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WINNERS UNION COUNTY FAIR EXHIBITS TABULATED Additional winners have been compiled and added to the recent Union County Fair results. They are as follows: Apples Arlene Young. La Grande, 1st; crab apples, Renwkk Clark. Rt. l. La Grande (Graven stein reds), 2nd no 1st place win ner listed); fruit plates Arlene Young 1st; plum display, Arlene Young, 1st; Concord grapes George Walker. La. Grand. 1st; strawberries (cup) Larry Phillips. Rt. 1. La Grande. 1st, and Carrie Rominc. La Grande, 2nd; boysen berries (cud) Mrs. C. E. Worth inirton. La Grande. 1st, and Richard Hill, Cove. 2nd; goose berries Jn-sie Laird, 1st. and Larraine Bates. Rt. 2. La Grande, 2nd; apples (plates) Clair Hill, Cove. 1st. and Richard rnu. zna; crabaoulos le!ly Peggy Young. Rt. X. La Grande. 1st and Larraine Bates. 2nd; crabapples (sweei) Jerry WtfUer. Elgin, 1st, and Martha Bereeron. Rt. 1 La Grande, 2nd. Also: cherries (plate) Mrs Dean Puckett. Cove. 1st; pears (plate) Peggy Young, 1st: plums (olate) Jerry Waller, 1st; and Mrs. Jimmy Mills, Cove, 2nd; cur. rants Loma Carlson, tigin, isi, and Jessie Laird. 2nd: vegetables (beets, table 6) Peggy Young, 1st. and Mrs. J. Mills, 2nd; beet fitnrk a) Mrs. J. Mills. 1st; brocalli '6 head) Mrs. Howard MARKETS 4 By United Press International PORTLAND DAIRY " PORTLAND (UPD Dairy market: ' Eggs To retailers: Grade AA extra large, 53-Mc doz.; AA largo. 47-SOeu A large. 44-7c; A A me- dium,37-40c; AA smaU. 28-28C; cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 70c lb.; carton, lc hieher: B prints, 68c. Cheese (medium cured) To retailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies, 41-51c; processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 4043c. ' - new york Stocks NEW YORK (UPD The stock market was a generally narrow and mixed affair today. " Electronics shares were the best gainers as a group, apparently re flecting the belief among many that Russia s successful moon snot will step up U.S. attempts. - IBM rose S. Rahtheon 1H, Tex as instruments .114,' and Zenith' nearly 1.. 4 . V V Industrials on the whole fav ired the upside. Thiokol jumped 2V4 and DuPont 1 in the chemi cals. Goodyear 1H in the tires, and Polaroid 1 in the cameras. Motors eased with General Mo tors and Chrysler both down frac tions. New York Central, Pennsyl vania Railroad and Southern Pa- cific led their group fractionally lower. Oils were steady. . ' ' Suttcn. Elgin, 1st, and Cloyd Clark. Rt. 1, La Grande. 2nd; carrots (table, si Cecil Young. Rt. 1, La Grand. 1st; carrots 'stock, 61 Mrs. Howard Sutton. 1st. and Mrs. J. Mills, 2nd: cu cumbers imighet pick ) Martha Bergeron, 1st. and Mrs. John Cooper, La Grande, 2nd; cucum bers (pickling. lui-Mrs. John L. Cooper, 1st, and Mrs. Dean Puck ett, 2nd; cucumbers (slicing. 61 Elizabeth Abbott, La Grande,' 1st. Also: garlic burrh. 6) Bill PhltlitM Dninn l I -h-. 1 , . -J' , giuuuu H'tl IVies (plate) Mrs. John Cooper. 1st. and Loma Carlson. 2nd; parsley (large bunch) Zella Carl son. Is'and City, 1st, and Mrs. Frank Ghorn. Summerville, 2nd: peppers () Mrs. D. B. Shrum, La Grande. 1st, and Mrs. Jack Corriell, La Grande. 2nd: rhubarb Mrs. John Cooper. 1st: tomatoes () Mrs. D. B. Shrum. 2nd (no first place winner listed); dill (bunch)-Jerry Waller. 1st. and Martha Bergeron. 2nd; kale Mrs. M. J. Wilson, 1st; garden peas (bunch) Mrs. D. B. Shrum, 1st, and Loma Carlson. 2nd: cow peas Loma Carlson. 2nd (1st place winner not listed); China peas Loma Carlson, 2nd (1st place winner noi usieoi; green poo (plate) Mrs. Vernon Igb. Rt. 1. La Grande, 1st, and Mrs. J. Mills, 2nd; yellow pod (plater Mrs. M. J. Wilson. La Grande. 