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4 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIM ES. Thursday. August 8. 1963 Kinzua Friends Honor Lige Long By VIRGINIA KELSO KINZUA The local Union Auxiliary entertained their members and their hsbands Friday evening with a turkey dinner in the Hunters Room. AftcT the dinner, Jerry Sargent as master of ceremonies, intro duced the Kuesti of honor, Lige Long, who was presented a dec orated birthday cake and a piece of luggage from the auxiliary in appreciation of the many things he had done for the aux iliary while president of Local 2916. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Benson and family, Mrs. Vincent Allen and Jack Stephens of Lone Rock went to Wieser, Ida., Sunday to attend the Monday funeral ser vices In Payette of Mrs. Ben son's son, Fred Senkhbiel, who passed away Saturday morning in Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Albion and family of Sparks, Nevada, ar rived Saturday to spend several days visiting Mrs. Albion's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Sclmer Wicks of Springfield, visited Wednesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barnes. They were enroute to Pendleton to attend the Legion convention. Mrs. Wicks will be remembered as Mabel Watkins, Kinzua's first postmaster. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hollomon limn it ITnnnrmr Sundav to help ihnir crandflauchter Kacdene celebrate her first brithday. She is the daughter ol Mr. ana jvirs. Jerry Hollomon. Mrs. Zella Prindle was hostess Friday afternoon to the mem bers of her bridge club. At the close of the afternoon's play Mrs. Prindle held the high score and Mrs. Marie Wall the second high. Others playing were Jo line Guinn, Meridel Wham, Dru Huck, Mary Miller, Helen Boyles, and Grace Coleman. Major Locke and son Timmy of Richland, Wn. spent Sunday visiting his sister, Mrs. Louis Lorengel and family. Mrs. Jerry Sargent and Mrs. Clarence Benson were in Hepp ner last Thursday for shopping. Mrs. Bol) Kyle took Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blevins to Heppner Tuesday for medical care. Also in Heppner ihati day were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Schoolcraft who were there to get new glass es for Mr. Schoolcraft. In Heppner Tuesday evening for dental care were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kyle and family. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Adams and sons were in Prlneville, Red mond, and Sisters Saturday and while' In Prlneville visited Miss Chnrmian Adams who is em ployed there this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank rerrel spent Saturday fishing at Rowe Oraixlr Hum Mr. and Mrs. Hap Gregg went to Rufus over the week-end to fish In the Columbia River. Mrs. Gregg caught a 9Mi lb. stcclhead but the one nooKcu Dy mi. flftnrra ait nwnV. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph James took their son David to uonuon sai mvinv for moriicnl attention. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hall of Heppner spent Sunday visit ing with Mr. and Mrs. Perk" An derson. , Mr ami Mrs. Scotti Reed re lull" v ........ . . . .i imw.Wu onv in ihe Tortland- Grestiam area. While there for medical attention for Mrs. Keeci they visited with Mr. Keeus sis ter'and family, the Richard Me Intvres. DoMoriit Burial at Havstack ".rave-side funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Havstack Cemetery near Spray for Harold I. DcMcritt of St. Maries, Idaho. Mr. IK'Meritt had passed away in rrinevine after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife Alice and h!ir Mrs Pearl Goldsmith of Wallace, Idaho, four grand children, four brothers, and two cwin rs. ComliiL' to attend the funeral and staying at the Frank DcMeritt home were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Pritehard of Ba ker. Mis. Inez MeClarin of Spo kane, and Mrs. Harold DeMentt of St. Maries. Also at the IV Merit ts on Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson of Mil waukee; Mrs. Gary Berglund of Lake Oswego, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Cory of Kinzua. Others at tending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Addie Madison of Prineville, Mrs. Terrence Wil liams of Klamath Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Adams of Prine ville. , , , , . Mr. and Mrs. Melvin (Corky) Hulatt and family returned to their home in Portland Monday after spending the past week i:itinfr his nnrents. Mr. and Mrs, Melvin Hulett, and his brother James Hulett ana iamny in run ZUMr nnri Mrs. Kenneth Rico were business visitors to Hepp ner Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Slim Rhoton were in iimntiila Saturday for shop ping and fishing but reported no fish. Spray-Kinzua Split Games Thf hall