HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Juno 27, 1963
Farewell Picnic
Given to Honor
Olmscheid Family
By LA VELLE PARTLOW
IRRIGON A farewell picnic
was held at A. C. Houghton
school Saturday evening honor
ing Mr. and Mrs. Don Olms
cheid and family, A host of
friends from Irrigon and Board
man turned out for the event
and voiced their sentiments of
appreciation for the work Olms
cheid has accomplished during
the four years he has been prin
cipal of A. C. Houghton Elemen
tary. Olmscheid has resigned his
position here to accept a princi
pal position at St. Helen's. A
money tree was featured in lieu
of a gift, and Harvey Warner,
Morrow county school board di
rector, presented it to the Olms-cheids.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Reed and
family returned home Saturday
night after a 10-day trip. After
visiting in Chehalis and Costle
Rock, Wash., they toured the "20
Miracle Miles" on the coast.
They visited Mrs. Reed's uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Nettcr at Aurora, and visited
friends and relatives in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy N. Parke,
Gary, Julie and Carolyn of Port
land spent the weekend here
visiting Mrs. Parke's folks, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Stephens, and
In Umatilla where they visited
Parke's folks, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Parke and family.
Deacons of the Baptist church
will have charge of their Sun
day services while their pastor,
Rev. George Hash, is attending
summer school at Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller re
turned to Irrigon Sunday after
visting Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hol
den, Terry and Steve in Weiser,
Idaho. While there, the group
went fishing and camped at New
Meadows. Millers stayed over
night in Milton-Freewater on
their way home, and visited Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Miller.
Mrs. Elmer Zehner, Melody,
David and Howard arrived home
Saturday night after a trip to
Portland to visit Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Zehner and family, Ore
gon City to visit Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. Jarl
Sonsteng, Jimmy and Jarlanne.
From there, Zehners visited Til
lamook, Oceanside and Seaside.
On their way home, they toured
the Portland zoo, and also took
In the Rose Festival parade and
other Rose Festival activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Shingle
decker and Randy of Ayer,
Wash., drive to Irrigon Monday
to get Ricky Shingledecker, who
had speilt two weeks here with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Graybeal.
Misses Janet Christiansen and
Wanda Davis returned to Irri
gon after spending two weeks in
The Dalles staying with Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Creighton and Vince.
Mrs. Creighton is Janet's sister.
Patient Makes Steady Recovery
Word has been received that
Mary Gerberdlng Is making sat
isfactory progress at Memorial
hospital in Salem, and will be
able to leave the hospital by the
end of the month. She received
a broken neck June 8 when the
car in which she was riding with
a friend overturned after bitting
loose gravel, when the driver
was blinded by a flock of phea
sants. The Gerberdings lived In
Irrigon 14 years before purchas
ing Merrywood Farm, Rt. 1, Box
734, in Salem, where they moved
last fall. Those desiring to send
cards to Mary can mail them to
the above address.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill return
ed to Irrigon Saturday evening
from a three-week vacation.
They spent some time at Bend
and Crater Lake and visited Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Mouck and fam
ily in Klamath Falls. From
there they drove to Crescent City,
Calif., and visited the famous
Telephone Company
Allocated Territory
Public Utility Commissioner
Jonel C. Hill, Wednesday signed
an order allocating to Eastern
Oregon Telephone Co., Pilot
Rock, the territory in Gilliam,
Morrow and Umatilla counties
where it is now the exclusive
serving agency of its type.
Hill said EOT is the first of
the 49 independent telephone
companies operating in Oregon
to apply for and receive such an
allocation.
EOT has central office equip
ment located in Boardman, Pilot
Rock and Ukiah.
One of the areas allocated to
EOT contains the Boardman
Bombing Range which is now
operated by the US Navy.
A total of 90,000 acres ol this
area has been designated by the
State of Oregon as a Space Age
Industrial Park. The state has
entered into a long-term lease
with the Boeing Co.,, Seattle,
Washington for development of
the Park.
Trees of Mystery. They drove
home on Highway 101 to Seaside,
and from there to Portland
where they spent several days
with their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Koch and
Denise. While in Portland, they
also visited former Irrigon resi
dents, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Ross
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Jones took
their daughter Linda to Port
land Friday for an eye oxaml
natoin. While in Portland they
stayed overnight with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernie Tyler and family.
