I I 9 JURY ' U OF 0 IUGENE, ORE. fcette . y 1 $3.00 Year, 10c Copy Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 13, 1951 Volume 68, Number 26 hOl Students Check In at Heppner School Heppner schools, at the end of the first two full days of classes, have registered a total of 402 students with the high school showing an increase of eight over last year to bring its total to 123 pupils. Lower grades also showed heavier registration to "cause even more acute crowded conditions than in past years. In order to eliminate doubling up of certain grades, a junior hjgh school system has been in itiated for the 7th and 8th grades this venr which Is hptnp handled by three full-time teachers and four special instructors. The 46 8th graders and 35 7th grade students will change classes in the same manner as do high school pupils. Handling the teaching posi tions in the newly formed junior high are T. L. Juett, principal and instructor in social studies;" James Peterson, mathematics and science; and Ethel Lyng holm, language arts and music. Hal Whitbeck will teach physical education and health for boys and Phyllis Knight, the same courses for girls. Robert Collins will give jr. high band instruction and Clarence Johnson is athletic director for both jr. high and elementary grades. Registration by Grades A breakdown of registration by grades shows: 1st grade, 42; 2nd grade, 35; 3rd grade; 42; 4th grade, 25; 5th grade, 28; 6th grade 26; 7th grade, (jr. hi) 46; 8th grade (jr. hi), 35; 9th grade, Fr., 34; 10th grade, Soph., 35; 11th grade, Jr., 29; 12th grade, Sr., 24. Total 402. Leonard L. Pate, high school principal emphasized the crowd ed conditions in the high school, and the Junior high too, which has caused some high school classes to be held during the noon hour. In several of the laboratory and other periods, classes have been divided with the alternates be ing taught during the lunch per iod. The increased registration in elementary grades has forced the use of several high school rooms Winners At Fair Horse Show Told The Wranglers again sponsor ed the horse division of the Fair. This year many fine animals were brought for the show. Fred Mankin, manager of the barn, was hard put to find room for all but as usual had every thing running smoothly. The Silver Star Ranch of Mor gan had many fine ponies, both for show and on the track. Prin cess Elise Bauernfiend was riding one of the animals from this ranch. The classes started Thursday afternoon with the pony division, all listings are in order of awards. Conformation and performance under saddle. (First) ponies up to 44 inches, ponies on lead rope, ridden by child and led by adult, Johnny Hodge and Gerald Bunch. (Second) Ponies managed by riders, judged on performance conformation and horsemanship. Judy Sherer, Sandra Eubanks, and Linda Halvorssn. Ponies and Welch over 44 in ches up to 52 inches, Judy Thomp son, Dick Sherer, Kay Sherer. Other ponies not to exceed 14 hands with riders up to 14 years, Larry Fetsch, Alma Lou Evans. Janet Thompson and Marlene Baker. Stock horse class, Howard Bry ant, Archie Murchison, Ralph Beamer. Junior Equitation, Oliver Devin, Stephen Green and Judy Thomp son, i Western pleasure horse, Mer lyn Robinson up on Jaehal; Ar chie Murchison on Skeeter and Beulah Mankins on Charley Hodge. Gaited Pleasure horse, Burl Shipps, Mrs. John Graves, Christ ine Swaggart. Trail horse class, Oscar George, Altha Kirk, and Merlyn Robinson. Cow Cutting, Howard Bryant, Archie Murchison and Ralph Tay lor. Followed by quadrille perform ance by Dimple Munkers and Bob StegMls, Bonnie Barratt and Bill Smetaurst, Altha Kirk and Bob Gammell, Merlyn and Don Rob inson. (Continued on page 6) for the lower grades. 1 Pate asked that all parents read carefully the instruction sheet regarding student insurance cov erage, that each pupil will re , ceive shortly. All students pay a part of the insurance cost, with the school district paying half. Pate emphasized that the student is protected against injury only while going to, attending, or re turning home from school. They are not protected while at home or over weekends, and he urged all students to immediately re port to their teacher in event of accident or injury, before going to a doctor. Th student is ade quately protected but the proper proceedure must be followed if he is to obtain the benefits Athletic injuries are not covered under the regular student policy. Athletics were under way with the start of school with coach Hal Whitbeck's Heppner 11 journeying to Maupin this Friday to tangle with the Maupin foot ball squad. o Schools Out Monday, Tuesday, Teachers To go to School All Morrow county schools will be closed next Monday and Tues day to allow instructors to at tend teachers institute at La Grande. Classes at. Heppner will be somewhat depleted this Friday also, for the high school band will journey to Pendleton to play at the Round-Up and the football team travels to Maupin to play there in the afternoon. o Post Office To Be Closed Monday AM; New Clerk Coming James Driscoll, Heppner post master announced today that all windows at the postoffice will be closed from 8 to 11 o'clock Monday morning, September 17 to allow all clerks to take nec essary civil service examination. Driscoll also announced that Floyd Sayers, Portland, is replac ing Frances Orwick who recent ly resigned as a clerk in the Heppner office. Sayers and their three children will move here October 1. Before going to Port land, he has worked at the Union and LaGrande offices. o Aid in U. of O. Welcoming Week Robert Bennett of Heppner will work with other "oldtimers" in welcoming freshmen and new students to the University hall. A member of a campus service honorary, Bennett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bennett, Hager Street. New-Student Week will last from September 16 to 22 with Sep tember 19 set as the first day of registration for all students plan ning to attend the University this fall. A student committee of more than 90 undergraduates will meet the new students and help them through the week. This will be the first time a student group has planned the orientation and wel coming program at the Univer sity. Activities will include assemb lies to introduce administrative and student leaders, a picnic, the annual "Hello" dance, a rally, and open-houses in campus re ligious centers. Entrance and physical tests, as signment of faculty advisers, and meeting with them will take up much of the week. o ' Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes of Linfield College were here over the week-end visiting at the Joe Hughes home and attending the Rodeo. Orville Smith and P. W. Ma honey left Wednesday for Chi cago in Smith's plane. They plan on being gone about a week. Visiting at the John Saager home over the week-end were Mrs. Saager's sister Donna Pear son and daughter Sharon of Leb anon. Sharon was here for six weeks and her mother came to take her home and to see the Rodeo. J. W. Goult and C C Puder- baugh of the State Fire Marshalls office were in Heppner Monday. .". 'inV t - r ire " t 1 U ill j fj " , : J I lib U; !"? I 'i H PICTURED ABOVE are winners in the .various clasps of 4-H clothing III of the dress division taken following the Style Review held Friday evening. From left to right: Patricia Peck, Rhea Creek. 2nd year Clothing III. Shirley McCabe, lone; Joan Breeding. Lexington; Judy Howton. lone; June Privett; Mrs.' Walter Wright; Rhea Creek who is modeling her outstanding man, lone; and Dorothy Dobbins, Mr 1 'i t S ' i I I 1 I RONALD BAKER showing his Grand Champion beef in the stock arena at the Morrow county fair, Animals were later sold at the 4 Photo). MV ') ; X : l , i - ' , i -.---, t CHOW LINE at the Wrangler's Cowboy Breakfast held Sunday morn ing on the clubhouse grounds brought out nearly 500 hungry and sleepy Heppnerites, cowboys and kids. Picture shows a few of the many cooks dishing up ham and eggs, hotcakes and fried potatoes to some of the early risers. Serving started at 7 o'clock and contin ued until after 10:00. (Picture Shop Photo) Tailoring Classes Start at Lexington Tailoring worksnops to begin with preliminary meeting, Sep tember 21 at Lexington Grange Hall. Miss Merele Scales, clothing specialist, will conduct the pre liminary meeting for the tailor ing classes. The tailoring class starts at 10:15 a.m. At this pre liminary meeting Miss Scales will discuss fashion trends, give as sistance in selecting a pattern, suggest fabrics for various pat terns; instruction on making the pattern up in muslin and fitting it, and a list of supplies needed. '.Art LfW mm I! leader and style review superintendent; Sally Palmer. Rhea Creek. style review dress; Billy Jean Privett; Patsy Wright; Lavelle Spell lone. ' I . i n He is shown receiving his ribbon. H fat stock auction. (Picture Shop Bulletins on tailoring and other instructions will be given out to all persons enrolled. Tailoring is the most advanced type of sew ing. Coats and suits will be made at. the tailoring schools. Those eligible according to Maud C. Casswell HDA are all the women that have attended the Better Dress at workshops last year or the year before. After the preliminary meeting for all eligible members, special training meetings for the work shop leaders have been