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I ! DHARY U C F 0 EUGENE, ORE. 97403 Awards Piresoimtedi F GRAIN PRICES ( Court sy of Morrow County Grain Growers) F.O.B. Lexington Soft white wheat '.. 1.365 Barley 37.50 Does not Include storage and handling. 86th Year Price 10 Cents THE km GAZETTE WEATHER For Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 EDEPFBIER TIME HI Low Prec. Wednesday 58 40 T Thursday 58 37 Friday 64 40 Saturday 59 36 Sunday 52 35 Monday 65 41 Tuesday 69 40 .33 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 6, 1969 Prec. for October 1.13; Number 37 i-i.27. Nor- 'ts - - - - III SEE IT AND HEAR IT. The audio-lingual ap proach to reading. The children read as they hear the story being read to them through the ear phones. You. too, can don the ear phones and see and hear like the kids at the See-It-Yourself program planned for Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Elementary School multipurpose room. Here a 4th grade reading class is read ing their social studies lesson with Mrs. Warren Miller from left to right: Dixie Mc Daniel. Cindy Xerr, Sam Myers, Curtis Sweek, Jack Yocom, Chris Johnson, and Don McEwen. Wheat Growers Slate Big Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the MORROW COUNTY- WHEAT ; GROWERS ASSOCIATION will be held Wednesday, November 12, in St. Patrick's Parish Hall, starting at 9:00 a.m., announces Tad Miller, president. The noon luncheon will fea ture a report on the use of wheat to make ethyl alcohol which can replace the tetra ethyl lead, - the chief cause of air pollution, in gasoline. One bushel of wheat will produce 2Vt gallons of ethyl alcohol. 10 of gasoline would be made up of ethyl alcohol. This would be a very superior product to the Dresent lead gasoline. Ethyl ai cohol has many other industrial uses. The by-product of this pro cess is protein, presently used as a livestock feed but could be used for human consump tion. Malcolm Fargher of Dufur, and Frank Adams from The Dal les, will give the report. Both men have lust returned from a Wheat Utilization Conference at Albany, Calif., where a large amount of research has been done on this subject All local businessmen are in- County 4-H Clubs Organizing in Area vited to the noon luncheon, free of charge, to hear the program on wheat alcohol; and the din ner served by the St, Patrick s Altar Society. - Committee meetings to discuss and recommend ideas and res olutions to the State Wheat League meeting in Portland December 1, 2 and 3, as well as selection of officers and .other items of interest will complete the dav s program. All wheat growers and busi ncssmen are invited to attend the meeting. Feeder Steer Clinic Held October 25 The Feeder Steer Clinic held Oct. 25, at the Horseshoe Here ford Ranch was a great success according to Gail L. McCarty County Extension Agent. Some 75 4-H members and adults were in attendance to near Dean Frishknecht, OSU Extens ion Animal Science Specialist. explain what to look for in feeder steer calves. Over 30 calves were then individually brought into the corral and dis cussed. After viewing the calves. Frishknecht showed how wean ing weights, age of the calf, and age of the cow were used I IV VUlliLUlV. klVUU.liVll J A. 111U1 ny Bitiuint. iui-i-i: vidual cows. From these records New 4-H clubs are being or- he showed a precise method of selecting replacement heifers. The program was jointly sponsored by Barton and Ned Clark and the Morrow County Extension Service. (See picture page 10) ganized at this time, The following leaders can take a few more members in their clubs. Please call the Ex tension office, or the leaders directly to enroll your child in 4-H. Barbara James, Heppner, Foods club; Judy Laughlin, Heppner, Beginning & 2nd yr. clothing; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Grieb, Lexington, Livestock; Dora Sue Viall, Lexington, Foods; Anna Lee James, lone, Advanced clothing; Mrs. Lou Crum and Mrs. Montgomery, lone, Clothing. Wniter months with long eve nings provided the ideal time for home owners and "do-it-yourselfers" to paint home in teriors, furnishings and acces sories. Extension units in Morrow County will receive valuable in formation on "New Paint Prod ucts" at all unit meetings dur ing November. The new devel opments in paints, preparation of surfaces and other things to be considered in selecting paints will be presented. All homemakers In Morrow County are invited to attend any of the following unit meet ings. Boardman 4-H Building Nov. 6. Heppner Day 4-H Dorm Bldg., Nov. 10. Heppner Night Neighborhood Center, Nov. 4. lone Nov. 18. Pine City Nov. 12. Rhea Creek Rhea Creek Grange, Nov. 5. 4-H Club Leaders To Be Honored 4-H leaders of Morrow Coun ty will be honored at a ban quet Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lexington Grange Hall. The Em pire Builders will prepare, serve and clean up after the banquet. Debby Warren is chairman. There are 25 members. The 55 4-H leaders and their wives andor husbands will be honor guests. The Columbia Ba sin Electric will pick up the tab. Awards will be presented. Two state officers, John Kiesow and Jerry Nibbler will attend. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Marquardt fam ily. 'See-lf-Yourself Project Sponsored By Elementary PTA ' When you see the modern ver sion of the Three R's at the PTA sponsored See-It-Yourself program Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary School you will be proud, pleased and puzzled. This outstanding evening pro grammed through the coopera tion of the teachers and PTA will show 25 teachers in action. Guests are free to come and go as they wish, look and watch and ask questions. There will be a brief business meeting at the beginning of the hour. Ar nold Raymond, president, urges parents and friends to see for themselves how their children learn. There will be refreshments served throughout the evening. (SEE ADDITIONAL PICTURES ON PAGE 8) Morrow County Grain Growers Hold Annual Meeting at Pavilion The Heppner Fair- pavilion was the scene Monday night of the annual mMting of the Mor row County Grain Growers, Inc. A delicious beef dinner was served by Willows Grange, fea turfng 4-H champion beef and D. O. Nelson s fine baked po tatocs. Door prizes of the champion beef were awarded during the evening. Winners were the Rev, Don Johnson, Ron Haguewood, Mrs. Dave Baker, Roger Palm er, Rudy Bergstrom, Mike Matth ews, Mrs. Dave Rietmann, Riley Munkers, Butch Laughlin. Mrs. Bryce Keene. President Barton Clark was M-C for the event Joy Beggs of lone, an attract ive young lady who had won first place recently in the speech contest sponsored by the Heppner Soil & Water Conser vation District, delivered her winning speech. This was dra matic and much enjoyed by tne audience. Karl Bauer of Portland was featured speaker and told of promising irrigation develop ments which is of wide interest District President Visits Heppner in the Northwest. He gave graph ic examples of the contrast in earning power of irrigated crop lands over dry land production. He said some irrigated crops that may be suitable for Morrow County soils and climate are po tatoes, dry beans, green beans, sweet, corn, silage corn, lima beans, green peas, sugar beets, tomatoes, asparagus. He gave some examples of possible yields and conservative guesses as to gross value. He stated that com modities processed in the area more than doubled value of the crops. Mr. Bauer explained that there would be rather sophisticated types of - new- farm - machinery to plant and harvest such crops, to say nothing of the irrigation equipment necessary for such operations. President Barton Clark con ducted the business meeting and highlighted some changes in by-laws. Officers elected were Barton Clark, president; D. O. Nelson, vice president; Larry Lindsay, secretary; Larry Mills, treasur er. New directors are Tad Mill er, Roy Martin, Barton Clark and D. O. Nelson. New associate dir ectors are Jerry Meyers, William Rill, Rudy Bergstrom, Robert Rietmann and Keith Rea. Two Ordinances Read At City Council Meeting Two ordinances were passed to 3rd and final reading at the meeting of the Heppner City Council Monday evening. The first one gives the Recorder and Superintendent authority to is sue building permits for minor and emergency repairs. Here-to- for these have gone before council. The 2nd ordinance complies with the Oregon State Plumb ing code. Supply valves, reuei valves and check valves would be required on all new instal lations and replacements of not building recently remodeled. The streets commitee will work out any problems with Mr. Har ris. Liquor Renewal applications approved were: BPOE Elks No. 358, Bucknum's Tavern, The Wagon Wheel, Hamlin's, Cent ral Market, Court Street Market, Cal's Tavern, Thomson Bros. A variance was granted to Gene Cole in regard to the tem porary parking of a mobile home at 325 West Linden Way. The Coles plan to live in the Featured at the Oct. 29 Farm City banquet were some Import ant awards. Mrs. Shirley Rugg broke tradition by being the first lady named County Live stock Grower. Annual dinner Is jointly sponsored by the Mor row County Livestock Growers Assn., the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and the Heppner Soil & Water Conservation District. Event was at the high school. Presentation to Mrs. Rugg was by Ned Clark. Introduced with Mrs. Rugg were her daughters, Jill and Jody, and her mother, Mrs. Wavel Wilkinson, to share honors in this fine family. The annual Conservation Man of the Year award was present ed to Rudy and Bill Bergstrom by Raymond French. The tro phy presentation was made by Frontier Machinery, Condon. Oregon State Fair Grain Man of the Year award went to Bill Rawlins and was presented by Gail McCarty. - Chamber of Commerce awards were presented by Dr. Wallace Wolff to Sharon Cutsforth Gor man for Knox Variety and to Harley Young for Columbia Ba sin Electric Co-op. Diamond drawing winner was a bcahelor, Marshall Cornett of the First National Bank of Pen dleton. Diamond was donated by Peterson's Jewelers of Hepp ner. E. R. Jackman drawing win ner was Gene Pierce of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Don Ostensoe, executive sec retary of the Oregon Cattlemen's