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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, August 20, 1953
70th Year, Number 23
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PRINCESS PAT
ROYALTY ON REVIEW
Final I953 Princess Dance
Saturday for Pat McMillan
The last of the four 1953 Mor-.woman and her love of riding,
row county Fair and Rodeo princ- s?e ls a1mlmber of the Wranglers
, , , ... inding club,
ess dances will be given this j As secrt,tary ot her freshman
Saturday, Aug. 22, in honor of ancj sophomore classes, Princess
Princess Pat McMillan of Lexing-Pat has kept up regularly with
ton. ' her high school activities. She
Princess Tat is the daughter.has also playc.l with the girls
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan, athletic teams. . .
She is sponsored by the Lexin'g- Princess Pat has been amem-
ton Grange, of which she is aer of the Camp Fire girls since
member. A junior at Lexington 'she was ten years old. She says
high school, she is 16 years old, i she "can cook with Mommy's
5 feet 7 inches tall and has brown help."
hair and blue eyes. For the past two years, driving
Hobbies of one sort or another a wheat truck during harvest has
fill up much of Princess Pat's kept her busy on her parents
spare time collecting salt and farm. Even before that she was
pepper shakers and horse figur
ines, as well as painting figur
ines, are some ot ner noDuies
Two Local Street
Repair Projects
To Start Soon
The city council in a special
meeting Monday night accepted
a bid from Leslie Harris of Pend
leton to repair approximately
13,000 square yards of street
throughout Heppner.
The repair, which will include
oiling and sealing, will be start
ed earlv in September, accord
ing to Mayor J. O. Turner. Work
may be hampered somewhat be
cause some of the streets still
need time to settle after the sew
er construction.
The state-city combined street
construction on Hager (Race
Track) street will commence
shortly with Warren Northwest
Incorporated coming in to do
the work. The state has put up
$15,000 and the city $5,000 plus
anv added construction to co
incide with the new street.
Construction will run from Alf
alfa street along Hager street to
Cannon street on Court stree.
With the completion of this pro
ject in 1953, plans are being made
that will extend the road on to
May street next year.
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Fred Graves, 16
Injured in Crash
Wednesday Morning
Fred Graves, 16 year old son of
a former pastor of the Assembly
of God church in Heppner, Shelby
Graves, was injured Wednesday
morning when his car went off
the road and crashed into a
ditch on the east slope of Jones
Hill about a mile from Lena.
Graves' car a 1941 Mercury, ap
parently rode the edge of the
ditch on the wrong side of the
highway for over 100 feet be
fore turning partly into it and
crashing into a dirt slope that
ended the ditch. Morris Allen
found him and brought him to
the Pioneer Memorial hospital
about 6:30 a.m.
Shelby Graves said that his son
had left their home in Pilot Rock
about 4:45 a.m to drive to Henp
ner, where he had been working
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Wheat Farmers Vote
Approval of Quotas
Wheat farmers throughout the: of following the 1954 wheat acre
country voted last Friday by an age allotments with a govern
overwhelming majority to give ment price support of 90 percent
their support to the marketing of parity. The marketing quota
NOTHING BUT ASHES remained of the Clark Stevens ranch home
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and tour aajaceni Duuaings near naiumun unci iusi umiauu o
disastrous fire had burned the lamily out. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens
escaped with only the clothes they were wearing and their car.
All household goods and shop equipment was completely de
stroyed and the fire spread to about 4 acres of grass before being
controlled by neighbors.
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German Exchange
Student to Spend
Year at Kimberly
Manfred Lukas, a 17 year old
exchange student from Germany
will arrive Aug. 24 to spend a
year living and working with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roach of
Kimberly.
The exchange student idea is
sponsored by the national grange
and the U. S. State department
for the purpose of developing a
better understanding among na
tions with the idea of working
for world peace.
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Kindergarten Due
loOpen Sept. 8
The Heppner kindergarten,
sponsored by ttie Jaycee-Ettes for
five year olds in this area will
open for its fifth year on Tuesday
Sept. 8, at 10:00 a.m. at the Civic
center. The kindergarten will be held
weekday mornings from 9.30 un
til 11:30 during the school year
barring severe winter weather.
