Farewell Dinner
Honors Smiths
Upon Retirement
By VIRGINIA KELSO
KINZUA A community pot
luck dinner was given Saturday
evening at Jeffmore Hall to bid
farewell to Mr. and Mrs. George
Smith who are leaving Kinzua
sometime in May. Allen Nistad
was master of ceremonies and
told the many friends of George
and Evelyn that George had
started wrok at Kinzua on Jan
uary 1, 1935. He retired in March
of this year.
Mr. Nistad called on several
frieinds of the couple who added
their remarks and anecdotes and
then he presented George with
a Masonic ring as a gift from
Kinzua Corporation and a set
of dishes to both George and
Evelyn as a gift from the community.
Coming from a distance to at
tend this dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Robinson and
daughter Doris and Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Cook of Heppner, Mr. and
Mrs. John Mills of Bend, Mri
and Mrs. Clarence Britton and
daughter Marilyn of Touchet,
Wn., and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bo
lin of Service Creek.
The Smiths have purchased
a home at Vernonia and they
will be greatly missed by all
their friends here.
Enjoy Field Trip To Capitol
The eighth grade class of Kin
zua Grade school left early Fri
day by chartered bus for a field
trip to the State Capitol at Sa
lem. While at the capitol they
had the opportunity to meet and
talk with Governor Hatfield and
a visiting ambassador, Veljko
Micunovic, Yugoslavian Ambas
sador to the United States. The
ambassador was on a tour of the
West coast of the United States
to learn as much as he can about
the United States. There were 15
students making the trip and
they were chaperoned by Vir
ginia Sitton, LaVina Conner,
Bertha Allen, Fermer Plank and
Robert Park.
Mrs. Howard Rice and Mrs.
Don Slinkard were in The Dalles
Friday for medical care for Mrs.
Rice.
Golf Club Elects Officers
At a meeting of the members
of the Kinzua Golf club last
week, Don Slinkard was elected
president for the coming year,
Rollo Loomis as vice president,
and Allen Nistad as secretary
treasurer. The meeting was pre
ceded by a potluck dinner and
followed by a social hour. The
golf club is interested in spon
soring the sening of a Wheeler
High school golf team to the
Eastern Oregon Playoff at Pen
dleton on May 9.
The Kinzua Women's club had I
its regular meeting Thursday at
the Kitchen with Kathryn Flack, I
President in charge. After a short j
business meeting the members I
worked on bazaar things alter
which dixie cups and cookies
were served by Evelyn Smith
and Margie Ball. Mrs. Flack pre
sented the club with a pieced
quilt top which they promptly
accepted.
Mrs. Wayland Hyatt and
daughter Theresa went to Port
land Thursday where they stay
ed until Sunday for Mrs. Hyatt
to visit the dentist.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hill went
to Heppner Friday where Mrs.
Hill was placed in the Heppner
hospital for several days treat
ment. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Brooks
of Albany spent the week-end
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bailey of
Gold Beach came Saturday to
spend the week-end with Mrs.
Bailey's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Muzzy. Mrs. Bailey remain
ed here to spend several weeks
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Perle Anderson
went to Portland Thursday for
medical care for Mrs. Anderson.
Bob Kyle and daughter Susie
went to Heppner Tuesday for
both to keep dental appoint
ments. The Friendship club met Wed
nesdav evening at the Camp 5
community hall with Carol Nor
ris as hostess to the group. Pin
ochle was played and Marilyn
Bailey won high, Irene Samples
won low, and the traveling prizes
went to Joan Michel and Ann
Bastian. Others present were
Myrna Zitek, Joan Ann Adams,
Molly Day, Rita Conlee. Rosie
Graham, Naomi Rice, and Vi
Slinkard.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bastian
and daughters Billi? Jean ana
Karen went to Portland Satur
day where Billie Jean will en
ter beauty college Monday. The
rest of the family returned home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Messer
schmirit of Post Falls. Idaho, and
Mrs. Ethel Nelson of Spokane ar
rived Friday to spend the week
end visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Rusty Mcdlock.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard. Zitek
and family wire business vis
itors to Portland over the week
end. Richard Mortimore and Earl
N'orris were in Heppner Saturday
for business and shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph James and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blevins were
in Heppner Friday for medical
care for Mr. Blevins.
