HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 13. 19C9
Evening Unit
Organized; Plans
Welcome Project
By BIRDINE TULUS
Extension Aid
An organizational meeting tot
an evening extension unit was
held nt the home of Mrs. Du
Ann McCarty on February 5. Of
fleers elected were: president,
Mrs. Rita Wolff; vice-president,
Mrs. rai lassuty; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. Donna Bcrgs
trom. Plans for meetings to com
plete the extension year were
made. Meetings will be held on
the first Tuesday of each month
at the annex building at the
county fairgrounds. Meetings
are open to anyone Interested
in attending.
As a civic project in conjunc
tion with their extension pro
grams, this evening extension
group plans to welcome new
families moving to the tieppner
area. The group feels there is
a great need in this area for
acquainting newcomers to town
with the various service clubs,
churches and other organiza
tions. A member of this exten
sion group will meet soon with
the merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce to make
plans for this part of their project.
'Sew With Knits Underway
Two women teaching 70 wom
en to sew? Sounds impossible,
but that is just what is going
on in Morrow county right now!
County project leaders Mildred
Wright and Mabel Heath have
completed training of leaders
from each extension unit in
Morrow county. These trained
leaders are now teaching class
es on sewing with knit fabrics
to extension members and all
other women of the communi
ties interested in learning how
io nanaie tnis versatile fabric.
Unit project leaders met at
the dormitory on February 6 to
model their completed gar
ments and discuss the planned
VIHB.M-S wun Louniy extension
Agent Mary Speckhart of Pen
dleton. Seventy women are en
rolled in the classes throughout
the county. Classes are now in
progress in the Pine City area,
Rhea Creek, two In Heppner, and
a class will start in lone this
week. All project leaders who
auenaea tne coffee hour agreed
this has been a very successful
and popular extension program.
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Above Average
Water Supplies
Seen for Summer
CONFINED TO THE CLUBHOUSE by snow. President Craig Munk-
ers oi Heppner Two-Trackers 4-H club conducts meeting as
Doric Alderman, vice-president and Karla Weatherford sit to
his left, and leader Floyd Jones assists. With backs to camera
are members Mary an ne Greenup and Patricia Hughes.
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Water users In I'matilla. Mor
row and Gilliam counties can
expect average to above aver
age water supplies In the spring
and summer of VMt, according
to a report released today by
A. J. Webber, state conservation
ist, Soli Conservation Service,
roruanu.
Snow accumulation as of Feb
ruary 1 was 145 percent of ave
rage on the Walla Walla, Uma
tilla. McKay and Butter Creek
watersheds.
Soils are well wetted because
of above average fall precipita
tion, rrouies are 79 percent of
capacity.
Stored water in Cold Sorins
Is 30,600 acre feet comnared to
2U.0OO a year ago. McKav has
Jl.itio acre feet stored compared
to 18,000 acre feet one year ago.
Both reservoirs should fill to
near usable capacity of 50,000
and 73,800 acre feet respective
ly, given normal winter condit.
ions from this date.
Winter Dreclmtation. Novem.
ber 1 to February 1, has been
129 percent of the 15 vear ave.
age (1953-67) according to the
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Statewide, adequate to above
average water supplies will be
experienced by Oregon water
users this spring and summer.
January storms deposited gen
erous amounts of snow on an
already above average snow
pack. Soil moisture is better
than it has been for the past
several years. Forecasted
treamflow is average to a hove
average in all areas of the state.
Snow May Create
Ceiling, Wall Woes
Melting snow on rooftop of
house may be a sign of moder
atlng weather. On the other
hand, it can mark the begin
nlng of trouble on inside walls
and ceiling.
Mike lluber. Oregeon Stale
University Extension agricultur
al engineer, savs inside water
damage sometimes occurs when
snow melts on shingled roofs
neiore it melts on the overhang.
Water from the mcltintr snow
drains down into the snow re
maining on the overhang. Here
it freezes and gradually builds
up an Ice dam, which may ex
tend up the roof past the In
terior wall line.
Ice accumulated In the cut
ter and downspout aeizravates
the condition.
A warm spell, heat from In
side the house, or even rays of
the sun while the temperature
Is freezing, can melt snow on
the roof. The water, blocked by
tne ice dam on the overhang.
seeps under the shingles and
down through interior walls of
the ceiling.
This can be prevented, sug
gests Huber, by removing snow
from the overhang, up about
three feet from the edge and
above the wall line. A rake with
a board attached, or an Imnro
vised rake made from a long
2x4 attached to a sheet of ply
wood, might be used to do the
lob.
ATTENTIVE TO THE PRESIDENTS words, the other side of the
circle shows members, Maryanne Greenup, Toni Toll, Patricia
Hughes. Mark Mecham, Tommy Wolif. Cathy Cutsforth, Ramona
i iiumpson, ana xar rignt, Lisa Collins.
Tens of millions of Americans
now own Savines Bonds nnrt
Freedom Shares worth SLi2 7 hit.
lion.