The first session wilt e registra
tion day with the children under
quotas as set by the Department
of Agriculture earlier in the year.
Morrow county, second only to
Umatilla county in the number of
votes cast, carried a 461 to 9 ap
proval of the quotas. Approxi
mately 80 percent of the eligible
wheat farmers in this county cast
their vote.
The voting by district was:
north Heppner, 54 votes in favor
'and no votes against; sout hllepp-
ner, 67 in favor and 1 against;
Eight Mile, 76 in favor and 2 no;
Alpine community, 64 in favor
and 2 against; Lexington, 86 in
favor and none against; Morgan,
46 in favor and 1 against, and
lone, 68 in favor and 3 against.
The vote throughout Oregon
about 9 to 1 in favor of the mark
eting quotas. Every county in the
state except three, two of which
tied, voted to approve, The de
clining county was Columbia,
with a single farmer voting a
negative vote without opposition.
The outcome of the vote deter
mines that farmers are in favor
Fire Demolishes
Clark Stevens'
Farm Last Thursday
A fire completely demolished
t ho ranch home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Stevens last Thursday
morning about three miles north
west of Ilardman.
Two dogs trapped in the house
died as the Stevens fled from
their burning home. Four smaller
buildings, a storehouse, a smoke
house, and a workshop, besides
the main house burned to the
ground as the flames spread over
the two acres of the Stevens'
land.
Knnrks from a mornint? fire
that jumped from the chimneyinKtrurtion of a now wlnS on
m ih r,,,f npntuihlv mused ihe.lhe gymnasium to house tempor-
blaze, according to Stevens. He arlly two elementary grade
was outside going to one of the school classes. Bids had been
nearby buildings when he spot- called for August 14, but due to
t,l flames (in toll of the hOUSLM it ul lmK " "M lml"""1
Opening of Bids
On School Wing
Delayed Two Weeks
The board of Heppner school
district this week extended the
time for receiving bids for the
for next year will be their acre
age allotment.
Penalty A Stiff One
Individual farmers who exceed
their allotment will have to pay
a penalty per bushel of 45 percent
of the parity figure as of May 1,
1954. Furthermore, those who dis
regard their quotas will not be
given the government price sup
port as earned by cooperators.
Rather, they must sell their
wheat on the free market, and
only after they have paid the
penalty price on their excesses.
Farmers have until tomorrow,
Aug. 21, the last of the 15 days
given them ,to appeal their acre
age allotment to the county PMA
office. After that date they will
have another 15 days, if their
first appeal is turned down to
make another appeal to a three-
farmer market quota review com-
imttee set up by the state.
Eugene Peterson, head of the
PMA office in Morrow county, de
clared Wednesday that there have
already been a number of ap
peals made to his office. There
is a reserve of 500 acres set up to
be apportioned amongst valid ap
peals. For the most part, Peterson
said, the appeals he has received
are minor and will not be valid.
With their approval of the
marketing quotas, wheat farmers
can now expect rigid controls by
the government. Those who stay
within their allotment will be giv
en a marketing card that will al
low them to sell their crop. Those
who must pay a penalty must do
so before they will receive a
card.
He went back in to get his wife
and they stood helplessly by as
the flames swept out of control.
About 50 men from the sur
rounding district arrived at the
fire, some of them with small
spray rigs, in time to keep the
flames from spreading over the
for Ellis Pettyjohn. I.supervision while the instructor. 'countryside. Although there is a
Unconfirmed reports are that G D kp mP(Ms wil t, tlu mill above the Stevens' land, the
uie uoy nau no oniKtvi uont-s, uui
was bleeding from a wound in
the head. The front window on
for the architects to get all neces
sary ulans prepared and the
deadline date was extended un
til Aug. 28.
The new wing is to be built
primarily for use as a high school
Thermometer Pops,
Mercury Hits 98;
Small Fires Started
For two days last week the
temperature in Heppner rose
above the previous high of the
year. Saturday, Aug. 15, follow-
mothers.
For those who live outside of
bent. The front end of the car
spotting trucks for her Dad. was bent under on the front left
Kancn me is no mystery 10 side.
