OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. ORE
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 15, 1946
Volume 63, Number 21
Road Program For
County fo Be Given
To Highway Board
County, City, C. of
C. to Press for
Improvements
When the state highway com
mission and party visit Hepp
ner September 9 to ascertain
road needs and desires for roads
they will not be met by a group
of disinterested citizens without
a definite program in mind. On
the contrary, the visitors will
find that local officials and
civic minded folk have been
studying the needs of this sec
tion and are prepared to make
their wants known.
In preparation for the commis
sion's visit, Judge Bert John
son and Commissioners Barratt
and Neill, Mayor J. 0. Turner,
and P. W. Mahone'y and Orville
Smith of the highway committee
of the Heppner chamber of com
merce met Friday evening at
the city hall and formulated a
definite improvement program
for presentation to the commis
sion. Briefly that program in
cludes: Rebuilding of highways
where necessary; oiling of Hep-pner-Spray
highway from Ruggs
to mouth of Chapin creek; com
pletion of oiling from Lena to
Nye Junction on Heppner- Pen
dleton section of Oregon-Washington
highway; widening of
Main street bridges in Heppner
over Willow and Hinton creeks.
On the occasion of the com
mission's previous visit here in
1943, rebuilding and oiling of
the Heppner-Spray road from
Ruggs to jHardman was acknow
ledged by the officials as a piece
was deemed essential to recon
of essential work. Likewise it
struct some of the grade beyond
Hardman. At that time lumber
hauling from John Day valley
mills to Heppner was just get
ting under way and it could be
seen what that type of traffic
was doing to the roadbed. Since
then hauling has increased over
the road and the local citizens
feel justified in seeking hard
surfacing as far as the mouth of
Chapin creek.
At present oiling is" underway
on the 12-mile stretch through
upper Eightmile on the Hepp-ner-Condon
highway. That was
one of the "musts" that is be
ing taken care of. The local
group feels that the commission
has rather lost sight of the fact
that the Oregon - Washington
highway from Heppner Junction
Junction to Pendleton via lone,
Lexington, Heppner, Lena, Vin
son and Nye Junction, is a prim
ary highway and that approxi
matcly 21 miles of that road
have gone unoiled while secon
dary roads were built, and in
one case, the Lexington-Jarmon
section of 207, rebuilt. An effort
will be made to "get this bit of
primary road completion put on
the commission's program for
early consideration. 1 1 is said
that but 80 miles, of primary
highways in the state remain
uncompleted and of that 21
miles lie between Heppner and
Nye Junction.
In connection with the high
way discussion Friday evening,
the county court announced that
five miles of the Willow creek
highway above Heppner is to be
placed on a permanent status
with work starting at once to
widen the grade and oil it. The
court has adopted a "five-year
plan" of road improvement. Be
cause of the steady log hauling
over the upper Willow creek
route, this road was selected as
one of the first to come under
the improvement program. Ev
entually all of the county's trunk
roads will be brought up to
standard, with improvement of
secondary roads as fast as con
ditions will permit
Arthur Bergstrom left Wed
nesday by Mainliner from Pen
dleton for St. Louis whore he
was to attend a reunion of for
mer buddies of the late world
war. He planned to visit in
Tennessee and New York City.
Returning he expects to pick up
a new car and drive home.
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Betty Smethurst, Lexington Grange's choice for attendant at this
year's show, loves the outdoors and is especially fond of horseback
ridingand not all of it is done for pleasure, being the daughter
of a rancher. Betty attends Heppner High school where she is a
popular student. Her home is in Lexington,
Hotel Offers Cup
To Best All Round
Cowboy at Rodeo .
When the last number on the
program has been run off or
bucked off or what have you,
at the 1946 Heppner Rodeo,
some young cowboy will be the
proud possessor of a trophy, a
handsome silver cup, because
he proved himself the best all
round performer during the
three days show.
The cup is being offered by
the Hotel Heppner as added
inspiration for th cowpokes to
get out there and strut their
stuff all three days. The winner
will have his name engraved on
the cup and the year.
