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L I IF ART U OF 0 c u : z u r , o i r . 97403 BACCALAUREATE and GRADUATION EXERCISES Graduation I7eeh Here for 78 County Seniors Tin In graduation week (or 8 n. in. in the gymnasium. at 8 p.m. Salututot iun is Chert Carl koii. Valedictorian Ik Mary McklliKott. The address of the even ing Is to lie made by George Sanders or Station KWJJ or Portland. HEPPM'H Heppner High Schixil Com mencement and liacrjlau reate are to lie held Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. In the K inna slum. Salutatorian IsDarbara All Mutt. Valedictorian Is Shel ley Wolff. Baccalaureate Address Is to he made by the Kev. Dan Thompson, Commencement Address Is to be made by James Bar ratt. BOARD The Morrow County Dist rict School Board has Jerry Peck, chairman; Dr. Wallace Wolff, vice-chairman; mem bers, John Brandt, Don Mc LTIigott, Irvin Rauch, Pauline Winter and Jack Sumner. Hon DanieU Is superinten dent for Morrow County, Jim Bier Is principal of Heppner High. Principal at lone HlKh Is Dennis Brandon. Riverside High principal la Dante Daltoso. the CUks of 1972 al Moi ro County Hifh School, accord tng to Supt. Hon Daniels, lone High lll graduate 13, Riverside high !3. and Hop purr Hlh 42. RIVERSIDE Riverside HlghSchool Com mencement will be Friday at SalutatorUn Is Charles Aells Acmk. Tony D. Barn lurt 8 th Valedictorian. Commencement Address will t nude by lion. Wayne Morse. IONE lone High Shool Com mencement will be Saturday Rici)auriiisund4, May 21, 7-00 p.m. at A C. Houston Elementary Speaker: lie. Wesley Croiik, AsmmiiIiJ) of God Church. Irrliion Commencement-Fri'Iay. May 26. 8 00 p.m. at Riverside High School SihmIhT; Wane Morse lone Hich School Baccalaureate-Sunday, May 21. 5.00 p.m. at lone II lt:b School Speaker: Pastor Bill Arthur, lone I'nlted Church of Christ Commencement-Saturday, May 27, 8.00 p.m. at lone High School Sieaker: George Sanders, Man ager. KWJJ Radio Station, Port land Heppner Hn;h School Baccalaureate and Commencement-Sunday, May 28. 7.30 p.m. at Heppner High School Baccalaureate Speaker: Rev. Dan Thompson, All Saints Episcopal Church, Heppner Commencement Saker: Jim Barratt.Athletlc Director, Oregon State Un iversity 19 th Pioneer Memorial Picnic The 19th annual Pioneer Memorial Picnic will 1 hild next Monday. (Memorial Day) zt the f air Pavilion in Hep pner. Registration begins at 10:30 in cliarje of the Sor optimist Club. Amemortal service will 1 AG EXPERTS FROM INDIA HERE Three agriculturists from India with names next-to-im-possiMe to pronounce spoke at the Heppner - Morrow County Chamber of Com merce Monday. American ized their names ere Nat tun, Swami and Rao. They are guests of Mrs. John Gra ves and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jepsen while they are in the county. They told of tne extremes of their country 0 to 120 degrees, nil to 400 in. of rain fall, six major languages, a civilization that began 3000 to 5000 B.C. They attained independance in 1947. They believe in Freedom of Speech and Respect of Elders. They have two major pro-blems-that of fo'id production and famil) planning. They hope to reduce the size of families by 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent. The average size of a farm is 3.5 compared to 306 in America. They are working to become self sufficient in feeding 'heir large popu lation. Theyraise rice, wheat sorghum, peanuts, sugar cane. They export tea, cof fee, cashews and spices. They import wheat. They are on the threshold of food exportation. They will have 2 or 3 crops a year off the same land. They are appalled that farmers in Mor row County keep some land idle for a season. Construction of the highest dam in the world is expect ed to provide irrigation wa ters that will increase food production. India is the only republic in Asia. They showed slides of scenic spots In India from the Market Place to die beau tiful Taj Mahal. The third speaker made an eloquent plea for "quality for All, neglecting none." He spoke rapidly and only an occasional phrase could be understood. ..Develop potenti alities of people as the dams in the Columbia havedevelop ed the rivers potential.. Noth ing is impossible for man.. Happiness is a state of mind., emphasis should be on the af firmative. ..He touched on the man's physical, mental and spiritual sides. "By train ing one's mind, the capacity could be doubled to solve li fe's problems"., he said. No Chamber of Commerce meeting next Mon., one of the Government's inflicted Mon. holidays. Gazette-Times won the pot. ANNOUNCEMENT-Fill out the Community questionaire and mail back in. Memor ial Day Pioneer picnic will be held May 20 at 10:30 at the Fair Grounds. Members urged to attend if in town. Chamber plans tohaveHome steads and Heritages avail able to sale. Forest Ser vice Forum to be May 