ZOU HISTORICAL S 0 C I ET
Ieppner Gazette Times
LIC A 'J D I T 0 R I U !!
- : . ".' I. AND, 0 ?. c .
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 29, 1948
Volume 65, Number 19
Heppner Townies
Smack Condonites
16-1 Here Sunday
McCurdy's Hurling
And Heppner Hits
Visitors' Downfall
By Jim Barratt
Displaying a brand of baseball
far superior to that usually seen
in the bush leagues, the unpre
dictable Heppner Townies rose to
smack down the Condon Townie3
16 to 1 here Sunday on the Rodeo
field diamond. The win ups tMe
beforehand third-place Heppner
ites to a more favored second
rung position in the league.
Behemoth Harlan McCurdy
hurled one of his best games of
the season in limiting the visit
ors to but five hits in his nearly
nine full Innings of mound dut
ies. Supported in grand style by
an airtight Heppner infield which
bungled but two balls in the en
tire fray, McCurdy virtually had
the Condon nine eating out of his
hand and allowed hits only in
the fourth, fifth and sixth in
nings. Norman Bergstrom, baseball
letterman from Pacific university,
brought the crowd to Its feet with
a long home run in the seventh
for Heppner scoring three run
ners ahead of him.- Other local
batters with fruitful afternoons
were outfielder Manners with a
a long triple; shortstop Bill Buck
num with three hits in four times
at the plate, and right fielder Ray
Masscy who belted out three hits
for Heppner.
Heppner Jumped into the scor
ing column in the third inning
after McCurdy was safe on an
error and Manners was walked,
advancing on a sacrifice by
Bucknum and later scoring on a
single by Bergstrom. Other pro
lific innings were the fifth and
seventh frames, with five runs
crossing the plate each inning.
Condon moundsman Gufser
was kept ducking all afternoon
as the victory-hungry Heppner
Townies lashed back 16 hits off
his hurling slants. No Condon
man got over 'one hit, with the
best willow effort being catcher
Schaffer's triple in the fourth.
Their only run came in the fifth,
the aftermath of a single and
double by infielders Carney and
Coleman respectively.
Next Sunday's sports headllner
will pit Heppner against the Fos
sil nine here, reports Manager
Carmel Broadfoot. With Heppner
showing remarkable improve
ment with every league game, lo
cal fans are expecting another
top performance.
Lineups:
Heppner 16 AB
II
1
3
2
2
2
2
Manners, If 5
Bucknum, ss 4
Groves, c 4
Bergstrom, 3 4
A. Massey, cf 5
R. Massey, rf 4
McRoberts, 1 5
McCurdy, p 3
Drake, cf 1
C. Broadfoot, p 0
Campbell, rf 1
Condon 1 AB
0
1
0
0
0
H
0
1
1
1
Hebert, rf 4
Laughlln, 2 4
Buich, If 4
Schaffer, c 4
Lewis, 3 4
Garney, ss 4
Tierney, cf 3
Coleman, 1 3
0
1
1
1
Gufser, p 3 0
Score by Innings
Heppner 002 053 51
16
Condon
000 010 000 1
Good Yields Reported As Greatest
Harvest Gets Into High In County
Good yields wherever the com
bines have gone to work Is the
word coming in from the larger
part of the grain district of the
county as the 1948 wheat harvest
gets Into full swing. Talk of 50
bushel crops is quite common, al
though to date but one field has
been reported as producing that
average. Several others are con
fident their fields will yield that
much when their combines get to
rolling.
The John Graves field in Sand
Hollow Is the first reported to be
going 50 bushels to the acre. This
is a now grain producing area,
having been plowed since Orville
Cutsforth bought the big Hynd
Bros, holdings two years ago. It
is In the vicinity of one of the
oldest grain raising areas but had
been operated as a sheep ranch.,
with the hill land used for graz
ing and the bottom land cultivat
ed for hay production. Informa
tion relative to the size of the
field was not divulged but It
doubtless contains several hun
dred acres.
Reports have been slow com
ing In. County Agent Nelson An
derson stated Tuesday that he
had received some accounts on
production, several of which were
better than 40 bushels per acre.
