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Clint Agee is
Elks
Exalted Ruler
At ceremonies here recently,
Heppner Elka Lodge members
installed a new set of officer.
Clint Agee is Exalted Ruler.
Esteemed Leading Kniffht.
Bob Mahoney, Esteemed Loyal
Knight, Dean Naffziger.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight,
Dale Holland.
Glen Ward ia secretary.
Treasurer is Ed Dick. Jim
Cason ia Tiler.
Inner Guard is Jerry Ander
son and Chaplain, Don Ball.
Organist is Ken Turner.
Trustees of Heppner Lodge:
Cal Sherman, Darrell Padberg,
Jerry Daggett, Gene Orwick,
Gene Hall.
Lightning
Interrupts
Power
Some lightning storms last
week caused a number of power
outages in a number of spots in
the county.
Lightning caused a fire in a
fence row shooting flames up
three feet high in grass there on
the Keith Rea ranch. The rain
soon arrived and extinguished
the fire which was very close to
their home.
Lightning splintered a pole at
the Paul Tews ranch and
damaged another transformer.
Paul received a brief shock
while washing his hands.
Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative quickly responds to
such troubles and Line Supt.
Bill Gentry had linemen petrol
ing affected areas to check on
damages.
Boom Causes
Outage
A "close call" caused an
outage Monday morning, April
9 for the Lexington, Heppner
Lexington highway, upper
Sandhollow, Gurdane, Little
Butter Creek, Big Butter Creek
and Hinton Creek areas.
A big boom truck operating
for a contractor setting up a
new steel building at the north
edge of Heppner hit a main
feeder line out of the Heppner
Substation. A ball of fire
resulted and the oil circuit
breaker opened at the substa
tion. Some of the tires nearly
melted off the truck as a
"scared" equipment operator
observed smoke and fire.
The outage resulted from the
boom truck getting into the line
effected the Columbia Basin
consumers on that circuit from
8:11 a.m. to 8:34 a.m.
Fire broke out on a pickup
truck at the Ralph Beamer
ranch Saturday afternoon. It
was near some gas tanks and
the firemen answered the call
as the wooden bed of the truck
burned.
We've been informed that this
area also had prisoners of war
during the Korean War. John
Lewis Smith, now of Walla
Walla who is the son of Mrs.
William Smith. Norman Griffin,
half brother of Marlene Gray,
now of Beaverton.
Randall Petersons recently
visited Stanley Minor at St.
Anthony's Hospital. He said he
seemed somewhat better. Mr.
Minor had been in the hospital
for some tests. He is to have
some surgery when he is strong
enough, we understand.
SOLID WASTE MEETING
CHANGED
The solid waste meeting
scheduled for April 23 has been
changed to April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
at the County Courthouse in the
courtroom.
Bowls 600
Inetia Can tin Joins the 600
Bowling Club. On April 10 at
Fiesta Bowl, she bowled a 192.
222. 195 for a total of 609 pins.
She bowls for Peterson Jewel
ers on the Tuesday, night
Sparetimers League.
mil
Free want ads will be
available to all 6th graders
wanting to earn money for the
6th grade Outdoor Program.
Ron Ward - Pull Rye 676-9195.
COth Yesr!
THE
Heppner, Oregon
Good Friday Worship Schedule
On Friday, April 20, the South Morrow County Ministerial
Association will offer a series of worship opportunities for the
community. The theme of these worship services will be "The
Seven Last Words of Christ"; and they will be held at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Heppner. There will be seven worship services
consisting of twenty minutes each. You are invited to worship
during all or any part of these services. The schedule for these
worship services and the men who will be speaking at each one is as
follows;
1:30 "Father, Forgive Them For They Know Not What They
Do"
(Rev. Forest Godin-Church of the Nazarene)
1:50 "Today You Shall Be With Me In Paradise"
(Rev. Don Burwell - Assembly of God)
2:10 "Woman, Behold Thy Son"
(Rev. David Blackaller-All Saints Episcopal)
2:30 "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me"
(Rev. Mark Johnson-Hope-Valby Lutheran Parish)
2:50 "I Thirst"
(Rev. William Arthur-United Church of Christ)
3:10 "It Is Finished"
(Rev. Ed Cutting-United Methodist Church)
3:30 "Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit"
(Rev. Gus Nikander)
It is the hope of the ministerial association that the community
will take advantage of these worship opportunities on Good Friday,
April 20.
At 8:00 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal the recording, "Jesus Christ
Superstar", will be played at the Rectory, 340 Green St.
Easter Week Services
CATHOLIC HOLY WEEK
SERVICES
Holy week services at the
. Catholic, church will begin on
Palm Sunday, April 15, with the
Palms being blessed at 7:30
Mass. Holy Thursday Service
will be at 5:30 p.m. On Good
Friday the Unveiling of the
Cross and Communion will take
place at 2:00 p.m., with Easter
Vigil on Saturday, April 21, at
7:30 p.m. All these services will
be at St. Patrick's in Heppner.