planned. Better workshops were held in Lexington, lone. Boardman, last year in preparation for the tail oring school r':.i . J w vi All i !. wTmtHlmmlflbm TUmim- im mimnltriirniMniiii. .ilif'JI (Picture Shop Photo) Over 200 School Exhibits Displayed One of the most interesting and best attended exhibits at the fair was the county schools ex hibits which boasted well over 200 entries from Heppner, Lex ington and lone school pupils. Space prevents the listk'!? of the names of the more than 200 winners in the following cata- gories: Our Community, language arts, science, health, mathema tics, arts and crafts and music. All exhibits were excellently prepared and attracted as much interest as any display at the fair. HEPPNER HI MUSTANGS TO TACKLE MAUPIN FRIDAY IN FIRST LEAGUE GAME Coach Hal Whitbeck's Heppner high school Mustangs wound up a week of intensive drill Thurs day in preparation for their first league battle at Maupin Friday afternoon. Whitbeck was far from opti mistic at the prospects for the first game, as Maupin has only lost three men from last year's team, but stated that the local boys were beginning to show plenty of hustle. Though the passing attack has a long way to go, the running game has show ed a decided improvement in the last three days. All regulars will be back in uniform except for Johnnie Mollahan who is still out with a bad knee. 40 boys have turned out for practice this week and Whitbeck holds high hope for some of the 4-H Fat Stock Auction Acclaimed Success Morrow County's fourth annual 4-H Fat Livestock Auction Sale held as a part of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, on Sep tember 7, brought high prices for all livestock sold and was an nounced the most successful sale of the four years by N. C. Ander son, County Extension Agent. While the average price for livestock sold did not compare with at least one of the preceding years sales, 4-H members receiv ed premiums on all animals sold. Prices "of all animals were com parable, a feature that is desir able as it gives one club member the same premium as another. With John Varner, Hermiston Auctioneer crying the sale, six teen fat steers brought a total of $7099.50 averaging 47 cents a pound for their owners, fifteen Iambs brought a total amount of $1083.50 averaging 65 cents per pound, five pigs, $348.35 aver aging 34 cents per pound. Judy Thompson's grand champion lamb set a high record price of $2.85 per pound when sold to Harold Cohn. Mr. Cohn then do nated the lamb for sale for the benefit of the Fair Barn. 4-H members selling livestock and the buyers are as follows: BEEF Ronald Baker, Ionak-Court St. Market. Leland McKInney, lone Slim Emert. Shirley Peck, Heppner Don Greenup and Harvey Smith. Allen Hughes, Heppner Mor row County Grain Growers. Ingrid Hermann, lone Frank Lindstrom. Malcolm McKInney, lone Pendleton Grain Growers. Deane Graves, Heppner Jim Farley and Frank Anderson. Terry Thompwn, Heppner Greenup Wins Rodeo Saddle Rodeo and Fair goers last week end witntssed one of the finest and fastest rodeos yet presented in Heppner. Excelent weather all four days brought out record crowds for all events. The rodeo, under the able dir ection of Harold Erwin, manager, played before excellent crowds all three days with many visitors acclaiming it as one of the finest shows of its size in the state. Taking top honors in the Mor row county amateur calf roping event were Don Greenup, who won the saddle made by Joe Snyder and donated by the Hepp ner Lumber Company, and W. E. 'Eb" Hughes of Butter Creek who won the bridle and breast collar donated by Joe Snyder. Other final winners in the pro fessional events were: Bareback riding, Bill Harvey, Bob Elloit, John Hawk and Bob Swain. Saddle Bronc: Casper Gunder son, Cliff Gunderson, Bob Elliot, and George Lowe. Dogging: Rudy Doucette, Bob Swain, Arvine Porter and Law rence Dewltt. Professional calf roping: Pat Jensen, Oren Fore, Vic Castro and Clark Maddox. Cow milking: Pat Smith, John Rattrey, Charlie Wacotsie and Charles Daly. Several other amateur events were run during the show in cluding Shetland pony races, cow girl and cowboy races and the flag race which was won by the Pendleton Mustangers. The three day show was com pleted without any major injury to any participant and only a small number of minor hurts. freshman ders. and sophomore grid Starting lineup for Friday's en counter will be: Roy Taylor LE Elwayne Bergstrom LT Bill Hughes , LG Keith Connor C Wesley Marlatt RG Albert Burkenbine RT Gary Connor RE Jim Smith Q Bud Wagner LH Wendell Connor RH Jack Sumner F 0 Lucy Rogers, who returned re cently from a vacation was enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. C. Beadon Hall and Miss Isadore Hall while spending a few days in Snoqual mie, Washington. Elks Club. Reita Graves, Heppner Elks Club. Janet Howton, lone Hodge Chev. Judy Howton, lone Steve Thompson. Jack Monagle, Heppner Eb Hughes. "Duane Baker, lone Howard and Harold Evans. Patricia Peck, Heppner Hazel Ma honey. George Hermann, lone C, N. Jones and Sons. Jimmie Hayes, Heppner John Graves. SHEEP- Judy Thompsori, Heppner Harold Cohn. Mardine Baker, lone Phil Mahoney. Ronald Baker, lone Harold Cohn. Janet Wright, Heppner Steve Thompson. Johanne Wilson, Heppner Harvey Smith. Eddie Brosnan, Heppner Mor. row County Grain Growers. Marilyn Monagle, Heppner Emll Groshen. Pat Peck, Heppner Don Greenup. Mickey VanScholach, Hepp ner Merrit Graves. Russell Dolven, Lexington Markham Baker. Loy Keene, lone Garland Swanson. Shirley Peck, Heppner Terrell Benge. Jack Monagle, Heppner Alec Lindsay. SWINE Jimmie Hayes, Heppner Mor row County Grain Growers. Gary Jones, Heppner Cornett Green. Vern Nolan, Heppner Harold Evans, lone Garden Club TakesTop Parade Float Honors One of the best Rodeo and Fair parades in the history of the event was held in Heppner last Saturday and was acclaimed by the many hundreds of spectators lining the streets. Winner of the grand sweepstakes float was the lone Garden Club. Other winners In the float di vision were the Heppner chamber of commerce and the Rebekah and IOOF lodge. Heppner Flow er and Yarn shop took first place in the business float division, followed by Rosewall Motor Com pany and Pendleton Grain Grow ers. In the juvenile float division, the "Nels Anderson Tribe" float took top honors. Other winners: best mounted cowboy, Bobby Gammell; best mounted cowgirl, Franclne His ler; oldest cowboy, Guy Boyer; oldest cowgirl, Lennie Lowden; the Heppner Wranglers and the Umatilla Sage Riders placed first and second for best organized riding club; and Lois Winchester took top money for the best comic. Juvenile winners Included Bob Hager, Jim Farra, Jim and LIbby Evans, Diane and Karen McCurdy, Karen Christain, Harold and Ron nie Gray, Billy Irby, Jim Stegal, Dave George, Lynda Halverson, Sandra Eubanks and Trudy Sher er. Also Included in the many, block long parade was Queen Ingrid Hermann and her court, the queen and her court from John Day, and the royal court from the Umatilla fair at Hermis ton. Both the Heppner and lone school bands provided music for the march. Particular credit was given to the lone band for its performance, both during the parade and at the rodeo, for the group had only been able to as semble for one practice session prior to their appearance here. In addition to the many or ganizations and groups, there were also many business and in dustrial floats and lots of other juvenile entries. Judging the various divisions were Mrs. Earle Gilliam and Frank Turner, cowboy division; Leonard Pate and Mrs. Edwin Dicks children's division; Mrs. Buster Rands, Boardman, Mrs. Fred Smith, Boardman, and Mrs. Omar Reitmann, lone for the float division. Mrs. Jesse Payne has returned home from the hospital In Pend leton. She is able to be un now but must take it easy. Several lambs were donated for resale for benefit of con structing new barns to replace those destroyed by fire. Those donating to the Fair Fund by purchasing lambs were Harold Cohn, Frank Wilkinson, Brerett Harshman, Emll Groshen, Mor row County Grain Growers, E. M. Baker, Heppner Sales Yard, Terrell Benge, W. E. Hughes and Mrs. Hazel Mahoney. 4-H, FFA WINNERS Fair visitors viewing one of the largest displays of 4-H, FFA and open class entries yet exhibited watched Ronald Baker, lone 4-H member walk off with several more honors in livestock and showmanship, however he was not alone In exhibiting fine ani mals. The 4-H, FFA and open class winners follow with grand champion and reserve champion winners in the order listed. 4-H poultry, Wayne Ball, lone; Gerry White, lone. 4-H rabbits, Ronald McCabe, Ellis Ball, both lone. 4-H Dairy, Patsy Wright, Heppner. 4-H Beef, Ronald Baker, Leland McKInney both of lone. 4-H donor calves, Dick Ekstrom, Jim Hayes. 4-H swine, Jimmie Hayes, Heppner. 4-H swine showman ship, 4-H sheep showmanship, Ronald Baker. FFA Hereford beef, Ken and Pat Cutsforth, Lexington. Open class beef, yull) Frank Anderson and (female) Frank Anderson. First place for FFA swine went to Lynn Rill, Heppner, and best FFA dairy award was won by Stacey Lovgren, Heppner. In 4-H beef showmanship class: first, Berta Graves, Heppner and Leland McKInney, lone. 4-H Livestock judging: first, Ronald Currin; second, Peggy WIghtman; third, Reita Graves, alternate, Judy Howton.