1st; green lima (plate) Mrs. J. Mills, 1st; ' Oregon giant (plate) Mrs. V. Igo, 1st: green pole (plate) Mrs. John Cooper, 1st, and Carrie Rominc, 2nd. ' Also: cranberry beans Mrs. John Cooper, 1st; purple pod pole bean Mrs. Richard Carson, Im- blef, 1st; land products (yellow sweet corn) Renwlck Clark, 1st. Carrie Romine, 2nd; potatoes (net ed gems. IS pounds), Mrs. M. J. Wilson, 2nd (1st place winner not listed); reds, all types. 15 pounds Mrs. J." Mills. 1st. and Mrs. M. J. Wilson, 2nd; onions (white globe, 10 pounds) Mrs. J. Mills. 1st; yellow globe, 10 pounds Mrs. J. Mills, 2nd (1st place not listed); melons and squash (banana squash) Mrs. M. J. Wilson, 1st, and David Landers, Rt. 1, La Grande. 2nd; - green delicious squash Mrs. J. Mills, 1st; squash (other varieties) Lzora Area, Rt. 2, La Grande, 1st; summer squash Zuc chini (3) Martha Bergeron, 1st. and Cloyd .Clark, 2nd; summer . PORTLAND LIVESTOCK - PORTLAND (UPD (USDA)' Livestock: Cattle 1500: includes 16 loads fed steers; slow: steady: load w choice around 1200 lb. fed steers and part load good-choice around 1006 lb. 28; few loads held higher; load around 1300 lb.' 26; utility- standard 1091 lb. grass steers 23.50; utility 22; high good-choice around 850-900 lb. heifers 27-27.25; few good heifers 20-26.50: utility cows 16.50-18; canners-cutters 13 14.50; utility bulls 22-23; canner cutter bulls 16.50-21. Calves 250; good -choice vealers 26-31, individual high choice 32; utility-standard 19-25; culls down to 13; good choice light stock calvea 28-30. Hogs 1600; slow; 25-50C lower; 1 and 2 butchers 180-225 lb. 16; one lot 16.25; mixed 1.' 2 and 3 grade . 15-15.50; 350-500 lb. SOWS 11.50-13. . Sheep 1000; 51-head lot mostly- choice' wheat pastured wooled lambs 20; high good-choice near by -lambs 19-19.50; good-choice No. 1 pelt lambs 17.50-18; good- choice above 70 lb. feedef lambs 14.50-15.50; cull-utility ewes 2-3.50 FBI Nabs Hot Suspect SAN FRANCISCO (UPD -The FBI1 announced that Gerald Lon Baker, 19, Oakland, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco in con nection with the robbery of the Uptown branch of the First Na tional Bank in Portland, Ore, on Sept. 1 when $4,609 was stolen The announcement ' was made heref by FBI special agent -In charge Richard D. Auerbach. 'J The bank in Portland was rob bed by two men. D.C. VOTING APPROVED - WASHINGTON (UPD-The Sen ate 'constitutional amendments subcommittee Friday approved1 S to 1 a proposed constitutional amendment to let District of Co lumbia residents vote for presi dent and vice president. The meas ure also would give the district as many delegates to the House as it would have House members if it were a state. 1 -JUICY COMPETITION - - CROSSVILLE. Term. (LTD Judges of the annual Termesseel state tobacco spiting contest to-1 day said they would judge the I rivals hi the Oct. 3 competition squash crook neck 3 Cloyd Clark, 1st. and Steven Waif. Ht 1. La Grande, 2nd; New Guima buttervifle Mrs. J. Mills. 1st; pumpkins pie (3) Elizabeth Abbott.' 1st, and Peggy Young. 2nd; water mellcru (1) Harvey Brown. La Grande, 1st. and Mrs. C. E. Worth- ington, La Grandt. 2nd. Also: cantaloupe or muskme'ons 13) Mrs. C. E. Worthington. 1st, and Alfred Gibson, Rt. 2. La Grande, 2nd; oddities and mon strositiesgourds, Lynn Hill. Rt. 2, La Grande, 1st: largest squash Cheryl Sherwood. Rt. 2. La Grande, 1st: largest turnip Neil Cox, Cove. 1st; -largest beet Car rie Romine, 1st; largest cabbaee head Mrs. Harold Sutton, 1st; largest kohlrabi Mrs. Iarold Sut ton, 1st; largest cantaloupe Al fred Gibson, 1st; artistic bouquet Cloyd Clark. 