They returned home Sunday.
Alan and Debra Stephens of
Umatilla spent Tuesday and
Wednesday here with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Stephens.
Miss Janet Christiansen left
for The Dalles over the week-end
where she will stay with her
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Creighton, and care for her
nephew, Vince Creighton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Ritzer and
family returned to Irrigon Thurs
day night from a 3-week trip to
St. Cloud, Minn. While there,
they visited Ritzer's mother,
Mrs. Anna Ritzer, and also his
brothers and sisters and their
families.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Isom and
Mrs. Myrtle Markham attended
the Union Pacific Old Timers
picnic held at the C.R.C. park in
Hermston Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boin
hauer and four sons of Yuma,
Arizona, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Partlow on
Sunday afternoon. Beinhauers
have purchased property in Ir
rigon and plan to move here
next spring, when Beinhauer
will be discharged from the ser
vice. Miss Bonnie Eppenbach was
the winner of the Wild Life Con
servation essay contest sponsor
ed by the Kiwanis Club in Her
mislon. Bonnie and her teacher,
Mrs. Ben McCoy, attended a din
ner held at trie C.R.C. building
in Hermiston, and then went to
the Hermiston radio station,
where Bonnie gave her speach
over the air.
Mrs. Mack Graybeal of Uma
tilla, Mr. and Mrs. Max, Gray
beal and boys of Walla Walla
and Mr. and Mrs. Al Moran of
Milton-Freewtaer were Sunday
visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Graybeal.
Mr, and Mrs. Ben McCoy spent
Thursday through Sunday camp
ing and fishing in the Imnaha
area and along the Lostine river.
They also spent some time at
Wallowa Lake, and stayed over
night one night at Joseph. They
reported the fishing as good,
although the weather was cool.
Mr. and Mrs. . George Corliss,
Marilyn and Carolyn of Stanfield
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Gay man, Ronnie and
Vickie.
Story hours, conducted by Mrs.
Floyd Hobbs, will be held
throughout the summer months.
The story hours are held each
Tuesday at 10:30 at the A. C.
Houghton library.
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Boys May Apply For August 5-10 Youth Range Camp
The 1963 Youth Range Camp
sponsored by the Pacific North
west Section of the American
Society of Range Management is
scheduled for August 5 to Aug
ust 10. The camp will be held
for the second consecutive year
at the Lake Creek Guard Station
in Logan Valley in southeastern
Grant county..
This has been held in the
State of Oregon for 17 years. It
has been a popular one with the
Eastern Oregon counties which
have participated. Morrow coun
ty has from time to time sent
bovs to the camp and all youth
have reported upon their return
as having a good time and
learning much about tht conser
vation of the natural resources.
To be eligible the boys must be I
at least 14 years of age, but not
over 17. Scholarships covering
camp costs will be provided.
The camp is a learnine exper
ience. Boys are taught how to
nanaie themselves as well as
range and other natural re
sources so that they can be of
greatest value to their country.
Range and soil judging, plant
identification, conservation,
ranch organization, and man
agement are among the subiect"
to be taught during outdoor
classroom sessions. Photography,
camping, woodsmanship and
sportsmanship will also be
taught at the camp. Supervised
swimming, softball and other
fr-'s are on the orosram. The
objective of the camp is to open
up new Interests for farm n
my ooys about the wonders of
nature; thereby contributing to
his understanding and enjoy
ment of things about him.
Emory Clapp, county chairman
of this years camp, reports that
the boys representing Morrow
county at last years camp were
Roland Ekstrom. Thomas Raw
lins, Dick Struckmeier and John
Wagonblast. These boys were
sponsored at the camp by the
Morrow county Farm Bureau,
Morrow County Livestock As
sociation, Heppner-Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, and
Heppner Soil Conservation Dis
trict. Morrow county is eligible to
send four boys this year.
1A11 interested boys are en
couraged to obtain more infor
mation about camp from N. C.
Anderson, county extension
agent, or Emory Clapp.
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