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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1968)
Memorial Services Held For E. Markham Baker Memorial wrvlcea were held f,,r H. Murkham Baker, fiS, ut i!i- lone I'lilted I'hurvh of Christ on Fridnv, Novemher 2'.'. M j-.vt p.m., with ihe Iti'v. K. V. Luedde officiating. Cruse. Milo mhIii'" and Interment fol lowed jit 4 MX) p.m. at Hip llerm-i-.iun t'l'iiicU'ry. Mr. BuKet died unexpectedly mi Monday evening, November IS. afti-r gufferiim a heart at. laik while he and his wile were aiiiiHliiii; a N(iuare danre al their winter resort home In Miw, Ariz. They had arrived thei onlv a few days earlier to Mart llii'lr ninth season of winti-r lesidenoe al Holiday VIII-di-'e motille court in Mesa. Burn September 5. 1W3, hi D.ivton. Wash., he was the son ul Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Raker. He ua urailiiated from Washington State Imversity 111 l'X'S with n deuiee in enuineerinij. On Sept ember 3. 1932. he was marrii'd to Marlorie Henderson at full man. Wash. They made their home on a farm at. Kahlotu.s, Wash., prior to moving to lone In 1937, where tliev have been active in the community, and owned a pro ductive wheat and cattle oper ation. He was a member of the lone United Church of Christ, of the Orecon Wheat League and a past master of Willows Cm nee. He was a member and past master of lone Masonic Lotlce No. 120, AFiAM. a mem ber of the Pendleton Command erv of Masons, a past patron of Locust Chapter No. 111). OKS. and member of Itoyal Arch Ma sons, He was also a member of the McNary Yacht Club. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were u mi mi! those I nun Morrow coun ty who ei:Jn)ed the I'l-opte-to I'eople tour t.i si-vctal huropcan countries in September. Cuiil 1 1 liiilii his uie belli)! ac cepted in bis memory to the memorial fund at Hie lone I'nlied t hutch of Christ, In lieu of flowers or other remembrances. Survivors Include his widow, Marlorie; two koiib, lionald Ba ker, llermlston, and Dunne Ba ker, Sunnyvale, Calif.; one dau ghter, Mrs. Don (Mardlne) Lar sen of Wcnatehi'e, Wash., and seven Granddaughters. He is al so survived by two brothers, Kedrick Baker, Deer Park. Wash., and Everett Baker, Se attle; and three sisters, Cert rude Jacklin, Aberdeen, Wn.j Juanlta Jensen, Vancouver, Wn., and Aileen Van Buren, Walla Wu!la Wn. Officers Tell Need for Range HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. November 23. 1968 Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Slater of Portland have recently purch ased the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Brown. Slater Is i retired construction worker. The couple, who have visited in Eastern Oregon many times ov er the past years, find the cli mate and the community to their llkine and have decided to make their home in Heppner. The couple is Johnnie Hill's uncle and aunt. (Continued from pace 1) more than inoo maintenance personnel at Whidbey, Also a South China Sea vet eran, he declared, The Board man bomMiU! complex Is abso lutely ilal." In trainlii)! pilots, conditions h: Vietnam are simulated as ttn make practice runs to Koardman. On a tvplcal filch!, they may bo dow n the coast and veer out to sea al hls.'h alti tudes lust us l.t Pate did at Vietnam. Then they cut back inland on a devious route, channinti course frequently. They avoid overflying major cities and typically fly 1000 to 15H0 fisi-t above the terrain. Comd in Low, rut Until run-in on the bomblnc ranue target Is at about 50i) feet, coming In very fast. Af ter ma kin i! the run with the practice bombs, which contain onlv a small explosive cartridge to elect smoke for the purpose of smittiiit! strikes, the pilot ex ecutes n steep angle brink, climbs to altitude and proceeds buck to Whidbey. Commander Warwick pointed out that it is onlv 1!H) nautical miles to Bonrdman but 310 to Wauontlre. Thus, a round trip to the Morrow county range Is 380 miles as compared to G80 for the Wagontire trip. The dif ference is a considerable factor not onlv because of the added expense for gasoline but also because the A6A Is capable of only about 2 'a hours flying time per mission, and other complications. If Waeontire were used. It would require double the num ber of sortie In training. Com mander Warwick said. At least f.ve more AtiA Intruders would lie needed at $3 million caih to provide the same training, five more flight Instructors would be required, 110 more maintenance men would Ih needed. All things considered, the change would require ap proximately tin additional $S1 million In first year cost from the taxpayers, he declared. The commander said that rea si: HRflE and To Tb&sii HE , W HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS because IHCC'S finance charges are PAID for you well into 1969! Let Us Figure You A Cash Bonus Deal On Combines Tractors 1 Hoy Equipment Tillage Tools COME IN NOW! ram wromersm imu 'INC. FARMER OWNED AND CONTROLLED Lexington, Oregon Mon rock, five miles off th Washington coast and 83 miles from Whidbey is also used f'r practice runs, but it has many disadvantages. It does not sim ulate conditions in Vietnam. Small fishing boats are some times observed near the island on the runs, making It neccs sary to abort the mission in consideration of the safety of the fishermen. There also is no way of providing for spoiling strikes because towers cannot be Installed. As soon ns pilots have com pleted training at Whidbey. us ing the Boardman range, they are sent to duty in Vietnam Thus, this training Is vital for them, it was pointed out Commander Patterson, who, like the others, used a protect or to illustrate his points, show ed how many different routes are used in approaching Board man, all but one on visual conditions. He told how stress is laid to maximum avoidance of populat ed areas and to minimum an noyance to the civilian popula tion. In a question period. Admir al Trum pointed out that the Boardman facility now has one officer and 35 men stationed there with a payroll of about $190,000 per year. Orville Cutsforth, recognizing the possible conflict of interests on use of the land for the fa cility as against the possibility of converting it to agriculture, askpd if there would be a pos sibility that range lands now leased for grazing might be con verted for crop production on a rental basis if no permanent im provements were installed. Admiral Trum said that this possibility had never been con sidered but that it could be In vestigated. Commander Patterson, asked if the Hanford area did not pre sent an alternative possibility for a bombing range, pointed out that this is an ideal site and closer to Whidbey but can not be used because of the re quirements of the Atomic Ener gy Commission. Principal ob jection is that of the planes flying over the commission's atomic installations. County Judge Paul Jones ex pressed appreciation to the navy officers for coming and clearing up misunderstandings that may have existed, and it seemed to be the consensus .that members had a better appreci ation for the necessity of the range after hearing the presen tation. President West Sherman said that the Chamber could consid er the matter at a later meet ing in the hope of more clear ly defining the organization's position on the range. The Chamber has been misquoted as favoring the range be moved, but it has taken no such stand. Arrangements for the pro gram were made through Her man Winter who introduced Ad miral Trum at the meeting. WELCOME TO HEPPNER'S Your first thought is that Chevy is a good looking pickup li f t t jm mi iwu-" "Vt ? -jr &- LlP , . - - " -" iiMMBhi riani.imt ' - - &aaiaes&- Here are some second thoughts: Vi-ton Fleetside pickup ' " "" " "' JJ"''""7 ""S-" '"''"! 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