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Fair, Rodeo Events Open
With Saturday Dance
li t Fir ar.4 t'U Tin.
5urdy r.lM at 10 ocl.uk
will mark the t jfr.lrs if the
rtir df event that daring the
lic-M i Wrel Wilt c4 up lo
lh how lu th annual
Queen Sufcan Part low and her
royal citMti t-4 prince Oral
dine Saaggart, Lrr.a Commun-
Summer Weather
Brings Sizzling
Temperatures Here
Nobody doubted that Tuesday
and Wednesday were the hottest
days of the nummer and they
didn't have to k at the ther
mometer to find It out.
Tuesday! high at the Heppner
weather station wai 93. and
when the reading was taken at
about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning the thermometer again
said 93 and was still going up
arid wa expected to hit ij to
97 by mid afternoon. Several un
official thermometers in the
downtown section got up well
over the century' mark before
noon.
Even at that, Heppner was
comparatively cool Tuesday com
pared to Boardman and some
other towns along the Columbia.
Boardman and Hermiston both
recorded an even 100 Tuesday,
seven degrees hotter than here.
The first real heat wave of the
summer got harvesting under
way In a hurry In the lower sec
tions of the county, and It was
not felt that even in the higher
areas there would be much dam
age to wheat which mostly is
pretty well advanced. Some
shrinking could be caused though
In the highest fields close to
the mountains where some of
the grain is still quite green.
The weatherman didn't put out
much hope for Immediate relief,
though a gradual cooling trend
was forecast.
WEATHER
Hi Low
87 51
83 46
76 39
81 47
86 50
88 53
93 56
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
UfoilnncrlaV
No rainfall for the week of
July, for the year 8.33 Inches.
Swim Pool Use
Takes Big Jump
In response to numerous re
quests, the Gazette-Times is
again publishing the hours the
Heppner swimming pool is open
to the public. Daily hours are
1 to 4 and 6:30 to 8 Tuesday
through Saturday, and Sundays
from 1 to 5 p m. The pool is
closed Mondays.
How the past few days hot
weather has effected the use of
the pool is shown In attendance
figures. During the entire month
of June 1309 swimmers used the
pool, but during the first six
days of July almost 1000 had
taken advantage of the cooling
water. On Tuesday and Wednes
day when the temperature hit
the high 90's there were almost
more kids than there was water.
Advenfrists Schedule
Vacation School
Area children from ages 4 to
14 have been invited to attend
a one week vacation Bible school
t0 be held at the Heppner
Seventh-Day Adventist church
on Water street from July 11 to
1C
Enrollment will be held from
9 to 10 a m, July ll. Classes will
be from 9 to 12 a m week days
and will include craft and nature
study as well as Bible study on
:, . ...ut -nnH's Noble Heroes .
ine suuj - .icH
There will also oe su.w---cames
to assist the children in
K UP cess energy. Primary
using uj, , , . .in have a
and junior ----- ,
snecial workbook made up ot
pecial
puzzles
completion tests
other exercises.
There is no charge for enroll
: crhnol. each child
Sver", should be accompanied.
bv an aauii w : .
the opening day. Special grad
1 . v :o ..iii he held at
bv an aaun ior ' . a
uation exercises
uation exen.i
the school.
'"The : dashes" will be under the
direction of Mrs H S Huber Mrs
C M Wagner, Mrs Paul Wachter.
Mrs Bob Snow and Mrs Leo Like-
iy-
in; Matt- lU.ca Crerk.
fihf.n Oabifr. lone; anJ Char
UMtii'ttn will bo the
tvn'rf tt Mfitu and Ul
n.ke their frt IwbI public ap-jM-ataii.tf
t th dance.
tSISrs the musk L the
d.fi. whuh u always one of
the punt popular -f 'he rodeo
trsvii, will N' ttV Tini nd
hi Tri County i- from Red
mond. ThU radio and receding
gruup W clawed a one t f Ore
gon' ro t comical w Hern and
hillbilly dance band They will
als play at nmj t. the other
dance ti follow In ubwquent
Week.