I Princess Pat, even though for a jsj0 reason has as vet been as-
Piano playing is another. Riding :few short weeks she has risen to certained for, the accident, but
and swimming are her major a place of royalty on the i)od
outdoor thrills. court.
Princess Pat will appear on her Saturday night's dance will
horse Red during the Rodeo ev- feature the "Revelers" from
ents. She has had her red sorrel Walla Walla, Wash. Dancing will
pony since it was a yearling. Em- be from 10:00 until 2:00 a.m. Ad
phasizing her skill as a horse- mission will be $1.25 per person.
lilt: intui. nic aum niuuuw un . l.:.. lie CMt't I I 1UM d USUI nit iy
the driver's side was completely , cP'ner. ."f-SuErn ovrrvthlng in the fire, including
shattered and the steering wheel Hdren ln . Ju f f VnirTl a brand new sewing machine
k. on,- f,nt aA . ever possible. The fee for rural j' ' ' ...
men Kepi ine lire iroin sprfumiiK
more than three or four acres.
Hie Stevens lost absolutely
OVER $500 IN PRIZE MONEY TO
BE GIVEN TO PARADE WINNERS
More than $500 in prize money
awaits winners again this year
in the various divisions of the
annual Fair and Rodeo parade
to be held Saturday, Sept. 5.
Sweepstakes prize this year
hil,lrn Uz ! lowered t, Su'excepi lor a l-uu u-m ....
be nearly Christmas before the
building can be ready for use.
In the meantime arrangements
are being made to use church
basements or meeting rooms for
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ne $650 ae n tl s year Fee '-use. The only personal harm
e to be p i noeip o -hy was a slight burn
II i .. Ji f o.,v, fr on Mr. Stevens' hand. Fortunate-
a possibility is that the rignti r . . ,,,,, nc.if !v they were partially covered ny
front tire, which was blown, had I " ",,a- ,fi,e insurance,
caused him to swerve, although,1 Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, now liv-
this may have occured in the Registration fee will be $10 , jn nopmeri vdn lo ioave ln
crash. f(r pach l'hi1''- P"yabIt' UP 0"; two weeks to visit a son in Tilla-
Graves, ' although conscious, rollmont. This money will be used m()ok 0reRon anrt ,hpn K0 m t0
wasn't available for questioning! to no p pay ior eqmpi u m ...... Pomar()in0i calif., to five.
band room but will be used thisj'ing a Friday high of 97 degrees,
year as a location ior two ursi ne temperature soared to a regl
grade rooms as soon as it is S(ered 98 degrees, according to
completed. The additional delay1 Tjt,n Gilliam, weather recorder,
will probably mean that It will . f ,., t, f
Saturday's 93 cooled off by Sun-
ry a first prize of $25.00, second
prize of $15.00 and a third prize
of $10.00 Winners in these divi
sion's compete for the sweep
stakes prize.
will be $50. according to mem- Best mounted cowboy, fciu.uu;
bers of the merchants committee j best mounted cowgirl, $10.00;
of the Heppner-Morrow county joldest cowboy, $5.00; oldest cow
chamber of commerce who are girl, $5.00; youngest cowboy,
in charge of the parade arrange-j$5.00; youngest cowgirl, $5.00
ment and judging. This year .best organized riding club, $50.
there will not be any merchan- 00 and $25.00; best comic, $10.00,
dise awards, but rather all will and best family group, $10.00.
be cash. Juvenile division prizes will be
Clarence Rosewall, chairman I given to four sections; best
of the committee pointed out child's float, best pet, best juve
that prize money for the affair nile cowboy and juvenile cow
comes from donations from busi- girl. The prizes will be $10.00
nefs and professional men for first place, $7.50 for second
throughout the county. land $:j.00 for third.
Following is the complete list
of parade divisions and the
prizes: The juvenile, adult and
business divisions will each oar- $1.00.
Again this year each child un
der 12 years of age who partici
pates in the parade will be given
as yet. There is no way of telling
what his condition is at this
time.
