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I I BPARY U OF 0 EUGENE OSS. 97403 Number 88th Year 13 GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington. 1om not in clude warehouse cha,) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grata Groweri) White wheat - W4i Hard Red Winter Wheat (Ordinary) l&t Barley .'. 51-50 I I EHEPFNEI2 TIME 1LJ Go'ti'ufey Week lnlerefer94Seniirs Four more seniors will receive their diplomas this year over 1970 when there were ninety. Riverside High will graduate 21, lone High will graduate 13 and Heppner High will gradu ate 60. Hirers! de High The Riverside High Com mencement will be held at 8 p.m., Friday at the Riverside High gym. College Rodeo Opens Friday Stock for the third annual BMCC sponsored rodeo arrived at Morrow County Fairgrounds Monday evening. Among the 65 bucking horses and bulls is a bull that every one should see. He stands about 18 hands high, weighs 2300 pounds and looks as if it may be real hard to stay aboard this critter. Tom Hutsell Is in charge of the stock which is furnished by the Flying 5 Rodeo Co. of Cent ral Ferry, Wash. Last weekend the stock was at the annual Spray Rodeo. . ' Eighteen teams from colleges throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana are expect ed at the big three day rodeo here.- Show opens Friday afternoon at 4. p.m. and continues Satur day, and Sunday ,at ,1:30 sharp. Solons: After Willow Project A phone call yesterday to the G-T from Sen. Packwood's office in Washington said he had tes tified that start of construction of the Willow Creek . dam proj ect in Heppner was top priority of the Army Corps of Engin eers, that people of Heppner had been " very " patient; . He said there is dire need for the $9, 10,000 project. Future delays would only result in increased costs to both Federal Govern ment and local citizens who have started a reserve fund to pay their share of costs neces sary to obtain rights-of-way so creek through Heppner may; be widened. A letter yesterday from Rep. Al Ullman stated he has asked for $300,000 to initiate pre-con-struction planning for the Wil low Creek dam. . At Jimmy Rogers Mrs. Marie Welch of Salt Lake is here visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim my Rogers. Also here with her is her sister, Mrs. Ruby Nelson who works on the " Anchorage Times. They have enjoyed a 10 day visit with the Rogers. : t f I i j t "",( .- ;r - " WILLOW CREEK has good fishing these days. The reason is the legal sized trout recently released. Here Glen Ward pours a net full of the beauties into the creek from the Alfalfa Street bridge. Salutatorlan is Dennis Lamb and Diane Black is Valedictor ian. The commencement address will be made by Lulius Bialot sky, Assistant Superintendent, Multnomah County. Ion High lone High Commencement will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday in the lone High gym. Jeri Snow is Salutatorian and Valedictorian is Jane Krebs. Kevin Collins will make the address for the event. Heppner High Baccalaureate - Commence ment for Heppner High will be at 7:30 p.m., Sunday In the Heppner High gym. Bruce Daniel Marquardt is Salutatorian. Valerie Ann Buy er is the Valedictorian. Donald Clark will make the Commencement address. Administration Ronald Daniels is Morrow County Superintendent. Heppner High principal is Jim Bier. Riverside High principal is Dante Daltoso. lone High principal is Dennis Brandon. ' The Morrow County Board of Directors: Jack Sumner (chair man i Maxwell Jones (vice chairman), Donald McElligott, Gerald Peck, Dr. waiiace worn, Beverly Gunderson, Irvin Rauch. Photos and names of the graduates for each school are shown on inside pages of this issue "of the Gazette-Times. Closed Fire Season For Heppner District Closed Fire Season for the Heppner Ranger District became effective at 12:01 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time on Monday, May 17. , Henceforth, burning permits are required; camping is pei mitted on any Forest Service ion1 7ith nmner tools (shovel, laiiu . i- . - x - fire extinguisher and bucket) in possession and loggers musi comply With State Laws pertain ina tn industrial oDerations. Please help prevent forest fires. When you have a camp or unrmintr fire, make SUM it is dead out before you leave. A good way to make sure is io feel the lire witn your nanus Here for Graduation Mrs. Jessie Sherman of Rapid City, S. D., is here for her grand son, Mark Hopkins' graduation and to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clint A OffA She was accompanied Dy ner hrnther and sister-in-law, mi and Mrs. Foster Rix of Aber deen, S. D. They plan to go to Portland for a. brief visit this week. " ' SPECIAL NOTICE The Elks Lodee will be open Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 61. V--'v j i