-Next week. July 16 Ion prln-
60 COUNTY 4H MEMBERS HEAD
FOR MOUNTAIN SUMMER CAMP
A capacity crowd of M young
4 II inemlx-rs plus 10 counselors
is in session this week July 710
at Cutsforth Park In the Blue
Mountains, according to lather
Kirmls and Jh Hay, Morrow
county t-xten-sion agema.
Camp ttctlvilie began en Wed
nesday evening when the 10
counselors ami iwo k'iu
Port Commissions
Sought to Aid
In Area Planning
A planned six county planning
and development commission
came a step nearer reality Tues
day following a meeting of an
executive committee held at Ar
lington.
The executive group consisting
of representatives from Morrow,
Umatilla, Gilliam, bherman,
Wasco end Hood River counties,
voted to include in the steering
committee, one member from
each of the port commissions In
the effected counties. This would
make an 11 man board, as Sher
man county has no port com
mission. The commission hopes to aid
in the nlannlng and development
of the Industrial park and re
lated area around the Boardman
Bombing Range where it is ex
pected that a large missile man
ufacturing firm may establish a
plant in the near future.
A tentative agreement and
financing plan was discussed
and both Umatilla and Morrow
counties indicated that they had
budgeted $150 for such a pur
pose. The various port commis
sions also have been approached
t0 put up a like amount.
Morrow county judge Oscar
Peterson, chairman of the exec
utive committee, said Wednes
day that he will call another
meeting of the group, including
the port commission represen
tatives later this month after
those in attendance at the Tues
day meeting had had the oppor
tunity to return to their own
courts with the plan.
It had been suggested at past
meetings, that if the commission
can get organized and obtain Its
original financing, then it will
be in a position to obtain federal
funds to assist in the planning
work that it hopes to accomplish.
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MORROW 4-H'ers AT SUMMER SCHOOXTbU U , the-H
tended the recent 4-H summer schoo 1 al ' foUit. Thoj
Patricia Partlow. Boardman; Karen "e Ktm
Lexington.- Penny Jones. Irrigon; Mi. Ej 0 f' . Jffddle
Smith. Martha Doherty HIMJ
SS
peer; and Stephen LindstroO. ton
ce Sharon will t honored at
h-r own trlnees dance; to l
foiK.e4 by UMr.gton prlncm
Charlene's dam n July 13.
prince Ccraldin vn July 30;
ichea Creeks I'llm-fwi Mrjorle'a
tUw on Augut 6 and the
Queen's dam on Augut 13.
Only on rdeo dance U sched
uled thl ear and It will bo
held on Saturday night. August
17,
Saturday night's KUkoff Pane
villi be held at the fair pavilion
in Heppner with dancing sched
uled frt.m 10 until 2. Admission
will Im $150 per person, dance
committee chairman. Al tecn
has announced.
to Cuuforth Park to make prep
iirations for the camp proper
which began this afternoon.
Young I II members, between
the agea of 10 and 13, met at
the Heppner fair ground! at 1:00
p M and were transported by
truck to the camp site.
The camp program Include!:
entomology talks by Joe Caplzzl
of the department of agriculture,
Salem; bird craft by Janice
Martin. Heppner; a study In
rock hounding by Mrs C M Wag
ner. Heppner; camp safety and
Indian lore by Mrs Velma Glass,
countv health nurse: star study
by Mrs II S Huber. Heppner;
good camping practice and for
estry tour by N C Anderson,
county agent, Heppner; sports by
Joe Hay, county agent. Heppner;
and logging operation tour led
by Vic Kricmeyer and Ray Wil
liamson of the forestry depart
ment, Heppner.
Ten junior 4 11 leaders are on
hand as camp counselors to as
sist the camping program. They
include Roger Doherty, Bernlce
Thomson, Libby Van Scholack,
Heppner; Penny Jones and Shar
on Franke, Irrigon; Chloe Mc
Quaw and Richard Watts, Board
man; Jean Martin, Robert Rice
and Kenneth Smouse, lone.
