Field Fire Takes Wheat
At Fred Martin Ranch
By EVA HAMLETT
IONK About 1:00 p.m. Sat
urday afternoon as Fred Martin
and crew were driving back to
his wheat field, after having
lunch, stubble collected under
the pickup and started a fire
in the field. Other farmers in
the lone vicinity seeing the
smoke, stopped their harvest
and came to help with equip
ment they had readily avail
able. The fire was put out about
3:30, after having burned 60 ac
res of wheat belonging to Mr.
Martin, and 70 acres of stubble
field belonging to Dave Riet
mann, and Mr. Martin, and nu
merous acres of grassland be
longing to Delbert Emertl Sev
eral times they thought they
had the fire out, but due to the
strong' east wind, it would flare
up again in spots. Some remarks
heard at the scene were "It's a
wonder there hasn't been more
fires with this long hot spell
and extreme dry conditions."
"Hope we get through harvest
before any more happens."
Some of the farmers will fin
ish this week, but quite a num
ber still have 2 or 3 weeks
more, as harvest was late iin
starting.
At Swcmsons'
Mr. and Mrs. Al Laue, and
Mrs. Wanda Chappelle of Sa
lem were recent visitors at the
Garland Swanson home. They
had been on a trip and stopped
by on their way home as they
wanted to see some harvesting
and especially the new reel that
Mr. Swanson had built.
At Emerts'
Mrs. Mary Hammond and
children spent the weekend of
July 24 at the home of her fa
ther, Delbert Emert. Earl Ham
mond remained to visit his
grandfather for several weeks,
while his sister Kelly, went on
to Mt. Vernon to stay with their
other grandparents.
Mrs. Delores Turner and son
Monty from Eugene spent the
weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Gladys Drake.
Misses Sharlene Hamlett and
Marsha Ball drove to Portland
Wednesday and returned home
on Monday.
Cooler at Church
The St. William's Catholic
Church has installed an air con
ditioner which has been enjoy
ed by the members on these
warm Sunday mornings.
Mrs. Maravene White of Port
land spent Friday evening vis
iting her . husband Gordon and
Tom White and family. She
brought Leah White home after
staying In Portland for a coup
le of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ekstrom
and family of Seattle were re
cent visitors at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Ekstrom, Sr., and her mother,
Mrs. Ida Coleman.
Mrs.. Adon Hamlett and Mrs.
Garland Swanson drove to Pas
co, Wn., last Friday to meet
Mike and Toni Swanson from
Seattle, Wn They are spending
their vacation with their grand
parents while Mr. and Mrs. Den
nis Swanson and Kelly are on
a trip to Texas and Arizona vis
iting friends and relatives.
To Hospital
Mrs. Mabel Cotter was taken
by ambulance: to the Good
Shepherd Hospitat in Hermiston
Friday evening.
Bill Ashurst, son Paul and
Richard Hamlett drove to Port
land Sunday for the day.
At Picnic
Roy Lindstrom, and daughter
Christina, Carl Troedson, Mrs.
Linea Nottage and Mrs. Hilde
garde Benson attended the Mor
row County Picnic held in Laur
elhurst Park in Portland Sun
day. Others attending from lone
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were Mr. and Mrs. Clell Rea,
and granddaughters Donna and
Darcie Rca. Christina Lindstrom
remained in Portland to spend
a few days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dwlght Haugen and
family in Lake Oswego. Donna
and Darcie Rea are staying with
their father, Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Rea and family. About 100
people attended this annual
event.
Mr. and Mrs. Eerl Akers and
family from Pine Ridge S. D.,
left this morning (Tuesday) af
ter a 2 weeks visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Berl Akers and other
relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ak
ers and family of Gresham, and
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Linnell of
Arlington spent Saturday and
Sunday at the Berl Akers home,
giving the family a long visit
together.
Whites Welcome Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Chester White
(Linda Niichols) are the proud
parents of a baby boy, born Fri
day, July 30. The young man
weighed 7 lb., 13 oz., and has
been named Troy William.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Nichols and Ella Rowell.
Great grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Senacol, and Archie
Nichols of Lexington.
Mrs. Hervel Pettyjohn and
family from Yakima, Wash.,
spent the weekend visiting her
mother, Mrs. Sam Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kingston
and family from St. John's, sub
urb of Portland, spent the week
end visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Wally Gaarsland and family.
Mr. Kingston is a brother of
Mrs. Gaarsland.
Miss Shirley Nichols is spend
ing this week visiting at the
home of Clara Brown in Hermis
ton.
Mrs. Keith Peck and children
of Portland arrived Wednesday
to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Morgan, on Satur
day Mr. Peck arrived to spend
the weekend. Others coming for
the weekend were Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Morgan, Mr. Lonnie Hen
derson, father of Mrs. Morgan,
and her sister, Pamela Hender
son, all of Portland.
