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MARY McLLLlGOTT
Milt Morgan
chosen V.P.
Mr. am) Mrs. Milton Mor
gan of lone recently returned
from Yellowstone Park. The
Park as not yet officially
opened hut was the Kite for
the quarterly meeting of Wes
tern Wheat Associates.
Mr. Morgan who lias heen
secretary of the organization
was elected vice president.
He is also chairman of the
Oregon Wheat Commission.
Mr. Morgan made a trip
around the world last Octoher
on behalf ol his train or
ganization. -
All ladies belonging to the
Willow Creek Country Club
are invited to play in the
Ladies
June I
9:00
follow
a.m.
Golf L'ay Tuesday,
7. Tee off time is
and a meeting will
the golfing at 11.00
Bible School
program Friday
Over 90 students in this
area are attending the Luth
eran, Methodist, and Episco
pal Bible School this week,
which will come to a grand
finale Friday night when they
present a program for the
public. The action will take
place at 8:00 p.m. on the
Lutheran Church lawn.
Following the program,
there will be a display of the
class work and crafts that
have been done during the
Bible School.
Everyone if invited to at
tend, firing a blanket or chair
to sit on. In case of bad
weather, the program will be
at the Heppner Elementary
School gymnasium.
MHS. RANDALL PETER
SON underwent major sur
gery Friday at St. Anthony's
Hospital, Pendleton. She is
reported as doing well and
expected to come home this
week.
AWARDS TO
BOARDMAN
LADIES
At the annual Oregon Heart
Assn. meeting June 10th in
Portland Special Achieve
ment Awards were presented
to Mrs. Florence Root and
Mrs. Ila.el Miller of Board
man. Shobe Canyon
Gordon White and Tom
White have completed the se
ries of diversion ditches on
the Shobe Canyon project.
They said it was the big
gest single job they have ever
done. They encountered a
lot of clay and white ash
where they had to move a lot
of earth to make it stay- '
put. The blade stopped when
it hit the clay so they took
a cable and the D-8 cat and
towed the smaller cat with
the blade down to break thr
ough the clay.
They built diversion ditch
es in the same area for Ha-,
guewoods in 1965 that held in
the May 1971 water spout.
'These were not as long or
as close together as the ones
they put on Shobe this past
year.
"It was quite an engineer
ing feat to lay out the dit
ches", Mr. White said. He
had nothing but praise for
the SCS crew who laid out
the ditches and worked with
him.
Presently the Whites are
working on silt dams, diver
sion ditches and grass water
ways for Bob Jepsen.
"DIANE STEtRS is home on
Mary McKlligott, a 1972
graduate of lone High School,
was recently awarded the
American Legion Auxiliary,
Dept. of Oregon, $1500
scholarship. She applied
through the lone Unit No. 95.
In order to he eligible for
the scholarship, the ap
plicant's father must be an
active member of the Ameri
can Legion, must lie a vet
eran, and the scholarship
must tie used to further edu
cation above high school
level somewhere In Oregon.
It Is offered to sons, daugh
ters, and widows of veterans,
or wives of disabled veterans.
I'nder the nursing scholar
ship program, federally sup
ported scholarship awards
are available at participating
schools of nursing which offer
a complete program of nurs
ing education leading to a
diploma In nursing. Mary was
active during her high school
vears. She was a delegate
to Clrls's State In 1971, and
this year was awarded the
Elks Scholarship, named
Homeniaker of the Future,
and was valedictorian of the
lone High School class of'72.
She Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Don McEUigott.and
will enter the University of
Portland In the fall.
Her fine scholarship
was awarded largely
on high scholastic stan
ding. Search & Rescue
group here
Roy Lamb the National
Commander of American Wil
derness Foundation was In
Heppner Tuesday. He was
accompanied by Lou Ann Han
son and Barbara Ratcliff of
Portland. It was his all
boy group that came up to
help in the search for Dr.
McMurdo. The troop tra
vels throughout the state to
provide work-sessions in
Search and Rescue opera
tions. Mr. Lamb talked with Keith
Nelson who has set June 28
as the date for a public meet
ing concerning formation ofa
Search and Rescue unit for
Morrow County. The meet
ing will be held at the Lex
ington School at 8 p.m.