Lower Cost Income
Security Offered
County's Farmers
Lower cost income security
for Morrow county wheat farm
ers is being offered by the Fed
eral Crop Insurance corpora
tion in a sales campaign launch
ed last Thursday evening at the
courthouse. .
Mrs. Werner Rietmann of
lone was made5 sales manager.
Her assignment on a county
wide basis was given by the
county AAA committee in rec
ognition of her outstanding re
cord as community saleswoman
last fall. She brought FCI cov
erage to 77 county farms, out of
a total of 142 now insured.
How higher yields and . lower
premium rates will lower in
come security cost was told
county and community commit
tee men at Thursday's meeting
by John Shepherd, state AAA
committeeman, and A. L. Geiss,
farmer-fieldman.
Policy-holders on the 142
farms now insured may cancel
contracts covering the remain
ing two years of their present in
surance by signing a new three
year agreement at the more fa
vorable yields and rates approv
ed for 1947, the speakoi said.
Contracts now offered cover the
year 1947, 1948 and 1949.
"Federal crop insurance must
be thought of in terms of income
insurance," Shepherd said. "It
does not attempt to guarantee
the farmer a profit, but it does
assure the return of production
plus living costs though drouth,
hail, fire or any natural crop
enemy should make his crop a
failuic."
Build New House
On Pre-War Cost
Travelers over the Lexington
Hermiston highway have been
watching progress on a new
house going up on (lie Myles
Martin ranch. The structure is
now enclosed and will be finish
ed as rapidly as materials can
be assembled, Mr. Martin stated
in town today.
. The new house, which is near
er the highway than the old res
idence, is an eight room house
plan with full basement. The
upstairs will not be finished at
this time but when it is needed
there is room for four bedrooms.
The main floor will have two
bedrooms and bath as well as
the usual living rooms.
Mr. Martin is being assisted
in the building work by his two
sons, Randall and Willard. Des
pite the scarcity of materials ne
estimates the cost of the house
will be about on a pre-war basis.
Mrs. Tom Wells has received
word that her son Billy Codicil
is finishing the separation pro
cess today and willreceive his
discharge papers after long ser
vice in the navy. He has been
stationed at Jacksonville Fla.
where his wife and two little
daughters have been with him.
The Cochells will leave for the
west soon and reach Heppner
about Sept. 1. They will likely
spend the winter here while
Billy decides where to locate
permanently.
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Services Held For
Elmer Griffith at
lone Monday P. M.
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock p.m. in ,the Christian
church at lone for Elmer Grif
fith, who passed away Friday
evening in Portland.. Rev. Joe
Jewett, pastor of the Heppner
Church of Christ, officiated and
members of the lone lodge con-
ducted the Masonic service. Mrs.
C. C. Dunham of Heppner sang
"Crossing the Bar" and Mrs.
Walter Roberts and Mrs. Paul
Pettyjohn sang "The Old Rug
ged Cross." Pallbearers were
Judge Bert lohnson Alex Huber,
George Ely, Omar Rietmann,
Kenneth Smouse and John
Krcbs. Interment was in the I.
0. 0. F. cemetery.
Elmer Griffith was born Aug.
11, 1889 in Aberdeen, Ohio, the
son of Isaac N. and Grace O'
Connor Griffith. He came to
Morrow county in 1908 and has
lived here continuously since,
except a period of service in
Wold War 1. He was married to
Fannie Goodall Feb. 14, 1918.
For 13 years he was a partner
in a grocery store in lone with
E. J. Bristow and Ralph Akers.
He moved to Morgan in 1932
where he bought a warehouse
and a farm and later built the
elevator there. He was a mem
ber of the lone Masonic lodge
No. 120 and of the Morgan Odd
fellows lodge.
Surviving are the widow, Fan
nie, three daughters, Virginia
Grace (Mrs. George) Miller of
Cecil, Katherine (Mrs. Roy)
Lindstrom of lone, and June J.
