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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1964)
HE? FNER CAZCTTCTIMCS. Thuraday. J use 4. IXt Ken Turner Chosen For County Honor (Continued from pace 1 and crandm of Robot! Willi Turnrr. iniy two m nil minna km itmthcr are lilni. "rnK W. Turner of Horpner and Johnny W. Turner of baker. Only iiitr In the family t Anita May Turner, now living In hue ene. Samuel Turner did In 1 !.. !xv Turner died In ltu ill' Turner in 1!W7. and Johk O Turner In I'.Mil. The seventh brother. Hubert Lolie Turner, died In Infancy. With wife. Jean Ann. who U dauchter of Mr. and Mrs. Car Swamwn of lone, and two small daughter. Cheryl Ann ana Loric Marie. Ken V perfectly content on the ranch. The family was. engaced in transplanting tome hardy rhu barb plant when County Agent NcU Anderson and the writer arrived for an Interview Satur day. The Turners joked about getting Into a "rhubarb" when thev didn't have enough rhu barb to go around for "PP the night before and honed .that the r.cw plants would satisfy the demand. , At one aide of their comfor table house lvs an abundant alfalfa field with the stand now krwe-hlgh. Water that Irrigates It via a sprinkler system comes from Kens big pond that he scooped out some 200 feet be hind the house. When he started to dig the pond some years ago, he was discouraged to find that the soil was largely an ash. He didn't think it would hold, but he turned the water in and now It shimmers in the sun. Moss has become a problem, and he has been working on methods to CHARU Money at Wwk can -o a !onj way at Equitable Sa inji Ask me about a choice of saving and earning plans to take you to your DREAM VACATION spot-or ee around the world. 1 ret rid of it. He and his father. m law rilled u mine woven famine, and attached It to a t..d rble. in an attempt to rirodiw it out. but they have found It to be a terrific Ji. They have hauled out a big heap, but there Is plenty left, and thev have the problem of dipming of that which they hauled out. Nevertheless, the fish which stvk the pond seem to enjoy the moss, and the kids enjoy fishing with their daddy. Luck is generally good with catches up to 12 Inches. Ken volunteered to give an Impromptu angling demonstra tion In mid day on our visit, but after 10 minutes and only one -bump divided that it was the v.Tong time of dav. It Is obvious that Ken Turner is one who could be nothing but active and moving. Basement of his home is a beautifully fin ished living quarters with four large rooms, a project that he completed last year. The wood paneled quarters make a fine, cool retreat In summer time. Jean Ann enjoys gardening and her flower garden at the side of the house Is a source of pride, and Joy. After a cup of coffee with the Turners. Nels and the WTiter took a quick tour of Turner's oner at ions. Everywhere the practices of conservation ' are evident strip cropping, huge diversion ditches, trashy fallow. In his talk was the eagerness to con tinuously improve the land for full utilization. The lack of moisture has hurt this year. This is the worst my place has looked." he growled. When Anderson expressed the hope that wheat growers might sal vage a 15-bushe! crop on the av erage In this dry- year. Ken was skeptical. He pulled up a wheat stalk, peeled it down to the un developed kernels and showed that where there should be four kernels developing in a mesh. there was only one. Ken was born In Heppner on Julv 10. 1935. and graduated from Heppner High in 1952. He was a member of the FFA chap ter and at one time was chap ter president. At Oregon State University he majored in general agriculture,, getting his degree in 1956. This is his eigntn crop year on the place since he leased it from his mother xouowing nis father's death. t Al Lamb, director of National The young farmer is a super- Farmer Cooperatives, left Tues visor of the Heppner Soil Con-1 day on a trip t0, Washington. D. servation district, this being his i t0 aUend a meeting of the x. -w mm ii a i mM MP "He's Gone to Get Ready for Heppner's Sidewalk Bazaar July 10 and II" County to Take Cutsforth Park Deed of Cut.sforth park, em bracing 11 acres, will be turned over to Morrow county soon. Or vllle Cutsforth. one of the direc tors of the park, has announced. Th action was to have Deen taken at a county court meeting Wednesday but was delayed in order that a clause be Included requiring the county to continue using It for park purposes. This is to be done at the request of the court. Cutsforth originally donated 13 acres of land for the park, which has become a very popular spot lor outings, and it has been ad ministered by a board of diree tors, including Elks and Odd Fellows