Speaker will be Pete Pe
terson of Monument a mem
ber of the Search and Res
cue group in Grant Countv.
Patrol reduces
car wrecks
Before help came to Mor
row County in the form of
Title 5, of the Emergency
Employment Act, Sheriff John
Mollahan and Deputy Larry
Fetsch were the only ones
the County office had to pa
trol the county.
The increase in population
in the north end, increased
the number of complaints and
requests for round-the-clock
patroling. There has also
been an increase in livestock
losses at this end of the
county. Now under the act
four have been added to the
staff. These include Terry
Corbin, of Heppner, and Jack
Campbell of Irrigon both on
patrol and Carl King and Sue
Melby, both in communica
gions in the office.
Since he has been able to
increase the number of men
patroling the highways, Sher
iff Mollahan says the number
ol serious car wrecks have
been vastly reduced.
It is expected the program
will be funded for another
year before the deadlineAug.
15.
The budget for the Sher
iffs office reflects the ad
ditional costs of providing
vehicles and operation costs
of the vehicles for the two
additional deputies under the
Public Employment program.
Hopper Horde
Study
soon
89th Year
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oreaon 97836. Thursday, June 22, 1972
Number 18
Conservation Tour June 28
4-H CAMP OPENS ON SUNDAY
Twin boys born
An Important feature of the annual Conservation Tour will be
to see some of the 2,000,000 feet of diversion ditches con
structed in the Heppner Soil & Water Conservation Dis
trict. One of the projects that included some large scale di
version ditches Is the Upper Shobe Canyon work, some of
which Is shown in this photo above.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hum
phreys, lone, are the par
ents of twin boys born June
8 at Good Shepherd Hospital
In Hermlston. One boy
weighed five pounds, ten oun
ces and has been named Chr
istopher Robert Gene. The
other baby weighed five lbs.
15 ounces and has been nam
ed Correy Raymond Scott.
They have one sister, Holly,
two years old.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mans
field, Heppner. Paternal
grandmother Is Mrs. Ruby
Glasscock. Great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. A.H.
Hull, Parkdale, Or., and Mr.
and Mrs. C.E. Dickson, Per
ryville, Ark.
The annual 4-H summer
camp at Cutsforth Park opens
Sunday and runs to June 28th.
Blrdine Tullls, Morrow Ex
tension Aide, says this Is a
very special time for the
County's young folks to learn
responsibility, make new
friends, have an education ex
perience and learn to live
closely together with nature.
And last but not 1 e a s t ,
have fun In an outdoor
atmosphere. Super
vision Is In care of quali
fied adults and older youth.
There Is a nurse there to
check the young people dally
and all activities at the camp
are supervised.
KINARD McDANIEL under
went major surgery yester
day morning at Pendleton
Community Hospital.
The annual Conservation
Tour of the 1972 Morrow
County Conservation winner,
Mel Moyer, will be held Wed
nesday, June 28, announced
Harold Kerr, County Exten
sion Agent. The tour will
begin at 9:00 a.m. and leave
from the fairgrounds.
The first stop will be on
Shobe Canyon to observe the
conservation work accompli
shed. The next stop will be
at the Frank Anderson ranch
to observe the variety trials
conducted by the Pendleton
and Sherman ExperimentSta
tions. From there the tour
will proceed to Lexingtonand
up Blackhorse Canyon to the
Mel Moyer ranch.
A potluck lunch, with drinks
furnished, will start the pro
gram at the Moyer ranch.
The tour of the conserva
tion winner will be highligh
ted by the ground viewing of
the nearly complete erosion
control practices adopted by '
Mr. Moyer.
Everyone is encouraged to
take part in this educational '
tour.
72 Kickoff Dance
Saturday
Getting things underway for
the big 1972 Morrow County
Fair & Rodeo will be the
Kickoff Dance Saturday night
at the Fairgrounds.
You will get to meet
Queen Susie French and her
Court. Dancing will be from
9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
The Western Gentlemen
will provide music for the
event.
