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1 1 BRARY U OF 0 E U Q Z N t , ORE 07403 i .' . . " ' I i; vV ) ' ! ' 'i ' .,. ? ' It) i i l1 PRINCESS MAUREEN DOHERTT Dance Saturday Honors Maureen Deserving honors will mine to Princess Maureen Dohorty nt the second weekly princes dunce Saturday evening. July 2;', nt the Heppner Fair puvilion. The attractive young daughter of native Morrow cnuiity pur nts. Mr. nnil Mrs. Bernard Do herty. wiin the choice of the Lex iiiKton llrange to be Its repre sentative on the l'.Hi? Fair und liodco court. Princess Maureen Invito her many friends In the surround tut; urea to come and enjoy the evening with her nnd with tho oilier lovely princesses and queen in this year's court. Mu sic will bo furnished by the local combo, Tho Henchmen, with dancing from 9:30 p.m. un til 1:00 am. Attendance has been rcorted as excellent at dances the past ttfo weoks. The popular young Irish prin cess has lived all of her 18 ac tive years on the family ranch In the Bluckhorse Canyon, now under operation bv the family's third generation. The ranch was homosteadod In the 1880's by her Krandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Doherty, after they came here from Ireland, and was the birthplace of her father. Born September 8, IMS, In Pendleton. Maureen Joined a family of three older brothers, one older sister, and was follow ed In the family by two young er sisters. Her Interests have al ways turned to the out-of-doors, with riding and the raising of livestock ns her favorites. This summer she Is keeping busy helping her father drive wheat truck on the ranch, and assist ing her mother with extra cook ing duties. Maureen has had a wide background of 411 club train ing, winning several honors In her sheep, dairy and beef live stock projects, Including the I'.KH grand championship as livestock showman nt the coun ty fair. She has served as Jun ior leader and as 4 II camp counselor. During her 12 years of school ing in Heppner, she was an ex cellent student and participat ed In many school activities. She was a member of tho Na tional Honor Society In high school, nnd In her Junior year she was selected to be a dele gate to Girls' State. She grad uated from Heppncr High school In 19(56 and was enrolled that fall at the University of Ore gon. She will return there this year to continue toward her ma jor In business administration. This Is the second summer that Maureen has been a mem ber of rodeo court royalty. She was selected to represent Mor row county as a princess on last year's Spray Rodeo court. Pre ceding her on tho Morrow coun ty court was her older sister, Martha, who served us a 1965 rodeo court princess. Accomplished in horseman ship, she is very much at home on the family's favorite gelding, "Duke," a rodeo veteran, which is her official mount for the summer. Besides her parents, the Do- WEATHER Bv DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of July 12-19 is as follows: HI Low Prec, Wednesday 100 59 Thursday 90 56 Friday 89 47 Saturdny 92 48 Sunday 88 52 Monday 85 50 Tuesday 81 45 hertv family includes her three ulsters, Becky, who will enter high school this fall; Nancy, who will be a high school sen ior, nnd Martha, a summer school student at the University of Oregon, where she will con tinue. Also three brothers, Den nis, who Is married and at home; Roger, who works In the Economic Opportunity program at Marquette, Mich., and Tony, who Is also sending the sum mer In Michigan. She is an active member of St Patrick' Catholic church. With their chaperono, Mrs. Dimple M linker, tim court will travel to tho Elgin Stampede for a special appearance this Sun day. They will ride In the Chief Joseph Days parade and show the week end of July 28 29, stay ing over Friday night. The next dance, July 29, will honor Princess Kublanne Fulle ton, with music to be furnished by 'The GoFers" of The Dalles. Plane Helps Stop Wheat Field Fire Near Lexington A Piper Pawnee airplane, pilot ed by Mel Boyer, owner, dumped tluec loads of water on a wheat field and grass fire just west of Lexington last Thursday, and this action gave a big assist in putting out a firo that burned 26 acres of wheat nnd probably about the same acreage of grass. The combination of the air strikes nnd ground support was the buttle of the rampaging fire which rourod through the tinder tiiry wheat and grass. The wheat Is that of Ken Batty who Is farm ing the place of the late Newt O'llarra. Start of the fire was apparently fioin a trash barrel near a house located at tho edge of the prop erty. Although it seemed that the fire would go uncontrolled for some time, volunteers res ponded quickly, and the scene was a beehive of rigs coming to assist. It was quelled within a half hour. Boyer, noticing the fire, load ed his plane with a mixture of water and spray that he had handy. He swooped low over the spot where the blaze was going up a canyon, dumped his load and returned for two more loads. Tho plane will hold 150 gal lons, but he said he didn't take time to pump full loads. On the lust pass he had probably only about 40 gallons. He proved to be a good bomb ardier, and the water-spray mix ture hit the target where it did the most good. Boyor said that this new plane has an adjustable dump valve that helped in the fire fighting operation. He said that this furn ished a good opportunity to see if it could be used effectively in fighting fire. Loss is covered by insurance to Batty and to the O'Hanra es tate. A tractor, owned by Padberg Machinery Co., stalled in tho field and had to be abandoned temporarily when the fire moved