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gXzette-times Thursday. August 21, 1969 Kinzua Residents Honor New Bride By VIRGINIA KELSO twcnt to Portland to moot their , daughter, (Jenlne, who flew in KINZUA Mrs. Carl Campbell from fhoenix, Ariz., where she (Cheryl Barzee J was me nonor- had spent the last month visit ed guest August 7 at a bridal shower given In the grade school. A flower-wlrtiiiied um brella adorned the gift table with small flower arrangements on each of the other- tables. Game prizes were won by Golda Barzee, Sara Bowman, Doris Stubblcfleld. and Gladys Jew ell , Mrs. Campbell opened her gifts, asfisted by her mother, Mrs. Delbert Barzee, and her sis It r. Miss Joyce Baizee, after which cake, decorated in the trides colors of green and white, Ice cream, punch, and coffee were served by the hostess, Vi Slinkard, Rita Bowman, Naomi Rice, Gladys Muzzy, Joyce Cody, Betty Benson, ana Lucuie uira Ing with Dr. and Mrs. Lester Kron. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Norris went to Lewiston, Idaho, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin Hamilton and Mrs. Joan Zimmer. Mrs. Mike Todd and son, Gary, and Miss Susan White went to I Portland to do some shopping and also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ahnert in Estacada. On August 7 they went to Her miston. accompanied by Miss Theresa Hyatt and Mrs. Richard Oregon Drivers To Heed Changes In Traffic Laws Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muzzy went to Portland to take their grand children. Rhonda and Mark Muz zy, home after having spent two weeks here. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lnite and son. Tony, of Bend visited dur ing the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Bowman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oyler and son, Don, of Bend spent the week-end here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Barzee and with other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Doyal Hubbell and family went to Portland to visit with relatives and for Doy al to attend the pro football game between the Atlanta Fal- i cons and PhUadeipnia tagies. Oregon drivers will have some new or changed traffic laws to follow beginning Augu-jt 22, as a result of 1909 legislative ac tion, according to the Motor Ve hicles Division, Department of Transportation. One key change applies to en tering freeways or other arter ial highways. It requires a driv er to yield to traffic already on such roads when a merging or acceleration lane has been pro vided for his use, unless signals, signs or police off.cers indicate otherwise. Anoihsr new law adds the Thomas and visited with Mr. and !"rm careless driving to Oregon The Casualty Count hy Jmy m.. Queries Answered For Wage Earners Mrs. Bruce Hollomon and dau ghters, Susan and Theresa re mained to attend the Umatilla County Fair and were boughrt home bv the Hollomons who visited the Denzil Whites and Mike Todds. Mr. and Mrs Otto Herst of Es tacada visited recently at the Denzil White and the Mike Todd homes. Canadian Experts Look Info Oregon Job Search Plan Two Canadian manpower ex perts will visit the Oregon Bur- nan nf Lflhnr lritAr the mnnHi Mrs. btanley Benson nas re- , t0 learn about the internation- turned home after having spent a week In Bend wth her aunt, Mrs. William Stephens, who had undergone surgery at St. Charles hospital. Miss Sara Bowman went to Eugene to spend a couple of weeks visiting with relatives. Scoutmaster John Nelson and 14 Boy Scouts returned August 9 froni a week's trip to the Wal lowa Boy Scout Camp. O. L. Ad ams and Mrs. Guy Van Arsdale assisted in transporting boys and equipment. Those making the trip were Kevin and Leroy Wimer, Jim O'Neall, Donnie I Hardwick, Jm Nelson, Kent Bell, Steve Asher, Randy Huletl, Brian and Tim Adams, Stanley and Erie Frazier, Jack and Jesse Gassoway. This is the first time In several years that Boy Scouts from this area have attended hte camp. The regular meeting of Camp 5 Womens Club was held Aug ust 5 at the Camp 5 Communi ty Hall with seven members present. Mrs. Edith Bell of Port land was a guest of the club for the evening. Hostesses were Rose Hardwick and Pat Van Ars dale. Mrs. Hardwick gave a re port on the float for the parade during the Wheeler County Ro deo and Fair and it was also reported that the club had spon sored a Boy Scout to the camp at Wallowa. It was also stated that the Womens Club will name their annual scholarship as the Barbara Mortimore Schol arship. The members voted to make all members whose hus bands retire and leave the com munity to be honorary members of the club for life. The door prize was won by Betty Mur dock and Carol Norris, Edith Bell, Rose Hardwick, and Pat Van Arsdale drew the other priz es. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hardwick ally famous Creative Job Search Techniques program. According to Norman O. Nil sen, State Labor Commissioner, Robert Robinson and Yearwood Bevis, from the Canadian Man power Centres at Victoria and Vancouver, will meet with Ray Ziegler of Portland, the Creative Job Search Techniques program director, and other officials of the Bureau of Labor. The Canadian delegation also will see on-the-spot use of the program the night of August 18 at Portland Community College. Creative Job Search Techniques help persons to better evaluate their abilities and the employ ment market so that they can more easily obtain work. It has proved a successful tool in com batting unemployment and un deremployment. Aim of the two Canadian manpower experts will be to es tablish the Creative Job Search Techniques program in British Columbia. Nilsen said that this fall there will be Creative Job Search Techniques classes conducted at Portland Community College, Clackamas Community College, Lane Community College, Clat sop Community College and at various other locations through out the state. The classes presently in ses sion are held at night in Room B-5, Old Failing School Build ing, Portland Community Col lege, SW Park and Hall, Portland. Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connor were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Connor and son, Michael, of Forest Grove. En route they stopped to see their son, Dan, at the Hancock Geological camp near Fossil. law. It makes it illegal to drive in a manner to endanger, or be likely to endanger, any person or property. The law on crossing the cen ter line on highways also was changed. The new law makes it illegal to cross the center line when approaching the crest of a grade or a curve if your view of the road ahead is obstructed a distance which would be haz ardous if another vehicle should approach from the opposite dir-1 ection. Previously, the law made It illegal to cross the center line if you wore within 503 feet of any hillcrest or curve which blocked your view of the road ahead A driver's responsbility when making a left turn to enter a private road or driveway also has been clarified by new leg islation. Beginning August 22. the Division says a driver pre paring to take this action must signal for a left turn and yield right-of-way to any vehicle ap proaching from the opposite dir ection if it Is close enough to constitute an immediate hazard. The state's "U" turn law also was amended to make it illeg al to make a ' U ' turn on the open highway where the driver cannot see the road for at least ,000 feet in either direction. It also remains illegal to make such a turn on any curve or up on the approach to or near the crest of a grade In cities, it remains illegal to make a "U turn between inter sections and, under the new law, it also becomes illegal to make such a turn within a city where the driver cannot see the road for at least 500 feet in either direction. (Such turns also may be prohibited at any location by official signs). There's also a new law about towing house trailers on high ways. It makes it unlawful for a driver to tow a house trailer containing passengers. , Still another law does not ap ply strictly to drivers, but to use of the slow-moving vehicle em blem first approved by the 1967 Legislature. The law was a mended this year to make it il legal to use the emblem in any way except on the type of ve hicle specified by law that is, on a vehicle designed for customary use at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, Two new laws relate to truck drivers. One permits a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour on Interstate highways which are posted for higher passenger car speeds than the 55 miles per hour designated speed on the open highway. On non-Inter state highways, the truck speed win remain at 50 miles per hour. ine otner new jaw requires trucK arvers to use Hares or rwrom vm'nif licrwsr fiAU i -v (I MO TO a I I VIHKtf I KClKit 5 t r . I a m i Th Tnvtltrt Saftly Stm'c Driver rror causes 85 of all highway accidents. Four Oregonians Chosen for IFYE Four young Oregonians have oeen selected to participate in the International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) program re ports Ruth Brasher, state exten sion agent for 4-H and youth development at Oregon State University. The four. Cecil Waldron of Beaverton; Nadine Spitze of On tario; Sharon Drake of Albany; ana JLarry Larwood of Independ ence, have been long-time mem bers of 4-H programs in the state. other signal devices whenever their vehicles become disabled at night. Previously, the flares were required if the truck was disabled and its lighting equip ment was not working. finally, a new law will sub ject vehicles to the state's first inspection program. It authorizes Oregon State Police to stop and inspect vehicles to determine if they meet safety requirements. Drivers must stop and submit to inspection where signs are post ed and inspections are being giv en. Defects found .must be cor rected within 15 days. Also named as alternates for IFYE assignments were Donna Cox of Lebanon; Frances Peter son of Tygh Valley; Kathy vaugnan oi uurKee; uandy Ben edetti of Grants Pass; and Ros lyn Farver of Junction City. The IFYE alternates and nom inees will participate in orien tation sessions later this year in order to be ready for overseas travel, Miss Brasher said. Alter nates may be chosen by the Nat ional 4-H Club Foundation to travel if regular nominees be come sick or if additional funds become available. This vear two Oregon alternates partici pated in the program. The IFYE exchangees live with host families in their adopted countries and exchange knowledge and culture. More than 4.000 voung people have been exchanged between the United States and 72 other countries since the beginning of tne lr iJK program in 1948. In 1968 there were 131 U. S. trav elers in the IFYE program. In return, yy exenangees Irom 36 countries came to the United States. Oregon's minimum wage law has been In operation since Feb. 1. 