LIBRARY
U OF 0
EUGENE ,
ORE
Gar Swanson Chosen Morrow's
80th Year
Number 14
Conservation Man of the Year
HEPPNER
A complete strip-cropping pro
gram on 1920 acres of crop land
has brought Garland Swanson
of lone the title of 1963 Conser
vation Man of the Year for Mor
row county.
The selection will be announ
ced officially at the annual
meeting of the county Wheat
Growers association tues day
night, June 11, at the Lexington
Grange hall at 8 p.m.
Ralph McEwen, new admini
trator of the Oregon Wheat Com
mission, will be the principal
speaker at the meeting and will
discuss foreign wheat markets
in his talk. Paul Tews, president,
is in charge of the meeting.
Swanson was selected as the
Conservation Man for 1963 by a
committee composed of Bob Jep
sen, lone, chairman; Elmer
Palmer of Eightmile, 1962 win
ner of the conservation title;
Raymond Lundell, representing
the soil conservation district;
Tews, as representative of the
ASCS; Nels Anderson, county
agent; and Ralph Richards, soil
conservationist, the latter two
being ex -officio members.
After operating a grain buying
business in 1933 that was started
by his father, Swanson began
operation of his first farm in
1938, and it has been enlarged
to the present size.
Interest in farming came nat
urally for Gar since his father
interspersed farming ventures
with the grain buying business.
The father, John Emil Swanson,
operated the Farmers Elevator
Co. in lone, and became the first
manageT of Morrow County
Grain Growers when it started
in June, 1930.
Gar, who at various times was
also in the farm machinery bus
iness and had the Standard Oil
wholesale business in lone, built
elevators on the east end of lone
and sold them in 1946 to Archer
Daniels Midland Co., which la
ter sold them to the Morrow
County Grain Growers.
Swanson's wheat field south
of lone, 1200 acres in all, presents
a beautiful picture of strip
cropping with 26 strips carefully
established, each 203 feet wide.
They are designed to fit his
farm implements so that there
is no wasted motion. The strips
are a mile and a half long.
In addition to providing ease
of operation, the strips offer fire
protection by interspersing the
fallow strips with strips of grain.
The straight edges took some
care to achieve with Gar finally
using the ingenious method of
sighting with a telecsope rifle to
set stakes in a straight line.
This ingenuity characterizes
htf 1963 Conservation ' Man of
the Year. He built the first hyd-raulically-controlled
hitch for
drilling wheat on steep land,
and he was one of the first to
use a weeder with penetrating
shovels for making stubble
mulch and used the disk plow
before turning to the more mod
ern implements for making
trashy fallow.
"I have never moldboard plow
ed an acre in my life," he de
clared. Gar built his own air com
pressor to operate greasing
equipment, and uses the same
compressor to fill tractor fuel
tanks.
Other implements about the
operation show the inventive
ness used in changing them to
fit his specific needs.
Another interesting conserva
tion practice is that of construc
tion of six silt retaining dams
to prevent deep soil erosion and
make possible the strip cropping
of this entire field. More than
500 hours were spent by Swan
son on his own bulldozer in
erecting his silt dams and
smoothing up canyons for ease
of operation. The result has been
very satisfactory.
Swanson has seeded grass on
380 acres. This fall the remain
ing part of his soil bank seed
ing expires, and strip cropping
will be .finished for the entire
ranch. Some soil bank will be
left in strips that will be fitted
in to a grass rotation if future
farm programs allow.
Also installed on the farm op
eration are three bird guzzlers
as an additional conservation
practice.
The Swanson family lives in
a beautiful home on the south
east edge of lone, and it was
designed for their family living.
They built the home in 1948,
and in ensuing years, two of
their children were married,
Jean Ann to Kenneth Turner,
and Lt. Dennis Swanson now ser
ving in the Air Force ROTC,
to Joan Ingram of Pendleton. Mr.
and Mrs. Turner live in their
home in Sandhollow and Lt. and
Mrs. Swanson are currently at
Fort Bragg, N. C, after he com
pleted a hitch of duty in Viet
nam. Jean Ann attended Maryl
hurst College, near Portland for
a year before her marriage.
John, 19, who has completed
his sophomore year at Portland
University, is home part time,
and Jim, 12, has just completed
his sixth grade at lone.