The lucky winner of a tran
sistor radio offered by the Camp
5 Women's club was Mrs. Marie
Rhoton. The winning name was
drawn by Lige Long.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Senkbeil
and son Greg of Mather Air
Force Base near Sacramento,
Calif., spent several days vsiit
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Benson and family. Gene then
left for six weeks schooling at
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CLOWNS, HIGH WIRE ARTISTS as well as acrobats and jugglers
are the featured performers in the nationally famous Wenatchee
Youth Circus, highlight of the 1964 Pea Festival. The popular
youth aggregation will present two performances Saturday after
noon. May 9, in the Mac-Hi Memorial Stadium.
Milton-Freewater
Festival Billed
For Next Week
A galaxy of youthful circus
talent including clowns, high
wire artists, jugglers and acro
bats, are the featured attrac
tion at the 20th annual Milton
Freewater Pea Festival this year.
The nationally famous Wen
atchee Youth Circus will present
two afternoon shows on Sat
urday, May 9, at the Mac-Hi
Memorial Stadium.
The 1964 Pea Festival will
open officially this year with the
Queen's Coronation and Talent
Show Monday evening, May 4,
at the Mac-Hi auditorium. Lovely
Queen Ellie Mitchell, will
be crowned at this opening event.
The Jaycee sponsored Talent
Show will feature the best of
Kessler Air Force Base in Miss
issippi and Mrs. Senkbeil and
Greg remained for a longer visit
with the Bensons.
Business visitors to The Dalles
Saturday were Don Slinkard,
Howard Rice, and Paul Oyler.
talent selected from entries
throughout the region.
Preliminary judging of the
Junior Livestock show will be
held during the week. Final live
stock judging will be held Thurs
day morning, May 7, at the Jun
ior bnow Grounds on the Hoon
tract and the showmanship con
test of grand champion livestock
will be held Friday morning,
May 8, at 11 o'clock.
Horse showmanship will be
Friday at 1:00 p.m. and the jun
ior livestock sale will climax the
livestock show Friday evening,
May 8, at the Mac-Hi ag shop.
Saturday morning will see the
Grand Parade with more than
100 entries of floats, bands, rid
ing clubs and other features. It
will be followed by a barbecue
lunch on the Central School
grounds.
New this year on the agenda
of events is the Teen-Age Hoot
enanny, scheduled for 8 p. m.
Friday in the old gym at Mac-Hi.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Leonnig,
Cindy, Lindy and Roger, arrived
home late Saturday night from
Tillamook where they attended
the wedding of Patrick Tone, a
nephew of Mrs. Leonnig. Also in
Tillamook for the ceremony were
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rea and
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Corbin of Pendleton.
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After she'd found (and relocated) her cat's new litter of 5,
this young lady got on Long Distance and described the
happy event(s) to her understanding grandparents. Long
Distance, the next best thing to being there, is the best
way to share family joys. And with Direct Distance Dialing,
it's so quick and easyl How about you? Shared any family
joys lately? What about tonight, after 6 PM
when lower rates begin ? PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL
Fish Bill Scored
In Pomona Talk
A representative of the Ore
gon salmon industry told mem
bers of the Lexington Pomona
Grange meeting at the Lexing
ton Grange hall on Saturday af
ternoon, that a proposed bill to
ban commercial fishing on the
Columbia would eliminate 2000
jobs and annual revenues of $3
million to the state.
Dan W. Schnusten, who spoke
for Salmon for All, Inc., an industry-employee
group formed to
fight the measure, declared that
its passage would destroy the
100-year-old industry and cast
suspicion on Oregon's busin. S3
climate.
"It seems unbel i e v a b 1 e,"
Schausten said, "that a small
group of selfish sports anglers
would throw 2000 people out of
work in order to monopolize the
last refuge of commercial fishing
in this state -140 miles of the
lower Columbia. What sort of im
pression would this make on
future industries which may con
sider setting up shop in Ore
gon?" The fishery representa t i v e
stressed that Oregon's fish man
agement agencies have refuted
claims that a commercial closure
is needed to conserve the Colum
bia salmon runs. He said dial
the Governor's Committee on
Natural Resources and the State
Fish Commission firmly oppose
the bill, and that the Oregon
Game Commission has also testi
fied that no additional legisla
tion is needed to conserve the
resource.