Mr. and Mrs. John Venard at
tended a meeting In Portland
recently for First National Bank
managers and their wives from
throughout the state of Oregon.
The couple enjoyed renewing
acquaintances with many old
friends during the three-day
meeting and report that Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Wishart, former Hepp
nerites, now making their home
in Prairie City, were also in attendance.
Green Guard Aids
Fire Prevention
Almost 27 Years
For almost 27 years the On'
gon Green Guard, youth branch
of toe Keep Oregon Green As
sociation, has actively fought
to help prevent man-caused fires
in Oregon forests.
Since its beginning more than
1C5.0IK) youngsters have partici
pated, according to Albert Wles
endanger, executive secretary of
KOG. He emphasizes the organ
ization is always seeking new
members, and is open to any
Oregon boy or girl aged eight
through sixteen.
Members of the Green Gunrd
are able to help prevent fires
by being aware of fire danger,
passing this awareness on to
parents and others, and by
knowing what to do if they per
sonally spot a forest fire.
During the l'Jt7 fire season
a total of 79 Oregon Green
Guards were presented with Ser-vice-Under-Fire
awards, earned
by reporting or helping to sup
press a forest fire.
Membership is free and each
applicant receives a Green
Guard Fire Prevention kit con
taining a membership identifi
cation card, a Green Guard
Shield to be worn on the cloth
ing, and a window sticker. Al
so included is a manual of in
struction on a variety of topics
including fire danger weather,
what to do if lost, forest man
ners, hints for the hiker away
from the beaten path, aging
trees, tree planting and more.
lo become an Oregon Green
Guard, send a written request
to the Keep Oregon Green As
sociation, 2750 State Street,
P. O. Box 471, Salem. Oregon
97308.
Medical Association
Makes Appointments
Oregon Medical Association's
president, J. lilt-hard Kuines,
M. D has announced the ap
pointment of James A, Kronen
berg to the DMA executive
staff.
Dernedde will assume duties
ns associate executive director
in charge of public affairs, while
Kronenbent will act as associ
ate executive director in the ar
ea of communications, commun
ity affairs, and field service.
Hubert O. Bissell is Oregon Med
ical Association executive dir
ector, a post which ho assume,!
January 1 after six years with
tne organization.
Dernedde is formerly editor
and publisher of the Oregon Vo
ter, Associated Oregon Indus
tries public relations director,
director of public information
for Pacific University, and most
recently director of public rela
tions at Lloyd Center. He is a
graduate of San Jose State Col
lege and has done graduate
work at Pacific University.
Kronenberg comes to the O.MA
from the Portland Commission
of Public Docks, where he was
assistant director of public rela
tions. He is former sales and
promotions manager of the
Gray Line Company of Oregon
and general manager of the
Portland Civic Theatre. He Is a
graduate of the University of
Oregon.
For any kind of printing, call
The Gazette-Times.
A week of skiing at Sun Val
ley, Idaho, was enjoyed last
week hv Libby Abrams, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Abrams.
Libby traveled by train to the
resort, where she was met by
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Morrow, and daugh
ter, of Palo Alto, Calif., wno
were enjoying a winter vacation
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl LaBree
were Heppner visitors last
month, traveling from Yakima,
Wash., to attend the wedding of
Mrs. LaBree's son, Tom Laird,
to Sue Griffith.
IFYE Student Presents Programs
Orrin Potampa, IFYE student
to Korea found a busy schedule
prepared for his stay in Mor
row county. While in the coun
ty, Orrin was guest at the home
of the Norman Nelson family
near Lexington. Orrin presented
programs at lone hieh and pIp.
mentary schools, Heppner high
and elementary schools, River-
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r, , K ouaiuman ana A.
u Houghton elementary in Ir
rigon and to the Soroptimist
Hub in Heppner.
At the invitation of the Nel
son family Orrin remained over
the week-end and presented a
program for the Lexington
Grange on Sunday. Orrin Is very
enthusiastic about the IFYE pro
gram and would encourage 4-H
members in our area to give
consideration to this interesting
and worthwhile program. He al
so stressed the valup nt ioi
farm families hosting foreign
IFYE students.
Any farm family may apply
through the County Extension
office to host one of the stu
dents in their home. Students
normally remain with a host
family for a period of two to
three weeks, and visits are us
ually during the summer and
harvest months. Application to
host students for the coming
year must be filed in the coun
ty office by March 1.
Ronny L. Brisbois
In Navy Exercise
Boatswain's Mate Third Class
Ronny L. Brisbois, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brisbois of
Spray, is participating in Op
eration Bold Mariner aboard
the amphibious force flagship
Las fcluorado.
The operation emphasizes
new aspect of Vietnamese oper
ations, the accelerated pacifica
tion program. The program is
aimed at removing enemy in
fluence from the countryside
and returning it completely to
Vietnamese government control.
Other units participating in
the operation are ships of the
U. S. Seventh Amphibious Force
at bea and Marines of the U. S
Seventh Fleet, elements of the
Army's American Division and
Army of the Republic of Viet
nam troops.
