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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1971)
GOOF! Lost week we placed the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Signature on the Sears Ad, This was our error, G-T (Gee whir!) HZttHlK OBg.). GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. Dc. M. 171 Ladies Card Club Has Double Party When Kima Keilhley hunted ! Tuiy tnoiiiinj Ladies dub l hi-f hum Saturday fv nine. h thuuuht U the 1,iI'm 4 l.rKtmn ftdHv. llMv. T, Jtl'llltf Willi I III ()irliim j f ci l.-hr.itii.n, her guest fcur pr led I i hr by niH"Uin ins H (f I tU.ut.y iiaity in honor of lift I I i e- mm . 11 f o "I ff X i3 II II I j Lfl.f 1 (!..til l. party , birthday. j Co honied by Jli lt'K Kfithlt'.v. iho party included n uvi-ty buf fet dinner of traditional ham,! tuikey Mini irimmin,' followed by a ( litiHlm i cake made by M'rtl. Tb'i wete IIiiih i.ihle of pi fiix hlo in play Willi Helen Ki'iibb-y wiiiiiiiii,' fit -1 ; Martha Van jU'iiniiH k, Miniut; Alice Mf- law, low and i.iiHiys iniutui won the door ii'f: Sr AdMns, M ifjuii.' Wmili-n, Made, Hivmiii. Miiiilu Vim Aliiii.uk, lti Rugles, fJlad,i ('minor. Htie John.ion, F.siher llcrgMrom. I'f.itl Wright and AJh MK'iiIm- were tin regular mi-mbcr and MihMituic nt iiiiilmji. i Wishing you many Christmas i blessings with best wishes for happiness and peace. J NORTHWESTERN MOTEL mmmmmmmmmmvmmmmmmmmmm LjiJo nni u&sk i o it iivui wiunin Is World Wide Wbrfit iinltii'lion H wot I !!, rc.)il Ibirobl Kir, Mor row County Kxti'iisicui Aurnt Tin- largest vhut pr.xlucinK tiuntry in lh' world Is Kussl with l.Vi,.lMO.O(iQ iicros, produclriK 'iv ir 2't billion buslicls uhcfil. Their average yield is os timaied nt Ki.l bu.shels x-r acre its ci.mp.ired lo Iho 4S,35fi,()00 ihtp.s in Iho United Slates which itverKe .1.1.7 nusncw per acre in 1971. resulting in 1.6 billions of bushels of wheat. About one half or "85 million bushels Is .ived domestically. 1 nt tnim largfM wheat pro duelng country in the world Is China with a total production in vxit'ss of 900,000.000 bu.shels on 61.000,000 acres. Their aver age yield of H.8 bushels is the lowest in the world. India is fourth in total pro diiction with 8."i,000.000 bu.shels France Is the fifth highest pro duciiiK country and has the highest average yild per acre, l bushels. World wide there was approx imately 522,S(10,0(X) acres of wheal with an average yield of M.I bushels in 1971 I his figure can be compared with 816,000 acres in Orecon ind an average yield of 46.5 bushels. Morrow County is Hie "ccond largest wheat producing county in Oregon harvesting ap proximately 128,01)0 acres with 111 estimated average yield of .'9.5 bushels. 'Crop Reporting Service, USDA) 1 ,T ) ill 'ViIJ 1 2 r v 1 ' 7 b -a I I f I , I I I 1 .,,1 ' r i - 1 W. a A 1 . .. ... . . "wr inii iuu can tin? eeiier witn your nana in your I pocnei is provea oy jonnny Stevens os ! tings "Jolly Old St Nicholas", accompanied by his sister, Jojean. Tbey were Just a part of the musical Christmas party enjoyed at Rhea Creek urange last Saturday. 1H At Mh.A s """May you enjoy the festivities and delights of this special time. We thank you for your loyal support. Happy Rhea Creek Has Musical Christmas REETINGS... may the wonderful blessings of Christmas be yours this holiday season. Farley Motor Co. mm m mm mmm m mmmmm m mmmmm m m m m w Christmas wishes to you. FULLETON CHEVROLET mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm The arrival of that old fellow with the fat tummy and a red nose Jike a cherry was the high light of the Rhea Creek Grange Christmas party Friday evening. He cou id nt find the chimney so he used the door much to the delight of everyone. He gave all those present oranges and pop corn balls. 1 The evening started with a pot luck supper followed by the program. I he program by Airs. KImcr Palmer featured talent by both adult members and children. A trio with Craig Cutting at the piano, flrace and Owen Drake on alto and so prano melodicas played Little Town of Bethlehem. The audi- nee joined in singing with hem. Johnnv Stevens master fully and nonchalantly sang Jolly Old St. .Nicholas", ac companied by his sister JoJean. Later JoJean played as a piano solo. "Wo Three Kings" and a- gain later .she ushered in Santa Claus with Jingle Bells. Rev. Fd Cuttir.g. Mrs. Cutting. Frieda Slooum aiid Mrs. Bob Stevens acted in a skit "How Ome Christmas". The Arnold Raymond family sang "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Deck the Halls with Bows of Holly". During the final chorus, Jennifer, Susan and Phillip presented the ladies Irrigation Meet Coming, January with holly corsages. Two piano solas were enjoy- ca. Owen Drake played "White Christmas" and Craig Cutting piayea "Yuletide". Four year old Shawn Mallory went to the piano arranged his music and then "played" his piano accom paniment while he sang "Santa Claus Ls Coming to Town". This wasn't part of the program but because he was totally unself- conscious, the audience particu larly enjoyed watching him. 1 1 TliA ttnma trirt rt rVuIrr ("Wtincr I emceed 'X " "r-"1 "-"""'s arm (..race ana uwen uraicei played the accompaniment fori the group singing of the favor ite carols. Paul Pettyjohn IONE mmmmmmmmttmmvmmmt4rm4rm'mt4rw holiday (best)vishes A report on the ground wa ter situation will be one of the highlights of the Irrigation Con ference scheduled lor Jan. 12- 13 in Hermiston, at the Catholic Parish Hall, reports Harold Kerr, Morrow County Extens 1 0 n Agent. The discussion on ground wa ter will be led by Bill Barthol omew, Ground Water Geologist from the State Engineer's Of fice. 1 Gene Nelson, OSU Extension Ag Economist, will discuss the economics of irrigated agricul ture in our area with emphasis on the cost pf owning, operating and maintaining automatic ir rigation systems. Other speakers for the two- day program include Jim Vom ica and Marv Shearer, Exten sion Soil specialists; ,ari Bates, Agricultural Meteorolo gist; Chuck Ulley, Irrigation Re searcher, and Mel Hagood, Washington State University Ir rigation specialist. otmmmmmmmmmmm 7Hf TTHA5 COME m . s ff I ! CHYOU WERE 1 x 1 rr ri 11 11 anil i a. iuuul. PftrJcnnQ VIE- V. 1 ' ' ' ".T IT This Christmas we double last year's best. 4". ' RIETMANN'S HARDWARE IONE COURT STREET MARKET mmmmmmmamtt0mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmw mt JnV-- r"V.- 'v-. ms.' L vV.v;.: -z- .- u-, k . 1 I- 7oo NS. ; : m GRAY'S REPAIR MIKE and MARLENE HOTEL CAFE mmmmmttrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 'mmmmmmmmm ww9k'&?wikvartsvMisis omwimmim J c -"-wspbmw-t " ... , 1 ' "-.! - .if 1 isB MSB DRAWN BY WENDY MYERS (ED) DICK