Special activities of the camp
include folk dancing, talent
nitrht find vesDer services. A
sneclal event this year will be a
Scotland Nieht" which will
feature Rhoda Campbell, Inter
national Farm Youth Exchange
delegate from Scotland, who Is
visitinz in the county.
Parents will come for their
children on Sunday morning and
take Dart in the Sunday service
at 11:00 a m and potluck dinner
at noon. Special arrangements
have been made for the catn
olic campers to attend mass In
HeDDner on Sunday morning.
Parents and leaders will remain
on Sunday to help with the taK
ing down of camp.
POMONA TO MEET
Morrow county Pomona Grange
will be held at the Lexington
Grange hall on Saturday, July
9 beginning at 10:30 a m. The
Lexington HEC will serve lunch
at noon. The program will be
short due to state convention re
ports, but there will be a cake
walk.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Anderson
returned recently from a two
weeks trip to Washington, D C.
10 Cents
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tf-yr VISITORS Mit Rhoda Campbell from Scotland. acond from
l.It. oirid this wrk to pnd two wki ot tho Randall Martin
ranch on Butter cinK. Sho U ono ol th four delegate! from for
Ian counUioi who will spend soma tim thii lummtr In Orogon.
Other! shown . from left LuU P Holquln. R. Equadotl MUi
Campbell! CooH Walkor. Auitraliaj and John Smith. England.
Moro on MIm Campbell can bo found in "Chati with jour Homo
Agent" column eUewhere In today! popor.
Walla Walla Firm
Investigating Air
Service for Area
An attempt may be made in
the near future by M G Aviation.
Ine of Walla Walk to establish
either on-call or possibly dally
scheduled flight service out of
the Lexington airport
Robert J Tallman, sales man
ager for the firm, was in Hep
pner Wednesday conferring with
the county court and chamber
of commerce representatives.
The company is attempting to
obtain regular mail service
routes Into the area which would
allow reeularly scheduled flights
which would eon-rct with West
Coast Airlines planes" at Walla
Walla, Pendleton or other points.
If an on-call service Is estab
lished direct flights could be
made from the Lexington field
to connect with regular lines, or
through flights to any point.
Rattler Moves in
On Ranch Home
Th Piovd Joneses on Rhea
creek have always thought quite
a little of their dog Maggie, dui
she's a first class member of
the family today.
Tuesdav night her barking
brought the family outside to
find that she had cornereu a
email rattlesnake on the kitchen
doorstep. It was right where it
would have been stepped on by
anyone coming out the door.
Inasmuch as the snake was a
small one. the Joneses are now
wondering where the rest of the
rattler family is.
OES-MASONIC PICNIC
Eastern Star and Masonic pic
nic will be held in Condon Sun
Hav at the City park. All Eastern
Stars and Masons are Invited to
attend.
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a BUHngs.
eppner; Beverly Dcrrldson.
Judy
owTjulle PfeiMer, Heppner; Patty
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Happner; Dan WaxdwolL H.p-
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City Awards
Equipment Bid to
Pendleton Firm
The Vaughn Company of Ten
dleton was awarded a contract
for the purchase of a Case trac
tor, back hoe and loader by the
Heppner city council at It July
meeting Tuesday night.
The Vaughn Co bid was the
lowest of four submitted but the
council members spent over one
and one-half hours trying to de
termlne whether to accept the
low bid or one entered by Emco,
Inc of Heppner for a John Deere
outfit which was $1,000 higher
than the Vaughn bid of $3600.
Council members expressed a de
sire to do business with local
firms if possible, but by majority
vote decided on the Pendleton
firm's equipment as being In the
best interests of the taxpayers.
