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L ! BRARY u or o e u G e r; e , 07403 86th Year Number ETTE TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 1, 1969 Price 10 Cents Pfcms Laid ffr College Efcgtondl M 10 V 1, - 'Af I ' r" ' I j v Many Expected For Event Here May 30-June 1 Knox's Variety Starts Grand Opening Today nt wont hurt TOu, says Kyle Robinson, 3n of Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson, as be rides a purebred bull at the Kirk and Robinson ranch to prove his point to visiting Portland eighth graders. Besides the students, among those watching are Tad Miller (third from left), tour committee chairman; Gail McCarty, county extension agent; and Gray Thompson, urban exten sion agent of Portland. (Harold Kerr Photo). r-rrr ' : TTrr.-.,. 1. ' , i ' ' iff 4, A r',,i'' ' .... jri ' : 'if L 4 i -A (Also See Pages 4 and 5) Knox's Variety store, which has been In preparation stages since the first oi the year, will greet the public at its grand opening starting i today (Thurs day) and continuing throueh Saturday, Henry Gohring, one of the owners, announces, There will be free popcorn, free ballpoint pens for adults, free balloons lor children and door prizes will be given at the conclusion of the event Satur day. Many fine specials are includ ed in the firm's grand opening advertisement on. page five of 1 yi ; "BUSHED" at least for the moment may have been the word for these eighth graders Satur day on the sixth annual Portland Eighth Grade Tour. They had already had a busy and ac tive l'j days on the tour when they stopped at the Ken Turner place for lunch, and the relax ing felt good I Mr. and Mrs. Turner stand in the background. (Photo by Harold Kerr, County Extension Agent). Attentive Portland Eighth Graders Prove Good Guests on Tour Here (See Pictures Page 2, Sec. 2) Thirty-one Portland eighth grade students are back at their school desks in the big city this week, but they have memories of a great week-end in rural Eastern Oregon. These are the youngsters who came for the 6th annual Port land Eighth Grade Tour from Friday until Sunday, under the sponsorship of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Associ ation, the Morrow County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Extension Service, the coun ty schools, and the Morrow County Livestock Growers Asso ciation. The time here was busy and active, and the weather cooper ated with bright sunshine. "This group seemed much more attentive and really the most interested of any group so far," said Gail McCarty, county extension agent who had much to do with arranging and con ducting the tour. "Apparently the teachers had given them a better background on the county," he added. Hay Ranch First Stop After , Leonard Munk e r s brought the youngsters here from Couch School, Portland, Friday morning, they first em barked at the Walt Wiggles worth Hay Ranch where they were shown hay operations. They continued to the Glenn Campbell ranch where McCarty extended a welcome ana gave orientation information. Chaper ones accompanying the young sters were Miss Margaret Aquino of Kellogg School and Donald By?r o Multnomah school. Gray a flS'mpson. urban extension agent of Portland, also made the tour. A feature of the stop at the Campbell ranch was a water witching demonstration, which made some "believers" out of "non-believers." C & B Livestock Co. and Pine City Extension Unit were hosts for the lunch at noon with Char ley Daly acting as chef in bax becuing the hamburgers, the meat being furnished by C & B. Mrs. Barbara Witherrite was hostess on behalf of the Pine City Extension Unit of which she is president. The unit fur nished food for the meal other than the meat. The report is that 98 persons on the tour con sumed 191 hamburgers at this lunch stop. It was a long time from the 7 a.m. departure from the big city! At the George Currin and Sons ranch, Tom and Ron Currin gave branding demonstrations and Hack Bloom showed how to shoe horses. Mrs. Bill Healy gave a demonstration on horsemanship, assisted by Patti Healy and Pat ty Daly who rode horses for this part of the presentation. At about 4 p.m. the visiting youngsters, accompanied by their new young friends of com parable age here, went to the homes of their host families, At 9 a.m. Saturday they were out and at it again, boarding buses for the North Lexington Elevator of Morrow County Grain Growers. Riley Munkers showed how wheat was dump ed and loaded out. At the elevator, the tradition of guessing the combined weight of the group was continued. Robin Adair of Whitman school and Duane Christensen of Whit taker school, both of Portland, came the closest to the correct total which was determined by the elevator scales. Average weight of the youngsters was 132 lb. No accidents . nor illnesses marred