j r mo3;iTi,.1w KA.M ?n 1Q71 Number 13 neppnex, wieyuu 7oju, muijuur, '"r ' JOHN HALL John Hall Recipient Of Masonic Award A full house was enloved at the annual Masonic Scholarship bamquet Thursday night at tne Heppner Masonic Hall. Masons, HeDDner Seniors, faculty mem bers and several fathers and other guests were present. The delicious ham dinner with all the trimmings was prepared by members of the Eastern Star and the meal was served by Rainbow Girls. Rob Abrams. master of the Lodge, was master of ceremo nies and gave all a warm wel come. Rnh Kellv. chairman of the education committee, made the annual scholarship presentation to John Hall. Sneaker of the evening was Wallace McRae, president of Blue Mountain community col lege. He told of his early coach ing- and teaching experiences and the satisfaction derived from watching a lifetime of a chievements of his former stu dents. He told of the deeD Der- snnnl satisfaction in raising a son and in the fellowship with young people. ' Mr. McRae feels there is no generation gap where the young can sit down with their older friends and talk over things re sponsibly. He explained that we live in a paradox today. All about us we are troubled with great uncertainties. Yet, there are wonderful and enjoyable things happening in America, too. On the one hand we watch TV and read the papers and see abominable things Viet nam, the draft, looting, pover ty, racial problems, inflation, campus unrest and other vio lent things. "Why is this?" he asks. We have become a society of groups and we lose our individuality. We talk to one another; Labor talks to Labor; employers talk to employers; the rich talk to the rich; the poor talk to the poor. We develop ideas and legis lation, then exert pressures; we vilify one another. So we are becoming a society of brands. Demands begin to be made and other things precipitate crises. There is disrespect for law, par ents, faculty. We elect officials and then throw rocks at them. Many seem to lack responsi bility for their brothers. He explained that a corner stone of Masonry is a belief in public education for its con tribution to society. He told of the ODDOrtunities provided by Oregon and North east Oregon by its citizens. But, he added, public education is in serious trouble because many have lost faith. Many tiave be come disillusioned with educa tion as it is. Changes must be made. m MpRan said there are oth er methods of attaining our ob jectives. He said there are en couraging signs. He sees a more universal acceptance of credit transfers soon by differ ent colleges. He feels the young people ol rndav know what they want and will become the responsi ble leaders of tomorrow. PLANTING FISH Legal size trout were planted this week in WiUow Creek, Rhea Creek and Cutsforth Pond. One thousand were planted in each location, according to Jack Melland of the Oregon State Game Commission. fcpiid llene Kilkenny Wyman, Pio neer Memorial Hospital admin istrator, reviewed the hospital deficit, some of the causes of the deficit and some of the things she Is doing about it. She urged Chamber members at their luncheon Monday to vote in favor of the Serial Levy on May 25 from 8 to 8 at the old library room in the City Hall to keep the hospital open. The net loss as of June 30, 1Q7fl wns $36,222. Of this $19,431 was a loss directly to the hos pital and $16,791 was deprecia tion. The value of the holdings ic miite a bunch at $563,569. $10,424 in land and improve ments. $551,783 in the Dunuing. $101,362 in equipment. Payroll runs about io,wu per 4-H Honors to Brock, Marianne tv,iir.H honors, like school graduation awards, are being announced now. Congratulations to Brock Lin n Ariincrrnn . Mrs. Ron Davis, Olex, and Gordon Dunn, Fossil. Brock Linnell Kaiiimai 4-H awards are an nounced by the State 4-H "Club Office and Brock nas won me achievement trip to Chicago, hi trln tn National 4-H Club Congress in . late November is sponsored by tora motor com pany. Brock has many fine a Movements in 4-H and is ac tive in both Giljiarci and Morrow Counties. Most recemiy ue ducted the State Junior Angus Field Day at Sisters. He is Pres iriont nf the Junior Aneus Asso ciation. Young Linnell was the Knnw Vnnr State Government" representative for Gilliam Coun ty to Salem in repruary. in mc junior leader role he has assist oh d.H eamns as a Counselor. Brock is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Linnell. Named Alternate MorlannA Pettvlohn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pettyjohn of lone, was named as first al tomatp tn the National 4-H Club Congress. Marianne was selected for Achievement in me in. Hnrce nrntrram. The Horse a- ward is sponsored by Merek & Co. Selection is made from record hnnt: cnhmirtprl for considera tion. Marianne is completing