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.
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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
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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
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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.
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