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f HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Tbursdoty, May 23, 1963 County Agent's Office Annual Wheat Meet Scheduled for June By N. C. ANDERSON The executive committee of the - Morrow County Whe a t Growers Association, meeting last Friday evening, made plans for their annual spring meeting which will be held on June 11. The group had agreed earlier lo wait with this annual affair until after the Wheat Referen dum in order that they might discuss' further the aspects of the program and how it applied to wheat growers if the referen dum passed, and if not to dis cuss alternatives. On the pro gram will be brief progress re ports of the various standing committees, presentation of the l'J63 Conservation Man of the Year and a discussion on wheat grades. The group expressed its in terest in initiating a public re lations program with Portland 8th grade school children such as has been carried out by Gil liam county during the past two years. Robert Jensen, as past chairman of the public relations committee for the Oregon Wheat Growers League, encoura g e d other counties to join with Gil liam in this worthwhile pro- gram, with approximately ai The group toured retail food stores in the Portland-Vancouver area to observe selling methods. I returned home with a much better understanding of market ing livestock procedures, what and who determines price for not only live animals but meat carcasses, offered to the retail trade. FARM NEWS Key Appointed to ASC Lloyd M. Key, Milton-Free-water, has recently been appoint ed as a member of the State ASC Committee. Mr. Key re places Jens Terjesen, Helix, who's appointment recently ex pired. Mr. Key is a wheat, grain pea, range cattle and feed lot operator. Building Plans Available From time to time this office receives calls asking for various building plans. We have such plans covering everything from houses, machine sheds, lamb creeps, horse trailers, to portable plastic green houses. If we should not have the particular plan you are interested in on hand we can gel it for you with a few days notice. Many of these plans Busy Extension Year is Reviewed At Festival Meet are tree, tor some there is a 8th grade classes in Portland it nominal charge to take care of is imnossible for one county to the blue-prints. If you are per- make much progress in giving . plexed with a building problem many eighth graders an oppor (unity to come to Lastern Ore gon and learn how ranchers live, in order that they might take this information back to their fellow students and parents. The cooperation of other farm organizations will be encouraged in carrying out this project. 1 lie tour will be held the second week-end of May, 19G4. While the executive committee was in session, a "telephone tree" or ganization was planned to call all wheat growers in Morrow county asking them to turn out and vote at the May 21 Referendum. we might be able to help you. Agents Hear New Methods In Livestock Marketing Don Moellcr, of the Agricul ture Research Division of Swilt and Company, Chicago, told a group of 35 Oregon county agents last Monday evening in his opening remarks, "If you go home without knowing how the livestock market works and what establishes prices you have wasted yuor time and mine." This was a part of the orien tation for the group preparing paring them for three days of an intensive livestock market study program held in North Portland on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of last week. The interesting program, last ling ten to twelve hours per day, iwas valuable in providing baek 1 ground of such things as scope iof the meat Industry in the j United States and the iocal area, : livestock buying methods, ; grades and grading and general ; methods of meat distribution. !We had the opportuntiy to meet I with department heads of he packers who discussed factors it hat determine What they would 'bid for cattle, hogs, and lambs Ion Tuesday markets and to go !vvith them while they bid on ;varlous lots of livestock that vvere consigned to commission men on the market thai day. We had the opportunity to ;live grade hogs, lambs and beef land to follow them through to the cool room to compare our jgrades and carcass yields with the finished product. In addit ion to touring beef, lamb and .pork operations in the packing .plant, we viewed the by-prod-uicts division that manufactures fertilizer and tankage and to I visit the wool pullery where pi lls and wool from slaughtered 'lambs and sheep are processed, the Portland plant being one of two in the entire country. An opportunity was afforded the : group to determine from price paid for live animals using yield and grade as to what should be bid as a price on an order of NX) beef carcasses, 150 pork loins and other meat items to one ot Tour Set For May 31 One of the important stops on the annual Better Farming Con servation tour will be at the 1903 Conservation Man of the Year ranch. At this stop those on the tour will have the opportunity to see a number