The council also awarded
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company a
contract to supply lightweight
building tile for the new fire
hall. It was decided to purchase
other needed materials from Bar
ratt Sales Co, another bidder on
the building, and from Tum-A-Lum
as needed. No overall con
tract was awarded for construc
tion of the one story 31 by 66
foot building, only major mat
erials. The construction will be
hired on a day to day basis with
members of the city crew and
fire department members assis
ting whenever possible.
Work is expected to start on
tre building within a short time
as the city's new rural fire truck
will be delivered within 30 days
and it cannot be housed in the
present fire hall which is full.
In other business the council
adopted the 1960-61 budget and
passed a resolution annexing the
Barratt Park addition to the city.
The group also approved a re
quest for the acceptance of a new
niatted addition to the city
which is being prepared by Earl
Ayers. It includes 5 large lots
located Just below the north end
of the Heppner Masonic cemetery.
A new street has been built to'
) A I J
give access to me area anu
is planning construction of one
house immediately.
A call for bids for pipe and
other materials with which to
complete the installation of the
water project for cemetery niu
and the recently annexed section
along the Condon highway was
ordered.
Building permits were Issued
to Howard Keithley for a new
residence at 290 E May street to
cost $10,000; and to Gillanders
and Burroughs, for alterations
end repairs to the J C Penney
and post office buildings to cost
$900.
IOOF-REBEKAH
PICNIC SUNDAY
The Oddfellow and Rebekah
picnic will be held at Cutsforth
Park Sunday, July 10. It Is a
potluck and all Oddfellows and
Rebekahs are invited.
Johnny Crawford of Los An-
reles is visiting his aunt and
uncle, Mr and Mrs R B Ferguson
for a few weeks.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 1, 1960
II II .
Wheat and Barley Crop
Rolls in from Fields
,tm-t t getting Into full
ing !! Ihe not t hern part .f the
..i i. ... I I. U
rkin lnl U hit a -e.ik by Flld.i)
ol the .North U-xIngtuU elevator
(.f the Morrow County (.rain
Crowcr.
Tlie North U-ingtn elevator
received S,om buihel of bar
lev Tueaday and ectel to hit
at least .(" W bunhel on Wed-
Wheat Allotments
Go to Farmers;
Referendum Due
OtfUlal notices of farm allot-
menls for the 1H01 wheat crop
re being mailed to farmers this
week, according to Taul W Jones,
chairman, county Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committee. Most of the allot
ment differ only slightly from
1900-crop allotments, since the
national acreage allotment re
mains at the minimum 53 mil
lion acres which has been in
effect for the past 6 years. The
farm allotments are based pri
marily on past wheat production
history.
The chairman points out that
all nrowers who will produce
more than 15 acres of wheat as
grain In 1961 will be eligible
to cast ballots In the July 21
referendum on marketing quotas
for the 1961 wheat crop, (..row
ers who will have smaller acre
ages and those who are taking
part In the feed wheat program
are not eligible to cast ballots.
since the wheat from sucli farms
would not be subject to market
Ing quota penalties.
"The referendum will decide
Important questions for wneai
producers," Mr Jones said, "and
the outcome, naturally, will rep
resent the will of those growers
who take the trouble to cast
their ballots.
"If at least two-thirds of the
growers who vote approve the
quotas, then they will be in ef
fect for the 1961 wheat crop,
marketing penalties will apply
to the 'excess' wheat of growers
who do not comply with their
farm allotments, and price sup
port will be available at not
less than 75 percent of parity
the exact level to be announced
soon. "If more than one-third of
the voters oppose the quotas,
there will be no quotas or pen
alties for the 1961 wheat crop,
and price support will be avail
able at 50 percent of parity, as
directed by law. Allotments will
remain In effect as a condition
of price-support eligibility.
"Growers who like to make
their own decisions should re
member that date Thursday,
July 21 and be sure to register
their opinions by voting at the
local polling place," he conclud
ed. Graveside Rites
To be Held Friday
For James H Wilson
James H (Jimmy) Wilson, 70,
died Sunday at his home in Port
land, apparently a victim oi a
heart attack. He was a former
resident of Heppner but had
made his home in Portland for
many years. He was a life mem
ber of the Elks.
