Over The
Tee Cup
By MARIE McOOARRIE
There weren't any clean pret
IV brown fortune lea leaven in
our cup this week. Rather It was
sticks and stones, silt, Kilt silt,
Iocs, uraw and a horrible odor
of the barnyard. You can always
sav. though, "it could have been
worse." and It really could. The
tractor, mowers and a half own
ed areator could easily have
floated away. The uribble fam
ily's coif cart could easily have
been a "mud-buggy ', as it had
been parked in the space under
the porch, which was literally
filled with muck and water.
Luckllv Grib moved It before
the storm hit.
One little note of Irony
Thursday B F (Before Hood)
this "Tee-Cup" writer had sent
a letter to Stan Federman, feat
ure editor of the Oregonian,
tellinc him the Willow Creeek
Country Club was In beautiful
shape and the time was right
lor him to come to Heppner,
take pictures and write an art
ic-le on our golf course for the
magazine section of the Sun
fay paper. We have been wait
ing two years for this "right
time." Guess he will have to
make the trip another year, or
maybe later in the season.
There isn't enough praise In
the book for the good fellows
and gals) that have worked
most daylight hours cleaning
up the mess. No names will be
mentioned, as those that have
worked know who they are and
mav take the honors. One man,
out of his own pocket, hired
some boys for two days to help
him clean the putting green
and No. 2 fairway. Thanks.
There are those who enjoy the
golf course, but haven't lifted
a hand to help, even if they
had a spare hour or two. Of
course, some couldn t because
of their own messes at home
and that Is understandable, but
others could have helped also
After this appears in the Hepp
ner Gazette-Times, there will
still be lots of work to be done,
so get your little selves and
your rake down there and be In
the first class. It is very dis
couraging for the "Regular
Few to have to clean up a
Garden Club
Studies Birds,
Wild Flowers
The lone Garden Club of the
Oregon Federation of Garden
Clubs Inc., met at the mountain
cabin of Mrs. Vida Heliker on
June 4, with a potluck lunch
eon at noon. The members
brought herb dishes. During the
morning the members picked
wild flowers and about 40 var
ieties were classified. Mrs. Tom
Huston acted as co-hostess.
Fourteen members answered
roll call with "Birds I have seen
today" names and description.
Guests present were Mrs. Elsie
Johnson, and Mrs. Hilda Timm
from Pendleton, and Mrs. Esther
Dobyns from Eugene.
Each member brought book
of green stamps to obtain a
camera for the club.
The program consisted of a
talk given by Mrs. Omar Riet
mann on the history of 17 flags
that have flown over the North
west Continent.
Mrs. Frederick Martin, District
Director of Blue Mountain No.
10, Oregon Federation of Garden
Clubs, Inc., installed the follow
ing new officers: president, Mrs.
Willard French: vice president.
jvirs. jiarom Huoer; treasurer,
Mrs. Omar Rietmann. Mrs. Mar
tin presented each - of f icer and
member present with a green
ieir inumD.
Special gifts vere presented
to two memDers who are leav
ing the community, who have
been active members of the club,
They are Mrs. Edwin Kessler
and Airs. Lloyd Johnson. Mrs
Van Hubbard won the door
prize.
It was decided the July 9
meeting would be held at Wool
rey Park in lone with a no-host
sack lunch at noon.
County 4-Hers Show
Champion Sheep
In 4-H competition at the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League Jun
ior Livestock Show, held last
week at The Dalles, Morrow
county 4-H members showed the
champion county herd all of
which were bred and raised in
Morrow county. Sherman coun
ty placed 2nd and Linn county
3rd.
Mark Thorne, a 11-year-old
second -year exhibitor with a
medium weight Hereford steer,
won the Grand Championship in
beef competition. Brock Linnell
of Arlington, showing an Angus
had the Reserve Grand Cham
pion. They placed in competit
ion with 28 Hereford, 41 Angus,
four Shorthorn and six Crossbred.
In the 4-H sheep showman
ship event, Don Kalina, showing
in the senior division, was de
clared the Grand Champion and
Joy Hawkins was the Reserve
Grand Champion showman, both
from Linn county, and this was
precisely the way the two plac
ed in the competition in 1968.
In the FFA division, Blaine
Bickford of the Central Linn
Chapter was awarded the Grand
Championship in swine show
manship. Bob Trumbull of Mac
Hi. Umatilla county won the Re
serve Grand Champion showman
in FFA.
mess like this for those others
that don't come near to help.
In which category do you be
long??? Nuff sed.
The scheduled barbecue was
held Saturday night with quite
a few steaks on the coals ana
Iota of good food in the club
house. The talk, naturally, was
of what had been done and what
is plunncd for the future to try
and prevent this mess happen
Ing again. A good visiting time
alter a hard day a work was had,
but no golfing.