Griffith and one son, George
Griffith of Morgan; his mother,
Mrs. P. J. Linn and stepfather,
Mr. Linn of lone, and the fol
Thomas Griffith of California,
lowing brothers and sisters:
Walter Linn of Vernonia, Carl
Linn of lone, Clarence Linn of
La Grade, Mrs. Margaret Stru
ble of Ripley, Ohio, and Mrs.
Clara Howk of Troutdale.
Bridal Parties Given
For Heppner Girls
With weddings in the offing
in the immediate future, bridal
a'iowers have been prominent
in this week's activities. Tues
day evenin Miss Laurel Ball
was honored at the home of Mrs.
Cyrene Barratt. Many guests
were present and Miss Ball was
the recipient of many fine gifts.
Miss Barbara Ledbetter as
sisted Mrs. Barratt with the par
ty arrangements.
The wedding of Mfss Ball and
Mr. La Verne Van Marter Jr.
will be solemnized in the chapel
of Trinity Episcopal church in
Portland August 19.
The wedding of Miss Betty
iMarie Coxen and Mr. Kenneth
Hoyt is announced for next
Tuesday evening at the Heppner
Church of Christ. The bride to
be was feted this afternoon at
e church parlors when Miss
Marylou Frguson assisted by
Airs. Frank Connor and Mrs.
Paul Jones entertained about 40
ladies of the church and friends.
The opening of the shower gifts
occupied most ot the afternoon
following which refreshment
were served.
Family Gathers to
Observe Golden
Wedding August 4
Sunday. August 4, was not the
50th anniversary of the marri
age of Mr. and Mrs. William Co
when their children could be
wins but it was the only time
home so observance of the date
which actually was Sept. 28,
1896, was held at that time. A
picnic was held on the lawn at
the Cowins home. Refreshments
of ice cream and cake were
served. The cake was decorated
for the occasion by the Cowins
grand daughter, Mrs. V ester
Hams. Gitts from the family
included a large mirror, a floor
lamp, and a large basket ot
Gladioli.
Present were the three chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Cowins,
James G. Cowins, Heppner; Ly
dla Kay, Salem, and Vera Both
well. Heppner; seven grand
children: huth McNeill, Kae
Waitield, Georgia Ball, Lorraine
tlanis. Wade Bothwetl, loan
dotnwell and Wilma Lee Botn
.well, and seven great grand
enildron: Richard, Buddy and
ilobuv Sandra Ball, Wayne and
Lee Hams, and Jimmie vvar
tield. Utner mcmoers of the
family piescnt were Mrs. James
Cowins, G. C. Kay, bruee u
uotuwell, Granville Bail, ves
ter Hams and Robert W. War
nel J. Other guests were Mrs.
myim AiDert and Kobert Naja
l'lan. Mrs. Barratt To
Be House Mother
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt received
word Saturday morning that her
application tor a position as
house mother at Oregon State
college had been accepted and
that she would be assigned to a
house now under construction
She will take over her duties
Sept. 9.
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The queen and attendants for the 1946 Rodeo were chosen for
their horsemanship, among other accomplishments, and the choice
of Rhea Creek Grange, Betty Lovgren, is one of the best cowgirls
around these parts. Born and raised on a ranch, she is familiar
with livestock and is right at home in the saddle. Betty attended
Heppner High school and graduated with honors with the Class of
1946. She will be the honored guest at the attendant's dance this
Saturday night at the Fair pavilion sponsored by her grange.
Change of "Dress
ft
For several months the Ga
zette Times nas struggled along
with a wornout font of linotype
mats (letter molds), getting an
occasional lift from the linotype
factory in the way of extra let
ters. Then employes of the Mer
genthaler . Linotype company
went on a prolonged vacation.
The manufacture of "mats" was
held up for a matter of months
and in the meantime, without re
placements, the G-T font disin
tegrated to the point where not
enough of some letters remained
workable to set more than a sin
gle column line. It has become
necessary to abandon the regu
lar dress temporarily and use a
slightly larger face, a book type.
