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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 11, 1971
Number 3
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fiflrs. Guiidersoii Resigns Fr8in Sdml Board; Keplicemesiii Sought
NFO Tells of Community Life Saver
Monday's Chamber of Com
mcrce luncheon at the Wagon
Wheel had a farm-flavored pro
gram. Present for the occasion
was Pat Cutsforth, Jack Sum
ner and Don Peterson of the
Morrow County National Farm
ers Organization.
An illustrated program was
presented by Mr. Sumner who
said that if local businessmen
are not interested In farm prob
lems they would be put out of
business. This would happen, he
explained, because their custom
ers the farmers would be put
out of business.
The '70 grain crop of some
3,460,000 bushels of wheat
brought in $6 million dollars.
Full parity, Mr. Sumner said,
would have meant 12 million
dollars instead.
A healthy agriculture would
mean a $10 million industry for
this county. And this woud be
without additional taxes nor
added investments.
He said it meant a guarantee
for a healthy local business
climate. This would cost only a
little time and moral support.
But it would require coopera
tion.
He pointed out that this $10
million would double the In
come for everyone in the coun
ty. It was described as a "Sleep
tog Giant Agriculture". But
agriculture has had no pay
raise in the last 15 years.
Yet civic leaders and many
others have failed to recognize
what has been happening.
Agriculture is America's larg
est industry, he reminded " his
listeners. The effect is profound
on rural towns and communi
ties. His graphic slides showed
that the farm dollar generates
$7 for each farm dollar spent.
It showed the huge need for
better prices for farm commod
ities. Number of farms is fast be
ing reduced. Ten farm families
support one rural business. As
the farm families have moved
away, businesses have disap
peared in proportion in rural
towns.
He told of long range plans
for national farm shopping cen
ters covering some 40 acres each
and costing $3,000,000 each.
They would provide everything
needed by farmers and would
replace many rural towns over
wide areas of the country.
He said the entire community
suffers when the farmers suf
fer financially. The farmers and
ranchers create brand new
wealth whereas merely manu
facture a profit.
Farm parity percentage which
had been at 100 in 1952 had
dropped to a low 74' in 1968.
He had a very graphic ex
planation of the fact that there
are actually no true surpluses
as such, merely abnormal in
terpretations of "inventory".
Some totals sound huge but as
in the milk supply, there may
be millions of pounds but it is
Btlll only a two day supply.
Normal grain use was shown
to be actually only a 4 month
supply.
He pointed out that we have
been a meat deficient country,
Importing 1.5 billion pounds
last year, up 13. Cattle im
ports were a mililon head in
1968 from Canada and Mexico,
Had the cattle been raised
here in the USA, they would
have consumed the gram sur
plus.
Trouble is in the marketing
methods, according to Mr. Sum
ner. Manufacturers set their
prices above costs, plus markups
for all others, allowing for prof
it
Chain stores, it was shown,
are a major economic force and
actually set artificial prices.
There is a need to-counteract
these forces and farmers need
to bargain together to price
their production like other bus
inesses. This is the nationwide goal
of the NFO. They treat surplus
es as a normal inventory.
Farmers need to market where
there is demand. Actually, on
ly a small percentage of the
production has set the market
price.
Prime objective of the NFO Is Protection comes through con
to develop an economic power tracts.
in a business-like way. They need to bargain togeth
u nas oorne out tuts needier and sell together.
to Bargain lor commodity prices
oetore the crops leave the I arm.
Citrus growers have done this
under the Capper-Volstead Act
and, he added, it works.
To be an economic power, it
was pointed out, the farmers
need to organize.
They need to be nationwide
and include all commodities.
The organized strength must
find expression.
Notice of Pending
Power Shortage
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op, Inc. would like to notify Its
customers In the areas listed
below that there will be a pow
outage Sunday morning,
er
Mr. Sumner said the NFO is
not against farm organizations
as they are a valuable tool in
farm politics.
