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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1971)
Foetors Listed For Garden Plans BT HAROLD KERR Extension Agent The success of your vegetable garden depend on the choice of location. Choose a place in full sun away from trees or ex cislve shade. Level areas are usually more satisfactory. The garden should be considered part of the landscape. It is us ually divided from other sec tlons of your grounds by a low fence or other visual barrier, Six Planting a garden too large U an often encountered prob lem. It takes some time every week to maintain and water it A 20 x 50 foot garden will re quire an hour or so weekly to weed and water. Plot Hans , Garden plot plans are desir able. Map out the scheme, keoping in mind short-season vegetables that mature quickly and others that require longer to mature. Spacing between rows is Important The . closest that rows can be grown is one foot.'. Eighteen inches would give more room to maneuver. Planting' Succession planting and inter cropping provide greater crop ping from your garden space, Succession planting means planting the same vegetable several times during the season for continual harvest and plant ing In a space vacated by the harvest of another. Intercropping means planting early-maturing crops between rows of long sea son ; plants. Variety Choices Choose varieties carefully, There is lots of difference be tween them. In general hybrid varieties are sturdier, produce more and have superior flavor. Disease resistance is also very important. March of Dimes Offers Scholarship The Morrow County National Foundation of March of Dimes announced . it will offer the March of Dimes Scholarship again this year. The $300 cash grant Is avail able to any Morrow County graduating senior or county graduate in training who is ma joring in the medical field. This includes nurses, doctors, lab technicians and physical thera pists. Last year's winner was Sue Greenup who is in Nurses training at Emmanuel in Port land. All three high schools have applications for the grant. For additional information, contact Donna Bergstrom, 676-9963 or Mrs. Len Kay Schwarz, 676-9484 Deadline for applications is May f COLE ELECTRIC Motor Rewinding INDUSTRIAL - COMMERCIAL! FARM AND HOME Pendleton 276-77611 Here Is Something New! A Plow Mulcher That Mounts On the Plow for Best Results Stop In And f Morrow County rjfn cs. Grain Growers ulu. BOWLING Koftee Sup Kegleri Team W No. 3 20 No. 4 18 No. 1 14 No. 5 13 No. 6 10 No. 2 9 High Ind. Game Iris Camp bell, 203; High Ind. Series Iris Campbell, 527; High Team Game No. 3, 537; High Team Series No. 3, 1505. Thursday Night Ladles Team W L Kinzua 20 8 Ruggles - 14V4 134 Toyota 14 134 Murray 13 15 Elma's 12 16 Columbia Basin 10 18 High Ind. Game Judy Rick- ert, 202; High Ind. Series Ann Griffith, 505; High Team Game Murrays, 947; High Team Scries Murrays, 2652. Sunday Night Mixed Doubles Team W L Hanna-Heath 30 10 Klncaid-Barnett 24' 16 Schwarzln-Diek 23 17 Padberg-Pcttyjohn 20 20 Mills-Munkers 13 27 Gllman-Griffith- Keithley 12 28 High Ind. Game E. Heath, 201, G. Keithley, 167; High Ind. Series E. Heath, 587, G. Keith- ley, 469; High Team Game Hanna-Heath, 786; High Team Series Hanna-Heath, 2323. Sunday Night Mixed Doubles ; Late Team' : W L 33 11 28 16 27 17 20 24 14 30 12 32 Hanna-Heath Klncaid-Barnett Schwarzin-Dick Padberg-Pettyjohn Munkers-Mills Gilman-Griffith- Keithley High Ind. Game B. Heath, 202. A. Padberg, 192; High Ind. Series D. Barnett, 516, A. Pad berg, 487; High Team Game Hanna-Heath, . 804; High Team Series Hanna-Heath, 2295. Thursday Night Ladies Team W L Kinzua 20 12 Toyota lSYt 13Va Ruggles 164 15 Mi Murrays 15 17 Elma's 14 18 Columbia Basin 12 20 High Ind. Game L. Harsin, 221; High Ind. Series A. Pad berg, 530; High Team Game- Toyota, 923; High Team Series- Toyota, 2693. Jim Morris is District Manager James A. Morris, formerly of Heppner, has joined Employee Benefits Insurance Co. (EBI) of Portland as workmen's compen sation district manager. He was formerly with the Portland regional office of Em ployers Insurance of Wausau. Mr. Morris moved to the Port land area after attending East ern Oregon College at La Grande. He and his wife, the former Susan Vale of Portland, have two children and they live at 7324 S. E. Mitchell Court, Port land. -r m -w-itv.' .vw.. See It Now lib 0 n n TWO FOR THE NAVY. Mr. and home for the first time since their marriage