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HEPFNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thuitday. March 1. !SJ 125 Attend FFA Banquet; Rill Chosen Star Farmer Heppner High school' rhaptcr of thi Future Farmers of Amer ia was host to parents and jjui-st at an Impressive ban quel Thursday night. February 22. In the Catholic Parish hall. Some 125 were present for the dinner, in all. William Kill, chosen Star Chapter Farmer, walked off with a lion's share of awards, getting nine In addition to the Star Farmer honor. The youth' father. L. II. Kill. wa given the honorary degree ceremony by the FFA officers and Joined the 22 other honorary members as koduted with the chapter. President Merlin Hughes was muster of ceremonies, and ad dress of the evening was by Kverett Struckmcier, who him self as a vouth attained vlrt ually every honor that the Future Farmers offer, rrom tne local level to national. He discussed the history, tyte of organization, onlectlves and benefits of the FFA. Chapter report was given by reporter, Harold Gray, and the national convention report was elven bv Bob Ketsch and Archie Kali, who attended the meeting In Kansas City, Mo. Spencer Sampson furnished entertainment by sin King 'Trees," and "Wonderland by Night" with Carol Burkenbine as accompanist. Officers taking part In the pro cram, besides those mentioned, RETIREMENT f 1 Kqultable Heprcsentatlve HILL MORGAN 39 S. W. Dorlon Pendleton, Oregon Phone: CRestview 6-2421 This man from Kqultable Savings holds the key to your carefree retirement. See how planned .savings can give you the things you want sec urity, travel, retirement at $100 a month. To save more, earn more; Investigate Kquitablo's Carefree Retirement Plan. were Kill as vice president; Oarv Van blokland. secretary; Hall, treasurer; and Bill Struthers, sen tinel. Adviser Gerald Jonasson pre sented awards as follows: FFA Foundation awards Soil conservation, William Kill. Ronald Meckel. John Wagenblast. Frank Omin. and Kenneth Wright; best farm plan Wil liam Kill lln donated by Kalph l!i hards ; Mar greenhand, Ken neth Wright; livestock farming. William Kill; poultry farming. Chris Mrown; crop farming, Wil liam Kill; public speaking, Wil liam Kill also plaque donated by Khea Creek grange). Chapter Farmer degree pins Spencer Sampson, Don Van Winkle. Dick Struckmcler, Ken Wright and Larry Monagle. Morrow County Livestock Growers awards Beef produc Hon, William Kill; sheep produc tion, Kenneth Wright; swine pro duction. William Kill. Plaque for best livestock pro cram William Kill. Trvco award (FFA knife) Best freshman boy, John Wag enhlast. Outstanding scholarship award Gary Van Blokland. Outstanding achievement awards (donated by Bank of Kastern Oregon) Archie Ball Gary Van Blokland, bod i-eiscn, William Rill. Merlin Hughes. Star Chapter Farmer William Rill. It was also announced that Kill will receive the State Farm er Decree nr. me siaie conven tion to be March 14 at Coos Bay. Girls of the Future Homemak Inc chanter, with Mrs. Klmer Schmidt advisor, served the ham dinner that was topped off with cherry pie and Ice cream, ap propriate for George Washing ton's birthday. a 4 curt OPEN AND SYSTEMATIC SAVINGS current rate a o A (J SAVINGS current rate at maturity (age limit ov years) Hunter's Safety Program Slated For Grange Meet A program centered around 'Hunter's Safety" Is planned for he next regular meeting of Lex- ngton Grange No. 726 at the Grange hall Saturday evening, March 10. The evening will begin with pot luc k dinner served at 6 m. Special Invitation Is extended to 4-tl members, parents and friends who enjoy hunting and wish information on the gun safety program, especially re garding new rules for junior II cense holders. A committee composed of Da vid McLeod, Hrppncr, Robert De Spain and Pete Cannon, lone, will be In charge of the program They expect to show special movies and hold discussion on questions relative to the gun safety program. As an added attraction the committee Is planning a display of old-time guns or historic fire arms which the public would have in homes and would like to share with others. Owners are asked to have small labels with a few words of the history on each one. They will be displayed under cellophane and will not be handled, according to Mrs, Kenneth Smouse, general chair man. i Mi tf Ik mi Foresters Talk Fire Cooperalion at Meet IONE HIGH'S basketball team makes the tournament trail tonight when they play in the 7-B district meet at the