pame at Sorav on Sunday resulted in a win for each town. In the women's game Kinzua won 25 to 12 with Ada Shell the winning pitcher. Others playing were una bargeni, Ann Asher, Virginia Muon, iuiranic Rico, Hazel Kandle, Jean Mc- Rnhnrfs Tlpanna Howell. Ann Bastian, Betty Saddler, LaVonne Slinkard, and Jean Ann Aaams. Manager of the team is Lorraine Rico and umpire was Marvin SaddkT. For Spray, Georgia Fletcher and Lynda Livingston were the pitchers and others ni-ivinnr vuprp Rettv Ashmcad, Carol Asher, Pat Adams, Candy Adams, Elsie Jenkins, B. J. fhnnman. Judv Cecil, Helen Troxell, and Betty Joyncs. Man i Rill Richards. in iht mon's fame, SDrav won 13 to 12. Pitchers for Kinzua were O. L. Adams, Ernie Shell, Bob Slinkard, and Walt Howell. Others playing were Earl Norns, Ariel Campbell, uernaru uyvi, Tnirnir CarfTont- F.llis McRobCrlS, lit 11 J Ml.v, . Arden Tripp, Kenny Rico, Dale Sargent, ana uuane ruumiu. Home runs were hit by Walt Howell, Ernie Shell, bod sunn ard, and Kenny Rico. Umpires were Mark Kandle and Marvin Saddler and the team manager is Kenny Rico. For Spray, the pitcher was Clifford Adams and other play ers were Bob Michael, John Asher, Frank Cecil, Lloy Mun- jar, Don Troxell, Lomy Asnmeuu, Bob Troxell, Dave Kilgore, Neil ui.nn !.n,i churck McCarty. John Asher hit their only homo run and the manager is sm Richards. Golf Club News TTiftv an lfnrs were mescnt Sun day when McNary golf club rnw1 fa rotnrn visit to the Kin- zua club. The day started with breakfast servea by Juay Hamp ton with the noon meal in charge f hr ln,.ul lnrlios frnlf Club. There was no trophy at stake this day but Kinzua won uic matches 24 to t. i.ir ifin-iin. David Lovell had low net, with Milt Boring hav ing low gross, trme wan nau closest to the pin and Jim Hu lett the long drive, for iviciNury, Al Perkins had low net and J. Cartwright had low gross, ioug drive, and closest to the pin. For vlnvnn lnrllps. T.aVina Con ner and Arlene Schroedcr tied t,.r noli linrnlnv i. lose nau. low gross, Ola Smith closest to the pin, and Arlene Schroeder , U .i l.riry rlrltrn For McNary, upai Lee nau iuw iinoi n had Inw ptoss and long drive, and Jean Cartwright had closest to tne pin. SPRAY NEWS By NANCY TILLEY SPRAY Sherry and Leon Thompson were wecK-enu vis ii,.,.o nf tlm Rnh Ashmeads. Beulah Tillev and Leona Wise were visitors of Patsy Keimig in Bend last week. From there they traveled to Kiamain fans. Khnrnn anil DeWaVIlO Sim mnnc urn limvmfT hack- to Surav this week where DeWayne wiil be working lor tne uoger map Laurel Kelsay's mother lias been here visiting from Astoria. Mr nnrl Mrs. Shortv Nichols moved back to Spray last week where Shorty will te wonting ror LeKoy unit. Prlvnio Rill Kill(r is home from Fort Ord, Calif., on a 14 day leave after tinisning nis Foresters Keep In Close Contact In Local District (Continued from page 1) Madison Butte, David Creswick on Tamarack and Robert Fetsch on Wheeler Point have one main purpose to spot fires and report them, out tney are Kepi nlontv hncv with associated ac tivities. When weather "socks in," they get out and clear trail, repair telephone lines, work on roads and do other Jods. Thov hnvp a hnok of instruc tions and regulations that is a veritable "bible" to them. All their responsibilities are listed, and they are required to keep a careful log of all their activities. Work of locating "smokes" and fires is done with the aid of a fire finder, which is set up in the center of each lookout. By sighting through a peephole on the fire finder, the lookout can tell its general area. He also can compute the distance the fire is from his lookout and the extent of the area it covers. If nrmthpr lookout can alSO pick up the "smoke" or fire, he, too, can give a reading, that hu hicpptino- the one of the first lookout, will pinpoint its loca tion exactly. Lookouts learn to identify sur rounding mountains, knobs, buttes, and landmarks, and they are asked to spend some time familiarizing themselves with them. To the uninitiated, there is a dramatic lure in the life of a lookout, but to those who take the .lob, it can become a lonely existence. While the towers at Madison and Wheeler Point pro vide rather comfortable quarters aloft, it is a chore to pack wood and get water from springs some distance away, and there are no trlnvitinn SP ts. no refrigerators. Water for every dish that is washed has to come up the hard way, and it is required tnai me lookout quarters be kept spic and span. Schwink is all alone at iviaa !cn Rnttn hut Fptseh has some company in Chris Burkenbine who headquraters as an extra protection man in a little house below the Wheeler lookout. At Tamarack, although David Cres wick has the smallest cubicle of all on his tower, being only 6x6 ft. he doesn't have to live there, and he is fortunate in hoiHriT hie nwn