the tour, keeping the six year record intact, but one Portland girl's foot slipped through grating at the ware house and caught. She sustain ed only a sore ankle and was not injured. This, however, was the closest to an accident of the tour. Equipment Shown At the Stan Kemp wheat ranch, the tourists learned about wheat ranching and equipment. Tad Miller, tour committee chairman, explained the use of discs, plows, combines, rod weeders and other machinery, A rod weeder demonstration provided a good cloud of dust to cover all the tourists. Mel Boyer of Lexington Air port gave an airplane spraying demonstration at a field be tween Miller's ranch and the Ken Turner ranch. He provided two airplanes for a joint spray ing of one field, and then the planes landed to give the youngsters an opportunity to inspect them and ask questions, At the next stop, Bud Batty provided a demonstration of the remarkable new pivot sprinkler system, which works automat ically in covering a large plot of ground, and Jay Scott of Far- ) & k II a iimhn K'arin iuiumu;a uaom Schedules Move To New Building This week-end. is moving time ior Columbia Basin Elec tric Cooperative Move of the offices from the present quarters on Main street will be made to .the new con crete block building just off the north end of Main street near the utility's substation, Harley Young, manager, said that offices in the new building will be open for business as of 8 a.m. Monday, May 5, and all persons having business to con duct will find the staff there. The large $21? structure is virtually completed, tbut finish ing toucnes must De mede be fore the building is ready for open house. This event is plan ned for early June, Young said. Eastern Oregon Construction Co. was principal contractor on the project, which was started last fall. It was planned to be in the building by March, but severe winter weather delayed construction. The new building will be headquarters for all operations of the cooperative which serve Gilliam, Wheeler and Morrow counties. The old headquarters became overcrowded after the cooperative expanded several years ago when it acquired the operations of Pacific Power and Light Company in this area. Provision is made in the new quarters to house trucks and heavy equipment In the large garage and service area. Also included are crew quarters, mo tor testing room, offices, vault, and a conference room. Young said that the move will take the headquarters from a congested and crowded situa tioh on Main street, which Is aggravated by the coming and going of the cooperatives trucks, to an area that will be free from congestion. Telephone number will re main the same, b7b-9146. this paper, including "all the spring clothespins that a per son can hold in one hand for 5c." The store has been doing bus iness for well over a week, but merchandise stocks were not complete and all preparations had not been finished. Judee Watkins, store manager, says that Knox s Variety has re ceived a royal reception from the public to date, and she was par ticularly pleased with the re sponse shown at the Moonlight bale Friday evening. The store is located on Main street in the former location of Case Furniture Co. The building was purchased from Mrs. Gene Case by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and remodeled for the variety store. Knoxs is a name very famil iar throughout eastern Oregon, and is owned by Gohring and E. T. Knox. The family operat ed a department store in John Day from about 1900 until this year, but closed it to open the variety store here. Knox s variety stores are also located in Hermiston and Burns. Those who have shopped in the store to date have been im pressed with the large stock car ried In all lines of variety goods. y HARLAN McCURDY, JR. Harlan McCurdy Resigns Position As MCGG Manager (Continued on page 8) Conservation Man Nominees Sought The Morrow County Conserva tion Man of the Year for 1969 will be selected and announced at the annual spring meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers Assn., Harold Kerr, county extension agent, announces. The meeting will be Tuesday. May 13, at the Lexington Grange HalL Ted Sidor, community de velopment specialist, will pre sent a slide show on land use planning and community devel opment. Nominations for the Conser vation Man of the Year may be made by individuals, neighbors or organizations, and sent to the Extension Office or to Jack Sumner. selection chairman. Nominations should be made by Monday, May 5. The annual contest is spon sored by the Oregon Wheat League and the John Deere Company, Portland. Last year's winner was Peterson Brothers Ranch, lone. Red Cross Fund Campaign Lagging V Response to the mailed solic itations for donations to the fund campaign of the Morrow county chapter. Red Corss, has been