Easter Sunday Masses will be
at the regular times: 7:30 and
11:00 a.m. in Heppner and 9:15
a.m. in lone.
lone United Church of Christ
Maunday Thursday services
will begin at 6:30 with a potluck
with services following. There
will be confirmations and one
baptism.
Easter Sunday there will be
breakfast at 8:30 with worship
service at 10:00. There will be
no church school that morning.
Two Hew Firms
Two new firms have open
ed in Lexington. One of them the
Midway Cafe and Pool is in the
front of the IOOF building. Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Wheaton have
paneled the walls, lowered the
ceilings from 15 feet to 8"4 feet,
tiled the floors and added new
lights and fixtures. They have
added two rest rooms. Their
counter has seven stools and
there's tables and chairs.
This new recreation spot is
serving light refreshments and
specializes in all kinds of
sandwiches. It is a place all
members of the family can go
for snacks and games.
Terrel Benge
97836, Thursday, April 19, 1973
LUTHERAN CHURCHES
The Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches will have a combined
worship on Good Friday start
ing at 6 p.m. with a potluck and
the worship service following
immediately. This service will
be at the Valby church. The
Easter Sunday service at Valby
will be at 8 a.m. and will be
followed by Easter breakfast at
9:00.
Hope church will serve a light
breakfast and coffee on Easter
Sunday from 10:15-11:00 with
worship service at 11:00.
Church of the Nazarene
The Sunday school and wor
ship services will be combined
on Easter Sunday for a lVz hour
service which will include the
Easter story shown on flannel
graphs. There will be no service
on Sunday night.
METHODIST SERVICES
Methodist Church Sunday,
9:45; Worship service at 11:00
a.m.
Continued on Page 6
Open, Lexington
This week they anticipated
having the new front window
installed. A new outside paint
job is due soop too.
NEW BUSINESS OPEN
IN LEXINGTON
Willard "Bill" and Harry
Noble have opened the Chevron
Station in Lexington and are
adding a machine shop and
electrical wiring service. The
are now doing welding but some
of their heavy duty machinery
will not arrive for a few weeks.
Both men have a wide
experience in the machine and
electrical business.
Mary Benge
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IT MUSHROOMED
It first started out as a small
affair but as Topsy in Uncle
Tom's Cabin, "It growed"...the
Mike Benge affair that was so
successful and rewarding. The
planners were Glen and Joyce
Ward, Darrell ami Alvina
a T r;" , vision of Spokane will be in
gg ? g Red Crti potluck dinner will
a Biuutiv held at the Amerjcan Lpgj,,,,
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Larry Lindsay Mr-prvor wil1 provide gen-
eral information on the Red
Named tO Cross Basic First Aid Course
it . n written on a 5th grade level that
University ISOarais taught in the elementary
Larry Lindsay has been
elected to the Board of Regents
for the University of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay were
recently in Portland where
Larry attended a meeting of the
board and they both were at the
dinner which followed.
Larry fills the chair on the
board held 12 years by B P.
Barney Doherty, Pendleton.
Lilfle League
FINAL BASEBALL TRYOUTS
The final little league tryouts
will be held this Saturday, April
21, at the Little League Field in
Heppner. There will also be a
clinic conducted for the boys at
this time, so both lone and
Heppner boys will meet in
Heppner at the Little League
Field at 10:00 a.m.
. Boys who are already on a
team are asked to please wear
their uniforms. All boys inter
ested in Little League are urged
to be there.
FIRST NATIONAL UP
IN DEPOSITS & LOANS
First National Bank of Ore
gon reported first quarter
earnings rose 16.8 percent to
$4,000,818, or 75 cents per share,
from $3,425,091, or 65 cents per
share, a year before.
Income after calculating
gains and losses on security
transactions amounted to
$4,001,197 for the 1973 first
quarter compared with
$3,470,358 for the 1972 quarter.
Deposits increased 13.6 per
cent from the 1972 first quarter
recording of $1,842,018,818 to a
record first quarter high of
$2,091,658,453.
First National's 130 statewide
offices reported loans outstand
ing of $1,323,826,008, up 15.5
percent from the $1,146,599,954
at the end of the first quarter
last year. Resources were
$2,443,374,495, up 14.2 peicent
from last year's three-month
total of $2,139,180,914.
the Heppner branch reported
deposits of $8,097,445 and loans
of $6,633,201 as of March 31.
Caparable totals for the branch
a year ago were $7,438,730 in
deposits and $5,884,613 in loans.
Honor Roll
On the Dean's List for winter
term at Eastern Oregon College
is Thomas Stewart of Irrigon.