ot conserva tion practices including strip (lopping, silt retaining dams, bird guzzleis, and grass seed ings as well as a variety of machinery used in the operation. Don't forget to reserve the date of May 31 to attend this tour. It will assemble at the Morrow County Fair Grounds at 9:30 a.m. with travel to be made by chartered bus, Common Market is Extensive The Common Market is the biggest economic merger ever at tempted. Picture six countries (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg I each surrounded by a fence. Now imagine that these countries, with a combined population of 175 million people, take down the fences that sep arate each from the oilier, but put in their place, an outer fence that separates the merged area from all other countries. That, in (fleet, is what the Com mon Market is. Students Observe Forest Conservation Last Friday, sirth grade teach ers, Inez Irwin and Inez Meador, with elementary school superin tendent Millard Brown and Work Unit Conservationist Ralph Rich ards, accompanied me to Union county to observe their annual Forestry Conservation School tour. Morrow county is consid ering holding a tour in late; Sep tember or early October, liHvl for sixth graders of the Morrow county schools. Gilliam, Wheeler and Grant eountv have all in- Idieated interest in participating in (his tour. Those ot us at tending the Union county tour did so to observe procedure in order to make our tour more effect ive. Within the next few days a tour will be held of possible sites in our forest to determine the area that the tour will visit to observe such things as game habitats and management, for est fire protection, range man agement conservation, soils, tree identification, thinning and pruning for forest tree improve ment and commercial logging. Several state and federal agen cies will be involved in this con servation project as it is planned and carried out. Most all coun ties in Oregon are now holding such a tour and we are one ot the last of the group of conn the large chain grocery stores, ties to set up such an activity. IT PAYS TO BE A 4s. 0 Sf? WE'LL BE GLAD TO COMPLETE YOUR Crop-Hail Application NOW TO PROVIDE FULL SEASON COVERAGE Turner, Van Martcr fir Bryant Insurance HEPPNER PH. 676-9652 "No matter how far we ad vance in science, in medicine, or in industry, if we don't have love of family and home, we are useless," spoke Miss Esther Taskerud, OSU Home Economics coordinator of the extension ser vice to close to 100 extension women at the annual Morrow County Homemaker Festival on May 15, at the St. Patrick's par ish hall in Heppner. The theme, "Wonderful World Ahead," was carried out in the Indian motif decorations by the Heppner Unit, and the clubs dis plays of s'udies in food and nu trition, clothing, family life, family finance, and time and home management, of Rhea Creek, lone, Irrigon and Board man and Pine City units. New this year was a "Furni ture Restoration Fair" in which 20 of the 40 women who took part, displayed their restored rockers, chests, chairs, coffee tables, etc., on which they had I worked during the Heppner and I Irrigon lurniture restoration workshops. Special interest was shown in the folding rocker, which had come across the plains in a covered wagon own ed by Miss Ruth Dana, Uma tilla; and a four-generation high chair of Mrs. L. A. McCabe. The day began at 11:30 a.m. with installation of new unit officers and county committee women in a candle lighting cer emony, led by Mrs. L. D. Vinson, Kimberly, District VII director of Gilliam, Umatilla, Wheeler and Morrow counties; Mrs. Weldon Wilherrite, Echo (county com mittee chairman) was toast mistress for the event. Lexing ton Altar Society served a de licious luncheon at noon which was followed by a piano solo by Marti Dixon and a tumbling exhibition of the Heppner High school tumblers under the di rection of Richard Strait. A report on the 19G3-64 home Clothing Club Meets Betty Carlson showed mem bers of Country Cutters 4-H clothing club how to clean their sewing machines at their meet ing May 11 at Kristine Peter son's home. We practiced judg ing items and gave our reasons. We are going to show the Rur alettes how to judge a class in 4-H and hew the judging cards are to be filled iii at our next meeting. Visitors were Mrs. John Camp bell, Mrs. Art Warren, Mrs. Lawrence Becket and Mrs. Don Peterson. Linda Pettyjohn, reporter Clubs Have Playday A meeting of Two Tracker Horse club was held May 3 at the Lawrence Becket place. We had a movie on how to train a horse and we discussed having special blankets for our horses. We met at the Wrangler grounds lor a plavdav with the other 4-H horse club on May 11. we an took part in several games and learned how to show our horse for fair time. David Wright, reporter Your Home Agent economics program in Morrow county was announced by Mrs. John Graves, Heppner, and a re port on trie value ot saving com memorative stamps for UNICEF was given by Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, Boardman. Mrs. Joe Wright, Heppner, presented an interesting account of the Ore gon Home Economics Council she and four other Morrow coun ty women attended in Corvallis in early May . An amusing skit on "Self Improvement" was acted out by the Irrigon Extension unit. "Self improvement" tips have been given as. "eye-openers" at the extension unit meetings this past year. "Our extension home econom ics program has its backbone in six units with a listed member ship of 157 women," described Esther Kirmis in her agent's report to the group. "It's been an interesting and active year and I'm happy to have been a part of it." "Thank you's" were expressed by Mrs. L. A. McCabe who in vited the group to attend next year's festival in lone. 