Have you noticed our beaut
iful new soft green paint job on
the house? The Mahoneys had
this done for the club. We all
thank you. Hazel and Phil, for
making our club house a pret
tier asset to the golf course.
Don't forget, gals, we are hav
Ing guests from Echo, McNary,
Condon and Klnzua on Tuesday,
June 24. We figure the course
Mill be playable by that time,
and since the date Is set. will
go ahead with plans. Please help
whoever Is in charge, as this
is one big affair for the Lady
golfers of the area, and wo do
like to show them a good time.
Besides helping, please show up
to golf and let's have lots of
hostesses from our club to ming
le in with the other ladies.
Willow Creek Country Club
men and women travel to Con
don next Sunday, June 22. This
is the second year for their
ourse, so it should be in pretty
fine shape. How about all get
ting together and having a big
showing over in the City of
Condon? The hour of beginning
of play wasn't given, but if you
arrive there by 8:30, you will
probably be in time for coffee
before teeingoff. See you in
Condon.
HHS Athletic Director
At Coaches Clinic
Bob Clough. math Instructor
and athletic director-coach at
Heppner High Is in Eugene this
wevk attending Iho Coaches'
Clinic. II o attended the Small
Schools 1!KJ9 Summer Institute in
Salem last week, returning home
for the week end.
EOC Graduates
Five from County
Tom Green, Ron Jones, and
Bruce Thomson of Heppner and
Barbara L. Bishop and Rollie
Ekstrom of lone were graduat
ed from Eastern Oregon College
in La Grande on Saturday, June
7.
Oregon's Gov. Tom McCall
discussed the generation gap
and its implications to educa
tion before Dr. A. M. Rempel,
EOC president, conferred the de
gives.
The five Morrow county stu
dents were among 227 who were
graduated Saturday. All were
awarded Bachelor of Science de
grees In General Sublects.
Thomson majored In business,
and Green and Jones in social
studies.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson,
Jr.. of Heppner and their daugh
ter. Bemice, of Portland: Mr.
and Mrs. Marcel Jones; and Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Green of
HcDDner attended the gradua
tion serv ices. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. Green also
were present Friday evening,
June 6, at the Evensong cere
mony.
Also going to La Grande for
the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs.
Riley Munkers of Heppner. Their
nephew. Bob Sims of Arlington,
was among the graduates. Sims
works in Heppner during sum
mers, for the U. S. Forest Service.
Timber Resources
To be Surveyed
Timber Inventory crews from
the Forest Survey project at the
U. S. Forest Service Pacific
Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment station In Portland.
will be Inventorying the timber
resources of northeast Oregon
this summer, according to Sta
tion Director Philip A. Briegleb.
Trees on plots about an acre
In size In Morrow, Baker, Grant,
Harney. Malheur, Umatilla, Un
ion, and Wallowa counties will
be measured and classified by
detailed sampling proceduers.
The survey is directed by Mel
vln E. Metcalf project leader.
Charles L. Bolslnger Is field su
pervisor: J. D. Lloyd and Hal
Arbogast are assistant field su
pervisors. The crewmen have
had Intensive training In tim
ber survey; they measure trees
and do not cut them.
The purpose of the Inventory
part of the continuing nation
wide Forest Survey is to deter
mine trends of area, volume,
Quality, and vigor of the tim
ber and conditions of the for
est land.
The results of the survey will
be published in a report on the
total timber resources or north
east Oregon, with detailed sta
tistics by county. This informa
tion will provide industry and
government agencies the basis
needed to evaluate the capabil
ity of the timber resources to
meet future needs for raw ma
terial for existing and future
forest industries; and to provide
economic support and stability
to local communities.
Bv Federal law the U. S. For
est Service is responsible for in
ventorying timber resources of
all owners. Therefore, the men
will sometimes be working miles
from the nearest national forest.
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIM ES. ThuwcUrr. Jun 1. 1969
5
Higher Maximums On Vets' Loans Begin August 22
The new, higher loan raaxl
mums on Oregon veterans' farm
and home loans approved by the
19 Legislature will become ef
fective August 22, H.C. Saalfeld,
Department of Veterans' Affairs
director, announced today. He
said applications for the higher
amounts will be accepted by the
department starting that day,
The Legislature increased the
home loan maximum from 518,
500 to $21,500, and the farm
loan limit from $30,000 to $80,-
000.
While the basic Interest rate
remains at 4 percent up to
$18,500 for a home and $50,000
for a farm the amount loaned
in excess of $18,500 for a home
Roes to a rate one-half percent
above the price of the latest
For any kind of printing, call
The Gazette-Times.
Randy Stillman
Joins U. S. Navy
Randy Stillman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Stillman, left
Monday, June 16, for Portland,
from where he was to travel on
to San Diego, Calif., to enlist
in the U. S. Navy, where he will
serve for four years.
