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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. wppiter Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 1 1, 1952 Volume 69, Number 26 y ,.' L, JX SWEEPSTAKES winner in the float division of Saturday's parade was this entry of the Rhea Creek Grange which topped all others and won the grange a total of $125 in prize money. The colorful entry was just one of the many in the mile-long parade. ffi'J 5 i ' . , , HARDLY classified as a float, nevertheless this parade entry of the Heppner Cleaners won first place in the business division and brought many laughs from the crowds. Signs proclaimed this as the "cleanest parade ever" and efforts of the cleaning crew bore out the statement. Head "Scooper-uppers", though considerably camoflaged, appeared to be Bill ably assisted by female members SOME of the top horseflesh in the Wranglers sponsored horse show held last Friday were these blue ribbon winners in the lot on mares and produce. Shown left to right are registered half-Arab 2-year old filly owned by Marilyn Robinson and shown by Ray mond McDonald; registered half-Arab colt owned and shown by Altha Kirk and thorobred mare owned and shown by Marilyn Robinson. 1 iv, :l CHOW LINE pictured are just a enjoyed ham and eggs, hotcakes, fried potatoes and coffee at the Wranglers Cowboy breakfast Sunday morning on the clubhouse grounds. Always a top fair and was well prepared by Wrangler comers. Rattlesnake Sneaks Up On Carnival Man Charles Carr, Dallas Texas, who is traveling with the Davis Bros, carnival, was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake Sunday. The accident happened along Willow creek, behind the fair grounds. Carr went to the hos pital where he received treatment and was able to join the carnival before it left Heppner. . o PARADE DOLLARS AWAIT KIDS All children who were in the parade should take their tickets to the county agents office to collect their dollar. 1 .. 1f Collins and Hank Rauch who were of the cleaners' organization. .-C:- - HI - WlfftlniMwilMi li fraction of the 450 persons who rodeo attraction, this year's feed members and was enjoyed by all (All GT Photos) GUN CLUB TO HOLD MERCHANDISE SHOOT The Morrow county Gun Club will hold its first merchandise shoot of the fall season at the club house south of Heppnelr Sun day, September 21, officers of the club announced this week. A considerable quantity of fine prizes have been arranged for, they said. o Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Applegate had as their guests during the weekend, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Nash and her bro ther, Cpl. Bill Nash who has Just ' returned from a tour of duty with 'the U. S. Army in Germany. ST f Special Levy To Be Asked For Hospital Addition November Voters will be asked to approve a special five mill tax levy for one year designed to raise funds for the construction of an additional bedroom wing at the Pioneer Memorial hospital In Heppner. The decision to ask for the levy was reached at a recent meeting of the board of trustees of the hospital and the county court in which all members concurred In the plan. The need for the extra room space has been obvious for some time as hospital records show a very high rate of occupancy. Dur ing the past year the rate has been climbing steadily with the average during July reaching 89 percent. According to reports, nationwide hospital occupancy figures are about 65 percent. The trustees report there have been several times during recent months when the hospital has been operating at over 100 percent of capacity, and for the past year it has been operating in the "black" financially. County Judge Garnett Barratt stated that the court hopes to obtain federal aid for the project through Hill-Burton fund money and application is now being made for these funds. The wing will house 14 addi tional hospital beds on the upper floor and plans call for the ex tensios of the nursing home fa cilities on the lower floor which have also been seriously crowded. The cost of the new wing per room would be considerably less than was the cost of the original building as all present surgical, technical, heating and kitchen fa cilities were designed to serve the extra wing when it could be built. Economy of operation would be increased also, it was pointed out, as a small increase in personnel could handle nearly twice as many patients. Though no definUe estimate of construction costs are yet avail able, the court feels the approxi mately $70,000 raised by the levy will adequately cover the cost of the building and necessary room equipment. The five mill levy, if approved, which will run for one year only, will not be effective until the 1953-54 tax year which means that it would be next July before construction could start. It Is not set up as a bond measure. The new wing would be built on the south end of the present building and would match in style the short wing on the north end completing the building in the form of a "U". It will bring hospital bed capacity up to 30 beds, not counting the present or additional nursing home beds on the lower floor. o County Picnic Attracts Big Crowd Over two hundred persons were in attendance at the annual Mor row County Picnic held Saturday noon at the Courthouse park. Queen Kathryn Campbell of the Heppner Rodeo and her Prin cesses, Rieta Graves, Grace Miller, Wilma Dalzell and Shirley Myers and their chaperone, Miss Martha Campbell were guests of honor along with visiting royalty from Umatilla County and Grant County Fairs and the Ukiah Rodeo. Judge Garnet Barratt was master of ceremonies and in his brief talk during the luncheon paid tribute to the Morrow county pioneers who were present as well as those who have gone. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Normoyle of lone entertained with several vocal solos and the Quackenbush Or chestra played several numbers. Considerable work has been done on the park. A three foot concrete retaining wall has been built along the west side with steps leading down to the park ing area located between the courthouse proper and the grounds. The parking area has been finished with blacktop. Along the east side, a similar wall will be installed and in this a large fireplace and barbecue pit is to be built. These are gifts of Mr and Mrs. Harry Duvall. Assisting with the serving at the picnic were Sheriff and Mrs, C. J. D. Bauman, Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rose wall, Mrs. Maud Casswell, Miss Martha Tapanalnen, Mrs. Fran ces Mitchell, Miss Colleen Con nor, Miss Joyce Buschke and Mrs. Grace Nickerson. . Mrs. Mabel Hughes, Mrs. Elsie Lassiter and Mr. and Mrs. George Waldron of Milton-Freewater were here Saturday to visit with friends and attend the Morrow county picnic, WATER what was a neat barnyard and driveway at the Floyd Jones Rhea Creek ranch looked swept down the narrow canyon day afternoon. The pickup shown was washed downhill until it struck the truck in the background which held it from further movement. Boulders, grass and topsoil completely cover what was a fine gravel drive. Equipment damage was considerable but did not compare with the topsoil loss suffered where the downpour hit Jones' summerfallow a mile Rhea Creek Grange Wins Sweepstakes In Fair Parade One of the longest and best managed parades ever shown to fair and rodeo crowds was watched by several thousand per sons who lined downtown streets in Heppner last Saturday. Grand sweepstakes winner for the best float was won by the Rhea Creek Grange and this float is pictured elsewhere in this pa per. Especially notable was the great increase in horses entered this year with nearly twice as many being shown as participat ed last year. Winners in the order of their award were: juvenile organiza tions, Heppner band, lone band, Lexington boy scouts. Adult or- ganizatins, Rhea Creek grange, Jaycee-Ette Kindergarten, cham ber of commerce. Businesses, Heppner Cleaners, Pacific Power and Light, Baker Plumbing. Best mounted cowboy, Archie Murchison; best cowgirl. Mrs. Bill Barratt; older cowgirl, Mrs. Bill Smethurst; oldest cowboy, Lote Robinson; Youngest cowboy, Greg Jones; youngest cowgirl, Erna Lyn Winchester. Winner of the best orgaized riding club was the Evergreen club of Ukiah with the Heppner Wranglers taking second. Best family group, Oscar George fam ily; best comic, Lois Winchester; juvenile float winners were Jim my Farra, McCurdy and Gilliam and Bobby Hager; best pet, Joyce Parent, Bobby Monohan; Juvenile cowboy, Bob Irby, Billy Irby, David Grant; juvenile cowgirl, Sandra Eubanks, Judy Shearer, Linda Halvorson; best characteri zations, Larry Smith, Carolyn McDaniels, Shirley Gaines. School to Remove Old Houses From Lots The board of the HeDDner school district has called for bids for the sale and removal of two houses and other outbuildings located on school property im mediately north of the present school buildings. The buildings are to be sold and removed from land which will be used for future school construction. Complete informa tion can be obtained from super intendent Leonard Pate at the school. Crowds See Heppner wound up its big fair and rodeo weekend Sunday after playing host to well over 2500 persons for the four day program of events. While complete figures on at tendance and financial outcome are still unavailable it is known that there were more than 2000 visitors at the fair booths and in excess of 2300 paid admissions to the rodeo. Both figures show a slight drop from last year, but the rodeo held nearly even with the past year's record though it only played two days this year com pared to a three day showing last year. Entries in all events, both lair and rodeo were higher this year with all commercial booths oc cupied in the fair pavilion and more than 20 additional names registered by participants in the rodeo events. Among the top 4-H events was the Fat stock auction held Friday night with nearly all beef cattle bringing ceiling price. Grand champion winner was the Here like this after a wall of water between the house and barn Satur up the canyon. - (GT Photo) Rains Hit County, Some Welcomed