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LIBRARY U OF 0 - EUGENE , ORE . J .07403 88th Year GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warehouse chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White .... SlMit Bed . $M5ya HEPPNEH 1 . . GAZETTE-TIME V Barley t- . No Market Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Number 25 THE ' if Agricultural Tour of North Morrow Co. I ? - ... r No Chamber luncheon next Monday. To acquaint the F businessmen and wheat farmers of the county with the ag- riculturai development taking place In northern Morrow County, County Agent Harold Kerr has arranged a tour. The tour will be by private car. Members and others who can't make the afternoon tour are ureed to drive ud for 1 dinner at Dodge City at 7:30 p.m. agenda: 3:30 p.m. Leave Heppner from the Hotel. 4:15 p.m. Arrive at Grieb Farms to see irrigated pas- f ture, dry beans, new alfalfa field that has already had 3 E fviltivifva nnn 1 I. ...... 4..- -r m ... . (x vuniiigo oim uiic vi me oesi bianus ox stuuuwer in ine area. 5:00 p.m. Leave Grieb Farms, travel to Patterson Ferry Ed. between Boardman and Irrigon. 5:30 D.m. Arrive at Desert Magic Farrri Brent Kartell. ner, manager, will explain and show what is happening at 1U. 1 JmCvntttv. iln.lnniviAMt iv 11119 laigC UilgailUU UCVClUClliCllli ' 6:15 p.m. Arrive at Eastern Oregon Farms, Gene Kir by, manager. Will see new potato acreage here and get a chance to dig some potatoes. C 7:00 p.m. Arrive at Dodge City In Boardman. P ' 7:30 p.m. Dinner $3.00 place for guests. Chamber will f' pick up tab for chamber members and special guests. Pro- ' gram includes Denver Grigsby of Boeing Company, Howard I Kartchner of Desert Magic Inc., and Rupert Kennedy, Port of Morrow manager. Neighborhood Center Plans 5ED Classes This, fall the Heppner . Neigh borhood Center is anticipating arranging GED classes at lone, Lexington and Heppner. The Lexington group is planning to have classes in the evening. Justine Weatherford is the vol unteer teacher. The Center is very anxious to find a volunteer to give the math instruction, Bosks will be furnished this year. Rep. Al Ullman Here Today! Hep.' ai unman will arrive this morning, Thursday, at 8:40 at the Lexington Airport. Judge Paul Jones will take him on an inspection tour of the Willow Creek dam site and Shobe Creek. A coffee hour will be held following the tour at about 9:30 a.m. at the Wagon Wheel. Ev eryone Is cordially invited to come and meet Rep. Al Ullman. Curtis Wagner Buried in Heppner Funeral services were held last week in Yuba City, Calif., for Dr. Clifford M. Wagner, 54; his wife Patricia 34, and her daughter by a former marriage, Laura Hansen, 14 and Curtis Wagner, 17 months old son of Frances Wagner of Red Bluff. The four disappeared on a flight from Nevada and were killed in , a high Sierra airplane crash. Curtis was visiting his dad for the weekend at the time of the disappearance of their pri vate aircraft. Their craft was not spotted until 10 days ago and positive identification was not established until last week. Ser vices were held at the Chapel of Twin Cities with burial for Dr. and Mrs. Wagner and Laura at Armour, S. D. Interment for Curtis was held Tuesday of this week at Hepp ner Masonic Cemetery with Sweeney Mortuary in charge. He was born Dec. 9, 1969 in Ari zona. Survivors include his mother and brothers, Chris and Mike Wagner at Red Bluff, Calif.; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marlatt of Heppner Anyone interested In working to earn nis High School certif icate is asked to call the Neigh Dornood Center. Anyone who would volunteer to help with the instruction is also asked to call the Center. Nutrition Aide Since Barbara Walter moved from Heppner, the Neighborhood center, lias been without a Nu trition Aide. This is a half-time position. "Applications are now Deing taken at the Heppner jNeignoornood Center. Those in terested in the position should be in a low-income bracket, must nave own; transportation, be able to go out of town to take instruction and like people. These and other problems pertinent to Heppner were dis cussed at the Monday night meeting of the Heppner Neigh borhood Center Advisory board with John Canaday, chairman. rat Brindle reviewed the spring plans of the Center par- ucujaung in a pre-employment program for the hard core un employed known as HRD's. This program is geared to help those who have been without employ ment for 6 months. There are funds to send trainees to the GED classes to secure their hitrh I school certificates, training mon ey for those wanting to en tn Beauty School or take courses at bmcc. Anyone havine knowi. edge of individuals who want to neip themselves is asked to call Pat at the Neif?hbnrhvl Center and talk with her. Mr. Canadav reported on thu Committee for Progress through Law meetings held at The Dal- les recently. Alta Stevens rerorted" tho Thursday afternoon group made $31 at the booth during the Sidewalk Bazaar. They only made $16.00 last year. They