Although Jim is the only
child living at home full time,
the big place with its large
rooms and full basement for
games and gatherings remains
a popular spot for the entire
family. Grandchildren now have
come along to enjoy it, too. The
Turners have Cheryle Ann, 4,
and Lori Marie, 2, and Lt. and
Mrs. Swanson have Michael, 3,
and Antoinette, 2.
The sons have been a great
help to Gar in his farm operation,
first Dennis, and now John when
he is home from college, and
with young Jim coming on.
"A fellow would think the
kids weren't interested in farm-
(Continued on page 8)
t A .
rJYH ' ;YJ
I - Y - -.- - I y k
h L -Y , J . VjN; t ,r'
--," , . - . ' .1 '
I - ; , ; ;- k , . '
4 rj' - 4 sis- 3, 4 - 1
5 .....5 ftfc k..-.. -.!,. y vij :...,r assf x..i4 t xf.v$f4
m V ? .- Jr' ' -J
YY-Y: j Y T' sas t-d
GAR SWANSON of lone, chosen Morrow county's Conservation Man
of the Year, holds a handful of stubble mulch on his farm op
eration south of lone. Strip cropping undulate3 over the land
scape in the background. (G-T Photo)
Class of '63 Reaches
New Scholarship Peak
"What the world needs most
today are 'creative individuals'
that are willing to tackle any
crisis, are willing to accept any
challenge, will use their full po
tential, and will never stop
learning." These were words of
challenge to Heppner High
graduates by their commence
ment speaker, Dr. Henry. Tetz,
professor at Oregon College of
Education, and former school
superintendent in Morrow coun
ty, at commencement exercises
Wednesday, May 29, in the high
school gymnasium.
A packed audience of friends
and relatives of the 32 graduat
ing seniors observed with inter
est and pride the recognition
given them through words of
praise and awarding of mon
etary aid for further education
A new peak was reached in
the awarding ot $6400. in schol
arships for advanced learning;
an increase of $2000 over what
was given last year.
Graduates processed in their
blue and gold caps and gowns
to music by the nign school
band. Following the invocation
by Rev. Kenneth Robinson,
Martha Doherty welcomed those
attending in her salutatory
speech and challenged fellow
classmates to "stand up and be
square in the world of chang
ing values, being careful to ob
serve and preserve the right val
ues in life. Her emphasis was
on believing in honesty, loyalty,
courage and hard work, all ba
sic through the years in the
founding of our country.
A vocal solo, "Climb Every
Mountain," was sung by Gordon
Pratt, high school principal.
Valedictory speach by Miss
Ann Jones, expressed apprec
iation to faculty and parents for
their dedicated help through
their years of school. She spoke
on "Wisdom is Truth empha
sizing the fact that no man is
wise enough by himself and has
constant need for more wisdom;
that every man should strive for
some goal in life and is no long
er able to live and work inde
pendently. "The greatest concern
of man is to know how to fill
his place in creation," the
speaker pointed out.
Following the inspiring ad
dress of the main speaker, Dr.
Tetz, Mr. Pratt presided over the
presentation of awards.
County Budget
Adopted, Printed
Morrow county budget, calling
for total estimated expenditures
of $543,878 for the year 1963-64,
has been adopted by the budget
committee and is published for
the first time in this paper on
page 2, section 2.
The amount to be raised by
taxes is set at $171,674, as com
pared with $162,213 in the 1962
R3 budget. All this is within the
6 limitation. In addition, $115,
000 voted by the people as a
road serial levy, is not subject
to the 6 limitation.
Hearing on the budget will be
June 28 at 10 a.m. in the court
house. On the budget committee
pre Henry Baker, chairman.
Gene Pierce, secretary, Paul
Slaughter, all citizen members;
and Judge Oscar Peterson and
Commissioners Gene Ferguson
and Milton Biegel, members of
the county court
WEATHER
By Leonard Gilliam
Weather report for the past
week is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 83 49
Thursday 77 62 .02
Friday 74 46
Saturday 72 49
Sunday 66 42
Monday 70 44
Tuesday 74 46 .03
Wednesday 67 44
State scholarships were award
ed five graduates. Bill Cox was
recipient of partial fee and tu
ition scholarship to Oregon Col
lege of Education; Virginia
Springer received an alternate
fee and tuition scholarship to
Oregon College of Education;
Jacqueline Brindle was awarded
full tuition scholarship to East
ern Oregon College, and Leanne
Joynes received a four year part
ial tuition scholarship. Ann
Jones, through the University of
Oregon Development Fund, was
granted a $500 per year, tour
year scholarship at U of O.