Ag Director Says
Future Feed Need
Should be Planned
Federal Savings
Reports 6 Gain
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association reported total
assets of $20,203,171, as of De
cember 31. 1968. This marks
an increase of 6 per cent from
the $18,990,530 reported a year
ago, the association's annual re-
uun reveaiea.
The report, Issued by Oren
Allison, executive vice-president
showed that savings balances
held by the institution amount
to $18,278,627, as compared to
$17,275,999 reported at the end
of 1967. Allison said that while
?,j,nsJ?00d a savings year as
19b7, this year was far better
than 196G, the year of tight
jiHiiit'.y.
A record dividend totaling
$S28,068 was paid during the
year to the 6,852 account hold
ers. A total of $2,247,198 in
mortgage loans was put on the
books during 1968. bringing to
tal loans to $16,653,161.
In looking ahead to 1969, the
annual report indicated that
there would be even further in
creases in the competition for
savings dollars. This wnnlrt nr.
sent challenges to the savings
and loan business and the real
estate and housing business.
Allison said, "1968 has been
a good year for first Federal
Savings and Loan Association.
Our growth has been excellent
and we have a feeling of deep
satisfaction for our contribution
to the community's thrift and
home ownership practices. All j
in an. i think that 1969 will
prove to be another vear of prog
ress and development for First
Federal Savings ' and for the
community as well."
Even after the snow has melt
ed it may be a month or more
before pastures can meet feed
needs for livestock. Even then
it will be only partial in some
areas.
State Director of Agriculture
Walter Leth had this reminder
for Oregon's livestock people as
the cold spell that has gripped
the state shows signs of easing.
He urged them to look ahead
and locate sources of feed sup
ply and to make sure they have
adequate feed to carry the ani
mals through until pastures are
sufficient.
Lent said there may be a
shortage of hay in some areas
and prices are reported on the
increase, with Washington pric
es said to be $40 a ton or more
However, he said grain ap
peared to be in good supply,
with that available including
wheat, corn, sorghum and oats,
Some can be secured under the
federal government's emergency
feed program for those who can
qualify.
The director said application
for the emergency feed supplies
should be made through the
Farmers Home Administration
of the Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee and that information on the
program can be secured from
the county agents.
Leth said with increased pric
es of hay livestock people may
find it more economical to use
grain for at least part of their
livestock feed.
Commenting on problems fac
ing livestock people as a result
of the snow and cold weather,
the director said that exccDt for
a few counties and some isolat
ed cases in other counties it had
been possible to gain access to
most of the stranded livestock
by January 31. Coos, Curry,
Douglas and Lane Counties, he
said, appeared to still be hav
ing problems in feeding their
livestock at that time.
Emergency or disaster loans
can under some circumstances
he secured by farmers from the
Farmers Home Administration
but generally, Leth said, these
are available only if funds can
not be secured from usual sourc
es such as banks, Production
Credit Associations, and so forth.
4-H Horse Club
Remains Active
During Winter
By BIRDINE TULLIS
County 4-H Extension Aide
What do 4-H horse clubs do
in winter? They meet to study,
learn, and have fun.
One of the very active 4-H
horse clubs of Morrow county is
the Heppner Two-Trackers group
iea Dy noya Jones, Sharon
Cutsforth and Gladvs Alderman.
ihis Is a very energetic erouD
of 4-H members. Something is
always going on that keeps up
the interest and enthusiasm of
the young people.
When the winter winds and
snow confines them to quarters
they have movies on horses, give
demonstrations and just talk
horse waiting for the davs
wnen tne sun shines and they
can saddle up to learn the les
sons on horsemanship and
showmanship taught by their
apie leaders.
The 4-H horse clubs are one
of the more popular clubs in
this county. The vounp DeoDlo
learn many valuable lessons
that carry over into other Dhas-
es of their life, as they care for
their horses, and develop the
responsibility and poise to show
their animals in horse shows
and competitions. The manv
hours of patient training and I
care given to this project is very I
obvious on the day of the 4-H j
Horse bhow.
This congenial group has 26
members, both boys and girls,
of all ages.
In visiting 4-H clubs in Mor
row county I find the activities
of these young people so re
freshing and interesting that I
think all our county people
should have the opportunity to
near oi tne clubs and know the
young people who are involved
in this program. I hope to write
a story and get pictures of each 1
of the clubs as I visit them from I
time to time.
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Big game hunters as well as
shotgun enthusiasts who like
to spend their vacations in the
field during the opening week
of the fall hunts can make their
plans early this year, according
'o action taken recently by the
Oregon Game Commission at a
public hearing in Portland.
To accommodate hunters who
must make their vacation plans
eany eacn year, the Commis
sion established the opening
dates for the general deer sea
son, elk season, and the season
for pheasants and quail. Dates
selected were October 4 for
deer, November 1 for Rocky
Mountain elk, November 15 for
Roosevelt elk, and October 18
for pheasants and quail.
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ers that only the opening dates
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lished, with length of seasons,
bag limits, and other regula
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sons to be established at the ;
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