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HEPPN
78th Year, Number 2
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REA Gels School
Bid; Teacher
Conlrads Approved
g ui niMt - - - .
, ... . - Jdcr the now sporsorshlp of the
Columbia Basin Electric Co op . K s.wlrtv.
..ill nr..il.(. .twirl aj-rvlr fori
......... i
me new nKi ue in n-'--.
The decision wn retched at
the Morrow County School DIs
trlct Board meeting Monday
night. The site U partly within
and partly outside of the city
limits, with most of the build-
ing to be Inside the city.
Last week the city council re
fused a franchise for REA. The
Monday night offer of the Co-op
was to bring the service to the
city limit portion of the she,
the school board to extend the
service from that point to the
building.
The vote was four in favor, two
against and one abstaining.
The board was told that a sub
stantial saving to taxpayers in
the cost of electric service to the
new site was Involved. Bidding
also on the contract to furnish
service was Pacific Power and
Light Company.
Condition of the access road
extending from Morgan Street to
the site was extensively dis
cussed. The school board recent
ly placed a retaining wall along
the road and did some repair
. . ... l . . -till In
... . j i JIJ enm rnnntr
me roau ..u u.u ... .-r ---
wor.k bu. e dyt i S
r,rnd watV line,
to the site until a permanent
base is made. Attorney for the
board reported that as far as
ne couia neicnimie mr .
a county road. A decision to I
meet with officials or the county
Suit and I the city was made by
. j . if tha mail ran
me Douru iu B " I
. ...till i
be developed on a co- opera ivC
basis. That meeting Is expected
to be held early next week.
9 r .uimiitinn wore re-
celved and accepted by the board
ceiveu ana Haxi-cu j
from Francis Williams, Heppner,
vi - UAnnnai flTIri I
tr-rt Flmvprs. HeDDner,
William McKlnney, lone.
W 11 1 1 vl I - v ' - -
vnnam ivicMiincjr,
Contracts for teachers of the
V.J II 1 1 tn. I J v.
ronrt and anDroved
COUJll wilt --
A total of 15 vacancies out of
76 exist ln the system for next
year. Names of those teachers
not returning will be released
after they have been notified.
Contracts were offered by the
board to Phyllis Nolan, Nina
Smith, and Janet Groves as new
teachers in the system for next
year.
Robert Van Houte gave a re
port of his week's attendance at
the national convention of the
American Association of School
Administrators in San Francisco
recently.
Daniel H. Bass
Services Set
Services for Daniel H. Bass, 65,
will be held at the Mt Scott Fu
neral Home in Portland at 11
a.m. Monday.
Mr. Bass died at Pioneer Me
morial hospital March 14. He
was born Sept. 16, 1895. at
Wynnewood, Okla., and had
moved to Heppner about 10
months ago from Portland.
He was a member of Ameri
can Legion post 146 at Portland.
Survivors are his wife Ruth,
daughters. Marga-
ret R. Sawyer, Vancouver, Wash.,
and Vivian Penwell, Portland; a
. v..uar Tank t.. Darrow, U.b.
Air Force; one brother. Ed Bass,
Portland. i,,
Interment will be in Willam
ette National Cemetery, Port
land.
Truck Damaged
In Fire Thursday
tt fir rtenartment was
called to the Merritt Gray home
on Morgan street shortly after 10
.... rhpr a truck had
caught fire. Gray and his sons
had movea me vemi.:
from buildings and had the fire
out before tr.e acp-i
-i j
i.rohia fiamaee to tne
UIlSlUClcw.v -J
truck resulted.
ADVENT1ST CHILDREN
Children oi me ;e-r..c. ,
Adventist school presented a
program for their parents and
friends last Saturday night at
the church school.
Twelve children gave readings
of the Sons of Methusela. They
had been trained by Mrs. Leo
Likev. home nd school leader,
assisted by Mrs. Harry Ring.
n3 t?
