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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 23, 1953
70th Year, Number 19
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RODEO ROYAL COURT Queen Elise Bauernfeind and her royal court will make their first local ap
pearance Saturday night at the Kickcff dance to be held at the fair pavilion. The Morrow county
girls are: front row left to right, princesses Wilma Hug, Boardman; Queen Elise; Beth Ball, Heppner;
back row, Carol Ann Wigglesworth, Echo, representing the Lena district, and Pat McMillan, Lex
ington. (Lyons Studio photo)
odeo and
Start With Saturday Dance
Fair and Rodeo
Royalty Honored
At Kickoff Dance
The fair anJ rodeo Kickoff
uanee tiiisT Saturday night at the
fair pavilion in Heppner will open
t lie annual series of dances and
activities leading up to the Mor
row county fair and rodeo Sept.
3, 4, 5 and 6.
The traditional Kickoff dance
will present the 1953 queen, Elise
Bauernfeind. and her court of
princesses Carol Ann Wiggles-
worth, Beth Ball, Wilma Hug and
Pat McMillan.
Ken Knott, Portland orchestra
leader will provide the music for
the evening. This will be his
second appearance at the Kickoff
dance. Although still a compara
tive newcomer to Portland and
Oregon, Knott has had many
years experience in the radio and
musical field.
Following the opening dance
for the entire court, there will be
a dance held for each of the
princesses on consecutive Satur
days and then a dance for Queen
Elise. Princess Carol will be hon
ored an Aug. 1, Princess Beth on
Aug. 8, Princess Wilma Aug. 15
and Princess Pat on Aug. 22. The
queen's dance will be held on Fri
day, Aug. 28.
Jack Van Winkle, chairman of
Ihe Kickoff dance, has announced
that the opening dance this year
will again cost $1.50 per person.
Extension of Freight
Charges To Be Asked
A hearing will be held in Port
land on July 29 to disAiss a
petition filed by the Pacific In
land Tariff Bureau, Inc. request-
ing Ul.ll Ulf Uimgc ui iwcm.y-i.vc '
cents per freight bill In certain
art'as nn.M in uuc iu v,,.
August 31, 1953, be extended for
one year.
Tim nptitinn which was filed
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tween Portland and points off of
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highway 30 to and including
Maupin, Antelope. Condon, Hepp
ner, Pilot Rock, Milton Freewater.
Joseph and Cornucopia.
The hearing will be held at
10:00 a. m. in room 720 at the
State office building, 1400 S. W.
5th street in Portland.
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ROYALTY GUEST OF CHAMBER
Queen Elise Bauernfeind and1
her royal court will be guests at
the Chamber of Commerce lunch-
with the Public Utilities commis-Unson
dnnr inrindPs the territorv hp-
sioner, includes tne urrnory ot
eon next Monday, July 27. Sheep consignment was up
n 'sharply, 212 over 50, in line with
Mrs. Luola Bengtson has re- the market's policy of encourag
turned from Medford where she ing heavy sheep consignments
took her children Brenda, Brent .alternate weeks when sheep buy
and Hilda to remain for a two!ers are expected in larger than
v eeks visit. usual numbers, the next such
' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner left sale slated July 31. Top feeder
Mondav for a vacation trip to
Alaska. They plan to drive up j
and come back by boat.
Fair Program to
MISS AUSTRIA SUPPOSEDLY ON
WAY TO HEPPNER FOR WEEKS VISIT
An article in the Portland Ore
gonian Tuesday, July 21, origi
nating out of Long Beach, Cal.,
declared that Lore Felger, the
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from Lore Felger to Mr. and
Mrs. Gonty revealed that
Mt53 Felger is still in Long
Beach. She verified the
INS story in that she hopes
to come to Heppner, but next
Mcnday, July 27, is the day
she will try to leave.
Austrian girl who Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Gonty of Heppner have been
trying to bring here, had left on
Monday and named her destina
tion as Heppner.
Stock Prices Up
At Hermiston Sale
HERMISTON R. Wright of.
Heppner topped both the cow and
heifer market at the Hermiston
Auction Friday, with a whiteface
cow weighing 10G0 lbs. going for
$14.80 cwt.; and the heifer weigh
ing 990 lbs., for $17.25, Delbert
Anson, manager of the sale, re
ports. Other tops at the sale includ
ed J. R. Banderant, Stanfield, 3
hogs weiging GOO lbs. $27!00 cwt;
Chris Sturm, Hermiston, sow and
9 baby pigs, $122.50; R. R. Britt,
Spray, weaner pigs, $11.00 hd.;
Tom Able, Echo, veal weighing
225 lbs. $17.75 cwt.; McCabe
Brothers, lone, 1195 lb. bull,
$17.10; Guy Miller, Pendleton, 12
feeder steers, 7345 lbs., $16.40;
Janice Beamer, Stanfield, 1 fat
lamb, 105 lbs., 20c per pound;
Darrell Padberg. lone, 2 ewes
juir,CT oon 1h Sn wt
;c, d m g buck sh
wpi(Ti,incy one ihc eryoft
Consigners drew generally
higher prices at the Hermiston
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reports with fatter bpt.