Nov. 7 in tne navy chapel at Balnbridge. Maryland. They reported last week at San Diego. Mrs. Weatheriord is the former Teresa Wright dew ghter ol Mrs. Adelle LaTrace. Art and Farm Heard A pancake and ham dinner was enjoyed by members of Rhea Creek Grange at their reg ular meeting on March 12. For the lecturer's program, Mrs. Barton Clark gave an In teresting report on glass blow ing and the making of stained glass windows, a near lost art due to its difficulty and lack of trained craftsmen for instruc tion. Harold Kerr, County Exten sion Agent told of the activities in Extension and of agriculture in the county. The Long Range Planning Committees were dis cussed and Mr. Kerr urged ev eryone to attend the report of these committees on March 30 at lone. WAC Meeting Mrs. Leonard Rill was hostess to the Grange Women's Activity members on March 18. There were 14 present for the delicious luncheon where the birthdays of Mrs. Lewis Ball, Mrs. William Bergstrom and Mrs. Edwin Cut ting were honored. - At the business meeting, chairman Mildred Wright pre-l Hie Jockey , JljJ April lloMajl 1971. Ll '''' n ' I .LbSEa Mrs. BlU Weatheriord Hi. are At Rhea Creek Grange sided. She had received 12 Grange Cookbooks for sale to the group. Rules for State Grange Contests were discussed and those entering tne sewing contest are to model or show their completed garment at the May 14 meeting. The Arts and Needlecraft work will also be on display. Plans were made for Pomona dinner on April 24 and committees were appointed. Mrs. Ray Drake will be host ess for the April potluck lunch eon. Elks to Honor Exalted Ruler Elks and their out-of-town guests will honor outgoing Ex alted Ruler Marshall Lovgren this Saturday night with a steak feed. The 8 oz. New York cut steaks will be cooked just as you order them with Ron Palmer at the grill from 6:30 on. Dancing to the "Nomads" will begin at 9 p.m. ' ' V V IS-,' When you l lNy the empty . -T 7 from a 3-pack. or Limit: 2 redemptions per family. Classic brief 100 combed cotton, no gap front, heat resistant waist band. 28-50. . . . . .$0.00 Pdwer-Knit T-shirt longer wearing combed cotton, Seamfree' collar. S,M,L,XL. , . . . . . . $0.00 For details see our Jockey underwear display. Gardner's Men's Wear Weed Control In Your Garden By HAROLD KERR Weeds continue to be one of the biggest problems of the home flower and vegetable gar den. There are a number of herbi cide techniques which can be used to case the chore of con trolling these weedy pests. Fumigation two to six weeks before planting can be a real useful technique Care must be taken to avoid areas where roots of trees, shrubs or perennials may come In contact with the fumlgant. Black plastic has been useful in many areas. Any black plastic is useable to sim ply cover the solL It tends to Increase soil temperature and reduces moisture loss. Many flowers and ornament als show tolerance to herbicides such as CIPC, Eptam, Atrazlne, Simazlne or Casaron. Roses tol erate Slmazlne or Casaron. Pines, Arborvltac, Caragana and Juniper are tolerant up to 3 pounds of Simazlne. Bulbs are tolerant up to !', pounds of Simnzine for the control of an nual weeds. Atrazlne, Simazlne or Dluron can be used to control weeds in driveways, parking areas and around foundations. The use of herbicides and other techniques can save a lot of work when it comes to keep ing the yard and garden free of weeds. Be sure to get spe clfic recommendations when us ing these measures. Captain Jack Crum Makes Surprise Visit Mrs. Ralph Crum had a big and happy surprise on Monday, March 22, when she turned around in her hall at home and faced her son Jack, who made a brief and very unexpected visit to his family In lone. After a too short visit with his parents, the Ralph S. Crums, Captain Crum drove to Nampa Idaho with his brother Monte He went to Boise where he boarded a plane to Chicago. From Chicago Captain Crum was to fly back to Vietnam for further duty. His mother said he ha3 probably already rejoin ed a new army unit and is a- gain actively engaged in the fighting area. His work is hcli copter maintenance. Jack hopes to return to the United States permanently next August. Jockey Menswear wrapper 3 single )f Jockey Classic briefs or Jockey Power-Knit T-shirts, plus the sales slip Jockey will mail you back $1 . CAimT TIMES,, TtUiHdoy. Korea K. 1971 m ' ' Ja to S r o o 3 TOUR FRIENDLT LOCAL COOPERATIVE Lexington, Oregon Heppner Ph. 678-9211 r
