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McrchcnU Will
Meet Friday
Randall Peterson has announ
ced that the Heppner-Morrow
County Merchants committee
will hold a meeting for lunch
Friday noon at the Wagon
Wheel.
Appy C Chosen
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Jim Farley's gelding, Appy C,
was recently named "Champ
ion Performance Horse" of the
Oregon Trail Appaloosa Club
for 1972 at a Pendleton meeting.
Trainer was Royce Fulleton and
Cliff Adair was the rider.
Appy C is a great grandson of
the famous Man o' War.
09th Year
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 1, 1973
Number 50
Elmer Ladds Expand Holdings
itic Dcngo is Alivo
Morrow
Gets $9500
The Oregon State Highway
Commission today announced
distribution of $6,315,415.47 in
highway-user tax funds to the 36
counties of the state.
The allocation is based on the
statutory 20 per cent for the
period October 1 to December
31, 1972. The funds come from
the following sources: motor
vehicle registration and oper
ators' license fees, gasoling tax,
use fuel tax, motor carrier fees,
and fines and penalties collec
ted for violations of the size and
weight statutes where com
plaints are made by the
Highway Division weigh
masters.
The allocation to each county
is based on the number of
vehicles registered in it.
Morrow has 4422 vehicles and
received $9565.86.
Columbia Basin
ToBuyN- Power
The Board of Directors of
Columbia Basin Electric ap
proved execution of long term
agreements on the W.P.P.S.S.
No. 1 and No. 3 Nuclear
Projects at a Board Meeting
held January 10th.
The R.E.C. agreed to pur
chase power for a period of 35
years from the two projects.
The local utility will also be
required to participate in each
of Washington Public ; Power
Supply System projects to pay
toward operating costs even
after the end of the 35 year
term.
The Columbia Basin Board
has also agreed to participate in
the Boardman Project.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ladd
have added considerably to
their original purchase near
lone. They first bought the
Louis Halvorsen place, then
added land purchased from
John Mollahan, and have more
recently bought the Herbert
Ekstrom, Sr. ranch, including
the Ekstrom herd of 130 head of
registered Polled Herefords and
the herd sires. This recent
purchase brings the Ladd'i
acreage to 3500.
Mrs. Ladd says they are
calving 98 cows this year, but
expect to double that number by
this time next year.
Both couples will make their
homes in lone, where the Ladds
are installed in the historic
Woolery house, and the Ek
stroms will soon occupy the Ray
Heimbigner home.
Morrow Junior Rodeo
June 9&J0
Darrell Dooney.
Also helping with the rodeo
plans are Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Jepsen.
Next meeting of the group is
Feb. 21 at the Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op building. Anyone
interested is cordially invited to
attend.
The Morrow County Jr. Rodeo
Assn. recently dated their
annual rodeo here June 9 & 10.
Officers elected: Bob Van
Schoiack, president; Don
Robinson, vice president;
Bernice Struckmeier, secre
tary. Directors: Bill Gentry,
Everett Struckmeier and
MC6G Contracting
for 73 Wheat
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers are contracting new crop
wheat for July-August delivery.
Prices vary from day to day but
have been $2.50 to $2.51 a
bushel, according to announce
ment this week by manager
Larry Mills.
Old crop wheat has been quiet
due to congestion in port areas.
MCGG has grain en route to
Russia and Japan. There is a
demand for wheat and it is in
short supply. There has been no
export subsidy on wheat since
last August.
Dale Boner to RC & D Position
Bob Rietmann to
Chairman
Budget Meetings
Bob Rietmann was elected
chairman of the budget com
mittee at the first Budget
committee meeting for Morrow
County School District R-l last
Tuesday at the District office in
Lexington. Pauline Winter was
elected secretary. ?
Mr. Daniels, budget officer,
presented the budget message
which is printed in its entirety in
another part of this weeks
Gazette-Times. Noteworthy
passages have been set in bold
face type. Mr. Daniels also
discussed the Governor's pro
prosed school finance program
that is before the legislature
now. In discussing the program,
he reviewed distribution and
source of revenue formulas and
discussed the districts formula
for obtaining per student opera
ting cost figures for next year.
He noted later that the
program is not stabilized and
may be changed by the legisla
ture. After it is finalized, he will
be glad to speak before various
groups.
Mr. Daniels reviewed the
resources section of the budget.
Total budget resources were
$1,673,610.