Scouts Plan
Court of Honor
TrMp KS of the Boy Scout
A Mrl.-a Kaa twwtn art 1 1' 0 un-
Hojy Jame .xhh-i. po you Know wn c written on -Aavmape
At a meeting March 8 two cnapter t)f the American Red whl.t (n the Ever)ilBy Dnf or
training films were shown and cn,ss did with your contributions pufHon and Marketing of
a Junior leaders training course , 11H)0? Oregon Wheat
was planned. The six week Vem class, county health Kntrtea may be made any time
course will end with an over- haa ,utpd tom(, ot thcie .n March 1 and midnight
., . . . i. a ......
ai miM'uni? niann a wu
ir.tit- Kimiiinff trin for-those
i k. l..v A ftnnf!(! At Soast
75" p-rcent of the training ses-
slons.
A Board of Review was held
Wednesday night and a Court of
Honor Is planned for the near
future.
Heppner High
Baseball Opener
March 24
Br NEAL PENLAND
Coach Bob Cantonwlne will of
ficially open the 1961 baseball
season on March 24 wnn me
Riverside Pirates on the noara
man diamond.
. i 1 .1 il.nl hn hnt
t-amonwine sum n
t f the
K wlthMx of them being
returning Iettermen from last
year s squad.
ars squuu. i
Heppner had scheduled eignt
iicppnw . -u , .hed
games and Is waiting to sched
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During -g ttan Can
ronwme Vi -
squad game if the weather per
mits.
.
rt.
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March 24 Riversiae, mere.
March 31 Riverside, here.
a 1 1 o PnnHnTl thprP.
April 14 Stanfield (night),
there.
Anr
Aii iq 5tnnfipld. here.
ApHl 25 Umatilla (double-
"i---- --
header), there.
April 28 Condon, here.
Mav 2 Umatilla (double-
header), here.
Additions Made
To Facilities
At Fairgrounds
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
boards received the cooperation
of many in building a bridge
across Hinton creek at the fair
grounds recently.
The city oi fieppnei uunai.
cement blocks for pilings and
the city crews delivered and
placed them. Both the city and
county aonaiea umucw, wn....
were put in place by the crane
belonging to REA.
. - U . fall
Volunteer laDor irom me "
h miion pommittees finished
nnnctr,,tinn in two days. The
1 . ...... -.in it-
heavy duty Driage wm moc .v
tn tnmlr animals to the
uuoaiic
new barns to be built across the
creek.
r!fv,,tinn nf ! ho bOX Stalls
UllOliUl-HUI.
for the horse exhibits in the new
location will be oy voiumeer
i.i.. tha twn hnaras.
XauJi v
The local chapter of the FFA
has agreed to put a roof on the
building.
Hager Milk Truck
In Accident
trunk -tractor
t nagd
and tank was involved in a one
...v.ii ,.iHint nn the Prosser
hill in Washington Monday aft
ernoon about 1 p.m.
Frank Payne, driver of the big
rig, lost control in loose gravel.
The outfit climbed a bank, cross
ed the highway ana jacK-Kimeu
into a ditch. Both the driver and
Jack McTimpeny, a passenger,
were shaken up and bruised. Mc-
illlilrnj
n A ...ao avnnpii to run
ijainngc v. -
into several thousands of dollars
and was not coverea uy uou.
ance.
The truck was towed the bo
miles from the scene of the ac
cident to a local gargae.
Mrs. Ed Conry and son. Doug
las, have returned from Beaver
ton where they had gone to help
hr mnthpr. Mrs. Stella Hemrich,
move into her new apartment.
Mnppnrr OfeQonJPhursdoy, MorchJ6J961
Red Cross ProqramlWheat League
In 1960 Reviewed
By Health Office
.iuiii... and exiendltures:
r-i... .1,1 i..l unm nlsced lnl....ri ,f S7!S.f)0: second. &50 00
ruai i a v. t i v - - - -
. t lit.. ..I... mnA first alitl.v.i.. iirtt. an.l finirlh IIMK).
nil M'nUUI liuianra biiu I
cabinets were supplied to the
high school health classes in
Heppner and lone
lu-wika u'pre Dur-
chas'd for use In the water safe
ty program.
Over 200 persons benefited
from the Red Cross water safety
program In Heppner (Heppner
has the only Red Cross trained
instructors In the county). Life
saving certificates were Issued to
10 Juniors, five seniors and 15
Intermediates.
Over 100 youngsters and 10
j..ti innlr atvantsee of the
swimming Instruction In Hepp
ner.
