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AZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 22, 1971
Kl Low Proc.
Wednesday 67 37
Thursday 53 39
Fdlday 53 31 .07
Saturday 50 35 .06
Sunday 55 36
Monday 60 27
Tuesday 51 37 .09
Number 9
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RONALD L. BRYANT
Jaycees Install
Here Saturday
President Jack Melland of the
Morrow County Jayeees has an
nounced that the installation
banquet would be an event
here Saturday night, April 24.
Tom Beam is banquet chairman.
Gordon Byrnes, state vice
president, will make awards for
outstanding services.
Ronald L. Bryant, president of
the Oregon State Jaycees, from
Redmond, is to be guest speaker
for , the event. Mr. Bryant was
named one of the outstanding
young men of. Oregon for 1970.
Installation
Officers to be installed for
Morrow County are: Pat Won
ser, president Ed Struthers, first
vice president; Jerry Hollomon,
second, vice president: Tom'
Beam, secretary; Forrest Burken
bine; - treasurer; Tom Wilson,
State Director; Ken Evans, Ex
ternal Director; Clifford Wood,
Internal Director and Lyle Jen
sen, chaplain.
The Outstanding Jaycee of
the Year will be announced.
This is a suspenseful part of
the evening as the selection of
the Outstanding Jaycee is by
secret vote of the members, for
the member who they feel has
done the most for the club
throughout the year.
Jaycee Wives
The new officers for the Jay
cee Wives will also be install
ed. They are Judy Osmin, presi
dent; Jan Evans, vice president;
Carol Beam, secretary-treasurer
and Sharon Brace, director.
More History
Sponsors In
The new history of Morrow
County which is having type
set in Portland is receiving a
good response in book sales and
in more sponsorships. It costs
$25 to be a sponsor which means
having your name imprinted in
the history book. Deadline to be
a sponsor is very soon May
3. If you would like to do this,
please contact Gene Pierce at
the Bank of Eastern Oregon.
Book purchase is $10 each
Sponsors of the book who
helped materially were Judge
and Mrs. Paul Jones. Sponsors
and book buyers and contribu
tors include, so far, Mr. and Mrs,
Bob Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Al Bunch,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Harshman, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Lott, Mr. and Mrs. P.
W. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. Rod
Murray, Dr. and Mrs. Jim Nor
ene, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pet
tyjohn, Mr. and Mrs. John
Pfeiffer, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Schwarz, Heppner Lumber Co.,
Mrs. Frank Parker, Mrs. Etta
Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Carlson, Mrs. Ray Drake, Joseph
ine Conway, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
McNary, Doris Hodge, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor G. Peterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Crabtree, Cornett
Green.
Please order books as soon as
possible. There will probably be
only one printing of 4,000 books,
While this might seem a lot,
when the printing is sold out,
that's It. ,
RC&D to Receive
Accelerated Help
A call from the office of Sen
ntor Bob Pack wood last week
notified us that the Columbia
Blue Mountain Resource, Con
servatlon and Development proj
ect is now eligible for acceler
ated assistance.
The Soil Conservation office
and tne Extension office are
awaiting word for which partic
ular project may have received
the favorable nod.
Great Depth,
A Top Team
Fishing Contest
Here Saturday
Dick and Lynnea Sargent of
Coast-to-Coast Stores here have
announced that prizes will be
given for their big fishing con
test Saturday.
This contest is for one day
only Saturday, April 24. Age
14 and under, a combination rod
and reel will be given for the
longest trout. And for the first
trout brought in, a prize of a
Zebco reel will be given.
Age 14 and over, the prize for
the longest trout is a combina
tion rod and reel. And for the
first trout brought in prize is a
Zebco reel.
Great depth and outstanding
team enort gave the Mustang
trackmen a 314 point victory at
the Scottie Sprints in Athena.
Heppner, Pilot Rock, Umatilla,
McEwen, Helix, Echo and Stan
field attended the meet and
placed respectively.
Although Kevin Dick brought
home the only first place rib-1
bon with a 10:45.7 in the two
mile, the Heppner Cindermen
copped enough second through
sixth place points to total 108
and take the meet.
Five HHS. Cindermen earned
second place points with Bruce
Marquardt claiming reds in both
the broad Jump and the 180 low
hurdles. Other second place
scorers were Craig Munkers in
the 120 high hurdles, Ken Ba
ker in the pole vault, Rory Still-
man in the 220 yd. dash, and
Kevin Dick in the mile run.