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fce(ler stJprs and bulls botl up," wrnpie ion ox p wns oy
iLuti anus dim uuua uuui ul rrman Havsl n and Tnfft Pnrt.
$1, ad veal steady.
Included in the 356 cattle con
signed Friday, which compared
with 322 the previous week, were
100 head of steers from the Ray
Hughes ranch at Whitcomb,
wash,, near Paterson Ferry. Hogs
'consigned numbered 80 compared
with 91 the previous week, top
noc, drawing S27.20 although
quality was not as good as those
drawing a szb.io top tne ween;
before
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Although every effort has been
made to make the necessary ar
rangements to bring the girl here
to visit her pen pal, Virginia
Gonty, no word has been re
ceived indicating that she Is act
ually on her way. 1
The story, from the Internation
al News Service, mentions that
Lore, 19, placed among the 16vill hp-jn Pomin in sntT1p,jmp
finalists of the Miss Universe nm weeki Lamb sajrl At thp
beauty contest, for which she wasjprescnt tIme tno MCGG is sllip.
in this country. ping carry-over wheat out of both
The INS report says that Lore HpppnPr and RuRgs t , tQ t
will remain in Heppner for a lhose ftatlons cleaned up.
week before returning to Aus- Tne yip,d thus far has contin.
tna. However, until confirma- ued to boar out origInaI estimates. !
tion of this encouraging news can Altnough scattered in spots it
ne ascenameu u cannoi oe laiven
as positive information.
It Might Be a
Long Walk Home
Word was received Monday
from Miss Martha Tapan
ainen. Morrow county health
nurse who is vacationing in
Mexico, that her car was
stolen while she was in Mex
ico City. No details were
given and it is not known
whether it has yet been re
covered. She was accompanied on
the trip by Miss Elva Ran
kin, a former Boardman
school teacher, who is now
teaching at Astoria.
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Renovation Under
Way at School
A summer renovation project is 'Eastern Oregon and Washington
now under way at the Heppner I in Past years. ,compS froum nis
school with several rooms sche-,recent Job as assistant to the psy
duled for new paint, H. C. Reed, chiatrist at the Eastern Oregon
cn.rint.nnt 9nnnn thi.. state hospital.. He has been on
weei,
A lor ooVioH ii 1 nH frr mnr1arni?g -
tion before the start of school
are all the rest rooms. Bids will
be called shortly for new modern
toilets to be installed next month.
Construction of the wing on the
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two first grade rooms is waiting
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land architects. It is expected
that they will be ready by next
week.
Picnic in Portland
Draws Ex-Residents
Ninety former residents of
Morrow county met at Laurel-
.hurst park in Portland on July
if ie annum muuuw mumy
picnic.
A -irY-c- n era Mrnc nroi'nnffirl in AT rc '
r v-uiaui, v o pitoi-iuLU iu lino.
Mary Jones for being the oldest
lady present. Del Ward held the
lucky number to draw the door
prize. Presentations were made
by Bert Mason.
Mrs. Anna Hughes Simpson,
sponsor of the first' Morrow
county picnic, came from . her
home in California to help cele-
!brate the picnic this year.
Lena-Nye Highway
Is Dedicated Friday
HIGHWAY COMMISSION HEARS
REQUESTS FOR OTHER PROJECTS
The newly completed 21 mile! history of the road over Franklin
section of highway 74 between
Lena and Nye Junction was for -
mally dedicated last truiay the road which was the last sec
morning at ceremonies held at lion of secondary highway in
the Morrow-Umatilla county line.
Ben chandler, Coos Bay, chairman
of the state highway commission,
cut an Emerald green ribbon
stretching across the road to of
ficially open it to travel.
The group of about 50 persons
present for the ceremonies in
cluded members of the state high
way commission who were on
tour of this section of the state,
and citizens from Heppner, Pen
dleton and Pilot Rock. Morrow
county judge Garnet Barratt
spoke briefly telling some of the
Train Service
To Be Available
Daily for Harvest
Word has been received from
the Union Pacific office in Port
land by the Morrow County Grain
Growers indicating that there will
be a daily, except Sunday, train
service made available starting
today, July 23, on this route and
on the Condon route, according to
Al Lamb, manager.
A letter from T. J. Dowd, gen
eral freight agent for the U. P. in
Portland, said that every effort
will be made to meet the needs
of the harvest in this area. His
reply was in answer to recent re
quests submitted by Lamb.