an ticipate making Yard Stick hold.1 ers to add to their items to rpII at tne Lrazy Days to be held in October. The Dorcas Society provided the refreshments the first two Thursdays in August and the Soroptimists the last 2 inursaays. Pat reported earlier In the spring that with logging start ing up in the woods she was sure unemployment applications ior compensation would be ex pected to droa She said Mon day evening that there was an average or 23 applicants serv- cea at each of the three dates Horse Games, Music and Dancing Coronation Night Entertainment Queen Michelle Miller County Juvenile Facts Given at Chamber Meeting Grace Drake, Morrow County Juvenile Department director, gave an informative talk about her department as well as sta tistical summary of the past year at tne Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce here Monday. "The purpose of this department is not to pun ish but to learn what goes on inside of these youths, to learn the root of his behavior prob lem", she told Chamber mem bers. Statistics disprove the concept of the in-tact family status. There were 30 juveniles from two-parent families passed through her department as com pared with 15 from one-parent families. She noted that there was usually a case of poor com munication, poor use of author ity and conflicts not resolved. The Juvenile Department for Morrow County Includes the di rector and the county judge and the district attorney in an ad visory capacity. Cases passing through the De partment had several disposit ions last year formal 24, in formal 32, transfer to county of residence 40 and military pro cessing 14. The case starts when the cita tion is put on the directors desk. A letter is sent to the family setting a date for conference. Basic attitudes of both adults and youth are ascertained. Con flict and communication are key words. The judge is not brought into the case until he hears and two uncles, Wesley and Ralph, both of Heppner. He is I the unemployment representa- hoth Sides in order to give a fair urc iroo in neppner in Julv uevision, Quite a few of these Wore nmm. en. Much higher number than sne naa anticipated. The Com munity people match federal funds with contributions of time, money and products. This kind of service amounted to wu.ti during July. also survived by his half-sister Shelley McGowan who lives in Heppner with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marlatt: Kel ly McGowan at Red Bluff; Billy and lomi bue McGowan at Cul ver, Ore. Rodeo Entries Charley" Daly of the Morrow County Rodeo says the correct day to sign up for the big events here will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27. Deadline is promptly at 6 p.m. (The G-T jumped the gun last week and had it a day earlier. Sorry). Meeting Tonight At City Hall Mayor Bill Collins stated that there would be a meeting to night, Thursday, at 8 p.m. at City Hall. Lou Baxter of the Federal Home Administration will be present to discuss the status of the Federal grant ex pected to pay half of the costs of moving the sewer and water lines on Shobe Creek. Juveniles are committed to the Children's Division. Here the de cision is reached on whether to send them to the Umatilla County Boys' Ranch, McLaren, Hill Crest or a foster home. She said it had been established that the longer they are exposed to a correctional facility the less likely rehabilitation will take place. The trend is to de-centralize. Efforts are made to keep the young offenders close to the family home as possible. Calif ornia subsidizes every county when a juvenile isn't institutionalized. Workshop Series Planned The Juvenile Advisory Council has approved planning for a family life education series which will consist of several sessions to be held next year. Content will be determined by a steering committee and the Everyone in the community is invited to the Coronation fes tivities this Saturday evening at 8 o clock at the Grand Stand. Charlie Daly, chairman of the Morrow County Rodeo board, will act as emcee. Sherri O' Brien, Queen of the 1970 Court, will be in Heppner to place the crown on Queen Michelle. The 1971 Court will be pre sented with corsages, courtesy of the Heppner Soroptimist Club and then join the audience in the Grand Stand for royal en tertainment. . The program arranged by Mrs. Elwayne Bergstrom will include such royal entertain ment as musical numbers by the Wagon Wheel entertainers and Grass Valley Sun Downers. Nov elty entertainment will be pro vided by the lone Grand Squares and a trio of unicyclists led by Mark Neal. . As in a Roman Amphitheater, young members of the Wrang lers will participate in Horse games. There's an innertube race for the small fry, suit case race for the Intermediate girls and a potato race for older boys and girls on bareback. First prize in each event is $10, $5.00 for 2nd place and $3.00 for third place in each of the three games. Princess Jan Schlichting has ar ranged these games. The Hepp ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees have pro vided $50 in prize money. Other VIP's to be Introduced are Harold Erwin, Grand Mar shal for the Westward Ho pa rade and two members of the Round-Up Court.t Queen Patti Healy and Princess Jerl Krebs. The sound will be courtesy of Mike Matthews of lone. (Continued on page 10) School Opens Sept. 7 In regard to traffic citations, Mrs. Drake said the disposition depends upon the sincerity of tne youtn and the cooperation of his parents. All first offend ers are required to write a theme. She urges them to write down their feelings. If they are hostile, write that way. She doesn't want them to write what they think she'd want them to write. Mrs. Drake mentioned that there had been an increase in juveniles picked up on Hwy. 80. According to law, juveniles ap pear in their county of residence and not in the county of offense. Juveniles picked up on 80N are either taken to Arlington or to Pendleton for detention. - In answer to questions, Mrs. Drake said "Drugs are here. It just hasn't surfaced." First day of school for stu dents is Sept. 7 according to announcement this week by Ron Daniels, superintendent of Morrow County School District R-l. This early announcement will allow families to make plans for late summer vacation trips. Details for the opening of school will be announced as the date approaches. Parents of Freshmen and First Graders are reminded of the need for physical and dental examinations. The forms can be obtained from the physicians of fice or from the Morrow County Health office in the Courthouse. Birth certificates are also re quired for registration of First Graders. Lady Grand Marshal Chosen for Parade Randall Peterson, chairman of the annual Morrow County Fair and Rodeo parade, has announc ed that Marjorie Clark Ridings win be the Grand Marshal of this year's parade.' Mrs. Ridings now lives in Nes- kowin, Ore. but had lived for some time in New York City. She was tne nrst yueen of the Hepp ner Koaeo. The big parade will start at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 28 here, tveryone is advised to please get their entries ready for the paraae. ah are invited to en ter. . Mr. Peterson has had word that the U. S. Navy contingent irom renaieton will enter float this year. SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD and Judge Paul Jones chat during the dinner held here Monday evening. Judge Jones is partic ularly interested In the chances of revenue sharing. , 1 1 " . Morrow County Likes Packwoods' Informality Washington, D. C, must be a most frustrating place to live. Senator Bob Packwood speaking at an informal potluck supper Monday evening told the some 50 in attendance that Vthere's no feeling of imminence. If it doesn't get dones this week, there's always next . week". There's not nearly as much pres sure as practicing law." Senator and Mrs. i Packwood and three in his party arrived from Condon during . the after noon and toured the proposed Willow Creek dam site and Shobe Canyon with members of the Corps of Engineers and the Morrow County Court artd mem bers of the Heppner City. Coun cil. .... -tl:( , He couldn't say' for sure but he virtually assured the group, that the 90 day waiver from the Ecological Council would surely be settled and the Corps could be here quite " soon on the channel changes.; . - ' ; 53,000 Feet of Diversion Pitches In At Head of Shobe WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low 89 55 95 57 91 60 96 62 99 63 101 63 101 65 Prec. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Long range forecast predicts a cooling off spell. Forest Has Two Firet Heppner Ranger District has reported two small fires. One fire was man caused in Grant County and covered about a nair acre of timber. This for est fire is completely out. Another fire was the season's first lightning fire at Lovlett corral. It was a little spot fire and is under control. R. B. Cogburn said vesterdav that forest users should be re minded the woods are verv drv ana tne nre danger is critical. The small fires Just reported marks the longest time in the history of the district that they have gone this far into the summer without reportable fires. Rural Postal Offices May Close Saturdays A study is underway to de termine whether rural post of fices such as Heppner should be closed Saturdays. This would mean no service of any kind on Saturdays, no mail in nor any mail out. If you feel you need to get your mail on Saturdays, please write your Postmaster here and tell him. Tim White has - completed di version ditches on two fields of summer fallow-: belonging to Roice Fulleton - at the head of Shobe Canyon.' Ori the first field there were 13 diversion ditches for a total of 31,000 feet. The second field had 7 diversion ditches with 22,000 feet. The sec ond field is known as the Gun Club field. This field drains in to Shobe as well as Donaldson Canyon. The diversion ditches were made to all drain into Shobe. The Soil Conservation Service is now staking ditches in the 3rd field also in summer fallow and