Funeral services were to be
held today (Thursday) in Port
land and graveside services wui
be conducted by the Heppner
E:iks lodge Friday at 2 p m at
the Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Episcopal Church To
Picnic Sunday
All Saints Episcopal church
picnic will be held at Cutsforth
Park, Sunday, July 10.
Church service, Morning Pray
er, will be held at the park at
11 a m. The Episcopal churches
of Pendleton, Milton-Freewater
and Hermiston have been In
vited. Therp will be games and other
entertainment, and the picnic is
sponsored by the department of
layman activities with Robert
Ahrams. chairman and Allen
Case, Frank Anderson and W C
Rosewall assisting.
II II II .11 rrsfc.
77th Year, Number 18
n-day Another 10.00 buheU
.f wheat and barky a day U
tuning In ! tli llogueAVarner
?.-vt..r -n the river. Between
Itiun) i.i N,ou bushels f barley
1 antUlpated by Friday at North
Lexington alone, Al Lamb. Grain
a ma I
Crtiwer manager w comp
el ay.
Karly Indications aw
leld are running lighter than
last year. The first estimate for
countv average lias oeen
at about 25 buheU an acre ior
wheat and 35 bushels for barley.
This compares with last years
yield of 3.1 bushels for wheat and
10 for barley. Last year, however,
wa one of the biggest crop years
i cr seen In Morrow county. Tho
b-rley Is coming In fairly light
In test weight, but the early
wheat has fhwn a good test
weight.
All facilities of the Morrow
County Grain Growers are ready
to accept grain and no storage
problem is expected this year.
Last week the Union "Pacific Rail
road announced that tfally train
service would start on the Hep
pner line on July 15. about the
time heavy hauling will start
to the several elevators along
the line.
Several Fires
Flare in Foresls
Oyer Weekend
Several fires in scattered parts
of the Umatilla National Forest
kept Forest Service, state ana
logging crews busy during the
past week, but none caused any
major damage.
The largest fire of the season
started about noon last Friday
In the Cupper canyon area about
eight miles north of Monument
and burned over about 100 acres
of grass and small timber before
being controlled. The fire was
largely on state protective land,
but the Forest Service had 15
men on It In addition of state
and Kinzua crews. It was trailed
by Friday evening. It started
from debris burning.
At about the same time the
Forest Service reported a small
fire in the Pomeroy district and
one In the Pendleton district.
Another blaze, apparently start-
in (? from a debris fire, coverea
several acres on the north fork
cf the John Day river Saturday
and Sunday. It was on Pilot Rock
Lumber Co land and was control
led by their crews.
Another fire, believed to have
been man-causod, Sunday burn
ed about two acres in the vicinity
of Opal butte. It was controlled
by state and Kinzua logging
crews.
No maior crass or field fires
had been reported during the
past week, though rapidly climb
in cr temneratures by mid-week
were quickly drying range land.
All fire agencies ana oniciaia
nrced the general public to use
every caution to prevent the
start of any fire. The forest ser
vice reported that though it
might be cooler In the mountains,
that all roads are extremely
dusty and the whole area very
dry
Lutheran Youth
At Training School
Tim HeDDner cirls, Jeanne and
Judy Schmidt, were among 117
youths from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho who gathered last
week at Pacific Lutheran College
in Parkland, Wash for the law
American Lutheran L u t n e r
League leadersnip i r a i k
school.
The school is designated as a
week of solid intensive training
centered around the Bible, pray
er, the church, how It functions
and youth's part in it. Lasi year
Karen Lundell of lone attended
and this year Rev John Rydgren
served as one of the Instructors.
He received special training for
the post in May at San Fran
cisco. The school is one of the nation
wide projects of the church.
The Schmidt girls will give a
report on their impressions of the
school later this month at both
Hope and Valby churches.