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HEPPNER CAZETTE TIMES. Tbandar. March 10. 196 i v. rtT 7lfL : ! 7 1 War " 1 i w V 9 . I A FEW of th 60 eighth graders of Heppner Jun or Hiqh hold aloft their packaqes for "Operation Egqdrop" lust before loading them into Jack Sjmner'f airplane from which they were dropped from an altitude of 400 feet to simulate soft lindinqi on the moon. Mel Boyer of Lexington Airport and Sumner are at leit in photo, back to camera. (G-T Photo). This Is No Yolk Oyer 30 Raw Eggs Intact after Drop From Flying Plane In It pohslhla to (Imp raw eee LOADING BEFORE LIFTOFF. Jack Sumner re ceives packages from kids to load into bis plane. Hand of Terry Lincecum. who served us bombardier, is outstretched at right Some of the packed eggs hit in center of runway but others drifted as much as a halfmile from target (G-T Photo). THE EGG AND I-NEZ. Mrs. Inez Meador happily holds aloft the undamaqed raw egg that with stood the drop from airplane. Eggs of partic ipating science students were packed in all manner of containers. Mrs. Meador's was in padded cloth wrapping. (G-T Photo). from an alrnlane flvmc -WO lift hluh and not break tlu'm? Yes. If you pack them right. So discovered some 60 elyhth (.ruder 4 lleiinrnT Junior HIkIi when they, lonelier with their teacher and lnterv.tet pectat ors, purtli'ipatiHi In "Operation iKKdmp" at the Lexington Air tirt Friday as a science exper linen!. Mora than 30 of the pcl's were found intact after rui-h stu dent and Home of the other had packed them Individually for the drop. Ten of the ecus are listed an "misslm; In action or unaccounted for. The rest of the euKs well, they did what most folks would think they would do when they are dropped 400 feet. Packing Shows Variety I he kids, usiml' scientific principles as best they could on their own Ingenuity, packed the cl'i;s in all manner or contrlv ances Ntyroroam. cloth, cram seed, cardboard, cloth, foam rub- her, metal containers and what have you. Jack Sumner volunteered his Cessna aircraft for the project, and Miss Terry Lincecum, art teacher, was "bombardier." It took four or five passes over the field to Ret the packages all out of the plane while the kids, together with some of their parents and others stood well back. Some hit the runway, plum meting down, and splattered. Others, with identifying stream ers trailing and packed In light er cartons, floated lazily down and drifted with the wind. One had two balloons tied to the package to keep It upright; an other had some rina and a makeshift propeller in the hope oi caicning air currents and breaking the fall; others were In plain cardboard cartons with nothing attached. Some of the latter fared aur prlsingly well. Bombardier Sights Off Miss Lincecum had a problem getting the packages out fust enough, and so the eggdrop cov erect quite a territory, some going Into neighboring farmers' fields. When It was done and the the plane had landed, the kids were given a signal by Princi pal Alan Martin, and Operation Kggdrop became Operation Egg hunt. The kids scattered across the landscape, many coming up with unbroken eggs triumphant ly held high. Others returned with the corners of their mouths turned down. The rule was that none of the eggs could be packed in a container larger than a shoe box. but the kids demonstrated some scientific methods of packing them. Pilot Sumner packed one of his own, molding it In Jell-O. Placing it In a plastic container, which In turn was inside a box with cushioning packing be tween. When it was retrieved the Jell O was fully intact and the egg as good as when a hen first cackled over It. Inspiration for the protect was the matter of soft landings on the moon, but none of the kids, In noting the mux-ess of the Eggdrop, has volunteered to jump out of an airplane with out a parachute! And now we're wondering If eggplant will sprout where the "failures" lie at the airport. MIMEOGRAPH and duplicator paper stocked In 8'ixll, SttxM, 16 ib. and 20 lb., white and wide range of colors at The Gazette Times. Ph. 676-9228. Club Elects Officers The Hoof and Horn 4 II Live stock club met February 27 to elect officers. Other business In cluded a motion to have our club donate a trophy for the champion market lamb at the Morrow County Fair. We decld to present a plaque to Dean Graves as a gesture of appreci ation for being our former lead er. Officers are Bll I Greenup, president; Sue Greenup, vice president; Teresa Harshman. secretary-treasurer; Gwen Drake, news reporter, and Larry Petty. John, demonstration chairman. The next meeting is Thurs day evening, March 13, at 7:30 at the dorm building on the fairground. Gwen Drake, reporter FOR SALE BEARDLESS BARLEY Cleaned Cr Treated SCARCE !!! Advise Your Need CORNETT GREEN FEED HEPPNER, ORE. 97836 PHONE 676-9422 PENDLETON IICINI 10 BONDED INSURED flh Star Drills 1 DIAL X O30345H Home and Irrigation Wells P. O. BOX 21 BORING. OREGON 97009 mm mwnnmuuiiiM MnmMwuiwimmiMMnHiimmiu u i When you can't locate it or get it done in Hepp ner, these Pendleton Business and Professional Firms will be happy to serve you. Immunization Clinic Slated for March 27 Second school immunization clinic is scheduled for Thursday, March 27. The proposed sched ule Includes: 8:45-9:30 a.m., Heppner Elementary school, with high school t o follow; 10:30-11:00 a.m., lone Grade school building. If a child attends the second kindergarten session In Heppner and is due for immunizations. parents are asked that the child he present at the clinic at 9:00 a.m. Immunizations available will include DIT, DT, Smallpox vac cinations and Polio (Salkl vac cine (boosters only). Dates for clinics in Boardman and lirigon will be announced later. Wood Gets Academic Honor at Whitman James Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wood of Hepp ner. is among students at Whit man College, Walla Walla, Wash., who received academic distinction for achieving grade point averages of 3.3 or higher lor the tall semester of the 1968 69 year, according to informa tion from the college. Students who received the academic honors were guests at a banquet March 11 at which lime 21 students were named to membership in Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honorary. Twenty-four were named to the honorary at the annual Aca demic Recognition Banquet. Danny Leathers traveled to Longview, Wash., early (his week to spend the spring vaca tion holidays at the home of his family, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Standerfer and family. Danny has been staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers, while complet ing his senior year at Heppner High school. ANNOUNCING GRAND OPENING of BUCKNUM'S TAVERN SATURDAY, MARCH 29 From 2:00 P.M. COME IN AND LET'S GET ACQUAINTED -Dorothy & Dean- 961 MAIN HEPPNER FIFTH IN A SERIES The Nation's View of Rural America'and Rural Electrification (From a national study conducted for the National Rural Electric Cooper ative Association by International Research Associates, Inc., of New York City. The study is based on 1394 personal interviews, sampling the adult public, one third in major cities, one-third in suburban areas satellite to these cities, and one-third in small towns and rural areas). 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