The harvest is going at a good
rate in the Lexington-lone area
but still has not reached its peak,
said Lamb. The MCGG is receiv
ing approximately 30,000 bushels
per day at Lexington, 25.000 at
north Lexington, 10,000 at lone
and 10,000 at McNabb.
Wheat has begun to move into
the Ruggs station but is coming
in slowlv at this time Hennnpr
in .i,,u,i nf thie tim
stm avcragPS aboul 25 bushels
I per acre. Lamb indicated that
the wind and the heat has hurt
some in certain spots but not
enough to make a big difference.
At the Archer-Daniels-Midland
elevator at lone word is that they
are taking in about 15.000 pushels
per day and that the general har
vest looks pretty good.
Burning has been indicated to
the south of lone, and, while not
damaging the yield to any size
able proportion, some of the
wheat is going No. 2 rather than
No. 1, it is reported.
Night Marshall Here
To Take Over Duties
Jack Perry, new night marshal
of Heppner, arrived here Saturday
night to take over his job as
Roscoe Kelley's assistant on the
police force.
Perry, with the state police in
duty since Hie night of his ar
vi til
PVT. EDDIE GUNDERSON JR.,
who arrived in Chinchon Korea
on July 3, as a lineman with
the 26th Signal construction
battalion. He is the husband
of Beverly Gunderson and the
son of Mrs. Francis Troedson of
Hermiston. He graduated from
Heppner high school in 1949
and was drafted last October,
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hill and expressed appreciation
ho the commission for completing
'Oregon to receive hard surfacing.
Following the ribbon cutting
Frank Turner of Heppner and
James Hoskins of Pilot Rock
poured water from Willow and
Birch creeks across the road sym
bolizing the bringing together of
the two communities.
Following the ceremony the
entire party continued on to
Heppner for a picnic lunch served
on the courthouse lawn by the
Heppner Morrow county chamber
of commerce. Highway comniis
.sioner Charles Reynolds of La
Grande spoke to the group telling
them that the commission had
been "kind to Eastern Oregon"
but that the help of residents of
Eastern Oregon was needed to
keep the commission appraised of
the road needs of the district.
Meeting Held
Following the lunch, residents
of the area, and a delegation from
Monument met with the commis
sion to place before them several
requests for road improvements.
Of major importance was the re
quest for surfacing of the re
mainder of the Heppner-Spray
highway over the mountains, but
the commission indicated that
such work was still a consider
able time off due to the low pri
ority of the road because of its
very low traffic count. The com
mission did however, agree to
make an economic survey of the
road and adjacent area with the
idea of ascertaining what the po
tential use of the road might be
if it were oiled clear to the John
Day highway. Presenting the
case for the improvement were
Orville Smith and judge Garnet
Barratt.
The commission also was asked
by mayor J. O. Turner for early
consideration of the rebuilding of
the bridge over Willow creek at
the north end of Main street in
Heppner, claiming the narrow
bridge and heavy traffic there
constituted a traffic hazard.
Following the Heppner meet
ing the commission party went on
to Condon where they spent Hi-
day night, returning to Portland
the next day.
In addition to the nearly 20.
members of the tour, other visit-:
ors included umatiua county,
judge James Sturgis and commis
sioners J. E. Olinger and Claude
Meyers, Grant county commis
sioner Clarence Holmes, Lowell
Stockman, Pendleton, former U.'
S. representative from the second
district, J. W. Forrester Jr., editor
of the East Oregonian, sveral
members of the Pendleton cham
ber of commerce and the Pilot
Rock Commercial club, and a
delegate from Monument.
Season Called Off,
Hermiston Winner
In Baseball League
The remaining games of the
American Legion Junior baseball
league in this area, including last
Sunday's game scheduled here
between Heppner and La Grande,
were cancelled last week in order
that a winner could be selected
to represent the league in the
state tournament.
Hermiston, already undisputed
champion, was named as the
Announcement has been
made that there has been
scheduled two more baseball
gomesto be played here in
Heppner by the local Ameri
can Legion baseball team.
The first one will be played
next Sunday, July 26, at 2:00
p. m. at the Rodeo grounds
against a John Day team.
These games are post season
games played to fill out the
season for season ticket hold
ders. league's top team. It was felt
by the managers of the various
teams, meeting in Hermiston to
discuss the problem, that to con
Itinue the remaining games would
be of little importance after the
winner was selected.
The late start of the league In
this area was termed the cause
for the need to pick the top team
immediately.
Although the Heppner squad
failed to win a single game, the j
boys were in there pitching all;
the way. Considering that this
was their first attempt at or
ganized ball for the majority
of the kids, they did a very good
job and should be heartily com.
mended for their efforts.
