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Newspaper Page TextLIBRARY u or I EUGENE, ORE. 07403 Frown 1 r o nNS ' Jerry Sweeney was elected chairman of the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce appointed steering committee for Morrow County History at their first meeting April 6 at the Bank of East ern Oregon conference room. Other officers elected to serve with him were Oscar Peterson, vice chairman; Dorothy Heard, secretary and Gene Pierce, treas urer. Other members of the committee are Elaine George, Nona Sowell, Wavcl Wilkinson, L. E. Dick, Norman Nelson, For rest Zuppe, Frank W. Turner, Herman Winter, Bob Jepsen, W. C. Rosewall and Larry Mills. The committee will serve prl- j marlly to promote in every way possible the sale or the new history of Morrow County. Sponsors ; Those who contribute $25 or more will not only receive a book when it comes off the press by Memorial Day 1971 but will have their names listed in the Acknowledgements In the preface of the book. Anyone wishing to make an advance payment for the book is asked to send his $10 In as soon as possible. These orders may be sent to Gene Pierce at Bank of Eastern Oregon at Heppner. Nam the Book In an effort to find a name for the new book that would have county connotation, appeal and approval, the Chamber of Commerce Is sponsoring a "Name the Book . . . Win A Book" contest. Name sugges tions should be sent to Nona Sowell. Box 222 at Heppner. Efforts will be made to con tact organizations and individu als to participate in one of these three efforts. Be a spon sor, buy a book and Name the Book. May 1 Is the deadline to Name the Book or have your name listed as a sponsor. Morrow County History spon sors to date Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ander son, Nellie G. Anderson, Pen- 88th Year Price 10 Cents HEPPNER GAZE TTE-TIMES dleton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ba-1 Marlon C. Green. Norman B. and ker, Bank of Eastern Oregon. Frances C. Griffith, Beaverton Mrs. C. If. Bartholomew, Bech- Jessie Griffin, Rachel Harnett, dolt Bros., Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Marlon Haydon. Becket, Mr. ana Mrs. Terrei t. Vlda N. li.liker. Hfnnnr.Mnr Benge, Mr. and Mm. E. William row Ca chamber of Commerce fieresrrom. irnnn r?7Att.Tim m n, Mrs O. E. Bergstrom. Mr. and Mrg, Charlea eard. Hcppnor Min. nuu ot-iBBi'tnu. Wl Lodge No, BPOE, Eugenia m. wiu b. Huston, lone Lions Club, Al Bryant, R. A. Carrpbell, Harold Va W. Jones, Dr. and Mrs. Ger Cohn, Columbia Basin Electric aW JonMi Hermlston; Jordan iaj-uij, air. u wis. vtuir i Elevator Co. uox, corvauis; Air. ana Airs, u jhn P. Kllkennv. 7ni ir s E. Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles rourt House. Portland? Kin?.i. Doherty. Corporation. Pearl Padbem Lawrence P. Doherty, Echo, Knise. Lak nKww. iint,. First National Bank of Oregon, inn C.rnnen Nn. 72ft. Mr ami Donald F. Gilliam, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Larry D. Lindsay, T. W. nermun oreeu, iur. nu aire. Lowe. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Man kin, Mrs. Norma Marquardt, Mr. GRAIN PRICES (F.O.B. Lexington, doe not In clude wartnouse cbgs.) (Court My of Morrow County Grain Growers) White wheat j, 1j66Vi and Mrs. Edwin H. Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Mill er, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller, Kathcrlnc Monagle, Charles Kelson, Kristin Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson, Pacific Gas Transmission Co., Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Palmer, Emma P. Peck, Pendleton; Mr. and Mrs. Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Minister Talks To Heppner C of C President Gene Pierce an. nounced at Monday's Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Wagon Wheel that the Morrow County History will be ready for proof reading next week. It Is to be printed and delivered by the publishers about Memorial Day. Next Monday Next Monday's program will be the long-awaited talk by Allen Tom who has a huge chicken raising operation in The Dalles area. It is understood Mr. Tom has contracted 8,000 acres of wheat this season to feed this big flock, Ministers - The Rev. Don Johnson of the Heppner Christian Church pre sented a program telling about the South Morrow Ministerial Assn. This group is open to all congregations' ministers or the area, Members at this time are the Rev. Budy Mensch of Hope and Valby Lutheran Churches, who is chairman; vice chairman is the Rev. Ed Cutting of the Meth odist Church; Rev. Don Johnson; the Rev. Don Burwell of the Assembly of God Church; Don Hall of the Seventh-day Ad ventist Church who is secretary and treasurer of the Associa tkm; the Rev. Dan Thompson, pastor of the All Saints' Epis copal Church; Floyd Everhart, Nazarene Church; Father Kay mond Beard of St. Patrick's Catholic Church; the Rev. Wil liam Arthur of the United Church of Christ of lone; Mr. Paul Warren of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rev. Johnson explained that the group is cooperating on a voluntary basis for the good of the community and the church es. They cooperate in union ser vices such as the World Day of Prayer; the Good Friday serv ices; Easter Sunrise services. Members of the Association share services weekly for the Pioneer Memorial Hospital nurs ing home. The drug education program now underway in the county is part of their cooperative effort to benefit the entire communi ty. The group is currently study ing the FISH program that may be adopted in the county. This is a cooperative effort to help allay hunger on an emergency basis, and also to help solve other emergency problems of the needy. w f 7 J t ' i. . 1,t V n - - nf 1 i .3 BED CROSS First Aid chairman Settle Doherty presents an Ad vanced First Aid card to R. B. Cogburn. 23 Adults Complete First Aid Courses Near-tragedies happen all ov er the country many times each day, but lives are saved and suffering is reduced because someone near at hand knew what to do. First aid training courses have been an important Red Cross community service for the past 60 years. In that period, the Red Cross has issued 32,000,000 cer tificates to those who have sue Taylors Buy Baf us Ranch Jack Bafus has sold his 2560 acre ranch on the Bombing Range Road to the Taylor Bro thers of Mesa, Wash. Price was reported at $342,000. Transaction was handled by Earl Roderick of M & B Investments of Her miston. The Taylors have a large row crop operation at Mesa and plan to change their Morrow County operation from dry land wheat to row crops after bring- Rev. Johnson thanked bust- ins in irrigation. nesses and individuals for their reserving Wednesday nights for church services. Pastor Mensch told of their work for the hospital and thank ed the community for their kind coo Deration, Orville Cutsforth displayed a small wooden carved chain. He said that was all the timber was good for in the Hell's Half Acre country. He had wanted to deliver the wooden chain to his friend, Phil Mahoney but the latter was not present so he presented it to a grandson. Cycles Damage Track Motorcyclists have been driv ing around and around the track up at the high school. While this may be an ideal place for this spring activity it is play big havoc with the track. The boys practicing every day on the track would appreciate it if the motorcycles would stay on the roadway. Hospital Levy -Vote Set May 25 A levy has been proposed to help Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Morrow County's own and