Pendleton Armory, playing McEwen of Athena at 7 p. m. From leit are Ken Nelson, K.n Klinaer. Warn Hams. Mary Padbera, Bruce Riqby. Tom Pointer. Ron Crabtree. Rollie Ek- from, lim Martin, femr DaTldson. and Less Madden. In the foreground are Manager Mancell Townsend and Coach Glenn Biehl. Cardinal Cagers fo Play Tonight in 7-B Tourney With a season's record of 12 wins and 6 losses and second place finisher In the western division of the Morrow-Umatilla B league, lone High school's basketball team will face Mc Ewen of Athena at 7:00 p. m, tonight (Thursday) In the dis trict 7-B basketball tournament in the Pendleton armory. The Cardinals will be the only Morrow county team in the tournev. since St. Joseph of Pen dleton downed Riverside of Boardman-Irrigon in a playoff for the fifth representative from the Morrow-Umatilla league. Two come from the western di vision, two from the eastern di vision, and the fifth is deter mined by a playoff between third place finishers in the division. hight teams are entered in the meet. Opening game was Thursday afternoon at 1:30 between Mt. r No ..peekaboo" muffler in a Rambler! CERAMIC - ARMORED MUFFIERandTAIIPIPE both are standard equipment on every Rambler, and only on Rambler. Both are so thoroughly protected against rust and corrosion that we guarantee them for as many years as you own your new Rambler, collision damage excepted. Just go to a Rambler dealer, who will make any necessary replacement, free to you, because . . . WE'LL PAY THE COST IF EITHER RUSTS OUT RAMBLER World Standard of Compact Car Excellence x A; . hmmA lil 1 1 it , 1 Farley Motor Co. 126 May and Chase Heppner the for the Talent Winners Asked To Appear On TV Program A program of entries In Amateur Talent Show, set Friday evening, March 9, in high school auditorium, is grad ually taking shape, according to the committee in charge. Further applications are en couraged and will be accepted through this week in any of the four divisions: pre-school, grade school, high school and adult. The committee needs to know by March 3 the number and kinds of entries and whether any inecial staging needs are desired in order to get the program or ganized and staging plans made. An invitation has been receiv ed from "Teen Time," a TV talent show seen locally from the Tri-City TV station in Ken newick, Wn., for winners to ap pear on their show. They will also be given cash prizes from the PTA, the sponsoring organi zation, the night of the show. Advance ticket sales are un derway by the grade school children. Admission prices are set at 25c for grade school stu dents, 50c for high school stu dents, and 75c for adults. Those still wishing to enter may call Mrs. Ed Dick, 6-9920 or ti-i)H33; Mrs. Mary Bryant, 6-9493; or Mrs. Robert Hopper, 6-58-18. Vernon (18-3) and St. Joseph 11-10. Second game was be tween Umatilla (15-7), Morrow Umatilla western division champs, and Prairie City (14-5) at 3 p. m. lone and Athena (19-3) play the first game tonight at 7:00 and McEwen is listed as one of the tournament favorites. Weston (16-4) and Spray (14-5) clash in the final game of the opening round at 8:30 tonight. Winners advance in the cham pionship bracket for games Fri day night, and losers go into the consolidation flight for games Friday afternoon. Should lone win tonight, the Cards will play the winner of the Spray-Weston game at 8:30 p. m., Friday. If they lose, they go against the loser of the Spray-Weston fray at 3 p. m., Friday. The Cards have their work cut out for them. In previous games this year they have been unable to defeat Athena, but may have some surprises in store for the McEwen five in the opener. Wes ton tied with Athena for the eastern division championship, and this means that Coach Glenn Biehl's boys will have almost as tough a row to hoe in the second round. Spray boasts a fine record for the year, too. Seal Proceeds Climb; Free X-Rays Offered Each community is reporting good results in the Christmas seal sale of the county health and tuberculosis association, Mrs. L. E. (Rachel) Dick reports. At this point, proceeds show the sale to be nearing the same total as last year, she said. Free chest X-rays will be offer ed at the Pioneer Memorial hos pital next Wednesday, March 7, from 7 to 8:30 as one of the activities sponsored by the assoc iation, she said. School Bonds Win Voter Approval (Continued from page 1) may be the first to get started now that the bond issue has been approved, Administrator Robert Van Houte said. Moving at tne