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Volume 56, Number 25
School Doors Will
Open Tuesday
For New Year
Plant Improved,
Teachers Ready;
Office Hours Set
Doors of the Heppner schools will
be thrown wide next Tuesday to re
ceive students at the beginning of
the new year into what will appear
to be almost a new building.
Supt. A. H. Blankenship announ
ces office hours for registration from
9 to 12 each morning tomorrow, Sat
urday and Monday.
The roster of teachers has been
completed and everything is in
readiness.
New effect reflected by the in
terior of the building is caused
mainly by sanding of floors in all
rooms with wooden flooring. Fol
lowing the sanding by N. D. Bailey
they were varnished and waxed by
"Dad" Driscoll, veteran janitor, who
takes pride in the plant presenting
its best appearance in years.
In addition to the floor sanding, a
new music room was constructed in
the northeast basement where
sound-deadening wall board was
used to cover ceiling and much of
the side walls. Installation of plum
bing was also made in the chemistry
economics department floor in the
basement was covered with heavy
linoleum.
Fresh from six weeks summer
school work at teachers college,
Columbia university, New York,
Superintendent Blankenship says
that prospects are especially bright
' for the new year. Teaching vacan
cies have been filled with instruc
tors of especially fine credentials.
Taking the fourth grade place of
Miss Maude King, on leave of ab
sence, is Miss Martha Mae Blair,
Oregon State normal graduate last
year who was outstanding in her
class. Miss Dorothy Gerlach comes
from several years work at Canby
to take the fifth grade and to han
dle grade school art.
Miss Jean McElhinney, OSC grad
uate, will take over home economics
work in the high school and also
direct high school music. She was
an outstanding musician at college.
Miss Margaret Doughty will handle
commercial work and direct girls'
physical education in high school.
She is a Pacific U. graduate and
comes highly recommended.
From last year's faculty, in high
school, come Robert Knox, principal,
boys' athletic coach, mathematics
and science; Norbert Peavy, English,
dramatics, public speaking; W. S.
Bennett, Smith-Hughes; Mrs. Ethel!
dark, history; in the grades, Harold
Buhman, principal, eighth grade,
band director; Kenneth McKenzie,
7th, boys' physical education; Miss
Rachel Forsythe, 6th, music; Miss
Mary White, 3rd; Mrs. Elizabeth
Dix, 2nd; Miss Neva Neill, 1st.
MILL RESUMES OPERATION
Repairs were completed Monday
on the boiler at Heppner Lumber
company mill after a three-week
shut-down and operations were re
newed full blast that morning. The
extended shout-down was occasioned
by the necessity of getting parts
from the east.
DRIVING CHARGES FILED
Four charges of driving an auto
mobile without operators license
were placed in justice court here
the end of the week by enforcement
that it would be well for all drivers
to check up on their licenses.
LOVGREN-ALDERMAN
The marriage of Miss Gladys Lov
gren to Archie Alderman, both coun
ty young people, was an event of
Friday in this city. They are making
their home in the Lorena Isom resi
dence on May street.
Heppner,
Muley Cows Get
Bid Over Longhorns
By Heftyweights
Whether or not anyone used a
tape measure to determine just
how much farther Bob Runnion
or Dick Lawrence rode his buck
ing cow at Friday's Rodeo, it must
be confessed that these Heppner
Heftyweights did exhibit some
nerve.
From the stands it appeared that
each bit the dust at just about the
same spot, or about the second
jump out of the chute. Each be
ing well upholstered for the land
ing, it is not surprising that he
emerged with naught but a wide
grin.
Original McCart(h)yish billing
for this clash called for a bull
dogging event. But conjecture has
it that Bob and Dick preferred a
muley cow appeared a bit less
pricklyish than the longhorns, and
quite less liable to deflate their
prideful waistline pumpkins.
NAMED TO STATE POST
J. L. Gault, former receiver for
local banks whose trust was closed
here last year, has been named trav
elling auditor with the state indus
trial accident commission, according
to word received by J. J. Nys from
Governor Sprague.
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Engraving ourtesy Pendleton East Oregonian.
Henry Aiken, president upper left handled the "mike" to inform 18th Rodeo visitors of events and to direct
the snappy show that entertained Saturday's record crowd last week end. Top right, Tommy Cimmyotti makes
a fine exhibition on Sir Echo. Lower left, Queen Cecelia (Miss Cecelia Healy) riding in the parade despite a
broken arm received on the eve. of the show. Lower right, a cowpoke who had his hands full even though it
wasn't a brahma.