1968, and it has provided for the first time wage and hour pro tection to thousands of workers In the state. Norman O. Nilsen. the states Labor Commissioner, is charged with the administration and en forcement of this progressive piece of legislation. Here are answers to some of the questions posed to Nilsen and members of the Wage and Hour Division of the Oregon Bureau of Labor. Question: Does Oregon s min imum wage law affect all work ers in the state? Answer: No. There are 12 cate gories of working adults who are not covered by the law. Al so, the law does not specifically provide for a minimum wage for minors (persons under 18 years of age). Question: What does the law say about minors? Answer: It is up to the states Wage and Hour Commission to determine suitable wages, hours and conditions of employment for minors. The minimum wag es prescribed must not exceed the $1.25 an hour minimum set in the law for adults. Question: What adults are ex empt from the state minimum wage law? Answer: Persons involved in agricultural labor who are paid by the amount of work produced or the service rendered. Persons involved in domestic work in and around a family home. Persons involved in adminis trative, executive or professional work who perform primarily in tellectual, managerial or creat ive tasks and who exercise dis cretion and independent judg ment and who earn more than $350 a month for this work. Persons employed by the fed eral government, the state or political subdivisions within the state such as school districts, cities, counties, water districts etc. Students working at schools in which they are enrolled. Outside salesmen. Taxicab drivers. Persons who work for rail roads, truck companies or water transportation companies regu lated by the federal interstate Commerce Commission. Persons covered by federal wage and hour laws. (These laws apply to a majority of Ore gon workers). Persons employed tft work in their own homes. Persons who live at their plac es of employment so they can be available for emergency or occasional duties. Persons paid for certain hours so they can be available for re call to duty. If there are further questions, please write Norman O. Nilsen, State Labor Commissioner, 115 Labor and Industries Building, Salem. Oregon 97310. Show by Puffefs To be Featured At State Fair The Hank Higgins' Puffet Spectacular will be among the many outstanding attractions at the Oregon State Fair, which op ens a 10-day run August 23 through September 1, according to Robert L. Stevens, fair man ager. The whacky stars of the show, called the Puffets, are lije-sized, fantasy characters that breathe the life and beau ty of never-never land. Unique design and mysterious opera tion create animated effects that suggests an independent life of their own. The entire show, from the panoramic stage to the smallest prop has been deftly engineer ed. Creation of one costume re quires months of painstaking la bor and much attention to the detail. Production costs for a single show can exceed $20,000. CpL and Mrs. Dick Wallace and Gene Wallace, E02, drove to Lexington Saturday, August 2, to visit their step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Buster Pad berg. Dick is in the Marines and is stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He and his wife, Trudy, live at El Caion, Calif. While on leave they traveled to Pomeroy, Wash, to see Wallace's step mother. Mrs. Herman Wallace. They were to return August 15. iene, a Navy Seabee stationed in San Diego, will fly back Aug ust 27. Mary Van Blokland Presented Certificate Mrs. Mary Van Blokland re ceived a Certificate of Award in Basic Design, after completing a concentrated four week course at the Western School of Floral Design in Portland. Mrs. Van Blokland is now qualified to work in any florist shop. The school is accredited with the Oregon State Board of Edu cation. Courses in flower ar ranging, corsages, wedding and funeral work were conducted. Mrs. Van Blokland attended classes from July 14 until Aug ust 8. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Anderson August 9 10 were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Oleen, living in Pendleton this summer. They will move to Houston, Texas early this fall. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Oleen are sisters. WELCOME S, TO THE 1969 MORROW COUNTY trrW iff V f ; I J-XJUJl l Elsfr Mill I liSSJiJi ATTEND ALL THE EVENTS OF THE RODEO - IT'S THE FASTEST SHOW IN THE WEST At the turn of the centjiry inula or horse-drawn combines were the latest In harvesting machinery. In that era, UNION PACIFIC steam engines moved the golden harvest to waiting markets. Today, UNION PACIFIC'S new, high ly efficient equipment works hand-ln-hand with modern harvesting tech niques to Insure dependability, service and market supply. Today, as In the past, western growers know that total distribution depends on total transportation . . . they ship UNION PACIFIC. Yesterday T oday Tomorrow. 1869 1869 pulling together... Union Pacific and ths Pacific Northwest There Are No Strangers in Town At- Rodeo Time WE WELCOME YOU ALL TO MORROW COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. HAVE A SAFE, PLEASANT STAY AND ENJOY THE HOSPITALITY. CIirp ration