her 10th year as a 4-H ciud member. She has been active in manv nhases of 4-H includ ing Home Ec and Junior Lead ership as well as being an out standing Horse Club member. Mrs. Davis Mrs. Ron Davis entered the alumni recognition awards pro and was selected state winner, with her record to be submitted to Chicago ior ian judging of regional and Na tinnai honors. Oreeon has had three Western region winners under this program that recog nizes former 4-Hers who are con trihutinrr hack to the program as an adult. Most recently Mrs. Davis led the workshop discus sion at Pendleton of the North eastern Oregon 4-H Leader's Conference. The Davis family are very active 4-H leaders and have turned out many out standing young citizens. They have been host to International lone Lions To Install The lone Lions Club will hold a dinner and installation cere monies Friday night for new officers. The event will open at 6:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by a sumptious din ner served at the lone Ameri can Legion Hall. Dinner will start about 7:30. New president who heads the lone Lions is Larry Prock, lone banker. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Wednesday 83 57 .18 Thursday 63 39 .09 Friday 63 36 Saturday 68 42 .18 Sunday 55 42 Monday 61 32 Tuesday 67 35 Survives! month. Accounts payable about $6,239. There are 38 full time employees and 12 part time em ployees. The biggest loss is in the Nursing Home where there is an undercharge because 50 are welfare patients. The cost per day to the hospital is $11.43. Three in the Nursing Home are there on Home for the Aged and the state pays $5.15 per day. Semi skilled patients pay 9.60 a day which is a loss of 1.83. Personal pay had been paying $9.84 per day with a loss of $1.59. On May 1 the Personal Pay was raised to $11.80 a day. Mrs. Wyman pleased her au dience when she said, there was no difference in the way the patients were treated. "We can't Farm Youth Exchangees, as well as their own son being an IFYE. Next month she heads up the Mid-Columbia 4-H Horse Show at Arlington. Mr. Dunn Gordon Dunn is everybody's favorite at Fossil. He has the respect of his community, a na tive son, taking on the role as County Assessor. His deep de votion to his lodge, church, fire department and community club go unchallenged. The expres sion, the first to come and last to leave; typifies his concern for his fellow man. Many times, he has spent his personal income for community betterment with no recognition. Both Mrs. Davis and Gordon will receive large burnished mnnor nlamips. It Is the CUStOm of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation to withhold the state plaques until after the Na tional ,4-H C1UD congress is held the first week in Decem ber, with the awards coming about Christmas time. Union Pacific is announcing their $400 scholarship recipients. Gilliam County winner is Sarah Sufalko, Condon, and Wanda McGhehey, Mitchell, will receive the Wheeler County scholarship. Both girls have received glass encased certificates which have been sent to their high schools for presentation at graduation. Jeri Snow Winner ' The State 4-H Office has re- Fun and Service Fill There were 20 troops, 50 pa trols, 185 Boy Scouts and 25 leaders at the Blue Mountain Council District Camporee last rainy weekend at Blue Spruce Camp on Wall Creek. Although the boys came home with some soggy camping gear, it was a fun camp and the boys did some conservation work in fi W, ; , , .,1 . I -iif. . . , -if mmmmmmemaJ fcsj' - : i f, k J rniriiBr. ttd (n niua Cnmrc f!r-mr ore Bov Scouts of 'TrOoD No. . u -. . -" - r E6I. Cornett Green loaned his gear. Standing in Iront is icouxmasier uan nconoe. ia uw truck, L to r.: David Allstott. Stevo Malcom. Mike Buschke with his head turned, Curtis Sweek. Brian Boner and David McLachlaa ca top cf the ladder, (Photo by Arnold Raymond). Needs Seirid Levy discriminate, we treat them all alike". She told one incident when one of the little ladles called her in and told her that she could eat less if it would help. Requirements Chancre Medicare and Stato Board of Health requirements change. The latest requirement is a sprinkler system in the new building. The Hospital Board is now accepting bids. The pipes will be exposed. It Is hoped it can be done for $4200. There is no money back from Medicare on the nursery and surgery. Both occupy a large ar ea in the hospital. The financial woes may be laid to the poor census in the hospital. It takes 13 patients a Where to Vote (Special election for the ser ial levy for the Pioneer Memor ial Hospital): ' Boardman City Hall. lone City Hall. Lexington City Hall. Irrigon City Hall. Heppner Old Library Build ing. wmss lone Pool Open Soon The lone swimming pool will open on Saturday, May 29. Op en from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Closed each Monday for cleaning. The fees set for the 1971 sum mer season are as follows: -.' Season v :'. , ' Family, $20.00; Single: ; Adult, 10.00; Grades 7-12, 6.00; Grades 1-6, 4.00. .f-i v- Daily Jpii, Adult, 50c; Grades 71Z, 25c; Grades 1-6, 15c; Preschool, no charge. Fees are navable at the high school office through Friday, May 28 or to Maureen MCJiiii- gott, pool manager. ; This vear for the first time there will be a Red Cross swim- minr nrosram. This program will run for two weeks, June 15-19 and 22-26. It will be open for beginners and advanced be ginners and will be held irom 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 daily. There uiii he a $l.