He is convinced the county aver
age will run as high as 30 bush
els on regularly seeded land
while the 5,000 or so acres of vol
unteer wheat will make an aver
age of 15 bushels. An estimated
145,000 acres are in production
V. F. W. Plans Party
For Young Men
Subject to Draft
In a meeting Monday evening
at the civic center club ooms, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars laid
plans for a party to be held In
Heooner September 10 in honor
of the young men attaining the
draft age. Definite plans lor en
tertainment and other features
wil be taken up at a later date.
One feature definitely decided
upon will be to invite County
Clerk C. W. Barlow to be present
and register those who will have
attained the age of 19 years by
that time.
Fetsch's Entertain
Group of Friends
At Farm Residence
By Mrs. Delpha Jones
Mrs. Vernon Christopherson
and son Chuckle returned home
Sunday from a week's stay in Au
rora with Vernon s praents. Ver
non motored down over the week
end, bringing them home. Gloria,
small daughter, remained for an
indefinite visit.
Miss Edith Edwards returned
to her home in Spokane after a
visit at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Griffith and
family visited in Spray Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch were
host to a group of friends at the
farm home Sunday. Those at
tending were Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Piper and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Griffith and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Cliff Dougherty of Hepp
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Fetsch from Sal
em, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch,
Mr. and Mrs. Pine Thornburg and
Mrs. May Hartman and daugh
ter who are visiting here from
Los Angeles. Mrs. Hartman is
the former May Rauch.
Mrs. Maurice Groves and chil
dren are visiting in Salem.
Mrs. Mary Edwards, Miss Edith
Edwards and Mrs. Cecil Jones and
faniiiy spent Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Jim Lynch In
Heppner.
Miss Janice Hayes Is spending
a few days In The Dalles with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Hayes. Janice went down
with Ralph Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan
were Pendleton visitors one day
last week.
Mrs. Bill Matthews is a patient
in St. Anthony's hospital In Pen
dleton. Mrs. Oscar Breeding has
the Matthews' small son.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gentry
from Bend were visitors at the
Hank Stotts home on Monday.
Harold took his mother, Ordrie
Gentry, home with him from
Heppner.
o
FORMER PENNSYLVANIANS
FLAN ANNUAL PICNIC
About 40 people gathered at
the John Wightman ranch in the
Blue mountains Sunday in the
first annual picnic of former
Pennsylvanians and their famil
ies to be held in the county. The
affair was such a success that
all present expressed sentiment
in favor of making it an annual
event As a result of this expres
sion, plans were laid for next
year's picnic, as well as succeed
ing years by choosing the fourth
Sunday in July as the permanent
date.
A sumptuous dinner was par
taken of at the noon hour, with
ice cream and punch on hand
throughout the day. The day was
Ideal in every way and the peo
pie enjoyed meeting together and
forming new acquaintances.
and the county agent has set a
conservative figure of 4,200,000
bushels for this year's return to
some 605 wheatraisers. Even if
he has over-estimated a little
there will still be a big crop, An
derson declares.
Grain started moving towards
the elevators around the 10th and
the cutting Is now in full swing
over the county with the excep
tion of the higher country to the
south of Heppner. Grain trucks
are coming to the Heppner eleva
tors but the big run here Is yet to
come The Morgan, McNabb, Co
cil, lone and Lexington elevators
are filling rapidly and the cry
now is for cars to ship the golden
grain to the big terminals.
In an effort to alleviate the car
shortage, the Union Pacific has
Inaugurated a daily service out of
Arlington to Heppner. This went
Into effect Wednesday and the
first roundtrlp from Arlington is
being made today. No immedi
ate relief to the car shortage Is
to he expected, local railway of'
flclals say, but It may begin to
Improve within a week to 10
days. The railroad company has
also, allocated a certain number
of cars to the grain growing ar
eas of the district with lnstruc
Hons that they shall not be used
for another nuruose. It Is expect
ed that in due time the effect
of the order will be felt locally
as well as In other grain dls
triets.