The Bond Debt fund in the
amount of $58,740. was approv
ed. Also approved were the
Capital Projects fund in the Mike Benge and his dog and a Vietnamese friend. Mrs.
amount of $2,000, the Housing Benge is positive that Mike's dog had to bo killed before
Fund $8800, the School Lunch mi" reuiu V-"J""';
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First Annual Morrow SVCD
Meet Set
The Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District, con
solidated from former Heppner and Boardman SWCD's will
hold Its 1st Annual meeting at the Boardman Greenfield
Grange, Tuesday evening on Feb. 8.
Dr. Jim Vomlcll. Extension Soli Science Specialist for
OSU, will highlight the evening with a talk about Wind Er
oslon Management, and Morrow County's resource chall
enge and opportunity.
Dr. Vomlcll received his degree at the University of Cal
ifornia at Davis and then held a Soils Specialist position
there for several years. He came to OSU In 1967.
A potluck dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. will precede the
program. The public Is welcome and an Invitation is ex
tended by Ken Turner, District chairman. Plan now to at
tend, SEE SPECIAL RESOURCE EDITION TABLOID SECTION
THIS ISSUE
Riverside Students
Plan
Memorial Project
Riverside High School stu
dents have voted to name their
football field the Don Hendrix
Memorial Football Field.
In addition they are working
with the Boardman Lions Club
to purchase a lighted football
score board In Mr. Hendrix'
memory. A plaque will be
placed on the score board giving
the name of the field. Ron
Daniels is chairman of the
project for the Lions Club. The
scoreboard will cost approxim
ately $2000.
Anyone wishing to contribute
to the Don Hendrix Memorial
fund may send checks to Ron
Daniels Box 201 Boardman or to
Riverside School.
A list will be kept and
contributors will be kept in
formed of the progress of the
fund.
Don Hendrix, football coach,
was recently killed while
hunting.
Alvin Wagenblast
Has Heart Attack
Alvin Wagenblast suffered a
heart attack Saturday. He was
first taken to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital and then transferred to
Pendleton Community. He is in
a serious condition. Mrs.
- Wagenblast is staying in Pend
leton with him.
Jim Schaffitz
Jim Schaffitz writes home
that he has received the last of
his Christmas packages. He is
stationed at Schwienfurt,
Germany. He is taking short
jaunts around Germany. He
visited the site of the last
summer Olympics and went
sledding on the Olympics
course. He also ate at the top of
the needle", similar to the one
in Seattle.
He has just completed a
psychology course and has
taken quite a number of them
since he has been in the Army.
These are taken through the
University of Maryland. He has
received A's and B's.
Roy Partlow
USS ENTERPRISE-Navy
Seaman Roy J. Partlow Jr., son
of Mrs. Edith Partlow of
Boardman, Ore., is in the
Western Pacific aboard the
nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier USS Enterprise.
Recently, the Big "E" made
her first visit in four years to
Hong Kong, where her crew
spent seven days relaxing,
shopping and enjoying the
many exotic sites of this Crown
Colony.
Juvenile Director
to Full Time
Carolyn Davis, Morrow
County Youth Director was
informed the first of the month
that her position had been made
full time by the County Com
missioners. , She returned last week from a
two-day Juvenile Council at
Otter Crest. Meeting were
Juvenile directors and Juvenile
Judges. They reviewed the
proposed Juvenile Code.
Dale Boner has been promo
ted to the position of Project
Coordinator for Columbia Blue
Mountain Resource, Conservat
ion and Development project,
commonly known as RC & D.
This area covers the five
counties of Umatilla, Morrow;
Gilliam, Wheeler and Grant.
He will work with project
sponsors (county courts, port
commissions, conservation dis
tricts) in carrying out a
program of land conservation,
development and utilization.
Like the Soil and Water
Conservation service the RC &
D is also under the Department
of Agriculture.
The Boners moved here in
July 1969 from Maupin. Dale
has been the recipient of several
honors given in his chosen field.
He is quiet and very knowledge
abel. It was largely through his
efforts that conservation efforts
on Shobe became a reality.
He starts on his new job
March 5th.
He graduated from Joseph
High School and Oregon State.
He is married to the former
Corliss Winters. They have two
children, Brian a freshman and
Traci a 6th grader.
They are both golf enthusiasts
and have aided the golf prog
ram in Heppner. Dale is vice
president of the Willow Creek
Golf Club. They both like to
bowl.
Chamber to
Sec Film
Harlod Kerr will show the
film "It Takes Hands to
Harvest" at the Feb. 5 meeting
of the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce.
