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L I D r A ft y U ur- M ORE i 97403 GRAIN PRICES (Courtesy of Morrow County Grata Growers) (P.O.B. Lexington, do not la dad warehouse cbgs.) Soft white wheat MO Hard Bod winter wheat .... 1.49 Barley 35.00 Potato Tour Is An Eye Opener Monday afternoon quite sizeable caravan left Heppner. The first stop was at Ken Turn er's to observe a field of dry beans. This crop Is grown under irrigation and requires special equipment to plant and harvest. There are over 1300 acres of dry beans being grown In Mor row County this year. Ken dls cussed the cultural practices, the costs and expected returns from the field of dry Mexican beans. At the Tucker-Nelson Ranch the tour group saw the actual potato harvest operation under way. The potato combines dig two rows at a time and with the help of four, remove dirt and vines from the potatoes and transfer the potatoes to bulk trucks whicn were on their way to the Morrow Produce Compa ny plant owned and operated by the Nelsons and Tuckers. After viewing the potato dig ging, the group saw the two fields of Netted Gem potatoes which will be dug at a later time. D. O. Nelson and Tour Chair man Harold Kerr showed the group some of the equipment he has installed to measure the amount of water the potato ' plants need to produce a top quality product. Included were such items as evaporative pans and recorder, tensiometer, gyp sum moisture block and soil 'sampling techniques. At The Spud Factory f Trucks dump -their 'loads of potatoes at the west end of the new Morrow Produce 'Company plant at Koardman. The potatoes start their jour ney through the plant on a rub ber covered cushioned belt con veyor. They are sized and the tiny ones will probably be ut ilized as cattle Jeed. The spuds are washed and carefully dried, they are hand , picked for culls, .'No. :2's, green .spots and bruises. 'Most of the potatoes going on are No. l's and they are sized again. By a series ol gates they can be dis tributed to different tables for 100 lb. sacks, 50 lb. cartons or 10 lb, bags. They are packed mnder these brands: Butter 'Creek, :Oregon Bounty, Mor-O- Gold and Mor-O-Value (no. 2's) Restaurants 'like the 50 lb. box ies and tiiey like 'em pretty much the same size, ;and so that's the way they are 60 "to 120 potatoes in each box, all the same Size. fascinating is the "Melrose electornic Sixer. An electric eye measures ilength and width of the potatoes. There were Zl truck loads of potatoes processed Monday. 'This was estimated to be about 216 -tons. A .carloafi was , shipped to Los Angeles, ,one car to Wash ington, C a car to 'Long Is Hand, N. X and one jto North Carolina. Besides the railroad cars. -many many truqk loads go out each day. D. O. Nek?on and plant jmanager, ;iosi Tucker, said they lhad 36 people employed a4 the plant now aid about a .dozen 4im the ranch. ICoimzy! T Eireefe fPIyw IPilsiinii IHeire Heppner T.V. To Complete Rebuilding 87th Year Price 10 Cents THE 2PPNEK At a special Board Meeting! July 24, it was decided to com pleie the rebuild program start ed In the fall of 19C8. This will consist of complete new trunk cable, feeder cable and new house drop cable where necessary. The latest In trans istor amplifiers have been pur chased which are powered thru the coaxial cable. All new tap off units will be installed to insure equal signal strength to each individual subscriber. The new system has been en gineered and mapped by Jerrold Electronics Corp., to their speci-ficatlons. W. A. Baker of Colvllle, Wn., who heads his own construction firm has been hired to do the actual construction work. Mr. Baker also owns the cable sys tem in Colvllle which has a sub scribed count of over 1,000. He installed the same type of sys tem 2 years ago in Colville and has been very satisfied with its operation. The new system will be able to carry 12 channels of televis ion and additional channels will be added as equipment can be purchased and as the stations become available. The Board stated that chan nels 10 and 12 seen on cable channel 5 would sitll not be sep arated as this would have to be done by the microwave compa ny and is not controlled by the local television system. It is an ticipated that this will be done sometime in the future and un doubtedly will be included with microwave rent increase in Heppner T.V. Inc. It was also stated that there were parts of town now receiv ing the best possible picture available-and that the new sys tem would not necessarily im prove these pictures, but should Improve the areas where the old plant is in operation. It was ' requested that the members and subscribers of Heppner T, V. have patience for the, next 30 days or so while the construction . is in progress; as there would be outages and possibly ' poor pictures at