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40 marketing areas, the various March 14 from 1201 am' to 6:00
levels and zones, sections and i a m
supervising methods to estab- Rhea Creek and Hardman ar
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BONNIE CULP was one of the first to buy a B.A.C. ("buck a
cup ) button from Mrs. Art Lindstrom, chairman of the annual
Easter Seal drive. The buttons cost one dollar from participat
ing restaurants in the area and Is good for free coffee all
day March 19. , The money will go to the local Easter Seal
Society to help crippled Oregon children and adults. The res
taurants are The Wagon Wheel in Heppner and Thel's in lone.
Jack Van Winkle
Plans New Store
Jack Van Winkle has rented
the former Van Variety build
ing on Main Street here next
door to the Heppner Elks Tem
ple. He has been doing consid
erable remodeling on the build
ing. Mr. Van Winkle with his wife
operates Van Winkle's Motel in
Heppner. He operated the Chev
ron station here for 20 years
before selling it to John Pnvett,
He plans to establish an in
dependent, home-owned junior
department store. Lines handled
will be dry goods, children's
clothing and mens work cloth
ing. No date has been set yet
for the opening as much work
has to be done to get the build
ing ready. . . ,
Local LDS Church
Group Build
Meeting House
Members of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
area; Lexington area; Ridge
area along Baseline Road.
During the outage, Boni;rville
Power Administration crews
will install a transformer of a
greater capacity at the lone
Substation.
This outage . is necessary so
that improvements can be com
pleted that are designed to bet
ter serve Columbia Basin's customers.
'Typically Western'
Fair-Rodeo Theme
Theme for the Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo Parade for
1971 is to be "Typically West
ern".
The theme ' name was sub.
mitted by Bonnie Buschke. She
has won two tickets daily for
both days of the rodeo to be
held here in August.
This is an. Annual contest to
select a theme for the Fair and
Rodeo Parade. Selection of best
theme is made by the Sorop
timist Club here.
Jack Hynd, Jr. Honored
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SHOWN HERE are (from left). Board President Walter Jaeger.
jack nyna. Jr and Director Kenneth Smouse.
(Photo and story from Rurallte).
On Jan. 21, a plaque was pre- continually, as his signature
History of Morrow
To Be Printed
At Monday's Heppner-Morrow
Saints in the Heppner area are, County Chamber of Commerce
Reward Money
Divided 3-way
Mike Gray and Kit George
were hunting together when
they found Dr. McMurdo last
fall. They shared the $2000 re
ward money. They gave $1200
to Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
$500 to All Saints' Episcopal
Church and $300 to the group
of Search and Rescue boys who
came up from the Portland ar
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building a new meeting house,
rhey have been holding their
church services for several years
here at the American Legion
hall on Chase Street.
The new building now being
built is across the road from
the Willow Creek Country Club,
is of building block and frame
construction. It will have two
stories and will be used for
church- facilities until a new
church edifice will be built
here in the future. It is being
built through cooperation of
the church members who are
providing labor for the project.
Bob Pierce
Unchanged
The condition of Bob Pierce
who was injured in a truck ac
cident several weeks ago is still
unchanged. He Is in very ser
ious condition at the Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermis
ton, according to word from the
hospital yesterday morning.
luncheon a decision Is expected
to be reached on financing the
publication of the History of
Morrow County. The manuscript
has been compiled over several
years by writer and editor
Giles French of Moro. He has
had valuable assistance from
Oscar Peterson, Herman Winter,
Gene Pierce and a host of folks
through the county.
Binsfords & Mort, well-known
Portland book publishers, will
probably do the printing of this
valuable book. Many folks have
already subscribed to back the
book which is rich in pioneer
lore and pictures of Oregon's
finest county,
Bob DeSpain
Up Again
Bob DeSpain became ill Fri
day with chest pains and spent
a few days at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital for tests and treat
ment. Tests didn't show signs of
trouble apparently and he came
home Tuesday, expected to re
turn to work yesterday.
sented Jack Hynd, Jr. by Dir
ector Kenneth Smouse, for the
many years Jack has served on
the board of directors of Col
umbia Basin Electric Coopera
tive, Inc.
