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Lexington Grange
Hosts Visitation
Greenfield Grange presented
the program at Visitation Night
at Lexington Grange Feb. 19. A
trio of women, Mn. Roy Ball,
Mrs. Hazel Carpenter and Mr.
Nathan Thorpe accompanied by
Mary Lee Marlow ung
"WhiHpering Hope", An open
discussion followed a panel
presentation of measures that
were to be presented to the
current legislature. Members
were urged to write their
legislators. Mrs. Donald Baker
led the discussion.
There were 53 guests. The
program was preceded by a
potluck dinner. The flowers
were arranged by Frances
Smouse.
Cecil Jones, past master
presided at the meeting. The
charter was draped for Alvin
Wagenblast. Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Marquardt sang "Beyond the
Sunset, r
Grange
GRANGE COMMITTEE
MEETING
The Rhea Creek Grange
Committee of Women's Activ
ities met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Wright on Thurs
day the 22nd, for luncheon and
the regular business meeting.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Wright, Mrs. Adrien
Bechdolt, Mrs. Edwin Cutting,
Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Wm.
Bergstrom, Mrs. Bob Stevens,
Mrs. Ray Drake, Mrs. Glen
Farrens, Mrs. Elmer Palmer,
Mrs. Orian Wright, Mr.
Martha Van Schoiack and Mrs.
Oma Cox.
George Washington was re
membered in the roll call, with
stories and reminiscence of
history learned in school. The
flags displayed in Heppner for
the occasion were noted and
appreciated. Chairman, Mil
dred Wright, read the selection,
"Together" and the By-Laws of
the Club.
Much discussion was held
concerning the impending loss
of the Neighborhood Center and
the hope expressed there might
be some way to hold on to it as
the work carried on there has
done so much for the com
munity. The entertainment committee
was asked to meet and plan a
social night for the Grange
members for the month of
March if possible.
Mrs. Ola Ruggles was report
ed improving at her daughters
home in Prineville. Mrs. Leon
ard Rill 4s also much improved.
It was good to have Mrs. Glen
Farrens out again after a bout
in the hospital and quite a long
convalescence.
Several members attended
visitation night on Monday at
Lexington, and reported a very
good meeting and program.
JUSTICE COURT
Matthew Greenup, no operat
ors license, $6; Roy Camargo,
defective equipment, $6; James
Dunbar, DUIL, $305; Rodrick
Thompson, disobeyed stop sign,
$17, susp.; Mitchell Ash beck, no
slow moving emblem, $17, susp;
Jerry Gentry, no motorcycle
endorsement, $27, susp; Lyle
Peck, Jr., violation of basic
rule, $22; Willard Harrison, no
operators license & driving
while license suspended, $155 or
20 days in jail; Harvey Smith,
violated basic rule, $11; Steve
Beardsley, failure to yield, $11;
John Asher, no operators
license, $27; Monte Turner,
defective equipment, $11, susp;
Melissa McElligott, defective
equipment, $11, susp; Michael
Christensen, illegal turn, $6;
Gregory Davidson, defective
equipment $6; Lonnie Ray
Collins, driving while license
suspended, $80; William
Morten, illegal possession of
deer, $25; William VanBelle,
illegal possession of deer, dis
missed; Ronald Cornwall, de
fective equipment, $11 susp;
John Messick, no operators
license, $27, susp; Robert Nash,
violated basic rule, $6; Dennis
Logan, turning without giving
signal, Trial & court costs, $87;
Steven Brown, failure to yield,
$17; Joe Gaarsland, defective
equipment, $11; Mark Hopkins,
excessive motor noise, $6;
Danny McBride, no vehicle
license, $11, susp; Fred War
dell, defective equipment, $11;
Marlon McKenzie, excessive
motor noise, $17; Robert Lewis,
expired vehicle license, $11,
susp; James M. Prock, expired
license, $6; Ron Currin, no
operators license, $27, susp;
Gary Noble and Douglas Jones,
depositing litter near stream,
$17 each; Michael Grant per
mitting unlicensed person to
drive, $27, susp; Richard Petty
john, careless driving, $32;
Ronald W. McCorkle, hunting
prohibited methods, $27;
Thomas K. Keasal, transporting
birds without heads, $60; Lonnie
Collins, driving with license
suspended. $105; DUIL, $505;
Gloria Papineau, improper
passing on hill, $6; Wesley Ivey.
failure to stop at stop sign, $17,
forfeited.