Assn, from Portland, was mas ter of ceremonies. Featured speaker was Dean Frischknecht of OSU, Extension Animal Science specialist of Corvallis. He gave an illustrat ed talk on his extensive tour of Argentina cattle raising areas. Heppner to Host Small Schools Press Conference Mrs. Bob Cole and Mrs. Bert v . . . mc 1.1 who aim i iicxv. incut.? v-i jiwi . " , , " ' I VAiiiCi;uv,v mp,i Butler of Joseph visited the t water tanks. This provides pro-(the home at the same address. School on Saturday, Nov. 22. The High school publications staffs from five counties have Vtoon IrwHorl in a Small RrVirmls mobile during the remodeling of I Conference at Heppner High Mrs. Ardith Hunt Artist of the Month Ardith Hunt. November's Art- ist-of-the-Month has her pic tures on display at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Her pictures in clude oils, pastels, charcoal. Some of her oils were painted with a pallet knife only. She has been painting for a year and a half which is some thing she's been wanting to do for a long time. She took a sem ester of painting from Dr. Me Devitt and 4-weeks at Holden's Northshore Art School. She has sold 11 paintings since starting. A broken wrist slowed her down for awhile but she hopes to be able to continue her study in the near future. She was trained as a Lab Technician and has worked in Pendleton, Walla Walla and Alaska, but has made her home on the ranch at Lexington for 9 years. Friday Social At Center Heppner - -AH, ?i'i3w - Ls;Um Aux iliarv Monday ; evening. Mrs Cole is District No. 6 president. While in the area, Mrs. Cole also made her official visit to Hermiston and lone Following the potluck supper with the Post, the Auxiliary heard progress reports on the Gifts for the Gift shop and the Ditty bags for the Veterans Hos pital in Portland. Gifts valued at something around $100 will be sent in after Nov. 10. Mrs. Gene Ferguson, chairman, said that 102 ditty bags were ready to be sent and were only wait ing for the arrival of the shoe strings which are used for the draw strings to be ready for shipping. The group will make birthday cakes for those with November birthdays at the hospital. Mrs. Clarence Bauman and Mrs. James Driscoll will make two cakes for Henry Harala whose birthday is on Thanksgiving this year so the "party" will be Nov. 26. Mrs. Arnold Hedman and Mrs. Gerald Rood will make cakes for Edna Turner whose birthday is Nov. 29. The group voted contributions to the Christmas seals and the Leonard Wood Memorial (leprosy). tection for the property owner! Building permit was approved in the event of a broken main for Howard Pettyjohn to add and water has to be cut off. At. room to the west side of build this time, the hot water tank may drain and the tank dam aged. The Oregon State Fire Insur ance Rating Bureau has asked the Citv to adopt a I1 ire Fie vention Code Ordinance. The Fire Chief has studied the code and recommends that the Code be adopted by the City. Coun cil referred the Code to the city attorney. Vic Groshens. city superinten dent on vacation, left word not ing unusually heavy traffic from logging trucks on Gale, Church and Water Streets. He recommended that the City make application to the State Street Fund for a grant to im prove these streets with a new 4" asphalt concrete material, curbs and drains. The applica tion must be in by February. The dwindling County Road tax payments to the City was discussed. It was learned the City will receive an additional $1000 for the 1968-69 year. Cliff Harris appeared before Council in regard to the drive way, planned parking lot and parking meters in relation to the new barbershop and beauty snop ing at 422 Linden Way at cost of $250. Work to be done by owners and John Wood. Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m Martha Matteson Dies in Pendleton Japanese Buyers Choose Ekstrom Hereford Heifers Martha Pauline Matteson, 64, late of Monument, died Novem ber 3 in Pendleton Community Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 5 at the Monument Community Church with Rev. Gerald Em- merson, officiating. Surviving are her husband, Elmer of Monument, sons Dale of Pendleton and Verne of John Dav and daughters Jessie Scott of Monument and Doris King man of Sacramento. Also sur viving are five grandchildren and four sisters In California. Mrs. Matteson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 11, 1905 and had resided in Monu ment for 44 vears. Concluding services were held at the Heppner Masonic Ceme terv with Rev. Edwin Cutting of' ficiating. Folsom's Funeral Chapel of Pendleton were In charge of arrangements. Conference Is sponsored by the Two Local Girls Go to Semi-Finals Joy Beggs and Karta Weath- erford will attend the Semi Finals of the 1969 Speech Con test sponsored by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts at Arlington today. Joy, lone sen ior, as the first place winner of the Heppner District contest and Karla. Heppner junior, as second place winner. The winner in the Semi-Finals will compete Nov 14 at Ontario in the state contest. The Program on Aging of Umatilla and Morrow Counties sponsored by the Blue Mount