Principal Returns
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brandon
and family returned from a 2
week's vacation visiting Mrs.
Brandon's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Huff in Nampa, Idaho and
Mr. Brandson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Brandon in Homedale,
Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Con
nor spent the weekend visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Onyon at
Astoria. Their daughter Terri,
who is going to summer school
at the University of Oregon join
ed them at Lee's for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Adon Hamlett
spent Monday in Walla Walla
on business.
Marsha Ball, Patti Crawford,
Sharlene Hamlett and Bonnie
Ball started to work Tuesday
morning at the Morrow Produce
Co., in Boardman. Work has
been held up because of the
railroad strike and the shortage
of box cars.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gutier
rez and family recently return
ed from a trip to New Mexico,
where they visited relatives.
Grace Drake
Guest Speaker
Grace Drake, director ,oitHe
Morrow County Juvenile Depart
ment will be guest speaker at
the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce Monday
noon.
She will Dresent statistics from
last year's county report of her
department.
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Food Stamp
Program Set
The United States Department
of Agriculture and the Morrow
County Welfare Department are
moving toward the scheduled
Aug. 12 opening of the county's
Food Stamp Program.
USDA designated Morrow
County for the program follow
ing a request from the County
Court: Judge Paul W. Jones and
Commisioners Walter Hayes and
Homer W. Hughes.
The new office here is locat
ed at 178 West Willow St., just
east of City Hall.
The food stamps will be dis
pensed twice each month. Of
fice will open Aug. 12 and 26,
both days being Thursdays.
Starting in September, the of
fice will be open Fridays, from
9 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Open days will
be Sept. 3 & 17; Oct. 8 & 22;
Nov. 5 & 19. Other open times
will be posted on the door of
the office.
USDA has authorized grocers
who will accept food coupons
much as they do cash, except
for back bills and the Welfare
Department is certifying partic
ipants who will purchase food
stamps with the money they
normally would be expected to
use for food and receive a "bo
nus" of extra coupons added by
USDA.
Ken Lydrickson, USDA officer
in -charge for the Morrow Coun
ty program, has invited all
known grocers in the county to
participate. He cautioned retail
ers not to accept food coupons
unless authorized to do so by
USDA's Food and Nutrition Ser
vice. He suggested interested
grocers who wish more infor
mation should contact: Room
403, Customs House Building,
220 N. W. Eighth Avenue, Port
land, Oregon 97209, telephone
(503 ) 226-3361, ext. 1830.
Lowell Chally, administrator
of the County Public Welfare
Department, said most families
and individuals receiving some
form of public assistance auto
matically are eligible to use
food stamps. He added other low
income households may be eli
gible, depending on income and
resources.
As examples, Chally said, a
family of four with a monthly
net income of $297 or less and
liquid resources of $1500 or less
would be eligible or a family
of six with $375 or less in
monthly net income and liquid
resources of $1500 or less.
Chally suggested all low
income people who think they
may . qualify for the program
call or write the Welfare De
partment, Heppner, Oregon
97836, phone (503) 676-9211.
Grain Fire Saturday
There was a grain fire Satur
day afternoon at about 2:00 in
volving several persons' land. A
pickup was being driven
through a heavy stubble field
(2 summer stubble that got 40
bu. per acre) looking for a low
place to park the pickup when
suddenly they smelled some
thing burning under the pickup.
This started on Carl Troedson's
land, and because of the wind
that day spread rapidly to Da
vid Rietmann's stubble field and
Ralph Crum and Slim Emert's
range land.
At the first sign-Df-fire,"
neighbors wereJnstantly at the
scene with -equipment needed to
stop the fire. All of the people
involved in the fire are
very grateful for the quick re
sponse of the people who helped
fight it.
Specatators were . numerous,
and often times they can be as
hazardous as the fire. Many
people come out to a fire with
the intention of helping out if
they could but sometimes be
come a nuisance.
It was estimated that 50 to 60
acres of wheat and 75 acres of
stubble was lost.
The Rev. and Mrs. Rudy
Mensch have returned from a
week's vacation trip. They went
over to Port Orford to - see
friends, went down the Coast to
California. They visited rela
tives in Eureka and in Sacra
mento.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner
left today to attend Western
Market at Sacramento. They
will be Joined there by their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner II, sta
tioned at San Diego.
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Summer Youth Employment'
Oregon State University Co
operative Extension Service is
providing summer jobs for over
1,000 young people in 22 Ore
gon counties through the Neigh
borhood Youth Corp (NYC) pro
gram. This is a 25 per cent in
crease over last year.
The young men and women
are performing a wide variety
of jobs for local, state and fed
eral agencies throughout the
state. Every effort is made to
place the young person in a job
related to his career Interests.
