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KINZUA NEWS
If VIRGINIA LIO
lllrlil over turn laM nnkl
Mm. Hartley Itensim and Mr
(latence lUiiKiit wei lmlin
UHn In 1'iNnlon Tuesday,
Ml. IVtt llrtrr and Mrs
Itoln-it Krl went to Uayvllle
haturday rvrnlnif to annul a
limtf iiiwiltf 4 ;nl
Wheeler riaslniastrf nl t'lrrka
(itiniii. They i're ttiwnpaitlod
by Mr. anil Mrs, (;l-n KrUay i(
ray.
Mr. Naomi Hire im .!
Tuesday evening Hi tr rrlrtnl
ship Club al her home. Ilifth wa
won fy Irene Sainplwi, luw hy
VI Kllnkard. ami I Ion (Inn ly
Karhara MUmre ami Omnle
TllrH. tMhff rernl vme
Ada Shell. Mavis )IT, ami
puile Jean Mttun.
Mr. ami Mr, lull Mi.Mlmi
have moved Into Ihe hue re
cently vacated by Mr. ami Mr.
Hud Fulton when they moved to
imI la imke Itii'lr litmir.
Mr. ami Mr. Dave Mttoii ami
Ja-k KUturt were business visit
ors in K-nnevlk, Wah. Satur
day. Sunday, Mr. and Mr. Mtton
and granddaughter IMiM spent
the day In Spray with Mr. t'ra
Utirnsldo.
The laiubledeck tlub ha. I Ha
regular session of card Wednea
day evening with I.lly May Ms
tail a hostess. IIIl-Ii hih won
by Marilyn Bailey, low by Kath
ryn Flack, ami floating by Vir
ginia Hilton and Ada Srhell.
Others present were MarJ lW
ln. Virginia Kelso, Margaret
Mel'onnell, VI Mlnkard, lionnle
Camplx-ll. Helen Wright, and
Marge Anlu r.
Boeing Site Blossoms
In Desert Country
ICuntlnued from tfc
While newsmen stood
newsmen stood tm lp
uf lha ti-fct stand, fl.ir of whih
Ik a steel tratliiL' annoum rniriit
rtmv ovrr a loud iK-nklinf ay
lent whli h rommunlrates to all
part of tiie site thai a test of
the steam fllr system would
take pUre In five minute. They
descended to watch.
Steam Pirnn from a 2.1'tflO
gallon acvumulator on the
K rou ml beside the atand. Ik-fore
tunning a r krt engine ciurini:
a tit. atearn la pumped through
the two stage ejector iw, pull
Inir air I nun the dlfluner I'll".
Thl creates a partial vacuum
to almulate altitude of a'rol-
matrly U),(M) feet where the
engine U designed to oerate.
IWIe r'lalnc.l (hat the engine
rwuM nl be flrrd at aa level
condition.
Durlnir the eln1or tent, atram
w a rrlt aw-d for a period of aev
eral mlnuto with accompany-
Init roar loud enough to drown
out any talking. It neatcu a
brirht white cloud that dlnalpat-
ed In the bright clear air of a
warm dav.
An elevator, big enough to
hold half the crowd of newt-m-n
ami company official, car
rlml the men to the too of the
aland. They walked dow n a ateel
CLASS OF
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Hcppncr Auto Parts
Ph. 676-9232 Heppnar
Spray Road Gravel
Project Scheduled
Among bldi to be received by
the Oregon State Highway Com-
mLlon at It meeting In Sa
lem on June 8 I one for a nroj
ret on 1500 mile of the Mor
row county line-Spray Junction
ectlon of the Heppner-Spray
hk-hwav. according to Informa-
tUin from the public relations
office of the commission.
The project Involve atone aur
f.iclntf of the ISmlle Btretth
Hie atone will le proiuced and
hauled to the roadbed by the
contractor, after which It will
be compacted by the atate. flan
alv call for S.nno cubic vara.
of crushed material to be placed
In Hiork ille for ui by atale
highway maintenance crowa.
fountv JudL'e Paul Jone con
tnri.Ml Irrv Smltton of the
hichwav department for thl.
K-ilon to obtain more Informa
tion on the project. Smltton
aald that no paving I Involved.
Some oil will be mixed with the
gravel to curtail dust. The proj
ect I acheduled to repair worn
condition of the present gravel
ed highway. Smltton ald that
no paving 1 acheduled either
lhl year or next on the high
woy. o far a he knows.
At the aame time, Judge Jones
learned that the highway do
purtment will continue with the
project of widening the Willow
( reek highway to the north this
fall. Including llorsct.noc ucim,
and Improving shoulders. No
work will be clone until fall,
however. , ,
Smltton also reported that
widening of the Willow Creek
bridge near the courthouse in
Hcppncr l scheduled for some
time In the 1W5-67 blcnnlum
italrway on the opposite aide.
On tp of live ti-M aland are
two tanka, one with a rapacity
of f,7 iiunt f-r ll'iuld oy
grn and the other with a rapar.
ity of ixiunda for ll'iuld
hydrogen. Karli provide piojl
laid during let run of the pro
pulnlun a)ktema.