()0 chartre for the course. All interested are asked to register June 15 at the lone swimming pool. All advanced beginners must present their Red Cross swimming cards. All swimmers should provide their own towels, caps, and swimming suits. Boy Scout Camping both Wilson and Wall Creeks. Co ordinators R. B. Cogburn, Dale Boner and Gail McCarty worked on the program repre senting the Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service and Exten sion Service. Mr. Cogburn and Mr. Boner were on hand to dir ect the streambank stabilization project to prevent soil erosion l "f .;f y tW r . - truck to haul the boys and their day to break even. Last month the average census was n.o. This month 7.5. Mrs. Wyman has been instru mental in making some cuts that in no way affect the high efficiency of the hospital. She had been made to understand that the Supt. of Nurses couldn't carry out any other duties. Af ter conferring with the State, she finds that in a Hospital of this size, the Supt. of Nurses .on runrv Da the charee nurse. She must work the day shift and only 40 hours a weeK. mis will save about $5600 a year. - A cut in the maintenance staff will save about $3200 a year. On information from the state, the dietitian can be cut sever al hours a week for another sav ing. Needs The Hospital owes the Bank of Eastern Oregon $5000 which thov neeri tn nav back. They need new mattresses. Those at the hospital are from 17 to li. years old. Twenty-seven mat tresses would cost $1000. The Heat Lamp keeps shorting, a new one would be $83. They nee nn extra steamer for another $83. A long time need has been decent reading iigms in the rooms. This would cost about $572.90. The long range picture calls for individual thermostats in eneh room and an Isolette for the Nursery for $1300. A number of years ago jwrs. nuvnii nrovlded the beautiful drapes in the rooms. Now these need to be cleaned wnicn i terrifically expensive and they are not fire proof. Now the Board of Health says they must be replaced. i Cheap awnings were install ed a number of years ago. The first year the wind took some of them and the next year the rest. Awnings need to be re installed. The bright picture is that now Bob Lowe is a qualified elevator inspector. Since it was installed he has checked, clean ed, oiled and inspected the ele vator every month and the State Inspector came once a year. Recently they were told, it would have to be inspected every month. One company would charge ano rae ouier $95 a call. Bob went to Portland, took the Bureau of Labor exam and is now a qualified elevator inspector at great savings to the hospital! ' A discussion of the cost of rooms in other hospitals were compared with Pioneer Memor- ( Continued on page 8) Weekend in Blues and improve the steelhead spawning beds. The boys planted 2500 wil lows and red dogwoods. They put large rocks in the streams to make half-dams to slow down the flow of water. These rock formations were 10 to 20 feet apart. The boys did .6 of a mile on Wilson and the same distance on Wall Creek. These rock cribs will stabil ize the water and form resting ponds and spawning beds for the steelhead. In the conservation forum the boys heard the major sources of air pollution, water pollution and how they endanger wild life, timber supply and loss of soil. i Hcppner's Troop No. 661 checked In their complete camp ing gear Thursday night and were ready to load Friday af ter school. Cornett Green loaned his truck driven by Marion Green. Scoutmaster Dan Mc Bride led the way in a pickup loaned by Harley Young. They were the first troop to arrive at the Camp. They had the 3rd largest delegation. They receiv ed two Camporee Merit and Honor awards. They took nine out of. 10 skill events such as running the obstacle course, electric fence, fire building, com pass reading and Kim's board. The treat for Sunday, was three hogs cooked in a pit from 2 p.m. Saturday until 10:30 Sun day morning. Two church serv ices were held simultaneously Sunday morning. They broke camp about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