Third place points went to
Luke Padberg in the two mile.
Tom Cutsforth with the discus,
ana Kevin Dick in the hitrh
jump. Heppner also received
points for a third in the 440 re-
lay.
Ken Baker in the discus and
John Sumner in the 880 eot a
fourth, and fifth was Craig
Munkers with a tie in the 180
low hurdles, Mike Bergstrom In
the 120 high hurdles, and Jim
McLachlan in the shot put. Tie
ing were Barry Munkers in the
pole vault and Mike Bergstrom
in the high jump.
Bruce Marquardt placed sixth
in the 100 vd. dash, and thA
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Boardman to Host
! Track Session
BEWITCHED by Agatha, Flip Cannon, the news-
paper reporter, (Jim Schallitz). proposes mar
riage to EtheL the maid (Becky Doherty). in
Three Resign . . . Seven Vacancies
Now In Morrow County Schools
Kesigatlons from buzanne
Dagley, Judy Gochnauer and
Frieda Slocum were accepted by
the Morrow County Board of
Education Monday evening. All
three have been teacihng at
Heppner Elementary, Mrs, Dag
ley vocal music, Mrs. Gochnauer
Junior High Language Arts and
Mrs. Slocum Library.
New contracts -were recom
mended to the board for approv
al. One was for Dan Thompson to
nnisn out the school year in the
bth grade at lone for Jack Loyd
who is on sick leave. Contracts
for 1971-72 were approved for
Diane Kincaid to teach 2nd
grade at lone, Dorcas Stewart,
a 1971 graduate from EOC, at
Heppner Elementary Librarv
and David Conn, SpanishSocial
Mudies at Heppner Hish.
Remaining Vacancies
Remaining vacancies are: 1st
grade at A. C. Houghton School
at Irrigon, Vocal Music at Hepp
ner Elementary. Special Educa-
tion at Heppner Elemenrarv.
HHS mile relay also earned I sivth omAa at t t! t,,v
sixth place points. i.anm,ana A.t i,
Heppner Elementary and Lang
uage Arts & Home Economics
at lone High School.
The board approved salary on
the coaching salary schedule for
Dennis McKay, golf coach. The
board wanted it understood that
girls are also eligible to go out
for golf.:
The board also pjcepted the
resignation of DuAnn . McCarty
as district clerk. She will re
main on the job until the books
are ready for audit.
Looking to next year the
board voted to include in the
1971-72 budget . document, the
need for a curriculum director
for the district. While someone
filling this position, would take
some of the load from Supt. Ron
Daniels, Mr. Daniels made it
clear that the primary consider
ation was that "we would get
something done that isn't now
being done." He noted several
areas that he felt were import
ant. These included a follow-up
study on the high school gradu
Some of the best track talent
in Oregon will be seen this Sat
urday at the 3rd Annual Mor
row County Invitational at
Boardman, according to Dean
Naffziger, Heppner High School
coach. Track and Field teams
all over Eastern Oregon are eag
erly hoping for warm weather
on that April 24. Twenty-one
teams have answered the call
to the meet according to Coach
Naffziger who co-chairmans the
meet with Bob Byrd, Riverside
High School coach.
There are two divisions of
competition. Those coming for
A competition are: Heppner, Riv
erside, lone, Umatilla, Weston,
Echo, Arlington, Weston, McEw
en, Enterprise, Sherman County,
an u .i i, -i riiui no, wascu vouniy, jonn
Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. at Heppner ? f"'
mgn bcbool cafetorlum.
voming ior uouoie a compe
tition are: Grant Union, Wah
tonka, Prineville, Mac Hi and
Stephenson, Wn.
Trophies will be presented to
the top teams in both divisions.
The cup for the A division win
ner is being presented by the,
Heppner Gazette-Times and the
Double A division by the Bank
of Eastern Oregon. The 1971 A
division winner was McEwen
and the Double A division by
provides the paper some print
Ing is done without charge.
Mr. Daniels said the Jaycees Madras,
aau mamnea an imeresr in Coaches, school personnel and
imviiig u,i- m.luc.Kaue;i ,t fathers will be serving as tim
gram wiimn me scnooi . qisirict. er3 and judges. Ribbons will be
r 7T ""!"H."1!K given in the first six places in
w tmcuu inu . iiiYCLuig nnu ii ic I gacti event,
group apparently win wait to
see what the Legislature is go
ing to do.
