )' twin ru annoum-rmert -f any i.jrtU-ular Industry '!' ev-nteropUtlnf th construction of a plant on th l:.Jutftl rrk. s-...i nwirhm have tatd that Meral comparde r Interested and that m r unuuicf, -hot" pni tL Strle Cx'n' tlnually bring heard that a iir mlfcU manufacturing company U contemplating ' u .f alreabl part of th area, and the have nlthr liern confirmed or denied by th .(..,,,, I rnnl. At th tCnt public meet Inn In Boardman. a member uf th department Mii mi urh lu-i-ottatUma had to be done ucretly until they wer com pleted. Monday. Doug Trie Mvlal mutant to Prenldent fcisen ved In the atat to do aom work on the Bombing Hang project. He aald th ataiea plun to treat a pac age In dustrial park l "dramatic M.ini.! of suae g vision." and he predicted succe for th project Band Carnival on Saturday Slate On of norinc's popular events, the annual Band Carnival will open Its doors to the public Sat urday at 5:3o t the fair pavil ion, it was announced this week by co-chairmen for the anair Marcel Jones. Paul Warren and Don Clark. The rnfeterla will open earliest chicken and noodles. chill, hot dogs, salads and des serts. During the evening a wiae Ansnrtment of cames and enter tainment is planned including a dunk tank, fish pona, snuiue board and numerous other booths. This year the Band Parents Club Itself is putting on the entire carnival with all money raised to go for needed. extra band uniforms for the Heppner schools. . Episcopalians Attend District Convocation Attending the Episcopal Mis niotrtt nf Pastern Ore- Diuimij rv,niwiitinn at Prlnevllle this weekend from here for the adult convocation, the Itev ana Mrs Bruce Spencer, Mr and Mrs Rosewall and Robert Abrams. For the youth convo cation, Gerald Bunch, Kathy Spencer, Harold Gray, Judy Hamilton, Chris Spencer, Julie Pfelffer, Bernlce Thomson and Beverly Blake. Kathy Spencer was elected as represent the youths at Synad which will meet ai Camp Galilee at Lake Tahoe, California. She will also be the delegate for the Girls Friendly Society, which will have its Nat ional Assembly meeting in In California. Missionary to Speak At lone Church John R Blalock. a native of Spray, who has served for many years as a missionary to China and Japan, will speak at the lone First Baptist cnurcn ou day, May 1 at 7:3o P m. Mr Blalock spent his early life around Spray and before World War II went as a missionary to China. Later he went to Japan where he has served the past several years. He and his wife and three children are now at their home in Terrebonne on a two year furlough but will re turn to Japan In June. The public Is invited to hear Mr Blalock and there will be special pictures and songs. WRANGLER'S RIDE The first Wrangler ride of the spring will be Sunday, May 1 at the Wrangler's grounds. Pot luck dinner at 12 noon and the show will start at 1:00 P m. ball that stays on the green, the driver will get five in the finals. Daily prizes will be given in three catagories: adults, high school age, and pre-hlgh school. Three major prizes will also be awarded in the finals. All prizes have been donated by local merchants. The contest will be held on the rodeo field and additional information as to dates and de tails will be announced later, Mike Whitesmith, chairman stated.