Page 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR. Thursday, Jan.
I TO MORROW I
By Tom Franks
If you ask me why I am in Heppner, I really won't be able to tell you at
once. I don't know that it makes much difference, but only time will tell.
If you are going to ask someone why they are here, you should ask
somebody like Lois Winchester, who has been fixing hair in Heppner for 51
years. With all the items she has heard discussed, she could probably tell
why most of you are here. We hope to visit with Lois before the next issue is
on the street.
We also want to visit with people like Rita Lovgren and Jennifer Johnson,
two little girls who spent all their babysitting money on gifts for patients in
the nursing home. My only source said they are "little" girls, but that has to
be a measure of stature only.
We also hope to visit with the people at the County Mental Health Office. I
understand a new man by the name of Rex George has joined Dr. Janice
Green in that office. Now I haven't met either of them, and I don't know
anybody's title for certain. What I do know for certain is that the Mental
Health Office is right across from the editor's office, either by chance,
mistake or design.
As it is, this office is in shouting distance of the Fire Department, Mental
Health Department, Police Department, the drug store and a church. In
addition, the lady who lives next door cooks good, which for some unknown
reason brings me to the observation that people often have more reasons for
leaving than they do for going. Everybody expects to go, but few expect to
leave. Going is news. Leaving .is sad.
For example. Mayor Jerry Sweeney is going to see the inauguration of
President-Elect Jimmy Carter. That is news. He is leaving Washington.
Dorothy Zita is going to study the real estate business. That is news. She is
leaving the employment of the Gazette-Times.
Some Morrow County wheat growers are going to Hawaii for the National
Association of Wheat Growers' meeting. That is news. The Wheat Growers
will leave Hawaii or will they?
Leaving Baker did not stir up public notice. Nevertheless, there seemed to
be a great deal of excitement about the fact that I was going to Heppner!
This must be why so many Americans are always going. Leaving is sad.
Going is fun.
Anyone who is leaving is going without me!
In closing, let me say that I look forward to living in Morrow County,
where I have the sure word of last week's newspaper that county doctors are
not only qualified but prolific.
Volunteers sought for Mothers1 March
on birth defects in Morrow County
Mrs. Pat Gentry has been
chosen chairman of the Mor
row County Mothers' March
on Birth Defects. The March
will be Thursday evening,
"V Jan. 27.
Sen. Jernstedt will serve
foui
r active
Sen. Ken Jernstedt, R.,
Hood River, has been named
to four committees for the 1977
legislative session: Elections
New books
af library
By Justine Weatherford
Three fiction and two non
fiction books published since
the first of this year are now
ready for reading at the Hep
pner Public Library.
The fiction is going into the
mystery shelves. "Dragon
ship" by Michael Kirk is set
aboard a Danish cargo car
rier. Ruth Rendell's fifteenth
mystery, "A Demon In My
View," is set in London.
Carola Salisbury's "Dolphin
Summer," a novel of romantic
suspense, is set on the Medi
terranean in the year 1337.
One new non-fiction book is
a radical reconstruction of
ancient history, "Peoples Of
The Sea," by Immanuel
Velikovsky, who also wrote
"Worlds in Collision," "Ages
in Chaos," and "Earth in
Upheaval."
The second non-fiction book
could be very helpful to high
school and college students.
Written by Donald J.D. Mul
kerne and Gilbert Kahn, it is
"The Term Paper: Step by
Step." This book claims to tell
you all you need to know to
choose your subject, make an
outline, take notes, write the
paper, prepare the footnotes
and bibliography, and type the
final draft.
THE W -Mm
GAZETTE-TIMES
The official newspaper of the City
of Heppner and the County of
Morrow.
G.M. Reed, Publisher
Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
"Held every January for the
past 26 years, the neighbor-to-neighbor
campaign is spon
sored by the March of
Dimes," says Mrs. Gentry.
"The voluntary health organi-
committees
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and Local Government, State
and Federal Affairs-Rules,
Environment and Energy, and
Labor, Consumer and Busi
ness Affairs, on which he will
serve as Vice Chairman.
Sen. Jernstedt commented
that he is very pleased with his
assignments because all four
committees are very active,
hard-working ones which
cover a very broad range of
subjects of major concern to
the large Senate district which
he covers.
RC&D meet
slated for
Pendleton
Columbia Blue Mountain
Resource Conservation and
Development (RC&D) annual
meeting will be held Jan. 26,
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at
Indian Hills Motor Inn, Pen
dleton. Guest speaker will be Rod
ney A. Briggs, president of
Eastern Oregon College, La
Grande. He will relate his
experience and the benefit
local people can achieve
through RC&D projects.
Ben Mouchett, State Soil &
Water Conservation Commis
sion, will give progress on
Section 208, water quality
planning.
