Chats From Your Home Agent
Four-H Knitting
Books Available
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Mrs. Robert Abrams, Heppner,
was in the other day asking
about our new 4'-H knitting
books. Her daughter, Libby, is
enrolled in the Blue Mountain
Knitters, and brought home a
Phase I knitting book. Marian
saw it and knew it to be well
written. She was wondering if
the new books were available to
the general public.
I was happy to tell her that
the State 4-H club office is sell
ing the books outright to other
than 4-H members and leaders
to 25c a copy, or all seven for
$1.50.
Here is a line-up of the
phases:
Phase I Knit and purl.
Phase H Increase and de
crease. Phase III Buttonholes and
pick-up stitches.
Phase IV Patterned stitch.
Phase VI Working with mix
ed colors.
Phase VII Combining knit
ting with fabric.
Mrs. Kenneth Palmer, Lexing
ton, came in about the same
time and ordered three different
phases.
The county agent's office will
forward your order to the State
4-H club office and the books
will be sent directly to you.
Extension Food Marke ting
Specialist Velma Seat writes
"They haven't got an awful lot
of coffee in Brazil, and because
of this contradiction to the
theme of the popular song, coffee
prices are increasing and prob
ably will stay at a relatively
high level for some time to come.
Extensive weather damage to
Brazil's coffee trees is the cause
of the upward price trend."
District Attornev Hpman win.
ter made quite a hit with the
Irrigon people when he appeared
as resource man at the final
meeting of their Money Man
agement Shortcourse on Feb
ruary 3. They were studying
"Wills" that evening. One Irri
gon woman wrote on her eval
uation sheet "After the meet
ing I studied my will and plan
to re-write it!" .
Money Notes Speaking of wills,
our money notes ror this week
says "There are three inescap
able events which everyone
should recognize You are going
to die; you can't take it with
you, and someone else is going
to get your property (real or
personal).
A sensible person makes suit
able plans to pass on this estate.
Program on Proteins
For Nutrition Class
Second of a series of six class
es in a Nutrition School will be
conducted Wednesday, Februaiy
19, at the Seventh-day Adven
tist gymnasium.
Subject for the class discussion
will be "Proteins" with many
new ideas in Lenten recipes
available to those who attend.
The class is open to the pub
lic, with visitors invited. A buf
fet lunch, using recipes of the
foods to be discussed that even
ing, will be served at 7:00 p.m.
Instructors in the class are Mrs.
Elwood Boyd and Mrs. H. S.
Huber.
Knitters Meet
The second meeting of the
Blue Mountain Knitters was held
at the home of Judy Gentry. Five
members were present. We dis
cussed giving reports and dem
onstrations to be given at the
next meeting. Our next meeting
will be March 3.
Julie Ayres, reporter
12th Annual
Oregon
ngus
Association
Bull Sale
Come, Select and Buy from
This Big Angus Capital
Sale of
70
Top Quality
Bulls
BAKER
Baker Livestock Auc. Yard
SAT., FEB. 22
12 o'clock Noon
(Show Friday 1 p.m.)
Rod McCuIlough, Auctioneer
For Catalogs and Information,
Contact Oregon Angus Assn.,
Joe Freeman, Sale Chm.,
Baker, Ore.
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Ask yourself these questions:
1. How do you own property
and what effect does type of
ownership have on transfer at
time of death?
2. Under Oregon law, who
would receive your property if
you did not leave a will?
3. What requirements must a
will meet in Oregon?
4. Do you need a lawyer to
prepare a will?
5. What is probate?
6. What about property held
in other states and wills made
in other states?
7. What does an executor do
and what does he get paid?
Write box 397, Heppner, for a
copy of "A Will of Your Own"
to get the answers to these questions.
U. S. Has Banner
Year on Wheat
Sales to Japan
By JOHN WELBES
Executive Vice President,
Oregon Wheat Growers League
During the mid-fifties the lead
ers of the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers League took a look into the
crystal ball. What they saw was
a great potential market for Pa
cific Northwest and United
States wheat in Japan. Immed
iately the wheels began, to turn
and programs were started by
the league to promote the use of
wheat in the Japanese diet. Now,
10 years later, one can see what
the crystal ball told the Wheat
League leaders was correct.
Year 1963 was a banner on-
for wheat sales to Japan. For
the year sales amounted to
1,380,000 metric tons of 50,701,200
bushels, the largest in the his
tory of U. S.-Japan wheat trade.
These exports for 1963 were up
79 over the previous 12 month
period and the dollar equivalent
rose from $53 million to an un
precedented $95 million.
Canada, which had previously
been the leading exporter to
Japan, slipped into second place
with 1,158,000 metric tons fol
lowed by Australia with 402,000
metric tons.
