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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1963)
Secretary of Agriculture Commends Heppner Soil Conservation District Secretary of Agriculture Or ville Freeman has written to Raymond J. French, chairman of the Heppner Soil Conservation district, stating his commenda tion of the district in its action in updating the soil and water program and modernizing the Memorandum of Understanding with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Heppner district was the first in the state of Oregon to update its program and modern ize its Basic Memorandum of Understanding with the U. S. Department of Agriculture as re quested by them. . "This is an important initial step in helping private land owners move forward more ef fectively with their soil and water conservation effort," Sec retary Freeman said. "The district movement has gained enormous strength over the past quarter century because you and other dedicated men have given freely of your time, energy, and imagination in the finest' tradition of democratic ac tion and self government. "We are on the threshhold of a new era in the management of our resources of land and water, forest and wildlife by our people," he continued. 'I am convinced that your district has an important part to play in giving reality to our broaden ed concepts of conservation and wise land use. I urge you to push forward in every way you can conceive to achieve maxi mum advancement in the con servation and development of our soil and water resources wilhin your district." T. P. Helseth, state conserva tionist, pointed out that the Heppner district was first in the state to update its program at the request of the USDA, which pointed out that the Memoran dums in use until early this year were designed for use a generation ago and not for the 1U()0'S In a letter to French, Helseth said, "This indicates good pro gress and I am sure that all the agencies in the Department stand runny 10 assist you in taking advantage of the new opportunities in moving ahead with your soil and water con servation program." The district submitted a de tailed local program wilh its signed copies of the Memoran dum in late February or early March of this year. It was signed by Chairman French and Sec retary Nels Anderson. Assisting were Ralph Richards, work unit conservation, and supervisors of the district. i. Xi 'a : lOi- . RAYMOND FRENCH RLFH RICHARDS Chairman, Heppner Soil Work Conservationist. Heppner Conservation District Soil Conservation District HOSPITAL Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital for medical rare during the past week are the following: Barbara Angell, Heppner; Robert Ashm e a d e, Spray; Martha Cole, Heppner; Michael Ball, Kinzua; Ruby Billingsley, Kinzua; Joyce Pheg ley, Heppner; Bcttie Craig, Kin zua; John Hastings, Kinzua; El wood Hunt, Lexington; Elaine Umphrey, Condon, and Billy Jo Llndstrom, lone. Tiiose dismissed during this same period were: Uammw Marshall, Heppner; Cora Ellis, lone, and Mike Kyle, Spray. Memorial Picnic Plans Underway Plans are underway for the annual Morrow County Memor ial Day reunion and picnic, to be at the fair grounds building on Thursday, May 30, Don Turn er, chairman, announces. Soroptimists club will have charge of registration, which will begin at 10:30. A potluck buffet will be served promptly at noon, Turner said. Members of Heppner Rainbow for Girls will serve. County Judge Oscar Peterson will welcome visitors and Father Raymond Beard will deliver prayer. Mrs. Ed (Eleanor) Gonty is ccret a ry-treasurer of the event. There will be prizes awarded the oldest, pioneer present, the former Morrow county resident coming the greatest distance to the meeting, and for the oldest continuous Morrow county resident. Two Win Prizes In Fish Contest Michelle Evans won first prize for girls and Greg Greenup won first prize for boys in the Open ing Day Fishing contest spon sored by the Morrow County Hunters and Anglers, John Pfeif fer, judge, said. Michelle's fish was 12 inches and Gregs was 12V4 inches. Another boy brought in a batch of 10 for measurement, but all were under the winners, Pfeilfer said. Except for a few phone calls, these comprised the entry list. Opening day proved a dis couraging proposition for the youngsters, with the rain and snow bringing creeks to a high and roillv state. Elections Coming; Absentees May Vote Those who vote in school elec tions in the county on Monday, May 6, will be faced with