On the Honor Roll is Evelyn
Black of Boardman.
LaVene VanMarter, Jr.
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Red Cross
First Aid In
Schools Info
Here April 2G
Clint Pryor, director, Safety
school and the Multimedia Aid
Course taught in high schools.
Special guests to hear the
presentation will be teachers
involved in this instruction on
these levels, school principals
and others interested.
All officers of the Morrow
County Chapter are urged to
attend, as well as First Aid
instructors and their wives
and-or husbands.
Mrs. W. H. McCoy of Irrigon
has said she would serve as the
Red Cross representative in
Irrigon. Representatives are
being sought for Boardman,
lone and Lexington.
Anyone interested in serving
in this capacity from these
areas is also urged to attend.
The meat will be furnished by
the chapter.
Carnival Coming Apr. 28
Have you circled April 28 on
your calendar? Do something to
remember that is the date for
the annual Heppner Band
Carnival at the Fair Pavilion.
Mrs. Jack McTimpeny is
chairman of the supper which
starts the evening's activities.
Barbecued beef, hot dogs,
salads and desserts will be
served from 5 until 7 p.m.
Carnival activities will run
until 10 p.m. The American
Legion is in charge of the Bingo.
Classes and organizations will
have booths. A prize will be
given for the best decorated.
White Elephants are wanted for
Farm Legislation Meeting
Tuesday April 24, Morrow
County Farm Bureau will host
Dick Rankin, The Dalles who is
vice president of the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation and
Otto Steinke, Arlington, who is
director of Region 1.
They will be here to explain
the approximately 50 bills
dealing with Workmen's Comp
ensation that have been intro-
PETE SKOW BUYS FLATT'S
Pete Skow has purchased
Flatts Lumber Transport. They
haul chips for Kinzua and have
a fleet of five chip trucks. They
are in the process of building a
new facility on W. Linden Way.
This will be the shop which has
been housed in Lexington.
Our sincere apologies to Gene
and Donna Orwick who several
years ago purchased the freight
line now Pendleton-Heppner
Freight line from Bill Flatt
which they continue to operate.
Glen Ward presents Mike with flag hkli flew nver Nation's
Capital hri last POW's arrived.
15 cents
Number 9
McCall's Tax
Discussion
Governor Tom McCall's tax
reform measure that goes to the
States voters in a special
election May 1, will be discuss
ed in two public meetings in
Morrow County.
Representative Jack Sumner
and School Superintendent Ron
Daniels will appear in public
meetings at Heppner High
School at 8:00 p.m. on April
23rd, and at Riverside High
School at 8:00 p.m. on April
24th. The meetings are being
sponsored by the Heppner
Soroptimist Club and the
Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce.
Superintendent Daniels will
present a brief resume of the
tax plan and its effect on the
Morrow County School District.
Representative Sumner will
comment on the plan and be
available to answer questions.
The audience will meet
around tables so that notes may
be taken. Coffee and snacks will
be served by the two sponsoring
organizations during the
evening.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MONDAY
joiin Mcdonald of the
engineering firm Clark & Groff
will speak on the progress to
date on the solid waste problem
in Morrow County.
the Band Parents' Country
Store. Anyone having some
thing to be picked up is asked to
call Mrs. Dale Boner at 676-9461
or Mrs. Bob Davidson at
989-8402.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yocom are
chairmen for the dance with
music by Piccadilly Band.
Door Prize
Students of the 5th and 6th
grade are selling tickets for the
RCA portable TV to be given as
the door prize. Proceeds from
the sales will be used to finance
part of the Outdoor School to be
held May 7 -11 at Tupper Guard
Station.
duced into the 1973 Oregon
Legislature. The vast majority
increase benefits to injured
employees while a few are
direct attempts to correct the
problems causing high rates in
Oregon's Workmen's Compen
sation system. Three bills stand
out as having the greatest
impact on employers, specif
ically farmers and ranchers.
They will also talk on the
Governor's Tax Plan.
Farm Bureau supported de
velopment of a state OSHA plan
to avoid the confusing duplica
tion of some of the different
State and Federal standards
and dual set of Federal and
State inspections which would
compound the confusion. They
will also speak on this Occupa
tional Safety and Health Admin
istration plan.
Hundreds At
Mike Benge Day
Celebration
Heppner'i Mike Benge Day
was everything that It should
have been. More than 500
friends and families were there
to greet him with cheers and
tears. The flags were flying and
the band played. The audience
joined the choir joyously as they
sang "God Bless America".
The Fair Pavilion was filled
for the joyous occasion to
welcome Mike home from five
years in Communist prison
camps. The Heppner band was
directed by Larry Hildebrandt.
The lone Choir led by Miss
Sherrie Bahr. The two long
tables laden with every kind of
good food soon acommodated
four lines to have the group
served in about an hour. It was
truly an informal family affair.