First aid classes were conduct
ed in Cecil and Heppner upon
request of Interested citizens
with 25 receiving Beginners' First
Aid cards.
Rlverside high school neaim
students received Red Cross first
Riverside high school neaim
sium iiia I
1 1 a., cinKa thlr tparhor was I
aid cards since thel. ' teacher was
aiu Laius oiiiv. i
o nnoiifioi T?d Cross first aid
H"""-
instructor.
The Mobile Red Cross Biooa
Unit was in Heppner iur vnc
blood drawing.
Pioneer Memorial Jlospltal ob-
tainea over oo der tne arnaii waw:":ua vw
fmm the Red Cross blood bank.Lnfi Ronald B. Elmes, watershed
Gamma Globulin, Fibrinogen
on Eornm albumin were among
the blood derivatives available
.,r iWtnrn uDon request.
but not used.
Over $600 was spent in eiv-
ioe t 94 members of the armed
forces or their families.
Three women from North Mor-
row county received training at
the Red Cross Gray Lady train-
in rr nrncrr m ill
Hermiston.
First aid films have been sup-
plied upon request.
pueu n ,, ,,n.
Triangle Danuagea -
bleached muslin were made by
volunteers for use in first aid
classes.
Remember, the Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at the
Catholic parish hall March
27, to collect your blood do
nations. Pheasants, Fish
Supplied For
Area Sportsmen
worH rirpcrnn State Game
rpnorts tnat ow
adult pheasants have been turn
, ...x j.. oct in all drain
ea out reauj w ,f
age areas of the county, and that
600 additional young birds will
be released later.
Those already turned out will
this soring and
raise )uu''6 - . .t
j that thpro Is a pret
waiu iiuicu v.."v - -
j k.aodinii ptoud in tne
nr n rarrv-over. He
said that bird population hit a
1 .,nars ncrn in tast-
llow cycie iwo -o
. that there should
1 ern ureKu cw.v -
r1 6 tv,ls enr nef as
be a gooa nuitu ---.
the population is un "- --
Plans call for 3.00C Ifish to be
released in Willow Creek 3,000
in Rhea creek ana
. . ... r.l, nnnrl Ward Said.
They will be released In three
llDClttUUlia -
runoff goes out and before the
water gets low.
Slides of Jerusalem
To Be Shown
At Christian Church
, 1 .lij f u-pmi within
loiortu ojiuco - "
the city of Jerusalem will be
shown at the Fisrt Christian
Church in Heppner Sunday eve
ning at 7:30.
t-u c.nitiv uvpniri? Droerams
i 1 ltr ijuiiuj 1 -
have been in progress for several
weeks with Miss Leta Hum
phreys showing pictures 01 tne
Holy Land taken on her recent
trip. These pictures of Jerusalem
conclude the series.
P.efreshments will be served
following the program.
The public is invited.
Sponsors Contest
The Oregon Whrat Growers
League U sponsoring a eonteM
open to any high school student
in th state for newspaper r-
licit written on "Advantages of
rw-t 31. First prize Is a cash
IIUIU, -.w, --- -
The articles are not to exceed
nW words.
i. t, l mailt-d to the
Oregon Wheat Growers League.
Box 43H. penaieion.
The articles will be Judged on
originality, research. subject
matter, spelling ana companion
and conclusion or summary.
The winning articles will be
published in various publics
tlons. Watershed Tour
Planned, Progress
Report Given
The monthly soil supervisors'
. rnM r.AM
i ne
.i t f Via lTonnnr Knil Con
meeting - - - j r -
-orvatinn District was held last
r1 .. . . .
week which resulted in a dec!
sion t0 determine the feasibility
0f developing tne waiersneas oi
Willow, Rhea and Butter creeks.
; development .would be un-
work plan party ieader with the
Cnii mnsorvation Service In Port-
i . wui be asked to come here
tn conducted on a tour of the
can De aeveiopeu uuui-i
ir ne repons Ktvumuijr,
hie tour will be arranged with
the promotion of this develop-
ment as the aim.