GOOD FOOD COMING!
lone PTA Traveling Food
Sale will be at 2 p.m., Saturday,
Feb. 10. Members please bring
food at 1:30 to school cafeteria.
Sgt Wallace
in Nicaragua
BALBOA, C.Z.-U.S.Air Force
Staff Sergeant John F. Wallace,
son of Mrs. Iva C. Padberg of
Lexington, Ore., helped airlift
critically needed supplies into
Nicaragua after the capital city
of Managua was devastated by
an earthquake just before
Christmas.
Sergeant Wallace was flight
engineer on a C-130 Hercules
transport used to fly emergency
supplies and equipment from
Howard AFB, C.Z., to the
stricken city.
The sergeant is serving on
temporary duty at Howard with
a detachment of the Tactical
Air Command's 317th Tactical
Airlift Wing from Pope AFB,
NC.
Sergeant Wallace, a 1961
graduate of Heppner, (Ore.)
High School, has served 26
months in Vietnam.
His father, Herman F. Wal
lace, resides in Pomerov, Wash.
G-T Want Ads Pay Big
Corliss has been leader of a
4-H Knitting Club, prisident of
Band Parents and president of
the Women's Bowling Ass'n.
Corliss is library aide at
Heppner High School.
Wheat Production
Mkt. Seminar
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO
MISS THIS ONE ! ! , says Harold
Kerr, Morrow County Exten
sion Agent. The latest informa
tion on weed control, new
varieties, wheat marketing
outlook, seed treatment and
new farm legislation will be dis
cussed by a blue ribbon panel of
Extension specialists from
Oregon State University. The
seminar will be held at the
Willows Grange in lone, Feb. 9,
starting at 9:30 a.m.
Program chairman is Dr.
Norm Goetze, Extension
Agronomist. Norm will also
discuss soil moisture conserva
tion techniques and manage
ment decision for 1973.
Other speakers include
Ronald Burr, Weed Specialist;
Ernest Kirsch, County Agent;
Paul Koepsell, Plant Patholo
gist; Steve Marks, Ag Econo
mist ;Gene Nelson, Farm
Management Specialist; and
Don Rydrych, Weed Resear
cher from Pendleton Experi
ment Station.
A delicious lunch will be
served by the Grange ladies for
$1.75. The program will con
clude at 4:00 p.m.
Plan to attend!
Curtain
Raises
Tonight at 8
Great entertainment is in
store for all those who attend
the , Heppner Community
Drama Club's "Evening of One
Act Plays," Feb. 1 and 3 on the
Heppner High stage.
A roaring comedy and two
dramas will fill the evening with
entertainment that all should
enjoy.
"Balcony Scene," one of the
more serious plays, is set in the
back of a church. The small cast
represents the funeral attend
ers, all hypocritical in nature.
The funeral is for Robert
Templin, (Jim Cutsforth,) who
has returned for his own
funeral, along with his friend,
(Greg Davidson.) The ending of
the play should cause all those
in the audience to think about
their own values. Others in the
cast are Luanne Kelly, Randy
Morris, Shannon Kelly, Jeff
Marshall, Lynda Baker and
Cheryle Turner. The play is
being directed by Mrs. Lynda
Slusher.
"The Boor" is the comical
fund $63,000 and Public Law
89-10 of $21,000.
Reap Halt Hurts
Morrow County
- Dave McLeod spoke to the
Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce Monday
on "The effect agricultural
decisions made in Washington
have on us here."
Cut off as of the last of
December were the Water Bank
and the REAP program. The
water Bank didn't affect us as it
was on a trial basis in a limited
number of states.
REAP was the 2nd name for a
conservation program and
stands for Rural Environmental
Assistance Program. Intended
at first for land owners to apply
conservation programs to
prevent water erosion and wind
erosion. This was done on a 50
50 basis. t
When it was renamed, the
program sought to involve
non-farm people. Ecology
entered the picture and animal
wastes were one of the primary
concerns along with sodded
water ways, weed control,
diversion ditches, sediment
! retention dams (to keep sed
iment from entering streams)
and legume planting for soil
conservation. In 1973 Congress
allowed 225 million to this
program and the president 140
million.
In 1970, 85 farmers in Morrow
Count participated in the pro
gram with $35,000 paid out by
the government.
In 1971, 58 farmers partici
pated in the program and
$52,000 was paid out. This is the
year the Shobe Canyon was
improved at a cost of $27,000
and cost shared by the people
with $5,000.