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Sale Date Changed
For Hereford Bulls
The Round-Up Polled Hereford
range bull sale at Tendleton has
been moved up from Oct. 26-27
to Oct. 19-20 in order that parti
cipants and attendants will be
able to attend other events that
are scheduled on the original
dates.
Considerable publicity is being
given this first all Polled Here
ford sale by the American Polled
Hereford association and other
allied groups. Being the first of
its kind in the Northwest it is
already attracting widespread
comment.
Entries will be at the Pendle
ton Round-Up sale pavilion well
in advance of the show. A dinner
and social get-together is being
wing is completed. Even with the
new addition, the school build
ing problem will not be solved,
school officials indicated, as the
use of the band room in itself ls
only a temporary measure until
planning can be worked out ior
the construction of an entirely
new building, probably for the
lower grades .
The previous school board's
plan to build an elementary
school on the Cason property was
voted down by the people earlier
this vear. The -defeat of this pro-
Earl Albright, who is recog-Losal has required an entirely
nized as one of the best fire npw start on (ne overall plan-
pump experts in Oregon, will ning for expansion of the school
conduct pump classes and teach gystemi but this too has been de-
numn operation to members ol i0,i n iho necessity of
Washington has been announced tnp Heppner fire department finding temporary quarters for
by president J. F. Coleman of.TuPSday and Wednesday eve- n0 arKe number of students
supplies, for heating the rooms
and for improving them.
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Kinzua Company Sale
Told Wednesday
Sale of the Kinzua Pine lumber
company to a group of individu
als and firms from the state of
Special Training
Due Local Firemen
day to 79 degrees and had risen
only as far as 89 degrees by Tues
day. The previous high had been
95 degrees, on two separate days
n the year, the latest being on
Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Three minor fires were reported
over the weekend in the National
forest district below here. One
fire, reported near Potato Hill,
could not be located by a crew
sent out on the call.
The other two fires each cover
ed only a quarter acre area. A
crew from the Kinzua Pine mills
fought one of the fires near Love
left Corral, near little Wall creek.
A National fire crew with anoth
er crew from the Kinzua mills
put out a fire on Wheeler Rim
about 30 miles south of Heppner.
Kinzua.
Principal sellers were J. F.
Coleman, Margaret B. Casey, S.
R. Dietrich, Gwlades V. Zurio, J.
D. Coleman, V. G. Schultz, C. C.
Coleman and John T. Casey.
Purchasers of all issued and
outstanding capital stock includ
ed H. J. O'Donnell, M. II. Wyman,
E. W. Stuchell, D. E. Wyman, Al
vin Schwager, the Capital Timber
Products company and the Dono
ver Company Inc. All of these re
side or are localed in the Seattle
area.
No immediate changes in oper
Physical Exam to be
Required by School
Morrow county schools 'this
year will require a physical ex
amination for all students enter
ing school for the first time, en
tering the ninth grade or enter
ing new to the school system, ac
cording to Martha Tapanainen,
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planned for Monday eveninc ating personnel is t..,.i..1.u.u. ...
Oct. 19, the sale to begin at D. Coleman is expected to con
12:00 noon the following day. 'tinue as general manager.
Morrow County Derby Added to Rodeo Program
The Morrow county
derby, and the J. C. Penney company. , buckle. piled. During the past week a
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ages of 14 to 18 years. lyears ago ana nas Deen copieu in K--""'h "
Many other local businesses by many other rodeos through- ''
and individuals are again offer- out the country is the riding BAND PRACTICE CALLED
.- ..mo .oru umrthwhilo nriyps ni.ihc flair rarp with the troohv IleLpner high schools new
f, an f tho K.wvial events. , nrpc.ntpri hv Farlev Pontiac com- bandmaster James R. Wilson, has
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This raep has neen won aniioumt-u um. 't ""
nings Aug. 25 and Zb, cniet l..w(u1 wm i)P registered in school
A. Ruggles announced this week. (njs fa)1
All regular firemen are re-
quested to be present at both .
meetings which are scheduled , beer jOle tO MmOrS
to start at 7:30 p.m. at the city Brngs fine of $250
Albright's training program Is, The sale of a case of beer to county health nurse.