disappointing, Norman Supple, campaign chairman, saia Monday, He reported as of that time only about $300 had been receiv ed towards the needed goal of $1950. ine campaign by mail was used this year in order to save many people in the county the necessity of taking the time and trouble for personal contacts, However, the response has been far below expectations, Supple said. He urges all those who re ceived the mailers to respond with a contribution. Those who may have lost the return envel opes can send their donations to American Red Cross, Morrow County Chapter, P. O. Box 727, Heppner. "Your donation is Important in support of our boys in Viet nam, our local swimming and lifesaving programs, our first aid program, our blood bank program, and the national dis aster program," Supple said. The donations are tax deduct ible. Don McKinnis Due For Chamber Talk Don McKinnis, development specialist for the State Depart ment of Agriculture, will be the speaker at the luncheon meet ing of the Heppner Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday at noon in the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet room. RT. REV. WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD Bishop Spofford To Be Welcomed For Church Visit Members and friends of All Saints' Episcopal church will welcome the Rt. Rev. William B. Spofford, newly consecrated Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon, to Heppner this week end for his first official visita tion to this area. Bishop bponord will live un der a busy week-end schedule when he arrives Friday after noon. Included are an overnight men's retreat Friday evening, a baturday evening potluck din ner in Condon and Confirmation at All Saints' church at 10 a.m Sunday morning. Following worship, a potluck dinner will be held In his hon or in the parish hall. Where is Shutler Flat?' Carson AsksonNationalTV Morrow and Gilliam county community names which sel dom are heard on television programs received some nat ional publicity Monday night on the "Tonight" show, em anating from New York City. Johnny Carson, who has bantered from time to time with Doc Severinsen, leader of the NBC orchestra, about Doc's being born at Shutler Flat, produced a map at the start of his Monday night program. lie pointed to the map of Oregon and asked Doc to point out Shutler Flat. Doc couldn't find it. "See, there is no Shutler Flat," Carson declared. Johnny found Arlington, Olex, lone, Mikkalo and oth er towns, but no Shutler Flat. Carson said that now he will probably receive letters from all the i"olks at Shutler Flat. Whether he does or not, The Gazette-Times will send him a Metsker map which has Shutler Flat on it in nice, big letters. A good piece on Shutler Fj'at, and the naming of it, is included in a book on the Weatherford's 16-mule Team, written by Marion Weather ford and printed by The Gazette-Times in December. Car son should get a copy of that. After the Tonight Show was taped Monday the Severinsens called Herb Hynd to tell the Hynds that the banter about the Morrow and Gilliam coun ty places would be on the air that night at the late release time. They routed the Hynds out of bed but they enjoyed hearing the discourse, which came at the start of the pro gram. Maybe the Chamber of Com merce should invite Carson out for a tour of these famous places if he could stand the congestion. Harlan McCurdy, Jr., manager of Morrow County Grain Grow ers, Inc., since April, 1966, ten dered his resignation to the dir ectors of the organization Mon day. It was accepted by the dir ectors, and they named Riley Munkers as acting manager of the cooperative. McCurdy terminated his con nection with MCGG immediate ly after the resignation, but the resignation as approved by the directors becomes effective May 31. Differences in operational pol icies between the manager and directors were responsible- for the resignation, Barton Clark, president of Morrow County Grain Growers, said. Munkers will act as manager until a successor to McCurdy is chosen, the co-op president said. At the present time a commit tee of directors is seeking a qualified man and will inter view candidates for the position Other possible changes may be made in the organization la ter on, Clark said. He pointed out that the Grain Growers dir ectors, members and patrons have felt the increasing need to reduce expenses because of problems that have come about in the past few years the loss of Commodity Credit Corporation storage wheat, reduction in ac reage allotments, and recent poor crop years. The cooperative has under gone considerable change and adjustment in the past two years after merging with the former Lexington Oil Coopera tive and acquiring the Lexing ton Implement Company. McCurdy has been associated with MCGG since 1946, except for a 1 year period