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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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!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-
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