GAZETTE-TIMK8, Thuwday.
Chamber
IIEPPNKR-MORROW
COUNTY CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
1973 Officers of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce are: President,
LeRoy Gardner; Vice Presi
dent. Harley Sager; Vice Presi
dent, Jim Bier; Secretary,
Nona Sowell; Treasurer, John
Messick.
Directors are: Term expiring
December 31, 1973: L.E.Dick,
Past President; Veldon Robin
son, Jim Bier, LeRoy Gardner,
Dorothy Heard, Larry Mills.
Term expiring December 31,
1974: Bob Abrams, Harold
Kerr, Harley Sager, Dick Sar
gent, Ray Boyce.
Committee Assignments
made by President Gardner:
Merchants Randall Peterson,
Chairman Mark Murray,
Elma Harshman, Jack Van
Winkle, Grace Buschke, Ed
Gonty, Rita Hedman, Ron
Palmer, Dick Sargent.
Program - Avon Melby,
Chairman - Dorothy Heard,
Dale Slusher, Paul W. Jones.
Agriculture Larry Mills
Chairman Bob Jepsen, Frank
Anderson, Oscar Peterson, Dick
Wilkinson, Larry Lindsay, Roy
W. Lindstrom, Garland Swan
son, D.O.Nelson, Harold Kerr,
Dale Boner, Kenneth Smouse,
Jack Sumner, Kenneth Turner.
Willow Creek Project - Paul
Jones, Chairman - W.C.Rose
wall, Oscar Peterson, Charles
Heard, Jack Van Winkle, Ken
neth Turner, Bill Collins, Dale
Boner, Dave Harrison.
Membership A Attendance
Dorothy Heard, chairman
Herman Winter, Bob Abrams,
Elma Harshman, Ray Boyce.
BAnquet aV Hospitality
Randall Peterson, Chairman
Harley Sager, Don Cole, Ron
Palmer, Jim Bier, Dave Harri
son. Rodeo, Float & Parades -
Harold Kerr, Co-Chairman,
Randall Peterson, Co-Chairman
- Gene Pierce, Elaine George,
Rod Murray, Jim Farley, Joyce
Bergstrom, Veldon Robinson.
Christmas Decorations - Nona
Sowell, Chairman - Elaine
George, Veldon Robinson,
O.W.Cutsforth, John Messick.
Taxation & Legislation -Robert
Abrams, Chairman -Paul
Jones, Ron Daniels, Her
man Winter, Bill Collins, Joyce
Bergstrom, Clarence Rose wall.
Inter-Community Relations -Ray
Boyce, Chairman - Oscar
Peterson, Ron Daniels, Gene
Pierce, Gar Swanson.
Youth Activities Don Cole,
Chairman - Robert Abrams, Dr.
L.D.Tibbles, Rev. Ed Cutting,
Rev. Mark Johnson, Glen Ward.
Brochure Committee - Doro
thy Heard, Chairman - Harold
Kerr, Gene Pierce, Jim Bier,
Paul Jones, Nona Sowell.
Homesteads & Heritages -Gene
Pierce, Chairman Oscar
Peterson, Jerry Sweeney, Ed
Dick, Elaine George.
Civil Defense - John Molla
han, Chairman - Dr. L.D.Tib
bies, Dr. Wallace Wolff, Paul W.
Jones, Bill Collins, Tiny Swee
ney.
sUf. Hark. Blue
March 1, ItTJ
Awards A Recognition Dick
Sargent, Chairman Dr. Wal
lace Wolff, Elma Harshman,
Rod Murray, Ed Dick.
Parks & Recreation O.W.
Cutkforth. Chairman Jack Van
Winkle, Charles Heard. Glen
Ward. Dr. L.D.Tibbies, Dale
Boner, James Driscoll.