Effective promotional efforts
by Jim Hutchinson, Western
Wheat Associates director in the
Tokyo office, is due a lot of
credit in promoting these in
creased wheat sales to Japan.
Also, the state Wheat Commis
sions and state grower assoc
iations along with the USDA
should share in this accomplish
ment. Continued efforts to in
crease the sales and usage of
U. S. wheat in this important
market will be exerted in 1964.
The W.W.A. office in Tokyo is
already developing an aggres
sive market development pro
gram for the coming year.
The Oregon Wheat Growers
League had the vision to see this
potential market and to do some
thing about it. One of the sig
nificant things about the Jap
anese market is the fact that
it started out in the beginning
as a P.L. 480 program and now
is our leading market for dollar
sales.
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With one happy blast of breath, Grandma put out all the 7
candles on her birthday cake ( I for each decade plus I to grow on).
But her greatest thrill that natal day was a Long Distance call
from her far-off loved ones. Long Distance is not only "the next
best thing to being there," you can get "Instant Grandma"
even easier with Direct Distance Dialing. Anybody in your fam
ily birthdaying this month) Why not call tonight, after
5 PM -when lower rates begin? PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL
1964 Streamflow
Outlook Appears
Close to Average
Streamflow in Umatilla, Mor
row and Gilliam counties during
the 1964 irrigation season will
be very close to average if snow
continues to accumulate at nor
mal rates and if the spring melt
ing season is favorable for run
off, according to a report released
today by T. P. Helseth, State
Conservationist of the Soil Con
servation Service (USDA), coop
erating with Oregon State Uni
versity, Oregon State Engineer
and others. Stored water supplies
are satisfactory except in Mc
Kay Reservoir which now holds
10,300 acre feet or 4,000 a.f. less
than last year.
January storms piled up the
snow at a heavy rate, raising the
water content of the snowpack
from 29 percent of average on
January 1 to 110 percent by Feb
ruary 1. Water content of the
snow at Tollgate increased from
8,6 inches to 23.2 inches for a
new record of 14.6 inches in
crease in January.
The soil mantle under the
snowpack is well recharged and
averages 83 percent of capacity.
I his will favor a satisfactory
runoff of snowmelt water next
spring.
Cold Springs Reservoir has
36,700 acre feet in storage com
pared with 32,700 a. f. a year ago
at this date. Average storage on
February 1 is 28,400 a. f. a year
ago at this date, Average storage
on February 1, is 28,400 a. f.
McKay Reservoir holds only 10,
300 a. f. which is considerably
less than the average figure of
33,700 acre feet. It will be "nip
and tuck" whether the reservoir
fills this year.
The Umatilla River at Pendle
ton is forecast to flow 192,000
acre feet or 103 percent average
in the April through September
period. The South Fork of the
Walla Walla should flow 76,000
acre feet or 100 percent average
for the same six months.
McKay Creek is forecast to
flow 32,000 acre feet or 103 per
cent April through September.
In the February-September per
iod it should flow about 61,000
a. f. or 100 percent average. At
this rate, it is doubtful if the
reservoir will fill this year.
Butter Creek is forecast to flow
14,500 acre feet or 103 percent
average for the March-July per
iod. Flow of the Umatilla at Uma
tilla has been 45 percent aver
age in January but only 33 per
cent average October 1 to date
from preliminary data from U. S.
Geological Survey, Portland, Ore
gon. Statewide, heavy January
storms brought huge additions
to the mountain snowpack in
much of Oregon and gave added
assurance that the 1964 water
supply outlook for the state will
be adequate the first adequate
outlook since the winter and
spring of 1957-58. Watershed
soils are recharged sufficiently
to favor snowmelt runoff and
stored water supplies are satis,
factory except for McKay Reser
voir near Pendleton.
The next report on snow sur
veys and water supply conditions
will be issued about March 9,
1964.
When you patronize Gazette
Times advertisers, you help
make a better paper. Tell them
you saw It in the Gazette-Times,
Mrs. Holder) Visits,
Shows Art Talents
ItfrQ flpnrPA fTMnnnut trl,!
of Goldendale Project City, Wn,,
was a wees-ena visitor at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Cox.
Mrs. Holden has proven her
self as a most talented and ac
complished artist. One of her
most recent oil paintings is a
portrait of Miss Jan Beamer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rnlnh
Beamer, and a friend of the fam
ily for many years. Miss Beamer,
who has gained wide recognition
as an outstanding horsewoman,
is Dainted in semi-Drofile. wfnr.
ing her familiar western hat and
attire.
The framed 22x28 painting,
done with beautiful detail and
colorine. will be on disnlav in
the Bank of Eastern Oregon for
all who wish to see it.
