EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, August
Wheat
seminar
Sept. 7
A Wheat Seminar for Mor
row County wheat growers
will be held Wednesday,
September 7, reports Harold
Kerr, Morrow County Exten
sion Agent.
The Seminar will be held at
the Morrow County Fair
grounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Growers will have an oppor
tunity to visit and exchange
ideas with Oregon State
University Extension special
ist, Norm Goetze, Gene Nel
son, and Don Rydrych about
seeding, management dec
isions, and weed control under
our drought Conditions.
Other program items in
clude latest on the Disaster
Program from ASCS, and
drought effect on varieties.
Happenings around Heppner
Mrs. Gayle Renne and her
son, Ryan, Houston, Texas,
are visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Batty.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Connor,
Forest Grove, and her mother,
Mrs. Alice Hastings, returned
recently from a leisurely trip
to Payette, Idaho, where the
Connors had lived at one time.
Their itinerary included
Anthony Lakes, Granite,
Sumpter, Baker, Burns and
Ontairo. Mrs. Hastings said
that Eastern Oregon is the
driest she has ever seen it and
that the Malheur River is
nearly dry in spots.
Mrs. Billie Jean Taber and
Cindy, Ava, Missouri, were
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The Jiggs Bowman family is
back home following a very
busy vacation trip. They
started their trip with their
niece, Karen Revis, who has
been visiting at the Bowman
home the last several weeks.
The group spent several days
in Portland with their son Joe
and family.
Joe, Jiggs, Rita, Cindy,
Karen and several friends
went to Seattle to attend the
Mariners Yankees baseball
game. From Portland the
Bowman party went on the
Eugene where they left Karen
and Cindy and enjoyed a visit
with Rita's sister
Mrs. Paul Revis, and family.
Jiggs and Rita went on to
the Oregon coast where they
did some sightseeing. An
interesting highligh of the trip
to Depo Bay was a visit with
an old friend of Rita's. Delia
Church and Rita hadn't seen
ech other for 25 years. Rita
and Jiggs went to Portland
where they met Cindy.
The three vacationers then
went to Longview, Wash, to
visit former Kinzua residents,
Otis and Twila -Vaughn, and
Jiggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lytton Strom. While Rita
stayed to visit her in-laws,
Jiggs and Cindy went to
Ilwaco for some salmon fish
ingI understand the salmon
didn't co-operate. The return
ed home by way of Prineville
where they spent the night
with their daughter, Sara
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Grand squares
gather at park
The Grand Squares dance
club of lone held their annual
dance at Cutsforth Park
. Saturday, August 6.
After a pot luck supper,
three squares enjoyed an'
evening of dancing with sev
eral members from the
Square Knots of Hermiston
and Clarence and Margaret
Hospital Notes
On August 23, the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital reported
the following patients had
been dismissed during the
week: Sandra Hanna, Claudia
Campbell, Terry Cutsforth,
Dawn Palmer, Brian Ertz and
Ella Smith, all of Heppner;
Leta Hardie and Patricia
McCoin, Condon; Christy Ru
here recently visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Privett. Also visiting were
their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Privett, of Paul,
Idaho. All went to Newport to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Brown. Mrs. Brown is the
former June Privett. While
there, they all enjoyed deep
sea fishing and a good family
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van
Winkle had recent overnight
guests at their mountain
cabin, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Wells, Hermiston. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jon
Van Winkle and Ryhan,
Hermiston; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Privett, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Kinzua news
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Riney, and family. The Bow
mans arrived home Saturday
accompanied by their grand
daughter Erika Riney.
Barbara Pike went to Ar
lington Friday afternoon to
pick up LuAnn Pike. LuAnn
came home from West Rich
land, Wash, where she is
working this summer to visit
her parents and attend the
Wheeler County Fair. Friday
night the Pikes daughter and
son-in-law, Patti and Chuck
Constantin, also arrived to
spend the weekend at the Pike
home. We spent the weekend
the same way many Kinzua
residents did, enjoying the fair
and rodeo. Patti and Chuch
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WILL BE OPEN FOR YOUR
ENJOYMENT
25, 1977
Johnson of the County Cousins
of Pendleton joining for the
evening.