Conservationist Kicnaras saiu
work progress for January and
February at his office included:
one field trial grass planting, 75
acres of land levelled, 600 acres
. ,in o,,iorl out 24.400
0I sudsuhuii; , ------
(eet of permanent Irrigation
dUch lnstalled, one stock pond
built, and w.8uu ne u v -
channel cnanges moue y
on three iarms m ic
Everett Keithley
Wins Recognition
As Ford Salesman
tt. riihlou Wpnrmer Ford
r-VGJCl fttni".Ji .
Inc . car and truck salesman, will
be presented tora xvioior v,u-
oivi koo r"iuh nward at a
pany " - ,
banquet in Seattle honoring
hleh-ranklng Ford dealership
car and uuck saicsni
in the Seattle rora suie u.a
trict. , ,
C. J. Powell, district sales man
1 j onn m rinh member
ager, saiu -
ship awards are presented for
excellent reiau
rr vm. ?nn Club was
ance. me 7
founded in 1950 to recognize the
performance 01 ouu.iouuai.6
r . u...n,,t tho nation.
salesmen uuuum- v.. .
t n oHHpH that the ave
Mr. ruwcu
raee 300-500 Club member sold
nearly $4uu,uw wu.
mhnndis In Qualify
muuvc
ing for the national honors.
The Easter cantata has
been called off and there
will be no further practice,
according to Gordon Pratt
director.
City Streams
Being Cleared
, tho flmv for serine
10 iniiJiuvc --- -
.nnff and remove obstacles
. t.s. lhf r-ailQA flooding Wil
wnicn line'"- -" j
low and Hinton creek beds are
being cleared Dy ciry crews.
The men are presently working
...m... nruili hoturppn the
on vYiiw" . -
bridge at the north end of Main
street and the one on north Gale
street All brusn is Dting -ui
and burned and trash removed
from the stream bed.
Plans call for clearing above
each bridge in the city with ad
ditional clearing completed as
soon as possible.
Tibbies - Fergeson Valedictorians
Lydia Van
... . - ..
Glade imli.t ai-rafra tf
tTuuiht W.itr huiiwii
gritua!ir H-i "r h
w-h't er.r this crK
hatif.g the honor and each
giving an addrets wl!J be IVn
tils Krrfirn n. IS. n tf Mr. and
vt r a l tVrL-i-Min. and I..irr'
Tibbie 17, m of Dr. and Mrs.
L. D. TtbMea. t U"k I I-na van
II....- ..I,. fll ,.f 1 tit MU.
Van Houte, daughter tt Mr, and
Mrs. Robert Van Houte. will te
sAimatomn.
rv....i ..I. J II,.; k linlar.
4 111, l.ni.'t. - -
htp award fnm lh Ial Klk
DENNIS FERGESON
club this spring and a $200 schol
arship. He enters regional com
petition at The Dalles next Sun
day. He placed first ln local com-
x
fcon's Grand Opening,
lone, This Weekend
. L ...
sir. ana jirs. wi t itiasuu no
i have
.
announcea me omcioi ,.a..u
0.nng 0f their new general
merchandlse store ln , one Friday
innounced the official
Crana
, . . Mnrrh 17 and 18.
"d Saturday, March 17 ana i.
The store will be known as
Mason's General Merchandise.
A M Mason are well
I. . .. ,.u thov
Rodeo Date
Changed; Fair
Date Same
At a Joint meeting of the Mor-
ruw tuuiu; " w '
Committee, and Rodeo Commit
. rnnnti watr Mr ih rii . ran
tee held Monday evening, u wa
decided to cnange tne uaiea u
the rodeo from August 26 and 27
to September 2 and 3.
The fair dates will remain tne
a Anmici 95 throueh Aucust
zauic, . . " 0 w
ok v,at a. it mpmhers and open
au 1 . - - -
. .. 11 . ILI . n .InfA
class exhibitors engiuie iui Dia,.
fair may get men
place in time to dc juubu
fore state fair begins on Septem
1 i
ucr a. .... j
It was also decidea to noia
the Open Class ivvranKiei
n shnw n coniunction wnn
liui -J . .
il. tentntlveiV set lur
August 31 and September 1, with
the roaeo DegnuimB -
. n mu- ni, snH rodpo parade
Der . ine .
will be held on Saturday morn
ing, September 1.