Weather has been favorable to
harvesting, with the exception of
HEPPNER'S FIRST SCHOOL BUILDING
p. V
f -
Mrs. Katie Slocum rummag
ed around among her keepsakes
and came up with this picture
of Heppner! first public school
building, taken in 1890 or 1891.
Although the photo is a little
bit faded, the urge to have it
reproduced could not be sup
pressed, for it is a rare bit of
the town's earlier history.
Mrs. Slocum admitted to be
Smut Robs Farms
Same as Holdup
Bandit With Gun
There's no gun in this holdup,
but smut, the northwest's number
one wheat disease problem, is
taking more and more dallars put
of the pockets of Oregon wheat
ranchers just as surely as if they
were being robbed at gunpoint.
Much of this wheat Inst thru
smut is unnecessary, insists Rex
Warren, O.S.C. extension farm
crops specialist, who points out
that proper seed treatment will
pay off in larger grain checks.
When smut shows up at harvest,
that is a good time to resolve to
do a better job of treating and
even to get the materials in ad
vance. Of four recommended seed
treating materials, New Improv
ed Ceresan and Ceresan-M are
most effective Warren declares.
Copper carbonate and basic cop
per sulfate, while recommended,
are not the most effective. War
ren states that farmers have shied
away frm Ceresan bceause of the
fumes and the irritation that it '
causes the skin When machines .
are available to handle the new
wet slurry type treatment, thi"
objeqtion will be overcome by us- I
ng Leresan-M wnlcn does not
give off fumes and which is vir
tually foolproof.
Warren points out that it is
particularly important how to al
low 24 hours to elapse between
treating and the time of plant
ing. This allows the full effect
of the fumes to cat on the smut
spores, he explains.
4-H Club News . . .
Mr. and Mrs. John Graves and
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers
were in charge of the 4-H ham
burger stand Saturday night, July
24. This was the first of the six
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
dances that the 4-H will operate
the stand.
The stand will be in charge of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and
their helpers on August 7.
4-H club members, both agri
cultural and home economics
should begin preparation of ex
hibits for the Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo, which will be held
September 2. 3 and 4.
Sheep, pigs and beef projects
should be groomed well in ad
vance of the fair. Home econom
ics members should select their
canning exhibits, clothing exhi
bits and keep in mind the many
special awards and contests for
each division.
o
Miss Kathleen Daly, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Daly, and
her fiance, John Boyiagon, were
week-end visitors at the home of
Miss Daly's sister, Mrs. William
Doherty of Lexington. The visit
ors reside at Pendleton where
both arc employed.
o
Dr. C. C. Dunham left Tuesday
evening for Grants Pass where
he will spend several days con
ducting examinations as a mem
ber of the state board of chiro
practic physicians. He will return
to Heppner Monday.
Henry Tetz returned the past
week end from Umatilla county
where he spent six weeks work
ing In the pea harvest. In charge
of a night crew Henry Is having
quite a time explaining how he
got so brown. Well, they have
sun lamps, you know.
a light shower the first of the
week and a heavy windstorm
Tuesday night. Clear and warm
is the order today.
IK II
ing in the picture and believes
some of the others include Mrs.
Emma Jones, Eugene ! Noble
and Leslie Matlock. The late
Mrs. Cora Crawford had the
lame picture in her collection
and it is quite certain she, too,
is In the group. Mrs. Craw
ford's aunt Miss Jenny Spen
cer, was one oi the teachers. It
is not recalled who the school
CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE .
IN BEFORE WEDNESDAY
Appeals have been made
from time to tme to correspon
dents and contributors of news
to bring or send their items in
early. We want all of the coun
ty news we can get and greatly
appreciate the efforts of con
tributors who assist us. The
process of getting out the news
paper is such that it can not be
gotten out on Thursday morn
ing alone if the paper is to get
into the mail Thursday after
noon. It requires several days
to put it together and a system
has to be followed in order to
accomplish this.
Regular correspondence
should reach this office by Tu
. esday morning as it is usually
placed in the insert and that
part of the paper goes to press
Tuesday evening. Failure of
some of the correspendence to
reach us in time has necessitat
ed leaving some of it out. It is
not the desire of the publishers
to do this and with the right
cooperation it will not be done.