25 at 7:30 at bMCC little Theatre. held at 11:45 a.m., with Don Munkers, Commander of the Heppner American Legion Post in charge. The buffet luncheon will be held at 12. Invocation will be by the Rev. Edwin Cut ting. The Triple Link Club of the Heppner Rebekah Lodge is in charge of the kitchen. Meat, coffee, rolls, butter and ice cream are furnished through donations made at the registration entrance and by the Elks and Odd Fellows Lodges. Milk and punch are provided by Hagers Dairy. Door prize is furnished by the Merchants Committee of the Heppner-Morrow Cham tier of Commerce. Napkins for the event are provided by the Heppner Gazette Times and the Bank of Eastern Or egon. Chairmen of this 19th annual picnic are Mr. and Mrs. Laurence flecket. Cover for this year's program was designed by Cathy Anhorn. Grain Growers Make Payment MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS in their May news letter announced the impor tant payment of more than $27,000 for payment of the allocated reserve of the for mer Lexington Oil Co-op for the years 1949-1954. The MCGG Board of Di rectors in their statement said, ' We are pleased to an nounce this payment and wish to thank all of you for your support and patronage that makes this payment pos sible." Final Point Play Day The fourth and final point playday lor the Morrow County Wranglers riding club is scheduled for Friday, May 26th, weather permitting. The potluck supper is sche duled for 6:00 p.m. with the riding events to start at 7:00 p.m. Should this not be pos sible, all participating mem bers will be notified, andano ttier date selected. RCA Approves Fair Week Rodeo The Heppner Rodeo Board received word at their last meeting that the fall show, Aug. 26-27 was approved by the Rodeo Cowboys Assn. Double R. Rodeo Company, owned by Ronnie Raymond, of Prineville, Oregon, will again have the stock contract. Announcing all R.C.A. events will be Bob Chambers of Pendleton. The Saturday evening show will feature the local events, with Joe Daleyof Pen dleton announcing. Novice Bronc Riding will be on Sat. night only, with a limit of 10 riders. The board's rules for lo cal events will be published before rodeo time. WEATHER BY DON GILLIAM Hi 50 60 69 73 69 60 61 Low 47 36 32 46 47 47 40 Prec. .01 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday .01 1.56' .03 Total for May 2.37, (Above Normal Record Prec. for May 3.27, 1962. 89th Year THE Heppner, Oregon Heppner Flood Alerts A flood alert is given to us through the Weather Bureau and State Warning Bureau which tracks the clouds with radar. If they feel there Is danger they notify the Countv. An alert DOES NOT mean that we will have water. The wind could change the path of the clouds or speed or slow the clouds in our area. Upon receiving the alert warning which the. State Warning Bureau calls us, the alert will be sounded. The Creek Watch will go into action. There will be NO all clear. If, after a length or time, the clouds tend to clear, we can go back to normal duties. You will be notified by the City Police or Firemen. The alert Is a sounding of the sirens consisting of three 10-second wails. DO NOT confuse this with the fire horn which is an air horn, not a siren. Evacuation is a continous blowing of the siren. Remember, if we get an alert, do only what you have to do and please do not drive around to see what is going on as it just adds to the confusion. And it can only cause more problems. Any help will be appreciated. Contact any fireman, po liceman or Sheriffs Office. All parts have arrived and the new sirens are being in stalled in Heppner this week. Sheepskin Dollars The Heppner Merchants have issued souvenir money- replicas of Sheepskin Scrip -for the Heppner Centennial. These "dollars" are avai lable at both local banks. Merchants honor She money just like legal tender and will continue to do so until the last of Sept. You can use this just like regular money in Heppner stores. The money was manufactur ed by the Heppner Gazette Times. Fijst printing was completed last weekend. Old Tvners? New Expected At Picnic Lawrence and Florence Becket representing the Becket and Bergstrom pio neer families in the Eight mile area are chairmen of this Year's Pioneer Memor ial Picnic. They suggest that you stay and visit awhile. The covered-wagon cover of the program is particularly distinctive. It was done by Cathy Anhorn, grand daugh ter of Mrs. Clara Gertson. She is Molly Becket' s room ate at Oregon State and is an Art major. The Jaycee wives are help ing set the tables Friday evening. About 250 are ex pected at the May 29 event. Power Delay NOTICE TO ALL Colum bia Basin Electric Co-op Inc. customers in Sand Hollow area, in order that replace ment can be completed of the transformer at our Sand Hol low substation, your area will be without electric service for a 5 hour period begin ning at 9 a.m., Wed., May 31 and should be back in ser vice at 2 p.m. STL'DENTBODY OFFICERS HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL Jim Cutsforth president; middle row; Judy Bennett, assistant treasurer: Diana Cox, Sgt. at Arms; Jill Scott, Business Mgr. Front row: Shanny Farley, secretary; Penny Marquardt, vice president and Tami Meador, treasurer. 