Mr. Daniels said in the event
the district decided to act, the
board would have to decide be
tween now and budget time
next year to set an election to
can ior a vote to operate a kin- . jack and Ruth Van Winkle
dergarten the 1972-73 year. wm have a grand opening for
The Long Range committee their new Sears authorized cat-
will meet May 12. A schedule alog sales merchant store here
New Sears
Store Opens
of priorities of improvements
will be set up. All board mem
bers are urged to attend
Bids Called
The transportation committee
will meet to review specifica
tions for 30 and 66-passenger
buses and a superintendents
car. The can for bids will be
Alletn Tm Tells ef Cliicfiesi Vetavwe
Allen Tom, well known East
ern Oregon rancher who until
recently has been known as a
wheat raiser, talked Monday at
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber luncheon at the Wag
on Wheel.
His huge new chicken raising
venture proves him not "chick
en". After the meeting, mem
ber? in discussing the talk, kept
saying "what courage".
Mr. Tom was once president
of the National Association of
Wheat Growers. The Dalles
rancher, who has grain holdings
in Morrow County along with
Sherman and Gilliam, said he
is still a wheat farmer, not a
poultryman. He says he's going
off on tangents after realizing
that wTe cannot forever rely on
a public law to help get rid of
our grain surplus.
He Now Diversifies
So he's diversifying. First
he got into cattle. Then he was
about to step into hog raising,
too, when he was sidetracked i
into the chicken business, -He
believes there are bsQ op.
portunities in the sheep busi
ness. In the current venture, plans
started with an 80,000 bird
flock, then went to 100,000. In
California he examined plants
with 120.000 layers.
WwW, Mr. Tom plans .
W0 layers produci thousands
of dozens of fresh pg
every day. -
MttkeU iis output through
Int.'- Carh&tion Company who
the ggs Ior a great
r'Vrwmy supermarkets in the
Northwest
fetg Cbono i Sherman
Mr. Tom said that on Jan. 1,
i970, Sherman County had the
fewest, chickens in Oregon. Now
the county is Number 8, by Oct
ober they will be Number 3 and
perhaps within five years will
be No. 1. Because of environ
mental problems and pollution,
Western Oregon may in a few
years be out of the chicken bus
iness. Mr, Tom's ranches near Ru-
fus are producing uniform, fresh
extra large eggs. He has an au
tomated operation using many
belts. There are four chickens
in each little wire pen with a
wire floor. Droppings are not
picked up but may be left for
several years.
By using the latest kind of
candling machine, expert help
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and production line methods.
they have their eggs to market
4 hours ahead of other
ducers.
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ALLEIf TOM is shown with one of the many belts dellrering eggi
Irtxa the laying hoases to the processing plant.
Big Business
The new plant of three big
Dunaings to nouse tne chick
ens has a processing plant, too.
They obtained three good wells.
Plant, he says, is in a good spot
for transportation, right on the
Columbia River with an excel
lent climate for his purpose.
His 320,000 layers will require
grain from 8,000 acres besides
his own acreage. The feed bill
will amount to $1,500,000 annu
ally. If the wheat price goes up,
he will sell his grain. If it
drops, he'll market the grain
through his chickens. He says
it's easy to get substitute feeds
for the hens. Feed ration will
be 50 to 60 percent whole wheat.
It will amount to 35 tons daily
and using his methods there
will be a daily feed savings of
$105,
Environment Important
He sayS this business requires
a prod environment away from
population centers. The 320,000
birds will have manure equal
to sewage of a city of 32,000.
In his program there is no
litter. The chicken houses are
environmentally controlled with
ventilation from under the
eaves. The ammonia level is be
low the birds which are caged
at 7 feet. There are 40,000 birds
per house, each house being the
equal of one and a half foot
ball fields.
Manure will stay in two or
(Continued on page 4)
(Also see pictures page 1
Section 2)
fn6? nfJ11? fUCCeuede,d r "0t Printed in the April 29 and May enjoy,
in Heppner. It Is located on
Main Street in the former Van's
Variety building.
Grand Opening will be Fri
day and Saturday this week.
hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
daily.
Everyone's invited and there
wil be coffee and cookies to
in college, trade school or after
high school endeavors. He stres
sea tne neea or empnasis on
reading programs and vocation
al education.