Some Cussed! The rains came to Morrow county over the weekend and though they hit too hard in some places, the water was welcomed by most residents. Showers Monday evening and Tuesday morning brought a total of .81 inches to the Heppner area according to Leonard Gilliam, the weather recorder. Leonard Carl son, Gooseberry, weatherman checked .88 inches for the some period. Some sections received con siderably more water than they wanted Saturday afternoon when thunderstorms caused a regular 'waterspout" on the Floyd Jones ranch on upper Rhea creek. Con siderable damage resulted when the wall of water rushed down the narrow gully near the house washing out considerable farm equipment and installations and depositing an array of big bould ers over the entire driveway and barnyard. Considerable damage resulted as the water reached the bottom of the canyon but heaviest loss was to Jones summerfallow where a great amout of topsoil was washed away. Several other ranches in the area suffered minor damage but the storm jumped around con siderably with some of the water bringing a torrent down the can yon directly south of Heppner. Several gardens in the area were decidedly messed up by the water. During the storm some rain fell in Heppner during the Satur day afternoon rodeo performance, but it didn't much more than set tle the dust. 35 Lightning Fires Reported in Heppner District in Week Mother nature went on a ram page last week for what forest rangers hope is her final fling of the year. The Heppner district of the Umatilla forest was on the receiving end of a lightning bar rage Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 2 and again Thursday night, Sept. 4. Some 35 fire reports were re ceived and investigated and 23 actual fires were suppressed. The largest of these was about one third acre in size. Numerous other fires occurred outside the National forest protective area and these were suppressed by the state organization and their co-operators. Fair and Rodeo; Murchison ford beef 'raised and shown by i Dickie Ekstrom of lone which was purchased by the Morrow county Grain Growers for a total price of $674.25. Other 4-H members showing and selling choice beef were George Hermann, Lexington, An gus; Malcolm McKinney, lone, Angus; Allen Hughes, Heppner, Hereford; Ned Clark, Heppner, Hereford; Jimmy Hayes, Heppner, Shorthorn; Shirley Peck, Heppner, Hereford; Richard Williamson, Heppner, Hereford; Marilyn Mon agle, Heppner, Hereford. Winners in other classes were: Lambs, Mardine Baker, lone, grand champion and Leland Mc Kinney, lone, reserve champion. Swine, Eddie Brosnan, grand champion; John Brosnan, reserve champion. Dairy, Patsy Wright, reserve champion. Murchison Saddle Winner Archie Murchison of Heppner won the hand made saddle do nated by the Heppner Lumber company as winner of the Mor Count Schools Show Slight Student Drop, Heppner Gains One Total county enrollment figures compiled Tuesday, the second day of school, showed a slight de crease in the number of students from last year's opening day. To date 919 have returned compared to 987 at the same time last year. The number of students in all county high schools remained ex actly the same with 279 having registered, the grades showing a slight drop from 708 to G70. County school superintendent Leslie Grant stated that the drop in registration was not unusual and that probably the entire loss will be made up within the next week as the students return from Shriners Planning Auction and Dance Heppner Shriners announced this week they expect to have everything from chickens to ele phants (white, that is) and doll buggies to farm equipment to auction off at their second annual Shrine benefit auction sale to be held at the fair pavilion in Hepp ner, Saturday, September 20. The auction in the afternoon and the dance that night is a part of the money raising pro gram of the club to aid the Shrine hospital for crippled children in Portland. The auction is schedu led to start at 1:30 in the after noon with auctioneer Bob Run nion crying the sale. The even ing dance will be to the music of Claud Bird's orchestra, popular Willamette valley music maker from Salem, and is to start at 9 o'clock. Co-chairmen for the auction are Bob Runnion and W. C. Rosewall, and 1 lie dance committee is head ed by Bob Grabill and Mervin Leonard. The auction committee announced that Shriners in all sections of the area will contact residents for merchandise dona tions and that anyone having items they wish to give may con tact either of the co-chairmen and arrangements will be made to pick up the donatins. At the last auction and dance the club raised over $1,700 for the hospital. Heppner Graduates To Attend Colleges Out of the 25 graduates from Heppner High school in the class of 1952, 14 are planning to go to school this fall. They have chosen eight different colleges. Those going and the schools they have chosen are to Oregon State College at Corvallis, Mari lyn Bergstrom, Mickey Lanham, Rieta Graves, Junior Stout and Kenney Turner; to Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls go Lynn Rill, Elwayne Bergstrom and Keith Connor; Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande goes Bud Wagner; Pacific University at Forest Grove is the choice of Gary Connor. Those chosing out of stale schools are Nancy Adams to Mills at Oakland California; Eleanor Rice to Stephens at Co lumbia, Missouri; Jim Smith goes to Stanford at Palo Alto, Califor nia and Don Blake will attend University of Washington at Seat tle.. o Miss Kay Walton of Dale spent the weekend In Heppner visiting with Mrs. Katie Currin. row county amateur calf roping and Paul Wagner, Boardman placed second in the same con test walking off with the bridle and breast collar made and do nated by Joe Snyder, veteran Heppner saddle mal.er. Pat Smith, Hermiston cowboy won honors as high point man of the entire rodeo and received, in addition to his day money, the sterling silver belt buckle given by the Heppner Hotel. Winner of the Farley Pontiae company tro phy in the flag race was the Heppner Wranglers who were closely followed by the Pendle ton Mustangers in second place. Other riding clubs participating were the Evergreen Riding club of Ukiah and the John Day Vaque ros. Winners in other events were Calf roping, Gordon Davis, Tern pleton, Calif., and Vic Castro, Richmand, Calif. Cow Milking, Pat Emith and Elmer Wyatt, Wal la Walla; Bulldogging, Francis Elmorini, Salem, Wayne Johnson, Condon; Bareback riding, Bob vacation trips and summer jobs. Heppner schools recorded a to tal gain of one student with 407 having checked in by Tuesday evening. The four high school grades showed an increase of 11 students with 134 now registered while the elementary grades drop ped 10 to 273. The most of this loss was registered in the first grade where there are only 30 students this year compared to 42 last year. Kindergarten registration in Heppner this year indicates that next year's first grade class will be equal or exceed last year. The registration at the JayCee-Ette kindergarten is 27 this year com pared with 15 children at the same time last year and it is nor mal to expect nearly double the kindergarten registration for the following year's first grade class. Kindergarten students are com ing from as far as Lexington, Eight mile and Sand Hollow. Following is a list of the county schools with the registrations. The first figure indicates grade school enrollment, the second high school: Boardman 94, 32. Hardman 10 (grade only). lone 88, 45. Irrigon 133, 46. Lexington 72, 22. Heppner 273. 134. A breakdown of the Heppner school showed the following reglsstration by grades. 1st, 30; 2nd, 46; 3rd, 35; 4th, 41; 5th, 26; 6th, 30; 7th, 28; 8th, 37; 9th, 47; 10th, 30; 11th. 31; 12th,26. Social Security Guidance Available Part-time and temporary work ers sometimes think they do not need social security numbers, Vernon Welo, manager of the La Grande social security office, said today. Actually, he explained, the length of employment is not a deciding factor. Those who work in industry or trade must have an account number card even if they work as little as an hour or two. Once a social security number is assigned, a person keeps the some number throughout his life. The social security number is the key to his old-age and survivors insurance account on which both retirement and death benefits are based. No charge is made for account number cards or for helping re tired workers apply for social security benefits. Anyone who wishes further in formation about social security may see the social security repre sentatlve, Ben Kantner, who will be at the City Hall in Heppner on Thursday, September 18th, from 9:00 a. m. until noon. REVIVAL MEETINGS SET Starting Monday, September 14 a series of special revival meet ings will be held each evening except Monday at the Assembly of God church in Heppner, Rev. Nels Fast announced this week. Street meetings are also plan ned for each evening at 7 p. m. prior to the start of the regular services. The public is invited. o Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle returned Tuesday from a fort night's vacation at Moffett's Hot Springs near North Bonneville, Washington. They also visited their son, Paul, and daughter, Margaret, in Portland. Wins Saddle Swain, Arlington, Jim Davis. Spurling, Portland and Numa McColn, Sisters were the winners. In the Saddle bronc riding, Jack Bull riding, Bill Avalo won on Saturday and no one could stay on top the critters Sunday. In the several classifications of pony race winners were Jim Steagall, Christine Swaggart, Larry Fetch and Alma Evans. Cowgirl race winners Saturday and Sunday were Barbara Steagall and Col leen Greenup. Cowboy race win ners each day were Gus Matlock, and Al Fetch. In the Juvenile section Bob Steagall of Lexington won the silver bit made and presented by Walter Corley as the best all around juvenile cowboy. Officiating at the two day show were Fern Merritt, Toppenlsh, secretary and timer; Cecil Bed ford and Vern Evans Judges; El don McCoin and Herb Dunn pick up men; Bob Williams, Timer; George Prescott, announcer and Harold Erwin arena director.