Boeing sounds the boom
that starts EVERYTHING
Good nevs...cash carry
over up for School District
DENVER GRIGS BY, Boardman project manager gets the show
on the road Saturday. Others from left: William Jacaway,
Boeing representative in Washington DC; Irvin Mann, Ore
gon's Director of Agriculture, the key note speaker; Mal
colm Stamper, Boeing vice president, operations; Oliver C.
Boileau, aerospace group vice president; Judge Paul Jones,
Heppner, Darrell Cole, Boeing aerospace general manager.
COURTHOUSE
Dick Schlichting, former
appraiser for Morrow Cou
nty, this week filed an appeal
to the State Supreme Court
in his case vs. Morrow Cou
nty Assessor Mrs. Elwayne
Bergstrom and Morrow
County Court. Mr. Schlich
ting was fired last fall from
his position with the county
by the assessor and he seeks
$100,000 in damages plus
reinstatement in the job. Ap
pel is from Judge Henry
Kaye's decision sustaining
demurrers of each defendant
as of May 25th.
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Soft white
wheat.. $1.51's bu.
July 15. delivery.
leave visiting his parents, Mr. $1.4 7' bu
and Mrs. Elmer Steers. He July' is 'Vo "Aug. 1 de
has been stationed at Moffitt i jvery
Field, Ca. He was recently Red w',leat no bid
promoted to Aviation Machinist Barlev... no bid
Mate '"'
Money know-how plus
man power adds up to the
Boeing Co. in Morrow Cou
nty. On Saturday, Boeing
hosted an Open House to show
the completion of the First
Phase of the Boardman Deve
lopment Project.
It was fun. The three
chartered bus loads of guests
were greeted at the first stop
with Safari hats. From a
speaker's platform out there
in the middle of the desert
surrounded by 18 circles,
Irvin Mann, Oregon director
of Agriculture, praised the
Boeing Co. for its multiple
land use project. He re
viewed the history of Boe
ing's lease of the property.
He quoted from a letter sent
from Representative Hansell,
Senator Jernstedt and Re
presentative Mann to the
late George Stoner, Boeing's
senior vice president for Op
erations in which they said,
"Recent rapid developments
in irrigation technology have
made it feasible to irrigate
and bring into high dollar
productivity, lands of the
type that are included in this
tract We are writing to
urge that you make parts of
this area available for rela
tively long term leases to
irrigators who could then de
velop and improve the land to
its full potential. ...We assure
you that this would be a pro
fit making venture for both
Boeing and the lessees that
you deal with."
THE MASTER PLAN for
the development of the south
bank of the Mid-Columbia
came into being which Mr.
Mann said would "be the
showcase for the development
of both the virgin lands but
also for the dry land farm
ing areas."
In a bit of gun play, first
a water pistol then a rifle
shot by Malcolm Stamper, p
Boeing Vice president, Oper- y
ations, started the 18circles.
The 12 pasture circles have
been leased by Gordon Tim
mons of Othello, Wash, and
Bill Fliente of Kennewick,
Wash. They anticipate put
ting cattle on the 12 one
hundred acre circles this fall.
Louis LeTrace of Board
man and Shirley Rugg of Hep
pner have leased between
fhom fho fivo alfalfa rifrloc
The alfalfa is almost ready
for first cutting. Mr. Le
Trace has leased the one corn
circle which will probably go
corn slage.
THE COMPANY provides
the land, water, power and
the system to deliver the
water. When Boeing didn't
know, they listened to the
people who did. They early
sought help in their venture
from Oregon State.
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MALCOLM STAMPER pulls
the trigger that sets off 1800
acres of sprinklers.
Denver Grigsby, General
manager said at the Press
Conference the Company was
investing one million a year
and would expect to recap
ture their investment and
break even in five years and
pay off in 13 years. He
C ontinued page six
Boardman spud storage
Gene Miller, manager of
Morrow Produce, announced
this week that the construc
tion of a fully refrigerated
and humidified storage faci
lity would get underway there
this week. Morrow Produce
has made the land available
to Cascade Growers and Ship
pers from Madras. The all
steel building constructed
there in 1967 is being dis
mantled and reconstructed on
the Morrow County site. Po
tato acreage is down from
7000 to 3000 acres in that
area so it would appear not
enough potatoes would be
able to lease it at Madras.
