HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. November 8. 1962
Farm Bureau Meet
Set for La Grande
November 11-14
La Grande will be the scene of
the 31st annual convention of
the Oregon Farm Bureau federa
tion, JNovember n-14. Headquar
ters for meetings will be the Sac
ajawea hotel, where speeches
and reDOrts will hp hparH anH
luncheons and dinners will be
served.
One of the key speakers will be
Dr. Ernest Wilkinson, president
01 cngnam Young university,
who will speak at the Monday
morning general session on the
topic "An Outsider Looks at the
Farmer."
Other events will include the
banquet in honor of the recipi
ents of the Distinguished Ser
vice to Agriculture award and
tne dK-Years' Service to Agricul
ture awards Tuesday, November
id; a panel discussion of tax pro
blems moderated by State Repre'
sentative George Annala, Hood
River, manager of Oregon Tax
Research; and a panel Tuesday
afternoon concerning nat u r a 1
resources. Monday afternoon will
aiso De given to an open resolu
rions meeting, at which any
arm Bureau member will have
the opportunity to discuss pend
ing resolutions.
Additional activities will be
the candlelight vesper service at
the La Grande First Methodist
church Sunday evening, at
which the associate minister of
the Walla Walla Central Christ
ian church, Rev. William Bailey,
will speak on the topic "We Are
inankiui."
preceding the vesper service
will be a reception honoring past
ana present VFBF board mem
bers and 1962 county presidents
and their wives. Also on Sunday
and throughout the convention
the "Fabu Fair" will be set up
displaying commodities of van
ous counties and projects and
yearbooks of county Farm Bu
reaus. Monday noon the ann u a 1
Farm Bureau women's luncheon
and annual meeting is schedul
ed. The voting delegates' dinner
will be at 5:30 that evening,
followed by the awards program,
with OFBF second vice president
Barry Brownell presiding.
Special guests at the distin
guished service awards banquet
Tuesday evening will be Secre
tary of State Howell Appling,
acting as toastmaster, and Miss
Adrienne Ellison, Mt Angel,
Oregon Dairy princess.
Because of the recent death of
Wiley Clowers, Madras, who had
been elected OFBF president at
the 1961 convention, it will be
necessary to elect a new presi
dent to fill the remaining year
of Mr. Clowers' unexpired term.
This will be done Wednesday
morning.
TO THE EDITOR
School Menus
November 13-16
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MONDAY (Holiday
school)
TUESDAY Spanish Rice,
green beans, carrot sticks, apple
sauce, milk and bread and but
ter. WEDNESDAY Weiners with
barbecue sauce, baked potatoes
with butter, celery sticks, fruit,
bread and butter and millk.
THURSDAY Macar o n i and
cheese, tossed salad, berry cob
bler, bread and butter and milk.
FRIDAY Tomato soup, Sal
omon loafr celery and carrot
'sticks, fruit, bread and butter
fand milk.
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To the Editor:
Since the Morrow County
School Board made public its
decision to relocate the River
side Hieh school in the Board
man area, there have been many
rumors to the effect that the
people of Boardman were not
lntprpstprl in thp lnratinn nf thp
school. I suppose this feeling has
been generated because the cit
izens of Boardman have taken
the course of action necessary
in a Democratic country. The ac
tion I speak of is that of letting
your elected representative speak
tor you, not naving moD rep
rpspntatinn
Our course of action has been
that of preparing brochures of
fantunl matprial fnr thp hoard's
consideration and allowing our
elected representatives to speaK
for us. Of course this plan of
action does not draw as mucn
publicity or create as mucn ex
Htpmpnt as thp writing of bellie
erent letters or showing up at
tho District Rnard meetings with
large delegations, witn tne ex
press Intention ot pressuring tne
Board into taking action in their
favor.
This rnmmunitv drew UD a
three page brochure of facts and
information rppardins the relo
cation of Riverside High school
and the City of Boardman. This
letter was then circulated
thrnuph thp Boardman area and
in one afternoon alone 168 sig
natures were obtained, iavor
ing placing the new school in
the Boardman city limits. Many
more signatures could nave
been obtained had more time
been available.
A rpppn t lpttpr tn thp editor
ontained a somewhat mislead
ing statement. The letter saia
in offpft that if the school is
rebuilt in the Boardman area,
and the town of Boardman does
not relocate the school will then
be "located in a sagebrush wild
erness." This statement could
be quite misleading to people
unfamiliar with the Boardman
area. This statement is untrue
hooansp thprp is an irrigated
project here that will not be af
fected by the back waters of
the John Day Dam. This area
largp share of the
student population and of the
school taxes. This irrigated area
will remain regardless oi me
rainpntirm nf thp npw Boardman
townsite. This year for example,
only six of the High school stu
dents reside on property that will
be anected oy tne pooi waiei
of the John Day Dam. The par
ents of one of these students
hoc. airpaHv nnrnhased land in
an unaffected area, and others
have expressed their intention to
relocate in the new Boardman
Townsite.