Elks scholarships went to
Martha Doherty, first place girl
winner; Ann Jones, second place
girl winner, and Shan Applegate,
first place boy winner.
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., presented
the American Legion scholar
ships to Jack Flug and Leann
Joynes.
Based on outstanding partici
pation' in the band during grade
and high school years, $200
scholarships were presented to
Laura Lee Sumner and John
Cleveland by Bud Peck, in be
half of the Band Parents' club.
A music scholarship of $100
to a deserving student in the
music department was awarded
Shirley Carlson. Shirley was also
(Continued on page 8)
WAV, v y, .
I , I - j -yl j ZJ "
"' t :
ifigmijj-mu- ,. - ... :-&mmm0m.t-&- v s "J'
I Y ' .
VALBY LUTHERAN Church's parish hall addition (right in the picture) will be dedicated Sunday
afternoon at a special service in the church, located some 18 miles south of lone. The church
history spans 77 years in Morrow county. Morning worship will be at 11 o'clock with pMluck
dinner to be at 12:30 and the dedication service at 2 p.m. (G-T Photo)
Valby Dedication
Another milestone in the ven
erable history of Valby Luth
eran church, located 18 miles
south of lone, will take place
Sunday at services dedicating
the addition to the parish hall.
At the same time an altar rug
will be dedicated in memory of
Ben Anderson and paraments in
memory of Mancell Townsend.
Morning worship will be at
11 a.m., and potluck dinner will
follow at 12:30 with the dedi
cation set for 2 p.m., Pastor Ken
neth Robinson announces. Ser
vices of Hope Lutheran church
in Heppner will be adjusted so
that its members may attend
services here and then go to the
events at Valby. Service here will
be at 9 a.m. with Sunday School
following at 10 a.m.
Seventy-fifth anniversary of
Valby Lutheran church was held
In 1961. Initial worship service
GAD
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 6, 1963
'0-Ahead Given
Merchants to Honor
Fathers Next Week
Merchants of Heppner will
honor fathers of the area at
their first annual Fathers Day
promotion next week -end,
Randall Peterson, chairman of
the merchants committee an
nounces. Father's Day is June 16, and
the observance here will be
June 15. Special bargains for
Father's Day will be offered
together with other appropriate
attractions to be announced
next week.
Free Swim Due
At Pool Saturday
Swim season here will be in
augurated with free swimming
on opening day, Saturday, start
ing at 1 p.m. at the municipal
pool. Afternoon session will be
from 1 to 4 and the evening
swim time will be from 6 to 8
with Tom Hughes, lifeguard, in
charge. . f
Regular hours of the pool will
continue as 1 to 4 and 6:30 to
8 through the summer on Tues
days through Saturdays. On Sun
days it will be open from 1 until
5 p.m.
Season swim tickets should be
purchased at the city hall and
schedule of prices is as follows:
Family season ticket, $18; adult
season ticket, $9; high school
season ticket $6; grade school
season ticket, $4.
Man Gets Probation
On Money Charge
Charles Cloy Gulliford, 26, of
Stanfield was placed on five
years probaficB" by Judge Wil
liam Wells In circuit court in
Pendleton Friday after the de
fendant had pleaded guilty to
a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Gulliford was accused of sell
ing worthless health and acci
dent insurance policies in Mor
row county and was charged on
a Morrow county indictment, Dis
trict Attorney Herman Winter
said.
The judge ordered that he
make restitution of monei' col
lected on the sale of the policies.
Service
was conducted by Dr. Erik Nor
elius on Palm Sunday, 1886, and
the church was formally chart
ered the following day with 17
members.
Construction of the church
building was completed in 1896,
first church to be built in Mor
row county.
The first worship service con
ducted by Dr. Norelius was in
the home of Carl Anderson, and
the second worship service was
conducted the following day.
April 19, 1886, at the home 6f;?ervices weue f" thv, Swedish
John Jensen. After the men had
eaten their noon meal, accord
ing to the "Memoirs of Dr. Nor
elius," they went out, sat on the
woodpile and there organized
the Valby church. Starting with
the 17 members, the group grew
slowly and by 1896 there were
40 communicant members and
41 children.
i ir- .
i nnnrn
f JJL II
Nels Anderson Gets Dow
5-State Study Tour Grant
Recipient of a Dow Study
Tour scholarship grant, County
Agent Nels Anderson will leave
Sunday for Salt Lake City, Utah,
to join county agents from 11
western states for a month-long
trip in five states.