TV Program Slated
May 3 on Rangeland
Conversion of arid sagebrush
country to more productive
rangeland will be illustrated on
a television program to be pre
sented by the Bureau of Land
Management on Sunda" May 3.
The half-hour program will be
on station KGW-TV, Channel 8,
at 9:00 a.m. It concludes a series
of programs titled "For the
People," sponsored by the Port
land Federal Council.
Also emphasized during the
BLM program will be forest
management practices which in
sure sustained yields, according
to Russell E. Getty, director ol
BLM operations in Oregon and
Washington.
Money receipt books in dup
licate and triplicate are on sale
at the Gazette -Times.
ilton Morgan
Voices Approval
Of Wheat Program
The president of the Orecon'
Wheat Growers League this
wwk expressed general satisfac
tion with the wheat legislation
recently passed by Congress, and
predicted that new sup port
levels would not result in higher
consumer prices.
"Oregon wheat farmers now
face a stable and reasonable in
come level for their 1004 crop,"
assorted Milton Morgan of lone,
president of the grower organi
zation. The combination of price
support loans and marketing
certificates under the new pro
gram will return from $1.70 to
$1.75 a bushel to cooperating
growers for their 1964 wheat
harvest."
Morgan's prediction was given
in the wake of a forecast on
wheat prices issued last week
by economists at Washington
State University.
The Washington State price
forecast compared expected
prices and income under the new
legislation with those of recent
years rather than with the bar
ren prospects faced by grow
ers before Congress authorized
the new wheat program, Morgan
said. Before the new measure
was passed, wheat farmers faced
a probable return of about $1.25
a bushel for their 1904 wheat.
Under the new program, cer
tificates worth 70 cents a bushel
for domestic consumption and 25
cents a bushel for exports are
expected to bring cooperating
Oregon growers an average price
of $1.70 to $1.75 for their crop.
The certificates supplement the
trice support loan of $1.30 a
bushel national average.
"Even the loan value of wheat
is expected to be four or five
cents a bushel higher than it
would have been without the
new program," Morgan said.
While the Washington State
forecast predicts that flour mil
lers will face higher wheat costs
from the 1964 crop, the Wheat
League president maintained
that the new program will re
sult in miller prices market
price plus domestic certificate
costs about the same as those
during recent months.
Morgan stated that net costs
to exporters should also remain
relatively unchanged. In the re
cent past, exports have been sup
ported with a substantial sub
sidy to meet world prices.
The current subsidy for ex-
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 30, 1964
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Regular Health Checkup Urged
"Your best insurance against
possible serious illness is a reg
ular medical examination," Dr.
William L. Wright', director,
chronic disease section of the
Oregon State Board of Health,
said today. Many conditions
such as cancer, heart disease.
TB, diabetes and eve disorders
cast their shadows before them
in advance of any obvious symp
toms. As one example, 12 of
port white wheat shipped out of
Portland is $.41 a bushel, Morgan
reported. He said that if the old
progTam had remained in effect,
there would have been little
need for an exnort suhsiHv sin
the wheat price would have been
ar me world level. Beginning
July 1, the new program pro
vides a modest exDort suhsidv
which will return to cooperating
larmers anout cents a bushel
above world prices.
"The new wheat tiroprnm must
be compared with the bleak in
come prospects we faced with
wheat at $1.25 a bushel and no
certificates," Morgan said. "The
new llrOErram will mnnn nnnrlv
$11 million more income to coop-
eraung wrogon wheat growers in
1964 than was in prospect a
month ago," he concluded.
all blindness in the United States
is due to the eye disorder, glau
coma (in over 30,000 people), and
an estimated 1,000,000 people
are afflicted but do not know it.
Most victims are over forty and
show no symptoms until serious
loss of vision has occurred. But
glaucoma can be easily detected
with the proper equipment by a
medical doctor.
It is wise for women over 35
to have an annual examination
for possible cancer in the fe
male system. If discovered earlv,
such cancers are usually curable,
preventing untold suffering and
expense.
Regular health examinations
also provide a good opportunity
to check on the need for immu
nizations that can prevent sev
eral diseases, as well as proper
advice on diet and nutrition.
If something Ls wrong, one
will be ahead of the game to
catch it early. If all is well, It
is always good news to receive
a clean bill of health.
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