I would like to take this oppor
tunity to publicly thank the Mor
row County scnooi eoaru iui
tnoir timp and pffort sDent in
determining the location of the
new Riverside High scnooi. i am
sure there were some locai
that were not pleased
with the Board's decision to
send all the elementary students
to Irrigon, especially tne iirst
ttur, crraHpc I have not heard
one word of criticism and I know
that no public meetings nave
been held or any lawyers hired
in an pffnrt tn ppt this decision
changed. I am sure the decision
,i,qo maiin ui th thp future edu
cation of the children foremost
in the minds of the Board mem
bers. The city of Boardman will re
innnta anH nnt havinc a school
IC MJ..av "
located here could hinder the
growth of the new development.
Future industrial workers might
hpsitate to locate in Boardman
if there Is no school in the vicin
ity. However, I am sure tne new
settlers would not stop this side
rtf Wprmictnn an d this certainlv
would .affect the growth and
economy of the wnoie county.
k . Kespecuuny yuuia,
" , Mrs. Nathan Thorpe
Boardman, Oregon
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Soil Supervisors
Seek Cooperation
On Rental Charges
Heppner Soil Conservation dis
trict supervisors meeting last
Thursday night discussed meth
ods of speeding up collection of
bills from cooperators who ob
tain the various services of the
district. While technical service
is provided at no cost to the co
operators a rental charge on
equipment owned and stakes
furnished for laying out various
practices is made. Equipment
available through the district is
a erass-legume seeder, two
packers, and a terracer. "Since
these charees provide the oper
ating expenses and the limited
funds that the district super
visors have for operations we
are appealing to the public who
avail themselves of these to pay
these bills to treasurer, Raymond
Lundell at the very earliest poss
ible dates," says Raymond
French, chairman.
Kenneth Turner, district super
visor, was appointed by the
board to look into descriptions
of and prices on a "burrow build
er" which the supervisors have
had request for rental. If ade
quate interest Is shown to super
visors who will be visiting with
persons who have a rodent prob
lem, such a machine will be
purchased.
Ralph Richards, work unit
conservationist for the district,
reported on progress of the Rhea
Creek watershed project, said
the steering committee has been
active since their election on Oc
tober 9, making inspections of
various dam sites since the
meeting. The supervisors went
on record favoring a formal re
quest for the proposed Rhea
Creek small watershed project.
Supervisors also agreed to co-
sponsor with the Gilliam county
SCD the Rock Creek Small
Watershed project with that dis
trict has applied for. The dam
site, located in Gilliam county,
it will in no way affect the
Heppner district, however, since
it does involve watershed area
within this district approval of
the Heppner supervisors was
necessary.
Plans were made for atten
dance at the annual meeting,
Oregon Association of Soil Con
servation Districts, being held In
Eugene this week. The super
visors budgeted expense money
for Martha Doherty, regional
conservation speech winner who
will participate in the state con
test on November 8. Others plan
ning to attend the district meet
ing are Mrs. Bernard J. Donerty,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richards and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Palmer.
Other business conducted by
the supervisors consisted of
plans for Farm-City Banquet
scheduled to be held at the Lex
ington Grange hall on Decem
ber 11: plans for the soil con
servation district workshop to be
held in Hermiston on November
20 and ordering soil conservation
placemats. Certificates of elec
tion were distributed to all sup
ervisors being made available by
the State Soil Conservation com
mittee. Plans were made for re
pairing the district owned ter
racer to put it in better shape
for rental to cooperating farmers.
A progress report presented by
Work Unit Conservat i o n i s t,
Ralph Richards, indicated that
there had been much activity in
soil conservation work during
the month of October. Conser
vation plans had been signed by
Frank Anderson and new cooper
ators, Robert and Shannon Ma
Surveys have been made for an
honev and Bert Corbin added.
irrigation diversion dam at the
Charles Daly ranch; leveling at
the Marion Palmer and Healy
ranches; a spring development
and 750 feet of tile drains at
the Allyn Hughes ranch; 310
foot diversions at the L. H. Rill
ranch and 500 feet channel
change at the Marion Palmer
ranch. Conservation activities
completed were 6 acres of pas
ture planting at the A. L. Os
min ranch; land leveling at the
Luke Bibbv. W. J. Bucknam and
Albert Wright ranches; channel
chanee and channel improve
ment at the Albert Wright ranch;
8,830 feet of diversion ditches at
the Leonard Rill ranch.
Regular monthly meetings of
the Heppner SCD supervisors are
held on the first Tuesday even
ing of the month. The public is
nvited to attend these meetings
which are held at 8:00 p.m. at
the Soil Conservation Service office.
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REGULAR MEETING 1:00 P.M.
PUBLIC INVITED TO THE MEETING AT 1 P.M.
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