times while the new plant Is being put in operation. These problems are hoped to be kept at a mini mum. The anticipated cost of the completion of the new system is expected to be around $25,000.00. GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 13, 1970 Number 25 EventeToHonbrQueenSLWri Two Firsts tfWti y.!vi;i ::i$ tfvv wi-vtt) kn QUEEN S HERRI LYNN O'BRIEN "holds little Don 1or a first ride on Hired Monkey. Queen Sherri will be riding "Monkey" in the Fair parade and in the Grand Entry. it k Leonard Oilman Receives Promotion Zfeaaer rt Dodg City xty-seyfin of sthe visitors at tended a dinner at Dodge City. An interesting feature f the meal was a fine baked potato for each diner that had been donated for the occasion toy D. Judge Paul Jones was master of ceremonies and inioduced Wie guests. He said it was a big and important day for Mor row County. Sen. Ken Jernstedt told of the Boeing decision to cooperate in a study of the possibility of leasing their Space Age Indus trial Park for intensive irrigated farming. Phil Mahoney introduced Rup ert Kennedy, Port of Morrow manager. Mr. Kennedy outlined Port area plans and explained that terrain has been described by nuclear engineers as ideal to their projected nuclear plant water cooling lakes and dispos al of water mostly by irriga tion. He added there was a very good possibility of attracting a nuclear client by 1973. Leonard "W. 'Gflman, a native of Heppner .and graduate of Pa cific University has been nam ed by the TJ. S. Department of Justice as Eegiona'l Commission er of Immigration and Natural-, lzation for the Southwest Reg ion of the tJnited States Immi gration and .'Naturalization Ser vice. I Mr. GMman, 'Who grew up In Heppner and . graduated from Heppner High School Is the son of Mrs. Vidla Cilman of Hepp ner and the late Walter L. G?l man. He iis a brother of Dean Gilman and Mrs. Henry Stotts, also of Heppner. He was a star athlete at Pacific Ximversity, Mr. Gilman who took -over his new post Aug. 1 -will head im migration service eperations . in t ten-state area Which meludes Hawaii and Guam. He entered tlie service m duty with the United States Border Patrol at Chula Vista, Ca. in 1914. " He served with the Border Pa trol un California .and Texas. He moved through the ranks- as Chief Patrol Inspector, ;ahd head ed the Border Patrol Academy, then at El Paso, Texas. Me was named Assistant Regional Com missioner for Investigations and then became Associate Deputy Regional Commissioner before this last promotion. He is married to the former Maxine . McCurdy of . Heppner. They have two sons, Lance 25 and Brent 21. Lance is public relations man for Capital Ree ords with headquarters at Los Angeles. Brent, attended college in Florida last year. ill . . t .: il 4 v. .r IV. II :m h w I WW " II THE OTHER first is this picture of Queen Sberrl when She was three years old, all dressed to ride In her First Morrow Coun ty Fair parade. HH5 Regis, ration And Fees Told Band Practice To Start Arnie Hedman, Heppner Band Director announces that band practice will . begin Monday, Aug. 17, 7:00 p.m. at the Hepp ner Elementary SchooL All Heppner High school band members are asked to circle the date on their calendar. Students who will be attend ing Heppner High School for the 1970-71 school year should reg ister Thursday and Friday, Aug. 20-21 or during the following week Aug. 24-28. School person nel will be on duty for registra tion purposes from 9:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on these days. Students may also pay registration fees at this time. Students new to the com munity are requested to come during this time also to arrange their schedules for the coming year, v Student fees for this year are: Textbook rental $8.00; Stu dent body card 6.00; Yearbook 4.00 (optional). Towel fee 2.00 (applies to all PE students). (All students in football, basketball, baseball. track); Ag or Shop fee 3.00, (all hhop & Ag students); Pad lock 1.50 (optional); Student Insurance 3.00. Queen and Court To Visit Pendleton The lovely Queen and Prin cesses of Morrow County's Fair and Rodeo will have a busy day In Pendleton Aug. 20. The lassies will appear as guests on the KUMA Coffee Hour at 10 a.m. At a noon luncheon, they will be guests of the Pendleton Lions Club. During the afternoon they will appear on KTIX Radio for an interview. The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo will be here soon. The Fair runs from Aug. 24 thru the 28th with an Open Horse Show on the 28th. The big Rodeo is to be on Au. 29 and 30 here. When Queen Sherri Lynn O' Brien likes to do something, she does it with 100 concentration and dedication. With her, cheer leading was a way of life and she devoted many hours to It off the athletic field and floor as well as on, during her three