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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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.