It is the type used on the editor
ial page, hence is not new to our
readers.
It is pertinent to announce at
this time that a new "dress" has
been ordered and will be here
about the time you "get that new
refrigerator, or ttTe new car, or
when a feminine shopper can
go into a department store
and order several pairs of nylons
and get them. But don't be
discouraged we're not, for we
called up a lumber dealer mis
week and he had just what we
wanted. In the meantime, if this
font goes out of commission, we
still have two fonts of six point
to fall back on. You may have
to use a reading glass, but what
is a small matter like that be
tween friends.
Mrs. Harvey Bauman writes
from Nampa, Ida. that she re
cently graduated from the Boise
State Beauty college and that
she now operates the Superior
Beauty Shop and School at 1221
First street, Nampa. The school
consists of 17 students and six
professional operators.
Miss Katie Minert returned
Saturday afternoon from Al'oany
where she spent several weeks
A cousin with whom she visited
in the valley brought her home. '
Wagon Wheelers of Today
Cross Plains in
Thirty-six Luther Leaguers
left Thursday evening, July 25
from Pendleton "Aiming for
Ames," Iowa. These young Wa
gon Wheelers are members of
the American Lutheran church
of the Northwest district which
includes Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, part of Wyoming and
part of Canada. I, Jean Rauch,
was the delegate from the Her
miston Trinity Lutheran church.
We leaguers had a very en
joyable trip. We stopped at
Boise and Burley, Idaho, en
camped in Salt Lake City two
nours, and rolled through the
vast domain of Utah and Wyom
ing. We arrived at Cheyenne
tne morning of the 27th. We
were stranded in Omaha for five
nowrs and at 5:30 a.m. July 28
mis bus load of Wagon Wneel
ers staked out our claim at
Ames. Iowa.
'lhe Eighth International Lu
ther League convention got un
der way Tuesday afternoon at
tha men's gym on the Iowa State
college campus. Over 2,500
young people were crowded in
to this building for the opening
session. The choral union con
sisting of 700 voices was organ
ized under the direction of Prof.
Ellis Snvder of Capital univer
sitv of Columbus Ohio. Tues
day evening everyone turned
out for the big "pow-wow" mix
er which was held at the stadi
um, Refreshments consisted of
sweet buttered corn and punch.
Wednesday morning found
more than 2800 Bill and Betty
Leaguers seated in the gymna
sium for morning devotions. Af
ter the opening morning devo
tions, business meetings were
held and inspirational addresses
were given. Wednesday after
noon this large group of young
boys and girls attended various
lectures and discussions. Wed
nesday evening the young peo
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Marion Evans, 90,
Called by Death
Marion Evans one of the
county's oldest citizens, passed
away Tuesday evening, Aug. 13,
after an illness which had kept
him closely confined for many
months. Funeral services were
set for 2 o'clock p.m. today at
the Church of Christ, with the
pastor, Joe Jewett, officiating
and the Phelps Fineral Home
in charge of arrangements. In
terment will be made in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Evans was a native of
Gainsville, Ohio where he was
born Oct. 7, 1855. He married
Maletta Browning Dec. 17, 1876
and to this union six children
were born, two of whom, Walter'
and Earl Evans, survive. With
his wife and one child he came
west by immigrant train in 1882
to San Francisco. From there
they came by boat to The Dalles
and again took to wagon travel
to reach Walla Walla. They
came to Morrow county in 1885,
settling on farming land north
of Lexington where he farmed
successfully for many years. He
served a term as sheriff and al
though making a good official
did not like public life and re
turned to his farm. Following
his wife's death he made his
home with his son Earl where
he kept a small band of sheep
and" tended them until illness
forced him to retire from active
life.