Mnrrnw county
Because i"' 'j -
residents will be attending the
Shrine football game in r
ton on the night of August 26,
the conflict wnn uie e"
. ..... n i.rAnlr
.j -1 kaiic nf Morrow
ena, ana aiu u.v--c
county's participation in state
fair, it was thought these changes
of dates were n.- ,
HatM were necessary re
best Interests of both the lairn
and rodeo.
Elks Awards
Winners Compete
Everett Keithley, exalted ruler
of Heppner Elks, will take Lydia
Van Houte and Dennis Fergeson
to The Dalles Sunday where they
will enter district competition for
Sie ElS scholarship. Both are
winners of the local district con
test, and have been awarded $200
i uufl
scnoiar..- . . .,.
The local peopie .
. i ennnsored by tne
at a iuit"" "e - .
State Elks Association be ore he
interviews wnicn win uCw
aisirici wiui;t-
Winners at The Dal es wil
compete at the state level at
..l Tarrh 25. for a $500
award and winners there will en
ter national competition Tor a
$1,000 award.
Houte Is Salutatonan
.. . ... ....!. ..I Ih ,x,ai
.-hi
1 i;u inawir mat ft iunim
hjhli Jailf and itdur rm a
I. U4 and adu, and
. ,
ta lake Uie Stanford SvlvanU
ciiirtuive
amlnatu,n n
Lne irtrntlv
i i.- mrmt,
mathrmallrl At
trying for a fur year . hilar
..... , c . .
In the K.uon.1 .mr Society
pucra in ine upicr pn per rrm
...a . . ... . . . ti.i.
OI iui-ru in iriv iiain'ii. inu
niA.t him elifitMe to lake tne
nimi iom wnxn win acicrmine
lir.Uivkln imAm lt fcltt kill.
m 1 1 I . 1 1 ' finH.i.w ... .
dents out of 2t. He Umk this
ieti 1 .in Naiurtiay.
IVnnls Is wnlT cl.iwi presi
dent this term: a member of the
Mudt-nt muncU: of the rU'aker
Breaki-rs, the 4-htv uienre rlub;
the literary clu), and the Na
tional llnnor MH-Iety. He also
played cm the frehmn basket
ball team and had the lead In
Lady I Good, the Junior class
Play.
pt inilt plans to t.ike up civil
em?lneerlmr at Orecon State
College next fall.
Larry Tibbies. 17. has In-en an
. , 1 1 KtlitMlM n m u.i.11 Ik
uulfliaiKiiHK nun'" .....
a, top student during his school
years. In grade school he receiv
ed three-year letters In band and
baseball and two year letters In
basketball. In his high school
career he earned one year letters
In band and track, three year
letters In football, basketball
a m 1 lAra In
letters In base-
ball.
t - d M.iintu chairman nf
the March of Dimea drive for all
n
i Mason s father was ueorge wc
r..., ... Mr,n,., rnnr.iv
mnn -
""'?'"' To"'""'
, iff until 198.
sn"ur unut lJ
J'Sd
terlff until 1928.
The building they will occupy
was built In 1916 by Mason's
father, Bert Mason, who was 1 In
business mere umu o wnw.
ha sold out to uot jwanson.
The Masons have five chll
dren. Janet who Is Mrs. Jack
Brink and lives In Portland;
John who is with the U. S. Army
I . irllnlKnrir flnrm .1 n V Jllflv
111 ilflMl-IWVIfil ...... 'J .
who is teaching the second grade
r. . T. . r1 1 r-nllf . AtilAA
in sania rc oinuig, v-um.,
mhn la tr Rlrhnrd Roa and
lives in Portland; Jerry who is
four years oia ana uiv vmy uuc
at home.
from Burns
1 lit J WIUV syj aw.. '
. . S
where they had a general met
startinir from a
variety store and expanding.
. . l . l ......... t rninaro
Here mey win muj -"""
ll nrninrloe mpfltS. DrodUCC
and various gift articles, house
hold utensils, and many other
items.
$522,947 For Schools
Outside Limitations
tr. ...Ill AaMAa nn 522.947
V U LCI a TYA v-v.w
for school operation which Is out
side the 6 per cent limitation at
the school election March 27..
