Scope of 4-H Grows
Four-H leaders attending the
35th Annual Leaders Conference
Jan. 21-23 In Corvallls, from
Morrow County, were Mrs. Da
vid Hanaway, Boardman, Mrs
Chester Wilson, Irrigon, Mrs. Pat
Pettyjohn, Mrs. Birdine Tullis,
Extension Aide, and Gail Me
Carty, Extension Agent, from
Heppner.
The program Wednesday eve
ning had International flavor,
beginning In the Memorial Un
ion Ballroom with a buffet din
ner of foreign foods. The Morrow
County group were hosts to Sam
Lawrence, a student at OSU
where he Is taking a course in
Agricultural Economics. He was
from Jamaica, and evidently
missed the sunny climate of his
homeland since he commented
that he had not seen the sun in
the 17 weeks he had been in
Oregon. Other foreign students
were guests of other County
groups.
IFYE'i Speak
Later in the evening colored
slides of Ireland were shown by
an International Foreign Youth
Exchange student, Martha Wil
ey. Wayne Shull, IFYE to Costa
Rica, showed colored slides,
Vicki Jean Petrequin gave a re
port on European tour taken in
the "people to people" program
from Oregon.
Have Apple Break
During the conference there
were many speakers on a var
iety of subjects pertaining to
the 4-H program. Then mid
morning and mid-afternoon, the
leaders had smaller discussion
groups. Leaders appreciated the
Hood River apples at the 10:40
a.m. "apple break .
Dr. Dean Vaughan, director on
4-H and Youth development,
speak to the group Thursday
morning on 'The Scope of 4-H
He said since there are more
young people in the 70s than
in the 60s, leaders should en
deavor to meet the needs and
interests of students. Four-H Is
a voluntary program with learn
ing at a pace agreeable to the
student, and with kids learning
from kids, said Dr. Vaughan.
Four-H today has 3hi million
members, Vi million leaders,
4,000 extension staff members.
Membership is increasing by
million members per year in the
U. S. according to Dr. Vaughan.
Colombian Student
To Speak at Pomona
Alberto Botero, AFS student
from Hermiston will be the
guest speaker for the afternoon
program, starting at 1:30. Pomo
na Grange at Willow Grange
Hall, lone, on Jan. 31.
The session will start at 10:30
with dinner at noon. The after
noon program is open to the
. public. Besiides the speaker, Mrs.
Berl Akers, lecturers promises
several musical numbers also.
AFS SStudent Writes
Alberto writes: My name is
Alberto Botero from Manizoles,
Colombia, South America. I am
the youngest of my family.
There are five children, three
girls and two boys. My father
works with an Italian Insurance
Co. My mother is a homemaker.
My oldest sister is a civil engin
eer and married to a civil engin
eer. They have a cute little girl.
The three of them were in Bos
ton last year but they are back
in Colombia. My brother was al
so in the United States in 1965,
brought by the Fulbright Com
mission to study math at the
University of Indiana. My other
sister lives in our capital city
and works there. My youngest
sister graduated in philosophy
but is now a homemaker.
I came here sponsored by
American Field Serice. I arrived
at Miami August 18 and stayed
at the University for a couple
of days before coming on to Her
miston. I'll stay here till the
middle of June then I'll take a
bus and have a three week tour
over the United States.
I round Hermiston a very
friendly town and a very nice
place to live. Since the begin
ning people have been very nice
to me and I'd sure like to be
able to come back.
Hermiston Senior High, where
I'm studying now is a very nice
school with a high academic
level and I think it must be
very hard to find another school
with the same qualities, school,
teachers and students.
I'm staying now at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Clark. Since the
first moment they gave me their
friendship and have trusted me
but the most important, they
share their home with me. Be
sides being good skiers (water
and snow) they all are good
musicians and everybody plays
a musical instrument. The fam
ily is composed by Robin, the
oldest, Karen and Mike. They
are the typical family of what
I would say the best in the
country and I would not like to
leave.
I will probably talk about
some geographical features of
Colombia and some differences
in customs.
I'd like that the people have
some questions about Colombia
that I'd be glad to answer. I
with People
The $90 million per year pro
gram Is supported by Federal,
State, and County government
as well as many businessmen
and corporations.
Useful Citlien Emphasis
It was emphasized, by Dr.
Vaughan that the most Import
ant phase of 4-H leadership, Is
to help the youth of today to de
velop Into useful citizens. His
character development was even
more important than his proj
ect, for although the 4-H motto
is 'To make the best better",
with rapidly advancnig tech
niques, the best today may be
outdated tomorrow. The 4-H pro
gram must be flexible.
Leaders come from all walks
of life. The only requirement to
be a leader is to be Interested
in helping goung people. Dedi
cated professional men and
women, such as doctors, minis
ters, school teachers are often
willing to help the 4-H program,
stated Dr. Vaughan because
they have dedicated their lives
to helping others.