The 1972 year is not comple
ted. Dave McLeod explained
that if the farmers were
The good news that Mike
Benge was alive came over the
telephone to his sister, Joan
Hughes last Saturday morning
about 11:30 o'clock. She im
mediately drove up to her folks,
Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge to
" tell them the good news: They
have no idea when or where
they will first get to meet with
him.
Mike, 37, is a civilian captive.
He was captured five years ago
this Friday while serving as a
USAID assistant province
representative in fuyen Doc
Province.
. The happy trio immediately
called relatives and friends.
Joan called her son, Terry, a
student at Oregon State. While
he wa attending the Oregon
State-Oregon basketball game,
he was paged and asked to call
home immediately at which
time he learned the good news.
Mike was acquainted in the
Montagnard area of Vietnam.
He had spent six years there
helping them improve their lot.
He" was very fluent in their
language. He was captured by
the Viet Cong during the Tet
offensive near Ban Me Thout in
the Central Highlands.
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Accident Takes
Tom Flanagan
' Two bonkers and a Soroptimlstl Soroptimist Evelyn
Sweelc demonstrates the mobile lounge chair that will allow
patients to sit and write or read or just sit in greater com
fort. The tray table acts as support to keep, "patients from
lipping down in his chair.
The Soroptimists and First National Bank have each
bought one of the chairs and Bank of Eastern Oreaon has
bought two of them. They cost SI 20.
Harley Sager of First National is on the left and Gens
Pierce of the Bank of Eastern Oregon en the right.
Residents living in north
part of Heppner were awak
ened early Saturday morn
ing by a loud crash of cars.
Tom Flanagan enroute to
Pendleton apparently lost
control of his late model
pickup near Morrow County
Grain Growers' elevator. The
pickup skidded into a car
owned by Robert Shuman
Jr. The impact sheared off
the cab. Flanagan's body re
mained in the badly smash
ed cab. The struck car was
forced Into a telephone pole
which was splintered. The
car was severely damaged.
Sheriff John Mollahan who
was called to the scene ab
out 4 a.m. said "he was kill
ed instantly." The fire truck
was called to hose off the
area which was covered with
gasoline.
Continued on Editorial page
play in the series. The fights
between the officer, (John
Rawlins,) and the grieving
widow, (Mary Abrams,) should
really set the audience laughing
in this classical comedy set in
19th Century Russia. Bob
Jesperson is also in this cast.
The play is being directed by
Mrs. Jane Rawlins.
The hypocritical side of
people is examined in "Over
tones," the other serious play in
the set. The story is the conflict
between what two women say
and what they are actually
thinking. The cast consists of
Mary Abrams, Lynda Slusher,
Patricia Hughes and Lynda
Baker.
The HHS sophomore class
will be selling pie and coffee
during intermission in the
Home Ec. room. Curtain time
will be 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Anthony Flanagan
was born Feb. 25, 1951 at Walla
Walla, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Flanagan. He. graduated
from Echo High School and
attended BMCC for two years
studying Police Science.
He was a member of the
Heppner Police Force until
recently when he began work
ing for the State Highway. He
was a member of the Heppner
Elks.
He is survived by his mother,
Dorothy Flanagan at Stanfield;
three brothers, David of
McKenzie Bridge, Mike at
Meacham and Danny of Hepp
ner; a sister, Priscilla Moses of
Karlshrue, Germany.
Funeral services were held
Jan. 30 at the Echo Methodist
Church with the Rev. James
Sebastian of the First Baptist
Church officiating. Interment
was in the Echo City Cemetary.
Bearers were Danny Cox,
John McChord, Sam Haines,
Dean Schiller, Harry Bowman
and Dick Baker. Honorary
bearers were Dan McBride,
Tom Schiller and. Eddie
Yoemah.
Burns Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
STOLEN
Sheriff Mollahan reported
Tuesday that the first theft
of calves had been reported.
Two baby calves have
been reported stolen from
two separated areas. Ralph
Beamer reported theft of a
baby calf from Balm, Fork
and another calf was report
ed missing from High Mead
ow Ranch at Cecil.
Royce Fulleton reports loss
of two quarter horse mares
from Shobe Canvon, one a
yearling and the other one
a two year old.
Hospital
. . Patients receiving medical
care at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital are Oren Brace,
Heppner; Merlin Cantin, Hepp
ner; Charlie Becket, Heppner;
Emma Clapper, Heppner and
Lewis Ball, Heppner.
Dismissed were Thomas
McNeill, Fossil; Judith Howell,
lone; Fred Harnden, Heppner;
Larry Angell, Heppner; and
Alvin Wagenblast, Lexington
was transferred to Pendleton.
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