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Morgans Back from National Meeting By KATHERINE LINDSTROM IONE Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan returned late Monday from a trip to Chicago and other midwest points. Leaving by plane last Saturday, they spent two days sight-seeing in Chicago and then left for Peoria, 111., where they attended the second National Conference on Wheat Utilization Research held at the Hotel Pere Marquette on October 28, 29, and 30. Among sponsors of the meet were National As sociation of Wheat Growers and Western Wheat Associates and other participating agencies of USDA. Outstanding speakers in the fields of agricultural economists, research chemical engineering and development, chemical and nuclear engineering (regarding the control of insect infestation in wheat), and cereal products laboratories were heard. They covered subjects on the indust rial uses and milling research of wheat food uses, chemistry of wheat, and viewed the prob lem of foreign trade in wheat. The Morgans were very inter ested in a tour they made of the Northern Utilization Research and Development Division, which is one of foud laboratories de signed to expand, improve and develop the utilization of Amer ican farm crops through science and technology under the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This plant studied the cereal grains, the oilseeds, and new crops. Among things they saw was a very tough paper made with a ten per cent addition to the formula. Ralph McEwen of Pendleton, director of the Oregon Wheat Commission, and Floyd Root of Moro, past National Wheat League president, were the only other Oregonians present at the conference. After leaving Peoria, the Morgans went to Kansas City, where Mrs. Morgan saw the former home of her father, W. C. Crawfrod, and visited relatives. They also went to Clinton, Kan sas, where relatives of Mrs. Morgan held a family reunion in her honor. Lt. Gerry White left on Friday for Seattle, Wn. to visit his sis ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Wheiling. From there he will return to an Air Force base in California. Gordon White accompanied his son to Seattle. Mrs. Marion Palmer entertain ed with a birthday party last Wednesday afternoon honoring Mrs. Dale Ray. Those invited to enjoy the event were: Mrs. O. L. Lundell, Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom, Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mrs. W. C. Crawford, Mrs. Cecil Thome, Mrs. E. M. Baker, Mrs. Lee Palmer, Mrs.ElmerPalmer, Mrs. Clell Rea, Mrs. Garry Tullis, Mrs. G. Her mann, Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn, Mrs. Harold Sherer, and Mrs. Ray's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bill Bra sheers of Lyle, Wn. Mrs. Charles O'Connor, post mistress, was sent to Grass Valley by the Postal Department to observe operations in that post office last Wednesday and Thursday. While there, she was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith. Movie Proved Successful The Topic club held a success ful movie night at the school cafelorium on Sunday evening. All proceeds of the affair will go to the1 lone Public Library, which the club sponsors. The committee in charge was Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom, chairman, Mrs. Gene Harryman, and Mrs. John Proudfoot. They were assis ted in serving homemade des serts after the show by Mrs. Norman Nelson, Mrs. Charles Carlson, Mrs. Verner Troedson, Mrs. Elmer Griffith, and Mrs. Paul Tews. The club wishes to thank all those who donated their help and to those attending for their fine support of the pro ject. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pierce and Robin of Redmond spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Crabtree and son moved to Portland on Sun day, where Ron will attend school. Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKinney and Alan of Hermiston spent Sunday visiting the Marion Palmers in their new home. Baptismal services were held during the morning worship ser vice at the United Church of Christ for Greg Allen Rietmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Riet- KNITTING LESSONS Yarn and Knitting Supplies SFINMERIN, COLUMBIA MINERVA, BERNATS, BEAR BRANDS, REYNOLDS YARNS BOYE NEEDLES YE OLDE TOWNE SHOPPE Ph. 922-3435 Umatilla. Oregon mann. The baby's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hurst, and uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Anderson, and family of Arlington were here for the oc casion and were dinner guests at the Rietmann home after church. Freak Accident Hurts Lady Mrs. Lewis Ball received severe injuries from a freak acci dent last Monday evening. She was getting out of her car, leav ing the motor running, to go back into the house for a mo ment, when she stumbled some way, (evidently catching hold of the gear shift as she fell), and set the car in motion. The tire ran over one leg and partially over the other, leaving some very bad abrasions and bruises. She also required five stitches on one leg, probably cut by the edge of the door as she fell. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker and Mrs. E. R. Lundell drove to Kennewick, Wn., Monday to at tend the funeral of a cousin, Newton Markham, aged 73. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Markham, old time farm ers in Clarks Canyon, where he spent his childhood. Death oc curred at Kennewick on Novem ber 1 and memorial services and burial were in that city on No vember 4. Darcie and Donna Rea of Portland are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Halvor- sen, while their father, Richard Rea is hunting and Mrs. Rea is in California visiting tourist attractions at Carmel, Monterey, and San Francisco with two friends from Portland. Mrs. Lana Padberg went to Portland to visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Kruse. Mrs. Kruse drove up to get her mother, who has been hospitalized for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barnett of Portland were visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barnett, this week-end. Sam did some bird hunting while here. Les Madden spent several days visiting relatives here from his work in Portland. McCabes Move to Colfax Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCabe and family have informed their parents here of their new address at Colfax, Wn., where Alvin will be manager of the parts depart ment in a John Deere store. They have lived in Heppner for some time. The Rebekah lodge members are making plans for a pinochle party for the public at their hall on Wednesday atternoon, No vember 13, at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Otillia Hunt of Heppner has been spending the week with her sister, Mrs. G. Hermann, while recuperating from surg- erv performed last week. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Prock are moving this week to Pendleton, where Prock will be employed in a bank. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn BiehJ and 100,000 MILES AT OVER 105 MPH1 Comet Durability Run: toughest challenge of automotive stamina ever faced! On Sept. 21, we set out to test the stamina and rugged construction of a specially equipped and prepared team of 1964 Comets at Daytona, Fla. These Comets drove day and night for 100,000 miles. Average speed of the lead car-over 105 mph includes time for refueling and maintenance. V "mm During this challenging event, these Comets re wrote the record book, set over 100 world records. Many were once held by famous foreign cars. s . aSfcJS0SJi ..,,,rr', ti., ttii wnwiii.fi i- , ii nt ' a WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE NEW-CAR BUYER. This .round-the-clock Durability Run was the most rugged test ever faced by a new car. These Comets proved their stamina and durability beyond question And the same skills and engineering excellence that made Comef s performance possible are yours in every '64 Comet For this is a hot and hefty new kind of Comet-newly styled, newly designed, newly engineered. If s bigger, bolder looking . . . with a solid, big-car ride. Try one-at your Mercury dealer's. LINCOLN-MERCURY DIVISION CfcS "OTOR COMPANY HEPPNER AUTO SALES, Inc. May and Main Street, Heppner, Oregon Am. family of La Grande drove to lone this week-end and were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jepsen and family, while visiting friends here. Room mothers and assistants helped give Halloween parties in each of the grade school rooms last Thursday. That even ing there were the usual num ber of little goblins and witches about town for the traditional "trick or treat." No serious dam age was done or pranks played on citizens this year. Daughter Born to Kalisters Friends rere have received word from Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kal ister at 1243 McKinley, Rock Springs, Wyoming, of the birth of their third child, a girl, weigh ing 8 pounds 6 ounces. She was born November 1 and joins a brother, Scott, and a sister, Shar on. Mrs. Kalister is the former Dorothy Dobyns, daughter of Noel Dobyns. Jim and Merrilee Jacobs and Pat and Maureen McElligott were hosts for a Halloween barn dance on Saturday evening at the Jacobs home. Guests were the eighth and ninth graders. Janet Palmateer and Leon Ma gill won prizes as the outstand ing "twisters." Mr. and Mrs. John Jepsen have returned from a ten day trip, which took them via Reno to San Francisco, where they vis ited relatives in the Bay area and Jepsen attended the Nat ional Pest Control Convention. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Martin spent from Tuesday to Saturday visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Horton at Dallas and their son and daughter, Melvin and Jean at Oregon State. They also visited Ralph, who is now on the staff at Thilan's Flower Shop in Oregon City. He is living with his aunt, Miss Marie Martin, and they will shortly move from West Linn to Oregon City. While in the valley, Mrs. Martin attended a meeting of the State Board of Oregon Fed eration of Garden clubs in Salem on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Lind strom were in Pendleton Satur day evening to attend a recep tion honoring Paul Sorensen, Grand Sentinel of the Grand chapter of Oregon, O.E.S., held in the Hawthorne school. Guests were present from all over the state of Oregon and a few from Washington. An Indian theme was used in the decorations and for a most enjoyable program. . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smouse spent Friday and Saturday in Corvallis attending the 25th re union of Ken's class of 1938. They visited their son, Kenny Lynn, and went to the tOSU Stanford game1. They drove home on Sunday. Harland Lundell of Boise drop ped in to see his parents, Mr. THE m GAZE p HEPPNER TTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 7, 1963 Sec. 2-4 pages t, .4 rv-v. iw . hi ii KEN K LINGER, Ione's swift sparkplug bade will spearhead the lone attack Friday when the Cardinals travel to Mt. Vernon to meet the highly-touted Bears in a game for the district crown. He is shown at left above. Other player is unidentified. (G-T Photo) Livestock 4-H Club Reorganizes for Year The November meeting of the Blackhorse Livestock club was called to order by Jimmy Bloods worth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Campbell. Flag pledges were led by Nancy Campbell and Nancy Doherty. Nominations for new officers were called for. Maureen Doher ty was elected president; Nancy Campbell, vice president; Jimmy Bloodsworth, secretary-treasurer; Nancy Doherty, news reporter, and Debbit Campbell, recreation loader. Our adult leaders are Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Doherty. Four-H membership cards were passed out and the meeting was adjourned. We played games and refreshments were served. Our next meeting will be De cember 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dohrety. Our guests were Joe Hay and Davie Campbell. Nancy Doherty, reporter and Mrs. O. L. Lundell on Tues day, while in the area on bus iness. Rays Host Rirthday Party A birthday party honoring those born in 1884 was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray on Thursday evening. Honorees were Mrs. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell, Mrs. Arvilla Swanson, W. C. Crawford, and Mrs. E. R. Lundell. Others present were, Mrs. Crawford, E. R. Lundell, Dal Ray, Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom, and Mr. Mrs. Bill Bra sheers of Lyle, Wn. Pumpkin pie and coffee were served af ter bingo and cards were en joyed. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson are Mrs. Troedson's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Brewster of Redmond, and Mr. and Mrs. William Carroll of Can Fran cisco. They arrived on Friday. John Swanson came home on Thursday from the University of Portland to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson. Mrs. George Griffith, accom panied by her grandfather, Frank S. Parker, of Heppner, was called to Portland on Sunday by the death of another grandfather, Henry Mitchell, who was 85 years old. Mr. Mitchell was a resident of Wallowa county for many years and just recently moved with his wife to Portland. Services will be held in Portland and in Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rietmann were week-end visitors in Port land. While there they enjoyed a program of the Kingston Bros. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo McMillan of Salem were here for the week end. They brought Mrs. Mc-Mil-lan's mother, Mrs. Mary Swan son, home from her visit in Port land and Salem. Boxboard for making signs and decorations at the Gazette-Times, available in white and colors. get T HUNG UP THIS WINTER Don't wait until it's too late to make some really low-cost storm windows. Do it NOW with Warp's EASY-ON Storm Window Kits. Each kit contains clear plastic, molding & nails. Ready to tack up ... a complete storm window. EASY-ON . . . America's most popular win dow kit . . . is only 39 at yout local dealer. Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. FARMER OWNED and CONTROLLED LEXINGTON, OREGON Dear Members: The annual meeting of this association will be held in Heppner, Oregon on Monday, November 1 8, beginning at 6 p. m. in the Fair Pavilion. The meeting will immediately follow a dinner at which the champion 4-H Steer will be served by the ladies of the Rhea Creek Grange. Dinner will be served promptly at 6 p. m. Valuable door prizes will be given, some at 6 p. m. and others later. A whole 4-H steer will be divided into 10 door prizes as well as two hogs and other valuables. Come and get in on the prizes. Three directors are to be elected, filling the places now occu pied by Elmer Palmer, Walter Jacobs and E. H. Miller, Jr. Seven associate directors are also to be elected. Company policy will be discussed and such other business as may rightly come before such a meeting will be taken care of. Come and bring your neighbors. Sincerely, Paul Jones, President Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc.