When asked what kind of a
person we were looking for, Mr.
Daniels said "probably someone
in his 6th year in college, work
ing towards a doctorate degree
in curriculum and not in ad
ministration". He said he felt
teaching experience would be
very necessary. Salary could
probably run about $13,000
$14,000.
Superintendent's Report
In the superintendent's report,
Mr. Daniels urged board mem
bers to go on the OSSC visita
tion to Hood River on May 5,
This tour Will show some ideas
of imrovements they have made
to old school buildings.
Oregon Board of Education
was in the district for three days
last week. They evaluated each
building. The detailed report has
not yet been received. They
said in their preliminary report
there would be some areas
needing improvement but that
the district could expect a stand
ard rating. Three years ago the
district was rated sub-standard
due to building deficiencies at
Heppner Elementary and lone
Elementary.
Gilliam-Umatilla tED's
In comparing the facilities
the Gilliam and Umatilla coun
ty IED'S had to offer the Mor
row County school district, Mr.
Daniels said instructional med
ia facilities, printing and 16MM
film were comparable and sug
gested an experimental use of
some services on an "as need
basis". Gilliam County could
provide printing at a discount.
Umatilla County I ED provides a
twice a week courier service, re
pair service for audio-visual
aids equipment, cooperative pur
chasing, services of a visual
consultant. Instructional TV and
on a contract basis. Speech
Therapy. If the school district
6 issue of the Gazette-Times.
The bids will be opened on May
17, the regular meeting of the
school board.
The budget election results
were accepted: 323 yes, 145 no,
for a total of 468 ballots cast.
Maureen McElligott was hir
ed as the pool manager for the
lone pool for three months at
a salary of $1200, the same as
last year.
(Also see story page 8)
Girl Tracksters
Score 30 Points
Against Big Teams
Heppner High School's track
women took sixth place in a
12-school track meet Saturday,
April 10, at McLaughlin High
School in Milton-Freewater. The
11 other schools which partici
pated were Echo, Elgin, Helix,
Hermiston Sr., Joseph, LaGrande
Jr., LaGrande Sr., McLaughlin,
McEwen, Pendleton and Weston.
Mclaughlin's 107 was hitrh
score followed by Hermiston's 75,
Helix with 47, Elgin's 38, La
Grande Seniors' 32, then Hepp-
ncr's. 30. Dorotny Agce is gins,
track coach.
GirH who placed in the meet
included: Barbara McCarl, 60
yard hurdles, Christy Bradley,
Kathleen Bartlett, Brenda Kerns,
Susan Sealy, 440 yard relay,
Diana Raymond and Diane Mc
Laughlin, 880 yard run.
Kathleen Bartlett and Susan
Healy shone in the 100-yard
dash, and tied for third place
in the 220. Diana Raymond
placed third in the mile run.
Brenda Kerns and Peggy Taylor
tossed Javelins, Brenda threw
the discus, and Terry Pettyjohn
and Sheryee Massey put the
shot. Terry also made a long
Jump, and Susan Healy tied for
first place in the high Jump at
4'3".
FREE PRIZES to be given
away are a new television set
and a mixer. No obligation, no
one need be present to win.
Gail McCarty
To Go Ranching
Gail McCarty, county extension
agent here since 1965 working
In 4-H and the livestock pro
gram, plans to leave the Exten
sion Service June 1. Mr. McCar
ty Is going to work on an irri
gation project for the Quarter
Circle V Ranch owned by Shir
ley Rugg and family.
The McCartys plan to live on
the ranch at 6 Mile near Board-
man.
Pee Wee Rodeo
A Pee Wee rodeo is scheduled
for May 22, at the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds, when
youngsters from Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, are eligible
to compete.
The Northwest Pee Wee Ro
deo Organization will meet at
the Lion's Club building, Sun
day, April 18 at l p.m. ine
meeting is open to the public
and anyone interested may at
tend.
Predator Loss
To Be Reported
The National Sheep Producer's
Council is conducting a care
fully detailed study on predator
losses in the sheep industry.
Anyone who suffers a loss is
asked to report it with details
and pictures to Henry Krebs at
lone.
People all through Eastern
Oregon are concerned about
Harold Erwin's recent hospital
ization. Harold was admitted to
the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
on Friday, April 16 and is still
a patient He has a heart condition.