years on the Rally Squad at Heppner High School. After two terms at BMCC, she attended Western School of Flor al Design In Portland this spring. As with her cheer lead ing, she concentrated all efforts and energy to this exciting new piece of work. She found it so fascinating that this fall after "Courting", she expects to go down to the valley for employ ment. She was given instruction in arrangements, making cor sages, baby novelties, wedding flowers and funeral sprays. Queen Sherri Lynn has shar ed this new creative outlet. Be fore each of the Princess' danc es, she has presented a corsage that she had made to the Prin cess who was being honored. She appreciates the flowers that have been given to her by friends to make the corsages. Sewing is another area where Queen Sherri Lynn excels. She makes many of her own clothes. To compliment the burgundy wine colored suits worn by the Princesses of the court, Sherri made pink burlap tote bags for each member of the court. Be sides their wool suits, the girls have informals of pink pants and; pink blouses. Sherri made her own informal outfit of white with which she wears a pink blouse. It was only by chance that Sherri was born in Walla Wal la. Her mother had gone to Wal la Walla to attend a shower for someone else and she was rush ed to the hospital to have her own baby. Sherri is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brien. She has lived all her 19 years in Morrow County. Other mem bers of the family include a very energetic French Poodle, Little Don. He's great with kids, sleeps on the foot of Sherri's bed and is learning to ride with Hired Monkey. Hired Monkey is Sherri's reg- Morrow County Schools to Open August 31 Jasper Garfield Crawford Passes Relatives in Oregon received word Aug. 2 of the death that day of J. G. Crawford, 88, at his home in Arlington, Texas. A native of Waitsbnarg, Wash., where he got his first experience in "the Arts Preservtive", he came to Heppner in 1896 and worked with his brother, the late Vawter Crawford on the Hepp ner Gazette and later on the Heppner Times, serving as print er and gaming journalism knowledge as correspondent for The Oregoman and other pub lications. In 1909 he changed his resi dence to Fort Worth, Texas, where he joined the staff of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and eventually became interested in politics, not as an office seeker but as publicity agent lor some of the successful candidates. He made numerous visits to Ore gon and never lost his desire to come back to the Northwest. He is survived by his wife, Kitty; one daughter, Mrs. Han sel Jenkins, ' and three grand daughters, all - residing at Ar lington; a sister Mrs. Frank S. Parker, and three nieces, Mrs. Ray Ferguson, Mrs. Leonard Schwarz and Mrs. Fred Hoskins, all of Heppner; Mrs. Virginia Turner, Eugene, Mrs. Margaret Hayes, Joseph, and Mrs. Leroy Jones, Bend. A -brother, O. G. Crawford, Lincoln City; neph ews Vawter Parker, Hood Riv er and John Parker, Portland, and nieces Frances Mitchell and Jean Dunham, Portland. (Continued on page 10) Larry Derrick Receives Discharge Larry Derrick arrived home in Baker on Aug. 9 from Ger many. He saw his No. 2 daugh ter for the first time. With Mrs. Derrick, Kimi and Mikki, he will be in Baker until Aug. 14 when they will move to Boise. Mr. Derrick will attend Boise College this fall. They are expected here Aug. 18-19 to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gribble. All scools in Morrow County wijl officially open for business on Monday, Aug. 31, 1970. The first day of school will be pri marily an organizational day with registration, payment of fees, class assignments, and textbook . issuance the major duties to be performed. All schools will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. on the first day. School buses will operate on the same routes and time schedule us last ; year except that the afternoon runs on Mon day will be made Immediately following the 1:00 p.m. dismiss al. Any necessary adjustments in time or routes to accommo date new students will be made as soon as possible. Parents having questions on bus routes or pick up times should call Leonard Toll at Heppner 676-5186. Cafeterias in all schools will operate on Monday, Aug. 31, to provide hot lunches for the stu dents. The remaining four days of the week Will be regular school days with a full day of school. However, schools will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday, " . New Students : ' Registration procedures will vary from school to school, ' lone, Riverside and A. C. Houghton will not have a registration pri or to Aug. 31, however, a 11 stu dents new to the district are asked to visit the schools Aug. 26 or 27 to complete their reg istration. This applies to new students only and does not in clude first graders who attend ed Kindergarten here last year. Heppner Elementary School will not have a preregistration, but all new students should vis it the school on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to register and pay the student body fees. At Heppner High School all students are asked to come to the school between 9.00 - 12:00 a.m. or 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. . on Aug. 