Grants totaling nearly $475,-
000 are financing the summer
work program. During the sum
mer each NYC enrollee may
work up to 40 hours a week at
$1.60 an hour, up to a limit of
234 hours.
Don Stangel, Morrow County
Extension Agent reports that at
present there are eight Morrow
County teenagers involved in
the program. It has been noted
that many more agencies are
requesting NYC enrollees and it
is hoped that this program will
Carport Sale
Big Success
Just ask Paula Heinrichs the
most ideal way to clear out odds
and ends that you have out
grown or you have no further
use . for. Bet she'll tell you a
carport sale. .
Friday, July 30, Paula ar
ranged everything on the fam
ily carport at 9 a.m. to start
selling all of those things she
really didn't have room for in
her closet, like her electric or
gan, outgrown clothes, and toys
she hadnt played with since
who knows when. Shortly after
9 Paula's business was really
Dooming and by early afternoon,
everything was gone. She made
$50 and enjoyed the relief of not
having to move everything back
down to the basement.
Take a hint, and tomorrow
clear out the garage or the back
bedroom that no one has used
for so long, and put everything
outdoors for a Summer Sale.
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grow in our county. Many of
our young people need jots and
this type of program gives them
valuable experience in a field
which some day may offer
them a career.
Elks List July
Game Winners
Elk members and out of town
friends can enjoy a variety of
games at the Elks Club. Jack
Loyd was the Grand Champion
for July at Que Stick with six
consecutive balls to win a Crab
Feed ticket. Nona Sowell was
ladies champion to win a Crab
Feed ticket. Marget Dubuque
was most improved pool player
of the month.
At the Bowling game , the
Toots Dubuque and Alvina Pad
berg team won a free Crab Feed
ticket each with a team high
score of 446. Darrel Padberg won
a free Crab Feed ticket with
his single high score of 234.
Anyone bowling a 300 score
will receive a free pass to the
Elks Annual.
Friday night is fun night,
Happy Hour, Elkdo, games,
prizes. Saturday night dance to
the juke box.
LONEROCK NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pickering
from California were calling on
old friends at Lonerock this
week. Ross attended grade school
here while Lovina S. Palmer was
teaching.
Darrell Coppocks two sisters
from lone have spent several
weeks at his ranch here, and
were later joined by his brother-in-law,
who is helping with
the hay crop. Allan Coppock,
who is caretaker of the Cop
pock's cattle ranch at Lexing
ton run out of water at that
place and trucked the cattle to
their summer range on Brown
Creek.
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We're one of the nearly 1,000 consumer
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the country, serving some 25 million Ameri
cans in rural areas of 46 states.
We take our job seriously. We know that
electric power is basic to our community's
continued growth and well-being . . . and we
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Whether it's warming your toast or cool
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HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday, August S. 1971
KINZUA NEWi
KINZUA Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Lorengel and family went to
Dunsmuir, Calif., Saturday where
they met Mr. and Mrs. Billy J.
Benson, Jr., and family of Stock
ton, Calif. Danny and Donny
Benson returned to Kinzua for
a visit with their grandparents.
Mrs. Melvln Schluckebier re
turned home Saturday from a
stay in The Dalles General Hos
pital where she had surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Portner
went to Hood River Friday eve
ning to take home Tammie and
Karen Elmer who had been vis
iting here the past week.
The Good Neighbors Club had
their monthly meeting as a pic
nic at Shelton Park Thursday
afternoon. The afternoon was
spent visiting with the children
playing games. As of now, it
is planned that the meeting for
August will be another picnic.
Visiting the first part of last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Woods was their daughter,
Mrs. Bob Sherrod and daughter
Jerri Lynn of Albany. When
they went home they took Vicky
and Terry Logan back to their
home in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Milt Borings
went to Portland Friday from
where they left Saturday morn
ing to fly to San Francisco for
the weekend to visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Johansen and
son.
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Deadline For
Cattle Brands
On Place Mats
This weekend is the deadline
for getting in names and cattle
hranda to be DUt on the new
placemats being printed by the
Morrow County CowBelles. Cost
is $2 each. Both the name and
the brand will armear on the
new placemats. Please send in
to Mrs. Bob Mahoney, Heppner.
Sells Tavern
Mr. and Mrs. Larrv MacPher-
son, Michael and Angela plan
to move to Glenn Fans, . x.,
after the details of selling their
tavern have been completed.
This Is close to Larry's home
town. He expects to go back
to school In Industrial Account
ing. He went back to BMCC this
spring on an experimental bas
is to see if he could still study.
He made the honor roll and
liked it so much that he de
cided to go back to school.
The MhcPhersons have Uvea
in Heppner a year.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richards
are moving to Pendleton to
make their home. They have
lived in Heppner for 12 years.
They have two sons living in
Pendleton.
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