representatives. Another acre was given by P. W. Ma hor.ey. Under the new plan the county will own and operate the park. Al Lamb on Trip To National Capital LOCAL NEWS Bill Morgan 39 S.W. Dorion Avenue Pendleton. Oregon CR 6 2421 .... Money at work earning 4 and 4V4 Automatic Pay Off. Xemnt raU it maturity It y atulify.) - - - - ' third year in that capacity. He is a life member of the Oregon Wheat League and a member of the Morrow County Livestock Growers. Turner is one of the moving spirits of the annual fifth grade conservation tour and assists with the Soil Conservation srwwh contest. He is an active member of St. Patrick's Catholic church and is a past president of the Holy Name Society there. His talents also extend to music, being pianist for the Elks. Restlessly active, every move that this young rancher makes Is one with an eye for improve ment As he stepped from his home to show us his alfalfa stand, he hopped across a sprinkler system that he is in stalling on the lawn. ' "I've got to bury that this afternoon," he said. Chewing on a stalk of green wheat a short time later he point ed out a patch of rye intruding on one corner of his place and told of his plans to get rid of it. A few minutes later he point ed nut a "wind blow" and de clared that he was going to haul some barnyard fertilizer to the spot to add organic matter i.oard of directors of the national o.'ganization. He spent Tuesday night in Portland before flying east. Lamb expected to visit with Congressman Al Ullman and others of Oregon's Congressional delegation before returning. In his capacity as a member of the Morrow county Port Commission he expected to investigate the matter of establishing a wild life refuge on the Columbia River waterfront in Morrow county, a step that has been po posed by local groups. Lamb planned to return to Heppner Saturday. and hold the soil. The Turners will be hosts at one of the stops on the annual conservation tour Friday. Every one is invited to make the tour, the only requirement being to bring a sack lunch. Departure will be at 9:30 a.m. at the fair grounds with transportation by bus. Mrs. Jo Hartle and Mr. Era est Christopherson returned home late Sunday with Mrs. Hartle's daughter, Shirley Carlson, nd Mrs. Chrlstopherson's dauchter, Sh.rrle. who have been attend ing Brigham Young University at ITovo, Utah. The two women left Heppner last Thursday for Provo and the group visited rel atives on the way home. Memorial week-end TUltors ot the home of Mrs. Ha O'Donnell were her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mackry of Arlington and Mrs. Junior Boyer and children of Prairie City. Tommy OD-n- nell went home with his grand parents for a visit with them In Arlington. A guest last wk at the noma of Mr. and Mrs. Roice Kulleton and family was Mrs. Fulleton's mother. Mrs. (J. O. Barager of Los Angeles. Calif. She came by plane Tuesday for the gradua tion of her granddaughter, Diana, and In company with Diana left by car for home on Thursday. The two will leave June 10 for a 10-day vacation in Hawaii, with Diana driving home later this month. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cribble left last Thursday for Bowman's Golf Course at Welches, Ore. Joining them on Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Brown, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, and Dr. and Mrs. Jim Norene. The four couples returned Sunday from the golf retreat, located nine miles from Timbcrline Lodge on Alt Hood. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Given re turned to their home in Sllverton Monday, after spending lour davs visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Itay Drake. Mrs. Given and Mrs. Drake are sisters. Relatives of Mrs. Jessie Grif fin's here for the Memorial Day week-end were Mrs. Norman Griffin and daughter Sheryl, and Mrs. Gladys Walker of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Herb Case and children of Poulsbo. Wn., and Mrs. Lillian Cook of Oregon City. Mrs. Jessie Griffin was released from Pioneer Memorial hospital Saturday, after suffering a slight stroke. Mrs. Norman Griffin will remain here during he mother's convalescence. Hail Loss High As Freak Slorm Rips Through Area t Continued from pagr? 1) there wa ronldcrabl hail riamnce n the place of Amtui.l . I mall, managed tv I- II. Led better, in the lllackhnnto area. Greatest loa there, though, was "iH'lIng of t!u summer fallow. and tin U Iom that will be hard to replace. While Heppner remained In tho "goo eug" column in pre cipitation. .70 Inch waa recorded at the Frlti Cutkforth ranch. In Klghtmlle country the storm was considerably more gentle. In fait. It appeared to be a sep arate storm from the one to