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HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, ThuredaT. April I, 1971 Author Edythe Newell Discusses Publishing, Enjoys County Visit Mm. Edythe Weatherford Newell had many Inters tlnf things to toll the group of Mor row County folks who attend ed the open meeting arranged by the Ilcnpnor Bookworm Club on Tuesday evening, March 23, Mrs. Newell recounted Home of the experiences she has had with publishers and editors. She gave many useiui tips to would le writers. Because, snc stated, "If I nm an expert on anything, It would be on the folklore of the Kskimo", she spent part Of her time telling about the Es kimo people whom she had got ten to know during the years the and Mr. Newell lived and worked in Alaska. Edythe brought some fine baskeis, totems, and other Alas kan articles with her from her home In Prlnevillo which were displayed and which attracted Considerable Interest. On Wednesday morning Mrs Amanda Duvall conducted Mrs. Newell on a most enjoyable tour of the Morrow County Museum. After the author left Heppner she drove north to lone where Mrs. Ralph Crum, a friend from their youthful days In Gilliam County, had arranged a little coffee hour at Thel's Cafe. Mrs. Rod Murray and Mrs. Gar Swanson Joined Mrs. Crum and Mrs. Newell for booktalk and reminiscing. When she left lone, Edythe sped on to Olex to lunch with her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weatherford before she started her afternoon's drive back to Prineville. Mrs. Herman Winter was the principal hostess for the Book worm meeting. She was assist ed by Mrs. W. W. Weatherford and other Bookworm Club mem bers, who were pleased to share their visitor with friends. The members and their guests re laxed with coffee, tea and a great assortment of cookies while Mrs. Newell spoke very Informally during her appear ance In the basement of the Heppner United Method 1st Church. PGE Announces Porks Opening Soon Portland General Elertrlc com pany hu announced 1971 open- ing date for company-owned park and recreation area. Jim Goggln, community rela tloni manager, said Promono tory and IVlton parks will op en on April 23, while Rosly Lako River Mill, Austin Hot Springs, llariret Lake, Round Butte observatory and North Fork fish-viewing gallery begin operations on April 21. Rosly lake will bo open on weekends only until May 29. A weekend only schedule also will be In effect until June 12 for the Round Butte observatory. Fara day Lake and Roslyn lake re main open all year for fishing. Beginning April 1, PGE will accept reservations for the use of campsites at Pelton park, lo cated on the Deschutes river west of Madras, and at Prom onotory park, on the Clackamas east of Lstacada. Campsites In these two parks may be reserv ed for up to seven days In any 10-day period at a user fee of $1.50 per night. Reservations are not taken and user fees are not required at other PGE camp grounds. Picnicking at all PGE parks and recreation areas remains free of charge and requires no reservation. Large organizations may reserve group areas at Lake Roslyn park for a modest fee. Information and reservations may be obtained by calling PGE public relations department dur ing regular business hours at 228-7181, ext. 3C1. TB Clinic Starts in April A second immunization clin ic, and a tuberculosis case find ing program Is planned for Morrow County schools under the direction of Dr. L. D. Tib bies, county health officer. Grades scheduled for Tubercu lin Tine testing are one, seven and twelve. Immunizations available will Include DPT, DT, and Smallpox vaccination. Oral polio vaccine Is being offered to the first and second grades only. The clinics are scheduled as follows: Tuesday, April 6, Heppner Grade School, 8:4a a.m., with Heppner High School to follow; tuberculin tests to be read Fri day, April 9. Second session Heppner kindergarten pupils due for Immunizations should be at the Heppner Grade School clinic at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 20 lone Schools, 8:45 a.m.; A. C. Hough ton School, 10:30 a.m.; River side School, 11:00 a.m. Tuber culin tests to be rend on Fri day, April 23. I Materials for the tine tests are provided by the Morrow County Council, Eastern Region, Oregon Tuberculosis and Res piratory Disease Association, through the sale of Christmas seals. Supt. Ron Daniels Speaker at Extension Meet By MARY LEE MARLOW County Hchool superintendent Ron Daniels spoke at the March meeting of the Home Extension Unit at Riverside High School on "School Laws." Points of In terest he brought out Included: That parents are always wel come to sit In on their chads class; all high school