rook, his bride of a few months, the former Jeanne Schmidt, and they occupy a trim-looking little caDin on the ground. Some persons aren t mentally onrl omntinnallv PfllliDDed to stand the lonesome life of a lookout, but others adjust ana enjoy it. McLean keeps a keen eye on his lookouts by radio and per inriip visits. At one time a look out came down with acute ap pendicitis that required some emergency treatment. Excitement sometimes too much of it comes during storms, especially ligntning storms, u is not unusual for lightning to strike a lookout tower. Those of metal construction, like lam arnplr nrnv iHp their own eround, hut thp wooden ones have ground wires running down the side to eventually De Duriea in the soil below to carry away the pnrront in pvpnt or a srriKe. The towers are equipped witn devices that permit disconnec ting nhonp linps when liehtnine pomps. F.nrh lookout has a little wooden stool, with insulators on the bottoms of the legs. At tne height of the storm, a iookoui has tho Inpontmious distinction of standing on one of these stools while the lightning crack les around him. n.'iiiv foreeasts on weather come into the Heppner district via Madison Butte, mis cusinci uses the Malheur district fore cast as being more similar to lo cal conditions. Lightning storms are the big bugaboo, since most of the fires are caused by light- -, IWff . J mm i r v mum 1 ' V' ' - I 'Li V, : it ' 4 jt ' , KIRBY SCHWINCK, lookout on Madison Butte, demonstrates the use of the fire finder in his post, miny, oi rasaaena, v.uiM u Oreqon State University student in forestry and plans to be married in September. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Sjjl J jfl Of Charge WJcLiV Heppner. G I i Lexington 1 1 8 if 'ono' WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follctr Meat Co. Hermlston. Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermiston-McNary Highway it Ws" V Service Saturday For Anna Thomson i cprvtpps for Anna Quick Thomson, 78, will be held Saturday, August 10, at i:uu p.m. at All Saints' Episcopal church, with Father C. Bruce Spencer of ficiating. Interment will follow in the Heppner Masonic cem etery. Mrs. Thomson, who had lived in the Heponer area for about 48 years prior to 1959, died Mon day, August 5, in a Portland hos pital where she had been a pa tient for a short time. She was born August 30, 1884, in Edinburg, Indiana, the daugh ter of Dr. Samuel T. and Eliz abeth (Dodds) Quick. She was reared in Fort Collins, Colo., where she attended schools. Af ter completing high school she attended Dennison University in Ohio and was a graduate of Colorado State Teacher's college. She came to Heppner to teach school in 1911, and in 1913 was morricd tv fPOrPP Thomson, a Heppner merchant. He preceded her in death in 1929. She then entered the life insurance busi ness in which she was active until World War II. She re -entered the teaching field in the Morrow county school system for a few years, then went back into life insur ance in 1952. In 1959 she moved to Beaverton where she had made her home with her daugh ter, Mrs. John (Beatrice) Ben nett, at 1115 S. W. 6th Street. She was a member of all Saints Episcopal church, Heppner. Snrvivincr arp one daughter. Mrs. Bennett; two sons, Theodore Thomson of Wildwood, N. J., and G. William Thomson ot tsuri- inrromo fnlif civ OXS ndphll dren. Also one sister, Miss Sue Quick, Ft. Collins, Colo.; one Drotner, S. F. Quick, Morrill, Nebr., a niece and nephew and several cousins. Relatives here include tnree ppneins Jim Thomson. KOd VUUkHiiv 1 , Thomson and Mrs. Bill (Winni- fred) Cox. lone Band Called For First Rehearsal Carl Miller, band Instructor in lone high school, has called a meeting of all band members for Tuesday, August 13, at the band room at 7 p.m. This will be the first practice session before entering the com petitive parade at the Shrine r's All Star football game in Pendle ton. All band students are urged to be present, according to Gene Harryman, high school principal. Mr. Miller is expected home by August 12 from Europe where he has been on tour with a sym phony group. His family is now living in lone. When you tea tne advertisers you saw it in the Gazette-Times, you're doing your part to heln make a better local newspaper. DAVID CRESWICK. Tamarack lookout, mans his station in the unviu . .i,. 