on ly hospital. Rate would be about 25 cents per thousand dollars true cash value. This would raise on a serial levy $22,500 each1 year for 3 years. Amount Is limited by law to one fourth of one percent of the true cash value of the total assessed val of the county. Monev would be used to put In a sprinkler system to meet Federal . and state standards and to replace other needed equipment and help in support of the nursing home. Sprinkler system cost Is about 54200. Vote on the proposal is set for May 25. Yesterday there were 19 people in the hospital for treatment There are 20 In the Nursing Home. cessfully completed such cours es. Multimedia Course Now as in so many fields to day, there are new and excit ing developments in first aid training that make it quicker and more effective. Now it Is possible for a per son to be trained in only 7 hours to administer first aid. This progress has been accomp lished through a unique multi media method developed by the American Telephone and Tele graph Co. and the American Na tional Red Cross. The Multimedia system of teaching standard first aid is a scientifically developed in structional method using filmed vignettes of demonstrations, guided practice sessions and programmed workbooks. Given in Heppner This multimedia one-day Standard First Aid Course was recently completed In Heppner taught by Jerry Witzel and Ray Hornbeck from Pendleton assist ed by Bettie Doherty, Morrow County Red Cross chairman. Completing the course were Jackson Graham, Linda Conner, Betty Pettyjohn, Shirley Garrett, Sandy Graham, Juanita Cog burn, Clayton Sweek, Alena An derson, Shirley Marlatt, Landra Girard and Dorthy Wilson. Advanced First Aid Charles E. Rouse, assisted by Mrs. Doherty recently completed Red wheat 1.64Vj Harold K. Peck, Barley .4 49.50 C. R. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. uscar roierson, Mr. ana Mrs. K,,L, O r8Ul reuyjonn, Air. ana Mrs. INUmDer O Gene Pierce, Johanna Rauch (Mrs. Fred), Rhea Creek Home l j , in I f . economics hud, victor i. Kitcn- MiKtrinrrc Nan rim ie Scattle: Mr and Mre Dave rlUJlUllip MQU I 1131 Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Omar . t f I IT I Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Victor In TnArnnnl Irarl Rietmann. Ill III JUIUUI IIUli Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Rob- erts, St. Patrick's Church, Mr. Kpn Baker. Kevin Dick. Bar- and Mrs. Harold Scritsmier, nmr Marshall, and Bruce Mar- Portland; Mrs. Wesley Sherman, ouardt drew first place honors Dallas; Mr. or Mrs. J. V. Steph- in a winning team errort over ens. omniieiu; aiune aiui-ium-iy Pilot Rock and Wahtonka on Co., Howard Stone, Pres., Walla Tuesday. The Mustangs swept Walla; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Swoe the pole vault for 10 points and ney, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomp erabbed 8 more with the first- son, Mr. and Mrs. Hershal second combination in the tyo- Townsend. mile. The pole vault and the C. W. Troedson, Mr. and Mrs. two-mile gave the KHS Cinder- Verner Troedson, F. W. Turner, men a two-point advantage ov- Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W. West, er second place Pilot Rock. Jr., Boardman; Mr. and Mrs. Sickness has been plaguing D'ck Wilkinson, Wavel B. Wil the Horsemen - Tom Cutsforth k'"son,' .Willows Grange No. was unable to attend because Willowi Lodge No. 66, of ill health-Barney Marshall, JOpF. Mr. and Mrs. Herman . ew ,,t mt Winter, Dr. and Mrs. Wallace home sick. John Hall was sick Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. Harold for a week and hasn't recovered Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond wngni. ... re . .VI ;. r r: -t o. i ... ' V. "v. ' BOB S HUMAN with the Oregon State Highway has his blood pres sure taken preparatory to giving blood. Bob has 10 pints to bis credit First Time Dosnoo's Ai"ue Blood Draw New Gas Line Planned Soon completely yet. Team Scores: Heppner 64, Pilot Rock 62 Wahtonka 43, Events - MILE Carnes (PR) 4:49.5; Whltsel (W) 4:49.6; Dick (H) 4:48. 