Leaders Honored
Leaders with more than 20
years of 4-H leadership were
honored at the banquet Thurs
day evening. Some present had
40 years of leadershipl The
group was entertained by Ore
gon young people, including
"Hicks and Chicks Square Dan
cing" Yamhill Co. "Young Soci
ety" Jr. High Singing group,
Junction City.
Alfalfa Sawy
Boon to Morrow
County Ranchers
It was all alfalfa at the first
session of the three-phase For
age Management Short Course
held at Morrow County Fair
grounds last Thursday. Planned
by the Agriculture Extension,
Norman Goetze, Extension Farm
Crops specialist talked on Alfal
fa Management. He explained
the importance of the proper
time to cut, to harvest, establish
ing new stands and to fertilize.
Alfalfa is an important crop to
the county. He estimated there
are 12,500 acres now being
grown in the county. Depending
on water development, more ac
res can be added as the soil
and climate in the area is well
adapted to the raising of alfalfa.
He discussed the importance
of taking soil tests which are
available through the Morrow
County Extension office to de
termine phosphorous levels in
the soil. He recommends an an
nual application of gypsum.
Each ton of alfalfa harvested
uses 5 to 8 pounds of sulphur.
Proper innoculation of alfalfa
seed to establish a stand that
will be high producing over a
long period of time is import
ant. The Jnnoculant must be
thoroughly mixed with the seed
just prior to seeding. Exposure
to heat or sunlight will kill the
bacteria in the innoculant. The
innoculant should be stored in
a cool, dark place such as a re
frigerator. Growers should ob
serve the expiration date of the
innoculant.
Alfalfa Varieties
Harold Youngbird, Extension
Farm Crops specialist discussed
alfalfa varieties. With adequate
water supply he recommended
the following: Washoe, new diS'
ease resistant variety; Vernal
high yielding, fine stemmed,
winter hardy; Ranger, similar to
Vernal in quality. With a short
water supply (creek dries up)
Ladack and for dry land or pas
ture, Nomad or Rambler.
Alfalfa Diseases
Paul Koepsell, Extension Path
ologist spoke on alfalfa diseas
es. He said the best preventive
to disease is in the varieties.
New varieties are being devel
oped that will hopefully be re
sistant to such diseases as stem
nematode, root knot nematode,
root lesion nematode and resist
ant to such insects as spotted
leaf aphid and alfalfa weevil.
An excellent example of a dis
ease controlled by new varieties
is bacterial wilt. This was a ser
ious problem for early alfalfa
growers. At present there are 60
varieties of alfalfa grown in the
unitea states, ien new ones
were introduced in 1969.
There were 32 ranchers
on
hand for. the meeting.
Today ranchers are meeting
again at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. Dr. Jim Vomacil,
Extension soil specialist is the
main speaker. Harold Kerr, Mor
row County Extension agent.
says tnere will be a break at
noon to allow those present to
go uptown and eat The session
will be over about 3:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner
returned Jan. 21 from a West
ern buying trip to Sacramento,
Calif. They visited some relatives
in Corning and in Sacramento.
At the market they saw Miss
California and Miss Rodeo
America modeling new Western
styles.
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CAPTAIN DAVID B. BECKHAM
of Captain's rank from Lt CoL
Captain Beckham Receives Promotion
Captain David Blake Beck
ham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest D. Beckham of 1283 N. 14th
St., Coos Bay, was promoted to
his present rank here recently.
Captain Beckham is the chief
of the Personnel Services Divis
ion of the 32d Army Air Defense
Command. This unit is armed
with Hawk and Nike -Hercules
surface-to-air missiles and Is
the largest air defense command
ever to be stationed abroad in
peacetime.
Captain Beckham is a 1961
graduate of Marshfield High
School. He is also a 1966 grad
uate of Oregon State University
where he received a bachelor of
science degree in business ad
ministration and was a member
of the Alpha Omega fraternity.
The following year he earned a
1970 Hunting Season
Opening Dates Set
At a public meeting in Port
land Friday, January 9, the Ore
gon Game Commission approved
opening dates for the 1970 deer,
elk, and upland game bird
seasons. The dates deviated only
slightly from the opening dates
provided hunters last year.
The buck deer season opening
as approved by the Commission
will be Saturday, Oct. 3. The
Rocky Mountain elk season will
open October 31 while the
season on Roosevelt elk will op
en Nov. 14. Hunters will have
an October 17 opening for phea
sants and quail while the open
ing date for the chukar part
ridge season will coincide with
the general deer season, October
3.
The Commission's entire ob
jective in setting the opening
dates early in the year is to
provide ample time for Oregon
hunters to set their own vaca
tion periods to coincide with the
game seasons of their choice.
Length of the various seasons,
bag limits, and other regulations
for the 1970 hunts will be estab
lished at a public hearing May
23.
Boardman News
Wilbur Akers of Yakima,
Wash, is visiting at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Hazel Miller.
Mrs. Helen Busch left Monday
for her home in Butte, Mont.,
after visiting the past seven
weeks at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Daltoso.