the northeast. Hut It was capricious, too. Father and son. Elmer and Roger Palmer, living In homes only a Mort distance apart on the aame place, found that Elm er recorded twice as mu.h rain as Roger did. At Bill McCllntock ' place, rain was recorded at .20 Inch, at Don IVtersons M Inch and at Louis Carlson's. .15 Inch. Markham Baker's gauge ahowed showed ..VI inch, but a neighbor, Paul Tew had only .08 Inch. In line City country the Ash beck and Luclani places took heavy loss, but good from the rain will probably well make up for th damage. Also hit were Bill liealy and Ron Cur r In, who had alfalfa ruined. While Sandhollow ranches were toeing pummeled. the ranch of Max Barclay at the north end was bypassed by the storm, ac cording to reports. It's difficult to say whether the good from the moisture com ing in this year of drought will exceed the damage of the hall, but. on a county-wide basis. It appears that the moisture will outweigh the loss, although it was a high price to pay for It. Meanwhile. Heppner remained "high and dry" with only .01 inch recorded on Friday: Sherman Gots Dcgrco Mr. and Mr. Wee Sherman and family will po to (Vrvalli thl week end where they will attend Commencement cmtcUo" at Oregon Mai University on Sunday afternoon. Their son, Dick, will receive a bachelor of Mlence degree In mathematlca from the unlvcrfcltv, completing four years of uttidy at O.MI and one at Pacific Unlverlty, roieM Grove. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients admitted t Pioneer Memorial hospital and now re ceiving care Include the follow lug: John Steven. Hardman; Alma Morgan. Heppner; Thoma Blue, latnefovk; James nurunn, llcppr.er. and Jewel llagcr, lit ppner. Patients dismissed after re ceiving care during this same period were Hrltt Muttn. lunuon, and Timothy Smith. Heppher. Mr. and Mrs. Jay ! Hudson, Heppner, are parents of a baby girl, born Saturday. May IA, weighing 3 lbs., Hi ot. She has tHH'ti named Clndi Lee and Joins a ItttU autter at home. A son, their flrt child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Berry, Heppner, on Saturday, May 3d. He weighed 6 lbs., 1V ot. and has been named Richard Andrew. Mr. and Mrs. R. & Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Me Lachlan traveled to Portland Saturday to view the Indian apolis fX) Memorial Day race on closed circuit television at the Memorial Colllseum. They re turned late Saturday evening. Lexington News By DELtHA JONES LEXINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'llarra and family went vlKltlots Memorial Day at the home of hl patents, Mr. and Mr. Newt Ollarra. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wright and sons of IN'itland were vis itor Memorial Day with Iter pnrrnU, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Macike. Di bble Me.ke, (laugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ma-h-ske. returned home with the WrlKhU for a llt and their son, Mark, remained with tils grand parents for a vUlt. Mr, and Mr. Jie Yocom ami children vl-lted Sunday in Kcnncwlik, Wn. VUltors at the home of Mr. Florence McMillan on Memorial Dav were her daughter and families. Mr. and Mrs. Goerge Irvln of Kufus and Mr. and Mr. 11.4. Cool of Pendleton. Vicky Irvln Maycd for a two weeks Mt with her grandmother. Mr ami Mrs. C. C. June and son Kenneth were Cove and Un ion vIMior on Memorial Pay. Mr. and Mr. Alona llender- un ami criiiiirrii iarrv ami Betty were La Grande caller on Memorial Dav. Mr. and Mrs, Harold Laird were In iwnami runuay io at tend -the Portland University commencement cxcrclttc. Their son In law. Ronald Daley, grad uated cum laude with a degree In hUHtncaa administration. Ila will receive hi cert meat in January iw a certified public accountant, and the day alter graduation started work a a member of a Portland account ing firm. WEATHER REPORT By LEONARD GILLIAM Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday III ." 72 7'J 83 S3 13 7t Low 50 43 4S 5'J 46 41 57 Prec, .01 Harlcy Youngs Leave on Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harlcy Young and family left Wednesday on a two-weeks' vacation trip that will take them to Missouri where thev will visit Mrs. Young's mother. Mrs. Carl Kiss inger, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Young, all of Maryville. While there. Mrs. Young will also attend a class reunion. While on the trip, Young, man ager of Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-op here, will attend a trl-state power meeting at Cur ley, Idaho. fir V Uaaaai The 10th of the Month is The Business-Professional Man's PAY-DAY Always pay your bill by the 10th of the month. Remember, the way you pay today. 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