Saturday, July 30, the East
ern Oregon Area Council of
Square and Round Dance
Clubs held a benefit dance at
Buttrey's parking lot in Pen
dleton for the Muscular Dys
trophy Association. More than
$300 was donated to the cause.
dolph, Kinzua. Gus Nikander,
Heppner, was transferred.
Reported as still hospitaliz
ed were: Linda Connor and
James Sands, both Heppner;
William Nichols, Lexington;
Wanda Stubblefield, Mon
ument; Judy Hampton, Kin
zua and Eva Lou Greiner,
Condon.
Toll, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Gardner, Mrs. Snoda Blake,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van
Blokland, all of Heppner ; and
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palm
er, Lexinp'on.
Celebrating their birthdays
on the occasion were Marge
Gardner and Jack Van
Winkle.
Mrs. Vickie Magill and
daughter Stefanie, Pendleton,
are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Creston Robinson for
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rood
and Dee Dee have returned
from a weeks vacation trip in
their motorhome. They visited
Mrs. Rood's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Gay at Ashland and
went back home to Portland
following the rodeo Sunday.
LuAnn left Monday for West
Richland for her last week of
work before returning home
for the school year.
Stanley Benson may be
home next week. I spoke
briefly with his wife and she
said he will be released from
the hospital by next weekend
if all goes well. We'll keep our
fingers crossed and say a little
prayer that Stan will be up and
around again soon. Stan has
has such a long stay in the
hospital since his accident do
many months ago. We wish
him some good luck for a
change.
HEPPNER
B.P.O.E. Ho. 358
'Your Elks Lodge'
Program to
aid senior
winterization
Senior citizens planning to
weatherize their homes under
a program adopted by the 1977
legislature must wait until
October 4 to have any
weatherization work perform
ed if they want to receive
financial assistance.
The Senate Bill 4 program
provides up to $300 to certain
homeowners age 60 or older to
help pay for weatherization
which includes insulation,
weather stripping and storm
doors and windows. October 4
is the effective date of the law
and any work performed
before that date cannot be
reimbursed under the pro
gram. Senior citizens are caution
ed to check out any federal
weatherization program that
might be available. State
funds are not available for
persons eligible for a federal
program and it is the respon-
other relatives at Oakridge.
They also saw former Hep
pner residents Fred and Cecil
Ott and their daughter Rhoda
at LaPine.
They reported that the new
Lost Creek Dam on the Rogue
River is just filling. At a
hatchery near there they saw
some beautiful salmon. They
also reported heavy catches of
kokanee at Odell Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Don McCon
nell recently returned from a
trip to Twin Falls, Idaho and
Jackpot, Nevada.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hev
ener and Brian, McMinnville,
were weekend visitors at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Saling. Brian will
be staying with his grand
John Privett, Paul, Idaho,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C.H.
Privett, is at home recuperat
ing from major surgery and is
reported doing well.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill
are enjoying the company of
three grandaughters this
week; Andi, Joci and Barbi
Williams, Coos Bay.
Visiting at the home of Mrs.
Ray Drake recently were Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Drake and
son, Kelly, from Stockton, Cal.
Also visiting was Mrs. Tom
Ferguson (Susan Drake) and
daughter, Kim, from Ontario.
Mrs. Wallace Eldridge,
Reedsport, died on Thursday,
August 18. Her son Paul
Warren and wife Claudine and
their daughter Joan went to
Reedsport for about one week.
Mrs. Eldridge was buried
there last Sunday.
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sibility of the seniors to find
out whether they might be
able to participate in a federal
program. The Oregon Depart
ment of Energy and the
Oregon Department of Rev
enue will make information
available about federal pro
grams To qualify for the winteriza
tion assistance, a person
must:
Be at least 60 years old.
Have a household income
under $7,500 in 1976.
Own his or her home, the
assessed value of which was
less than $30,000 in 1976.
Have received a home
owner property tax refund for
1976.
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