The Morrow county agent is
the only one chosen this year
from the state of Oregon. On the
tour, which has a broad itin
erary, he will view various farm
ing practices, demonstrations,
irrigation projects fertility pro
grams, food industries, and agri
business. In doing so, he will go through
Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New
Mexico and Arizona with the
others on the tour.
All expenses are paid but
transportation to and from Salt
Lake City, and this is at the
expense of the recipient. County
Agent Anderson will be allowed
two weeks educational time for
the tour, and the rest is charged
to his annual leave.
The study tour is sponsored by
Dow Chemical Co. of Midland,
Mich., and was started several
years ago. Other county agents
from Oregon have been awarded
similar grants in the first years
of the sponsored tour.
Anderson will fly by Jet to
Salt Lake Sunday, and the tour
begins Monday. He hopes to be
able to find some time to visit
a sister in Phoenix, Ariz., while
he is gone and expects to be
home on June 29.
Lance Tibbies Due
To Receive Degree
Warren Lance Tibbies, son of
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies of
Heppner, will receive the bach
elor of law degree at the 86th
annual Commencement exercises
at the University of Oregon Sun
day, June 9, at 2:30, in Eugene.
Tibbies completed his under
graduate work three years ago,
and expects to take the bar ex
amination this summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Tibbies expect to
go to the commencement, A to
tal of 1851 candidates for ad
vanced and baccalaureate de
grees will be presented at the
exercises.
Slated
In 1896 the small congregation
elected a building committee to
erect the church building, and a
5-acre tract of land was donated
by Andrew Peterson as the site
for the church and the cemetery.
The building was dedicated Oc
tober 24, 1897, having been erec
ted and furnished at a cost of
$458.82.
While the church member
ship was composed principally
of Swedish immigrants and thr
Swedish to English began early
in the history of the church.
At the present time there are
ahout ?0 communicant members
and more than 40 children en
rolled in Sunday school.
The public is extended a corJ
ial invitation to attend the dedi
cation services Sunday.
rTM
J
on Bowling Lanes
I. Vt t ' f-J''ji
NELS ANDERSON
Committee Gives
City Budget Okay;
Hearing Slated
Calling for total expenditures
of $142,940, the city budget for
Heppner for 1963-64 was adopted
by the budget committee Wed.
nesday night after being approve
ed by the city council at its
regular meeting Monday night.
The total tax lew needed
$23,754.00 is well within the 6
limitation, except for $5,360 not
subject to the limitation. Re
ceipts from sources other than
taxes are estimated a $127,878.
James II. Myers was elected
chairman of the budget commit
tee and Alvlra Irby is secretary.
Hearing on the budget will be
July 1 at 8 p.m. at the city hall.
The budget calls for expen
ditures of $57,980 in the general
fund, $7,500 in the general road,
fund, $12,000 in the state tax
street fund, $46,360 in the water
fund, $18,280 in the sewer fund
and $820 in the sewer extension
fund.. A sum of $5000 is listed
as a transfer from the general
fund to the fire department re
serve fund to go towards the
purchase of a new fire truck.
Cash balance in this reserve
fund as of July 1, 1963, is set
at $3,000.
The amount to be raised by
taxes is up only $199.50 above
the 1962-63 budget when the
sum to be raised by taxes was
set at $23,554.50.
Small salary increases are pro
vided for some city employees,
and a new floor covering for the
city hall is provided under re
pairs of the "public properties'
section. Expenditures for park
ing meters has been increased to
$1500 to permit purchase of new
meters. A total of 100 will be
purchased Instead of the 75 prev-
ously planned. Maintenance ol
the meters is also provided in the
figure.
Paint for the swim pool brings
about a $200 Increase in supplies
for the pool.
Under the street department
there is an increase from $750
hist year to $1,382 for supplies.
This is for creek channel main
tenance, Superintendent Vic
Groshens said .