Oregon, Thursday, August
4-H Clubbers
Stage Fine Fair;
125 Animals Shown
Many Clubs Share
Awards Given in
Various Classes
By C. D. CONRAD,
County Agent
More than 125 head of 4-H club
livestock were exhibited at the fair
held in Heppner last week. Some of
this stock was brought as far as sixty-five
miles to be exhibited.
Additional barn space had to be
provided at the last moment because
of the large number of stock; while
in the 4-H club kitchen, adjoining
the dance hall the 4-H club girls had
a time finding room for all of their
home economics exhibits.
Twenty-four samples of wheat
were shown in the grain show and
31 fleeces were exhibited in the wool
show. These fleeces were all 4-H
club fleeces except one.
The Lexington Calf club judging
team, including Don Campbell, Ir-
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31, 1939
ROY ROBINSON
GIVEN ELK PERMIT
Court Charge Faced by
Mountain Man for Slaying
Animals Without Notice
Roy Robinson received permit this
morning from F. B. Wire, chairman
of state game commission, to kill
any elk on his property found ac
tually to be doing damage. The per
mit was requested by local officers
and state game enforcement offi
cials after investigation of Robin
son's alleged elk slaying without
proper notice which led to his ar
rest Monday.
Robinson was released on his own
recognizance and trial set for Sep
tember 12.
The permit received this morning
gives Robinson right to protect his
property from the game animals
found actually doing damage pro
vided meat of any animals so killed
will be taken care of and not al
lowed to spoil, and the district state
police officer notified as soon as
possible so that proper disposition
of the meat can be made.
At time of arrest Robinson told
officers he had killed other elk, said
Frank Alfred, district attorney. The
slaying was done in an attempt to
protect crops. Investigation Monday
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Turtle Walk-Out,
Queen Accident
Fail to Jinx Rodeo
Stands Packed as
Dodson Rides in
Lead, Final Day
Walk-out of 18 Turtles, cowboy
unionists, and accidental breaking of
Queen Cecelia's right arm on the
eve of Rodeo were disheartening in
fluences on Heppner's 18th show last
week end, but President Henry
Aiken and crew girded up their belts
and put on a show that attracted a
record crowd for recent years on the
final day, Saturday.
The Turtles ware shown no quar
ter after it appeared their demands
were on the way to take show man
agement away from local hands, and
the biggest effect of the squabble is
believed to have been the delayed
appearance of brahmas slated for
exhibition. President Aiken could
only accuse the Turtles for the ani
mals showing up Monday after the
show was all over. In lieu of the
brahmas, spectacular wild cow riding
was presented each day.
Queen Cecelia was accidentally
thrown from her horse at the grounds
Wednesday evening, sustaining a
fracture of the right arm just above
the wirst. She rested Thursday, but
attended the show Friday and rode,
with arm in sling, in all scheduled
events Saturday.
A dark fate still held sway as the
show opened. It was the first sched
uled event of the first day's show
that probably gave spectators their
greatest thrill, while reflecting the
jinx. Marvin Myers was wrangling
a cow on the east end track when
riders in the arena race approached.
The crowd held its breath. Jesse and
Aldine Lawrence made it past safe
ly, but the horse of Emery Moore,
third contestant, hit Myers' mount
squarely and both horses and riders
went piling into the dust. Moore
jumped up quickly and pulled My
ers' horse off the other man who
had been pinned for some time. It
was still some time before Myers
stirred, but he concealed his injuries
to go into the bucking contest later,
to be thrown again, and still to come
back for events through the re
mainder of the show.
Myers' persistency was but an ex
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RETURN FROM NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blankenship
and children returned home Satur
day from New York where Mr,
Blankenship took six weeks summer
school work at teachers college,
Columbia university. They were
joined in the city by Mr. Blanken
ship's mother, Mrs. Helen Blanken
ship, and brother, Albert, of Cen
tralia, Wash., who accompanied
them on the return trip. While in
the metropolis all took in the world
fair and visited many points of in
terest. They returned by way ol
Washington, D. C, and Memphis,
Tenn., where Mrs. Blankenship the
younger has a brother studying
medicine, and a southerly route on
home.
IS NEW GAME OFFICER
Robert R. Moseley, with head
quarters at Fossil, is the new state
policeman in charge of game law
enforcement in this district, suc
ceeding Bill Francis, recently re
signed. Officer Moseley "worked"
Rodeo here the end of the week and
remained over Monday on court
business.
LARCENY CHARGED
Charge of petty larceny was placed
against Julius Vrana in justice
court here Friday. Mrs. R. B. Rands
of Boardman preferred that Vrana
brought melons from their farm to
Heppner, sold them and disappeared
with the money. Vrana was said to
hail from California.