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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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Protection
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and Bryant
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that and also covers the dog
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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.
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You've probably thought of every
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check your automobile insurance just to make sure
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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
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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
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