'Help Days' Set To Assist 4-Hers Preceding Fair Rv ESTHER KIRMIS First steps are already being taken for the Morrow County Fair, August 20-23, when we in form 4-H boys and girls of the "Demonstration Helps" days coming up on June 5 in Heppner and June 6 in Irrigon, We've found that the 4-H teaching device of demonstra tion helps young boys and girls in the "growing up" process. They learn to talk easily while they use their hands to show a useful practice. Here are some suggested dem onstrations for 4-H Home Ec onomics girls ... Food How to measure correc tly, how to make a cold fruit drink, how to make brownies, how to choose a menu for a day (basic 4), how to cook cereal, how to make muffins, good man ners at the table, how to shop at the supermarket, planning a teen-time party and variations in rolls. Clothing How to equip a sew ing box, how to be a neat seam stress, the parts of a sewing' machine, how to be graceful, how to be well groomed, how to lay a pattern, how to choose color in your wardrobe, how to measure for pattern sizes, how to choose accessories and how to coordinate pattern and ma terial. Knitting How to make a pom pom or tassel, how to equip a knitting bag, how to make any article (hat, slippers, jacket), how to ball yarn, how to care for woolens, how to block your knitting and how to launder a wool sweater. An informational booklet on 4-H demonstrations and a further list of suggestions for each pro ject is being mailed out to all Home Economics 4-H leaders to give them the "Know How" in choosing, outlining and presen tation ot the demonstration tor the fair this August. Ribbons and special awards are given by the county exten sion units and CowBelles to dem onstrators to encourage them in Relative in Arizona Wins Tennis Crown Chx-kwise from bottom: Jet-smooth Chenolet Impalo, Chivy II Nova 00, Corvette Sting Hoy, Corvair Moma Spyder .1 Summer's coming, get going! If this isn't a great time a new Chevrolet well, know when is. Why, you to bo anti-summer not these four convertibles get to you, Or any of Chevrolet's sedans, wagons, sport coupes and sport sedans, for that matter. And there are a lot of other buy-now reasons besides the season. Like the care free feeling you get on to get yourself we just don't 'd almost have to let one of a long vacation trip in a brand-new car. And it's a smart time to trade, what with your Chevrolet dealer all stocked up for a busy summer. Chances are, he has just the model and color you want be it Chevrolet, Chevy II, Corvair or Corvette ready to go righ't now. So maybe now you're all wound up? Then spring into summer at your AT YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER'S Chevrolet dealer's. r-i - ' ' CHECK HIS TNT DEALS ON CHEVROLET, CHEVY U, CORVAIR AND CORVETTE Fulleton Chevrolet Company Heppner, Oregon Miss Sandra Causey, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joe S. Causey, Douglas, Ariz., and granddaugh ter of Mrs. Frank Monahan, Heppner, was winner of the class A state girls' singles champion ship for the state playoffs in Tucson earlier this month, ac cording to word received here by relatives. Miss Causey is a senior in Douglas High school and plans to enter the University of Ari zona at Tucson next fall. Her tennis coach cites Dr. Causey as deserving much credit for his daughter's success, as he has been an outstanding athlete, and "has been throwing tennis balls this activity. The new Morrow County Fair premium book will outline these. Also, the best demonstrations (single and team) in home economics and agriculture, junior and senior, will be sent to the Oregon State Fair in September. Any interested leaders and members are urged to attend these "Helps Days" to talk over ideas and outline their plan with the help of the agent. Meetings are scheduled be tween 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. both days. Heppner's meeting will be held at the county agent's conference room. Irrigon's meeting will be held in the old Irrigon school cafeteria. at her since she was in Grade 7." The Causeys have gained con siderable recognition in their home town of Douglas, a city of about 12,000 population. Last year Mrs. Causey was named Woman of the Year by citizens there for her outstanding con tributions to the community. LIVESTOCK LOSSES amount to ever $2 Billion annually. 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