Mr. Hynd was elected to the
board in 1950 and was appoint
ed secretary of the board in
1954' after having spent some
months as acting secretary.
Fellow board members in dis
cussing Jack were quick to
state that he had the very
unique ability to participate as
a board member in any busi
ness at hand and at the same
time get all the pertinent in
formation down in the minutes
without having- to delay the
meeting or have the board go
back over the discussion for
him.
in ail cases ne was a very
steady thinker who did not rush
into anything, but would give
a matter a lot of deep thought
and then help to come up with
a decision. Jack definitely was
not a man who would agree just
for the sake of agreement. He
would often participate in very
Mealed discussions over a par
ticular matter, but as soon as
a majority decision was arrived
at he would go along with it,
Although for many years there
was no reimbursement or com
pensation of any kind. Jack
rarely missed a regular board
meeting or any special meeting,
even though it often required
driving to Portland or other
neighboring cities at his own
expense.
A bit of quick figuring indi
cates that Jack drove over 20,
000 miles and spent over 1,500
hours away from his family
and work for the good of the
cooperative, plus the unaccount
able hours he spent trying to
decide the- proper course of ac
tion of a particular problem.
Jack served on many com
mittees during the past twenty
years such as the one that
zoned the co-op area for the
election of directors and also on
the building committee that we
should thank for our new quar
ters in Heppner.
The co-op is going to miss
Jack at any further gatherings
but will be reminded of him
will appear so many times on
papers he has signed for the
co-op over the many years he
has served as its secretary.
The plaque that was present
ed to Jack on the twenty-first
of January is a symbol showing
appreciation and the means of
the people of a three county
area saying "Thank9, Jack for
a good job, well done."
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CHAMPION BOWLER. Ted Toll.
winner of All Events in Hepp
ners first Bowling Association
Tournament.
Heppner Bowling
Association Has
First Tournament
Regional Basketball Tournament
The Dalles March 1 1-12-13
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Thursday at 2:00 p.m. the
Broncs will face the Pirates of
Riverside at The Dalles Tourna
ment If the Horsemen win this
game and the next one with
Condon or Cascade Locks, Hepp
ner will go to State. The final
game is Just for placement in
first or second.
Riverside beat Heppner on
the last meeting so it should
a pretty good game. Cas-
be
cade Locks is
favored In the
second Thursday game. McEw
en is favored over Culver while
Pilot Rock and Weston should
be close either way.
Trophies and checks were pre
sented Saturday evening for the
first Heppner Bowling Assn.
Tournament. Prize money total
ed $439. Presentations were
made by Jim Rogers, president
of the newly formed association.
Hubert Wilson is vice president
and Riley Munkers, secretary.
Team Event
The Morrow County Co-op
had the winning team with 2891
points to win $75 prize money.
Members of the team are Dean
Hunt. Archie Munkers, John
Ledbetter, Al Bunch and Art
Watkins.
Kinzua was 2nd, 2879, $30.
Bank of Eastern Oregon, 3rd
place with 2845 and $25. Elks
were 4th with 2841 and $20.
Doubles
First, R. G. Watkins Dave
Eckman, 1197, $49; second, Al
Bunch Paul Brown, 1186, $25
third, Hubert Wilson Ralph
Richards. 1172. $20; fourth, Jer
ry Rood Bruce Griffith, 1170,
$12; fifth, Cliff Aldricn Mene
Cantin, 1156, $10.
Singles
Ted Toll and John Ledbetter
tied for first and second place
in the singles to share the
prize money, $45 for first place
and $23 for second. Third Earl
Perkins, $13. Fourth, Don Ball,
$12.50. Fifth Bob Campbell, $10.