nest possible speed, con racts can hardly be let before ate in May, if then, he said. Architects will need time to draw up plans and specifications n detail and call for construe ion bids must be given. Work of the Riverside school an not move forward until a site s selected and plans are finally pproved. Receiving votes of the election proved to be a dramatic affair. eturns were reported to the eppner elementary school for abulation. Count at HePDner as known among the first, giv- ng a substantial lead to the roposal. However. Irricon. Ruce and Lexington whittled the lead. Pine City added one vote to the affirmative side. When the over whelming negative vote was re ported from lone, it appeared that the issue had lost, since it traded at that time in tabu lations by 37 votes. However. Boardman was the last to report and the rather sur prising majority overcame the lone deficit and gave the issue the slim victorv. Legion Groups Plan Joint- Dinner Meet The American Legion Auxil iary will be host to Legionnaires, their families and friends, at a special potluck dinner meeting Monday night, 6:30 p. m., at the Lesion hall. American Legion's birthday will be celebrated at the dinner bv the serving of special cake and ice cream, furnished by aux iliary members. A door prize will be presented to one lucky mem her who attends. Community singing is planned as a short program between the dinner and business meeting. Mrs. FV t vies in Ayres' The Mother Dalles Mrs. Catherine Bariletti died at The Dalles February 22 at the age of 71. Funeral services were Monday morning in rne Dalles. Attending the services from here were her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hev- ener. and Kev. Kavmona ceara. She s survived by her daugh ter. Mrs. Avres. four sons, Al fred, Moorhead, Minn: Lambert, Pendleton: Dennis, The Dalles; and Dr. Robert, Yakima, Wn; also 16 er.indchildren. and one great-grandchild. Municipal and Justice Court Overtime parking, fined $1.00; R. D. Nickles, K. Howard, Dolores Thorpe, and Barabara Leyva. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients in Pioneer Memorial hospital this week are: John Cor- dero, Condon; Alfred Iroeason, Heppner; Pat Cutsforth, Lexing ton: Mahil Davidson. lone; Aline Adams, Heppner; John Da mon, Heppner; Grace Nickerson, Heppner; and George Steagall, Lexington. Those dismissed tnis wock were: Kenneth biaKe, neppiur. James Craig. Kinzua; Delores Bailev. Heppner; Denise Bloods- worth. Heppner; and Lucille Parrish, Heppner. J. O. Hager. Justice of the peace, returned t, his office at the courthouse. Thursday after a week's bout with the flu. WATER WELL DRILLING John Hershey Call Collect JO 7 6371 After 5:00 P. M. Pond.-d & Licensed 80, and William Schrunk Dies February 16 William Fred Schrunk, brother of Albert Schrunk Mrs. Dewey Britt, both of Hepp ner, died in West Linn ehruary 16. Funeral services were Tues day. February 20, at Holman Hankins and Rilance mortuary. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schrunk and Mr. and Mrs. Britt went to Portland for the services. The deceased had retired from Crown Zellerbach Paper Co. after 31 years of service. He was born n Germany and had lived in West Linn 40 years. Surviving are his widow, Rose; two sons, Ivan, Hillsboro, and Roy W., Portland; two brothers, Herman, Oregon City, and Al bert, Heppner; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Miller, Oregon City, and Mrs. Britt, Heppner; and five grandchildren. Co-op Biddies to Meet The Co-op Biddies will meet Monday, March 5, at 1:30 p. m. in the Lexington city hall. Dif ferent new crafts will be shown bv members of tho group. (Continued from tii 1) !ever, that In lx districts In Ore- I i,fi an, I Vl'iifehlnfMrin Initt vpar the Service took action on 12 different fires not on Its lands, (me in northern Umatilla touch ed In only three acres of U. S. Forest land and yet ihe federal government spent $250.