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CUTTING THE RIBBON during the dedication ceremonies last Friday
of the Lena-Nye Junction highway, is Ben Chandler, Coos Bay,
chairman cf the state highway commission. In the background
are olher mrrnbers of the commission party and visitors from Pen
dleton and Filot Rock.
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SPEAKING at the dedication ceremonies on the new road is county
judge Garnet Barratt, in front cf flag. Behind the ribbon are
members of the commission, highway department engineers and
members of the Umatilla county court. (GT Photos)
Foreign Parcel Post
Rates to Increase
Beginning August 1
An increase on parcel post rates
to foreign countries beginning at
31c for the first pound and de
creasing slightly for each addi
tional pound to a maximum of 41
pounds at 75 will go into effect
on Aug. 1, according to an order
released by the postmaster gen
eral. This order will not include any
packages sent to servicemen
through an Al'O or an FPO ad
dress, said James Driscoll, Hepp
ner postmaster. ;
The previous rates were ap
proximately lie per pound in the
majority of foreign countries.
Great Britian for example will
now figure out at 45c for the first
pound and at $5.07 for her 22
pound limit.
Spray Man Found Shot
To Death in Car
W. II. Iliggins, about 42, of
Spray was found shot to death
Tuesday afternoon in his pickup
parked along the John Day high
way near Service Creek, accord
ing to Morrow county sheriff C. J.
D. Bauman. Reports indicated
that his dealh apparently was
suicide, as a gun was found on
the seat beside him.
Wheeler county sheriff, Mal
colm Keyes and state police are
investigating the death.
6-Month Bond Sales
Above Last Year's
After analyzing the sales per
formance of their pet series K and
II bonds during the first six
months of this year, the savings
bonds division of the Treasury
thinks that its volunteer organi
zation of sales people did an out
standing job.
Jeff Carter, county chairman,
listed some important facts about
E and II bond sales that indicate
Oregon residents are being very
thrifty. Morrow county savings
bond sales from Jan. thru June
totaled $127,!)70. This figure is 50
percent of the- 10'),'! quota.
Purchases of E. and II. bonds
during June jumped from the
sixth straight month, up to 1!)
percent over last year. Stale
wide purchases during the same
period totaled $17,035.30,'), up 33
percent over the first six months
of last year.
The sales record across the na
tion reflects a 28 percent in
crease in savings bond purchases,
and a corresponding reduction in
redemptions.
Earl L. Soward is spending a
few weeks with his daughter
Marie at San Pedro, Calif., and
his parents at San Diego. While
he is away there will still be
preaching each Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle
returned Sunday evening from St.
Louis where they attended the
National Elks convention.
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Cemetery Directors
Call for Election
To Provide Funds
A special election will be held
on Saturday, Aug. 1, between 2
and 7 at the Heppner city hall for
the purpose of voting for or
against a proposition of levying
a three mill tax upon all real
property within the Heppner
cemetery maintenance district.
The tax levy will authorize
money to be used for a working
sum for the future maintenance
of the district. The necessity
for holding this election immedi
ately is in order that the assess
or, if it is approved, may put it
on this year's tax roll. If the levy
fails to appear on this year's roll
it will mean that the directors of
Ihe cemetery maintenance dis
trict will be without funds until
November of 1951.
The newly elected directors of
the cemetery district, meeting last
night to begin outlining their
work ahfad, called for the spocial
election. Fully aware of the
enormity of their work ahead, the
directors called the election to
facilitate setting up of the main
tenance district.
During the meeting, Paul Jones
was elected president of the di
rectors and Ora Evans secretary
treasu rer.
Negotiations for taking over
the cemetery here in Heppner
from the Masonic cemetery asso
ciation vyill be made immediately
Ihe directors announced.
Annual Outing Held
By Wranglers Club
The annual Wranglers club
overnight outing at the Winches
ter cabin was held last weekend,
July IS and 19.
The ride, which began at the
Cutsforth cabin, started about 4
p. rn. Saturday, going ten miles to
the Winchester cabin on Ditch
creek and arriving there at (i:15.
Dinner was served at 7:00 and
square dancing followed.
After breakfast Sunday morn
ing another ride carried 1he
group for four hours. Following
hard riding, the group returned
to a politick dinner at 1:00 p. m.
Entertainment drawing the
outing to a close was provided by
Francis Orwick, Merlitj Robinson,
the two Mike Fulleton girls, the
oldest Royce Fulleton daughter
and Del Jordan.
Fire Depart. To Burn
Grass On Request
The Heppner fire department
has announced that it will burn
grass and weeds on request, ac
cording to C. A. Ruggles, fire
chief.
The cost of the burning will be
charged to the property owner
through the city,
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