Luther Fitch, extension
agent, will cover studies
underway in minimum and no
till farming.
Published every Thursday and entered as a
second-class matter at the post office at Heppner,
Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Second-class
postage paid at Heppner, Oregon.
Wil C. Phinney, Advertising Manager
Tom Franks, Editor
20, 1977
zation uses the funds for
programs aimed at the pre
vention of birth defects our
nation's number one health
problem."
"Aiming for the day when
all children can be born free
from the threat of birth de
fects, the Morrow . County
March of Dimes donated
$1,500 for nursery and 6b-
stetrics equipment at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital."
Volunteers are needed for
Washday
Wonders
fopic
Ardis Koester, extension
textiles and clothing special
ist, will present a program,
"Washday Wonders," Jan. 25,
at 10 a.m. at the Baptist
Church in Irrigon. While the
program is a training session
for study group leader teach
ers, others interested are
invited to attend.
The wide variety of wash
day products on the markets
are sometimes confusing to
homemakers, as well as the
correct methods for caring for
new textiles and clothing
fabrics. Care of new fabrics,
spot removal, and wise
choices on laundry products
will be information included in
the lesson by the specialist.
Each attending is asked to
bring a sample box of a
product such as detergent,
softener, stain remover,
bleach, or other product re
lating to clothing care.
An identical program will be
presented in Pendleton, Jan.
24, from 10-12, in room 106,
Pioneer Hall, Blue Mountain
Community College. Coffee
will be available at 9:30 a.m.
at both sessions. All interested
persons are invited to attend.
Membership in a study group
is not required.
HEFFNEH
Wheat production gains
2 million metric tons
Grain markets closed last
week on a downward swing.
Wheat markets enjoyed high
er prices early in the week,
according to the USDA's
Pacific Northwest Market
Summary from the AMS
Grain Division at Portland.
Gains were the result of
short covering and specula
tive buying prompted by
advances in corn and soybean
futures which were affected
by weather news. Wheat at the
close was working near last
week's levels. Weakness in
soybeans and corn futures
pushed prices lower and
heavy snow cover was pro
viding some protection from
cold temperatures.
Other factors adding to the
negative influence were the
low export inspections last
week and the announcement
that the World Wheat Coun
cil added 2.0 million metric
tons to bring the estimated
World Wheat production to
411.5 million metric tons. This
compares to last year's world
crop production of 349 million
metric tons.
White Wheat markets were
kept active by strong pre-'
miums paid over Chicago op
tions, but closed lower in
following the option market.
Exporter demand indicated
some short positions to fill
nearby commitments. Mills
the Mothers' March. Anyone
interested in helping should
contact Marion Robinson,
Lexington; Mary Lou Daltosa,
Boardman; Linda La Rue,
lone, or Pat Gentry, Heppner.
Organist S;
needed
If you can play an organ and
would like to share that talent
either at least once a week or
less than that, please talk to
the minister of the United
Methodist Church in Heppner.
Mrs. Pauline Miller, who
has been the church organist
for more than 12 years, will be
leaving at the end of the school
year.
If you play, you are cor
dially invited to come try the
organ in the Methodist
Church. Rev. Steve Tollefson
can be reached at the church
office or by dialing 676-9224.
BAACC offers
classes in
Heppner
Sketching and cake deco
rating are being offered soon ;
in this area by Blue Mountain :.
Community College. '
Sketching classes will be of- '
fered under the instruction of
Tom Shear, an art teacher in
Heppner. The classes will be- ;
gin Jan. 26 from 7-10 p.m. at '
Heppner Junior High School.
The eight week lessons
carry a $15 registration fee. .
Shear is hoping for at least
eight persons in the class and
it will be on a first come, first
serve basis.
The sketching series, which
will feature a live model, will
be followed by class series of ;
drawing and oil painting later
in the year.
Cake decorating is also
being offered in lone. Maryan
McElligott will instruct the
eight week course, starting
Jan. 21.
Pre-registration is encour- ,
aged for this class, which will
be held in lone.
Information or registration
forms are available at Hep
pner Post Office or by calling
Anne Doherty in Lexington.
Kinzua group
plans dinner
The Kinzua Community
Church at Kinzua will hold a
potluck dinner and sing at the ,
church annex on Wednesday,
Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
were no large buyers but
steady in working against
offshore flour and bulgur
awards. Farmer selling was
not as aggressive at the close.
Spring wheat markets lack
ed export business. Lakes
were closed to navigation and
the rivers, plus Canadian
Grain weighed on the mar
kets. Mills were fair buyers.
Businessmen
visit Illinois
factories
Six Morrow County agri
businessmen attended an In
ternational Harvester factory
tour in Illinois last week.
Larry Mills, Morrow County
Grain Growers' manager, and
area ranchers Bob Kilkenny,
William Kenny, Pat Cutsforth,
Fritz Cutsforth and Butch
Laughlin, flew to Chicago last
Tuesday and arrived back on
Oregon soil on Friday.