four separate ballots, Supt. Robert Van Houte slates. There will be one ballot for election of a director from the Heppner zone with Con ley Lan ham and Andy Van Schoiack being the candidates for the one position, that being vacated by L. E. (Ed) Dick. Another will seek the recall of Fredrick Mar tin, lone, from the board. A third will be a budget vole on the Blue Mountain Area ed ucation district, and the fourth will be on the election of direc tor for the district. Absentee ballots are available for those who will be out of the county on election day. They may be obtained by application to Beverly Gunderson, clerk of the Morrow county district, in the courthouse. Rummage Needed For Coming Sale May 24 and 25 is set for the semi-annual Rummage Sale sponsored by the Civic League which helps support the kinder garten. This spring the two-day sale will be' held in the old Bakery building. Anyone having clothing, toys, books, furniture and household items is asked to call Mrs. Berry (676-5566), Mrs. Jack Ploy har (676-5356), or Mrs. Jimmy Prock (676-9412) for pickup and delivery. The clothing will be laundered and the better cloth ing cleaned. The sale sponsors say not to throw away those unused items during spring house cleaning, but give them to the Civic League for the Rum mage Sale. Trampoline Boys Injured Youth Add New Thriller ith Para-Kite i A NEW LOOK OF YOUTH FOR DRY SKIN the polyunsaturate face cream for that 21-derful took $2 $350 $5 is PRINCE MATCHABELLI To complete your beauty treatment, also use NEW Polyderm Extra Deep Skin Cleanser (2) and NEW Tolyderm Skin Freshener ($150) A new sport which is just dan gerous enough to increase the thrill aspect was introduced in to Eastern Oregon on Saturday afternoon when Ione's trampo line boys tackled their newly acquired Para-kite for the first time. Using one and one-half miles of runway on Heimbigner's ranch, the boys took turns fly ing the Para-kite which was towed behind a powerful auto mobile. Tom Heimbigner took the first ride and was so obviously thrill ed by it that Joe Halvorsen could hardly wait for his turn. After watching these two boys having so much fun, "Old Ray" simply had to give it a whirl. He had a little bit of difficulty when lie started though. It seems that the 200 pounds of wheat took a lot faster takeoff speed and he could hardly sprint fast enough to get the job done. However, with a little bit of luck, he be came airborne and then it was nothing to get him up to the 45 foot level at which the tow rope length seemed to allow the rig to perform best. After this, voune Mark Halv orsen made his first flight and he was quickly followed by Rol lie Ekstrom. Most common com plaint was that hands got cold from the speedy ride through one and one-half miles of cold air. Originally acquired for use in their water ski show on Labor Day, they find that it works so well on land that it will be a year-around part of their activ ity program. Anyone who would like to see the Para-kite in action will be able to do so when McNary Yacht Club holds its annual Boater's breakfast sometime in the near future. Actually the Para-kite is noth ing more than a conventional parachute with slits cut into it in such a manner as to give it the necessary lift when it is towed by any vehicle which has sufficient power and weight to do the job adequately. The manufacturer recommends not less than 150 horsepower if a boat is used as the power supply. Snow Ditches Bus Some school students of the Hardman area did not get to school in Heppner last Thursday because a bus slid into the ditch after attempting to get through a two-foot deep snowdrift on the highway. The driver, Don Clark, was alone in the bus, on h s iiratr rtnf fA nfnlf im n lnflri Wrecker of Farley Motor Co. pulled the bus out of the ditch. Still Unconscious Robert Ashmead, 17, of Spray, remained unconscious in Pioneer Memorial hospital Thurs day morning following a one-car ac cident between Fossil and Con don Saturday night. His condit ion was reported as "fair." A companion, Mike Kyle, 21, also of Spray, was dismissed from the hospital Monday. Ash mead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashmead suffered severe concus sion and lacerations and Kyle, son of Mr. and i,:rs. Donald Kyle, sustained contusions of the chest, lacerations of the head and neck and mild concussion. The two had been to Rose burg to attend the funeral of Kyle's grandmother when their car hit a slick spot on the high way and went out of control. Both