in other endeavors. He has been with the organization continuously since 1950, and he became as sistant manager while the late Al Lamb was manager. Follow ing Lamb's death on March 21 1966, the directors named Mc Curdy manager, and he has served in that capacity since. He said Tuesday that he has no definite plans for the im mediate future but will seek another position. McCurdy's verbal resignation was given Friday when it be came apparent that differences between the manager and the board could not be resolved, The eleven directors and five associate directors held a spe cial meeting Sunday accepting the resignation, and the writ ten resignation was presented Monday. A twelfth directorship on the board Is vacant at the present time. Lewis Halvorsen resigned his position last year after serv ing on the board for years. Moonlight Sale Shines Friday Eye Friday night's Moonlight Sale was a bright success In Hepp ner. ah parKing was taken on downtown streets during the 3 hour sale and stores were well filled with shoppers. Sidewalk traffic was similar to that in the days just before Christmas. All merchants report fine re sponses from the public, the adjectives ranging from "better than we expected" to fabulous. Jerry Adamson, merchants chairman, said that indications are that this sale brought more people and a better response than ever before. He thanked the public for the response and the stores for their participation. About 100 contestants from 15 colleges will be in Heppner May 30 through June 1 for the reg ional Intercollegiate rodeo that will be staged at the Morrow county rodeo grounds, Riley Freeman, rodeo club advisor at Blue Mountain Community Col lege, told members at the Hepp-ner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday. The event is sponsored by Blue Mountain College, which has both boys' and girls' rodeo teams in the thick of conten tion for regional honors and the right to enter national finals. Freeman said that the spon sors will be "greatly disappoint ed" if the event doesn't bring at least 500 persons to Heppner. "we want to fill Heppner with a lot of outside people and we will," he said. Freeman was accompanied bv three outstanding performers on the BMCC boys' rodeo team. Mark Rosenberg of Pendleton. John Rhoden of Prineville, and Bill McCoin of Redmond. Events Listed Rosenberg, a bull rider and I steer wrestler, said that men will compete in six events here calf roping, bulldogglng, sad dle bronc, bull riding, bareback, and ribbon tying. Girls take part in barrel racing, goat ty ing and breakaway roping. There are six men and three women on each of the college teams. At Lewiston, Idaho, in the first college rodeo of the year, BMCC surprised the field by tak ing first and won a trophy "four feet high," Rosenberg said. The ' BMCC girls were second. At the next rodeo at Missou la, Mont., the boys came in fifth, and the girls were third. (Continued on page 8) School Election To Fill Positions Annual school election for Morrow county schools will be Monday, May 5, with voting op en from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. at six polling places, Supt. Ron Daniels announces. Only one director for the dis trict board is to be elected, as well as several committee mem bers of advisory committees. Jerry Peck of Boardman is the only candidate for director, rep- resenting zone l. He was ap pointed to the board to fill a vacancy and now is running for election uncontested. Candidates for the several ad- J visory positions around the county are also without oppo- , sition. Election of directors for two positions on the Blue Mountain 5 Community College board will : be held concurrently with the same polling places and during : the same hours. Bob Abrams and Ralph McEwen are candidates, each being the only nominee for their respective positions. , BMCC Directors Up for Election Two members of the R1u Mountain Community College board of directors will seek re- election during the Mav 5 an nual school elections in Uma tilla and Morrow counties. Robert Abrams. Heppner. cur rently serving as chairman of the board, and Ralph McEwen, Pendleton, are the onlv candi dates for the two positions. Both have served on the board since its inception. Term of office Is four years. Polling places have been es tablished at the same locations where regular school elections are being held. Sunshine and Rain More sunshine and more rain a little of each for the week ended. Maximum temperatures . dipped to as low as 49 on Tues day, according to the report of Don Gilliam, official weather observer. Monday's rain brought nother .41 inch after .08 inch earlier in the week. Complete report for the week is as fol lows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday HI 63 55 53 62 69 63 49 Low 43 40 32 29 35 43 35 Prec. .07 .01 , .41