ain Economic Development Council is again holding their weekly socials in the Heppner Neighborhood Center every Fri day afternoon at 1:30 p.m. There will be arts and crafts, games and counseling for the older people. Information on Social Secur ity. Medicare, Legal Aid and other referrals is available. This week those attending the craft session will sequin styrofoam fruit for Christmas. The program is funded by the Oregon State Health, Education and Welfare Department and is available to every senior person. The activities are directed to ward all without regard to in come, according to Glendoris Fernandez, program director. VETERANS DAY EVENT TO BE HELD AT IONE ON NOVEMBER 11 (SEE STORY PAGE 4) 11 J V. Shown here are a bunch of purebred heifers sold by Herbert Ekstrom and Sons of lone. In the background are shown Mr. and Mrs. Ekstrom, APHA field men, Gene Kuykendall of Kansas City and Don Doris of Clovis. Calif.. Giichi FujLsawa and Shinikichi Obayashi, buyers from Japan. T. Okuda was the interpreter. The Japanese buyers represented the Iwate Prefectural Beef Cattle Corp. of Japan. (Editors Note: This sale is a great thing for the Ekstroms and for our county as it was necessary before shipment for the cattle to pass many tests. These special tests were required by the Japanese government: for TB, Bangs (negative at 1.25), iohnes, anaplasmosis, piroplasmosis. lepto and papularstomatis. The Vet stated that the herd is free from vesticulurstomatitis, tri chomoniasis, vibriosis and the area was free of anthrax for many years and 3 head are vaccinated for Blackleg. The Lkstrom heif ers passed with flying colors. The cattle leave today with others from the Northwest making up a shipment of 160 head.) 4-H Achievement Night Saturday AH parents, leaders, members and friends of 4-H are invited to attend the Achievement par ty at the lone High School Cat etorium, Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Club members will present a talent show. Awards will be presented for the past year's work, and refreshments will be served. Members and leaders are planning a 'really big show"! We urge all parents to at-1 tend! 1 HHS chapter of Quill and Scroll, national journalism honorary. Concerned because larger press conferences are largely geared for the student who has had training In a journalism class under an experienced ad visor, the Heppner students have planned their conference to an swer the needs of students In small high schools which may have neither journalism classes or qualified advisors. Most of the schools invited to the conference publish mimeo graphed newspapers and print ed yearbooks. Heppner students will lead the workshops, making short presentations which will be fol lowed by round table discus sions so that students can learn from each other. Thirteen workshop sessions are scheduled. Topics are How to Write a News Story; Censor ship and Libel; Sportswriting; Columns, Features, and Editor ials; Newspaper Make-up; Typ ing Tips; Mimeo Tips; How to Use a Camera; A Simple Dark room Casting under $15; Crop ping Pics, and Other Tips; Headlines and Captions; Adver tising Problems; Yearbook. Registration is to be from 9:30 to 10:00. The fee of $1.50 for each student covers the noon luncheon in the cafetorium. Speaker at the luncheon will be Mrs. Rachel Dick, publica tions advisor at Heppner High School for the past five years. Mrs. Dick was recipient of a Newspaper Fund fellowship in Photojournalism at Texas Tech last summer. Heppner students have attend ed press conferences at the Uni versity of Nevada, Pendleton, and the University of Oregon in the past several weeks. Invitations have been extend ed to publications staffs at high schools at lone, Arlington, Riv erside, Umatilla, Echo, Ukiah, Long Creek, Dayville, John Day, Pilot Rock, Sherman County, Condon, Spray, Wheeler County, Mitchell, Prairie City, and Monument. Roger Leonnig Injured Soec. 4 Roger Leonnig has been wounded in Vietnam ac cording to a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Leonnig in McMinnville. Mrs. Leonnig said in a tele phone call Monday night that Roger was shot in the right arm pit and in the left leg above the knee last Tuesday. His right lung had been collapsed. She said he wrote tne letter from Lane- Bian hospital on Wednesday, and through help of the Red Cross they receivea u in McMinnville Friday. The Leonnigs contacted tne Red Cross, received information on whom to call in Washing ton. D C. where they were in formed it might be a week be fore further information could be expected. They were told their son might be sent to Ja pan, or possibly returned to the U. S. Mrs. Leonnig said she would keep local people advised as she learned more of the extent of his Injuries. Roger was a graduate of Hepp ner High School in the class of 1967. He was a member of The Henchmen, popular dance com bo of a few years ago. He at tended barber college in Port land after graduation, then en listed in the Army about a year Ago. He was sent to Vietnam last April. The Leonnigs are former own ers of the Wagon Wheel Cafe and Lounge. They moved to Mc Minnville about 15 months ago.