Reasons for the increase were
v... ohnnl fllSt.rlCt
given uy o.-..w.
board as: additional teachers, In
creased cost of operation, ex-
... i.i-Iam MAota tm.
yanucu ijciioiv. v .
provements in school program
ana tne iow iux uaoc
The additional money Is for
operating the schools for the fls-
cal year lsoi-o nu
In the total general iunu cac.
ditures of $888,559.
Tumbling Exhibition
Next Saturday
A lO.momhpr exh bltion turn
... t-, nnnear at a
performance Saturday
Dling icoin -rr -
..v.n 9n Saturday at
8 p.m. at the recreation hall of
the Seventh - day Adventist
church.
r-rxncaA f.f VOlinffStCrS 10 tO
1 l.'-'V v. v j 1.
. . . . . . 1. n n m Oflffl rP .
14 years 01 age wnu
quired to be able to do 15 sepa
rate fc- vv- - -
i f iiortnictnn . ana nas
AMn T M O IPH1M 1 trlCll Li T f
peartru a i
. iir.nl,lMn AY.
toured eastern wmiuubw"
tensively mis winter.
1 He lean o "",v
dents of the Brookslde Academy
. . ... t 1 l fnln.
at Yakima, wasn., nu
.J V... 1?rAr1 T-TaM.
CU ujr .
The program is open iu
Kii at no charcre. An
offering win De uw -f -punch
and popcorn will be sold
. IkA .pt
... nn oni
to raise expenses iw m.
S 3c Boy Hughes U noma a
leave visiting ms pmciica,
Huehes. Roy Is
UI1U " J ' - - -
with the Coast Guard stationed
aboard the Blunta neei tl
Ship Oir tne cailiorma
huh .i.U of the ouumy m
i'..i.mv M.titri drlrsate !
" en
and Yinilh at Kal-m. He u
mrir.br r tt tn i' ""T'9-
NH'is "1'' Srtrty and the
Ulrrmrii'l
tlub. And ifriial ditinc.
Hon. he la tvow amlng as pre.
u JJ f (hwf ,hrt
1-
I I Arrv. kui
Larn'. son of a doctor, plana
a career In medicine and will
attrnd the University t Ore
gon this fall.
v3
s
.
LA BUT T1BBLES
Lydia Van Houte, salutatonan,
I.. 17 tnra n1 nAS IliQ
M aiOVT it
a varied program in scnooi. sue
iirwnf ner iirsi two ytura ui
Ki of Qtttnfloltl. As a fresh-
man she was student councu
representative, played ln tne
girls' sextette as freshman and
sophomore and in the school
band, knronea ai m-pi'mr
school in her Junior year, she
has continued her music and
nlavs first clarinet In the high
i - . . . . . . .
school band ana me com.cn
i . ,
, "7 " m. , of the
band, and was a member 01 xne
'All State Band last year. She at
""r.T,." Vr 7fav at Pa-
" ITni.,.rBitv . . tunlor. She
,w cbc'r of the girls' trio
,or 8nd na9 scrved a8
8ecretary for two years.
LYDIA VAN HOUTE
..ji. una fhnson Homecom-
LiyUM
ine princess her Junior and sen-
lor years ana wa v
last vpar. She was
a delegate to the Pacific Slope
Press Conrerence mis yi
a. avi iha
has worked as a repoi u.-i
Hehisch as a senior. She nas
been elected to class office three
times by her schoolmates.
She is a school cheerleader and
a member of the National Honor
Society, Future Busines Leaders
of America, yum "
Pep Club, Pep Band, Girls
League, and the Girls' Athletic
Association.
Lydia also received the schol
astic award from the Elks Foun-
datlon in the recent iocui u
trlct contest with a $200 schol
arship and will compete In the
regional contest in
March 19. She will attend the
University of Oregon next fall
where she will major ln business
9 ft K Af Ml IIMrf
and will specialize m
BUDGET ELECTION
School budget vote for
county voters will b held
at the regular polling places
March 27. School officials
have stated that a large vote
is needed to show the wishes
of the taxpayers
WEATHER
HI
52
50
51
60
59
68
Low
31
36
35
42
48
45
Prec.
.06
.04
.01
.06
23
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesray
57
36
56
Thursday
Maximum temperature,
68.
Minimum, 31.
P.alnfall for the week .96 of
an inch. Total for the year U
4.92.
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