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V j j' K h UJv v. if TNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 15, 1967 Sec. 2 Morrow County Youth Win Honors In 21st Annual Junior Stock Show THF snf -hiS HE1 . I .' . . ' I .. I Inl in . iiiJt " '" ill i STEVE WAGENBLAST. too I Mr. and Mrs. Alvtn Wagenblast of Lexington, 1 shown with hU grand champion FFA steer which topped the Held In The Dalles last week at the Junior Live stock Show held under sponsorship at the Oregon Wheat Growers League. Judges were high In their praise o! the BOS lb. Here lord and in the manner It had been lltted lor showing. Rev. Mel Dixon Reappointed Here The Rev. Melvln Dixon was reappointed to serve the Hepp ner Methodist church for an other year by Bishop A. Ray mond Grant at the Oregon Methodists' annual conference In Salem last week. This will start the sixth year at the local church for the Kev. and Mrs. Dixon. They came here from Medford In June. 12. The Kev. Austin McOhee. former Methodist pastor here, was appointed to the Molalla cf.urch at the "conference and will move there from Cave Junction where he has been serving' since leaving Heppncr. The Rev. and Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Herman Green, lay dele Riite, represented the Heppncr church tit the 4-dnv annual con ference at Salem. They left here last Monday and the Dlxons re turned Friday afternoon. Her man Green drove to Salem Fri day and met Mrs. Green there. The couple then proceeded to Kuficnc to bring their daunhter, Margaret, homo from the Uni versity of Oregon where she has completed her freshman year. Irrigon Seaman Back in San Diego Commlssarym an Seaman Michael R. Snyder, USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Sum I. Snyder of Route 2, Irrigon, returned to San Diego, Cnllf, aboard the at tack aircraft carrier USS Tleon deroga, after an eight month de ployment to the. Gulf of Tonkin. During the deployment, the carrier made over 11,7(X) combat sorties against the enemy. Tl conderoga Is the first carrier to complete three combat deploy ments In the Vietnam conflict. Two Young Men Leave for Midwest Lawrence Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green, and Tony Doherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Doherty. left Wed nesday morning by auto for the midwest where they will spend much of the summer. Green Is going to St. Paul, Mmn., to participate in an NDEA (National Defense Edu cr.tlon) summer program, and Doherty is going to Escanaba, Mich., to be with hla brother, Roger, and expects to find em ployment there for the summer. During the school year. Green has been teaching at Odell. In St. Paul he will paticlpate with other teachers who have been Instructing under a Care pro gram through the NDEA. He will take seminar Courses, hear guest lectures and do project work in economics and writing. The session will end July 28. Doherty has been attending Eastern Oregon College and plans to attend University of Oregon next year. HU brother Is engaged In welfare work in Michigan. Methodists Start Summer Schedule Summer schedule will oegln at the Heppncr Methodist church on Sunday, June 18, the Rev. Melvln Dixon, pastor, announces. Through the summer, morn ing worship services will be each Sunday at 9 a.m. Church school will start at 10 a.m. "Monday School" for the pri mary and children's depart ments will commence on Mon day, June 26, taking the place oi hunaay scnooi lor mem. Church school will continue through June and July at 10 a.m. for seventh and eighth graders and for high school youth. Capturing honors with grand champion FKA steer, reserve champion 411 steer and scoring well in other areas, Morrow county youth made a fine show ing at the Junior Livestock Show In The Dalles last week. Steve Wagenblasfs 905 lb. Hereford one of two animals that he entered In the show was judged grand champion FFA steer of the show and re ceived high praise from the judge. Steve, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvln Wagenblast of Lex ington, received a trophy for his grand champion and also receiv ed a silver buckle from the Hereford association for having the best Hereford exhibit. His second steer was reserve cham pion in the FFA Hereford class. Meanwhile, 1.1-year-old Her bert Ekstrom, HI, won reserve champion award In 4 ll with his Hereford steer. He Is son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Ekstrom, Jr., of lone. Young Herb's animal was second to the Hereford steer of Lurry Llndland of Eagle Creek (Clackamas county) who show ed tlie grand champion 4-H steer. Monte Evans, son of Mr. and I Mrs. Don Evans, brought more honors to the county with his Illack Angus, which was Judged reserve champion In Its FFA An gus class. Monte had the only Angus among the six beef ani mals taken to the show by the Heppncr High chapter members, Hal Whltaker, advisor, said. While the animal of three other FFA chapter members Earl Struckmeler, Alfred Drake and Dave Wright did not place, all were Judged choice. Grain Exports Drop Grain Inspected by the Ore gon Department of Agriculture for export from Portland In May dropped below the April exports, but grain receipts in May ex ceeded those of the previous month. The . exports dropped from 312.762 tons in April to 275,386 tons in May. May's grain receipts checked by the Inspectors totaled 291,090 tons compared with 289,318 tons In April. Grain was received from seven states east of the Rockv Mountains with their to tal 1.410 tons. This Included wheat, barley, grain sorghum and corn. Analyses for protein In May totaled 2.814. This was 518 less than the number made In Ap ril. At Pendleton the department made 108 track inspections and, at Merrill, 32 wheat-track In spections, four truck inspections, one wheat-hopper inspection and 12 hopper-out Inspections. In Officers' Training Kenneth Daggett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Daggett, Hepp ncr, has been assigned to Lack land Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, in the Officers' Training School. Daggett was graduated at the end of the fall term from Oregon State Univer sity, and reported for training on may 10. Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Drake, was champion FFA sheep judge of the show, which is sponsored by the Ore gon Wheat Growers League. The Heppner chapters II vest o c k judging team finished nun among 13 teams competing, Whltaker said. Herb Ekstrom, III, added to his laurels by winning second In beef showmanship, again placing behind Llndland of Clackamas county. Morrow county showed the champion beef herd of the five FFA animals and also the champion beef herd of five 4-H animals with Gilliam county second in 4-H. At the auction snow last Wed nesday nig h t, Wagenbla.st's grand champion steer brought 57 per pound, going to Inter state Paving and Brady's Mar ket, The Dalles. His second steer was sold to BUI Dick of The Dalles at 35c per pound. Ekstrom s 4-H reserve Cham- plon was sold to the Tenneson Engineering Corp. of The Dalles at 41c per pound. The choice steers or Struck meler. Drake and Wright each brought 30c per pound 4c over market with Struckmeler's and Drake's being bought by Mor row County Grain Growers. In all, the young livestock ex hibitors at the show some 200 In number collected $33,980.36 for 306 head of grain (partly wheat) finished steers, hogs and lambs at the 21st annual show. Business firms and others around Oregon boosted the ave rage prices by placing high bids in all divisions. Average prices per hundred pounds were 3227 for steers, agalast a market price of 26.00 for prime and choice; 30.55 for hogs against a market price of 22.75; and 41.92 for lambs against a market of 24.50. Compared with a year ago, the show had 50 additional animals with the exhibitors from 19 Ore gon counties and 16 FFA chap ters showing 3Ub head. Sale prices were somewhat higher than last year in relation to the market prices. The mar- ' ket prices for steers were 501 cents a hundred less than a year ago, hog prices $5 a hund red less, but lamb market pric es were 25c higher. The aver age sale price on 97 lambs was more than $8 a hundred high er than in 19G6. Si Williams of Walla Walla. Wash., was the auctioneer at the sale, and Ray Peterson, ex tension agent at Klamath Falls, Judged the beef classes in the show. Ray Novotny, extension agent of Harney county from Burns Judged the sheep, and Ray Meenach, a swine breeder of Spokane, Wash., Judged the swine. 586 iri Morf6w On Social ' Security Social security benefits were paid to 586 residents of Morrow County in December, 1966, up eight percent from the year be fore. One-eighth of the people In Morrow- County were receiving benefits at a monthly rate of $43,700, Vernon A. Welo, social security district manager in La Grande, Oregon, reported today. There were 505 older people, he said, receiving benefits as re tired workers, the wives and husbands of retired workers and as the surviving widows or aged dependent parents of workers who have died. "But social security Is not just for older people," Welo pointed out. There were 52 young wid ows and children in the Mor row County area receiving monthly benefits amounting to $3,357 at the end of December. There were 29 disabled workers and dependents receiving bene fits at a monthly rate of $2,221. Q Wait at great cm deal Better start with a great car. See your Pontlac dealer for a great deal on a great car FARLEY MOTOR CO.. INC.. May & Chose, Heppner GM MAM Of UCIUlMt Pontile Motor CXvWMI Bill Cox Gets Degree a! Uof 0 William C. Cox IL son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Cox of Heppner, was graduated Sun day, June 11, with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Uni versity of Oregon at Eugene. He plans to return to Heppner for summer work with the U. S. Forest Service and then return to school to begin work on a Master's Degree in Business Ad ministration in the fall. His parents and Todd and John Cox traveled to Eugene to attend the Commencement and Baccalaureate exercises held at the University's Hayward Field stadium. Some 1878 candidates were presented at the 90th Spring Commencement in Eugene and 264 others were presented ear lier for degrees in Medicine, Dental Medicine and Nursing at the University's Medical and Dental Schools, making a total of more than 2100 candidates for degrees from the University of Oregon at the end of spring term this year. 1947 Class Reunion Scheduled June 24 Reunion of the Heppner High school class of 1947 Is planned for Saturday, June 24. at the Wagon Wheel banquet room in Heppner, members of the class of 20 years ago announce. The dinner meeting will start at 7 p.m. An effort Is being made to contact all members of the class, which numbered 29, and it is expected that approx imately wm be in attendance. ROLL TICKETS tor sale In single and double rolls. Use for drawings, admissions to events. Gazette-Times, Hepp pner. Ph. 676 922a HEBB EKSTROM. Ill, 13. son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Ekstrom. Jr.. oi lone, won first place with his Hereford in the 4-H class . shown, and later the reserve grand championship over 75 steers entered in competition at the Junior Livestock Show held , at The Dalles last week. Larry Llndland of Clackamas county showed the grand champion, also a Hereford. .ft, SUNDAY JUNE 18 Gardner's Men' Wear "The Store of Personal Service' MARJ & LeROT Heppner 3rd Annual Benefit Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 661 SUNDAY. JUNE 18 4-8 P.M. ST. PATRICK'S PARISH HALL ADULTS CHILDREN FAMILY $1.00 50c $3.75 - Proceeds will help send local Boy Scouts to Camp at Wallowa Lake, July 16-22. 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