(XW In controlling ihe blaze that Jeopar dized the National Forest. Criticism came up of a sit uation that was identified as occurring on Hunter Creek where a rumored "UK) men or me for est Service refused to fight the fire until it crossed the water. Herb Smith of Georgia -I'aclfic told the officials, "If you have a fire crew out, it should give private crews a hand. Mallery and others from the Forest Service said that they had no knowledge of this partlcu lar situation, but said that the derision on whether Forest Ser vice land is In Jeopardy is the Judgement of the man In charge, It is possible that his judgement mav he in error, he said. State Forester Phlpps told of the agreement between the state and federal agencies that pro vldes for a one-mile strip on each side of a common boun darv In which either will take Initial action on fires. If it is on land of the other, the respon silibitv for the fire shifts to the proper agency when its suppres sion crew arrives. In some in stances, the agency with primary responsibility will ask the other to take jurisdiction because of Its own lack of access or other reasons, he said. Mallery reiterated that the Forest Service men are respon siblc to the General Accounting Office and cannot fight fires "way outside" National Forest lands. Cutsforth then asked the ques tion, "Is this policy too tight?" Mallery replied, "I think we have all the leniency we need. I don't know of a single In stance where action or Judge ment has been wrong." The discussions brought out the fact that a-private operator or private citizen may, ana should, act to suppress a forest fire on public lands. Reasonable costs incurred will be reimbursed bv the responsible agency. Some timber sale contracts require the private operator to assume lire responsibility. Ferguson asked, "Is it then legal for us to start fighting fire on public lands when we see it?" To which Wilson replied, "It is practically illegal if you don't." Mallerv pointed out that or 2 OS fires in the Umatilla Forest last year only eight became laree.' "This is not a bad record for us," he declared. Crawford asserted that one of the breakdowns in fighting the Ditch Creek fire was the failure of loggers and Individuals to fit into the "organizational pat tern." One private party cost $31)00 when the Job could have been done much better and cheaper if the person had "fit into organizational thinking," he said. lie also cited an instance when a seven-acre fire, handled by ranchers, cost $21 SO to suppress. Kep. Frank Wcatherford who spoke briefly at the start of the meeting, added a concluding Matement to the effect thai If the state had bulldozers and equipment that it artuallv need for fire fighting, taxes for this purpose would be triple what they are now. Kay Williamson discussed his role in working with private op erators In getting assistance on fires In the Heppner district. Fer guson proposed that logging op erators might be asked lo stay home on week-ends on a rota tional basis to be ready for calls. The meeting ended amicably. Some expressed the feeling that they had received a better under standing on the coordination and cooperation between agencies. Other private citizens otnted out that they had not realized before that they could lake In itial action on a fire without authorization. However, Cutsforth said that he felt that some of the local taxpayers' questions remained unanswered. The observation by several that lack of communications and understanding appeared to be a common problem that was re sponsible for much of the diffi culty seemed to be the consensu; of the Rroup. Among others present at the meeting were Richard L. Gra ham, Kinzua Corp.. Barney Mal com, Heppner Lumber Co.; Sher iff C. J. D. Bauman; County Judge Oscar Teterson; Bill Scott, Kinzua Corp.; Jerry E. Asher, Bureau of Land Management; Glen Ward. Oregon State Game Commission; Milo Medlock, Gilliam-Wheeler Pomona Grange Master; Carl McDaniel, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Ken neth II. Keeling, Boise Cascade Corp.; Rae L. Johnson, Georgia Pacific; and a number of ranch ers ana private citizens. Deadline Friday On Tax Filing March 2 is the deadline for filing personal property returns, Morrow County Assessor Oliver Creswick states. The returns cover all personal property used to earn money. They apply to such things as business inventories, oince lur niture and equipment, farm and logging equipment. Assistance or lniormation re garding the returns may be ob tained at the assessor's office in courthouse. The telephone there is 6-9421. Pat Cutsforth III In Pioneer Hospital Pat Cutsforth, 25, Lexington, was taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital from a heart attack Tuesday morning, suffered while feeding cattle at the home of his father, O. W. Cutsforth. The father reported today (Thursday) that Pat's condition is still serious and he was riot permitted to visit him this morn- I n g. . MOW! We Give (OH &H Green Stamps MSI OREN STAM PS With A fi. 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