Tin' Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Wednesday November 22, 1978 THREE
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By Jolynn Daly
On Nov. 4, JoLynn Daly.
Dan Nix, Marie Van Schoiack,
Julie Grieb and Scott Sherer
boarded a Greyhound bus
headed for Kansas City, Mo.
Throughout the night the
bus stopped to pick up other
chapters at Pendleton, La
Grande and Ontario. The
Oregon delegation chartered
four buses and 2 planes back
to Missouri with at least one
FFA state officer to a bus.
Bookworms
entertain
guests
The November meeting of
the Bookworm Club was on
Tuesday, Nov. 14 in the
Fireplace Room of the Christ
ian Church. Members of the
lone Topic Club were special
guests.
The evening's hostesses
were President Helen Currin
and past-president Frances P.
Mitchell assisted by Inez
Erwin.
The evening's program was
presented by Jerry Healy who
told about his experiences in
the Dominican Republic and
showed his colored slides of
that country.
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Lyle Dawson of Wallowa was
the state officer traveling with
the Heppner people.
Monday morning, we stop
ped and toured the Eisen
hower Memorial Center in
Abeline, Kansas.
We reached our destination,
Kansas City, Missouri, at
about 1 p.m. Monday after
noons There were three sessions a
day morning session, after
noon session, and evening
session. The sessions started
at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The week was full of
different tours and activities
that were offered. Every day
there were one or two interest
ing guest speakers. The most
publicized speech came on
Thursday afternoon, when
President Carter gave a talk.
On Friday, the American
Royal Rodeo was in full swing
with Pat .and Debbie Boone
entertaining.
Through all the celebrities
and events, I think the
Heppner group enjoyed mix
ing and getting to know people
from other chapters and
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states the most.
The 1978 National FFA
Convention was attended by
23.000 people, even though the
auditorium only held 18,000. In
another building, there was a
closed-circuit television
screen that held 1,300 seats.
A lutiil of $593 has been
mailed l the Morrow County
tax collector's office from
the ' Oregon Department of
Revenue, as part of a new
property tax deferral pro
gram for senior citizens.
Under the deferral pro
gram, the state pays the
property taxes for eligible
seniors. The deferred taxes,
plus six per cent interest,
must be repaid when the
participant's home is sold or
produces more than $1,800
annunllv in rent income, or
Beth Caster to make
Farm Bureau talk
Beth Caster, Dept. of Public
Affairs for Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation, Salem,
Oregon will be the principal
speaker at the Umatilla
Morrow .County Farm Bureau
Annual Banquet to be held at
the Harvester Restaurant in
Pendleton on Nov. 27, 1978, at
6:30 p.m.
Ms. Caster has been work
ing all summer researching
issues that will be coming up
in the next legislative session.
Dick Smith, Regional Field
man for Oregon Farm Bureau
will show an American Farm
Bureau film on the 160 acre
limitation issue.
Members and interested
guests are asked to call
276-2732 for reservations.
when the owner dies or stops
using the home for his or her
main residence. Deferred tax
es can be repaid to the state
sooner, if an owner desires.
Persons wishing to partici
pate in the program must file
applications with their county
assessors between Jan. 1 and
April 1.
This year, more than 2,100
state residents took part in the
program, receiving deferral
payments totaling $1.6 million.
BMCC closed
for holidays
All offices, classes and the
McCrae Activity Center at
Blue Mountain Community
College will be closed Thurs
day through Sunday, Nov.
23-26, in honor of the Thanks
giving holidays.
The Fifth Annual Winter
Farm vFair will be held at
Thompson Hall on the Umatil
la County Fairgrounds in
Hermiston, according to Dar
rell Maxwell, Oregon State
University Extension Agent.
The fair will run from Nov. 28
to 30, with daily programs
starting at 9 a.m.
A new feature of this year's
fair is a family program the
evening of Tuesday, Nov. 28
from 7 to 9 p.m. This program
under the sponsorship of
Women for Agriculture will be
centered around Estate Plan
ning with Dr. Grant Blanch,
OSU Economist, the main
speaker. Mrs. Jerry Nicholson
will be presiding.
Maxwell reports that most
of the exhibit space has
already been sold. Exhibitors
are mainly local agricultural
service and supply firms who
will be featuring the latest in
farm equipment, services and
supplies. Exhibits will include
booths in Thompson Hall and
farm equipment outside in the
carnival area.
Subject matter to be featur
ed at this year's fair includes:
Tuesday, Nov. 28,, Irrigon
Development and Manage
ment; Wednesday, Nov. 29,
Potato Potpourri; and Thurs
day, Nov. 30, New Crops and
Concerns About Old Crops.
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safety, the bridge has remain
ed open to auto traffic, though
trucks and buses are prohibit
ed. A representative of Coats
Construction indicated that
work on the new Morgan
Street span is expected to
begin in January.
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Stanley Minor
Stanley Minor, 74, Heppner,
died Thursday, Nov. 16, in
Heppner.
He was born Feb. 19, 1904, in
Heppner, the son of William
Oscar and Mahalia Minor,
Morrow County pioneers, and
was a lifetime resident of the
community. Although he was
physically handicapped, he
worked for a time at Green's
Hardware, worked as a gen
eral handyman, was an avid
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gardener, reader, letter
writer and lover of music. He
also spent a lot of time at his
cabin in the mountains. He
was a member of Lodge No.
66, I.O.O.F., and of the San
Souci Rebekah Lodge.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m.
at Sweeney Mortuary Chapel,
with the Rev. Edwin Sikes of
the First Christian Church,
Heppner, officiating. Carl and
Betty Marquardt sang "In the
Garden" and "Beyond the
Sunset". Concluding services
and interment were at Hep
pner Masonic Cemetery with
graveside ritualistic services
by Heppner Lodge No. 66,
1.0. O F. Casket bearers were
Cornett Green, Herman
Green, Robert Lowe, Ralph
Beamer, Randall Peterson
and Marion Hayden.
Mr. Minor is survived by
four cousins, Miles Potter and
Mrs. Harry Bouvy, both of
Portland; Gladys Brady, The
Dalles; and Max Rogers of
Salem.
Contributions may be made
to the Pioneer Memorial
Hospital fund or to the
Christian Church Memorial
fund.
Hospital
Notes
Patients admitted and later
discharged from Pioneer
Memorial Hospital this past
week were Betty Mills and
Edgar Olson, both of Heppner.
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