through the spot. However, It did not catch fire and was recovered later. Batty has completed harvest on the place and had a yield of about 25 bushels to the acre. Turks Tour County on Farm Research By GENE WINTERS Morrow County Agent (See also page 4) It's a long way from Turkey to Morrow county. But 21 Turk ish agriculturists Interested In wheat production saw Morrow nnd Gilliam county farmers' sol ution to some of the problems they face In Turkey. Saturday morning they view ed farming practices between Butterereek Junction and uptier Sand Hollow to Ileppner. After luncheon at the home of Gene Winters they visited with Bob Jcpsen, Oregon Wheat Growers League president; Norman Goet so, OSU farm crops specialist, and the county agriculture agent, about wheat production, marketing, government policies u nil programs. Interests were broad. The group included an official of the Turkish Department of Agricul ture, state farm managers, re search and extension persons. The Minister of Agriculture rep resentative was Interested In the U. S, government wheat Pro gram, the exixirt polices and Its effect on the Individual farm. Those In farm management wished to know more about land rental rates, land ownership, In heritance taxes, the amount of 84th Year wirt n,-'1LJT JkwSSr TIED inn tyu&r GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 20, IP K L!SrbWi.i" I IHirMiBiiriwiirMTi.Hi 1 lllltft lAiil GAINING MORE distinction with each passing year is the Cecil store, which has housed the com munity post otlic for some 70 years. Th post office is marking its centennial this month, first being located in a residence in the Morrow county community. This picture was taken in May, 1966, when Portland eighth graders visited on their annual wheat and livestock tour. (G-T Photo). ." - V .Ira. . ,r THIS IS HOW the Cecil store and post office looked In 1914 after Thos. H. Lowe bought it and made repairs, giving it new paint and making other improvements. Cecil Post Office Marks Centennial A centennial Is quietly being observed this month by one ven erable institution in the county. The Cecil post office is 100 years old this month, spanning a century of continuous service since July, 1867. It's a little difficult to search out the earliest history of the post office, but it apparently had its beginnings in a home In about the present location of the Henry J, Krebs residence. This is across the railroad tracks from the present Cecil store, which is a nistorical Institution In itself, dating back approxi mately 80 years. The railroad came in 1888, and this leaves 21 years of the post office's early history to account for. Mall must have come and gone by stage coach, wagon or horseback prior to that time, since there was no other mode of transportation. Cecil was a stopping place on the old Oregon Trail, and it was quite an oasis for weary trav elers. The Cecil store was started by the lone Trading Co., according to Bob Lowe, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Lowe, owned the store from 1913 to 1925. Ap parently the store began about the time the railroad came In 1888. J. D. Colby, who owned the store for some 10 years after the farm machinery needed and number of farm workers requir ed for local wheat ranches. Farm managers asked to see Im plements and machinery on farms. Coming from areas where land has been tilled for more than three thousand years, good land use receive top priority. The organization, function and financing of the Oregon State University Extension Service: with Its agriculture, home eco ornlcs and 411 club programs throughout the state were points of Interest to the Turkish dele gation extension workers. At the Jepsen ranch they saw Implements, machinery, diver sion ditches and sod water ways. Hillside hitches on plows and drills were of special inter est. Stubble mulch and the im plements required for Its prep aration were scrutinized. The last stop before staying overnight at The Dalles was din ner at the Walter Jaeger ranch near Mayvllle. There they in spected a Nugaines seed field. One Turkish state farm operat or pointed out that the purpose of the state farm was to in crease seed and livestock for distribution to farmers. The group will spend two days In Corvalils before going to Mexico. The new Mexican semi- i v rS r 'J r Mli"" - S" "f "! 2 ' ,r c. .!:- 1 4 . .J lone Trading Co. established It, apparently moved the post of fice to the store. Melvin Logan, father of Jim and John Logan, who still reside at Cecil, and of Gene Logan at Arlington, (Continued on page 8) Derby Entries Close August 1 Deadline for placing entries in the Morrow county derby for the 1967 rodeo is Tuesday, Aug ust 1, at 5 p.m., E. H. (Tad) Miller, chairman of the rodeo directors, announces. Entries should be submitted to John Venard, rodeo secretary, at the Heppner branch, First National Bank of Oregon. En try fee is $25 each, and a min imum of four horses is requir ed in the event before it will be run. The derby is for a i mile distance. To be eligible, the owner of a horse must be a resident of the county for six months and he must have owned the horse for six months. The Morrow county derby has a purse of $100, and a $50 cash award is presented to the win- ner by the Heppner Elks. dwarf rust resistant spring wheats have showed great prom ise for the more southern wheat froduelng area of Turkey. Paclf c northwest varieties will be tried on the higher and drier Interior. Turkey, which has an area about the size of Oregon, Wash ington and California, supports a population of over 31 million people. Nearly 17 million acres of