The city superintendent's sal
ary is split for the first time
this year in the budget, part
coming under street department
and part under water depart
ment. Besides the chairman and the
secretary, the budget committee
is composed of C. E. McQuarrie,
Glen Ward, Pirl Howell, and
Gene Pierce as citizen members,
and the city council. Mayor Ai
Lamb, and Coundlmen Ed Gon
ty, Earl Ayres, Carl Spaulding,
John Pfeiffer, LcRoy Gardner
and Conley Lanham.
Th( budget is published on
pages 4 and 5 of this section
of the paper.
Office to Close
At Noon Saturdays
Through the summer
months, office of the Gazette
Times will close at noon on
Saturdays. It will be open on
the forenoon each Saturday
from 9 a.m. until noon.
Regular hours wlil be main
tained on Mondays through
Fridays, the office being open
on those days from 8 a.m.
until 6 p.m.
In case of emergency at any
time while the office is closed,
a member of the staff mav he
readied by calling 676-9228,
Wes Sherman; 676-5820, Arnold
Raymond; or 676-9965, Joe
Hartle.
ES
10 Cents
Firm to Acquire
Site; Building
To Start Soon
A bowling alley is assured for
Heppner!
This was the good word
brought to the Gazette-Times
Wednesday by Hank Higglns of
the firm of Joy, Iliggins and
Henderson of Spokane.
Although the advance ticket
sale is still somewhat short of
the $10,000 goal, Higgins said
that the firm is satisfied with
the response to date and has
asked an attorney to start work
ing on closure of purchase of
propery for the bowling lanes
site behind the Heppner Hotel.
"More than 200 persons have
signed for advance play tickets,"
Higgins said. "While this is
short of our announced goal, lt
is nevertheless very rewarding.
We (of the firm) haven't done
as much work ourselves here as
in other places, but others have
pitched in and we want to thank
all who have evidenced this in
terest." He said that if title to the
property can be cleared at once,
and no other obstacles come up
start of construction on the lanes
should be in the week of June
17. The 50x140 ft concrete block
building will be located on the
site 80x240 feet.
"While there are still odds and
ends to finish up, the bowling
alley is assured," Higgins said.
Clint McQuarrie and others
pushing the drive to subscribe the
$10,000 in advance ticket sales
hope to go over the top soon, but
Higgins said that he expects to
close the sales on Saturday, June
15. After that time lt will not
be possible to obtain the tickets
that will allow play at the lanes
at reduced rates after its open
ing. Any money collected for the
tickets is to be held in escrow
until the lanes are in operation.
They may be purchased at
Gonty's, Central Market, Hepp
ner Auto Sales in Heppner;
Peck's Grocery in Lexington; and
Jim's Service Station in lone.
Denominations of $25, $50 and
$100 are offered.
Art Dyke of Cheney, who will
operate the lanes, is not expec
ted to come to Heppner, except
for short periods, until at least
two months. It is expected that
play may start within 90 days
after start of construction.
New Pavilion
Floor to Provide
For Skating Rink
Work is in progress on laying
a new hardwood floor at the
county fair pavilion at a cost of
approximately $5000, Orvi 1 1 e
Cutsforth of the fair board told
the Chamber of Commerce here
Monday.
Arnold Melby has contracted
with the board to do the job and
the board expects to have a "No.
1 floor," Cutsforth said.
Select long-length pecan floor
ing will be used over a layer
of plastic to prevent moisture
from getting through. At the
present time, the plastic is down
and the sub-flooring is laid, but
the entire job is expected to take
several weeks.
The pecan was chosen as be
ing the best for roller skating,
Cutsforts said. One man has ap
proached the board about rent
ing the building for a skating
rink, he said.
At the same time a ventilating
fan is being installed to make
it cooler in the summer time.
While making it possible to
use the building as a skating
rink, the new floor will also
make the pavilion more suitable
for dancing and other purposes.
Vandals Destroy
Planted Petunias
Things were looking bright
and nice at Central Market on
Memorial Day. Not only did the
store have a new coat of paint,
applied by Ernie Winchester, but
Mrs. C. E. McQuarrie, wife of
the owner, set out petunias in
the planters In front of the store.
The paint Job was still bright
the next day, but the petunias
weren't They had been pulled
up, picked off and pinched so
that the entire six dozen were
destroyed.
This was a considerable blow
to the folks who were trying to
do their part to make the town
look nice. They suspected tha
kids were responsible. If not, the
fellow could apply for the
"meanest man" title. And if
kids did it, they weren't exactly
little gentlemen, cither.