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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thuwdoy. June 80. 196 Mi . """" 'L-' 'f , . I ... V't'V. .V . ; vV t i X I V tii i m AFTER LUNCH la-t Vednr.Ioy. au-ntt ct fio I culs Carlson ranch lourod ranch operat'ois in tn-tki is vi:w tho vac'cui cmorvat'oTt nracYi es. This photo was taken front the lead truck as they circled around a darn on tie Je3 Warl old place, now owned by the Carlsons (East Oregonlan photo by Virgil Rupp) ; A ' Conservation Day Proves 'Perfect' (Continued from pace 1 ' i-erved in fast order by the Wil lows Grange. The meal was with the compliments of the Paul Pettyjohn Co. of lone, Shell Job bers serving Morrow county. After lunch, Carlson led a tour over the three ranches that comprise his operations, show ing conservation practices on each place. For those who did not care to take the tour, Mrs. Carlson showed colored slides that her mother, Mrs. Dorris Graves, and her husband had taken prior to the field day to illustrate the conservation prac tices. Visit Three Places The 100 on the tour rode on six trucks for the distance of some 20-30 miles. They went to the Henry Baker ranch, which Carlson operates under lease, and to the Jesse Warfield place, which is now under the Carl sons' ownership. Mimeographed sheets were given to each person with infor mation so that those present could follow comments being made over the portable speak ing system as Carlson talked to them. Lowell Grlbble of Heppner In land Chemical Co. was present to give demonstrations with his hydraulio soil probe used In soil sampling. The Carlsons had words of thanks for all those who helped make trie day a success; to Kiet mann for the hard work he did in arranging the event, to Coun ty Agent Gene Winters who helped with arrangements, to Ralph Richards who did the technical work and surveying ror tne ; conservation practices, the Pettyjohns for their lunch, to the Grange for serving it, and to all others who helped with the Field Day. , Among guests present to share the Carlsons' special day were Mrs. Julie Carlson of Portland, mother of Louis Carlson, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hope of Eugene, brother-in-law and sis ter of Carlson. As winner of the state con servation award, Carlson now becomes chairman of the selec tion committee to pick the next state winner for the Oregon wneat League. It was a great day for a high ly respected Morrow county family. But when it was all over Carl son had some humble reflec tions to express. "You know," he said, "This conservation is nothing new. The Henry Bakers and the Oscar Pe tersons were doing it long be fore we 'Johnr-y-eome-latelys' came along. They laid the foun dation for it, and we get all the credit." Group Studies Annexing Laws By FRANCES ROSE WILSON IRRIGON Perry Pummel was named as chairman and Elbert Eppenbach as vice-chairman of the Planning Commission at the regular monthly meeting. Mrs. Bently remains as secretary. Laws regarding annexation of territory was the main topic of the meeting and in the light of available information the general opinion concerning the area previously selected for an nexation was that it would serve no immediate need bv being brought into the City at this time. Most of this area is Federal land not likely to change ownership in the near future so no concern need be felt at this time for problems relat ed to development No tax reve nue could be anticipated from these public lands so action con cerning them was deferred to a later time. The Planning Commission was Included in a special Council meeting on Monday evening in which contract documents for the city well were reviewed. Don Russell and Bary Barnes of the Seattle firm of Connell, How land, Hayes & Merryfield pre sented the documents for Coun cil approval, as well as the de velopment schedule for the en tire project. Bids for the well contract are scheduled for open ing on July 2 with award of the contract to be made July 9. Ron ald Friezen, County Supervisor tor farmers Home Administra tion, was also present. This Fed eral agency is financing con struction of the project. At the regular meeting of the Council on Tuesday evening, a contract was signed for Earl Glidewell to audit the Citys' books and a report was given by Mrs. Marge Shade on the League of Oregon Cities meet ing which she and Mrs. Cream cr. recorder, attended in Pendle ton. The Council also gave approv al for purchase of a used 5,000 gallon tank and controls from Peter Kiewit and Sons pending approval of the engineers. A resolution was adopted au thorizing a water department fund and transfer of savings ac count funds into it. A special meeting was an nounced for June 25, when pre liminary plans will be review ed for the water distribution sys tem and well equipment. The budget committee for Morrow County School District met for a hearing in the cafe torium of the A. C. Houghton school on June 10. The lengthy session, which lasted past mid night, was attended by residents from throuehout the county. Similar hearings, held in other parts of the district since de feat of the budget in the May election, combined with cuts made at this meeting, resulted in a budget cut of $50,000. Chester Wilson spoke in the morning service at the Assembly of God church and Harvey War ner was in charge of the even ing service. Pastor and Mrs. Kenney are on vacation. Post mistress LaVelle Partlow is attending a State Post Office Convention this week in Tillamook. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Partlow and Sheryl traveled to the coast with Mr. and Mrs. Fordy Mills and family of Hermiston for va cation. They were joined in Portland by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Berg and Ronnie. Mrs. Eva Fagerstrom of Wat sonville, Calif., is visiting her daughter and family, Mayor and Mrs. Chester Wilson. Miss Sharon Olson of Tulsa, Okla., and her cousin, Suzan Austin, visited in Irrieon Sun day accompanied by their aunt, Mrs. Jack Browning of Umatilla and grandfather, Mr. Austin, who with Suzan is from Sedro w ooley, wash. The Umatilla-Boardman-Irri- gon Little League reports the smorgasbord dinner held last week was a success and that they are able to balance their books with uniforms and equips ment an paid tor. Appreciation was expressed for all those who nave been working for the suc cess of this important activity. The Past weeks scores for the league were: Tues. Pirates 10 Yankees d; Thurs. Indians 6 Braves 5; Sat. at Irrigon Yanks 8 Braves 4; Sat. at Umatilla Indians 14 Falcons 4. Mrs. Viola Whitt and Lloyd Parker were united in marriage Saturday, June 15, by the Rev. Leon Bolen. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Coleman acted as matron-of-honor and bset man. Mrs. Jan ice Witherspooon served the beautiful wedding cake and Mrs. Tom Snyder attended serving of uie puncn at tne reception fol lowing the ceremony. The Lions Club building west of town was the scene of the ceremony. Af ter a brief honeymoon in the Portland area the couple will be at home in Irrigon. Dale Hum returned this week from his work in California to be with his family. Memorial Dor week-end vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikander were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Case and daughter Janet of Mist, Ore. Case is a brother of Mrs. Nikander. The family was here to attend the annual Pioneer Picnic held on Memorial Day at the fair grounds. The Nikander's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Nikander spent a few davs visiting at his paren tal home last week. Many Take Part In Bible School " . ' i VALBY LUTHERAN CHURCH formi a backdrop for Louis Carlson and son. Phil, 12, as Carlson tells of conservation work to visitors from Oregon end Washington to his ranch operation on State Conservation Field Day la-t Wednesday. Part of the Carlson operation is next to the church. (Picture courtesy East Oregonlan by Virgil Rupp). By VIRGINIA KELSO KINZUA A program, mark Ing ttm complftiun of two wtt-ki ol Dailv Vat'tttion Bible school, was In-lit last Thursday even ing at the Kinzua CummunHv church. The program wan pal ifrnrd after a typn-al day In Bihli' School with tu it group of younKMi-r railing memory ver u s and MtU'lng tiongt. Mr. Dn Corv was In charge of the )V1S and the theme was To Tell the Good rVews". As- skiing Mm. Cory were Mrs. Ron- rt Dove, Mr. Doval Hublx-I, Mr. Marvin lllnes. Mr. Lurry O'Nenll. Mrs. Janu-s NvM'th, Mrs. Floyd Smith. Mrs. Koy Kel- it. Mrs. Richard Sargent, and Mrs. Norwood Watts. Rev. Dove entertained the au dience with the antic of his dummy" friend. Charley Hard head. He (Charley) Is a favorite of the youngsters. A special thank you was given to Lorelei IluhbeU for two weeks of baby riti inc. Mrs. Corv presented each teacher who, In turn, presented each youngster of her group with their Bible School rertifi elites after which tho following outstanding students were giv en a gift. Thev were Rick O' N'eall, Charlene Hubbell, and R.cky Morley. On Friday the pre-schoolers had their closing picnic at the church while the others went to Shelton Park Mrs. Cory deemed this a very successful Bible School with an average dally attendance of 6a. Mr. and Mrs. Jack English and family of Seattle visited sever al days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mallaroy and fam ily. In Heppner Saturday on bus iness were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wham and Bob Kelso. Miss Sheryl Mabe returned home Saturday night from Sa lem where she had spent the past week attending Girls State cn the Willamette university campus. Also attending from Wheeler High school was Miss Cathy Doty of Fossil. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kist re turned homo this past week-end from a two week's vacation trip to Missouri and Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keller and daughters went to Portland last Wednesday from where Mrs. j Keller and the girls left by Plane Thursday morning for Latlrfonl.t, Mo to vlMt with rel nlives. Mr. n ml Mr. Willis Wright. Sr., went to Portland last Mm ti v to alieitil the Tuesday eve niiiL' L'raduation of tlx-lr dauuh ler Susan nt the I'tilx trlty of Oregon Medical t'cliool. Susan Is now a regi.siered mliology tech nologist. Mrs. Louis Lorengel went to Richland. Wash., last Tuesday taking Mrs. Bill Benson and her sons Danny and Uonny back to Richland. Visiting this past week with Mr. and Mrs. David Mattlson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Par Ion were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hire and family of Ml I pit as, Calif. They were accompanied from Baker bv Frank Siiivey. Mrs. V. C. Freeman went to Portland last Monday with Ron ald Saddler and Don Bird. Ron ald had a medical checkup and Mrs. Freeman visited her son John at Good Samaritan Hospi tal Annex. Mr. anil Mrs. Wayland Hyatt and family spent the past week end in Portland visiting with l latives. Theresa livatt will fly Tuesday from Portland to New York to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Vito and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smiley and daughter Wanda have moved lack to Kinzua from Hood Riv er where they have lived for several years. Mrs. John Meadows and dau ghters Diane and Donna were business visitors to The Dalles on Saturday. Mr. and Mis. Jerry Roe of Pen dleton spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Browning and Linda. Mrs. Denzil While and daugh ter Susan went to Hermiston last week where Susan entered the hospital for a tonsilectomv. Also in for tonsilectomies were Cinda and Linda, twin daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hoi- lomon of Hermiston. Mrs. White stayed with the Hollomons while in Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Van Arsdale and family were business visit ors to Hermiston Saturday. Mrs. Dean Wimer and child ren went to Canby Saturday to visit with relatives. Mrs. W. J. Bell and children returned to Center Schedules . Monday Story Hour Story hours for children are scheduled each Monday at the Heppner NclghlMirhood Center, according to Mrs. I'at Brlmlie. amlstant coordinator at llie cen ter. Children of ages preschool through the third grade will meet at 9:.tO with the session to end at 10:30. Fourth grades and above will meet from 10:30 until 11:30. Mrs. Jerry Dough erty and her daughter, Becky, will assist the children. Mrs. Brindle also call atten tion to the youth activity pro train at the high school each night from Monday throuuh Thursday, starting at 7 p.m. -She states that scholarships are available for those who are not participating because they tio not have the $2 for fees. heir home In Portland with Mrs. Wlmer after having spent the past week visiting her par ents, the Ilerschoi Muraocas. Mr. and Mrs. Red Hulett went to Keaverton Friday on business. While gone they also visited in Portland with their son corny Hulett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Mur clock and Frank Dc.Merilt were In Heppner Sunday to visit with Mrs. De.Merltt, who is a patient r.t the Heppner hospital. The Friendship Club was en tertained last Wednesday even ing at the grade school with Rose Merry Nelson as hostess. High was won by Pat McMinn, low by Naomi Kice, and pinocn le by Barbara Mortimore and Sharon Bell. Others playing were Pat Van Arsdale, Terry Todd, Dinah Jackson, Virginia Sitton, Deena Reid, Sue Mattl son, and Carol Norris. Mrs. Bert Hoover, Kinzua post master, left Monday for Tilla mook to attend the annual con vention of the Oregon Branch of the National Association of Postmasters. Funeral services for R. E. (Slim) Rhoton were held Wed nesday, June 19, at the Kinzua Community church with inter ment in The Dalles. Slim pass ed away at The Dalles General hospital June 15. A complete obituary will be published next week. j District Governor Installs Incoming Lions Club Officers ION E On the evening of Juno 8 members of the lone Lions club, wives and guests, enjoy, ed a delicious swiss steak din ner at the I-eglon Hall that was prepared by members of the Leg ion Auxiliary. Following the meal Lavern Chrlstensoit of Irri gon. who Is District Governor of ;! G. was Introduced by outgoing president Dave Baker. Chrlstenson served as Install ing tiflkvr for Herb Kkstrom, president; Lindsay Kincald, 1st vice iiresldent; Bob Drake, 2nd vice president; Joe Balfe, 3rd vice president; Charles O'Con nor, tail twister; Jim Burnett, Lion tamer; Ray Boyce, secretary-treasurer; Harold Snider and Lloyd Morgan, directors for one year, and John Jepsen ana turn Bishop, who will serve as direc tors for two years. During the intermission of the dance that followed, the drawing was held on the ticket sales with Ed Bris tow winning the television, Barb ara Blsnop getting the rifle, and Lloyd Hutchinson receiving the fishing rod. Rev. Al Boschee is recuperat ing at his home after several clays of hospitalization at Pio neer Memorial hospital. Rev. Boschee became ill at his home late Thursday evening and was admitted for treatment. Ho re mained hospitalized until Satur day afternoon. Ho reports that he is able to resume normal ac tivity after further X-rays and tieatment at Pendleton on Mon day. 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