Sixth Jerry Rood, $7.50 and 7th
Glenn Perkins, $5.
All Events
First place in All Events
went to Ted Toll, 1808. for $30.
John Ledbetter was 2nd with
1800 and $15. Cliff Aldrich was
third with 1799 to win $8, and
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District R-l
Board Meets
Beverly Gunderson submitted
her resignation from the Mor
row County Board of Education
at their meeting Tuesday night.
The board regretfully accepted
the resignation. Mrs. Gunderson
snld later she was glad to hear
two of the board members say
"We should try to got another
I woman to fill this vacancy".
The vacancy will be filled at
the May election for board
members and is for a year to
fill out Mrs. Guncierson's un
expired term. Anyone interested
in serving this year is asked to
get a petition from Principal
Jim Bier at Heppner High
School.
The other vacancy on the
board is the position now held
by Max Jones, Zone II, Irrlgon.
Teachers Shuffled
Rachel Dick who has yet an
other year on her three-year
contract has elected to teach
First Grade next year as long
as there is no vacancy in the
Journalism Department. She is
enthusiastically finishing out
this year in the First Grade.
Velva Bechdolt who has been
teaching 3rd grade is retiring.
Lucille Peck who has been
teaching 2nd has requested a
transfer to the 3rd grade. Mrs.
Karen Dubuque who is reluc
tant to drive from Heppner to
lone has requested a transfer
to Heppner. She will teach 2nd
grade at Heppner Elementary.
Celia Mitchell who has been
teaching Art, English and Girls'
P.E. at Riverside has resigned.
The . board gave a contract to
Catherine Jude to finish out her
school year at a salary of
$2,208.81.
Advisory Committees
Kenneth Broadbent wds ap
pointed as a replacement to
finish out this year on' the
Boardman-Irrigon Advisory com
mittee for Robert Slcard. Those
whose 3-year terms are expir
ing on the Hcppner-Lexington
Advisory Committee are Jerry
Sweeney, Harley Sager and
Mary Ann Barclay.
Terms expiring on tne lone
Advisory Committee are those of
Dorothy Krebs and Gene Kiet
mann, both for three year
terms.
Bob Sicard whose term is be-
ine filled for the rest of this
year by Kenneth Broadbent will
need a replacement elected for
one year to the Boardman-Irrigon
Advisory committee. Three
year terms expiring are those
of Shirley Zielinski and Wanda
Witherspoon.
Budget Approved
The Morrow County Board or
Education approved a budget
figure of $1,520,472 for the 1971
72 budget at their meeting. This
is $902,315 over the 6 percent
limitation. The total increase in
this year's budget over the pre
vious years budget is $59,698.
This is only an increase of 4.03
per cent.
The Budget Election Will be
held April 5 from 8 a.m. until
8 p.m. Budget election boards
named by the board for the
budget election April 5 and
hoard members election on May
3 were: Heppner: Kay Robin
son, chairman, Margaret Siew
ert, Alberta Munkers with al
ternates, Mary Ann Peck, Anna
Mae Steagall and Laurel Van
Marter. Ruggs: Harriet Hall,
chairman, Mildred Wright, Mary
Wright with alternates Beverly
Wright and Muriel Palmer. Lex
ington: Delpha Jones, cnairman,
Hilda Yocom, Marie Steagall
with Phyllis Piper, alternate.
lone: Donna Bergstrom, chair
man, Katherine Lindstrom,
Margaret Akers with Nancy Ek
strom alternate.
Irrifiron: Mary E. Anderson.
chairman, Hazel McRae, Karen
Cooley with Frances McCoy, alternate.
Boardman: Elvira Harwooci,
chairman, Evelyn Black, Mary
Marlow, with Shirley Zielinski,
alternate.
Old Business
The report of the meeting i
the lone Furnace committee in
dicated they would recommend
that the district continue to re
pair the old furnace until sehw 1
U OUt. TIUI WOU1Q allow ume
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