NORTHWEST RANCHERS TO
SEE METHODS OF
SAGEEF.USH REMOVAL,
scheduled for the ranchers of
Nevada, Californa, Idaho, Oregon
and others interested, is the sage
brush removal and range reseed
ing demonstration sponsored by
the Lakeview Rotary club. This
lemonstration, which will be held
at the Elder Brothers "GJ" ranch
near Valley Falls, Lake county,
Oregon, is the first of its kind to
be held anywhere in the West.
I The date is August 19. The by
iword of the day is "Clear Sage.
Reseed; More Grass, More Feed.
The program gets under way
at 10 a.m. with a brief opening
statement by Walter Holt, former
Umatilla county agent, who is
master of ceremonies for the day.
Ranchers will have the oppor
tunity of seeing, throughout the
day, demonstrations on eradica
tion of sagebrush by various im
plements, fire flame throwers,
and the use of 2,4-D weed killer.
Advantage of reseeding sage
brush lands, when, how and what
grass to seed, and grazing man
agement after seeding, will be
discussed and demonstrated
E. R. Jackman, extension spe
cialist in farm crops, Oregon
State college, points out the im
portance of the sagebrush remov
al by declaring it the largest un
developed resource in Oregon. Ex
perimental work shows benefits
are from 2 to 20 times more feed.
In terms of animal gain, most
sage now returns only 2 to 5
pounds of meat per acre. Mr.
Jackman says that that figure
can be stretched up to In to 50
pounds after sagebrush Is re
moved and the range seeded to
the better grasses.
Morrow county ranchers with
sagebrush range are being invit
ed to attend this demonstration,
states N. C Anderson, Morrow
county agent. Programs and let
ters of invitation are being mail
ed from the county agent's office
now.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erwin had
as their guests last week, Mrs.
Erwln's sister, Miss Una Clibon;
her mother, Mrs. G. W. Clibon of
Waltshurg, Wash., and Miss Cora
Paradis. Miss Clibon and Miss
Paradis both teach in Corona,
Cal., the former in the junior
high school and the latter in the
high school.
Fred Pullen of Lonerock was a
business visitor in Heppner Saturday.
il
' .. f
principal and other teachers
were. The building, which
stood in the middle of the block
now occupied bv the Church of
Christ properties, the Warren
and Terrel Benge residences,
was destroyed by fire in 1892,
but the house, then the Halleck
residence, still stands. '
Following destruction of the
building the school board ac
Shower, Supper Among Festivities
On Week's Socio! Calendar In City
By Ruth Payne
Mrs. Alex Thompson and Mrs.
Fay Bucknum entertained at a
stork shower Tuesday evening at
the Bucknum apartment compli
menting Mrs. C. W. Bucknum.
Present were Mesdames Carmel
Broadfoot, Ray Massey, Harlan
McCurdy Jr., Willard Blake, Fred
Saunders, S. J. Devine, Allen
Case, Robert Runnion, James
Barratt, Harry O'Donnell Jr.,
Richard Meador, Charles D.
Hodge, La Verne Van Marter, Mur
iel Rice, Don Hatfield, Jesse C.
Payne and Misses Rosetta Healy
and Jackie Tetz. Mrs. Bucknum
received many beautiful gifts,
some of which were sent by per
sons who were unable to attend
the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge
Jr. were hosts for a picnic sup
per Monday evening at their
home on S. Court street. Guests
included Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne
Van Marter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
O'Donnell Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jam
es Barratt. Mr and Mrs. Don Hat
field and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whit
tle. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wise and
daughter, Darlene and Mrs. Bert
Kane departed the last of the
week by motor for a vacation in
British Columbia. Among other
places of interest they planned
to visit Lake Louise. They will
return to Heppner in about two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Griffin
and children motored up from
Portland Saturday to spend the
week end in Heppner with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grif
fin and Percy Cox.
Visitors in Heppner Friday were
Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Blanken
ship and children of Springfield.
