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GOVERNOR MARK HATflELD will give the commencement
address ot Hrppnvr High chooJ en Wednesday night May zft-
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For Exercises Here
An even 100 high school seniors are scheduled
to graduate in commencement exercises on three con
secutive nights in Morrow county's high schools next
week. The class oi 1'JO.j numbers im at lujmvi
10 at lone High and 25 at Riverside High, Hoard
mencement at Heppner High Wednesday night, May
nine. He confirmed the long-standing engagement
with Principal Gordon Pratt this week. The Heppner
iiign exercise win muh v
nasium.
Inn A Hloh'i rlass will CrsdU-
to on Thursday. May 17. with
Dr. Frank Bennett, former pres
ident of Kastcrn Oregon College,
giving the commencement ad
dre In the xhool gymnasium.
The program at art at 8 p.m.
Riverside llich'a exercises will
bo Friday nluht. May 2H. at b
pm. In lis gymnasium with Dr.
Bennett also giving the address
lure.
Baccalaureate program for
each senior class will be hold
on the mim night, Sunday. May
23, In the rcectlve schools. The
services will start at 8 p.m. In
the gymnasium at Boardman
anr! at Heppner High, and ot
7:30 pm. In the cafetorlum at
lone High.
The Rev. Eugene Hamblen of
First Methodist church. Hermls
ton. will speak on 'The Iower
of Commitment" In the bacca
laureate wrmon at Klverslde,
and Kev. Kenneth Robinson, pas.
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PRINCESS RUBY FULLETON. daughter xA Mr. and Mrs. Role
Fulleton of Heppner. Is competing lor queen of the Spray Rodeo
to be Saturday and Sunday. May 22 and 23. at Spray. Ruby
is a student at Heppner High school and Is an expert rider.
Ruby Fulleton Is Rodeo Princess
Ruby Fulleton, one of Hcpp
nor's expert young riders, will
be a princess In the Spray Ro
deo this week-end, May 22 and
23, and has a chance to be
queen of the event.
The queen Is chosen on a
point system. Those who pur
chase tickets for the rodeo from
the princess will be casting a
ballot for her selection to head
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PTA Committee
Cancels Show
"Due to lack of Interest am!
enough people signed up to
make up a full evening's pro
gram, the PTA Talent Show has
been cancelled." PTA President
Forrest Hurkenblne announced
Tuesday after auditions and
contact. naa wen mnae ny nv
committee In charge.
Dates scheduled previously
had been changed twice and
several who had agreed to par
ticipate earlier found they would
be unable to take part Friday
evening.
The (.how Is one of the major
money making; events of th.
PTA year, and Its proceeds will
be missed in the budget for
taking care of service projects.
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the royal court. Ruby Is now
selling tickets to friends here.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roice Fulleton, Princess Ruby is
a natural rider. She has been In
the saddle since she was a tiny
tot, has performed in many ro
deos and engaged In many dif
ferent contests of horsemanship.
She Is an expert barrel racer.
Ruby is a feshman at Heppner
High school.
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Moy 20, 1965
New Post Office
Planned at lone
An assignable land option for
it., nil r uroixjitrri new tost
olfiee building in lone has been
rpted by the Tost uince io
partment, Mm. Kdna i. O'Con
nor, has been advUcd by Pout
master General John A. Cron
ouskl. The property Is located at
Main and Cherrv Struts and
comprises approximately 5.WJ0
square feet. It Is presently own
ed bv Mr. and Mrs. Omar Klet
mann. The site option will l trans
ferred to the successful bidder,
who will purchase the land,
construct the building to Post
Office Department specific,
lions, and lease It to the depart
ment. The proHred building
sMclfications and bidding forms
will be available soon.
Glennie to Quit
High School Post
pete Glennie, athletic director
at Heppner High school, will re
sign from the position here to
accept a coaching and teaching
position at Central High school,
Monmouth-Independence, he
said Tuesday. He signed the con
tract for the new Job during the
week.
Glennie has been at Heppner
High fr four years, coaching
baseball, Jayvee basketball and
assisting with football.
His resignation will mean that
his wife, Jackie Glennie will al
so leave her tosition as teacher
In Heppner Klementary school.
They plan to move about June
1.
We have met many fine
people here, and It has been
nice to be associated with them.
Glennie said. "We really have
appreciated the fine support
given to athletics and extra-curricular
activities by the towns
people." Glennie said the new position,
close to Oregon College at Mon
mouth, would give him a good
opportunity to continue work
towards his master's degree. He
will bo assistant coach In bas
ketball and baseball and will
teach world geography and bus
Iness law there.
Principal Gordon Pratt will
be principal at Central High,
having announced recently that
he has accepted this position.