Surviving besides the two sons
are three grandsons, Harold and
Howard Evans and Don Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hvnd and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hynd of
Pendleton spent several days
here with their relatives. While
here the men accompanied David
and Billy Hvnd to the 1-recze
out ranch in the upper Butter
creek country. David Hynd and
sister, Mrs. Margaret Doney
took the visitors home Wcdnes-
day.
Matter of Hours
pie gathered at the stadium to
pay honor to the dead in a very
reverent Memorial service.
Thursday morning the young
people again gathered at the gym
for morning devotions and the
business meeting. Thursday af
ternoon all Leaguers once more
attended lectures and choral un
ion rehearsal. That evening al
most 3,000 people were present
at the banquet which was held
in the Armory.
Friday morning the Leaguers
assembled for the inspirational
morning devotions and lectures.
At 1 1 o'clock the boys and girls
gathered in their respective dis
trict groups for the convention
picture. In the afternoon every
one hurried to the grounds be
side the stadium to witness a
miniature state fair. That night
district stunts were held in tne
stadium. Surprise stunts were
the cross formed by the choral'
union members and the colorful
display of fireworks.
Saturday morning and after
noon fell into the usual pattern
of devotions, business and lec
tures. In the evening the chora
union concert was held in the
stadium. The program consisted
of twelve numbers presented by
the Choral Union members and
three musical compositions
played by violinist Betty Lou
Rieke of Cashmere, v ash.
Sunday morning everyone ga
thered in the armory again for
the divine services. The Choral
Union rendered an anthem dur
ing the church services and
Holy Communion was adminis
tered to over 2500 persons. By
10 o'clock that night every Lu
ther Leaguer had left for his
home.
Once acain the Northwestern
District Wagon Wheelers climb
ed into the modern covered wa
gon this time-starting our trek
homeward
Something Warned
Them They Should
Not Buy Tavern
Old subconscious, a little
bird or sump'n intervened in be
half of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. San
ders last week and kept them
from investing in a tavern at
North Bonneville for which they
had been negotiating several
days. After talking terms and
oking over the business they
decided to take 10 days to think
it over and the decision to do
that was not much more than
made when the big fire broke
out and the property they
thought they might buy went up
in flames.
The former owners and oper
ators of the Heppner bakery
were here Tuesday to take de
livery of a new car. They came
from bheltcn, Wash., the home
of their son Paul and will break
in the new car by running about
over the country a bit.
Engineer Here To
lay Reservoir Plans
L. R. Stockman, consultine en
gineer of Baker, arrived in Hep
pner Wednesday evening to start
plans for a new reservoir for
the city of Hepp'ner. He is the
engineer hired by the city when
the water system was rebuilt
and who advised drilling for
water at the forks of Willow
creek.
Stockman is accompanied by
his son and they set to work
this morning looking over the
matter of a site and attending
to other preliminary details.
The Stockman firm has sever
al water system jobs at the pre
sent time.
Columbia Claims
Life of Irrigon
Youlhf 15, Sunday
Funeral services were to be
held at Irrigon this afternoon
for Lloyd Roberts, 15, who lost
his life by drowning in the Col
umbia river Sunday everting,
August 11. The boy and his sis
ter Wilma, were wading in the
Columbia river slough near the
Roberts home when Lloyd step
ped into a hole and failed to
come up. The father, Willis Ko
berts, was fishing nearby but
was unable to effect a rescue.
Several neighbors, summoned to
the scene, attempted to dive for
the boy, and one, Toby Hinkly,
succeeded in dislodging the body
from beneath a ledge where it
was caught. Efforts in resuscita
tion were unavailing.
Lloyd is survived by his par
ents, two sisters and many rela
tives. The family moved to Ir
rigon early last spring and pur
chased the Fred Caldwell place.
The Whites, Phillips, Ruck-
ers and Don Kenny have recent
ly threshed grain, 'lhe grain
crops are good.