wheat are harvested each year. Production averages 14 bushels per acre. Per capita con sumption of grain products Is 300 pounds or about twice the amount the average American consumes each year. It Is a land of contrasts, from the primitive to modern where farm Implements haven't pro gressed much beyond a crooked stick, to the very latest in farm machinery. Much of the area re semble the Columbia Basin wheat counties while other ar eas have the winter rainfall of the Willamette valley. The Turkish group la In this country at the invitation of the U. S. government. Their govern ment pays for the International travel. Accompanying them is an American on the staff of the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), stationed in Turkey. Number 21 PNER 1967 10 Cents y 1 Swim Pool Slates Night for Parents Friday nights will be Parents' Night at the Heppner municipal swimming pool, it is announced. Under the plan, parents who come to swim, accompanied by their children, will be admitted free. Children will pay as usual, but their season tickets are ac ceptable. Change in hours for swim ming on Saturdays is also an nounced. It will be from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., which is the same schedule now in effect for Sun days. A class for senior lifesaving students will begin on Monday, July 21. Further information on this may be obtained from Stu art Dick, lifeguard at the pool. 1 2VV . V 4 4 - WILLOW CREEK LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS wiU test their strength this week-end In the dis trict tournament at Hood River. July 21-22. The Heppner team will have its first game Friday at 4:00 p.m. The team of 14 all-stars and two alternates were picked by the coaches from the first place Braves, second-place Giants, third-place Indians and fourth-place Dodgers. Team members are (front row, left to right), Greg Green, Mike Prock, John Boyer, Barry Munkers, Butch Sawyer. Bobby Moore. Second row, Jeff Marshall, Steve Rhea. Dick Snider. Allen McCabe, Dale Hedman. Third row, Wayne Harsin, Little League acting president; Kenny Eckman, David E clan an. Rich ard Drake. Bill Jepsen. John Rietmann, Al Boschee, manager. Joe Yocom, assistant manager, was hospitalized at the time of the picture. (G-T Photo). ! 1 t -i - - .-3 .T, -. . -B'''' STUART DICE, lifeguard at the Heppner pooL points to the spot where Judy Devore. 17. Portland, was noticed lying on the bot tom Thursday evening in nine feet of water. The lifeguard brought her out and revived her with mouth-to-mouth resusci tation. (G-T Photo). Lifeguard Saves Girl With Resuscitation (See Editorial, page 2) Judy Devore, 17, granddaugh ter of John Nielsen of Heppner, returned to her home in Port land Friday after coming very close to drowning in the Hepp ner swimming pool Thursday evening. She was noticed lying inert on the bottom of the pool in nine feet of water after appar ently being there for several minutes. Stuart Dick, lifeguard, dove in. brought her to the surface and Harvest Reports Better in South Harvest yields In higher ele vations towards the southern part of Morrow county are more encouraging than the disap pointing yields in the northern part of the county. Some in the Valby area were getting up to 30 bushels per ac re, and in a few cases the har vest of wheat may reach 35 bushels. However, other areas in the southern part of the county may fall well below that orig inally expected. Harlan McCurdy, Jr., general manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc., said that fields in the Hardman area ap pear to be hard hit by lack of moisture and the hot weather. Receiving of grain at the North Lexington area is now tapering off, but other elevators around the county are getting in full swing, McCurdy said. That coming in at the Ruggs elevator apparently shows a much higher yield than ranch ers reported ai North Lexington where some fields dropped to as low as seven bushels per acre in spots. V managed to get her over the high ledge at the side of the pool. There was no pulse, and she was not breathing, Dick said later. Her face was a dark blue color. The lifeguard began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and after about five minutes she began choking and vomiting. When she began breathing, Dick was elated. "Boy, I tell you, that was quite a feeling!" he exclaimed in reviewing the Incident. This was the first time that the lifeguard had given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but he apparently went about it like an expert He had seen demon-" strations in lifesaving classes that he has taken. The ambulance was summon ed, and the Portland girl was taken to Pioneer Memorial hos pital A doctor attended her, and she remained overnight before leaving Friday for Portland. Others were swimming in the area when the girl went down, but they did not observe her or did not realize her plight Dick said that in the location where he watches the pool this is the one area that Is difficult to ob serve. At this time, the reflec tion of the sun on the water hindered visibility. The bottom of the pool was dirty, and this, too, made it difficult to see. David Gunderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, was the first to recognize something was wrong, and told Dick that there was a "girl lying on the bottom." The lifeguard said his first thought was that it might be a joke, but he immediately checked and found that it was no joke. There were no adult swim mers in the pool at the time, and the youngsters appeared stunned, the lifeguard said. He had difficulty getting the girl (Continued on page 8)