Lesleys Leave
On Florida Tour
By CHARLOTTE WALKER
HARDMAN, RHEA CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Huston Lesley left
Monday for a few weeks vaca
tion in Miami, Florida. They will
visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Nell Davidson and family.
Mrs. Rose Shanks of Mt. Ver
non went with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Robinson re
turned home from Ashland
where they had been staying for
some time. The last of the week
they went to Walla Walla to
visit her sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Craber and Mrs. Edith Stanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel
and Cassie went to lone Sunday
for the birthday dinner of
Frankie Engelman.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Steers are
setting up their new trailer
home on the old Clark Stevens
place, which is now owned by
the Bechdolt Brothers.
Mrs. Blanche Jones of Herm
iston came to see her brother,
Guy Chapin, Sunday, but he was
over on the John Day River fish
nig and missed meeting her.
Mrs. Daisy McDaniel returned
from Spring Valley, New York,
where she stayed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews
while Mrs. Andrews was recov
ering from an illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Hale Lemmons
and children of Mt. Vernon
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Grangers View
Film 'Big Circle
By DELPHA JONES
LEXINGTON Lexington
Grange met on Saturday night
for their regular meeting, with
Master Lyle Cox in the chair.
Following the business meeting,
Nathan Thorpe, Boardman dep
uty, gave a most Instructive talk.
A program followed in the
basement, which included a film
entitled "The Big Circle," a pic
ture about the Pacific Supply Co
op and the fine job they are
doing supplying the farmers
with needed products. The movie
was made in the country around
Grand Coulee Dam, showing the
improvements over the years. A
guessing game of hearts was
played, with Mrs. Thorpe win
ning the prize. Mrs. Norman Nel
son won the door prize.
Refreshments were served to
24 people by the committee, Mrs.
Wilbur Steagall, Mrs. Nora
Turner and Mrs. Martha Van
Schoiack. A potluck dinner is
planned for the next meeting,
starting at 6:30 p.m.
Johnnie McMillan is a pat
ient in Pioneer Memorial hos
pital in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Watkins en
tertained with a dinner party at
their home on" Saturday night.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Munkers, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Kilkenny, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Ledbetter, Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Hunt, and Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Munkers and the host
and hostess. Following the din
ner the evening was spent in
Hermiston where the group en
joyed some bowling.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hermann
are the proud parents of a baby
daughter, Sandra Lee, born at
Pioneer Memorial hospital in
Heppner on Wednesday.
Lexington Co-op bowling team
bowled against the Sands Motel
team in Hermiston one night last
week. Those going from Lex
ington wree Mr. Joel Engleman,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers,
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Ledbetter, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Munkers and
brought Mrs. Rose Shank over
Sunday to accompany Mr. and
Mrs. Huston Lesley to Florida.
Jim Press of Hebron, Indiana,
is visiting his cousin, Sam Mc
Daniel. Wednesday evening a
birthday dinner was given for
Sam. Those coming from Hepp
ner were Mr. and Mrs. Kinard
McDaniel and Mr. and Mrs. Cary
Hastings. On Sunday they drove
over to see the construction work
on the new John Day dam.
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, February 13, 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Klinger.
Holly Rebekah Lodge met on
Thursday night for its regular
meeting at which time initiation
was held for their new memoer,
Ruth Rohinson. The ladies, all
dressed in white, performed their
duties well, and following the
initiation regular lodge was held.
There were eight visitors from
Sans Souci and one from Bunch
grass present. Following the
meeting refreshments were serv
ed in the dining room. At this
same time the Lexington Odd
Fellows held their regular meet
ing with seven members voted in
as candidates.
The Amacitia club met at the
home of Mrs. Eldon Padberg on
Tuesday night with the follow
ing ladies present, Mrs. O. W.
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This award was pre
sented to the entire line
of 1964 Fords by Motor
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"engineering advance
ment In the concept of
total performance."
Cutsforth, Mrs. Roy Martin, Mrs.
William J. Van Winkle, Mrs. Bob
Davidson, Mrs. Roger Campbell,
Mrs. Gene Cole, Mrs. Al Fetsch,
and the hostess. Mrs. Padberg.
Winning high was Mrs. Bob Dav
idson and second high, Mrs.
Phyllis Cole. Refreshments were
served later.
Lady bowlers from Butter
Creek and Lexington met in
Echo one day last week for a
luncheon and afternoon of bowl
ing. Those ladies taking part
were Mrs. Bob Lovgren, Mrs. Bob
Kilkenny, Mrs. Roger Campbell,
Mrs. Dean Hunt, and Mrs. John
nie Ledbetter.
Mrs. Armin Wihlon and Mrs.
Florence McMillan were The
Dalles visitors on Wednesday of
this last week.
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