97836, Thursday May 25, 1972 Sign Up For Sidewalk Bazaar Sites Clubs and organizations planning to have a booth dur ing the annual Sidewalk Ba zaar are asked to PLEASE sign up now for locations. You may sign up at Gard ner's Men's Store where there is a chart showing all the sites for booths. Daniels Elected To Exec Committee Ron Daniels, Superinten dent of Morrow County Schools has been elected to the executive committee of the Oregon Association of School Administrators. The Association is comprised of the 220 superintendents in the state. The election was conducted by mail. There are three meetings in connection with the Association meetings for a total of five or six meetings a year. The As sociation is no longer associated with the Oregon Education Association. tone's Auction Nearly Ready The final planning meet ing of the 10th Annual lone United Church of Christ Auc tion and Barbecue was held last Thurs. evening. Milt Morgan reported that 325 lbs. of choice beef have been or dered for the barbecue din ner. This memorable event requires many donations of both time and materials by church members. This year Fred Nelson has even donat ed his thirty year old lo cust tree as wood for the barbecue pit! Sorting of merchandise has already begun. Many fine an tiques and collectors' items will be displayed for sale to the public. Interesting dona tions arrive from interesting people every year. Last week a relative of former lone re sidents left off a couple of .. 1 i ' ft I Jerry Rood was a committee of one from American Leeior Post No. 67 who erected the handsome bronze marker at the flag pole at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Legion Post erects markers American Legion Post no. 87 has erected a plaque at the flag pole at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery in honor of Veterans of all Wars. They plan to erect similar bronze markers at Hardman and Lexington before Memorial Day. suitcases full of good auction items. If you have donations please, please, please, call Paul Pettyjohn or Don Bris tow so that the merhcandise can be listed. June Lindstrom, Country Store Chairman, reminds her committee members that fi nal sorting for the sale will begin Friday, June 2 at 9:00 a.m. at Willows Grange. Scholastic Honors, OSU A total of 233 Oregon State University seniors and gra duate students have been ini tiated into Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honor so ciety. Membership in Phi Kappa phi is the highest recogni tion given at the university for scholastic achievement. The honor goes to fewer than 10 per cent of graduating se niors and master's and doc tor's degree candidates. Students initiated include Billy C. Bellamy, Agricul ture. Attention: Please remember to signup NOW for the Junior Rodeo at Gardner's Men's Store. Deadline to sign up is June 1st. PLEASE NOTE Please get all news and ads turned in this weekend, as soon as possible for next week's edition because of the Memorial Day Holiday. Thank you for your kind cooperation. ''- . I Am HWkii JfflMI IM The Legion will not place flags on veterans graves this year. Families of veterans may secure flags for per manent possession from the Legion to place on the gra ves themselves. DENNIS McKAY, named "Teacher of the Year". lone Lions Install Ray Boyce was installed as the lone Lions Club presi dent on May 20 at the Elks Club, Heppner. Assisting Mr, Boyce will be Don Heliker, first vice-president; John Jepsen, second vice-president; and third vice president, Darrell James. Charles O'Connor was instal led as Lion Tamer and Herb Ekstrom Jr. as Tail Twister. Secretary-treasurer will be Bill Siewert and directors for a two-year period will be Ro bert Drake and Don Briwtow. The installing officers were from the Pendleton Lions Club. Two women represent ing the Pendleton Lions Aux iliary spoke to the lone la dies encouraging them to form an auxiliary of their own. A prawn feed was served prior to the installation ceremony. - 0 J - HEPPNER Morrow Election The Primary Election Tues. in Morrow County saw these results: Democrats McGovern 340, Wallace 164. Hubert humphrey 128 and Jackson 94. Democrats lone Memorial DaySetvke Cliff Aldrich, commander of the lone American Legion post has invited all to at tend ar.d participate in their annual Memorial Day ser vices starting promptly at 11 next Mon. morning at lone Memorial Field. Guest speaker for the event is Jack Sumner. Looking