Mrs. Frank Smith is a pa
tient in the Good Shepherd Hos
pital in Hermiston.
Word has been received that
the condition of Mrs. Chub War
ren has improved. She had sur
gery in St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton two weeks ago.
Weekend guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tatone were
Tatone's brothers and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tatone
and Charles Tatone of Portland,
and his sisters, Mrs. James
Flynn of Lake Oswego, and Mrs.
O. Stutzman and Mrs. Deloris
Pfenning of Portland.
IRRIGON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. James Everett,
Jerry and Jana attended the
funeral of Mr. Everett's sister
Lillian Everett who passed
away Jan. 8, at Rigby, Idaho.
Recent guests of Mrs. Myrtle
McNamee were her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Carpenter of Si mi, Calif.
and her son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. James McNamee of
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Logan
Carpenter of Emmett, Idaho,
met their son Gerald here.
receives Insignia
son. assisted
Tass Morrison.
Cecil t. jonn-
master of business administra
tion degree from the University
of Oregon.
The twin silver bars of the
captain's new rank were pinned
on by Lieutenant Colonel Cecil
E. Johnson, the G-l (personnel)
officer for the command, and by
Captain Beckham's wife Cheryl
Anne (Tass).
Mrs. Beckham is also an Ore
gonian. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jodie K. Morrison, reside in
lone.
Captain Beckham will leave
his present assignment on
March 1 and, after a two-week
leave and an eight week train
ing period in Fort Knox, Ky.,
will be assigned to the Republic
of Vietnam
Get
m
by Mrs. Beckham, the former
Attends GOP Meet
Mrs. Herman Winter attended
the Republican State Central
Committee meeting at Sweet
Briar Inn this weekend. Sh re
ports there were quite a num
ber of Eastern Oregon County
chairmen in attendance. Cover
nnr MeCall and Secretary of
State Clay Myers both spoke
briefly.
Officers were elected. No res
olutions were presented. REGIS
TER NOW was stressed at the
meetinir. Persons who have
moved since last voting must
register as well as those who
have reached 21 or missed vot
ing In the last general election.
Deadline for registering is April
25.
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Terry on U of O
Honor Roll
Terry Peck of Heppner U on
the fall term honor roll of the
University of Oregon. His grade
point average Is 3.89. In addit
ion. Terry Is in 4th place In his
Military Class.
Seniors Date Play
The seniors at Heppner High
School are asking the public to
mark their calendars now for
the evening of Feb. 27 or the
afternoon of Feb. 26 when the
class will present the famous
play. "You Can't Take It With
You", by Moss Hart and George
Kaufmann. Since its first high
ly successful run on Broadway
in 1937, this play has become
one of the best-loved comedies
of Amerk-an audiences. It was
made Into an award-winning
film in the late thirties, and dur
ing the past five years, remains
among the top forty of plays
most often produced by the
1800 high schools affiliated with
the Thespian Society, national
drama honorary.
From the rise of the curtain
to the final curtain call "You
Can't Take It With You", is full
of entertainment. With live fire
works, snakes, music, ballet
dancing, Income tax evasion, a
Russian wrestler, philosophy,
humor, love scenes, dart-throwing,
and a Grand Duchess the
play has something to please
every member of your family.
Don't miss it.
The Nimble Thimble Stitchers
met at Mrs. Kenny Wright's
home after school Jan. 15, 1970.
Patricia Van Schoiack led the
4-H Pledge and Sandra Palmer
led the American Pledge. Kim
Haguewood brought the cookies.
Mrs. Wright gave us our 1970
calendar.
The 2nd year girls have to
get some material to make a
skirt. Our next meeting will be
Feb. 11.
Nola Steers, reporter
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16 Teams Signed for
Bowl March of Dimes
March of Dimes Scotch Doub
les Bowling tournament Is sche
duled for Jan. 31 at Fiesta Bowl.
Since there were so many entries
there will be two shifts bowling.
The first one will be at 6:30 p.m.
and the second group will bowl
at 9:30. By Friday there were
16 teams signed up.
Randall Peterson will donate
the trople for the winning team.
Mrs. Ralph Klncald and Mrs.
Len Ray Schwarz are In charge
of this March of Dimes special
event
Spray 4-H Cooking Club was
called to order by our leader
Mrs. Shirley Yoho at her home.
We elected officers for the new
year. They are:
President, Sherrill Adams;
vice-president, Bobby Fisher;
secretary, Barbara Adams; re
porter, Donita Grlfifth.
Our members are: First year,
Colleen Milton, Bobby Fisher;
2nd year, Nita Asher, Bonnie
Asher, Kristl Fisher, Sherrill Ad
ams, Donita Griffith; 3rd year,
Barbara Adams. We decided to
name our club the Bakers 8".
Our next mectln gwlll be Feb.
2.
Donita Griffith, reporter
Tom McElligott Is home for
semester break at Gonzaga. A
freshman, he Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dick McElligott.
Call 384-2292. Condon.
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