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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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RONALD BAKER showing his Grand Champion beef in the stock
arena at the Morrow county fair,
Animals were later sold at the 4
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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.
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leader and style review superintendent; Sally Palmer. Rhea Creek.
style review dress; Billy Jean Privett; Patsy Wright; Lavelle Spell
lone.
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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
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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
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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.