sponsored by the state depart- tw0 minors proved to be an ex- Jn am)rdanee with the recom
ment of vocational education in P(,nsive thing for Hugh Wiseman, I mpndation uf tne Oregon State
cooperation w-ith the state Fire a transient from Montana. I Medical society, students are re-
Marshal's office. Herniner nolice arrested Wise- nuesied to obtain this examina-
man Saturday night for the vio-'tion from their family doctor,
lation and police judge Harry Health records have been mailed
Tamblyn assessed a fine of $250,to all students entering school in
against him. these classes, to be completed
The fine was paid and Wise- along with the exams by Sept. 7,
man was ordered to leave town, the first day of school.
LEXINGTON SCHOOL TO REGISTER
SEPT. 7; ALL TEACHERS ARE HIRED
Lexington schools will open for 'school athletics. He is a graduate
registration Monday, Sept. 7, of EOCE at La Grande. Mrs. Lela
James Vanover, principal, said .Owens,
which had been dropped for the
past several years, will be re
instated again this year, Harold
Erwin, rodeo director announced
Wednesday.
The half mile race, restricted
to horses which have been in the
county for six months or longer,
will be for a $100 purse which
has been put up by local merch
ants. The derby will be a major
event of the Sunday schow
First place winner in the Morrow
county amateur calf roping will
be the saddle made by Joe Sny
der and presented by the Hepp
ner Lumber company, second
award will again be the bridle
pany.
k., h. i,imi.n Miiuianir. nractice for band memners on, junior
ers team and once by the Wrang- Monday, Aug. 21, at 7:00 p.m. in
ers. the high school gymnasium.
Erwin said this week that the j
rnrfen field is raDidlv bein? Dre-1 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nicker-
First Polio Case
Reported in Heppner
Billy Heaiy of Heppner was
taken lo the Good Samaritan hos
pital in Portland last week suf
fering from polio. His is the first
case of the disease reported in
Morrow county this year.
According to Mrs. Harry O'Don
nell Jr.. Ilealy's sister who took
him to Portland, he is improving
satisfactorily.
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Old Men and Boys
To Play Ball Again
The final baseball game of the
season for the American Legion
baseball team will be
pared for the three-day show, son and family will arrive Satur
Lack of irrigation water during day for a visit with his mother,
and breast collar made and given
Annthpr npw event this vear is.hv Joe Snvder and a third place.
the junior amateur calf roping I award of a Western hat will bethe past several weeks due to a Mrs. Grace,
which will be held as a part of presented by Wilson's Men's .breakdown of the pumping syst-1 Mrs. Bill
the Friday afternoon horse show
students who are unable to at
tend on Labor Day, Sept. 7, are
asked to register on Friday af
ternoon, Sept. 4 or Tuesday morn
ing, Sept. 8 at 8:30.
Teachers who are returning
for their second year at Lexing
played Sunday, Aug. 23, at 2:30(ton are Vanover, principal and
nm in thp second of a two-game ihigh school mathematics and
series between the Legion squad typing Instructor; Melvln Bates,
ami the Miileskinners. I biology and social studies in the
The Muleskinners, or old men high school and coaching; Miss
of the town, will take the field Edna Bloom, 3rd and 4th grades
porting a win in the first meet-and Miss Nita Reed, 5tn anu bin
Prizes for this event, a belt
buckle and spurs have been of
fered by Jack's Chevron station
nf between the two teams. The grades
Tiew leacners in me system aic
Mrs. Grace Nickerson.
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Prineville, who is a
graduate of College of Puget
Sound will teach English, art
and girls PE. Mrs. Harold Erwin,
Heppner, will be the primary in
structor. She Is a graduate of
Western Washington College of
Education at Bellingham.
Bus drivers elected by the
school board are Elmer Peterson,
for school district No. 12 route;
Robert Davidson, Blackhorse;
Mrs. Juanita Martin, district 23
and Lewis Wetzel the Henderson
Dolven route.
Mrs. Elsie Peterson will again
by Elmer Peterson will handle
be in charge of the school cafe
teria and Joe Thornburg assisted
the custodial services.