'liie young people of the As
sembly of uod cnurch garnered
at tne Harvey Warner home rn
iiav evening to celebrate tne
Uth birthoav ot Bern. An enjoy-'
aijfe evening, was spem h
games, leireshir.ents, a lovely
oirtnaay case ana ocduimu
Sifts-
hev. A. ts. lurner anu lam-
ilv went to Fenuieton to tne
Assembly of God camp meeting
luesday.
mr. and Mrs. C. A. lindsay ot
Durnam, Cal.t. leit tor nome
arter spending some nine mm
ncr nionier, mrs. Lee annul anu
amuy.
mrs. Anna Jaynes and daugh
ter, mis. LJia nuuici auu
grandson Albeit were m lrngon
i huisdav.
tsaue uand was elected scnooi
director to take tne piace ot
iiiarsnall Mainham wno has
moved to Sposane.
mr. and mis. Donald B. Sell
eis are among tne newcomers to
Irrigon. 1 hey are owners of the
clarence Hieberts' place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Leach of
Vallejo Calif, are living on the
Nona O'Brien place.
Glen Darby of Stanfield was
an Irrigon visitor 'luesday. He
is a former resident, and is Jack
White's uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Langtitz
and family of Nampa Ida. left
Monday morning for Portland
alter spending a few days with
Mrs. Langhtz's brother, George
II mid family.
Mrs. Kussell's sister, Mr. and
iYus. Ivan Melich also of Nam
nn Ua. were recent visitors at
die lU!.scll Home, aoua unu
Dorothy Good accompanied the
Melicks and visited with the
mints and families.
Mis. Eva Reynolds of The
Dalles spent a few days this
week Willi her sister Mrs. Fred
Adams and family.
lhe E. S. IVltons have a mel
on stand in the Dexter grove
east of town.
A. A. Shouil left Tuesday for
Spray after spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Avery Shoun.
Irwin 1'ierson spent Monday
night m Irrigon. tie is niuvuig
to La Grande.
Lumutucd ou l'ue Six
Biggest Rodeo Crowd
In History Due to See
Show Here
"01' Swimmin'
Hole" Filled Again
Hey! Skinnay! Come on,
let's go swimmin'. Last feller in
'sa crawdad's stepbrother!
One might hear something of
that nature at the corner of
Main and Cannon streets this
afternoon, for the water has
once more been turned into the
municipal swimming tank with
the prospects good for keeping
the tank in operation the bal
ance of the season.
Cooler weather has aided the
water supply somewhat and the
city fathers promised that the
tank would be filled as soon as
there yas a sufficient amount in
storage to care for irrigation and
regular needs. The days . are
warm, but pleasantly so, and it
is good swimming weather. The
season will last through August
and maybe a week or so in Sep
tember. It all depends on the
weather.
City-County Trade
Luncheon Subject
The city-county property trade
which seems to have reached a
stalemate, was the subject of
discussion at Monday's luncheon
meeting of the Heppner cham
ber of commerce. Discussion
arose from a report made by
Francis Nickerson regarding his
appearance before the city coun
cil week previous to explain
an idea he and Rev. Fletcher
Forster had about developing a
recreation center on the pres
ent county property in the event
the trade is made. Nickerson
said he still thinks the trade
should be made and that the re
creation center idea is a good
one. Numerous opinions , were
expressed and it was finally de
cided that Mayor Turner should
be. invited to the next luncheon
to explain the city's stand on the
trade. A similar invitation may
be extended to the county court
at a later date.
Miss Kathryn Monahan, coun
ty home demonstration agent,
was introduced as a new mem
ber of the luncheon group, as
was Joe Jewett, new pastor of
the Heppner Church of Christ.
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Town s Churches
Welcome Minister
Church people of the town
gathered at the Church of Christ
Sunday morning to participate
in the morning worship service
and to partake of the potluck
dinner following, the occasion
being to welcome thenew pastor,
Joe Jewett.
lhe Methodist congregation,
heaaed by the pastor, Kev. Flet
cher Forster, went en masse to
the neighboring church and
members of other churches
vdtnout regular services joined
m extending a cordial welcome
to the new minister and his
iamily.