belonging to Mr. Fulleton. Mr. White will discontinue working on the diversion ditch es until there is more moisture, 4-H Horse Show Set for Sunday All plans are finalized for the 4-H Horse Show, Sunday, Aug. 15, starting at 10:00 a.m. A new event added thte year is tne parade of clubs which will provide an opportunity for tne puoiic to see the 4-H horse clubs participate as a total group. The parade is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in the arena. Plan to attend the entire event! The 4-H members will be ex hibiting skills learned in 4-H clubs and competing for the honor of attending State Fair representing Morrow County. Horse Show superintendents are all 4-H horse leaders. Events include colt classes (horsemanship and on halter). Showmanship, Horseman s h i d. Judging Contests. Aee erouos in- ciucie those born before 1958 through the one born in 1961. Admission to the 4-H Show Is Free! Fair Slips Due Aug. 13 All 4-H members are remind ed Fair pre-registratlon slips must be returned to the County Extension office by Friday, Aug. 13. Prompt returns are appreciated! Dove Kirchers Buy Prairie City Pharmacy Aug. 1 Dave and Marie Kircher of Heppner have purchased the Prairie City Pharmacy from Mr. and Mrs. Rod Murray of Hepp ner. Effective date was August 1. Sale does not affect the Mur ray Drug Stores In Heppner nor Condon. Mr. and Mrs. Kircher and their family have lived in Hepp ner for several years where Dave has been pharmacist here at Murray's Rexall Drugs. Mark Murray is pharmacist at the Heppner store along with his father, Rod Murray. He and Mrs. Packwood receiv ed three and four invitations to an evening, for dinners, cock tail parties, receptions and many affairs. Because they wish to have some private life, they pick and choose where they may go. He is anxious to attend the annual meetings of groups meeting in Washington if they have to do with the Wheat League, Lum bermen or Coastal Waters. Oc casionally he receives an invi tation to a dinner that puzzles him, such as the one from the National Association of Conven ience Dealers. He had his secre tary check on this one to find that it was the small grocery stores that stay open all night or late hours to the convenience of customers. He decided not to take this one in only to discov er a friend of his was secre tary and would be coming up for national president! So he assured his audience that if he didn't show up for the dinner, it was because he had misjudg ed the groups' significance to Oregon. Then until noon he is meet ing in committee. After lunch, he may or may not go to the Senate floor. With advance notice, he is made aware of what will take place on the senate floor. If there is to be a good debate, he'll be there. If it Is not germaine to the issue, he may stay in his office, : He said the - senator ' speaking could read from the Salem telephone directory and still hold the floor. Later in his talk he said it: was a filibuster that stopped the SST and they may have to live through three weeks of filibuster before the draft could be extended. His office receives as many as 400 First Class letters a day from Oregon.; He feels these should be answered. He receives 110 to 120 phone calls a day most of them long distance and many from Oregon. People com ing in to Washington want to ; "meet their Oregon Senator", Night Ufa Day In the Life of a Senator He said, "Washington, D. C, is not a desireable place to live if you weren't in government. I wouldn't want to be a taxi driver in Washington". Ho says the humidity is de pressingly high and - crime is everything you read about Nearly all members of his stafj of 20 have been robbed, his sec retary twice. By leaving from home about 6:30 in the morning, he is able to miss the early morning traf fic. Likewise in the evening, if he leaves for home at 6:30 he misses the evening traffic. wnen ne arrives In the morn- ing he reads the New York Times and the Washington Post Decause they are the biccest. At 9 a.m. he has conferences with his staff. Each has a spe- cialty field: agriculture, lumber, education, etc. He answered Questions at the end of his talk on the Senate's reluctance to extend the draft. setting wage and price controls, West Coast longshoreman's strike, the National Health bill and revenue sharing. He says Congress is reluctant to set wage and price controls. He himself introduced an amendment that the Senate pass controls. He said Congress would rather have the president do it then let him be criticized. Because the West Coast long shoreman strike is affecting on ly a few states it is likely to get substantially worse. During the August recess the Packwoods will visit all of Ore gon's 36 counties. He was ac companied by Pat Smith and Judy Campbell of the Portland office and Bob Chambers, New York. Also joining the party were Mr. and Mrs. March Hier onlmus of Portland. They are long time friends of the Pack- woods. The Senator was Introduced by Mrs. Herman Winter who had gone to Willamette with Mrs. Packwood.