Development Committee
Herman Winter
General Chairman
Heppner Munclpal (Housing)
and Business Development
Harley Sager, Chairman
W.C.Rosewall, Clint McQuar
rie, Nona Sowell, Gene Pierce,
Bill Collins, Jerry Sweeney,
Ray Boyce.
Industrial Development Vel
don Robinson, Chairman Gene
Pierce, Jerry Sweeney, Nona
Sowell, Dale Slusher, Harley
Sager, Gene Trumbull, Elton
Weeks. i
County-Wide Development
Paul W. Jones, Chairman - Ron
Daniels, Harry O'Donnell,
Dewey West, Gar Swanson,
O.W.Cutsforth, Jack Van
Winkle, Forrest Zuppe, Charles
Heard, Glen Ward, Joyce Berg
strom, Gene Trumbull, Dave
Harrison.
20 More Take
First Aid Course
R.B.Cogburn and C.E.Rouse
have completed instruction for
another Red Cross Multimedia
First Aid Course. Among those
taking the course were ambu
lance drivers, ski patrol and
REA employees. The class of 20
met Wednesday and Thursday
at the American Legion build
ing. Dan McBride and Dick Sar
gent will go on to Pendleton on
March 8 to take the Multimedia
Instructors course. Also going
over for the Instructors course
are Kenneth Nelson and Wayne
Hams who took the standard
Multimedia course previously.
Others passing the course
were Jack McTimpeny, Billy E.
Gentry, Doyle Key, Bernard E.
Marshall, A.L.Daggett, Clar
ence Baker.
Vernon Wilson, Calvin Sher
man, Gene Pierce, Ed
Struthers, Dan James, Jim
Prock, Bob Lowe, Harry
O'Donnell, Art Vance, Joyce
Bergstrom, Elwayne Berg
strom and Bob Duncan.
The next course wihich is
already filled will be given
March 13-15.
Firemen's Ball
on St. Patrick's
Day
The Heppner firemen will
sponsor a "Firemen's Ball" on
March 17, St. Patrick's Day, at
the Legion Hall in Heppner.
This will be a public dance and
the plan is to use money made to
purchase training and fire
fighting equipment. The dance
will begin at 10 p.m. and will
feature live music. Tickets are
$1.00 per person. Make your
plans now to attend and help a
worthwhile cause.
Cms Aaaa.
Committee Oi(s
College Budget
A budget requiring a tax levy
that is three percent over the
current year's levy was ap
proved Feb. 21 by the Blue
Mountain Community College
budget committee.
Approved unanimously by the
14-member committee, which
includes seven members of the
college board of education, the
budget will require levy of
$845,770 to operate the college
for the 1973-74 school year.
The levy, to be voted on April
2 in Umatilla and Morrow
Counties, is estimated at $1.78
per $1000 true cash value, an
increase of five cents over the
current year's levy. Since
BMCC has no tax base, the full
amount has to be voted each
year. .
Total operating budget ap
proved by the committee is
$2,058,875, up 4.6 percent over
this year's figure. The proposed
budget would allow a modest
beginning in music and home
economics plus an enlarged
Licensed Practical Nursing
program, President Wallace W.
McCrae told the committee.
The proposed budget also
allows for continuation of the
college's Air Traffic Control
program and a health services
program for high school
students.
A public hearing on the
budget was scheduled for 8
p.m., March 14 at the college.
Budget Committee Chairman
Bob Mautz, Pendleton, de
scribed the budget as "a
well-organized, well-thought-out
document that represents
the needs of Umatilla and
Morrow counties. I certainly
think we all can support it and
that our votes will approve it."
Discussing the college's
efforts to add a two-year,
Associate Degree Nursing
program, Board Chairman Bob
Abrams, Heppner, said that
while he approved of adding the
ADN program he would oppose
eliminating or cutting back the
Licensed Practical Nursing
program.
McCrae said the administra
tion's position was the same as
Abrams' and that he was
hopeful the college might have
both programs.
Harmon Springer, Hermis
ton, then asked McCrae to look
into programs to train persons
in solid state electronics.
McCrae said this was being
investigated now, along with
other new programs in the
Applied Sciences.