More Plans Made
On Annual Picnic
Indications are that a good
many old-time friends will meet
again at the annual Morrow
nniniu iinnier Picnie on Sun
day, Memorial Day, at the fair
pavilion, neppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles French of
Morn will be snecial truests and
Mr. French will be the speaker
for the occasion.
I?i't-Isinitlon will becin at 11
A m and dinner will bo at 12:20.
according to Mrs. Ed (Eleanor)
Gonty, secretary.
The Soroptomlst club of Hepp
ner is in charge of registration
and women of the Rebekaii
lodge of Heppner will be m
ehnrirfi of eoffeo and hot dishes.
Rainbow Girls will assist about
the room.
Oscar Peterson, who is on a
trip to Washington, D. C, this
week Is president and will be
in charge of the picnic. Officers
for the coming year will be elec
ted. Rev. Weller Takes
Church in Idaho
After serving the Church of
the Nazarene in Heppner for the
past 23 months, the Rev. J. G.
(Jack) Weller, pastor, has ac
cepted a call to the Filer, Idaho,
Church of the Nazarene, he said
Wednesday.
The Rev. and Mrs. Weller and
family, which includes two
daughters, Susie and Judy, plan
to move about June 1.
During the time they served
the church here, a new church
was constructed on the hill be
low, the hospital. It was dedi
cated last year.
The local church has called
a minister from California, but
no announcement can be made
as yet because the acceptance
is not yet definite.
The church at Filer presently
has a membership of about 65,
the Rev. Weller said.
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CECIL BERRT
Cecil Berry Given
$100 Scholarship
Cecil Berry, 'graduating senior
of Heppner High school, was
awarded the second annual $100
Masonic scholarship at the an
nual dinner fiven by Heppner
Lodge No. C'. AF4VAM. Friday
evening. May 7, at the Heppner
Masonic temple.
Hubert Wilson, chairman of
the public schools committee of
the bxlge. made the presenta
tion. Worshipful Master Len Ray
Schwartz presided as master of
ceremonies, and Don Turner
spoke briefly on Masonic his
tory and purposes.
The dinner honored the men
of the high school faculty and
this year's senior boys. The din
ner was prepared by members
of Ruth Chapter, Order of East
ern Star, and served by mem
bers of the Rainbow assembly.
Principal Gordon Pratt, who
is resigning- VU position here,
acknowledged Lie pride and sat
isfaction he had received dur
ing his tenure at Heppner.
Last year's scholarship was
awarded John Cole, who li com
pleting his first year at Blue
Mountain Community college.
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15X00 pounds of thrust is described for visiting newsmen by
Eugene L. Kelllng. a Boeing laboratory supervisor, on a tour to
the Boardman site last Tuesday. (Boeing Photo).
HEPPNER
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Good Rain
Brings Joy
To Ranchers
A lovely rain fell Wednesday,
being recorded by Leonard L.
r-iiiiam in ll. tiriner at -M Inch.
This was Just what the farmers
had been hoping ior, inn ap
parently it was a pretty general
rain around the county.
This comes about as close to
being a 'million dollar rain as
we could get," County Agent
Nels Anderson said Thursday
morning.
With the rain, general pros
pects for the forthcoming crop
look better than they did "year
ago. "Quite a little better, he
said.
-Another rain In three weeks
or a month and we will have at
least a normal yield If it does
n't turn off too hot." he sald.
The rain broke a long dry
spell. Last measurable rain was
In mid April, and there was very
little of that
Complete report from Mr. Gil
liam is as loiiows
Prec.
Thursday
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Oscar Peterson
In D. C. This Week
Oscar Peterson, former county
Judge. Is In Washington. D. C,
this week with representatives
of the Inland Kmplre Waterways
association to appear at hear
ings on behalf of Northwest
water resources projects and to
confer with senators. and repre
sentatives. They were to appear before
the subcommittee on public
works in the House on Wednes
day May 19, and were to ap
pear before the same committee
of the Senate Thursday.
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NELS ANDERSON. Morrow county agent lot 19 years, will 1 are
his position here June IS to go with his family to Niger. Africa,
where be will be extension adUor lor that country.
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1dm Affirm Pest
Nels Anderson, "Mr. Agriculture" in Morrow
county through 19 years as extension agent, will be
gin a leave of absence June 15 in order to accept a
Rosition as extension advisor for the Republic of
Tiger, Africa.
In this capacity he will organize an extension
staff for the country which attained its independ
ence from France only in 19G0. It i3 expected that
Anderson -will depart for Africa about August 1,
and members of his family will either go with him
or join him shortly after.
Farewell Picnic
Planned June 13
A count ywide farewell pic
nic for Mr. and Mrs. Nels An
derson and family is sched
uled for Sunday, June 13, at
2 p.m. at the fair paviiion.
Heppner.