440 Herman (W) 54.5; Kin. l.rtr. ITT KQtC. Mortmin fWI ACaU AW CV., I ... n m , , , koq. Motion (Hi fi(n. racuic uas iransmission o. 100-Kros ing (PR) 11.0; Still-1 f Dlnellnes man In) li.i. tt,at ,in ......j QQ i rniif. . ... .... , -r, i . LUW HUKLJL..s xiumuniey OTnn. Ahnnt Sfi.nOO.OOO will he (PR) 14.3; Marquardt (H) 14.9; SDent for nine and labor in lav- Mumcers tn io.z. ne it throueh 25 m les In Mor 880 Carnes (PR) 2:13.4; Har- row County to lone. rington (W) 2:13.6; Hall (H) An expansion of the lone 2:17.9; Sumner (H) 2:17.9. pressure station is also In the 220 Herman (W) 24.2; Kros- plans, tincr rpm 24 R: stillroan (H) work on the new line win 25.5: McLachlan (H) 25.7. probably start m the iau DUt HIGH HURDLES - Humph- f.t time of starting construe- rey (PR) 9.4; Munkers (H) 9.8; ' "y w "'c w"u"' Porter (PR) 11.2; Bergstrom (H) 11.7. A.:AH Uara Padberg (H) 11:16.9. UfOSSeS qOUU riTTrm -m r 1 11 TT A'f4 tl . I Hall m) i2'l" Morrow County Fairgiounds to (P5L?. ,l,,.iU . J benefit Bob Pierce who is In the KT. Ucrr. IU W- Smith ',w'""' "'v"b'" '" . 7,;' m k" ' casn- An kinds of articles were cnlH vliMYi T)nn W nil- na mint nn. . r a, nstesit . I ...... ....... " Uammona irrw AOU i nail Tho uuMn unc cnncnro,l hv 125'5". tua r'ntnmhla Ttnsln FliWrlp fVi. LONG JUMP Marquardt knoroHvo wh wtan tn thonU. vi a.u v. . puivrvnno for thpir rtnnnttnnfl .r... T(l J TT I . TT1 1 I " - . . . u 'ttZZ n,iJ "mJand help in the auction A record r. umber of First Time Donors presented themselves to give their first unit of blood at the April 5 visit here of the American Red Cross Mobile un it from Yakima. The 17 First Donors were Linda Connor, Don ald Munkers, John Ceglia, Mar lone Gray, Marietta Keidatz, Judy Gochnauer, Patricia Van Winkle, Linda Wonser, Terry Fraser, John Leonard Hanna, Ray Ayers, Mrs. L. A. McCabe, Alene Kay Boyajian, Grace Lou ise McKinney, Kathaleen Ber nice Anderson and Paul Warren. A total of 65 pints were col- Students Stage 4th Annual Spring P. E. Over 100 students of Heppner Elementary and Heppner High Schools will participate in the fourth annual spring physical education program to be pre sented in the high school gym naslum Friday night, April 16, starting at 7:30 p.m. As in the past three years, the spectators will view an lm presslve variety of activity and physical demonstration by P.E. students in grades five through 12. The program is sponsored by the Girls' Athletic Association at the high school. Admission is $1 for adults, 50c for students and pre-schoolers are admitted free. Proceeds from admission will go to the GAA to finance the purchase of uniforms, equip ment and activities. Physical education students are under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Agee and Dean Naff zlger who will narrate the program. NOTICE The lone Women's Activity Committee will meet April 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bob Montgomery. 9'6"; 8'6". Dick (H) 9'; Munkers (II) 440 RELAY Pilot Rock 48.4; Heppner 50.9. MILE RELAY Wahtonka 17; Pilot Rock 3.08. Last Spud in at The Nelson-Tuckers The last potato in the ground was cause for rejoicing and cel ebration at the D. O. Nelson Tucker ranch Friday, April 2. instruction for an Advanced I That dav terminated 6 weeks First Aid Course. Those who ,of handling seed potatoes Seed potatoes lor iwu tiroes oi i.ui- golds came from North Dakota by rail and three circles or Net ted Gems came by truck from Wallowa County, Enterprise and Joseph. The potato cutting and plant ing crew consisted of eight men and seven women. The number of circles is the same as planted last year. New this year was an 8 -row planter. completed the course and were Issued certificates were: R. B, Cogburn, Don Peterson, Robert Jepsen, Larry Fetsch, Maxine Schmidt, Edith Case, Helen Ev erhart, Floyd Everhart, ... Helen Salter, Hattie Harnden, Frank Connor and Anna Schwarzin. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 55 37 Thursday 66 29 Friday 71 34 .05 Saturday 54 30 .06 Sunday 50 32 .13 Monday 61 26 Tuesday 60 33 Sadie Home Again Mrs. Sadie Parrish, Morrow County's Clerk, is home again. She's been very ill and was in Portland for treatment She Is at present working part time and is reported as getting much better. V,-" -4 A , f 1 v 1 lected. Others presenting them selves to give were John Privett, Dorothy Lake Heard, Lyle Cox, George Peck, Pat Wonser, Dale Boner, Lorena Shuman, Dorothy Lou Agee, Clint Agee, Karen Lee Dubuque, Lucia Joan Cutsforth. Robert Shuman, Bob DcSpain, Mary Jean McCabe, Terry Thompson, Jean Bennett, David Eckman, Barbara Ann Cutsforth, Betty Lou Curnutt, Allen Dag gett, Charles Rouse. Leroy Gardner, Lynnea Ann Sargent, Jerry Hollomon, Mrs. D. T. Vinson, Wade Bothwell, Gene Cutsforth, Joyce Hollomon, Mar sha A. Young, Mary K. McLeod. Bernard Marshall, Lola Ann Pettyjohn, Doris Elizabeth Wat kins, LaVerne VanMarter, Don ald Johnson, Mona Lisa Mar shall, Debbie Bennett, Gene Or wlck. Helen Mae McCabe, Charles Beck, Sherri O'Brien, Joyce Ward, Anna Schwarzin, Rita Ma rie Worden, Robert Abrams, AT lene Malcom, Ruth Shirley Van Winkle, Glen Ward. Winn Crist, Kenneth Smouse, Marjorie Kenny, Virginia Grieb, L. E. Dick, Jr., Eleanor Gonty. Eunice Keithley Pettyjohn, Mar shall Lovgren, Janet Gall Hughes, Loa Gertrude McElli gott. Mrs. Gene Pierce, Morrow County Red Cross Blood chair man said, "The season's ram pant flu was the major cause of the 9 rejections." Lots of Helpers Typists: Debbie Campbell, Sarah Witherrite, June Ledbet ter. Labeling table: Debbie Mc Leod, Terri Pettyjohn, Denlse Bloodsworth, Mrs. Wilbur Wor den. ; Canteen: Mrs. Harry O'Don nell, Mrs. Bruce Malcom, Mrs. Jack Melland, Mrs. Glen Ward, Mrs. Harold Kerr. Custodians: Barney Marshall, Jim Healy and Steve Kemp. RN's and LPN's Medical Histories: Juanita Cogburn LPN, Marjorie Kenny RN, Loa McElligott RN, Linda , Connor LPN. Testing Hemoglobin: Joan Gray RN, Mary Lou Carlson. Nurses Aides tor temp, and pulse: Ruby Munkers, Dolores McLachlan. M. D.'s: Dr. Wallace Wolff and Dr. L. D. Tibbies. MICHAEL BERGSTROM and Rom Martin are ready to eat the fruits of their Easter Egg Hunt sponsored Saturday morning by the Elks. This was Michael's first Easter Egg Hunt which he took very seriously. Cases of indhridually wrapped eggs were hidden by Glen Ward. Jack Melland and Doug Dubuque at the Pork; Darrell Padberg and Bill Siewert at the Court house and Cal Sherman. Dovid McLeod and Dean Vaffzigei at the Grade School. Water Supplies Almost Average The Soil Conservation Service reports water supplies will be close to average this spring and summer. Precipitation this past winter was 90 percent of nor mal. This was the only area In the state below average. This past month was cool and wet with above average increments of snow being received In the mountains. The snow cover is near average on the Umatilla watershed and 80 percent of nor mal on McKay Creek. Soils are wet and will benefit the snow melt runoff. Reservoir storage is good for this time of year even though McKay is not expected to fill. Cardinals Beat Echo Coach Gene Dockter's Cardin als ba.seball team this week beat Echo 5-1. Dick Snyder pitched, struck out 12. Allowed only 1 hit lone had four hits. Snyder had a double and a single and John Rietmann had two singles.