The group toured three dif
ferent factories with 300 other
farmers and dealers of Har
vester equipment from the
Pacific Northwest.
The first stop was the Mel
rose Park plant in Chicago,
where an automated diesel
engine assembly line and
assembly of crawler tractors
was done. Mills called the tour
of Melrose "intriguing" and
said the plant was 54 acres
under one roof.
At East Moline, combines,
tractor cabs, and corn plant
ers were assembled. Farmall
Works in Rock Island was the
site of assembly of Farmall
tractors and components of
Farmall machinery.
Jan. 29 Annual Fair and Rodeo invitational appreciation dinner,
sponsored by Morrow County Fair Board-Floyd Jones, Chairman.
Dinner at 6:30 . All beverages paid for by individuals.
Live Music by Tim Mensinger, Fri. and Sat. Jan. 28, 29 9-1 am
Buffet Breakfast Saturday night 1:30 ant
West of Willow invites all parents and youngsters to come to in
after the basketball game for pizza and your favorite beverage.
Sandwiches to go
$2.00
WEST OF WILLOW
Tender roast beef slices in
a soft french roll to dipped
in Jim's sauce, with fries
SHOBE
Ham slices on old-fashioned
white or rye bread, with hot
mustard and fries
HINTON
Barbeque beef on french
bread, with fries
RHEA
Pastrami and swiss cheese
on toasted rye bread, with
french fries and hot mustard.
BALM FORK
Moist turkey on white bread,
with fries
COLUMBIA $3.00
Tender steak strips on
french bread, with fries
BUTTER CREEK $2.25
Ham, pastrami and swiss
cheese on french bread, with
hot mustard and fries
J
Susie French
HOSPITAL
NOTES
Beef tax
pegged below 1 976 levels
The Oregon Cattlemen's Association Livestock Tax Committee met last week with Eastern
Oregon county tax assessors, at their annual mid-winter meeting in Fossil, reaching an
agreement and approval of the 1977 livestock tax appraisal figures. , '
Bill Duff, Chairman, OCA Tax Committee, with the committee members, met with the tax
assessors and presented livestock value information which would be of help in establishing this
year's values. ?
Duff stated that the following figures are the approved assessors' true cash values on Oregon
livestock for 1977. These are net figures. (The net figure is 80 per cent of the gross figured
Calves, under 6 months
Steer calves, 6 months to 1 yr.
Heifer calves, 6 months to 1 yr.
Steers, 1 year and over
Heifers, 1 year and 2 years
Cows, 2 years and over
Bulls, 1 year and over
Members of the Cattlemen's Association Tax Committee besides Duff included; R.J.
Philippi, Arlington; George Purdy, Burns; Phil Wilson, Condon; John Madison, Pendleton;
Martin Howard, Prineville; and Jack Steiwer, Fossil.
WEST OF WILLOW
Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
French, Heppner, announce
the engagement and forth
coming marriage of their
daughter, Susie, to Jim Ward
of Athena, son of Mrs. Joy
Ward, Athena, and Mr. Bill
Ward, Pendleton.
The couple plans to be
married at St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Pendleton on May
Hat 3:00 p.m. A reception will
follow at the Pendleton Elks'
Lodge.
Admitted and dismissed are
James Hams, Louise Wood,
Verna Brenda, Inez Irwin,
Kenneth Meyer, Wanda Mir
acle, all of Heppner; Lenora
Nevala, Kinzua; Aaron Mont
gomery, Lexington; Andrew
apprais
Net Figures Net Figures 21 Yr. Average
1977 1976 Net 1956-1977
$ 32.00 $ 40.00 $ 40.00
76.00 112.00 92.00
128.00 76.00 83.00
172.00 168.00 134.00
136.00 132.00 115.00
144.00 152.00 141.00
400.00 320.00 283.00'
ORDERS TO G01
Pizza to go
Cheese $3.00
Pepperoni $4.00
Sausage $4.00
Black olive $4.00
Mushroom $4.00
Combination $5.25
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call 676-5551
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' Irrigon
news i
. A farewell dinner was given
Sunday for Interim Pastor and
Mrs. Harry Hubbard, at the
Baptist Church, where they
have pastored since late
March. The retired minister
and his wife will return to
their home in Portland.
The Rev. and Mrs. Carl
Wright were called by the
church board and they ac
cepted the pastorate here. He
has served eight years as
camp director at Camp Arrah
Wanna near Mt. Hood. i
Beitel, lone; Michael South,
Condon. Not dismissed are
Roland Bently, Condon;
Frank Merrick, lone; Lanpe
Miracle, Andrew Anderson,
Nellie Anderson, Colleen Ploy
har, all of Heppner. .
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