Tlie let atand. contrary to the
lmpreulon that many have, was
not built for tenting rocket en
gine but rather for testing ea
otic fuel and space syttcm.
lit, valve, pump and other
part muM he able to stand the
itreM that cwne when fuel,
which range to degreea be.
low cro, hit 2xi degrees aboe
zero almoM lntanlaneouly.
An III. 10 rratt and Whitney
engine wa on hand during the
tour. It will lie uwd In the let.
Ing. Standing only alxtut six feet
hU-h, It l a comtdex mechan
m that was devi lotted to pow
er the third stage of the Centaur ,
satellite.
Newsmen were not taken Into
the "clean" room, where precau
tion are taken to keep even the
tiniest particle out of the sys
tem that connect furl tanks
and other Installation. Any
dirt In the system could wrruk
voc, and It must be a pretty
painstaking Job In trie dusty
and area that make up the
Uoardman site.
fitting IPX) feet from the test
stand In the blockhouse with
concrete wall perhaps l' ft.
thick In the front and a foot
thick, on the sides. Here are the
elaborate Instrument which re
cord data from the testing. In
formation Is recorded on a H
track tape recorder and a bank
of 40 strip tapes.
The blockhouse Is equipped
with It own weather station
which calculates temperatures
at varying level. Television sets
In the control house give the
oK-rators a closeup view of what
Is going on during the testing.
Water for the operation Is
pumped from an till ft. well that
is eqiilped with a turbine pump
of WKJO gallon per minute ca
pacity. A storage tank will hold
gallons.
On the ground around the
test stand are long, slim noz
zles Miinting toward the stand.
In case of a fire or explosion
these can shoot streams of
water under ISO ounds pressure
onto the stand and are control
led from the blockhouse.
Some 40 men are now cm
ployed at the site. Including 0
technicians. Leonard Bonifacl Is
site manager but he was not
present at the time of the tour,
since he divides h I time be
tween Boardman and Seattle.
Quite a number of those em
ployed there now live at Herm
Iston. ,
The whole thing may look a
little grotesque and bizarre to
the livestock which graze out
side the fenced area, but It may
be the birth of a new Industrial
era lor Morrow couniy.
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I KCPFMER GAZtTTt TlMtS, Ta.rsdoy. Mr tO. IMS
JOHN BASIC (Uft), osalstanl managsr of Tbt Bolnj Company's
t st tin 7 pro J set la Monow county, and Walter MursMa. sanlor
uparrisor. erplalosd th project on a tour to tho slto by now
popor and ttUvlsloa naa last Tuosday. (Boa log Fboto)
Utii -Vf'f 1 IF -
DONT LET THE hard hat fool you I Theso aren't Boeing official
nor technicians 4ut We Sherman, editor 01 tno Heppner ca-
latto-TUn, and Georg Lindsay of The Dalle Cnroniclo stand
lag near tho base of the hug saxophone-shaped, diffuser plpo
at tho Boeing test stand on tht Boardman sit. The plpo is de
signed to dissipate blast from rocket engines above.
(Photo by Dean Holme. Hermiston Herald).
She May Forget Math . . .
He May Forget Latin .
But They'll
. Always
Remember
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Kids Scour Town
On Cleanup Day
"It went beautifully? We were
. very hajy Hh the alas!"
Tills was the evaluation f
rrlnclpal Gordon ITalt t4 Ih
wittH done by lleii""r High stu
dents ho iartlipated en
masM In a iltywlde spring
cb anup Friday.
Ills M-nilmrnis were rhwl by
Athlrtlc Inrector 1'ite Cilennle.
who was faculty advisor In
charge.
"It was terrific!- he aald.
The entire student body was
(liimiMM'd at ll:.J am. and en
Joyed a hot dog fwd at noon on
the football field N-f"f e starting
their cleanup campaign. They
had divided the town Into four
parts with each of the four
claskes taking a sertlon. Judges
were named to plk the class
which did the best J"b of the
(lean up.
After lunch, they went to
work and by 2 pm. had the lob
done. The 13 or 14 pickup thai
they had on the prolct each
hauled at least five loada of
trash to the city dump. Some of
It blew off en route, and a de
tail walked the road from Hope
Lutheran church to the dump (0
pick up all the litter along the
road.
A surprising number of resi
dents had placed trash on the
curbs for them to pick up. Other
students cleaned trash from
streets, alleys and other places.
Some swept and washed side
walk and even streets In some
place.
Student Judges Jean Stock-
ard, senior; Brenda Young. Jun
ior: Marsha Sowell. sophomore:
and Jim Sherman, freshman
declared the contest a draw. Bui
In cnsulnsr athletic competition
back at the high school, the
freshmen amassed the most
points and so won the trophy
a waste basket with a ribbon at
tached. It will go into the tro
phy case as a rotating prize.
Chamber of Commerce gave 15
cases of pop to the students for
their lunch In commendation lor
their efforts. A Sock Hop in the
evening concluded the busy day.
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We're proud of you,
dear graduate. You
have shown your
selves worthy of shap
ing the future that
lies In your hands.
We wish you every
success.
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