Arrangements are being
made by the county extension
advisory council. All friends
and 4-H alums are invited to
the picnic
Desert Area
In marked contrast to the bar
ren desert country surrounding
it. The Boeing Company's com
plex 44-ft. high double-decked
rocket test stand, composed of
75 tons of steel and 440 tons of
concrete, looms as a testimonial
to the scientific progress of men
as it brings a touch of the Space
Age to Morrow county.
With auxiliary buildings,
tanks and installations, the test
stand now fully completed
represents an investment of $1,
300,000 as Boeing's initial ven
ture on Its 100,000-acre Board
man site, leased from, the State
of Oregon.
The company gave newspaper
and television men of Oregon
and Washington their first or
ganized tour of the site last
Tuesday with Bob Knoll, Seattle,
of the public relations depart
ment, in charge of arrange
ments. John Basic, assistant site
manager, and Walt Muretta,
senior supervisor, described the
complicated operation and an
swered questions of the 18 news
men who came from Seattle,
Portland. Walla Walla, the Tri-
Cities, The Dalles as well as the
immediate eastern Oregon area.
The test site is now closed
and visitors must apply at a
station (the old navy buildings)
far away from the actual test
ing grounds, i-ach memoer oi
the press was required to don
a hard hat ana carry a pass,
which was filled out with name
and address upon departing.
First rocket engine firing on
the stand will be sometime in
July, Basic said. To the present,
tests have been limited to space
propulsion systems using cryo
genic (very cold) fuels, such as
liquid hydrogen and liquid oxy
gen. They started in February
and will continue through July.
The rocket engine test will
not be the noisy affair that
many have imagined. Basic said
that it would register only 100
decibels at the mouth of the
diffuser where the fumes are
exhausted. The diffuser is a
huge pipe that looks like a gi
eantic saxophone which drops
down from the center of the test
stand. Cold water is forced
through a Jacket around tne
pipe to protect it from 2,000-de-gree
heat during such a test The
diffuser tends to muffle the
noise of the test.
The assistant manager saia
that he doubted if the noise
could be heard as far as Board-
man, some 12 miles away.
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ueiore leaving ne musi lane
qualifications tests In New
York on reading and speaking
the French language. The posi
tion Is provided through the
Near East foundation in a 3
way arrangement with the Re-
f'Ublic ol Niger and Agency for
nternational , Development of
the V. S. State Department
Anderson, who will work with
two others, will train about 20
native extension agents who
will cover the country that is
1150 miles long and 825 miles
wide. He will be responsible for
the fiscal program, bookkeeping
and reports with headquarters
at Kolo agricultural school at
the nation's capital of Niemay.
His work will take him to four
other schools at various parts
of the country and travel will
be larcelv bv air. since mere
are only 40 miles of improved
roads In the country of 2,390,000
population.
How long Anderson will stay
depends on the situation.
"A lot depends on living con
ditions and schooling," he said.
The contract is for a year, re
newable at the end of that time.
Going with Mr. and Mrs. Ander
son will be their twin sons. Dav
id and Doug, who graduate
from Heppner High next week;
son. Kit, a freshman; and Rick,
a first grader in Heppner Ele
mentary. David and Doug are planning
to attend the University of Iba
dan in Nigeria, about 300 miles
to the south "as the crow flies"
from Niamey. Kit may also at
tend high school there, board
ing at the school. However, it
has been learned that a high
school may be established at
Niamey which would make it
possible for him to stay with
his parents. Population of Nia
mey is listed at 30,030.
An older son, Jerry, will re
main in Heppner. He is employ
ed by Heppner Nor-Gas. Two
married daughters will not
share the adventure. They are
Mrs. Mike (Carol) Rogers of
Provo, Utah, whose husband is
attending Utah Technical InsU
tute, and Mrs. Gary (Connie)
Linton, whose husband is a
coach and teacher at Bandon.
The Niger government will
furnish housing and furniture.
The family will take only per
sonal effects. Unlike much of.
the county, they will have elec
tricity and the conveniences it
affords.
Three-fourths of Niger is cov
ered by a portion of the Sahara
Desert. Main exports are pea
nuts, beef and cassava oil. One
of Anderson's responsibilities
will be to promote development
of a plant called kenaf, fiber
of which is fine for Jute for bur
lap bags. ,
Four-fifths of the population
depends on agriculture, and no
madic tribes roam with herds
of livestock. Their average an
nual income is about $125 per
year. One of the predominant
varieties of cattle Is Santa Ger
trudis, a long-homed, thin, long
legged breed of poor quality.
"There will be plenty of room
for improvement," Nels said.
Rainfall varies from none on
the Sahara desert to 40 inches
in a narrow belt Noameys rain
fall ranges from 10 to 20 inches.
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