Members of the budget
committee, in addition to
Mautz, are: Ben Holdman and
Bob Stangier, Pendleton; Bill
Etter, Pilot Rock; Homer
Hughes, Lexington ; Vilene
Ringhand, Milton Freewater,
and Shirley Zielinski, Board
man. Members of the board of
education, who also serve on the
budget committee are: Kenneth
Dauble, Weston; Russell Dor
ran and Brent Horn, Hermis
ton ; Joe Green, Pendleton ; Bob
Abrams and
COMPARE
DEEF WITH
(Ed. Note: Homer Hughes
clipped this and brought it to the
Gazette-Times)
I am not kicking about
workers getting these wages,
but I do want to point out that
based on take home pay, meat
is a better buy than ever.
According to the National
Livestock and Meat Board, the
average retail price of meat has
advanced about 35 percent in
the past 20 years, while per
sonal disposable income of the
U.S. consumer has increased by
more than 100 percent in the
same period. While it Is true
that prices for live cattle in
some midwestern markets
reached the highes price in 21
years recently, at $38.50 cwt., it
should also be understood that
in 1964 the average price of
cattle dipped to $18.10, and only
a year ago in Jan., hogs hit a
bottom of $15.00 cwt. It is only
through constant improvement
in production methods, more
meat per man hour and per acre
and per unit of feed, that
farmers and ranchers have
managed to stay in business.
In 1930, you could buy the best
Chevrolet made at a cost of
about $695; the best Chevrolet
today costs in the neighborhood
of $5,600. In 1925 the top Ford
could be purchased for $495.
What is it now? Around $7,000.
In 1930 you could buy the best
men's suits for $22.50 to $50.00.
Try that now. In 1930 ladies'
shoes were $3.85 to $4.00 a pair.
Men's Oxfords in that era were
$4.85 to $6.00; now they are
$24.00 to $30.00. Men's work
shoes then were $5.00 to $6.50 -presently
they cost $20 - $30.
A little different story is the
price of feed wheat. In 1930, the
farmer got $40.00 per ton, and
for barley $38, and oats $44. Now
prices respectively are about
$47.00, $46.00 and $46.00 per ton.
So the grain farmer has not
been getting rich on grain
prices either.
Then take a look at the
comparative cost of just one
machinery item.
The best Caterpillar tractor in
1930 to 1940 cost $1,600 to $1,800.
The cost now? $16,000 to $18,000.
Ten times as much.
These are just some of the
items that should go into
figuring the cost of living, and
the cost of doing business
for the farmers; and, of course,
the cost of living for everybody.
However, we seldom see any
news items which headline the
cost of specific items such as we
now are seeing concerning
meat. I think it is time the
public got off the stockman's
back, and realized that at the
present livestock prices, the
rancher is just barely getting
his breath, and that meat is still
the best food item buy in the
grocery store. - P.R. "Russ"
Gladhart
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Columbia Hain Reports
Columbia Basin reported that
the year of 1972 showed a new
low cost to the member. The
members averaged a cost of 1 '
cents per kwh paid In to
Columbia Basin Electric. This
compares to 1.4 cents average
cost paid five years ago.
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Your Northwest Ford Team's Pinto
gives you more than a happy new car
price. It retains more of its original
value, too.
Low price, high resale, and a lot of
car. No wonder Pinto's the number-one-selling
small car around.
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676-9116
Introducing
a brand new
familiar symbol:
Signatures can be revealing. And
so can symbols. That's why our
new one depicts a person in the
heart of the familiar Blue Cross.
Because the heart of our
business is people. Not just paying
your health care bills, but also
helping make sure that services
are there when you need them
and unnecessary costs are not.
This new symbol is one way
of saying "we care for people!' But
we intend to continue showing it
in more ways than one.
Sales for 1972 were reported
in excess of one million dollars
for the first time by Office
Manager, Norm Rickert, Total
operating revenues were
$1,015,601.22.
The Co-op purchased
93,313,9.18 kwhs compared to
86,092,977 kwhs in 1971. For 1972,
the Irriuntion users accounted
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for the largest class of usage at
$278,654 16, and rural sales were
next at $231,26300 to 997
members. The 1272 town
consumer-members paid
$221,771.21 for power in 1972.
This amounts to approximately
$134 75 per consumer per year
or nearly $11.23 per consumer
per month.
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