were thrown against the windshield. It was snowing at the time of the accident. Touring Drama Group to Stage Play on Friday Stage will be set in the Hepp ner Christian church Friday evening, April 26, for presen tation of the dramatic religious play, "Rehearsal in Kerioth," by the Heritage Players, a touring troupe of highly experienced ac tors from Eugene, according to Rev. Charles Knox, pastor. The play will start at 7:30 p.m., with no admittance charg ed. A free-will offering will be received to cover costs of pre sentation. "Rehearsal in Kerioth," writ ten and directed by Ronald Coul ter, one of the actors, is cen tered about a modern young ac tor and actress who are unsym pathetically rehearsing the roles of Judas Iscariot and Mary of Magdala. During rehearsal they in their imagination become the characters. The drama re-humanizes these characters, stripping them of two thousand years of tradition and literary cliches and reveals unique insights into the "treachery" of Judas and the beauty of forgiveness. Featured artists include Car tyn Bartell of Tacoma, Wn.; Steven Williams, Seattle, Wn Mr. Coulter, drama instructor at Northwest Christian Coll e g e, Eugene, and Jeannine Kay, Eugene, program coordinat o r and operator of the complex lighting and sound systems. The public is cordially invited to attend, with special invi tation to church groups and to young people who are interested in seeing exceptional acting, cos tuming and use of special effects. Workday And Tryouts Slated for League A call goes out again for fathers of Little League play ers and prospective players to gather Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the field for a workday. The fence and dugouts will be put In place and a new perm anent backstop will be made. Starting at 2 p.m. all boys between the ages of 8 and 12, inclusive, and not now on a Little League team, will have a chance to try out for the three Heppner teams. At the close of this session the managers will select the players needed to fill out each 15-man team ros ter. Also at this time the Farm Team managers will be present to sign up the 8-year olds and others not on a team. They will practice during the summer and have practice games with the Lexington Farm team. Coach Joe Yocom has called a practice for the Indians Little League team for Saturday after noon at 4:30 at the school field. This team is made up of Lexing ton and lone boys and completes the 4-team league of Williow Creek Little League. Piano Pupils Appear In Public Recital Piano students of Mrs. Vir ginia C. Turner will be heard in public recital Sunday after noon, April 28, at 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church. Guest artist will be Mrs. Warren Mil ler who will sing two vocal numbers. Parents and friends are encouraged to be present for the annual event. Appearing on the program will be Gail Batty, Marti Dix on, Gwendolyn brake, Susan Gun Club Takes Third in State, Brown is Winner Top shooters of the Morrow County Gun club combined with those of the Pilot Rock Gun club on Sunday to take third place honors in the State Junior Tele graphic Shoot-off at the Port land Gun club grounds. The team posted a total of 475 out of a possible 500, and was topped only by Gresham Elks at 482. and the Portland Elks with 478. Around ten clubs were in competition. Dale Brown, Heppner, was high individual shooter, scor ing 99 out of a possible 100. He returned to his state cham pionship form displayed at other meets, with excellent marks manship to win over all other individual entries. Making the trip from this area were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Hershal Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. George Snider, Harvey Smith and Luke Bibby. The Morrow county club will have its annual spring shoot on May 26, with neighboring clubs invited to compete for the per petuating purse. It will also par ticipate in the Elks Memorial shoot-off in Condon next week. Drake, Ricky Gimbel, Susan Jep sen, Charlaine Knox, Christine Lindstrom, Susan Lindstrom, Cheryle Lundell, Kathy Melby, Susan Melby, Sara Miller, Lee O'Connor, Martha Peck, John Rawlins, Jean Siewert, Paula Siewert, Judy Smith, Jean Stock ard and Dee Anne Wagner. WAGON WHEE CAFE Featuring: CHINESE DINNER THURSDAY and SATURDAY NIGHTS NEW HOURS: 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. 7 a.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday Closed Sundays . 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