1st; avacado plant Loma Carlson, 2nd 1st place win ner not listed); field peas, Aus trian winter Bonnie Arnoldus. Summerville. 2nd (1st place win ner not listed); field peas, smooth dry edibl Loma Carlson. 1st; beans, garden bush Mrs. J. Mi'ls. 1st. and Loma Carlson. 2nd; beans, garden pole, Mrs. J. Mills, 1st; beans, garden lima Mrs. J. Mills. 1st; beans, garden white Mrs. J. Mills. 1st, and Mrs. Bonnie Arnold us, 2nd; beans, special Mrs. J. Mills, 1st. and Loma Carlson, 2nd; soft white wheat, common Harvey Elmer, Alicel, 1st; soft white wheat, club Bonnie Arnoldus. 1st: Chevalier, wheat Bonnie Arnold us; 1st; white oats,' Bonnie Ar noldus, 1st. Also sheaves, wheat, any va riety, Mrs. Grant Henderson, Sum merville, 1st, and Bonnie Arnoldus. 2nd; alfalfa David Schaad, 2nd (1st place winner not listed); barley, any variety Bonnie Ar noldus. 1st, and David SchaaTt. 2nd: rye, any ariety Cecil J. Young, 1st, and Loma Carlson, 2nd; corn, any variety Bonnie Arnoldus, 2nd (1st place winner not listed); grass, pasture Bonnie Arnoldus, 1st: grass, lawn Bonnie Arnoldus, 1st; alfalfa, baled Harvey Elmer. 1st; clover, any variety Bonnie Arnoldus, 1st; timothy Bonnie Arnoldus, 1st, and Cecil Young, 2nd; straw, baled. Harvey Elmer, '1st; farm display (products grown or produced on farm operated by exhibitor) Jimmy Mills, Cove, 1st, and Bonnie Ar noldus, 2nd. Obeerver, La Grande, Ore., Mon., Sept. 14, 1959 Page 3 ELGIN NEWS BRIEFS Sharon Calders Returns To OSC FOR SCHOOL YEAR ELGIN (Special) Mrs. Clar ence ('alder accompanied by Ar lene Wealherspoon and Sandra Carroll left Thursday tj take the Csldeis' daughter, Sharon, to Corvallis where she will attend Oregon State College for her second year. She will be on hand at her sorority house for Ruh Week. Joy Leonard returned Satur day to the home, of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Lccttard after undergoing an appendec tomy Wednesday murning in a La Grande hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hollingsworth and family recently moved inlo their new home on Division Street. ' Mr. and Mrs. F-d Nelson have moved into the house owned by Ben Bendshadler. It was recent ly vacated by the Hubert Wil liams family. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Ayer and son Carl of Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived Saturday for a few days' visit at the home of her broth Photos Are Being Exhibited At Local High School Prize-winning photographs from the 13th annual Kodak High School Photo contest are being shown at the La Grande High School. The exhibit will continue through Fri day in the library of the school. In addition to the salon of prize winners, a specially prepared group of 14 photographs is in cluded. This display, with pic tures and text, portrays the broad role which photography plays in American life. Eastman Kodak Company sponsors the high school photo contest annua,' ly to en courage the photographic talents of young people. Information about the next com petition, and contest aids may be obtained through Charles Point art director of La Grande public schools. er-m-Taw ana sister Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Conatser. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Leonard and daughter of Portland have teen visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Witty. They are frrmerly of Elgin. The Christian church of Elgin entertained the Athena Chris tian church members Sunday. A food attendance from both churches enjoyed a dinner In the ihurch basement following the services. COVE BRIEFS U.S. CAINS POPULATION WASHINGTON (UPD There were 177.399,000 men, women and children in the United States Aug 1, the Census Bureau estimated Friday. The bureau's new popula tion estimate was 2.906.000 per sons higher than one year ago. an increase of 1.7 per cent. Cove Residents Visit Friends; Attend Camp COVE (Special)-Mr and Mrs. Clare Smith of The Dalles are In Cove visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Smith. Mrs. C. A. Smith was taken to the St. Joseph Hospital Tuesday morning. The Methodist Church held supper for the public Friday eve ning. ' The Home Extension held their first meeting of the year at the love Sportsman club oa Friday. The meeting was for organization. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Chadwick went to Baker Wednesday to cele brate the .third birthday or their great-granddaughter, Toni Lino Aldrich. A group of adults from the Cove Baptist Church went up to Camp Elkanah to clean the Cove cabin. Camp for the women will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the camp. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Puckett spent last week on the Minam River. They came home Friday and went to Salem to attend the Fair. Mrs. Bertha Richards from Salem is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Daisy Rundall. v Unltad Pr IntMfiaHaiul Five persons died on Oregon highways Sunduy and early today, three of them in one Occident. A violent head-on collision near XfrMinnvilta Cimrino nnsl thA livc of three persons, one of them an expectant mother. Dead were Mrs. Norma Jeanne Graff, 24. Portland, her two-year-old daughter Gay Lynn Graff, and James Wesley Forsyth. 24, Vernonla. Mrs. Graff was preg nant, police said. Three other persons were in jured. Attendants at McMlnnville hospital said the dead woman's husband. Russell B. Graff. 3B was in "fair" condition suffering from multiple Injuries. His broth er. Gordon W. Graff. 32. Portland, was in "critical" condition with severe head injuries. His wife. Is Named-Secretary - - , , ' iieruen S. Miller, 34. was named Satur day as Secretary of the Legisla tive Interim Committee on Crim inal law. He was named at a committee meeting in Portland. The new secretary has worked the past year for Legislative Council Sam HaCy at Salem. -yja jtau m momn. PITTSBURGH PAINT LASTS LONGER Miller Cabin Siwp I , I J II II II ' - I - ..-......-Mp. tMHfrW : i ; Y y ' ' " - ' - Ciif -"Yir 'V :,inJ--"-f"i-ii'"' '"' T---'--' ;:.w,,.Ai.-..iw- Imagine A truck ride so smooth and cushioned that fragile loads can travel the worst "wash board" roads with ease. 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The craft, skippered by Axel Andersin and with 12 crew mem bers aboard, will stop at ell cities it visited during the maiden voy age up the Columbia to Portland a few weeks ago. LEST YE FORGET BERKELEY. Calif. (UPD A parking lot outside St. Mark's Episcopal Church here is re served for churchgoers on Sun days but open to anyone on other days. A sign on the coin slot reads: "Lest ye forget, parking. i nours. 25 cents." , Brownsville, was killed when his car went out of control ori High way 212 near Brownsville. Police said the youth was thrown from the auto und killed when the car rolled on him. .Kenneth Ray Wilson, 18. Gresh am. was killed early today wl)en struck by a car near Salem while walking along the highway, state police reported. Logging Supplies ,' CHOKES CLAMPS CABLE! AXES PEAVEYS SAWS INDUSTRIAL Machinery & Supplies 1410 Adsms . Ph. 10071 4 Believe as, ladies, il distresses us to 1 make fhis announcement1, but we have no choice! 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