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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.