Mass. Mr. Blankenship, former
spuerintendent of the Heppner
schools, is now superintendent of
schools at Springfield and is hav-
ing a month's vacation from his
duties. They were en route to
Seattle to spend the time, with
their families and stopped off in
Heppner to renew acquaintances
wim inends. i
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan
and Mrs. William Morgan were
over from Monument the last of
the week looking after business
matters and visiting friends in
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Happold
retuned Friday from Portland.
They were accompanied by their
daughter, Mrs. James Bradford,
who is vsiting In Heppner for a
short time.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Smethurst were her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Clay Phillips and daughter
of Kinzua.
A son was born Sunday, July
25. to Mr. and Mrs. James Morgan
at St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton. This is the Morgan's sec
ond son.
Miss Cecelia Healy of Portland
was a week-end visitor in Hepp
ner.
Miss Patricia Kenny of Pendle
ton was a week-end visitor in
Heppner with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Kenny.
A surprise stork shower was
given for Mrs. Sam Shipp Wed
nesday evening by Mrs. Archie
Ball at her country home on Rhea
creek. Guests were the members
of their sewing club.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans and
children of Portland spent the
week end in Heppner with her
father M. L. Case and Mrs. Case.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Buhman
stopped briefly In Heppner Tues
-,lf
tor.
quired property on the point of
the hill to the east of the pre
sent plant where a larger buil
ding designed to care for fu
ture growth of the community
was built The second building
was supplanted by a still larg
er and more modern school
plant in 1912 and the present
school board is scratching its
colective head in contemplation
of still larger facilities.
day en route to their home in
Portland from Burns where Mr.
Buhman expects to teach band
this school year. They remarked
that in the six years they have
been away from Heppner the
town has grown considerably and
many changes have been made
in its appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Munkers
made a business trip to Walla
Walla Thursday.
Miss Doris Schaffer who is va
cationing from her duties as a
student nurse at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton was a
week-end guest of Miss Yvonne
Bleakman. Miss Schaffer will
visit with relatives at Cecil be
fore returning to her work.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gentry
were over from Bend to spend the
week end here with his mother,
Mrs. Ordrie Gentry.'' They visited
Sunday in Athena with her mo
ther, Mrs. Ray McQueen and Mr.
McQueen.
Mrs. Mary Greener of Walla
Walla was a week-end guest of
Mrs. Ernest Winchester.
Among those from out-of-town
in Heppner Friday for the funer
al services of the late Guy Hus
ton were Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Slocum of Monument and Mrs.
Herman Parker and Mrs. Earl
Merritt of Pasco.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Howell
and Mrs. Frank Howell of Top
were shopping in Heppner Sat
urday. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown and
daughter Susan of Pendleton
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Claude Cox, Friday.
Mrs. Opal Ayers of Portland is
spending a fortnight's vacation
in Heppner with relatives and
friends.
A. C. L. Jetley returned the last
of the week from John Day and
Burns where he had been work
ing for the past three weeks.
Charles M. Coz of Pendleton
was a week-end guest in Hepp
ner at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Claude Cox.
Charles and Faye Ross of The
Dalles spent the week end in
Heppner with their aunt, Mrs.
Fay Bucknum.
The Rev. Neville and Mrs.
Blunt will leave August 2 for
two weeks in Victoria, B. C. They
expect to return to Heppner about
August 18.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Harvey Miller
are spending a few days in Hepp
ner this week attending to busi
ness matters and visiting friends.
Mrs. W. O .Dix returned Sunday
evening from Seattle and Port
land where she spent the past
twelve days vacationing with
friends. Mr. Dix met her in Ar
lington. John Vaughn of Portland and
daughter, Mrs. Earl Merritt and
children of Pasco spent Tuesday
in Heppner visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs.-W. J. Beymer arrived Sun
day evening from San Francisco
to visit for a month in Heppner
with her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisliee.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger McCormach
returned to Heppner the last of
the week from Virginia where
they had been visiting for the
past month with her parents. Mr.
McCormach returned the last of
June from Guam where he was
working on a construction job.
Mr. and Mrs. William Furlong
and grandson, Michael, motored
to The Dalles Saturday to spend
the week end with Mrs. Furlong's
sister, Mrs. Clyde Austin and
family,
Health Department
Attitude on Sewage
Disposal Explained
Junior chamber of commerce
members and the JayCettes gath
ered at the W. F. Barratt home
Wednesday evening for a picnic
and to hear William Cullen of
the state department of health
discuss the matter of sewage dis
posal, with special reference to
the proposed system for Heppner.
Admitting that the health de
partment has no authority to or
der construction of a sewer sys
tem in Heppner or elsewhere,
Cullum said it can abet a pro
gram of abatement proceedings
wherein . individuals and other
communities can file complaints
against the city permitting the
emptying of run-off from seplic
tanks into the creek, or any other
nuisance arising from the use of
septic tanks or cesspools which
threatens the public health. He
said the state board of health is
keeping a watchful eye on Hepp
ner to see what the community
will do in November.
nic included the installation of
Business transacted at the pic-
Jaycee officers for the ensuing
year.
Kinzua Man Unable
To Accept Bid To
Show He Founded
By Elsa M. Leathers
James B. Armstrong was high
ly honored this week when he
received a letter from Ekalaka,
Mont., inviting his to return to
that city on July 31-Aug. 1, to
participate in the Jubilee held
each year since 1935. Well
known by the "Days of '85," of
which Mr. Armstrong was the
originator, the first celebration
in 1935 was for the 50 years the
postoffice had been at this In
dian-named town. Mr. Armstrong
went there to live in 1905 with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Armstrong.
He announced the first parade
in 1935 and has been back sev
eral times since, and it is the
wish of the people that he return
this year to announce. Mr. Arm
strong sent his regrets. He and
Mrs. Armstrong came here from
Vancouver, Wash., where they
have a home. Mrs. Armstrong is
Kinzua beauty operator.
Kinzua motored over to lone
Sunday to play ball. lone took
the game, 18 to 8. Kinzua plays
on the local diamond August 1
with Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Graham
and son Dick went to Wallowa
lake Saturday afternoon to bring
home the Boy Scouts who spent
the week there. The boys had a
wonderful week, but some never
got to ride horseback enough.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Woods re
turned to Kinzua the first of the
week after spending several days
in The Dalles for a medical check
up. From there they went to
Missoula, Mont., to visit their
daughters, Irene and May, who
own a hospital. One is a veterin
arian. They also visited Glacier
national park. Mr. Woods re
turned to work.
Little Kay Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore, Camp
5, who has been hospitalized the
last week at The Dalles was able
to be moved to her grandparents'
home in Goldendale. Mrs. Moore
returned to her home at camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hoover visit
ed their daughter Dorothy in
Portland over the week end. She
is attending a beauty academy
there.
Mrs .Mark Samples and family
joined her husband here Thurs
day from the Black Hills, S. Dak.
Mr. Samples has been employed
here the past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Robertson
and family of Boardman have
moved to Kinzua where he is
employed with the maintenance
crew supervised by George Smith.
Mrs. Chas. Elliott of The Dal
les spent the week end visiting
her sister. Mrs. Warren Jobe and
attending the Spray rodeo.
Miss June Owens, a nurse from
The Dalles hospital, was visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Owens, over the week end, also
two friends from Salem came
with her.
Ronny Moore of Condon is vis
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Denton here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Lippy and
Mrs. Maude Vassar of Longview,
Wash., are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Boyde.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morgan of
Spray were visiting in town on
Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Johnson and chil
dren arrived in Kinzua Sunday
morning from their home in Van
couver, Wash. Mr. Johnson is
with the U. S. navy and was call
ed to Honolulu. Mrs. Johnson will
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harve Boyer, and other relatives
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude England
left Monday morning by car for
Seattle where they will take a
boat to Victoria, B. C. They plan
to visit several British Columbia
cities on the coast before return
ing to Seattle and home.
Mrs. Delvln McDanlel return.
ed to her home here Sunday after
spending the past few weeks at
La Grande where she attended
tne fc. u. N. summer school. Mr
McDanlel met her In Pendleton,
Stock Barn Under
Construction At
County Fair Site
Aluminum Pre-Fab
Will House 65 or
More Show Animals
Erection of a new stock barn
at the Morrow county iair
grounds was started Tuesday
morning by Albert Schunk and
assistants following the arrival
Monday of the materials. The
building will be 3)0 by 100 feet
and is of pre-fabricated alumi
num. Interior arrangement will per
mit two rows of stalls, one on
either side of the building, with
an alley between. Stal room
sufficient to house 65 beef ani
mals will be provided, according
to County Agent Nelson Ander
son, who is also secretary for the
fair board. It replaces the open
shed used for beef stock last year
and which will be remodeled to
house dairy cattle, hogs and
sheep during the 1948 fair.
The building used to exhibit
poultry and hogs last year will
be worked over and tables in
stalled to exhibit grains and veg
etables, these having been shown
in the general exhibit hall in
1947.
In addition to the above-men
tioned improvements, the fair
board has received a 16x50 foot
tent which will be offered as a
housing unit for commercial ex
hibits It will be available for
other uses during the year in the
discretion of the fair board.
Four booths have been added
to the general exhibit hall to per
mit more space for home econom
ics and 4-H club displays, as well
as general entries, Anderson
stated.
Since last year's fair the board
has had a new high wire fence
constructed along the south side
of the grounds and plans more of
this type of fencing in the future.
Several special features design
ed to create more interest in ex
hibiting stock are being arranged
for this year's show. On Friday,
September 3, there will be a 4-H
club fat stock sale of lambs, hogs
and beef. In connection with this
sale there will be a sale of pure
bred breeding rams owned by
4-H club members.
This year, for the first time,
there will be a calf scramble, an
event that has long been popular
at the Pacific International expo
sition. Eight calves and 15 boys
will participate in the bout,
which sometimes develops into a
real wild west exhibition. Rules
and other factors governing this
contest will be announced later.
The board has engaged the ser
vices of Harold Erwin during the
month of August to supervise pre
parations for the show, contact
prospective exhibitors and do any
other work designed to make this
year's fair attractive to exhibitors
and cash customers alike.
o
MRS. WINCHESTER HONORED
WITH STORK SHOWER
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Winchester gathered at the Win
chester mountain cabin Sunday
to honor Mrs. Winchester with a
stork shower. The affair was in
the ntaure of a surprise party
and the self-invited guests took
well filled lunch baskets for a
potluck dinner. Mrs. Winchester
was rite recipient of many nice
gifts. .
Attending the party were Mrs.
and Mrs. Ernie Winchester, Mr.
and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hodge Jr., Mrs.
Henry Happold, Mrs. Betty Brad
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Ed LeTrace,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe, Miss
Merlyn Kirk, Mrs. Merl Kirk, Don
aid Robinson, Mrs. Mary Greener,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. John Ransier, and Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Werner Rietmann of lone,
and Mr. and Mrs. Max Harris.
o .
CANDY REFRIGERATOR NEW
FEATURE AT HUMPHREYS
Those who prefer their candy
cold, but not frozen, may have it
io tneir taste now for candv r.
frigeration has been introduced
to Heppner. The II
Drug company completed instal
lation last week of a General El
ectric candy refrigerator which
chills the toothsome sweets while
tney are on display.
ine new addition is an adorn
ment as well as a serviceable
piece of equipment. The upper
portion is for display purposes
while the lower portion provides
storage space for a considerable
stock, all of it being air cooled
on an even temperature.
ATTEND SUMMER CAMP
Mrs. John iiunyan and
dren, Darrell and l.lllie.
chll-
Mrs.
Grace Hughes and Lola Padberg
are attending the youth camp cf
me knurcnes of Christ at Cove.
Mrs. Runyan and Mrs. Hughes
are assisting with the cooking for
the 100 or so young people at
tending the camp. Mr. Kunyan
took the group to Cove Sunday
afternoon.
Pendleton visitors Tuesday
were Mrs. Alta Kenny, Mrs. Ieg.
gy Greenup, Faye Cutsforth and
Barbara Slocurn who spent sev
eral hours there shopping.