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, to pay their fees and pick up their class schedule. The school district will have one new teacher at Riverside, two new teachers at lone, and eight new teachers at Heppner. lone will also have a new prin cipal, Mr. Dennis Brandon, who was formerly superintendent at Mt. Vernon. Teachers new to the district will begin Wednesday, Aug. 26, with all faculty members re porting on Thursday, Aug. 27. No district wide lnservice pro gram will be held this year. Teachers will work both Thurs- (Continued on page 10) Allen Nistad, general mana ger of the Klnzua Corporation, has announced that contracts were signed this week for erec tion of the new green veneer plywood plant. Contracts were awarded for site work, founda tion work and building erection on property at Heppner adjac ent to the big sawmill. This is the first phase in a program loading to the manufacture of veneer and later, complete ply wood. Work on this phase will be completed early in December. The new building will be used for lumber storage until market conditions warrant final ma chinery purchases and installa tion. It is hoped to have the new plant operational in 1971. Machinery for the plant will cost over a half million dollars. When all phases of the buiding are complete, building will cov er nearly five acres. 4"H Horse Show This Sunday The fair is a good time to see the 4-H work of the youth of Morrow County in action, but be sure that in the oncoming rush of fair you don't miss the an nual 4-H Horse Show this Sun day, Aug 16, starting at 10:00 am. at the Rodeo grounds. There will be classes in horsemanship, showman ship, and a special class for colts un der 2 years. These animals are owned by the 4-H members or have been carried as a 4-H pro ject since May of last year. Judge for the event will be Dean Frlschknecht, OSU Animal Scientist Specialist. The snack shack will be open and serving lunch, cold drinks, and coffee. It will be run by the North Morrow 4-H Leaders Association. Fred Mankin will provide the PA system. Trophies will be presented at the show. The trophy to the All- Around Champion Showman will be presented by Paul Pet tyjohn, lone JTne glasses lot -ShOwmanshio and Horseman ship will be determined by the age of the club member and the following trophies will be given: : Senior Trophy presented by Central Market and Grocery, Heppner. . Intermediate Trophy present ed by Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, Heppner. Junior Trophy presented by Central Market and Grocery, Heppner. Small Fry Trophy presented by Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, Heppner. -Ribbons and Premiums will also be given to the 4-H'ers. Re member to mark your calendar, tie a string on your finger, or whatever it will take for you to have an enjoyable : time at the Morrow County 4-H Horse Show. ,.' WEATHER By DON GILLIAM For week of August 5-11 Hi Low Wednesday 87 ' 52 Thursday 87 52 Friday 79 49 Saturday 77 50 Sunday 82 43 Monday 91 50 Tuesday 95 55 rrec. Wafer Flow of Fairgrounds Well Tops Expectations. : n I ieY'KJMK. 7, 1 r ill f 'mm WATER. WATER EVERYWHERE . . . and ifs all to drink and irrigate with. Fair board members are jubilant with the esti mated 500 gallons a minute flow from the new well at the Fairgrounds. The well was completed shortly before the fair. The tint activity is this Sunday with the a 11 -day 4-H Horse Show beginning at 10 a.m. The Morrow County Fair Board is jubilant over the flow of water from the new well at the Fairgrounds. They struck a strong flow of water at 160 feet and continued drilling down to 170 feet. The water has not been officially measured but the drill ing company said it would measure "500 gallons a minute". The well will not be in action in time for use during the fair. After the fair, bids will be call ed for the submersible type pump, water line pipes and ir rigation pipes. Water lines and portable irri gation systems will be installed. More New The painting of the dormitory and the annex and the new snack shack are nearing comple tion. The new paint is light green with a white trim. Golden Agers Have Picnic There were 27 attending the Golden Age picnic Sunday eve ning at the Courthouse Park. They enjoyed much good food and fun. Mrs. Wavel Wilkinson, president of the Heppner Gold en Age Club, chairmaned the picnic.