The Rev. David Blackaller of
All Saints Episcopal Church
gave the blessing.
Speaking without notes but
from his heart, Mike said there
were two things he missed the
most: his freedom and children.
"Freedom which too many
Americans take for granted". A
crying baby was taken out, a
tired little cowboy who took a
run and then a slide on the
pavilion floor were all music in
Mike's ears and eyes. There
were many children present.
. What are my plans? "Right
now I'm kinda political". While
Mike is still on the payroll of the
Agency for International De
velopment better known as
AID, he is spending his own
time and own money to carry
his views on a speaking tour "to
tell the truth about Vietnam".
He said he believed the United
States should aid in rebuilding
North Vietnam hospitals,
schools and public health pro-
grams. "But we shouldn t give a
dime to further their political
ideology or industries."
"We should not spend one
dime until they live up to the
agreements they signed in
Paris." They knew what they
were doing when they murdered
4000 at Hue. They knew prison
ers were to be allowed to write
and receive letters and pack
ages. They weren't. They knew
the International Red Cross
should be allowed to visit the
camps. They knew the sick and
wounded and those held the
longest were to be released first
and they weren't. ,
He said he believed in
amnesty. He feels that those
people who left at time of
conflict should be given a
chance to come back if they '
show sincerity in wanting to do
something for our great
country". They should serve
, two years in the armed forces,
the Peace Corps, poverty
programs or other volunteer
organizations."
Other POW and MIA
In speaking of more prisoners
and of those missing in action,
he said "There's more. We have
information that the Commu
nists are holding 350 to 550
prisoners. Don't believe them.
They are not trustworthy. They
have broken every agreement
they ever made." He urges
everyone who will to get up
petitions and write letters to
urge Congress not to give a
dime until all of the MIA are
accounted for. A complete and
satisfactory accounting of all of
them that were over there
should be made. "We should not
let any communist humiliate us
Keith Rea
again".
"I would not be here today if it
weren't for the bombing of
Hanoi. That's the first time we
brought the war to the leaden
of the Communists." "I thank
our president and our govern
ment for the determination they
showed in continuing the fight
ing. That's the only thing that
got us out".
He asked Aileen Ware of
Hermiston whose son, Spec 5
John Ware, is missing in action
to come to the microphone. He
pinned a MIA pin to her sleeve.
He closed his talk by playing a
recording "Don't Forget The
Eagles" written and sung by
Dolph Drogue of the American
Security Council. Mike's
mother, Mrs. Terrel Benge says
she will get the address which
will be printed in the Gazette
Times so those who want may
order the record.
Prior to Mike's talk, Morrow
County Judge Paul Jones pro
claimed the day as Mike Benge
Day and paraphrased a verse
from the Bible "and lo there
was rejoicing throughout Mor
row County".
Jack Sumner who had gone to
school with Mike said he had
invited Mike to the Oregon
House of Representatives to
talk. Three city keys were given
him from Heppner by Mayor
Jerry Sweeney, from Lexington
by Mayor Gene Orwick and
from lone by Mayor Bob Drake.
Bob reminisced with an incident
that occurred on the school bus
he was driving between Mike
and another boy. The boys were
fighting and he suggested they
step out of the bus to finish.
They got off and Mike turned to
Bob and said "What are you
going to do?"
"I'm going to
. All at once the
finish the route
fight was over because no one
wanted to walk home.
Don Bristow an lone City
Councilman and class mate of
Mike s paid tribute to Mike who
he said went to Vietnam "not to
kill but to heal, not tear down
but to build up."
Herb Ekstrom Jr. presented
Mike with a tape recorder that
organizations of the area had
provided. Keith Rea presented
the community gift, an electric
portable typewriter. Glen
. Ward, chairman of the whole
show, presented Mike with the
flag that flew over the Nations
Capitol on the 29th day of
March, the day the last of the
prisoners came home. Senator
Packwood was instrumental in
securing the flag for Morrow
County to present
La Verne VanMarter acted as
master of ceremonies. Seated at
the head table were members of
Mike's family. They were his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Terrel
Benge, Mr. Benge's sister, Mrs.
Luola Rehfield of Eugene,
Mike's sister, Mrs. Joan
Hughes, his niece, Teresa
Hughes and his nephew Terry
Hughes, home from Oregon
State for the occasion.
The Rev. Edwin Cutting gave
the closing prayer.
Order the record, "Vietnam:
The Hawk, The Dove, The Owl"
by Dolf Droge, by writing:
Friends of Phil Crane Com
mittee - P.O. Box 214, Mt.
Prospect, Illinois 60056.
The colors were advanced by
the memherS of Scout Troon 6S1
who then led in the pigg of
Allegiance.
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Judy Eea
Cliff Wood Phot