0- ,nrost h strict. Unlike other soutneasiern pan oi i i T u 7 . . . j:i:4. tuio stnlir fivR ft- nlblCle at the tOD looicouts in me ai-w --1 - - -- . , , and no living quarters in the tower. A newlywed. Creswick and his bride live in house on the ground. The Young lookout makes the 105 ft. ascent approximately once an hour during daytime ning, and each forecast will pre Hipt thp nprrpntape of its possi bility for the day ahead. The lookout's job is a Key une in the fire suppression picture. Hie nppnrfltp deSCriDtlOn Ot a iii-i " " 1 . . fire's location can be a Dig iac- tor in the speed witn wnicn ne fire is contacted by a suppression crew. When the woods is ary anu hazard high, minutes count He is subject to "iaise smokes, which may issue from the ex v,o,,ot nf a hiir traetor workine behind a hill, or from dust issu ing from a truck traveling an un improved road. Rut if he is the kind of a guy who can live alone and like it, it can be an enjoyable time. The view is beautiful from a tower, and a person can find serenity ana peace in mis exis tence. The panorama loosing over the John Day country from Tamarack and Wheeler is su perb. Doing less glamorous work, but necessary in fire prevention and forest management, is the brush crew. On our rpppnt trin with Mc Lean we found Ray Smith and his crew clearing a 100 ft. corri dor between forest sales as a lire protection measure. The 10-man Smith gets the report by radio. All employes of the district are rated on their work, and these performance ratings hold a sig nificant part to their future in the Forest Service For Your Protection Turner, Van Marter and Bryant Answers Your Insurance Questions QUESTION: We read about a . i i i..,nA Arrt supposedly gooa imiuicu uu(j huf hit tvun small bovs and injured them severely. I know there is some Kina oi inst ance that takes care of the moHip-ii hills in a case like that and also covers the dog owner's liability, can you ten me what it is? ANSWER: Comprehensive per sonal liability- insurance. The medical payments part oi thot finuora would take care of the medical bills up to cer tain limits regaraiess oi tne owner's liability and the own er's legal liability would also be covered. This public service is our way of advertising, xour insurance questions will be answered luithmit pharcrp or obligation if you'll send or bring them to Turner, Van Marter and Brvant HeDDner Ph. 676-9652 boot training there. Mr. and Mrs. Ord Younce traveled to Portland last Friday night where Mrs. Younce stayed down for medical care. Mrs. Younce will he home Saturday. Mrs. John Britt and boys from Portland, were visiting here last week. HOLD IT, DADI You've probably thought of every thing, but here' a suggestion. Before you leave, check your automobile insurance just to make sure it will furnish you with adequate protection in case of an accident In another state, among strangers. CALL USI BE SURE TO GET TRIP INSURANCE INJURY SICKNESS PERSONAL EFFECTS C. A. Ruggles Agcy. P. 0. Box 247 Heppner Ph. 676-9625 crew takes anything up to about fnnr inphp in rliameter to allev iate the fire hazard, picking up the small debris leit irom log ging operations and piling it in heaps to be burned later in the fall. It isn't hard to trail this crew because all you have to do is follow the brush piles into the depths of the forest. Finally you will hear the buzz of a chain saw and soon you will come across their "crummy wun ure fighting tools laid alongside, ready for action. Eventually you will spot the red hard hats and see the men going at the brush. It would seem to be an unimag inative job but they work at it with a zest and with high They work 50 minutes and rest 10 throughout the day before they go back to their quarters at Tupper to spend the night. Periodically they will take a half-hour to practice making fire trail. The crew is organized in to two squads, one headed by Gary Garretsson and the other by David Fitzwater, retired from the navy, tf ta pnmcc sotnpwnere on the district, either crew or both is ready to leave msianuy anei I. MM Iff T i UMi UK T 1 I THE ATTRACTIVE girls of the fair court wave a greeting to everybody. They are Queen Gloria Last, Mel Hirning at the wheel, Princesses Patti Hudemann, Eileen Bott and Carol Holden. Lvons Phot0 Enjoy Yourself at the Fair k See the lovely exhibits of flowers: Demonstrations Wed. and Thurs. Flower show Fri. and Sat. k See and hear the talented performers in the Fair Follies Fri. and Sat eve. See the rewarding work of the 4-H and FFA young people and the livestock judging contest i( See the Northwest's finest display of Indian outfits in the Roger J. Bounds Collection at the Museum. k Watch the lively horse show games and races Fri. and Sat. afternoons. k Observe the 4-H home economics demonstrations and the ever-popular style show Thursday evening. k Carnival operates each evening. Peace Pipe Museum is free with fair ticket UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR August 14-15-16-17 Hermiston, Oregon lit !sS7 ly h mS3 BUY ONE QUART BOYSEN RUBBERGLO Flat Wall Finish $1.98 13 beautiful ready-mixed colors. (Colorizer custom-mixed colors slightly higher) GET SECOND QUART for onl NO LIMIT TO QUANTITY! OTHER BOYSEN MONEY-SAVING SPECIALS! 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