students are Issued a handbook giving school rules and policies; par ents are urged to read it; don't undermine the authority of the teacher and school by siding with your child without checking the facts; Morrow County Is hop ing to develop means of giving students more vocational train ing; more counseling directed towards helping youngsters get into skilled trades Is needed. The next unit meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. William Schmoder at Irrlgon at 10 a.m., April 8. Subject of this lesson will be "Budget Decorat ing." AH area women are wel come to attend. The project leader training for this lesson will bo March 29 at Boardman, and will be taught by Sally Bay, Home Extension Agent from Tendleton. Mrs. William Bates and Mrs. Clove Hinton will rep resent the Boardman Unit. Officers for the 1971-72 year will be elected at the April 8 meeting. The nominating com mittee members are, Mrs. Don ald Baker, chairman, Mrs. Ar thur Allen and Mrs. Albert Warnock. . RAIN or SHINE the mobile educational unit of the American Cancer Society' Oregon division travels the state, bringing ed ucatlonal movies, literature and tape recordings to the people. Mrs. Richard Jagow, right, vice-chairman for public education in Clackamas county. Is shown distributing educational litera ture to Mrs. Jerry Awjulthe of Gladstone, Ore. The mobile unit visits county fairs, schools, industrial plants and other places, bringing life-saving facts about cancer. ancer Society's Annual Crusade o Start April 1 It's For All Tiie American Cancer Society reaches out to all citizens through all media to alert them to the vital facts of cancer. Sup port its Cancer Crusade. Ruggles' Come North, Bock to Work Here Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles have returned from Arizona and are now back in their Heppner home and Heppner office. Be- iore tney settled flown again they made a weekend trip to Richland, Wash., where they caught up on happenings at the home of their daughter and her family. The Ruggles' daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fastabend have six children. The annual crusade of the American Cancer Society's Ore gon division will get underway Thursday, April 1, and continue through the month. Ken Wright, Springfield, Ore., state crusade chairman, stressed that the April crusade has a two-fold purpose: to raise funds for the society s research, edu cation and service programs and to acquaint the public with life-saving facts about cancer. "We are obviously very inter ested in raising funds," Wright stated, "but we are also vitally interested In alerting the public the 7 cancer warning sig nals." Wright, manager of the Springfield branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, point ed out that the Oregon division of the American Cancer Society sponsors 2 mobile educational units that travel the state year around. bringing information about cancer to the public. The mobile educational units, which are equipped with movie projectors, tape recordings and other educational aids, visit schools, county fairs, industries and other areas where people are gathered. "We want every person in Ore gon to learn and remember the 7 warning signals of cancer Wright stated. "Lives can be saved through early diagnosis and treatment." April has been designated as Cancer Control month by the U. S. congress and Oregon's Gov. Tom McCall has urged ev eryone in the state to learn the warning signals and join in fi nancial support of the society's Oregon division. Tri-County Doctors Asked to Ext. Course Physicians from Gilliam, Mor row, and Umatilla counties are Invited to participate In a U. of O. Medical School extension course on current research and medical practices in the field of hematology (blood disease) at St. Anthony Hospital In Pen dleton, Thursday, April 8. Dr. W. W. Wolfe plans to attend from Heppner, but Dr. L. D. Tib bies will stay here to be on hand should there be any emergency. Dr. J, P. Brennan, Pendleton, is the area coordinator for this program. Faculty for the course will Include Robert D. Koler, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medical! Genetics, University of Oregon Medical School; David R. Rull man, M.D., Clinical Instructor in Medicine, UOMS; and Charles J. Zeran, Jr., M.D., Assistant Pro fessor of Medicine, and Director, Circuit Course Program, UOMS. PNB Earnings Show Decrease For Past Year Pacific Northwest Bell Presl dent Zane E. Barnes described 1970 earnings as "disappoint ing" In the company's annual report mailed March 18 to more than 30,6-15 shareowners. Barnes noted that 1970 net Income Increased only $583,493 to $18,663,991, versus a record $3.2 million increase in 19G9, and earnings per share were up only 2 cents to $1.28 in 1970 compared to a 9 cent per share increase the previous year. In his message to sharcown ers Barnes cited mnation and the condition of the regional economy as the primary reas ons for disappointing earnings, "As a result," Barnes said, 'we have had to look within our business lor ways to re verse this trend. But our efforts to find reasonable savings have still not been enough and we have asked for higher rates In both Oregon and Washington in 1971." Barnes noted that during 1970 every operation involving tele phone service Improvement and expansion was critically exam ined. "But we could make no greater mistake than to take service shortcuts now," he said, for they would only bring poor telephone service In the future." To help meet its service com mitment PNB invested $180,972, 000 during 1970 in new equip ment and facilities in Oregon, Washington and Northern Ida ho, and will spend some $189.9 million In the trl-state region In 1971. Barnes said PNB's service is amonn the best in the nation and to make it even better dur Ing the 70's will require large amounts of capital. PNB generates about half of The Everharts Son Is Home for Visit Seaman James L. Everhart son of Tastor and Mrs. Floyd Everhart of the local Church of the Nazarene, and a buddy, Seaman Robert Durbin stopped in Heppner on Monday, March 23 to visit with the Everhart family as they Journeyed from Seattle, Wash., back to their submarine, the USS Pintado, at the Naval Base at Mare Island, Calif. These seamen had shipped aboard the submarine Hawkblll to the Bremerton, Wash., Naval Yards. After their short visit here, they flew south on Tues day afternoon via Jet so that they could be DacK on aury at Mare Island on weanesoay morning. The Test Cancer researchers are seek ing a universal blood test lor the disease. Support them by giving to the American Cancer Society. Its required capital Internally through depreciation reserve and retained earnings. To nwt Its 1971 construction program of $189.9 million some $90 million must come from Investors. "To attract that much capital our earnings record must be ono which will make PNB (stock) appealing to investors," Barnes said. Barnes expressed concern to shareowners that earnings are still substantially below inoae of other businesses with which PNB must compete for the in vestor's dollar. Other PNB operating high lights include: operating reve nues uo $29.3 million from $108,840,000 in 1969 to $138,186,- 000 in 1970; operating expenses up $26.6 million from $3J.7bf.' 000 in 1969 to $279,421,000 in 1970; and construction expendi tures ud $33.5 million from $147,425,000 In 1969 to $180,972, 000 in 1970. The annual meeting or Pa cific Northwest Bell sharehold ers will be held April 22 In So-attle. Spending spring vacation with the Dennis Toneys was Chris Whetstlne, age 7, son of Mrs. Martha Whetstlne of Eu gene. Another recent visitor was Mrs. Toney's brother, Bill Evans who is a senior at the University of Idaho and was en route to California for his spring vacation. Mrs. Grace Drake brought us son Alfred's address so that his friends can write to him: Doug las A. Drake, F.N. D14640 E.M. School Building 2-B, Class 7145, Room 120, Great Lakes, Illinois 6O088. Mrs. Margery Worden is re minding those interested that the monthly Golden Age pot luck and social will be held on Tuesday, April 6, at the usual time and place. Albert Wright News Mrs. Albert Wright of Ruggs reports that daughter Dianna, a sophomore at Heppner High School, Is having surgery in Pendleton this week and will probably be held at St. An thony Hospital for several days. Mrs. Wright also gave us a new address for son, Dave, so that his friends can write: Air man David W. Wright, 543-54-9435, P.S.C. Box 7304, McConnell A.F.B., Kansas, 67211. Shop for Great Bargains Here! Spring Rummage Scale FRIDAY and SATURDAY, APRIL 2 and 3 OLD COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC BUILDING HOURS: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday Baked Foods Both Days While They Last WW t "How shall I feel about women's Lib, dear?-I mean to the public?" GREAT BARGAINS In Clothing, Toys, Dishes, and some Furniture Items Including a good TV Set, 20-year Collection of Reader's Digest magazines and A Stuffed Rocking Chair. Arts and Crafts Will Be On Display FOR PICKUP DURING THE COMING WEEK, PHONE GINGER KEITHLEY, 676 5576. PAT JENSEN, 676-9613, SHIRLEY CONNOR, 676-9977, or CHARLENE PAPINEAU, 989-8482, OR LEAVE ITEMS AT DOOR OF OLD COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC BUILDING. 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