The 120 x 140 foot build
ing will have a storage ca
pacity of five thousand, five
hundred tons of potatoes or
equivalent to about 2 circles.
W.E. Bill Nelson of Boardman
is the contractor.
Morrow Produce is delight
ed to have the facility avai
lable to them for storing po
tatoes. It will also leng
then their employment per
iod. Storage space may also
be available for lease to ot
her growers in the area.
Sup't. Ron Daniels told the
Morrow County School board
Monday evening that the dis
trict can expect an $88,000
cash carry over into the 1972
73 year. This is about $10,000
more than the current year.
The budget appears now that
it will be under expended by
$48,000 and the receipts sec
tion is $40,000 over the es
timated amount.
Jerry Peck of Boardman
was reelected to serve as
chairman for another year.
Mrs. Pauline Winter was
elected vice chairman.
Resignations of seven tea
chers were accepted with one
dissenting vote. Two of them
had resigned after the June 1
deadline. Those resigning
were Dennis McKay, Counselor-English
at Riverside; Ro
bert Byrd 7th and 8th grade
Math - Science, Riverside;
Linda Neal, Math, Heppner;
Darrell James, Music, lone;
James Anderson 5th grade
lone, Nyoka Anderson Busi
ness, lone. Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson have accepted con
tracts to teach at Abilene,
Texas.
New contracts were ap
proved for; John Edmund
son for Principal of lone
Schools. He has his BA Wil
lamette, AK Boston College
and is a candidate for his
Ph.D. from the University
of Oregon.
Patricia Edmundson to
teach 1st grade at Heppner.
Charles Starr to teach Math
and head football and track
at Heppner. He has his BA
from Lewis & Clark, MA
from University of Oregon
and is a candidate for his
Ph.D. from the University
of Oregon.
Duane A. Neiffer to teach
Science at Heppner High Scho
ol is a 1972 graduate from
OCE. Ernest Teal was cho
sen from 12 applicants to fill
the position of Curriculum
Coordinator for the district.
He has his BA and MA from
OCE. He has had 10 years
teaching experience. He has
had experience in: writing
guide lines for block stu
dies, project writing, de
veloping curriculum and new
programs.
As Mr. Daniels noted some
schools of the district are
operating programs that have
been found beneficial and the
new curriculum director will
acquaint the teachers of the
schools not on the programs
w ith the program to incorpor
ate it into that school's cur
riculum. Robert Nash BA University
of South Dakota will teach
Spanish and Social Studies.
He has had two years teach
ing experience and will at
tend summer school this sum
mer with the emphasis on his
Spanish.
Sherrle Bahr, music at lone
has a BS from OCE with
the class of 1972. Gall En
right 7th and 8th Grade Math
and Science and Boys PE
at Riverside Jr.-Sr. High has
a BA at EOC with the class
of 1972. He will also be
head basketball and track
coach.
Driver Education
The board agreed to fol
low a similar schedule as last
year In securing driver train
ing cars: Farley Motors
for Heppner, Arrow Chev.
of Pendleton for lone, Pierce
Motors of Hermiston for Ri
verside and Fulleton Chev.
for FFA Pickup at Heppner.
In the Superintendent's re
port, M'r. Daniels announced
the delay in graduation re
quirements until 1978 start
ing with the class entering
in 1974. The district heard
an encouraging report from
the Speech Therapist. There
were 20 students in the pro
gram, 9 of whom were seen
daily by the therapist and
or aides. Eleven of the 20
have shown satisfactory cor
rection to the point where
they won t be in the program
next year. Of the six from
lone, three have shown satis
factory correction.
The therapist praised the
aide system in the Heppner
school as well as the atmos
phere of cooperation. The
district plans to correlate
students in the high school
speech class as aides in the
program.
Mr. Daniels asked the board
members to be aware of the
possibility that IED's may be
consolidated. The Legisla
tive interim committee and
IED Task force are studying
it. If Morrow County is forc
ed by the legislature to con
solidate with UmatillaCounty
the cost to Morrow County
will be "instantly up". Op
erations costs would be
$35,000 to $40,000. Bene
fits would be more than are
now obtained on a contract
basis in the areas of test
ing, speech therapy and in
structional center for $15,
000.
