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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 15, 1967
Sec. 2
Morrow County Youth Win Honors
In 21st Annual Junior Stock Show
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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.
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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.
THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BT TO0B HOME-OWNED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SEBVXCS
DANK OF
UjElastern Oregon
HEPPNEB ARLINGTON IONE
MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION