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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Sept. 9, 1948
Volume 65, Number 25
Registration At
Local School 384
End of Second Day
High School Low
With 1 17; More to
Come, -Supt. Says
Registration at the Heppner
school reached 384 by Wednes
day, announces Supt. Leonard
Pate after making a check of the
figures Wednesday evening. Of
this number 267 are In the grades
and 117 In the high school.
Commenting upon the attend
ance figures, Mr. Pate expressed
the belief that the high school
registration would increase In the
next two weeks. It Is also possi
ble that more grade students will
enroll. The early figure on grade
registration is equal to that
found at the end of the month
last year.
Supt. Pate reports that the
grade teaching staff is complete
but that one position Is yet to be
filled in the high school. The
commercial teacher reported
Monday morning but was not sat
isfied with the living quarters
provided for her and forthwith
resigned and returned to Port
land. The school lunch program is
set up to start Monday. Due to
circumstances over which the
school authorities have no con
trol, the price of lunches has been
advanced from 20 cents to 25
cents. This is a modest raise in
view of advancing living costs
and the school board has been
called upon to appropriate ad
ditional funds to carry on the
program,
So far one bus is operating.
Oscar George is driving the Eight
Mile bus, A second bus, the one
for upper Willow creek, has ar
rived at Lexington and will be
ready for service by Monday,
while the third, to be known as
the Lower Willow Creek-Clarks
Canyon bus, is due next week.
While tentative drivers have
been secured for the last two
busses, the school board will ac
cept applications from others de
siring a Job.
The Heppner school band got
a running start on other school
activity groups by getting down
to serious practice for two weeks
prior to the fair and then play
ing for the rodeo the past week.
Director Robert Collins is looking
forward to a fine year for his
young musicians.
Coach Bohles handed out uni
forms to his football squad Wed
nesday. He has a nucleus of six
lettormen Ruhl, Sumner, Gab
ler, Waters, Bennett and Berg
strom and a lineup of good new
talent. The first game is sched
uled to be played here September
2-i against Prairie City. Malcolm
East, snappy end on last year's
teamT has a phsical disability
which may keep him out of uni
form this year.
Irrigation Projects of
Region Under Study
The Bureau of Reclamation
has allotted approximately $200,
000 for next year for Investiga
tion of nine projects in cennal
and eastern Oregon, Congress
man Lowell Stockman reported
today following a conference in
Boise with Regional Director R.
J. Newell.
Stockman listed the projects
as follows: Crooked River, Grand
Ronde. Bully Creek Extension of
the Vale Project, Upper Unit of
the Baker Project, Jordan Valley,
Pendleton, Milton Freewater,
Benham Falls, and Goose Lake
Basin. For the following fiscal
year, he said, the Bureau hopes
to use funds for four additional
projects, namely, Wolf Creek U
nit of the Baker Project, Upper
John Day Project, Crescent Lake
Reservoir, and Squaw Creek.
The Bureau advised Congress
man Stockman, a member of the
House subcommittee on Interior
appropriations, that it hoped to
complete a project report on the
Crooked River project by next
summer. The development would
provide supplemental Irrigation
water to 14,800 acres of land in
the vicinity of Prineville now in
adequately irrigated and a full
supply to about 6,300 acres of
dry land Included In the Ochoco
Irrigation district. Existing struc
tures, Including the badly de-
Jerlorated Ochoco dam, would be
rehabilitated.
Stockman said that a report is
also to bo completed within a
year on the Bully Creek exten
sion of the Vale project, the pur
pose of which Is to provide water
for 5,000 acres of new land and
some supplemental service. Con-
sderable Investigation work has
already been completed.
Investigative work will contin
ue on the upper unit of the Ba
ker project, wilh the aim of com
pleting a preliminary draft of
the project report next summer.
The report would present a com
plete plan of development, esti
mates of cost, design ol physical
works and an analysis of the
farm and general economy. The
project would make available
supplemental water for 47,000
acres Inadequately supplied and
provide flood control.
GOP Nominee For
Governor Rides In
Saturday Parade
It was a busy day for Senator
Douglas McKay, republican nom
inee for governor, when he came
to Heppner Saturday. Arriving at
9:30 a.m. he had a few minutes
to greet friends and meet new
people who at once became his
friends before being hustled off
to ride in the parade. He was
provided with a horse and in the
brief course up Main street and
return demonstrated that horse
back riding is one of his favorite
diversions.
Following the parade the GOP
gubernatorial hope again found
himself in a busy whirl of hand
shaking, brief conferences and
more introductions. At noon a
group of enthusiastic supporters
met with Mr. McKay at a lunch
eon at the Elkhorn restaurant
where In a brief talk he express
ed his appreciation for the re
ception given him here and re
minded his hearers that votes are
the things that count in elections.
Mrs. McKay accompanied her
husband to Heppner and a group
of women entertained her at lun
cheon at the Elks building. The
visitors, accompanied by Charles
Bollinger, Mr. McKay's itinerary
manager, remained to take in the
Rodeo before heading back to Sa
lem.
CHARLES WENDELL
CLEVELAND
Services were held at All Saints
Episcopal church Monday after
noon for Charles Wendell Cleve
land, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Cleveland of Heppner. Rev.
Eric Robathan of Pendleton offi
ciated, with the Phelps Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Interment was n the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Death came to the little boy
while being treated in the office
of a local physician who was en
deavoring to get an x-ray picture
of a tooth which seemed to be
giving him much pain. He com
plained that he could not get
nis breath and almost without
waning ceased making an effort
to breathe. An unnatural glandu
lar condition in the throat was
ascribed as the cause of death.
Charles was a delicate child
from birth and had been under
the care of a specialist in Port
land from time to time.
Surviving besides the parents
are a brother and a sister, his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Cleveland of Heppner and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Webb of Walla
Walla, Wash.
Mrs. Ann Kuhn, mother of Mrs.
W. H. Cleveland, and Mrs. Sophia
Barr, sister of Mrs. Cleveland,
came from Portland to attend the
funeral.
Braden Entry Takes Sweepstakes
In Rodeo Parade
Bob Grabill's "choo-choo" entry
of the Braden Tractor and Equip
ment company, was awarded the
sweepstakes in the annual Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo par
ade Saturday morning. The im
provised locomotive drew several
pieces of equipment, lorming a
train of machinery sold by the
concern. The entry also took
first place In the business floats.
The Heppner Chamber of Com
merce posted $25 for the sweep
stakes prize and the parade com
mittee offered $15 for the Ilrst
prize.
Eighteen prizes were awarded,
Including the one mentioned.
Others were: First prize for or
ganization float, the Soroptimist
club, $25 donated by the First
National Bank of Portland,
Heppner branch. Second prize or
ganization float, American Le
gion, $15 donated by Rosewall
Motor Co.; third .prize organiza
tional float, Heppner Junior
Chamber of Commerce, $10 do
nated by O'Donnell's cafe.
Second prize business float,
Forest service, $10.
Best dressed cowboy, Archie
Murchlson, one tire donated by
Heppner Motors. Second best
dressed cowboy Bob Gemmell,
one Sportsmen's set donated by
Saager's Pharmacy.
Best dressed cowgirl, Ida Lee
Chapel, one dress donated by J.
C. Penney. Second best dressed
cowgirl, Jean Lnznka, 1 picture
donated by Case Furniture Co.
Oldest cowgirl In parade, Mary
Greener, whistling teakettle do
nated hy Gilliam & Blsbce. Sec
ond oldest cowgirl, Lennie Lou
don. Oldest cowboy in parade, Guy
Boyer, 1 belt buckle donated by
LoyU's Saddle shop.
Youngest cowgirl, Gcraldlne
Swaggart, (age 4), tricycle do
nated by Hodge Chevrolet Co,
Largest family mounted In par
nuc, Claude Buschke, 1 set fog
lights donated by Farley Pon
tiac Co.
Best comic, Tom Loyd, casli
prize of $10.
Best child's pet, Joyce Wash
burn, $5 donated by Central Mar
ket. Best child's vehicle, Raymond
Gonty, $5.
Shetland pony, Sandra Eu
banks, $5.
A statement by the parade
committee says, "As usual, con-
Wheat Producers
Have Five Days To
Get FC Insurance
Chairman Baker
Urges Farmers To
Retain Protection
Morrow county wheat producersowner-operators,
landlords
and tenants have only five days
in which to reach a decision whe
ther they will apply the sound
business principle of protecting
their crop investment against
unavoidable causes of loss to
their wheat farming operations,
Henry Baker warned today.
"Federal crop insurance offers
our producers a sound business
proposition," he said. "It offers
our farmers an opportunity to
add the stabilizing influence of
a basic business principle of 'pro
tecting what the have to their
farming operations. Businessmen
the world over have utilized this
business principle for many
years. We here at the county of
fice sincerely hope that al our
farmers will take advantage of
this opportunity before the dead
line date of September 15 arrives
and we can no longer accept
their applications for this all
risk protection of their crop in
vestments."
One hundred and forty of about
250 eligible wheat producers in
the county have signed applica
tions to date for Federal Crop In
surance policies that assure
them when they plant that the
least their seed will return them
in their worst production years is
the crop investment.
The new plan of insurance that
is being offered for the wheat
crops planted for 1949 harvest Is
a simple, easy-to-understand pro
tection with a low premium rate.
Investigate this program at the
Morrow County ACA office before
September 15, Baker advises.
Among former Heppner resi
dents attending Saturday's Rodeo
were Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Pinckney
of The Dalies. Pinckney. former
manager of the Heppner branch
of the First National bank of
Portland, is now manager of the
branch ban kat The Dalles.
Mrs. O. G. Crawford and Mrs.
C. C. Dunham and daughter Ca
mela will leave Tuesday morning
for The Dalles and Klamath Falls
to attend deanery meetings of
the Episcopal church, Mrs. Craw
ford going in her capacity as
president of the Church Women's
Service League of the Eastern
Oregon district, and Mrs. Dun
ham going along to drive.
Saturday Morning
siderable difficulty has been ex
perienced in selecting the proper
winners oi tne several awaros
and some of the prizes could not
be awarded because of the
judges' failure to select the right-
IUI winners, w inners oi xne prize
fnr tho lartrpst delegation outside
of the state could not be determ
ined and the $25 and 520 cash
donations by the Heppner Lum
ber company and Turner, Van
Marter & Co. was distributed to
several child vehicle, pet and
pony winners and $1 given tc
children taking part in the par-
aae.
(Under oldest cowboy the name
of Add Moore should be in sec
ond place, according to age he
should be in first place he was
riding horses before Boyer was
able to walk.)
CURRENT GOVERNMENT
PRICE SUPPORT PART OF
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
The current government price
support program for farm prod
ucts is so generally accepted by
farmers and the public that it is
part of "the present agricultural
policy of this country", in the
opinion of Rep. Clifford R Hope
of Kansas, the Republican chair
man of the House agricultural
committee.
Chairman Hope expressed the
view in an address before near
ly 800 farm leaders from every
state in the Union at a meeting
on the campus of the University
of Hassachusetts last week.
Hope said that farmers and
the public accepted as national
farm policy "price supports
whore needed and where they
can be used in a practical way
to keep agricultural prices at
levels which will make for effi
cient production, preserve our
soil resources and secure stand
ards of living for farm people
comparable with those enjoyed
hy other economic groups of our
population."
Hope pointed out that the pre
sent pice support schedule, adop
ted as a temporary measure in
war time to encourage produc
tion of food and fiber needed by
America and her alios, was sche
duled to be replaced on January
1, 1950, with a permanent price
support program.
4-H Calf Scramble
Crowning Event of
Saturday Program
Eight Youngsters
Succeed in Race
For Project Stock
They cal it a calf scramble but
it looked like a mass buldogging
event in the Rodeo arena. Of
course, calves and would-be own
ers got mixed up no little amount
with the result that the human
entry In the battle usually came
out second best, and that's the
way the scramble ended up be
cause several of the calves are
still unclaimed after the allotted
time was called.
As the last event of the Rodeo
ended, two trucks pulled into the
arena from the direction of the
livestock pavilion. One was load
ed with the fencing and the other
with the calves. Using the grand
stand as one wall and the trucks
as corner posts, a crew of men
very shortly had the fence in
place and the calves were turned
in. The 15 participating young
sters between the ages of 12 and
17 were handed their rope halt
ers and then the scramble was
on.
First one to place a halter on
a calf was Rieta Graves, who
drew the offering of the TV ranch.
This means that Rieta will switch
her affections from Herefords to
Shorthorns. In the melee that fol
lowed it was difficult to see who
got which calf, but the following
donors and scramblers got to
gether after the affair was over:
Cliff Dougherty, Duane Baker;
Lee Beckner, Ronald Baker; O. W.
Cutsforth, Jim Green; John
Graves, Ingrid Hermann; Garnet
Barratt, Kenneth Cutsforth; Elks
club, Fritz Cutsforth; Sherman
Ferguson ranch, Alen Hughes,
and TV ranch, Rieta Graves.
The calf scramble, first of its
kind to be staged in Morrow
county, was made possible only
by the interest of cattle breeders
and those wishing to see the 4-H
club work progress. The lucky
catchers will feed out their ani
mals and exhibit them at the
1949 fair. Proceeds from the
stock go to the individual club
members.
lone School Ready
For Work Monday
Everything is in readiness fir
the opening of school at lone
Monday morning, reports B. C.
Forsythe, superintendent. Build
ing and grounds have been ren
ovated and improved during the
summer and with the hiring of a
full staff of teachers Mr. For
sythe is looking forward to a suc
cessful year.
Grade teachers employed for
the year are Mrs. Frank Davis,
first and second .Mrs. A. W. Lun
dell, third and fourth; Mrs. Fran
cis Ely, fifth and sixth; Mrs.
Mike Matthews, seventh and
eighth.
The high school faculty in.
eludes Miss Mary Brackett, Eng
lish; fc. b. Multz, social science;
Francis Ely, coach and commer
cial; Miss Mary Lund, music,
and Mr. Forsythe.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. L, Hopkins and
family from Seattle were week
end guests of their daughter and
family, the J. J. O'Connors.
OUR DEMOCRACY-
Not every boy can crow
VET EVERY AMERICAN VOUN6STER, BORN TO A
HERITAGE OP FREEDOM, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR.
ADVANCEMENT IN PROPORTION TO THE USE HE MAKE.
OF HIS TALENTS AND THE EFFORT HE PUTS FORTH.
BUT TO REALIZE IN FULL THESE ADVANTAGES, HE
MUST BE PREPARED TO MEET THE RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT SO WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF BEIN4
A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
Catholic Church
Scene of Wedding
Sunday Afternoon
St Patrick's Catholic church in
Heppner was the scene of a wed
ding ceremon at 4 o'clock p.m.,
Sunday, September 5, uniting
Miss Marie Healy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy of Hepp
ner and Mr James Walters of
Portland.
To the strains of the wedding
march played by Mrs. Charles
Ruggles. the bride, attired in a
white satin dress with net yoke
and net over skirt entraine, a
fingertip veil held in place with
a seed pearl tiara and carrying
a white prayer book and white
orchid, marched to the altar on
the arm of her father who gave
her in marriage.
She was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Cecelia Healy, who wore
a pink net off-the-shoulder gown
and carried pink pompoms and
gardenias. Donald Walters, bro
ther of the groom, was groom's
man. Rev. Francis McCormack
performed the ceremony.
Patricia and Billy Kenny, cou
sins of the bride, sang Ave Maria
and Pavis Angelicus.
A reception was held in the
church parlor immediately fol
lowing the ceremony. Mrs. Wil
liam Bucknum served the cake,
a three-tiered creation decorated
with a bride and groom. Miss Pat
ricia Kenny of Pendleton had
charge of the guest book. Mrs.
W. A. Richards, Patricia Healy
and Mrs. Clay Clark of Hood
River helped serve, while Miss
Rosetta Healy and Mrs. Harry O'-
Donnell Jr. were in charge of the
punch bowl.
The young couple left immedi
ately for Los Angeles where they
will make their home. Mrs. Wal
ters chose for her going away
dress a cocoa brown two-piece
suit with dark brown accessories.
Several out-of-town friends
and relatives were in attendance.
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Random Thoughts..
l There are several things that
could well be commented upon
herewith this week but lack of
'time and space forbids. Take the
fair and rodeo, for instance. There
were many Things that happened
that are worthy of discussion and
time will be taken to bring up
one thing which was apparent to
nearly everyone and that was
the lack of a carnival. A small
community like Heppner is hard
put to provide evening enter
tainment and while there are ob
jectionable features about carni
vals' it is admitted that they put
a lot of color into a fair or rodeo.
The dances panned out well but
there was little o no entertain
ment for the non-dancing folk,
many of whom could have found
recreation at a carnival.
It is understood that delay in
making arrangements for a car
nival was the reason there was
no night show this year. It would
be a good idea to start in this
fall to sign up some good outfit,
oven if the exact date of next
year's fair and rodeo is uncertain.
People come to town for a good
time and many of them prefer
the evening hours, particularly
the early evening, and in lieu of
other entertainment a carnival
gives them something to while
away the time.
Corabelle Nutting entered the
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle
ton Tuesday where she will take
nurse ; raining. She is one of 11
girls starting training at the hos
pital this fall.
by Mat
up to be president -
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Tophands Of Rodeo
World Stage Great
Show at Heppner
Fine Records Set
As Cowboys Seek
To Garner Points
World records were jeopardiz
ed last week when 101 tophands
of the business gathered at
Heppner to participate In the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo.
The greatest array of talent ever
gathered for the local show made
the 1948 rodeo, in the minds of
many old observers, the best ev
er seen here.
At least two events set near
records. Barney Willis, all-round
covOhand and footracer extraor
dinary, put the crowd on its feet
Friday when he bulldogger a
steer in four seconds flat. Gene
Rambo, a champion in numer
ous events, gave the experts
something to shoot at by roping
two calves in the fast time of
28.8 seconds. He also placed first
in the wild cow milking.
The record book shows the fol
lowing cowboy winners in the
several events:
Wild cow milking: Gene Ram
bo, J. B. McMeans, A. J. Petty-
grew, Chuck Sheppafd.
Bareback bronc riding: Eddie
Akridge, Jim Wilson Ike Thorn-
mason, with Gus Bartley and
Wally Graves splitting fourth
place.
Saddle bronc riding: Chuck
Sheppard, Bill Ward, Jack Sher
man, Gus Bartley.
Bulldogging: Chuck Sheppard,
Tony Benedictis, Tom Henderson,
Bob Witty. .
Calf roping: Gene Rambo,
George Richmond, Dan Poore,
Ray Thomas.
All of these boys gave Secre
tary Jack Loyd assurance they
were well satisfied with the show
and that we can look forward to
their return in 1949.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
Latest additions to the Hepp
ner public library shelves include
"Story of the Negro" by Bon
temps; "Toward the Morning,"
Allen; "Came a Cavalier," Keyes;
"Eagle in the Sky," Mason;
"Home Country," Ernie Pyle;
"Tomorrow Will Be Better,"
Smith; "Bishop's Mantle," Turn-
bull; "Wild Horse," Balch, and
The Flames of Time," Kendrick.
Briefs of Community . .
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cachot
Therkelsen for the Rodeo were
Nina Herman, Katherine Young.
Myrtle Mead, Kim Stewart, Cor
rine Mackin and Eleanor Brad
ley, all of Portland.
Mrs. C. A. Jones and son Fran
cis were Heppner visitors Friday,
coming from their home in Pasco
to spend the day with the Craw
ford and Frank S. Parker fam
ilies. Mr. and Mrs Raymond French
are the parents of a daughter,
Karen Yvonne, born September 7
at St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton. Mr. and Mrs Lee Howell went
to Pendleton Sunday where they
were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Burl
Cexen and all went to Pasco to
viit with Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Elliott.
Joe Stephens was in town Wed
nesday from his father's ranch
south of town making prepara
tions to return to Texas. Joe came
north the first of June to spend
the summer on the ranch. He
will be located at Brownwood,
Texas.
Jim Crawford returned Sunday
to his home in Portland after
spending a few weeks with his
father J. V. Crawford. Mr. Craw
ford took his son home and they
were accompanied to Portland by
Mrs. Orve Brown, who will visit
in the city.
Dorothy Cutsforth departed
Sunday for St, Louis, Mo. From
.here she will go to Columbia,
uiat state, to enter Stephens col
lege. Miss Marjorie Sims and Scott
McMurdo came from Portland
Friday to take in the Morrow
.ounly Fair and Rodeo and to
visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs
A. D. McMurdo. They returned
Monday afternoon, Scott to Port
land and Marjorie to Hillsbon.
whore she is teaching in the
nigh school.
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inr. anu Mrs. Walter Ness and
.ittle son Wallie visited the past
.-eek at the home of Mrs. Ness's
grandmother, Mrs. S. J. Devine.
l'he Ness's live in Seattle.
The Misses Dorothy and Doris
Worden came from La Grande
Saturday evening to spend the
Labor Day vacation at the home
of ther parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Worden of Eight Mile,
l'hey were accompanied by John
ny Gernhardt of La Grande and
DeLoss Knighten of Jlrrigdn.
First 4-H fat Auction
Brings Fabulous Prices
Cutsforth Stock
Takes First Place
In Cattle Division
High Class Stock
Features Entries
At County Fair
Competition in open classes in
the cattle division was somewhat
limited at the 1948 Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo but the limited
part was in .number of exhibits
and not in quality. Only three
groups were represented in the
awards and these were from out
standing herds, one Hereford and
two Shorthorn.
O. W. Cutsforth captured grand
champion honors with his Here
ford bull and cow entry, winning
over the TV Shorthorn ranch and
the Sherman-Ferguson Short
horn entries. The TV ranch was
awarded champion Shorthorn
bull, while the Sherman-Fergu
son ranch captured reserve cham
pion female in that class.
Entries were not so limited in
the 4-H beef division where Bet
ty Graves captured grand cham
pion honors with her Shorthorn
steer. Championship honors were
limited to the Graves family, for
Betty's sister Rieta was the proud
owner of the reserve champion
Hereford steer. .
Other awards in the 4-H club
division included grand cham
pion Hampshire ewe, owned by
Peggy Wightman, Heppner, and
grand champion fat lamb owned
oy Ronady Baker, lone.
In the open class, Robert and
Darlene Hoskins were awarded
the grand champion honors for
their Lincoln ram.
The Hynd Bros, company took
first place on their wool exhib
it. William F. Barratt took vir
tually all of the ribbons in the
hog division with his registered
Hampshires.
Due to a rush of post-fair bus
iness, Nelson Anderson, secre
tary of the fair board was unable
to prepare the list of awards in
the home economics and farm
products divisions. An effort will
be made to have the compilation
completed in time to be publish
ed September 16.
Mrs. A. G. Pieper drove to Port
land the past week end, taking
her daughter, Mrs. Ross Holliday
and baby son back to their home.
Mrs. Leatha Archer accompanied
them. Mrs. Pieper returned home
the middle of the week, bringing
her grandson back with her to
stay for about a month while his
parents take a trip east where
they will visit relatives as well
as tour several states. They ex
pect to return the last of Septem
ber. Mr. and Mrs. Omer E. Elliott
of Amarillo, Texas, and their son
Billy have been guests the past
week at the home of their son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Warren. The Texas
visiters are having an extensive
trip and are now on their way
home. They have enjoyed fish
ing and sightseeing trips with
the arrens during their short
stay.
Mrs. Ed Schroeder and daugh
ters Wendie and Lynn have been
visiting at the home of her mo
ther. Mrs. Frank Rumb'e, for the
past 10 days. They left I'endleton
Tuesday evening for their return
trip by air to their home in New
York City.
Frank Rumble spent a week
visiting in Missoula and Poison
Lake in Montana returning to
Heppner Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cachot Therkel
sen entertained a number of
friends at a cocktail party in
.heir apartment in Hotel Hepp
ner following the Rodeo Satur
day afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Hall of Los Angeles
has been a guest of her sister,
Mrs. Frank E. Parker for several
weeks. She tried her hand at
cooking for harvesters and was
general assistant to her sister
.luring the rush season. She px.
poets to spend a few days with
ner motner, Mrs. Julia Cypert, in
Walla Walla and a few days in
Pendleton attendine the Round-
Up before departing for her home.
Mrs. Mary Van Vactor Stevens,
recent purchaser of the Flower
Shop, is in Portland this week
attending the Northwest Florists
convention in the City of Roses.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson
drove to Clackamas the last of
the week to take-their grandchil
dren, Carol and Lee Putnam,
home after spending the summer
here. The Heppner folks drove on
to Salem Monday to take In the
stale fair, returning home Tues
day,
4-H club members selling live
stock at the first annual 4-H Fat
Auction sale are still hardly able
to believe that their animals set
a price record for eastern Ore
gon when auctioned off last Fri
day evening This auction was a
part of the 1948 Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo program.
The sale, auctioned by Bob
Runnion, Heppner, with Harold
Erwin, Ray Ferguson, James Val
entine and John Varner in the
ring, was perhaps the most spir
ited sale ever to be held in Mor
row county. To put the buyers
in the right mood, five rabbits
were auctioned off to high bid
ders, Phil Mahoney and Harold
Erwin. It was reported that these
high-grade animals brought ap
proximately $5.00 per head to net
"Bufch" Reininger, their owner,
$24.00.
Moving into the fat lambs, Tom
Michos of the Jolly Joan cafe,
Portland; Orville Cutsforth, Lex
ington, and Phil Mahoney, Hepp
ner, paid an average of 87c per
pound for these lambs with Phil
Mahoney paying $1.10 a pound
for one of the two animals sold
by Ronald Baker, lone. Ronald
Currin was the owner of the oth
er fat lamb.
Next to be sold was a group of
three registered Hampshire
breeding rams which sold for an
average of $125.00 per head. Ow
ners of these rams were Peggy
Wightman, Sally Palmer, and
Eddie Brosnan. Buyers were Jerry
Brosnan, Frank Wilkinson and
Fred Hoskins Sr.
Bidding on fat steers began
with the grand champion of the
fair, a Shorthorn owned by Bet
ty Graves. The Elks club of
Heppner purchased the 1,050
pound steer for 90c a pound to
bring $945.00 to the owner. The
third animal of the sale brought
a higher price of $1.00 a pound,
however, the total price for this
animal was $910.00. This steer
owned by Dean Graves bought
by Smethurst and Graves. Prices
were high throughout the entire
sale, bringing an average of 77c
per pound to the seller. The one
pig of the sale, owned by Neil
Beamer was sold for 75c a pound
to Tom Michos, Portland. The to
tal price was $105.00.
First event of the sale to in
dicate a desire to make dona
tions to institutions, besides help
ing to encourage the 4-H mem
bers was a donation steer bought
by Bill Kilkenny. This Shorthorn
steer owned by Jim Green was
sold by Bill Kilkenny, proceeds
to go to the Morrow County Hos
pital fund. The animal was pur
chased by Ralph Beamer who
again donated the steer which
was then purchased by Frank
Wilkinson, and finally by Orville
Cutsforth. This series of sales
brought in $1,617.00 for the hos
pital fund and it is reported that
Orville Cutsforth, now holding
the steer, has a scheme worked
out to enlarge the "pot" consid
erably more.
To add to the donating, the
Morrow County Shrine club pur
chased a steer owned by Fritz
Cutsforth. donating it to the
Shrine hospital for crippled chil
dren at Portland. The price paid
was $597.60. Phil Mahoney then
donated a steer purchased from
Ronald Baker, lone, for $676.90 to
the Morrow County hospital fund
which was bought by Emile Gro
shens for $628.55. Mr. Groshen
in turn donated this steer to the
Shrine hospital at Portland.
Other buyers at the sale were
A. C. Lindsey, purchasing Rodger
Palmer's Shorthorn for 80c a
pound or $808.00; Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., Hereford steer own
ed by Pat Cutsforth, 75c at $757.
50; Lee Beckner. Allen Hughes
Hereford, 85c, bringing $799.00;
First National bank, Heppner
branch, 85e at $803.25; TV ranch
bought Barbara Sherman's Short
horn at 85c or $756.50; Heppner
Lumber company the Kenneth
Cutsforth steer at 90c a pound
bringing $760.50; Charles McEl
ligott. Johnny Brosnan Short
horn. 65c or $737.50; Orville Cuts
forth. Hereford steer at 85c, $836.
40; Doris Graves. Duane Baker
Hereford at 60c bringing $579.60;
Garnet Barratt, Kenneth Cuts
forth Hereford. 55c bringing $560
45. The Lexington Implement
company bid 85c on a steer which
they purchased at $803.25.
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