towards July, Com mander Aldrich said the Am erican Legion will present their huge fireworks display on Sat. evening, July 1 this year. Sumner Wins According to early report ing, Jack Sumner has receiv ed the Democratic nomination for State Representative from District 55. He had a to tal vote of 2858 and swept every county except Jeffer son. He was opposed by Harold Washam and Walter Ponsford. National Forest Forum Set Are you interested in the management of your National Forests? Do you wish to be come involved? If so the Umatilla National Forest want to solicit your ideas and opinions in a pub lic forum to be held May 25 in the Main Theater Room at BMCC, Pendleton. The pub lic forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. One of the Forest Service objectives is to involve the public in Forest policy and program formulation. Re cently, public meetings have been held to discuss manage ment alternatives on specific areas. However, these meet ings did not present the op portunity for discussion on land management activities. H. B. Rudolph, Forest Super visor, said that the purpose of the public forum is to give everyone an op portunity to voice their op inions and i deas concerning the land management activi ties on the Umatilla National Forest. The public forum will, not have a formal agenda. To get the meeting underway, Supervisor Rudolph may begin discussion on some to pics that are of local con cern. This public forum is the first attempt by the Uma tilla National Forest to in volve the public, at-large, in Forest policy and pro gram formilation. It is hop ed that such meetings can become a regular oc currence. . The public inter est will determine whether any other meetings will be scheduled. EARL AYRES JR. HURT IN CAR Early Saturday evening Earl Ayres, Jr. had an ac cident in his Bronco near the top of the Heppner Hill grade. Earl who now works at The Dalles was alone in the car. He suffered head in juries, Lacerations and brui ses and was taken to the Pio neer Memorial Hospital where he was treated until Tues. afternoon. Grain Prices (FOB Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) Courtesy MCGG Soft Whit wheat 1.64 bu. Hard Red Winter wheat no bid Barley 47.00 ton Number 14 County Results in the county gave Wayne Morse 367 for U.S. Senate, Bob Duncan 290, Wlllner 100, and Wiser 46. Republicans: Nixon 441, Ashbrook 94, McCloskey 64 U.S. Senate Hatfield 356, Brown 135, Engdahl 115, Smets 24. In Morrow County John Mol lahan, incumbent sheriff re ceived 586 votes to Chris tiansen 228 (Demo.) State Representative 55th Dist. Jack Sumner received 546 on the Democratic tick et. Washam 90 and Pons ford 157. In Gilliam County Mr. Sumner nearly swept the county with 344 votes to 32 and 55 for the candidates. Dave Green, Republican re ceived 595 votes, unopposed. Port Commissioner to elect three: Krebs 1092, Nelson 743, Peterson 1033, West 1092. Outcome will depend on official count and word from headquarters in Salem. County Clerk position unop posed in primary. Sadie Par rish, Democrat, and Alice Vance, Republican. As we go to press Wed. morning, above totals are unofficial. NEW DOCTOR COMING TO 3 COUNTY AREA Congressman Al Ulman's office called Friday of last week to say that a doctor from the National Health Services Corp. had been assigned to meet the critical medical per sonnel shortage in the three county area in central Ore gon. The counties are Whe eler, Gilliam and Morrow Counties. Run by the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare, the National Health Ser vices Corps is charged with the responsibility of provid ing primary health care and service to areas with criti cal man power shortages. Congressman Ulman re ceived requests from Whe eler County Judge Clarence Asher and many others to help in obtaining trained me dical personnel for the area. The doctor, expected to lo cate in Fossil, will arrive to begin practice in July. Siren Brings End to Sale The annual W.S.C.S. Lawn Sale was in full swing last Sat. on the Methodist Church lawn when the flood warning siren struck panic into every ohe, customers and sales clerks alike. The Luncheon rush in the church basement had just ended. With quick action, the remaining mer chandise was gathered and moved inside and the sale was ended. The ladies were pleas ed with the response during the sale and believe that they got a good boost toward ac quiring the missionary fund. Art to Hang at Pioneer Picnic A new feature of this year's Memorial Day Pioneer Picnic will be an exhibit of pic tures done by Morrow Artists. A group of paint ing will be hung in the Fair Pavalion by Mrs. Paul Brown and Mrs. Ed Dick. Local artists who would like to add work to the ex hibit should call Mrs. Brown at 676-5389, or may leave their pictures at the Turn er, Van Marter, Bryant of fice very soon.
