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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.
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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
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Slated for March 27
Second school immunization
clinic is scheduled for Thursday,
March 27. The proposed sched
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Heppner Elementary school,
with high school t o follow;
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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.
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