Stillman graduated with the
class of 19G8 from Heppner High
school where he was active in
football, basketball and other
school sports and activities. He
worked for about two and a half
years as an apprentice at the
Heppner Gazette-Times and on
ly recently had worked as book
keeper at the First National
Bank. He attended Blue Moun
tain Community college In Pen
dleton for a time.
bond issue, but not less than
i'i percent
The amount loaned In excess
of $50,000 for a farm rises to a
rate one-half percent above the
price of the latest bond sale, but
not under 5 percent
Using the department's latest
bond sale which cost a little
over 4.7 percent as an examp
le, this means the borrower
would be paving 4 percent on
the first $18,500 of his home
loan and 5.2 percent on the re
maining $3,000 If he borrowed
the maximum $21,500. The over
all interest cost would be 4.167
percent.
The borrower of a maximum
$80,000 farm loan would pay 4
percent on the first $j0,0uO and
5 2 percent on the remaining
$30,000. The interest on his en
tire loan would come to 4.45 per
cent. The Legislature also y laced a
measure on the November, 1970.
general election ballot to in
crease the limit on loan bonds
that may be Issued, from 3 per
cent to 4 percent of the value
of property In the state. If it
passes, this will enable the vet
erans' department to issue at
least another $160 million In
bonds to obtain loan funds. The
present limit will have been
about reached by that time.
Nine HHS Teachers Attend Workshop
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE 403 International
4-way leveler. Contact Art
Warren, 422-7537. 17-lSe
Many of Heppner High school's
faculty members were In Salem
lest week attending the 1969
Small Schools Summer Institute
on the Willamette University
campus. The session ran from
registration on Sunday, June 8,
until Friday noon, June 13.
Mrs. Rachel Dick, who made
a presentation on Parent-Teach-er-Student
Associations at the
Monday evening session, return
ed Tuesday. Word of the Hepp
ner flood reached the nine
Heppner teachers via radio and
newspaper at breakfast time
Tuesday morning. Mrs. VI Lan-
ham immediately telephoned
her husband, Conley, in Hepp
ner for details. Mrs. Dick, next
in line for the phone, found the
circuits to Heppner busy and
was unable to complete her call
until later in the forenoon.
During the five-day Institute
Mrs. Lanham was one of the
group leaders for vocations, and
Mrs. Jane Rawlins presented a
paper on the Language Arts pro
gram to be introduced at Hepp
ner High this fall.
Others attending the Institute,
which operates under a small
federal grant and assistance
from the small school districts,
were Mrs. Ann Hilderbrand, Mrs.
Hope Temple, Bob Clough, Dale
Holland. Hal Whltaker and Ad
rian Cook. About 150 teachers
from throughout the state reg
istered at the institute, now in
its fourth rummer. Teachers
paid their own expenses and
could enroll for three hours col
lege credit for an additional fee.
Budget Hearing Set
A budget totaling $265,000 for
the City of Heppner, will be up
for hearing Monday at 8 p.m.
In the City Hall.
The budget is $15,000 above
the six percent limitation, and
total taxes to be levied are $41,
000. Copies of the budget are
available at the City Hall.
The hearing will be part of
the regular Heppner City Coun
cil meeting.
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Fot years, people have been saving in sugar bowls, knowing
deep down that they aren't the best place to keep their money.
We've always wondered why.
Because saving at First National is much safer.
It s easy (we have 117 branches).
Savings can be 5 sweeter at First.
And we have a savings program for everyone.
Take our "90-DAY PASSBOOK TIME
ACCOUNT," for example. To start one, all you need
is $500. From then on your money earns 5 interest.
You're able to keep it growing with deposits of $50 or
more. And your money is readily available to you after
90 days by withdrawing it within 10 calendar days
following the end of a calendar quarter. Or, by giving
us a 90-day written withdrawal notice.
DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES also make your savings
5 sweeter.
These certificates are something you actually buy. They
can be issued for as little as $500 and as much as $100,000.
The "6-MONTH DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE" pays 5
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arrange for automatic renewal at the end of this period.
The "2-YEAR INCOME CERTIFICATE"
guarantees you 5 interest which is paid by check or
deposited to your account each quarter. If you let this
interest add up and compound quarterly for 2 years,
the return on your original investment is actually 5.22 .
And now, all new certificates (issued after
March 28, 1969) may be cashed by giving
us a written 90-day withdrawal notice.
Another bad thing about saving
in sugar bowls is that it s so
easy to cheat. You grab a
few dollars here and
there. And pretty soon
there's no money left
to save.
That's why we
developed
SAVE-O-MATIGIt's
a special program that, for
the first time, actually makes it
easy to save money.
With Save-o-Matic, an agreed
upon amount of money is automatically
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What could be easier?
There's also the regular "PASSBOOK
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interest, such savings traditionally are payable without advance notice.
So stop in to find out more about our savings programs.
Better yet, bring in your sugar bowls, and we'll start sweetening
them up right away.
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Deposits made on or before July 1 0 earn interest from July 1.
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