Another cost without any be
nefit would be the districts
share of the $500,000 equa
lization "kitty". Morrow
County School District's
share to the receiving dis
tricts would be $35,000 to
$40,000. While equaliza
tion Is to be gradually phas
ed out, this amount for
the next 5 years would be
costly to the district. Mor
row County School District
has gone on record as oppos
ing such a re-organization
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At a meeting Monday night
here on the grasshopper In
festation, a committee was
formed. MM y llcily is chair
man and Don Bennett, trea
surer. The committee, with the as
sistance of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, Is go
ing to take an Intensive look
at the area between Umatilla
and Sand Hollow to deter
mine if the grasshopper pop
ulation Is serious enough to
Justify a spray program. This
would be a cooperative ef
fort In a three-way deal of
landowners, the State and
Federal governments, each
putting up a third of the costs
of seventy-five cents 23
cents each per acre.
Program requires a mini
mum size block of 10,000
acres.
Landowners in the area are
urged to contact Bill Heal v.
Don Bennett or the County
Extension Office for further
information about the pro
posed program.
State Inspectors are due
here soon to ascertain the
extent of the Infestation.
Over in the Pilot Rock area
some 104,000acres have been
signed up by ranches for the
spray program.
Gale Street
Pavinq Soon
At a special City Council
meeting last Thursday, City
approved paying $6540 for
curbing on Gale Street. The
project will have the stre
et paving between Water and
Center Streets paid for by the
State Highway Commission.
$6,000 on the curbing plus
$540 for Heppner's share of
projects over $25,000 was ap
proved. The State Highway
Commission received no
bids on the paving and has
negotiated a contract with the
Vail Co.
Theron Adlard
Morrow County lost a de
voted 25 year resident, Wil
liam Theron Adlard, June 19,
at The Dalles General Hospi
tal in The Dalles. He was
54 years old.
Mr. Adlard was born Aug.
14, 1917 at Condon, to Will
iam Adlard and Frankie
Farra. He spent his childhood
in that area.
He was married to Ella May
McConkie at Goldendale, Wa.
on Oct. 10, 1945. Shortly after
that time they came to Mor
row County, and he farmed
the Amanda Duvall ranch in
Blackhorse Canyon since that
time. "1 11 never be able to
replace him," Mrs. Duvall
said.
He was a member of the
Lexington ICO F Lodge and
the Methodist Church.
Services will be June 22,
(today), 2:00 p.m., at the
United Methodist Church.
Rev. Edwin Cutting
will officiate. Interment will
be at the Condon Cemetery
at 4:00 p.m.
He Is survived by his wife;
two sons,- Dale, Heppner; and
Ivan, U.S. Navy; brother,
David, LaGrande; two
sisters: Daisy Dahl, Benford,
N.D. and Ruth Hoffman,
Boardman; half-sister, Lil
lian Hines, The Dalles; and
one grandchild.
The family has asked that
all contributions be made to
the Heart or Cancer Funds.
Sweeney Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
CHASE ST.
BRIDGE
Work of installation of the
new Chase Street bridge
started yesterday. Deck of
pre-stressed concrete is in
ten sections.
CUTSFORTH
VS KINZUA
In Judge Henry Kaye's Cir
cuit Court here Tuesday, ju
rors were chosen in the case
of Orville Cutsforth, Jr., re
presentative of the estate of
Gene Cutsforth vs Kinzua
Corp. Plaintiff seeks $150,
000 damages plus $1600 fun
eral expenses as a result of
an accident Sept. 10 when
Gene Cutsforth was killed
when his car struck a log
loader crossing the highway
at the Kinzua Corp. mill here.
Witnesses in the case were
being heard Tuesday and
yesterday in the case.
Jurors selected Tuesday:
Gladys Connor, Wayne Kuhn,
Dewena Bates, Kathleen
Healy, Charlotte Doherty,
Betty Lou Farlow, Mary Lou
Carlson, Patricia Gentry, Ki
kue Buchanan, Clinton Agee,
Cecil Hicks and David Baker.