Early Day Pastor
Dies in Portland
Word has been received here
rf the death of Rev. T. W. At
kinson of Portland. His funeral
was held Aug. 12 at the Monta
villa Methodist church in Port
find. Rev. Atkinson was well known
i:i Morrow county. He formerly
preached in Morgan and lone
and occupied the Methodist pul-
pit in Heppner the day of the
Heppner flood.
.Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson
entertained Rev. I. R. L. Has-
lam, Mrs. Delia Corson, L. W.
Briggs and Miss Opal Briggs
last Saturday.
Edna Hughes, deputy county
clerk, is on vacation, part of
which she is spending in Eu
gene. Her mother accompanied
tier as far as Portland.
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Lena's attendant for the 1041 show, Jean Haiina, U a true ranch
girl. he makes a regular hand on the home place cat of Heppner
where rounding up the livestock is a daily occurrence. Jcun is a
student at Heppner J-Iigh school.
Sept 6-8
Looking forward to the biggest
crowd in the history of the show,
the Heppner Rodeo association
is making additional seating ca
pacity by the erection of bleach
ers at the west end of the grand
stand. The new unit will be 50
feet long with 14 tiers of seats,
making room for at least 350
people.
Concrete base has been pour
ed and workmen are preparing
the timbers for immediate con
struction of the bleachers. This
will fill a much needed demand
for seating capacity and" is the
first of several units to be add
ed as conditions warrant.
Work of clearing the arena
and rebuilding fences and stan
chions is progressing and a little
later the track will be put in tip
top shape for the pony races.
Those Tucker broncs and bulls
have no respect for fences if
one- happens to show up between
them and the place they want to
go and to keep them properly
corraled means good heavy fen
cing. One obstacle standing in the
way of entertaining lafge num
bers of outsiders is the matter
of housing. More rooms are
needed. Some cf the visitors
from out of town who have been
regular attendants at the Rodeo
since it started have been un
able to obtain sleeping quarters
so far this year. These people .
usually eome early and remain '
until after the show is over.
Most of them xare former rasi
dents who look forward to the
Rodeo as a time for visiting as
well as seeing the show.
Reserved tickets are on sale
and John Saager, sales chair
man, reports a highly satisfac
tory business to date. Most o&
the early purchases are for
three-day reservations, and not
all of them are made by local
Rodeo enthusiasts, Saager re
marked. The booth has been set
up in front of the Saager Phar
macy and there will be some
one in charge to wait upon the
public.
Methodist Pastor
Called to Church
At Tillamook
Rev. Fletcher Forster was no
tified Tuesday evening that he
had been assigned to the Meth
odist church at Tillamook and
that he would take charge there
September 1. The pastor reas
signd to the church there at the
June conference died recently
and Rev. Forster was nest in
line for the job. No announce
ment has been made relative to
the status of the Heppner
church.
Rev. Forster came to Heppner
in 1945 from a pastorate in
North Dakota. He is a fluent
speaker and forceful church
leader as well as a civic minded
citizen. He and his tarnily will
be missed here and tne best
wishes of the community will
accompany ttiem to tneir new
home.
Louis and Adelle Foster, son
and daugnter of uev. and Mrs.
Forster, are remaining in Hepp
ner. Louis is under contract as
janitor at tne scuool and Adelle
is remaining wita her juO as
cleix in tne tax depan.ueat of
me snerni s oiiice.
U S Army
Loco Resident
The U. S. army recru ting ser
vice in Pendleton annor. ices the
reenlistment of Johnnie '. key
of Heppner, Ore. John ;:o chose
the army signal corp? ft his
three year enlistment ! "ter 'lav
ing had three years and -ix
months previous servic. 1L- is
entitled to wear the Euro- xn
Theater of Operation; nh' on
with two Battle Stare, the l'jr
ple Heart medal, th : fin ize
Star medal and the Combat In
fantry badge. He is the husb..nd
of Mrs. Opal M. Ivey of Hepp